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Chapter 311 I love to be the number one bootlicker in the Ming Dynasty. Are you qualified to be one?
"Bastard thing!"

In the East Pavilion, the young Wanli Emperor Hongwen cursed angrily.

He caused the 5,000 troops sent from Liaodong to lose 3,000 cavalrymen, and they fled back to the country in defeat. Where would Emperor Wanli save his face?

"Tell me, how did you lose!"

The Minister of War immediately reported: "The vanguard troops sent out received wrong information from the locals, underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. They were ambushed by the Japanese invaders in Pyongyang City, and only a few people escaped."

Emperor Wanli was so angry that he didn't know who to be angry with.

The ministers still advised: "Your Majesty, please calm down. What we need to do now is to save the face of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Wanli also thought this was true, and immediately slammed the table and said, "Call the troops, call the troops, immediately arrange the generals, send troops to Korea, and wipe out the Japanese invaders!"

"I will never stop until the Japanese invaders are wiped out!"

Hideyoshi Hashiba didn't know that their actions had completely angered the emperor of an empire, which happened to be the period of the empire's heyday.

Even the afterglow of the empire is enough to illuminate the entire East Asia!

The Ming Dynasty was about to send troops, and there was endless quarreling in the court over the position of the commander-in-chief. Qi Jiguang had just been demoted and could be called back, but everyone knew that he was Zhang Juzheng's man, and ultimately Qi Jiguang was rejected.

The Qi family army could continue to fight, but Qi Jiguang could not.

After much deliberation, they finally decided to appoint Li Chengliang as the leader to fight the enemy.

Li Chengliang, the current commander-in-chief of Liaodong and Earl of Ningyuan, is a famous general in the north. After the demise of Qi Jiguang, he naturally ranks first.

In February of this year, Li Chengliang sent troops to attack Wang Gao's son Ata and defeated him.

Nurhaci was extremely dissatisfied with the death of both his father and grandfather.

Li Chengliang knew that he was in the wrong, so he wrote to the court and gave Taksi's land, troops, etc. to Nurhaci, and ordered him to inherit the title of commander-in-chief as compensation.

Li Chengliang had made outstanding military achievements, so there was nothing wrong with choosing him as the commander-in-chief. Moreover, his sons were brave and good at fighting, so the cabinet felt that choosing Li Chengliang was a very safe choice.

Li Chengliang was overjoyed when he received the imperial edict. He immediately ordered his son Li Rusong and others to lead a group of troops to Yizhou first.

He instructed: "My son, when you arrive in Yizhou, you only need to protect the King of Joseon. Other matters can be discussed after your father leads the troops to arrive."

Li Rusong took the order and subsequently led the Liaodong cavalry to Yizhou. Within a few days, they arrived at Yizhou.

The King of Korea personally went out of the city to welcome Li Rusong into the city.

At the banquet, Yi Sun repeatedly praised Li Rusong's handsome appearance, etc., and then asked: "When do you plan to send troops?"

Li Rusong said casually, "Let's talk about it when my father arrives."

Lee Sun asked, "When will the general's father arrive?"

Li Rusong refused to discuss the details, but only said vaguely: "Mobilizing a large army is very complicated and will take some time."

"It will take some time, why is there no specific time?"

A minister at the table asked questions.

Li Rusong was not polite and cursed: "How dare you question how the Ming Dynasty does things!"

He looked at Lee Sun, his eyes like arrows: "Your Highness the King of Joseon, is this how you rule your country?"

Li Cheng was very angry and quickly scolded: "Why don't you apologize to the general! You went to court and sent troops to help us Joseon. We should be grateful. How can you blame us? Apologize to the general!"

Li Hengfu and others also began to criticize, and the official had no choice but to apologize.

After Li Rusong calmed down the Korean king and his ministers, he began to send out Yebushou to investigate the situation.

……

Pyongyang City, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie and others all arrived here.

During the banquet, Sakuma Genban was full of pride: "The Ming army is no better than this. I have killed 3,000 of them. The King of Joseon is in Yizhou. I can send troops to capture him in one fell swoop."

Niwa Nagahide frowned and said, "Although our army conquered the Kingdom of Korea in a short period of time, those ronin were hunting people everywhere, causing the locals to rise up and cause trouble.

