Yizhou is a Korean town across the river from Zhenjiang (Dandong). As long as Yizhou is captured, it can open up the transportation line between North Korea and Liaodong and invest Liaodong's manpower and materials into the Korean battlefield.

The Second Battalion of the Liaodong Army and the First Battalion of the Cavalry rushed to Yizhou that day. There were very few Qing soldiers in Yizhou City, with only more than a thousand Han soldiers. Yizhou City quickly fell under the attack of the Second Battalion carrying 125mm siege artillery.

After conquering Yizhou, the Second Battalion immediately sent a signal to the warships on the river. It was located in the Liaodong General Staff Department in Zhenjiang. Liu Heng received a report and said, "Since Yizhou has been conquered, I will immediately ask someone to build a floating bridge."

"yes."

The General Staff quickly conveyed the order. When formulating a plan to land in North Korea, the General Staff had ordered the following to prepare supplies for the pontoon bridge.

During this period, Liaodong collected more than 100 small boats and many small sampans and other floating objects. After the command of the General Staff, the engineers on standby immediately began to build a floating bridge on the Yalu River.

Liu Heng and a group of personnel from the Liaodong Operations General Staff came to the bank of the Yalu River. Seeing the busy engineers setting up the floating bridge in an orderly manner, Liu Heng asked: "When can the floating bridge be built?"

"Go back to the Chief of Staff, it will take another two hours." The company commander of the Engineer Company replied.

Liu Heng nodded with satisfaction and sighed: "This is a war, a professional war."

"If our lord had not completely specialized the war, we would not have been able to enter a deserted land in Liaodong. The Qing Dynasty is now vulnerable. However, we have not many cavalry and cannot use cavalry to fight the Qing army with decisive battle. If there were enough cavalry, we could sweep Liaodong like a strong wind, and chase the Qing army of Korea like a broken family dog, and ended in panic." Liu Heng said regretfully, and everyone could not help but nod.

"There are still 8,000 cavalry training in the recruits. It is estimated that they will be able to enter the battlefield in a few months, and it will be much easier to fight at that time." said the deputy chief of staff.

On the bank of the river, more than 20,000 troops on the third line had already completed the assembly. After the pontoon bridge was built, they crossed the river and entered North Korea.

"How is the training of the third-line troops?" Liu Heng asked someone else.

"There is no problem in discipline. The third-line troops have an inspection team, and a Shandong veteran is installed among every ten people, which is enough to calm the scene. As long as there is no tough battle, nothing will happen."

"In addition, most of them will use artillery, so it is not a big problem to let them fire artillery on the city wall, but the gap value is very high, but when the Qing army attacked the city, it is no problem to hit it."

“That’s good.”

...On that day, the two pontoon bridges were quickly completed under the establishment of the engineering battalion. The two pontoon bridges were each more than two meters wide. They were paved with boats and sampans, and a layer of flush wooden boards were laid on them, so that vehicles could pass through the pontoon bridge.

The third-line troops, which were trained in 20,000 quickly passed through the floating bridge and entered Yizhou City. After the third-line troops passed, the prepared materials and administrative personnel also entered North Korea one after another.

After the administrative personnel arrived in Yizhou, they immediately carried out a ban on Yizhou and sent people to strengthen the walls and clear the fields. At the same time, they began to rectify the city defense of Yizhou City.

There are specially trained personnel in the city defense to plan. These people are proficient in all aspects of city defense and can see where the loopholes in a city are, which point of defense needs to be strengthened, and can better cope with various siege methods, whether it is siege with ant, digging tunnels, or cheating of cities, insiders and other means.

When building a city defense system, if there is a shortage of materials, collect them from the local area first. If there is still a shortage, report them to the superiors and then transport them from the rear.

The Second Battalion of the Liaodong Army's Cavalry is a team specifically responsible for escorting and transporting.

On the Korean battlefield, everything is mainly stable.

The solar term in early April has entered early summer, the sun is very warm and warm, and the rainy spring has passed, which is a very suitable season for combat.

Under the cover of the Second Cavalry of the Shandong Army, the first battalion of the Liaodong Army took Pyongyang from Tieshan, which is the capital of North Korea and is currently under the control of the Qing army.

At the same time, North Korea's second capital, Hansansang (Seoul), was also under the control of the Qing army.

However, on the way to advance, the first battalion of the Liaodong Army was full of Korean corpses. The Qing army slaughtered the Xuanzhou and Dingzhou cities along the way.

However, such behavior is just futile and crazy, because the first battalion brought enough supplies and used carriages to transport grain. Compared with the mountainous terrain in the east, the terrain in the west is mainly composed of plains and hills, and there is no need for too many civilians in transporting grain.

North Korea's terrain is full of mountainous areas on the east side, except for the coastal areas on the east side, there are a little flat areas. Most of this area have been built last year, and there are no people inside. If the Qing army settled in there, it would definitely not be long.

The Second Battalion also began to advance south, but the area they were advancing was in central and western Korea, which controlled the towns along the way.

They advanced very smoothly. In cities that were not occupied by the Qing army, the Koreans would immediately open the gates for the Ming army because they were the king's army.

