Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1830 Great Changes in Pingwo (卌四)
After Kuroda Rushui finished speaking, Kato Kiyomasa said why it was so troublesome, and he still insisted on directly attacking Huangshi Mountain City.

Kuroda Rushui knew Kato Kiyomasa's temperament well, and also knew that his position in front of Toyotomi Hideyoshi was quite unusual, so he patiently explained: "Kato, the Ming army is our great enemy, and we should try our best before the decisive battle with the Ming army. To reduce meaningless casualties, this Yellowstone mountain city is not worth the price we have to pay, but it's only three days, why can't we wait?
In addition, I hope that we will not compete with the left side. The left side and the left side should work together to enter Chungcheongdo, and then send troops to Hanyang.Because of this, we can also wait for Ukita Hide's house with this arrangement, and the two sides will meet in Jeonju.If you have no objection, His Royal Highness Xiuyuan please arrange it. "

Mori Hidemoto is the grandson of Mori Motozuo, the eldest son of Hoida Motokiyo, who once became the adopted son of his cousin Mori Terumoto.The reason why he replaced Mori Terumoto as the commander-in-chief of the Mori family's troops this time was because Huiyuan was ill.Incidentally, Takakage Kobayakawa also died of illness not long ago.

Precisely because he is not the heir of the Mori family, although he has become the general of the road because of the large number of troops sent by the Mori family, his status and prestige cannot be compared with his cousin Terumoto, so he cannot hold any airs in front of Kuroda Rusui , So there was Kuroda Rushui's blunt statement "His Royal Highness Xiuyuan, please deploy", which is almost an order.

Mori Hidemoto did not dare to object, and of course he himself agreed with Kuroda Rusui's opinion, so he immediately ordered Kato Kiyomasa to encircle the southern city, Naoshima Naomo to encircle the western city, and Kuroda Nagamasa to encircle the eastern city, and send another special team to lie in ambush in the north.

From August 15th to [-]th, the Japanese army surrounded on three sides, tied bamboo shields into fences, and steadily approached Huangshi Mountain City.Facing the bows and arrows of the Korean army, the Japanese army only defended but did not attack, and killed civilians in the battle every day. During the two days, Bai Shilin, the envoy of the Jinhai Mansion, went to the city several times to observe.

Zhao Zongdao wondered: "The Japanese bandits have a strong force. Why are they so procrastinating and attacking us directly? What's their plan?"

Bai Shilin was also puzzled by this all the time, but suddenly came to his senses, and replied to Zhao Zongdao: "Recently, there is news that the army came to aid from the sea. I thought it was just a rumor, but now it seems that it may be true. , I am afraid that the Japanese pirates have already split a part to stop the Ming army.

The Ming army has always been strong, and the Japanese pirates must have been very scrupulous about this, so they were trapped outside the city and did not attack, and did not dare to act rashly.If this is the case, Huangshi Mountain City will be safe and secure, and we will have the opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds!Come, send an order to the whole city, and the Ming army will come to help, and the siege can be expected, but everyone must not slack off, and must be on standby at any time. " Zhao Zongdao took the order and left.

The Japanese army killed Korean civilians every day for two days. Guo Xiong, the governor of Anyin County, was filled with righteous indignation. He repeatedly asked for orders to go out of the city to kill the enemy. Attacking is no different from hitting a stone with an egg. If you really want to do this, Huangshi Mountain City will be easily captured by Japanese pirates!

Our bows and arrows can't shoot that far, and the Japanese pirates in front of the battle have also caused some casualties in the past few days.The Ming army is coming to rescue, and the government envoy also explained that it is necessary to wait for the Ming army to arrive before we can work together to defeat the enemy. It will not be too late to take revenge at that time, please wait patiently. "

Guo Xiong was very anxious and impatient: "The Japanese pirates are cruel and merciless. They don't want to attack us, but only slaughter people in the battle for fun. This is to deter us! Many soldiers and civilians in the city have been deeply affected by this. Suffering... By the way, when will the Ming army arrive? It has been two days since the news came out, why are they so slow?"

Seeing that Guo Xiong was agitated, Zhao Zongdao comforted him again and again, and after he came here for a while, Guo Xiong was able to forcibly calm down.

In the Japanese army formation, Mao Lixiuyuan was asking Kuroda Rushui: "It has been two days now, I think there should be some fear in the city of Huangshi Mountain. As you imagine, the Koreans are extremely dependent on the Ming army. , when I learned that the Ming army was defeated, I don’t know where it will be lost! Well, have the clothes of the Ming army been prepared?"

Kuroda Rushui nodded lightly, and said: "We have already prepared the mandarin duck battle robes of the Ming army, but after all, there are not many. These days, we have strictly ordered them to be made, and tomorrow we can let the North Koreans appreciate the defeat of the Ming army and be beheaded by us." This move will definitely shatter their morale completely, and if we attack at night, Huangshi Mountain City will surely fall apart."

On August [-]th, according to Kuroda Rushui's order, the Japanese army disguised half of the more than a thousand captured Korean civilians who were stronger and burly as Ming soldiers, beheaded them all in public, and hung the heads of the Korean civilians in the battle for public display.

