Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1888
The main force of the Japanese army withdrew to the northeast, while the Kuroda army prepared to go southwest after dealing with the wounded and supplies.

Where is the southwest direction?Okpo is the Okpo where Yi Sun-sin fought the Okpo naval battle.

Why not go straight to Sacheon?Of course, they were worried that there would be a "misunderstanding" with the Ming army directly under the high pragmatism, and they would be attacked preemptively by the Ming army.

But in theory, going to Yupu will still attract the attention of the Ming army. After all, Yupu is now the Ming army's "recovery" of North Korea.Therefore, Kuroda Rushui sent a messenger to send a letter of surrender to Sacheon, claiming that the Kuroda army was unwilling to continue fighting because of the quarrel with the two generals of the Japanese army, and hoped to withdraw to Japan in accordance with the original request of the Ming court. "The world does not look west".

Although the Japanese army had almost no precedent for begging for surrender before, the only army that surrendered to North Korea was still caused by the anti-war mentality. North Korea has a strong sense of a big country, so even though it was the first time the Japanese army met Qi Jiang, the generals at all levels did not have much doubt, and quickly brought the messenger to the city of Sacheon.

When Gao Wushi heard that it was Kuroda's army begging for surrender, his first reaction was that Kuroda was like water playing tricks to surrender, and most of them were fraudulent.But after thinking about it, especially considering the behavior of the Japanese army, I felt that it should not be a fraud, and it might be true.

Just imagine in the current situation, if the Japanese army cheated, what is the purpose of this fraud?Most of the Japanese army is already on the way to withdraw, and this point has already been confirmed by the sentinels. The direction and method of their withdrawal have even been predicted by Gao Yu - of course it can be expected, because the chieftain messenger who was captured before was originally arranged by Gao Yu , The purpose is to let the Japanese army "understand the movements of the Ming army."

Now that the Japanese army really withdrew, they were being led by the nose by Gao Wushi. As the leader of the cow, how difficult would it be for Gao Wushi to guess their target route?Going northeast instead of due east is nothing more than avoiding a stalemate with Liu Ting's troops in Mashan and delaying their return to Busan as soon as possible.

However, in this situation, the Kuroda army did not follow, but went to Yupu instead.What is the use of 9000 people going to Yupu?Now even Busan is about to become an isolated city, not to mention Okpo, which cannot be isolated any more.

Besides, this small town is not a place that can hold on.In terms of scale, unless the Japanese army slaughtered the city first, it would be difficult for the Kuroda Army to station less than 1 people in this small town. When the Japanese army landed from Yupu earlier, the city could not accommodate them. Many soldiers were stationed in out of town.

[Note: However, the Japanese army is very accustomed to this way of garrisoning, because the construction and layout of Japanese cities are different from those of China and North Korea, and they are popular in the castle town model.Towns can be understood as commercial districts, often not within the "city", but formed by the city. The role of the "city" itself lies more in the military and politics. ]
The Kuroda army is alone, and the number is less than [-]. What can we do in Yupu?Could it be that waiting for the Japanese army to attack, Gao Wushi emptied the defenders in Sacheon City, and then Kuroda's army came to pick peaches?This is pure dreaming.

Since the Japanese army's sneak attack plan failed and has already withdrawn, there will be no more large troops to threaten Sacheon, and it is impossible for Gao Wushi to evacuate the Sacheon defenders when there is a Japanese army in Okpo.

As for now, let alone, the Ming army in Lianhua Mountain has retreated and merged with the Ming army in the city, which is completely unshakable by the Kuroda army.

Gao Wushi called several younger brothers and nephews to discuss the matter.Everyone discussed for a while, and basically agreed that the Japanese army had indeed given up fighting, and the only question now was whether to allow them to withdraw to the mainland.

Gao Wuzheng objected to this. He believed that there were two reasons why the Kuroda Army should be eliminated.First, Kuroda Rushui was the initiator of the sneak attack on Sacheon. This kind of behavior that wants to break ground on Taisui must be severely punished; second, the Kuroda army currently has less than [-] soldiers. But after being strengthened by the three thousand fine riders, it is fully capable of destroying the Kuroda army.

Simply put, Gao Wuzheng's attitude is that you deserve to die, and if I can kill you, then you should die.

Gao Qi objected to this. He believed that the Kuroda Army's request to surrender this time had three major benefits for the Ming Army:
First, the Kuroda Army will become the first Japanese Army Corps (the Kuroda Nagamasa Third Army) to surrender to Ming Dynasty, and its surrender will greatly shake the determination of other Japanese Army Corps to fight to the death.

