Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1790 Pingwa ([-]) Encirclement of Bichi Hall

Li Rusong invited Liu Chenglong to take a seat, but Liu Chenglong didn't take his seat immediately after he got up, but chanted loudly: "I raised my troops to Jianggan in the starry night to say that the three Koreas are not safe. Tomorrow's day will be hung for festivals, and my ministers will release wine cups at night to celebrate." .Chunlai's murderous spirit is still strong, and the evil atmosphere is gone now. Talking and laughing out loud are not the odds of winning. In dreams, I often recall crossing the saddle."

Li Rusong stared slightly at Liu Chenglong but didn't answer. In fact, what Liu Chenglong was reading was the poem on the fan that Li Rusong gave him.

Although Li Rusong didn't open his mouth, Liu Chenglong didn't take it seriously, and said to himself: "It is said in the admiral's poem that you are always ready to go out in your dreams. You can observe it from below, but the admiral seems to have forgotten his original intention and only cares about it in the past few days. feast."

It turned out that Li Rusong still urged the Ming army to continue marching. Li Rusong had a clear conscience and explained: "I haven't forgotten it, but I was disturbed by the military rations. Now tens of thousands of Ming soldiers are going south to help North Korea, and they need a lot of military rations. There are still ice floes, and the latest food ship has not yet arrived. Although the new Pyongyang military rations are counted, it is still manageable, but it may not be enough to go to Hanyang.

By the way, I wonder how strong the Japanese pirates in Hanyang are?If it cannot be won in one fell swoop, there will be a stalemate, and the issue of military rations will become even more urgent.The commander-in-chief heard that North Korea has no food to collect. I don’t know if you have experienced it, so can you have any clever strategies to solve the problem? "

This question is mainly anti-client, because of North Korea’s economic strength, Gao Wushi has already found out the bottom line through the two-pronged approach of the Jinghua Trading Company and the Maritime Trade Alliance. As for how much grain North Korea can collect at this stage and how much food can be provided to the Ming army, Gao Wushi is more pragmatic. Li Yan is much clearer.As for these data, Gao Pragmatism also omitted the calculation process and gave Li Rusong the answer.

In other words, Li Rusong knew very well that North Korea was not capable of supplying the Ming army with enough rations normally, and he also knew that when he asked this question, Liu Chenglong could only talk about him.

Surprisingly, though Liu Chenglong hesitated a little, as North Korea's staunch main fighter, he firmly promised that he would take his life to complete the food preparations.It doesn't matter whether Li Rusong believes it or not, anyway, he just nodded and quickly stopped the banquet.

In fact, it was difficult for North Korea to collect enough grain for the Ming army, so Liu Chenglong immediately went to the Fen Dynasty to discuss with Guang Haijun and Zheng Zhuo, and considered collecting grain reserves from various academies and relatives of the king.

Mr. Guanghai also believes that the academy and the clan are the ones who receive the most favor from the court, so this time of national calamity is also the time for the clan to repay their favor.In addition, Yoo Seong-ryong also proposed to give empty name cards to those who are willing to contribute food across the country, in other words, to give official appointment letters to those who have made meritorious deeds or contributed property.

However, Mr. Guanghai thinks that this is selling an official title, so he cannot agree.Liu Chenglong had no choice but to persuade: "The official position you get is just the lowest level and has no real power. Those who have made contributions to the country must be compensated accordingly. This is a name for real. It is a last resort in a crisis. and also."

Mr. Guanghai thought over and over again, and felt that Liu Chenglong's words were not unreasonable, but this matter might have future troubles, and he didn't want to be blamed. After much deliberation, he finally decided to go ahead and leave this troublesome matter to the king.

After the Joseon King Li Zhan received the report, Jin Guiren felt that his clan had done his best for the royal family, and if he collected food again, he might lose the support of his clan, so he asked Li Zhan how to reply, and later saw that Li Zhan was going to approve the request of the royal family. Then he asked the king what the reason was.

Li Yan said: "Let the son go to collect grain from the clan, anyway the clan will definitely oppose it. If their opposition succeeds, it means that the prince is not careful, and his prestige will inevitably decline; if their opposition is fruitless, they will inevitably be renounced against the prince. Change the above memorial to the Dachao to enshrine the spiritual seat.

