Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 201 Respecting the Wen and Despising the Military (please subscribe!)
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Although the Battle of Helandian more than ten years ago ended in the defeat of Goryeo, which eventually led to the unification of the Jurchen society and created conditions for the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, it does not mean that Goryeo has always been the loser in that war.

It was a tug of war that lasted six years.

The most glorious stage of Goryeo was ten years ago, when Yin Guan led an army of 17, numbering 20, and launched a full-scale attack on Helandian from five routes on land and water.Because it was a sudden attack, the Jurchens were not prepared, and their chiefs were trapped and killed, so they were even more passive.It served to kill more than 130 Jurchen soldiers, captured more than [-] people, and broke through more than [-] villages.In the second year, Koryo forcibly built nine cities in this area: Xianzhou, Yingzhou, Xiongzhou, Fuzhou, Jizhou, Gongjun Town, Tongtai Town, Chongning Town, and Zhenyang Town. chunks.

At that time, Wu Yanchong was Yin Guan's deputy marshal.

Although he was named Deputy Marshal, the actual situation was that many battles in that World War were fought under the leadership of Wu Yanchong.

It's just that, like the Song Dynasty, Goryeo also emphasized literature over military affairs.

To what extent does it emphasize civility over martial arts?

Military ministers are far lower than civil servants in terms of rank and treatment.

Although Tian Chaike stipulates that soldiers can share military land, such land distribution is rarely carried out in practice.Even the land that has been allocated is sometimes taken back and redistributed as Ketian.Military households have to go to war in wartime, and they have to do hard labor in peacetime, and their status is not much better than those who bear low labor.Some had to flee to avoid military service, left their hometowns, and became tenants or slaves.

In fact, after this, Goryeo's respect for civility and despise military affairs became more serious. Jin Fushi's son Jin Dunzhong burned the beard of a military official named Zheng Zhongfu with a candle, and Han Lai dared to slap the general Li Shaoying.

Later, the military officials rebelled. At that time, Zheng Zhongfu, Li Yifang and Li Gao escorted Yizong to visit Puxian Temple in the outskirts of Kaesong. , the military officials later deposed Goryeo Yizong and made his younger brother Goryeo Mingzong succeed. Three years later, Jin Fudang supported Goryeo Yizong's restoration and failed. The civil servants were killed.

That period of time was definitely a nightmare for the civil servants of Korea.

But then again, if they hadn't forced the military officials so hard, they would never have fallen into such a situation.

In fact, Goryeo had already had signs of this a long time ago, and even some official positions that should be held by military officials in principle were actually held by civil servants.

For example, the post of Marshal in the Battle of Helandian should have been held by Wu Yanchong, a military official, but in the end, Yin Guan, a civil servant, was appointed to suppress Wu Yanchong. As a result, everyone knew Yin Guan, but little knew him.

Another example is that the Marshal of the attack on Tamna County should also be assumed by Goryeo's most experienced veteran Wu Yanchong. As a result, after the group of civil servants jumped up and down, they actually pressed Wu Yanchong on the head of another Marshal, that is, Hanlin The bachelor knows the patent and Zheng Zhichang.

This Zheng Zhichang was the number one scholar in liberal arts and was born in the first place. He is bold and open-minded by nature. He is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. He is proficient in Yi Xue and Buddhist scriptures.

It is natural for such a person to compose poems, paint pictures, and write calligraphy. It is not a joke to fight wars.

But such an appointment really became a fact, and Zheng Zhichang even wore a set of armor to take office in a decent manner.

Wu Yanchong, who is nearly 60 years old this year, really feels sad for Goryeo. The party struggle has even reached the point where the national war is regarded as a trifle. What did Zhuang's young offspring do, chant scriptures on the battlefield?

But Li Ziqian and his relatives just didn’t give Han Anren and his royalists a chance to stand out, so they even didn’t hesitate to throw this pie to Xijing Erban, and Zheng Zhichang made an impassioned speech to serve the country at the most opportune time, As a result, I picked up such a big pie.

Faced with this situation, veteran Wu Yanchong has nothing to do.

First of all, Goryeo respected civil and military affairs, and military officials had no right to speak in Goryeo.

Secondly, in the later period of the Battle of Helandian, Saiwo, the Jurchen who was able to conquer the war, led his troops to Helandian to rescue the crisis. Both sides had victories and defeats, but the Koryo army lost more than they won, and the consumption was particularly high. Koryo's communication lines and communication networks were often looted by the Jurchen army in ambushes. In a key battle, Koryo sent him to lead the army to rescue Jizhou. The nearby area was covered by the Jurchen army, and then the whole army was defeated. The soldiers threw their armor and scattered, and the cities fell, causing countless casualties. Goryeo's sinner was beaten to the end. Under such circumstances, it is not easy for him to still have the opportunity to lead the army. How dare he say more?

In fact, the reason why the Goryeo court sent Zheng Zhichang to be the commander-in-chief was like a child's play, because they had the bottom line:
For one thing, sending Zheng Zhichang, a civil servant, to serve as the marshal just didn't want to break the rules of respecting civility and despising martial arts. He didn't really ask Zheng Zhichang to lead the army to fight. Naturally, the veteran general Wu Yanchong came to fight.

That is to say, when they sent Zheng Zhichang, a great poet and painter, they asked him to collect and find inspiration. It would be best if he could compose a few famous poems or paint a few paintings that could be passed down through the ages.

Secondly, the entire Goryeo agreed that this time, the Japanese in Tamna County must be smashed with one blow with the momentum of Mount Tai, so that they would never dare to peek at the territory of Greater Goryeo.

Based on this strategic goal, they dispatched all the main left and right guards and Xingwei guards of the Beijing army to secure seventeen victories and eight brave ones.

In addition, twenty leading Wangjun Baosheng and five leading Wangjun Jingyong were sent.

Plus seven thousand sailors.

Converted directly into numbers, there are 9000 infantry troops, 1000 horse troops, and 7000 navy troops.

In addition, Wu Yanchong asked another [-] slaves to serve as civilian husbands.

Total: Koryo sent a total of 7000 people to the war this time.

Adding all the adult men in Tamna County together, there might not be so many of them.

Three years later, Koryo concluded that the Japanese garrison in Tamna County would not be too many, and should not exceed [-].

There is a basis for their inference. There are about 10,000 people in Tamna County, and one soldier out of twenty is already a lot. No matter how many, Tamna County cannot afford it.

If the militia ratio is more than twenty to one, then there will be a steady stream of food and supplies from Japan to Tamna County.

Although Tamna County is not far from Japan, it must be a heavy burden to ensure such a large amount of transportation, and it can be said that the gain outweighs the loss.

Of course, the possibility of Japan's temporary increase in troops is not ruled out.

In order to prevent Japan from temporarily increasing its troops, under Wu Yanchong's suggestion, Zheng Zhichang and Wu Yanchong mobilized the civilian ships near Kaijing in the shortest time, and then led an army of nearly [-] to kill Tamna County...

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(End of this chapter)