Chapter 17 Chapter 16 Here I Come - Li Rusong

Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty to resist Japan and aid Korea, was a more pure Liaodong soldier than Zu Chengxun.It is a generation of famous generals. If we have to find a historical figure to use as a metaphor, probably only Han Huo riding Huo Qubing is the most suitable.Li Rusong was Huo Qubing of the Ming Dynasty. Let's look at the family composition first-these two are the children of authentic high-ranking cadres.Huo Qubing had Wei Qing and Empress Wei behind him, the backing was strong, and the identities of the two backers couldn't be higher.However, Li Rusong's background is stronger than his.Li Rusong's father is Li Chengliang, the number one general in Wanli, who has dominated the northern defense line for more than 20 years. He is the only and legend of the Ming Dynasty.Why do you say that?Because the Ming Dynasty lived for hundreds of years, he was the only one who became a warrior of the Sangong when he was alive, so Li Chengliang is the only one and a legend.As for queens and generals, there are countless ones in any dynasty. Of course, Li Chengliang is better than Queen Wei Qingwei.

Li Chengliang has a total of nine sons, out of the nine are five commander-in-chiefs and four generals, nine generals in one family, plus his father Li Chengliang, a total of ten generals, two more than the legendary generals of the Yang family. .The family members of the Li family are all over the army, forming an intertwined force.The brothers, friends, and elders that Li Rusong has been in contact with since he was a child are all frontier generals who lick their blood.From the time he could remember, what he heard and saw every day was military affairs.When the children in the Central Plains began to study and enlighten, he had already learned to carry a gun and a bow, and went out with his father; when other young people took a brush to participate in the rural examination, he was able to cut off the enemy's head, tied it on the saddle and carried it with him. Go back and ask for credit.Growing up in such a military family, Li Rusong didn't think about other development paths at all, as if he was born to be a soldier.

Li Rusong's teacher is also a legend.This legend is the legend of a legendary person, because this person often appears in folk tales. His name is Xu Wei, and he has a long character.The most outrageous thing is that he was also an aide of Hu Zongxian, a famous anti-Japanese official during the Jiajing period, and a famous military adviser in Pingwa at that time. Prominent background, harsh growth environment, and high-quality aristocratic education endowed Li Rusong with a distinctive character and excellent military accomplishment.The two characteristics of Liaodong soldiers - bravery and arrogance - are also particularly prominent in Li Rusong.

He fought extremely bravely, took the lead in almost every battle, and raised a large number of fearless personal soldiers by his side, beheading the generals and capturing the flag, with nowhere to go.The location of General Li's flag is often the place where the battle is most intense.Relying on this natural military temperament, he has made illustrious military exploits that are not inferior to his father, making the prestige of the Li family even more prominent. Li Rusong is very capable, and his temper is not ordinary. Every position he holds will leave a record of fierce conflicts with his colleagues.When he was patrolling the capital in Beijing, he was impeached by the officials for his illegal behavior; when he was the general officer of the Xuanfu, he had frequent quarrels with the governor Xu Shouqian, and even had a big fight with Wang Xueshu, who participated in politics.In short, as long as there is him, there will be endless troubles.

These advantages and disadvantages are exactly the same as Huo Qubing.I won't talk about Huo Qubing's achievements, everyone knows it, so let's just talk about his shortcomings.Li Gan, the son of parachutist Li Guang, was murdered by Huo Qubing during a hunting game, and it was still under the eyes of the emperor. The reason was that Li Gan offended his brother-in-law Wei Qing, and he wanted to vent his anger on his brother-in-law.During the war, the soldiers were short of food and had nothing to eat. Huo Qubing asked the soldiers to help him open a field for playing games.He has a lot of such aristocratic family problems.

Summary: These two high-ranking cadres have bad tempers and are quite arrogant and arrogant. They are both masters of trouble, but they are also military masters, famous generals for a while, and they are both fiercer than their tempers in war. They are both Chinese The natural nemesis of enemies outside the border.In the end, both were short-lived. I have always felt that these two people are actually two brothers who came out of the same mold.It's nothing more than a bigger age gap, two thousand years. The pacification of the Ningxia Rebellion made Li Rusong even more arrogant.Ningxia besieged the city for several months. Beijing's elite, Xuanda's famous generals, and southern soldiers and Miao soldiers took turns to fight, but they all returned without success. In the end, it was his strategy and tactics, as well as the bravery of Liaodong soldiers, that broke the city.Therefore, in his eyes, no matter whether it is the Beijing Army or the Southern Army, they are all dead bodies, and there are no soldiers outside Liaodong.If you want to fight, you have to listen to him.

