Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 953 Two North Koreas
When the king of Joseon heard that the Qing army might soon attack Seoul, his face was as pale as a piece of white paper. For a moment, he was terrified. Why did North Korea fight against the Qing army all the time, and the result was always the same? Is this God's will?

"Bingzi chaos" and "Dingmao chaos" are the results of the previous two confrontations with the Qing army. This year, in the year of Xinmao, there will be another "Xinmao chaos" in North Korean history.

North Korea looked at the recovery of Nanjing by the Ming Dynasty, thinking that this time, with the protection of the Ming army, it could resist the Manchus and straighten up in front of the Qing army.

"Your Highness! Time waits for no one, hurry up and evacuate with us!" Seeing the Joseon King in a daze, Xie Qian urged.

The king of Joseon came to his senses, but he said in a hurry: "The prince and concubine are not ready yet, General Xie wait!"

Xie Qian fled all the way to Seoul. Less than 2 of the 4 coalition troops were withdrawn, and more than [-] people were lost. The Qing soldiers may kill Seoul at any time, and there are many cavalry in the Qing army. They will be chased by the Qing army all the way and forced to jump into the sea.

"Your Highness, I've offended you!" Xie Qian frowned, and suddenly waved: "Take the King of Joseon and leave here!"

The two generals immediately stepped forward, and without any explanation, they carried the Joseon King and ran out of the palace.

Xie Qian glanced at the palace, and then ordered one of the generals to say, "The Queen Mother Zhao must be taken away. The other princes and concubines can take as much as they want. If they can't take them away, they can't fall into the hands of the Qing army. Do you understand?"

The Queen Mother was the concubine of the former king of Joseon. She was the representative of the pro-Ming forces in North Korea and had a great influence on the political situation in North Korea.

Xie Qian couldn't take care of that much anymore. After he finished giving his orders, he turned around and walked out, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and said to his subordinates, "Does Mr. Guanghai have any heirs?"

Many generals shook their heads, obviously not very clear.

Seeing this, Xie Qian frowned, and ordered someone to say: "Go find a North Korean official who is familiar with the situation. If there is one, be sure to kill him, and then go south to Jeju Island to join the governor!"

The general immediately bent down and held his fists, and took the order to leave, while Xie Qian and his party also carried torches, and came to the South Gate of Seoul, where a large number of defeated troops and Korean nobles had already gathered.

Outside the city gate, there were torches everywhere. Lin Qingye walked through the crowd, searched for a long time, and finally saw the car of the King of Joseon, and hurried over to salute the King of Joseon.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are incompetent! They failed to stop the Hulu and let the people of Sanhan suffer disaster!"

The King of Joseon was dragged out of the city by Xie Qian's people, still in shock. Seeing Lin Qingye, he immediately felt relieved. He rang to his family members, and immediately ordered: "Qing's family, get up quickly, and go to help Gu to see if the concubine and the prince are here."

Lin Qingye hurriedly saluted, and then ordered several North Korean generals, "Go and have a look!"

At this time, Xie Qian had already got on his horse, and then ordered, "Let's go!"

The torches gathered outside the city gate began to move southward from the south gate of Seoul under his order.

Seeing the crowd heading south, the king of Joseon couldn't help being taken aback, "Don't you want to go to Jianghua Island?"

"Your Majesty, the ice on Ganghwa Island has not thawed yet. We will retreat south to Jeolla-do. If the Qing army continues to pursue us, we will go out to sea and retreat to Jeju Island."

Jeju Island?The King of Joseon felt a little displeased, that place was no different from a wasteland, so many people gathered there, it might even be a problem to eat.

Daishan's 50-strong army, after breaking through the blockade of the coalition forces near Kaesong, covered up the killing all the way. The coalition forces buried their corpses for more than 2 miles, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] people. The remaining coalition forces either fled to Seoul or ran eastward. Into the mountains.

In order to decide North Korea for the First World War, Daishan asked Wakda to clean up the battlefield and take care of the prisoners, so he led the troops to continue the pursuit.

Qingqi rested all night, and approached Seoul at noon the next day, but Seoul was already an empty city, which surprised Dai Shan, but thinking that Xie Qian was good at running and escaping, otherwise the Qing army would not have put in a lot of effort. He was not wiped out either, so Daishan felt a little relieved.

After fully realizing Xie Qian's ability to escape, Daishan stayed in Seoul to deal with North Korean affairs, and immediately asked Nikan to continue the pursuit without stopping.

Qingqi chased Xie Qian's tail all the way into Jeolla Road, forcing the coalition forces to discard a large amount of supplies and defeated two broken troops. When they were about to catch up, they encountered an ambush from the coalition forces.

The ambush lasted less than a quarter of an hour, and it failed because the North Korean army participating in the ambush was too weak. The ambush turned into a rout again, but Nikan was too frightened to pursue blindly.

On the 22th of the first lunar month, the allied forces withdrew to Gwangju, fled to Hainan County on the [-]nd, and then entered Jindo by boat, and finally sent the King of Joseon to Jeju Island by a large ship. The pursuit of the Qing army stopped there.

By this time, the eight provinces of Korea, and the five provinces in the west were all occupied by the Qing army. Daishan, with 5 troops, fought from the Yalu River to Jeolla Province, from north to south, and pierced North Korea at once. As for Hamgyong in the east Dao, Gangwon-do, and Gyeongsang-do should be due to the mountainous terrain, and the Qing army did not touch them, but it is only a matter of time before they really want to fight and occupy them all.

After this battle, the 2000 Ming army in North Korea had only more than 7000 people left, and the [-] North Korean army was even more miserable with less than [-] people left.

The coalition forces withdrawn to the southern islands, together with the Korean nobles and their dependents, add up to less than 5 people, and even though there are only 5 people, the daily consumption is not a small number, but fortunately, the Ming army was accompanied by Japanese pirates before. The northern coast was plundered, and many supplies were stored in Jeju Island and other places.

The reason why they are placed here is mainly because North Korea is barren and the materials that can be digested are limited. Xie Qian can only smuggle these materials into Japan, and Xie Qian also feels that North Korea is poor and weak, so he prepared some food in advance and gave it to Japan. I left a way out for myself.

When the time came to the end of February, news came back from Seoul that Daishan found a son of Mr. Gwanghae and established him as the king of Joseon. , announced that Gwanghae-jun's lineage is the orthodoxy of Joseon, and that the former king of Joseon Lee Ji and the current king of Joseon Lee Ho are both traitors and traitors.

Xie Qian had already sent someone to eradicate Lord Gwanghae's heirs, but he didn't know if it was unsuccessful or Daishan just found one of them, but Daishan's actions made the Korean royal court in exile on Jeju Island very passive.

If the Qing army directly occupied North Korea, they could still call on the North Koreans to resist, but with Daishan supporting such a puppet, North Korea would have two kings at once, and the cost of the Qing army ruling North Korea would be reduced, and the thinking of the North Koreans would become It became chaotic, and it also greatly damaged the influence of Joseon King Li Hao.

(End of this chapter)