Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1770 Aid Korea to Fight against Japanese ([-]) Lu Shouhai Attack
The Korean rebels and monk soldiers were ready to move, and of course the Japanese army was not just idling and sleeping.At this time, the Japanese garrison general in Cheongju City was Hachisuga Housekeeping, and his troops were guarding small and large towns between Cheongju and Chungju. The troops were quite scattered, and there were only more than [-] people in Cheongju City.

Is it dangerous?It looks very dangerous, but it actually depends on the overall situation. After all, since the Japanese army landed, the Korean army has often collapsed at the first touch, and the Japanese army has never encountered an enemy at all.It was under such an overall situation that Hachisuka's family management was dismissive of North Korea's combat power. Although there were only a few hundred soldiers around, he also believed that it was enough to suppress Cheongju and deter the surrounding area.

On the first day of this month, 100 people from Zhao Xian's department, 700 monk soldiers from Linggui, and 500 officers and soldiers, a total of more than [-] people arrived in Qingzhou.Since Zhao Xian had made a plan before, he first ordered [-] people from the headquarters to lure the enemy out of the city, and the remaining [-] rebels and [-] monk soldiers lay in ambush on both sides and waited for orders. The official army was responsible for chasing and defeating the army.It should be said that this is an extremely common tactic to lure the enemy into encirclement and annihilation.

Hachisuka's family saw that the provocateurs outside Qingzhou City were all ordinary people, all without armor, holding crude knives and guns, and even many of them were just holding hoes, pitchforks, firewood axes and other agricultural tools, and they were also scattered in formation. , I only know how to shout and curse outside the range of the matchlock gun.

Fengsuhe's housekeeping sneered again and again, and said humanely to his subordinates: "There are hundreds of untouchables in the district, holding farm tools, and they can't even be called ashigaru. How dare they dare to shout and curse outside the city? All corpses must be broken into thousands of pieces, as an example to others!" He didn't just talk, he immediately ordered a hundred soldiers to hunt down and kill this rebel army.

When the rebel army saw more than a hundred Japanese troops attacking, they fought with them.Obviously, although there were [-] rebels, their armour, armor and weapons were not as sophisticated as the Japanese army. In addition, there was no formation in the chaotic battle. Nearly [-] rebels were killed or injured within a moment of fierce fighting. The battle situation was one-sided.

Seeing this, Zhao Xian hurriedly sent a signal, and the front retreated to lead the Japanese army to pursue. Then the ambushes rose up on both sides, encircling the Japanese army in an instant.This time, the superiority in military strength was too great, and the Japanese army could not break through, and all of them were beheaded by the rebels and monk soldiers.However, the rebels did not know how to use the matchlock guns they captured, so they had to carry them with them as cold weapons.

Jiazheng Fengxuhe saw the enemy's ambush from the tower, and he couldn't help being surprised. After counting it carefully, he realized that the enemy army had thousands of soldiers. Since there were only two hundred guards left in the city, Jiazheng Fengxuhe had no idea, and it was inevitable. flustered.

Zhao Xian and Linggui took advantage of the situation and ordered the monks and rebels to attack the city with all their strength. The morale of the rebels was high, and their shouts resounded throughout Qingzhou, and they fought fiercely with the Japanese army below the city.At this moment, the clouds suddenly covered, and it rained cats and dogs. Although the Japanese army's matchlock guns were made with good precision, their technical level was not high. All invalid.However, misfortune and good fortune depend on it, and the North Korean side was also unable to attack the city due to the heavy rain. Zhao Xian had no choice but to order the withdrawal of the siege.

Seeing the heavy rain, Fengxuhe's family hurriedly knelt down to thank the gods for protection, but at the same time, he knew that once the sky cleared the next day, the rebels would attack the city again, and Qingzhou might not be safe.Fengsuhe's housekeeping made a decisive decision and led the remaining troops to evacuate Cheongju overnight.

In the early morning of the next day, the rebel army surrounded Qingzhou again, but saw that the gates of Qingzhou had already been opened, and the people of Qingzhou were moving around.Zhao Xian and Ling Gui were puzzled, and they found a woman to inquire, only to know that the Japanese army had left last night.Zhao Xian was suspicious and didn't know if it was a trick, so he didn't dare to act rashly, but the officers and soldiers heard about this great victory, they went straight to Qingzhou and announced the restoration of Qingzhou.

