Zhao Lie stood on the top of the city and ignored the tens of thousands of Jiannu armored soldiers showing off their power.
What he mainly observed was Jiannu's rear formation.
Zhao Lie was in the north of Jiannu's rear formation and saw a large number of war horses covering the plain.
These were all reserve horses for Jiannu's army.
During long-distance marches, Jiannu's cavalry armor often had one horse, or even two or three.
Looking at the large number of horses there, Zhao Lie couldn't help but be quite envious.
The Polu Army is now equipped with enough horses, but the horse preparation is very insufficient, which means that the entire Polu Army is still unable to march long distances.
And many of the purchased war horses are just average, but here there are tens of thousands of war horses wandering behind.
At this moment, the aggressive Jiannu army under the city suddenly withdrew.
They turned their horses and headed north, raising a large plume of smoke and dust, covering the northern wilderness, leaving the Korean monarchs and ministers confused.
Zhao Lie was not surprised at all by Jiannu's retreat.
Jiannu would never waste his precious cavalry armor on siege.
"Master Zhao, are the withdrawal of Jiannu's army this time because they see that Hanyang is united and unable to conquer and retreat?"
Jin Liu, the leader, rushed over to ask Zhao Lie.
In fact, this was Li Yan's intention.
He really hoped that Jiannu would retreat immediately. .
"No, Jiannu will try to attack the city no matter what.
It will only drive the Korean people as the vanguard.
They will not let the armored soldiers be lost in vain."
Zhao Lie raised his eyebrows at Jin Liu.
He felt that Jin Liu Liu's question is simply too childish.
Could it be that the North Korean leaders thought that the slave-building army came here just for a holiday outing, and that it was necessary to reap benefits when the slave-building army came out.
"Well, you can't.
The people are unarmed.
What's the use of them climbing the city?"
He was convinced that the barbarians were robbing the people, but driving the people to attack the city was beyond his imagination.
"You will see it in a few days.
I had previously advised you to wait and evacuate the people.
What did you do?"
Zhao Lie asked.
He was mainly busy with matters within the city.
Matters outside the city were left to the North Korean monarchs and ministers.
This is what they should and can do.
At least they collected a lot of food, which was enough for the people in the city for half a year. .
"Well," Jin Liu stumbled, "my king believes that it is unkind to drive people away in winter, where they may freeze to death and starve to death.
Therefore..."
"Oh, that's it.
Let's take a look at the kind act of the King of Korea.
You will know in a few days."
Zhao Lie smiled sarcastically.
It's true that his hypocritical kindness will ruin the lives of many Koreans.
"Your Majesty, our army has less than five days of food and grass.
Zhao Lie's troops are also in Hanyang City.
This city is difficult to attack."
Dorgon urged his horse to go parallel with Huang Taiji.
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"Send men to collect grain and fodder, and capture as many Koreans as possible, preferably tens of thousands.
No tens of thousands will not be able to attack Hanyang City."
Huang Taiji looked back at Hanyang Dao standing there.
Dorgon Duoze took the order and left.
"Even tens of thousands of mobs, I'm afraid they won't be able to defeat the city guarded by Zhao Lie."
Hauge was very unfavorable.
"I didn't originally hope to break through the defense of Zhao Lie's soldiers, but Hanyang City is so big that there are still places guarded by North Korean soldiers."
This was Huang Taiji's plan.
He knew Zhao Lie's troops well and did not attack the city gates they were guarding.
But there must be some places in Hanyang City that are more than ten miles away that are guarded by North Korean soldiers.
That is where Huang Taiji seeks to break the city.
Huang Taiji said it so clearly, Hauge certainly understood that this is the only feasible way to attack the city.
It only depends on whether the Koreans can withstand it.
If the Koreans cannot withstand it and attack the city on the wall they guard, then The Polu army was helpless.
Just when Hanyang, the capital of Korea, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, was besieged, it was a dim evening in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Chongzhen was still busy after the Qing Palace Dragon case.
Chongzhen was now getting weaker and weaker.
The continuous disasters in the past two years had brought him The heavy pressure left more marks on his face.
Nowadays, Chongzhen has become more irritable.
In the past, he was extremely harsh on military commanders.
Now he treats civil and military officials equally, but if he fails to do his duty, he will be punished immediately.
The second invasion of the slaves, the continuation of the severe drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and the raging bandits made Chongzhen and his cabinet embarrassed.
They spent all day demolishing the East River to repair the Western Wall.
He sometimes laughed at himself that he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact he was the emperor.
Tinker.
The constant incidents made him feel deeply that the officials were slow, insensitive, and incompetent.
They even dared to use their hands to deceive him, the emperor, which they did not dare to do.
Out of complete disappointment with the civil and military officials everywhere, he could only send his ministers to various places to become eunuchs to supervise the army.
Eunuchs were stationed in Liaodong, Denglai, Jizhen, Xuanfu, Shanxi, Ningxia and other places.
This also made the civil servants extremely dissatisfied.
Donglin's disciples were noisy, but Chongzhen ignored them completely.
He was now extremely disappointed with the civil servants who could not lead the army and govern the country.
He even felt that these literati would only form gangs for their own benefit, jointly fight against the emperor and eradicate political opponents.
Not only was it useless to the Ming Dynasty, but it was a cancer on the Ming Dynasty.
But it is really impossible to leave these civil servants.
After all, the system of the past dynasties is that the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor rule the world together, so the only choice is to send out guards and supervisors.
