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Although he had decided to "take Hanyang by force", Liu Chenglong immediately stated that he could not stay in the army and must return to Hanyang City as soon as possible.
Quan Li looked hesitant after hearing this, but now that he had decided to do such a big thing, his patience increased and he just stared into Liu Chenglong's eyes and waited for his explanation.
Liu Chenglong was also calm and said: "Brother Yanshen, don't think that I am doing this to evade responsibility. You and I are both from the south. Now that you are raising troops to capture Hanyang, I will be held accountable when I return to the city. Speaking of which, On the contrary, my return to the city this time is more dangerous."
As soon as he said these words, Quan Li also reacted. Yes, Liu Chenglong is the leader of the Southern People's Party, and I am the person in charge of the military in the Southern People's Party. Since I have made such a move, how can Liu Chenglong not be guilty?
Li Shanhai encouraged the king to send him here. He must have known that we were on the verge of taking action. In the final analysis, it was to confirm his guilt. So he really can't "dissuade" me at the moment, so isn't this guilt justifiable?
Even though Liu Chenglong is bound to be found guilty, he still insists on returning to Hanyang City. What does this mean? It means that either he will encounter greater danger if he does not return to the city than if he returns to the city, or there is some reason why he has to return to the city.
Quan Li also comes from a top-notch family in the second class, and he can still think about things from Liu Chenglong's perspective. Therefore, he quickly thought that Liu Chenglong's insistence on returning to the city was probably mostly due to the second factor.
The first factor may not be said to be absent. For example, if he is defeated outside the city, he will most likely be punished as a rebel. Although civil servants are not easily killed, it is not absolute. If he is regarded as the mastermind of the rebellion, , this is still going to die.
Or maybe he was simply unlucky and was struck by a stray bullet while commanding or watching a battle - no matter how low the chance was, it was still a possible reason to lose his life.
Relatively speaking, the second factor may be greater. As the son of a former leader who discusses politics, Quan Li can understand Liu Chenglong's thoughts. He cannot be classified as a traitor in any case, because North Korea is Little China, and he has done it himself. How can such a top Confucian disciple, who is in charge of political affairs, tolerate himself becoming a traitor!
It can be said that unless it is absolutely necessary, even if there is only the last chance left, you must seize it, and you must not be classified as a traitor.
Therefore, Quan Li realized that Liu Chenglong was going here to return his orders to the king in the most orthodox Confucian style, even if he admitted that he could not "dissuade" him and openly shouldered the corresponding guilt.
Similarly, Quan Li also realized that Liu Chenglong's move could actually be said to be a traitor and a traitor - I am so magnanimous and responsible, Your Majesty, you will not be devoid of kindness and forgiveness and insist on using me as a court staff. Kill him?
As long as he didn't die at the time, with Liu Chenglong's status and influence, it would be extremely difficult to kill him afterwards.
It is foreseeable that countless people will plead for him, including his political opponents. Why? Because people who can be his political opponents are also from the noble yangban. If Liu Chenglong is killed today for being such a "gentleman and magnanimous", then if he encounters a similar situation in the future, will he also be executed by the king?
This is a taboo, so even Li Shanhai or other people who also hope that Liu Chenglong will return to the west soon will not allow Liu Chenglong to die for this reason.
At this time, Liu Chenglong had already understood from Quan Li's eyes and expression that the latter had figured it out, so he stopped explaining this and just added: "Brother Yanshen, there is another reason why I asked to return to the city this time: no matter what, as long as If the people who imprison me are not the Ming army, then there will definitely be opportunities to contact the outside world. In this way, if there are any other changes in the city, maybe I can find some way to inform you, Brother Yanshen. This is better than Brother Yanshen being here. The eyes outside the city are darkened, and I don’t know what the situation is in the city.”
Quan Li smiled, nodded and said, "Seeing that my brother is thinking carefully, Li can't do anything better."
"I don't dare." Liu Chenglong then stood up and said: "Since Brother Yanshen has made a decision, the troops must be so quick and it can't be delayed. There must be many military affairs that need to be dealt with. So I will take the first step and wait quietly in Hanyang City. Good news.”
Quan Li also stood up, took Liu Chenglong's hands affectionately and said, "Okay, then I'll leave all the matters in the city to you, brother. We can talk happily after our big things are accomplished."
"sure."
"Walk slowly, walk slowly."
After Liu Chenglong left, Quan Li summoned his cronies and announced to them that the Ming army refused to open the door and that if the headquarters wanted to enter the city, the only way left was to attack by force.
Once the matter was announced, everyone was shocked. Although many of them had thought about what would happen if the Ming army refused, in fact, no matter who it was, they had no idea. In essence, they still believed that the Ming army would not intervene in North Korea. Housekeeping.
