Many of the thousand imperial guards returned to Hanyang City along the same route. The difference from when they came was that they were vigorous and ambitious when they came, but when they came back they were downcast and sad, with no horses left to ride. They all took advantage of the Ming army.
Bu Yong, the navy commander, also had his saber confiscated, so he could only follow others and eat dirt.
The 10,000 Hwarang Army that was monitoring the garrison on Ganghwa Island had been dispersed. The Hwarang Army was a new army division composed of brave young folk, because the original army division of Goryeo had been exhausted in the battle with the Kim rebels in the north.
It's all gone. To be precise, it's all done with gold.
There are only so many places in Korea. Although martial arts are practiced among the people, and teenagers practice Taekwondo in their spare time, no matter how good they are, they can't stop cannon fire. The Kim Soong Sung tribe that occupies the northern part of Korea is just equipped with weapons.
There are very few firearms, and I have learned a little bit about the Red Shirt Army's combat. At best, it is just a copycat version of the Red Shirt Army. This can defeat the Goryeo court, let alone the real Red Shirt Army. The difference in strength is too big.
Big, the battle ended as quickly as it started. The Hwarang army collapsed, all the imperial guards surrendered, Min Jung-ho was captured, and Lee Myung-bak was not so lucky this time. He was hidden in the grass and was taken out. Now he is sitting
I'm talking to Liu Ziguang on the horse.
Li Mingbak got on the horse bar today and rode back and forth for three hundred miles. His butt was almost swollen, but in front of the nobles of the country, he still endured the pain and maintained due courtesy and respect.
Answered all Liu Ziguang's questions.
Liu Ziguang brought almost the entire fleet from Qingdao. The Navy Bu Yong alone had three battalions. The Navy Bu Yong's establishment was smaller than that of the army. It was a light battalion. The three battalions only had 5,000 men, but it was enough for Goryeo.
Wow, I thought back then one battalion could sweep across Liaodong, but today three battalions have not turned Korea upside down.
Of course, it cannot be said in name. Liu Ziguang is now the guest of the King of Korea. He went to Hanyang with his entourage according to the king's order. But this guest was a bit evil and surrendered all the internal guards sent to welcome him.
Weaponry, robbed the horse.
After several hours of trekking, the mixed formation of the Ming Army and the Goryeo Army finally arrived at Hanyang, a hundred miles away. Hanyang is surrounded by a circle of hills, and the Han River flows from east to west. As the capital of the Goryeo Kingdom, there is nothing
The appearance of the capital city, the city walls are low, with a few flags listlessly erected on them. Looking through the telescope, there are two soldiers holding forks at the gate of the city dozing off. Smoke is curling up inside the city. It is time for dinner.
Liu Ziguang took back his telescope and said to the general beside him, Navy Bu Yong, Wen Getao: "Go and occupy the city wall, so that we can go into the city and have a peaceful meal."
Wen Getao responded: "I have the order." He roared away with a group of men and horses. The task of occupying Hanyang City was simply too simple. After the inner guards were sent out, the only people guarding the capital were the light infantry of the Robbery Department.
, Strictly speaking, they are not even considered a city defense force, they are just officers who catch thieves. How can these people resist the tiger and wolf divisions of the Red Shirt Army? In less than two cups of tea, Hanyang City Defense has fallen.
In Wen Getao's hands, several small cannons were fired at the top of the city, aiming at Gyeongbokgung Palace. Hanyang City was no longer in danger.
Liu Ziguang then led a large group of people into Hanyang City in a swaggering manner. This was not the first time he went abroad for a friendly visit. When he went to the Song Dynasty, Xin Bianjing was so prosperous and prosperous, but Hanyang City was nothing like it.
The appearance of the capital may be due to the recent rain. The streets are muddy, and excrement and urine can be seen everywhere on the roadside. The houses on both sides are low and simple, with not many tiles. Most of them have mud thatched roofs and wear white national costumes.
The Koreans came out of the house and looked at this huge army curiously with a pair of small eyes on their big faces.
"The country is barren and the people are in poverty. This is the fault of the king." Liu Ziguang said seriously.
"What the Duke said is that our Goryeo lacks a wise king. If you can be our king, it will be a great blessing for all the people." Li Mingbo immediately continued, and through the exchanges along the way, he had completely fallen in love with
He killed the intruder and was made a ninth-rank general officer by Liu Ziguang. Although he was still a ninth-rank official, the Ming Dynasty's officials were more valuable than the third-rank officials of Goryeo.
"You are so shameless." Liu Ziguang thought to himself, but said: "Korea will naturally be in charge of the country. I am from the Ming Dynasty, how can I be your king? Don't talk nonsense, Li Tongshi."
Lee Myung-bak's flattery hit the horse's hoof and he quickly shut up. Min Jung-ho next to him spit on the ground bitterly, probably despising Lee Myung-bak's shameless behavior, but Lee Myung-bak just snorted and turned his head to the side.
He ignored Min Zhenghao.
There was still a little fighting when entering Gyeongbokgung Palace, but it was not big, because the area of Gyeongbokgung Palace was at best the size of the house of a landlord in a poor county town in the Ming Dynasty, and all the internal guards were sent out.
