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There is an east-west road near Cheolsan-dong ("Cave, an administrative unit similar to the village and town on the side of Daming") in Pyongan Province, North Korea, which leads to Daming, which used to be quite busy in this season, with people going to work and sell on the Yalu River, and nearby farmers coming to do some small business on the road. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This year, however, the road was deserted, and the villages on both sides of the road were deserted, with some fleeing into the mountains and others being taken captive by the army of the Koukou.

The Iron Mountain Cave is leaning against the Iron Mountain, which is a hilly and mountainous area with lush forests, and there are no people, and some animals actually swagger onto the road.

Even though it was the second half of September and the first snow had fallen in many parts of North Korea, animals such as roe deer, which resembled deer, were still seen on the road. "But in fact, he is very vigilant, and he will run away at the slightest disturbance.

There is a roe deer just about to walk across, but heard the sound of horses' hooves in front of him, hurriedly turned his head and ran, extremely agile, the grass on both sides of the road is waist-high, the roe deer ran a few steps, but turned again, ran towards the road, the roe deer was just about to run across the road, a sharp sound crossed, the roe deer neck has been hit by an arrow, the roe deer is also planted.

"Good luck, I have a mouthful of meat to eat tonight!"

The three hunters on horseback stopped in front of the roe deer, one laughed and said, and the other laughed: "It's a pity that I didn't bring sorghum burning, otherwise there would be wine and meat, this is very moisturizing!" ”

These people are draped in leather robes, leather hats are buckled on their heads, they carry bows and arrows, and there are knives and axes on the side of the saddle. "The elite cavalry of each family, used as a sentry agent, is often able to attack independently.

The two of them talked and laughed loudly, but the other one frowned and said, "You be quiet, there are 10,000 sentry ...... the day ahead, who knows if there will be a sentry ." ”

"It's been almost three days since we've been here, and we haven't even seen a few North Koreans, so maybe they're all nesting in the city to roast the fire!"

The other said nonchalantly, and the other two shook their heads and laughed, and suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the grass on both sides of the road was blown, in fact, it was the road, and now the road is also dry yellow grass, but it is not as lush as the two sides of the road.

It was also late autumn now, and the wind was normal, but the Chinese who was grinning before turned around and stretched out his bow and arrows, and shouted angrily: "There are people in the grass!" ”

With a "whoosh" sound, the sharp arrow shot directly into the grass, and the other two were also ready, and there was a scream in the grass, but three people stood up in a panic, seeing that the three of them were dressed in the clothes of local North Korean farmers, and waved their hands and shouted in panic.

The night when Liaoning entered North Korea, he didn't know a few words of Korean, and he could understand what was shouted over there, "We are the people and good people" and the like, these farmers looked panicked and frightened, but the other two Ming Tanma didn't pay attention to it at all, and the bows and arrows in their hands had already been shot.

Two more North Korean farmers fell to the ground screaming, and the other farmer was stunned, but immediately reacted, and wiped something in his arms, throwing something towards this side.

The man who shot the arrow first screamed, but one arm was hanging down, and he scolded angrily: "It's a dart, it's really a spies of the Japanese Kou, go and catch him, this bastard is hiding in the grass and running!" ”

The person over there has disappeared, probably hiding in the grass, not long after saying this, but heard a sound in the grass on the side of the road, the talented "North Korean peasant" holding a straight knife cat waist out of the grass, the arm dart has not yet reacted, but was stabbed directly into the lower abdomen by this straight knife, shouted and fell to the ground.

But as he was dying, his hands were firmly grasped by the other, and his two companions roared in anger and drew their knives and axes, cutting the spy to the ground.

If he is stabbed in the lower abdomen, he may not die immediately, but he can be sent back to the camp on the bank of the Yalu River, but he may not be able to support it, and the man who was stabbed yelled like crazy, and his companions also knew how to do it, so they simply gave him a good time.

Searching the bodies of those "North Korean peasants", sure enough, weapons and hidden weapons were found, this is those secret agents of the Koukou, disguised as North Koreans, ambushing the Ming Dynasty's probe horses everywhere, spying on the military situation, these people think that the people disguised as North Korea, at least the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty will not kill indiscriminately, but those in Liaoning who don't collect at night care about what the people think, in the Ming Dynasty, there may be some estimates, in North Korea is even more indulgent, and they will do it directly.

What's more, in broad daylight, a few people are hidden in the grass on the side of the road, and such North Korean farmers are themselves full of suspicion and suspicion.

Such scenes occur every day in the area between Pyongyang and the Yalu River, where the Ming Dynasty's Tanma and the Koukou's Xiaozuo ambush and fight each other, covering each other, and although the battle is silent, there are bloody casualties every day..................

