Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 553 Aid Korea and fight against the captives
"The current situation in North Korea is very complicated. According to the information obtained by the Military Affairs Council, the chief general who led the invasion of North Korea was Huang Taiji, the eighth son of the slave chieftain. He was accompanied by Jiang Hongli, Jin Jingrui, Wu Xinnan, Park Lanying and others. Especially This Jiang Hongli belongs to the Jiang family and has a high reputation in North Korea! "

In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, Wei Guangxu, the Minister of the Military Affairs Council, looked serious and stood in front of a hanging map, describing the situation to the cabinet and the ministers of the Ministry of War.

"Since the first month of this year, the situation on the Liaozuo front line has changed. Nurhachi, the leader of the Jianlu slaves, mobilized his troops and frequently harassed various parts of the Liaozuo front line. He wanted to attract the attention of our army and then disturb their thoughts. Taking advantage of the situation to invade North Korea.”

"In the past few months, the Liaodong Governor-General's Office has urgently sent military information to Beijing. Our Liao garrison departments and the Jianlu tribes have been engaged in repeated wars. However, under the frequent battles, the Jianlu troops seemed to have taken advantage of our army. To consume the young and strong men of Ye He, Hada and other tribes who had been conquered before!"

"While the war situation in various parts of Liaozuo was intensifying, the Jianlu partial division headed by Huang Taiji crossed the Yalu River from the Kuandian Fort area and launched an attack on the left and right sides of Ping An in northern Korea..."

Zhu Guozuo, Qian Qianyi, Sun Ruyou, Bi Ziyan, Wang Xiangqian, Sun Chengzong and other cabinet ministers and ministers of war showed complicated expressions on their faces when they heard what Wei Guangxu explained.

Especially Qian Qianyi and Sun Ruyou, the fault was that the North Korean envoys came to Beijing following the messengers condemned by Tianjin. They had no idea that war had broken out in North Korea.

It was precisely this that made Qian Qianyi and the others' eyes completely change when they looked at Wei Guangxu, Jin Xuan and other ministers of the Military Academy.

Even though the Military Administration has been a special institution for a long time, it has always been inconspicuous in the government. Although the Military Administration has overall responsibility for counterinsurgency matters, it usually keeps a low profile.

Only this time, when it came to the situation in Korea and even the battle situation on the Liaozuo front, the ministers of the Military Academy headed by Wei Guangxu were not only able to explain the situation in detail, but even found all the corresponding map files. This already explains the problem.

Shouldn’t the Ministry of War do what the Military Academy does?
The emperor's attention to the Military Affairs Council is probably far greater than what the ministers in the court think!

"I really didn't expect that the Jianlu rebels below would have such great ambitions and appetites." Under this situation, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, said with sharp eyes at this moment.

"Forget about harassing our Ming Dynasty's Liao territory, they actually dare to divide their troops to invade North Korea. This clearly shows that they don't take our Ming Dynasty seriously!!"

Regarding North Korea's planning and deployment, Zhu Youxiao has actually been waiting.

Waiting for North Korea to send an envoy to Ming Dynasty!
When the crown prince of North Korea, Li Ji, came to Beijing to pay tribute, he wanted to open a port on Jeju Island to strengthen sea trade with North Korea and even to strengthen the maritime power of the Ming Dynasty. However, this plan did not work out, even if Li Ji was given to him. After returning to North Korea, the matter has been put on hold.

Because too many things had happened in the capital or elsewhere in the past few months, Zhu Youxiao also let the matter go.

Now that North Korea has come to ask for Ming Dynasty, everything has become different.

Opening a port in Jeju Island can no longer satisfy Zhu Youxiao's appetite!
Zhu Youxiao wants to capture all of Jeju Island! !

Jeju Island's location on the sea is too prominent. It is adjacent to the Korean Peninsula, looking at Wo Island to the east, the Yellow Sea to the west, and the East China Sea to the south. Not to mention that Jeju Island is the closest to the Ryukyu Islands!

Completely controlling Jeju Island will not only take the initiative in the coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty, but also use this place to cross the Korean Strait, or create a maritime deterrent to the Japanese islands, or detour to North Korea's Hamgyong Province, and use it as a springboard to defeat the rebels. Even if the Ming Dynasty wanted to expel the Satsuma clan that occupied the Ryukyu Islands, it would be easy to achieve.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to participate in the great voyage, and it had to rise strongly in the great voyage. Only in this way could the Ming Dynasty accumulate solid accumulation, gain momentum for the local intensive handmade manufacturing industry, and only guard one-third of the land of the Ming Dynasty. , this definitely cannot satisfy Zhu Youxiao's appetite.

"Your Majesty, it is probably quite difficult for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to aid North Korea to fight against the rebels." Under such circumstances, Bi Ziyan looked serious and stepped forward to bow.