What Chongzhen was looking at at this time was the news about the severe drought in Shanxi and Henan.
This drought spread across both places, with refugees everywhere, and there was even a case of Yi Zi eating each other.
The imperial court squeezed out tens of thousands of taels of silver to send people to provide relief, and also reduced a lot of local taxes.
But with two such vast lands and so many people, tens of thousands of taels of silver, haha, was simply a drop in the bucket.
It is surprising and doubtful to say that it is possible.
The Ming Dynasty gave tens of thousands of taels of silver to the two provinces for disaster relief, but this is the fact.
The Ming Dynasty's treasury is already empty, and it is just struggling to support it.
Now the governor of Shanxi has told the truth about the tragic situation in the counties in southern Shanxi where people are starving and eating each other.
The last one is asking for money and food, which is simply begging for blood.
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Chongzhen is not the passionate young man he was back then, but he still looks depressed and his face is distorted.
Even Wang Chengen, his favorite minister, did not dare to say anything at this time and could only stand silently.
At this time, footsteps were heard outside, and a young eunuch came in to report.
The first assistant, Wen Tiren, asked to see him.
Wang Chengen frowned, and he murmured in his heart that it might not be a good thing.
After all, it was so late, and the chief assistant came to interview the saint.
It was understandable that it was an urgent matter.
Wen Tiren quickly entered the main hall and knelt down in front of the case to pay homage.
Chongzhen asked him to sit down flat on his back.
Sure enough, what Wen Tiren said was shocking news.
"What, Zhao Lie has led his troops to North Korea.
Is this news true?"
Chongzhen was extremely surprised.
Why are there so many bad things?
"Your Majesty, this is the news that Chen Yingyuan, the governor of Denglai, hastily sent to you.
A few months ago, the slaves invaded North Korea in large numbers.
The purpose was to force North Korea to surrender.
Because the slaves arrived in Pyongyang, North Korea on the 10th, so Zhao Lie is determined to lead his troops to North Korea for rescue immediately, otherwise."
Wen Tiren secretly glanced at Chongzhen, his heart beating like a drum.
"Otherwise, we are afraid that North Korea will surrender the Jiannu, and all the Jiannu will help us in the eastern part of Denglai."
Wen Tiren said as he handed over Chen Yingyuan's fold.
Wang Cheng'en took it and immediately presented it to Chongzhen.
Chongzhen couldn't wait to pick up the book and read it carefully.
After reading this, Chongzhen was furious.
With a bang, he hit the table and said, "How dare Zhao Lie, how dare he launch an army without permission?
Does he still care about the imperial court and me as the king's father?"
The anger Chongzhen had accumulated throughout the day finally erupted.
Wen Tiren and Wang Chengen remained silent, neither daring to answer the question.
North Korea was in crisis and should indeed be rescued.
The Ming Dynasty sent reinforcements after Ding Mao was indiscriminate.
Although they were not many and did not play a key role, they were sent to assist after all.
After all, North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
If even the vassal states around it turn to slavery, the Ming Dynasty will be completely disgraced.
Moreover, the North Korean navy still has some combat power.
It was nothing in the past, but now it is against the Ming Dynasty's broken Liaodong, Tianjin, and Denglai navies.
The threat is relatively large, so it is still necessary to support North Korea in its resistance to slavery and prevent North Korea from defecting.
However, the generals in various places must get the approval of the emperor and the imperial court to send troops.
Only when the imperial decree is reached can the troops be mobilized.
Otherwise, they are deploying troops without authorization and are suspected of treason.
This is a serious crime.
The lightest punishment is to be dismissed from office and imprisoned.
Survey, the more serious one is confiscating the house and being convicted.
Zhao Lie raised his troops to fight before the emperor's order arrived, setting a dangerous example.
If the generals from all over the country followed suit, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty be in chaos, especially now that the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil.
"On that day, I saw that Zhao Lie was extremely domineering, raising private soldiers to intimidate guest troops, and ignoring Shangguan.
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Today, I still underestimate him.
Will he be able to do disobedient things in the future?"
A flush appeared on Chongzhen's face, his chest heaved, and he was obviously extremely angry.
"Mr.
Wen Ge, I would like to ask if we can dispatch a large army to Denglai to attack Zhao Lie.
Since he is not in Denglai at this time, our army can take advantage of the opportunity and move in."
Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren hopefully.
It's hard to be warm and benevolent.
Long live my Lord, you don't even look at the situation in the imperial court now.
There is a severe drought in two provinces.
Just tens of thousands of taels of silver in relief.
Do you think you can still form a crusade army?
Wen Tiren tried his best to persuade Chongzhen, and Wang Chengen also helped him to calm down Chongzhen.
There is no other way.
What Wen Tiren said makes sense.
The civil unrest and the establishment of slaves have exhausted the financial resources of the imperial court.
If the army attacks Zhao Lie, it is not impossible.
The mountains and seas in the northeast cannot be easily separated, so we have to encircle and suppress the rebels from the Central Plains.
If the crusade army mobilizes its troops, will the rebel bandits, who were somewhat weakened by the Chuzhou battle, have a chance to breathe?
Chongzhen had no choice but to suppress his thoughts of immediate crusade and could only plan for it slowly.
After Wen Tiren left, Chongzhen thought about it and was still worried.
Since he couldn't attack with a large army, he had to find another way.
Chongzhen immediately sent someone to recruit Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, to come and see him
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