After the recovery of Qingzhou, Zhao Xian asked the officers and soldiers to check the merits and memorials, but the officers and soldiers would not give them.Zhao Xian led the crowd to plunder and watch. Sure enough, in the memorial, he attributed the first contribution to the restoration of Qingzhou to the officers and soldiers, and praised the monks and soldiers for their assistance, but he did not mention a word about the righteous soldiers.Zhao Xian was furious, and the rebel army and the official army clashed one after another.

Linggui had no choice but to act as a peacemaker to comfort the two sides. Zhao Xian replied indignantly: "Thousands of righteous people are not afraid of life and death to fight against the enemy. They don't mention a word. The officers and soldiers have not accomplished an inch but entered the empty city first, but they dare to report their first contribution. !
What they did was clearly a selfish revenge for not allowing the officers and soldiers to participate in the battle. Such shameless acts must not be ignored.Master Linggui, since you are a person who has no desires or desires, please don't talk too much, swords have no eyes, if you step forward again, you will be met with unreasonable disasters! "

At this point, Linggui can only do nothing.From then on, the alliance of Gongzhou rebels, monk soldiers, and official soldiers has essentially disintegrated.

In the middle of this month, Zhao Xian received an order that the imperial court asked the rebels, monks, and officials to work together to recover Jinshan.Zhao Xian firmly opposed to joining forces with the government and army, and decided to lead the rebel army to recover Jinshan.

When Linggui learned about it, he quickly persuaded him: "You must not be arrogant. The poor monk thinks that after the First World War in Qingzhou, there are only [-] rebels left. Jinshan Japanese will be Kobayakawa Longjing. I heard that he is a famous general of the Japanese country. He is very strategic. This man's soldiers Many generals are brave and powerful, and they are now occupying a dangerous position. Just because you have less than a thousand soldiers at present, you will never return. It is better to follow the imperial court's order, and the three departments work together, and it is better to make a long-term plan."

However, Zhao Xian hated the officers and soldiers to the extreme, so he naturally refused to follow him and insisted on acting alone. He said proudly: "The king humiliated the minister to death. After receiving the military order, I will immediately go to Jinshan to make further calculations. I will definitely recover Jinshan. But please forgive me for never working with the Xiaoxiao disciples. If the master is still willing to kill the enemy and serve the country, please go with me."

After Zhao Xian finished speaking, he formally bid farewell to Linggui and left, chic and decisive.

On the other side, Longjing Kobayakawa heard that Gongzhou Zhao Xian led hundreds of rebels to attack Jinshan, and now they are sleeping outside the city overnight, so he said to Tachibana Zongmao: "Although the Korean rebels are brave, they are still far behind our army. I don't dare to station such an army outside the city. I thought it might be a suspicious army. However, if the leader of the army is really Zhao Xian, then it should be a different matter.

I once heard that Zhao Xian was a famous Confucian in North Korea, but he was withdrawn by nature, stubborn and extreme, and it was difficult for anyone to work with him for a long time. If this is inferred, this army should be a lone army.

What's more, although Zhao Xian has a deep understanding of Confucianism, he has no idea about military strategy, so he is not a formidable enemy.Zongmao, let Takahashi lead an additional 500 people to go out of the city secretly at night, and go around behind the Zhao Department. First, check if there are any ambushes in the surrounding area. Fight back and forth to win the head of the enemy general. "Tachibana Muneshige took the order and made arrangements immediately.

In the early morning of the next day, most of the rebels in Zhao Xian's formation were still in their dreams. The gate of Jinshan City was opened wide.

Hearing the sound of killing, Zhao Xian hurriedly ordered the whole army to fight, but the main force of the Japanese army was close at hand, the ambush had already arrived, and the rebel army was in chaos. , for the country and the people, kill all the Japanese pirates!"

However, the morale of the army is one of the magic weapons for winning in the era of cold weapons, but now it is the season of alternating hot and cold weapons, and the Japanese army is not only large in number, but also well-equipped and properly coordinated. The huge lethality is not comparable to that of ancient times .

