Chapter 178: The Fall of Korea
From the beginning of July to September, when he learned that Mao Wenlong had been killed, Houjin Taiji had been gathering troops and raising grain and grass. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
South Korea is also preparing to resist the Houjin invasion, and the Yalu River has gathered Chen Xin's 10,000 Xuan troops, as well as 20,000 Jurchen troops sent by Amin, and 30,000 Korean servants.
In the hinterland of the rear of South Korea, Amin is still organizing the second line of defense and collecting food throughout the country to ensure the supply of military rations for the soldiers on the front line.
Of course, when the Jurchens collect grain and grass, they will not be too polite, and contradictions and conflicts are inevitable, and the logistics officers of the Xuan Army will send a report from time to time, asking for the replacement of a batch of bloodstained grain that is beginning to mold, which is simply too unappetizing.
However, when the time came to October, the development of the matter was completely beyond Chen Xin's expectations, and the Military Intelligence Department investigated and learned that Huang Taiji actually went to the grassland with more than 100,000 troops.
"How many troops does Houjin still have in the country now?"
Elder Zheng, the director of the Military Intelligence Department, carefully calculated for a while, and replied, "There are no troops left, only some old, weak, sick and disabled people guarding a few cities with clothes." โ
Chen Xin was very puzzled, "Huang Taiji is so confident, isn't he afraid that I will copy his nest?" โ
"General, we can't analyze what is going on, no matter what aspect of the calculation, Houjin shouldn't be so reckless, the country is empty, isn't this tempting us."
"Where are they now?"
"Houjin was divided into three people, and the vanguard had already broken through Da'ankou on the Great Wall on the border of the Ming Dynasty at this time and attacked the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty."
Chen Xin remembered that the first time in history that Houjin attacked the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty and looted food, population and materials was this year. With an irritable wave of his hand, "XX's, don't think about it too much, anyway, such a good opportunity, I must not miss it, I will write a letter to Amin, and take advantage of the fact that the army of Huangtaiji is trapped in the territory of Daming, and we will go to his lair." โ
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Not long after Chen Xin sent Jin's letter after Amin attacked, a bad news came from the direction of Shangjing.
"The Great Khan was assassinated."
Chen Xin did not doubt the authenticity of this news, because this was the first-hand news from the inside line of the confidential division installed in the palace of the king of Shangjing in South Korea.
When he heard the news, Chen Xin couldn't believe his ears, although Amin had such and such shortcomings, and even Chen Xin had been planning to "replace him" for a long time, but he never thought that Amin would be killed at such a time.
Thinking about it now, Amin is really good to himself, and if he changes a monarch, it is impossible for Chen Xin to mess around so freely, not only is the military system, military uniform, salary and the division of the national economic system completely different, but even the military chief is not in the country all the year round without any reproach, this kind of thing is unimaginable in any era.
"Who the hell did that?" Chen Xin's tone was full of sadness and incredulity.
Lao Zheng picked up the document, carefully spelled out the Jurchen words, and said, "It's a guy named Ao Bulu." โ
"What? Who are you talking about? Chen Xin thought he had misheard.
Lao Zheng repeated: "Am not ru. โ
Chen Xin confirmed again: "Is it the one in the house of Yipinbu Tang Yajia?" โ
Lao Zheng glanced at the page of Ang Bulu's identity information, and definitely said, "Yes, it's that Ang Bulu." โ
Chen Xin's eyes once again appeared in front of Ann Bulu's obscene appearance, "How could it be him?" He is the coat of Yajia's family, Amin has promoted him to be a fourth-grade official, it can be said that he has a bright future, how can it be him. โ
Lao Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "All of us were deceived by him, in fact, he was a spy that Huang Taiji planted next to the Great Khan, which he said personally after killing Amin in the court. Now he has full control of Shangjing, with more than 30,000 Jurchen troops and 100,000 Korean servants. โ
This news once again made Chen Xin close his mouth, and today's news is too exciting. "How did he do it? Can you control an army of 30,000 Jurchens? There are less than 80,000 Jurchen soldiers in the country, and he can control nearly half of his forces at once. Those former cronies of the Great Khan were all dry food, so that he controlled so many armies in such a short period of time. โ
Lao Zheng has a positive opinion on Chen Xin's statement that those people are rice buckets, and it is really too vain to eat a little "Ao Bulu has been acting since three years ago, and in the past few years, he has been secretly helping those officers who were previously marginalized with red flags, positive white flags, and white flags, and at the same time using his status as a close confidant of Lord Yajia, these people were transferred to their former old subordinates one by one. Imperceptibly, before anyone knew it, he had already controlled so many armies. โ
Ang Bulu, it is really Ang Bulu, and I can't imagine that such an obscene guy is actually a spy, and even subverts a country by means. "And what about Yajia? Where is he? โ
"Lord Yajia was killed by Ang Bulu while protecting the Great Khan, and the Jurchen nobles in Shangjing and the Korean officials who surrendered were all arrested."
