Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1871 The Sword Points at Dongying ([-]) Sudden Changes
In the original history, the Bukren Party’s control of the political situation was based on the fact that it emphasized the main battle theory during the Imjin Japanese Invasion, and Zheng Inhong and others led the rescue of the country by mobilizing volunteer soldiers in Gyeongsang-do, thus leading the post-war political situation.But the Northerners are also antagonized by political differences.

After Hong Ruzhun was recommended as Dasixian in the 27th year of Wanli, Nan Yigong, who was then an official Cao Zhenglang, opposed it, and the Beiren Party split into Dabei and Xiaobei.

At that time, the clique led by Li Shanhai and Hong Ruzhun was Dabei, whose camp included Qi Zixian, Li Erzhan, Zheng Renhong, Xu Yun, Han Yannan, Li Ming, Li Xing, Bai Daheng, Gu Yigang, Hong Shi, Liu Mengyin, etc. people.And Nan Yigong and Jin Jinguo led Xiaobei, including Liu Yongqing, Liu Xifen, Li Qingquan, Li Weixiao, Li Rongyuan, Cheng Junyu and others.

After Dabei and Xiaobei split, most of the northerners expelled Xiaobei, and took power by supporting Gwanghae-jun in the last years of King Seonjo.However, at that time, there was a rift between Li Shanhai, who was in charge of politics, and Hong Ruzhun, the judge of the army, and then divided into the "Bone North" centered on Li Shanhai and the "Flesh North" centered on Hong Ruzhun and Li Erzhan.Later, the "Central North" was born to oppose the abolition of Emperor Yongchang and Concubine Renmu.

"Central North" is headed by Liu Mengyin, including Qi Zixian, Zheng Changyan, Li Qingquan, Li Ming, Park Seungjong, etc.On the other hand, Xiaobei lost power after Lord Guanghai ascended to the throne because of his support for Lord Yongchang.Xiaobei leaders Nan Yigong and Liu Yongqing also had a rift and split into parties. The former's crony was called "Qing Xiaobei" or "South Party", while the latter's crony was called "Zhuo Xiaobei" or "Liu Party".

In short, the split of the Beiren Party caused many changes in the original history, but for the time being, there is no need to discuss it in detail.Because the current Li Shanhai can barely maintain the superficial unity of the Beiren Party, and for Gao Yushi, this is enough. As for the future...

In the future, as long as the internal attachment is successful, no matter who you are from the north, from the south and from the west, whether you are from the north or the north, you are just a small group of local forces, and it is insignificant under the huge system of the entire Ming Dynasty.What's more, Gao Yushi doesn't intend to keep them all on the Korean peninsula.

All in all, the current situation in North Korea has undergone a huge turnaround because Li Shanhai suddenly replaced Liu Chenglong as the leader.Li Shanhai is not Avalokitesvara, of course, it is impossible for one person to monopolize the power, and he must need a lot of help.

Therefore, in the short period of less than a month since Magui went south to Hanyang, the Korean court, which was closely protected by the Ming army, began to change officials frequently. above key positions.

These positions include not only important central positions, but also important local positions, not only civilian positions, but also military officer positions, and even some positions that cannot be fulfilled for the time being. Wholesale black yarn hat.

Of course, this will arouse strong dissatisfaction from the Western People's Party and the Southern People's Party.However, the Western People's Party has little to say at the moment. After all, their original right to speak mainly comes from their position in the center of the court. What the North Korean center wants to say now depends on the attitude of the Ming army. Zan himself could not act according to his own will.

However, the situation of the Nanren Party is slightly different.As I said before, in addition to the central civilian power, the Nanren Party also controls some military power.Although the North Korean army showed its hips during the war, no matter how much it stretches its hips, the army is an army, and it is always an armed force with a formal name, which can be used as a political bargaining chip at certain moments.

The Southern People's Party currently possesses more or less military power, but what can really be used is not the [-] to [-] Korean army troops they have in their hands, but the Korean naval forces in Yi Sun-shin's hands. division.

The North Korean Navy was almost completely annihilated in the First Battle of Chichcheon Ryoung. When Yi Sun-shin was rescued by Yoo Sung-ryong, he found that the remaining navy was not enough to fight the Japanese Navy, and could only fight piecemeal. Engaged in a Mingliang naval battle.

Yi sun-sin did not suffer any losses in this battle, but the entire possessions of the Korean navy had only twelve warships left. It can be said that as long as the Japanese navy is no longer careless, even dealing with it is a dance on the tip of the knife. If it fails once, the Korean Navy will have to become a historical term.

