In late November of the eighth year of Chongzhen, the Later Jin army marched Kaicheng, a major town in the northern part of Seoul, and sent the pioneer general Ma Futa to lead an army of 8,000 over Kaicheng and head straight for Seoul.

When the Korean King Lee Seung heard the news, he was shocked and quickly asked his three sons, Prince Zhaoxian, Maharaja Fenglin, Maharaja Linping and a group of concubines in the harem to flee to Jianghua Island.

The escape of the prince and many royal relatives made the army and people in Seoul turmoil and lost their fighting spirit. The people in the city fled with their families and their families, and Seoul was in turmoil.

Li Yu wanted to escape to Jianghua Island at first, but he was afraid that as the king of a country, he would run away, and his soldiers and generals would not be interested in fighting and surrendering to the Later Jin Dynasty. So he changed his mind to lead 10,000 defenders to retreat to Nanhan Mountain City south of Seoul, and ordered generals from all over the country to come to rescue.

The terrain of the Nanhan Mountain City is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Later Jin army will not be able to attack for a while. They just need to stick to the mountain city and wait for reinforcements from all over the country to defeat the enemy.

Just two days after going up the mountain city, news came that the Later Jin army had approached the Han River. The panicked Li Nei once again had the idea of ​​escaping, hoping to retreat to Jianghua Island before the enemy surrounded the mountain city.

But a sudden heavy snow blocked Li Ne's retreat.

The roads were closed by heavy snow, and the roads were gone, and people were still difficult to move, and the supplies, food and grass could not leave the mountain.

In desperation, Li Yu had to continue staying in the mountain city.

After hearing the news that Li Yu had gone to the southern Hanshan City, Ma Futa, the pioneer of the Later Jin Dynasty, followed Huang Taiji's instructions to capture the king first, crossed the Seoul without fighting, crossed the Han River and stepped on the snow to reach the mountain city.

Seeing that the Later Jin army passed by Seoul but did not attack, the Korean general Shin Jingqi, who was guarding Seoul, hurriedly led 5,000 defenders to the southern Hanshan City and joined forces with Li Jue.

Li Yu used Shen Jingqi to guard the Yueyue platform in the east city of the southern Han Mountain City, Guard General Ju Hong guarded the southern city, General Rong Li Shu guarded the northern city, and the defensive commander Li Shibai guarded the western city, with a total force of 15,000.

Ma Futa did not attack rashly, but only drove the Korean people everywhere to build fortifications under the mountain city, firmly curbing the road from the mountain city to Jianghua Island, and waited until the main force arrived.

After capturing Kaicheng, Huang Taiji received news that Li Juan's third son and many relatives were evading to Jianghua Island, so he ordered Dorgon to lead his army to collect warships in 5,000 places, and attack Jianghua Island with twenty cannons. He ordered Ajige to lead his army to attack Seoul. He himself led 20,000 main forces across the Han River and joined forces with Ma Futa to siege the mountain city.

Huang Taiji did not immediately attack the mountain city, nor did he put all his troops into the siege, but instead transferred 10,000 troops to set up ambush on all major roads in the southeast.

Seeing that the Later Jin Dynasty had not had many troops, the defenders of Shancheng attacked in different directions and won several small victories of beheadings to dozens of levels within two days.

Lian Zhan and Lian Jie made the morale of the Korean army greatly boosted and launched a large-scale attack. However, Huang Taiji, who was prepared, set up an ambush at the foot of the mountain and defeated the attacking Korean army in one fell swoop, killing more than 300 troops and more than a thousand injured.

This battle caused the morale of the Korean army to plummet. It was also the coldest winter. The trees on the mountain were almost cut off, and the firewood and grass were scarce. The defenders were frostbite and frozen to death. The mountain city soon fell into crisis.

After receiving the order to serve the king, various Korean officials led their troops to support him, but another Later Jin army led by Daishan and Haoge had blocked the main roads leading to Seoul in northern and eastern Korea.

The Korean Jiangwon Doi Supervisor Zhao Tinghu led his army out of Lundan Mountain and encountered a small group of plundered Later Jin army, but was defeated by Haoge. Hamkyung Doi Supervisor Minmin led his army into Jinhua and did not dare to move forward. When the left envoy of Xu Wan and the right envoy of Min Dong led his army to Shuangling, he encountered Huang Taiji ambush, which led to the defeat of the entire army. Xu Wan and Min Dong were both killed in battle.

