Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1856 The Sword Points at Dongying ([-]) Under the City of Hanyang
Magui, the admiral of Pingwa, rode a tall brown-gold horse that was born from the mixed blood of Arabian horse and Akhal Tejin horse, and commanded more than [-] Ming troops to enter Kaesong, which was abandoned by the Japanese army, and announced that the Ming army had recovered again. Kaesong's victory.

Although this was a victory obtained because the Japanese army voluntarily gave up fighting, who dares to say that such a victory is not a victory?After all, if the strength of the Ming army had not reversed the war situation, how could the Japanese army easily give up Kaesong, one of the three capitals of North Korea?
The accompanying North Korean officials, generals and even soldiers were all high-spirited and raised their chins high, as if this victory was won by them through hard work.The performance of these Koreans made Ma Gui quite disdainful, and couldn't help but come up with an idiom in his mind: a fox pretends to be a tiger.

However, Admiral Ma did not show it on the surface. He was not interested in wasting words on the performance of the Koreans. Instead, he held a military meeting immediately after taking over the city defense.

The Ming army that Ma Gui was directly in charge of at this time was mainly divided into three parts.The first part is naturally Xuanda elites, but there are also two batches here, one is Ma Gui brought directly from the third town of Xuanda this time, and the other is Xuanda who Gao Yushi transferred to Liaodong in the early years. Most of the direct descendants were servants under Xiao Ruxun before.

The second part is the South Army that stayed in North Korea before, including Qi Jin, Wu Weizhong and other departments. This part has been described in detail earlier, so there is no need to repeat it.

The third part is the Liaodong Army that was transferred to North Korea to fight again-to be precise, it is still part of the Li Family Army.Most of this part of the Li family's army is not directly subordinate to the Li family, but is drawn from the army commanded by Li Chengliang's direct descendant generals. However, the current general is neither Zu Chengxun nor any other general who is not of the Li family's blood. , but Li Rumei, Li Rusong's fifth younger brother.

The situation of this part of the Liaodong Army needs to be discussed separately.Previously, Li Rusong's return to the town was due to the heavy loss of the direct lineage of the Li family army, which was weak and strong, so Li Rusong went back to the town to rest and replenish his lineage.

Since it is necessary to avoid weak branches and strong branches, it is necessary to reduce the troops deployed by the rest of the Li family army in the mainland of Liaodong while Li Rusong's strength is declining.Therefore, after Gao Yushi once again assumed the post of economic strategist and had jurisdiction over the military affairs of Liaodong, about half of the Li family troops of Liaodong's offshoots were transferred to North Korea to fight again with a single transfer order.

As for why the leader of this army is Li Rumei, the reason is very simple. There are three main points: First, since the army is drawn from various branches of the Li family army, it needs a nominal "master" to command, not a Zu Chengxun, Zha Dashou and other foreign surnames, otherwise the other ministries may not be convinced.

Second, Li Rumei is the best military performer among the five sons of the Li family except Li Rusong.In the year of Renchen when Japan invaded Korea, Li Rusong went south to Korea as the commander-in-chief and admiral of the Imperial Japanese Army, and Li Rumei also served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Army, so although he was young, he had enough qualifications.

Thirdly, Li Rumei and Gao Yushi have become relatives-in-law, Gao Yushi's brother-in-law, and it is normal for her to be taken care of by some uncles. It is a matter of course.

Of course, no matter how you say it, the importance of this item can only be ranked last. The main reason why Gao Yushi is willing to use him is because he is more competitive.

Li Rumei shot and killed Tachibana Zongmao's servant general Shi Shilianjiu with a single arrow in the Battle of Bichiguan. During the ensuing fierce battle, Li Rusong was surrounded by superior Japanese troops because light soldiers rushed in to rescue Zha Dashou and other generals. .

At that time, one of the Japanese army's gold-armored generals led the Japanese army to kill Li Rusong, but Li Rumei shot and killed him with an arrow, which shocked the Japanese pirates and saved the crisis, so that the Ming army could finally withdraw smoothly.After investigation after the event, it is known that the Jinjia he killed will be Ono Chengyu, an important retainer of Tachibana Zongshige.

Tachibana Zongshige is not Yi Yi's generation. His original name was Takahashi Totorora. After marrying Tachibana Hichiyo, he inherited the Tachibana family as his son-in-law, so he changed his name to Tachibana Zongshige.Toyotomi Hideyoshi once praised him as "Warrior in the West". When Takakage Kobayakawa besieged Li Rusong, he mainly used his elite Tachibana family as the main force, which shows the combat power of his army.

