Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1849 The Sword Points at Japan ([-]) Kuroda and Son [Supplement]
As the general of the right side, Hidemoto Mori supported abandoning Kaesong and sticking to Hanyang. This is a very important change for the military council. As the general of the left side, Ukita Hideka hesitated for a while.

There is no doubt about the loyalty of Ukita Hideyoshi to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In his view, Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s request is to quickly occupy the entire territory of North Korea and defeat the Ming army, so it stands to reason that he should insist on a decisive battle with the Ming army at this time, no There should be any show of cowardice.

However, the problem is that with the fighting power of the Ming army, as many as [-] people went south this time, then this strength is too strong, and there is really no chance of winning by force. As for the reason for giving up Kaesong, they have already been told by them It is clear and clear: defending Kaesong itself is extremely difficult, and the more important thing is that the Ming army still has the strength to detour south by sea and go straight to Hanyang.

If this happens, then once Hanyang is lost, not only will Japan’s core strategic fulcrum in the heartland of North Korea change hands, but Kaesong itself will surely become a deadly place.

In other words, if Kaesong is defended, not only Kaesong may not be able to defend, but even the entire central part of North Korea may change hands at once, and the war situation will suddenly collapse.At this time, if the Ming army took advantage of the cavalry and chased and killed all the way, the Japanese army might be driven back to Busan all the way.

If you keep it, you can't keep it; if you don't keep it, you can't say it.Ukita Hideo's family fell into silence and refused to express their position for a long time.

Seeing this, Kuroda Rushui lightly tapped on the table and said: "I have a question, I hope you can teach me: If the Ming army can use water to attack Hanyang, then all the seaports in the central and southern parts of North Korea occupied by me Where, where should not be the target of the Ming army's siege?
Can we say that it is convenient to abandon Hanyang because the Ming army may attack these places by sea?If you guys think so, then should we just give up Hanyang and just withdraw to Busan? "

When Kuroda Rushui said this, everyone was stunned.Yes, if the Ming army can attack Hanyang by sea, wouldn't the cities further south also be their targets?
For example, explaining that the army landed on Jishan, and then moved eastward to take Chungju, the land passage between Hanyang and Busan would be cut off, so Hanyang may fall into a food crisis soon, and it may even collapse without a fight. How to do?
At this time, Naoshima Naoshima said: "Master Rushui means that Hanyang cannot be defended? I think so."

All eyes were immediately focused on Naoshima Naoshima's face, Naoshima Naoshima was not stage frightened, and said instead: "The Ming army's [-] troops marching south seems aggressive, but according to the information so far, the [-] troops may be Not all of them will go south, but there are about [-] to [-] people who can see them at present.

Considering that the Ming army has the habit of stationing in important towns in the rear, I think that they may also be stationed in Pyongyang this time, and it may be the 3 or [-] people who have not yet seen the banner.

In this case, based on the calculation of the 8 Ming army going south, although it is still a large army, the Ming army is actually divided into two groups, all the way to Kaesong, and the east to Wonsan.The army of Wonsan is to cut off the connection between our army and Hamgyong Province. The strength of the army cannot be too weak. It is said that it is about 6 to [-] at present, so the direction of Kaesong is about [-] to [-].

Gentlemen, even if there are [-] Ming troops to the north of Kaesong, how much can they use for cross-sea raids under such force conditions?I think the maximum is [-].

After all, the Hanyang and Kaesong areas are where the main force of our army is located. If the central army of the Ming army is not even 4 people, how can we shake our Hanyang and Kaesong defense lines?What's more, if the strength is less than [-], our army may even launch a counterattack. It is expected that the Ming army will not be unprepared to avoid another Bidouguan-style battle. "

Yoshihiro Shimadzu made a rare speech at the military meeting, but at this time he took the initiative to express his approval of Naoshima Naoshige's words, saying: "Although the problems raised by Master Rushui do exist, I think His Highness Nabeshima's analysis is also reasonable. Although the field battles are powerful, their strength is limited, and they will not divide their forces many times to weaken the strength of the frontal battlefield.

Another point I don’t know if you have considered it. If the Ming army divides and lands at any place south of Hanyang, what will they eat?Even though the navy of the Ming army is powerful, it is not easy to maintain an army of tens of thousands of people.

