Civil officials have no military power, how can they hinder the court's advance and retreat?

Now the Ming army has crossed the Yalu River and headed south, with unstoppable momentum. The troops supported in the north are as vulnerable as paper-paste.

Since Li Fanggan faced Li Fangyuan, he has never encountered this dimensionality reduction attack.

Although Li Fanggan also knew that the Ming Dynasty was in conflict with each other, while supporting him, there was also a force that was even more terrifying than civil servants, supporting Li Fangyuan.

But both sides are at least on the same line, with similar standards. Several wars also lead to victory or defeat. Although Li Fang is far more successful than defeat, at least the situation is stable.

However, North Korea experienced a long prince rebellion, confrontation between the north and the south. At the moment when the Ming army crossed the Yalu River, Li Fanggan and Li Fangyuan, who fantasized about becoming the king of North Korea, at this moment, all the countless dreams in his heart were shattered.

No one knows how much they paid to gain the support of the Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, although the Korean army was weak, it was not as vulnerable as the ministers said.

The troops guarding the north were all elite soldiers who fought south and north. They were familiar with the mountains and forests and terrain, which actually caused considerable damage to the Ming army.

Li Fanggan looked at the ministers and calmed his mind. After all, he had been on the battlefield himself and was also familiar with the war.

When facing the unstoppable offensive of the Ming army, the army united together and took straight to Seoul.

Li Fanggan said decisively: "Order that all the troops in Seoul gather and prepare to go to Jiangling."

Li Fanggan followed his father Li Chenggui in his early years and had many big and small wars in North Korea. Although he was not as good as Li Fang, he always had his own plan in his heart.

The Ming army made full arrangements for Li Fanggan, who had arrived at the Yalu River before the Ming army crossed the river.

Now that the news has been heard, the Hamkyung Mountains have completely fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and there is no longer any worries on the side of the Ming army. Li Fanggan has seen the Mongolian cavalry stationed in the Hamxing Guard.

Now two days have passed. Although the Ming army has not arrived in Seoul, it must have been not far from Seoul. It won’t take long to arrive in Seoul. Dan Ming army will arrive in Seoul.

If Li Fanggan is captured, then half of the country he has been stolen by North Korea will be returned to his brother Li Fangguo by the Ming Dynasty court. How could he allow such a thing to happen?

At this time, beside Li Fanggan, a minister spoke: "Criminal, it's okay for us to move to Jiangling, it's just the eldest prince..."

Although Li Fangguo was canonized as the King of Korea by the Ming Dynasty, he could only be regarded as a great prince in the eyes of these Korean ministers.

Perhaps it was to cater to Li Fanggan's taste, there was no title of the Korean king in Li Fanggan's office.

After all, he was not enthroned.

"Jangling is my base camp. Where can I have 40,000 elite soldiers? With the 20,000 troops brought by Seoul, it should not be difficult to block the Ming army's edge."

"As for the emperor, it will be a troublesome to take him with him and leave him to the Ming army after all." Li Fanggan said extremely decisively.

Although killing Li Fangguo is also a good idea, if he kills Li Fangguo, no matter whether the Ming army will be furious, even his brother Li Fangyuan will call on the forces of the entire North Korea to besiege him, Li Fanggan, under the banner of avenging the king of Korea.

It was not until this time that Li Fanggan realized that sometimes, this identity is really a burden.

"The prince, Seoul is the top priority. This is the capital of our country. I just threw it away and didn't resist. How could Jiangling alone resist the Ming army's edge?"

Seoul, the Li family and his son have been here for many years, and this place is a major area that controls the north and the south. Once Seoul is lost, it is not just the wealth here, but it has to be given to the Ming army.

Even in the future, they would not have the chance to return to this place. Hearing this, Li Fanggan hesitated slightly and gave up Seoul under his feet meant that Li Fanggan had completely lost to the Ming army, and he even surrendered directly before he even reached the city.

If you surrender without fighting, you will be shameless.

