In his previous life, Zhu Yijun was not a professional in the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He did not know enough about the early experiences of the figures in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Subjectively, he was not very interested in understanding the history of the rise of Manchu nobles like Nurhaci. He only knew what happened after Nurhachi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun did not know that Nurhachi was now under Li Chengliang's command, and he and his younger brother Shuerhaqi became Li Chengliang's domestic slaves.
What's more, Nurhachi's current name is not Nurhachi, but the name Li Chengliang gave him - Li Rushe.
In addition, because Li Rushe is just an ordinary servant now, his name is not included in many official documents. Even if there are sporadic records, Zhu Yijun is not clear about it.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun is still unable to know any information about Nurhachi from the Liaodong report. Even the names of several of the more powerful Jurchen leaders he can see in the report are not the Jianzhou leftists he was familiar with in later generations. Wei Nvzhen character.
Because of this, Li Ruzhen can still safely serve as Li Chengliang's servant, doing tasks such as delivering orders to Li Chengliang.
However, Li Ruzhen is still just a slave of the Li family after all, not a slave chief who will threaten the Ming Dynasty and cause the Ming Dynasty to suffer repeated losses and lose important places such as Liaoyang, Shenyang, and Guangning.
Therefore, he had to kneel down and reply in front of Ma Shilong, the commander-in-chief who was born as a general.
Because he behaved obediently, Ma Shilong did not embarrass him. He just nodded and then told Zhang Guozhong: "Take your soldiers and go together."
Zhang Guozhong couldn't help but said: "But they just came back too late, and they haven't even become familiar with the bow and horse again."
"It's not too late to get familiar with Dusi! You don't need many veterans from hundreds of battles to defeat Goryeo!"
Ma Shilong replied.
Zhang Guozhong pointed to the Mongolian girls again: "What about these bearded girls?"
"Release them all! Don't be afraid if you run away. When you go to Korea, you won't have to worry about losing your mother-in-law!"
After Ma Shilong said this, he rode back.
Li Ruzhen also mounted his horse and followed.
Zhang Guozhong smiled at Zhong Changdong and said: "Brother Zhong, you are lucky to catch up with the opportunity to make meritorious deeds so quickly, and to fight Goryeo who will be scared to death when seeing dozens of Huqi."
"Then I'd rather fight Hu Qi!"
"This boss is so contemptuous of people! He says it as if those of us who have just escaped from the army are inferior. Who is not a hero?!"
Zhong Changdong said these words angrily.
Zhang Guozhong said: "Mabang is always a person from Hetao. He was born in Jiangmen Wuju and was promoted here by virtue of his meritorious service in the battle with Anda. It is normal to look down on us poor military households in Liaodong. When you make meritorious service, he will look at you seriously. .”
"Especially if you get the python jade, those civil servants who were reincarnated by the Wenqu star in the sky will have to show some respect for the sake of the emperor."
"Then who got the python jade?"
Zhong Changdong asked curiously.
Zhang Guozhong replied: "I only saw a piece on the waist of the young general. Then other ordinary military households only heard that the military newspaper had been read by civil servants."
After Zhu Yijun established the Privy Council, he asked the Privy Council to set up a military newspaper, and recruited ordinary scholars to serve as civil servants. They went to the army to be responsible for reading the military newspaper to grassroots officers and soldiers, so that the officers and soldiers knew which officers and soldiers had been commended for their meritorious service and read out some important edicts of the emperor. To show heaven’s kindness.
This not only increases the employment opportunities for ordinary scholars, but also prevents them from taking the wrong path after failing in the imperial examination, such as starting a cult because they know some methods of deceiving people through reading, or directly instigating some bandits to become sitting bandits. It also encourages basic officers and soldiers to actively Kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, know the existence of the emperor, and achieve the purpose of consolidating the emperor's military power.
Therefore, Zhang Guozhong, a general flag officer, can also know what the python jade represents the military medal.
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"Because it is just for questioning, not for returning home, I think Liaodong can deploy 20,000 cavalry. After taking Yiju with lightning speed, it should send troops to the flat land along the coast, pass through Anju and Pyongyang. Then go to Hancheng via Huangzhou without having to attack other passes along the way."
"It's just that along the way, Pyongyang is difficult to attack. The cavalry alone may not be enough to capture the city of Pyongyang, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, it is best to send 5,000 infantrymen of General Wu from Shanhaiguan to go with him. In this way, Pyongyang will not be a concern, nor will Seoul. For concern."
Liaodong Dusi Yamen.
Li Chengliang reported his specific ideas about indicting North Korea in front of Li Song, the right deputy censor of the capital and governor of Liaodong.
Li Song pondered for a moment and then said: "In this way, there are 25,000 soldiers and horses."
Then, Li Song asked Li Chengliang: "Based on Uncle Ning Yuan's opinion, how many months can it take to reach Seoul and make Li's apology successful?"
"Two months at most, one month at least, the key depends on when Pyongyang can launch the attack."
Li Chengliang replied.
Li Song nodded: "There are more than 25,000 people in the army. Each person has one liter and five liters of food per day. There are more than 26,000 horses and mules. Each horse has three liters of beans per day. The total is more than 20,000. If the officials and their horses are not counted, they will need 370 shi of grain per day and 780 shi of beans. For two months, they will need more than 22,000 shi of grain and more than 46,000 shi of beans."
