The performance of the North Korean royal family and court can be described as a mess, but surprisingly, the Korean people's spontaneous battle against the Japanese pirate invasion was quite interesting.
As early as the ninth day after the Japanese landed in Busan, Guo Zaiyou, the son of a landlord in Segan Village, Yinyeong County, Gyeongsangnam Province, organized a group of volunteers to continue guerrilla warfare against the Japanese army. Guo Zaiyou took the lead in the great rebellion, and for a time he was not only famous throughout the world, but also prompted various factions to gradually form their own rebel armies.
At this time, Japan's 15,000-strong Sixth Division, headed by the famous general Kobayakawa Takakei, divided into two groups to try to infiltrate Jeolla Province, while the 30,000-strong Japanese Seventh Division, led by Mouri Terumoto, was fully occupying Gyeongsang. Shangdao.
Since the Korean army in Gyeongsang Province had fled in all directions, the seventh division had not yet been harassed by the rebels, so the progress of the Maori Division in Gyeongsang Province was very smooth. The powerful Mouri Keigen sent his retainer Anguoji Eqiong to lead three thousand troops, and penetrated into Jeolla from the sixth division belonging to Kobayakawa Takakage.
Here are a few words for readers who are not familiar with Japan’s late Warring States Period: Mori and Kobayakawa are one family by blood. To be more precise, there is a special term called "Moori Ryokawa", which means that the three families of Mori, Kobayakawa and Yoshikawa are actually one family.
The so-called two rivers of Maori start from Japan's adoption customs during the Warring States Period. The Mouri family, which was a local tycoon at that time and became a great name in the Warring States Period, sent their two sons to the Yoshikawa and Kobayakawa families as adopted sons during the Motoji period, and used various means to let the two sons completely control the Yoshikawa and Kobayakawa families, eventually forming the famous Maori and two rivers.
The Yoshikawa family, whose residence was Ogurayama Castle on the border of Aki and Iwami, could serve as an outpost for the Mori family to advance to Iwami and even Sanin. Judging from the size of the Mori family at the time, the main enemy of the Kokurayama Castle where Yoshikawa Motoharu was seated was only the Nizi family, but this only enemy was indeed the biggest enemy Motosuke had faced in his career.
As for the Kobayakawa family, they are located on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. Although the enemies they face are not as powerful as the Niko family, the situation is more complicated and they may not be able to be quelled by force alone. In addition, the Kobayakawa family has another potential advantage, which is a military unit that neither Mori nor Yoshikawa has - the navy.
When Kobayakawa Takakage took over the Kobayakawa family, he also brought the navy under his control. Through this water power, he successfully attracted the Murakami navy, the strongest navy on the west side of the Seto Inland Sea, and incorporated it into the Maori navy.
The contribution of this new force cannot be underestimated. In the short term, it helped the Maori family win the Battle of Itsukushima in 1555; in the long term, it helped the Maori family gain hegemony over the Seto Inland Sea for twenty-three years!
From the perspective of future development, the two-sichuan system laid a strong foundation for the Maori family and helped to dominate local China. From this point of view, the reason why Motonari arranged for two outstanding sons to inherit the Yoshikawa family and the Kobayakawa family was that he was well aware of the ebb and flow of power in China and Japan in the next twenty years. However, what is even more powerful about him is that he has already clearly seen the characteristics of his second son Yuan Chun and his third son Long Jing.
Yoshikawa Motoharu is brave and good at fighting, and is suitable for head-to-head confrontation with the powerful Nizi family. Looking at the Nizi family, probably only the New Palace Party can rival Yuanchun. In addition to giving later generations the impression of being brave and good at fighting, Yuanchun was also a military general who loved literature. When he was attacking Nizi's family, he completed forty volumes of military records "Taiping Ji" in his own formation. This is the origin of Yoshikawa's version of "Taiping Ji".
But Yoshikawa Motoharu, who is good at literature and martial arts, is not good at diplomacy. Facing the dominant Nizi family in the San'in area, Motoharu can still compete with it with his literary and military skills. However, facing the complex situation in the Sanyang area, Kobayakawa Takakage is more suitable than Motoharu. There are many wealthy families in the Sanyo area, and perhaps some of them are not as powerful as the Kobayakawa family, but if they are attacked with force instead of showing mercy, they will be forced to form an alliance, and the Kobayakawa family will be embattled on all sides.
Kobayakawa Takakage gives people the impression of being gentle and courteous, not superstitious about using force to solve the problem, and is good at mediating and coordinating. Whenever the wealthy families in Sanyo have disputes, they come to Takakage to intervene. And he always has no preset position, takes into account the needs of both parties, and provides maximum convenience. His reputation is accumulated in these small things. Compared with his brother's military conquest, Longjing's attack on Shanyang was more about defeating the opponent with reputation.
