Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1769
Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.The general trend of the Ming court is still under the control of Gao Pragmatism, and it can be ignored for the time being. At this time, the North Korean side, both North Korea and the Japanese army, are facing their own problems, which is worth writing about.

Since Japan aggressively invaded North Korea, only Jeolla Province has never fallen among the eight provinces of North Korea. However, according to the deployment of the Japanese army before the war and subsequent adjustments, the 5000 people of its sixth division are now under the leadership of veteran Kobayakawa Takakage. He led the station at Geumsan, which occupies the northernmost part of Jeolla Province.

Geumsan connects Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces, and is located in a dangerous location. It has always been a strategic location of North Korea.Ever since the Japanese army occupied Geumsan, the North Korean official army and rebel army in Jeolla-do knew that the situation was worrisome, and they had begun to gather spontaneously to prepare for the coming war.

In order to keep the whole state intact and the overall situation intact, Quan Li, envoy of Gwangju, Jeolla Province, was ordered to serve as the temperance envoy of the capital, and led troops to garrison Lizhi, the gate of Jeonju, to curb the advance of the Japanese army.Guo Rong, the defense envoy of Jeolla Province, met at Lizhi and was ordered to recapture Geumsan. Gao Jingming, the leader of the Jeolla Douyi Army, also led his people to help.

When Quan Li heard that Gao Jing was ordered to come, he hurried out of his tent to meet him.When Gao Jingming saw that Quan Li came out to greet him in person, he couldn't help being flattered, and hurriedly said: "The person who has already been dismissed from office, why should the temperance envoy greet him in person? It's absolutely impossible, absolutely impossible."

Quan Li pretended he hadn't heard, stepped forward and clasped Gao Jingming's hands, and sincerely thanked him: "Because of the government affairs, I have already been dismissed from office, so I am grateful to the younger generation for coming here at this moment. Although the court first abandoned the government affairs Regardless of the situation, but when the country was in crisis, the government affairs still stepped forward and organized volunteers to fight against the Japanese pirates.

In particular, the governor of the government office is highly respected, and when he raised his arms, Jeolla Province responded in groups, and even rebels rose everywhere, making it difficult for Japanese pirates to run rampant.In addition, after the younger generation heard about Tan Yang's alliance, Fushi has become the leader of the rebel army?Really gratifying. "

Gao Jingming sighed, and said: "General Quan Li has been over-reputed. I was dismissed because of my incompetence. What I have done now is nothing more than loyalty and righteousness. General, I have led seven thousand soldiers to help. My dog... Yinghou, Conghou, I haven't come to see the general yet!"

Quan Li knew that Gao Jingming had only two sons, and after hearing this, he hurriedly persuaded him: "Master, you are old, and the war is dangerous now, if the whole family goes to battle, if the incense is in danger, it is really..."

Gao Jingming interrupted: "The general is worrying too much. If the country perishes, what's the point of continuing the bloodline? My father and son have decided to live and die with the country, and we hope the general will make it happen." Quan Li respected, Feeling very impressed, he hurriedly asked the three of them to discuss the matter.

In the big camp, Quan Li took the lead to say: "Jolla Province is the land of the country's granary. It has always been relied on by the imperial court and coveted by the Japanese pirates. Now there are two prison officials, Li Sunshin and Li Yiqi, on the coast of Jeolla Province. With firm control, the eastern part is mountainous and dangerous, and it is difficult for the Japanese pirates to advance lightly, and the Jeolla Daoyi army is raised, and the soldiers and the people are united, so the Japanese pirates have to occupy Geumsan, and then try to encroach on Jeolla."

Gao Jingming nodded to show his understanding, and then suggested: "If Japanese pirates want to invade Jeolla-do from Geumsan, they must first attack Lizhi and Xiongzhi and then occupy Jeonju. In this case, we need to divide our troops to guard Lizhi and Xiongzhi. Xiong Zhi has two important places."

