Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1801 Pingwo ([-]) Emergency Proposal

The momentum of the Japanese army was astonishing this time, and the Korean generals saw that the Japanese army outside the city had completely surrounded Jinju, so they urgently gathered again to discuss the military situation.Cui Qinghui, the envoy of the right soldier of Gyeongsang Province, said with a worried expression, "The Japanese pirates have an amazing force. Even if we wait for the bloody battle to the end, Jinju may not be able to protect it. Now the Nanjiang River has been diverted and the moat has been widened.

We have also done our best in terms of military equipment, food and grass, but even so, we are still worried about insufficient supplies, not to mention that tens of thousands of people need to take care of supplies every day.After the Japanese pirates attack the city tomorrow, everyone will be in their own positions, and the tactics can only be adapted according to circumstances. "

Advocate Jin Qianai asked: "Nowadays, everyone is fighting against the same enemy. Tens of thousands of people can become righteous soldiers. This comparison is not far behind him. If Jinzhou can defend once, it can defend the second time. It is really impossible. It's nothing more than dying for the country and fighting the Japanese pirates to the last moment. It's just that there are too many Japanese pirates after all, and they have been fighting for a long time... I wonder if the Ming army and the imperial court will come to rescue?"

Li Zongren, envoy of the Jinhai Mansion, replied: "As far as I know, the imperial court returned to Wangjing not long ago, and the statistics of the remaining troops of various branches are still incomplete. Apart from the army guarding Wangjing, we are probably the only ones in Jinzhou now.

Oh, by the way, Quan Li and Li Yu are still in the Nanyuan area, but the two of them retreated after being defeated, so they should not be able to support them for a while.And I heard that many generals in the imperial court believed that Jinzhou would fall this time and opposed the rescue.Liu Chenglong felt that the envoy had already gone to the Ming army for help, but he didn't know if the Ming army would come this time? "

The relationship between the Korean court and the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty is very delicate now, and as front-line generals, they are of course clear about this.Generally speaking, North Korea always wants to maintain independence, but the Ming army has always believed that North Korea does not have the ability to fight independently, requiring the North Korean army to obey the command of the Ming army on the one hand, and not to make trouble for the Ming army on the other hand.

This situation is like the Ming army thinking that they are chess players, while North Korea can only be used as a chess piece. North Korea is not allowed to be a chess piece as before, but instead tries to pull the Ming army to fight what they thought should not be played at that time. battle.

Of course, North Korea could not accept this situation. It felt that the Ming army regarded itself as an oil bottle or even cannon fodder, and its self-esteem was severely hit. As a result, the two sides fell into a stalemate and became independent, losing the harmony that the "alliance" should have.

Originally, from the perspective of the suzerain-vassal relationship between the two parties, the Ming army should naturally exercise command power in theory.However, in terms of the strength of the two sides alone, the Ming army only dispatched about [-] troops, while North Korea's regular army still had about [-] troops, which was twice the Ming army's.As for the various rebels and monk soldiers in North Korea, once they are included in the count, the difference in numbers will be even greater.

The size of a fist is the size of a voice. Although most of the victory of the coalition forces so far has been won by the smaller Ming army, based on the above total force, it is difficult for the Ming army to suppress the voices of all parties in North Korea. After a stalemate for a while, there is no hope of breaking through, which is why he said "but I don't know if the Ming army will come this time".

Huang Jin, the Taoist envoy of the Zhongqing Dynasty, suggested: "The Japanese invaders are approaching the city. It is best if the reinforcements come. If not, we can only rely on ourselves. But we still need to inform the army and the people that the reinforcements are coming, so as not to slack morale in the future. .

I thought that as long as the city wall of Jinju was still there, Jinzhou would never fall.As long as it survives for a few days, reinforcements should still arrive.By the way, when defending the city, pay more attention to those wearing strange armor, because the Japanese generals have different armors and are not standard.If the Japanese army can be killed every time in the future, it will be able to effectively drive back the Japanese pirates and reduce the casualties of our army. "

Gao Conghou, the leader of the volunteer army, got up and swore: "My father and brother died at the hands of the Japanese army. I am leading the volunteer army today and I am also determined to avenge my father and brother. I don't know if the Japanese general Kobayakawa Takakage is outside the city. I swear that I will shoot at least every day." With one general, he can always be caught. The volunteer soldiers I lead are also from my father and brother's old troops, and this time we will guard Jinzhou together, and our army will definitely not retreat an inch, and will not die."

Following his side, all the generals stood up and took an oath, saying that they would stick to Jinzhou.

The next day after the siege, the first batch of Japanese troops began to attack the city.At this time, North Korea had already diverted water from the Nanjiang River into the moat. The moat was about ten feet wide, and it was difficult for the Japanese army to enter lightly.Ukita Hideka ordered the Japanese army to dig dams and divert the river water.

Then the Japanese army filled the moat with clods and haystacks, and approached the city wall of Jinzhou with bamboo shields. The bows and crossbows of the Korean army were almost useless.Under the cover of bamboo shields, the Japanese army dug tunnels at the corner of the city.

