Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 199 Garrison
Jin Shangxian was even more anxious when he heard the words, "Could it be that Daming, as the suzerain of our North Korea, wants to see death for our North Korea?"

But Xu Guangqi said: "Your words, Mr. Jin, are serious. Losing a Jeju Island is not enough to talk about life and death. Moreover, you are also an important minister of North Korea. You should be clear about the difficulties of being a king and a minister. This matter is not something that I or the emperor can decide on alone.

I'm afraid that only when Mao Wenlong continues to invade the Korean peninsula will the imperial court pay attention. Then I can advise the emperor to send troops to encircle and suppress the traitor Mao Wenlong and aid Korea, and the emperor can agree to it.

But you don’t have to worry too much. Even if Mao Wenlong doesn’t invade the Korean Peninsula, when our army recovers Liaodong and pacifies Mobei, it will naturally deal with the traitor Mao Wenlong and help North Korea recover Jeju Island! "

After hearing this, Jin Sangxian also looked helpless. By that time, the day lilies were already cold!

But there was no way, the Ming Dynasty also had its own difficulties, and Kim Sang-hyun was not an unreasonable person, so he had no choice but to return to the country and report the situation to the King of North Korea, Li Jie.

After hearing what Jin Sangxian said, Li Zhu immediately regretted it. First, he regretted asking Jin Sangxian to file a complaint against Mao Wenlong to the Ming Dynasty and insisting that the Ming Dynasty punish Mao Wenlong. Second, he regretted that the Ming Dynasty wanted to station troops in North Korea, but he kept wavering.

But Li Jie did not dare to complain about the Ming Dynasty's unwillingness to send troops, because the Ming Dynasty was now at the critical moment of regaining Liaodong. This was something he could see, and it was indeed not the Ming Dynasty's deliberate unwillingness to send troops to rescue them. North Korea, if North Korea insists on sending troops from the Ming Dynasty, it will be unreasonable and unreasonable.

It seems that Jeju Island will be difficult to regain in the short term, but what Xu Guangqi said cannot be ignored. If Mao Wenlong wants to invade the Korean Peninsula after he has established a foothold on Jeju Island, it will be a terrible situation for North Korea. A catastrophe no less severe than the Imjin Japanese Rebellion.

Li Jian immediately made a decision and ordered people to immediately set up garrison stations in several areas selected by the Ming Dynasty as the garrison of the Ming Dynasty army, and asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops to garrison in North Korea.

However, even at this time, those ministers who opposed accepting the Ming Dynasty's troops still tried their best to persuade and disagree with Li Zhu's decision.

Why would Li Jian want the troops of other countries to be stationed in his own country? None of the Ming army generals paid attention to North Korean officials, not even him, the king. As the king of North Korea, how could he be willing to be controlled by others?

But now is no longer the time to think about this. When Mao Wenlong really leads his troops to Seoul, his king's dignity, let alone his life, may not be saved!
Li Zhu suddenly said with grief and anger: "You don't need to say any more. We, Korea, have been protected by the Ming Dynasty since ancient times. It is already the greatest honor to be the dog of the Ming Dynasty!"

All the ministers were speechless. Although it sounded unpleasant, it was also true. After all, the Ming Dynasty had never forced North Korea to pay tribute to it and become a vassal. Now, North Korea is rushing to ask the Ming Dynasty for this vassal relationship. Yes, but now he wants to go back on the conditions he agreed to with Ming Dynasty. He is indeed going back on his promise and is a bit ungrateful.

Li Zhu then asked Jin Sangxian to send a reply from North Korea to Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Tianqi was very satisfied after reading North Korea's reply, but he said with some embarrassment on the surface: "When you came last time, I already said that our Ming Dynasty is in short supply of troops now, so this is If we want to send troops to North Korea, the number will not be too large, so we have to focus on sending them to important places first."

As he spoke, Zhu Tianqi drew a pen and circled three points on the map, namely Shuntian, Sacheon and Busan, which happened to be along the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, so that he could resist enemies from the sea.

Zhu Tianqi then said: "Our first batch of garrison troops in the Ming Dynasty sent a total of [-] troops. More than [-] troops were stationed in each of these three places. They were set up as Gonghai Guards. A general soldier was stationed in Sichuan, and two deputy generals were stationed in Shun. Tianhe and Busan, when we have extra troops and horses in the future, I will send more."

Jin Shangxian looked at the map on the table. Although he felt that the emperor's arrangement was indeed proper, he was still a little uneasy, "Your Majesty, ten thousand soldiers and horses are stationed in three places, isn't it a little too little?"