Jeonla-do defense envoy Guo Rong immediately added: "Our army can't just focus on defense. I think that when the Japanese invaders attack Lizhi and Xiongchi, we should gather a group of elite troops led by this general to attack Geumsan and cut off their way back. , Attack and occupy the enemy's base camp, this is the strategy to capture the king and return, the Japanese pirates must rush back to rescue. If they win, Jinshan will recover, and they can take advantage of the situation to wipe out the enemy bandits; if they cannot win, they can also keep Li Zhi and Xiong Zhi safe. , defeating the enemy."

Quan Li thought about it for a moment, and thought that this plan was feasible, so he nodded his approval, and Gao Jingming was naturally unwilling to let others go, and also expressed his willingness to go with Guo Rong.

On the ninth day of October, Kobayakawa Takakage stationed in Jinshan ordered Tachibana Soshige and Kobayakawa Hidebo to lead a team and attack Xiongzhi and Lizhi respectively.Quanli's headquarters and the rebel army guarded Lizhi together. The Korean soldiers and civilians were extremely brave, and they all fought to the death.

At the other Xiongzhi, the fighting situation was not good. Facing the strong Japanese attack, they could only retreat and defend, and the situation was at stake.When Gao Jingming heard about it, he and Guo Rong stepped up their march and arrived at Jinshan in Shenshi.

Gao Jingming and Guo Rong divided their troops into two groups. Guo Rong's headquarters attacked the west side of Jinshan Mountain, and Gao Jingming ordered his headquarters to attack the south side of Jinshan Mountain.Takakage Kobayakawa ordered Zhuziguangmen and Takahashi to increase their troops to resist, while he himself ordered the whole army to stick to the dangerous points, deploy them in stages, and only fight back with iron cannons, and not to rush into battle.The two armies fought fiercely at Jinshan until late at night, but Jinshan was still not captured by Gao Jingming and Guo Rong.

After a fierce battle, Takakage Kobayakawa found that the morale of Guo Rong's troops was low, and they were far less determined to fight to the death than Gao Jingming's troops.He has always been one of the few wise generals in Japan, so he approached Takahashi Tozeng that night, and said to him: "Mr. Takahashi, the North Korean volunteers are fearless, and it is definitely not the best policy to fight against them. The strength of the two armies is almost the same. How do you think our army should be deployed?"

Takahashi Tongzeng was a bachelor, and said directly: "Your Highness Kobayakawa must have a plan to defeat the enemy, please just give me instructions."

Takakage Kobayakawa couldn't help smiling, but still nodded, and said, "Well, Takahashi-san, I'll be blunt. The Korean soldiers are divided into two groups, but the North Korean army on the west route is powerful, but according to my detailed observation, His military spirit is not as good as that of the South Road.

Therefore, in order to break the siege of Jinshan, I must concentrate my forces, conquer the west road first, and then turn to the south road.I want to ask you to defend the south gate tomorrow, and you must stick to it until I return to help, but I can only give you part of the force, so this battle will be very dangerous, Takahashi-kun... can you do it? "

Takahashi Tongzeng raised his chin proudly, and replied: "The way of a samurai is to be loyal and righteous. My brother and father-in-law have high hopes for me. I will never disgrace my family name. It is a great honor to follow you in the Korean war. Please, Your Highness Kobayakawa Rest assured to entrust this important task to my subordinates. Your Highness, Takahashi will not die, and the south gate will not be broken!"

Takakage Kobayakawa praised it loudly, so it was convenient to adjust the deployment the next day, concentrating on breaking its weakness first, and then encircling the lone army.He also ordered the construction of Ziguangmen, and concentrated most of the iron gunners in the direction of Guo Rong to seek a breakthrough.

Guo Rong led the troops to attack Jinshan again, but was hit head-on by the iron cannons concentrated by the Japanese army, causing heavy casualties in a short period of time.After two rounds of charging, Guo Rong's troops actually suffered nearly half of the casualties, which is extremely rare among the North Korean army—because usually they can't hit this level at all, and they have already collapsed.

But even so, Guo Rong knew that his troops could no longer hold on. Seeing that the situation was not good, he was frightened and led the crowd to flee before Gao Jing's order was given.

