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470 Ambush at the Blue Hoof Hall

On the first day of August, at the head of Pyongyang, the flag of the Korean army was dropped from a high place by the Qing army. The Qing soldiers standing on the north city tower raised their weapons and cheered together, "The Qing Dynasty has won thousands of victories!"

On July 15, the Qing army vanguard crossed the Yalu River and entered North Korea, and was in a state of unstoppable power.

In just sixteen days, the Qing army captured Yizhou, Anzhou, Dingzhou, Shun'an, Pyongyang and other places and captured the entire territory of the Pyeongan Road. The Korean army was even more vulnerable than the Qing army imagined.

This time the Qing army's invasion of North Korea was as smooth as when Huang Taiji invaded North Korea more than ten years ago. The Qing army captured various cities without much casualties.

The continuous victory made the morale of the Qing soldiers high, and Ma Guanghui and Li Benshen entered Pyongyang City amid the cheers of the Qing soldiers' tsunami.

Li Benshen rode a war horse and said to Ma Guanghui: "Ma Junmen, the army seized Pyongyang, will he wait for the first-class master?"

Both Ma Guanghui and Li Benshen were dismissed from their posts as generals and led their troops as guilty, but between the two and their subordinates, they were still called military sects.

"Soldiers are very fast! You and I are the vanguard of the army, so we must strive forward bravely and open the way for the Lord Zhongtang. How can we stop the troops from moving forward?" Ma Guanghui said excitedly: "I have not met the main force of the pirates this time. I believe that Zhao Zamao must have fought and stood firm in Seoul to wait for the attention of reinforcements. As a result, we must arrive at Seoul as soon as possible and not give Zhao Zamao enough time to prepare. Before the pirate reinforcements arrive, we will capture Seoul!"

The Qing army occupied Pyongyang, which can basically be said to have occupied half of North Korea.

Ma Guanghui and Li Benshen have made a contribution, and Li Benshen feels that it should be safer.

What Ma Guanghui said just now made some sense, but Li Benshen still hesitated: "Will it be too risky if you don't wait for the middle hall?"

Ma Guanghui looked at Li Benshen with contempt and said unhappily: "You and I will be 10,000 soldiers, and the army of the Lord Zhongtang is behind him, and Zhao Zamao has only 6,000 people. What's there to be afraid of? Li Junmen is so timid, when can he wash his body of guilt?"

When Li Benshen heard the words, his face darkened, and nodded for a while and said, "Since Ma Junmen insists, then continue to move forward, but I have to send someone to notify Lord Zhongtang!"

Ma Guanghui nodded immediately and smiled and said, "This is natural, please be sure to keep up with us!"

The Qing army briefly stopped in Pyongyang, and the brigade of Qing army left Pyongyang and marched towards the Huanghai Road.

North Korean Marshal Lin Qingzhi, with 15,000 troops, was defeated by Ma Guanghui and lost. He led only dozens of cavalry to Kaicheng.

In the Ming army camp, Lin Qingzhi was in a mess and was taken into the Ming army's tent. Pyongyang, an important town in northern North Korea, quickly fell, which made Zhao Ming and the generals speechless, and also shocked.

"I am incompetent in charge of politics, and I am incompetent in my duties. I have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses defeated by the Qing army. I have failed to delay the Qing army. Please accept the crime of politics!" After Lin Qingzhi entered the tent, he knelt down and kowtowed and apologized.

He was really ashamed. More than 15,000 Qing troops were killed by the Qing army in less than half a month and collapsed.

Zhao Ming looked at Lin Qingzhi and felt a little doubtful. He originally wanted to rely on Lin Qingzhi to hold the Qing army for more than a month, but he didn't expect Lin Qingzhi to lose so quickly.

"I am really aware of this!" Zhao Ming, who has always had a good temper, couldn't help but curse at this time. The Koreans are really cheating.

Gu Yanwu, an aide on the side, said anxiously: "Master, Jiangdong reinforcements have not arrived yet, and there are only more than a thousand soldiers hired by the Japanese country, but the Qing army has entered the Huanghai Road. What should I do?"

