Chapter 6 Chapter Six Double Defeat

Hao Jie kept his word, and before he could wait for the imperial court's instructions, he dispatched 5,000 troops within the scope of his authority, led by Zu Chengxun, the deputy general of Liaodong, to North Korea for support. Zu Chengxun came from a family of generals in eastern Liaodong. He has superb martial arts skills and is good at fighting. He has made great achievements in several battles with local barbarians and Taining tribes in the past, so he was promoted to the post of deputy commander—— It was originally the most appropriate person to send him to lead the army to support North Korea.

Unexpectedly, because he didn't know the enemy's situation, he rushed into the army rashly and was killed and fled back in a complete defeat... Zu Chengxun led his army to North Korea in early July. It was the first time he set foot on the territory of North Korea. He knew nothing about North Korea's climate and terrain. An marched into Pyongyang, and all he led were horse-drawn carriages. The horses' feet had been soaked in the mud for a long time, and their hooves and claws were already injured.What's even more frightening is that he knew nothing about the enemy's Japanese army, how many troops there were, and what weapons they used.

On July 15th, the two sides fought in the city of Pyongyang; Zu Chengxun did not know the topography and architectural structure of Pyongyang city in advance, and when he entered the city, he found that the roads and lanes in the city were very narrow, and it was difficult for horses to walk, let alone gallop; The Japanese army also used a new type of blunderbuss to fire bombs according to the danger, and the iron pellets rained; the guerrilla Shi Ru and Qianzong Zhang Guozhong and other subordinates under Zu Chengxun's command were all killed in battle, and only a few dozen people were left to protect the injured. Zu Chengxun rushed two hundred miles overnight, retreated to Anzhou City, crossed the river and retreated to Kongjiang Pavilion; two days later, the remaining dozens of people returned to Liaodong with Zu Chengxun; North Korea was still in danger middle.

Out of the 5,000 people, only a few dozen survived. The news of such a tragic defeat quickly spread to the court, and the court was shocked... Emperor Wanli could no longer just hide in the harem and enjoy the blessings. He cheered up and summoned the ministers to discuss North Korea's issues. At this time, the situation in North Korea had new developments. The reason is that the North Korean navy has achieved historic and brilliant results—the famous general Yi Sun-sin was recommended by Yoo Sung-ryong more than a year ago to serve as an important post in Zuoshui of Jeolla Province; Therefore, after taking office, he stored food and weapons in an area, and actively trained the army to strengthen combat readiness, and personally designed a "turtle ship" with extremely strong combat effectiveness. There are holes around the deck for firing cannonballs, which are operated by soldiers hiding in the deck; after the design was completed and the experiment was successful, he actively built hundreds of them, and ordered the sergeants to practice and prepare for battle.

In May, the Japanese navy also launched an attack. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's original strategy was to advance both by water and by land. The army moved northward in three batches, and the navy circled the west and south to block the sea. Rendezvous and unite to go north—first advance along the coast of Gyeongsang-do, and approach the coast of Jeolla-do in a few days. The naval army led by Li Sunshin immediately faced the battle, first at Okpo Banner, and then he joined forces with Jeolla Usu Camp and Gyeongsang Usu Camp led by Li Yiqi to defeat the Japanese army at Sacheon, Dangpo, and Danghangpo, and won the battle. At the beginning of July, unwilling to be defeated, the Japanese army launched a general naval attack, but was defeated by Yi sun-shin's fleet in the sea in front of Xianshan Island. More than 200 ships were sunk, and the remaining remnants were defeated. It would not be of much use, since Yi Sun-shin had all the control over the sea, and Japan's "advance by land and water" plan would of course come to naught.

And when the news of Li Sun-shin's three victories in annihilating the Japanese navy spread throughout North Korea, the hearts of the people in the whole country were greatly boosted; therefore, the people spontaneously formed teams of volunteers in various places to defend their homeland and resist the Japanese army—no matter what No matter how strong the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was, in the face of such a "whole-people" and "long-term" war of resistance, the entire army was restrained, and it would no longer be possible to continue its rapid march.Moreover, due to the corruption of Japanese military discipline, they burned, killed, looted, and committed countless violence in the occupied areas, which made the Korean people in the occupied areas unbearable. Once news of the victory of volunteer soldiers in other places came, the people who had already rebounded would immediately unite They got up, condensed into strands of strength, formed many insurgents, fled into the mountains, and attacked the Japanese army in the form of "guerrilla", which made the Japanese army exhausted, and the Japanese army that had won all the way gradually showed fatigue. state.

As a result, the situation began to change, and King Li Yan no longer planned to escape to Mingjing for refuge, but stayed in Yiju, calling on the people of the whole country to resist Japanese aggression... And when these news came to Nurhachi's ears one by one, he first listened carefully, then thought about it carefully, researched and judged it, and then compared it with the news from the Ming Dynasty, so as to serve as his plan for Jianzhou Zuowei. A reference when responding. Of course, in addition to rational thinking, there was also a little bit of irritability in his heart. The Ming Dynasty rejected his request to send troops to support North Korea, which really made him feel unhappy.

He couldn't guess why the transparent court rejected his request, and he couldn't predict the outcome of the Korean War; however, as the leader of the Jianzhou Zuowei, he clearly confirmed that he carried the entire Jianzhou Zuowei on his shoulders. Wei's safety responsibility, the Korean War this time directly affects Liaodong, and of course it also affects Jianzhou Zuowei; but he can't make a detailed estimate - because of this, he has been troubled for a long time God, I can't sleep well at night! Then, the news from the Ming Dynasty clearly showed that the imperial court was about to reuse Li Rusong, and had already appointed him as the head coach of Zheng Qibai; maybe, after he put down the Qibai rebellion, he would be assigned to support North Korea. !

