Daming talker

Chapter 713 Return to the Western Front
For Lin Tianshuai, the main task today is to talk with the sixth prince Shun Hejun and observe Shun Hejun's character from the front.

As for meeting with the rebel leaders and the defenders of Jingcheng, it was just a side job.

If they are obedient, we will make arrangements for them; if they have other ideas, we will just make arrangements for them directly. The Changde Mountain Valley of Ten Thousand People can still accommodate a lot of people.

Anyway, it’s not worth it for Tianshuai to worry about the affairs related to these weak rebel armies.

When she returned to the inner courtyard, Kim Sunbin was already waiting in the room. Her face looked a little nervous, just like a mother in later generations waiting outside the examination hall.

"How is my son?" Jin Sunbin asked while picking up the pen.

Lin Tailai also picked up his pen and replied: "Better than Linhai Jun, there is still room for improvement."

The young man Shunhejun seems to be quite vengeful. As soon as someone supports him, he starts complaining about being bullied by his elder and second brothers, but he is not a scheming person.

The main reason is that Shunhejun is young and malleable (easy to brainwash), which is an advantage over those fully adult princes.

Only then did Jin Sunbin feel completely relieved. If Tianshuai had a bad impression of her son, all her efforts over the past few days would be in vain.

Then Jin Sunbin asked again: "How will Tianshuai deal with Linhaijun?"

Lin Tailai replied: "Send him to reunite with his father."

Jin Sunbin: “.”

This seems strange, it shouldn't mean that, right?

Anyway, no matter what, it must mean to send Linhai Jun away, leaving only Shunhe Jun to support.

Afterwards, Jin Sunbin personally served rice and cooked soup for Lin Tianshuai, and served Tianshuai like a virtuous wife.

She could see that Lin Tianshuai was a soft-hearted person, and being considerate and pleasing would definitely be a plus.

After drinking the hot soup, Lin Tailai wrote: "The army will soon move south. You and your son and your loyal ministers should follow us first."

Jin Sunbin asked curiously: "Where are you going?"

Lin Tailai replied: "Huang Hai Dao, how about you return home in glory?"

Jin Shunbin was overjoyed and spoke the Chinese she had just learned, the Suzhou Wu dialect version: "Thank you, Marshal, for your kindness!"

Hearing this out of the blue, Lin Tailai was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's thoughtful."

No wonder this woman's nickname is "Shun", her external characteristics simply bring "gentle and docile" to the extreme.

The Hamgyong Province Uprising was identified as a rebel army, and the policy of supporting the sixth prince, Sunhwagun, was decided. For Lin Tianshuai, the affairs of Hamgyong Province at this stage were over.

The remaining trivial matters will be taken care of by the chairman of the maintenance association, Ju Jingren, and the general of the Loyal and Patriotic Army, Han Kezhen.

Then leave behind a column of Ming Dynasty troops to monitor the Maintenance Association and the Loyal and Patriotic Army.

As for the development of Jiashan Copper Mine, it will take more than a few days to produce results.

After completing the deployment plan, Lin Tianshuai prepared to set off southward. The army only had half a month's worth of food and fodder left, so they could not continue to waste time in Jizhou.

Currently, the main logistics routes, whether by sea or land, are still in Pyeongan-do and Hwanghae-do on the western front.

He led the army southward, out of Hamgyong Province, and then west into Hwanghae Province, where he could get logistical supplies.

Before leaving, Lin Tailai specially summoned Yang Dengshan, who had made another contribution in Hamhung Prefecture and was still recovering from his injuries.

"The organization has decided to keep you in Hamheung Province. We will allocate you 3,000 soldiers and 1,200 shi of military rations."

For a moment, Yang Dengshan didn't know whether this mission was good or bad, but military orders were like mountains, so he had to accept it.

Then Lin Tailai instructed: "From now on, Han Kezhen, the general of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army, will be stationed in Jingcheng, North Province, and Gu Jingren, the chairman of the Maintenance Association, will be stationed in Hamheung, South Province. You will lead the army to station in Jizhou in the middle, monitoring both the north and the south."

Yang Dengshan also got into the role and said "yes" repeatedly.

Finally, Lin Tailai gave him another task: "Jizhou is the closest place to Jiashan County in the mountainous area. Currently, the only official road from Jiashan to the outside world is Jizhou.

I clearly learned that there is a huge copper mine in Jiashan!
In the next year, you will first try to repair the road to Jiashan, complete the exploration according to the location I designated, and at the same time evaluate the water transportation from Jiashan along the Yalu River downstream.

These are preliminary preparations, and large-scale mining will definitely be carried out in the future.”

Yang Dengshan had a bitter face. He was a brave general who only knew how to fight, so why should he take on such a task?

Lin Tailai patted Yang Dengshan on the shoulder, pointed upwards and said, "This is a project that the emperor is directly concerned about. Try your best!"

On November 23, except for the 3,000 soldiers of Yang Dengshan's army, the 6,000 men of the Third Battalion of Jinglüe, the remaining 14,000 men of Ma Gui's Second Corps, and the 10,000 men of Dong Yiyuan's First Corps all went south.

