The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 25 Death of Liu Jing
Liu Jing died in battle.

Just like in the original historical dimension, the old general finally died on the battlefield of Liaodong.

On the eve of the Zhejiang army's demise, the two Bayalas bypassed the Ming army's formation and secretly sneaked into the general's central army tent from the cliff on the back mountain.

The servants were all in the front to assist the Zhejiang soldiers, leaving only two personal followers to accompany the general, standing still like a mountain to boost the morale of the army.

The two close followers fought to the death and protected their old master at their own risk, but were eventually killed by Bayala.

Liu Jing brandished the 120-jin iron sword and chopped off half of the injured Bayala's body. When he raised the sword again, a heavy arrow hit his chest.

He struggled to chase and kill another Jiannu soldier. The fierce Bayala was shocked by the old general's momentum and stayed where he was. Liu Zhaosun came with his servants, and Bayala turned around and fled.

The adoptive father was on his deathbed. When he saw Xiao Shisan, his originally dull eyes suddenly brightened. He raised his hands with difficulty, held Liu Zhaosun's face, and spoke intermittently:
"On the thirteenth... on the thirteenth, I will return to Shenyang and tell the governor, tell him..."

Liu Zhaosun's eyes were red, and tears kept flowing down his cheeks along with the dried blood.

Liu Jing turned to look at Pei Dahu who was standing next to him.

Pei Dahu burst into tears: "Master! I will definitely assist Xiao Shisan well!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Jing nodded with difficulty, his voice becoming weaker and weaker, and his breathing gradually became smoother.

Kang Yingqian stood beside him, looking anxious, and shouted loudly:
"General Liu, what should we tell Yang Hao? Do you have any evidence against him?"

The old general was in a state of confusion, and his head was shaking rhythmically.

"What do you say to Yang Hao?!"

Liu Zhaosun kicked Kang Yingqian away, who was yelling in his adoptive father's ear. With bloodshot eyes, he angrily said to him:

"Get out of the way!"

Kang Yingqian got up from the ground and was about to go up and ask more questions, but when he saw Liu Zhaosun still holding the blood-stained knife in his hand, he was so angry that he stomped his feet and pointed at Liu Zhaosun, unable to say anything for a long time. Finally, he pushed away the servants who were surrounding him and left angrily.

As soon as he walked out of the crowd, he heard a cry of pain from behind him.

"Father!"

The weapons in the servants' hands fell to the ground with a clang, and everyone lowered their heads and looked at Liu Zhaosun who was crying while holding his adoptive father's body.

The Bordered Blue Banner retreated, but the Yehe tribe continued to pursue them.

The surviving Ming troops were busy cleaning up the battlefield, and the fire soldiers were busy chopping off the heads of the Jiannu and putting them into baskets. Hundreds of baskets were soon filled with thousands of hideous-looking heads of the Zhenyi warriors.

Some of the captured Later Jin soldiers who were not killed became the targets of the Ming army's hatred, especially those baoyi Aha who were injured and unable to escape. Many of them were hacked to death on the spot.

For those comrades who were injured and destined to die, they had no choice but to give them another blow to alleviate their pain.

Liu Jing was dead, Liu Tianxing was dead, Deng Qilong was dead, and the general's retainers were almost wiped out. Of the 700 men, less than 100 remained. Of the 5,000 Zhejiang soldiers Deng Qilong had brought with him, only 2,300 remained. Of the 8,000 reinforcements sent from Huguang, Guangdong, and other places, most had fled, leaving only a little over 2,000 still under Liu Zhaosun's command.

Of the more than 30,000 troops in the eastern army, only five or six thousand can be gathered together.

Oh, as for the 13,000 Korean soldiers who participated in the war, except for the more than 1,000 archers led by Kim Young-ha, the others either fled or lay on the ground like dead bodies.

Liu Zhaosun had no energy or mood to care whether the fleeing soldiers were dead or alive.

It's icy and snowy here, and far away from the Later Jin city. The temperature drops to minus ten degrees Celsius at night, and even urine freezes. We can only hope that these defeated soldiers have strong enough vitality to survive like Bear Grylls.

After paying such a heavy price, the Eastern Army finally repelled the Bordered Blue Banner.

Liu Zhaosun was not excited at all. Like the southern soldiers, Amin was raised by a stepmother, and the Bordered Blue Banner was the weakest of the Eight Banners.