With the halo of great victory that has not faded, this proud general arrived in Liaodong on December 8, and without any suspense, he immediately clashed with Jinglue Song Yingchang. In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, except for the founding dynasty, the status of generals after that was naturally lower than that of civil officials.Those who were born in the military can only be the chief soldier at the highest level, and the governors and governors at the next level must be held by civilian officials.Li Rusong's title at this time was "Admiral of Jiliao, Baoding, Shandong and other places to defend against the sea and Japan", while Song Yingchang, as the right servant of the Ministry of War, "administered the military affairs of Jiliao, Shandong, Baoding and other places to defend against the sea and Japan", Equivalent to the post of governor.The status of the two is clear at a glance.

According to the rules, when Li Rusong had an audience with Song Yingchang, he should put on his armor first, kowtow at the gate, and then go out and change his clothes before speaking.To be honest, this is indeed a bit of a waste of people, but it is the rule set by the ancestors that civilian officials lead soldiers, so the general soldiers of all dynasties - including Li Chengliang - dare not break this rule no matter how great their merits are. But when Li Rusong came here, the rules were about to change.Li Chengsong is at the height of his arrogance at this time, I am a great hero who put down the Ningxia rebellion, you have only been a servant in the Ministry of War for a few days, let me kowtow to you?no way!

Li Rusong also had reasons.It's true that I'm the commander-in-chief, but the official title is admiral. "Admiral" and "Jinglue" are at the same level, and we are colleagues, so we don't need to knock on each other.Li Rusong's words were true, Da Ming did not grant the title of admiral to military officers before, and he was the first one to enjoy such an honor. In short, this is a muddled account, it all depends on which side is more rigid. But when it comes to toughness, how can Song Yingchang, a second-class Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing, compare to Li Rusong who was killed in a sea of ​​blood and corpses?

After Li Rusong arrived in Liaoyang, he dressed in casual clothes and went straight to Song Yingchang's door without hesitation. When he was talking, he moved his buttocks a little away from the chair. Li Rusong's meaning is very clear, don't talk about it with me, the uncle doesn't want to serve you with a low eyebrow. Naturally, Song Yingchang wouldn't take a good look at his way of attacking the mighty stick from the very beginning, but at the moment of the war, Li Rusong came here with Ningxia's prestige to suppress the rebellion, so he could only swallow his anger.Seeing that Song Yingchang was subdued, Li Rusong's morale soared, and he didn't even look good towards Liu Huangshang and Yuan Huang, two of Song Yingchang's senior officers.When he had an audience with the King of Korea, he even said "you don't have to believe those two who praised the painting", which shows how deep the contradiction between the commander-in-chief of the Ming army and the staff department is.

Even within the army, Li Rusong kept making troubles. Wu Weizhong, who was born in the Qi family army, arrived at the border with 3,000 Zhejiang soldiers in November.In response to the strong request of the Koreans, Wu Weizhong crossed the river early on December 14 and arrived in Anzhou on the 19th after consulting Song Yingchang.This is a normal army transfer, and the procedure makes sense.But when Li Rusong heard about it, he slapped his legs and scolded Wu Weizhong for being unorganized and disciplined, and demanded military law. Wu Weizhong's Zhejiang soldiers belonged to Qi Jiguang's system, and they were also southern soldiers. They had never pissed in the same pot with the Liaodong faction.Song Yingchang once mentioned to Li Rusong that Zhejiang soldiers fought against the Japanese all year round, and Wu Weizhong was Qi Jiguang's subordinate, so we should pay attention to their methods of dealing with Japanese pirates.Li Rusong even looked down on Song Yingchang, let alone these southern barbarians. Moreover, the North Koreans unabashedly worship these southern soldiers, but they always have a vague contempt for the Liaodong soldiers.This made Li Rusong even more unhappy. This time, when he scolded Wu Weizhong, it was purely an excuse to show his arrogance that he wanted to kill the opponent—Li Rusong's deep-rooted disagreement with the Southern Army ran through a series of battles after that. Interestingly, in terms of blood, Li Rusong can barely be regarded as a descendant of the Korean ethnic group.His N-generation ancestor Li Ying was attached to Daming from North Korea and was awarded the hereditary commander of Tieling, so he spread out in Daming.Now that he has been assigned to go to North Korea for rescue, it can be regarded as returning home in another sense. But the North Koreans were not at ease with this Chinese general with North Korean blood, because he boasted: "I can kill 50,000 to 60,000 Tartars with 8,000 men, and the Japanese