It's a pity that the Japanese army's method of excavating the tunnel was a bit shoddy. While digging, the corner of the wall suddenly collapsed, crushing the tunnel and losing some soldiers on their own.The North Korean side didn't bother to watch, Li Zongren ordered the North Korean army to take the opportunity to pour hot oil, and at the same time use fire arrows to support the combustion. For a while, the fire broke out outside the city, and the Japanese army had no choice but to retreat.

A moment later, the second batch of Japanese troops began to storm the city, but the North Korean army still resisted desperately.The battle between the two armies lasted for three full days. The Japanese army had attacked the city no less than ten times, and the North Korean army was physically and mentally exhausted.Jin Qianai led a team of North Korean troops to prepare rations day and night, and delivered them one by one to boost morale. At this time, there were already dead bodies everywhere outside the city, most of them were Japanese troops, and there were also many Korean troops.

Faced with this stalemate, Kuroda Nagamasa suggested: "It may be possible to build multiple high forts in the east of the city, condescendingly rush into the city, avoid the bloody battle of ants attaching to the city, and reduce the casualties of our army."

Ishida Mitsunari was quite skeptical about this plan, and believed that although the Korean army was at a disadvantage in matchlock guns, it possessed some small and medium-sized artillery, as well as some other firearms that were suspected to be provided by the Ming army, such as swarms of bees and thunderbolts. Can building a high fortress in front of long-range firearms succeed?
Kuroda Nagamasa's answer was also very simple. He said: "Whether it is successful or not, such a bloody battle is not the best policy. My suggestion is only to minimize the casualties of our army. If this plan fails, then we should make another plan. And , Kato Kiyomasa's masterpiece tortoise shell car is about to be completed, if our army still can't break through Jinju within two days, we have no choice but to ask Kato to put this car into battle."

After talking for a long time, it turned out that there was no way to do it, not to mention going to the doctor in a hurry, at least I tried it casually.After hearing this, Ukita Hideka also felt that it would be better to try the effect than to have no response, so he agreed.

So on the fifth day, the Japanese army began to build a high fort in the east of the city, and was about to leap into the city.

Although the Japanese army had the advantage in field battles with arquebus guns, their reckless range was not as good as the artillery in the hands of the North Korean army at this time.

On the sixth day, the arrows and stones in Jinzhou City were about to run out. Jin Qianai, Cui Qinghui, Gao Conghou, Li Zongren, Huang Jin and others led the army and civilians to continue fighting with the Japanese army. The two armies fought fiercely until dawn the next day.

On the seventh day, Kiyomasa Kato ordered the Japanese troops under his command to put ten newly-made turtle-shaped chariots into battle. The turtle-shell chariots were actually inspired by the Korean turtle-shell ships. The strength is strong and durable, the structure is exquisite, and the polishing is even finer. The falling stone crossbow can be used to attack the city gate and the city wall, and the Japanese army can also use it to help the city. It's just that this thing is too big, and it moves clumsily and slowly.

Cui Qing saw that although the tortoise-shelled chariot was huge, it was all made of wood, without further ado, he ordered the tortoise-shelled chariot to be poured with kerosene, and then fired a rocket to ignite it, burning several of them within a short period of time.

Kato Kiyomasa was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered all the tortoise-shell vehicles to be withdrawn, and then obediently imitated the practice of Chinese siege vehicles in the past, wrapping the tortoise-shell vehicles with cowhide to prevent fire, and at the same time stepped up production again and shipped them to each team.

So on the eighth day, the Japanese army once again invested dozens of tortoise shell vehicles covered with thick cowhide. After that, a large number of Japanese troops launched an attack on the city from all sides.The Korean general Chungcheong Dao Bingjun Huang Jin was shot and killed by the Japanese iron cannon, and Date Masamune led his troops to the city.

The Date tribe came to North Korea for the first time and wanted to show their bravery, but they were so brave that they climbed up the tower several times.Date Masamune himself was in bright armor, and he beheaded many of the soldiers around him. He immediately became the target of the North Korean army's fire. The Japanese army rushed forward to cover Date Masamune's retreat in order to prevent Date Masamune from losing.

When Jin Qianai heard that Huang Jin was killed in battle, he forced Jinzhou government envoy Xu Liyuan to supervise the battle. After Xu Liyuan ascended the city, when he saw the Japanese army shooting bullets, he was frightened out of his wits and fled to the city in embarrassment, and then disappeared.

Zhang Run, the deputy general of Zhongqing Road, was so angry that he took the initiative to step forward to replace the supervisor, but unfortunately he died in the tower two hours later.At this time, several Japanese troops had entered Jinzhou City again. Li Zongren and Cui Qinghui once again called on the people to fight back from the tower.Fortunately, it was raining heavily at this time, and both the Korean crossbows and Japanese matchlock guns were damp, so they could only temporarily stop fighting.

At this point, the battle situation seemed to be at a stalemate again, but in fact, under the continuous impact of the tortoise chariots for two days, some walls of Jinzhou city walls had begun to loosen, and after heavy rain washed away, several walls were already on the verge of collapsing.

