Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1850 Sword Pointing at Japan ([-]) Highly Pragmatic Strategies

On the Yellow Sea, where the waves have never been big, a large but quiet fleet was divided into two teams in the gradually falling night, suddenly changed its course all the way to the east, and began to turn south.

On board the flagship "Dongchang" of the Ming Pingwa Fleet, the highest-level military meeting of the fleet is being held.In line with the principle of "a meeting with many people is not important, and an important meeting with few people", there were only four people attending the meeting:
Bachelor of Wenhuadian University, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Pingwa Jinglue, Nanning Marquis Gao Yushi; Zuodu Dudu of Zuojun Dudufu, Sichuan General Liu Ting; Rear Army Dudufu of Right Dudu, Pingwa Fleet Admiral, Guangdong General Chen Lin ; Governor Zuo of the Rear Army Commander's Mansion, Commander of the Advance Fleet of the Pingwa Fleet, and Deng Zilong, Fujian General Soldier.

Since the fleet had officially entered a state of combat readiness when it set sail, the three generals Liu Ting, Chen Lin, and Deng Zilong were already in military uniform, and Gao Yushi also changed into Yesa as usual.

The boa clothing is a high-level and practical gift. After several "upgrades" over the years, it has now become the standard of sitting on the chest, back and front, walking on the shoulders, and all the pythons have golden scales under the premise of the big red silk.

Of course, the special official uniforms that Gao Yushi can actually wear are not limited to python clothes. He can also wear the flying fish uniforms, bullfighting uniforms, and unicorn uniforms that he was given in the past. The Bai Ze suit of the title-Bai Ze is a special gift for civil servants to be knighted, but not necessarily all civil servants who are awarded the title, for example, Wang Shouren's descendants do not have it.

However, Gao Yushi doesn't like to show off very much, and has always worn python clothes the most.Whether it's python clothes, flying fish or bullfighting, they are all in the shape of a dragon. In this way, they are very similar to the costumes of Liu Ting, Chen Lin, and Deng Zilong.By the way, Liu Ting also wears python clothes, but his is a single-row python, that is, a sideways python embroidered on his chest, which was given to him after he pacified Burma a few years ago.

The four kinds of clothes are all in the shape of a dragon, and the sitting python is in the front dragon shape, which is only one claw less than the emperor's five-clawed dragon; There are four pythons in total, and the regulations are obviously higher. The fighting bull is worn by Chen Lin, and it also has four claws. The difference is that the horns are not dragon-shaped, but the horns are curved; Distinct fishtail.

The proliferation of conferments has become somewhat obvious at this time, but to a certain extent, it is also a manifestation of the court's meddling. In order to reward those who have meritorious service every time, it seems inevitable to make infinitely many distinctions to distinguish between superior and inferior.Gao Yushi doesn't seem to be very concerned about this matter, and has never proposed reforms on this issue.

Due to the high standard of the meeting, the dragon pattern shone in the small conference room of the Dongchang for a while, and one could tell at a glance that the big shots had something important to discuss.

The first person to ask questions was Deng Zilong, commander of the advance fleet. In fact, this veteran and Gao Yushi had not met for the first time until this expedition, but this did not hinder Deng Zilong's respect for Gao Yushi: "Master Hou, the last general just received the semaphore and lamp language. , has been ordered to command the advance fleet to turn around, and the fleet is currently heading due south. But Lord Hou, aren’t we going to Kaesong?”

It turned out that everyone thought that the fleet was going to Kaesong at first, because they had received a letter from Magui before they set off, knowing that Magui's army had captured Haizhou and was heading for Kaesong.

Then, judging from the sailing speed, the fleet could have delivered Liu Ting's troops on board on time when Magui attacked Kaesong, and landed near the mouth of the Licheng River.

In this way, the landing site can also be determined according to the battle situation at the time, especially if the Magui Department is in a stalemate with the Japanese army on the Licheng River, then the Liu Zhen Department can directly land on Jiangdong, and the Japanese army defending along the river will be caught off guard.

However, Gao Yushi suddenly ordered the entire fleet to turn south not long ago, which means that the fleet will not go to Kaesong. As for where to go, the three generals don't know, but everyone guesses it should be Hanyang.

Gao Yushi smiled and asked the three to sit down, and then said: "I have seen before that the fleet's supplies are prepared according to my order, so it is very sufficient at the moment. I have deliberately made such sufficient supply preparations. I am not only planning to Is it as simple as sending Shengwu (Liu Ting)'s troops ashore?"

As soon as Chen Lin heard this, he knew that the previous guesses were inaccurate, so he said: "Kaicheng is not far from Hanyang. Since Lord Hou said so, it seems that he is planning to surprise Hanyang?"

"That's right, not going to Hanyang." Gao Wushi said with a smile: "You may wish to guess my intention."