Therefore, Li Sunshin had no choice but to retreat to Gujin Island, and at the same time, he moved tens of thousands of refugee families to farm on the island, and began to rebuild warships and restore his strength.When Li Shanhai replaced Yoo Sung-ryong as the leader, Yi sun-shin also built nine new warships, restoring the number of warships in the Joseon Navy to 21.

The 21 warships are naturally a bit horrible compared with the Pingwa fleet of the Ming army, but they are still a force that cannot be underestimated for North Korea, because when Yi sun-shin retreated from Jeolla-do, All the artillery that could be found along the coast was removed—[-]% of them were sent to North Korea by the Ming army during the Battle of Imjin, which was less than the Ming army than the Japanese army.

The [-] to [-] land divisions, together with Li Sun-shin's navy, the Nanren Party believes that as long as this force is used well, it can still play a role, and even if it can come up with some ingenious strategies, it may be able to create some kind of war. "The Merit of Ding Ding".

The Southern People's Party believes that the reason why the current situation between North Korea and China has undergone such a huge change is mainly caused by Li Shanhai's instigation of the top Ming army—yes, they did use this set of rhetoric among themselves.

Why do you say that?Because if they don’t say that, it means that they have to admit that all of this was done by Da Ming on his own initiative, so why are they still struggling?It's over!

For 200 years, North Korea has practiced "major affairs" (i.e., a strategy in which a small country serves a big country to preserve itself based on the disparity in the strength of its forces), blowing up the power of the Celestial Dynasty and its soldiers as if they were living gods. The facts of the war also proved that the Celestial Dynasty and the Celestial Soldiers were indeed a hundred times stronger than North Korea.

Under such circumstances, if the Nanren Party bluntly admits that Ming Dynasty wants to completely control North Korea, is it still playing a fart?Therefore, we cannot admit this, and we can only insist that these things were all done by Li Shanhai, and that Li Shanhai deceived and encouraged the high-level Ming army to do it for his own selfishness.

According to the Nanren Party, the whole thing is that Li Shanhai used the hands of the Ming army to control the court, and then completely handed over the military command to the Ming army, completely marginalizing North Korea in this war.In doing so, Li Shanhai obviously only cared about his own desire for power and disregarded the interests of North Korea. Therefore, as an upright minister, the Southern People's Party must be united—the side of the Qing emperor!

However, although the Qing emperor's side matter is enough to speak righteously, it is still very difficult to operate after all. The biggest trouble is that Magui left [-] Ming troops to "protect the Joseon royal family."

This is [-] heavenly soldiers!

In the year of Renchen, the two regiments of Konishi and Kato Kiyomasa of the Japanese army had a total of 4 people, but the Korean army, which claimed to have an army of 20, was defeated and retreated all the way to the Yalu River.As a result, Tian Daming dispatched 5 to [-] troops and returned to Hanyang with ease. Admiral Li Rusong's thousands of people rushed too quickly and fell into the siege, but they forcibly withstood nearly ten times the onslaught of the Japanese army. Can retreat smoothly.

Therefore, the Japanese army was superior to the Korean army, and the Ming army was superior to the Japanese army. In other words, it is obviously impossible to expect [-] to [-] Korean troops to defeat the Ming army on the "side of the Qing emperor", even if Yi sun-shin's navy can go ashore.

What's more, the Nanren Party couldn't find a reason to attack the Ming army!They were originally the suzerain country, and now they came to help North Korea fight against the Japanese pirates. Wouldn't the Nanren Party lead the army to attack the Ming army and play itself as a traitor?
Therefore, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty should not be reckless, but only outsmart, and he must first adhere to a basic principle, that is, he can only target Li Shanhai and his Beiren Party, and must not involve the Ming army, so as not to lose his righteous name and become a leader. Rebellious officials and thieves will have a bad reputation for thousands of years.

As the leader of the Nanren Party at this time, Liu Chenglong was quite resistant to doing such a thing, and he really saw no chance of success.Obviously, the only way for the so-called "outsmarting and not involving the Ming army" is to divert the tiger away from the mountain and let the Ming army take the initiative to withdraw from the royal family, otherwise the Nanren Party has nothing to do.

However, since the Ming army took the initiative to keep [-] troops to "protect" the Korean royal family, how could it be possible to withdraw easily?Liu Chenglong believed that the chances were slim, so he could only try his best to suppress the violent turmoil of the lost Nanren Party members, and advised them to calm down and make a decision before making a move. After all, once such a thing fails, there is no room for recovery.

