Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1756 Aiding Korea and Fighting Japanese ([-]) New News from Korea

Liu Xin raised this question a little strangely, not because of the teasing tone, but because the question itself is very unusual.

Gao Pragmatic's identity is obviously very sensitive, and now it is a critical moment for him to be appointed as a marquis and prime minister, and his every move is bound to be watched by the government and the public.

As a Japanese woman, Jia Fei Ji is only a concubine, no matter from which point of view, she should not be worthy of Gao Yushi to see her off in person. Liu Xin would not be unaware of this, but she still asked.

"Why?" Gao Wushi didn't want to play charades and asked directly.

"Since the war to aid Korea is about to start, don't you want to leave an impression of a 'knowledge of Japan' in the eyes of outsiders?" Liu Xin raised her eyebrows: "Besides, let her return to Japan at this time, even if you don't say anything, Outsiders will definitely have guesses."

"The Maritime Trade Alliance has such a big business in Japan. As the spokesperson of the Maritime Trade Union, I don't think I need to strengthen the impression of the Japanese faction." Gao Wushi looked at her and pouted: "So, you might as well If you talk about what it means, outsiders will also have guesses."

"Why have you become more and more boring after you became Lord Marquis?" Liu Xin said dissatisfiedly, "Shouldn't you take the initiative to guess at this time?"

"I'm not very 'interesting' at first, not to mention the many troubles I'm facing now, and I have to sort out all the clues." Gao Wushi laughed and said, "Hey, tell me, should I look for opportunities? Take a vacation?"

Liu Xin rolled his eyes at him, and said: "I can't say whether you should take a vacation, but I think the emperor is definitely not happy for you to take a vacation - such a useful employee, even if you pay three times the overtime pay, you have to take it up, Isn't it?"

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and said, "Thanks for the praise, I'm ashamed."

Liu Xin curled her lips and said, "Back to business, there is a prerequisite first: With your current achievements and status, at least no one will suspect that you have foreign connections, right?"

"You're talking about Japanese? That shouldn't be possible." Gao Wushi said: "Although the business with Japan is not small, there are still many other shareholders in the Maritime Trade Alliance, among which nobles account for the majority. If I get all of them , then the entire Jingnan Xungui Group may overturn, this is unimaginable, no one even dares to mention it."

"In this case, it makes sense." Liu Xin said: "Since you don't know Japanese, then Jia Feiji can only do things for you when she returns to Japan, and doing things for you is doing things for Daming. In this case, Wouldn't it make sense for you to see her off? Even..."

"Even if I don't hesitate to lower my status, I want to win the advantage for the imperial court?" After Gao Wushi finished speaking, he thought for a while, but then said: "But I don't think this is all your intention."

"You may know Japanese history, or even their culture, but you may not know women." Liu Xin made a look of helplessness and earnestness, and said, "You don't think that Jia Fei Ji married you, I should and will definitely do my best to help you with all my heart and soul, right?"

"Of course not." Gao Wushi smiled: "Why, I look so naive?"

"It's not naive, but I'm worried that you have been too smooth during this time, and you may have swelled up and started to lose your confidence?" Liu Xin sighed and said, "I don't think anyone around you will talk to you like this. So let me just say it.”

Gao Wushi listened casually and answered casually, until Liu Xin said these words, he was startled suddenly, then got up, straightened his clothes, bowed his hands, and said, "Thank you."

"Hey, there's no need to make it so formal." Liu Xin stepped aside quickly, waved her hand and said, "You don't think I'm too talkative, so I'm thankful."

In order to find out, Gao Wushi followed Liu Xin's thoughts and thought about what she mentioned.One thing is obvious, Liu Xin doesn't think that Jia Feiji's actions will naturally favor him, so she made this suggestion.

The root of this suggestion is to let him "win over" Kaiji.Of course, because the relationship between the two parties is here, this kind of wooing is more of a status respect, which is an emotional investment.