In any case, in short, the Maori and Sichuan system can be regarded as Maori as the main family and the two rivers as separate families. Now that Mouri Terumoto has sent his subordinates to Kobayakawa Takakage's command, no one is surprised, and Anguoji Huiqiong himself will not be resistant.
This Huiqiong of Anguo Temple was originally a diplomatic monk of the Maori family, and he could only be said to be rough in military strategy. Guo Zaiyou learned about Huiqiong's march route in Anguo Temple, and took advantage of his arrogance and carelessness to set up an ambush in the mountains that night.
When encountering the ambush, Huiqiong of Anguo Temple was still surprised that there was a North Korean ambush, so he urgently ordered his troops to prepare for war and shoot the volunteers. Guo Zaiyou ordered the volunteers to set fire to the mountain pass and use rolling stones, bows and arrows to stop the Japanese army.
Seeing that his headquarters was in panic, Anguo Temple Huiqiong had to order the retreat first. When Guo Zaiyou saw the Japanese troops retreating, he did not pursue them and immediately withdrew. After Huiqiong of Anguo Temple had finished resting and ordered the sentinels to check that there was no danger, they marched again.
Unexpectedly, during the march of the Japanese army, Guo Zaiyou harassed and attacked Anguo Temple regardless of day or night. When the Japanese army pursued them, they fled far into the mountains and forests, and then attacked the Japanese army's baggage in a roundabout way. After many days, the Japanese army had hundreds of casualties. Anguo Temple Huiqiong was furious and vowed to wipe out all the Korean volunteers. He divided into four teams to explore the direction of the volunteers, and the headquarters marched towards the Nakdong River.
Guo Zaiyu made a plan late at night to defeat Huijiong of Anguoksa Temple. He had people disguise themselves, dressed in red, and led 600 volunteers to lure Huiqiong of Anguoksa Temple into pursuit. He led the main force of the rebels to set up ambushes on both sides of the Nakdong River.
The next day, Huiqiong of Anguo Temple saw a red-clothed general leading hundreds of troops galloping past the front. When he was attacked by rebels, it was common to see soldiers leading troops wearing red. Upon investigation, he found out that the red-clothed general was. Guo Zaiyou, leader of the rebels.
After Huiqiong of Anguo Temple confirmed it, he determined that this was the main force of the rebels and immediately ordered the entire army to pursue it. The rebels fought and retreated, then fled to the narrow part of the Nakdong River and forcibly crossed it.
Huiqiong of Anguo Temple was overjoyed and ordered 500 iron artillery units to fire along the coast and a thousand footlights to annihilate the enemy on the river beach. At this time, the rebels crossing the river suddenly turned back and attacked each other. A large ambush arose on both sides of the river. Arrows were fired constantly on the other side, and there were raids by the rebels on this side.
As a result, the iron artillery team was attacked from behind, the Ashigaru team was being restrained, and the Japanese army's main line was shaken. Anguo Temple Huiqiong saw another general in red coming out of the other side in the distance. Then he realized that he was chasing Guo Zaiyou's substitute, and he exclaimed in his heart: "Shadow Warrior's plan!"
In order to avoid excessive casualties, a withdrawal was ordered. Although Guo Zaiyou set up an ambush, he discovered the weakness of North Korea's combat power during a brief head-on confrontation with the Japanese army. Seeing Anguo Temple's retreat, Guo Zaiyou also ordered a retreat.
After the Nakdong River battle, there were only less than 2,000 Huijiong left in Anguo Temple, and they did not dare to march on their own, so they followed the route of Kobayakawa Yonggyeong's march to Juchang and entered Jeolla.
After Guo Zaiyou heard the report, he quickly contacted Jin Miao, another leader of the rebels in Gyeongsang Province. Jin Mian immediately led his volunteer soldiers to chase Huiqiong of Anguo Temple. Huiqiong was furious when he heard that he was being chased by the rebels. He ordered iron cannons in the front and samurai ashigaru in the back to form a formation to attack.
Jin Mian led his troops to arrive, but was shot by the iron artillery team. He immediately retreated in panic. Anguo Temple Huiqiong ordered the pursuit, and Jin Mian gradually led him into the ambush valley. This time, Huiqiong of Anguo Temple was alarmed and was about to withdraw. Unexpectedly, Guo Zaiyou and Jin Mian had already ordered archers to shoot firewood and fodder in the valley to block the mouth of the valley with fire. Huiqiong of Anguo Temple fought to the death and escaped, leading the army The remaining soldiers retreated.
Not only did the rebels achieve victory on this route, but the seventh division in Gyeongsang Province was also harassed by the rebels led by Zheng Inhong, Son Inga and others, and suffered repeated setbacks. They raided the countryside, but with little success. Although they conquered several cities, the rebels defended the city, but unlike the North Korean official army, the soldiers and civilians were integrated and had great fighting power. The Maori army made slow progress, and it took one or two days to conquer a city.