Zhu Tianqi slowly put down his pen and said: "It's a little less, but I can only mobilize this small amount of troops at the moment. I can't get more if I want!"

When Jin Sangxian heard this, he couldn't say anything else.

However, in order to reassure Kim Sang-hyun and North Korea, Zhu Tianqi still smiled and said: "You don't have to worry. Although the troops I sent there are not many, I can let them bring my Ming Dynasty's giant cannons and new-style firecrackers. With these firearms here, I guarantee that the traitor Mao Wenlong will not dare to attack!"

After hearing this, Jin Sangxian felt a lot more relieved. When he accompanied Li Zhu to watch the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's capital camp, the shocking impression left on him by the Ming Dynasty's artillery and muskets is still fresh in his memory. If the Ming army If you go to North Korea with these powerful weapons, 3000 people can defeat [-] people!

Kim Sang-hyun immediately thanked him: "The foreign minister thanked the Ming Emperor on behalf of North Korea!"

After sending Jin Shangxian away, Zhu Tianqi took out his notebook and started flipping through it. Although he had just agreed to stop, Zhu Tianqi still had not figured out who to send as the commander-in-chief of the army stationed in North Korea.

In fact, there is no shortage of famous generals in the Ming Dynasty. People like Zuo Liangyu, Sun Chuanting and others have left their names in history, and there are even more rare heroines like Qin Liangyu.

However, Zhu Tianqi had other uses for these people. They were sent to North Korea to serve as the general garrison. They were overqualified and underused. Therefore, after looking through the list in his notebook for a long time, Zhu Tianqi finally chose Zhongjundian under Sun Chengzong. What can be done to prepare?

He Kegang is a reliable man and loyal to the court. If he is sent to garrison in North Korea, he will definitely be able to manage the army well and control his subordinates well.

Also, He Kegang is now working under Sun Chengzong. Although he has been working hard and working hard, it is difficult for an honest man like him to get ahead. He is not like Zhao Shujiao and Zu Dashou, who charge at the front. You can rely on your military exploits to make a bright future.

Judging from the current situation in Liaodong, I'm afraid it won't be his turn to go into battle. Assisting Sun Chengzong in running the army in the rear, he has almost become a civilian official. He has been useless for a long time. Where will his future be?
If Zhu Tianqi hadn't consulted many historical documents in order to solve the Liaodong issue, it would probably be difficult to know the character He Kegang.

Historically, He Kegang was highly praised. He was said to be brave and resourceful, benevolent, honest, thrifty and careful, and good at everything. He was a rare general.

However, in addition to ability, what Zhu Tianqi admires even more is He Kegang's spirit of preferring death to surrender. According to the original history, when He Kegang and Zu Dashou were guarding Dalinghe City together, they were besieged by an army of [-] slaves, and their food was exhausted. At the moment of desperation, Zu Dashou and all the generals wanted to surrender, but He Kegang would rather die than surrender, and finally died with a smile on his face.What Zhu Tianqi valued was He Kegang's loyalty to Daming, so Zhu Tianqi planned to give He Kegang a chance to make contributions, and he couldn't let him keep fighting against Sun Chengzong in the rear of Liaodong, because there was no use for him.

Zhu Tianqi then sent a transfer order to Sun Chengzong, asking him to allocate [-] Liao troops to He Kegang to station in Shuntian, Sichuan and Busan in North Korea.

Sun Chengzong naturally obeyed the order immediately. Now Sun Chengzong has already planned to retire. Liaodong has been leveled, and his wish has been fulfilled. As for making achievements, let it be left to the young people.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong took advantage of the situation and wrote a resignation letter to Zhu Tianqi.

When Zhu Tianqi received this memorial, he was also a little surprised. He did not expect that Sun Chengzong would suddenly write to him to resign. Originally, he was wondering whether Sun Chengzong had other meanings and ideas, but he read it carefully several times. Sun Chengzong's memorial revealed that Sun Chengzong's words were sincere and he indeed wanted to resign and go home to retire.

Zhu Tianqi looked through the information about Sun Chengzong recorded in his notebook and calculated that Sun Chengzong is now 68 years old, which is indeed considered an advanced age in this era. Since he has already taken the initiative to resign, why should he be forced to stay here? In a bitter and cold place like Liaodong, it is really unreasonable.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhu Tianqi wrote back to Sun Chengzong and sent someone to bring him back to the capital from Ningyuan. However, Zhu Tianqi did not immediately agree to resign.

The reason is that the entire territory of Liaodong has not yet been recovered, and it is not time to reward according to merit. If Sun Chengzong withdraws now, wouldn't he be taking away all his own achievements, which is unfair to Sun Chengzong.

