When Shanhaiguan was in full swing, the Korean battlefield changed suddenly. After the Qing soldiers entered North Korea, they encountered Japanese soldiers who were driving straight into Seoul.

Although Sakai Nobuki fought to the death, the Qing soldiers were far superior to the Japanese soldiers in terms of individual quality and weapons and equipment.

Suksaha and Zhang Yong took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory, and Sakai Nobuki retreated to Yukizhou, waiting for subsequent reinforcements.

In the early spring of North Korea, even the cold winter was cold. Under the biting cold wind, all the soldiers in the bitter and cold places were soldiers in the battle. Only a few generals from the Songjiang Navy were trembling with coldness.

Zhao Hanwu and others surrounded a bonfire and reached out to roast the fire, their faces full of regret. The situation on the battlefield in the early stage was so smooth that they forgot to take every step and ended up in Seoul and suffered a defeat. Although most of the losses were Japanese soldiers, the news might be the first recent defeat of the Ming Dynasty, which had frequent reports of good news.

"General Zhao, the Qing army was beaten by the Northern Expedition Army on land and fled, but defeated us. Isn't this a shame for the Navy? How come our Navy raised its head in front of the Army? At that time, the Northern Expedition Army had repeatedly rumored that our Navy was the treasure of the General Commander, and he couldn't bear to use it as a decoration... This time, it's great, alas."

"Shut up!" Zhao Hanwu stood up, his face was scary and blushed. He stared at his officers and soldiers fiercely, and after a moment, he lowered his head weakly.

No army is born invincible. Even the Northern Expedition Army lost more and won less in the early stages of the decisive battle in Jingxiang. The navy went smoothly and did not encounter any fierce battles. The psychological quality of Jiang Zuo was far from the level needed by the war.

Zhao Hanwu stood up and walked towards Sakai Nobuhiko's tent, lifted the curtains and was full of Japanese soldiers, discussing military information.

Although Sakai Nobuki didn't like him, he was an Aoi general after all, so he didn't dare to neglect: "General Zhao, what's the matter?"

"What's the matter? Don't you feel ashamed of Seoul in this way?" Zhao Hanwu asked angrily.

Sakai Nobumitsu burst into anger, his eyes were bloodshot and his face looked ugly. His whole body was trembling slightly, making him angry as if he was just a little explosive.

He is Japan's leading general and the most trusted general of the Tokugawa shogunate. His grandfather Tadaji Sakai was known as the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa and was an elder and important official in the Tokugawa world.

The person on the other side is not only a navy general, but also a middle-level military general in the Ming Dynasty. Such people dare to yell at them, and in front of so many Japanese generals, many of these people understand Chinese.

Zhao Hanwu was not aware of it and continued to curse: "It is a shame for us to fight with you, a shame that we have never experienced before. You are still discussing how to hide here. I tell you, hurry up and organize the army to fight back, and you can make up for the merits. Otherwise, you can wait and see!"

After Zhao Hanwu finished speaking, he felt much more happy and turned around and left, leaving a tent of Japanese generals who were angry.

At the same time, the Qing soldiers chasing had already arrived at the city of Xingzhou. The North Korean city was relatively low, and in the eyes of these Han Eight Banners soldiers, it was almost as different from a village.

Zhang Yong held down his war horse and said, "Sir, if the Japanese army escapes this time, he will invade again next year and kill all the North Koreans so that the Japanese army will not return."

Suksaha nodded. After several battles, he had already discovered Zhang Yong's power. Even Manchuria, which was full of powerful generals back then, a general like Zhang Yong was a leader. After hearing this, Suksaha said, "General Zhang is right, I am afraid that the Ming navy will participate in the battle."

Zhang Yong did not participate in the Northern Expedition. He was appointed by the Qing court to guard Gansu. He only heard that the Qing soldiers on the front line were constantly defeated, and in his opinion, they were purely incompetent.

Zhang Yong was full of energy and said loudly: "Don't worry, sir, the Niming Navy is a navy after all. How can we fight against our warriors on land? If North Korea is lost, we will completely lose the navy, and the entire Manchuria will be in peace by then."

Suksaha pondered for a while and said, "Let's stop General Zhang."

Zhang Yong really likes this Manren very much. He is different from other Manren. He has full trust in himself and obeys the rules. Zhang Yong doesn't care that his credit is taken away by him, as long as he can fight without being restricted. He has been in the Ming army. When he met such eunuchs and military officers in the late Ming Dynasty, he had to interfere everywhere and interfere everywhere. That was really uncomfortable.

There was a reason why the Ming generals were bullied back then.

