The time is 1636, the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Qing army (Jin army) attacked Korea for the second time, and Korea was forced to betray the Ming Dynasty and claim the qing dynasty.
After the Qing army (Jin army) entered the DYNASTY, it was invincible all the way, and the 16th king of Korea, Cangchao, fled the capital and fled into the city of Namhansan. The people of the city looked at the escort army entering the city and were very worried and questioned their combat effectiveness.
The brothers who opened the blacksmith shop were also worried, and the younger brother persuaded the brother to flee together, but the brother refused, and eventually the two brothers were captured and dragged to defend the city.
Early Qing army
The court minister Li Zhi chased after the king's team all the way. While crossing an ice path, he asked the old man who was leading the way why he didn't flee with the king's party. The old man said that he would stay behind to show the Qing army pursuing the king in exchange for some food to eat, and complained that he had not even gotten a bowl of millet for the king to lead the way yesterday.
After crossing the glacier, the old man was persuaded to go with him, but the old man needed to stay and take care of his granddaughter and could not leave. Li Judge saw that the old man was iron and wanted to be the leader of the party, so he slashed him to death with a knife.
Choi Myung-gil, who had been sent to Negotiate Peace, returned to Namhansan Castle and reported to the king the terms of the peace: sever ties with the Ming Dynasty and send Shizi as a hostage. The king did not want his son to be held hostage, so he asked the ministers what they thought. Neither The Leader nor Choi Myung-gi had any problem with letting Shizi take hostage.
Just when the king did not know how to make a decision, the judge arrived in time and categorically refused to negotiate peace. In the face of Dayi, the ministers immediately echoed, and the leader quickly changed camps and became the main war faction. The judge of the main battle quarreled with Cui Mingji of the lord and the king did not make a decision.
At this moment, the Qing army had chased down the city and surrounded the mountain city. The besieged Korean defenders were starving and defending the city in the midst of hunger.
The king sees Choi Myung-gi at night and asks him to quietly leave the city and discuss the hostages again.
At dawn, the court of honor raised the matter of the soldiers being frozen. The soldiers believed that it was very common for soldiers to be frozen and sleeping in the wilderness, there was no need to make a fuss, as soon as the sun came out, it was warm. The consul also said that our army is frozen, and the enemy army is also frozen, which is very fair. Some ministers proposed to collect the clothes of the ministers of the clan and send them to the soldiers to protect themselves from the cold. The leader is the opposite, believing that it is unorthodox and damages the prestige of the scholar. Finally, at the suggestion of the judge, it was agreed that the soldiers would be given straw mats to withstand the cold.
Cui Mingji came to the Qing army camp and saw the Qing army slaughtering pigs and cattle, with no worries about food and clothing, and all of them were full of red light. He brought gold and silver to bribe the Qing generals in the hope of changing the terms of the hostages, but without success. Finally, the Qing general also told him that soon, the Emperor Taiji would arrive.
Early Qing army
After Cui Mingji returned to the city, the ministers learned that they had gone to negotiate peace, so they ran to the king en masse to make trouble, asking the king to execute Cui Mingji. Cui Mingji told the king that soon, the emperor Taiji would personally go to the city, and all the ministers felt frightened when they heard it.
Because the hostages could not be discussed, at the insistence of the judge, the king decided to gather soldiers and horses to resist to the end.
The next day, the king inspected the soldiers wrapped in straw mats, and then ordered them out of the city to attack the Qing army. The North Korean army, equipped with hot and cold weapons, was defeated by the Qing army's large swords and bows and arrows.
The Qin King's army was delayed, the grain and grass in the city were becoming more and more scarce, and the weapons were in tatters, making the king scream in a hurry, while the ministers were still urging the king to kill Cui Mingji.
Under the auspices of the judge, the army remodeled the arquebusier, and finally won a battle in the ensuing engagement with the Qing army.
Musketeers versus cavalry
Although the Korean army defeated the Qing army (Jin army), after a long siege, the forage was short, and the horses began to starve. The leader took back the soldiers' cold straw mats and demolished the residents' huts to make horse feed. He said that soldiers could rely on willpower to keep out the cold. Because there was no better way, the king played it.
The generals took back the cold straw mats of the thinly clad soldiers and led the soldiers to demolish the houses. During the demolition of the huts, the soldiers took down the door panels and made a fire, leaving the people in the ice and snow waiting for the sun tomorrow.
The soldiers on patrol failed to catch a Qing soldier, but instead killed the messenger who had left the city for help as a traitor, so angry that the officials killed the soldier to make an example.
The imperial court demolished the houses and failed to collect enough hay to feed the horses, and the horses continued to starve to death.
