Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1759
The performance of the Korean royal family and the court can be described as a mess, but unexpectedly, the Korean people's spontaneous war against the invasion of Japanese pirates was a bit interesting.

As early as the ninth day after Japan landed in Busan, Guo Zaiyou, the son of the landlord of Segan Village, Uiryeong County, Gyeongsangnam-do, organized a rebel army to continue guerrilla warfare against the Japanese army.Guo Zaiyou took the lead in the rebel army, which not only became famous all over the world for a while, but also prompted the gradual emergence of self-organized rebel armies in all walks of life.

At this time, the 5000-strong Japanese Sixth Division, headed by the famous general Kobayakawa Takakage, is trying to infiltrate Jeolla-do in two ways, while the 3-strong Seventh Division under Mori Terumoto is fully occupying Gyeongsang-do .

Since the Korean government troops in Gyeongsang-do had scattered and fled in all directions, the Seventh Division had not yet been harassed by rebels, so the progress of the Maori Division in Gyeongsang-do was very smooth.The mighty Mori Teruwon sent his retainer Anguosi Huiqiong to lead [-] soldiers, and they infiltrated Jeolla from the Sixth Division belonging to Kobayakawa Takakage.

Here are a few more words for readers who are not familiar with the situation at the end of the Warring States Period in Japan: Mori and Kobayakawa are related by blood.To be more precise, there is a special term called "Maori Liangchuan", that is, the three families of Maori, Kobayakawa and Yoshikawa are actually one family.

The so-called two rivers of Maori start with the adoption customs of the Sengoku period in Japan.At that time, the Mori family, which became a famous family in the Warring States period from a local wealthy family, sent their two sons to the Yoshikawa and Kobayakawa families respectively as adopted sons during the Mori Motonaku period, and used various means to let the two sons completely control the Yoshikawa and Kobayakawa families, and finally formed a famous family. Maori two rivers.

The Yoshikawa family, who lived in Kokurayama Castle at the junction of Aki and Iwami, could serve as an outpost for the Mori family to advance to Iwami and even San'in.Judging from the size of the Mori family at the time, the main enemy of Kokurayama Castle, where Motoharu Yoshikawa sits, is the Niko family, but the only enemy is indeed the biggest enemy Moto has ever faced in his career.

As for the two Kobayakawas (the main family and the branch family), they are located on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. Although the enemies they face are not as powerful as the Nizi family, the situation is more complicated, and force alone may not be able to quell them.In addition, the Kobayakawa family has another potential advantage, that is, the navy that neither Maori nor Yoshikawa has.

At the beginning, when Takakage Kobayakawa took control of the Kobayakawa family, he also brought the navy under his jurisdiction. Through this power on the water, he succeeded in winning over the strongest navy on the west side of the Seto Inland Sea, the Murakami navy (the Murakami navy included Noshima Murakami, Lai Shimamura, Indoshima Murakami), and then incorporated into the Maori navy.

The contribution of this new force cannot be underestimated. In the short term, it helped the Maori family win the Battle of Itsukushima in 1555; in the long run, it helped the Maori family gain the hegemony of the Seto Inland Sea for 23 years!
From the perspective of future development, the Liangchuan system laid a strong foundation for the Maori family and helped to dominate China (Shanyin and Shanyang).From this point of view, the reason why Yuan arranged for two outstanding sons to inherit the Yoshikawa family and the Kobayakawa family is because he has a clear understanding of the ebb and flow of power in Japan and China in the next 20 years.However, what is even more powerful is that he has already seen clearly the characteristics of his second son Yuan Chun and third son Long Jing.

Yoshikawa Yuanharu is brave and good at fighting, and is suitable for head-to-head confrontation with the powerful Nizi family.Looking at Nizi's family, probably only the Xingong Party can rival Yuanchun.In addition to giving the impression of being brave and good at fighting to later generations, Yuan Chun was also a military general who loved literature. During the crusade against Nizi's family, he completed forty volumes of military records "Taiping Ji" in this battle. This is the origin of Yoshikawa's "Taiping Ji".

But Yoshikawa Motoharu, who is good at writing and martial arts, is not good at diplomacy.Facing the dominant Nizi family in San'in, Yuan Chun can still compete with it with his literary and military strategies, but facing the complex situation in Sanyang, Kobayakawa Takakage is more suitable than Yuan Chun.There are many powerful families in Sanyo, and some individual forces may not be as good as the Kobayakawa family, but if they do not use gentleness to attack by force, they will be forced to form an alliance, and the Kobayakawa family will be besieged on all sides.

