Chapter 1081 Even if you die, you will die on the land of Daming
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This cavalry battle that took place in Liaohetao can be said to have completely lost the confidence of the Tatar tribes who came to assist the puppet King Minghui. In addition, at that time, Anda Khan also took advantage of the fire and launched the Eastern Expedition to attack
Chahar tribe and Duoyan Sanwei tribe.
So they simply ran away and returned to the grassland to fight to the death with Ada Khan.
Even the Tatar cavalry can't defeat them, and the three thousand cavalry they have now can't even be counted on.
Do you think that the Puppet Tang rebel army, which is called an infantry division, has no cavalry? They do have a serious cavalry regiment, and if you include the reconnaissance cavalry, the total number of cavalry is over a thousand.
If you take the initiative to fight, you will definitely be defeated, so what should you do now?
Stick to it?
But sticking to it is a dead end. The Koryo Peninsula is a big place, and the only city they can rely on is Ryugyong. Once they are surrounded, they will starve to death.
So someone asked the pseudo-King Myeonghye if we should continue to move in. We could bypass the mountainous area in the northeastern part of the Koryo Peninsula and continue northward. I heard that although the north is a barren land, it can also be used as a base for a comeback.
The person who proposed this suggestion was dragged out and executed on the spot by the pseudo-King Myeonghye who shouted something to shake the morale of the army!
At that time, the pseudo-King Hui of Ming Dynasty looked around at his generals, and then said word by word: "Even if I die, I will die on the land of Ming Dynasty!"
Since Emperor Zhengde committed suicide after defeat in the Shandong battlefield, his three sons have all proclaimed themselves emperors one after another. Prince Zhengde legitimately proclaimed himself emperor, was awarded the title of Shaowu, and then burned himself to death leaving curses in his mouth in the Forbidden City.
Subsequently, the pseudo King Mingjing in Sichuan and the pseudo King Minghui in Liaodong both proclaimed themselves emperors one after another after the death of Emperor Shaowu.
However, the Tang Dynasty did not recognize them at all. In today's official tone, the Tang Dynasty recognized Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Shaowu, and in the Ming History that had begun to be compiled, it officially recognized their status as emperors of the Ming Dynasty, but the pseudo-
King Mingjing and the pseudo King Minghui did not recognize their throne.
Because according to the official understanding of the Tang Dynasty, after Emperor Shaowu burned himself to death, the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed. They also directly gave Emperor Shaowu a posthumous title, calling him Emperor Ai.
From the posthumous title of Emperor Ming Ai, we can see that the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty actually despised the unfortunate Emperor Shaowu. In their contempt, in order to show the benevolence and righteousness of the Tang Dynasty, they also added a little bit of triviality
pity.
In fact, if Emperor Shaowu didn't bravely burn himself to death and let outsiders take a high look at him, it is estimated that when the Tang Dynasty gave him a posthumous title, he would have been given a posthumous title such as "Li" and "Shang".
In addition, in fact, the pseudo-King Mingjing and the pseudo-King Minghui also gave Emperor Shaowu posthumous titles successively. It was naturally a beautiful posthumous title, but the Tang Dynasty did not recognize it!
And it has to be said that although Emperor Zhengde did not have many successful sons, basically all three of them, Emperor Shaowu, King Jing, and King Hui, were strong-willed. Emperor Shaowu was defeated and burned himself to death.
King Jing also committed suicide after his defeat!
Even the current King Hui has never thought about escaping into the wilderness. Even if he dies, he will die on the land of Ming Dynasty!
Well, the Korean Peninsula is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally it also belongs to the Ming Dynasty!
King Hui’s attitude also scared many people!
But when the tree fell and the hozen dispersed, the current situation was no longer the one where King Hui said he wanted to fight to the end and fight to the end!
King Hui wanted to die, but others might not, so after Kang Gaozhi's 15th Infantry Division, with the cover of the navy, successfully built a pontoon bridge to cross the Yalu River, the situation in Ryugyong City became increasingly chaotic day by day!
King Hui strictly ordered all the troops to defend the city and not to evacuate!
But I couldn't resist people's desire to escape. Many people began to run away, and many others were high-ranking officials in King Hui's regime. What was interesting among them was that a group of them clamored to leave blood for the royal family.
Qiu made a comeback and secretly kidnapped King Hui's eldest son who was only three years old. Then these people fled south with an army of two thousand and King Hui's eldest son.
Judging by the direction they were escaping, we knew they were definitely trying to go to the southernmost tip of the Koryo Peninsula, and then cross the sea to Tsushima Island or even Fuso!
King Hui, who had always had a very tough attitude and ruthless methods, turned a blind eye to this matter and pretended not to have seen it.
That day, Princess Hui threatened to die. She said that if you want to die, it would be better if I died with you, leaving a way for the child to live. These words made King Hui extinguish his thoughts of sending troops to intercept, and finally
He sighed deeply: "Actually, there is no use in doing so. The other side of Fusang is a barbaric land, so what's the use of going there? And how could the Puppet Tang Navy allow them to easily cross the sea to Fusang?"
