Chapter 2554 Chen Qingzhi pacified North Korea, Wang Mang executed Li Chenggui


    Chapter 2551: Chen Qingzhi pacified North Korea, Wang Mang killed Li Chenggui


    The reason why Wang Mang chose the Sanhan area is nothing more than that the Sanhan Peninsula is far away from the Central Plains. The Qin Dynasty''s hands will not be able to reach here in the short term, so he can develop here with peace of mind.


    In addition, the three Korean countries are extremely backward. With the ability of him and his subordinates, they can unify the three Koreans in a short period of time, and then join forces with Yuan and Qing to fight against the Qin Dynasty in the north.


    But Wang Mang guessed the beginning, but failed to guess the end.


    The three Korean countries were indeed behind, and Goguryeo was also behind, but they did not fall behind and were very resilient.


    Wang Mang''s path to unifying the Three Koreans began in the southern part of the Three Korean Peninsula. He successively destroyed more than a dozen countries including Chenhan, Mahan, Baekje, Fuyu, Silla, etc., and was always invincible. It was not until he met a real opponent after facing Goguryeo.


    During the period of Li Yuanhao, Goguryeo was able to block the invasion of the Qing Dynasty many times, which shows that Goguryeo was still very capable of fighting.


    However, it was precisely because of the many wars with the Qing Dynasty that all the foundation of Goguryeo was completely destroyed, so Wang Mang was able to destroy Goguryeo as a foreign tribe.


    The Goguryeo that Wang Mang encountered was extremely weakened by the Qing Dynasty.


    But the centipede insect will not be stiff. Although Goguryeo cannot explore the outside world, she still has the ability to protect herself from the inside.


    If Wang Mang forcibly attacked, he would definitely pay a huge price. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty has always regarded the Three Koreans as a forbidden body, and it would never be possible to sit idly by and watch Wang Mang occupy the Three Koreans.


    It is precisely because of this that Wang Mang has wasted several years of time and has been in a stalemate with Goguryeo.


    It was not until the last civil strife of the Qing Dynasty that in order to repel Aguda, Dorgon transferred all the Qing garrisons in the Three Koreans back, which allowed Wang Mang to find the opportunity to completely annex Goguryeo.


    With the threat of Aguda in front, Dorgon couldn''t take care of himself and naturally couldn''t take care of the Three Hans. But even without the constraints of the Qing Dynasty, it was still not easy for Wang Mang to annex Goguryeo.


    First of all, Goguryeo has many mountains, and most of the cities are mountainous cities, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is also the main reason why the Qing Dynasty did not return in failure many times.


    Secondly, the people of Goguryeo are all interested in the Li family. Once they face the danger of national destruction, the whole nation may even be soldiers.


    Finally, and the most important point is that if the Qing Dynasty civil war ends and interferes in the situation of the Three Koreans again, and Wang Mang fails to destroy the Three Koreans, wouldn’t he be a wedding dress for the Qing Dynasty?


    Because of these three points, Wang Mang began to hesitate whether he should bet on everything and forcibly destroy the country of Goguryeo, but the arrow on the string would not allow him to think too long.


    Wang Mang thought about it for a long time and it was difficult to make a decision. It was his father-in-law Huo Guang who woke him up and strengthened his determination to annex Goguryeo at any cost.


    In order to destroy Goguryeo in one battle, Wang Mang expanded the country''s troops to the extreme, summoned a total of 100,000 troops and 150,000 civilians. Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang each led an army, divided into two groups, and launched an offensive against Goguryeo at the same time.


    At that time, Goguryeo had only 80,000 troops in the country, and they fought every year, and the people in the country were very tired of war.


    With the lineup of Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang, coupled with the intense internal war-weariness of Goguryeo, this battle should have gone well, but the facts just want to be reversed.


    No matter how Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang were full of wisdom, Goguryeo, which had a mountain city and a good location, could not defend it with just one move, leaving them helpless.


    This trick is also applicable to all famous generals, so even if the two famous generals Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang were dispatched, Wang Mang''s army was relatively slow in attacking Goguryeo.


    It was not until half a year later that Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang paid the price of a 30,000 to 40,000 troops and finally completed the meeting in Seoul, the capital of Goguryeo.


    Although Wang Mang felt extremely distressed about the sacrifice in this battle, he could not give up at this time. By reorganizing prisoners of war and recruiting new recruits, he raised 50,000 yuan for the two and sent it to the front line.


    But the real tug-of-war has just begun.


