Li Hao, the king of Korea, took a large ship and set off from Qinhuangdao Port to Lushun Port.
Supplies for dozens of large ships, this is just the first batch of military supplies.
He used the borrowed money to buy a large amount of food and weapons.
These supplies will arm Dahua's army and the Korean Nationalist Army.
These troops would beat up Jiannu and help him retake occupied Korea.
Jin Dazhong looked at these weapons and ammunition and said heartbrokenly: "Your Majesty, we should buy more food.
Only with sufficient food can we buy off the people at the bottom.
Let these low-level people join our Korean Restoration Army.
Only when a large number of people join the army can we achieve final victory."
Military general Li Shiqi immediately stood up and said: "I think the monarch's choice is correct. Our North Koreans are not as powerful as the Eight Banners soldiers.
What's more, the newly trained army has no way of fighting the Eight Banners soldiers head-on.
We can only use the advantages of weapons to defeat the Eight Banners soldiers.
Only if we lead our own troops to retake the country from the Eight Banners, the price we pay will be less.
If you rely entirely on the Great China Dynasty, it will be easier to ask the gods than to send them away when the time comes."
Park Shengchang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "It would be better for the soldiers of the Dahua Dynasty to stay in North Korea, so that we can live a stable life and no longer fear the invasion of foreign enemies.
Over the years, the situation in North Korea has been too turbulent, and what a price we have paid.
From the invasion of Japanese pirates to the invasion of Hou Jin Dynasty, the number of nobles and common people killed and injured in North Korea is countless."
The king of Korea, Li Hao, looked at his ministers arguing.
But he did not stop them and allowed them to argue.
Although the people around him are all supportive of him.
But some people are from two classes of nobles, while others are from poor families, and their interests are all different.
The interests of his ministers are inconsistent, so as the king, he has the opportunity to exert himself.
The fleet transporting supplies slowly floated on the sea.
A small, streamlined sailboat, he carried the imperial edict of Suhe.
Riding the wind and waves, he quickly rushed to Liaodong to deliver the order to the Seventh Army.
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Mountainous area in northern Korea.
Zhuang Renyi, with the soldiers of the Second Division, was attacking an unknown valley.
The terrain of this valley is relatively flat, and it is the only way for heavy artillery in the army to pass.
The Royal Army of China and the Eight Banners Army repeatedly fought over the mountainous areas of northern Korea.
The Eight Banners soldiers completely built these mountains into huge fortresses.
The cavalry was unable to exert their powerful charging capabilities in mountainous areas.
But the Eight Banners soldiers' accurate bows and arrows made them even more powerful in mountainous areas with complex terrain.
It is a complex mountainous area with criss-crossing mountain roads.
Sometimes the two armies met only a few steps apart.
The Eight Banners soldiers were extremely powerful in hand-to-hand combat.
They still wore cotton armor and had a certain advantage against the Royal Army of China in hand-to-hand combat.
Only the veterans of the Royal Army of China can achieve victory by forming a formation and occupying the enemy.
Zhuang Renyi led his troops and walked in the valley.
There are no roads in the valley, and there are criss-crossing ravines everywhere. The soldiers are holding rifles and looking around vigilantly, looking for hidden enemies.
He looked at the raging fire in front of him and said angrily: "The Eight Banners soldiers are really abominable.
I usually hide in the mountains and make sneak attacks.
When we encounter such a place that is conducive to an ambush, use fire or water attacks to slow down our march."
Zhuang Renyi attacked North Korea during this time, and he found that the Eight Banners soldiers were fighting very crazy.
They became fearless of death and would never surrender to them even if they were beaten into pieces by rifles.
Zhuang Yanyi killed more than 6,000 people in the mountains of northern Korea, and he also suffered more than 1,000 casualties.
The biggest casualties were those caused by hand-to-hand combat with the Eight Banners soldiers.
The Eight Banners soldiers fought in a foreign land and did not care about the life and death of the local people.