But Li Fanggan couldn't see any hope even when he defended Seoul.

It has been more than two days since the Ming army crossed the Yalu River. According to the course of the journey, their cavalry were all scattered on both wings to protect the last supply line.

The sea on three sides has been completely surrounded. There should be a Ming army landing on Li Fangyuan. Retreat to Jiangling, and perhaps make a comeback. If you fight head-on, you will never have a chance.

"Send the order, gather immediately and retreat quickly. As for the goods, how much can you take and how much can you take away!"

Li Fanggan scolded him in a stern voice.

The current situation is no longer indecisive. He may be trapped in the city by the Ming army's vanguard troops, and then it will be really too late.

"If the prince wants to avoid his edge and not compete with him, the best way is to keep the eldest prince in the palace. Since the Ming army wants to restore the eldest prince's orthodox regime."

"As long as we hide in Jiangling and submit our tribute, the Ming army's goal has been achieved, and there is no possibility of attacking our army."

After hearing the minister's words, Li Fanggan nodded. The Ming Dynasty wanted to restore stability and peace in North Korea. Since there was a reason for a truce, they naturally would not attack again easily.

However, their eyes also placed the Ming Dynasty on the supreme country of the Celestial Empire, which took benevolence, righteousness, reason as diplomatic norms and face as good principles.

They also underestimated how unlimited the seventh army governor's office would do in order to make a fortune.

The fifth year of the Ming Dynasty, the 30th day of the first lunar month

The Ming army entered Seoul.

It took less than two hours to escape from Seoul.

Unexpectedly, when the Ming army entered, a raging fire ignited the palace, and the fire burned the palace, but it was not extinguished for three days. The Ming army organized the people of Seoul to fight the fire and strive to put out the fire, but gained nothing.

By the time the fire was put out, the entire Seoul Royal Palace was burned to an extreme.

When the Ming army cleaned the ruins of the palace, it was discovered that Li Fangguo, his son and daughter were all burned, but the only youngest son survived.

Li Fusheng was rescued by the Ming army in the fire. At the age of seven, he ascended the throne of North Korea and became the third Korean king in the name of the Ming Dynasty.

On the first day of ascending the throne, at the request of the Ming army, Li Fusheng issued an edict to Li Fang and the rest of his troops surrender.

The Ming army dispatched two groups to block the sea area. In the south bank of Li Fangyuan, the landing troops of the Ming Dynasty Navy Fleet forced Li Fangyuan to Busan under the saturation of artillery fire.

The edict was issued, but Li Fangyuan and Li Fanggan did not actually receive the edict.

The edict of King Lee Fu-sung of Korea was circulating wildly in North Korea, and the final result was that Li Fangyuan and Li Fanggan, regardless of the majesty of the Celestial Empire, put the Korean people in dire straits.

Trying to start a war.

Although deliberate exaggeration would make people ask questions, the Ming Dynasty army did not give them a chance to refute.

On the fourth day of the second month of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army captured Jiangling and captured Li Fanggan and a group of Korean ministers. Li Fanggan admitted the matter of burning the Korean palace and burning his brothers, nephews, nieces, and sister-in-law.

On the seventh day of the second month of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army in the southern border captured Li Fangyuan's troops in Busan.

The second prince rebellion in Korea ended with the Ming Dynasty's military interference. On February 14th, the central court issued an edict to reorganize the capital of Korea in Shinyiju. Feeling deeply the harm brought by the war, the Ming Dynasty court and the Korean royal family signed a national defense border treaty, which stipulated the border between the two sides, known in history as the Gengchen Treaty.

The treaty stipulates that North Korea and the Ming Dynasty are bounded by the Yalu River, and the north of the Yangtze River is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The Langlin Mountains in the middle of the Yalu River return to Korea to the west and the Ming Dynasty to the east. The Langlin Mountains extend all the way to the entire Hamxing Plain, and all belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Article 2: North Korea bears military expenses for the Ming Dynasty to maintain peace in North Korea and suppress riots, totaling 700,000 taels of gold, which is mortgaged with North Korean taxes for fifteen years, and pays 50,000 taels of gold every year, totaling 750,000 taels of gold.

