Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1874
When Magui received the news of Yongxing’s defeat, the Ming army lost a lot in this battle. Even if the loss of the explosion of the gunpowder depot was not included, 130 people were killed in the night attack alone (including those who died on the spot and those who died in the battle). 640 people were severely injured and 960 people were disabled, and [-] people were slightly injured.Dong Yiyuan's remaining troops collapsed all the way, and finally gathered in Yuanshan.

Although the above losses were great, the losses during the collapse were not much less than the losses in the on-the-spot battle, because after Dong Yiyuan fled back to Wonsan for counting troops, he found that the remaining troops were only [-].That is to say, the force he lost this time going north is no less than the total force of Nabeshima Katsushige's troops.

What a shame!
When Ma Gui saw Dong Yiyuan's letter of pleading guilty, he was so angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas Nirvana.This Datong general who has been undefeated for 20 years since he came to Gao Yushi's sect suddenly clenched his fist, and smashed the pineapple horizontal case in front of him to pieces, and the sawdust flew across, making all the generals in the account tremble , They were all silent like cicadas, not even daring to breathe.

At this time, all the generals of the northern army in the tent were almost all old subordinates who had been commanded by Ma Gui in the past. Seeing that the admiral was so angry, no one dared to persuade him, so Qi Jin, who was from the southern army, had no choice but to stand up and said to Ma Gui: "Admiral calm down, although Dong Zongrong's defeat in this battle should not be, but the matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more. It is the court's responsibility to pursue responsibility. We, the generals, can only do our best to deal with subsequent changes."

"What you said is right. It's just that Tianxuan has led the army for many years, and he can make such a big mistake. This commander... I really can't argue with him!" Said.

[Note: Here "Tianxuan" should be Dong Yiyuan's name, but this is a fabrication, because I found a lot of relevant materials, but there is no record of Dong Yiyuan's words, only his brother Dong Yikui's words.

Dong Yikui's word "Tiansu" obviously takes "Kui" as the meaning of 28 constellations.According to this style of character selection, Dong Yiyuan, who is the younger brother, may also have the character "Tian" in his Biao characters.However, "Yuan" has several meanings, including the meanings of "beginning" and "first", and the word "xuan" itself.

Dong's family is a family of generals. If Dong Yiyuan's characters are "Tianchu", "Tianshi", "Tianshou" and the like, it would be too arrogant in the feudal dynasty, and it may even be regarded as having ulterior motives.

Furthermore, considering that the father of Dong Yiyuan’s brother, Dong Yang, was a general of Datong before his death in battle, as a general, it might not be realistic to give his son such a character in the Jiajing Dynasty, when the civil official group was very powerful, so the character is fabricated here as " Tianxuan". ]
In fact, Ma Gui and Dong Yiyuan are old acquaintances, and even have a good friendship. It is not surprising that he is "angry and indisputable".As I have said many times before, Xuanda and the leaders of the Shaanxi trilateral faction have been married to each other for many years. The relationship network and in-law network are really broken bones and tendons, and there is no way to treat it as a family.

This is like when the Jin Party joined the Real School, the Shaanxi Party also followed up almost at the same time. It is not an exaggeration to compare the relationship between Zhang Siwei and Ma Ziqiang to Ma Gui and Dong Yiyuan.

Therefore, Ma Gui's anger at this time is not only because of a major defeat on the battlefield, but also because Dong Yiyuan's defeat may be counted as a deduction item for Xuanda and the Trilateral Department at the court level—— These two lines are both direct lines under Gao Yushi's command. Although Xuanda is closer and the three sides are slightly farther in terms of relationship, they are still "family" anyway.

So in other words: Dong Yiyuan's deduction is equal to Magui's deduction, and Magui's deduction is equal to high pragmatism's deduction.This effect is very bad.

Of course, after all, the battle was fought by Dong Yiyuan, and this battle was clearly a battle between the strong and the weak, he could defeat it all, and the final punishment should at most punish him himself. There will be no such thing as high pragmatism.The so-called "point reduction" above is mainly at the political level, talking about a "potential".

Ma Gui said, "I can't argue with anger." Qi Jin naturally didn't want to intervene, so he could only change the topic and said: "The battle report said that Nurhachi was there at the time, but he was killed during the night attack by the Japanese pirates and returned to the city without incident. The place where he garrisons is emerging. The last general always feels that this matter is a little strange..."

Ma Gui pondered: "Dong Yiyuan accused Nurhachi of being arrogant and disobedient in the battle report of pleading guilty. What's your opinion on this?"

Qi Jin frowned and said: "Nurhachi seems to be obedient, but in fact he is arrogant. He fears that he will be the only man in Manchuria. This point is agreed by the Liaodong generals. However, Dong Zongrong said that Nurhachi does not listen to orders... this point The final general has some doubts. With Nurhachi's cunning, he really shouldn't have disobeyed orders face to face, and the final general suspects that there is something hidden in it."

