Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1921 Returning to Japan (Nineteen) Unexpected Defeat
The Ming army launched a strong attack again against a bunch of unfavorable factors, but in fact the Japanese army in Daoshan was also extremely difficult.

The Japanese army lost a large amount of supplies due to the loss of the Ulsan position. After persisting in Dosan City for a period of time, the remaining supplies are already in jeopardy.

The Ming army’s judgment on the Japanese army’s ability to obtain supplies at sea was correct, but it was not completely correct—the Japanese army had indeed obtained supplies secretly transported from the sea, but the Ming army’s Pingwa fleet was only caused by bad weather. There are loopholes in the blockade, and its overall strength is still stabilizing at the head of the Japanese navy, so these supplies show problems of intermittent, more and less, and are very unstable.

Before the Ming army launched another strong attack, Asano Nagamasa discussed with Kato Kiyomasa, and he said with a worried face: "I have sent out another message for help, and now it is getting severe cold, and it is difficult for the Ming navy to completely block the entire coast. Although the soldiers are struggling, they still have a chance to find a loophole to sneak in. It is expected that the reinforcements should arrive in a few days.

However, the battle situation is critical, a few days is short to say, but it takes a long time to endure it.Now the casualties are increasing day by day, everyone is exhausted, the army rations are short, and the drinking water is cut off. If it is not possible to melt the snow and drink, the trouble will be really big... The most urgent thing is to try to survive these few days. "

Kato Kiyomasa asked Naoshima Naoshima again, and Naoshima Naoshima bluntly said that although the whole army was hungry, they would persist until the last moment. How to manage to overcome.

Asano Nagamasa said: "The Cage Warfare can only be carried out as a last resort. The first priority is to prepare enough armaments and rations and boost morale. With the help of ingenuity, we can win a big victory. Kato Yumu can fight against a hundred. Once the reinforcements If they are rescued, the situation of the battle can be reversed... I think we can send messengers to the sea to urge Pusan."

Kato Kiyomasa was silent, walked towards the horses for a long time, and suddenly drew his sword and the horse fell to the ground. Kato Kiyomasa ordered the whole army to slaughter the horses and ration the horse meat to satisfy the hunger. Don't waste the blood of the horses. It can not only quench thirst, but also satisfy hunger.

Asano wondered how horse blood could be drunk and even satisfy hunger?Unexpectedly, after he said a word, Kato Kiyomasa took a ladle and drank a big mouthful of horse blood. Seeing his appearance, he is really hearty, especially his teeth are bright red, which is intimidating.

Naoshima Naoshige was shocked at first, and then took a sip, and then he was hooked. Inspired by this, the Japanese army became full of energy for a while, and the killing sound shook the sky.

Asano Nagamasa sighed: "Kato is really a ghost, and His Royal Highness Taige has such a strong general, even gods and Buddhas will be shaken."

Because of Kato Kiyomasa's personal charisma, although the Japanese army reduced their daily rations to half of the normal amount, they still kept their rations in order, and did not let the Ming army, which was facing a lot of disadvantages, take advantage of it.

The Ming army fought to No. 13 days, and the Japanese reinforcements finally landed from Kaiyunpu, and this time it was not entirely the Busan Japanese army, but a joint combination of Japanese reinforcements and the Busan Japanese army.

Hideaki Kobayakawa was the general of the support army, together with Hidemoto Mori and Nagamune Moto, led [-] troops to the aid, followed by Toyohisa Shimadzu, nephew of Yoshihiro Shimadzu, and Hiroe Yoshikawa. Wan Youyu is also rushing to the rescue.

According to the plan of the Japanese army, the reinforcements densely covered the flags, and the fleet was strewn with straw men and dressed in military uniforms as a plan for suspicious soldiers. At the same time, they fired warning shots from time to time for the Ming army to investigate.

Kobayakawa Hideaki shouted when he landed: "The merit of all ages is in Daoshan, defeat the Ming army, and show off our military power! Pass my general's order: the head of the Korean soldiers will be rewarded with [-] coins, and the head of the Ming soldiers will be rewarded with [-] coins. The head of the enemy general is fifty guan, and the reward for the head of the enemy general Magui is [-] guan!"

As soon as this order was issued, the morale of the Japanese army was greatly boosted, and they quickly advanced towards Daoshan.

At this time, the Ming army has not yet captured Daoshan City. Magui is under great pressure these days. He supervises the battle and studies how to use the artillery advantage to attack Daoshan Wacheng. Unexpectedly, he feels a cold one day.

Military generals with his stature rarely get sick, but the more so, it is not easy to get sick. The mere wind and cold have made Ma Gui weak and hard to bear. He can only go back to the camp to rest, and take the opportunity to think carefully Think about how to defeat the enemy.

Li Shanhai came to the south with the hope that he could gain some military exploits so that he could stand in the court's favor. Unexpectedly, after two or three months, he won some victories at the beginning, and then he was blocked on the island mountain and couldn't make any progress. He felt a little bit against Ma Gui dissatisfied.

At this moment, seeing that Ma Gui seemed to have an excuse to suspend the offensive due to illness, he immediately said to Ma Gui: "Admiral Ma, now is the time to compete for strength, and you must not relax. There is not much left.