Terumoto Mori was extremely anxious and summoned the generals Yoshikawa Hiroie and Hasegawa Shuichi to discuss together. Mouri Terumoto said: "It only took half a month for the First Division and the Second Division to approach Wangjing after they landed in Busan. Gyeongsang Province's military equipment has long since collapsed. Now our army is slow to attack the militia. What's the reason?"
Well, it can’t be said that both Maori and Sichuan are weak, right? Therefore, Hiroie Yoshikawa replied: "The North Korean militiamen were hiding in the mountains and forests, and they attacked my logistic supplies, which was extremely harmful. Hasegawa Shuichi had been attacked at night many times before, but he fled into the mountains and forests in the blink of an eye and disappeared." The militiamen occupy all the geographical advantages and are good at transforming soldiers and peasants. Moreover, when our army is dispatched, it is easy to show off. It will take some time for our army to adapt when it first arrives in North Korea." To put it simply, there is no good solution for the time being.
Hasegawa Hideichi said: "After all, the North Korean militia is just a mob, and it is difficult to confront our army head-on. Although it defends the city tenaciously, it is of no avail. In order to speed up the march, all North Korean militiamen who dare to resist should be killed to avoid future troubles!"
Mouri Huiyuan frowned and said: "The seventh squadron received military orders to stabilize Gyeongsang Province and ensure logistics. Zheng Inhong, Son Inga, Guo Zaiyou, Jin Miao and others are serious dangers to us, but how can the Korean people be wiped out? Or should we occupy Gyeongsang Province first? The only way is to appease the people and gradually eliminate the rebels."
In another camp of the Japanese Army's Sixth Division, Kobayakawa Takakage heard that Mouri Terumoto was repeatedly harassed by rebels in Gyeongsang Province and that the advance was slow. He, who was originally calm and wise, could not hide a trace of sadness, which made his old wrinkles more obvious. some.
Kobayakawa Takakage thought for a long time, and said to his general Tachibana Munesege: "His Majesty Terumoto is young and inconscientious, and he neglects the battle formation. The Seventh Division has 30,000 troops, and the offensive is still slow in response to the Gyeongsang Province militiamen defending the city. It seems that it is difficult to bear the burden of his grandfather. Mo Li Yuan is the majesty of His Highness."
Tachibana Muneshige said: "After all, His Highness Kagumoto is the governor of the Maori family. His Highness Kobayakawa and His Highness Yoshikawa are both sons of His Highness Motori Motonari and uncles of His Highness Kagumoto. Although His Highness Kagumoto's military power has been frustrated, it seems inappropriate to mock the family master. Kobayakawa In his early years, His Highness followed Duke Yuan Jiugong in the southern and northern wars, and now he is relied upon by His Highness Taige and is the pillar of the Maori family. Should our army assist the seventh division at this time?"
Kobayakawa Takakage said: "What Somo said is absolutely true. Militiamen can come from anywhere. Our army has failed to infiltrate Jeolla. If we want not to be frustrated by the North Korean militia, we must stay step by step, fight and defend properly, and not be restrained by the enemy in the dark. Somo, you too Just chase down the militiamen several times and send a message to the Yoshikawa Hiro family about what you see.
The Sixth Division and the Seventh Division should not deal with the North Korean militia. I informed Yu Ukita Hideie myself and asked him to order the Eighth Division and the Ninth Division to assist and suppress the militiamen. "Tachibana Munege took the order and left.
On September 2, Konishi's first squadron easily captured the Joseon royal palace because the North Korean royal guards had already withdrawn. Konishi personally led the team to break into the palace to search for the royal family, but to no avail. When he came to report, he learned that the Joseon royal family had already withdrawn to Kaesong.
Governor Konishi was so angry that he ordered the entire army to rest and prepare to march into Kaesong in one go. In Kaesong, the North Korean King Li Ao was discussing garrison matters with his ministers. The envoy Li Dexin, who was originally ordered to negotiate with Governor Konishi, suddenly returned to Kaesong. Li Ao asked him urgently if he had seen Governor Konishi? Unexpectedly, they learned from Li Dexin that Wang Jing had been captured, and everyone was shocked.
Idoshou asked: "When did it fall?"
Li Dexin sighed and replied: "We arrived at the south bank of the Han River yesterday and entered the city today."
Idoshou said in surprise: "This is really unbelievable. How could Wang Jing's defense line and the capital be easily breached in less than a day?"
Li Dexin shed tears after hearing this and replied: "It was not a breakthrough, but because the capital marshal Jin Mingyuan, deputy marshal Shen Ke, and the remaining general Li Yangyuan fled when the Japanese invaders approached the Han River." The ministers heard this. This statement shocked everyone, and their shock was beyond words.