Zhao Xian's son was wearing an inaugural shirt, hoping to attract the enemy so that Zhao Xian could escape, but the Japanese army's iron artillery fire was intense, and Zhao Xian's son was shot and killed in an instant.After this fierce battle, none of Zhao Xian and the [-] volunteers survived, but after Kobayakawa Takakage's victory, the Japanese army retreated to Jinshan in an orderly manner.

The next day, Zhao Xian's disciples led a small group of rebels to arrive and found corpses everywhere, so they gathered together for burial.Three days later, Linggui led the monks to attack Jinshan. Linggui heard the news of Zhao Xian's death, inexplicably sad and indignant, and vowed to avenge Zhao Xian.

The monks and soldiers led by Linggui cleverly took advantage of the mountain situation to deal with the Japanese army, and fought continuously for three days and three nights.The monk soldiers are brave and have firm beliefs because of their status. In addition, many Japanese soldiers are Buddhists, who are quite apprehensive about fighting the monk soldiers, which makes the battle situation a bit tug-of-war.

Takakage Kobayakawa strictly ordered the defense to be defended, constantly adjusted the defense, and the iron gunner was condescending to shoot day and night. He didn't order a short assault until he found that the whole army of monks and soldiers was desperate.This assault had a key effect at the critical moment, leading to the annihilation of all the monks and soldiers, and the death of Linggui.

In this way, after Gao Jingming, Zhao Xian, Linggui and others died in Jinshan, the volunteers in Jeolla, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang were all indignant. Attack.

Longjing Kobayakawa originally wanted to use Geumsan as a stronghold to capture Jeolla-do, but unexpectedly found that he had become the target of public criticism. Instead, he was trapped in Geumsan City, struggling to defend for days—oh no, months. It really made the Japanese army's wise general feel a headache.

On the other hand, the Mori Terumoto Seventh Army in Gyeongsang-do did not make good progress in eradicating the rebels, and even Kanbei Kuroda, the military adviser, rushed from Hanyang to Gyeongsang-do to provide assistance.

After Kuroda Kanbei learned about the local battle situation, he asked Mori Terumoto to send generals to distribute in various cities and win the hearts of the people.As for Kuroda Guanbingwei himself, he personally led [-] elites, set up tactics to lure the enemy in each city, deliberately showed weakness, induced scattered rebels to encircle and kill, and then appeased the people until the place was stabilized.

At the same time, he also ordered Hiroshi Yoshikawa to lead [-] troops, keep an eye on Guo Zaiyou's troops, advance step by step, compress their guerrilla areas, and unite with the Ninth Army to force Guo Zaiyou and other rebels to retreat to Jinzhou.

At this stage, the performance of the Japanese army on land was roughly the same. Next, it is time to talk about the sea.

However, since Li sun-shin won consecutive battles with the Japanese army in naval battles, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was furious when he learned about it, and ordered the navy general Kuki Jialong to fight back against Li sun-shin.

In fact, Kuki Yoshitaka is now one head and two big. The reason is that he is responsible for the guarantee of shipping lines, but he is unable to mobilize the main combat power of the Japanese navy.At this time, the real main force of the Japanese navy has been staying near Osaka to prevent the Kanto Fleet of the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance from raiding Osaka Castle. After all, Osaka is Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s lair. I'm afraid it would be easy for him to exterminate the Nine Ghosts Jialong's clan.

Kuki Yoshitaka had no choice but to ask Yasuji Wakisaka to lead the main 73 warships of the navy transport fleet to fight, and also asked Yoshiaki Kato and Takatora Todo to lead a team to support him.

Yasuji Wakisaka heard that the generals of the Ministry, Waki ​​Itata Zuobei, Watanabe Shichiemon, and Nainabe Sama Yun discussed matters.At the meeting, Yasuji Wakisaka said: "That fellow Li Sun-shin has discredited our navy. This time His Royal Highness has issued a strict order to destroy the Korean navy! In this battle, my 73 warships will be divided into three teams and go hand in hand. Lead a team each, gather at Geoje Island first, and wait for the opportunity to fight.”

Wakiban Zuobei was quite worried about the battle situation: "His Royal Highness's strict orders are naturally formidable, but the main force of our navy cannot leave Osaka lightly at this time, and the turtle ships built by North Korea should not be underestimated. So far, no effective coping strategies.

