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The Korean infantry was so miserable. They charged forward and were shot by Datong soldiers, and fled back and were intercepted by North Korean cavalry.

Liu Ze was forced to continue charging, this kid was lucky, his father and brother were all dead, but he was not injured.The elder brother was killed by the muskets of the Datong Army, and the father was hacked to death by the North Korean cavalry. Who should we seek revenge?

The hatred is all on the head of the King of Korea, and his whole family was exiled by the king!

Seeing that he was approaching again, Liu Ze suddenly shouted: "Listen to me, shout with me, put down your weapons, and surrender to the Da Ming soldiers!"

Several people around Liu Ze hurriedly shouted together in order to survive.

One by one, more and more people shouted, throwing messy weapons all over the ground, and ran towards the city wall empty-handed.

Liu Ze raised his hands and shouted in Ming Dynasty official language: "We surrender, don't let go of the gun. We surrender..."

There was too much noise on the battlefield, and it was impossible to hear clearly, but Hu Dinggui could already understand their actions of throwing away their weapons.

"Don't fire the guns, wait for them to come. The gunners are transferred to other places, and the spearmen come here to prevent accidents!" Hu Dinggui immediately ordered.

These North Korean infantry rushed outside the wooden fence, and Hu Dinggui immediately ordered: "Pikeman, raise your gun!" He then shouted at the enemy, "Squat down, don't move!"

The North Korean infantry tried to climb over the wooden wall, but the pikemen immediately stabbed and killed more than 20 people in a row.

Liu Ze was so frightened that he squatted down and shouted: "Squat down, everyone squat down, don't rush around!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Somewhere nearby was firing guns again, a large number of North Korean infantry collapsed, and Liu Ze squatted down to beg for mercy.

Jin Guorui, the supervisor of Dajing County, came to Li Hengzhong on horseback: "Master Mushi, you can't fight like this anymore, it is impossible to take back the city."

Li Hengzhong said: "It will definitely be possible to charge and kill a few more times. It doesn't matter if all these untouchables are dead, just ask the lord to exile prisoners to make up for it. Our navy has lost, and we cannot let the enemy gain a firm foothold. Take the city!"

"I can't take it!" Jin Guorui remonstrated.

"If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you," Li Hengzhong ordered, "Rush again, and those who rush into the city first will be exempted from tribute for six years!"

This time only 4000 people left to charge, Liu Ze saw this, and brought the people around him with him: "Drop your weapons and surrender outside the city wall!"

"Drop your weapons and surrender outside the city walls!"

Amidst the constant shouting, several groups of charging troops nearby dropped their weapons and rushed over, then squatted outside the wooden fence and begged for mercy.

Just like the spread of a virus, all four thousand North Korean infantry surrendered one after another.

Li Heng was furious: "These bastards are indeed descendants of criminals, and none of them are loyal to the lord!"

Chapter 321 [Rebel]

The enemy's firepower is fierce, and Jeju Mucheng will definitely not be able to take it back.

Li Hengzhong could only order the withdrawal of troops, hoping to lure the enemy out and rely on cavalry to win in field battles.

Just as the whole team was withdrawing, someone suddenly shouted: "Kill the factory supervisor!"

I saw that many ragged cavalrymen (actually herdsmen) seemed to have made an appointment in private long ago to launch a rebellion by surprise and kill those cavalry generals who were wearing good clothes.

The herdsmen hated officials, and they were frequently exploited.

This is an island where criminals are exiled. How can officials be sympathetic to the people?It's not about squeezing to death!

More than a dozen factory supervisors from various grasslands in Jeju Island, who served as cavalry generals temporarily, were killed by the herdsmen around them in a daze.

These guys, usually domineering, are finally getting their retribution now.

"Don't kill me, I am willing to surrender!"

Pu Sheng, the supervisor of Jingyi County, yelled in a hurry, trying to escape on horseback, but was chased by the herdsmen around him and stabbed to death.

