Just when Anthony Van Diemen and Zheng Zhihu were discussing going to Nanjing to meet Zhu Youjian, the great emperor of tomorrow and the Khan of Mongolia was already on his way back to the capital.

Originally, Zhu Youjian planned to stay in Nanjing for a few more months and wait until the good news from Luzon was delivered before returning to the court. However, at the end of December of the eighth year of Chongzhen Emperor's reign, when Zhu Youjian was still leisurely in Nanjing, he

After receiving an urgent report from Li Xin, the commander-in-chief of aid to Korea, Japanese pirates suddenly invaded the coast of Gyeongsang Province in southeastern Korea!

In fact, the courts of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea had long known about the collusion between the Japanese and Qing Dynasties, and Li Xin, the commander-in-chief of aid to Korea, and Li Jian, the king of North Korea, also made corresponding arrangements. They assigned the newly formed North Korean special forces to an infantry regiment of the new army.

and a cavalry regiment, totaling more than 5,500 people, were all transferred to Gyeongju, the capital of Gyeongsang Province, to be stationed. Dongnae Duhufu was also ordered to send troops to expel the Japanese in Domopo Japanese Hall in Busan.

Unexpectedly, the officials of Dongnae Protectorate were bribed by the Japanese merchants of Domopo and did not execute the deportation order on time. Instead, they allowed the Japanese merchants to transport a final batch of goods from the sea into Busan. It turned out that this batch of "goods" turned out to be Matsudaira Nobu.

400 Japanese samurai led by Tsunauchi and 100 white-armored soldiers of Manchuria's two white flags led by Nikon!

Don’t underestimate these 500 people. The 400 samurai selected by Matsudaira Nobutsuna are all masters of kendo and spearmanship (Japanese kendo masters at that time were all proficient in spearmanship), and the white-armored soldiers led by Nikon are all capable of shooting arrows.

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At the Pusanpo Pier, the Japanese warriors rushed forward bravely, and the Manchurian White Armor used continuous fire to support them. They actually killed two to three thousand local troops sent by the Dongnae Protectorate to a rout. Even the Dongnae Protectorate's headquarters in Busan was defeated.

, were all captured by this small Japanese-Qing coalition!

When the two separate regiments of the New Army in Gyeongju learned that the Japanese pirates were attacking (they did not know that the Manchurian soldiers were also coming), they immediately dispatched all their troops to attack Busan.

At the same time, a follow-up force of about 2,500 troops from the Japanese and Qing allied forces arrived immediately after Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Nikon succeeded in raiding the Pusanpo Pier.

After obtaining the original, Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Nikon also immediately sent troops to attack Miryang, ninety miles north of Busan. When the Japanese and Qing allied forces arrived at Miryang, North Korea's new army had almost arrived. So the two sides

The battle started outside Miryang City!

The result of the battle surprised Li Xin, who was far away at the front line of Hanyang and oversaw tens of thousands of troops resisting the main force of the Qing army.

The 5,500 new soldiers were defeated by less than 3,000 Japanese troops (actually the allied forces of Japan and Qing Dynasty). They lost more than half and fled back to Gyeongju.

The reason for the New Army's disastrous defeat in this battle was actually that the New Army's cavalry regiment was defeated by the Japanese cavalry at the beginning of the battle!

Without the cover of cavalry, the New Army could not maneuver flexibly on the battlefield and could only form a regiment-level square and fight while retreating. The Japanese army followed with infantry and at the same time used cavalry to constantly harass the tired enemy and chased and killed the Koreans.

Don't wait for two days and two nights for the new army. Only when they are exhausted and their morale is close to collapse, do you launch the final blow.

When Li Xin, who was far away in Hanyang, learned about the defeat of Miyang, he certainly did not dare to take it lightly. He sent reinforcements to Gyeongju and detailed operations to Busan.

Finally, I finally found out that the enemies who raided Busan were not only Japanese pirates, but also hundreds of slave and bandit cavalry!

It's no wonder that the North Korean cavalry was defeated miserably by their opponents. Now the new Ming army is the Spanish phalanx and the traditional feudal cavalry. Although it can charge a dozen walls, it is not very clever at it.

The power is average. After all, given the quality of the war horses, how strong can the impact be? Since the North Korean cavalry does not have enough farms to distribute, they do not have the financial resources to prepare their own war horses and can only rely on purchasing Mongolian horses from Mongolia.

It was impossible for the Mongolian ministries to sell good horses to the Koreans, and North Korea could not pay high prices, so they could only buy some rogue horses and use them reluctantly.

