The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 587
When the Qing soldiers abandoned their horses, many people secretly brought horse meat for fear that there would be nothing to eat later.

Yue Tuo watched the soldiers hide the bloody horse meat in their bosoms, feeling ashamed and angry.

It's almost like the birth girl in the mountains and the savages, and there are still the elites of the Qing Dynasty there.

But right now he didn't care about these things, even his personal soldiers secretly brought a few pieces of horse meat, he could only pretend that he didn't see it.

Everyone continued to climb north, but Angu Ridge is really difficult to climb, and even later generations will not become a scenic spot.

The key is that they have to find their way down the mountain while climbing.

Not a local, really hard to find.

Climbing to noon, everyone was tired and hungry, so they had to eat raw horse meat in harmony with the mountains and rivers.

After a short rest, I climbed again. After climbing the mountain for a whole day, another [-] people were lost. Many people accidentally fell down the mountain. Most of the people who fell down the mountain were elite soldiers who were used to find the way. .

In order to find out if there is a way down the mountain in some places, these elites who are good at mountain climbing must go to dangerous places to search. As a result, more than a dozen were broken, and a few others did not come back, and they did not know where they fell.

But when it was getting dark, I was lucky and finally found a path down the mountain.

After passing through a thorn, two elite soldiers found a way down the mountain, but the way was very steep, and it was better to find a rope to slide down.

When Yue Tuo heard this, he was angry and hated. When they had horses before, many of them immediately had ropes. Now they threw away all the horses, and then they still had ropes.

And they climbed the mountain for a day, can't they climb back and look for it?

Whether it can be found is a problem.

Yue Tuo only hesitated for a while, before ordering to cut a path out of the thorns in front of him.

There are people walking in front, chopping as they go, cutting a path for the back.

Everyone finally came to the scene, Yue Tuo glanced at it, and also gasped.

At this time, they were on the edge of a cliff, and the place where they stood was about twenty steps below.

Below is a creek, but it doesn't look deep, and the water is so clear that you can see the bottom.

The creek is seven or eight steps wide, and there is a jungle on the opposite side. From their position, the jungle is only one or two hundred steps wide. Beyond that is the Great Plains, and they can vaguely see North Korean farmland.

Sure enough, you can go down here, but it is impossible to jump down. If you jump from such a high height, you will not die or be disabled.

Then I can only think of a way to hang it down.

"Tear clothes, tear clothes, weave long ropes." Yue Tuo quickly thought of a way.

But someone immediately suggested that it was almost dark at this time, why not go down tomorrow morning, so that everyone can sleep in their clothes for the night.

Although Yue Tuo wanted to find Huang Taiji very much, but thinking about going out at night, it was really not good.
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On April [-]rd, on the north bank of the Han River, the imperial camp of the Qing soldiers.

When Huang Taiji woke up this morning, he felt his eyelids twitching, and he felt restless.

He walked out of the camp and saw white smoke everywhere. Every once in a while, bang, there would be bursts of cannon fire. The Qing soldiers, like in history, surrounded the Nanhan Mountain City and bombarded it continuously with red cannons. .

In the original history, their shells shot into the mountain city one by one, and the North Korean army in the city hid everywhere, praying all the time not to be hit by shells, which made everyone panic, and finally the North Korean defenders were almost in good spirits Collapsed, some defenders couldn't stand the shelling and mutinied directly.

But now because of the arrival of Ding Yi, history has completely changed.

Li Jing knew that the Ming army was nearby, so his heart of defense was several times stronger than in the original history.

North Korean officials at all levels also encouraged the soldiers and generals every day, signaling them to guard well.

Although they still have to withstand shelling, morale is much better than in history.

Just as Huang Taiji was looking around, several people came in front of him.

"Your Majesty." Duoduo, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Haoge, Mafuta, Lausa and others came to his tent one after another.

Among them, Mafuta and Lausa were disheveled and had bloodstains on their faces.

Last night, the two led troops to attack Nanhan Mountain City at night, but they were repelled by Li Shibai, the Korean defender. The Qing soldiers suffered heavy losses, and one Niu Lu was maimed.

All the generals surrounded Huang Taiji, all of them had bad expressions.

The Hongyi cannons bombarded for a few days, but there was no reaction in the city.

"The blunderbuss and cannons of North Korea are very powerful, especially the blunderbuss, which is a bit like Ding Yi of the Ming army." Hauge said after meeting.

When Huang Taiji heard the word Ding Yi, his eyes twitched subconsciously.

"Where's Ying Erdai?" Huang Taiji said.

Ying Erdai was the special envoy of the Qing Dynasty to North Korea. He used to come to North Korea often, and this time he was mainly responsible for negotiations with North Korea.

During this period in the original history, the negotiations between the two parties have made some progress. Except for North Korea's refusal to send the eldest son, several ministers who were interested in the Ming Dynasty were sent over.

After this battle, in order to thank Yingerdai for his negotiation, Li Jing gave him 2000 taels of silver, which is really speechless.

But the negotiations stalled from the start.

Because Li Zhen was waiting for Ding Yi in his heart, he didn't pay much attention to Ying Erdai at all.

Soon, Ying Erdai was called to Huang Taiji.

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent." Ying Erdai knelt down and kowtowed.

In the original history, he should be in Namhan Mountain City at this time, but this time he couldn't enter Namhan Mountain City.

Huang Taiji asked: "What did Li Zhen say?"