When Bai Shilin saw the "Ming Army's defeat" and five or six hundred people were beheaded, he was really terrified and fearful, and his perseverance was completely shaken.It wasn't just him, the news of the Ming army's defeat quickly spread throughout Huangshi Mountain City, and the hearts of the people in the whole city were turbulent, and the morale of the army was also in chaos.

That night, Kuroda Rushui ordered the whole army to launch a general attack at night, and Bai Shilin led his troops to flee without a fight, and rushed out from the north gate, taking the road to escape.

The east gate of Huangshi Mountain City was also easily captured by the Japanese army. The south gate and west gate defended by Guo's father and son were attacked from the front and back. The city gate fell quickly, and the Japanese army poured into the city. , the remaining guards in the city were massacred.

However, Bai Shilin and his party did not end well. After rushing out of the north gate, they were also ambushed by the Japanese Rangers. After a one-sided battle, the Korean army was defeated and dispersed.

Soon the Jeonju received the report of Namwon's defeat, and the guard general of Jeonju, Jin Zhongyi, sighed: "I never thought that the Japanese pirates would be dispatched on such a large scale. Originally, our army was in a dangerous position, and the Japanese pirates attacked one place so quickly and fiercely. It seems that our estimates of the Japanese pirates' combat power and tactics were all wrong, and the situation is extremely critical."

The deputy general urged: "It is reported that the Japanese pirates are besieging Huangshi Mountain City, but according to the general's estimation, Huangshi Mountain City will fall within a few days. This state is the core of Jeolla Province, but we only have more than [-] troops. Nanyuan With more troops than us and the cavalry from the north, it is difficult to last for five days. How can our two thousand weak brigades hold the whole prefecture? We should hurry up and ask the imperial court to send troops for rescue."

Jin Zhongyi said: "The total military strength of the imperial court is said to be more than 20, but in fact it can barely see tens of thousands, and they are divided into various places. How can they stop [-] bandit soldiers? Originally, they expected to persist until the Ming army came to help. Three years later, our army is still vulnerable to bandit soldiers, which means that dividing troops to rescue is tantamount to seeking a dead end.

Now that things have happened, I am afraid that they can only join forces in one place, and concentrated defense is the best policy, otherwise they will only be annihilated by Japanese pirates separately.As for Jeonju...it is inevitable, so I will leave Jeonju before the Japanese pirates arrive and return to Hanyang. "

The deputy general persuaded: "General, please think again. If you withdraw from the city you are guarding without a military order, it will be regarded as a desertion. It is done according to the military law. Wouldn't it be wronged? Why don't you ask the Marshal Du for an order before withdrawing from the whole city?" The state is the best policy."

However, Jin Zhongyi asked sharply: "The Japanese invaders are advancing rapidly, and the guards along the road will collapse at the first touch, and flee in anticipation of the wind. Now the Japanese invaders are coming every day, and the whole prefecture is in danger. We are alone and helpless. If we ask Hanyang for orders first, we will wait until the withdrawal order arrives. Quanzhou has long been occupied by Japanese pirates, and we have long been lost in the hands of Japanese pirates.

Such a useless method of death will not cause any meaningful damage to the Japanese pirates. What good is it for the overall situation of our country?It's better to withdraw early and join forces with Hanyang, which can not only contribute to the defense of Hanyang, but also save the lives of soldiers, so you don't have to die here in vain. "

The deputy general knelt down, hugged Jin Zhong's thigh and persuaded him repeatedly: "Although you are thinking about the soldiers, the final general is worried that after returning to Hanyang, the prime minister and Marshal Du will not listen to your explanation!
General, Li Funan's life and death are uncertain now. If he dies in battle, his family will still be able to pay for him.What you did was to evacuate before you saw the enemy bandits or received a military order. I am afraid that you will die no matter what. Please be careful. In the end, the general will hurry to Hanyang to ask for orders. Return to life. "

How could Jin Zhongyi be willing to listen? At this moment, he only felt that he might be besieged by Japanese pirates if he stayed for one more day. Qian Xiaocai shouted, "The Japanese pirates are close at hand. No matter how fast you go back and forth, you will never be able to catch up with the Japanese pirates. In order to save the lives of the soldiers, you must withdraw from Quanzhou immediately!"

What I worry about is the trend of the times. In the future, the imperial court will also issue military orders to make the defenders from all over the country withdraw to Hanyang.As for the Prime Minister and Marshal Du, I will explain to them, you don't need to say too much, and immediately send an order to the whole army to withdraw to Hanyang! "

When the people of Quanzhou heard that the army was about to withdraw to Hanyang, they stopped and persuaded them one after another, begging the army to stick to Quanzhou.Jin Zhong was furious and angrily reprimanded these people for not understanding the overall situation and the art of war, so he simply ordered the whole city to withdraw to Hanyang if anyone who did not want to die at the hands of the Japanese army. The whole state in order to preserve strength.