Judging from the situation of our army fighting in North Korea, half of the supply depends on the mainland, and half of the supply depends on North Korea.Daming is the suzerain of North Korea, so we can't force the rations of North Korean people, right?Then their food supply can only be completely self-sufficient. Do you think that the transportation capacity of the Ming army in North Korea is already so strong? "

When Shimadzu Yoshihiro said this, the head of the Seventh Army, Hachisuka Iemagi, agreed, and said, "That's right, His Highness Shimadzu's words are very true. Judging from the previous battle of Imjin, the Ming army has been constantly improving supplies. There was a serious gap. They were not able to continue southward at that time. In addition to the impact of the Battle of Bizhiguan, another key factor was insufficient supplies.

Although it has been so long now, the Ming army’s supply problem is mainly due to the difficult roads in the northern mountainous areas of North Korea, and the transportation from the mainland of Liaodong to the south is extremely costly. Even if the Ming army increases manpower and strengthens transportation, the improvement is limited. At the same time, it will greatly increase the burden on the Ming court.

Therefore, I think that even if the Ming army really attacked our cities in southern Korea by sea, they might not be able to go deep into the hinterland, at least they would not be able to enter Chungju and cut off our army's north-south connection. "

Yuan Qin of Changzong's department said calmly: "That is to say, even in the worst case, our Hanyang army will be able to withdraw to the south smoothly at least by then, and there will be no danger of the entire army being wiped out."

Kuroda Rushui listened to their opinions but didn't say a word, as if he had just finished what he should say, and Kuroda Changzheng saw that several legion commanders seemed to disagree with Naifu's opinion, so he couldn't help but said: "Everyone It seems to be optimistic, but the war has reached today, we might as well recall the scenes when we faced the Ming army in the past, was there any time when we were really optimistic?"

As soon as he said this, Kato Kiyomasa was not happy, and couldn't help but said: "Hey, Nagamasa, don't learn from Xiaoxi, how can you say such cowardly words! It's him who can't keep Pyongyang." No ability, now the main force of my conquest army is mostly in Hanyang, how could it be impossible to hold it?
As for the fact that the army might land somewhere in the south, I, Kiyomasa Kato, have left my words here today. No matter how many Ming troops landed or where they landed, I, Kiyomasa Kato, would like to meet for a while at that time! "

According to everyone's discussion just now, although the possible landing troops of the Ming army should not exceed 1, but... what if it is really [-]?Kato Kiyomasa lost a lot because of the Renchen year. He only lost [-] when he dispatched this time, and he still lost a little bit, which is less than [-]. He still has to go to the Ming army for a while. I really can't say I'm not brave.

At this point, Ukita Hideo's family had nothing to say, and stood up and said: "I have heard everyone's words. I support giving up Kaesong, but we must stick to Hanyang."

Although he and Hidemoto Mori are generals from the left and Hidemoto Mori are generals from the right, and Hidemoto Mori's troops are much stronger than his, but... After all, the two of them are different from each other in front of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and their identities are It is very different, and Ukita Hideka is the general general of the previous conquest, so from the perspective of speaking power, Ukita Hideka is far better than Mori Hidemoto.

That being the case, as long as Ukita Hideka's remarks are not strongly opposed by the military adviser Kuroda Rusui, then there is no doubt that it is the final decision.But Kuroda Rushui did not object, and silently accepted Ukita Hideka's decision.

After the military discussion, Kuroda Nagamasa found his father Kuroda Rushui, and asked as soon as they met: "Father, why didn't you insist on your opinion? I think that only your opinion is the safest in the face of the powerful Ming army. Such a stubborn defense of Hanyang will not help the matter at all, but will put the main force of our army in an extremely dangerous situation!"

Kuroda Rushui looked calm, waved his hands and said, "Sit down and talk." Kuroda Nagamasa sat down as promised, staring at his father with piercing eyes, expecting him to answer his question sooner.

Kuroda Rushui was not in a hurry, he first brewed the pot of tea in hand, motioned his son to pour tea, and then said: "Why do you think I advocate withdrawing troops and returning to Busan?"

Hearing this, Nagamasa Kuroda was stunned, and said in surprise: "Didn't my father mention the reason for withdrawing to Busan in the military discussion? Naturally, it is to prevent the Ming army from cutting off the food supply route of our main force in Hanyang."

"No, no." Kuroda Rushui shook his head and said, "That's just an excuse. I don't think the Ming army will attack places like Zhongzhou."

"Ah? Why? Isn't it the best strategy to cut off the grain road?" Kuroda Nagamasa was greatly surprised and couldn't understand what his father meant.

