Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1833 Pingwo (卌七) nobles said: follow!
The day after the cabinet additions were completed, the University of Wenhuadian, the Minister of Hubu and the Economics of Pingwa, and the Marquis of Nanning Gao Wushi set off for North Korea, and for the first time traveled by sea in the North China Sea in an official capacity-it was not like there was no chance before , but the emperor was worried that the sea route would be unsafe, and he has been unwilling to take him to take the sea route due to official business.

The reason why the emperor agreed this time was not that North Korea was in danger and Gao Yushi was urgently needed to go to survive, but that Gao Wushi wanted to start from Tianjin Port, go to Shandong to swear an oath, and then lead the Korean aid navy to march eastward into North Korea.

In recent years, Van Gogh has always led the army in a pragmatic manner, and there is always an advantage that others cannot match, that is, he himself has never resigned from the post of Minister of the Ministry of Households, so no one can beat him in terms of military expenditures , This money can be spent as you want, as long as there is no problem with the court's finances in the end.

This time sending troops to aid the DPRK is no better than the last time. The last time was the end of the imperial court's lifting of the feudal ban, and it had just finished fighting Mongolia, so it was still a bit tight financially.At that time, being able to persist in sending troops depended largely on the accumulation of more than ten years and high pragmatism through the banknote capacity of the Ming Fed.

This time it was different. The Lu division dispatched [-] troops. Although it was far less than the battle against Chahar, the problem here was not the money, but the expansion of the deployment of troops. It was the lack of troops rather than the lack of financial resources.

On the other hand, looking at the navy, it would be really cool. Not only did the main force of the Daming Navy gather in Laizhou, but also since Gao Yushi personally went out, how could his own Beiyang Fleet not move?Not to mention the whole group, that was almost half of them.

It's scary enough to dispatch half of the Beiyang Fleet, but this is not the end - the leader of the alliance will go out, and the brothers will not only follow up personally, but the family's fleet must come up with the main force to follow the expedition, right?So as soon as Gao Wushi heard that Gao Wushi was going to bring a navy to aid the DPRK, the nobles of the Jingnan Department of Jingzhong were immediately preceded by the three great princes, and more than [-] princes and uncles came hand in hand, and offered generous support without saying a word.

How supportive is it?According to Zhu Yingzhen's statement on behalf of all members of the Maritime Trade Alliance, it is: "If you need anything, please allocate all the resources of the alliance."

Naturally, this can be regarded as a scene, but since people of their status have made a statement, it is not easy to renege on their promises, which means that they really dare to show this level of support.

The truth is not complicated. Since Gao Yushi personally launched the battle, at least it is impossible to lose the battle at sea. The strength of the northern and southern ocean fleets, except for Gao Yushi himself, is the one who knows best. What can a Japanese navy do? Accident?Do you know how many times the strength gap between the two sides is?

Japan's invasion of North Korea had to rely on sea transportation to maintain front-line supplies. Once it was defeated at sea, what suspense would there be in this battle?So at this point in the battle, in their eyes, victory is inevitable, and the risk of failure has been extremely low. What should be considered is where the benefits come from, and whether it is worth the heavy bet.

Where is the benefit?

They already knew about Jinghua's acquisition of mines in North Korea, and Zhong Xungui discovered through the analysis of Gao Yushi's past actions: only in areas directly controlled by Daming or directly controlled by Jinghua, Jinghua will go to open mines on its own, otherwise it will only take Do it in partnership with local leaders.

An example to illustrate this kind of cooperation: the soda produced in the Tumed Salt Lake is monopolized by Gao Pragmatism and Hannaji, who is responsible for the main production, and Jinghua is responsible for building a local factory for simple purification, and then in the Jinghua is responsible for the distribution within Daming and beyond Tumed and Ordos.

How close is the relationship between Tumed, Daming, and Jinghua? Jinghua has never set up a "solely-owned enterprise" in Tumed, so now Jinghua has actually started a wholly-owned mine in North Korea. What does this mean?It shows that in the eyes of Gao Yushi, even if North Korea is not now, it will definitely be controlled by Daming or Jinghua in the future.

What is actual control?At least it must be a garrison and control the government!
Through a clue that was ignored by many people, the nobles who are not very good at war but are getting better at making money can figure it out at once. North Korea will soon become a piece of fat that can be cut up. Whoever goes first to seize it The share of a certain type of business may be the overlord of a certain type of business in the North Korean market in the future!
Considering that North Korea is now beaten to pieces by the Japanese, post-war reconstruction will definitely be a major event in the next few decades. For the business tycoons from Ming Dynasty, it is self-evident how many opportunities there are. Who would miss it?
In addition, the nobles also vaguely felt that Gao Pragmatism might not be satisfied with just taking down a mere North Korea. Maybe he would also consider Japan, which would be a bigger business opportunity!After all, although North Korea doesn't look much smaller than Japan, in fact, Japan's population is much larger than North Korea's. Population is the market!

