Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1819 Pingwo (Thirty-Three) Three Parties and Three Hearts
Daming Gaoge sits firmly on the Diaoyutai, arranging and controlling the progress of this war that concerns the entire Northeast Asia from a distance. However, North Korea, which is one of his pawns but does not know it, is not so calm.

When the news of the breakdown of the peace talks and the failure of the canonization came back to North Korea, the king of North Korea, Li Yan, was very frightened, and his face turned pale in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: "How could this happen? When is it expected? How big is it? No, no, right now, I should report to Daming immediately." Help! The widow has long said that the Japanese pirates can’t just go back like that, but Daming just doesn’t listen and insists on negotiating peace with them. What happened in the end? Instead, he was deceived by the boss Xiaoxi! The widow is not a belligerent person, and I hope The war could have ended early, but the Japanese pirates ended up invading again."

Leader Liu Chenglong persuaded: "Your Highness, there is no need to be so disappointed. We are also always prepared, at least we will not be at a loss like in the year of Renchen. Please be firm in your Sacred Heart."

Li Yan expressed his affirmation of this, but in fact he was still very scared. He hoped that this time he would not be forced to relocate again. After Liu Chenglong comforted him, he immediately held a side meeting.

At the meeting, Ito Shou said: "I think this is a good thing instead. It is an opportunity to repay the humiliation of the Japanese pirates a hundredfold. The whole army should immediately march down the three routes, first retake Busan, wipe out the local Japanese pirates, and let the Japanese pirates never again. Can't step a step into my territory!"

Li Dexin, the judge of Bingcao, thought that what Yi Doushou said was too rash: "The judge should be calm and don't be impatient. We don't have the intention of revenge, but the Japanese invaders will come after all preparations. We still have to deal with it calmly and calmly." This matter."

Zheng Zhuo, a member of the central government, deeply agreed, and also believed that we should be prepared and not rashly advance: "Exactly, if the whole army goes south now, if there is a mistake in it, North Korea will be doomed forever."

Yi Doshou declared that his original intention was to destroy the Japanese army before the Japanese invaders landed in the formation, and had no intention of advancing aggressively.Li Hengfu expressed his support, and Li Yuanyi also proposed that Li Shunchen lead the navy to defend against the enemy at sea, and the Korean and Ming armies stationed in Xiasan Dao should respond at any time, so that it would be safe.

Zuo Yizheng Jin Yingnan also favored pre-emptive strikes. He said: "In the year of Renchen, we were taken advantage of by Japanese pirates because we were lax in our defenses and we were in a state of disunity. As a result, we were completely defeated at the beginning of the war. Now not only the official army, but also the military rations of the Ming army have long been exhausted. Get ready, store up a large amount in Pyongyang, our soldiers will train day and night, and a decisive battle with our army is a big chance.”

But Liu Chenglong, the leader of the political affairs, said: "Everyone seems to be thinking too easily. How could the Japanese pirates not think that we must take precautions? The Japanese pirates only experienced two kinds of difficulties before, lack of food and naval battles, so they attacked Jeolla like crazy. Tao, and the actions of Wheels and Yi Sun-shin.

Do you know where the key is?If I were a Japanese pirate, if I couldn't find a way to solve these two problems, I would definitely not invade rashly again. "

Everyone suddenly realized after hearing this, Zheng Zhuo remembered the previous battle of Jinzhou, and couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat: "Of course Li Sunshin will not be easily defeated by the Japanese pirates, but if the Japanese pirates successfully landed and attacked Jeolla Province again, it would be very difficult to guard against." .

The last time the city of Jinju was destroyed and Japanese pirates flooded in, Jeolla-do was in danger. This time, the focus of Japanese pirates must still be in Jeolla-do, which is really worrying. "

After a series of practices, the North Korean rebel army has been extremely disappointed with the imperial court and has almost disappeared. Liu Chenglong is also worried that Jeolla Road will not be safe this time, so he had to propose: "The only plan for now is to fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, and save money according to danger. Although we must work hard to stop the Japanese pirates. Landing, but once the pirates break through the defense and attack Jeolla, then we can only follow this strategy." Everyone agreed.

The meeting ended at this point, but this is actually quite strange, that is, all these North Korean ministers seem to avoid mentioning the Ming army as much as possible, and they seem to have never thought about how to cooperate with the Ming army.

In fact, it is not that they have forgotten the existence of the Ming army, but the current reality is that the Ming army hardly exists!

This seems very strange. Although Li Rusong's Liaodong Army was completely withdrawn half a year ago, leaving only a small number of Southern Army still in North Korea, but after all, the Ming Army had already changed commanders. According to the transfer plan of the Ming Dynasty, the new There should be an elite army of up to [-] in the hands of Pingwa Admiral Magui, but where are these people now?