Ying Erdai said that North Korea seems to be deliberately delaying the negotiation instead of negotiating. I have had people shoot arrows several times and asked to enter the city, but they did not let me in.

Judging from their answers, it seems that they are lucky and feel that they can still resist our Qing cavalry.

Hauge was furious immediately, and cursed, when he breaks the Nanhan Mountain City, he will have to chop off Li Xi's head.

Huang Taiji glanced at his son with dissatisfaction, he probably felt that he was not calm enough, and he should not say such words on this occasion.

The other generals pretended not to hear, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming looked at each other, and lowered their heads without speaking.

Although Duoduo is young, he has gradually come out to lead troops in the past few years. This time he went to North Korea, and he was also the leader of the First Route Army, and slowly came to the fore.

Immediately he said: "We have repelled the North Korean reinforcements many times, what is Li Zhen waiting for?"

The Qing's siege and reinforcements were used with great proficiency, and all reinforcements from North Korea were repelled, and no reinforcements were seen for several days in a row.

Judging from the information they received, it is impossible for North Korea to organize new reinforcements in a short period of time.

Kong Youde's mouth moved. What he wanted to say was whether he was waiting for the Ming army?

After all, that nasty Ding Yi is near North Korea.

But the words came to his lips and swallowed again.

Huang Taiji suddenly asked Ying Erdai: "I remember you said last year that Ding Yi had fought North Korea before?"

Ying Erdai nodded: "It seems that it happened in the seventh year of Chongzhen. Ding Yi sent troops without authorization to attack North Korea. After a short period of time, the two sides negotiated peace. It is said that North Korea was defeated, but their news was blocked. North Korean officials also don’t admit it happened.”

"Where did Ding Yi attack from?" Huang Taiji asked again.

"It seems to be Ganghwa Island."

Everyone's face changed slightly.

Because they also sent troops to fight Jianghua Island yesterday.

"Are they waiting for Ding Yi?" Geng Zhongming asked at this moment.

Kong Youde glanced at him without any trace, but didn't make a sound.

"Why did Ding Yi help North Korea?" Mafuta asked back.

Geng Zhongming shrugged, I don't know, that guy Ding Yi is crazy, and he often does unexpected things.

Huang Taiji felt his eyelids twitch more violently, and a strong uneasiness suddenly came to his heart.

Why did Ding Yi help North Korea?

Because this guy is crazy and has huge ambitions, of course Huang Taiji knows what Ding Yi wants.

He is different from all the generals of the Ming army. The other generals of the Ming army still have a sense of the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, and they are in awe of the imperial power.

He only has his own interests, for his own interests, he even dared to kill Chongzhen, believe it or not?
Therefore, if there is enough interest in helping North Korea fight against Huang Taiji, there is nothing Ding Yi can't do.

"Why hasn't Shuotuo replied yet?" Huang Taiji suddenly asked in a deep voice.

Shuo Tuo has been dispatching troops for a day, and it is said that if it goes well, he should have captured Jianghua Island yesterday, but as of this morning, there is still no signal.

If it was on land, Huang Taiji would have reacted long ago.

Because they had to cross the sea, the news might be delayed, and Shuo Tuo hadn't arrived yet, so they could accept it for the time being.

Kong Youde looked at Huang Taiji's congealed face, and suddenly felt that he wanted to say something, but if he didn't say anything, it would make people suspicious.

He has met Ding Yi secretly, so he has ghosts in his heart and is always afraid of being exposed.

At that moment, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask the minister to take the Han army to the shore of Jianghua Island? Find out the news."

Huang Taiji thought for a while, and was about to nod.

Sudden.

boom.

From behind them, there was a cannon shot in the distance.

Everyone is baffled.

Whoosh, someone saw a cannonball flying over their heads, and with a puff, it hit the Qing army camp stretching ten miles ahead.

"Ah!" The Qing army camp suddenly panicked, and someone let out a scream.

Originally, their camp was several miles away from Namhan Mountain City, and the Korean artillery could not hit them at all, so the Qing soldiers were very leisurely, and they never thought that there would be artillery coming in from outside.

Suddenly a cannon shot in, and the Qing soldiers in the camp were startled.

Huang Taiji and the others who heard the sound of the cannon turned their heads almost at the same time, and everyone's faces became extremely frightened in an instant.

On the surface of the Han River, a mass of black warships approached from a distance, getting closer and closer to them.

Huang Taiji's imperial camp was set up on the north bank of the Han River, surrounded by continuous military camps, built along the river.

In order to defend against the North Korean navy, they also built turrets on the riverside. Before a North Korean warship came over, they were blasted away by their Hongyi cannons from a long distance.

Because their Hongyi cannons are bigger and have a longer range.

"Ming warship?" Geng Zhongming cried out in shock.

"Fire the cannon, fire the cannon quickly." Duoduo hurriedly signaled Kong Youde's artillerymen to call to fire the cannon first, and then reacted quickly, pulling Huang Taiji and running away.

The artillery of the Ming army just hit them here.

Huang Taiji also reacted, and ran quickly.

But this Huang Taiji's body is a bit fat, and he can run around, looking for horses while running.

It was at this time.

Boom, boom, boom.

The 42-pound cannons on the warships of the Ming army opened fire one after another.

Whoosh whoosh, huge shells flew like meteors.

The entire Qing army camp along the coast also became chaotic in an instant.

(End of this chapter)