are nothing." Listen, my heart twitched.Why do these words sound so familiar, as if Zu Chengxun had said the same thing when he first came here.Someone comforted Li Yan by saying that Li Rusong was a famous general who would fight Jurchens in the east and Mongolia in the north. Li Yan already had a psychological shadow on Japan at this time, and he muttered worriedly: "Being good at fighting Tartars doesn't mean he is good at fighting devils..." But now that the army has assembled, it is absolutely impossible to change coaches.The North Korean monarchs and ministers could only pray secretly, hoping that the general who came this time would be more reliable than Zu Chengxun. Therefore, after destroying the arrogance of Song Yingchang and the southern soldiers, and scolding Shen Weijing who had returned from the peace talks, the smug Li Rusong fulfilled his wish to completely control the 40,000 troops in his hands, and officially set off from Liaoyang on December 16. And arrived in Yizhou on the 25th. The commander moved, and the Ming army gathered at the border began to cross the Yalu River one after another.The Ming Dynasty's first Eastern Expedition Corps began its journey. Li Shanfu, the North Korean envoy at that time, faithfully recorded the scenes he saw along the way in Jiulian City, Phoenix City, Tangzhan, etc.: The endless army lined up in a neat line, came out of post roads from all over the place, with countless banners.The entire frontier was filled with men, horses, and carts full of food, and the military was extremely prosperous.Li Rusong's Chinese army, however, had "extremely bright flags, banners and festivals, with sedan chairs and crowns, brocade clothes and fur furs, and the guards were so dense that it was hard to see their appearance."As for Li Rusong himself, he was leisurely hiding in the sedan chair at this time, throwing dice with a group of buddies to gamble, and he was the champion Hou Yifeng. But what impressed Li Shanfu the most were the artillery pieces of the Ming Dynasty: Mielu Cannon, General Arrow, Tiger Crouching Cannon, Buddha Wolf Machine Cannon, and many more models that he could not recognize.Li Shanfu tried to count the number of them, but failed. There were more than forty of them in front of his eyes, and there were more in the distance.These huge steel monsters were dragged by mules and horses, and the muzzles of the cannons were covered with straw and cloth. They lined up in a long line and rolled over the frozen land of Liaodong, quietly marching towards North Korea. These cannons were dispatched from all over the country by Song Yingchang with all his heart, and were incorporated into the Ming army.Like Xue Fan, he has carefully studied the Japanese combat methods.Xue Fan believed that the tactic of countering the Japanese should be to prepare a lot of rattan armor and bird guns to confront them; but Song Yingchang had a slightly different view. He felt that there was no need to confront them with the iron cannon tactics against the Japanese. They use guns, we use cannons! Although the Japanese also call their weapons iron cannons, they will soon know that the same "cannon" has a world of difference in power and range.The subsequent progress of the war proved that Song Yingchang was far-sighted. The long-range cannon of the Ming army became a nightmare for the Japanese and became the sharpest weapon of the Ming army. When these elite troops of the Ming Dynasty crossed the Yalu River, Yuan Huangzheng, who was in charge of crossing the river, was standing on the bank, watching the long queue of people like tigers and horses like dragons, so excited that he couldn't help himself.The old man had had a bloody feud with the Japanese pirates since he was young, and after so many years, he was finally able to fulfill his long-cherished wish to exterminate the Japanese devils with the Ming cavalry. In the bitter cold wind, Yuan Huang raised his arms and shouted to the troops of the Ming army: "This is the land of Ru Cao's feudal lord!" On December 25th in Wanli, Admiral Li Rusong led 40,000 Ming troops to Yizhou, and was warmly welcomed by King Li Yan of North Korea.The two sides complimented each other in a friendly atmosphere. Li Yan also specially bestowed a treasured sword on Li Rusong and his three generals Yang Yuan, Li Rubai and Zhang Shijue.Li Rusong asked Li Yan to inspect Daming's Invincible Legion. In order to let Li Rusong feel the enthusiasm of the North Korean people to feel at home, Li Yan also told him a story. According to legend, there have been several songs in Yizhou since ancient times: "Mo Zuoliping. It was destroyed by the river. There should be a white horse general. Come out of Mount Mal." What do these songs mean? Mozuoliping is a piece of farmland near the Yalu River to the west of Uiju City, close to Linshan Fort and Tongjiang Pavilion.The course of the Yalu River intrudes southward year by year, gradually eroding the land of Mozuoliping.And on the other side of the Yalu River, there happens to be a high mountain called Malshan.What's more, Admiral Li Rusong happened to be riding a white horse when he came across the river. The ancient folk song has finally been verified today! It's really hard for the North