This news made him feel even more emotional - after staying in Li Chengliang's house for six years, he knew everything about Li Chengliang's nine sons very thoroughly. Compared with Li Chengliang himself, these nine brothers were inferior It's too far away; maybe in the eyes of outsiders who don't know anything about it, they are "the sons of the general family", but in essence, these nine brothers are "fathers of tigers and sons of tigers", and one is not as good as one, and the sum of them is not as good as Half of Li Chengliang! He couldn't figure out why the Ming Dynasty reused Li Rusong who was a pustule in his eyes...

"Is it out of ignorance? Was he intimidated by his father's prestige? Or did his father use his interpersonal relationship to operate? Or, it turned out that the Ming Dynasty has no generals who can take on great responsibilities?" Several doubts wandered in my mind repeatedly, but I couldn't think of an answer, and the more I thought about it, the more irritable I became, but because it was a major issue related to the safety of Jianzhou Zuowei, it was not as trivial as ordinary trivial matters, and I couldn't think about it. When he came out, he could simply forget about it; therefore, in just a few days, several hairs on his head turned white.

Of course, the focus of his worries was limited to the safety of the left guard in Jianzhou no matter what—in his heart, he did not regard himself as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty at all, and his thoughts connected to Li Rusong only because of "familiarity"; therefore, He didn't know about Shi Xing's other wrong decisions, so he couldn't worry about it; what's more, he didn't expect Shi Xing to reuse a person who was even more pussy than Li Rusong. This man's name is Shen Weijing. He was originally a street rogue from Jiaxing and Pinghu on the coast of Zhejiang Province. Fortunately, although he was ignorant, he was born with a clever mouth, and he was very good at flattering people, so he won the favor of Wu Danru, the girl in the team. Favored by many beauties. And Wu Danru has a follower named Zheng Si by his side, who once hooked up with Japanese pirates when he was desperate, and lived on Tsushima Island for several years, so he understands Japanese and has heard some customs about Japan. At the same time, he acted like an "expert on Japanese issues", bragging about the rumors he heard to clients; because it was fresh, there were quite a few people who liked to listen to it; moreover, because the audience had never been to Japan, it sounded like a "pastime" ", so no one is going to investigate whether what he said is true or not, whether it is right or wrong. Therefore, his "Japanese knowledge" is more vigorously displayed. Shen Weijing was originally one of Zheng Si's listeners, but he was not like other people because of his dexterous nature. He just listened to it; after listening to it a few times, he understood it clearly. I remember everything clearly; after a while, I was able to pair up with Zheng Si to show off "Japanese knowledge", and because of his eloquence, he spoke more beautifully than Zheng Si, which made people come to visit the brothel. The prostitutes all thought he was an expert in Japan, but some people had asked him to find some Japanese girls to open their eyes. And at this time, one of the clients named Yuan Mao, after listening to his conversation, secretly expressed his interest and invited him to his home for a private conversation. Yuan Mao himself is also a gangster, but his daughter married Shi Xing as a concubine; therefore, he usually regards himself as "the old man of Qiu Bu Shangshu", boasting, eating and drinking; Afterwards, he saw Shi Xing grimacing and moaning every day as if he had carried a huge burden, and when he heard Shen Weijing's frothy conversation, a flash of light flashed in his heart - he felt that he was the "son-in-law" Here comes the opportunity to share your worries and relieve your labor. So, under his arrangement, Shen Weijing was recommended to Shi Xing. Shi Xing was worried that there were no talents under his command who understood Japan—he himself knew nothing about Japan. When he saw Shen Weijing, he was stunned by his "Japanese knowledge", thinking that he was a rare talent, so he immediately went to report to Emperor Wanli , strongly recommend Shen Weijing. After a few tosses and turns, Shen Weijing went to Pyongyang to negotiate with the Japanese in the name of "Guerrilla General of the Third Battalion of Shenji" - because Shi Xing only wanted a superficial peace in his heart, and did not want to carry out what he wanted. A layman's war, therefore, the biggest task of Shen Weijing's trip is actually to negotiate peace-the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers who are ignorant of foreign affairs, have zero knowledge of Japan except for Japanese pirates. The false name and title of "King of Japan" and the resumption of trade can settle this problem. With such a wrong understanding and strategy, the failure of Shen Weijing's trip was inevitable——On August 30, the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, Shen Weijing arrived in Pyongyang and held a 20-year-long meeting with the Japanese general Konishi. Heaven's peace talks. Shen Weijing was instructed during this trip that the primary goal was to complete the peace talks and make the Japanese retreat. Therefore, all his efforts were focused on the key point of "peace talks"; he was unable to take care of the "conditions of peace talks". And even though he is a pussy, he learned a few words of Japanese from other hands, what is "international negotiation", what is Japan's plan, and where is the country of North Korea and where is the national border? However, what he wants to negotiate The target, Xingchang Xiaonishi, was not a pussy, so he set out the terms of the peace talks: "Using the Datong River as the boundary, the painting west of Pyongyang belongs to North Korea." According to this condition, eighty to ninety-tenths of the territory of North Korea belonged to Japan; however, Shen Weijing had no concept of "national boundaries" at first, and when he heard that Japan was willing to withdraw its troops, it was just to give some land to Japan. The great news was great, and he readily agreed; when the news was reported to the court, Shi Xing, like him, did not understand what a "national boundary" was, so he praised it greatly and told Emperor Wanli that he had worked so hard to complete the peace talks. Mission, please reward Emperor Wanli for him. Fortunately, at this moment, Li Rusong quelled the chaos in Ningxia, and the policy of the Ming Dynasty changed again.

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