Two flowers bloom, one on each side. The general trend of the Ming Dynasty is still under the control of Gao Pragmatic, so it can be suppressed for the time being. At this time, in North Korea, both North Korea and the Japanese army are facing their own problems, which is worth writing about.
Since Japan's large-scale invasion of North Korea, only Jeolla Province has never fallen among the eight roads in North Korea. However, according to the Japanese army's pre-war deployment and subsequent adjustments, the 15,000-strong Sixth Division is now under the command of veteran Kobayakawa Takakage. Under the leadership of the army, he occupied Geumsan in the northernmost part of Jeolla Province and was stationed there.
Geumsan connects the Chungcheong and Jeolla highways and is located in a dangerous location. It has always been a strategic location for North Korea. Since the Japanese army occupied Geumsan, the Korean army and rebels in Jeolla Province have known that the situation is worrying and have begun to assemble spontaneously to prepare for the coming war.
In order to ensure that Jeonju was not lost and the overall situation was not bad, Jeolla Province's Gwangju envoy Quan Yik was ordered to be the governor of the capital and led troops to garrison at Lizhi, Jeonju's gate, to contain the Japanese advance. The Jeolla Province defense envoy Guo Rongze met at Lizhi and was ordered to recapture Geumsan; the leader of the Jeolla Province rebel army Gao Jingming also led his troops to help.
Quan Li heard that Gao Jing had ordered him to come and hurried out of his tent to greet him. When Gao Jingming saw Quan Li coming to greet him in person, he couldn't help but feel a little flattered. He quickly said: "People who have been dismissed from office have long been dismissed. Why should the Temperance Envoy personally greet him? I absolutely shouldn't do it. I absolutely shouldn't do it."
Quan Li pretended not to hear, stepped forward, held Gao Jingming's hands tightly, and thanked him sincerely: "I have been dismissed from office because of government affairs, so I am even more grateful to be able to come here now. Although the imperial court gave up government affairs first, Regardless, during the national crisis, Fu Shi still stepped forward and organized volunteers to fight against the Japanese pirates.
In particular, the ministers of the government were highly virtuous and respected. When they raised their arms and raised their arms, Jeolla Province responded in large numbers, so that rebels rose up everywhere, making it difficult for Japanese pirates to rampage. In addition, after the junior heard about Tan Yang's alliance, Fu Shi has become the leader of the rebel army? It's really gratifying. "
Gao Jingming sighed and said: "General Quan Li has been overrated. I was dismissed because of my incompetence. What I do now is nothing more than loyalty and righteousness. General, I have led 7,000 rebel troops to help. There are two people behind me." My dog... is brave and obedient, and I haven’t come to see the general yet!”
Quan Li knew that Gao Jingming only had two sons. After hearing this, he hurriedly advised: "Mansion, you are old, and the war is dangerous now. If the whole family goes into battle, if the incense is in danger, really..."
Gao Jingming interrupted: "General, you are too worried. If the country perishes, what is the point of continuing the bloodline? My father and son have decided to live and die with the country and share hardships. I hope the general will fulfill his wish." Quan Li was in awe. I was very impressed and quickly invited three people to come into the account to discuss the matter.
In the camp, Quan Li took the lead and said: "Jolla Province is the country's granary. It has always been relied upon by the imperial court and coveted by Japanese pirates. Nowadays, there are two water envoys, Yi Sunsin and Li Yiqi, on the coast of Jeolla Province. We must firmly control the mountainous terrain in the east, making it difficult for the Japanese pirates to advance easily, and the Jeolla Daoist rebel army is on the rise, and the army and the people are united, so the Japanese pirates have no choice but to occupy Geumsan Mountain and then try to encroach on Jeolla."
Gao Jingming nodded to express his understanding, and then suggested: "If the Japanese pirates want to invade Jeolla Province from Geumsan, they will attack Lichi and Xiongchi first and then occupy Jeonju. In this case, we need to divide our troops to guard Lichi and Xiong Zhi has two key points.”
Guo Rongze, the defense envoy of Jeolla Province, immediately added: "Our army cannot only focus on defense. I intend that when the Japanese pirates divide their forces to attack Liji and Xiongchi, we should gather an elite force led by my general to sneak attack Geumsan and cut off their return route. , attack and capture the enemy's base camp. This is a strategy to capture the king and prevent his return. The Japanese pirates will rush to rescue them. If they win, Jinshan will be recovered, and they can take advantage of the situation to completely annihilate the enemy invaders. If they fail to win, they can also keep Li Zhi and Xiong Zhi safe. , defeat the enemy."