The "Record of the Restoration of the Republic of China in Imjin" in the later generations of this time and space records: "Under the careful planning of Gu Jingren, who saved the country in a roundabout way, Lin Tianshuai tore Kato Kiyomasa apart with his own hands, and the remaining Japanese pirates fled the city in panic.

Another general who tried to save the country in a roundabout way, Han Kezhen, ambushed at Changdeok Mountain and wiped out 8,000 fleeing Japanese soldiers. He then took charge of suppressing the rebels and provided strong support to Tianshuai in recovering Hamgyong Province.

After the war, under the commission of Marshal Tian, ​​Ju Jingren and Han Kezhen, a pair of civil and military talents who saved the country in a roundabout way, made outstanding contributions to restoring normal production and living order in Hamgyong Province. "

The Wanli Dichao Renchen Volume says: "When the governor Lin Tailai attacked Jizhou, he did not go there first, but killed the enemy commander Kato Kiyomasa in front of the battle line and hung his corpse to intimidate the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers were demoralized and surrendered, and Jizhou City was completely recaptured. Lin Tailai entered the city to rescue the eldest son of the Joseon king, Imhae-gun, the sixth son, Sunhwa-gun, and Sunhwa-gun's mother, Sunbin.

Later, Lin Tailai sent Linhaijun to the King of Korea in Kuandianbao, Liaodong, and took Shunhejun and his mother in the army to pacify various places along the way.

Also, Lin Tailai initially settled the surrendered soldiers in Changdeok Mountain, but a few days later the Korean soldiers disobeyed military orders and slaughtered all 8,000 surrendered soldiers. Lin Tailai regretted it deeply.

After marching for several days, Lin Tailai arrived at the southernmost tip of Hamgyong Province and joined forces with Master Wei Zheng and seven hundred monk soldiers. Further south was Gangwon Province.

Iron and gold fortress in the northern part of Gangwon Province are famous places in the war history hundreds of years later, but they are not Lin Tianshuai's main direction at this time.

Lin Tailai also ordered Ma Gui to lead the Second Corps of 14,000 people to garrison Wonsan in the southernmost part of Hamgyong Province and monitor the Shimazu Corps in Gangwon Province.

Lin Tailai, Jinglüe Biaoying and Dong Yiyuan's Third Corps with 16,000 people turned southeast and continued their march.

Two days later, we arrived at Gusan, which is located in the northeastern corner of Hwanghae Province, at the junction of the four provinces of Pyeongan, Hwanghae, Hamgyong, and Gangwon.

At this time, it was December. In Gushan, Lin Jinglue resumed direct contact with Li Rusong's corps on the western front and learned detailed intelligence about Li Rusong's corps in the past month, especially the details of the Battle of Bitiguan in this time and space twenty days ago.

However, Lin Tailai did not go south directly to Kaesong, one of the three capitals of Korea and where Li Rusong was currently stationed. Instead, he sent signs to inform various places that he would go west to Fengshan.

Fengshan is located at the junction of Pyongyang Province and Hwanghae Province. It is also a transportation hub between Pyongyang and Kaesong. General Luo Shangzhi of the Southern Camp is stationed here.

Now that there was no war for the time being, the civil and military officials from both the western fronts went to Fengshan to pay homage to the Marshal Jinglüe Tianshuai who had been away for forty days.

For example, Li Rusong, commander of the First Corps, Liu Chenglong, leader of the South Korean Party, Inspector of the Three Provinces, and Commander-in-Chief of the Military Affairs, and Zheng Renhong, leader of the North Korean Party and leader of the rebel army, all came to Fengshan at the first opportunity.

Lin Tailai lay on the couch, lazily flipping through a few visiting cards, then turned to Shunpin and asked, "When will your father arrive?"

Shunpin answered in awkward Chinese: "The next day."

Lin Tailai threw down the visiting cards in his hand and said, "Go see your father first. Let them wait!"

At this time, Shunpin's oral expression ability was not enough, so she picked up the pen and asked, "Who else wants to see you?"

Lin Tailai picked up his pen and answered: "Li Rusong, Liu Chenglong, and Zheng Renhong."

Seeing these names, Shunpin was horrified and wrote in panic: "My father dare not take the first place!"

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Among these three people, Li Rusong is the general second only to Tianshuai on the Ming side, Liu Chenglong and Zheng Renhong are both top figures in the small court of the Joseon Dynasty under the current chaos, and the leaders of the Southern Party and the Northern Party.

Although his father was also a scholar-official of the Yangban class, he was nothing compared to these three people.

If Tian Shuai made these three top bosses wait in order to see his father first, it would be difficult for his father to live in the future.

Moreover, will it make others think that I am being spoiled and cause an unpredictable chain reaction?
Lin Tianshuai snorted coldly and wrote: "Don't panic, just leave them alone first! Some people can't be helped without a beating."

Jin Sunbin could read Chinese characters, so she glanced at the visiting cards curiously and asked, "What's wrong with these people's respectful words?"

Lin Tianshuai replied very dissatisfiedly: "The biggest problem is that these three people actually sent visiting cards together to ask for an audience!
In other words, the two Koreans, Liu Chenglong and Zheng Renhong, should come to see me alone, instead of following Li Rusong to see me!
This is the problem! It means that the two of them have become close to Li Rusong and subconsciously began to follow Li Rusong's actions!