They often set fire to mountains, or dig up rivers and flood both sides of the rivers.
In the northern mountainous area, most of what they encountered was mountain burning.
In Sinuiju, the cavalry division encountered water stored by the slaves and directly flooded the wheat fields that were in the grain-filling period.
The road became a swamp, and the cavalry could not play its role.
The army commander could only ask the cavalry division to withdraw from the Korean battlefield and go north to support the Third Army.
Zhuang Renyi has been fighting for such a long time. Only in the Korean battlefield did he know what it means to do everything possible.
The Eight Banners soldiers could not win on the frontal battlefield, so they used various tactics to delay the Dahua army.
Zhuang Renyi led his troops to withdraw from the burning area.
They took an alternative route and continued on.
The troops destroyed several Eight Banners soldiers' strongholds and blocked their way.
Ahead is a steep cliff.
They were at the bottom of the cliff, and above the cliff were the Eight Banners soldiers and the North Korean troops, who were ready.
Zhuang Renyi roared: "Zhao Walnut, your artillery regiment, blow up the Eight Banners stronghold for me."
Artillery regiment commander Zhao Walao immediately walked to the division commander Zhuang Renyi.
"Division Commander, we have no more artillery shells."
Zhuang Renyi asked in confusion: "Half a month ago, a large number of artillery shells were transported from Shenyang City.
I sent two companies of soldiers just to transport the artillery shells, but how come there were no more artillery shells so quickly."
Zhao Walnut said aggrievedly: "Division commander, when you encounter the Eight Banners soldiers' position, you shout for artillery fire coverage.
This is a mountainous area with no proper roads, making it extremely difficult to transport heavy artillery and artillery shells.
The company-level light artillery with 75 guns was unable to hit the enemy on the cliff.
We watched these people show off their power, but we couldn't attack."
Zhuang Renyi looked at the Eight Banners Soldiers' position on the cliff.
This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Without the assistance of heavy artillery, it is difficult to capture it.
The Eight Banners soldiers did not have enough artillery, but with the height and steepness of the cliff, it was easy to defend this place using simple defensive equipment.
The cliff is almost vertical to the bottom of the mountain, and there is no road connecting it.
The Eight Banners soldiers are not good at firearms, but their crossbows are extremely accurate.
You can also use defensive equipment to prevent them from climbing up the cliff.
Now that the artillery shells are out, we want to break through the Eight Banners soldiers' stronghold.
The only option is to exchange lives for lives, to exchange a large number of casualties of soldiers for the cliff ahead.
Zhuang Renyi did not want to adopt this method.
There are too many places like this in the mountainous areas of northern Korea.
Even if the lives of all the soldiers in the entire division were filled in, they would not be able to fill these mountains.
What's more, on the opposite side, there are only a small number of Eight Banners soldiers with a large number of Korean servants.
It is totally not worth exchanging the lives of Dahua soldiers for the lives of North Korean servants.
Commander Li Dazhuang repeatedly emphasized that the attack on North Korea could be slow, but the casualties should not be too great.
Zhuang Renyi chose to send scouts to see if there were other roads.
At the same time, maintain the logistics supply line, wait for the logistics troops to transport enough artillery shells, and use powerful artillery to crush the enemy.
Zhuang Renyi sighed: "Cui Xiuzhu was transferred to the mouth of the Tumen River by the army commander and had an important task.
The enemy forces that were originally faced by two divisions could be dealt with by one division without causing too many casualties.
We can only use our firepower advantage to fight slowly."
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Northern Fleet Chief of Staff Wang Qijiang, with Qingdao and Weihai.
Assisted the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of the 7th Army to land on Phi Island.
Wang Qijiang looked at the somewhat dilapidated Pidao.
“This is where Dongjiang Town used to be.
Mao Wenlong was a capable man who led a group of defeated soldiers to contain the rear of the Jiannu slaves.