In addition, the three capitals are about to be recovered, and the widows can also make preparations for the return of the capitals, and then use the preparations for the return of the capitals and the clan's appeal to abolish the division of the dynasty and unify the two dynasties.Then the widow will rule the state affairs. "Jing Guiren originally opposed this matter, but he stopped talking when he heard this.

Sure enough, the requisition of grain aroused strong opposition from the clansmen. After Mr. Guanghai forced the clansmen to hand over the grains, the clansmen went to the desert one after another. Li Yan took the opportunity to issue a royal decree to the sub-dynasties, deciding to merge the two dynasties in Dingzhou.

Mr. Guanghai was extremely dissatisfied with this: "Up until now, I have been on behalf of the king to lead the rebel army, the official army and the Japanese pirates, and win the hearts of the people. What the king can't do is accomplished by the sub-dynasties led by my son. Yes, if the hearts of the people are divided and not in the great dynasty, how can they follow the king."

Zheng Zhuo persuaded: "Di Xia, please calm down. Di Xia and the sub-dynasties are just doing what should be done. Di Xia is leading the sub-dynasties in order to overcome the national crisis, not to compete with the king for the hearts of the people. Could it be that you are afraid? ? Afraid that the king will abolish your royal position after abolishing the division of the dynasty?"

Mr. Guanghai was startled suddenly, and quickly said that his words were agitated and nonsense.Zheng Zhuo looked at his nose, nose, and heart, as if he had never seen Mr. Guanghai's nervousness, but he said in his mouth: "The hearts of the people have turned to the mansion, and the mansion will not be greedy anymore, and please obey the king's orders... Given time, opportunities will come by themselves. .”

Mr. Guanghai had regained his composure at this time, and said with a calm smile: "I am neither the eldest son nor the eldest son, and I have never been favored by the king, so it is even more difficult to be enshrined by the Ming Dynasty. How did the opportunity come to me? Let's not mention it. "Guanghai Jun had a smile on his face, but there was no need to express the frustration in his tone.

Afterwards, the Joseon King Li Yan led the Dachao to Dingzhou to merge with the Fen Dynasty, and at the same time promoted Liu Chenglong to be the inspector of the three capitals.

At the same time, the Ming army is actively preparing to recover Hanyang.On January 26, Li Rusong ordered Zha Dashou and Zu Chengxun to lead [-] soldiers, and with the North Korean defense envoy Gao Yanbo as the guide, they started firepower reconnaissance in the direction of Hanyang.

Coincidentally, the Japanese army also happened to make a similar move, sending more than 150 people led by Kato Koyasu and Maeno Nagayasu to investigate northward, and the two armies immediately went into battle when they encountered each other.

With twenty times the force advantage, what else can we think about?The cavalry of the Ming army decisively launched a charge against the Japanese army. These Liaodong cavalry immediately armed with Wanli Type [-] cavalry guns and fired at the Japanese iron cannons. The distance between the troops was too close, and the iron cavalry of the Ming army could easily rush into the Japanese formation.

Kato Koyasu hurriedly regrouped, and even launched a counterattack. Zu Chengxun from the other side of the Ming army sneered, and led his troops to take the lead. After a melee, the Japanese army quickly died and injured more than a hundred, and Kato Koyasu fled back to Hanyang in a hurry.

The Ming army didn't expect that Kato Koyasu's status was actually not low. Judging from the fact that he only led more than a hundred soldiers, he thought he was nothing more than a small boss, so he didn't pursue him.

Zha Da ordered the troops to rest for a while, and discussed with Zu Chengxun: "Since we can meet the Japanese pirates visiting horses by chance, it can be seen that the Japanese pirates are also deploying defenses. They are already starting preparations. There should be a lot of Japanese pirates stationed in Hanyang."

Zu Chengxun said: "In my opinion, we should continue to investigate Hanyang to find out how many troops the Japanese pirates have stationed in Hanyang, so that we can go back and report to the commander. Elites, withdraw immediately, and the Japanese pirates will never catch up." Cha Dashou agreed, and the Ming army continued to advance towards Hanyang.

The Japanese army in Hanyang was rewarded by Koyasu Kato, and Takakage Kobayakawa immediately offered advice: "The Ming army has arrived near Hanyang, and our army should seize the opportunity to quickly concentrate our forces and quickly annihilate this Ming army. If you set up an ambush, you will surely win a big victory.