In order to protect their families and lives, the officials and people in Quanzhou had to pack their bags urgently, followed Jin Zhongyi to withdraw from Quanzhou, and were escorted by the officers and soldiers to Hanyang.

After conquering Namwon and Huangshi Mountain respectively, the Japanese army marched towards Quanzhou at the same time, and successfully occupied the empty city of Quanzhou on the [-]th.After the two Japanese armies met in Jeonju, they immediately reported the series of victories to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and then made a military plan.

The Japanese army was led by Mori Hidemoto, Kato Kiyomasa, and Kuroda Nagamasa each with a total of 4 troops. Kazukichi Ota and Shigetoshi Takenaka were the supervisors, and they went north to capture Gongju; , Ikeda Hideshi, and Nakagawa Hidecheng were assigned to the left, responsible for clearing Chungcheong and northern Jeolla.

This time the Japanese army made a comeback, just as fast and powerful as in the year of Imchen, and even more cruel than in the year of Imchen.Following the orders of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Maeda Toshiie, the Japanese army would massacre the villagers and cut off their noses wherever they went, as a source of soldiers for attacking the Korean volunteers, while craftsmen and Confucian scholars were taken into custody and escorted back to China in batches.

After the Jeonju military meeting, within a few days, most of Chungcheong-do was easily occupied by the Japanese army, and Gyeonggi-do, where Hanyang, the capital of Joseon, was in danger.

The successive losses of Namwon, Jeonju, Jeolla-do, and Chungcheong-do cities made the defensive deployment of the North Korean army almost a complete failure.Especially when Admiralty Il withdrew from Jeonju without a fight, it was tantamount to handing over Jeolla Province to the Japanese army, causing all parts of Chungcheong Province to surrender one after another, even failing to delay the Japanese offensive, which shocked the Joseon court. No less than an earthquake.

However, from a highly pragmatic point of view, this approach by Kim Jong Il is wonderful. It has greatly accelerated the process of North Korea's collapse and accelerated the highly pragmatic plan.

However, at this time, Gao Wushi couldn't take care of these things in North Korea for a while, because there was a huge turmoil in the court, and there were drastic changes in the cabinet.

The cause of the matter has to start with the Cao Jun riots that year.Since Qi Jiguang was honored and became Haining Bo and led some imperial guards to the south to coerce, the turmoil in the Cao army quickly subsided, and several culprits were severely punished, but the vast majority of people were hardly affected, and they continued to live in the Cao army in the past.

However, under the seemingly calm situation, there are undercurrents surging. Dongchang and Jinyiwei dispatched capable personnel to trace the cause of the Cao Jun riot. ) with the assistance of a major case.

The historical background of this case is really a long story. To make a long story short, the Jiangnan Maritime Business Group had a deep collusion with various Japanese naval forces (Note: The previous article mentioned in more detail about the pirates on the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Origin, most of the real Japanese are the so-called Japanese "naval forces", that is, pirates from all walks of life, and they were basically incorporated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi later.), after the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, these people did not completely match these Japanese "naval forces" Cut, but continue to try to do some shady business.

In view of the rapid rise of Jinghua's two ocean fleets, these transactions have already changed from looting houses and harassing the coast to a relatively simple smuggling trade.In addition to smuggling all kinds of normal goods for tax avoidance, merchants in the south of the Yangtze River also sold pig iron, saltpetre, iron sheets and leather for making armor.

Later, because Jinghua treated its domestic purchases of artillery and firearms equally, Jiangnan maritime merchants also purchased a large number of light and heavy firearms from Jinghua, and a considerable part of these firearms were smuggled to Japan by them. Omi Hideyoshi is still a famous name, most of them have bought these weapons from them.

This time the Japanese army made a comeback, most of the naval forces were equipped with more or less artillery, and the overall number has far exceeded the amount that Gao Yushi learned from Zhu Yingzhen (that is, the part that the nobles of the capital had previously secretly sold), that is, from Jiangnan Obtained from the Maritime Merchant.

In addition, the Cao army riots, which needs to be investigated, are also inseparable from them. The reason why the Japanese pirates appeared in the robbery of Cao grain in Nanjing that day was that they smuggled it to Songjiang in pieces. Government, and then find a way to provide them with ships to commit crimes.

As soon as this incident happened, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were immediately implicated because it happened in Songjiang.Although the evidence shows that Shen Shixing himself seems to be unaware of this, his family's manor in Songjiang has become a foothold for harboring Japanese pirates.Wang Xijue was even more troublesome. Although there seemed to be no direct evidence to prove that Wang Xijue had ordered anything, half of the ships provided to the Japanese pirates later came from his family's property.

Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were ashamed of such a major event, and the two old elders submitted their speeches three times a day. Within a few days, they added up to 21 speeches, and they were finally approved by Zhu at the same time: "Jing Nian Fu Minister, you are not strict in running the family, and the style of the family has been corrupted. I regret it very much, and I will accept all requests, and I will send you back as soon as possible."

Within a day, the two giants of the Heart School fell at the same time. How could such turmoil be child's play?But "the dead are gone", what is more important in this matter is the follow-up development.
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