Korean monarchs and ministers to make up such a lame ballad in order to get a good start.But there are even worse ballads than this one. Someone even composed a poem for Li Rusong's crossing the river: The general is flying with lightning, white horses with golden saddles and red brocade clothes. The Jade Festival is high above the clouds, and Tian Ge is pointing to the sun to return. The strategy in the chest is invincible, and the powerful soldiers under the tent borrow the power of the tiger. Thunder and drums shook at the head of the Yalu River, and the Easterners looked forward to the flags. To be honest, this is the level of "posterity has poems to praise". However, there are never too many things like shooting horses.Li Rusong was surrounded by North Korean monarchs and ministers, you praised him every word, his heart was full of joy, and his vanity was soaring upwards. Admiral Li was happy to be praised, and he knew how to vote for Li Baotao.With a wave of his hand, he announced the battle schedule of the Ming army: crossing the river on the 25th day of the 20th year of Wanli, conquering Pyongyang in the first month of the 21st month of Wanli, regaining Seoul in February, and liberating all of North Korea in March. This is an ambitious plan.At this time, the Japanese army still has hundreds of thousands of people in North Korea. With the strength of the 40,000 Ming army, it is really difficult to restore the entire territory. But Li Rusong was in high spirits, and with a big wave of his hand, he came up with a more daring plan: he wanted to bypass Pyongyang and not fight, and find a way to go straight to Seoul.This plan has a distinct Li Rusong style. When he was fighting in Liaodong, he liked the light army to sneak out and attack the enemy's nest. This time he wanted to repeat the old trick.The North Koreans fainted when they heard this, and hurriedly said, Admiral, this, this... Our North Korea is mountainous, which is not conducive to marching, Admiral, you are too drunk... Li Rusong gave up his thoughts. The final battle plan of the Ming army was completed by Yuan Huang.While Li Rusong was happily drinking and attending a banquet in Yizhou, this talented scholar of the Ming Dynasty was staring at the map of North Korea in a daze in Liaodong. Yuan Huang synthesized various opinions and found that the Japanese army has been shrinking near Pyongyang since last year.Therefore, he decided to let the Ming army follow the old path of Zu Chengxun, that is, from Yizhou to Dingzhou and Anzhou, and then enter Suning and Shun'an, and launch an attack on Pyongyang from the west.This road is basically a straight line, the road surface is relatively wide, and the facilities of post houses and military stations along the way are relatively complete, which is convenient for both marching and transporting luggage.In particular, the Ming army also brought a lot of cannons. If you don't take the main road, it will be an extremely difficult task to climb the mountains of North Korea. The North Korean official in charge of contacting and raising food is still Liu Chenglong at this time.He sent someone to ask Yuan Huang, how many people came from Daming this time?He has to prepare food. So how many people came to Daming? The following table is a list of the generals and the number of troops led by the Ming Dynasty Aid Korea Corps.The reason why we take the trouble to count and list them here is not only for research, but also for a very important reason, which is to hope that future generations will not forget the names of these people. These are the anti-Japanese heroes who fought bloody for the safety of China. Their names, especially those soldiers who can only be represented by numbers, should not be lost in the pile of old papers even if they become numbers. Song Yingchang Praise the painting Liu Huangshang Yuan Huang Deputy Commander Liu Ting Conductor Wu Zongdao and Tan Zongren Defensive Bear Zhengdong Zhang Sanwei, Governor of Eastern Liaodong Qian Zong Li Dajian General Hu Ze Xie Yongzi Song Dabin Yang Wudian Ma Shilong Huang Ying (Day Yi) Admiral Li Rusong Deputy Commander Tong Yangzheng Deputy Commander Li Ping Hu cavalry one thousand Deputy Commander Wang Shouguan (minister) cavalry three hundred Participating General Zhang Qigong with a thousand cavalry Participate in Gao Che cavalry one thousand General Fang Shichun Guerrilla Zhao Wen ordered a thousand cavalry Guerrilla Shi Chaoqing Cavalry One Thousand Beiyu Han Zongguan Banner and Drum Officer Head of Household Department Ai Wei Salary Grass Yang Yuan, the deputy general of the Left Association, has 2,000 soldiers, and Li Rubai, the deputy general of the Central Association, has 1,500 soldiers. Deputy Chief Soldier Wang Youyi Cavalry 1,200 Deputy Chief Soldier Ren Ziqiang Infantry 1,000 Deputy Commander Wang Weizhen has 1,000 cavalry, Li Fangchun has 2,000 cavalry Deputy Commander Sun Shoulian has one thousand cavalry, guerrilla Qian Shizhen has one thousand cavalry Deputy Commander Zha Dashou had one thousand infantry, guerrilla Zhou Hongmo had one thousand infantry Participate in Li Ruwu's cavalry with five hundred guerrillas, and be promoted to one thousand cavalry Participating General Li Rumei has one thousand