The fleet passed through Laizhou, Dengzhou, Weihai, and finally arrived at the territory of North Korea.

When the fleet approached the Incheon Port in North Korea, the entire Shanxi army had long been dissatisfied. Even a man as fierce as Jiang Dazhong was vomiting pale and his steps were sluggish. During the days when he was on the boat, everyone seemed to die. Even many war horses became sick.

Although Huang Laifu is better than everyone else, he is not much better. With the appearance of the army, it is certainly difficult to meet people in Wangjing. Huang Laifu decided to take a break in Incheon for several days.

This Incheon is about 60 miles away from Wangjing. Later generations are famous for landing in Incheon. Now it is just a small port, so it is not easy to supply. Fortunately, it is not far from Wangjing here, where there are large troops from the Ming Dynasty, and some Shanxi merchants who are friends with Huang Laifu were also waiting there. Moreover, there are some food and grass on the Huang Laifu fleet, which is enough to cope with a few days.

Incheon was stationed at the North Korean army and a North Korean naval fleet to prevent the Japanese army from harassing Wang Jing from here. When the Huang Lai Fu fleet was not arrived, he sent a fast ship to Wang Jing to inform Wang Jing, and the Ming Ministry of War also issued a document to inform Wang Jing of the Ming Army headquarters, and the Korean Rei Cao (equivalent to the Ming Ministry of Rites).

The general of the Shangguo came to help, which was not a trivial matter. Therefore, after Huang Lai Fu and others arrived in Incheon, not only did the local Korean military and horses lined up to welcome him, but some officials from North Korea's Reicho had been ordered to wait here. In addition, the general of the Japanese invasion, Ma Gui also sent his personal general, Ma Chengzhao, to Incheon to welcome him.

When Huang Lai Fu got off the Dafu ship, North Korea's officials led their subordinates to welcome him, and put on drums, music, operas, and color schemes. Their clothing and rituals were the same as Hua. Seoul affairs and Incheon County affairs were with each other.

Ma Chengzhao came up to welcome him. This old man was familiar with Huang Lai Fu when he was Pingping in Ningxia. Everyone exchanged a few greetings. Huang Lai Fu said that he had come from a distance and the soldiers were tired and might not be able to enter the capital immediately.

Ma Chengzhao expressed his understanding and said, "The people in the north do not learn water. Huang Junmen came from the ocean. It's really hard. We should take a break in Incheon for several days!"

For Xing Jie, the Minister of War and the Governor of Ji Liao in Seoul, as well as Ma Gui, the general of the Japanese in Seoul, every Ming army coming to aid is related to the expression of the court, and naturally it is necessary to face the Korean people in the best condition.

Moreover, Huang Laifu's army is known as the elite soldiers in the world. In order to show the power of the Ming army and shock the invading Japanese, Huang Laifu's rest is really necessary. Moreover, the military situation is not very urgent at the moment, and Huang Laifu does not need to be so urgent in entering the capital.

After everyone bowed, officials from Cao sent wine, food and other goods to reward Huang Laifu's military horses. Then Huang Laifu was welcomed into the local hall and held a banquet. A group of North Korean officials were attending a banquet.

During the banquet, Huang Laifu asked Ma Chengzhao about the recent situation in North Korea, and Ma Chengzhao was full of surprise when he was about to begin.

In Nanyuan, after the battle in Quanzhou, more than 100,000 Japanese troops approached Wangjing. The capital was in chaos, and the officials and people in the city were preparing to flee. At this time, Ma Gui had only a few thousand troops in Wangjing. At this critical moment, Ma Gui ordered deputy generals Jie Sheng, generals Yang Dengshan, guerrilla Niu Boying, Pogui and others to lead 5,000 Ming troops to Jishan, Zhongqing Road, and set up ambush.

This Jishan is located at the only way between Jeolla Road and Seoul. The mountain is high and dangerous. There is only a small path between the valley. The Ming army divided the troops into three parts, one was stationed on the trail at the bottom of the valley, and the other two parts were ambushed on the mountains on both sides, preparing to kill the Japanese and caught them off guard.