This advance Ming army is only [-], and if I go out and concentrate [-] troops, not only will I be able to wipe it out immediately.You can also set up an ambush afterwards to severely damage the main force of the Ming army! "

Kuroda Guanbingwei agreed with this: "Ming Li Rusong saw that he did not return for a long time, and he will definitely send troops to investigate again. If he sees that he has not returned twice, he will definitely feel anxious, which will help our military plan."

To this, Takakage Kobayakawa added: "His Highness Kuroda said very well, if the Ming army is concerned and dare not enter, they will not be able to hold out, and our army can avoid the truth and disrupt its deployment. Fuck me; if the Ming army is furious, they will send out their elites to ambush me, and the main force will be greatly damaged. From then on, our army will be able to take the upper hand.

Since the Ming army defeated our first team, it has gone everywhere like a broken bamboo. It is the time of arrogance, and it must be dismissive of our army. Come on, if that's the case, it's exactly what I want! "

Yu Xitaxiu's family was overjoyed when they heard the words, and immediately arranged the layout according to what the two of them said.As a result, [-] Japanese troops rushed out of Hanyang and set up an outpost in Hongjiyuan.General Zha Dashou of the Ming Dynasty discovered that a large number of Japanese troops were leaving the city. Although he was surprised by the huge movement of the Japanese army, he also believed that the Japanese army’s combat power was mediocre, and he refused to withdraw quickly. Between the Bichou Pavilion and the fortifications are built around artillery and chariots, preparing for battle with all their strength, showing the spirit of the Liaodong Tiejun.

This time, the Japanese Army Kobayakawa Takakage Division organized four formations. The first formation was led by Tachibana Muneshige and Takahashi Tosou with 3000 troops, the second formation was led by Kobayakawa Takakage himself with 8000 troops, and the third formation was led by Kobayakawa Hidebo, Mori Motoyasu and Chikushi Hiromon with 5000 troops. People, the four teams are 4000 people from Hiroshi Yoshikawa's family.

On January 27, at Choushi, the elders of the Lihua family found traces of the Ming army brigade in Lishixian, north of Wangjing, and immediately reported back to the team.So the Tachibana tribe went first, and the rest of the tribes went to Lishixian one after another.

After Tachibana Zongshige led the army to arrive, due to the thick fog, the Tachibana army began to eat breakfast and line up troops, and launched an attack on the Ming army at Chenshi.Zha Da ordered the artillery fire to block the front line with various old-fashioned firearms he carried, and the new artillery bombarded from a long distance.

Since the range of the new artillery was far longer than that of the Japanese matchlock guns, the Japanese army was fired from the artillery immediately, and the formation was scattered. Zu Chengxun took the opportunity to lead the cavalry to kill from the two wings and defeated the front of the Japanese army.Zha Dashou ordered to stop the pursuit, continue to strengthen the defense, and sent someone to report to Li Rusong on a flying horse.

Seeing that Zha Dashou and Zu Chengxun had not returned, Li Rusong really felt suspicious.Although he didn't think that the three thousand elite cavalry led by these two veterans would be wiped out directly, but these three thousand elite cavalry were the elite of the Li family army, so they should not be ignored.

Therefore, Li Rusong and his fifth younger brother Li Rumei led a group of generals to lead a thousand elite riders to set off to meet them, and then ordered Yang Yuan to lead a thousand elite riders to follow up, and then ordered his second younger brother Li Rubai to lead the main force of Liaodong to follow up.

At this time, Zha Dayhou and Zu Chengxun were defending Bichi Pavilion with all their strength. Because most of them turned horses into steps, their position was almost broken several times.Seeing that the ammunition was almost empty, more than three or four hundred soldiers were killed and many were injured.

Just as the two were discussing whether to give up their defense and resume their cavalry status to break through and retreat, Li Rusong arrived at Sishi with a thousand elite cavalry.He was still a typical Li Rusong style of tactics, directly attacking the center of the enemy's formation, killing the Japanese army on the spot to shake the line.

But in fact, the center of the Japanese army at this time was not Takakage Kobayakawa's central army. The main force of the second formation led by Kobayakawa had not yet arrived, and only Takakage Kobayakawa and his banner arrived first.