The failure of Zu Chengpao made both the Ming and the Japanese Kou become cautious, and now, the command of the battle of the Japanese Kou has been completely in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and North Korea is at most a leading role, of course, they can also find out some news through North Korea.

For example, according to the North Korean side, it is said that the military strength of the Japanese in the Pyongyang area has not only not increased, but has decreased.

At this stage of the stalemate between the two sides, the Ming Dynasty has been constantly gathering people to the border, why the Japanese are reducing their troops in the important towns on the front line, the information provided by the North Korean side makes the Ming more suspicious, and later the Ming spies got the exact news that the Japanese have indeed reduced their troops in Pyongyang.

Since Pyongyang was occupied at the latest, it would not take long to resume farming, and there was not much grain to be produced, and there was no way to obtain supplies on the spot to supply the First Army Corps of the Kuo army, so it was necessary to send several thousand soldiers to the Seoul area for food, and Korean people had to be requisitioned to build roads and repair ports, so that more grain could be brought from the south of Korea to the north.

Liaoning itself still has public order to maintain, and the soldiers and horses gathered on the banks of the Yalu River can still be maintained, and it is really a bit risky to launch an attack, not to mention that the opponent's forces still have an advantage over the Ming side, so this side does not dare to act rashly, and the two sides still maintain each other.

North Korea from the king to the courtiers below are now in a hurry, but the attitude of the Ming court towards them is also a cold one, originally they could still use the attitude of crying Qin Court to cry everywhere to complain about the emergency, but now the other party is not even face-to-face, completely excluding them, which makes everyone have nothing to do.

With North Korea's understanding of the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty, he also knew that the current limitations were there, and he knew that the reason why Gu Qian did not take further military action was because the choice of the commander had not yet been decided.

The king of North Korea, Li Pan, convened his civil and military officials to discuss, the Li family in Liaozhen They know what kind of people, flying to the extreme, although the Li family is said to be also from the North Koreans, but there has never been a compatriot attitude, if they are allowed to serve as the commander of the dynasty, I am afraid that the harm to North Korea will not be small, and the Li family will continue to record North Korea in the future, such people come to the benefit of little, the most important thing is that the failure of Zu Cheng's scraping made North Korea feel cold, originally looking forward to the stars and the moon, counting on the arrival of the Ming Dynasty's heavenly soldiers, Immediately drove out the Japanese pirates, but thousands of cavalry were simply thrown into Pyongyang City, and they also carried all kinds of charges on North Korea, who knows what will happen in the future.

This Wang Tong's reputation is naturally known to the North Koreans, they have dealt with the Jurchen tribe of Baishan and Heishui a lot, and naturally know Wang Tong's Eastern Crusade, and they also have a certain understanding of the combat effectiveness of the so-called Ming Forbidden Army, and more importantly, the North Korean people all know that Wang Tong is quite reasonable, does things in order, and is not the kind of arrogant character.

In such a situation, the Korean monarchs and ministers also had a judgment, if the Ming commander Qubin could be promoted as Wang Tong as soon as possible, then the Ming army could enter the DPRK as soon as possible to drive out the Japanese invaders.

The Korean monarchs and ministers also began to operate, and as a party related to this matter, it is still convincing to have such a choice, and the DPRK also has such and such a relationship in Beijing, although there are not many goods in their hands, but if they are targeted, the effect is still there.

Around October of the twentieth year of Wanli, Wang Tong's voice for being handsome became higher and higher, not only Qingliu civil officials who were born in Yaojinwei, but also some neutral factions, and even some officials who thought they understood the situation thought that concubines were more suitable, and the trends in the palace were also changing.

The eunuch Tian Yi who is the master of ceremonies does not like Wang Tong, this is known to the world, but the relationship between the eunuch Zou Yi, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, and the eunuch Zhao Jinliang, the steward of the Qianqing Palace, and Wang Tong is also known to the whole world, and it is normal for the trend in the palace to undergo such changes.

When the situation has reached this situation, whether it is the outer court or the inner court, the debate is not so intense, because everyone knows that at this time, it should be the Wanli Emperor who makes the decision.

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In the imperial study of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Wanli and Wang Xijue, the first assistant of the cabinet, sat opposite each other, and Emperor Wanli was silent for a while, and said: "Wang Aiqing, there are two candidates for the commander of the army to enter the dynasty, one is Wang Tong, and the other is Li Rusong, Li Rusong is already on the table to ask for war, but Wang Tong doesn't know what attitude is, if he doesn't want to, it is not appropriate to force him to go." ”

Wang Xijue shook his head with a smile, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, if Wang Tong doesn't want to, I'm afraid there won't be so many remarks from the government and the opposition now, and the Li family can find someone to talk to him, won't Wang Tong be?" ”

Emperor Wanli would not have thought of this, and also shook his head and chuckled.! ~！

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