Sure enough, the Japanese Nagamasagi of Kuroda was defeated, and the Japanese army that attacked Aoyama was surrounded by the general Peng Youde, with heavy casualties. At this time, good news came from the sea. Li Shunchen, who was reopened, led 12 remaining warships of the Korean navy on September 16 to defeat the Japanese navy in Minglianghai.

The victory of the three battles completely shook the Japanese army's confidence in continuing to advance north, and mistakenly believed that the Ming army in Wangjing was strong. In addition, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was bedridden at this time and could no longer stand in the rear to plan. Finally, he ordered the entire army to retreat, but he wanted to rely on the coastal Japanese city and defend the winter.

At present, all the Japanese troops retreated south to the coastal area, Konishi Gang retreated to Shuntian Wo City, Kato Kiyoshi retreated to Ulsan Wo City, Kuroda Nagamasa retreated to Liangshan Wo City, and Shimazu Yoshihiro retreated to Yuchuan Wo City. Since a few years ago, the Japanese troops have built similar fortresses along the coast of Korea, which are extremely strong and stand tall for hundreds of years, and are called Wo City.

After the Ming army won a great victory, Xing Jie, the Minister of War and the Governor of Ji and Liao, also took the opportunity to transfer the troops and horses into the court. The number of Ming troops in the court has reached 50,000, and it may be possible to counterattack. During these times, Governor Xing Jie, the governor Yang Hao, and the general Ma Gui, discussed the counterattack day and night in Wangjing.

Huang Lai Fu knew about this, and this was the next Battle of Ulsan. In history, the Ming army planned the Battle of Ulsan for a long time, and devoted its strength to the whole country to unite the people of North Korea. In the end, they won first and then lost. At the end, they collapsed, with nearly 20,000 casualties. The government and the people all sighed and hated, hoping that they could change the ending after they arrived.

Finally, Ma Chengzhao also talked about Yang Yuan's affairs. Yang Yuan was unfavorable to defend Nanyuan. Together with Chen Yuzhong, who was abandoned by Quanzhou, he was taken to Liaoyang for crimes and beheading. All the generals privately believed that Yang Yuan was a crime of war. At that time, he faced several times the enemy army, and even a god could not do anything. Huang Laifu also had a few encounters with Yang Yuan when he was in Ningxia. Now he heard that Yang Yuan was beheaded, and he was also very sad.

The last banquet is over, stay.

The official from the Korean Ritual Catholic Church wanted to recruit prostitutes to serve Huang Laifu. He said, "Heaven is coming from afar, and there is nothing to be served by the small country. Only female musicians can enjoy it for several generations. I hope that the heavenly general will allow him to serve him, so that he will not fulfill his slight intentions!"

Huang Laifu politely declined the Goryeo woman because she was short and fat!

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After five days of rest, the army had recovered, and Huang Lai Fucai led his army into Seoul. Along the way, the Shanxi army was energetic and the soldiers were extremely strong. The Koreans on the road were all afraid and whispered about which army the Shangguo was.

However, along the way, Huang Lai Fu found that the surrounding area of ​​Seoul was very dilapidated and the fields were withered. Many houses burned by the Japanese army a few years ago had not yet been rebuilt, especially the refugees who were dragging their children and daughters on the roadside. After the Korean War started again this year, a stream of Korean refugees poured into Gyeonggi Province from Ping'an Road and other places. The Japanese army's massacre in the south had scared them to death.

After the outbreak of the Second Korean War, the Japanese army burned, killed and looted all the way, far better than the battle of that year. According to the "Diary of Korea" written by the Japanese monk Qingnian, whenever the Japanese army saw people wearing white clothes (the Koreans usually wear clothes), they would be cut to death, regardless of men, women, age and age. All the villages were burned to flat ground. The methods were cruel and barbaric, which was outrageous.

In September, although the Japanese retreated, their enthusiasm for burning, killing, looting, and looting did not diminish. On September 19, Kuroda Nagamasa's army, who had just suffered a defeat, killed thousands of Korean civilians and cut off their noses to seek merit. On the 26th, Yoshikawa Hirokaga even cruelly cut off more than 10,000 Korean noses. As a devout Buddhist, Kiyoshi Kiyoshi was on his way to Ulsan, and even burned down an ancient famous temple, the Buddhist temple nearby with fire.

The Japanese army had good military discipline in the country, but when they were in Korea, they showed their nature as wild animals.