Tachibana Munemo hurriedly greeted him, and Kobayakawa Takakage heard that Li Rusong had only led a thousand people to arrive. He ignored the disadvantage of the Japanese army at this time, but was overjoyed: "There are only one thousand reinforcements and Li Rusong came in person? Hahahaha! Li Rusong, the leader of the Ming army, is so reckless." God helped me. Killing Li Rusong alone is far better than beheading a dozen generals of the Ming army, and even better than beheading tens of thousands of soldiers. The Ming army will collapse quickly if it loses its main general, and it will be time to counterattack.

The [-] soldiers of the Lihua family are enough to rival the [-] soldiers of other families. Tachibana Zongshige, you have the reputation of being unparalleled in the Western Kingdom, and the opponent is also a unparalleled general of Ming Dynasty. You have the courage to take the head of Li Rusong! "

Muneshige Tachibana was willing to go, and Takakage Kobayakawa immediately supervised the battle in person and strictly ordered the entire army to encircle him.Tachibana Zongmao was full of energy, and the whole army went out to battle. Everyone was ordered to kill Li Rusong, the commander of the Ming army.The Tachibana family suddenly took orders.

The Japanese army then began to encircle the Ming army. Tachibana Munemo ordered [-] troops to wedge into the enemy's frontal force at ten o'clock and then retreat, luring Li Rusong into the siege.Tachibana Muneshige personally led the main force to attack the right wing of the Ming army, but when he was about to withdraw at [-]:[-], Ono Chengyuki's team in charge of the response was blocked by the Ming army's artillery. department.

Ono Chengxing is a famous golden-helmed brave general among Kobayakawa's subordinates, he galloped out on his horse and headed straight for Li Rusong.Li Rusong was killing the enemy, he didn't notice this person coming, but fortunately he accompanied Li Yousheng to guard and cover Li Rusong.Li Yousheng led his horse back and fought with Ono Chengxing, but unexpectedly, he was pulled off his horse with a hook by the Japanese army next to him, and was chopped into several sections by the Japanese army swarming up.

Li Rumei, Li Rusong's fifth younger brother, saw that Li Yousheng had died in battle, and in a rage, he drew his bow and set an arrow in the distance, and shot and killed Ono Chengxing with one arrow.The Japanese general Anton Changjiu saw Ono Chengxing being killed for a long time, he was so angry that he urged his horses to go on a rampage, hacking and killing many Ming soldiers.Li Rumei let out a cold snort, pierced through the Yang with a hundred steps again, and hit his throat with an arrow, Anton Changjiu fell off his horse and died.

Another fierce general of the Japanese army, Ogawa Cheng, was killed again and fought with the guerrilla general Li Youyi. After seven or eight rounds of Lien Zhan, he was beheaded by Li Youyi, but Li Youyi was accidentally pulled off his horse by a hook and stabbed by more than a dozen spears. Put on.

Li Rusong's eyes were blood red and he was furious when he saw that he had lost his confidants. He patted his horse and led the army to charge towards the enemy. The Japanese general Ono Ichiro came to stop him, but Li Rusong cut him in two with one blow.

At [-]:[-] a.m., Li Rusong took advantage of Li Rusong's old strength and new strength to catch up with the fierce battle with Li Rusong.Li Rusong lost the wind when he received the battle, he let out a loud roar and forced his opponent back, but it was still difficult to tell the winner.It was Li Rumei, a daring person with high skills, who made a move. When the two were fighting fiercely, an arrow hit Shi Shilianjiu in the left chest, and Shi Shilianjiu fell off the horse with a plop.

After the bloody battle, Li Rusong joined Zha Dashou and Zu Chengxun to break out of the siege. Seeing that the situation was not good, Takakage Kobayakawa ordered the former army to fight to the end again, and continuously urged the follow-up troops to speed up.

At this time, Zu Chengxun took the lead, took the lead, and fought several times in the rebellious army, beheading the Japanese generals Jiu Ye Shigekatsu and Chi Bian Yongsheng; Out, pick the Japanese general Anton Xingzhen.

At this time, the armor of the Japanese army was mostly made of bamboo, which had a lower degree of protection compared to the fine iron armor of the Ming army, and the Japanese iron cannons in the melee were not easy to use. It was narrow, and it was difficult for most of the Japanese army to spread out immediately, and they only marched in batches.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were tall and strong, full of impact, and both Wanli Type [-] cavalry spears and fine steel sabers. They were extremely powerful in both medium and close combat. Therefore, the soldiers of the Ming Army were outnumbered, and they did not lose the wind in the bloody battle. .
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