Kobayakawa Takakage gave people the impression of gentleness and humility, not superstitious about solving by force, and good at mediating coordination. Whenever there is a dispute between the nobles in Sanyo, they would ask Takakage to come forward.And he always has no preset position, takes into account the needs of both parties, and gives the greatest convenience, and his reputation is accumulated in these small things.Compared with his brother's conquest by force, Longjing's attack on Shanyang was more about defeating the opponent with prestige.

In any case, in short, the Maori Liangchuan system can be regarded as the main family of Maori and the separation of the two rivers.Now that Mori Terumoto sent his subordinates to Kobayakawa Takakage to take orders, no one was surprised, and Anguoji Huiqiong herself would not have any resistance.

This Anguo Temple Huiqiong was originally a diplomatic monk of the Maori family (many daimyos relied on monks for diplomacy in those days), and their military strategy can only be said to be rough.Guo Zaiyou learned of the route of Huiqiong's march in Anguo Temple, taking advantage of his arrogance and carelessness, he set up an ambush at the place where he must pass through the mountains that night.

When encountering an ambush, Anguosi Huiqiong was still surprised that there would be a North Korean ambush, and hurriedly ordered the troops to prepare for battle and shoot and kill the volunteers.Guo Zaiyou ordered volunteer soldiers to set fire to the mountain pass and block the Japanese army with rolling stones, bows and arrows.

Huiqiong of Anguo Temple saw that the headquarters was in a panic, so she had to order to retreat first.When Guo Zaiyou saw that the Japanese army was retreating, he did not pursue them and withdrew immediately.After Huiqiong of Anguo Temple had finished resting and the sentries were able to investigate without any danger, they marched again.

Unexpectedly, during the march of the Japanese army, Guo Zaiyou harassed and attacked the Anguo Temple Department day and night.After the Japanese army pursued them, they fled far away in the mountains and forests, and then attacked the Japanese army's luggage after turning around.After many days, the Japanese army had suffered hundreds of casualties. Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple was furious, and vowed to wipe out the North Korean volunteers. He divided the four-way team to explore the direction of the volunteers, and the headquarters marched towards the Nakdong River.

Guo Zaiyou made a plan late at night to defeat Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple. He asked people to disguise himself, dressed in red, and led [-] rebel soldiers to lure Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple to pursue him.

On the next day, Huiqiong of Anguo Temple saw a red-clothed general leading hundreds of soldiers galloping past in front of him on the way. Therefore, when he was attacked by rebels, he often wore red-clothed soldiers. After investigating, he knew that the red-clothed general was Guo Zaiyou, leader of the volunteer army.

After Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple confirmed it, she decided that this was the main force of the rebel army, and immediately ordered the whole army to pursue it.The righteous soldiers fought and retreated, fled to the narrow part of the Luodong River and forced to cross.

Huiqiong of Anguo Temple was overjoyed, and ordered five hundred iron artillery teams to shoot along the coast, and ordered one thousand foot light to wipe out the enemy on the river beach.At this time, the volunteer soldiers crossing the river suddenly turned on each other, and the ambushes on both sides of the bank rose up.

As a result, the Iron Artillery Team was attacked from behind, the Ashgaru Team was being restrained, and the Japanese army was shaken.Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple saw another general in red from the opposite bank, and knew that he was chasing only Guo Zaiyou's double, and exclaimed in her heart: "The plan of the shadow warrior!"

In order to avoid excessive casualties, the withdrawal of troops was ordered.Although Guo Zaiyou set up an ambush, he discovered the disadvantage of North Korea's weak combat power during a brief confrontation with the Japanese army. Seeing that Anguo Temple retreated, Guo Zaiyou also ordered a retreat.

After the Nakdong River War, Anguksa Huiqiong only had less than [-] soldiers left, so he did not dare to march on his own, so he followed Kobaecheon Longgyeong's marching route and entered Jeolla through Juchang.

Guo Zaiyou heard the news and hurriedly contacted Jin Mian, another volunteer leader in Gyeongsangdo.Jin Mian immediately led his volunteer soldiers to chase Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple. Hui Qiong was furious when he heard that he was being chased by the volunteer soldiers.

Jin Mian led his troops to arrive, was shot by the iron artillery team, and immediately retreated in panic.Huiqiong of Anguo Temple ordered to pursue, and Jin Mian gradually led him into the valley of ambush.This time, Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple felt deceitful and was about to withdraw, but at this time Guo Zaiyou and Jin Mian had ordered the archers to shoot the dry firewood and fodder in the valley to seal off the entrance of the valley. The remnants retreated.