We also need to quell the riots in various places, so as to avoid instability in the rear of our army when the Ming army attacks." Hashiba Hideyoshi also agreed with this point. He looked at Shibata Katsuie and said, "Why don't you let Lord Shibata guard Pyongyang, I will guard Seoul, and Lord Niwa and Lord Ikeda quell the riots."

After the four of them discussed it, they immediately split up and left.

As soon as Hashiba Hideyoshi and others left, Sakuma Genban said with disdain: "He is as cowardly as a mouse, not worth worrying about."

Shibata Katsuie frowned slightly and said, "These words are easy to offend people, so don't say them carelessly.

The situation in Yizhou is unclear, you should send someone to gather information first, and if there is a chance, you can take Yizhou."

Sakuma Genban was overjoyed and went out to do the work immediately.

Soon, Shibata Katsuie and his men learned that Ming troops had stationed in Yoshishu, and Sakuma Genban requested to fight.

Shibata Katsuie also wanted to know the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, so he asked Sakuma Genban to lead the troops to fight.

He led more than 10,000 troops to Yizhou and deployed them outside the city.

When Li Rusong climbed up the city wall, he wanted to go into battle, but his deputy general reminded his father of the order, so he could only suppress his desire to fight and let his troops hold their ground.

Seeing that the Ming army in Yizhou did not dare to fight, Sakuma Genban immediately ordered an attack on the city.

Li Rusong deliberately let the Japanese troops climb onto the top of the city wall, and then launched a fierce attack, killing and wounding thousands of Japanese soldiers, and the rest retreated.

Sakuma Genban was very angry and wanted to attack the city himself, but Shibata Katsuie arrived personally and asked him to withdraw his troops.

Sakuma Genban said a little aggrievedly: "Why do you ask me to withdraw my troops? I can still fight!"

Shibata Katsuie said with a straight face: "This Ming army is brave and good at fighting. It must be elite. We don't need to waste troops in Yizhou. The enemy will definitely attack us. We only need to strengthen the defense of Pyongyang City."

Shibata Katsuie's troops retreated to the vicinity of Pyongyang.

Li Rusong waited for more than a month before Li Chengliang arrived, but Li Chengliang only brought 20,000 Liaodong troops and 19,000 border troops.

In addition, another 5,000 Confederate troops were on the way to provide support.

This southern army was the Qi Family Army.

Li Rusong reported the situation of the Japanese army to Li Chengliang. After looking at the map, Li Chengliang had a rough idea of ​​the situation.

Only after determining the strategic direction did he have time to meet with King Yi Sun of Joseon.

Li Sun did not dare to neglect him and hurried forward to pay his respects: "I have long admired the title of Earl of Ningyuan. Meeting you today is the fulfillment of my wish."

Li Chengliang was very satisfied with such compliments.

The king of a vassal state is not ordinary.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. His Majesty is very angry about the beastly behavior of the Japanese invaders. His Majesty has already said that our army will definitely recover your land. Moreover, His Majesty will gather the navy and invade the Japanese invaders' homeland as a punishment!"

"Oh, your Majesty, I really have no way to repay your great kindness. If the Celestial Empire sends troops, I will definitely support them with all my strength, whether it is food, fodder, troops, or other needs."

Li Chengliang laughed and said, "Your Highness is so loyal to our Ming Dynasty. I will definitely speak well of you in front of His Majesty."

Li Sun quickly smiled and said, "Then I'll leave it to Earl Ningyuan. Earl Ningyuan, you've come from afar, and I've already prepared a banquet. Not only that, I've also arranged a small courtyard with a surprise inside."

When Li Chengliang saw Li Sun's obscene smile, he understood in his heart that this King of Korea was really a sensible person.

"Then I would like to thank His Majesty for his kindness."

"Hahaha, please!"

Lee Sun was servile all the way and had no bearing of a king, which made many Korean officials ashamed.

But Lee Sun did not feel ashamed. Now that his country was about to be ruined, he hoped that the Celestial Empire would save him.

Li Chengliang is the commander-in-chief, so he naturally has to respect him.

Besides, is it shameful to be a dog licker of the Celestial Empire? Some vassal states even have no chance to lick the emperor's vassal states!
What's wrong with me being a dog of the Ming Dynasty? I am proud to be the number one dog of the Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)