Gao Yushi thinks there is some truth to this idea.Not only Jia Fei Ji, but also Meng Gu Zhezhe, both of them are different from Huang Zhiting. They originally entered the Gao family for the purpose of political marriage, and their way of thinking and action must be fundamentally different from Huang Zhiting.

If you want to judge and interpret with a utilitarian mentality, it is probably that Huang Zhiting can share adversity, while Meng Guzhe and Jia Feiji can only share wealth and honor.The former can accompany Gao Pragmatically to fight headwinds, while the latter can only accompany Gao Pragmatic to fight tailwinds.

However, Gao Wushi thinks this is also reasonable. After all, the status of wives and concubines is not equal in this era, so why ask the other party to "equal work with different pay"?This is not in line with human nature, nor is it in line with the values ​​of high pragmatism.

"Fortunately, I will continue to ask for resignation tomorrow, but I have time to see her off." Gao Wushi said: "That's it, you help me make arrangements, and I will send her out of Yongding Gate."

The capital of the Ming Dynasty was divided into north and south cities, and Yongdingmen was the south gate of the south city of the capital. Sending out Yongningmen meant sending them all the way out of the city. Whether it was for the purpose of building momentum or showing respect to Jia Feiji, this was enough.

Liu Xin agreed to come down, saying that she would make arrangements later.When Gao Wushi saw that she said "I will arrange it later", he naturally knew that she still had something to say, so he signaled her to move on to the next topic.

Sure enough, Liu Xin took out a stack of letter papers and said, "This is the latest news from North Korea. It was provided by Jinghua Trading Company. It was sent from North Korea to Liaodong last night, and then flew directly from Liaodong to Beijing this morning. — see for yourself."

When Gao Yushi saw that there were dozens of pages, he knew that there might be a lot of things described in it.He immediately took it over and looked at it seriously.

Sure enough, compared to the previous news, this report is not only much more factual, but also much more detailed. It is more than ten times clearer than the news from the imperial court. Basically, it started from the Japanese dispatch of troops and has been recorded in more detail until the present day. .

According to the description in this report, the Japanese invasion force of 15 people at that time was divided into nine legions and went to sea one after another. The first group of 8000 people headed by Yuki Konishi first arrived in the Pusan ​​sea area of ​​North Korea on August 8000th.

Captain Xiaonishi ordered the fleet to slow down, and a small team took a small boat to investigate the North Korean coast defense first. At this time, Zheng Po, the township officer in Busan, North Korea, was drinking and having fun with his soldiers after hunting.North Korea's military equipment was relaxed, and the Japanese army seemed to be in no man's land.

Although the guards of the Busan Observatory noticed the Japanese exploration ship, the North Korean side thought it was a ship dispatched from Tsushima Island and ignored it, and was attacked and killed by the investigation team.The investigation team reported to Chief Xiaonishi that there were [-] guards, most of them were hunting, and Busan was almost undefended, so Chief Xiaonishi ordered the First Army to prepare to land in Busan immediately.

Zheng Po, who was in charge of Busan Township, led his troops back to the city. He saw Japanese ships sailing in from overseas, and at first he mistakenly thought that Tsushima Island was dispatched at the age of the year, but he didn't care.When all the ships of the Xiaoxi First Army came into view, Zheng Po was shocked and urgently ordered the people outside the city to take refuge in the city. All the ministries strictly stood by and notified Gyeongsang Zuoshui envoy Pu Hong and Dongnae Prefecture envoy Song Xiangxian for support.

That day, the sea fog filled the air, and Xiaoxixing Changyin's army lined up in the sea fog to prepare for battle.Although the 200 guards in Busan City are already in place, but there has been no war in North Korea for [-] years, Zheng Po feels uneasy.

Fortunately, Gyeongsang Zuoshui envoy Pu Hong arrived not too late, he asked about the size of the Japanese pirates, Zheng Po said: "The sea is foggy, the exact number is unknown, but there are about a hundred ships. "

After hearing this, Pu Hong replied: "If there are a hundred ships, there may be about ten thousand soldiers. However, according to the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance, a large number of pirates have already been wiped out by it, so why are there still such pirates this time?" How many?" When Zheng Poyan clarified that they were not pirates but the Japanese army, Pu Hong was also shocked.

