Chapter 12 Under the City of Nanjing (IV)

A complete Ming Dynasty was definitely a huge threat to Huang Taiji. The approaching Later Jin Dynasty was far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty in terms of manpower and material resources. Even if the Ming Dynasty was rotten from the inside out, Huang Taiji was not sure to move into the Central Plains, so civil strife in the Central Plains was what he wanted most. Therefore, after Fan Wencheng planned to capture Seoul, the main army quickly returned to the army and instigated Mao Wenlong of Dongjiang, and went south to attack Jinzhou and hit it off. However, even if Fan Wencheng had complete plans, it was not considered that Zhu Yinglong would issue a decisive imperial edict to Man Gui, and it was not even considered that Man Gui would suddenly and recklessly lead people to Dongjiang Island. According to Fan Wencheng's plan, Mao Wenlong would drag Man Gui first.

, let himself arrange it calmly. Man Gui is not Yuan Chonghuan. He was a powerful general who charged forward, and was not as polite as Yuan Chonghuan, or was silent, to find out the truth, and then sent troops to arrest people. He ignored all of these, and suddenly got the Shangfang sword. Suli also had no good feelings for people like Mao Wenlong, who disrespected generals. Therefore, as soon as he went to the island, he acted as a Shangguan posture and ordered his subordinates to capture Mao Wenlong without asking about his love. As a result, he was bitten by a snake without killing the snake. Mao Wenlong was still hesitant. After all, he was also a Han Chinese, and he had two brothers in Suzhou. How could he feel like he was the master of his family? Under the instigation of his subordinates, Liu brothers, rebelled and surrendered to Huang Taiji.

Man Gui's impulse also disrupted Fan Wencheng's deployment. Mao Wenlong rebelled too quickly, and Huang Taiji's Seoul had not yet captured. This made the Ming court alert. Originally, Fan Wencheng had thought of remedial measures, which was to leave all the people brought by Man Gui on Dongjiang Island and block the news. However, Man Gui was really brave. Mao Wenlong had no general under his command. He let more than a dozen dead soldiers guard Man Gui out of the siege and seize a small boat. Mao Wenlong sent a boat to chase him. The small boat where Man Gui and others were sunk. More than a dozen people on the boat, except for Man Gui who was rescued with a driftwood, the rest were gone and their vitality was slim.

The battle in Seoul was really tragic. Huang Taiji suffered a lot of losses under Zu Dashou's hands. Although his muscles and bones were not damaged greatly, death and injury were inevitable. When North Korea consumed, Huang Taiji could not afford it. After all, they were on a labor expedition. The troops and supplies of food and supplies were far inferior to those of the Seoul defenders. After all, although the cavalry of the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty was powerful, the population was not strong. The population of the Later Jin Dynasty was only one million, and even the Han people in the territory exceeded that of the Han people. Therefore, people were more important than money, grain and wealth. Therefore,

After the fierce attack, it was changed to siege. However, although Seoul was hasty to fight, it was sufficiently prepared. Although it was estimated that it was insufficient at the beginning, it thought that Seoul could be defended for at least one year and a half, the Jin people's attack was really powerful and there was also a cheering gun. Although in Zu Dashou's eyes, the Jin people's artillery was no longer a problem, but the Seoul defenders did not even have a decent cannon, so it was quite difficult to defend, and the materials and supplies were consumed like flowing water. According to the attack of the Later Jin Dynasty, if there were no reinforcements in Seoul for three months, Seoul would be destroyed.

After defending the city for half a month, Zu Dashou lost weight all over, his eye sockets collapsed deeply, and he had less than two hours of sleep every day. It was even harder than when Jinzhou was surrounded by him. The battle was extremely difficult. Although he occupied the geographical advantage, people were harmonious, and he was defensive, the quality of the soldiers on both sides was in the sky and the other was underground. If the court had not secretly helped train an army of about 30,000 people, Seoul would not have been able to defend for three days.

Although Man Gui's reckless impulse disrupted Fan Wencheng's steps, the situation was not optimistic. Instead, it developed towards the side that was beneficial to the Later Jin Dynasty. Yuan Chonghuan was far away in Jiangnan. If Man Gui escaped by chance, it would probably not be a day's effort to restore his previous courage. If he had gone to the Zhishuai and then a powerful general, Liaodong would lose at least 30% of his combat power. Although Zhao Shushuai and Wu Xiang and others were good generals, they were much worse than Huang Taiji, who was a talented man. Originally, the sneak attack on Jinzhou was a 55-5. Fan Wencheng's original intention was not to seize Jinzhou. Of course, it would be best to capture Jinzhou, and at least it could help Huang Taiji restore his previous prestige. Fan Wencheng's real purpose was to force Zhu Yinglong to give up the southern expedition and let the Ming Dynasty be dragged down in internal friction. It would be best if the Central Plains smoke rose and the war was constantly fired.