It’s just that the internal fighting in the Ming Dynasty was too fierce, and Mao Wenlong did not die on the front line, but died in the hands of his own people.”
Wang Changgui, the leader of the third regiment, sighed.
He is a soldier from Pidao, Dongjiang Town.
He previously followed Kong Youde to attack the King of Qin and joined the army after being captured.
Unexpectedly, he would now return to Pidao again.
It is precisely because he is more familiar with Phi Island.
The division commander sent him here this time to recruit the Ming army and the Han people on Pi Island to surrender.
When Marshal Mao was there, there were hundreds of thousands of Han people in Pi Island. They were all fleeing Liao people and military households from the garrison.
Marshal Mao died, and the people of Dongjiang Town were immediately dispersed.
Without Marshal Mao, Dongjiang Town would not be able to obtain the food to feed such a large population.
The imperial court was also afraid that the generals in Dongjiang Town would be rebellious.
Most of the troops on Phi Island were gradually transferred to other places.
At that time, he followed Kong Youde and was transferred to the Denglai area.
Wang Changgui checked the current situation on Pi Island.
Mao Wenlong's father-in-law, Shen Shikui, led tens of thousands of people and occupied Phi Island.
Wang Changgui immediately went to recruit these people and told them that the Ming Dynasty had died.
With his status, the recruitment process went smoothly.
Wang Changgui prefers this job, having been on the battlefield before.
He didn't know why, but he felt like he couldn't use his strength.
He clearly felt on the battlefield that with just a little more force, he could defeat the Eight Banners soldiers.
But after a battle, I always feel unsatisfactory.
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Tan Fangyuan came to the Seventh Army command camp in Sinuiju.
He threw his sheepskin hat on the table in front of Li Dazhuang.
"Commander, this battle cannot be fought.
How can it be possible to win the war when our hands and feet are tied up?
It only took our army half a month to overcome all difficulties and capture the entire country of Sinuiju.
It has already taken two months, and we have not even taken Pyongyang, but are on the right track.
Commander, the rules you set are too complicated.
The Eight Banners soldiers were obviously defeated, but they still refused to let our army pursue them and watched helplessly as the Eight Banners soldiers fled.
Commander, the Seventh Army is not your private army. How can you cherish your feathers and be so afraid of the enemy?
Commander, you will not raise the bandits to respect themselves.
Use the formidable enemy of Jiannu to achieve your ulterior motives."
Tan Fangyuan thought about the performance of the First Division on the battlefield during this period.
Whenever he led his troops to defeat the Eight Banners soldiers and wanted to send troops to pursue the victory.
Li Dazhuang sent messengers to stop his actions.
Most of the excuses are just lame excuses to prevent him from going deep alone and encountering unexpected events.
When Tan Fangyuan said this, he was also observing the expressions of Duan Ruide, Chief of Staff of the Seventh Army, and Pan Hongcai, Zhu Shi.
The Seventh Army is not the commander of the Army, Li Dazhuang.
Tan Fangyuan of Li Dazhuangkang's speech.
He slapped the table hard with his hand, making a loud bang.
"Tan Fangyuan, what kind of nonsense are you talking about.
I respect myself by raising bandits. Do I have this motive?
I also hope you can let go.
How I wish you could capture Pyongyang today, attack Seoul tomorrow, and capture North Korea this month.
Eliminate the slaves and capture North Korea.
I, the Duke of Cao, will become King Cao."
Li Dazhuang directly put the imperial edict on the table.
"Look at what this is, it's His Majesty's decree.
Your Majesty has asked me not to attack Pyongyang until the King of North Korea, Li Hao, comes to North Korea.
What can I do? I can only order you to fight slower.
This is top secret information and it is impossible to give orders."
Li Dazhuang let out a long sigh and said: "Without His Majesty's will, this place would not be suitable for the kind of fighting we do at home.
Where are we fighting? We are fighting in Korea. We are fighting in the enemy's country.
In the past, when we were in China, our attack speed could be so fast.