It is such an opponent, but Li Rumei killed two generals of the Lihua family in a row. It seems that it is not an exaggeration to say that he turned the tide, so it proved Li Rumei's ability in turn.

Because of this, Gao Yushi believes that Li Rumei is both qualified and capable to serve as the leader of the Liaodong Army that is going south again.The total strength of this Liaodong army is about 1, half of them belong to the family rank, and the rest are Liaoxi frontier troops.

At the beginning of the military meeting, Ma Gui did his part to speak first: "Everyone, everyone has read the order of Lord Hou. Now because of the danger in Busan, all or most of the pirates in Hanyang must be transferred to the south. This is a good opportunity for our heavenly soldiers to recover Hanyang, everyone Feel free to express any opinion you have.”

What surprised Ma Gui was that Li Rumei, who had always been reticent in previous military discussions, was the first to express her opinion this time, saying: "In my opinion, no matter how the next battle plan is formulated, there is one principle that is certain. That means it must be fast. Lord Hou landed in Sacheon and occupied Jinzhou, which is behind the Japanese pirates. I am still not sure how many Japanese pirates there are in Busan, but I think it must be at least [-] to [-].

I originally thought that Lord Hou planned to take Busan directly, but now it seems that this is not the case. Lord Hou is actually forcing the Hanyang Japanese pirates to go south.In this way, there are two situations: one is that Hanyang's defense must not be as tight and strong as before, and the other is that Hou Ye may face the siege of Japanese pirates.

At this time, what our army must achieve is firstly to capture Hanyang as soon as possible, and secondly, after conquering Hanyang, we must go south to pursue it as soon as possible, so as to avoid too much pressure on Hou Ye and Liu Zongrong. "

Now that they are married, Li Rumei is more worried about the safety of Gao Yushi than ever before. Naturally, it is the right meaning of the question. Everyone can understand what he said, and what's more, what he said is also reasonable-who dares to put Gao Yushi aside and only care about his own preservation strength?Don't talk about saving your strength for such an idiot, whether you can keep your head in the field is another matter.

Now that Li Rumei mentioned that Hanyang should be captured as soon as possible, Qi Jin, who has the strongest artillery under his command, cheered up, and immediately said: "I checked the situation of Hanyang city defense carefully in the year of Renchen, and the city itself is not bad. It is solid, but North Korea's city defenses don't have much consideration for defending against giant artillery, and our southern army is sure to break through the city walls or gates within three days, so that the army can enter the city as soon as possible."

Ma Chengzhao, the son of Ma Gui, said: "Everyone, the last general was ordered to patrol the city just now, and found that many Korean people came from outside the southern city. The last general sent people to inquire and found that most of them escaped from Hanyang. According to them, the Japanese pirates All troops had already left Hanyang and headed south yesterday, and the number of Japanese pirates in Hanyang City is only about two or three tenths of the peak period.

At the end of the day, they will ask further questions. They said that the people in Hanyang City are currently in panic. Although the Korean people hope that our heavenly soldiers will help them recover Hanyang as soon as possible, they are very worried that the heavenly soldiers will fire too hard and beat them together... In addition, the Japanese pirates are also very strange. They actually deliberately opened the city gate for a long time, allowing the North Korean people to evacuate Hanyang. "

The news provided by Ma Chengzhao was interesting, and Qi Jin wondered after listening to it: "The Japanese pirates open the city and let the people out of the city? Why didn't I find out that these Japanese pirates have such a conscience before?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Li Rumei shook her head and said, "No, the Japanese pirates didn't discover it due to conscience, but it must be because of the lack of food and grass in the city. Ma Yourong, when you asked the fleeing North Korean people, did you pay attention to whether they brought enough food? Rations?"

Ma Chengzhao suddenly realized, and said: "Ah, so that's the case. Li Zongrong is really astute. The Korean people he saw just now came almost empty-handed, and he didn't see how much food they brought." He paused After a pause, he frowned, and said, "What Li Zongrong means is that their food has been confiscated by Japanese pirates?"

"I think it should be so." Li Rumei nodded slightly: "Master Hou stabbed the Japanese pirates in the back suddenly. Now that Busan is in danger, the Hanyang Japanese pirates are eager to go south to avoid running out of food. Such an urgent mobilization of the army must bring enough food.

They took most of the food away, so the Japanese pirates who stayed behind naturally had to find a way to stockpile food. The best way was to drive away the Korean people, but forcibly confiscated their rations.In addition, because our Heavenly Soldiers are a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, we will bear the burden of food for these Korean people... Hmph, killing two birds with one stone. "

That's what Li Rumei said, but Magui obviously wasn't that fraternal.Admiral Ma sneered, and said: "I am the admiral, and I only care about fighting. What do I have to do with what the Korean people eat? Of course, I let the accompanying Korean officials figure out how to do it. They are the parents of the Korean people!"