I and I have discussed in private before that if we want to break his turtle ship, we must buy the giant ships from the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance, and even need to install a large number of large tanks like the Ming Dynasty giant ships for those giant ships ( Artillery), but there are none of these now, and it will definitely cause trouble for our side when we fight again. "

Watanabe Zuobingwei also had the same concern: "Yes, Your Highness Kuki, the warships of our army are all old ships at the moment, and there is a great lack of large tanks. As for the other generals, Li Sun-sin commanded them properly, if the fleets of the two armies are of the same size, the outcome may be unpredictable."

Zhiguo Zomayun was very dissatisfied when he saw that the two were so decadent, and said to them, "How did you become so cowardly? Could it be that we have no advantage? I still don't believe it. Not bad? The big guns of the Korean navy are not the big guns of the Ming people, and they can decide the outcome? I think the key is still in our army's formation planning, and we need to fully grasp the situation from the beginning!"

The issue of North Korean artillery is mentioned here. In fact, it has been mentioned before.Although Daming has always regarded North Korea as a relatively honest vassal state, in fact, it has always been wary. For 200 years, it has imposed strict restrictions on the export of firearms and gunpowder to North Korea. As for the most powerful artillery, it is of course the strictest restricted part.

As a result, the level of artillery in North Korea has always been low. Although it is better than the Japanese army, which has been focusing on iron cannons (matchlock guns) and has hardly developed large cannons (artillery guns), it is also "better than nothing." " difference.

According to the thinking of the generals of the Japanese navy at this time, it is actually not difficult to solve this problem, as long as the new fleet from Osaka City arrives. After all, those giant ships purchased or improved from Jinghua originally had artillery. Facing the unexpected enemy of the turtle ship, as long as the smuggled cannons are installed on the giant ship, the enemy will naturally be defeated.

However, this problem is actually not that simple, because the artillery smuggled from Jinghua already has a place to go. There are two main directions: one is that it was allocated to the army. This does not need to be explained. In short, the army took about [-]% of it. ;
The second is to build the defense of Osaka City.I am afraid that Osaka Castle is not joking when it is said that it is impenetrable. At least in Japan, its city defense capabilities must have surpassed that of Odawara Castle, which was taken down a few years ago, because [-]% of the artillery obtained from Ming Dynasty was directly used in the city defense of Osaka Castle. above the system.

As for the remaining [-]%, it was naturally loaded on the ship—that is, it was still in Osaka City, on the "New Fleet" ship used to defend Osaka Bay.How to put it this way, although this led to the "new fleet" obviously having too few artillery pieces, at least they had new artillery pieces, and if they were used intensively, it would certainly not be a big problem to destroy the limited turtle ships in Yi Sun-shin's hands.

It's a pity that no matter how you say it, Yoshiro Kuki definitely can't get these cannons now, and he didn't even dare to ask Toyotomi Hideyoshi that he had such a need.

At this moment, seeing Naoba Sama Yun say this, Wakisaka Yasuji suddenly got up and said fiercely: "That's right, don't be fooled by the enemy. Our army has assembled such a huge force as 73 warships. It is to fight to the death with the North Korean Navy!

Although the North Korean navy has large tanks, its steering and speed are not as good as ours, and its so-called turtle ships are only a few.In this battle, our army is divided into three teams. Once the battle starts, we will definitely be able to use our army's speed advantage to surround the enemy's ships and break into the enemy's formation, effectively disrupting the deployment of North Korea.

Gentlemen, we want to snatch the Korean warships and their large tanks, and then incorporate them into our fleet. In this way, the Korean navy will no longer be our opponent.Furthermore, in order to deal with the Korean turtle ships, His Royal Highness Jiugui has transferred the iron-clad Antaka ship Nippon Maru improved by Ming craftsmen as a secret weapon!

Now, our navy fleet has assembled in Busan to wait for orders. It is a mere turtle boat. I think it is better for them to be turtles, otherwise I will kill them! "

Now that the chief general said so, the three of them had no choice but to accept it. Considering that there was still a "Ming-made Anzhai New Ship" in town anyway, everyone still had some hope for Yasaka Wakisaka's vow to kill Li Sun-shin.As a result, the Japanese naval forces completed their pre-war mobilization and began to act.
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