Quan Li thought for a moment and thought this plan was feasible, so he nodded in approval. Gao Jingming was naturally unwilling to be left behind and expressed his willingness to go with Guo Rong.
On the ninth day of October, Kobayakawa Takakage, who was stationed in Jinshan, ordered two generals, Tachibana Munege and Kobayakawa Shubao, to lead a force each to attack Xiongshi and Lishi respectively. Quanli's headquarters and the rebel army defended Li Zhi together. The North Korean soldiers and civilians fought with great courage and life. The Japanese army attacked bravely, but when they saw that they could not defeat them, they had to retreat temporarily.
In the other Xiongzhi area, the fighting situation was not good. Facing the strong Japanese attack, they could only retreat and defend, and the situation was critical. After hearing this, Gao Jingming and Guo Rong accelerated their march and arrived at Jinshan in Shenshi.
Gao Jingming and Guo Rong divided their troops into two groups, Guo Rong's headquarters attacked the west side of Jinshan Mountain, and Gao Jingming's headquarters attacked the south side of Jinshan Mountain. Kobayakawa Takakage ordered Tsukushiguangmon and Takahashi to allocate additional troops to resist, but he himself ordered the entire army to stick to the dangerous position, deploy in echelons, and only use iron artillery to fight back, and not to rush into battle. The two armies fought fiercely in Jinshan until late at night, but Jinshan was still not captured by Gao Jingming and Guo Rong.
After a fierce battle, Kobayakawa Takakage found that the morale of Guo Rong's troops was low, and they were far less willing to fight to the death than Gao Jingming's troops. He has always been one of Japan's few wise generals, so that night he went to Takahashi Tongzeng and said to him: "Takahashi-san, the Korean volunteers are fearless of their lives. It is not a good idea to compete with each other to attrition. Now the strength of the two armies is almost the same. How do you think our army should be deployed?"
Takahashi Tongzeng was a bachelor, and said directly: "His Royal Highness Kobayakawa must have a strategy to defeat the enemy, so please feel free to give me your instructions."
Kobayakawa Takakage couldn't help but smile, but still nodded and said: "Okay, Takahashi-kun, I will speak frankly. The North Korean troops are divided into two groups, but the North Korean army on the west side is overwhelming, but according to my detailed observation, But their military morale is not as good as that of Nanlu.
Therefore, if we want to break the siege of Jinshan, we must concentrate our military strength and conquer the west road first before turning to the south road. I want to ask you to defend the south gate tomorrow until I return for reinforcements, but I can only give you part of my troops, so this battle will be very dangerous. Takahashi-kun... can you do it? "
Takahashi Tongzeng raised his chin proudly and replied: "The way of a samurai is to be loyal and righteous. My brother and father-in-law have high hopes for me. I will never disgrace my family name. It is a great honor to follow you to fight in Korea. Please, Your Highness Kobayakawa Don’t worry and leave this important task in your hands. Your Highness, if the high bridge is not dead, the south gate will not be broken!”
Kobayakawa Takakage praised him loudly, so he adjusted his deployment the next day and concentrated all his efforts to break through his weak points first and then encircle the lone army. He also ordered the construction of Ziguangmen and concentrated most of the iron gunners in the direction of Guo Rong to seek a breakthrough.
Guo Rong led his troops to attack Jinshan again, but was hit head-on by the Japanese army's concentrated iron artillery. In a short period of time, they suffered heavy casualties. After two rounds of charges, Guo Rong's troops actually suffered nearly half casualties, which was extremely rare among North Korean officers and soldiers - because they usually collapsed long before they could reach this level.
But even so, Guo Rong also knew that his troops could no longer maintain their strength. Seeing that the situation was not good, he was frightened and fled with his troops before notifying Gao Jing's order.
Kobayakawa Takakage could see clearly from a high place, but he immediately ordered not to pursue, and the entire army turned around to counterattack Gao Jingming. At this time, Gao Jingming was fighting fiercely. When the rebels heard that Guo Rong had fled, their morale was immediately in chaos. Seeing the Japanese troops coming out in full force and attacking from both sides, it was difficult to resist them. They all advised Gao Jingming to withdraw south in time.