At dawn on the ninth day, the Japanese army attacked the city again. Kato’s army broke through a corner of Jinzhou first. Kato’s samurai and Date Masamune took the lead in breaking into the city through this gap. The Japanese army swarmed into the city. Nature is endless massacre.

Jin Qianai and his son Jin Xiangqian, Cui Qinghui, Gao Conghou and others retreated to the stone building. Seeing that the situation was over, Jin Qianai said generously: "I can fight with you here and defend my home country. I have no regrets in this life! But the matter is over now." , I am afraid that there will be no power to return to heaven, this is the place where my generation will be buried."

Gao Conghou felt grief and indignation, and said with emotion: "I feel incompetent, and I deeply regret not being able to personally cut off the head of Longjing Kobayakawa to comfort my father and brother in heaven. The words of my father and brother are still in my ears. There is no one in the Gao family who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Fortunately, countless Japanese pirates have been killed in the hard work so far. Thinking about it, I am not ashamed of my ancestors, and I have not shamed the rebels. Even if there is no power to recover today, my body must not fall into the hands of Japanese pirates and be humiliated after death!"

Cui Qinghui was also filled with emotion, and said: "I am grateful for your loyalty and pride. As the envoys for righteousness said, we were able to fight side by side this time. Even if we die, we will have no regrets. Even though we are in a desperate situation today, I also have the wish to form a friendship with you all! Today we can die together, and in the next life we ​​will join hands to kill the enemy and serve the country! I wonder what you guys think?"

Everyone was deeply moved and wanted to drink the farewell wine, but unexpectedly the waiter had already fled away.Seeing that the Japanese army had already chased downstairs, Cui Qinghui led the crowd to bow to the north, and before they died, they became brothers and jumped into the Nanjiang River to die for their country.

Li Zongren, the envoy of the Jinhai Mansion, was so brave that he led his troops to fight in Simen, and was gradually besieged and forced to Nanjiang.Seeing that death was inevitable, Li Zongren attacked suddenly, clamped two Japanese soldiers under his ribs, and shouted: "Li Zongren, the envoy of the Jinhai Mansion, died here!" Then he turned around and jumped into Nanjiang with the Japanese soldiers.

Another general, Jin Junmin, fought in the street with his horses, charging back and forth, but was shot off his horse with a matchlock gun because he was outnumbered, and was hacked to death with random knives.The city wall was broken, and the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou faced the Japanese attack. Countless people died under iron cannons and knives. The rest of the people had no choice but to die in Nanjiang to avoid the butcher's knives.

The Japanese army slaughtered the city for half a day, burning houses, bulldozing the city walls, covering wells and logging, leaving Jinju in ruins.Afterwards, the Japanese army reveled all night, and after a rest, they marched into various parts of Jeolla-do in batches. The North Korean army was gone, and it was naturally difficult to stop them.

After the fall of Jinzhou, Song Yingchang ordered Qi Jinji to march into Shanchuan and Wu Weizhong to march into Caoxi for defense.Kuroda Kanbei, the Japanese military strategist, also received an order from Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Busan to send him back to China for questioning.

After returning to Japan, Kanbei Kuroda repeatedly pleaded guilty, and in July, he shaved his hair and became a monk under the name Rushuiyuanqing.

As a strong city that had won great victories, the news of the fall of Jinju shocked North Korea. More people realized that without the direct participation of the Ming army, it would be extremely difficult for the North Korean army and the rebel army to fight against the Japanese army.

Moreover, since the Ming army no longer helped North Korea, the material situation of the North Korean army became more and more difficult. Not to mention the replenishment of firearms, the Korean army's gunpowder supply was cut off, and the combat effectiveness of the Korean army would be greatly reduced.But more fundamentally and more importantly, there is a shortage of military rations.

Considering that North Korea's agricultural production mainly relies on the Han River Plain, and the Han River Plain is currently either under the control of the Japanese army, or although it has been recovered, the spring plowing has been delayed due to the war. The food gap in the second half of this year will expand sharply. What will happen then? No one dares to assume the tragedy of the world.As a result, the entire Joseon court began to panic.

But at this time, Jinghua Commercial Company suddenly came to the door, and got the opportunity to meet Li Yan through Jin Guiren's younger brother Jin Gongliang.Jinghua Trading Company proposed a solution to Li Yan. Simply put, North Korea granted Jinghua the right to mine minerals in several places in North Korea, and at the same time set up mines and iron factories. Jinghua Trading Company provided North Korea with a limit of two years. A large amount of grain is used for exchange.

The agreement does not require permanent mining rights, but "99-year mining rights."When Li Yan heard this, he was very tempted.

If the mining rights requested by Jinghua were permanent, then Li Yan would have the moral pressure to sell his ancestral foundation, but now that Jinghua only asks for 99 years, it is obviously not a sale, but a reasonable transaction.In the midst of this national crisis, they could exchange food for North Korea's emergency. Neither the government nor the opposition could say anything about this business, so the two sides began urgent consultations on the specific location of the mining area and other matters.
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