The deputy commander-in-chief of Mongolian origin, Qugui, agreed with this statement very much, and said with a big laugh: "What the commander-in-chief said is very true. Let's help the Koreans fight the war. But it’s not our business to feed the North Korean people. These tasks are originally the responsibility of North Korean officials. Do we need to allocate a large amount of military rations? Just a joke, why?”

Qi Jin didn't want to discuss this issue, so he interrupted: "I don't understand one thing, the Japanese pirates drove away all the Korean people, so after we fired artillery and destroyed the city wall of Hanyang, are they going to repair it themselves without relying on the Korean people? "

This question is very critical. After all, in this era of guarding the city, soldiers are generally only responsible for fighting. The work of repairing or strengthening the city wall is usually done by local people. If the Japanese army drives away all the Korean people, how can these chores Isn't no one doing it?
Ma Gui immediately turned his head and asked Ma Chengzhao, "What percentage of the strong men do you see among the Korean people?"

"Ah!" Ma Chengzhao slapped his forehead, and said: "So that's what happened. Among the Korean people I saw just now, I hardly saw a few strong men. Those who saw the Japanese pirates driving away were old, weak, women and children, strong men. They are useful in combat, and must have been left behind by them."

Ma Gui nodded and said nothing, while Qi Jin shook his head and said, "It seems that the Japanese pirates are still not giving up. Judging from these actions, they should plan to defend Hanyang to the death."

Ma Gui asked the other generals for their opinions. Everyone felt that the Japanese pirates did it with such a mentality. In short, everything was planned to defend Hanyang.

Ma Gui said: "If this is the case, it will not be good news for our army. It seems that the battle of Hanyang can only be attacked by force... Today we must deal with the defense of Kaesong first, and the attack on Hanyang will have to wait until tomorrow anyway. Qi Shenrong, when our army bombards Hanyang, it will depend on you to blast through the gap in the city defense."

Qi Jin cupped his hands and said: "The admiral is serious, this is what the general should do."

Ma Gui nodded, and said to the crowd: "Although Kaesong is going to be prepared today, we also need to investigate the situation in Hanyang. In addition to how many Japanese pirates are still staying in Hanyang, we also need to find out the Japanese pirates who are staying in Hanyang. Who are the generals?"

Another general of Mongolian origin set the course: "Admiral, the general is willing to take over this matter." Ma Gui was very satisfied, and immediately handed over the investigation task to him.

That night, Bai Sai really found out the current defensive situation of Hanyang through various means, and reported to Ma Gui in detail.

When Magui learned that one of the two left-behind Japanese generals was Shimadzu Yoshihiro, he was overjoyed and secretly said, "Your Majesty is really good at predicting things. It seems that Hanyang may not need our army to attack desperately to buy time."I just don't know if Yoshihiro Shimadzu is smart enough to form a tacit understanding with me without further discussion.

Magui had hopes, but he didn't know that the main force defending the city on the Japanese side was Kato Kiyomasa's First Army, and Shimadzu Yoshihiro's Fifth Army was not directly responsible for any section of the city wall, so even if he wanted to have a "tacit understanding" with him, it wouldn't be that difficult. condition.

Therefore, during the next day's siege, Hanyang City became a shooting range for the artillery of the Ming army. Qi Jin concentrated most of the artillery of the entire army and bombarded it back and forth for almost a whole day. , but it cannot form a breakthrough for a while.And Ma Gui didn't wait for the ideal "Japanese pirates' surrender" or "Japanese pirates' infighting", so the first day of the battlefield was wasted like this.

At night, Magui frowned deeply. After much deliberation, he finally realized that since the Japanese army in Hanyang had Kiyoshi Kato, it is said that this person is an important direct line general under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, so the city defense must be personally supervised by him. Even if Shimadzu Yoshihiro intends to do something, it may be difficult to find opportunities.

To explain whether the army can break through Hanyang, Ma Gui is full of confidence in this, but just as Li Rumei put forward in the military discussion yesterday, his current trouble is that he must win quickly, otherwise if the Lord Hou is in danger in the south of Korea, Then I have a great responsibility.

Ma Gui was thinking about whether he had to attack Hanyang tomorrow regardless of the loss, when he suddenly saw Bai Sai and Ma Chengzhao come to report together, saying that Japanese pirates saw from the city wall when the sentry cavalry was patrolling, and they pretended to shoot the sentry cavalry A secret letter was shot, and it was stated on it that it was to be handed over to the admiral, so the two of them came to deliver the letter together.
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