Jin Guorui, the supervisor of Dajing County, ran very fast, and he had fled to Li Hengzhong in a blink of an eye: "Master Mushi, Muzi on the island has rebelled, and we must suppress it quickly!"

"I'm not blind, I don't need you to remind me!"

Li Hengzhong was startled and angry, and quickly summoned his personal guards, a total of more than 200 cavalry, and immediately rushed towards the rebels.

More than 3000 herdsmen all chose to defect, and Li Hengzhong was left with only 200 people in an instant.

But these more than 200 cavalry were chasing and killing more than 3000 herdsmen.

The scene was extremely strange.

More than 3000 herdsmen on horseback did not dare to fight at all. They were chased and moved closer to the city wall, hoping to obtain the protection of Datong soldiers.

"Is the enemy... internal strife?" Hu Dinggui asked confusedly.

Liu Ze crawled over and leaned against the wall of the village, and said in Ming Dynasty official language: "General Rong, if you can't take down Jeju Pastoral City quickly, or if you lose the battle, Li Hengzhong will be killed by the herdsmen and surrender."

Wu Dinggui smiled and asked, "Why?"

Liu Ze replied: "Jeju's navy has been lost, and no one on the island can escape. Everyone can surrender, but Li Hengzhong cannot surrender. He belongs to the Korean clan, and he has been guarding Gwanghaejun (Li Hui) for a long time. Gwanghaejun controls After Jeju Island, Li Hengzhong would have to die even if he surrendered. Moreover, the North Korean government exploited the herdsmen too much, and the herdsmen wanted to rebel a long time ago."

"No wonder he desperately ordered the attack on the city," Hu Dinggui said with a smile, "Are you Han?"

Liu Ze replied: "I was born in a Korean Confucian family, and my grandfather studied in Daming for several years."

Hu Dinggui said: "You are very good, you can be my personal interpreter."

"Thank you, General!" Liu Ze quickly kowtowed.

More than 3000 herdsmen turned against each other, rushed to the vicinity of the city wall, got off their horses and knelt down one after another, and sent envoys to chatter for a long time.

Liu Ze translated: "General Rong, this person said that they are all shepherds on the island. They were forced to sacrifice their lives for Li Hengzhong. They were exploited by the North Korean leader in the past. From now on, they request to belong to the Ming Dynasty."

Wu Dinggui asked: "What is the situation on the island?"

Liu Ze's thinking is very quick, and he explained briefly: "Jeju Island was originally a horse breeding land in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian criminals were continuously exiled to raise horses. In the early Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu also exiled the descendants of Yuanliang King, Chen Youliang and Ming Yuzhen. Come here. These people are very powerful. They gradually gathered wealth and moved away from Jeju Island. After the Imjin Japanese Invasion, North Korea was full of unowned wasteland. The descendants include Han Chinese, Koreans, and Mongols, and they have long been mixed blood and cannot distinguish ethnicity."

"Who owns the pasture and farmland?" Hu Dinggui asked again.

Liu Ze replied: "It belongs to the lord of Korea. The residents of the island are half farming and half grazing. Every year, they pay tribute to the lord with cattle and horses, and hand over land taxes to the island government. There are three cities and twelve townships on the island, all of which are under the management of the government. The government can take back pastures and farmland at will.”

Hu Dinggui turned around to discuss with Wang Yaochen for a while, and said to Liu Ze: "Tell them, as long as they are loyal, the tribute will be reduced by [-]%, and their previous crimes will not be pursued."

Liu Ze immediately told the news, and the cavalry rushed back, and soon the herdsmen burst into cheers.

Surrender means surrender, but they dare not fight. More than 3000 herdsmen shrank outside the city.

Li Hengzhong and Jin Ruorui, both in full armor, rode the two best horses on the island.There are more than 200 cavalry under their command, all of them are wearing leather armor, and each has a horse bow.

The more than 3000 herdsmen who surrendered, not to mention wearing armor, even their clothes were worn out.

Not even swords, most are equipped with spears.