As a barrier for many years of Ming Dynasty, North Korea has a strong ability to accept the Ming Dynasty. The Koreans used Chinese characters in this era and also used Han costumes.

The two battalions basically maintained a speed of 80 miles and advanced forward, and then calculated the stagnation time caused by some unexpected situations. Basically, they could advance to the southernmost end of North Korea in nearly one and a half months.

North Korea's three thousand miles of land are gradually falling into Zhao Yan's hands.

North Korea is not as barren as people think. The barren one is South Korea, and North Korea has rich mineral and hydraulic resources.

Just like Maoshan Iron Mine, it is a world-class open-pit iron ore. It is very easy to mine, with an annual output of 6 million tons, and the reserves of magnesite are ranked first in the world.

The per capita mineral possession of North Korea in later generations was very high in the world. During the period when Japan occupied North Korea, the development of North Korea was higher than that of South Korea. South Korea's resources were much poorer, but Bangzi had the technical support of the Americans, so it was normal for it to develop quickly.

Zhao Yan's advance to Korea this time was to restore the territory of the Tang Dynasty and even occupy the entire Korea. During the Tang Dynasty, China had already controlled the north of the Han River, basically the entire territory of North Korea in later generations.

Therefore, it is legitimate to occupy North Korea. It is a bit tougher and more stern, and it is no problem to occupy South Korea, but the North Koreans are not easy to deal with.

After all, North Korea is a barrier of China. Most of the Korean cultures use China, and there is no cultural conflict. If the entire North Korea is occupied, it will probably not be very good in history books in the future. There must be an excuse, otherwise it will damage the style of the Celestial Empire.

When you have no strength, you naturally cannot regard yourself as a country above the Celestial Kingdom. However, in this era, the Ming Dynasty was indeed a country above the Celestial Kingdom, and Zhao Yan also had enough time to keep the Ming Dynasty in this position.

At the same time, the style of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Empire must also be changed, and we cannot be as tolerant and ignorant as before.

...Huang Taiji retreated all the way to Pyongyang, but in Pyongyang, he did not rob him because of the massacre. Instead, he forced the people to blow down the city wall with gunpowder and level it.

Yue Tuo asked in confusion: "Master, why do we want to level the city wall?"

"We will definitely stay in North Korea for some time in the future. We must have enough supplies to survive, so we must push down the city walls and we can grab the food and grass." Huang Taiji said.

"Don't you take away the food from the North Koreans' home?" Yue Tuo continued to ask.

"This is like raising sheep. If you don't give it to the sheep, will the sheep grow meat for you?" Huang Taiji said, and Yue Tuo asked incomprehensiblely: "That's not a waste of money Mingdo."

"If they rob the food of these North Koreans, they will lose the people's hearts in North Korea, so they will definitely not rob."

"The emperor is wise." Yue Tuo exclaimed with conscience.

"We must demolish all the city walls of North Korea's wealthy land before the Ming army comes." Huang Taiji said, "dividing the troops into ten shares, each with three thousand people, and operating separately in North Korea."

"Yes." Yue Tuo took the order.

The Qing army quickly divided into ten strands and began to sweep south of Pyongyang, capturing the cities one by one, then robbed all the food in the treasury, and forced the North Korean people to push the city wall down. This was also the strategy that Huang Taiji thought of not long ago. They were trapped in North Korea, and the biggest problem was actually supply.

Under the pursuit of the Ming army, those heavy siege equipment must be abandoned. Once those equipment are abandoned, there will be no much food in North Korea.

Just as the Qing army was dispatching everywhere, the Ming army's scouts also dispatched. Every time these scouts went, they posted the news of the defeat of the Qing army in Liaodong, and also accompanied by an edict issued when Duoduo ascended the throne and a notice to surrender.

In the notice of surrender, he promised to treat all surrendered people. Niu Luezhen led his people to surrender, and he was awarded two thousand taels of silver; Jiala Erzhen led his people to surrender, and he was awarded five thousand taels of silver; Gushan Erzhen led his people to surrender, and he was awarded five thousand taels of silver; Meile Erzhen led his people to surrender, and he was awarded three thousand taels of silver;

The soldiers of the Eight Banners surrendered and received twenty taels of silver and were given preferential treatment.

Chacha Huang Taiji dispersed his troops for 30,000. For a moment, all Qing troops learned about the situation in Liaodong, and the Qing army was in an uproar.

Huang Taiji received the news that he didn't believe it at first, thinking it was the Ming army's trick, but then dozens of Qing soldiers riding horses came from the north.

These Qing soldiers were not fully armed, like dogs from a family. They were the Qing soldiers who had just released the Ming army, and these prisoners were all captured in Liaodong.

These Qing soldiers found Huang Taiji's soldiers and ran to surrender. For a moment, the evidence from these people made the Qing soldiers more confident.

When Huang Taiji learned about it, he vomited blood several times with a "wow" and fainted again.

"Prince Su and Ama were both killed in battle. Duoduo, a traitor, actually disregarded the overall situation so much. It's hateful! It's hateful!" Yue Tuo crawled and cried, his hands kept slamming the ground. Dai Shan's death made Yue Tuo extremely sad and angry. He gritted his teeth and said, "Damn Ming Dog, he said I will kill all the men of his clan."
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