Incheon is the only city in North Korea named after the Protectorate. It is on par with various ranks, but there are very few troops garrisoned.

After the "Renchen Japanese riot", in order to prevent the Japanese from invading North Korea again, the Korean army stationed heavy troops along the southern coast, and the south has always been the focus of attention in North Korea. However, since the "Dingmao riot" and "Bingzi riots" occurred one after another, Pyongyang and Seoul were successively occupied by Manchu people, and Japan implemented a policy of locking the country, the defense focus of the North Korean army has completely shifted from the south to the north.

As a major southern coastal defense center in Seoul, the Incheon Protectorate had not many garrisons. The Taiping Navy naval warships anchored from the Dongjiang River were densely spread in the Incheon waters. Before the defenders could react, they landed in large numbers and wiped out more than 2,000 Korean soldiers in Incheon without any effort. They immediately took the Korean surrendered troops as the leader and headed straight to Seoul.

The news of Incheon's fall and the Ming army's massive advance to the capital shocked the whole country, and Seoul once again faced the danger of loss.

Not only did North Korean King Li Qi not understand why the Ming army, whose country had been destroyed, suddenly came to North Korea, but a group of civil and military ministers in North Korea were unable to explain this to the king.

The visit to Jin Daquan, captured by the Ming army, was released back to Seoul by the Ming army. He brought the Ming army's letter of persuasion to the Korean King Li Fen.

More and more news gathered in Seoul. The Korean monarch and ministers, who were confused about the Ming and Qing wars, finally figured out what was happening in China.

For a time, whether in the court or among the people, there were voices accusing the Korean King Li Fong, saying that the young king had brought great disaster to North Korea. If the king had not been forced by the Qing envoy to send troops to help the Qing Dynasty attack the Ming Dynasty, how could the Ming army have attacked North Korea?

Li Fen also blamed himself, but the Ming army had already advanced to Seoul, so he could not even escape from Seoul like his father and grandfather.

Li Qi thought of resisting, but the Ming army was progressing rapidly and landing in Incheon. In a short period of time, the border troops on the northern border had no way to rush back to the royal city to resist the Ming army. And when the situation in China became clear, the voices of the Ming faction within North Korea became even higher.

Finally, with the advice of Zheng Taihe, the minister of the government, Shen Zhiyuan, the minister of the left government, and other officials sent by pro-Ming, Li Fen decided to negotiate peace with the Ming army and regained the Ming Dynasty as the vassal state as the sect leader.

Jin Daquan set out from Seoul again and rushed to the Ming army camp without stopping. He brought Zhou Shixiang a handwritten letter from King Lee Kyung of Korea. In the letter, Lee Kyung completely asked the Daming Tian Army to forgive his crimes in a vassal manner.

The left-ranking Minister Shen Zhiyuan also arrived from Seoul and formally submitted a letter of surrender to Zhou Shixiang.

The "lightning momentum" of the Koreans made Zhou Shixiang, who was still preparing to fight in Seoul, a little confused because he believed that North Korea was also a complete country. He fought more than a dozen battles with the Japanese and Manchurians, and he would never surrender to the Manchurians at all times. This time, he did not even have the will to resist. It was a bit unexpected that the Ming army would surrender when it came.

The Grand Governor's Office judged North Korea in advance that the country would piece together tens of thousands of troops and resist for a period of time. Even North Korean King Lee Khan would flee Seoul like his father and grandfather and ask for help from the Qing Dynasty. Although the Qing Dynasty could not send reinforcements to North Korea, and the Han River could not stop the army, if North Korea delayed for one more day, the Taiping Army's own food and grass crisis would also worsen. If North Korea King Lee Khan did not surrender, the Taiping Army would have to rob the North Korea and withdraw it, otherwise it would be trapped in a quagmire of war on both sides and food shortage on both sides.

Now, North Korea will surrender as soon as it is said, and even the army does not have to go to Seoul. Zhou Shixiang was ecstatic. Shen Zhiyuan, the left-wing political affairs officer of North Korea, spoke extremely fluent Chinese, and his inner closeness to the Ming Dynasty made his impression of North Korea greatly changed.

Zheng Taihe, the Minister of Political Affairs, sent a delegation from Seoul, a completely pro-Ming officials. They had convinced the helpless king Li Fen to not only unconditionally support the restoration of the Daming Tian Army, but also to draw a large army to assist the Ming army in combating the people of Manzhou, Liaodong.

This really made Zhou Shixiang not know what to say. He paid money and grain and also sent people. North Korea is not only a surrendered country now, but also clearly became the most determined ally of the Ming Dynasty.

"In the Jiashen year, the northern enemy entered the pass and the Celestial Empire moved south, which was a pain for the whole country of Korea!"

When Shen Zhiyuan mentioned Emperor Chongzhen who hanged himself in Coal Mountain, he cried until his tears dried up. The group of Ming officials from Seoul were also eye-catching. Zhou Shixiang could see that these North Korean officials were really sincere in the Ming Dynasty and were not artificial.

Before the formal peace agreement began, Seoul collected a large number of food, grass, wine and meat to Incheon to reward the Daming Tian army. The Korean people also rushed to serve the Tian army, and everyone was proud of being able to serve the Tian army.

The scenes of the military, civilians and fishing near Incheon made the Taiping Army soldiers think that they were still in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to the language that was not clear and needed to translate, the Taiping Army was really like a fish in water in North Korea. The food was transported by the Koreans from all directions, so they didn't have to worry about it. There was another good thing that made the Taiping Army soldiers overjoyed, that is, the women here actually had the habit of exposing their breasts. Whether it was a girl or a woman, they all exposed their breasts on their chests, which opened their eyes.

Officials from North Korea from the central government to the local government, while unconditionally comforting the Daming Tianjun, also tried their best to solve the physiological problems for the Tianjun soldiers. Many North Korean women were recruited by the government and voluntarily served the Tianjun soldiers at a very small price. As a result, on the fourth day after the Taiping Army landed in Incheon, hundreds of "hehuan stations" emerged like mushrooms after a rain.

The political situation in North Korea also evolved rapidly. Most of the officials of the pro-Qing faction were dismissed and exiled. The soldier Cao Jin Yinghai, who once advocated sending troops to help the Qing Dynasty attack the Ming Dynasty, was imprisoned and executed, and the rest became a firm pro-Ming faction. Before officially setting off to Incheon to meet His Highness Qi in the Ming Dynasty, King Lee Khan even worshipped the emperors of the Ming Dynasty like his father Li Xiu.

In less than six days, all North Korea, from the king to the people, became "Korean traitors", which is an unprecedented scene.

On July 3, Li Qi came to Incheon and met Zhou Shixiang as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. The entire process was carried out by officials from North Korea's Reicho, and even Zhou Shixiang and his subordinates did not know about many etiquettes.

In the end, Zhou Shixiang gave Li Qi some face, but did not accept the other party's surrender letter, but the two sides re-programmed the letter of nationality. After 26 years, North Korea once again became a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

On July 7, Zhou Shiying personally led the New Third Army to attack Juehua Island on naval warships. On the North Korean side, more than 20,000 northern border troops also crossed the Yalu River from Yizhou, Changcheng and other places, attacked the Manzhou people in Ningguta, Hetuala, Fushun Pass and other places, and then marched towards Shengjing from the north.
Chapter completed!