For some spears, the tips of the spears are ground with stones, and even the iron spearheads are not evenly matched.

A group of beggars on horseback.

"Open the door, counterattack!"

Hu Dinggui left [-] soldiers behind, let Wang Yaochen and Zheng's sailors guard the city, and led [-] gunfire soldiers out of the city to fight.

The balance of combat forces between the two sides reversed.

On Hu Dinggui's side, there were 500 Datong soldiers, 4000 North Korean surrendered infantry, and 3000 North Korean surrendered cavalry.It can also be said that there were 7000 farmers and herdsmen who surrendered, and the youngest was only 13 years old, holding a wooden stick in his hand.

There are more than 200 regular cavalry on Li Hengzhong's side.

Li Hengzhong was desperate at the moment. If he hadn't been trapped on the island, he would not have chosen to fight at all today, and would have fled thousands of miles away with his personal guards.

Just like Liu Ze said, everyone else can surrender, but Li Hengzhong's surrender is also death.

How to do?

run chant!

How far you can run is how far, how many days you can live is how many days.

More than 200 cavalry immediately fled, Hu Dinggui could only watch from a distance, and said to the surrendered herdsmen: "Catch up and annihilate the enemy!"

There are many herdsmen, but they lack a unified command, so acquaintances gather together and divide into more than ten groups to fight separately.They were used to being oppressed, and they fought cautiously, not daring to go after them with all their strength.

"Shhhhhh!"

More than 200 cavalry began to shoot arrows, and they shot crookedly. It seemed that the bows and arrows were not well maintained.

The rain of arrows only injured one herdsman, and none of them even fell from the horse.

But the herdsmen were so frightened that they reined in their horses and stopped. They watched Li Hengzhong lead his troops to retreat, and came back to report to Hu Dinggui: "The enemy cavalry is too powerful. We were all killed and retreated, and we could not continue to pursue."

"Do you fucking think I'm blind?"

Hu Dinggui really wanted to reprimand, if these were his soldiers, they would all be dragged to the board!

But then I thought about it, if the herdsman was so brave, he would be the one being attacked now, how could he choose to surrender in a daze?

Li Hengzhong returned to Dajing County with his cavalry, not daring to come out to fight, but stayed in the city, waiting for the king of North Korea to send troops to rescue him.

"How to fight?" Hu Dinggui asked Wang Yaochen.

Wang Yaochen said: "If we don't fight for the time being, let's train our own cavalry. The 200-odd enemy cavalry will not be able to stir up trouble."

Hu Dinggui nodded and said: "I also plan to train cavalry by myself. This is the task assigned by the general town. I will practice five hundred cavalry first, and I don't expect to kill the enemy on horseback. I just need to be able to chase the enemy on horseback. Chase the enemy on horseback, dismount and release the gun. Mounted musketeers."

Wang Yaochen said: "It seems that these thousands of Datong soldiers will stay in Jeju Island for a long time. When I write a letter back, I ask the general town to take the soldiers' wives and children and redistribute the land on Jeju Island for the soldiers and their families. This Jeju Island Half farming and half pasturing, there are also a lot of farmland. If you bring your family members, you can also learn to raise horses.”

The two discussed it for a long time, and it was probably like this.

Li Hui was pushed out as a puppet, and the North Koreans were first appointed to manage the city, and the grasslands and farmland were allowed to govern themselves by farmers and herdsmen.When the family members of Datong soldiers come, they will set aside a piece of land as a Han Chinese settlement, and at the same time open a school, so that the children of farmers and herdsmen on the island can also attend classes.

After the agreement, Hu Dinggui forcibly kept 1 good horses—in fact, they were all pony horses with a shoulder height of 2 meters. The Korean war horses were very degraded.

Hu Dinggui made an agreement with these herdsmen that there would be no need to pay tribute to the horses in the next year, but only 400 horses and 50 cattle each year.Compared with North Korea's policy, the annual discount is much lower, 33 horses and 10 cattle are less tributed, and the herdsmen are very happy.