Ma Gui frowned upon hearing this, but remained silent.Seeing this, Qi Jin suddenly came to his senses: If Nurhachi was blamed for not obeying orders, wouldn't Dong Yiyuan's crime of defeat this time be much lighter?

There is no psychological burden for the generals of the Ming army to put the blame on Nurhachi. Although Qi Jin has always been upright, he had confronted Nurhachi at Fushun Pass a few years ago, so naturally he would not insist on it for Nurhachi What, so he immediately added: "Of course, it is also possible that Nurhachi was awarded the title of General Dragon and Tiger this time, and led the Jurchen coalition to aid the DPRK. It is also possible that he is arrogant."

Ma Gui nodded and said: "It's reasonable, so I will use this theory to plead guilty to the imperial court. As for the attitude of the imperial court after learning about it, that is beyond my discretion."

When he said this, he waved his hand, and said: "Let's talk about the battlefield first. The latest situation is that Dong Zongrong has returned to Wonsan, and the Japanese pirate Nabeshima Katsushige's troops followed up immediately, so it was nothing. After leaving Xianxing City, Nurhachi and other Jurchen coalition forces took advantage of the situation to occupy it.

In terms of regaining the lost territory of North Korea, the northern border of North Korea has been fully recovered, but we have to pay attention to the next movement of the Japanese army of Katsushige Nabeshima.What do you think about this? "

Yansui Deputy Commander Xie Sheng said: "It stands to reason that there were only [-] Japanese pirates. Although the night attack on Yongxing was successful, it was impossible for them to lose nothing. And they gave up Xianxing after the war and chased after them. Dong Zongrong went to the vicinity of Wonsan, which meant that it was difficult for the wounded soldiers in their army to be properly resettled, and it would become another reason for the loss of soldiers.

If these wounded soldiers have been in their army, it will also delay their march.From this point of view, it is probably impossible for them to continue to attack Wonsan, and if they want to bypass Wonsan and go south, their march will be slow. If our army can separate a cavalry or a strong force without artillery Army should be able to catch up or intercept them. "

Mao Guoqi didn't seem to agree with this statement, he said: "This statement is certainly reasonable, but as far as I know, the Japanese pirates have always been cruel, not only to the enemy, but also to their own people. Now they are facing the desperate situation of being surrounded by all sides. It’s probably not something they can’t do.”

As one of the famous generals of the southern army, Mao Guoqi fought under Qi Jiguang many years ago, so he naturally has enough right to speak about the cruelty of the Japanese pirates.When he said this, someone immediately agreed.

Ye Bangrong, the general soldier of Baoding, who was also from the Qi family army but was recently transferred to North Korea, said: "We and the Southern Army fought fiercely with the Japanese pirates a lot in the past. At that time, the real Japanese were mostly ronin, but they were also defeated by all parties in the Japanese kingdom. The warriors on the run, these warriors... are roughly equivalent to my dynasty's servants.

Guys, there is one thing I have to mention.Just as the most elite soldiers of our Ming Dynasty are the servants, a thousand servants are enough to command an army of [-] to [-], and the combat power of the Japanese army does not depend on its army, but on the warriors.

In the Japanese army, ordinary soldiers, whether wounded or disabled, can be discarded like worn-out shoes, and only samurai cannot be discarded.Therefore, Xie Furong said that the Japanese army might slow down their march because of the wounded. I think it is unlikely.Therefore, I agree with the saying that the Japanese pirates will detour to the south of Wonsan Mountain and should send troops to intercept them. "

The generals discussed with you and me for a while, and the more Ma Gui listened, the more headaches became more and more painful, because in the end, everyone believed that the Japanese army of Nabeshima Katsushige had to send troops to pursue it, and because Nurhachi's loyalty was doubtful, he had to Add strength to Dong Yiyuan who has just suffered a big loss, so as not to cause trouble on Nurhachi's side and make it difficult to explain.

But Ma Gui's troops only seemed to be quite a lot, and he didn't plan to move the 3 people who were originally staying with the Joseon royal family, but in this way, the troops would not be enough-it was impossible for him to lead the army to the south to help Sacheon only brought a small force, right?
Even a general, in his position, has to consider political issues at a higher level.But if political issues are considered first, it means that the soldiers going south are indispensable, the soldiers of Hanyang cannot be adjusted, and the troops to deter Nurhachi must be sent. Only the part that goes to Wonsan to intercept Nabeshima Katsushige can be relatively small.

There are only [-] people in total, so how can we divide up so many things?Ma Gui couldn't help pacing and pondering.

At this moment, Qi Jin seemed to have some idea, and suddenly said: "Admiral Ma, can you see if this works: let Nurhachi go after Naoshima Katsushige."