However, the speculation that Gao Yushi might take action against Japan is also controversial within the Maritime Trade Alliance. Some people think that he will not do so, and some people think that he will definitely do so.

Those who think that he will not do this mainly consider two points: first, Japan is listed as a country that will not be conquered, and the imperial court will not agree to send troops to Japan; second, although the Japanese navy is easy to bully, Japan still has a large army. Even if the imperial court agrees to send troops, at present, it seems that there is no way to send enough troops to destroy the country to fight in Japan. Since it cannot be defeated, it should not fight at all.

Those who think he will do this have a different view: First, from the perspective of the scope of application of Taizu's definition of "a country without conquest", Japan, which actively provoked and actually sent troops to invade North Korea, will not stop after a large-scale battle with the Ming army. The concept of "a country without conquest" is applied again.

Why do you say this, then you have to quote the golden words of Emperor Taizu: "If the overseas barbarian countries are suffering from China, they must be punished; if they are not suffering from China, they must not raise their own troops.

The ancients had a saying: a large land is not a plan for long-term security, and the labor of the people is the source of chaos.For example, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty launched a military brigade in arrogance, conquered Ryukyu, killed barbarians, burned his palace, and captured thousands of men and women. The annals of history will be ridiculed by later generations.

I regard the barbarians as small countries, blocking the mountains and crossing the sea, secluded in a corner, they are not Chinese patients, and I will never attack them, but the Northwest Hurong (referring to Mobei Mongolia) has been China's troubles for a long time, so we must be careful.You should remember what you said and know what I mean. "

Look, Taizu did list the countries that should not be confiscated, but he has a premise, the premise is "not to suffer from China", so what if it happens to be "suffering"?The first sentence of Taizu's speech made it clear: "If there are overseas barbarian countries that harm China, they must be punished."

It has been made clear that "you must ask for it", how can you say that it was Taizu's hadith that hindered the dispatch of troops?There is no reason for this.

Now that the nominal problem is resolved, we can then analyze and analyze the actual situation.It is true that the strength of the Japanese army is indeed huge. On this point, the Maritime Trade Alliance understands: Before the Korean War, Japan had about 50 standing troops, which was nearly half of that of the Ming Dynasty.

But it is far from enough to only see this place, because the Korean War itself changed Japan's military power.

In order to conquer the dynasty, Toyotomi Hideyoshi took out all the elite of his own lineage in the first wave of offensive, including the allies and subordinates in Kinki, China, Shikoku and Kyushu regions, and they were divided into nine major legions. Only these participated in the front line The total combat force is about 15 people.

How good is the 15 army?Although nobles are not good at fighting, they have been in charge of military status for a long time, but they are good at making statistics, and they quickly sorted out ugly people.

One by one: the First Army has 8000 people, and the head of the army is Konishi. Although he was a businessman, he fought fiercely and often dealt with North Korea.

As Kyushu Higo daimyo, he also commanded Muneyoshi Tomo, Matsuura Shinnobu, and Arima Harunobu. These daimyos were basically powerful daimyos who survived the melee in Kitakyushu.Therefore, the headquarters of Konishi Xingchang is the elite of Toyotomi's direct line, and the daimyos under his leadership are also quite elite.

The second army has 2 people, and the leader of the army, Kato Kiyomasa, known as Oni Kato, is one of the adopted sons of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the best of the seven guns of Chiyue.This man is brutal and fierce in battle. As the Higo daimyo, he led the Second Army formed by Naomi Naoshima, a retainer who came out of Ryuzoji's house, and Konishi's First Army formed the vanguard of the Japanese army, and fought all the way to the Ming forces. The Tumen River area within the range even fought with the Jurchen tribe, and the two sides won each other.

That is to say, the Second Army of Kato Kiyomasa is the same as the First Army of Governor Konishi. The core is Toyotomi's direct line, and the periphery is the soldiers of Kyushu who have been fighting all the year round.

There are 1 people in the Third Army, and the leader of the army is Kuroda Nagamasa. Although this person was known as a cheater in the original history, there are many famous generals who are good at fighting in the Kuroda Third Army.

For example, Otomo Yoshitomo and Mori Yoshinari, the former is the governor of the Otomo family, and his men are all elite soldiers from Kitakyushu. In Kyushu, he could not beat Shimadzu, and it was not a big problem to suppress the rest of the family; Sheng Yong was one of the seven generals in Osaka.Generally speaking, although the general of the Third Army is not very good, the combat effectiveness of the army is not weak.

The Fourth Army has 500 people, led by Shimadzu Yoshihiro.As a daimyo who fought from the middle to the end of the Warring States Period, Yoshihiro Shimadzu should be the most experienced combatant among several regiment leaders. He has also been introduced before, so I won’t say much here.