That is a large number of prisoners who were transformed into security forces to help us stabilize the local situation.
Now, let alone joining the army, North Koreans will count as cooperating with us if they don't cause trouble for us.
Especially when the new Korean monarch came to the throne, Jiannu had complete control over the Korean government.
They incited the Koreans to resist our army.
Not only are we unable to convert prisoners, we will also suffer a lot of non-combat attrition.
Our current food is all shipped from Andong Mansion.
Someone poisoned the food supplied to the army.
Sinuiju has been put under military control and strict laws have been implemented, but they cannot stop the loyal and patriotic people of North Korea who risk their lives.
If the people are not afraid of death, why should they be afraid of death?
I am preparing to intensify my efforts and respond with more severe measures.
After receiving His Majesty's order, our army slows down its attack on North Korea and waits for the arrival of King Li Hao of North Korea."
When Tan Fangyuan heard the news, he was a little confused.
The order to slow down the attack on North Korea was not an arrangement made by the military commander, but by His Majesty.
"This, how is this possible? Your Majesty has no reason to do this."
Tan Fangyuan said with some stuttering.
The military commander's arrangement may be changed by forcing him to marry.
Your Majesty's arrangement cannot be changed.
Tan Fangyuan could not understand how his majesty could support the bandits and respect themselves.
Pan Hongcai, commander of the Seventh Army, saw Tan Fangyuan's doubts.
He simply concluded: "Commander Tan, you only see the situation on the battlefield, but not the situation outside the battlefield.
Do you think the current situation in North Korea will be able to be occupied by our army for a long time if we defeat it?"
Tan Fangyuan replied with some confusion: "I think it's unlikely. The people here are very hostile to us."
Pan Hongcai nodded and said: "Mr. Tan, you see it very clearly.
The people here have been ruled by the Lee family for hundreds of years.
Many people only followed the orders of Lee's Joseon.
The current monarch of North Korea is controlled by Dorgon and others, and he is very hostile to us.
The people of North Korea, who obey the king's orders, will also be hostile to us.
If we only eliminate the slaves, we can then transfer a security force from the country to help us stabilize our rear.
With the strength of our army, it is not difficult to capture North Korea.
But our army sacrificed so many people and fought hard to defeat North Korea. How can we still hand it over to the rule of the Lee family?"
When Tan Fangyuan heard Pan Zhushi say this, he said with some hindsight: "Pan Zhushi means that His Majesty wants to incorporate North Korea into our Dahua Dynasty.
Even if we have this important goal, we should pay attention to some civilian casualties during the war, so why fight so timidly?
I have never fought such a frustrating battle since I joined the army."
Duan Ruide, Chief of Staff of the Seventh Army, said: "If it was just to win the war, we would not choose to do this.
You are right, we are delaying time on purpose.
Waiting for the arrival of King Li Hao of Korea.
Your Majesty has explained everything in his imperial edict.
Only with the arrival of King Li Hao of North Korea could the money he borrowed from the court be put to practical use.
We will also have reasons to ask for loans from him in the future.
The most important point is that Your Majesty must use the king of Korea, Li Hao, to completely break the ridge of Korea.
In this way, when we occupy North Korea, there won't be so many people making trouble.
Historical experience shows that the imperial court spent a huge amount of money to maintain stability here, and in the end it was unable to make ends meet and had no choice but to withdraw."
Tan Fangyuan understood somewhat, but not too well.
He only knew about this matter that it was not Cao Guogong Li Dazhuang who was trying to encourage the bandits to respect themselves, but His Majesty who was encouraging the bandits to respect themselves.
Tan Fangyuan walked up to Li Dazhuang, first gave a military salute, then bowed ninety degrees and said: "Commander, I misunderstood you.
I will personally apologize to His Majesty for what I did."
Li Dazhuang sighed and said: "It's all for the Dahua Dynasty, I won't blame you this time.
You don’t have to plead guilty, you can offset your guilt by fighting the next battle well.”