cavalry, Guerrilla Gao Ce has two thousand cavalry Participating general Yang Shaoxian has one thousand cavalry, guerrilla Qi Jin has one thousand infantry Participate in Li Ning's infantry with one thousand guerrillas Fang Shihui's cavalry in one thousand The guerrilla Ge Fengxia has two thousand cavalry, the guerrilla Wang Wen has one thousand cavalry Zhang Shijue, deputy general of the Right Association, and 1,500 other generals Deputy Commander Zu Chengxun Cavalry One Thousand Floors Chongzheng Li Yu Deputy Commander Wu Weizhong Infantry 1,500 Zheng Youru Hu Luan Guerrilla King Bidi Infantry One Thousand Zhou Yi Li Du Participating General Zhao Zhimu Cavalry One Thousand Wu Xihan Fu Tingli Participating General Luo Shangzhi Infantry One Thousand Wu Chengxuan Li Yousheng Participating general Zhang Yingzhong had 1,500 cavalry Participate in Chen Bangzhe's 1,000 infantry Guerrilla Valley Sui cavalry one thousand Guerrilla Liangxin cavalry one thousand The generals, military strength, establishment and other data in the above table are based on the comprehensive statistics recorded by all parties, and the deadline is December 7.Source of information: Volume 57 of "Xiangcun Ji": The records of the names of the envoys and generals of the Celestial Dynasty; Jiazi in September of the 20th year of Wanli; Volume 4 of "Two Dynasties Ping Rang Lu", Japan; Volume 34 of "Xuanzu Shilu", Bingyin of the first month of the 26th year of Xuanzu; Volume 8 of "Xuanmiao Baojian", In the 25th year of Emperor Xuanzu's reign, Renchen December; "Reconstructing Fanbangzhi", Volume 2, Renchen November; "Luanzhong Miscellaneous Records" 1; Two; "Summary of ◆ Events"; "Pyongyang Continued Chronicles" two, ancient events. This was the battle sequence of the Ming Dynasty's first Eastern Expedition. Together with the follow-up troops and the Yizhou guard troops, the total strength of the Ming army entering the dynasty reached 48,585.But in fact, some of these troops have always existed as reserves in strongholds near the Liaodong and North Korean borders, such as Yizhou, etc., and about 40,000 have actually entered the front-line combat sequence. Such a huge force brought Liu Chenglong not only shock and surprise, but also a headache.He couldn't stop the pain. The last time Zu Chengxun entered the court with 3,000 people, Liu Chenglong was already tossed to the point of vomiting and diarrhea, and almost died in bed. This time, there were more than 40,000 people. In the past few days, there was only one question buzzing in Liu Chenglong's mind: so many people and horses, what do they eat? Not counting the North Korean army itself, the supply consumption of the 40,000 Ming army alone is an extremely terrifying figure.After knowing the amount of aid from the Ming army on October 26, the North Korean side calculated a detailed account: a soldier of the Ming army would consume one liter of five liters of grain a day, and a war horse would consume three liters of beans.The total strength of the Ming army was 48,585 people and 26,700 horses. In total, they consumed about 720 shi of grain and 801 shi of beans a day.If you want to fight for two months, you need 43,200 shi of grain and more than 48,000 shi of horse beans.This is only the consumption of a single horse based on the number of cavalry. In fact, a considerable part of the cavalry of the Liaodong Army is equipped with two horses. It is believed that the real supply of horse beans will not be less than 60,000 shi. What's more terrible is that this number is still calculated according to Daming's weight and measure.Ten dou is one stone in Ming Dynasty, while fifteen dou is one stone in North Korea.One liter of white rice in the Ming Dynasty was converted into North Korea's measurement, which was two liters and seven times, which was nearly double the difference—that is to say, according to North Korean standards, the consumption of the Ming army would have to double. And how much is North Korea's total food stock at this time?They swept the bottoms of the granaries all over the place, and even collected the seeds for growing grain in the coming year. They saved a total of 50,000 shi of grain and 30,000 shi of horse feed.This point is barely enough to fight a speed battle, but once it enters the stalemate stage, there will be big troubles-this is only against the First Army of President Xiaonishi. If other armies are also taken into consideration, the situation will be even more serious. Daming was well aware of the predicament in North Korea.A long time ago, Song Yingchang ordered all the troops going to North Korea to assemble in Liaodong, eat locally, and not to consume the small stock of North Korea.This was originally for the sake of North Korea, but the North Koreans didn't appreciate it at all. They anxiously urged the Ming army to send troops as soon as possible. Song Yingchang asked them how your food preparations were going.The North Koreans immediately faltered and refused to say anything—they had a good plan in their hearts, as long as the Ming army recaptured Pyongyang and opened the city as soon as possible, as for whether they would starve to death, we will talk about it at that time! Song Yingchang was very disgusted by the mentality of the