Cai Huaze's troops have been landing near the coast of Xinghai County for several days.∽↗

Today is the 22nd day after the East Coast Republic and the Kingdom of Korea officially started on July 15, 1653. During this half month, the main force, commanded by Shao Shude (in fact, he was only responsible for the suppression of the formation and signing orders, and the specific battle tactics were formulated by the staff of the headquarters' combat department) and captured Donglai, Liangshan and other counties, killing and wounding the six or seven thousand local troops under the jurisdiction of the Left Door Army of Gyeongsang (more defeated), and then approached the city with the great victory; in addition, more than 3,500 partial divisions led by Sun Shouzheng, the commander of the Third Division of the New Army, defeated Xiongchuan and Changyuan counties without fighting. At present, the entire army has entered Changyuan, intending to fight against the troops that the Right Door Army of Gyeongsang could come from the direction of Jinzhou.

It can be said that with the thunderous offensives of the 20,000 to 30,000 troops on the east coast (including military servants) launched a thunderous offensive, the entire Gyeongsang-do of the Kingdom of Korea was now stunned. The main force led by Shao Shude surrounded the points and attacked aid near Gyeongsang-do, almost exhausting most of the troops of Gyeongsang-do. With the rapid advancement of the 2,500 people led by Cai Huaze after landing, the empty Xinghai and Yongchuan counties were successively lost, and a retreat for the entire Gyeongshou Prefecture North Korean officials was about to be lost.

Qingshang's path is so decayed!

"Grain, beans, forage, livestock, skins, and medicinal materials are key targets. All materials must be carefully counted and no omissions or concealment shall be made. Those who violate the order shall be killed!" Cai Huaze rode on a stolen mule and issued an order with great enthusiasm. The nearby area is a low mountain plain, belonging to the hinterland of Qingzhou Prefecture, and is known as wealthy. This gave Cai Huaze's gang of thieves' officers from thieves to great extent.

These old bandits led the "new bandits" recruited in Shandong and Zhejiang to organize the homes of North Koreans in the countryside with weapons. They dragged cattle and horses, robbed gold and silver, food, and cloth, not to mention the beautiful woman, even the beautiful woman was plundered by this group of poor military disciplines. The local Koreans dared not speak out, and occasionally a few of them fought back were wiped out by the Cai Huaze tribe who were equipped with firearms in large quantities and skilled combat skills.

It is worth mentioning that due to the crazy oppression of the Korean landlords and nobles in recent years, the number of "open fire thieves" (original uprising for hungry people and now turning into robbers and bandits) has increased. On this coastal plain northeast of Gyeongju Prefecture, more than a thousand "open fire thieves" have lost all their moral integrity and defected to Cai Huaze. Perhaps to hide the shame of surrendering to the alien race, the group of people proudly claimed that they were the Heavenly Soldiers of the Kingdom.

Cai Huaze was naturally overjoyed at the gang of traitors who had defected to him, so he took out some of the money, grain and cloth that he snatched from the North Koreans, waved his hand and rewarded them, and then gave the group a very funny name: Yi joins the army - of course, all of this was done with the permission of the East Coast Staff who followed the army. Cai Huaze, who was born in the Central Camp, had a disagreement with Liu Guochang and Liu Shijun, the bosses of the Dashun Left Staff. At that time, he ran towards the East Coast people every few days. He showed his diligence, as if he was ready to "get out of Shun and enter the East Coast" at any time. Therefore, he was always more respectful to the East Coast people, and could basically abide by the orders of the East Coast staff who came to supervise the army, which was rare.

The leader of the Yi army was named Quan Fengzhu. He flew over from the Jiangyuan Road in the north. He was already surrounded and suppressed by the official army like a betrayal dog. Now he met the heavenly soldiers of the Shangguo country and immediately acted as a leader.

"Sir, the old official (this person was temporarily appointed as the commander of the Yi army by Cai Huaze) a few days ago, the left-door military commander Jin thieves led 6,000 people into Qingzhou Prefecture, but was defeated by the heavenly soldiers halfway, with many casualties. The old thieves of Jin were killed on the spot." Quan Fengzhu, who had a thief-eyed look, came to Cai Huaze and said flatteringly, "The old official is in Jiangyuan Road, and Qingshang Road has been scattered for many years (actually he was chased and suppressed and wandered around). He hated the old thief to the core. Now that he saw the old thief being executed, the old official was overjoyed and was willing to drive forward for the general and sweep away the remaining enemies near him."

When he heard a sergeant from a North Korean military man translated the words, Cai Huaze immediately happily ordered him to attack the vanguard, and then planned to expand the occupied area and cut off more connections between Gyeongsang and Gangwon Do. As a familiar geography, Jeon Bongsoo naturally had to occupy an important part of this plan. Cai Huaze also hoped that they would continue to recruit surrender and rebel, and recruit more puppet troops to come.