Takakage Kobayakawa could see clearly from a high place, but he immediately gave orders not to pursue, and the whole army turned to counterattack Gao Jingming.At this time, Gao Jingming was fighting fiercely. When the rebel army heard that Guo Rong had fled, they were immediately in a panic. Seeing the Japanese army coming out in full force, attacking from left to right, it was difficult to resist. They urged Gao Jingming to retreat south in time.

However, Gao Jingming was determined not to follow, and said: The defeated general can only die in battle to atone for his sins!So after a fierce battle, Gao Jingming and his second son Gao Conghou killed all the core subordinates including Mr. Liu Peng and An Ying, and the remnants fled in all directions.

The Japanese troops attacking Lizhi and Xiongzhi heard that Jinshan had been attacked, and withdrew from the battlefield one after another, rushing back to rescue Jinshan.After rejoining Takakage Kobayakawa, the Japanese military doctors took a rest and marched again the next day.This time, the entire Kobayakawa Sixth Army was mobilized to capture Jeolla-do in one go.

Kobayakawa Longjing ordered Takahashi Tongzeng to lead an army of [-] to attack Lizhi, and he personally led the army to break through from Xiongzhi.Takahashi Tongzeng took the lead and led the crowd to kill Lizhi, but was ambushed by Quan Li on all sides.Quan Lijun's army here included a part of Gao Jingming's former rebel army. When they heard of Gao Jingming's tragic death, they were all filled with righteous indignation and murderous intent.

Under Quan Li's sudden siege, the Japanese army was caught off guard, outnumbered, and suffered heavy losses.Takahashi Tongzeng tried his best to save him, but it was of no avail in the end. He had to lead nearly a hundred people out of the encirclement, and returned to Jinshan in embarrassment.

At this time, the main force led by Takakage Kobayakawa was attacking Xiongzhi. Xiongzhi's defenses were poor and it was difficult to withstand the Japanese iron artillery fire. The guard Li Zhan saw that the Japanese army was approaching menacingly and concluded that Xiongzhi was difficult to defend, so he led the rebels back to Xiongshan for defense.

Kobayakawa Longjing pursued him, and Li Zhan led the rebel army to fight against Kobayakawa Longjing's army by virtue of the mountains.Takakage Kobayakawa is a wise general. At this moment, he saw that the North Korean rebels wanted to take advantage of the terrain to consume and delay their attack. In order to avoid being disrupted by North Korea, he ordered all the ministries to gather, set fire to the mountain, and wiped out the enemy in a detour. Li Zhan and many other volunteers died in battle. .

In order to confuse the Japanese army so that they would not dare to enter Quanzhou lightly, Li Wei, the inspector of Jeolla Province, spread torch flags all over the road that must be passed, and ordered more than a dozen teams of Qingqi to gallop in the mountains, pretending to be suspicious soldiers.

Kobayakawa Longjing's army had just fought hard, and heard that Quanli of Joseon had defeated Takahashi Tongzeng, and he had led his army to chase him. Seeing this suspicious soldier, he did not dare to act rashly. To be on the safe side, he ordered to return to Jinshan.

Later, in the name of admiring the heroic fighting of Korean volunteer soldiers in Geumsan and Xiongshan, Kobayakawa Takakage ordered the collection of the dead bodies of Korean volunteer soldiers in Xiongshan for centralized burial. It can be seen that this person is indeed quite strategic.

At the same time, in Chungcheong Province, Zhao Xian, a great Confucian in Gongzhou, joined forces with Linggui, a monk, to rebel against the enemy and defend the country.

In fact, North Korea has been advocating Confucianism since the founding of the country, believing that Buddhism is a deceitful person, and it has been suppressed and excluded for a long time.The defectors flocked to them, and monasteries around the country deeply felt that they should contribute to the national crisis and protect the people, so some monks took the lead in recruiting monks and soldiers.

For example, Xishan Master Xiujing recruited [-] monks and soldiers at Faxing Temple in Shun’an; his first disciple Weizheng recruited [-] monks and soldiers at Ganfeng Temple in Chucheng; Linggui, the third disciple, recruited [-] monks and soldiers from Jiasi in Gongzhou and so on.

So far, the first batch of monks and soldiers in North Korea has reached [-] people, and monasteries around the country have also heard the news and responded one after another. Therefore, Xiu Jing was canonized by the imperial court as the head of the Eighth Path and Sixteen Schools, commanding the monks and soldiers across the country.