Second, as a highly influential figure in the Japanese military circle, Kuroda Rusui was also an important arm of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He gave up fighting and led the Kuroda Army back to Japan, which is also of great significance and far-reaching influence.

Third, if the Kuroda army successfully withdraws to Japan, it will also dilute the strength of the Japanese army in Busan, which will also help to completely solve the Japanese army in Busan.

Gao Wuruo didn't express his position at the beginning, but after listening to Gao Qi's analysis, he said: "The first two are reasonable, but I don't think there is any need to make such a calculation on the last one. If the Kuroda Army returns to Busan, although it does not dilute Busan. The strength of the Japanese army, but the Japanese army in Busan is now nothing but a trapped beast.

Since it is a trapped beast, my heavenly soldiers only need to besiege and not attack. When they run out of food and grass, they will only fail sooner or later.In other words, having more Kuroda troops in Busan will make them finish their food faster and speed up their surrender. "

Gao Qi thought for a while, and said: "But if our army does not attack for a long time, even if the court doesn't say anything, we still have to eat. How do we calculate the cost? And if we attack, the cost of firearms is also astonishing. What if If we can’t rely entirely on artillery bombardment, post-war rewards, pensions, etc. will have to be added, and the cost will be even greater.”

Gao Wuruo shook his head and said, "Leaving aside the firearms, how can the food and grass only rely on Nanliang? North Korea is the landlord, and I am the guest army. Did you hear that the guest army brought dry food for thousands of miles to help the battle?

In my opinion, now that the Jeolla and Chungcheong sects are restored, we should supply our army first, rather than enter the North Korean treasury first.If the grain is sufficient, it will be paid, and if it is insufficient, it will be recorded in the book. First, it will still be supported by southern grain, and North Korea will make up for it in the future. "

The "southern grain" mentioned here by Gao Wuruo refers to the grain sent from southern Xinjiang.This high-practical personal expedition was inevitably trapped by the food problem like the year of Renchen, and a new set of transportation methods was specially developed.

This method is not complicated at all. Generally speaking, the imperial court pays for the purchase of rice in southern Xinjiang, but it is not sent to the capital or other places in Ming Dynasty, but directly transported to the Korean battlefield.Another point is that the imperial court does not care about the transportation problem, and Nanjiang is responsible for "delivering goods to the door".

Of course, in order to avoid impeachment, Gao Wuzhi directly disclosed the purchase price in the essay, which not only detailed the rice price, but also calculated the transportation cost. The price is very shocking: it is actually a little cheaper than buying rice from Huguang .

But this is not the key point. The key point is that Gao Yushi also played the best trick: "The imperial court doesn't ask whether it is drifting or not, and Nanjiang is responsible for it."

This move can be called a king bomb in Daming, and those who were originally dissatisfied have nothing to say-what, can't it be drifted?Isn't this a back-and-forth deal?Well done, you are very powerful in Nanning, and you are not afraid of losing billions of dollars. You are willing to do this job, so let's not join in the fun.

In fact, the so-called drift, that is, the loss during sea transportation, this thing is sometimes uncontrollable in this era, but in fact, as long as the navigation technology is more advanced and the performance of the ship is better, the loss can be reduced, at least in In the Jinghua two-ocean system, the so-called "drifting" is completely within the acceptable range.

With the transportation capacity of Jinghua's two-ocean fleet and the understanding of the sea conditions around Daming, even if unfortunately encountering a hurricane, the direct losses are usually controllable. In fact, bad luck will only lead to time delays. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic not only dares to Do it without losing money.

You must know that under the influence of the Little Ice Age, the price of food in Daming has been slowly rising, and because a lot of transportation in Daming has to be done by land, this directly increases the cost, resulting in a large gap in food prices between regions.

For example, food from Huguang is relatively cheap, but when it is delivered to Suzhou and Hangzhou, the price will directly increase by nearly double, and then it will increase by nearly double when it is sent to the capital.As a result, the price of grain in the capital is about 2.5 times that of Huguang—of course, this is not all due to the impact of transportation costs, but also includes the profits of resale traders.

However, the situation is different when buying grain from southern Xinjiang and delivering it directly to North Korea.Although the countries in southern Xinjiang have their own rulers in name, the real power is completely in the hands of Jinghua, which has caused Jinghua to become a "monopolistic transnational trading group".

This allows it to directly collect and supply without worrying about multiple resale trades to raise prices. Except for itself, no other middlemen make the difference.

