Li Rusong invited Liu Chenglong to take a seat. After Liu Chenglong got up, he did not take his seat immediately. Instead, he chanted loudly: "Raising troops to Jianggan at night to say that the three Koreas are not at peace. On the Ming Dynasty, we will hang a banner to celebrate the festival, and the ministers will drink wine at night to celebrate." . When spring comes, my murderous spirit is still strong, but now that the demonic atmosphere has gone, my bones are already cold. Talking and laughing, speaking out loud has no chance of winning. I often recall riding on the saddle in my dreams."
Li Rusong stared slightly, looking at Liu Chenglong but did not answer. In fact, what Liu Chenglong was reading was the poem on the fan given to him by Li Rusong.
Although Li Rusong didn't speak, Liu Chenglong didn't take it seriously and said to himself: "The admiral said in his poem that he is always ready for war in his dreams. You can see it below, but it seems that the admiral has still forgotten his original intention and only cared about the past few days. feast."
It turned out that he still urged the Ming army to continue marching. Li Rusong had a clear conscience about this. He explained: "I have not forgotten it, but I was just disturbed by the military rations. Now tens of thousands of soldiers from the Ming Dynasty have gone south to aid North Korea, which requires a lot of military rations, and recently the sea There are still ice floes, and the latest grain ship has not yet arrived. Although including the newly obtained military rations from Pyongyang, it is still enough to deal with it, but it may not be sufficient for the expedition to Hanyang.
By the way, I wonder how powerful the Japanese pirates in Hanyang are? If it cannot be won in one fell swoop, it will inevitably lead to a stalemate, and then the issue of military rations will become even more urgent. I heard that North Korea has no more food to collect. I wonder if you have any clever ideas to solve the problem? "
This question is mainly anti-customer. Because of North Korea's economic strength, Gao Pragmatic has already made a thorough investigation through Jinghua Trading Company and Sea Trade Alliance. As for how much food North Korea can collect at this stage and how much food it can provide to the Ming army, Gao Pragmatism is more concerned about it. Li Huo knew much better. As for these data, Gao Pragmatic also skipped the calculation process and gave Li Rusong the answer.
In other words, Li Rusong knew very well that North Korea normally did not have the ability to supply the Ming army with sufficient military rations. He also knew that when he asked this question, Liu Chenglong could only make decisions about him.
However, unexpectedly, as a staunch militant in North Korea, Liu Chenglong hesitated a little, but firmly promised that he would risk his life to complete the food preparations. It didn't matter whether Li Rusong believed it or not. Anyway, he just nodded and quickly stopped the banquet.
In fact, it was difficult for North Korea to collect enough grain for the Ming Dynasty army. Therefore, Liu Chenglong immediately rushed to the divided dynasty to discuss with Gwanghaejun and Zheng Zhuo and consider collecting grain reserves from various academies and relatives of the royal family.
Lord Gwanghae also believed that the academy and the clan were the ones who received the most favor from the imperial court, so this time of national crisis was also the time for the clan to repay the favor. In addition, Liu Chenglong also suggested that people across the country who are willing to contribute food should be given official certificates of appointment. In other words, people who have made meritorious services or contributed property should be given official certificates of appointment.
However, Lord Gwanghae believed that this was selling an official position to get a title and could not agree. Liu Chenglong had no choice but to persuade: "The official position obtained is only the lowest level and has no real power. Those who have contributed to the country must be compensated accordingly. This is to exchange name for real, and it is a last resort in times of crisis." also."
Guanghaijun thought about it again and again, and felt that Liu Chenglong's words were not unreasonable, but this matter might have future troubles, and he didn't want to be stigmatized. After thinking about it, he finally decided to report it first and leave this troublesome matter to the king.
After the King of Joseon Li Huo received the report, Jin Guiren felt that the clan members had done their best to support the royal family, and if he collected grain again, he might lose the support of the clan members, so he asked Li Huo how to reply. Later, he saw that Li Huo was ready to approve the request of dividing the dynasty. Then he asked the king what the reason was.
Li He said: "Let the prince collect grain from the clan members. Anyway, the clan members will definitely object. If their opposition succeeds, it means that the prince is not thoughtful and his prestige will inevitably decline; if their opposition is fruitless, they will definitely be alienated from the prince. I don't expect them to be either. The memorial was changed to be enshrined in the great dynasty.
In addition, since the three capitals are about to be recovered, I can also prepare for the return of the capitals, and then use the preparations for the return of the capitals and the appeal of the clan to abolish the division of the dynasties and unify the two dynasties. Then the few will be in charge of state affairs. "Jin Guiren was originally opposed to this matter, but after hearing this, he stopped saying anything.