However, Sun Chengzong was also a sensible person. He knew that the credit for establishing the slaves and restoring Liaodong was not his at all, but all relied on the emperor's clever calculations and military tactics, so he naturally did not dare to take credit.

But no matter what, Zhu Tianqi did not agree to his resignation. The official position was still retained, but Sun Chengzong could return to his hometown for retirement if he wanted. He could stay wherever he wanted.

In Liaodong, Sun Chengzong no longer needed to be in charge. The Ming army was invincible under the leadership of Yuan Chonghuan. Neither Mang Gurtai nor Amin could resist the Ming army's offensive. They could only retreat and flee.

He Kegang has now led his army to Sichuan, North Korea. Under the guidance of North Korean officials, he arrived at the station assigned to him by North Korea and began to seize the time to build the castle. He Kegang really couldn't see the camp that the North Koreans had built for them in advance. He Kegang shook his head after looking at it, even including Sichuan City in North Korea.

Later, He Kegang went to Shuntian and Busan for inspection. The situation was roughly the same as that of Sichuan. The camps and defenses were completely unreliable.

He Kegang then divided 1 of his 6000 men to be stationed in Shuntian and Busan, and appointed two of his subordinates as deputy generals to manage the garrisons in Shuntian and Busan respectively.

The first task of the garrison in various places is to rebuild the fortress according to the standards of defense against the slaves. At the same time, they must build forts and set up cannons on the coast to prevent the enemy from attacking from the sea by ship.

Naturally, tasks such as building a city cannot be done by just his soldiers. He Kegang was not polite to the Koreans. He even captured the local Korean troops and asked them to help build the city. At the same time, he also asked local officials to recruit civilian men to help. .

Because the North Korean soldiers and civilians knew that the Ming army came here to guard against Mao Wenlong on Jeju Island and to help them protect their homeland and the country, they did not complain at all and came over obediently to help build the city.

Nowadays, whether it is Liaodong or North Korea, the situation is good for Ming Dynasty, and Datong in the west is also progressing very smoothly.

Qian Longxi had already sent Zhu Tianqi's documents to Man Gui, and also issued a military order for Man Gui to march north.

Man Gui was a little surprised when he received the military order. He has been staying here in Guihua City for almost a year. He obeyed the order of the imperial court, expanded and strengthened Guihua City on the one hand, and stepped up military training on the other. When he was mature, the imperial court would let him lead an army east to attack Chahar, but he did not expect the imperial court to let him lead an army north to Khalkha.

Man Gui was confused and had no choice but to open the "March Plan" written by the emperor himself and handed over to him by Qian Longxi.

Man Gui didn't know if he didn't read it. He was startled when he saw it. This "March Plan" really opened Man Gui's eyes and instantly refreshed his cognition. Why is the emperor going to fight Kalkha? We want him to fight all the way to the ends of the earth (the end of the continent)!
In order to prevent Man Gui from being unable to understand his plan, Zhu Tianqi specially included a map and marked the march route on the map. To put it simply, he asked him to march all the way north to Lake Baikal, and then read the east Sayan Mountains, enters the West Siberian Plain, and then all the way west to the Ural Mountains.

The Ural Mountains are the dividing line between Asia and Europe. Zhu Tianqi intends to use this as a boundary to prevent the Russians from crossing the Ural Mountains and entering Siberia, so as to ensure Ming's occupation of Siberia.

Although the Russians have now crossed the Ural Mountains, defeated the Siberian Khanate in the West Siberian Plain, and occupied the Western Siberian Plain, the Russians who crossed the Ural Mountains and invaded Siberia were not regular troops, but a group of Cossack mercenaries. Very few, limited combat effectiveness.

The Ming army equipped with new artillery and flintlock guns could easily defeat them, so Zhu Tianqi was confident that he would expel the Russians who invaded Siberia and build a line of defense along the Ural Mountains to prevent the Russians from expanding eastward. .

It was the first time that Man Gui knew that there was such a large area in the north of Mobei after reading the map given by Zhu Tianqi, and Mobei was not only grassland and desert, but also the mountains around Lake Baikal. Such a large piece of treasure land.

With this picture, it is easy for Man Gui to understand this "March Plan". The emperor's purpose is very simple, which is to capture the northernmost territory.

And this territory is now being invaded by the Rus (the name of Russia in the Ming Dynasty, also known as Rakshasa). What he has to do is to drive away these Rus and build a line of defense along the Ural Mountains, just like the current defense of the Ming Dynasty. Like the Great Wall of the Tatars, the Russians are not allowed to visit again.

(End of this chapter)