Especially in the past two days, the weather has been beautiful, and even the snow has stopped. Even if they want to melt the snow into water, they will soon be unable to do so. As long as our coalition forces continue to attack, they will surely win a complete victory. "

In fact, Ma Gui had a fever at this moment, with a splitting headache and was very exhausted. He forced himself to say: "The Japanese pirates are the turtles in the urn, and since the resumption of the offensive, we have been attacking for thirteen days in a row. I and the generals supervised the battle day and night, and the soldiers suffered casualties. Growing day by day, but also exhausted.

In addition, when the weather is clear and the snow melts, it is the coldest, and even I can suffer from frostbite, which shows the situation of the frontline soldiers.I think it's better to rest for a few days and then fight again. "

Li Dexin reminded from the side: "If you can't step up and take the city, once the enemy reinforcements arrive, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to attack the city."

Seeing that the two of them had been urging the war since they came to their own army, Ma Gui finally became impatient, and said in a cold tone, "So what? If the Japanese reinforcements come, it's exactly what I want, and I can send the Japanese pirates away." Gathering and annihilating under this island mountain city, this is the essence of encircling and fighting for aid!"

Sometimes when people are unlucky, their teeth will be stuffed with cold water. As soon as Ma Gui said this, there was an urgent report that the Japanese army had landed in Kaiyunpu, and the number of troops was hard to count for a while.

Magui had expected the reinforcements around the spot, but this time the [-] yuan was seriously exceeded. Even Magui was shocked when he heard the news, and wondered where the Japanese army could get so many reinforcements. Could it be that Busan City didn’t plan to wanted?

At this moment, Magui obviously did not expect that although many Japanese generals who had already been in Busan led the troops in this support army, most of the troops they led were from the new factions in Japan. fight.

However, Li Shanhai and Li Dexin's reaction was quite different from that of Ma Gui. The two urgently urged to launch a general attack immediately, thinking that only by capturing the island mountain can they resist the Japanese reinforcements.

Ma Gui strongly opposed this proposal: "This must not be the case. Even if we launch a general offensive, due to the lack of suitable artillery positions, our army's siege offensive cannot be carried out. If you capture the island mountain before you arrive, you will be besieged on all sides, and such reckless actions will only waste all your previous efforts!

Now the Japanese pirates have been hit hard like never before, but the number of reinforcements this time is indeed beyond expectations. In order to avoid being flanked by the enemy, we still have to wait until we can regroup before attacking Daoshan, and we must be careful to observe whether the number of Japanese reinforcements is true. true.

I don't think it's a big deal to let this Japanese pirate reinforcements join up with the Daoshan Japanese army.One island is not big, so how can [-] to [-] Japanese troops stay in the city for a long time?When their rations are exhausted, it will be easy for me to take Daoshan.

If the number of Japanese reinforcements is not enough, and there is no [-], our army will be able to press after a little retreat. Although the encirclement and reinforcements have not been realized, the worst situation of the battle is not as bad as before the war. At least Ulsan is still in my hands. .

In this way, our army still poses a major threat to Daoshan. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops are contained here, which can also reduce the pressure on Liangshan. The cabinet must be considerate of our army's situation.Immediately send an order to the whole army to make preparations and retreat to Ulsan once the enemy's situation is found out! "

Li Shanhai and Li Dexin repeatedly asked to continue the attack, but Ma Gui insisted not to allow it, and ordered the immediate withdrawal of troops.Although one of the two is the leader of the Korean government and the other is the military judge (equivalent to the minister of the Ministry of War), they are not as big as the admiral of the Shang Kingdom after all, so they have no choice but to obey the order.

When Kato Kiyomasa and Asano Nagamasa learned that the reinforcements had arrived, they couldn't help being very excited. The morale of the Japanese army was high, and the firepower was more violent than before.

At this time, Magui was sick and returned to the front line to supervise the battle. At this time, he also noticed that the Japanese army was abnormal. He knew that the Japanese army knew that reinforcements were coming, so he behaved like this.

His mind was dizzy, his thinking was far less sharp than usual, and he hadn't figured out how to deal with it. Suddenly, he saw that the Ming army's rear was in a panic and retreating northward one after another, and he couldn't help frowning.

At this time, Jiesheng came to report: "It is reported that the Japanese army came to help. The North Korean leaders and military officials have strictly ordered the troops to withdraw. Seeing that the North Korean army retreated first, our army's morale plummeted and the chaos was uncontrollable."

At this time Mao Guoqi also came in a hurry, and without further ado, he asked for orders: "The army is in disarray, and the admiral is ill. It is not suitable to fight for a long time. Please retreat quickly. I will be the queen."

Hearing this, Ma Gui was furious: "The retreat was ordered by me, but the enemy's true nature has not been found out yet, so how can we retreat hastily? Li Shanhai and Li Dexin usually look like they are deeply aware of military affairs. You don’t know how to retreat the army? Right now, the armaments and supplies are still on the front line, you wait to pass on my general’s order, requesting all ministries to clean up military discipline and retreat in an orderly manner, I will delay it after deciding on my own!”

