Wanli 1592

Chapter 1072 Battle Royale
It was already evening when Mao Wenlong led his troops back to Kaesong.

In order to thank Qin Jun for his life, the residents of Kaesong took out food and oil to make hot meals and hot dishes to entertain Qin Jun. After a day of running around, Qin Jun was also hungry, so he ate extravagantly, and even his horses were well fed. feeding of feed.

The Korean army in the city went out of the city to help the Qin army build a pontoon bridge across the river, preparing for the Qin army's attack.

And Mao Wenlong stood on the city wall of Kaesong, expressing his views on this battle to Liu Chenglong.

"Jiannu is cunning. It may be a bluff along the way, but this bluff can also scare most people. A small number of people with courage are not enough to defeat them. Once they lose the battle, it will only exacerbate the panic. People Ignorance, copying what others say, has created the current scene!"

Liu Chenglong did not expect that a mid-level officer of the Qin Army with 2000 cavalry could speak such insightful words, he must be literate and educated.

Are all the officers of the Qin Army literate?Are you all educated?

But at this moment, Liu Chenglong was not in the mood to worry about this matter.

He is worried about Nurhachi's whereabouts.

"General Mao, when will the main force of the Qin Dynasty arrive? If the Jiannu barbarians cross the Linjin River, Seoul will be in danger. Seoul is the capital of our country. If it is possible, please General Mao to preserve Seoul and leave a glimmer of life for our country!"

After listening to Liu Chenglong's words, Mao Wenlong smiled.

"Mr. Liu was joking, as long as the king of Joseon has enough troops around him, regardless of whether he has combat power or not, as long as the army is still there, the central government will be there. safe."

Liu Chenglong no longer regards Mao Wenlong as a simple martial artist.

"General Mao, our country is small and the people are poor and weak. After the First World War, there is no extra money to restore the wounds caused by this war. We can only minimize the wounds. Otherwise, after this war, our country may be in danger of being overthrown. "

Mao Wenlong couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

He had contacted Liao Zhong before, and Liao Zhong sent him the latest instructions from Emperor Xiao Ruxun—to keep North Korea from collapsing and to ensure the stability of North Korea.

As for what the emperor did, he also heard a little bit.

When I follow Ma Chong, I can always hear some important military affairs.

It is said that the chieftain in Sichuan was in trouble, and it was very unstable there. The emperor was very anxious to end the war here, and then freed up his hands to deal with the chieftain in Sichuan.

Once North Korea collapses, millions of refugees will have nowhere to escape. The biggest possibility is to flood into Liaodong. Of course, increasing the population is not a bad thing. It required a lot of energy and money from the court.

If the emperor intends to use troops against Sichuan, it is estimated that there is no way to spare his hands here.

Fortunately, Daqin's finances are very abundant, the military expenditure is sufficient, and the food is also enough, so there is no worry about not being able to fight. However, Daqin has not been established for a year, and the family background is not strong enough.

So the emperor meant to get rid of Jiannu quickly, and then let him free up his hands to clean up the chieftains in Sichuan. It is estimated that the emperor will also do something to other chieftains. This will lead to another big battle.

Mao Wenlong began to get excited.

Compared to exterminating the small slaves, if the chieftains in so many places in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi were cleaned up, how much credit would it be?
Therefore, it is really impossible to let North Korea collapse, the existence of North Korea is very necessary.

At this point, Mao Wenlong nodded.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Liu, the young general is here to exterminate Jiannu, but the strength of Jiannu is still higher than mine. Even if we meet now, our army is only two thousand cavalry. Jiannu still has three or four thousand, really. When it comes to fighting, I'm not completely sure that I can wipe out Jiannu, and the battle of trapped beasts is not easy."

Liu Chenglong also thought about it, if it was really bad luck and capsized in the gutter, North Korea would really be over.

Now that such an army is chasing after him, Jiannu may not dare to stop and attack Seoul, and he must speed up his escape.

Where will it escape?

"What is the general going to do? Where will Jiannu flee to? My king is still in the south."

Liu Chenglong understood that he was not the type to engage in military affairs, so he didn't ask Mao Wenlong for a solution.

In this way, Mao Wenlong has a good impression of him, and thinks that this old man is not a scum who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but a courageous person.

But Li Yan just...

"Mr. Liu, please rest assured that Nuer Hachi, the leader of Jiannu, accompanied my Majesty the Emperor of Qin to North Korea to conquer the Japanese pirates. He is familiar with the route to the south. Now, on the way to escape, he will definitely choose the familiar road instead of the unfamiliar one. , I think, we should go to Zhongzhou, Jiannu must be on the way to Zhongzhou now."

"Zhongzhou? No way!"

Liu Chenglong turned pale with shock: "General Mao, my king is taking the Zhongzhou route and retreating towards Busan!"

"It doesn't matter."

Mao Wenlong shook his head: "The remnants of the Jiannu soldiers panicked, and there must not be much food and water left. They need a lot of food and water along the way, and they must not be able to move fast. Moreover, it is late autumn and when everything is withering, it is estimated that their war horses It will be lost soon, and by then, what threat will there be for a toothless wolf?"

Liu Chenglong thought about it and felt it made sense.

"Then when shall we march?"

"Have a good night's rest today, and march again tomorrow."

Mao Wenlong made a decision.

On October [-]th, Mao Wenlong led his troops across the river. On the same day, he drove directly to Seoul, and when he came to the city of Seoul, he found that Seoul had not been attacked. The crisis was resolved only after Liu Chenglong stepped forward to let Seoul open the city gate.

When they learned that the Qin army had arrived for assistance, they all cried with joy, feeling extremely grateful that they had escaped, and at the same time talked about the panic when they heard the sound of thousands of horses galloping at night.

After all, there are only 500 people in Seoul.

Fortunately, they did not attack Seoul, but left quickly.

The direction of departure was the same as Mao Wenlong speculated, it was the direction of Zhongzhou, which was the direction where Li Yan fled.

"They don't have a stable source of food, and they can't even get food supplements for their war horses. How long can they run? Keep chasing, so that they can't stop and rest every moment, until they die from exhaustion!"

Mao Wenlong sent out sentry cavalry, reorganized the army, and resumed the pursuit.

When Mao Wenlong and Nurhachi staged the battle royale, Xiao Ruxun also kept receiving military secret reports from Sichuan in the capital, all of which were about various news about Yang Yinglong, chieftain of Bozhou.

(End of this chapter)