Nurhachi did not intend to attack the important cities of North Korea at all.
Yes, he did not intend to attack the main cities of North Korea at all.
He knew that he had suffered heavy losses and had lost the ability to besiege a city. From a powerful tribal leader to the current leader of an exiled army, the gap was not small.
But in order to survive, Nurhachi forced himself into an extreme state. Using his familiarity with the routes of North Korea when he entered the court, he planned to repeat the path of the past.
He knew that he did not have the ability to attack the important cities, but sometimes it was not necessary to attack the enemy in the way of attacking the important cities.
Since ancient times, rumors had surrounded every aspect of people's lives like a curse. There were rumors everywhere, and there were people who were deceived.
Nurhachi's brain, in an extreme state, quickly came up with an idea.
At first, he could achieve a surprise attack on the city by surprise. That was how Yongbian was taken, and the surrounding villages and towns were also swept by the Jurchens. After Nurhachi solved the temporary food crisis, he began to spread rumors.
He told some North Korean civilians that he would soon go to Dingzhou to rob, and that he would succeed. He used his violent side to frighten these North Korean civilians and make them panic. Then he let them go and let them escape to the south to create panic.
Their escape would lead to the news of the Jurchens' army going south to plunder, and the local people would naturally be more panicked. There was no need to scare all of them. As long as some of them were scared, then they would go south to spread the news of panic.
At this time, Nurhachi continued to use his extreme brain and sent out a group of clever people to change into the clothes of the North Koreans, tie headscarves, and follow the refugees. Along the way, they observed the actual situation and preparation of the North Koreans, and then reported to him at any time, establishing an intelligence network based on the refugees.
He was able to grasp all the reactions of the North Korean government along this route and respond as soon as possible.
He had thought that taking Yongbian would be a very good result, but he did not expect that the defending general and army of Dingzhou were so cowardly that they fled without fighting and directly left the city to him. Overjoyed, Nurhachi ordered his troops to loot Dingzhou, and then continued to spread even more terrible panic south.
Nurhachi ordered his troops to loot the local area and kill wantonly, adding a realistic basis to the rumors and making them more credible.
At the same time, through plundering and slaughtering, his subordinates recovered their spirits, and recovered from the depression of being suppressed by the Qin Army and losing their homes.
They had regained their fighting strength and had also received a large amount of supplies from the North Korean military. Not only had the troops under their command been upgraded, but even the women and children were equipped with weapons. When necessary, they would also kill.
After all, there were still more than 50,000 people who had fled to North Korea with Nurhaci at this moment. Since they had escaped, Nurhaci could not just sit back and do nothing. He had to get them something to eat. Even if others did not want to eat, his family still wanted to eat.
The spread of panic caused the North Korean citizens who did not know the truth to panic. They were unable to determine whether the rumors were true or false, and it was impossible for them to determine whether the rumors were true or false.
Most of them had survived the battlefield where the Japanese pirates had wreaked havoc, and the terrifying memories from seven years ago still lingered in their minds. Now that the news of the Jurchen invasion had spread, many of them didn't want to resist, but immediately ran away.
They remembered the terrible scene of the Japanese pirates besieging the city.
Although many of them did not see the appearance of the Female Enlightened Master, they still broke into a run. As they ran, they spread more panic to the local people passing by, causing more people to run towards the south together.
The psychology of conformity was very terrible.
This gave Nurhaci a lot of room to play.
He soon learned that a North Korean army was marching toward him. There were two or three thousand people, and they were well-equipped. They should be regular troops.
After learning this news, Nurhaci quickly judged that this army was coming to deal with him, and he immediately made a plan to annihilate this army.
That was to spread the news that Sunan had been breached, so that the North Korean army's attention would be focused on Pyongyang, and they would quickly advance to Pyongyang, giving him a chance to ambush them.
Before that, he sent people to pretend to attack Sunan, scaring the garrison of Sunan into closing the city and refusing to go out. Then he pretended to surround Pyongyang, scaring the garrison of Pyongyang into closing the city and refusing to go out to fight, so that no one would interfere with the battle.
The plan went smoothly, and the help of the North Koreans was in place. Guo Zaiyou's more than three thousand troops were raided by the Jurchen cavalry led by Nurhaci in the south of Pyongyang, and the whole army was wiped out. No other troops came to interfere during the whole process. Nurhaci won a complete victory and seized more than three hundred warhorses.
Nurhaci suddenly felt that he should have come to North Korea earlier. If he had known that North Korea was so weak and stupid, why did he come at this time?
If he didn't go south as soon as possible, he was really worried that the Qin Army would catch up with him. Otherwise, he would have enough time to scare the garrison of Pyongyang crazy, open the city, and surrender.
Unfortunately, it was impossible to take down Pyongyang now. Helpless and a little angry, he ordered the army to cut off the heads of all the North Korean reinforcements, and then use the catapults he got from Dingzhou to throw the heads into Pyongyang, scaring the garrison of Pyongyang, and then leave.
In the end, it was this fellow who actually managed to scare the city gates of Pingyang open.
Nurhaci originally planned to leave Pyongyang early the next morning and continue south, but that night, the garrison of Pyongyang sent someone to see him, saying that they were willing to open the city, but asked Nurhaci not to kill too many people.
Nurhaci was stunned and couldn't believe his ears. He asked again and learned that these North Koreans were really going to open the city and surrender. He was immediately amused and promised that they would never kill or set fire, and only wanted supplies. In exchange, Pyongyang opened the city the next morning.
The result was certain. Nurhaci would not keep his promise to the North Koreans. How could a lamb be qualified to negotiate with a tiger?
As soon as he entered the city, Nurhaci released the Jurchen cavalry who couldn't hold back their desires.
Although Pyongyang couldn't be compared with the cities in the Central Plains, as a small China, North Korea's urban construction was still very impressive. It was small, but very exquisite. As one of the three capitals of North Korea, Pyongyang was even more so.
Although it was captured by the Japanese army seven years ago, the Japanese army and the Ming Army fought here, causing serious damage to Pyongyang. Over the past seven years, North Korea had focused on the restoration of the three capitals. Although it was not as good as before the war, it was still beyond the imagination of the Jurchen people.
So it was understandable that they were so excited and wanted to rob so strongly.
Nurhaci couldn't believe that he had obtained everything in Pyongyang so easily and even lost everything when he ordered to set fire to the city.
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