And Zhao Xian is not simple. As a master of Confucianism in North Korea, he was later known as the eighteen sages of the Eastern Kingdom in the original history. Now he is naturally duty-bound when the country is in crisis.He heard that the monks and soldiers were rising, and he was even more impatient, so he led his disciples to set up a high platform in Gongzhou to recruit volunteers.

Zhao Xian called on the people to say: "Our country is in trouble, beasts invade, destroy our mountains and rivers, plunder our land, kill our people, destroy our foundation, the government and army are weakened, the royal family is relocated, and the world is in chaos. The people are displaced, and the society for hundreds of years is about to melt For nothing, generations of fathers and sons have run their homes long since they were destroyed.

Fortunately, Guo Zaiyou, a general in red from Qingshang Dao, raised the flag of righteousness for the first time to recruit volunteers. Afterwards, Jin Mian, Jin Qianai, Gao Jingming and others flocked up, and the volunteers from all over the place frightened the Japanese pirates.What's more, monasteries all over the country are also recruiting monks and soldiers, just to protect their families and the country, and go to the national crisis together.

Today, Yi Sun-shin of Jeolla Province has defeated the Japanese pirate navy in a row, and the prince's residence is in danger, shuttling through the enemy's formation to comfort him, and calling for joint troops from all over the world to fight against the enemy.We Confucian scholars, who have read poems and books, studied hard, and at this time of national calamity, we should abide by propriety, justice, integrity and shame, be loyal to the emperor and love the country, and sacrifice our lives to protect the people of the world.

Everyone!Please follow my flag of righteousness, join our volunteer army, drive out Japanese pirates, restore our country and rivers, sacrifice your life and be fearless, leave your name in history, but for loyalty and filial piety, you will never regret a hundred deaths! "

Zhao Xian was impassioned and excited, and after the selection that day, more than [-] volunteers were recruited.

Afterwards, Zhao Xian made an appointment with Linggui and sighed: "Qingzhou milk is an important town in Qingdao, and there is a large amount of food. Before the Japanese pirates captured Qingzhou when they went north, they used this as a stronghold to guard it. Recently, it is heard that most of the Japanese army in Qingzhou has gone north. Tiao, there are only a few hundred Japanese troops left in Qingzhou City to defend Qingzhou alone, and they are alone. So, if we gather a large army of rebels and fight bloody battles with several times the strength, we will be able to recover Qingzhou, and the world will shake!"

Linggui replied: "The public opinion is very true, but I think that although the Japanese army is small in number, they still rely on the advantages of firearms after all. Our army's armor is thin, and Qingzhou City is large. If we attack Qingzhou City rashly without any rules, it may be against us. The army will only increase the casualties. The monk suggested that it may be more appropriate to unite the officers and troops and set up a strategy to lure the enemy to encircle and annihilate them."

Zhao Xian was a little displeased when he heard Linggui's proposal to join forces with the officers and soldiers. He frowned and said: "Master, you don't know something. The officers and soldiers are incompetent and have no fighting spirit. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the Japanese pirates to be so rampant. If we join forces with the officers and soldiers, it may not be You can enjoy its strength, but you are afraid of being burdened by it. If the master has mercy on the officers and soldiers, you can let them watch the battle, and if our army wins, you can let them chase the remnants.”

Linggui also knew that the officers and soldiers did not perform well on all fronts. Since Zhao Xian had reluctantly agreed to the officers and soldiers to participate, even if it was just to let them fight the wind, it would be a rare way to save face. Therefore, he did not argue, but only agreed. .

Zhao Xian looked pale, and said again: "The Japanese pirates have always come from a large country, and they will not take it seriously when they see our rebel army. As long as they can lure all the enemies out of the city and wipe them out, and if they grow stronger, the Japanese pirates will panic and panic, and their morale will collapse. Holding a sharp weapon is also difficult to be effective. At this time, our army will attack Qingzhou again, and the enemy will be difficult to resist."

Linggui thought it was reasonable and agreed again, so the Korean rebel army and monk soldiers immediately took action.
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