Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 581 Current Situation in North Korea (1)

Since the second year of Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty has been quietly undergoing changes. This change is extremely subversive and is essentially different from the first year of Taichang and the first year of Apocalypse.

Over the past year or so, the Ming Dynasty has indeed undergone various changes, but most of them were led and promoted by Zhu Youxiao, who suppressed all opposition voices in the court in order to resolve the accumulated problems and cancers in the middle and late Wanli period.

Perhaps a group of civil and military personnel were assigned to work in appropriate positions, but the overall change trend promoted was still not to Zhu Youxiao's satisfaction.

But as time goes by, everything is really changing quietly!

The root of change lies in people.

If we want the Ming Dynasty to achieve great rejuvenation and rise strongly under the tide of this era, we must clarify the strategy of strengthening the country with talents and reverse the past bad habits of empty talk that harmed the country and the party's unity and opposition. If the center of the Ming Dynasty only pays attention to these things, but does not think about it. How to solve the problem, then spread it to other places, and I don’t know what it will taste like!
Under the continuous struggle game, the talent echelon mechanism of the Ming Dynasty is gradually restored, so that the three generations of old, middle and young can take root in the Ming Dynasty. Then the political order of the Ming Dynasty will not be disrupted!
Unknowingly, Ming Dynasty is following Zhu Youxiao's will and determination, forming two internal and external changes to respond to the situation. Internally, it is to maintain stability, and externally, it is to promote prestige. Perhaps many internal manifestations are different. , but the real core remains surprisingly consistent, which is to use momentum to promote change!
Liaodong.

Dandong (newly built)
"Hurry up!"

"Work harder!"

"Hey!"

In this black land, there are endless sounds echoing here. From a bird's eye view, countless people are like ants, active and busy everywhere.

This area was desolate in the past. Although it had some population, it was inconspicuous under the rule of Liaodong. However, with the outbreak of a war, this area gathered many people in the shortest time and even had a new place name, Dandong!
Dandong is located in the southeast of Liaodong, facing North Korea and Ping'an Road across the river to the east, facing the Yellow Sea to the south, and guarding the mouth of the Yalu River. There are islands such as Dalu Island, Xiaolu Island, and Zhangdao along the coast. Its unique geographical location has extremely high strategic value. It is the main land and sea route into and out of North Korea!
In fact, in the black land of Liaodong, Dandong was not the first to rise. Since the end of the Liaozuo Campaign in the first year of Tianqi, several important places have sprung up in Liaodong. Jinzhou, located in the hinterland of western Liaoning, Yingkou, located on the coast of southern Liaoning, Jinzhou, Lushun, Anshan, located in the hinterland of Liaozuo...the above areas have successively relocated large numbers of people, and are steadily preparing to build corresponding pillar industries. Changes do not necessarily have to be dramatic, quiet is the way to go!
It's just that it's different from the above-mentioned regions. The changes in Dandong are dramatic. After all, its emergence is closely related to a war related to the fate of the country!

"Since ancient times, if we want to ensure the stability of the Central Plains dynasty in northern Xinjiang, one place is the grassland and the other is North Korea!" In a heavily guarded military tent somewhere in Dandong, Sun Chengzong stood with his hands behind his hands, staring at the map in front of him. He said with a serious expression.

"North Korea is certainly a bitter cold land, and the population under its rule is not as large as that of the Central Plains. However, its unique geographical location, coupled with its proximity to the Liaodong strategic point, if North Korea dares to have any unrest and the Central Plains dynasty sits idly by, it will be occupied by a powerful enemy. This important location will expose Liaodong to the enemy, and there will be no peace at all!"

"If Liaodong falls into threats and turmoil for a long time, it will inevitably affect the stability of the situation within the pass. Therefore, when the Eastern Japanese invaded Korea during the Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty sent strong troops to aid Korea. The Eastern Japanese were not inferior to those of the Japanese invaders. The powerful enemy occupies a more favorable geographical location.”

"Not only are they across the sea from North Korea, but they are also separated from the Ming Dynasty by North Korea. This means that if they want to influence the Ming Dynasty, they only need to threaten North Korea. But it is not that easy for the Ming Dynasty to deter the Japanese!"

After hearing what Sun Chengzong said, the people gathered in the commander's tent had different expressions on their faces, especially those armored generals, whose eyes flashed with gleams.

During the Wanli period, all the generals who led the troops to fight against the Japanese were aware that the fault was not due to the Ming Dynasty, but the vassal Korea had long since perished! !

It was also under that war that many generals emerged in the Ming Dynasty!
Now it's like reincarnation again.