Zhang Yong was preparing to attack the city, but suddenly the city gate opened wide. Zhao Hanwu, with a group of navy soldiers and the Japanese soldiers behind him, rushed out.

Zhang Yong stood there in a daze, then he was surprised and commanded the army to cover up and kill him.

Also stunned were the Japanese general Nobuki Sakai, Nobuki Sakai, who was also the one who was the Japanese soldier. After hearing the sound, Nobuki Sakai angrily said, "What is the sound outside?"

"Zhao Hanwu said that he rushed out with the army at your order."

Sakai Nobuya's face was as glossy as earth. He collapsed in his seat. After a while, he stood up decisively and said, "Retreat!"

"What about the soldiers who rushed out?" These Japanese soldiers were all warriors from a family of samurai, and they had a very close relationship with each other.

Sakai Nobuki lost his armor and retreated with the rest of the people, and his men also understood.

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It is not unwise for a hero to cut off his arm. The facts have proved that if Sakai Nobuki had retreated in time, the entire Japanese army would have been wiped out.

On the Korean battlefield, the 70,000 Qing soldiers who came with victory were not troops of this magnitude at all, but were armed forces in the Central Plains and the Northern Expedition Army.

The tiger and the lion are playing games, and the lion loses, but it is not something that a wild dog can be humiliated easily.

During the battle between the Korean army and the Japanese soldiers, the Qing soldiers changed their taste after they participated.

The Battle of Xingzhou was very impacted. Not only was the excitement of the Japanese people, but even Hou Xuanyan was affected.

Tokugawa Ie-Kimitsu personally wrote a letter to Hou Xuanyeon, explaining the reasons for his defeat, and pleaded for Sakai Nobuki.

Hou Xuanyan sent someone to appease Nobuki Sakai and gave him a large amount of gold, silver and silk. Zhao Hanwu, who died in battle, was written into the negative textbook of the martial arts lecture hall and informed the entire army.

Hou Xuanyan even gave his sword to Sakai Nobuki to appease the angry civil servants and generals in Japan.

This move has indeed achieved results, and Zhu Dadian's versatility has led to a plan in Japan. The Sino-Japanese relations, which had a huge rift in the Battle of Xingzhou, were alleviated.

Under Shanhaiguan, Hou Xuanyan sighed. It was not as easy as he imagined to conquer Liao. After leaving the Central Plains, the pseudo-Qing Dynasty returned to their nests, just like his original state of mind, they also had compatriots behind them that needed protection.

Those who defended their country became the Qing soldiers on the opposite side. With this mentality, whether it was the Manchus or the Liao people, they would inevitably be more brave.

"Zhao Hanwu is really a fool!" Li Haoxian cursed.

Hou Xuanyan shook his head and said, "How can Zhao Hanwu, a general in charge, command an army of 100,000 people? His stupidity is still small, and his courage is really great."

The front offensive was trapped in artillery battles. At Shanhaiguan, they were shelling each other every day, and the casualties of the soldiers were reduced.

During the intermittent sound of cannons, Hou Xuanyan gritted his teeth and said, "Shang Kexi, this old turtle, has Shanhaiguan in his hands, just like a turtle has a shell, and the shell is really hard."

He is not a cruel commander. On the contrary, Hou Xuanyan cherishes his soldiers very much, but this does not mean that he will give up attacking Shanhaiguan because of too much sacrifice.

This is the case with war. There is no undead war. The indecisive and indecisive woman in one side will often kill more subordinates. Just like Shanhaiguan is fighting so fiercely, if Hou Xuanyan ordered the withdrawal of troops because there were too many people killed, the soldiers who died in the previous battle would die in vain.

The inability to completely pacify Liao, and the harm was endless. In the late Ming Dynasty, every time the Tartars entered the pass, they had to plunder hundreds of thousands of Han people as slaves. There were countless casualties and injuries, and the losses could not be counted.

So even if Shanhaiguan is hard to fight and Shang Kexi can hide, Hou Xuanyan knows that he must grit his teeth and knock on Shanhaiguan.

"After the start of the Liao Dynasty, we have not made any progress. North Korea won first and then lost. Xia Wanchun from Songjin did not get any advantage at Wu Sangui. But I still want to say that victory is leaning towards us." Looking at the several confidant generals in the tent, with a sad face, Hou Xuanyan stood up to enlighten him.

Sure enough, everyone's eyes looked at Hou Xuanyan. I wanted to know why the battle was like this, but the prince felt that he had a great advantage...

Hou Xuanyan said with his hands behind his back: "We seem to have not made any achievements and have not yet recovered the Liao land of the size, but think about it, after the battle this month, we have killed many Qing soldiers.