"Hehe, is it the best strategy? It might be like this usually." Kuroda Rushui smiled, but immediately lowered his face, and said solemnly: "But you have to know that the Ming army has changed commanders, and now it is the old Gaoge who personally manages the army." Skip the Korean War."

"So what?" Kuroda Nagamasa wondered, "Father doesn't mean that this famous old Gao Ge doesn't know how to fight, but only pushes him head-on?"

"Nonsense, is my father the one who underestimates his opponent?" Kuroda Rushui gave his son a dissatisfied look, shook his head and said, "It is precisely because this high cabinet boss is famous that my father has carefully studied his previous battles. Commanding style. I have to say that the marquis really liked the flat push style at first glance, but..."

"But what?" Kuroda Nagamasa asked curiously, having never studied highly pragmatic combat command.

Kuroda Rushui said: "But what he likes is nine points positive and one point odd. That is to say, he will give people an illusion of extremely steady use of troops, and then suddenly make a surprise move when people are caught off guard."

"Really?" Kuroda Nagamasa thought about it: "Then what will he do now? What is his regular soldier at this moment, and what is his strange soldier?"

Kuroda Rushui didn't answer, but changed the subject inexplicably, and said, "You haven't forgotten what I told you last time, have you?"

"You mean... the physical condition of His Royal Highness?" Kuroda Nagamasa asked hesitantly.

"That's right." Kuroda Rushui sighed lightly, shook his head and said, "His Highness Taige's situation should already be serious..."

Kuroda Nagamasa was about to ask again, but Kuroda Rushui already squinted his eyes and continued: "And this news, the old Kokaku who has been in the Japanese trade for more than ten years must know about it."

Kuroda Nagamasa still didn't know what his father wanted to express, but for some reason, he felt a little creepy when he heard these words, and he always felt an inexplicable chill behind his back, and couldn't help asking: "Then... what do you mean?"

Kuroda murmured like water, and he refused to answer his son's question for a long time. Instead, he seemed to be lost in thought, and Kuroda Nagamasa scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously.

After an unknown amount of time, Kuroda Rushui said suddenly: "Let me ask you, how many direct troops of the Toyotomi family are still in the country?"

Kuroda Nagamasa thought about it for a long time before saying, "It should be more than [-] and less than [-], but it depends on how to calculate."

"Then according to what you said, count it as [-]." Kuroda Rushui said with a straight face: "If soon... the Taige passes away, and the Toyotomi family has only [-] direct descendants, what will happen to Japan? "

Kuroda Changmasa was surprised: "This assumption... is impossible, right? There are still 20 to [-] troops in North Korea, and more than half of them are Toyotomi's direct descendants. As long as these people return to Japan, Toyotomi's family still has [-] troops. ah!"

Kuroda Rushui waved his hands fiercely, and said coldly: "I'm asking you, if there are no more than [-] descendants of the Toyotomi family left in the country, what will happen to the world!"

"This, this..." Kuroda Nagamasa swallowed a mouthful of foam, and said with difficulty: "I'm afraid some people will feel disobedient." After saying this, Kuroda Nagamasa found that his forehead was already sweating.

"That's it." Kuroda Rushui finally stopped playing riddles, and said indifferently: "So I guess that old man Gao Ge must have prepared a surprise soldier, and this surprise soldier has only one thing to do, and that is to ensure that I conquer the court." The army... could never return to Japan."

"Oh!"

Kuroda Nagamasa shook his hands, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground, and the tea soup flowed all over the floor, overflowing with fragrance, and even wet his hem.

"Father, this... this is too unbelievable! What kind of amazing soldiers does he have that can do this? I don't believe it! We still have an army of [-] to [-] in North Korea, how could he be wiped out in one battle?"

Kuroda said coldly like water: "When did I say that he was going to wipe out my ruling army in one battle? I'll say it again, you heard clearly: his goal is to make it impossible for my ruling army to return to Japan!"

"Is there any difference?" Kuroda Nagamasa widened his eyes: "Then it still needs... oh, you mean he can divide it into several battles to achieve it?"

"Is that all you can see?" Kuroda Rushui said coldly: "Let me ask you, if you are highly pragmatic and you are sure that you can completely defeat or at least completely suppress the Japanese navy, then in your opinion , Can the Japanese army in North Korea return to Japan?"

Kuroda Nagamasa seemed to have been struck by lightning, and after shaking his whole body, he was stunned.
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