At this time, Fan Wencheng no longer regarded himself as a Han person. He stood completely from the Later Jin Dynasty and planned for him from the perspective of Huang Taiji. Although the blood of the Han people was still flowing in his bones, the blood recreated by the bone marrow no longer had any Han people's genes.

Zhu Yinglong did not expect that Huang Taiji would send a large army to attack Jinzhou. After all, he had already done it once, and Jinzhou's defense was even more difficult to relax. Although he signed a peace agreement in name and opened the Ma market, Zhu Yinglong had been in the last 380 years. He knew Huang Taiji's ambitions best. Therefore, Liaodong's defense was heavy, and there were few unauthorized plans proposed by Yuan Chonghuan. Over the past year, the Ministry of War spent one-third of its military expenditure in Liaodong, especially several important military cities such as Jinzhou and Daling River. With the full warning mechanism and the slowly infiltrating shadow spy, Huang Taiji wanted to attack Jinzhou again, which might be even more difficult. This is also one of the reasons why he temporarily transferred Yuan Chonghuan to the south to fight against the pseudo-Ming.

Mao Wenlong's rebellion has caused considerable damage to the defense line of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty. Huang Taiji not only pulled out a thorn under his nose, but also got hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians. His prestige has risen to the peak. It is only a line away from his father Nurhaci. If he was allowed to conquer the entire North Korea, it would probably be a matter of time before Nurhaci. By that time, the Later Jin Dynasty would be his one-man show, and no one dared to oppose him. Dai Shan, Amin and others could only bow down to him and submit to him. It can be imagined that if the Later Jin Dynasty was integrated into one piece, and only he was the only voice, he would know what kind of disaster would the Ming Dynasty in the storm. Zhu Yinglong and a group of important officials knew very well against Huang Taiji's iron cavalry. Although the sharpness of the firearms brought hope to them, the existing firearms were not the real cavalry.

The opponent is clumsy, slow shooting speed, bullet and gun life, etc., all have to be solved, and solving these problems is definitely not something that can be done in a day or two. First of all, the first is steel and ordinary iron cannot be used as a barrel. Although Zhu Yinglong was a college student in his previous life, he studied chemistry and his learning attitude was not very good. Although many technologies of this era have developed rapidly under his guidance, he only had one person after all, and he could not leave state affairs and concentrate on research. Moreover, he himself didn't know how much he had, but he just returned it to the teacher. In some aspects, he could only inspire him. If he had to do it himself, he might not be able to start. So what he needs most now is time. Without a foundation, even the most gorgeous building will be overturned.

Alas, the emperor is really not a job for human beings. I knew it would be better to have a fake death and take the family abroad, stay away from the fierce war, and be happy. However, he thought about it, overseas was not peaceful. The rising British were competing for the position of maritime overlords with the old maritime power, the Netherlands. Two aggressive countries were plundering and occupying colonies all over the world. On the contrary, in history, the Later Jin unified China and the Qing Dynasty, and quietly spent more than two hundred years. Of course, this is relatively speaking.

As expected by Zhu Yinglong, two days later, Zhu Yinglong received an urgent case from Sun Chengzong to Yangzhou. Seoul could not hold on anymore. Huang Taiji increased his attack on Seoul. Zu Dashou was ready to break through. There were still 30,000 troops in the city and more than 100,000 young and strong. If all the troops broke through, I am afraid no one would be able to leave. Therefore, Zu Dashou could only cut off his arms, leaving behind 10,000 soldiers and more than 100,000 young and strong guards to defend the city. He led 20,000 people and the Korean royal family to break through, boarded a ship in Incheon, and retreated to Jeju Island.

Zhu Yinglong sighed when he received this news. Zu Dashou's breakthrough tactics were still too conservative. If it were Hong Chengchou or him, he would choose to destroy Seoul, and then break through the entire line, blooming on all sides, making Huang Taiji unable to tell which team is the main force of the Korean army and disrupting his sight. This will not only help break through, but also effectively kill the opponent's live power. Use time to exchange space. No matter how many people can break out in the end, it is better than leaving Huang Taiji. Assisted with guerrilla warfare, turn North Korea into a huge battlefield, drag Huang Taiji to death here, let him waste his national strength and drag him into the quagmire of war.

, but this is also Zhu Yinglong's own wishful thinking. The Later Jin Dynasty was not the cruel and cold-blooded Japan of later generations, and North Korea was not China. Guerrilla warfare is certainly a very powerful tactic, but the actual effect will have different effects due to the confusion between the country and the nation. If the Later Jin adopts a policy of gentleness and does not engage in massacres and recuperate, or build a puppet first and then slowly slacking off, or this spark will be extinguished soon. After all, the backbone of the Koreans is not as straight as the Han people, and North Korea does not have the inclusiveness of the Han people and the tolerance of the Han people.
Chapter completed!