In the end, the imperial court had to use the dead war horses as military food for the soldiers to feed the soldiers.
The soldiers ate horse meat and laughed at the stupidity of the ministers, and how could they feed the horses with their cold straw mats? The humiliated leader wanted to kill these soldiers, and under the persuasion of the judges and officials, he was afraid of provoking a mutiny, so he had to give up.
There were more and more Qing troops outside the city, and there were more and more rumors about the arrival of the Emperor Taiji, and the whole court began to panic again.
The official Cui Mingji asked for orders to go to the enemy camp to inquire, and the king was kind enough to let the leader go with him. Ten thousand unwilling leaders set off together.
The two failed to find out the news of Huang Taiji and brought the Qing army cattle and sheep wine, which the Qing army confiscated because it was not up to him.
The court ministers were very angry that the Qing army had lost the king's face without receiving gifts, and collectively played a song, asking the king to execute the official Cui Mingji and the consul. The two ministers reported to the king the enemy situation of the Qing army's cannons and ladders, but the courtiers did not spare the gifts and asked the king to execute them. The terrified king, who was surrounded, really did not have the energy to pay attention to them at this moment.
In order to exonerate himself, the consul instigated the king to raid the Qing army to fight a battle, and the king approved it and made the consul general commander.
On the day of the battle, the leader standing on the castle tower excitedly urged the soldiers to fight, and the general next to him thought that the weather was not suitable. The leader righteously retorted that today is the auspicious day of victory calculated by the witch.
One by one, the soldiers did not dare to fight with fear on their faces. The angry minister had the guards slash the soldiers in the rear and coerce them into battle. The soldiers set out on their journey with trepidation.
In the open, they were shelled by the Qing army and suffered heavy casualties. Soon, they formed a defensive line against the Qing army. The low-quality soldiers opened fire indiscriminately, and the Qing army broke through the front and was killed and collapsed.
North Korean army
Thousands of North Korean troops in this attack were slaughtered by the Qing army, and almost no one survived.
The commander who commanded the defeated battle complimented the king while muddying the water and throwing the pot to his generals. Finally, the king beheaded the brave generals to settle the matter.
The desperate king learned that tens of thousands of Qin Wang's army had arrived nearby, and immediately arranged for people to go out of the city to contact each other, so as to attack the Qing army inside and outside.
The judge who presided over the matter found his blacksmith brother, who was familiar with the place, and asked him to go out of the city to deliver the letter. The blacksmith brother refused, saying that this matter must be left to the officials who are usually blessed, and that we, the low-level people, should not be allowed to go up to the bottom whenever there is danger. After all, the ceremonial judgment was old and spicy in the officialdom, and the blacksmith was persuaded to avoid the heavy weight.
Due to the chaos of the war, The Joseon Dynasty could not send emissaries to Beijing for the end-of-year pilgrimage, so wang Ting had to pay homage to the Chongzhen Emperor in Beijing.
Upon learning of the arrival of Emperor Taiji, the Lord of the Imperial Court and the faction quarreled again. The main warrior reminded the king that the royal family was saved, thanks to the Ming Empire, how could it betray Daming? The Lord and Pai Tri Mingji reminded the king that righteousness and honor were important, but they were not important to be alive!
Soon, the king received a threatening letter from the emperor Taiji, telling him to go out of the city and surrender, and the terrified king said to the ministers: I have to live!
The blacksmith's brother, who sneaked out of the city, sinisterly evaded the Patrol of the Qing Army and came to the military camp of Marshal Du.
Marshal Du and the senior generals were overwhelmed to see King Qin's message.
Knowing that the Qing army was getting closer and closer, they decided to kill the blacksmith's brother, burn the text, and lead the army to retreat.
The astute blacksmith brother defeats the assassinated warrior and escapes.
The pursuing North Korean soldiers were ambushed and followed by Qing reconnaissance.
Soon, the North Korean camp was attacked by Qing forces, and the entire army was destroyed.
In the last days, as soon as the king sent a messenger of peace, the Qing army launched an attack, and dozens of red-clad cannons shelled the city. Subsequently, the Qing army attacked the city in an all-round way.
Just when the city fell, Cui Mingji of Huihe finally arrived at the Qing army camp. Emperor Taiji saw the peace paper, agreed to negotiate peace, and ordered the attack to be stopped.
On the day of the peace talks, the King of Korea, dressed in a small hat and a surrender, surrendered to the Qing camp, and then bowed three times to the emperor Taiji and bowed nine times to show his submission.
The ceremonial judgment of the main battle chose to commit suicide and martyrdom.
After the surrender of Korea, the Qing army plundered 500,000 people and returned to Liaodong, and the king returned to Wangjing.