North Korea's Yalu River, near Uiju.

In the cold wind, a black line appeared in the wilderness, which gradually thickened and lengthened over time, and finally became a carpet that slowly covered the earth.

In the Qing army camp on the east bank, the Qing soldiers rushed to the wall, saw the moving carpet, and instantly became commotionous.

Countless Wei troops wearing military hats, wearing knee-length coats, and holding snow-bright bayonets and flintlock pistols on their shoulders, held their heads high and their mouths filled with white gas, marched forward like a steam train marching in unison.

In the boundless military array, the military flag fluttered, and the 200,000-strong army had hundreds of flags, and the banners with Chinese characters such as "Guan Zhang, Zhao Ma, Huang" and other Chinese characters were hunting.

The majestic and high-spirited officers and men of the Wei army advanced forward, and the officers strutted with their heads held high under the banner of recognition, and they were full of spirit.

The picture they presented was as if Gao Yihuan had read an illustration of the Eight-Nation Alliance's march into Beijing in a modern history textbook.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was wearing mink, and beside him were martial arts students who were full of air and arrogance, ready to show their skills.

This time, Gao Yihuan pulled out so many people and horses, and the attack on North Korea was actually just an excuse, and the deeper intention was actually to take the opportunity to promote a large number of martial arts students, so that the high-talent students of the imperial military academy could gradually master the army.

Most of the senior generals of the Wei army are old-style generals, many of them are from grass, they have not read any books, they do not understand the general righteousness, and there are all kinds of generals and warlords who fall on both sides.

These people have skills, and most of them are loyal to Gao Yihuan, but they also have a lot of problems with old-style officers.

Although Gao Yihuan believed that he could suppress them, as long as he continued to give benefits, these people would always be loyal to him, but Gao Yihuan could not give them all the benefits.

There was a conflict between Gao Yihuan and the Xungui group, which made him not very comfortable with the veterans, so he decided to promote the educated martial arts students to gradually replace the veterans.

This not only makes Gao Yihuan feel at ease, but also the trend of military development.

At this time, the Wei army marched forward all over the mountains, the bayonets on their shoulders rose and fell with the footsteps of the soldiers, the cavalry galloped on both wings, and the artillery and baggage carts followed behind, and the scene was magnificent.

Gao Yihuan rode on a horse, full of spirit, and said: "During the Wanli period, the Ming army crossed the river into Korea from then on and defeated the Wa State. Today, I led the army to march in person and entered Korea again, not only to sweep away the remnants of the Qing Dynasty, but also to educate Korea and incorporate it into the territory of the Great Wei. ”

Although North Korea is very poor, and the Central Plains dynasties of all dynasties have looked down on it, and even after Huang Taiji ordered the Qing army to defeat Korea, he did not occupy the poor place of North Korea because it was not cost-effective, but Gao Yihuan felt that since it was defeated, there was no reason to support another regime.

Since North Korea has always admired Chinese culture and called itself Little China, as the Son of Heaven of China, Gao Yihuan is still very happy to open his arms and let North Korea integrate into the big family of Great Wei.

Influenced by the previous system of awarding land for military merits, the Wei army was full of hope for the territory and full of desire for annexation.

None of the soldiers knew whether the land they had conquered would become their own, and they had the desire to annex it if they could.

Although Gao Yihuan has stopped giving military merit land in the Guan, in order to stimulate immigration and colonization, he has not stopped giving the soldiers land outside the Guanguan and the newly occupied land.

Many generals laughed on their faces when they heard Gao Yihuan's words.

No one will doubt Gao Yihuan's words, the 200,000-strong army will definitely be able to sweep away the remnants of the Qing and annex Korea.

The soldiers looked to the other side, and that was where the Ming army had fought and defeated the Japanese invaders.

Now that the Wei army, which is more powerful than the Ming army, has come here, will the Qing army in Korea be able to withstand the thunderous wrath of the Great Wei?

At this time, the Wei army entered Jiangbei, Gao Yihuan waved his hand, and the army behind him stopped one after another.

He looked at the other side of the bank and found that the Qing soldiers in the camp on the other side had not yet run, so he couldn't help laughing, "This little soldier and horse dare to stop me!" ”

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to break through the enemy camp!" A young officer immediately saluted.

The officer is the son of Liang Yizhang, and his father is a civilian official, but he has to join the army, he is a young Zhuang faction in the army, and he was deeply poisoned by the textbooks compiled by Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yihuan nodded and laughed: "Okay, I'm ready!" ”

This time he came out to take the Qing army and give them training skills, Gao Yihuan immediately agreed, and he was very interested in making a bet with Li Dingguo that he would be able to defeat the Qing soldiers in less than half an hour.

The Wei scouts had already found out that there were only 3,000 Qing soldiers stationed near Yizhou, and Gao Yihuan didn't know what the significance of Haoge wasting troops in this way.

At this time, Li Dingguo next to him was surprised: "It's strange, if you don't escape, you dare to come out to fight!" ”

"Huh?" Gao Yihuan took advantage of the situation and saw that the door of the Qing military camp was slowly opened, and a group of Qing troops poured out of the camp and hurriedly lined up.

"What do you want to do with these crooked melons and cracked dates, it's so difficult that you have to go out of the camp to fight with me?" Gao Yi smiled happily.

Just as Gao Yihuan was about to wave his hand and give an order, let the army attack and destroy the enemy soldiers, several cavalry rushed out from the opposite side and ran directly towards the Wei army.

Seeing this, Gao Yihuan withdrew his arm, stopped the army that was about to attack, and squinted at the Qing general who was stepping on the ice to cross the river.

They did not wear armor or carry weapons, and ran all the way to the west bank, where they were stopped by the Wei army in front of the battle, and then led to the central army by the former sergeants.

Several Qing generals saw Gao Yihuan, bowed their heads for the first one, and said in a somewhat stiff Chinese: "The criminal minister Cui Jiming, the former Korean national soldier Cao Jushu, met with the emperor of the Celestial Empire, and respectfully invited the heavenly soldiers to enter the dynasty and destroy the captives!" ”

Gao Yihuan's brows stretched, it turned out to be the North Korean army, "Are you stationed here and not withdrawing, just to welcome me?" ”

Cui Jiming said: "Returning to His Majesty the Emperor, the captive head Haoge is burning and looting in North Korea, intending to clear the wilderness and fight against the Celestial Empire. ”

North Korea was already poor, it was difficult for the Wei army to get supplies, and Haoge was a little annoying when he came to a strong wall.

Gao Yihuan asked, "Where is Haoge now?" ”

Choi Jiming said: "It's still in Pyongyang, but it's preparing to retreat south!" ”

Li Dingguo said: "Your Majesty, Haoge did not defend Pyongyang, but also fortified the wall and cleared the wilderness, and retreated to the south, probably because he wanted to lengthen the grain route of our army and consume it with us. ”

Gao Yihuan smiled: "My military rations can come from Dengzhou across the sea, and I am afraid that his calculation is wrong." ”

Li Dingguo said: "There are many mountains in Korea, there are several mountain cities, if Haoge is allowed to retreat and hold on, the army cannot be launched, and the attack will inevitably be protracted and consumed. ”

The daily consumption of 200,000 troops is indeed a lot, Gao Yihuan has no plans to go out for a long time, his eyes narrowed, and he suddenly shouted: "Zhao Shiren, I order you to take 10,000 cavalry and immediately go south to pursue." ”