This situation lasted until Wang Jia returned to Beijing. At this time, the strength of the Ming army in Hanyang increased again, and it returned to about [-]. Li Rumei took away only cavalry, and Ma Gui still had about [-] troops.

It stands to reason that at this time, the Nanren Party has no chance, they can only completely give up the fantasy in their hearts.However, there was a turning point at this time, and there were not only one turning point, but two turning points!
First, news came from the south of Korea that the main force of the Japanese pirates going south suddenly disappeared after being followed all the way to Daegu and Changning.

It is said that Li Rumei's tribe had to cross the Nakdong River, but the weather was not good. It happened to be a heavy rain, which delayed the time.

During this period of time, the main force of the Japanese pirates who had been under their surveillance suddenly disappeared. Li Rumei and Liu Ting were so anxious that they sent sentry cavalry everywhere to investigate.

Li Rumei and Liu Ting immediately judged that there were only two possible options for the Japanese pirates. One was to take the opportunity to quickly withdraw to Pusan ​​or nearby Busan for defense, and prepare to rely on their relatively sufficient troops to defend the southeastern corner of North Korea and wait for the situation to change.

The second is to find a way to bypass the defense lines of the two armies and attack Jinzhou or Sacheon—more likely, to attack Sacheon directly.

Even a battle-tested veteran like Ma Gui couldn't help feeling dizzy when he heard such military reports.The former may mean that the troops on the front line are insufficient - Li Rumei's troops are almost all cavalry, and there is no need to doubt that they can attack the Japanese army in the field, but it would be too nonsense to use them to attack the city defended by the Japanese pirates. Li Rumei herself is sure Will not do such a stupid thing.

However, if Li Rumei just besieged the city from a distance, it might not be the way. After all, Busan, as the bridgehead of the Japanese invasion, should not be too short of food in the short term.
Liu Ting's troops did have the ability to attack the city, but Liu's army didn't come all this time. The number of people who came claimed to be 5000, but only [-] were from his headquarters.If the Japanese army gathered around Busan, they might have more than [-] troops. It is obviously not a good idea to attack Busan with [-] troops.

The remaining chieftain soldiers are also [-]. It is said that they are good in field battles and defending the city. But Ma Gui doesn’t know about it at the moment), is it all about killing people?

Considering that Lord Hou has always cherished the chieftain soldiers, Ma Gui felt that this should be unlikely to happen.So to put it simply, if the Japanese army did retreat to Pusan, then the front-line siege force would be far from enough, and reinforcements had to be dispatched from Hanyang, especially Qi Jin, Wu Weizhong, Mao Guoqi and other units of the Southern Army had to be transferred to strengthen their firepower.

So what if the Japanese army going south did not go to Busan, but instead planned to attack Sacheon?Ma Gui didn't even dare to think about it—Master Hou lived in Sacheon, if something happened to Master Hou, he, Ma, would be dead enough to apologise!
Regardless of whether it is too late to lead the army to the south, Ma Gui dare not remain indifferent after hearing this kind of news.Even as Gao Yushi's direct-line general in the military for many years, he not only had to send troops to the south, but also had to personally lead the troops to "rescue him"!
Some Magui, who had cold hands and feet, decided to lead the army south to go straight to Sacheon almost immediately, but at this moment, another bad news came from Xianxing.

The thing is like this, Dong Yiyuan’s department, who was previously sent to Wonsan to cut off the connection between the Japanese army in Hamgyong Province and the south, after successfully conquering Wonsan, went north according to the scheduled plan, and joined the Jurchen coalition forces to attack Hamheung.

Originally, this battle should not be a big problem no matter how you look at it. After all, the Japanese army in Hamhung has only 5000 people. The important thing is that Naoshima Naoshige's son Nabeshima Katsushige - he has been determined by Naoshima Naoshige as the successor of the next family governor.

At this time, Dong Yiyuan's army had about 2 people, and the Jurchen coalition army was said to have about [-] people. The combined strength of the two sides was four times that of Nabeshima Katsushige's army. In terms of combat effectiveness, it was definitely not inferior to the latter, even Nabeshima Sheng Mao chose Cage City, and Dong Yiyuan's artillery was enough for him to drink a pot.

However, for a good swimmer, the turning point of this battle actually came from the artillery, or more precisely, the gunpowder.

However, on the second day of the siege, Dong Yiyuan and Nurhachi met. The two sides were discussing how to assign the siege task in Dong Yiyuan's army. Who knew that the temporary gunpowder depot in the army suddenly exploded! ——
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