However, Gao Jingming was determined not to obey and said: The defeated general can only atone for his sins by dying in battle! So after a fierce battle, Gao Jingming and his second son Gao Conghou, generals Liu Penglao, An Ying and other core subordinates were all killed in the battle, and the remaining troops fled in all directions.
The Japanese troops who were attacking Lizhi and Xiongzhi heard that Jinshan was attacked, so they withdrew from the battlefield and quickly returned to rescue Jinshan. After reuniting with Takakage Kobayakawa, the Japanese troops rested and recuperated before marching again the next day. This time, the entire Kobayakawa Sixth Army was dispatched, hoping to conquer Jeolla Province in one go.
Kobayakawa Takakage ordered Takahashi Tongzen to lead a thousand troops to pretend to attack Lizhi, and he personally led the army to break through Xiongzhi. Takahashi Tongzeng took the order and led his troops to kill Li Zhi, but Quan Li ambushed him from all sides. Quan Lijun's army included some of Gao Jingming's former rebels. When they heard about Gao Jingming's tragic death, they were all filled with righteous indignation and murderous intent.
Under Quan Li's sudden siege, the Japanese army was caught off guard, outnumbered, and suffered heavy losses. Takahashi Tongzeng tried his best to save the situation, but in the end it was of no avail. He had to lead nearly a hundred people to break through the encirclement and return to Jinshan in embarrassment.
At this time, the main force led by Kobayakawa Takakage was fiercely attacking Xiongzhi. Xiongzhi was poorly defended and could not withstand the impact of Japanese iron artillery rounds. Seeing the Japanese army's menacing attack, defender Li Zhan concluded that Xiongzhi was difficult to defend, so he led the rebel army to retreat to Xiongshan to set up defenses.
Kobayakawa Takakage was in hot pursuit, and Li Zhan led the rebel army to fight with Kobayakawa Takakage's army by relying on the mountains. Kobayakawa Takakage was a wise general. At this moment, he saw that the North Korean rebels wanted to use the advantage of the terrain to consume the edge that was delaying his attack. In order to avoid the North Korea disrupting the formation, he ordered all the troops to gather, set fire to the mountain, and annihilate the enemy in a roundabout way. Li Zhan and many other volunteers died in the battle. .
In order to confuse the Japanese army and prevent them from entering Jeonju, Jeolla Province Inspector Li Min placed torch flags on the only roads they must pass through, and ordered more than a dozen teams of light cavalry to gallop through the mountains, pretending to be suspicious.
Kobayakawa Takakei's army had just fought hard and heard that North Korea's Gonli had defeated Takahashi Tongzeng and was now leading his army to pursue him. Therefore, seeing this suspicious soldier, he did not dare to act rashly. For the sake of safety, he ordered to return to Geumsan.
Later, in the name of admiring the heroic battles of the Korean volunteers in Geumsan and Xiongshan, Kobayakawa ordered the corpses of the Korean volunteers in Xiongshan to be collected and buried together. He also erected a wooden monument and wrote: "In memory of the loyalty of the Korean nation" with one line of Chinese characters. It can be seen that this person is indeed quite strategic.
At the same time, in Chungcheong Province, Gongju scholar Jo Heon and monk Yeong Gyu launched a massive uprising to fight against the enemy and defend the country.
In fact, North Korea has been vigorously promoting Confucianism since the founding of the country. It believes that Buddhism is a deceiver and has long been suppressed and ostracized. However, now that the country is facing a national crisis and the court has granted amnesty to the world, it has also changed its attitude towards Buddhism. People flocked to seek refuge. Temples in various places felt that they should contribute to the national crisis and protect the people. Some monks took the lead in recruiting monk soldiers.
For example, Master Xishan Xiujing recruited 1,500 monks and soldiers at Faxing Temple in Shun'an; his eldest disciple, monk Wei Zheng, recruited 700 monks and soldiers at Qianfeng Temple in Wucheng; his second disciple Chuying recruited 1,000 monks and soldiers at Jeolla Province; The third disciple Yeong Gyu recruited 700 monks and soldiers at Gongju Gap Temple and so on.