During the Apocalypse of the Ming Dynasty, they were about to set foot in the land of Korea again. Although the opponents they fought against had changed, some things had not changed!
"Let's get back to the topic." While everyone in the tent was sighing, Sun Chengzong said: "Right now, in Dandong, the construction of the new city, the construction of the port, and the rectification of Chidao are all being stepped up, but it is not the time to send troops to North Korea. In order to ensure the absolute stability of Dandong, the 20,000 elite soldiers who accompanied the auxiliary were stationed in Zhenjiang, Tangzhan, and Dianshan forts to deter and alert the Jianlu partial divisions at Kuandian forts. "

"Even Dingliao Youwei, Xin'anbao and other places have been under full martial law. In order to ensure that the above-mentioned construction can proceed smoothly, many temporary workshops opened in and outside Dandong have been stationed with troops to deter the workers gathered here. Strong enough to work with peace of mind.”

"With so many people gathered here, it is difficult to estimate the amount of money and food consumed every day. However, the people sent to North Korea by Benfu have not received any good news so far. If the North Korean royal family cannot agree to our request, then aid to North Korea in the war will After the first battle, Bensuke felt it was necessary to continue to postpone it. "

"Mr. Ge! We can't postpone it any longer!"

Hearing this, a voice rang out from the crowd. Under the gaze of some people, Mao Wenlong, who was wearing armor and carrying a sword, stepped forward quickly, cupped his fists and saluted Sun Chengzong.

"According to the situation detected by the general's command, both the Xianjing Road in North Korea have fallen into the hands of the Jianlu, and more than half of the adjacent Ping'an Road has been captured by the Jianlu."

"If we continue to delay, we will really let the Jianlu take over all of northern Korea. Even if our army is fully prepared, how to intervene in the Korean war will become a difficult problem in front of us!!"

Sun Chengzong frowned slightly.

How could he not know what Mao Wenlong said?
Even though Sun Chengzong was a civil servant, he still had a keen sense of war and insight. Compared with most civil servants, he was only a little bit better.

The vast majority of civilian officials in the Ming Dynasty, when it comes to the military level, just give random orders and get involved, and even do unbelievable things during the war for some so-called moral reasons!
Ever since Zhu Youxiao Yuji came to the throne, he has been putting an end to this phenomenon. Civil servants who don't know how to fight should get out of the way as soon as possible and stop making noises in front of him.

"The difficult problem facing our army now is not what happens to North Korea, but whether the rear areas that support North Korea and resist the captors can remain stable."

Facing countless gazes, Sun Chengzong said in a low voice: "You should all know what kind of difficulties the court is facing now. The harassment of Jianlu in Liaozuo has not ended yet, the rebellion of chieftains in Sichuan and Guizhou is still continuing, and banditry has occurred in Lianghuai. Disaster relief in Beizhili, Shandong and other places is still in progress..."

"Under such a general environment, His Majesty made the decision to support Korea and fight against the Japanese invaders against all odds. Even the food and salary expenses for the early stage of the war were all allocated by His Majesty from internal funds."

"How important this battle is, I don't want to go into details. You all know it. But the more this happens, the less likely we are to be in chaos. If the roots of Korea are shaken, then who will support all the people on the front line?" item consumption?”

Compared with the suppression of the Jianlu rebellion led by Xiong Tingbi, the suppression of the chieftain rebellion led by Zhu Xieyuan, the suppression of the Lianghuai bandit rebellion led by Qi Jin, and the shock of Jiubian led by Qin Bangping, Sun Chengzong's pressure was undoubtedly the greatest, because he needed everything. Start from scratch.

The army is mobilized, but the elites are only 20,000 elites commanded by You Shilu. Even Mao Wenlong's troops mobilized their subordinates to control the situation. Even the naval forces in Tianjin, Jinzhou, Denglai and other places were able to surround the reinforcements. They turned to fight against the invaders, but don’t forget that most of the above-mentioned armies were newly formed. Even if they have been around for a long time, most of them have not experienced the baptism of war. There is an essential difference between new soldiers and hard-hitting soldiers!

Not to mention that for this war, Dandong must be truly built up to gain momentum for controlling North Korea in the future, which requires mobilizing a large number of bankrupt groups to move to the border. Only coach Sun Chengzong knows how much pressure there is.

From the time he left the capital and rushed to Dandong, Sun Chengzong had no sleep at all. There were too many things that he needed to do, and too many orders that he needed to prepare. If anything went wrong in any link, the impact would be huge. It would be immeasurable!
(End of this chapter)