The buildings and streets of Pyongyang, as well as the abundance of resources and population, drove the Jianzhou soldiers, who were on the verge of collapse, crazy.
Almost without waiting for Nurhachi's order, the Jianzhou soldiers began to loot like crazy. The North Koreans did not expect that they would turn against them without even saying a word. The residents of Pyongyang, including the garrison, wailed and cried under the iron hooves of the Jianzhou soldiers.
Nurhachi beheaded the mayor of Pyongyang, and he died with his eyes wide open.
Nurhaci felt that his luck was too good. He was able to open Pyongyang in this way, and the amount of resources he got was not small. In this way, he could continue to do a lot of things.
After spending a whole day burning and looting in Pyongyang and almost razing it to the ground, Nurhachi left Pyongyang with his troops and continued south. Their next target was Zhonghe, and the next was Huangzhou.
Nurhachi's mind was still clear. He knew that he did not have enough troops and would not try to attack the city. The purpose of spreading panic was to lock down the garrison in the city, so that he could besiege them and attack the reinforcements. He wanted to create more panic so that the North Koreans would not know that he only had less than 5,000 soldiers, and the rest were women and children.
The North Koreans were like birds that were startled by the mere twang of a bowstring, following his script.
The news of the fall of Pyongyang was also spread by the 100 residents of Pyongyang whom he had deliberately let go. These people spread the news more crazily than anyone else, and when people asked them how many barbarians there were, they would say — — 100,000!
Such an absurd thing actually happened, but no one thought about the reasons and loopholes in it.
Panic could completely destroy the ability to think normally.
Therefore, when the news reached Zhonghe, the garrison of Zhonghe fled without a fight. The people fled to the south on a large scale, leaving an empty city for Nurhaci. Nurhaci entered the city and walked around. He asked the army to collect some leftover carriages, mules, and clothes, and then destroyed everything that could be destroyed.
Next was Huang Province. Guo Zaiyou took away a group of Huang Province's troops, and the rest of the crooked soldiers also ran away faster than anyone else. Nurhachi took down two cities in two days, and it was so smooth that even he couldn't believe it.
News of the North Koreans fleeing south on a large scale came from the front. The North Korean government was in a mess, and the military officials were the first to flee. It seemed that North Korea was no longer a country.
Just like this, on the tenth day after entering North Korea, Nurhachi occupied Huangzhou and set his next target as Kaesong.
Back then, under the leadership of Li Rusong, he had made an agreement with Xiao Ruxun to launch an attack on Kai City. If they took Kai City, Xiao Ruxun would personally lead Li Rusong's horse. The past was still vivid in his mind. Nothing in the surroundings seemed to have changed. Nurhaci even found traces of the military camp that Xiao Ruxun had left behind.
But everything changed too quickly.
He remembered this part of the journey very clearly. He also remembered very clearly how he had made it there. He also remembered how the bloody battle at Kaesong and how the Wokou soldiers had suppressed the Linjin River. It was as if it had happened just yesterday. But in the blink of an eye, everything had disappeared.
It seemed that because he missed the past, Nurhachi did not order to clear the North Korean villages around Huangzhou, but announced that he would continue south, and the vanguard went straight to Ruihsun.
It was not until this time that the news of the fall of Pyongyang and Guo Zaiyou's death reached Kaesong. It was not until Nurhachi arrived at Ruixing that this urgent news reached Seoul, the capital of the Kingdom of Korea.
At this moment, it was only two days before the first batch of refugees who set foot on the road of escape arrived at Seoul.
At this time, the North Korean emperor and his ministers, who were still arguing over some interests in the court, finally realized that things had gone out of their control, because Pyongyang was gone.
At this moment, they seemed to recall the nightmarish memories brought to them by the Japanese pirates seven years ago, which they could not resist at all. The emperor and his ministers turned pale with fright, and some of the more timid ones even fell or fainted on the spot in the court. The court was in chaos.
Li Zhi was stunned for a long time, and his mind went blank. When the army entered the court and began to carry away the fainted trash, he came to his senses and shouted in a broken voice, "Go ask the Daqin Emperor for help!!!"
On the tenth day of the tenth month of the first year of Longwu, King Li Zhi of Korea finally sent someone to ask for help from the Daqin Empire. After seven years, North Korea once again asked for help from its sovereign state.
But it was funny that back then, they had faced the 200,000 Japanese pirates, but now, it was only Nurhachi's 5,000 defeated soldiers who caused such panic.
North Korea crossed the border and returned.
After Li Zhi sent someone to ask for help from the Daqin Empire, he urgently announced that the King was going on a southern tour. Although it was called a southern tour, it was actually an escape, but it needed a better name.
While Li Zhi was busy preparing to escape south, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Xiao Ruxun, who was far away in Beijing, finally received an urgent military intelligence from Liao Zhong.
After Nurhachi was defeated, he fled into North Korea. The conservative estimate was more than 3,000 people, and there was an unknown number of troops.
At present, there was already a cavalry of 2,000 people crossing the Yalu River to support North Korea, but the main force needed His Majesty the Emperor's personal order and support in terms of provisions. The main force gathered in the Kuandian Fortress area, and they anxiously waited for His Majesty the Emperor's orders.
Xiao Ruxun immediately called Liu Huangchang and two assistant ministers from the General Staff Department to discuss the military affairs.
"Jiannu fled to North Korea? That's easy to solve. Send an army into North Korea, then order the King of North Korea to organize an army and attack with the Daqin army from the north and south. It'll be easy to eliminate the Jiannu. "
Liu Huangchang said casually, "The main force of the Jiannu has been eliminated, and the rest are just struggling at death's door. When they reach North Korea, North Korea will take care of them. In fact, we can just wait for the King of North Korea to claim credit from us."
Xiao Ruxun, however, shook her head.
"Little Xuan, don't underestimate the Jiannu. If they really fled to North Korea, I think the North Koreans will be in big trouble."
Liu Huangchang and the two assistant ministers looked at Xiao Ruxun strangely. They didn't know why Xiao Ruxun would say such a thing.
"You don't believe me? During the war in North Korea, Nurhachi was in my army. He followed me from Uiju to Pusan, so he knows the terrain of North Korea as well as I do. More importantly, when I attacked Kaesong, I used Li Rusong and Nurhachi's cavalry. In the subsequent battles, Nurhachi's cavalry made great contributions. "
"He knows the terrain of North Korea? That's not good … "
Liu Huangchang had stayed with Song Yingchang in the rear during the war to gather provisions, so he only had a rough understanding of the frontlines.
"Even so, he only has three thousand men under him. What can he do? No matter how weak North Korea is, it's still a country with a hundred thousand men. There's no reason for them to lose to three thousand men, right? "
Xiao Ruxun shook his head repeatedly.
If a few hundred thousand men could defeat a hundred million men, what could a mere North Korea do?
The North Koreans' ability to court disaster was comparable to Daming.
If Nurhachi was determined to fight as a guerrilla in North Korea, Li Zhi would probably cry for his father.
"Pass down my order, gather a batch of provisions, conscript the navy and civilian ships, and send them directly to Uiju by sea from Tientsin Port. Send another fast ship to Liao Zhong, order him to lead the army to Uiju and prepare to receive the provisions. After that, send troops south to join forces with North Korea to eliminate the Jiannu."
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