Sure enough, the grain requisition aroused strong opposition from the clansmen. After Guanghaijun forced the clansmen to hand over the grain, the clansmen complained one after another. Li He took the opportunity to issue a royal order to the divided dynasties and decided to merge the two dynasties in Dingzhou.
Gwanghaejun was extremely dissatisfied with this: "Up to now, I have led the rebel army and the official army to fight the Japanese pirates on behalf of the king, and win over the people. What the king cannot do is accomplished by the divided dynasties led by me, the crown prince. Yes, the people's hearts are in the divided dynasty and not in the main dynasty, so how can they follow the king?"
Zheng Zhuo advised: "My lord, please calm down. Your Majesty and the divided dynasty just did what they should do. Your Majesty led the divided dynasty to overcome the national crisis, not to compete with the king for the hearts of the people. Are you afraid?" ? Are you afraid that the king will abolish your position as heir apparent after he abolishes the division of dynasties?"
Lord Guanghai was suddenly startled and quickly said that his excited words just now were nonsense. Zheng Zhuo looked at his nose and heart, as if he had never seen Lord Guanghai's nervousness, but he said: "The hearts of the people are already in my heart. Your Majesty, please stop being greedy. Please obey the king's orders... With time, opportunities will come. .”
Lord Guanghai had regained his composure at this time and smiled calmly: "I am neither the legitimate son nor the eldest son, and I have never been favored by the king. Therefore, it is even more difficult for me to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty. How could the opportunity come to me? Just don't mention it. "Guang Haijun had a smile on his face, but there was no need to express the frustration in his tone.
Afterwards, King Li Huo of Korea led the entire dynasty to Dingzhou to merge with the sub-dynasty, and at the same time Liu Chenglong was promoted to the three capital inspection envoys.
At the same time, the Ming army was actively preparing to regain Hanyang. On January 26, Li Rusong ordered Zha Dashou and Zu Chengxun to lead three thousand troops, and with North Korea's defense envoy Gao Yanbo as their guide, they began fire reconnaissance in the direction of Hanyang.
Coincidentally, the Japanese army also happened to make a similar move, sending more than 150 Monogamiban led by Kato Mitsutai and Maeno Nagayasu to the north to conduct reconnaissance. When the two armies encountered each other, they immediately went into battle.
With a force advantage of twenty times, what else can we think about? The Ming cavalry immediately and decisively launched a charge against the Japanese. These Liaodong cavalry armed with Wanli II lances fired at the Japanese iron cannons. Both sides suffered casualties, but the Ming army clearly had the upper hand. Moreover, this encounter was a coincidence. The distance between the armies was too close, and the Ming army's cavalry could easily rush into the Japanese army's formation.
Kato Mitsui quickly reorganized the formation and even launched a counterattack. Zu Chengxun from the other side of the Ming army sneered and led his troops to charge in first. In a melee, the Japanese army quickly suffered hundreds of casualties. Kato Mitsutai hurriedly fled back to Hanyang.
The Ming army also did not expect that Kato Mitsui's status was actually not low. Judging from the fact that he only led more than a hundred troops, they thought he was just a small leader, so they did not pursue him.
The troops ordered by Cha Da took a short rest and discussed with Zu Chengxun: "Since we can encounter Japanese pirates exploring horses by chance, it can be seen that Japanese pirates are also deploying defenses. They have already begun preparations. I think there should be a lot of Japanese pirates stationed in Hanyang."
Zu Chengxun said: "In my opinion, we should continue to investigate Hanyang to find out how many troops the Japanese pirates have stationed in Hanyang, so that we can go back and report to the commander-in-chief. Even if an enemy brigade attacks, with the strength of our cavalry, The elites should withdraw immediately, and the Japanese pirates will not be able to catch up." Zha Damou agreed, so the Ming army continued to advance towards Hanyang.
The Japanese army in Hanyang received a report from Kato Mitsuhide, and Kobayakawa Takakage immediately offered advice: "The Ming army Mono Jianban (Tanma) has arrived near Hanyang. Our army should seize the opportunity to quickly concentrate its forces and quickly annihilate this Ming army, and then attack the main road. If you set up an ambush, you will definitely win.
This advance Ming army is only three thousand. If I go out and gather twenty thousand troops, I will not only be able to annihilate them immediately. You can also set up an ambush later to severely damage the main force of the Ming army! "
Kuroda Kanbei agreed: "Ming general Li Rusong has not returned after seeing his things. He will definitely send troops to investigate again. If he fails to return after seeing him twice, he will definitely be anxious, which will be beneficial to our military plan."
