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Chapter 92: Stabilizing North Korea (3)

Kae Kyung is the current capital of North Korea. Before that, Li Bangguo once moved the capital to Seoul, because Seoul was Li Bangyuan's base camp, and then moved it back.

Li Fangyuan launched a coup and imprisoned Li Fanguo in the palace. Li Fangyuan was the only voice left in the court.

When the Ming army arrived at the Yalu River, it was only five hundred miles away from Kaijing. At this distance, once they crossed the river, the Jurchen cavalry could reach Kaijing in less than three days!

"Evacuate Beijing immediately and go to Seoul."

Li Fangyuan, a young man, raised his army with a plan in mind. The Ming army arrived at the Yalu River two days ago, which means that it must have crossed the Yalu River at this time. It is impossible to say that its vanguard has even crossed Ping'an Road. There are only two soldiers in Kaijing City.

It is simply unrealistic for tens of thousands of people and a large army to be in Seoul, the base camp, to fight the Ming army in Kaijing.

Seoul is only a hundred miles away from the capital, and it can be reached in a day's march.

"Your Majesty, Kaijing is an important city. If you give up Kaijing, it will be difficult to take it back in the future."

Some ministers urged that giving up Kaejong would be equivalent to giving up half of North Korea. More importantly, Kaejing, as the former Goryeo Dynasty and now the capital of North Korea, has accumulated a large amount of wealth for hundreds of years. Naturally, it cannot be taken away in a hasty retreat.

Even if he came back, he would have been emptied out long ago, and he would have benefited from Akito in vain.

"Can't keep it."

Li Fangyuan acted vigorously and resolutely, and his cronies had even gone to gather troops.

"There are only 20,000 people in Kaijing. Let's talk about fighting the Ming army. Even those three Jurchens cannot be defeated by us. In addition, the Ming army has the advantage of gunpowder. Even if we go to Seoul now to mobilize troops, when we get there, we will probably be in Kaijing."

It’s already broken.”

The Ming army only had 30,000 men. Li Fangyuan firmly believed that the Ming army did not dare to go deep. Although the North Korean army only had 70,000 to 80,000 men, it could pull out a group of strong men from the civilian population at any time. The Ming army really dared to deviate from its troops and advance lightly. He, Li Fangyuan, had been fighting for decades.

If we fight, we will have the confidence to defeat this Ming army!

"But I need an envoy to hold off the Ming army for me in Korea."

Li Fangyuan glanced at the court and said, "Go to the Ming army's camp to beg for surrender and tell the Ming army that this is my family's affair in Korea. The king is weak and suffering from many illnesses, so I have the intention of abdication. Don't worry about Ming Dynasty. I, Li Fangyuan, serve Ming Dynasty."

As my clan father, why did you instigate war to invade Korea?"

North Korea is too small, less than half the size of Liaodong, and is not qualified to trade space for time.

In addition, Li Chenggui started his career in a military coup and had a deep clampdown on military generals. The entire direct army in North Korea only had a few tens of thousands of people, and all localities were under the government military system. It was simply unrealistic to expect them to hold back the Ming army.

"Bring plenty of gold and silver, and be humble and bow your knees when doing things."

Since ancient times, the Han people have prided themselves on being the emperor of China and are very proud of their dignity. As long as they keep their attitude low, even if they cannot let the Ming army take charge, based on Li Fangyuan's understanding of the Ming people, the leading general will definitely send people back to Nanjing to ask for orders.

The time it took to come back gave North Korea a chance to breathe.

Seeing that Li Fangyuan had made up his mind, everyone had no words to persuade him, so they all had to leave the palace and return home in a hurry to pack their bags with bitter expressions on their faces.

Li Fangyuan returned to the harem and found Li Fanguo who was under house arrest.

With an angry look on his face, he said, "Brother Wang, how can you communicate with Ming people? Don't you know that brothers are hiding behind the wall to resist their insults? No matter what we do, it is still our own family business. Why does Brother Wang ask the Ming army to enter Korea to help you restore?"

The latter snorted coldly and turned his head away from Li Fangyuan.

