Wanli 1592

Chapter 57 Xiao Ruxun Discusses the Korean War
"You mean, the Liaodong army should not be allowed to enter North Korea, but the Zhejiang army should be recruited into North Korea? Do the Japanese have so many blunderbusses enough to deploy?"

Zhu Yijun knew very well which infantry in the Ming Dynasty had powerful combat capabilities, but he didn't know much about the regular Japanese army. In fact, before the war, the Ming army never had a deep understanding of the Japanese iron cannons.

"Your Majesty, the Japanese pirates are not the regular Japanese army. They are still pirates after all, but the equipment of the regular army is not as good as that of the pirates. I think you must be cautious. The cavalry of the Liaodong Army can only be used as a supplement in this battle, not the main force. Cavalry is not suitable for fighting in Korea. If you want to fight The Japanese army, which is proficient in firearms, should be supplemented by infantry swordsmen, shields, and spearmen as the main force.

And there is another point, if the war is protracted for a long time, there may be deserters. Most of the Liaodong army is from Liaodong. Therefore, if you want to fight in North Korea, the Northwest and Southern soldiers should be the main force in this battle, and the Liaodong soldiers can only be supplemented.

What's more, I heard that Liaodong generals used to bring fortune tellers with them before going out to battle. The North Koreans are also aware of these rumors.

It is inappropriate to use the Liaodong Army as the main force. I boldly suggest that if this battle starts, the Liaodong Army should not be the main force. Let the Liaodong Cavalry preserve their strength and deter the Mongols and Jiannu. I recommend the Firearms Battalion and the Zhejiang Gunner Bird Gun Players and Shandong Gunners are the main combat forces. "

Zhu Yijun looked at the map of North Korea, nodded slightly, and agreed with Xiao Ruxun's opinion. He seemed to be considering the pros and cons of all these. After thinking for a long time, he said: "The war between North Korea and Japan is not about my Ming Dynasty. This is a reason to oppose my sending troops to fight with China, so what? The survival of North Korea has nothing to do with our Central Plains!"

"Your Majesty, I believe that if the Japanese invade North Korea with an overwhelming army, then protecting North Korea is protecting China. If North Korea is not protected, Liaodong will be worrying. If Liaodong is not protected, the world will be worrying!"

It was only here that Zhu Yijun was finally moved. He straightened up and his eyes lit up.

"Go on."

"Your Majesty, I believe that there are two most important things in today's season. One is to recruit elite soldiers and supplies from all over the country to prepare for the war in Liaodong. The other is to send people into North Korea to invade North Korea. After clarifying the battle situation and so on, give back to our army, and then our army can move, otherwise, we must not move lightly!

Today's army is not the Japanese pirates, but the regular Japanese army, which is still different from the Japanese pirates. The art of war is like knowing yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. If you don't know the details of the enemy's army, or even how much the Japanese will send troops, how can I, Ming Dynasty, send troops? ?It is not the best policy to send troops hastily. "

Hearing Xiao Ruxun's suggestion, Zhu Yijun kept nodding his head in agreement, and then said, "Xiao Ruxun, if I want you to fight this battle, how would you fight it?"

Xiao Ruxun shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know anything about the Korean War situation, so I really don't know how to fight."

Zhu Yijun nodded, and said, "If you agree and talk about it, I won't entrust you with the heavy responsibility. I said before that if you know what I want you to do, besides Ningxia's reward, there are other things. Now, I will give you other rewards, Zhang Cheng."

"promise."

As soon as Zhang Cheng waved his hand, a little eunuch handed a letter to Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun took a look and was taken aback. The time and place of the Japanese landing, the time and place when the Japanese took down the capital of Korea, and the general position of a Japanese army that is known so far are listed. The date of inscription is May [-].

Xiao Ruxun immediately looked at the map, and looked at the Busan area where the Japanese army landed and the location of Seoul, North Korea. It landed on April [-], and the war officially started on April [-]. Nineteen days later, on May [-], a Japanese army He conquered the capital of Joseon.

Governor Konishi forced the King of Joseon to run away. The current battle situation is anxious, and the spies speculate that the King of Joseon will run towards Pyongyang and eventually reach Uiju in the border area, provided that North Korea cannot stop the advance of the Japanese army.

Although they had known for a long time that the defeat in the early days of Joseon was extremely fast, they did not expect it to be so fast. From Busan to Seoul, they let the Japanese capture the capital in nineteen days!

Xiao Ruxun still remembers that it was Governor Konishi, a diplomat next to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who captured the capital of Joseon. This guy was from a drug dealer and was quite familiar with North Korea, so Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked Governor Konishi to be the first vanguard to attack Korea.

However, there are parties in every country, and there are hills in every army. Konishi Konishi is a despised businessman. Under Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s command, there are naturally wrong opponents. The most erroneous thing about President Nishi is Kato Kiyomasa, the number one general under Toyotomi Hideyoshi's command.

These two men commanded the first army and the second army respectively, and landed in North Korea one after another. In order to compete for the first place, the two started life and death, rushing desperately, fearing that they would be humiliated by falling behind each other.

They were happy, and the North Koreans cried.

Losing the capital within [-] days of the war, this record can only be compared when Germany blitzed small European countries during World War II.

It seems that the winner is Konishi Yukyo-chan, who conquered the capital of the Joseon Dynasty. The winner of this life-and-death race is Konishi Yuko-chan, Kato Kiyomasa was so angry that one Buddha came out of his body and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and finally led his troops decisively Going to Hamgyong Road in the northeast of Joseon, Chief Xiaoxi pursued the King of Joseon to the northwest corner, and was the first to meet the Ming army in the future.

They pierced through North Korea in a short period of time, creating a very brilliant battle in the history of war, but it was precisely because of this "blitzkrieg" that they foreshadowed their complete defeat in the future.

So Xiao Ruxun drew a few lines on the whole map of North Korea based on this precious information.

This is a habit he developed before each battle in his previous life. He slowly infers the enemy's goals and possible tactics according to the enemy's advancing route, and then makes a corresponding strategy, never sending troops rashly to meet the enemy.

The first line and Konishi's marching route go all the way to Seoul, and the second line is Kato Kiyomasa's marching route all the way to Seoul. The current information can only go so far.

In the following information, the spies only gave two armies, one went to the northwest and the other went to the northeast. Without specific information, there would be no more information, and the spies could not ascertain the actual number of these two armies. It is just inferred that the number of people will not be too many, otherwise they will not be able to race to maintain order.

Xiao Ruxun knew very well that this became one of the main reasons for the Ming army's first defeat in the dynasty, underestimating the enemy!The second trigger was insufficient intelligence and internal troubles among the North Koreans in charge of serving as guides.

No matter how stupid and incompetent the North Koreans are, they will not be beaten by the Japanese army with a mere few thousand people from Busan to Seoul without resisting. Even the rebels on the road can swallow these thousands of Japanese troops, okay?How could there be only a few thousand people?The arrogance and misleading of the Liaodong army were the reasons for the first defeat of the Ming army. If Xiao Ruxun led the army into the court, he would not have used the cavalry at all in this battle. It would not be the Liaodong army, but Nurhachi's cavalry. cavalry!
Nurhachi himself wrote a letter to the Ming court requesting to lead troops into the DPRK to help the war. This is his own court of death, but he gave up because of the opposition of the Koreans, which has always made Xiao Ruxun quite unhappy. This time, if there is a chance, Xiao Ruxun will definitely pull Nurhachi’s Jianzhou Jurchen Cavalry into North Korea together!
If you don't take the opportunity given by God, you will be harmed!
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