    King Li Chengyu of Goguryeo died in the hands of the former Northern Han general, before the two armies of Wang Mang met in Seoul.


    After Wang Mang defeated Huo Guang as his adoptive father and married Huo Guang''s daughter Huo Shuixian, he recruited those Northern Han rebels who were still loyal to Liu Che in the name of Huo Guang and revenge on Liu Che.


    When they learned that Prime Minister Huo Guang, Governor Xue Gang and others were now in Sanhan, and Wang Mang and Qin were mortal enemies, many Northern Han remnants chose to come and surrender.


    Among them are: Qian Zhao, Xu Miao, Tian Shou, Liu Fang, Sun Li, and Wei Xiang, the heroes of the Qilin Pavilion.


    Wei Xiang, Zhao Chongguo and Han Zeng, both of them were pretending to surrender, hoping that one day the Han forces would restore the Han Dynasty and they could also help.


    But Daqin seemed to have noticed their intentions long ago. After finding out evidence of Zhao Chongguo''s fraudulent surrender, he directly sentenced him to life imprisonment.


    Wei Xiang and Han Zeng survived due to insufficient evidence, but because of the suspicion on them, they cannot be removed and political stains are destined to be promoted and reused in their lives.


    Han Zeng was unwilling to accept this and was eager to show himself on the battlefield. As a result, he failed to attack and was killed by him.


    Wei Xiang was a civil servant. Without Han Zeng''s strong strength, he saw that he had no hope of promotion and was powerless to stop the Qin Dynasty from replacing the Han Dynasty. In despair, he resigned and retired until he received the invitation from Huo Guang.


    Even if Wang Mang subdued Huo Guang and Xue Gang, his talents were still extremely scarce. It was not until Qian Zhao, Xu Miao, Wei Xiang that the remnants of the Northern Han Party, including Qian Zhao, Xu Miao, Wei Xiang, and such a situation was completely resolved.


    It has to be said that Wang Mang’s decision to forcibly save Huo Guang and Xue Gang and others at the risk of turning against Zhang Liang was obviously extremely correct.


    These few people alone attracted a group of remnants of the Northern Han Dynasty, completely solving the situation where Wang Mang''s subordinates were not enough.


    Qian Zhao even killed Goguryeo King Li Chengyu in one battle, but the real trouble was still behind.


    After Li Chengyu died in battle, Li Chenggui, the founding monarch of the Joseon Dynasty, who was born in a foreign race, was implanted into Li Chengyu''s younger brother, and he inherited the position of his brother Li Chengyu and became the next King of Goguryeo after Li Yuanhao and Li Chengyu. As the founding monarch of North Korea, Li Chenggui''s ability is much stronger than that of Li Chengyu, and his ability is even more prominent when facing the danger of national destruction.


    Faced with the fierce offensives of Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang, Li Chenggui decisively chose to be soldiers from all over the country, and put forward the slogan of "fighting to the last soldier" and implemented various defensive measures, which caused great trouble to Wang Mang''s army.


    It is precisely because of this that the Wang Mang army''s strategy speed was so slow that it did not meet in Seoul until half a year later, and it also paid a heavy price.


    Seeing that Wang Mang''s army could not stop the arrival of Seoul, Li Chenggui hoarded a large amount of food and grass in Seoul in advance, gathering half of the troops here, preparing to defend Seoul for a long time, and also sent envoys to ask for help from the Qing Dynasty.


    Li Chenggui made a promise to Aguda and Dorgon that as long as the Qing Dynasty sent troops to aid, he would become a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.


    At that time, the Qing Dynasty civil war was still ongoing.


    Dorgon lost to Agu''s attack in a row, and he was still exhausted. He had no energy to support Goguryeo, so he naturally refused decisively.


    Aguda defeated Dorgon in a row, and he was about to be together in the Qing Dynasty, so he naturally didn''t care about Sanhan, a place where birds could not shit.


    Seeing that Dorgon and Aguda refused to support, Li Chenggui was not desperate. While sending envoys to Daqin for help, he commanded the entire city of soldiers and civilians to defend Seoul.


    Goguryeo and the people were determined to resist to the death. Even though Chen Qingzhi and Xue Gang joined forces to attack Seoul for three months, they still failed to capture the city, and instead lost more than 30,000 troops.


    Seeing that the casualties were too great, Wang Mang could not hold on if he continued to fight like this, so he decisively stopped the offensive on the front line, and turned to Xue Gang leading his army to siege the city, and Chen Qingzhi led a side army to attack the rest of the places.