A large number of refugees flocked to Gyeonggi Province, and the North Korean government had no time to provide relief, and people continued to die from hunger and plague. Historical records show that there were soldiers from Yiming soldiers who were drunk and vomited on the streets of Seoul. The hungry North Koreans were fighting for the residue from the vomit to eat. The scene was unforgettable.

Seeing that the North Korean refugees surrounded him were all pale and thin, withered and looked like evil ghosts, and they stretched out their withered hands to the army from time to time, and drove away the Korean soldiers leading the way from time to time, Huang Laifu sighed and asked He Ruzhen to distribute some dry marching food to them.

Looking at the North Korean refugees who were fighting in a row, the North Korean officials who accompanied him were ashamed and sighed repeatedly: "The army of the country is a benevolent and righteous army!"

Huang Laifu said lightly: "DPRK is my vassal of the Ming Dynasty. Now the Japanese punish the murderers and the people of the vassal state flee. I will help the victims. This is also the great grace of my emperor!"

The official Cao nodded repeatedly.

The army marched forty miles to Ansung Hall and was close to Wangjing. The North Korean king Lee Jong sent a officials from the Catholic Church to greet him. Choi Jing, the leader of Gyeonggi Province, greeted him in the hall and held a banquet and served wine. However, these wines and food were naturally much cruder than those in the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Laifu ordered the army to rest temporarily.

After the banquet, the army soon arrived at Yingen Gate outside the west gate of Seoul. Governor Xing Jie, governor Yang Hao, and general Ma Gui and many other Ming generals were waiting here. There were also officials in the Korean National Ceremony, and the military officials and the military officials, and others who accompanied them to welcome each other.

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Behind the Yingen Gate, there is a Muhua Pavilion. This is usually the place where the North Korean country specially welcomes Chinese envoys. When the Ming envoys came, they not only had to play music, but the prince of the Korean prince also had to come to the Muhua Pavilion to welcome him in person. When the Ming envoys returned to the country, all the officials of the Korean country were also standing outside the Muhua Pavilion, and worshiping them solemnly again.

Xing Jie and Yang Hao first lived in Muhua Pavilion to plan military affairs, and then moved to the Taiping Pavilion in Wangjing City. After hearing that Huang Laifu arrived, they went out to the city to greet each other. For Huang Laifu, the two of them had long been famous for a long time and were curious. Moreover, Emperor Wanli had strict orders, so they must treat Huang Laifu more seriously.

The two knew that most of the food and salary in the North Korean army were prepared by Huang Laifu. In order to show the unity of the Ming army in front of the Koreans and inspire people, they made a gesture and went out of the city to greet each other.

As for Ma Gui, Huang Laifu was seen before, and he has always had a good impression of this young man.

The flag bearer kept sending news about where Huang Laifu's army had been. Soon, he saw flags and clouds, iron hooves shaking the ground, and an iron-armored cavalry came in order. The popularity of his soldiers, armor, chariots and horses made Xing Jie and Yang Hao take a breath. He heard about the spirit of the Shanxi army for a long time, and it was indeed not a blow.

However, the two were secretly happy again. With this army, they were more confident in the next court. The officials of the Korean countries next to them were also happy in fear. With these powerful soldiers and horses of the upper country, it would be much easier to drive the Japanese out of their territory.

The Korean drums and music and miscellaneous operas started to play. Amid the music, the soldiers stopped in front of Yingen's door. Huang Laifu got off the horse and saw a group of military generals standing there, some knowing but some not. One of them was Ma Gui, and there were two senior civil servants of the Ming Dynasty beside him.

Huang Laifu first met Ma Gui. Seeing that his face was even more frosty, he hadn't seen him for a few years, the veteran was much older. Ma Gui said: "General Huang doesn't need to be polite. You are tired of your army, thank you all the way!"

Then Ma Gui introduced Xing Jie and Yang Hao to Huang Laifu.

The Minister of War and Governor of Ji and Liao, Xing Jie, was fifty years old and was relatively thin. Huang Laifu has also heard of him for a long time in history books.

This old man was good at using troops among civil servants at that time and also paid attention to using strategies. During the Korean War, he used the war-wearing mentality of the Japanese leader and faction headed by Governor Konishi to use counter-espionage strategies to delay the Japanese offensive, accumulate strength for the Ming army, and launch an offensive to win time and initiative.