After hearing this, Li Huan trembled all over, and said to Li Hengfu in a hurry: "Du Chengzhi, Wang Jing is only one day away from here... Ah, no, if the cavalry rushes forward, it only takes two or three hours to catch up to here!" We all accept the decree and convey my decree immediately. Without waiting for anything else, move immediately!" The ministers were shocked again and tried to persuade the king to calm down.
How could Li Huo calm down? Not only could I not calm down, I even got up angrily, shouting and screaming, and my emotions were almost out of control.
Inside Wangjing, the Japanese army was searching for supplies, eating rice and treating wounded soldiers. Governor Konishi personally led the team to patrol the whole city, which not only showed majesty but also comforted the morale of the soldiers.
At this time, an order came from the general Ukita Hideie. Ukita Hideie ordered Konishi Governor to stop the march and garrison Hanyang until the general entered the city. At the same time, he was also asked to gather the fleeing people and appease the people so that they could recruit soldiers for military service.
After Xiao Xixing's inspection, he ordered Zong Yizhi: "Allocate three days' rations from the remaining half-month army rations to prepare to distribute to the people and win over the people." He also ordered the monk Jingzhe Xuansu to say: "Xuansu needs to instruct Shi Wenjuan The person writing the calligraphy wrote wall letters in various places with sincere words, expressing to the Korean people that they would never disturb the people, and inducing the people to return to Wang Jing." The two of them took the order and left.
A moment later, Kato Kiyomasa led the troops and rushed straight to see Yukinagako Konishi to question him. President Konishi was puzzled and asked, "What crime am I guilty of?"
Kato Kiyomasa said: "There were more than 120 ships on the south side of the Han River when I sent people to investigate. When my base camp arrived, all of them had been burned. Who else could do such a shameless thing except you? Things!"
President Konishi sneered and said: "Oh, you really want to inflict a crime, so why bother? Kato, I also learned a Tang Dynasty proverb in the past, which is used at this time: A dog's mouth cannot spit out ivory."
After hearing this, Kato was furious and drew his sword towards him. He was about to kill Yukinoshi Konishi, but was naturally restrained by his attendants.
President Konishi was also angry and scolded: "Kato! This matter was clearly destroyed by the North Korean army before they fled. Don't mess around here. Also, if you lose a bet, just admit defeat honestly. It's considered a loss but not a loss. But Don’t embarrass yourself in front of your subordinates!”
Kato Kiyomasa looked around and felt that his behavior might be looked down upon. He was a man who wanted to save face, so he had to temporarily suppress his anger and ordered the entire army to attack the Korean royal family. Unexpectedly, Governor Konishi stopped him with the order of the general. Kato Kiyomasa became even more annoyed and left angrily.
At this time, the remaining people in Wangjing had already run out of rations and were hungry. After the poster was posted on the wall, although they hesitated, they also rushed to tell each other, and in less than half a day, they gathered in groups to receive the rations.
Governor Konishi had already ordered people to build huts and place straw couches for the people to rest. Anyone who came to receive rations must be given porridge first. He ordered the peasants and soldiers to take care of and serve them under the arrangements of the samurai, and then receive a ration of rice. At the same time, he also called on the people to spread the word widely, and for a while, the people's hearts gathered together.
At this time in Gyeongsang Province, the Gyeongsang Province observation envoy received the news that the Japanese army was coming to surrender. He couldn't help being surprised. He went to check it out in person, only to see the Japanese general leading hundreds of troops confronting the Yamen soldiers.
The Japanese general shouted: "I am the vanguard general of the second division under Kato Kiyomasa Okamoto Echigo. We have three thousand vanguard troops. We have come to surrender to North Korea. Please believe us!" But the North Korean officers and soldiers insisted on not believing it and were determined to Fight to the death with the Japanese army. Seeing this, Okamoto Echigo Mamoru took off his saber first, and his soldiers also put down their cannons and sabers to show their sincerity.
This move shocked all the North Korean officers and soldiers present, and the Gyeongsang Province observer was even more puzzled. He secretly asked: Why did these Japanese surrender when their momentum was at its peak? Could it be that he joined our army because he committed a capital crime in the army?
He thought for a while and simply asked these questions directly. Okamoto Echigo Mamoru did not show any pretense and immediately replied: "We originally thought that after the long civil war, we could return to our hometown to reunite with my wife and children and enjoy peace. Who? Knowing that he was mobilized again, he even traveled across the ocean to fight. I heard that even after defeating Korea, he would not stop and would go to fight the Ming Dynasty. I really don’t know how long the war will end! I don’t want to be tortured by war anymore. , so it simply dropped."
The Gyeongsang Province observer saw that what he said was sincere. Although he was still not sure whether it was true or not, since the matter had come to this point, he decided to stay with the Japanese troops temporarily and report to the court first.
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