Ming Zuo

Chapter 879 Dongying's reaction
Zuo Menggeng pioneered a business route in Busan.

Through this method, the expenditure cost of the Xia Kingdom for the war can be greatly eased.

At the meeting that day, the center finally agreed with his method after heated and complicated discussions.

"The clothes provided to North Korean laborers don't need to be very good. Ordinary cotton clothes are enough. This can reduce the production cost and allow North Korean laborers to bear it. In this case, it is best to hand it over to private factories for production."

Wang Yun made suggestions from a commercial point of view.

There is no objection to this.

Nowadays, various military departments have been fully engaged in producing materials for the front line, and they have no time and energy to earn this little money.

On the contrary, it is a very good opportunity to help the private sector expand the market.

The news spread, and it didn't take long to wait, and several private garment factories came to the door immediately.

They already have a large amount of cotton clothes in their hands, which can be shipped to North Korea as soon as possible.

Everything went well. Four days later, Wang Yun set off from Dengzhou to Busan. These garment factories also followed with their products.

During this period of time, the situation on the Korean battlefield was deteriorating step by step.

On December [-]th, after Li Zhen announced the policy of war defense, the North Korean army took the initiative to attack for a period of time, causing some troubles for the Qing army.

It's a pity that the continuous small battles and limited gains cannot fundamentally change the situation on the battlefield.

During this period of time, the Qing army besieging Nanhan Mountain City was mainly the vanguard led by Hauge.As for the left and right main forces led by Huang Taiji and Dorgon, they are on their way slowly.

In the last days of December, the situation on the battlefield began to become clear.

On December [-], Zhao Tinghu, the observer of Gangwon Province, led [-] people to support.

However, the [-] people led by his forward Wonju Battalion, Quan Jingji, had just entered Qiandan Mountain in the northeast of Namhan Mountain City, and they were defeated by Hauge himself.

Zhao Tinghu was so frightened that he didn't dare to stay at all.Backed all the way to Miyuan, and never moved forward again.

Afterwards Marshal Jin Zidian and Xianjingdao Observation Envoy Min Shenghui led the army, and the three armies gathered in one place, there were more than [-] people.However, he did not advance an inch, and stopped to wait and see, as if the crisis in Nanhan Mountain City had nothing to do with him.

The Korean monarchs and ministers trapped in the mountain city of Nanhan didn't know that the reinforcements came, but they didn't come.

They thought that the situation had not changed, so the reinforcements from all walks of life were suspicious, so they did not dare to advance.

For the current plan, only when the city takes the initiative to attack and win a big battle can the confidence of the ministries be strengthened.

Jin Liu was a staunch supporter of this idea.

He suggested to Li Jing that enough soldiers and horses should be dispatched from the city to go down the mountain to launch a surprise attack on the Qing army.As long as this battle is won, the reinforcements from all walks of life will be encouraged, and they will definitely flock to relieve the siege of Namhan Mountain City.

Li Shibai, the guardian envoy, totally disagreed with his proposition, but as a general, he was soft-spoken, and dissuasion was ineffective.

Jin Liu put on the armor himself, boarded the city gate, and ordered the terrified North Korean soldiers to go down the mountain to find the decisive battle of the Qing army.

Trapped in the mountain city during this period, without enough food, no warm clothes, and no house to live in, they could only lean against the city wall to suffer from the cold. These North Korean soldiers had long since lost their morale.

I heard that I was sent down the mountain to fight against the vicious Qing army. All these North Korean soldiers faltered and stayed motionless under the city gate for a long time.

"What are you waiting for? Haven't marched quickly? If there is any delay, shoot and kill!"

Jin Liu stood on the safe city wall and yelled again and again, which made the soldiers very unhappy, and still didn't move.

Jin Liu was furious, and gave his own knife to the lieutenant general, and asked him to go out of the city and kill the soldiers who were stranded at the end.

The lieutenant rushed out of the city, stabbed down several times, and hacked several soldiers to death.

This stopped the others.

In desperation, more than [-] North Korean soldiers could only tremble along the seemingly silent mountain road.

Unexpectedly, they fumbled all the way, but they didn't come across anything, and the surrounding mountains and fields were too quiet.

Finally, they stood on the flat ground at the foot of the mountain.

Don't let Shen Chengli be greedy for life and afraid of death, he sent many scouts to investigate everywhere, but still no trace of the Qing army was found.

This time the North Koreans couldn't help becoming arrogant, and even dared to leave the position and go further away.

The North Koreans didn't even know that the abnormal quietness was not because the Qing army was afraid.

But...

Huang Taiji is here!
Hauge was full of energy and wanted to perform well in front of Huang Taiji.

He borrowed more soldiers and horses from Huang Taiji, and they had already arranged them properly.

When he saw these North Korean soldiers leaving the bunker, Hauge gave an order, and the Qing army's red cannons and generals' cannons fired one after another.

Countless shells smashed into the formation of the North Korean army, causing countless casualties on the spot.

It was only then that Shen Chengli had a premonition that something was going wrong, and ordered to retreat again and again.

It's a pity that they went too far, and it was too late to run again.

The Eight Banners cavalry led by Mafuta rushed up from behind, broke through the formation of the North Korean army in the blink of an eye, and started a unilateral massacre.

The North Korean soldiers did not dare to retreat because of the strict order, so they could only resist helplessly.

Standing at the top of the city, Jin Liu waited with all his heart for the news of victory, but all he got was bad news.

Seeing how few North Korean soldiers were killed, he lost his previous vigor and hurriedly ordered the troops to withdraw.

But by this time, it was impossible for the North Korean army to withdraw.

The Eight Banners infantry rushed up and followed the North Korean soldiers all the way in the mountains and forests.

Scarlet blood was smeared all over the mountains and plains. In the end, none of the soldiers fled back to Nanhan Mountain City, and all of them became military exploits of the Qing army.

This defeat, for the defensive force of Namhan Mountain City, can be described as traumatic.

Especially the appearance of the red cannon and the general cannon made the North Korean monarchs guess that Huang Taiji should have arrived.

At the thought of the Qing emperor personally coming to the city, North Korea was completely panicked, and all the people lost their courage.

With no foreign aid and insufficient internal defense, there is not much time left for Li Zhen to choose.

When Wang Yun arrived in Busan, the situation in North Korea was finally on Tokugawa Iemitsu's desk.

"The envoy found the rebels of the Ming Dynasty in Busan. They seem to be plotting the land of North Korea. This should belong to us, and it is a good opportunity for Dongpu to gain a foothold on the mainland."

Knowing that North Korea has undergone tremendous changes, and that there are third-party forces joining in, Tokugawa Iemitsu is still not doing much, but all the big names in Dongying are in a commotion.

At this time, one of the people who was attending the confession in Edo Castle was the most enthusiastic, and he tried his best to encourage Tokugawa Iemitsu to take the opportunity to send troops.

Just looking at this person, Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help but think a little more.

That's why he was named Kato Tadahiro, and he was the lord of the Kumamoto Domain.

His father is Kato Kiyomasa.

The Kumamoto clan is not a pro-fan of the Edo shogunate, but just a foreign daimyo.

Is this man really just out of righteousness?
(End of this chapter)