"This subordinate didn't know that the Minister was still here. I have offended you. Minister, please have some tea."
Zheng Weiguang carefully served a cup of tea to Liu Chenlong, then turned to the soldier kneeling in the hall and said angrily, "You're courting death! How dare you offend the Minister! Did you eat a bear's heart or a leopard's gall? "
Zheng Weiguang had been promoted by Liu Chenlong during the war and had also been taken care of after the war, so he was very grateful to Liu Chenlong.
The soldier was so frightened that he kowtowed and begged for mercy. Liu Chenlong sighed and said, "Forget it, don't make things difficult for him. I'm not so famous that everyone in the world knows me. Besides, I'm just a sinner now. I'm no longer the Minister. Let him leave!"
Since Liu Chenlong had said so, Zheng Weiguang went along with the flow and drove the soldier away.
After the soldier thanked him profusely and left, Zheng Weiguang said worriedly to Liu Chenlong, "I'll send someone to send the Minister to Pusan. His Majesty's destination is Pusan. We should be able to catch up now. The barbarians shouldn't be that fast."
Liu Chenlong frowned and said, "What's going on? Why did the barbarians suddenly attack? And we were defeated so badly? Even the Royal Capital couldn't defend it? "
"Who said it wasn't? I heard that the barbarians had an army of 100,000. General Guo Zaiyou led his troops to the north to resist, but he died in battle and Pyongyang was lost. Now Heian Province has fallen, Hwanghae Province is also in chaos, and a large number of refugees are heading south. Sigh, it's only been a few years of peace, and now it's chaos again! "
Zheng Weiguang shook his head and sighed.
"100,000 barbarians? Guo Zaiyou is dead? How is that possible? "
Liu Chenlong was shocked. "Then who is in charge of the front line now? They can't all escape and leave you, a deputy general, with 2,000 troops to guard the Royal Capital. Where are the other troops? Where are our troops? Are they not going to resist? "
"General Quan Li is in charge of the front line now. He has 5,000 troops under him. Before the King left, he asked him to go north to defend against the barbarians and recover Pyongyang."
Zheng Weiguang's face was bitter. "What's the use of five thousand soldiers? Nominally, General Quan is in charge of the troops of the five provinces, but Pingan and the Yellow Sea have collapsed, Xijing Province is too far away, and I'm the only one left in Gyeonggi Province. Only the troops in Gangwon Province can be mobilized, but how can they compare to the 100,000 barbarians' army? "
Liu Chenglong immediately retorted, "That's impossible. It's impossible for the barbarians to have 100,000 soldiers. The Jurchen barbarians are divided into three main divisions, the Jianzhou, the East Sea, and the Haixi Sea. Each division has about 30,000 soldiers. Altogether, they only have 100,000 soldiers. However, they are enemies with each other.
What's more, the Daqin army is stationed in Liaodong. If the Jurchen reunifies, the Daqin army will definitely take action. This time, the bandits have at most 30,000 men and horses, no, maybe less than 20,000! How could it be boasted to be a hundred thousand men? Where did this news come from? "
Liu Chenglong was indeed a man of action. With one analysis, he exposed the falsehood of the rumor. Zheng Weiguang was stunned.
"It's the news brought by the refugees from the south. They said that there are many barbarians and they are very fierce. When they reach a place, they will slaughter the entire city. Pyongyang has really fallen, and General Guo Zaiyou has really died in battle."
"Let's not talk about this for now. Anyway, I can be sure that there are less than 20,000 barbarians heading south. Our North Korean army has 100,000 soldiers, but we were defeated by the 200,000 Japanese pirates. If even 20,000 barbarians can make the King leave the capital, how can we establish our country?!"
Liu Chenglong was very angry. He slammed the table and stood up. "Where is General Quan? Has he reached Kaicheng? Send someone to send me to Kaicheng immediately. I want to see General Quan and fight against the enemy with him! No matter what, we can't let the barbarians pass through Kaicheng! "
Zheng Weiguang's face was full of disbelief. At the same time, he felt deeply ashamed.
The old man who was almost 60 years old still dared to face the difficulties, but he himself …
However, at this moment, it was a little too late. If Liu Chenglong was in the court at the time of the incident, he might not let the court become like this. But things had already come to this. The army had already headed south. Even if there were less than 20,000 barbarians, they were not a motley crew of more than 7,000 people who could resist.
Moreover, Quan Li did not look like he was going to defend to the death. Rumor had it that Quan Li had already planned to escape to Jeolla Path and did not want to resist at all.
Liu Chenglong could not do anything to save the situation.
"Minister, there is something that I don't know if I should say."
Zheng Weiguang decided to make one last effort.
"Say it."
Liu Chenglong nodded.
"General Quan is old and only has 5,000 men under his command. There is no chance of winning. I guess General Quan does not intend to fight to the death with the barbarians. He will probably retreat when the opportunity arises. We should also retreat in time to minimize the loss. Before the King set off, he had already asked for help from Daqin. The reinforcements from Daqin will soon come to help us eliminate those barbarians."
Zheng Weiguang hoped to tell this matter to Liu Chenglong so that he would give up those unrealistic ideas.
But Liu Chenglong became even angrier after hearing this.
"If you all go to Daqin for help, why don't we just submit to Daqin! Although we are a vassal state and Daqin is our suzerain, Korea is a country! Not a county! If we can't make decisions and solve our own problems, what's the point of establishing a country?
If we ask Daqin for help, we can defeat the barbarians today and other barbarians tomorrow. In the long run, how will Daqin view our country? Will Daqin think that our country's existence is meaningful? What if Daqin decides to submit to us one day? What should we do then? "
Liu Chenglong's angry rebuke made Zheng Weiguang unable to raise his head. Although he felt that it was not a bad thing to submit to Daqin and even felt that it was not a bad thing to submit to Daqin, at least they would not be invaded frequently.
But on the surface, he still pretended to be ashamed and sad to make Liu Chenglong satisfied.
Liu Chenglong was an upright person and a capable person. If all the big shots in the court were like Liu Chenglong, the situation would not have become like this. But reality is cruel. There was only one Liu Chenglong.
But even so, he still persevered. When North Korea was in danger, he had forgotten everything.
Zheng Weiguang told him that Quan Li had left two days ago and was still stationed at Jade Hoof House.
Liu Chenglong thought for a while and understood what Quan Li meant. His heart turned cold, but he was still unwilling to give up hope.
He asked Zheng Weiguang to send a group of people to escort him to Jade Hoof House. He wanted to talk to Quan Li personally.
Zheng Weiguang did not go against his wishes and agreed. He called a group of 100 people to escort Liu Chenglong to Jade Hoof House.
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