North Korean friends that "dead friends are not dead poor". It also made him wary of North Korea's food storage situation, and specially raised 80,000 shi of grain and grass to be placed on the border, ready to wait until Li Rusong enters the dynasty. , Let the troops carry it with the army for two months.Later facts proved that this was a life-saving move. But Song Yingchang never expected that he racked his brains and calculated thousands of calculations, but in the end he missed one point: the transportation capacity of the Koreans. Grain and supplies cannot walk on their own, and must have enough transport capacity to match them in order to be effective.Back then when Zhuge Liang made the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, Hanzhong's grain and grass piled up to overflowing, but the Qinling Mountains were not lucky enough to live and die, and in the end they had to retreat when they ran out of food. When Zu Chengxun came, first, the total force was only 3,000, which was not too much consumption; second, it was summer and the waterways were smooth, so the Koreans were able to cope with it with ease.However, in North Korea in the winter of January, the sky is cold and the rivers are all frozen. It is impossible to use the two large rivers between Uiju and Pyongyang for water transportation, and they can only rely on human and animal power for land transportation. But at this time, the North Koreans wanted people, no animals, no animals, and even no cloth bags for food.In order to increase the transportation capacity, they almost confiscated all the men, women, old and children in the vicinity, and even the monks in the temple were copied out, causing complaints and wailing in the local area. The root cause of this transportation obstruction is the lack of national power, and there is no good solution unless you can turn beans into soldiers.Realizing this fatal flaw, Yuan Huang quickly sent a report to Song Yingchang, suggesting that the Ming army should temporarily use North Korea's local food reserves to free up limited transportation capacity and transport the most important artillery and ammunition to the front line first. Even so frantically squeezing the people's power, the capacity is still too much to use.Most of the Ming army's food, grass and luggage were backlogged at the border of Yizhou, and they could not reach the assembly point in Anzhou in time, let alone follow the main force.Statistics from various records show that as of January 7th when Pyongyang started the battle, half of the Ming army’s food and grass were still in Uiju, and about 25% were in Anju. A quarter or even less. On January 6th, the 21st year of Wanli, Li Rusong's army was already approaching Anding, sixty miles away from Pyongyang, but the transport team couldn't keep up.Song Yingchang couldn't sit still, and sent Yuan Huang to cross the river to urge him personally.Yuan Huang made a survey along the way in North Korea, and found that the food situation on the front line was very pessimistic: the reserves of military depots near Suchuan and Anding had bottomed out, and supplies from the rear would definitely not be available for a while. What made him even more angry was that, under repeated instructions from the Chinese side, among the materials that the Ming army emphasized to be transported as a priority, there were still a large number of artillery and chariots stranded in Anju and Jiashan, separated by 180 miles from the main force on the front line. It must be impossible to catch up with the battle in Pyongyang City. Yuan Huang suddenly became anxious, this is going to be a big deal!The direct consequence is that there will be a large number of Ming army casualties, or simply retreat.No matter which of these two results appears, everyone will be overwhelmed.At that moment, he grabbed the North Koreans and yelled, saying that we are fighting for you, and we have finally marched to Anding. Now there is no food, and the artillery cannot be transported. If the troops retreat due to these two reasons, who will bear the responsibility!Liu Chenglong was scolded for a while, knowing that he was wronged, he quickly ordered to warn the place, and sent many officials to the grain roads in various places to supervise the transportation, and searched the grain and grass in the three counties near Anding again, and then temporarily relieved the food shortage. crisis. But North Korea's foundation is too weak, and the Ming army is too much.Liu Chenglong risked his life and failed to improve the supply situation on the front line.This laid an unsettled foreshadowing for the progress of the subsequent war. Yuan Huang was more depressed than Liu Chenglong.If the food and grass transportation is ruined, if the artillery can’t be delivered, many variables will be added to the expected battle of Pyongyang. I don’t know if the tyrannical Li Rusong can overcome all these difficulties—but Yuan Huang has no time to sigh, because he came this time, except Supervising food and grass also shoulders another mission: the intelligence management of the coalition forces. However, because the coalition forces come from different systems, there are more or less problems in communication and cooperation.The