In this way, coupled with the minimal impact of the Little Ice Age in southern Xinjiang, the increase in arable land and productivity brought about by the naturalization household registration system, etc., so that the food production capacity in southern Xinjiang is now very sufficient. Not only is there no internal famine problem, but it is also fully capable For external transportation, the price is naturally much lower than that in Daming.

However, Gao Wuruo's proposal was a bit harsh.He first said that with Jeolla and Chungcheong Dao, the Ming army should directly obtain food and grass supplies from these two North Korean granaries, and he said that if there is any shortage, he will make up for it later—these two roads are indeed Korean granaries, but the war The damage was severe during the year, and the output dropped a lot compared to normal times.

To put it simply, if it is really used to feed the Ming army, then the local Koreans will not know how much they will starve to death.Gao Wuruo actually knew about this situation, so he actually wanted the North Korean court to owe Jinghua money.

Wait a minute, even if North Korea can't provide so much food, shouldn't this be money owed to Daming? How did it become money owed to Jinghua?

Of course there is a reason: Daming's current transshipment mode is similar to service outsourcing, and if Daming is no longer responsible for food supply in the future, then Party A will naturally be North Korea to issue outsourcing tasks, so once North Korea cannot supply, South Korea still needs to If it is imported from Xinjiang, it will naturally become North Korea's credit to Jinghua.

Unfortunately, Gao Wushi dismissed this idea.This is not because Gao Yushi’s awareness is much higher than Gao Wuruo’s, but in Gao Yushi’s eyes, how long the Joseon court can last is itself a problem. If North Korea succeeds in enclosing it, then this account will continue to be recorded in Li Yan On the head, or transferred to Daming's head?
If it is on Li Zhan's head, even if the Joseon royal family still has a lot of savings after so many years of turmoil, it may not be able to afford such a huge debt at the level of military pay.

And if it is Daming's fault, since it is obvious that he is highly pragmatic in promoting this matter, will someone impeach him based on this in the future, saying that he deliberately set up a debt trap for the Ming court?

Since it was still the Ming court who paid for it in the end, it is obvious that it is good now. Why should he put his own reputation on it when he is so pragmatic?

Of course, if Gao Wu was right in one point, the Jeolla and Chungcheong provinces could provide the Ming army with military rations in addition to the minimum guarantee of North Korea's own rations.Rather than these grains being devoured by the North Korean Liangban, it is better to reduce the financial pressure on the Ming court-after all, he is highly pragmatic and is the Minister of the Household Department.

As for whether the grain export in southern Xinjiang will lose a market because of this... there is no need to worry about this, because the Ming Dynasty can completely digest it.

Now the characteristics of Daming are that the handicraft industry and industry are developing rapidly, all kinds of production capacity are increasing day by day, and various materials are relatively abundant, but the food problem is becoming more and more serious due to the climate.

Under such circumstances, although the grain output in Southern Xinjiang is also steadily increasing, since Daming around him is like a huge sponge, no matter how much water is put in the small faucet in Southern Xinjiang, Daming will take it as it is ordered, and absorb it. It is clean, and there is no market shortage problem at all.

The current situation is like this: there are many good fields in southern Xinjiang that can continue to be developed, but the population is insufficient (especially the Han people with high productivity), while the good fields in Ming Dynasty have been divided up long ago, but the population is still relatively stable due to the relative stability of the country. on the rise.In particular, the land in the north is now completely unable to support the population in the north, so the two sides are actually very complementary.

Therefore, Jinghua now has an ongoing business, which is to sell grain from southern Xinjiang to the north of Daming, and at the same time receive refugees from the north caused by the disaster-of course, there are also refugees from the south, but there are relatively fewer.

Now Gao Wuzheng disagrees with Gao Qi's point of view. If Gao Wu raises some opinions but does not fully stand in line, the matter has reached the stage of Gao Pragmatic's decision.

However, Gao Wushi didn't "make a decision" immediately, instead he asked, "Have you guys forgotten something?"

The three of them were startled and looked at each other, but they couldn't remember what they had forgotten for a while.

Gao Wushi pointed at Yupu and Sacheon, and said, "The Kuroda army wants to go back to Japan, but they didn't say how to go back. Are you acquiescing that they can swim back?"

The three of them were stunned again, their faces were a little aggressive, but Gao Qi quickly asked: "Maybe Kuroda Rushui means to ask us to help send them back?"

"If you really want to help, you should say it clearly at this time. If he didn't say this, it means..." Gao Wushi narrowed his eyes slightly, and said lightly: "The Japanese navy may have quietly left Busan Port, heading for Sacheon or Yupu is here."
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