"In addition to the Jianlu quelling the rebellion in Liaodong and the chieftains quelling the rebellion in Sichuan and Guizhou, the intimidation of the tribes in the Hetao in northern Xinjiang and the suppression of the bandit rebellion in the Huaihe River caused us to dispatch a lot of elites." "In addition, North Zhili and Shandong The disaster relief work in Henan, Lianghuai and other places has not yet been completely completed. Under this situation, if we send troops to help North Korea, it will probably put a heavy burden on the national treasury. "

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

Zhu Guozuo, Qian Qianyi, Sun Ruyou and other ministers came forward to second the proposal.

"Although our DPRK faces many difficulties, we must send troops to aid North Korea." Under this situation, Wang Xiangqian frowned and stepped forward.

"If the Jianlu were allowed to wreak havoc in Korea, not to mention the impact this would have on the Ming Dynasty, how would other vassals view the Ming Dynasty?"

"Just if North Korea is conquered by Jianlu, the threat to Liaodong will increase exponentially. The Jianzhou Sanwei and other places where Jianlu occupied are bitterly cold and have a small population under their rule. Once they can surrender North Korea, it will not only be the population. , including the required food, I am afraid that they can be looted in large quantities from North Korea."

"good."

Sun Chengzong followed closely and said: "North Korea and Liaodong are too close. If we sit back and watch the Jianlu invade North Korea without any reaction from the DPRK, then the situation involving Liaodong will be greatly affected in the future."

"Not to mention that Liaodong is adjacent to many grassland tribes. In particular, Huduntuhan's attitude towards our country has always been unclear. If the situation in Liaodong repeats, it is difficult to protect the Monan grassland tribes headed by Chahar. We will not take advantage of the situation to threaten Liaodong!"

When he heard the name Huduntuhan, Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly. He had been affected by the situation in Liaodong. The people in the Ming Dynasty paid the most attention to the Eight Banners of Jianlu, but they did not pay enough attention to the Monan tribes headed by Chahar. , and this Huduntuhan is the Great Khan of Mongolia, a direct descendant of the Golden Family and the seventh-generation grandson of Dayan Khan!

This man inherited the throne of Khan in the 1604nd year of Wanli (i.e. ), and he is now in his th year. Moreover, this man is ambitious and has always wanted to restore the unity of Mongolia and rebuild Genghis Khan's hegemony. Otherwise, this man will not Will convert.

However, Huduntu was born at the wrong time. The power of the Mongolian Khan has been weak for a long time. The tribes of Horqin, Neirkha, Tumote, and Ordos in Monan have their own affairs. The Mongol Khan can only control the Chahar tribe in Liaohetao. (Divided into eight Otoks, including Haochite, Naiman, Keshiketeng, Ujumqin, Sunit, Aohan, Alakzhuote and Zhuxiti), they are only regarded as such by the Monan tribes. Nominal co-owner.

For example, Transkalkha in Mobei did not recognize the Mongol Khan as its co-owner. As for the Moxi Oirat, they simply became enemies of the Mongol Empire.

Not to mention that the Eight Banners of Jianlu led by Nurhaci have always wanted to surrender the Monan grassland tribes one by one. However, until now, the relationship between the Horqin grassland tribes and the Jianlu is very ambiguous.

In the original timeline, what really made Jianlu strong was not that Jianlu invaded and occupied most of the land in Liaodong, but that through continuous marriages with the Horqin tribes and the participation of the grassland tribes in the continuous foreign wars, it laid the foundation for its The position in the Monan region made the Jianlu Eight Banners continue to grow stronger.

Huangtai Ji established Manchuria and changed the name of the country. In addition to the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Han Army and the Eight Mongolian Banners were successively set up to establish a state system imitating the Ming system. This further enhanced the foundation of Jianlu!
Even if you don't consider the guy Hu Duntu Han, just Huang Taiji, who led his troops to invade North Korea, Zhu Youxiao will never sit back and watch North Korea.

This is not in the interests of Ming Dynasty!
"There is no discussion about sending a large army to aid North Korea."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said in a sonorous tone: "Since Korea is a vassal of our Ming Dynasty and is being invaded and plundered by foreign enemies, then our Ming Dynasty, as the suzerain country, cannot ignore it. Sun Qing, if it involves aiding Korea in the war against the Japanese, I intend to I want you to personally take command and lead our Ming Dynasty army to the DPRK to participate in the war. I wonder if Sun Qing would be willing to share my worries?"

Ok?
After hearing this, all the ministers in the Cabinet, the Ministry of War, and even the Military Academy looked at Sun Chengzong in astonishment. No one thought that the emperor would actually let Sun Chengzong take command in the war to aid the DPRK and resist the Japanese invaders, and let the cabinet group assist him to lead the army. Participating in the war is really rare! !
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