In this regard, Kobayakawa Takakage added: "What His Highness Kuroda said is absolutely correct. If the Ming army does not dare to advance due to concerns, it will not be able to move out. Our army will be able to avoid the real situation and disrupt its deployment. In this way, the dominance will be exhausted." Take my hand; if the Ming army becomes angry, they will send out their elite troops in large numbers, and they will be ambushed by me, and the main force will be severely damaged. From now on, our army will be able to take full advantage.
Since the Ming army's great victory over our first division, it has been overwhelming wherever it goes. It is a time of arrogance and arrogance, and they must be dismissive of our army. If they see a few enemies who are late in returning, they are expected to lead the elite troops immediately. Attack, if that's the case, then it's exactly what I want! "
Ukita Hideya was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately arranged the arrangements as they said. So 20,000 Japanese troops poured out of Hanyang and set up an outpost in Hongjiyuan. General Zha Da of the Ming Dynasty was detected and saw a large number of Japanese troops leaving the city. Although he was surprised by the huge movement of the Japanese troops, he also believed that the Japanese troops were not strong enough and refused to retreat quickly, so he first retreated to Toshihyeon, north of Hanyang. Between them and Bi Ti Pavilion, fortifications were built with artillery and chariots, and they were fully prepared for war, fully demonstrating the spirit of the Liaodong Iron Army.
This time, the Japanese Army's Kobayakawa Takakage Division consisted of four formations. The first formation was led by Tachibana Muneshige and Takahashi Tongzou, with 3,000 men. The second formation was led by Kobayakawa Takakage himself with 8,000 men. The third formation was led by Kobayakawa Hidehiro, Motoyasu Motoyasu, and Tsukushi Hiromon. Leading 5,000 people, the four formations are 4,000 people from the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family.
On the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month, during the Chou period, the Tachibana family leader led Mono Miban to discover traces of the Ming army's troops at Toishi Xian, north of Wangjing, and immediately reported back to the troops. So the Tachibana tribe went first, and the other tribes marched towards Toishi Xian one after another.
After Tachibana Munesege led his army to arrive, due to heavy fog, the Tachibana army began to have breakfast and formed their troops, and launched an attack on the Ming army at Chenshi. ZHA was ordered to fire a salvo of artillery fire, using various old-fashioned firearms they carried to launch rockets and shotguns to block the front line, while new artillery bombarded them from a distance.
Since the range of the new artillery was far beyond that of the Japanese matchlocks, the Japanese army was hit by artillery fire before their positions were established, and the formation was scattered. Zu Chengxun took the opportunity to lead the cavalry from both wings and defeated the front of the Japanese army. Zha Damou ordered to stop the pursuit, continue to strengthen the defense, and sent someone to report to Li Rusong Pegasus.
Li Rusong became suspicious when he saw that Zha Dashou and Zu Chengxun had not returned yet. Although he did not think that the three thousand elite cavalry led by these two veteran generals would be directly annihilated, these three thousand elite cavalry were the direct line elite of the Li family army and should not be ignored.
Therefore, Li Rusong and his fifth brother Li Rumei immediately led a group of family generals and a thousand fine cavalry to set out to respond. They also ordered their general Yang Yuan to lead a thousand fine cavalry to follow up, and then ordered their second brother Li Rubai to lead the main force of Liaodong to follow up.
At this time, Zha Damou and Zu Chengxun were trying their best to defend themselves in Biti Pavilion. Since most of the troops turned their cavalry into infantry, their position was almost breached several times. Seeing that the ammunition was almost empty, more than three to four hundred soldiers were killed and many were injured.
Just as the two were discussing whether to give up the defense and resume cavalry status to break through and retreat, Li Rusong personally led a thousand fine cavalry and arrived at Sishi. He still used Li Rusong's typical tactics, directly attacking the center of the enemy's formation and killing them on the spot, which shook the Japanese front line.
But in fact, the center of the Japanese army at this time was not Kobayakawa Takakage's central army. The main force of the second formation led by Kobayakawa had not yet arrived. Only Kobayakawa Takakage and his banner arrived first.
Tachibana Munege rushed to greet him, and Kobayakawa Takakage heard that Li Rusong had arrived with only more than a thousand men. He did not care about the disadvantage of the Japanese army at this time, but was overjoyed: "There are only a thousand reinforcements and Li Rusong comes in person? Hahahaha! Li Rusong, the leader of the Ming army, is so rash. , God is really helping me. Killing Li Rusong is far better than killing a dozen Ming army generals, and even better than killing tens of thousands of soldiers. The Ming army will collapse quickly without its leader, and then it will be time to counterattack.
