Chapter 1840 Postwar Liquidation

"Master Jin, there is good news! I just received a battle report from the front line. The main force of the Qing army left your country yesterday and fled back to the mountainous area on the north bank of the Yalu River!"

Although this result had been clearly foreshadowed in the battle report a few days ago, Kim Sang-hyun was so excited to finally get confirmation from Qian Tiandun. This means that he became aware of the Qing's bad intentions last year.

, North Korea's passive situation for nearly a year has finally come to an end, and the monarchs, ministers and people who have been shrouded in the cloud of war can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Kim Sang-hyun quickly bowed his hands and thanked him: "This victory is not easy to come by. Thanks to your country's sending troops to help, we can drive the enemy troops out of the country and keep our country safe. I, Mr. Jin, would like to express my gratitude to His Majesty the King and the people of this country."

This kindness!”

Qian Tiandun responded with a smile: "When we signed an alliance with your country last year, we promised that we would provide military protection to your country when necessary. This time we send troops to expel the Qing army to fulfill our country's responsibility as an ally.

That’s all, Mr. Jin is too polite!”

After hearing this, Kim Sang-hyun almost wanted to roll his eyes at the other party. When North Korea applied for military assistance from Haehan, the senior official Haehan was not so easy to talk to. He resisted and finally asked for a large sum of money before agreeing to send troops.

After the coalition forces arrived in North Korea, they demanded even more conditions. Not only did they need money and food, they also required North Korea to provide a large number of laborers and a piece of land permanently assigned to the Haihan garrison. They even wanted to have the command of the North Korean army.

and take over.

If the war party headed by Kim Sang-heon hadn't insisted on solving the problem through fighting, King Li Zhu might have backed down before the war started because of the harsh conditions proposed by Haihan. Later, Haihan's army deliberately let the Qing troops enter the Yalu River.

, leading to the fall of towns on the northern border one after another, tens of thousands of North Koreans becoming prisoners, and thousands of North Korean soldiers killed and injured, and the economic losses are even more difficult to estimate. Although Haihan also explained that such an arrangement was part of the combat plan, for

It was to lure the enemy deep into the country and then use the depth of North Korea to attack the Qing army more effectively. However, Kim Sang-hyun knew that the patience of both the government and the public was almost exhausted. If the war situation had not changed from the Daning River, he probably would have had to do it.

He took the blame for successive defeats and was convicted by the king and imprisoned.

The coalition forces defeated the Qing army with an almost overwhelming advantage on the banks of the Datong River, killing thousands of the enemy and forcing them to retreat in the face of difficulties. They had to give up going south and choose to turn around and withdraw. The results of this battle alone were enough to make the Qing army retreat.

Kim Sang-heon has retained his position and voice in domestic official circles.

Now that the Qing army has been driven out of the country, there should be no possibility of a comeback. The overall situation of the anti-Qing war has been decided. The next thing for the North Korean authorities is to calm the people's sentiments, verify military merits, rebuild the towns destroyed by the war, and

Conduct post-war liquidation and processing in various areas.

For North Korea, the problems exposed in this war went far beyond the weak combat effectiveness of the army. The operation of the entire country's combat readiness system was almost in a state of semi-failure. It was not until the coalition forces organized by Haihan came to North Korea that due to its continuous

They put forward various demands and slowly began to enter the state. Among them were problems with the training, equipment, combat and other aspects of the North Korean army itself, as well as some of the consequences of political struggles caused by the disagreements among the top figures in North Korea, and even

Some officials had a secret collusion with the Qing Dynasty early on and betrayed North Korea's internal affairs and war preparation information to the enemy before the war.

Haehan also mentioned these issues to the North Korean court and Kim Sang-hyun directly or tactfully during the war. After being reminded, Kim Sang-hyun also realized that these situations were by no means trivial. If North Korea wanted to improve its national power, then after the war

All must be dealt with one by one.

Of course, it is also a good arrangement to take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and competitors in the officialdom and take more power into one's own hands. This is not Kim Sang-heon's wishful thinking. Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom have both

He specifically mentioned this matter to him, saying that Haihan would try his best to support his various decisions in North Korea's official circles to ensure that the cooperation between the two countries could be close. Now that the coalition forces have defeated the Qing army, the influence of Haihan's words is natural

It's bigger than before. As long as they show their support for Kim Sang-heon, many things that follow will be much easier.