"At the same time, we have to leave grain and bean feed in each newly occupied land to prepare for unexpected events. In this case, after taking Yiju and Pyongyang, we will have to leave more than 25,000 koku of grain and more than 30,000 koku of bean feed. The excess was used as local laborers and captured war horses."
Li Chengliang continued.
Li Song waved his hands and said: "These are not problems. The imperial court knows it, and we also know that the Liaodong Dusi's reserves of grain and beans are sufficient. Thanks to Qingzhang's land, a lot of grain can be transported northward, not to mention that it is impossible for places like Yiju in North Korea to There is no treasury to store it, so the question now is, are only 25,000 soldiers and horses really enough to defeat Pyongyang and capture Seoul in one fell swoop?"
"Don't worry about the hospital!"
Li Chengliang cupped his hands and replied, "More than 25,000 troops are enough! After all, Liaodong still has troops to defend against the Mongols and Jurchens;"
"What's more, the Jinyiwei side has already increased its detailed operations in various parts of North Korea in preparation for the conquest of Japan. Can the Fuyuan ask Xu Tishuai to send the person responsible for inquiring about information about the Korean Jinyiwei to cross the river with me and mobilize the Jinyiwei in the city to act as an internal response? Maybe we can attack the cities without fighting and achieve miraculous results."
"This is what this court intends."
Li Song nodded and looked at Xu Maoli, the commander of the Jinyiwei who was stationed in Liaodong and responsible for investigating the enemy situation in Liaodong: "What does Commander Ti think?"
Although Xu Maoli was directly under the Jinyi Guards, he was under the control of Li Song in Liaodong and provided intelligence support to Governor Li Song at any time. Therefore, he handed over and replied:
"What Uncle Ning Yuan said is right. There are many Han people doing business in the DPRK at the moment, and most of them are willing to take the initiative to provide information to our Jin Yiwei. In this attack on the DPRK, they will definitely be willing to serve as internal collaborators and gain an official position. After all, for us Han people, In other words, making money in business is not as good as doing meritorious service and becoming an official to honor your ancestors!"
"Well, that's how the strategy is decided!"
"As for the internal agents, please ask Xu Tishuai to instigate them. As long as they perform meritorious service, this court will grant them meritorious service!"
"The Privy Council and the governor of Jiliao, Zhou Butang, will dispatch five thousand southern troops from Wu Weizhong's department at Shanhaiguan to cross the river with the Liaodong cavalry led by Uncle Ning Yuan, and ask them to be controlled by Uncle Ning Yuan."
Li Song said and asked his staff to write an official letter immediately.
Half a month later, at the same time that the reply letter from the Privy Council and the reply letter from Jiliao Governor Zhou Yong arrived quickly, Shanhaiguan Counselor Wu Weizhong had also received the transfer order from Jiliao Prime Minister Qi Jiguang and had already set off for the capital of Liaodong.
By mid-November, Wu Weizhong led his southern troops to Liaodong Capital Division.
Therefore, Li Song once again convened the generals for discussion and asked Li Chengliang and Wu Weizhong: "Now that the army is ready, do you two have anything to add?"
Wu Weizhong said: "Please use the Liaodong Navy to transport the heavy artillery made by our eldest son and run it along the coast. It may be useful in the future. Even if it is useless, it can be kept for future use when the troops are stationed."
Li Song nodded: "Okay."
Li Chengliang said: "I have no other objection, but that soldiers are very fast. Although the soldiers and horses have not used food and grass to go ahead, this time it is to go to Seoul to question the crime, not to destroy the dynasty. Therefore, in order to break through the key points along the way as soon as possible, the shilling cavalry can quickly cross at night. Jiang first captured Yizhou, then returned to the army to protect the food supply. When General Wu's troops arrived at Yizhou, the cavalry would then raid Anzhou until they reached the fortified city that could not be breached. Therefore, this time the troops and horses should be moved first, and the food and grass second. OK."
"Water has no permanent power, and soldiers have no permanent method, just as Ning Yuanbo said."
As he spoke, Li Song took out the imperial edict and announced that Li Chengliang would be the admiral to supervise all military affairs in the dynasty, and Wu Weizhong would be the deputy chief military officer of the dynasty to obey his control.
Then, the next day, Li Chengliang, fully armored, took Wu Weizhong, Li Rusong and others to meet with his Liaodong generals and the middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers outside the camp.
Ma Shilong, Zhang Guozhong, Zhong Changdong and other Liaodong frontier officers and soldiers were all standing here wearing brand-new cloth face armor and cotton armor, all looking strong and energetic.
Li Chengliang, holding his belt and looking around at the generals with his sword, said in a deep voice: "General Yang Huan!"
"The humble position is here!"
Yang Huan stepped out and knelt on one knee in front of Li Chengliang.
Li Chengliang held a token and gave it to Yang Huan: "Your troops will immediately cross the river and capture Yizhou. When the time comes, you will use three cannon shots as a signal, and there will be a response from the city to respond to you!"
"Follow the order!"
So, that night, Yang Huan led his cavalry, with their men holding wood and draped in white felt, and their horses unloading bells and wrapping white cloth, across the frozen Yalu River under the snow and moonlight, and sneaked to the edge of Yiju City in North Korea.
(End of chapter)