Not only did the rebels win this route, but the [-]th squad in Gyeongsangdo was also harassed by rebels led by Zheng Renhong and Sun Injia, and suffered repeated setbacks.They raided the countryside, but unfortunately had little effect. Although there were several cities in a row, the volunteer soldiers guarding the city were different from the Korean army.

Mori Terumoto was very anxious, and he convened the generals Yoshikawa Hiroe, Hasegawa Hideichi and others to discuss together.Mori Huiyuan said: "It only takes half a month for the first and second divisions to approach Wangjing after landing in Busan. Gyeongsangdo's military equipment has already collapsed. Now our army is slow to attack the militia. What is the reason?"

The reason, it can't be said that Maori and Sichuan are both weak chickens, right?Therefore, Hiroka Yoshikawa replied: "The North Korean militiamen hid the truth in the mountains and forests, and harassed our logistics and supplies, which was extremely harmful. Hasegawa Hideichi was attacked at night many times before, but he fled into the mountains and disappeared in a blink of an eye. The militia occupies an advantageous location and is good at transforming soldiers and peasants, and our army is dispatched, which is easy to show off. Our army has just arrived in North Korea, and it will take time to adapt.” Simply put, there is no good solution for the time being.

Hasegawa Hideichi said: "After all, the North Korean militiamen are nothing more than a mob, and it is difficult to confront our army head-on. Although they defend the city tenaciously, it is useless. In order to speed up the march, all those who dare to resist in North Korea should be killed to prevent future troubles!"

Mao Li Huiyuan frowned and said: "The military order of the Seventh Division is to stabilize Gyeongsang-do and guarantee the logistics. Zheng Renhong, Sun Renjia, Guo Zaiyou, Jin Mian and others are our confidantes, but how can all the Korean people be wiped out? Or occupy Gyeongsang-do first. The environment, and then appease the people, and gradually wipe out the righteous soldiers."

In another camp of the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army, Takakage Kobayakawa heard that Mori Terumoto was repeatedly harassed by rebels in Gyeongsang-do. some.

Long Jing Kobayakawa thought for a long time, and said to his general Tachibana Zongshige: "His Highness Huiyuan is young and inexperienced, and he is not in the battle. The seventh division has [-] troops, and the offensive of the Gyeongsangdo garrison militia is still slow. It seems that it is difficult to carry his grandfather. Mao Liyuan is the prestige of His Highness."

Tachibana Soshige said: "His Highness Terumoto is the governor of the Mori family after all. His Highness Kobayakawa and His Royal Highness Yoshikawa are both the sons of His Highness Mori Motozuru and uncle of His Royal Highness Terumoto. Although His Royal Highness Terumoto's army has suffered a setback, it seems inappropriate to mock the Patriarch. Kobayakawa In the early years, His Royal Highness followed Yuan Jiugong in the South and North Wars, and now he is relied on by His Royal Highness Taige, and is the pillar of the Maori family, should our army assist the Seventh Division at this time?"

Kobayakawa Longjing said: "What Zongmao said is very true. The militiamen can come everywhere. Our army has failed to penetrate Jeolla. If we want not to be frustrated by the North Korean militiamen, we must step by step, defend properly, and not be restrained by the enemy in the dark. Zongmao, you too Chase and suppress the militia several times, and send what you see to Hiroshi Yoshikawa's house.

The Sixth Division and the Seventh Division should not deal with the North Korean militiamen. I told Yu Ukita Hideka and asked him to order the Eighth Division and the Ninth Division to help and suppress the militia. "Tachibana Zongshige took the order and left.

On September [-], President Konishi's first team captured the North Korean capital easily because the defense of the capital had already been withdrawn. President Xiaonishi personally led the team to break into the palace to search for the royal family but failed. They came to report that the Korean royal family had already withdrawn to Kaesong.

President Xiaoxi was very angry, and ordered the whole army to rest and prepare to march into Kaesong in one go.In Kaesong, the king of North Korea Li Yan was discussing defense matters with his ministers. Li Dexin, the emissary who was originally ordered to negotiate with President Xiaonishi, suddenly returned to Kaesong. Li Yan asked him urgently if he had met President Xiaonishi?They didn't want to but learned that Wang Jing had fallen from Li Dexin, everyone was stunned.

Yi Doshou asked, "When did it fall?"

Li Dexin replied with a sigh: "I arrived at the south bank of the Han River yesterday, and entered the city today."

Yi Doushou was surprised and said: "This is really unimaginable. How could Wang Jing's defense line and the capital be breached so easily in less than a day?"

Li Dexin wept when he heard it, and replied: "It's not a breach, it's because Marshal Jin Mingyuan, Deputy Marshal Shen Ke, and General Li Yangyuan fled when the Japanese invaders approached the Han River." Everyone was taken aback by this statement, and the shock was beyond words.