However, because of the dual system of the Shimadzu family, the Satsuma elite soldiers under Sulai, who are famous for their proficiency in combat and fearlessness, actually brought very few to North Korea, but this also led to the fact that most of the troops under his command were either Toyotomi's direct descendants or Toyotomi's servants. , obviously cannot be considered weak.

The fifth army has 5000 people, and the commander of the army is Masanori Fukushima. Fukushima is the first of the seven guns of Jianyue, even before Kiyomasa Kato, and one of the adopted sons of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Because Fukushima Masamori's leadership ability is very strong, Toyotomi Hideyoshi used the fifth army with the largest number of direct lineages as a reserve team, and strengthened the two elite soldiers of Hachisuka Family Economics and Nagamune Motokin to the fifth army. Legion.In other words, the Fifth Army was originally intended to be used as a fire brigade, so there is no need to say whether it is strong or not.

The Sixth Army has 5000 people. The head of the army is Takakage Kobayakawa, and Hideyo Kobayakawa and Muneshige Tachibana, who is known as the "Wisdom in the West", are under his command.The overall strength of the army under Takakage Kobayakawa is relatively weak, but Muneshige Tachibana played a big role. His joining has significantly improved the overall combat power of the Sixth Army.

It was also because Tachibana Muneshige's troops were so strong that Takakage Kobayakawa made him the main force during the Battle of Bijokan—and ended up with the biggest loss in the end.

The Seventh Army has 3 people, and the head of the army Terumoto Mori. The army is an all-Maori army. How strong is the Maori army in the Sanyin and Sanyang areas? You can ask the Ouchi and Nizi families back then.

This area has always been rich in strong soldiers, and even the fifth division of Japan's "Steel Army" came out of Hiroshima in this area. Hiroshima later ate mushroom bombs for this reason.

However, Mori Teruwon came to North Korea mainly to reap benefits, and was not too willing to fight tough battles, so that the Seventh Army had no strength, but the record was mediocre. However, the benefit of the reverse was that the damage was not particularly large.

The Eighth Army has 1 people, and the head of the Ukita Hide family is also the general general. This army is mainly veterans brought out by the Ukita Nao family. However, due to the special status of the Hide family, they are also Toyotomi's direct descendants. Both training and equipment are very good. He has also fought many battles, and he is also an elite.

As mentioned above, because Ukita Hideka hoped that he would also make military exploits himself, he fought at least two tough battles, and the Eighth Army lost a lot.

The Ninth Legion has 1000 people, and its leader is Toyotomi Hidekatsu. This legion is a bit special, because it still represents Toyotomi Hideyoshi's main formation, so it rarely goes to the battlefield in the battle of conquest, but as a follower of Toyotomi Hideyoshi The pro-guard army, obviously, will not be far behind, and the final loss is relatively small.

The nobles compiled and compared various battle reports and the intelligence collected by the Sea Trade Alliance, and were surprised to find that the 15 army lost at least [-] to [-] in the previous battle!
As I have just analyzed, the 15 army in the first battle was the most elite military force that the Toyotomi regime could produce, and it lost about [-]% of it all at once. It is not an exaggeration to say that it hurts its muscles and bones, right?

This time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi actually sent another 14 troops to North Korea. Together with the original defenders stationed in Busan, the total strength continued to remain at more than 20.

The nobles immediately began to assume: If almost all of the 20 troops were lost in North Korea, would the so-called rule of the Toyotomi family still have a foundation?I'm afraid it's gone.

Therefore, these nobles who think that they are highly pragmatic and will use troops against Japan insisted that as long as the 20 descendants of the Toyotomi family and their reliable military power were left in North Korea, the military power in the central and western regions of Japan would be at least seven or eight. become.

Considering that the Shimadzu family actually obeys the orders of Gao Pragmatism, it can even be considered that as long as the Shimadzu family announces a change of banner in the entire Kyushu area, it may be a situation that depends on the announcement.And how strong can the remnants of Toyotomi in Kinki and the Maori of Sanin and Sanyo be able to resist after suffering huge losses?

Looking at it this way, everyone suddenly discovered that if Gao Wushi really wanted to use Japan, the real resistance of Japan seemed to be only in Kanto and Ou, because they were the only ones who suffered almost no losses.

However, the situation on their side is also interesting. Tokugawa is naturally the strongest, but he is surrounded by a circle of daimyos who have been placed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to monitor him, plus a Date Masamune who is always ambitious, this picture is really beautiful .

As a result, the nobles basically formed a unified opinion, that is, it is really possible for high-level pragmatism to use troops in Japan, and as long as there are enough vertical and horizontal strategies, it may not even require a large army, as long as one can independently defeat [-] to [-] troops. The elite of the Japanese army may be enough.

As a result, Jingnan Xungui collectively bet on not only North Korea, but also Japan.
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