"I don't care about those civilian courtiers, now, how many troops in South Korea are not controlled by Yen Bulu?"
"The Jurchen army is almost no longer except for us, and Ang Bulu is very fast, he killed the Great Khan and took control of Shangjing, and the army controlled by him on the other side rushed to the second line of defense in Pyongyang, and took advantage of the unpreparedness to merge the troops stationed there.
It was heard that Han Huangqi, who was loyal to the Great Khan, was almost killed, and the other banners who surrendered were all imprisoned. Now there are only a few thousand Jurchen soldiers scattered all over the country, and there are some Korean servant troops with little combat effectiveness, the inspection department, and the township warriors of various counties have not been recruited. โ
Chen Xinmo rubbed his fingers and muttered, "It's really vigorous, no wonder Huang Taiji doesn't care about us, and directly left an empty nest and placed it there, it turns out that he has already made arrangements." Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji, a person who can leave a name in history, really can't be underestimated. โ
This is the second time that Chen Xin has suffered a loss on Huang Taiji, the last time was a few years ago, Chen Xin dozens of tons of explosives exploded the ice of the Yalu River, killing Huang Taiji's most important son Haoge, and then Huang Taiji with a small number of troops and an empty battalion, dragged Chen Xin here alive, until the beginning of spring, Chen Xin, who could not hold on, decided to start farming and development on the spot.
That time, it directly disrupted Chen Xin's original plan for peaceful development, forcing him to embark on this militaristic road.
This time, he was even more ruthless, directly killed his own head of state, and also controlled most of the country's army, Chen Xin, who suffered two consecutive dark losses, has already raised Huang Taiji's alert level to the highest level in his heart.
Chen Xin complained in his heart: "According to international practice, we can be regarded as being annihilated?" Next, do I want to form a government-in-exile and say that I will never give in to the iron hooves of the enemy, haha. Chen Xin was amused by his thoughts at this time.
He coughed dryly, and then asked, "After Ann Bulu took control of Shangjing, what happened next?" โ
"When Ang Bulu took control of Shangjing, our intelligence group operatives secretly set fire to the grain depot, and all the grain and grass to be transported to the front line were burned, Ang Bulu seemed to want to start a war, without grain and grass, he almost went crazy, and directly ordered the army to start a large-scale massacre, and plundered in all directions, completely robbing all the grain and materials on the north bank of the Han River and the south bank of the Imjin River, and was sweeping towards the north."
Chen Xin spread out the map and looked at it carefully for a while, now it is worth sending an army to Ann Bulu, and only his own men and horses are the only ones, it seems that it is to prevent me from copying Huang Taiji's back road. "Is it the whole army that marches to the north when Ann Bulu marches to the north?"
"No, he left 3,000 Jurchen soldiers and nearly 10,000 Korean servants to guard Beijing."
"Is he still thinking about occupying Korean land?"
"It should be, no matter what, the South Korea established by Amin has taken root here, and it would be a pity to give up this piece of fat at will."
Chen Xin nodded, "It seems that this is the case, so how many people are in the army?" And who is the commander of the troops? โ
"There are no exact figures yet, but after a rough estimate, we believe that the total number of enemy troops marching to the north this time will not exceed 120,000, and these 120,000 people, led by an officer named Sukh Sakha, will use Pyongyang as a logistics base to kill in the north."
Hearing Sukh Saha's name, Chen Xin's heart trembled again.
Sukh Saha was a very good friend, and the two of them had a good relationship at the beginning.
Later, when Amin dealt with the disobedient officers, Sukh Saha was also on the list, and Chen Xin did not ask Amin for favors when he saw it, and saved Sukh Saha, because of the relationship between the two sides, since Chen Xin pleaded with Amin to stand on his own, he was an enemy, and Chen Xin did not dare to have the slightest mercy for the enemy, so he skipped the incident with a hard heart.
I didn't expect to meet again now, and this time it was really an enemy. It seems that this is also a ghost of Ao Buru, Suke Saha is the son-in-law of Nurhachi's son-in-law Suna, and Suna is a hardcore supporter of Huang Taiji, Suke Saha is such a big living person was released to lead the troops, and no one in the Korean court noticed that something was wrong, it seems that this is really a grass platform team, and South Korea is not wronged.
Chen Xin gathered his thoughts and immediately ordered.
"The Military Intelligence Department pays close attention to the movements of Huang Taiji's attack on the Ming Dynasty army, and any movements must be reported in a timely manner.
The Confidential Division has kept an eye on Sukh Saha's army, and I want to know all the information about this army.
Then issue an order to the Korean guerrilla detachment to launch a campaign against South Korea's Shangjing as soon as possible, with the aim of forcing Sukh Saha to send troops back to help and weaken the number of invading enemies without damaging the veterans as much as possible.
Finally, I will immediately convene a military conference, which will be attended by all departments. โ