Chinese and North Korean coalition forces have had quarrels in the past because of the issue of command authority. There was even a North Korean army fleeing in front of the city of Pyongyang.This time, the scale of the coalition forces is larger, so it is more necessary to clarify the command authority, coordination methods and communication sharing in advance. Daming is the suzerain state, and Li Rusong is notoriously strong.The two sides have no objection to the ownership of the supreme command.The Ming army was the main force in the battle, and the Korean army was responsible for the cooperation along the way, which was also recognized by the high-level.But when it comes to communication sharing, the problem arises. The communication channel between the Chinese and North Korean coalition forces has not been smooth and the response is not sensitive, which will have a great impact on the ensuing war.Yuan Huang noticed this big problem early on and set about solving it.He is a person who is good at thinking. After careful research, he found that one of the most critical sticking points lies in the station. Post stations are an important communication channel for North Korea. Couriers transmit information to the front and rear through post stations one after another, ensuring that decision makers can grasp the situation of the battle in the first place. However, after a long period of war in North Korea, most of the post houses along Pyongan Road were damaged, and even if they were complete, the facilities and personnel were incomplete.This led to a serious lag in information - after Jo Seung-hoon's defeat in Pyongyang, the North Korean royal family was in Uiju for several days before getting the news.The military discipline of the Ming army also caused a lot of trouble to the station.Some soldiers of the Ming army were not of high quality. They liked to beat and scold the postmen along the way, and even robbed them of their property. As a result, many people in the posthouse ran away when they heard the name of the Ming army. The failure of the station system has greatly affected the deployment of the coalition forces' operations. The military information in the front cannot be transmitted back, and the orders in the rear cannot be delivered.This kind of tricky situation would be a headache for anyone who would fix it, but Yuan Huang was the only one who couldn't make it difficult.He used to fight Japanese pirates in Jiashan, Baodi and other places, and accumulated a lot of experience when rectifying his war preparations, and he was best at dealing with this kind of mess. Regarding the chaos in the station system, Yuan Huang first took the Ming army himself.He issued a strict order that they were not allowed to beat and scold the staff of the post station at will, and those who violated it would be ordered to do so by the army.At the same time, he asked the post station staff not to run around, otherwise they would have their heads chopped off. In order to form effective management, in addition to harsh punishments, Yuan Huang also painstakingly designed a set of management methods called circular books. The so-called circular book is the register book.According to Yuan Huang's design, each post station has two circular books, one for coming and one for going.Cover the relevant anti-big seal, and send a messenger to sit in the post house.Messengers must register their names in the circular book and pass them on from station to station.For example, if a courier departs from station A, he will write down his name, time and dispatch in the circular book of station A; after arriving at station B, he will register again.Which route the courier took, how long it took, and even how fast it went, can be seen at a glance through the circular book. The revolving book will be collected every five days, and handed over to a special person to check the transmission records of all couriers.If it is found that the route of any courier does not match the record, the relevant person in charge must be summoned for inquiry.In this way, effective supervision has been formed for both the courier and the station, which is similar to the performance appraisal in modern theory. After Yuan Huang's ingenious transformation, North Korea's station system was restored to function in a short period of time.The effect of the circular book management system was immediate, and the speed of information response in various places was significantly improved. Information about Japanese pirates and front-line troops began to continuously gather in the Ming Army Staff Headquarters. After completing these tasks, Liu Huangshang and Yuan Huang officially sent a message to North Korea from the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Defense, Sea Defense, and Military Affairs. The full text of the Japanese Proclamation for Battle is hereby recorded as follows: The cultural relics of Sudun, Erguo, are loyal and loyal to the world.The Japanese and barbarians don't know how to do it, and they recommend food for a long time, so that the emperor and his ministers will be more and more in the grass, wandering around, how trapped.I, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, Nianer has abided by