The source of troops and supplies are the embodiment of the national strength of a dynasty. What should the pseudo-Qing fight with us?" Hou Xuanyan walked to Li Haoxian and said, "When the Fire Camp hit Shandong, it was as powerful as a bamboo shoot and made rapid progress, but it had to withdraw back to Huai'an. Do you still remember why?"

"Zheng Zhilong locked the sea, the imperial court's treasury was tight, and there was no money to support the Northern Expedition." Li Haoxian would never forget this incident, so he naturally opened his mouth and did not need to think about it.

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said, "That's right, the Qing Dynasty is like us now, fighting on three sides but there is no tax on our vast territory. I have opened up the South Ocean, and the daily progress is more than just a stake of gold. Countless materials can be obtained from various places and transported to the battlefield. What about the pseudo-Qing Dynasty? They are still leveraging their capital, and the wealth plundered from the Central Plains is eluded, and after all, there are many things they can persevere until when.

After the Qing soldiers were killed and injured, where will they recruit soldiers? I have more than 100,000 reserve soldiers from Du Yinxi. What is Shang Kexi?"

After Hou Xuan finished speaking, the general in the tent looked slightly calmer. Although the knot in his heart had not been untied, he had recovered a lot of confidence.

After seeing off the generals, Hou Xuanyan walked out of the tent and stood on Gaogang and looked towards Shanhaiguan.

Since ancient times, the mighty rulers of the Northern Expedition have not been smooth sailing. As strong as Chai Rong, they did not win the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in their lifetime. What's more, Liaodong, which is even more northerly than the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, is not so easy to defeat.

Under his own leadership, the Ming Dynasty was like a big ship with smooth sailing. Now it has encountered some storms. Looking into the long run, the strength of the Han people has already been on the right track. No matter how majestic Shanhaiguan is, it cannot stop the general trend of the world.

What Hou Xuanyan didn't know was that Shang Kexi was also looking down at the pass opposite him.

The long-term shelling made the city walls of Shanhaiguan bumpy, and the smoke and fire were everywhere. The Qing soldiers closed were covered with dust and lying under the low wall to avoid muskets and shells. All the soldiers had cotton wool in their ears. At the beginning of the shelling, there were many people who died of blood from the shocked orifices.

"The smoke of gunpowder has been going on for half a century, and it is not as tragic as it is today. Where did Hou Xuanyan get so many shells? Will his money be given? No matter how hard he uses it, he can't use it all?"

This question has been confusing Shang Kexi for a long time. How could he know that Hou Xuanyan relied on war to balance the rapid economic development.

The rise of maritime commerce allowed a large amount of silver and gold to flow into the Ming Dynasty, especially the imperial court.

The large inflow of silver stimulated the economy of the Ming Dynasty. When people saw that the production of silk, porcelain and tea was much more cost-effective than growing grain, they would change rice to mulberry and tea to produce economic crops. However, in this way, the price of grain will rise and the grain reserves will be reduced. Once a natural disaster occurs, there will be no grain reserves and the price of grain will be high, and there will be big problems.

Hou Xuanyan’s response was to charge high taxes on exported commodities, but this still could not change the current situation of the crazy inflow of silver and gold.

A large influx of funds under the natural economic system will cause inflation. If left unchecked, it will cause the collapse of its own industrial system like Spain. It will be of no benefit except that the powerful and businessmen have squandered a lot of money. Moreover, when reaching a critical point, it will inevitably lead to inflation, resulting in low silver and expensive copper, hoarding, triggering a series of adverse reactions, and causing a devastating blow to the national economy.

From the late Ming Dynasty to the present, one-third of the world's silver has flowed into China, but it did not cause obvious inflation until the early Chongzhen period. The influence of the national consumption and saving habits was that a large amount of silver was stored and a large amount of silver did not enter the circulation field, maintaining a strange balance. Later, the consequences began to show that Chongzhen's crazy levy of agricultural taxes was also caused by this.

Although Hou Xuanyan was not an economist, he saw a little further than the ancients, so he strongly encouraged and supported those merchants to buy factories.

Through repeated wars, orders flowed into the people, stimulating the rise of industry. Various industries related to military merits are related to the long-term national fortune and the development of science and technology, and are a very important part of Hou Xuanyan's plan.

These gold and silver that flowed into the Ming Dynasty in a crazy way will become real facilities and equipment. There are already many enlightened and wise businessmen who know how to buy the supplies needed by the Ming Dynasty from Fanbians.

In other words, the happier Hou Xuanyan plays, the more shells and gunpowder it consumes, the more beneficial it is to the Ming Dynasty.
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