Coupled with the fact that the cavalry did not care about their official horses and the cavalry who became monks on the way were not very skilled, the strength of the Korean cavalry was very weak, maybe a little stronger than the Japanese cavalry, but it would only lead to death when encountering the Manchu cavalry.

Due to the joint actions of Manchurian cavalry and Japanese infantry, the situation in Korea that was originally maintainable took a turn for the worse.

Zhu Youjian had to end his southern tour ahead of schedule, and after the beginning of spring in the ninth year of Chongzhen, he embarked on the road back to the capital.

It was different from the style of traveling quickly with light vehicles during his southern tour. This time Zhu Youjian's way north was much grander and the route was different. He no longer took the road from Chuzhou to Fengyang, but took a boat.

Go north along the canal, and then change to the land route after arriving at Huai'an, and slowly drive to Dongchangfu, then change to a canal and go north to Jinmen.

The reason why he went north so slowly was not because he was lazy, nor because he was worried that his rebellious son Zhu Cixi would not be able to ride a horse, but because the concubines who followed Zhu Youjian on his southern tour were all pregnant with dragons one after another and could not bear the bumps.

"Father, today's cabinet report states that Li Xin suffered another defeat in North Korea, and Hanyang City is likely to be lost. Li Xin has sent the King and Crown Prince of North Korea to Ganghwa Island and Namhansan Fortress respectively."

The person who was reporting to Zhu Youjian was Zhu Cixiang, the nephew of the emperor who was just nine years old. He now knew a lot of words and could read memorials and cabinet transcripts.

The so-called cabinet copy is a briefing prepared by the cabinet that stayed in Beijing after summarizing and refining the information received from various memorials from various places every day.

Zhu Youjian is now running around and is too busy to read a lot of memorials in one day. Therefore, he can only trust the cabinet and let the cabinet pick up reports on important matters.

The important things are, of course, the four major things of "soldiers, money, food, and disasters".

Among them, military matters are the most common. The trees want to be quiet but the wind is not stopping!

Zhu Youjian wanted to "shoulder the tribulation" with peace of mind, but the enemies didn't want to make it easy for him. Not only did the Japanese and Qing allied forces invade North Korea, but also the National Advisor Khan of the Oara Alliance and Batur Hutai Jiyi of the Junggar Tribe.

The incident of entering Qinghai in the name of making tea in Tibet is no small matter! The great noble concubine Wu Liangha who stayed on the grassland to preside over Mongolian affairs even specially sent Batma and Hong Pegasus south to explain the country to Zhu Youjian face to face.

The purpose of Shihan going to Tibet to make tea.

The so-called going to Tibet to make tea is actually a religious activity in which leaders of various Mongolian tribes who believe in Tibetan Buddhism go to Tibet to worship the Buddha and make alms. However, the state minister Khan and Batur Hutaiji came to Tibet this time not just to worship the Buddha, but to

Plan for the snowy plateau!

Because all Mongolians believe in Tibetan Buddhism, Tibet can play a very special role in the struggles of various Mongolian tribes.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian, who also served as the Great Khan of Mongolia, could not just watch the Cod Plateau be controlled by the Oara.

In addition, the Oara Alliance has not recognized Zhu Youjian's status as the Great Khan of Mongolia until now, and even secretly maintains contact with the Qing Dynasty.

I don’t know if the National Preceptor Khan will take advantage of the Ming Dynasty’s “Celestial Tribulation” and the Korean War to start another game on the snow-covered plateau?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian's brows tightened.

Now his plate is getting bigger and bigger, and the troubles are getting more and more!

"Father, are you worried about North Korea?" Nizi's voice interrupted Zhu Youjian's thoughts.

Zhu Youjian glanced at his son and asked, "Brother Chun, do you think Li Xin can withstand it?"

"Definitely." Zhu Cixiang's answer was very positive.

"How can you see that?" Zhu Youjian said, "During the Wanli period, there was only one Japanese pirate, and North Korea couldn't resist it. If we hadn't sent troops, North Korea would have been gone long ago."

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "But General Li's memorial did not mention that North Korea was in danger of national subjugation, which shows that they can still resist.

Moreover, Li Xin has been resisting slave thieves in North Korea for many years... The slave thieves are more ferocious than the Japanese pirates. Didn't Li Xin save five roads? I think North Korea will lose at most two or three roads this time."

This kid has a big heart! Zhu Youjian said heartily: I don’t know what the King of Korea thinks?

"Brother Chun," Zhu Youjian said, "What if Li Xin can't stand it?"

Zhu Cixi said with a smile: "Then you can't stand it... When we are done with the disaster, my father can send the third or fourth son to North Korea to rescue the people of North Korea. Their abilities are not small, and they will definitely be able to do it."

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Chapter completed!