the courtiers' festival for two hundred years, spared no expense of tens of thousands of gold, and ordered the general to be conscripted.In Erguo, there are no family relatives who are entrusted with loyalty and indignation, no county magistrates who guard the local area and generously entrust orders, no loyal ministers who worry about the humiliation of their masters, no righteous men who want to sacrifice their lives to serve the country.It is advisable to take advantage of the power of the sky, quickly recruit volunteers, each with a brigade of divisions, and stretch out the ambition of nine expeditions.Today, if the Japanese and barbarians try to be strong, they are bound to perish; although Erguo is small, it is bound to prosper;First discuss the way of heaven, then divide Korea, and then analyze wood.Last year, Jupiter was in Yin Yin, and Japan came to invade.It's my age and the other invades it, going against the sky, even though it is strong, it will be weak.Japanese nature is afraid of cold, this year Jueyin, Fengmu dominates the sky, Yangming is dry and metal, it is the Qi of the beginning.There are still twenty or thirty days after the beginning of spring, and the cold air is still there, so the weather can be multiplied by two.The monarchs and ministers of Erguo all gather in this city, and when they get up in the morning, they will look forward to the breath, which is lush and green, like training like a cover.The vigorous energy is in me, and three things are bound to be restored.Next, when it comes to personnel affairs, a great country has a mighty army, like a tiger like a bear.And the invincible cannon, with a single shot of a thousand steps, does not know what to do, and it is regarded as an annihilating fan.In the Song Dynasty, Shen Ji plotted, and ghosts and gods were unpredictable.Admiral Li, loyal and loyal, brave after hundreds of battles, has the style of an ancient famous general.The two posts are loyal and loyal, and work together to annihilate this thief in order to repay the emperor.Combine the divisions of the two countries to drive away the poor bandits, just like knocking down the ears.Guan Bai is tyrannical, the upper robbery controls its master, and the lower tortures its people, the sky wants to perish, and the false hand is my three.Yesterday, the king behaved peacefully, handsome and majestic, and he is bound to be rejuvenated.And the envoys sent by Erguo before and after invited soldiers from the Heavenly Dynasty, they were sincere and sympathetic, and they shed tears like rain, expressing the meaning of Bao Xu weeping for Chu.If the monarch and ministers are like this, they will eventually fall into trouble.To seek rebellion with obedience, what merits cannot be accomplished.The Japanese slaves rely on the bird blunderbuss, but after three releases, it is difficult to continue.Although there are many soldiers, there are not many strong ones, but if the first one or two hundred people are killed, the rest will flee in the face of the wind.This is an opportunity to win, and it is also the autumn of the meritorious service of the righteous.The Celestial Dynasty issued an order, no matter our country or the country, but someone who can capture Hirai Hideo Yoshihirohideji and Seng Xuansu will each be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and the title will be hereditary.Those who captured Pingxiu, Jiaping, Pingxiuzhong, Pingyizhi, Pingjinxin and other famous chieftains were rewarded with five thousand taels of silver and hereditary commanders.Each of the following captures has a reward.The subjects of Erguo can take advantage of the time to correct the crowd and make great contributions together. They can restore the country of the dynasty and receive generous rewards from the heaven.Wouldn't it be smooth to take Li, the legacy of a declining country, as the ancestor of the family.Those who have risen will go forward, and those who have not risen will be recruited quickly, or they will work together to defeat their situation, or they will return lazily, or they will continue to pay their way.All opportunities are at your own discretion. This speech can be regarded as the Ming Dynasty’s official declaration of war against Japan. The full text was written with awe and righteousness. Even the Japanese's most proud "three-stage strike with iron cannon" has been derogatory. What's interesting is that Daming thought that after Hideyoshi came from the Ping family, the surname should of course be Ping. Since Hideyoshi's surname is Ping, everyone under him should also have the surname Ping. As a result, Hira Hideka, Hira Hidechu, Ping Chang, Hira Yoshitomo, and Ping Yan Xin and so on, all came out.Just as the monkey king in Limei was named Sun, so all the monkeys, big and small, in Huaguo Mountain were named Sun. When North Korea received this message, it attached great importance to it and saw it with enthusiasm.Li Yan sent more than a dozen propagandists to go to various places in batches with the proclamation, and must spread it all over North Korea as quickly as possible, so that those who are still fighting hard know that we are not far from victory. The only question that remains is to see Admiral Lee's performance in Pyongyang City.