    Two months later, Chen Qingzhi conquered eight cities at an extremely weak price, but the civil war between the Qing Dynasty was over.


    Wang Mang was worried that the Qing Dynasty would send troops, so he planned to withdraw, but was persuaded by Huo Guang.


    Huo Guang said bluntly that it would be even more difficult to destroy Goguryeo this time, and the Qing Dynasty would be fierce internal conflicts. This time, the war was stopped because of the Qin Dynasty''s intervention. Before completely resolving the other side, Dorgon and Aguda might not dare to divide their troops to intervene in the situation of the Three South Koreans.


    As Huo Guang expected, even though the Qing Dynasty civil war ended, Dorgon and Aguda were both wary of each other, so they still did not send troops to intervene in the Three Koreans. Instead, they all wanted to use Wang Mang''s hands to weaken Goguryeo and pick up ready-made ones after their families unify the Qing Dynasty.


    Wang Mang was naturally overjoyed to see this and urged Chen Qingzhi on the front line to accelerate the strategy. It took him another three months to finally capture all the cities of Goguryeo except Seoul.


    Chen Qingzhi had only eight thousand troops when he went to war. However, after capturing the northern part of Goguryeo, he led the victorious army back, but there were 30,000 troops, and the army was fighting more and more.


    With Chen Qingzhi''s return, the offensive and defensive battle in Seoul also started again.


    Chen Qingzhi wanted to take down Seoul at the minimum cost, so he adopted the attacking strategy and spread flyers to Seoul, saying that only Seoul was left in Goguryeo, and the soldiers and civilians in the city should not resist anymore, and quickly leave the city and surrender.


    But Goguryeo''s national education is low, and basically few people know how to read, so they don''t know the contents of the flyer at all. In addition, Li Chenggui has too strong control over Seoul, so the military and civilians spontaneously hand over the flyer.


    Chen Qingzhi''s plan to attack failed and could only choose to launch a strong attack. He attacked for another month, losing nearly 20,000 troops, but failed to capture Seoul.


    On the other hand, the defenders in Seoul had a more tenacious will to resist, and even ordinary civilians, as well as the elderly and women, participated in the defense of the city.


    Seeing that the military and civilians of Seoul were so united, Chen Qingzhi knew that the military and civilians of Goguryeo did not want to destroy the country, and the casualties would only be greater. So he gave up the idea of ??a strong attack and turned to siege. As long as the grain storage in the city was exhausted, Seoul would be destroyed without attacking.


    Six months later, the civilian grain storage in Seoul was exhausted, and the people began to change their children and eat, but they still did not open the city to surrender.


    Fifteen days later, the military food and grass were also exhausted, and the military and civilians in Seoul were completely exhausted.


    But Li Chenggui was still unwilling to surrender. He used the bodies of the starved person to make jerky meat, and barely persisted for another half a month.


    In the seventh month, a mutiny broke out in the Seoul defenders. Yang Wanchun, a famous Goguryeo general, opened the city gate and surrendered to Wang Mang, while Li Chenggui committed suicide in the palace in despair.


    Wang Mang led his army to attack Seoul. Shortly after accepting the surrendered army, he violated his promise to enter the city and waved his butcher knife at the Goguryeo royal family.


    Li Chenggui''s son, Dingzong of North Korea, Li Yu, and Taizong of North Korea, Li Fangyu,...


    Li Yuanhao''s son, Xia Yizong Li Liangzuo, Xia Huizong Li Bingchang...


    As well as the royal clans such as Li Chengwei and Li Ningming, they all died under Wang Mang''s butcher''s knife.


    The two royal family members of the Western Xia and the Korean family members, except for the female family, were all destroyed by Wang Mang.


    As for the fate of the female family, they were also extremely miserable, and they all became official prostitutes to serve the lieutenant generals and wards to vent their desires.


    Shortly after the destruction of Goguryeo, Wang Mang used Seoul as the capital, established the Korean Kingdom, and took the throne of King of Korea.


    After the founding of the country, Wang Mang gave two consecutive orders:


    First, rename North Korea to South Korea and divide counties according to the region;


    The second is to clear household registration nationwide and count the total population.


    When Nurhaci established the Manchuria, Jin and Liao prefectures in the northeast, he ignored the opposition of the three Korean countries and set up the Three Korean Peninsula as Hanzhou, but after all, he failed to completely conquer the Three Koreans.


    What Nurhaci did not do, but after his death several years, Wang Mang, who fled to the Three Hans, did it.


    Wang Mang unified North Korea and became the first King of Korea.


    (This chapter ends)