So at this stage, Kim Sang-heon still has many things to rely on Hae-han's support, so he will naturally not show any inappropriate emotions in front of Hae-han's senior officials. Even if Qian Tiandun's words make him feel a little unhappy,

Still smiling with an expression of "Yes, yes, everything you said is right". As long as Haihan can help him secure a position of less than one person and more than ten thousand people in North Korea, then he will be right on some non-principled issues.

Haehan made concessions and cooperated with his demands, which was not a big problem in Kim Sang-heon's view.

Qian Tiandun said: "Now that the war has come to an end, I would like to ask Mr. Jin to arrange an interview with the king of your country regarding the settlement of military expenditures after the war, the long-term arrangements for the Datong River base, and future military cooperation plans."

Jin Sangxian responded quickly: "I still need to ask Your Majesty for instructions after I return to Seoul. General Qian may need to wait for a few days. As soon as there is news, I will notify the general as soon as possible."

Qian Tiandun shook his head and said: "This matter cannot wait too long. Sanya needs to confirm this relevant information as soon as possible in order to make arrangements for the deployment of participating troops. In addition, several generals of the coalition also want to establish diplomatic relations with your king.

Let’s discuss the matter. Mr. Jin, this is the condition agreed upon before the war, and I believe you have not forgotten it.”

How could Kim Sang-hyun forget this? It was he who came forward to reach a cooperation agreement with the coalition forces on behalf of North Korea at that time. But now that the war is over, as a North Korean minister, he must consider the next interests and gains from the standpoint of his own country. He cannot

Let everything run according to Haihan's arrangements.

Why are forces like Annan, Portugal, and the local armies of Fujian in the Ming Dynasty willing to join the coalition organized by Haihan and send troops all the way to defend North Korea from foreign enemies? Kim Sang-hyun was not ignorant of their purpose. In the pre-war contacts

, these parties have already put forward general requirements to him through Haihan.

The demands of the other parties in the coalition for North Korea are to open a port for trade after the war, allow their merchant ships and merchants to enter, and enjoy the same preferential conditions for trade as Haihan. Of course, after seeing the Tatong River base,

After the scale of construction, these companies may have other ideas after the war is over, and may even request North Korea to station troops.

Kim Sang-hyun does not have much objection to the establishment of diplomatic relations and trade requirements. According to the information he has learned, Sanya, the capital of Haihan, is the leading trading port in the South China Sea, precisely because merchants and merchant ships from many countries go there.

By conducting trade in the region, Haihan could have enough financial resources to rise in a corner of the South China Sea at an extremely fast speed.

The information Kim Sang-hyun knows is naturally very one-sided, but it can also be used as a reference for North Korea to find a way to become a powerful country. If cross-border trade can bring prosperity to North Korea, then it is not a bad thing to allow the trade requirements of these countries. But this development

The road must be under the management of North Korea, rather than the independent initiative of these countries. Therefore, even if the conditions proposed by the coalition forces are agreed to in the end, Kim Sang-heon also hopes to take the initiative. Anyway, this is not a matter of waiting.

It's time for foreign reinforcements to come to save the war. If it is delayed a little, the North Korean side will no longer be anxious.

After three days and two nights of pursuit on the banks of the Yalu River in the north, the Qing army finally resorted to the tactic of cutting off their tails to survive. However, almost all the two thousand Qing soldiers who stayed in North Korea died in the battle. In the final moments of both sides,

During a battle, the exhausted Qing army did not cause too much trouble to the Haihan army. All the Haihan army needed to do was to keep firing, maintain fire suppression on the Qing army, and then gradually advance the front.

Although the Qing army built temporary positions and some bunkers, facing the Haihan pursuers who had just been thrown into the battlefield, they still could not survive for half a day before being declared destroyed.

After confirming that the main force of the Qing army had all crossed the river and returned to the Qing-controlled area in Liaodong, the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the two companies of the Marine Corps responsible for chasing the Qing army handed over the task of cleaning the battlefield to the North Korean army that arrived later.

, and then returned to Yizhou on the lower reaches of the Yalu River to meet up with the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the coalition forces stationed here for rest and recuperation. At this time, the coalition's strength in Yizhou had exceeded 4,000, and there was no need to worry that the Qing army would still have the strength to launch another attack.

