Chapter 4 Chapter Four
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's preparations were very thorough. In addition to the army, weapons, food and salaries, ship supervisors, horses and other personnel and materials, the information collected over the years was also greatly used; North Korea On the one hand, regardless of the geography of the mountains and rivers, the customs of the people, and the deployment of the army, he knows everything well. Therefore, the strategic planning is completed more smoothly.
In order to be able to concentrate on commanding the battle in person, he even gave up the seat of "Kanbai" to his adopted son Toyotomi Hideji, who called himself "Taiko", and personally sat in the Hizen Goya headquarters on the coast to step up preparations. .
When the construction of thousands of large ships was completed, he sent out his feathers and summoned all the troops who had been assembled at several major designated points across the country to coastal ports for maritime military exercises; To the generals, order them to study carefully, memorize them by heart, and put forward their opinions on marching, and provide him with reference.By March, everything was ready, and he made a complete formation of all the troops:
Army - a total of 158,700 men
The First Army - Konishi Xingchang, Zongyi Zhizhi, etc., 18,700 people
The Second Army - Kato Kiyomasa, Naoshima Naoshige, etc., 22,800 people
The Third Army - Kuroda Nagamasa, Otomo Yoshitomo, etc., 11,000 people
The Fourth Army—Moori Hideunari, Shimadzu Yoshihiro, etc., 14,000 people
The Fifth Army - Masanori Fukushima, Nagasogabe Motokin, etc., 25,000 people
The Sixth Army - Takakage Kobayakawa, Somo Tachibana, etc., 15,700 people
The Seventh Army - Mori Terumoto, 30,000 soldiers
The Eighth Army - Ukita Hideka, 10,000 people
Ninth Army - 11,500 people including Hashiba Hidekatsu and Hosokawa Tadakashi
Sailing Army—9,200 people including Yoshitaka Kuki, Takatora Satang, Yasuji Wakisaka
In addition, he assigned another 60,000 "roaming troops", led by Ishida Mitsunari, to be responsible for the tour support; Uesugi Jingsheng and Ukita Hideka are the five elders, leading 100,000 elite soldiers to guard the land.
On April 10, under the order of Hideyoshi Toyoda, this invading team of more than 200,000 people boarded the ship's supervisor and rushed from Tsushima Island to North Korea across the water.Three days later, the First Army led by Chief Konishi arrived in Busan.
Fierce political struggles were still going on in the imperial court, and the king hadn't distinguished which faction's opinions should be adopted. All the soldiers and civilians in Busan didn't expect foreign enemies to come, and they were surrounded by the Japanese army in a state of defenselessness. And the attack, it didn't take long to resist the haste, and the whole city fell; on the 15th, Xingchang Xiaoxi led his army to capture Donglai City, and then, Liangshan, Miryang, and Daegu also fell one after another.
The Second Army led by Kato Kiyomasa entered the invaders from Busan on the 18th, and even went down to Yanyang, Gyeongju and other cities; Carry out a comprehensive attack and occupation, and then use the momentum of encirclement to gradually approach Wang Jing...
The Korean court did not receive the alarm from Pusan until April 17th, and now all the monarchs and ministers panicked; there had been no war for two hundred years, and there was no one with war experience in the whole country, and they had no idea of the enemy's military situation. I have no concept, and I can't figure out why the Japanese army is coming so fast and fiercely, and I don't know what the new weapon "bird gun" used by the Japanese army is. Of course, I can't draw up any plan or strategy against the enemy. In the meantime, Shen Li was appointed as the inspector of Sandaodu to lead the army to defend against the enemy.
However, there is no fluke at all in winning or losing on the battlefield. Chengren and success are two different things. Shen Li led his army out of Beijing on the 22nd, and on the 28th he was killed in battle with Xingchang Xiaoxi in Zhongzhou.
After Shenla was killed in battle, the Japanese army approached Wangjing more and more. The panic-stricken North Korean monarchs and officials knew that they were powerless to resist the Japanese army's offensive, so they could only retreat steadily to reduce casualties; Ask for military support.
After the two plans were decided, King Li Yan first appointed his second son, Guanghai Jun, who had always been smart and studious, as his son, and led him to retreat. Recruiting volunteers to defend the country against the enemy.
On May 1, King Li Zhan retreated to Kaesong; the next day, the Japanese army crossed the Han River and captured Wangjing;
However, the Japanese army would not wait empty-handedly until he asked for reinforcements before continuing to attack. The common people surrendered and became obedient citizens, and killed if they disobeyed a little; after a few days, everyone who could be robbed and killed was robbed and killed, so they continued to march towards Pyongyang.
Of course, King Li Yan had no choice but to flee again and sent someone to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty. On June 11, he sent Li Dexin to Ming to ask for help, while he himself fled Pyongyang to Yongbyon, and Pyongyang fell on the 15th.
The situation was getting worse and worse. Out of helplessness, King Li Yan had no choice but to negotiate with the few remaining ministers around him. His son Guanghai Jun Fengmiaoshe would stay in Ningbian to set up a branch dynasty to share the state affairs during the war, and he himself would prepare I personally entered Liaodong in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, attached to the Ming Dynasty, and asked for assistance.
Fortunately, although the situation is bad, he still has a few good officials. Li Sun-sin, who led the navy, has already started to win the battle; Li Dexin, who was ordered to go to Ming Dynasty for help, has also completed the task...
Li Dexin is an out-and-out "Shen Baoxu". After receiving the order of King Li Yan, he traveled non-stop day and night. The king's letter of plea for help did not come back after an hour, so he wrote another letter himself; in this way, he wrote six times in one day; Refusing to leave all day.
"What a 'today's Shen Baoxu'!"
After receiving Li Dexin's letter, and listening to the report and description of Li Dexin crying for help from the school captains in front of the tent, Hao Jie was deeply moved. The country will not be subjugated!"
Therefore, he personally helped Li Dexin out of the tent, agreed to his request, and told him in detail: "I will immediately send a letter to the imperial court, asking for the decree to help North Korea; It will take a lot of time, and I am afraid that it will not be urgent, so I can send 5,000 soldiers to North Korea to help me as far as I can in my power!"
Hearing his reply, Li Dexin fell to the ground again and cried bitterly: "Li Dexin, on behalf of my lord, thank the Heavenly Dynasty for the grace of rebuilding!"
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