"I have told them that if something cannot be done, then break it into parts, as long as you can live in peace!"
After hearing the words of this wife who shared wealth and adversity with him, and if nothing else happened, they would die together, King Hui didn't say anything more, he just sighed again!
In Liujing City, the remnants of King Hui’s family and the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs were naturally sighing. Those who wanted to survive were thinking of ways to survive. Those who could escape would escape, and those who could not escape were prepared to surrender when the time came. Of course, the same was true for King Hui’s side.
There is no shortage of civil and military ministers and soldiers who are also willing to die and are willing to fight with him until the last moment!
In the past few years, King Hui has been able to control Liaodong and raise hundreds of thousands of troops. The ruthlessness of various military and political methods is important, but it is also related to his personality charm. It is impossible to do such a thing without some personality charm and means.
, and there are people who are willing to fight to the death for such a person.
Therefore, although Ryu Kyung is in turmoil, overall he is still in a controllable situation.
However, there was another group of people in Ryugyong City who were surprised and delighted by the arrival of the Tang Dynasty King. They were the monarchs and ministers of the Lee Dynasty of the Goryeo Peninsula.
King Hye had brought all the monarchs and ministers of the Lee Dynasty of the Goryeo Peninsula to Ryugyong City, and it was impossible to see them as local masters. Although they had not dethroned them on the surface, in fact they were not dethroned.
The superiors treated them as prisoners and guarded them.
These days, they have been always afraid, fearing that one day the soldiers of King Hui outside the door would rush in and beat them all!
But wait, wait, they just heard that the puppet Tang bandits were coming!
This couldn't help but surprise and delight them!
Naturally, they were afraid that the King of Tang Dynasty would continue to guard them as prisoners, or even kill them, like King Hui. But happily, they also thought that their Li dynasty had always been the Huaxia dynasty.
As a vassal state, the Central Dynasty of China has now become the Tang Empire, but there is not much difference for them. They can just continue to be their vassal state.
Therefore, many people are also looking forward to the Tang Dynasty King Master coming over quickly to rescue them!
But they naturally didn't know that in the Tang Empire's strategy for disposing of the Koryo Peninsula, there was no plan to leave them behind.
The Tang Dynasty did not need to leave a vassal state by its side. It allowed others to sleep soundly beside the couch!
In the future, the Koryo Peninsula will become part of Liaodong Province, divided into four prefectures, and become an integral part of the Tang Empire!
As for the original Goryeo royal family, their fate would not be any better than that of King Hui’s family!
In fact, the Tang army did not need to take action, King Hui did it himself!
Because after he heard that the emperor and ministers of Goryeo actually heard that the puppet Tang rebel army was going to attack, many people laughed and laughed, which made him very angry.
I am about to die fighting for my country, and you still expect to continue to enjoy glory and wealth after being rescued. How can such a good thing happen!
So with a single order, the soldiers under King Hui who were guarding the door rushed into the house where the Goryeo monarchs and ministers were imprisoned. A quarter of an hour later, when these soldiers came out, there was no sound behind them!
Even if I die, I will take you to be buried with me!
This is what King Hui is thinking at this moment!
People who are about to die have good intentions. This sentence is only used when treating relatives and friends, but when dealing with enemies or people they hate, more often, they will think, you won’t be able to feel better even if I die!
Because King Hui chose to stick to Ryugyong and finally fight here for the final decisive battle!
Therefore, Kang Gaozhi and others did not encounter much resistance after crossing the Yalu River. Many of the troops under the pseudo-King Minghui only approached slightly for reconnaissance, and then quickly withdrew southward.
As for the Goryeo natives they met along the way, their reactions were mixed. Some Goryeo local officials regarded the Tang Army as saviors and welcomed them extremely, while others regarded them as second invaders, even if they did not take the initiative.
They came out to attack, but they would not easily open the city gate to let the Tang army enter the city.
For heavy situations, Kang Gaozhi's solution is very simple. Just fire a few shots and charge, and that's basically it. You don't even need to send too many main troops to fight. They are basically battalion-level units, and at most they are regiment-level units.
That will resolve the battle.
Under such circumstances, their journey south was smooth, and there were not too many accidents on the way. However, the artillery and baggage troops were somewhat unable to keep up. For this reason, Kang Gaozhi had to stop twice to wait for the artillery and baggage troops to catch up.
This also delays the speed of going south!
But even if they delayed further, they successfully arrived outside Ryugyong City on July 3rd!
When Kang Gaozhi looked at Ryugyong City several miles away with a telescope, he was a little confused. Wasn't it said that Ryugyong was one of the two largest cities on the Koryo Peninsula?
But no matter how you look at it, you don’t think it’s a big city.
The size of this city is, at most, the size of a prefectural city. It is not even one of those upper-class prefectures. It is just the size of a medium-sized prefecture. He estimated that a city of this size would have a daily resident population of at most one.
Twenty thousand people.
Well, people who have taken care of big cities in China will most likely feel this way when they see those so-called big cities in China, regardless of whether it is the 16th century or the 21st century.