During the second wave of offensives, Qing army strongholds on the other side such as Jiuliancheng were particularly nervous, fearing that the coalition forces would take advantage of the momentum to cross the river and launch a counterattack.

However, Wang Tom, who rushed to the Yalu River to take command, did not want to fight anymore. After more than three months of fighting, the casualties of the Haihan Army seemed small. However, considering that all the participating troops were elites, the value of an individual soldier was far greater.

Compared with the extraordinary troops, Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun were unwilling to pay too high a price in this kind of mercenary war, so they decisively ended the war after driving the Qing army across the Yalu River.

Of course, North Korea is definitely still eager for Haihan to continue the battle. It would be better to directly fight the enemy on the other side of the Yalu River to destroy the country and solve the problem once and for all. But since Haihan is unwilling to fight, they can't afford more money.

With so much money, Haihanjun can continue to work hard, and now he can only accept this result.

According to the agreement reached with the North Korean military, Haihan will leave some military advisers on the banks of the Yalu River to guide and train the North Korean troops who have taken over the lost territory, and assist them in establishing surface armed forces on the Yalu River to avoid a similar attack by the Qing army next time.

During the attack, the border defenders did not even have the ability to protect themselves.

In addition, the North Korean military has clearly expressed its intention to purchase several exploration-class warships from Haehan. However, considering North Korea's financial situation after the war, it is probably unlikely that it will be purchased in full at once. Several

The North Korean generals reported to Wang Tom every day and brought their own food and wine, hoping to obtain some preferential conditions for the purchase of arms and equipment through him - such as delivery first and payment later.

This trick will naturally not work with Wang Tom. Although he is a military attache, he has seen too many situations in the southern and northern expeditions in recent years. He has seen through the intentions of these North Korean military attaches early. Although the North Koreans want to directly

It was impossible to obtain a credit account, but Wang Tom introduced them to another compromise method to solve the problem of insufficient military budget, which was to apply for a special loan from Haihan Bank in the name of the North Korean official.

Haihan Bank's operation of providing special loans to foreign arms buyers is not new. This transaction method has been in place a few years ago, and it has greatly promoted the scale of Haihan's export of weapons and equipment. For example, last year

Matalan and the Netherlands purchased large quantities of Haihan weapons and equipment, and part of the transaction funds came from loans provided by Haihan Bank.

Of course, not everyone can apply for this kind of loan. Haihan Bank and other relevant departments have their own set of standards to evaluate whether the target has such qualifications, and there are often certain additional conditions, such as political and diplomatic commitments, or

Mortgage property or land, etc.

Wang Tom told these North Korean military attachés that Haihan Bank could provide North Korea with funds to purchase warships, but only if North Korea allowed Haihan Bank to enter operations and promised a reasonable repayment time.

The North Korean military attachés did not understand the true functions and role of institutions like Haihan Bank in the economic field. They simply understood it as a bank bank account according to Wang Tom's explanation. Since they could provide North Korea with funds to purchase weapons, of course they would not

Would they mind if such an official Haihan institution came to North Korea to open some semicolons? As for what impact Haihan Bank will have after entering North Korea, and whether it will be good or bad for North Korea's long-term development, they don't understand and don't want to understand these issues. At the moment

What North Korea needs is a strong army that can defend the country, and to do this, it must have enough funds to purchase more advanced weapons and equipment. Haihan Bank can help them achieve this goal.

The reason is enough.

However, this kind of matter is not something that the military attachés can make a final decision on. They can only use their respective influence to explain to the king the necessity of doing so. Otherwise, after the Haihan Army withdraws from the Yalu River, this place will soon become inhospitable.

A fortified border.

Wang Tom stayed in Yiju for ten days, and after confirming that the situation at the border had stabilized, he took a boat south and returned to the Daedong River base. Next, he and Qian Tiandun will go to Seoul to meet with the King of North Korea and other upper-level figures to discuss the exchanges between the two sides.

Negotiations began on a series of issues that needed to be dealt with. The war was over, and their battlefield had to be moved from the field to the negotiation table, using the previous results to gain more favorable conditions for Haihan.

Originally, this matter should be sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but obviously their current reputation and influence in North Korea are more suitable for completing this task, and Sanya did not express any objection to this.
Chapter completed!