In fact, Magui himself is still in Dandong, and has never stepped into North Korea.Even judging from his current movements, it seems that he has no intention of going south, as if he completely hopes that the peace talks will be successful, so there is no need to go south.

What is he doing now?When summoning the leaders of the Jurchen tribes and the Nenghorqin tribe, the banner was "form a coalition to aid Korea".

As I said before, North Korea refused the Jurchens to go south for "support". They were only willing to accept Da Ming's rescue. The reason was that these Jurchen barbarians were unreliable. First, they didn't know if they would harm the people. Second, they were also worried that it would be easy to ask God It's hard to send God off, and the battle was not fought much at that time, but in the end he refused to leave.

Under such circumstances, North Korea was naturally not happy with Ma Gui calling the leaders of the Jurchen ministries to form a coalition, but North Korea did not have the guts to forcefully refuse - after all, it is said that the formation of the coalition this time was said to be the old Gao Ge's nod.Ever since, North Korea had no choice but to pretend not to see it, and hoped that Magui's alliance would be delayed as long as possible. Even if the Japanese army wants to invade again now, they hope to repel it with their own strength, so that they don't have to "trouble" "The Ming army and the "Allied forces" they brought.

But what the North Koreans didn't know was that Gao Ge, who was far away in the capital, had already predicted their ideas. What Gao Ge wanted practically was to let North Korea treat the Ming army as if it didn't exist, and let them go and meet the Japanese army again.Gao Wu actually expected that the Japanese army could still easily defeat the North Korean army, and then almost replicated the previous battle, easily forcing Li Yan to "relocate" again and request to be attached.

Since the previous party struggle in the Ming Dynasty, due to the fact that the performance of the war to aid Korea was not as good as expected, this time Zhu Yijun had made it clear that Gao Yushi was in charge of the war, but there was no name, and he only hinted at this decision to the cabinet when Wenhua Zhao was right.

Under such circumstances, Gao Wushi also felt that the time was ripe, and he did not intend to keep the Joseon court for a long time—or in other words, he did not intend to retain the autonomy of the Joseon court.

To achieve this goal, another major defeat of the Korean army is a necessary process. Therefore, Gao Yushi instructed Ma Gui to delay the time of entering the dynasty, and calling the Jurchen and Horqin coalition forces is the best excuse.

After the North Korean Bibian Conference, Yi Dou Shou secretly summoned Yuan Jun, the former general of the navy and the current envoy of Jeolla Province, in the middle of the night.After greeting each other, Yi Doshou asked Yuan Jun whether the Japanese pirates could be repelled with the current military strength of Joseon.

Yuan Jun replied: "In the year of Renchen, including me, the whole country took the Japanese pirates lightly, so that they collapsed in the event of a war, and then all the armies feared the enemy like a tiger and collapsed thousands of miles away, but now it is not the year of Renchen. They are all prepared to repel the Japanese pirates."

Yi Doushou breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked whether intercepting at sea was the best policy, Yuan Jun replied: "Of course it is the best policy, but I am worried about Li Sunshin... You know, Li Sunshin is extremely cautious, and Imjin is older than Munpo." During the naval battle, Yi Sun-sin just watched the battle and refused to join. This man always only fought the battles he was sure of, and often failed to keep in line with the national policy of the court."

Yi Doshou was quite worried, and sighed: "I am also worried about this. Even if he receives orders, Yi Sun-sin can only judge by himself, and he is too independent. If he thinks that it is not possible to intercept the Japanese pirates at sea first, then the Japanese pirates will be boarded." Shore, we will also lose the opportunity."

Seeing this, Yuan Jun immediately asked for an order: "The envoy of the government, please hand over the navy to me. As long as you are a general, you must have the courage to fear life and death when you receive the military order. I, Yuan Jun, have a bravery that Li Sunchen does not have." .”

Seeing that Yuan Jun was going to replace Li Sunshin, Yi Doushou guessed after a little thought that Yuan Jun might have ulterior motives. He frowned and said, "Although I don't know the details, I also know that you and Li Sunshin have had personal grievances for many years. You at this moment If you want to command the navy, isn't your personal grudge against Li Sun-shin too great?"

Yuan Jun was very dissatisfied, and defended himself: "Assassin, the desire for military exploits and the desire to win against competitors will only make the general stronger. Haven't you heard that sending generals is not as good as motivating them?" ? Judge, please let me return to the navy. If so, before the Japanese pirates land, I will bury them all in water!"

At this point, it is said that Yi Doushou should give a happy word anyway, but Yi Doushou knew that this matter was not a joke, so he still didn't dare to promise easily, so he asked Yuan Jun to go back first, saying that he would think about it on his own.Yuan Jun had no choice but to resign first.