There were only a hundred or so personal guards left to protect the king. Li Zhu was young and brave, and personally led the guards to resist with a long sword. However, the backward weapons could not stop the firearm attack. They retreated steadily and retreated to the last palace gate.
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Seeing that he could no longer watch, Li Zhu sent someone to announce that he was willing to hand over all the gold and silver in the Goryeo Palace, and offered a beauty to ask the Heavenly Soldiers to withdraw. After saying this, he sent two boxes of gold and silver, and
Liu Ziguang took a look at the woman with a strange bun on her head and shouted that she was still the sister of his old friend Dae Jang Geum.
Xu Janggeum had a very high status in Korea. It turned out that she was just an ordinary palace maid who was often ostracized. However, she was very persistent and loved to learn. She was good at cooking and art. Later she went to study in the Ming Dynasty for further study. When she returned to China, she was granted the title of
The internal medicine doctor named Dae Jang Geum. Sister Jang Geum has a beautiful face, with a face like a silver basin and a full moon. According to the standards of the Korean people, she is a big beauty, but according to the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty,
At most he can be regarded as someone with regular facial features.
Dae Jang Geum and Min Jung Ho had an affair, but the relationship has not been made public because the king Li Zhu also liked Jang Geum's sister. He wanted to accept her as his minister several times, but was politely declined. Jang Geum and Min Jung Ho originally wanted to leave the palace and live in seclusion.
However, the country was in troubled times, so they had to stay in the palace to serve the king.
Liu Ziguang fiddled with the gold and silver in the two boxes with his sword, and saw that in addition to the ingots, there were some plates, bowls and chopsticks. It seemed that Li Zhu was really anxious and brought all the valuable things he could find. Looking at Da Chang
Today, my sister has tears in her eyes and her face is ashen. She still has the calmness and elegance of the past.
Suddenly, Liu Ziguang felt an uneasy breath behind him. When he looked back, Min Zhenghao was looking at Dae Jang Geum with wide eyes, and his breathing was obviously accelerated. Liu Ziguang understood the reason and ordered to arrest the person first, and then asked Li Mingbo to
He yelled inside, saying that Li Zhuo had resorted to violence and made people angry, the people were in dire straits, and the country was divided. Now the heaven sent people to rectify the situation, and ordered him to abandon his weapons and surrender quickly, or else he would be killed without mercy.
After all, Li Zhu was the leader of Goryeo's resurgence, and he was somewhat bloody. He did not want to be captured and humiliated, so he simply poured lamp oil all over his body and committed suicide. As soon as Li Zhu died, the guards immediately fell apart and rushed out of the palace to surrender to the Ming army.
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Li Zhu died, but his group of concubines did not die. They kowtowed to Liu Ziguang and begged for mercy one by one, asking him to spare the orphans and widows. Liu Ziguang ordered people to put out the fire while crying: "Brother Li, I have been friends for a long time."
, I didn’t expect him to actually let go, it’s really sad, sisters-in-law, please rest assured, Brother Wang’s child is my child, so what, who is Motoko?”
Moonja was the Crown Prince, the legal heir of the King of Korea. Gyeongbokgung Palace was surrounded by the Ming army and could not escape. He wanted to commit suicide but did not have the courage, so the ministers had no choice but to take Moonja out. When Liu Ziguang saw this
The child was only five or six years old. He was born with a tiger-like head and a tiger-like brain. He looked like a standard Goryeo child. He immediately pretended to love him very much and said, "I have adopted this child as my adopted son. I will help him ascend the throne tomorrow."
Hanyang City is so big, with four gates and one wall, so there is no need to search according to the map. Just pick up the houses with tiles on them and search them. You will definitely catch the ministers of the Goryeo Kingdom. All the officials of the Goryeo Court were arrested overnight.
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That night Liu Ziguang summoned Li Mingbo. Li Mingbo was so uneasy that he knelt down and did not dare to speak. His performance today was pretty good, and his conversation was quite to Liu Ziguang's liking. Maybe Liu Ziguang would keep him by his side as an aide.
, that would be great. Although this person is in exile overseas, no discerning person can see that his strength is still there. It is not impossible to compete in the Central Plains.
But Liu Ziguang's words surprised Lee Myung-bak.
"Old Li, what if I leave Korea to you to govern?"
Lee Myung-bak was like a thunderbolt, and there were tears in his two little eyes. The Duke of the country actually wanted to hand over the management of the Goryeo Kingdom to him. What a trust and honor it was. As a ninth-grade official, Lee Myung-bak had no illusions.
He once thought that he would be successful and stand out, but as he grew older, these fantasies were gradually shattered. Today, his hope was rekindled. Li Mingbo had mixed feelings and strong ambitions. He thought for a moment and responded calmly:
"My lord, Mingbo will run the country like a business."
Liu Ziguang slapped his thigh: "Okay, I am indeed right about you, you are insightful! Tomorrow when the new king ascends the throne, I will persuade him to issue an edict to appoint you... I don't know what your official system in Goryeo is like, so I'll just call you
The Prime Minister is fine."
Lee Myung-bak kowtowed his head on the ground and thanked him repeatedly. Liu Ziguang waved him away and asked someone to bring Min Zhenghao over.