The Ming army did not enter Seoul because Seoul had already begun to fall into chaos.

In the chaos, those who snatched goods and people were North Koreans themselves.

What's more, you can't get in now because the city gate isn't open.

The new orders from above have not yet come down, and some generals who are confused are still at a loss. When the Ming army has not launched an attack, can they really revolt on the battlefield? They can only fight against the hungry people and the hungry people who continue to gather towards the city gate.

Outside the city, the Ming army was in a dilemma.

It's a mess.

Zhang Jing watched all this with cold eyes. He was sure that the Yin siblings would flee eastward when they saw the situation in the city suddenly getting out of control.

There are also some true confidants whom he relies on as his team.

A change from the past, the governor of Seoul appeared in front of the crowds of people crowding towards the north gate.

"New grain from Gangwon Province and Gyeongsang Province is coming soon. Your Majesty has just sent soldiers to rescue them. Once the new grain arrives, everyone will have it!"

"Fart! Are you still waiting? So much food has arrived in such a long time, is there any for us?"

"We are going out of the city to buy food!"

Seeing that the government was uncharacteristically not ordering its officials to block or suppress the crowds with sticks, swords and guns, the hungry and red-eyed civilians became more courageous among the crowds.

"You all ran out, what will happen to your family?" The governor of Seoul shouted hoarsely, pointing into the distance, "How much anger has been caused? When you are in such a mess, the gangsters took advantage of the chaos to loot, don't you care about the safety of your own family?"

"There is nothing left at home!"

"My parents are already starving to death!"

"Grab? Let's rob too!"

Under the riot, the governor of Seoul hurried to Gyeongbokgung Palace with his head covered with bruises and under protection.

Yin Yuanheng had previously ordered him to pacify the people first. However, more and more civilians came out to join the riots in different directions in Seoul. How many manpower are there to stop and pacify them?

Do we still need to defend the four walls?

We have to let the king and concubine Yin Yuanheng make an idea. The Ming army is going to pretend not to attack the city anyway, so it is business to first mobilize some defenders to quell the civil strife in the city.

The governor of Seoul was promoted by Yin Yuanheng after Li Geng passed away. He was a loyal and loyal bitch.

Gyeongbokgung Palace is located in the northwest of Seoul. The governor of Seoul noticed something was wrong as soon as he arrived outside the south gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

What about the Praetorian Guards?

As far as he could see, he saw many palace eunuchs and female officials running out with bulging packages in their hands.

No need to ask, he understood what was going on.

"It's over..."

As soon as the murmur died down, he heard the noise from the east.

The Yin siblings were decisive, and were ready to abandon the city as soon as the situation changed.

They say perseverance, but secretly who is not prepared?

And they cherish their lives so much, how can they not be protected when they want to escape?

Naturally, the most loyal Imperial Guards cannot be left behind, nor can they leave Gyeongbokgung Palace without being noticed, even with important national utensils, property, and chariots?

You have to leave anyway, so why not take more people with you to protect yourself.

Only the abandoned eunuchs and maids realized something was different in Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Why don't you hurry up and escape with something?

Now, of course, such large-scale activities cannot be carried out completely unnoticed in the city.

They were so violent that they seemed to be suppressing rioters along the road.

"Those who block the grain road will be killed without mercy!"

They had indeed fought all the way, but at this moment, Yin Yuanheng could no longer care about anything.

Naturally, some people saw something unusual: if it was to protect the grain road in the direction of the east gate, why were there many vehicles besides the imperial guards, and even a strict carriage, with eunuchs and maids nervously lowering their heads next to the carriage.

Follow and run.

"Is it the king? Is the king going to abandon the city and flee eastward?"

After being shouted at for so many days to "escape to the east", the convoy protected by the Imperial Guards in front of me was too conspicuous.

At this time, the poor people who had taken to the streets spread the word and became even more angry and frantic.

Originally, they were only heading towards the north gate. There were more people attacking at the west gate, but now many people were panicking and wanted to escape with them.

Under the chain reaction, first of all, the wealthy officials and gentry families with more manpower and wealth hurriedly prepared, and then the news quickly spread to the defenders in the north, west, and south of the city.

As for the defenders in the east of the city, they descended on the city wall in large numbers and joined the team that protected the Yin siblings and the young king as they fled eastward.

"Don't worry about it. The sooner you enter Taibai Mountain, the sooner you will be safe."

From a carriage in front, Yin Yuanheng's order came.

The Taibai Mountain he was talking about is a mountain range that stretches across the central part of the peninsula from north to south.