This time back in Hetuala, Amin, the Gushan'e, really couldn't continue his duties and might even lose his life. Liu Zhaosun wanted the Second Prince of the Jin Dynasty to pay for his adoptive father's life. In the original plane, during the Jisi Incident in the second year of Chongzhen's reign, Amin led the Bordered Blue Banner to capture Yongping and massacred the city for several days, leaving mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

Liu Zhaosun would certainly not let such a butcher go.

Of the last five adopted sons of Liu Jing, only Liu Zhaosun is still alive.

The old general's two biological sons are still unemployed in their hometown of Nanchang. They are not interested in military affairs and are interested in fame and fortune. They basically will not pose a threat to Liu Zhaosun.

He fought hard against the Bordered Blue Banner and dealt a heavy blow to Amin. After this battle, Liu Zhaosun's reputation will surely increase greatly. If nothing unexpected happens, the remaining servants and the old general's former subordinates will follow him.

With everyone witnessing, Liu Zhaosun began to collect his adoptive father's body. He used a knife to cut off the red cloth on his mandarin duck-patterned battle jacket, turned over the clean side, and wiped the blood off his adoptive father's body.

Sadness spread among the crowd like a fog.

As a time traveler, although he had little contact with Liu Jing, in addition to the influence of factors such as status and interests, the general temperament revealed by the old general also deeply attracted Liu Zhaosun. From beginning to end, Liu Jing was full of trust in him and regarded him as his confidant.

Liu Zhaosun was a sentimental person in his previous life, and his parents and family were everything to him.

After traveling to this world, the first relative he met was gone, and he was powerless to do anything but watch his adoptive father being killed.

This deep sense of loss and guilt was more ferocious than the heavy arrows shot by the white-armored soldiers, piercing Liu Zhaosun's heart into thousands of holes and causing him to bleed continuously.

After the sadness has passed, the road must continue and the remaining people must continue to live.

The Bordered Blue Banner retreated, and the Yehe tribe was not a good group either.

Kang Yingqian was bargaining with the Haixi Beiles, and the two sides obviously had different opinions on the distribution of the Jiannu heads.

Qiao Yiqi looked at Liu Zhaosun. Liu Zhaosun's actions in the past few days had made Master Qiao look at him with new eyes. He no longer dared to regard Liu Zhaosun as a warrior who only knew how to fight.

"My adoptive father wanted to return to his roots before he died. Let's transport him back to his hometown in Nanchang first. Once the imperial court provides him with financial aid, we can give him a grand funeral!"

The remaining servants and Zhejiang soldiers had already regarded the loyal, brave and righteous Liu Qianzong as their backbone. Qiao Yiqi echoed from the side:
"Rest assured, everyone. The general sacrificed his life for his country, and the court will not treat him unfairly!"

Liu Zhaosun was not at all reassured, as the Zhu emperors were known for their harshness towards their subjects, especially Zhu Youjian, who was so mean and unkind that it was outrageous.

Liu Zhaosun's knowledge of the Wanli Emperor was limited to the limited historical data from his previous life, and he had no idea how biased that data might be. He believed that he would have the opportunity to meet this fat man in person in the future.

"Most of the gunners that our adoptive father had worked so hard to assemble have been lost. Sir Qiao, quickly take the men and gather them!"

Compared with other branches of the military, artillerymen are the most scarce talents of this era. After wiping away his tears, Liu Zhaosun thought of them first.

Qiao Yiqi whipped the gunners many times today and also helped them withstand the attacks of the white-armored soldiers. The gunners were all impressed by this hot-tempered Mr. Qiao.

Among the 13,000 Korean soldiers, only a thousand were killed or wounded. Except for Kim Young-ha and a few hundred archers, the remaining tens of thousands of troops had all fled.

In this icy and snowy Liaodong wilderness, the strangers are helpless and have only the cold arrows of the Jiannu. I wonder if the Koreans want to play a wilderness survival game.

After this battle, Gwanghaegun's desire to protect himself was completely dashed.

More than 10,000 people followed Jiang Hongli to join in the fun, but they didn't expect the losses to be so heavy, which made the North Korean family, no, the country, which was not rich to begin with, even worse off.

Gwanghaegun probably hated Liu Jing and Kim Eung-ha to death, and of course the culprit, Emperor Wanli.

Fortunately, this illegitimate son does not have an advantage in Korea and will not pose a threat to Liu Zhaosun for the time being. However, a feud has been formed between the two sides.

If given the chance, Liu Zhaosun would definitely launch a color revolution in Seoul and replace the monarch with a tougher one.

And he must get rid of Gwanghaegun, the man who stabbed him in the back, not for anything else but for the sake of his adoptive father.

(End of this chapter)