Among all the reinforcements, only the two leaders of Jeolla and Zhongqingdao joined forces and broke into the southern Hanshan City within 20 miles. However, Huang Taiji immediately transferred Duoduo and Yang Guli to lead the troops to fight and defeated more than 14,000 reinforcements from these two roads head-on.

During the escape, the Korean soldiers had no time to escape and had to hide in the grass with bird guns. When Yang Guli chased him here, the Korean soldiers saw Yang Guli riding a tall horse with bright armor. They knew that this was a general of the Later Jin Dynasty, so they aimed at the bird gun and fired a shot.

The shot hit Yang Guli's right chest, and drilled into the gap of the armor, penetrated the cotton armor, and penetrated into the lungs of the right chest.

Poor Yang Guli has been brave and brave in many battles. After marrying Nurhaci's daughter, he has made great achievements in the war. He should have persuaded Huang Taiji to become the king and become prime minister in Shenyang City, but he never thought that he had a boat overturned in the gutter and was shot by the Korean soldier.

The guards beside him rushed into the grass and chopped the Korean soldiers into meat sauce, then carried the seriously injured Yang Guli back to the camp. As soon as Huang Taiji rushed into the camp after hearing the news, Yang Guli had already spitted blood foam in his mouth and died.

Huang Taiji was in a state of grief and anger, and ordered the killing of five hundred prisoners to worship Yang Guli on the spot, and ordered Duoduo and Ma Futa to mobilize cannons to attack the mountain city.

Until now, the reinforcements from all walks of life in North Korea have been completely completed, and the mountain city is extremely cold. The number of soldiers who are frozen to death and frostbite are increasing day by day, and even a few pounds of food are exhausted.

In desperation, Li Ju had to send an envoy to discuss peace, expressing his willingness to cut off contact with the Ming Dynasty and worship the Great Jin Kingdom as the sect leader, tribute 500 taels of gold, silver, 3,000 taels of gold, 3,000 taels of silver, 500 cattle, 3,000 pieces of cloth, silk, 5,000 stones of food.

But Huang Taiji did not accept peace talks, and only asked the envoy to give Li Jue a sentence: If you surrender, you will be able to raise your old age, and if you rebel, you will be slaughtered all over the city.

At this time, Dorgon had captured Jianghua Island and took the prince and two great kings to the foot of the mountain city. On the other side, Ajige had also captured Seoul and took the captive defenders to the foot of the mountain city together.

As the saying goes, disasters never come alone. The defenders of Shancheng City launched a rebellion under the hunger and cold weather. Although they had to be suppressed in time, Li Wu knew that Shancheng was in danger.

With all his thoughts, Li Ju had to open the city gate and lead civil and military officers to surrender.

At this point, the overall situation in North Korea has been decided.

Huang Taiji ordered Ying Oerdai to lead 5,000 troops to station in Seoul, subdue North Korean surrendered officials and generals, and train North Korean surrendered soldiers.

Dorgon and Ma Futa led 15,000 troops to continue to attack Zhongqing Road and Jeolla Dao to the south, and Ajige and Dodo led 10,000 troops to attack Gyeongsang Road to the southeast.

After the situation on Zhongxi Road was settled, Daishan and Haoge also divided the other army into two, leading a group of troops to attack Gangwon Do and Hamkyung Dock respectively.

Ping'an Road and Huanghai Road have basically been cleared during Huang Taiji's march. The remaining defeated generals cannot make any big waves. The Korean Peninsula is just around the corner.

After arranging a pause, Huang Taiji led 8,000 elite troops north to return to Liaodong.

Calculate the day, Qin Chuan should be ready.

Those who went back to Liaodong with Huang Taiji were among the royal family members including Li Jue and his three sons. If they survived peacefully, they would spend their old age in Shenyang City.

Among the many ministers of the Li Dynasty, those who surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty would be highly valued. Huang Taiji had strictly ordered Ying Ordai and Dorgon and others to treat the surrendered officials and generals well, appease the people, and strictly prohibit robbery.

Those who do not want to surrender will be beheaded and displayed in public, including Li Shibai, general General Li Shu, etc.

At this point, the Li family's North Korea was destroyed and the country lasted for 244 years.

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Just as Huang Taiji returned to Liaodong with confidence and was about to give Qin Chuan a surprise, Qin Chuan was thrusting in the workshop of Heishan Fort in Loufan.

He couldn't see the surprise Huang Taiji gave him.
Chapter completed!