On July 20, Cai Huaze's army, which had been rampant nearby for several days, encountered a large number of defeated soldiers who fled from the direction of Qingzhou Prefecture. The Yi army, which had increased to nearly 2,000 people, and the main force of Cai Huaze's army, intercepted the defeated soldiers. As a result, the Korean army was defeated and thousands of surrendered, including many of them fled north. These teams carrying gold, silver, fine and soft and a large number of female relatives and children could not run fast at all. Except for a few who escaped into the mountains, the rest were almost the rest.

All were captured, and the scene was terrible; and it was only at this time that Cai Huaze learned from the mouths of some of the Shandan cavalry that rushed over that Shao Shude had led his army into the capital city of Qingshang Road, the capital city of Qingshang Road. Qingshang Road - at least the left road, its troops occupied three-quarters of the original road - was almost finished. From bureaucracies to armed forces, from civilian families to the promotion of civilians, they were all in panic.

The Koreans were like pigs and sheep, and they collapsed in one blow! Cai Huaze was both excited and sad. What was excited was that the battle was extremely smooth, and what was sad reminded him of the Qing soldiers who entered the pass several times during the Chongzhen period. The Tartars at that time were afraid that they thought so too?

On July 25, Shao Shude led his army northward, and Yu Yongchuan County joined Cai Huaze's troops who landed on the flank, and then used more than 2,300 troops of the Korean Yi army to join the army as the vanguard. One day, he conquered Heyang County and then conquered Qingshan County. There was almost nothing to do with these two battles, and the chaos of the Koreans was even more terrifying than expected.

On July 29, Shao Shude led more than 20,000 people to Xingzhou. The enemy's resistance was very fierce this time. Yi rushed to the army three times but failed to take it. In the end, the cannons from the people of the East Coast bombed the city, which only then broke through this big city with a few Qingshang Road, killing, wounding and capturing more than 2,000 Korean troops.

After defeating Xingzhou, only Qigu County was blocking the front of Shangzhou, and the entire territory of Gyeongsang Road was about to fall. At this moment of danger, the panicked Li Dynasty finally ended the court quarrel and responded: Xiaozong Li Xiu became the elder of the Western Party, and the former Imperial Camp General Yuan Dou Piao was the commander. He led the Imperial Camp army of 15,000, and the Gyeonggi Province Lichuan and other Protectorate Offices, with a total of 20,000 people. He left Seoul Prefecture in a mighty manner, intending to gather all the troops on Zhongqing Road first, and then slowly kill Gyeongsang Road to fight back the "yellow-clothed thieves" who came to attack.

As time entered August, due to the heat of the weather, the East Coast army suffered the largest casualties since the war started. In the short few days after conquering Qigu County, there were about 300 soldiers who fell due to heatstroke and epidemics. As a result, Shao Shude ordered the entire army to rest for two days and sent cavalry to search for Korean doctors everywhere to treat the sick officers and soldiers in the military camp. At the same time, he also sent his soldiers out to hunt grass valley. Now he has gone deep into the northwest of Gyeongsang Road. It is unrealistic to transport grain and grass from Busan or Xinghai. The supplies required for marching and fighting still have to learn from Huang Taiji in 1636, because of the food! That guy was able to collect certain food in the relatively poor Ping'an Road and Huang Hai Road. There is no reason for the people on the East Coast to have no food in the relatively wealthy Gyeongsang Road. Could it be that the swords of my East Coast officers and soldiers are not as fast as those of the Tartars?

On August 4, the army on the east coast, which had a slightly stronger military force, began to besiege Shangzhou City. In this battle, the Koreans resisted fiercely. The Yi army's Fengzhu team lost more than one-third of the losses, and the musketeers of Cai Huaze's army also suffered many casualties and injuries when they shot against the Korean bird gunners. The final result was Zhai Congye's army, the first division of the Servant Army. After the cannons broke through the city wall, the unit broke into the city regardless of the casualties. After paying more than 200 major casualties, it finally broke into the city and controlled the entire city after a fierce battle in the middle of the night.

At this time, the famous "brave general" of North Korea, the imperial camp led by the old general Yuan Dou Piao, who had raided the Qing army in 1636 and beheaded the sixth level, was still rushing around the Qingzhou Prefecture in Zhongqing Road to gather local troops everywhere. It seems that this guy dared not come after he gathered the army.

On August 9, a large number of grain and beans and gunpowder were collected near Shangzhou (the North Korean army has many firearms, because of its extremely poor hand-to-hand combat ability), the east coast army began to raise troops to the west. Shao Shude only left more than a thousand spear-holding soldiers in the city. The main army was more than 20,000 people and almost all the troops headed west, pointing directly to the Baoen County of Zhongqing Road. Regarding this advance, Shao Shude was worried at first that he was too far into the enemy's hinterland and was unwilling to venture westward again, but the staff members were extremely

After persuading him, he still reluctantly cheered up and ordered the entire army to set sail and enter Zhongqing Road. Cai Huaze, who had been admonishing at the time, said it well: This Korean army is simply a mess. Most of the soldiers were temporarily captured serfs, vulnerable. At that time, Huang Taiji led 20,000 people (including a large number of auxiliary soldiers) to kill directly from the Liaodong border to Seoul, and nearly a thousand miles behind the enemy. How could our officers and soldiers on the east coast fall behind?
Chapter completed!