The entire peninsula, not to mention the plateau and Hamgyeong Mountains in the northeast, the Taebaek Mountains in the east and the Sobaek Mountains in the south, running northeast and southwest, actually divide the peninsula from east to west.

The reason why the Ming army was able to securely guard only Ping'an Road and Huanghai Road during this period was also due to the terrain.

And if the Yoon siblings, who are determined to flee eastward, can cross the Taebaek Mountains to the east and then go south to Gyeongsang Province, they will not lose the opportunity to separate themselves.

Historically, Silla and Baekje were separated by the Sobaek Mountain Range.

Like dominoes, the young king fled eastward, and the movements of the imperial guards and the defenders east of the city completely overwhelmed the will of resistance of the other three defenders.

The senior generals knew that they would not be spared, so they either set off on their own quickly or went to plunder some property along the way.

The entire city of Seoul soon fell into chaos on a larger scale, and the unarmed and hungry poor people ushered in Seoul, which was like a hell on earth.

The city gate to the east was actually open, but the last batch of generals were still blocking it there. Arrows were raining down, so they suppressed the others and caught up, hoisting up the young king's team who were fleeing eastward to avoid exposing their whereabouts.

Then when it was almost over, they evacuated completely and quickly, probably hoping that the people in the city would scatter into the vast countryside to the east, so that the Ming army would run into a huge mass of fleeing people when they pursued them.

At this time, Yin Yuanheng was already nearly five miles away from the city. He was still protected in front, behind and on both wings by nearly 5,000 elite guards and elite guards in the east of the city.

On a hilltop in the northeast, Song Liangchen in the forest put down his telescope and looked at Li Yuan.

"I've transferred you here, now it's time to show off your skills. Marquis Chicheng captured the great banner of the Khan Lord last year, and today I'm leading the special forces battalion. Can I capture the traitor and the young king of North Korea who usurped the throne alive?"

Li Yuan shook the special blunderbuss on his hand and said firmly, "It's just a mob. General, please give the order!"

There were only about 500 people in total who hurriedly came here to intercept them without concealing the information from the defenders in the north and east of the city.

Yin Yuanheng's formation of abandoning the city and escaping turned out to be like this, barely concealed, and the defenders in the city continued to resist for a while under the inertia. This was probably out of Zhang Jing's expectation.

How can there be such a shameless escape from a country's king and prime minister?

Song Liangchen has sent people back and sent more people to come directly, but now they need to be blocked or hung up.

He drew his saber: "Listen to my general's orders! Come down the mountain!"

On this day, the Ming army indeed stopped shelling Seoul.

In the east of the city, the generals protecting the young master heard the sound of Ming Dynasty's gunfire.

What's the use of one against ten?

…

Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, not to mention the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty actually indirectly controlled North Korea: there were more than 70 Daru Huachis left in various states and counties of the Goryeo Dynasty at that time, who were the palm seal officials.

Later, Kublai Khan first classified it into the Liaoyang Province, and later changed it to the Zhengdong Province.

During the Yuan Dynasty, although the Goryeo Dynasty still existed, the peninsula was actually the territory of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.

In the past dynasties, most of the Central Plains dynasties did not directly rule here. Naturally, there are reasons.

When strong, they are actually very submissive.

They are already weak, so naturally they are not qualified to think about opening up new territories.

Even if we purely consider the pros and cons, capturing and operating North Korea is not worth the gain.

But it's different now.

"If the capital is moved to Beijing, North Korea will not be far away."

There was great chaos in Seoul, and the Ming army won the battle without bloodshed. After flying into Beijing, the Ming monarchs and ministers began to launch a long-term strategy against North Korea.

Zhu Houcong continued to emphasize his point of view to them: "North Korea will definitely become a solid land in the future. In order to manage it well, the Ming Dynasty's navy and maritime transport, as well as the Northeast land route, will be valued in the long term."

The powerful enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty have always come from the north since ancient times. Either the grasslands or the white mountains and black waters of the Northeast.

To firmly control North Korea, we must manage Northeast China, a place that is still a bitter cold at this time and where most people do not want to stay for a long time.

With the current level of technology, shipping can still only be an auxiliary, but there is also a considerable need to create momentum to continue progress.

"What's more, it's not really barren. Not only in the Northeast, North Korea also has a lot of coal, iron, and copper, but their technology is backward and they cannot make good use of it." Zhu Houcong said, "Now that we have won this battle, we must start to operate in this direction in the long run.

.This is not something that happens in one or two years. Gong Yongqing’s talent is not enough.”
To be continued...