Deng Zilong said: "Since we are not going straight to Hanyang, we can land near Jishan Mountain in the south of Hanyang, and then move eastward to capture Jishan and Zhongzhou, cutting off the retreat of the Japanese army in Hanyang. Wait until Admiral Ma takes down Kaishan." If the city and the Han River are approached, the Japanese army in Hanyang will fall into a situation where the wolves are in front and the tiger is in the back. If they lose their ground, they will be wiped out by our army sooner or later."

Gao Wushi glanced at Chen Lin again, and asked, "Mr. Daqian (Deng Zilong) is quite insightful, so what is the opinion of Mr. Longya (Chen Lin)?"

Chen Lin thought for a while, and said: "The general thought that our fleet should not only do this, but can do both. One is to send Liu Zongrong to land in Jishan, but Liu Zongrong will attack Zhongzhou after taking Jishan. Before, it seemed that Qingzhou, which was close at hand, should be won first.

In this way, the Cheongju-Chongju blockade line can be formed afterwards, blocking the way for the Japanese army to flee south. Unless they are willing to go to the inaccessible eastern mountains, otherwise the Japanese army can only be blocked by Liu Zongrong. When Admiral Ma arrived, our army attacked from the north and the south, and the main force of the Japanese army's land division could not fly.

But other than that, our fleet also has important matters. We should actively go south to find the decisive battle of the Japanese navy, and use it as a guarantee in case of a land war.What the last general meant was that if some of the Japanese army broke out on land, as long as the Japanese navy navy was wiped out or most of them were wiped out, and lost the ability to transfer, even if the Japanese army's land division escaped temporarily, it would be difficult to escape death in the end. . "

Gao Wushi nodded, looked at Liu Ting again, and asked: "Xingwu, what do you think?" , there is a difference between them.

Both Chen Lin and Deng Zilong are veterans in their [-]s, so Gao Yushi called them respect.Although Liu Ting is slightly older than him, he is almost the same age as him. In addition to the relationship between Liu Xian and Liu Xin, the two are not only clearly of the same generation, but also have a special relationship, so they can call each other to show close.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ting's answer was quite hard-core. He chuckled and said, "The general doesn't have any opinion. In short, wherever Lord Hou tells the general to fight, the general will fight there. You can go to Kaesong, you can go to Jishan, It’s okay to go to Hanyang, or even go straight to the mainland of Japan.”

Gao Wushi laughed loudly when he heard that, and said: "Don't rush to the mainland of Wa country, you have to tidy up North Korea before you can think about it."

Chen Lin couldn't help being quite surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Master Hou, is the imperial court really planning to invade the land of the Wa Kingdom?"

"Mr. Longya thinks it's impossible?" Gao Wushi raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked instead of answering.

"It's not against it, it's just that the Japanese invaded North Korea and used 20 troops twice. It is expected that the strength of its homeland should not be weaker than this... If our heavenly soldiers want to kill and punish their homeland, they may need [-] troops, hundreds of thousands It costs ten thousand, so I don’t know if it’s worth it.”

Chen Lin said that he had no objection, but from what he said, he didn't really understand the idea of ​​entering Japan, and his words also explained his views on the Ming army's invasion of Japan, that is, "Shi As a punishment"——since it is just a lesson, it is obviously not worthwhile to use a hundred thousand troops and spend millions of dollars.

However, Gao Wuzhen didn't intend to talk about it in depth now, he just smiled and changed the subject, saying: "Shogo said that you can go anywhere, then the fleet will send you to Sacheon to land, and you will go north immediately after taking Sacheon. Let's take Jinzhou nearby."

As soon as this remark came out, the three generals were stunned for a moment, and they all turned their eyes to a map of Northeast Asia hanging behind Gao Yushi, and set their eyes on Sacheon and Jinzhou, which are located in the middle of the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula.

Liu Ting reacted quickly, and immediately asked, "Master Hou, you mean... to intimidate Busan?"

Gao Wushi nodded and said, "Not bad."

Liu Ting frowned, and said hesitantly: "If you really want to go south to the southernmost part of North Korea, why do you want to threaten Pusan ​​instead of just attacking Pusan ​​directly? Now that our fleet is strong, it is estimated that the Pusan ​​pirates' navy is not enough to fight. If the army took Busan directly, wouldn't it completely cut off the connection between the Japanese army and its homeland?
Next, our army and Ma Zongrong marched north and south, and the Japanese army was divided into multiple strongholds such as Hamxing and Hanyang. They could not support each other and could only fight on their own. The fleet could completely block the strait, so that Its local support is completely cut off... Isn't the destruction of the Japanese army just around the corner? "

Chen Lin and Deng Zilong also agreed with Liu Ting's point of view, and they also promised to defeat the main force of the Japanese navy and navy stationed in Busan, and at the same time ensure the defeat of the reinforcements of the Japanese navy and navy.