Ma Gui's eyes lit up, but soon he frowned and hesitated, and asked: "But the North Korean side is extremely vigilant against the Jurchens. If the Jurchens allied forces are allowed to chase the Japanese pirates all the way from north to south, will the North Koreans worry that the towns along the way will be destroyed?" The Jurchen scourge? Especially, if something like that happens, will the North Koreans hate us too?"

Qi Jin has always been very dissatisfied with North Korea's struggle for command power before, and immediately said after hearing Ma Gui's words: "My heavenly soldiers will die in saving North Korea, if they don't even have this awareness, then let them hate it—— Even if they hate me, what can they do to me?"

"That's not what I said..." Ma Gui is actually just concerned about political influence, he doesn't worry about what the North Koreans think, otherwise he wouldn't protect him under a pseudonym, but in fact he would put the North Korean royal family under house arrest.But there is still something to be said on the scene, so he still said: "North Korea is a loyal vassal after all, and the king of Joseon is also loyal to the emperor. Since he ascended the throne, he has been offering tributes and asking for peace, so he still needs to take care of his face."

"However..." At this point, Ma Gui changed the subject and said again: "What you said is not unreasonable. It is true that my heavenly soldiers rescued the feudal kingdom, but the feudal kingdom should also know how to repay the favor, and even more so. Be considerate of the difficulties faced by the soldiers from afar.

Nowadays, the heavenly soldiers are short of troops, and the Jurchen coalition under Nurhaci has suddenly become the largest army in the north of North Korea. How can they abandon it?

Of course, considering that North Korea and Jurchen have been entangled for 200 years, and there are constant disputes between you and me at the border, this has to be considered.Let Marshal Quan Li of the North Korean capital lead his army eastward to intercept the Japanese pirates Nabeshima Katsumo, and at the same time transfer Nurhachi to the south. This commander will issue a military order to Nurhachi to temporarily obey Quan Li's orders. "

Mao Guoqi, who was listening, was taken aback. He had helped the North Koreans train their army for a period of time before, so he got acquainted with some North Korean generals and knew very well that the relationship between the North Koreans and the Jurchens was quite tense.

One of the most important reasons for this is that the Gaima Plateau northeast of Hamgyong Province in North Korea was originally the territory of Jurchen, and North Korea swallowed it in various ways in the early years, and later became an important horse farm for North Koreans.So the two sides have continued to conflict on that front line until now, and there is no mutual trust between them.

Under such circumstances, Ma Gui delegated power to Quan Li to direct Nurhachi. Can the two really cooperate?

Mao Guoqi quickly told Ma Gui about the situation, and then added: "As far as the general knows, although Quan Li is the Marshal of the North Korean capital, the North Korean army is almost completely useless at the moment. I am afraid that the manpower that Quan Li can mobilize It is still very limited. It is estimated that at the end of the day, even if Quan Li is willing to send troops to the east, he can only mobilize 3 to [-] people at most...

Oh, Admiral Ma, the last general didn't mean how strong troops were really needed to deal with the Japanese bandits, but that if Quan Li sent troops with insufficient troops, he might not be able to suppress Nurhachi at all.When the time comes, the two of them will not like each other, even if their strength is ten times that of the Japanese pirates, they may not be able to block Katsushige Nabeshima's escape route to the south, which will delay the business. "

But at this moment, Ma Gui thought about something instead, raised his eyebrows and asked: "If this Japanese bandit really managed to escape south, let me ask you: so what?"

Mao Guoqi was stunned, and suddenly realized, he said, "Admiral Ma is saying that... intercepting this Japanese bandit is not the main purpose of mobilizing Quan Li's troops to move eastward?"

"Hahahaha, that's right." Ma Gui had a clear idea at this time, and said with a smile: "Let Quan Lidong enter to give the King of Joseon a face, let his most trusted generals go to see the Jurchens in person, so that the Jurchens can't Recklessly.

At the same time, as long as the [-] North Korean troops in Quan Li's hands leave Hanyang, then the commander no longer needs to leave [-] troops in Hanyang—people still have to stay, but the number can be greatly reduced.In this way, our army's strength will be enough to distribute. "

All the generals knew the significance of the [-] troops staying with the Joseon royal family all the time, so everyone understood after Ma Gui's explanation.

Yes, once the 3 Korean troops in Quan Li's hands left, why did the Ming army keep [-] in Hanyang?Although the North Korean army still has some sporadic troops near Hanyang, they have been ordered to go south to recover Chungcheong-do, Jeolla-do and other places, and they have to leave.

Once they leave, how many North Korean troops will be left near Hanyang?Is it enough to "protect the Joseon royal family" by leaving three to 5000 people casually in Hanyang? ——
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PS: I was dizzy when I checked Dong Yiyuan's words today, and I was delayed for a long time.Gan, it's obviously not a very important matter, but I don't want Ma Gui's words to be incompatible with his identity...

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