The Qing army came too quickly, and Zhao Ming had not yet prepared the 30,000 Qing army, but the reinforcements waiting for had not yet arrived yet.

Zhao Ming walked to the sand table with a calm face and stared at it. After a long time, he suddenly said: "We are definitely not able to eat up 30,000 Qing troops, so we can only change our plan!"

Gu Yanwu and others hurriedly asked, "Oh? Please tell me the commander?"

Zhao Ming glanced at everyone seriously and pointed his hand at the sand table, "Now he can only eat the Qing army's forward!"

Gu Yanwu looked on the sand table for a while, but questioned: "Master, the enemy's vanguard has 10,000 troops, and the strength is equal to ours, and his main force is behind him, not far from them. Once we ambush the Qing army's vanguard, his main force will inevitably move forward quickly. The Qing army's cavalry advantage will be in a few hours! At that time, the ambush may not be successful, and he will be defeated!"

Zhao Ming was silent for a moment, and pointed to the sand table and said in a deep voice: "The army continued to retreat towards Seoul, luring the enemy vanguard to continue moving forward!" Zhao Ming stroked his finger, "Then let the navy go out, go to Ping'an Road, along the Huanghai Road, and land on the shore to harass the storm, so that the main force of the old thief Hong, concerned about the threats behind, delayed his advancement speed, and allowed the distance between the old thief Hong and Ma Guanghui."

Zhao Ming appointed his hand to one place, "In the end, Yu Guowang's troops, who were originally responsible for the enemy's rear, were instead interspersed between the Qing army's vanguard and the main force to block the Qing army's main force from the aid!"

The original plan of the Ming army was to wait for the reinforcements of Jiangdong and the recruited Japanese mercenaries to come and eat up 30,000 Qing troops. However, the combat power of the Korean army was too touching. As always, the garbage did not play a role in blocking the Qing army and buying time for the reinforcements, which led to Zhao Ming's lack of troops and needed to respond hastily.

Zhao Ming could only change his plan and ambush 30,000 Qing troops into ambushing the Qing army's vanguard, defeating two defeated generals, Ma Guanghui and Li Benshen.

Gu Yanwu and others discussed for a while, clasped their fists and said, "Master General, if this is the case, Commander Yu must persist until the army defeated the Qing army's vanguard!"

On August 10, more than thirty miles north of Seoul, a lush hill was the gateway to the north of Seoul. There was a name that was about to be forgotten by people - Bitumen Pavilion.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi took down Seoul without any blood, the Japanese Warring States heroes crossed the ups and downs and swept north of North Korea like chopping melons and vegetables. Unexpectedly, a cannon was fired and hit the Damingtian Army, and they were immediately beaten to flee in panic.

The heroes of the Warring States Period ran away, and Li Rusong's Liaodong cavalry chased after him. Seeing that they were about to jump into the sea and swim naked back to Japan, the heroes of the Warring States Period, who were forced to fight to the death.

The Japanese army took out the capital from the bottom of the box, and a series of heroes from the Warring States Period, known as household names in Japan, including Tachihatsushita, Kobayakawa Keitoshita, Kobayakawa Hirokazu, Yoshikawa Hirokaga and other families, appeared one after another, gathered 40,000 Japanese troops, and at this Bitumen Pavilion, they fought a battle of 4,000 Li Rusong and 4,000 troops.

At this time, after Zhao Ming formulated a new strategy, Zhao Ming personally led the Ming army to set up an ambush in the Bitiguan, and it was necessary to annihilate the Qing army that was surging ahead.

It was noon at this time, and the Ming army was fully arranged, but there were no traces of the enemy, which made many soldiers wonder whether the Qing army discovered their intentions.

At this moment, a team of whistle-riding cavalry rushed up the hillside, came to Zhao Ming, turned over and dismounted, and reported loudly: "Report to the Grand Commander, the Qing army vanguard will take fifteen miles to this!"

After hearing this, many generals were immediately excited. Zhao Ming stood up and waved his hand seriously, "Everyone is hidden!"
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