The Tachibana family's three thousand soldiers are enough to rival the other family's ten thousand. Tachibana Munege, you have the reputation of being unparalleled in the Western Kingdom, and your opponent is also an unparalleled general of the Ming Dynasty. Do you have the courage to take down Li Rusong's head! "
Tachibana Muneshige was happy to go, and Kobayakawa Takakage immediately supervised the battle personally and strictly ordered the entire army to encircle him. Tachibana Muneshige was in high spirits, and the entire army went out into battle. Everyone was ordered to kill the Ming army coach Li Rusong. Everyone in the Tachibana family suddenly accepted the order.
The Japanese army then began to encircle the Ming army. Tachibana Sogege ordered 500 troops to wedge frontally against the enemy before retreating, luring Li Rusong into the encirclement. Tachibana Munesege personally led the main force to attack the right wing of the Ming army. However, when Ten O'clock was preparing to withdraw, Ono Shigeki's team in charge was blocked by the Ming army's artillery. After a hard battle, he broke into the rendezvous and alternately attacked Li Rusong with Tachibana Munesege. department.
Ono Shigeyuki, a famous golden-helmeted general among Kobayakawa's subordinates, roared out on his horse and headed straight for Li Rusong. Li Rusong was killing the enemy and did not notice this person coming. Fortunately, he followed Li Yousheng and hurriedly protected Li Rusong. Li Yousheng led his horse to counterattack and fought with Ono Shigeyuki. Unexpectedly, before he could count, he was pulled off his horse with a scratching hook by the Japanese soldiers nearby. He was then cut into several pieces by the Japanese soldiers who came swarming forward.
Li Rusong's fifth brother, Li Rumei, was furious when he saw Li Yousheng died in battle. He drew his bow and arrow in the distance and killed Ono Nariyuki with one arrow. When the Japanese general Anton Changjiu saw Ono Nariyuki being killed, he was so angry that he urged his war horses to go on a rampage and killed many people in the Ming army. Li Rumei snorted coldly, pierced Yang again with a hundred steps, and accurately shot his throat with an arrow. Anton Changjiu fell off his horse and died.
Another fierce Japanese general, Ogawa Shige, fought with the guerrilla general Li Youyi. After seven or eight rounds of fighting, he was beheaded by Li Youyi. However, Li Youyi was accidentally pulled off his horse by a hook and was stabbed by more than a dozen spears. wear.
When Li Rusong saw that he had lost all his close men, his eyes were blood red and he was furious. He patted his horse and led the army to charge the enemy again. Japanese general Ono Ichiro came to stop him, but Li Rusong struck him and cut him in two with a knife.
The Japanese generals caught up with Li Rusong in a fierce battle at ten o'clock, taking advantage of the time when Li Rusong's old force was being used and the new force was not connected. Li Rusong was at a disadvantage when the battle started. He roared and used force to force his opponent back, but it was still hard to tell the winner. It was Li Rumei who was an expert in martial arts and had the courage to take action. While the two were fighting fiercely, she shot Shi Shilianjiu in the left chest with an arrow, causing Shi Shilianjiu to fall off his horse with a plop.
After the bloody battle, Li Rusong joined forces with Cha Damou and Zu Chengxun to prepare for a breakout. Seeing that the situation was not good, Kobayakawa Takakage once again ordered the front troops to fight to the end and continuously urged the follow-up troops to speed up their advance.
At this time, Zu Chengxun took the lead and fought several battles among the rebel army, killing the Japanese generals Kuno Shigesheng and Ikebian Yongsheng. Zha Dashou did not give in too much, killing three of the three in the rebel army. Go out and pick up the Japanese general Anton Xingzhen.
At this time, most of the Japanese armor was made of bamboo, which had a lower level of protection than the fine iron armor of the Ming army. The Japanese iron artillery in the melee was not easy to use. There were only a few in the first place. Now it is difficult to concentrate firepower. In addition, the battlefield area Due to the intolerance, it was difficult for most of the Japanese troops to spread out immediately and they could only advance in batches.
On the other hand, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were tall and powerful, with full impact. They were equipped with Wanli II-type lances and fine steel sabers. They were extremely powerful in medium and close combat. Therefore, the soldiers of the Ming army were able to outnumber the enemy and did not lose in the bloody battle. .
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