However, Gao Wushi smiled and said: "It is indeed feasible, but have the three of you ever thought about how the Japanese army in Hanyang will react if Busan suddenly falls?"

Liu Ting said rather disdainfully: "How can a group of barbarians react? If Busan is lost, the retreat will be cut off. At that time, the Japanese pirates had no more than two plans: either open the city and surrender, or the trapped beasts will continue to fight."

Gao Wushi looked at Chen Lin and Deng Zilong again. They held the same view as Liu Ting again, and also believed that as long as the next offensive launched by the Ming army was powerful enough, the possibility of the Japanese army surrendering in Kaesong was very high.

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "You still don't know enough about the Japanese army's interior, and you don't know anything about the Japanese people's thinking. If the Japanese army really reaches that level, although there will be the two kinds of things you judged inside. This kind of argument, but in the end they must make a decision to stick to Hanyang and wait for changes.”

Liu Ting knew through Liu Xin that Gao Yushi had a good understanding of Japan, so he didn't question why Gao Yushi came to such a conclusion, but said: "Even if they stick to Hanyang, so what? Once my heavenly soldiers march from north to south, First wipe out the scattered Japanese army except the enemy of Hanyang. At that time, 10,000+ troops will besiege Hanyang. Even if you don’t want to suffer the loss of a strong attack, then it’s good to besiege it for half a year. After the foreign aid is cut off, Hanyang’s grain storage can’t last more than half a year. Bar?"

Gao Wushi glared at him, and said angrily: "You put it lightly, my army of more than [-] people besieged Hanyang, and his Japanese army is certainly a turtle in a urn and a dead bone in a tomb, but I, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, have to worry about it." over?"

Liu Ting only thought that he would definitely win this fight, but he obviously didn't look at this issue from the perspective of the "Hubu Shangshu", so he was immediately speechless by Gao Yushi's words.

But as soon as Gao Wushi said this, Chen Lin woke up immediately.Chen Lin thought about it and said, "Oh, so Lord Hou meant to threaten Pusan ​​first, force the Japanese army to make adjustments, and then find a way out of it..."

"Ah, the last general also understands!" Deng Zilong slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "The Busan Japanese army is no match for our fleet and Liu Zongrong's troops, no matter whether it is land or water. Once Jinzhou, which is not far to the west, is captured by our army , must be greatly shocked, and will immediately ask Hanyang for help.

Although Hanyang is the main force of the Japanese army, its life gate is Busan, because Busan is the key point for its mainland to transfer to North Korea. Once Busan falls, they will all become rootless drifters.In this way, no matter how much pressure the Hanyang defenders faced from Admiral Ma, they could only be forced to reinforce Busan. "

As soon as the two of them talked about the specific battle, Liu Ting became active, no longer entangled with the financial issues mentioned by Gao Yushi just now, and immediately answered: "In this case, the enemy of Hanyang has two choices, one is to divide troops to reinforce Busan , and the second is to withdraw the entire army to the south to defend Busan."

The general, who had just won the first victory as a general in the Battle of Bozhou, was so excited that he rubbed his hands, his eyes brightened and said: "If they choose to divide their troops, then we have nothing to fear from the strength of our troops, and we can set up an ambush to block them according to their marching route.

Well, I think they will definitely go down along the Nakdong River, so our department can stop them near Changning and Daegu.Hehe, to tell you the truth, Lord Hou and the two veterans, I know something about the Japanese army, and I am planning to fight them..."

That is, the Liu family army, the elite of its lineage is the descendant of the Japanese barbarians.This elite army of Megatron Tiannan was originally carefully selected from among the Japanese pirates who surrendered. It can be said to be composed of the most fierce and fearless Japanese pirates. Fear of death is certain], coupled with the regular training of Liu Xian and Liu Ting, two generations of famous generals, they might be called "the most elite Japanese army".In this way, it is not difficult to understand that Liu Ting really wanted to fight the "real Japanese army".

At this time, the atmosphere was lively, and Deng Zilong snatched back the words that Liu Ting had snatched away, and while Liu Ting forgot his words in excitement, he quickly followed up and said: "If they don't divide their troops to support, but withdraw the whole army to the south, that would be great." Very soon, with the sophistication of Admiral Yima, he will definitely follow the situation, and he will definitely use the advantage of cavalry to harass and surprise the Japanese army on the way, causing the Japanese army to be attacked continuously along the way.

During the hundreds of miles of the Japanese army going south, this kind of uninterrupted raids will make them exhausted, and even the wind and the wind will be all over the place. Even when they reach Busan, they will be unbearable for a long time.At that time, it will be the best time for me to advance north and south and defeat the main force of the Japanese army in one fell swoop! "

Hearing this, Chen Lin couldn't help taking a deep breath, cupped his hands and said to Gao Yushi: "Master Hou has a clever plan, the ingenuity of this strategy is really amazing!"
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