On the other hand, Prince Guanghai Jun was also extremely worried about the war, and said to the counselor Li Erzhan: "The situation is critical. I am worried that even if we take precautions, we may not be able to stop it. We should issue an order to the volunteers to assist the officers and soldiers." Fight together."

Li Erzhan replied: "Even if you issue an order now, it won't have any effect. Maybe it will be counterproductive. It's better not to issue an order. Your Majesty executed Jin Deling. If you are a general of the righteous army, you will take over." How do you feel about the orders from the King and the Crown Prince? But in my opinion, the volunteer soldiers will fight again to protect themselves, so please don’t worry about it, Your Majesty.

Also, in the future, we should pay more attention to Westerners like Yi Doshou, because when the war is over, the king will definitely question the previous incidents. In fact, he will hold Liu Chenglong and the southerners accountable.Who will the king use when he is held accountable?This goes without saying, so we also need to prepare in advance. "

Prince Guanghai Jun was upset when he heard Li Erzhan mentioning party disputes again, and accused Li Erzhan: "Did you have to do this in this chaos of war! The chaos of war is about to start, but at this time, you are thinking of fighting courtiers! Why do everything happen? To be connected with party struggle?"

Li Erzhan persuaded him that the war had already happened, so he had to take precautions, but Shizi Guanghaijun lost his temper and declared that he didn't want to pay attention to it.

On the other side of Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi really thought of Yi Sun-shin's threat before sending troops again, and wanted to get rid of him first, so as to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the sea and landing again in food shortages, so he asked Konishi Yuki to make a plan, and said that it was Let President Xiaonishi use this to make up for the crime.

President Xiaoxi also guessed that Taige was unlikely to kill him, because it would break the delicate balance of power between the Generals faction and the Pursuing faction, and he had already made preparations for targeting Li Sunshin, so he immediately offered a plan: "Your servant thinks During the period of time when I stayed in North Korea, I got to know many North Korean officials, and I could secretly send a message to one of the officials, saying that our fleet is about to attack Xishengpu.

As far as I know, Yi Sun-shin is extremely cautious, and he is definitely not a reckless man who will attack when he hears information.But also because of this, Yi sun-shin, who saw that Sesangpo was going to be attacked and refused to attack, once the King of Joseon and the Joseon court knew about it, how could he be lightly spared?

There are only a handful of people in the Joseon court who really trust Yi Sun-shin. Most officials and generals are worried about Yi Sun-shin's maverick behavior. There are also many generals who are jealous of Yi Sun-shin's military exploits and power. The King of Joseon is a foolish king and missed the opportunity to attack us. Once Li Sunshin was suspected by him, even if he survived by chance, at least he would be dismissed. "

Both Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Maeda Toshiie thought it was feasible for President Konishi's plan, so Hideyoshi asked who should be used as a bait, and President Konishi immediately thought of Kato Kiyomasa, who had been at odds with him, and wanted to use this to play Kato Kiyomasa After a while, he proposed to Toyotomi Hideyoshi: "I suggest that Your Highness Taiko can use Kato Kiyomasa as a bait. Kato's power in North Korea can be said to be known to everyone. Once the King of Joseon knows that Kato is coming, he will panic and order to attack. , so it is perfect to use him as bait."

But Hideyoshi was a little worried, and hesitated: "However, because of Kato's reputation, once Li Sunshin feels that defeating him is a great achievement, and he can't help but really attack, wouldn't Kato be close to death?" President Xiaonishi naturally He assured again and again that Yi Sun-shin was extremely cautious and would never attack.

Who would have thought that what he did would revitalize Toyotomi Hideyoshi's thinking that had been formed over the years, and he guessed what Konishi was thinking, and said with a big smile, "Although I know you two don't have a good relationship, but you This is too much."

President Xiaonishi was startled, and secretly thought something bad was going to happen, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi continued: "However, the most exciting thing is to bet on your life! This time, Kato's fate is actually in the hands of Li Sunshin." , ha, this is really interesting. I suddenly became interested in this too."

Seeing that the situation was not good, Maeda Toshiie hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, Kato Kiyoshi is the general of our army, and one of the pillars of the Toyotomi family's direct line of force. It is too dangerous to bet on him...to make such a bait ? If there is an eventuality, it will deal a great blow to the Toyotomi family."

However, Hideyoshi waved his hand domineeringly, and said: "I know Kato's character best. Even if I tell him the danger of this matter, he will agree without hesitation, and he will not even allow anyone Fighting with him, and I also believe that Kato’s life should not be lost, the sea is not his destination, so don’t worry, Toshika.”

Therefore, under the slightly dull eyes of Governor Konishi, Hideyoshi made up his mind to follow the strategy of Governor Konishi, and at the same time issued an order to summon the lord daimyo and his direct subordinates to attend the military meeting.
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