So far, the first batch of monk soldiers in North Korea has reached 8,000 people. Temples in various places have also heard the news and responded one after another. Therefore, Xiu Jing was conferred by the imperial court as the chief photographer of the Eight Paths and Sixteen Sects, commanding the monk soldiers across the country.
And Zhao Xian is not simple. As a master of Korean Confucianism, he was later known as the Eighteen Sages of the Eastern Kingdom in original history. Now he is naturally responsible for the national crisis. Hearing about the rise of monk soldiers, he became even more impatient, so he led his disciples to set up a high platform in Gongju to recruit volunteers.
Zhao Xian called on the people: "Our country is in trouble, beasts are invading, our mountains and rivers are destroyed, our land is plundered, our people are killed, our foundation is cut off, our officers and soldiers are weak, the royal family is relocated, and the world is in chaos. The people are displaced, and the country that has existed for hundreds of years is about to be destroyed." For nothing, the home that generations of father and son had run had been destroyed.
Fortunately, I heard that a red-coated general in Gyeongsang Province, Guo Zaiyou, raised the flag of righteousness and recruited volunteers. Later, Jin Miao, Jin Qianai, Gao Jingming and others swarmed up. Volunteers from all over the country frightened the Japanese pirates. What's more, monasteries in various places also recruited monks and soldiers, just to protect their homes and the country, and to fight against the national disaster.
Nowadays, Yi Sun-shin of Jeolla Province has defeated the Japanese navy army in succession. The crown prince is in great danger, traveling among the enemy formations to express his condolences and calling on troops from all over the country to join forces to fight against the enemy. We, the Confucian scholars, have read poetry and books, and studied the Tao of Buddhism diligently. At this time of national crisis, we should abide by propriety, justice, integrity, be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, and sacrifice our lives to protect the people of the world.
Everyone! Please follow my righteous flag, join my righteous army, expel the Japanese pirates, restore our mountains and rivers, sacrifice your life fearlessly, and leave your name in history, but be loyal and filial, and never regret it! "
Zhao Xian was impassioned and the crowd was excited. After the selection alone on that day, more than 1,100 volunteers were recruited.
Afterwards, Zhao Xian made an appointment with Yeong Gyu and sighed: "Cheongju is an important town in Qingdao, and there is a large amount of grain stored in it. Previously, when the Japanese pirates went north, they captured Cheongju and used it as a stronghold to guard it. Recently, it was heard that the Japanese army in Cheongju had mostly moved north. Tiao, there are only a few hundred Japanese troops left in Qingzhou City to defend Qingzhou alone, and they are alone. In this way, if we gather a large number of rebels and fight with many times the strength in bloody battles, we will definitely be able to recapture Qingzhou, and the world will be shocked!"
Yeonggyu replied: "The public statement is very true, but I think that although the Japanese army is small in number, they still rely on the power of firearms. Our army's armor is thin, and Qingzhou City is huge. If we rush to attack Qingzhou City without any plan, it may be disadvantageous for us." The army will only increase casualties. The young monk suggested that it might be more appropriate to unite the officers and soldiers and set up a strategy to lure the enemy into encirclement and annihilation."
Zhao Xian was a little displeased when he heard Ling Gui's proposal to unite the officers and soldiers. He frowned and said, "Master, you don't know. The officers and soldiers are incompetent and have no fighting spirit. Otherwise, the Japanese pirates would not be able to be so rampant. If we join forces with the officers and soldiers, we may not be able to fight." We can enjoy its power, but we are afraid of being burdened by it. If the master has mercy on the officers and soldiers, he can let them watch the battle aside. If our army wins, he can let them pursue the remaining bandits."
Ling Gui also knew that the officers and soldiers were performing poorly on all fronts. Since Zhao Xian had already reluctantly agreed to the officers and soldiers' participation, even if it was just to let them fight a smooth battle, it would be a rare honor, so he did not argue and just agreed to it. .
Zhao Xian's face softened slightly and he added: "Japanese pirates are from a large country and will not take it seriously when they see our rebel army. As long as we can lure some of the enemy out of the city and annihilate them, and no matter how powerful they are, the Japanese pirates will be frightened and panicked, and their morale will collapse. Even if Even with sharp weapons, it is difficult to be effective. If our army attacks Qingzhou at this time, it will be difficult for the enemy to resist."
Yeong Gyu thought it was reasonable and agreed again, so the Korean rebels and monk soldiers took action immediately.
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