Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 379 The "Besieged" Mission
Facing down in front of the table, Hong Qifeng was holding a little wolf brush, practicing calligraphy delicately.

Lieutenant Colonel Lin You'an of the Daming Army, who was accompanying military attache, smiled and said, "Master Hong is really self-restraining. There are Korean soldiers surrounded outside, but you are here to relax and cultivate your sentiments."

Hong Qifeng is from Cantonese. Hong Qifeng avoided living in the mountains when the Manchus ruled the land in the early years. After Bai Mingxiu was beaten back to Guangdong, he became an official. After graduating from the Imperial Academy, he entered the diplomatic port.Different from many diplomats from the system, Hong Qifeng still has a strong sentiment towards the Celestial Dynasty in his bones.However, his studies also made him aware of the larger world and agreed with Ming's expansionist diplomatic strategy.

Hong Qifeng put down his pen with a smile and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Lin, if you hadn't restrained our troops, Cui Xiandong and his group would have been wiped out by your company, and Wang Jing would have been captured by you."

Lin You'an waved his hand and said, "Wang Jing of Lao Shizi, I said, Chief Envoy Hong, you can write a letter later, change it back to Hancheng, it's better to change its name to Hancheng, what kind of shit place is this, you can use Beijing as its name ?”

Even in Ming Dynasty, Beijing and Nanjing are actually not considered official titles. The official titles are Shuntian and Yingtian.

Two days have passed since Cui Xiandong's rebellion. Cui Xiandong's North Korean rebels tried several times to break into the station of the Daming Mission guarded by Lin Youan, but they were all beaten back.Although Lin Youan's troops only had more than 100 people, their weaponry and organization were not comparable to the lazy North Korean army.

In the early days of Lee's Joseon Dynasty, the military power was quite strong. Although the North Korean army led by Lee Chenggui was not invincible on the battlefield in Northeast Asia, it was at least an eye-catching force.However, after Daming established the suzerain-vassal relationship with Lee's Korea, Daming also used some means to limit the military power of Lee's Korea.For example, North Korea's war horses and cattle were forcibly confiscated at a lower than market price for use in the Liaodong battlefield.Originally, North Korea had established a powerful cavalry force of tens of thousands, but due to Ming's actions, Lee's North Korea gradually lost such strength, and even suffered economic problems due to the reduction of cattle.The Ming Dynasty also strictly controlled the export of various weapon technologies, from firearms to bows and arrows, all of which were strictly restricted from entering North Korea.Many methods made Lee's North Korea change from a country with strong offensive strength in the early days of the founding of the country to a country with more self-preservation and less aggressiveness in the middle and late stages, and also suppressed North Korea's ambitions for external expansion.When it came to the Japanese invasion of Imjin, and even the later Bingzi's chaos, the North Korean army had no combat effectiveness at all.The so-called hero Yi Sun-shin who saved the country had achieved some achievements in water battles, but his real level was just that. His name in later generations was largely portrayed by Bangzi himself for the sake of publicity and embellishment.

Cui Xiandong gathered thousands of North Korean rebels, ostensibly to help North Korean King Li Sui make up his mind to defend North Korea against the vicious and militaristic Ming Dynasty. , Harvest your own interests.

Hong Qifeng said at this time: "Before I had the honor to have a conversation with Your Majesty. Your Majesty talked about North Korea and thought it was a place with great potential. North Korea originated from China, and it has been ruled by the four counties since the Han Dynasty. If it can be governed well, it will be It can be beneficial. But I crossed the Yalu River and entered the peninsula. The people’s livelihood, economy, government, and society I saw were much better than those of the Ming Dynasty. It is really hard to understand what Your Majesty said. If Korea rises, it will be better than our Chinese provinces. , in my opinion, the poverty of North Korea is worse than that of my poor inland province of Ming Dynasty, and it is completely worthless."

Lin You'an said: "You still question your majesty, your majesty's vision is naturally different from that of us mortals, maybe North Korea is poor and weak now, but will there really be some achievements in the future?"

People like Lin You'an, who were born in the army, have extremely high admiration and recognition for the Guangfu Emperor.However, Lin You'an admitted that from what they saw and heard when they came to North Korea, the scenery of this small vassal state is far from the big one.In fact, after all, Bai Mingxiu still has some perspectives from before time travel. North Korea in this era is limited in strength because of the war and long-term suppression by Ming.North Korea's economy is poor, and it is even difficult to match a set of political systems copied from China. This has led to serious domestic social conflicts and even serious party struggles in the court, making it difficult to truly promote the development of this country.

Hong Qifeng brought the topic back to their current situation. He said: "Cui Xiandong rebelled in Seoul, and the king of North Korea fled in a hurry. Now we are considered isolated and helpless. It's a pity that Lieutenant Colonel Lin is still leading a small number of troops this time." Otherwise, it would be a good choice to occupy Seoul in one fell swoop and gradually take over all parts of North Korea."

Lin Youan smiled, clasped his hands on his military uniform belt, and said indifferently: "If we want to take down Seoul, we can actually do it. The key is, what to do next."

Hong Qifeng proposed: "Contact the army loyal to the King of Korea, defeat Cui Xiandong, and grasp the situation in North Korea? Our distress letter has been sent out, and His Majesty must have dispatched the Liaodong Ming Army to the North. By then, our Ming army will have sufficient strength. There is so much more that can be done.”

Lin You'an said: "All the troops have been dispatched, and it really feels unbalanced to allow North Korea to set up the Propaganda Department."

"Your Majesty has decided on these things, we just need to do our best."

In fact, unconsciously, Bai Mingxiu's style of doing things has seriously affected Ming people, especially soldiers and officials.Traditional Chinese officials and military officers are quite mature and prudent, and would rather not make mistakes than do nothing.However, Bai Mingxiu's positive attitude and progressive values ​​have been instilled in the hearts of many people.At the same time, they are deeply aware of Da Ming's power, and they understand and are good at using this power, which also makes them more courageous to carry out work, and even make some bold and risky moves.

Lin You'an immediately began to prepare his own company. His company was an elite Ming Army unit that had participated in the Northern Expedition, and the weapons and ammunition they carried were also very complete.

"Come on, put our heavy machine guns on the wall, beat these North Koreans back, and then we rush out and capture that Cui Xiandong alive!" Lin Youan waved his hand with great pride.

The soldiers have carried out a fortification transformation on the wall of the mission station. This time the machine gunners are gearing up to fight, and the other infantrymen are also checking their rifles. Everyone is calm but excited. They have won too much. So much so that I didn't even feel that I might fail.

(End of this chapter)