Just when the Korean defenders were restless, all the Japanese troops came out in the fog, slowly like a forest, and the sound of Jiabu resounded through Busan.Governor Konishi signaled Soyoshitomo to order the whole army to attack, and the Japanese ashigaru took the lead in charging Busan.

Seeing this, Zheng Po ordered to strike back with blunderbuss cannons and flying sky shock thunder.It is a pity that North Korea's firearms are inferior and scarce, and the firepower is insufficient to suppress the Japanese army, so Zheng Po ordered the archers to shoot again.Although there were casualties, the Japanese army quickly advanced 150 steps to the city gate.Captain Xiaoxi ordered Muzha to push forward to block the bow and arrow, and to cover the iron gunner's three-stage strike to alternately shoot and kill the city gate guards.

The Japanese iron cannon shoots accurately and has strong penetrating power. Under the three-stage circular shooting of the iron cannon, the city defense of Busan was in chaos in an instant. Subsequently, the iron gunner covered and fired.

There were less than a thousand soldiers in Busan, and it was difficult to stop the enemy. The Japanese army took the opportunity to break through the city gate with baked jade.Subsequently, the Japanese army poured into Busan. Although the Korean soldiers and civilians fought bloody battles, they were not the enemy of the well-trained Japanese soldiers.Seeing that the Japanese army was unstoppable, Pu Hong, the Zuoshui envoy of Gyeongsang, withdrew from Busan after burning the food and grass in the government treasury.

Busan fell within half a day, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were rarely spared.

Pu Hong escaped, and immediately sent someone to fly to Beijing to report.After reading it, Li Yan, the king of North Korea, was shocked beyond words, and the eunuch comforted him: "Your Highness, don't worry, the officers and soldiers will surely defeat the enemy."

All the officials were silent for a long time, Li Yan was furious: "Why are you speechless? I once said that there must be no change, are you laughing at me now!"

Hong Ruchun said, "Your Highness, the Japanese invaders captured Pusan ​​because they were not prepared. Please give me a death sentence!"Li Yuanyi, the official Cao's judge, went up and said: "Your Highness, the most urgent thing at the moment is to immediately mobilize troops to fight."

Li Yan asked Li Shanhai, who was in charge of discussing politics, what to do. Li Shanhai said: "According to my opinion, these should be pirates. Although the number of [-] is large, it is a small number if it is used as an invasion army of the Japanese country, and if it is about strategy, The enemy should not land in Pusan, but Jeolla-do, where the barn is, should be captured."

"Exactly!" General Yin Shenla, the judge of Wang Jing, added: "Your Highness, the benefits of Jeolla Dao should be known to both the enemy and us. So far, there is no military situation in Jeolla Dao. If it is a national war, how can you be so reckless and only attack Pusan?" Where? So I agree with what the Prime Minister said, the fall of Busan should be caused by large-scale pirates."

Li Yanzheng wanted to agree, but Zuo Yizheng Liu Chenglong said: "His Royal Highness, there is only one memorial to report, it is hard to tell the truth, if there is no more military situation outside of Busan, it is a blessing, and whether the rest of the Japanese army has not landed, it is not possible at present. However, it is better to be cautious.”

Hong Ruchun argued: "It is clear from the report that there are only a hundred Japanese ships! The national strength of the Japanese country is weak, even if it is a local army, the size of such ships must be limited."

And Li Dexin, the son-in-law of Li Shanhai, also said: "Be prepared, instead of speculating here, it is better to immediately order the mobilization of military equipment to North Korea."

After hearing this, Li Yan was hesitant to mobilize the Eight Ways due to the coast issue of Gyeongsang-do. Li Yuanyi, the official Cao judge, asked the Beijing army to suppress it.Another general, Li Yi, also invited himself to go with him. Shen Li and Li Yi were the pillars of protecting the country in North Korea.