"What's going on? Are you planning to kill me? Imprisoning your father for killing your brother and violating human ethics will not end well."

"Nonsense!"

Li Fangyuan immediately shouted angrily.

"If I were really ambitious, why would I force my father to abdicate the throne with you? My father is old and feeble, and he favored his youngest son and made him the crown prince. How is this behavior different from Qin Shihuang's? Could it be that the king wanted to see me, the second king of Korea, and died?

Really? If I, Li Fangyuan, wanted to be the king, I would not have let my father pass the throne to you in the first place. It was because of your incompetence that I had to kill my brothers."

"I'm incompetent?"

Li Fanguo seemed to be insulted, and immediately blushed and pointed at Li Fangyuan.

"What qualifications do you have to accuse me of being incompetent?"

"Being humble to the Ming people and fearing the Jurchen barbarian tribes like tigers and beasts, isn't this called incompetence?"

Li Fangyuan was disdainful, "My father is a timid and cowardly person. He was not ennobled by the Ming Dynasty. He held the title of 'in charge of Korean state affairs' for several years and did not even dare to sit on the throne! In the border area, the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchens lived together with me in Korea.

Because our father is cowardly, our people are bullied and dare not resist. This is a great shame and humiliation!

I advised my father to recruit more troops and train them, and station troops at the borders to drive away the Jurchens from the borders. However, he was afraid that the military generals would become powerful, and finally took away his throne. It was really ridiculous.

And you are worse than your father. You only know how to read Ming people's books and learn Confucianism every day. If you want to govern the country, can you rely on a few words? A sharp tongue can educate the cruel Jurchens on the border.

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They obey the Ming people's lackeys because they can't defeat the Ming people! But will they listen to us? The women in our border areas are occasionally robbed. You send someone to tell them when they will come back?

With three thousand miles of splendid country, Korea may not have the chance to transform into a dragon, but you are as obedient as a dog. Where is your backbone! In your hands, Korea will be destroyed sooner or later!"

Li Fangguo's face turned red after being scolded, but she was unable to reply, so she had to speak harshly.

"You are so ambitious. North Korea is destined to be destroyed if it falls into your hands. If you dare to provoke Mingren during the holidays and provoke King Master to attack, let's see how you deal with it."

After finishing speaking, he muttered, "The Ming people are an invincible army. They destroyed the Meng Yuan and drove away the enemy. Didn't Lian Na Kechu, the dignified Meng Yuan Taiwei, also kneel in front of the Ming army and beg for surrender? Jurchen is the great Ming eagle dog."

, let’s fight back, but we don’t know that beating a dog depends on the owner.”

"How could you say such things? It really makes me sick."

Li Fangyuan was stunned, "How can you be so cowardly? Looking at the history books of all countries, the only spineless kings like you are the Zhao and Song dynasties!

We have millions of people in North Korea, but Zhan Erlang can raise hundreds of thousands in an instant. Thousands of years ago, Emperor Sui Yang of the Han Dynasty sent troops. Our ancestors took advantage of the location, attacked the logistics, drilled sea ships, and defeated the Sui army. This proves that

The so-called heavenly kingdom is not invincible. The people of this land are wise, brave and united. They never thought that the unpredictable nature of heaven and earth would create a thing like you!"

Li Fangyuan was too lazy to rebuke Li Fanguo anymore, so he changed his henchmen and tied him up. He waved his hand and said, "Take the king back to Seoul."

Taking orders from the left and right, Li Fangyuan escorted Li Fanguo out of the palace. Li Fangyuan broke into the forbidden palace with his sword in his hand and looked at Li Fanguo's princesses.

"How can we, North Korea, tolerate the humiliation of our queen and concubines to others? The queen is the mother of the country. If her innocence is tarnished, the whole world will be ashamed. The Han people can endure the humiliation of Jingkang, but I, the sons of North Korea, cannot bear it!"

After saying that, he stabbed Li Fanguo's concubines to death in the palace one by one, then tucked two of Li Fanguo's children under his arm and quickly left the palace.
Chapter completed!
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