Article 3: In view of the fact that in the territory of North Korea, they did not obey the king, did not respect the will of heaven, and did not respect the holy king, in order to prevent the riots in North Korea and caused the people on the frontier to suffer from the war, the Ming Dynasty stationed 18,400 troops in North Korea, totaling four full guards.

The Busan Wei, Ulsan Wei, Kaesong Wei, and Yiju Wei are respectively. North Korea pays a total of 13 million guan of Baobao money every year.

Article 4: In order to maintain harmony between neighbors and neighbors, North Korea established a duty-free area in Yizhou and Kaicheng. Merchants under the rule of the Ming Dynasty opened shops without paying any taxes and fees.

Article 5: Without the approval of the Ming Dynasty's Tianlei King, the King of Korea shall not leave Yizhou to prevent disaster.

Fang Shiyu, the front, gave Yizhou to North Korea as the capital in exchange for the entire coastal area of ​​northeastern Korea and the Hamhxing Plain. Although these gains and losses were gained and lost, the Ming Dynasty was in the position of profit.

But what really satisfies Fang Shiyu and has always agreed with the Ming Dynasty is the last one of the terms.

Article 6: The settlement standards for all goods in North Korea are subject to the Daming Bao Bank, and the Daming Bao Bank is the only accessible currency in North Korea.

Conclusion: February 18, the fifth year of Taishi, the Ming Dynasty.

Signator: Li Zhigang, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty.

This was the first time that the Ming Dynasty's foreign war ended with the situation agreed upon by clauses.

The rebellion in North Korea was not more than a month from the Ming army's dispatch to the full extermination.

The small country does not have enough strategic depth. Once the enemy is out of control, they will fall apart and collapse in an instant.

And North Korea moved its capital to Yizhou. Where is Yizhou? Originally, this land was the territory of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, but Fang Shiyu thought about it and asked North Korea to put the capital in Seoul and open the city, which was very unfavorable for the court to take action in the future.

And it is very easy to cause chaos.

But Yizhou and Liaodong are separated by a river, and there is another wasteland. It takes less than two days to send troops from the Liaoyang General Office to Yizhou.

Yizhou is near the sea, and when the Ming Navy is weak, it is enough to make North Korea stop by its number.

The move of North Korea's capital to Yizhou was a conclusion that Fang Shiyu and other ministers of the cabinet discussed for a long time before they came to.

In Yizhou, whether from sea or land, North Korea is backed by the Ming Dynasty and can not be afraid of any invasion of external forces. When they rely on the Ming Dynasty court, they can develop with peace of mind. When they want to do things.

The Ming Dynasty court could also block the sea area by tens of thousands of troops at the city. What's more, Yizhou was a wasteland, and the construction and defense of the city were completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

The height of the city and the depth of the pool are completely the final say of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Ming Dynasty gave up one Yizhou, it also obtained one of the few Hamxing Plain in North Korea, and the imperial court's grain production land in Liaodong was added.

The Ming Dynasty's territory in the eastern coastal areas of North Korea also extended the Ming Dynasty's naval port to the entire Outer East China Sea.

A piece of wasteland of 100 square kilometers was exchanged for a plain, connecting the Ming Dynasty's coast in the northeastern waters outside, and also allowing full control of the North Korean government.

Fang Shiyu felt that this transaction was not considered a loss.

He has squeezed the whole North Korea dry.

Li Fanggan, Li Fangyuan, what did they do in North Korea?

Unlimited search for people's wealth and plunder wealth.

Where did the wealth they plundered go?

A very small number entered the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, and 70% entered the pockets of Fang Shiyu and the Seventh Army Governor's Office. The entire North Korea's economy had collapsed. At this time, the Ming Dynasty treasure banknote became the only nominal currency in North Korea.

Fang Shiyu was already quite satisfied with this result.
To be continued...