In particular, Xing Jie was good at logistics, recruiting merchants to open up sea transportation, replacing the land transportation that was difficult to transport food and wages at that time, so that the Ming army's rations were guaranteed. In the past two years of war against Japan under Xing Jie's command, the Ming army did not experience serious shortage of food and grass, which was inseparable from his emphasis on logistics transportation and food and grass supply. After the war, Xing Jie was awarded the title of Prince Taibao and promoted his salary to one level, and his son inherited the commander of the Jinyiwei. The North Korea also established a statue of the ancestral temple for him, labeled copper pillars and Busan. It was considered a success.

As for Yang Hao, Huang Laifu had no good impression of him. Both defeats of the Ming army had something to do with him, especially the latter defeat of Sarhu, which ruined the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Huang Laifu was just bowing to them, and did not bow to them, Yang Hao couldn't help but change his face. It was said that Huang Laifu was arrogant and domineering, and it was true. Even now, Ma Gui was promoted to the general of the Japanese and commanding the army and horses of the Ming Dynasty. When he met, he still had to bow to the two. What was Huang Laifu? He just bowed carelessly, but he thought he was Li Rusong?

However, the North Korean officials were watching, taking into account the dignity of the court. Yang Hao snorted and forgot it. The generals behind them also exchanged glances with each other, and looked at the soldiers behind Huang Laifu with envious eyes.

I have heard that Shanxi Town has sufficient food and food. As expected, the military horses from Shanxi Town are all covered in exquisite iron armor, bright armor, and powerful army. Every soldier is tall, strong and extremely strong. Every soldier in their army is at least the standard for servants and standard soldiers. However, raising this army is obviously quite expensive, and only Huang Laifu is rich and powerful, so he can have such equipment.

Xing Jie looked calm and smiled and greeted Huang Laifu. After a few greetings, he asked Huang Laifu to lead the army into the city. At this time, the officials of the Korean State's rituals and military officials, and others could come out to speak, and everyone welcomed them into the city.

The army entered Wangjing City with the west gate, and the iron hooves hit the streets, and there was a roar. The Seoul people on both sides looked at the newly arrived Shangguo Army with fear, which seemed to be more fierce and well-equipped than the Shangguo Army they had seen before. Each of them rode a horse and was covered with good iron armor. They were all full of sharpness and dared not look at it!

The street was silent, with only the sound of iron hooves. The North Korean officials who rode behind Huang Laifu were all very generous and did not dare to show up. Huang Laifu looked at the streets of Wangjing coldly. As expected, there were wars and even the capital of a country was very dilapidated. However, in the future, after the war, he could do some post-disaster reconstruction.

Soon, the army arrived in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace. There were no more than two floors of the palace. Because North Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it was not allowed to build more than two floors of palaces, otherwise it would be a usurpation.

At this time, in the southeast of the gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, there were Shengjieao Mountain, Maggie and others to welcome the army of the Shangguo to help again. The prince of the Korean king came out of the palace to welcome and greet each other. After meeting each other, he made an appointment for a dinner party. Ma Guicai sent Ma Chengzhao to arrange a camp for Huang Laifu's army, just north of Wangjing City, and next to the military camp of Ma Gui's family, expressing his importance to Huang Laifu.

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In the Taiping Pavilion, Yang Hao was furious and said, "What a domineering martial artist, Bo, Huang Laifu is so rude. If we don't punish him, how can we have prestige in the army in the future, and how will the soldiers follow our orders?"

His eyes shot out: "So, how can the court affairs be peaceful?"

Seeing Xing Jie just closed his eyes and said, "Brother Wang, are you saying something?"

Xing Jie opened his eyes and sighed, "Although Huang Laifu is domineering and rude, his loyalty and courage are still well-known to everyone. In the past, he had not contributed to the country when he was basking Ningxia and fighting against North Korea. The emperor also sent an envoy to ask us to treat him with courtesy. I think it would be better to forget it. It is better to have less than more things!"

Xing Jie said again: "What's more, the army's food and grass are prepared for him now. This is a great contribution of the country. Jingfu, don't take this little detail to heart!"

Yang Hao still felt resentful.

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Chapter completed!