After hearing this, Li Yan trembled all over, and hurriedly said to Du Chengzhi and Li Hengfu: "Du Chengzhi, Wang Jing is only one day away from this place... Ah, no, if the cavalry rushes forward, it only takes two or three hours to catch up to this place! Everyone accepts the decree, immediately convey the widow's decree, don't wait for anything, immediately disseminate!" All the ministers were shocked again, and they all advised the king to calm down.

How can Li Yan calm down?Not only was he unable to calm down, he even got up angrily and shouted repeatedly, almost losing control of his emotions.

In Wangjing, the Japanese army was searching for supplies, eating rice, and treating wounded soldiers. Governor Konishi personally led the team to patrol the city, which not only showed his majesty, but also comforted the morale of the army.

At this time, an order from General Ukita Hideka came, and Ukita Hideke ordered Konishi Governor to stop marching and garrison Hanyang until the general entered the city.At the same time, he was also asked to gather the fleeing people and appease the people so that they could be recruited into the army.

After Xiaoxixing's visit, he ordered Zong Yizhi to say: "Allocate three days of rations from the remaining half month's military rations, and prepare to distribute the people and win the hearts of the people." He also ordered the monk Jingzhe Xuansu to say: "Xuansu needs to instruct Literary Judgment The person who wrote the words wrote wall scriptures in various places, and his words were sincere, expressing to the Korean people that they would never disturb the people, and inducing the people to return to the capital." The two took orders and left.

A moment later, Kiyomasa Kato led the army to arrive, went straight to see President Konishi and questioned him.President Xiaoxi was puzzled and asked, "What is my fault?"

Kato Kiyomasa said: "There were more than 120 ships on the south side of the Han River when I sent people to investigate, but they were all burned when my camp arrived. Who else can do such shameless things except you! "

President Xiaoxi sneered and said, "Heh, I really want to commit a crime. There is no reason to worry about it. Kato, I also learned a Tang proverb in the past, which is used at this time: A dog can't spit out ivory."

After hearing this, Kato was furious, and drew his sword to face each other. Even if he wanted to kill Chief Konishi, he was naturally stopped by his attendants.

President Xiaoxi was also angry, and scolded: "Kato! This matter was clearly destroyed by the North Korean army before it fled, so don't mess around here. Also, if you lose a bet, you should admit defeat honestly. Don't embarrass yourself in front of your subordinates!"

Kato Kiyoshi looked around and really felt that his behavior might be looked down upon.He wanted to save face, so he suppressed his anger for a while and ordered the whole army to attack the Joseon royal family, but he was stopped by Chief Konishi with the order of the general. Kato Kiyomasa was even more annoyed and left angrily.

At this time, the rest of the people in Wangjing had already run out of rations and were starving. Since the wall book was posted, although they hesitated, they were still rushing to tell each other, and within half a day they had gathered in groups to receive rations.

Chief Xiaoxi had already ordered people to build huts and set up grass beds for the people to rest. Anyone who came to receive rations must first be served with porridge.At the same time, he also called on the people to spread it widely, and the hearts of the people were unexpectedly gathered for a while.

At this time in Gyeongsang-do, the Gyeongsang-do observers were surprised when they received the news that the Japanese army had come to surrender.

The Japanese general shouted: "I am the vanguard general Okamoto Echigo of the second division under Kato Kiyomasa. I have a vanguard army of [-]. I am here to surrender to North Korea. Please believe us!" Fight to the death with the Japanese army.Seeing this, Okamoto Echigo took the lead in taking off his saber, and the soldiers also put down their iron cannons and sabers to show their sincerity.

This move surprised all the North Korean officers and soldiers present, and the Gyeongsangdo observers were even more puzzled. They thought to themselves: Why did these Japanese surrender when they were in full swing?Could it be that he committed a capital crime in the army before joining our army?

He thought for a while, and asked these words directly. That Okamoto Echigo Mamoru was not pretentious, and immediately replied: "We thought that after a long civil war, we could return to our hometown to reunite with our wives and children and enjoy peace. Who Knowing that they were mobilized again, they traveled across the oceans to fight. I heard that even after defeating North Korea, they would not stop. They would also go to fight against the Ming Dynasty. I really don’t know when the war will end! I don’t want to be tortured by war anymore , so it is simply reduced."

Gyeongsang-do observers saw that what he said was sincere. Although he was still not sure whether it was true or not, since the matter had come to this point, it was better to stay in the Japanese army for the time being and report to the court first.
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