The [-] horses left behind are considered to be pre-requisitioned in advance and can be deducted later.

After the herdsmen were dismissed, the farmers were also dismissed, which also reduced the amount of land tax.

Liu Ze came and knelt down, "General, I have a plan."

"Let's talk." Hu Dinggui smiled.

Liu Ze said: "You can send people to spread the news everywhere, saying that as long as you submit to Lord Guanghai (Li Hun), Li Hengzhong's personal guards will also be saved from death. Then you can confer Jin Guorui, the supervisor of Dajing County, and promise to be a high-ranking official with a generous salary. In this way, Li Hengzhong will inevitably die. No longer trusting Jin Guorui, Li Hengzhong even suspects that his own soldiers are going to rebel. If there is a countermeasure, and they cannot escape from Jeju Island, the enemy must fight among themselves."

Hu Dinggui smiled and said, "Haha, counterintuitive tricks, I know."

With Zhao Han's approval, Hu Dinggui insisted on studying. He has memorized "Datong Collection" by heart, has read "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "36 Strategies", and recently read "Ji Xiao's New Book" by Qi Jiguang.

Hu Dinggui ignored the countermeasures and trained the cavalry seriously.

His mount is from Park Seung, with a shoulder height of 1 meters. It is a rare BMW in Jeju Island.

Hu Dinggui also spent money to hire herdsmen to teach the soldiers how to take care of the horses. The soldiers had to eat and sleep with the horses every day.Of course, the herdsmen are responsible for feeding the night food, otherwise the soldiers would not be able to sleep well.

After half a month of training in this way, five hundred gunfire soldiers can already run casually on horses.

But it is impossible to advance in an array, and the whole army changes direction urgently. This kind of high-end operation is even more impossible.

Their daily training subjects are to run for a while on horseback, then quickly get off the horse to fill the ammunition, and then turn on the horse and continue to run-mounted musket infantry.

As for the heavy cavalry, they had to bring in high-quality horse breeds, and the pony horses in Jeju Island were not good at all.

……

Dajing County.

When Jin Guorui received Li Hengzhong's banquet, he was so frightened that he immediately ran to the stables, and rode his horse towards the outside of the city.

Twenty cavalrymen quickly chased after him, and surrounded Jin Guorui by galloping for two miles: "County Supervisor, please come back, and Lord Shepherd invites you to drink."

"Wait!"

Jin Guorui was sweating on his back, and said to the cavalrymen: "I have found out clearly, this time it is not the Ming army, but Zhao Tianwang's army. Zhao Tianwang occupies half of Daming, and the territory is as big as ten North Koreas. Even if you If you can leave Jeju Island for the first time, you are not afraid to offend Zhao Tianwang? What's more, the navy of Jeju Island is gone, and the tribute horse envoy sent by the king of North Korea will not come until around the winter solstice. By then, we will definitely lose Already!"

The cavalry didn't speak, but they didn't move either.

Jin Guorui continued: "The enemy is using a tactic of alienation, a conspiracy. I did not betray the lord, but I was suspected by the pastor and sent you to hunt me down. After I die, who will be next? The enemy threatens, you You can surrender without guilt, will Li Hengzhong be suspicious of you? Like killing me today, kill the general who commanded the army?"

Seeing that the cavalry still did not respond, Jin Guorui said again: "The enemy is training the cavalry every day. Li Hengzhong has more than 200 cavalry. How can he win? Are you going to accompany him to death? Go back with me, kill Li Hengzhong, and seek refuge in Guang Hai Jun (Li Hun)!"

After finishing speaking, Jin Guorui rode his horse and ran towards the county town, and those cavalrymen also followed.

After entering the city, Jin Guorui shouted all the way: "The bandits are here, the bandits are here!"

Dajing county suddenly became chaotic, Li Heng put on his armor and led his troops out, and asked, "Is the bandit army here?"

Jin Guorui said, "It's miles away."

Li Heng said: "It's not convenient for cavalry to defend the city, so follow me out of the city to meet the enemy!"