According to my inference, it was during the month that I was in Hamgyong Province that they became familiar with Li Rusong and took a fancy to the influence of Li Rusong's family in Liaodong!

After all, Liaodong is close to North Korea, and making friends with Liaodong strongmen has a hundred benefits and no harm. "

Jin Sunbin: “.”

Is this the powerful official of the Celestial Empire? His sensitivity to human affairs is so terrifying!
With just a few visiting cards, you can imagine such a detailed picture of interpersonal relationships!
Can you tell whether a person is rebellious by looking at whether he or she steps in with his left foot or right foot first?
Lin Tailai sighed, he began to miss the pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, Ju Jingren and Han Kezhen. The experiment in Hamgyong Province proved that court traitors are more useful than court officials.

He also felt a little regretful. When he first entered the court two months ago, he watched and even encouraged Liu Chenglong to kill hundreds of so-called traitors in Pyeongan Province.

My thinking was not clear at the time, and I did not realize the usefulness of traitors, which led to the waste of hundreds of lives.

It would be fine if we rescued these traitors and used them for our own purposes, but why would we have to use "remnants of the previous dynasty" like Liu Chenglong!
It's really unpredictable, there will always be times of regret in life.

Kim Sunbin's father was named Kim Anle. After the Japanese invasion, he resigned from his official position and hid back in his hometown. It didn't matter what official position he held before, because he had lost it anyway.

The original clan was Yeongan County in Hwanghae Province. It is said that the Yeongan Kim family was also a famous family in the Joseon Kingdom.

The next day, after Lin Tailai got up, he asked Jin Shunbin while getting dressed, "Is there no real big shot in your family?"

Jin Sunbin replied a little ashamedly: "I had it decades ago, but I was dragged down and it's gone in recent years."

Lin Tailai asked curiously: "What's going on? How can a powerful official drag down the family?"

Jin Shunbin replied: "Decades ago, the Yan'an Jin family had a powerful official named Jin Anlao, who was the top scholar. His power and reputation in our country were probably similar to that of the Ming Dynasty's Yan Gelao, but he did not have a good end."

Lin Tailai: "."

It takes talent to reach the level of Lord Yan. It seems that your Yan'an Jin family has good genes.

Originally, Lin Tailai wanted to meet Jin Anle in the inner courtyard, but Shunpin refused to let him and pushed Lin Tailai to the front hall.

Jin Anle is an old man in his fifties, and he is very reserved in front of Tian Shuai.

It could also be embarrassment. He really didn't know how to talk to a general who had ruined his daughter. The key point was that his daughter was the concubine of the king of his own country!
From the perspective of etiquette, one should rebuke the person harshly, but from a practical point of view, one should kneel down and lick his boots. Any normal person would feel conflicted and at a loss as to what to do.

After Lin Tianshuai exchanged greetings, he had nothing more to say.

After thinking about it, I decided to let the old man open his eyes and see the world first, and then start the conversation.

So Marshal Lin Tian first gave a seat and asked Jin Anle to sit next to him, and then summoned Li Rusong, Liu Chenglong and Zheng Renhong to come in.

After the three of them entered the hall, they saluted to Tian Shuai and looked curiously at Jin Anle who was sitting on the side.

I couldn't understand who this person was. How could he be given priority over the three of them? And he even had a seat?

Looking at the anxious expression of this old man, he doesn't look like a big shot.

Bang! Lin Tianshuai slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Li! Rusong!"

General Li responded subconsciously: "I am here!"

Then I was confused and bewildered. What's wrong with you, Lord Jinglüe? Why are you so angry?

Lin Jinglue pointed his fingers like a halberd and pointed at Li Rusong, rebuking him in a stern voice: "You have been well-read in military books since you were young and are familiar with the tactics of war. I have repeatedly warned you that the troops should stop when they reach Kaesong!
You knew clearly that there were tens of thousands of enemy troops ahead, but you still advanced recklessly with only a few thousand cavalrymen. You were defeated at Biti Pavilion, causing heavy casualties to the government troops, with nearly 2,000 killed in action. The morale that had been built up previously immediately plummeted!

If you had listened to the advice of this department earlier, how could this disaster have happened? The defeat of the army and the loss of generals, the morale of the soldiers, are all your fault!

If you don't know the correct military law, how can you convince the people?"

Li Rusong lowered his head in shame. These words really hit him straight in the heart, making him feel distressed all over again.

But it's strange, why do these words sound familiar? I feel like I've seen them somewhere before?

Oh my god! Cui Wukui, who was responsible for the on-site translation, was the first to react and quickly advised:
"In the past, Duke Wen of Chu was happy when he was able to kill his ministers. Now, Joseon is still undefeated, and you are killing the general who led the army. Isn't it a pity?"

General Li: “.”

The confused eyes became clear again. My good brother, what do you mean by the joke about shedding tears and executing Ma Su?
Are you trying to scare me? This is a bit of a joke. There are outsiders here. Please give me some face!
(End of this chapter)