We all know that it is far easier to attack than to retreat with a large army.Numerous battle histories in ancient and modern China and abroad have shown that once the retreat is not well arranged, the probability of turning into a rout is very high.

Ma Gui's order was originally "all ministries are preparing to retreat". In addition to his explanation of finding out the reality of the Japanese reinforcements, there is also an implicit meaning, that is, each ministries should pack their luggage, and arrange for the rear. It is an orderly retreat.

Unexpectedly, Li Shanhai and Li Dexin didn't know whether they didn't understand or did it on purpose, they actually withdrew without saying a word and led the North Korean army.This, coupled with the news of the Japanese pirates' large reinforcements, naturally led to the collapse of the Ming army. No one in the various ministries wanted to be caught and beaten by a new force of Japanese pirates, so they all wanted to go one step ahead.

Li Shanhai and Li Dexin may not understand, how can Ma Gui not know the danger after fighting for half his life?Hence the above-mentioned outrage.

Wu Weizhong persuaded: "I'm afraid it's too late to say this now. The North Korean army has withdrawn first, and the vacant position is not blocked by troops for a while. As the commander, the admiral cannot stand in the dangerous army. , I'm afraid that the army's morale will be hard to recover, and all the ministries will panic, lose their way, be defeated, and be slaughtered by Japanese pirates.

The general thought that the admiral should withdraw the entire army immediately, and that the general and Mao Canrong's troops were mainly infantry, and they could lead the troops to resist the Japanese invaders. As long as the army retreated safely, the two of us would rush to join up. "

Ma Gui was sweating all over at this time, and his mind was much clearer. He knew that although following his suggestion seemed to be fearful of war, it was the most correct choice at the moment, so he put aside his face and repeatedly urged the two People must save their lives. Don't choose to fight to the end in this situation and make meaningless sacrifices.

Seeing that Admiral Ma was sick, but his mind was still clear, the second general immediately embraced his orders, so Ma Gui ordered Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi to lead the five thousand soldiers to block the attack, and personally supervised the evacuation of the army and escorted the baggage at the same time.

Kobayakawa Hideaki's army quickly rushed to the battlefield, and then charged at the Ming army's position. Kato Kiyoshi was clearly in the city and led the attack without hesitation. Fortunately, Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi were both famous generals from the Qi family army, and their troops have always been good at attacking and defending , so after a bitter battle, they were still able to retreat in an orderly manner, but it was not easy to break out of the encirclement.

However, the battle was rushed after all, and it was inevitable that various ministries of the Ming army would compete for the road. Although the road to Ulsan was not far away, the losses still exceeded expectations.

In the end, nearly [-] Japanese soldiers were killed, wounded, hungry and thirsty in this battle; more than [-] were killed in the Korean battle, and [-] were injured;

But what made Ma Gui furious the most was that the Ming army's death rate in the early stage of the storm was no more than a thousand. The reason why the final death rate exceeded [-], of which [-] were caused by the retreat.In the final analysis, such heavy casualties were caused by the random retreat of the North Korean army. Ma Gui was so angry that he immediately wrote a letter to Gao Wushi to complain.

Li Shanhai and Li Dexin also had something to say, and they also wrote a letter to Gao Yushi to complain, to the effect that if Magui had fought more resolutely earlier and stormed Daoshan with some casualties, these things would never have happened later.

As for some people saying that the North Korean army withdraws first, it is mainly because the two sides have misunderstood the language, because if the North Korean army talks about withdrawing, it will withdraw immediately, and there is no such thing as all kinds of preparations that Magui said and arrange.

But I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. In this battle, the only one who retreated during the retreat was neither the main force of Magui nor the North Korean army. Of course, it is even more impossible to be Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi's subordinates, but Li Rumei .

Because Li Rumei's troops are mainly cavalry, there is not much room for siege warfare. Even the garrison has always been relatively outside, and they even have nothing to do on weekdays.

As a result, when he heard the Japanese reinforcements coming that day, he thought that Magui would immediately send someone to order him to go out—whether it was to fight the Japanese army or to investigate the Japanese army, it is logically possible, it mainly depends on how Magui intends to decide Army action.

However, to his surprise, the news he received was actually sent by Li Shanhai and Li Dexin, saying that Admiral Ma ordered an immediate retreat.

Li Rumei instinctively felt that this order was not normal, and originally planned to send someone to verify it, but unexpectedly the North Korean army had already withdrawn, and Li Rumei picked up the binoculars to see that the Ming army was also "retreating".

Now he also misunderstood, thinking that Ma Gui really gave the order to retreat.Li Rumei knew Ma Gui's status under Gao Yushi's command, and he was a senior general, so since he said he was going to withdraw, there must have been some unexpected circumstances that he didn't know about, so he followed the order and withdrew.

Who knew that when asked afterwards, Ma Gui didn't mean that at all, and the reason why Li Shanhai and Li Dexin "falsely passed on the military order" was to express their favor to him, Li Zongrong.

This made Li Rumei didn't know whether to be angry or to show affection, so after much deliberation, she also wrote a letter to Gao Wushi, admitting her mistake first.
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