Chapter 121: Counterinsurgency
Sungkyunkwan had a hot afternoon, especially when Jung Yong-moon deliberately wanted to "test" Lee Kwang-jong's perseverance. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Yanzong, who was already over half a hundred years old, was placed on the square outside Minglun Hall, facing the scorching sun and feeling the rolling heat wave. The continuous high temperature made people dizzy for a while, and under the sweat, there was no doubt that the next moment would make Li Yanzong suffer from heat stroke.
But Zheng Yongwen didn't care about Li Kangzong's life or death.
Even, if you die of illness and die violently, then it is applauded. lest any one be charged with murdering the king. Of course, Li Kangzong's body is good.
To this day, the dead duck's beak is still very hard.
Listening to Li Kangzong's disdain, Zheng Yongwen wanted to refute. But before he could speak, he didn't wait for the Korean ministers around him to respond.
That's right, Zheng Yongwen is not fighting alone. Many middle-level officials of the ceremonial and criminal officer Hu Liucao and even Zhang Baobao, the secretary of the Gongcao judgment, immediately surrendered to Li Hao, stood by Zheng Yongwen's side, and persuaded the rest of the North Korean officials to join the queue of user Li Hao, and behaved extremely actively.
Under the conversion effect, Zhang Baobao appeared to work very hard, lest he be taken to sacrifice the flag as a typical example of inactivity.
Therefore, in the past persuasion, whenever Zheng Yongwen opened his mouth to say words of persuasion, there must have been a bunch of people who came to help behind him.
Because of this, Zheng Yongwen never felt lonely.
He even felt that he represented the glorious avenue of justice.
But now......
After Zheng Yongwen opened his mouth, he ushered in an unusual coldness.
No one agreed, as if everyone had ignored the existence of Zheng Yongwen, they were silent, but they all followed Li Yanzong's gaze to look behind Zheng Yongwen.
Seeing the expressions of everyone present like this, Zheng Yongwen realized that something was wrong. At the moment, he only felt that his back was hot.
The neck seems to be rusty, but the movement of turning the head is extremely difficult to do.
But Zheng Yongwen still couldn't bear the anxiety in his heart, and turned his head to look back.
He saw chaos.
All the scenes are in sight, and they are completely cool.
Wu Sangui and Li Yan, who had returned from Gyeongbokgung Palace, poured into Sungkyunkwan with soldiers and horses.
In front of the Chinese merchant escort were familiar men, the rebels of the Imperial Camp Office. But the rebels are not so much an army as a bunch of rebels. The armor and weapons on his body were a huge burden on the mile-long road, and they had long since been discarded.
The rebels who have no weapons will naturally abandon all their will to fight.
Seeing that Li Hao had been captured, where there was still some resistance ability, they retreated one after another. And at this moment, Li Yan was also wearing armor and stubbornness, wearing a military uniform, and stepped inside.
Of course, Zheng Yongwen recognized the man in front of him.
He even planned that after this coup d'état, he would execute Li Yan as soon as possible in order to cut off his ties with the Ming people.
Unexpectedly, he met Li Yan under such circumstances.
"You...... What are you doing here? You guys...... You ......" The first half of Zheng Yongwen was said to Li Yan, but the second half of the sentence was said to the rebels who had retreated.
"Master Zheng, you can't stop it...... Can't stop it...... The whole army has retreated, and we can't do anything about it. Even the prince has been captured, and even General Gao has surrendered, how can we ......"
After all, those rebels didn't dare to look at Zheng Yongwen, let alone face the Ming army behind them, and fled in a panic.
Along with the influx of rebels, things about the front line also spread more and more.
The appearance of the guards in Deocugung Palace and the closure of the Praetorian Guards in Gyeongbokgung Palace made everyone know that this huge coup d'état has come to an end.
And the ending obviously ended with Li Hao's anticlimactic failure.
Hearing that Li Hao had been arrested and Gao Mingan had become a traitor again, Zheng Yongwen trembled and had a premonition of his end.
Rebellion, that's a big sin for the Nine Clans.
"Master Zheng...... But why bother? For now, please restrain your hands and arrest them, so as not to have long eyes under the knife and gun. Li Yan looked at Zheng Yongwen with a sigh and hardened his heart.
Zheng Yongwen felt as if all his strength had been drained and he collapsed to the ground, leaving only the last sentence: "Take care of Xi'er......"
Immediately, the Ming army quickly poured in, and the guards in the Korean palace who rushed to hear the news also quickly came to rescue Li Kangzong. Li Qianzong silently looked at everything in front of him, and only felt as if a century had passed at once.
"It's time for a ridiculous ...... end," Li Qianzong muttered, shaking his head and smiling bitterly, his eyes falling on Li Hao, who was unwilling.
Facing Li Kangzong's gaze, Li Hao lost his usual gentleness and humility. His gaze was cold and hard, and he was obviously far from yielding: "Don't forget, this North Korea is still under a storm. If it weren't for Gao Mingan, how could I be like this, how could I be like this! I haven't lost yet! ”
Gao Mingheng already knew the ins and outs, and immediately told Li Kangzong the inside story of the Tianli Sect and the Japanese Emperor.
After hearing this, Li Qianzong's anger flashed on his face, and he quickly calmed down: "This ruthless plan is indeed something that only a son can do. But...... Haven't you thought about it, now that your intrigues have been known, do you still have a chance of winning? ”
Li Hao snorted coldly: "I only know now, don't you think it's too late?" ”
Zhu Cihong said quietly: "What if I had known about it a long time ago?" ”
Li Hao's eyes scanned the audience, and finally fell on Yoo Young-chae and Lee Yoon-a. Lee Yoon-a's face was expressionless, and Yoo Young-chae knew what she said about Lee Ho Cai, and nodded stiffly.
As if it was infectious, the expression on Li Hao's face gradually became stiff.
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Wonju.
"Seoul, don't you really need our reinforcements?" Lin Qingye couldn't help but think twice.
But as soon as he thought that His Majesty the Emperor had already prepared, he also put aside his worries and concentrated on marching towards Shangzhiling. He did not take more than 10,000 Korean soldiers and horses with his headquarters, but chose his own personal guards, detoured the trail, and set off towards Shangzhiling in the slow mountain road.
At this time, the ravages of the Japanese were getting worse and worse. For this reason, the upper and lower levels of Yuanzhou asked for help from the Ming army several times. Xu Wen, who heard the news, dared to march in a hurry, and at this moment there was only less than ten miles left from Yuanzhou.
The march of the Ming army was very fast, and the snake formation was so long that it was easy to be attacked. However, when the army passed all the way to Wonju City, it seemed extraordinarily calm all the way, without any twists and turns.
The terrain outside Wonju Fortress is flat, and there is only one river as a moat to defend it.
To the north of the city is a path leading to Shangzhiling, which is also the place where Holly, the leader of the Japanese pirates outside Wonju City, has been staring at for a long time, and the people he is waiting for still have not come.