Afterwards, Li Shanhai convened important officials in the Bibian Division, listened to the strategic deployment of Hong Ruchun from Cao Cao's verdict, and decided to use Li Yi as the vanguard to go down the middle road, the left defense made Cheng Richu east road, the right defense made Zhao Bing go west road, and then the rebel army And the soldiers and cao assist in the defense, which can prevent the bandits from continuing to go north.

Liu Chenglong also urged Li Shanhai to order the Beijing army to go south as soon as possible before deciding on a follow-up strategy. Li Shanhai then ordered Shen Li and Li Yi to prepare for departure as soon as possible.

When Wang Jing and his ministers were deploying, after the capture of Busan, President Xiaoxi was preparing for the response on the spot, and at the same time sent troops to two ports in succession, and his troops went straight to Dongnae on the [-]th.

In Donglai City, Song Xiangxian, the envoy of Donglai Mansion, and Li Yu, the envoy of the left soldiers of Gyeongsangdo, discussed: "Busan fell, outnumbered and attacked by surprise, and it was really caught off guard. Donglai has [-] soldiers and [-] military and civilian contracts. Can stop the enemy."

Li Yu thought for a while, and said: "I will lead my troops to ambush on Shanshan Mountain. When Donglai and the bandits confront each other, I will attack their backs and make them suffer from the enemy." Song Xiangxian quickly persuaded Li Yu, saying that the surprise attack with few soldiers was useless. , it is better to join forces together, but Li Yu insisted that it should not be done.

Outside Donglai City, Xiaoxi Xingchang made a plan with the generals in this formation.Xiao Xixing said: "The terrain in Donglai is flat, the North Korean armaments are outdated, and the combat power of the soldiers is low. Although there are [-] troops stationed there, they are just mobs. It is better to write a letter to persuade them to surrender as a sign of courtesy."

So President Xiaoxi asked someone to send a letter to Song Xiangxian, saying in the letter that if there is a war, there will be a war, and if there is no war, it will be false.Song Xiangxian wrote back, saying that death in battle is easy, but falsehood is difficult.Governor Xiaoxi was overjoyed after seeing it, and ordered Donglai to be captured immediately.

Under the command of Song Xiangxian, the Donglai defenders first bombarded the formation with firecrackers, but the Korean firecrackers were not powerful enough and their effective range was extremely low. In addition, the Ming Dynasty restricted the export of gunpowder to North Korea since Zhu Yuanzhang, resulting in extremely limited gunpowder reserves in North Korea. .

In order to resist the precision shooting of Japanese pirates' iron cannons (matchlock guns), Song Xiangxian ordered the shield wall to resist the iron cannons, and the archers and musketeers fired alternately.As for the iron cannons, although the Korean shield can block it for a while, it will break after three shots. Governor Konishi assembled the iron cannon team to fire multiple rounds of volleys. The Japanese army even made the big iron cannons salvo.

When the Japanese army built the ladder and saw North Korea, the city gate of North Korea had been breached by baked jade.Zongyi Zhiming's thousand ashigaru formations lined up in front to hold back, and after the iron gunners gathered, the follow-up samurai flanked the city defenders.

More than half of the North Korean soldiers were killed or injured under the multiple salvos of iron cannons. The morale of the army collapsed and they fled one after another.President Xiaoxi ordered a cover-up, Song Xiangxian died in battle, and Donglai City was destroyed.When Li Yu's troops stationed in Shanshan, the left soldiers of Gyeongsang Province saw the destruction of Dongnae City, they feared the enemy like a tiger and immediately withdrew their troops.After capturing Donglai, Xingchang Xiaoxi recuperated for two days, and then went down to the four towns of Qizhang, Liangshan, Milian, and Zhaolian.

When the news reached Wang Jing, the king of North Korea Li Yan was terrified, only then did he realize that it was definitely not the pirates.Li Yan was weak and sick since he was a child, and he indulged in drinking and sex on weekdays, but this time he was frightened and fainted.
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