However, something bad happened now. The Ming army really refused, and Marshal Du was determined to attack by force.
what to do? Everyone was a little panicked. In their hearts, it could be said that no one wanted to go to war with the Ming army. Whether it was from the deterrent effect of the Ming army on them, or from the Korean tradition of emphasizing loyalty and social customs, it was different from the Ming army. It is difficult for them to take it for granted when the army goes to war.
For example, when the Japanese envoy brought a letter from Toyotomi Hideyoshi to the King of Korea, he proposed a plan to attack Guo on a false road, hoping to attack the Ming Dynasty through Korean territory, but North Korea flatly rejected it.
At that time, Li Huo wrote in a letter replying to Toyotomi Hideyoshi: "Your country (Japan) is also a friendly country. It is also the father of the Ming Dynasty. If your country is allowed to have a convenient road now, it means that you know that you have a friend, but you don't know that you have a king and father. In terms of people, Ominous, it is derived from virtue. It is shameful for ordinary people to do this, how can we live in a country with dignified etiquette!" [Note: From "The Great Chronicle of Korean Communications". ]
At this time, North Korea attached great importance to Zhu Zixue's "Theory of Great Righteousness". For North Korea, betraying the emperor and father of the Ming Dynasty was unimaginable, and this view obviously did not stop with Li Huan, nor did it stop with upper-level civil servants. It is bound to affect everyone from top to bottom.
Under the influence of this ideological trend, Marshal Quan Li now actually wants to go to war with the Ming army. Is this... really appropriate?
Fortunately, Quan Li has been in charge of this army for a long time, and the Southern People's Party has always opposed North Korea's loss of independence. This idea also affects these 30,000 people. Therefore, Quan Li talked hard and used all his words to finally convince his generals:
We are not against the Ming Dynasty, nor do we want to attack the Ming army. It’s just that the Ming army general named Zhang Wanbang in Hanyang City is a bastard. He refuses to let us go to see the king. How can this be done?
Therefore, we just want to give Zhang Wanbang some color now, and the responsibility afterwards will naturally be borne by me, Quan Li. I will go and ask to see Admiral Ma, and even ask to see Mr. Gao Ge, and fully explain the situation to them.
I believe that with the wisdom of Mr. Gaoge and the wisdom of Admiral Ma, they will be able to understand and appreciate what we are doing today... At least, they will not think that it is wrong for you to obey orders, right?
After explaining this truth, Quan Li once again emphasized the consequences if he did not appeal to the king. This was nothing to say, and it was exactly the same as the Ming army's excuses for quarreling with pay from time to time in the early years.
After some hard and soft tactics, Quan Li basically unified the thoughts of the entire army, reached a tacit agreement with the generals, and marched westward early tomorrow morning, approaching Hanyang. However, after arriving at Hanyang City, we still have to first try to "persuade" Zhang Wanbang to open the city gate and try to avoid fighting with the Ming army.
Early the next morning, 30,000 North Korean troops marched toward Hanyang with great vigor and vigor. However, as soon as they set off, they discovered that the Ming army was exploring horses. These scouting horses are quite interesting. They are actually wearing Mongolian clothes under the banner of the Ming army.
When the news reached the Chinese army, Quan Li remembered the identity of these people. They were not serious Ming troops, but Mongolian cavalry from the Outer Khalkha tribe sent by Prince Shunyi of the Ming army to assist in the battle.
Originally, the North Korean army planned to send people to drive away these Ming army cavalry, but when they heard that they were Mongolians, they immediately gave up the plan - just kidding, can they drive away the Mongolian cavalry? Their war horses and equestrian skills are far superior to that of the North Koreans. The few remaining cavalrymen of the North Korean army are just ashes in front of the Mongols, so don't embarrass yourself.
But in this way, the movements of the Korean army were completely open to the Ming army. The Ming army's Mongolian cavalry relayed the news back to Hanyang City. Although the road was not far in the first place, the Mongols actually sent four waves of people to inform them. Military intelligence can be described as conscientious.
Zhang Wanbang in Hanyang City is also very busy, but he is not busy deploying defenses because the deployment issue was settled yesterday. He was busy trying to appease Li Hao, Xiang Li Shanhai, and the important people from the Northern People's Party, as well as deal with the guys from the Western People's Party and the Southern People's Party who came to inquire about the news.
The North Korean court actually knew that Quan Li was coming as early as last night, and the news was naturally brought by Liu Chenglong. Liu Chenglong's attitude was very good, and he returned his orders to Li Huan in an almost apologetic manner. At the same time, he told Li Huan and the Korean ministers that Quan Li might attack the city overnight at the earliest, and "leave camp early tomorrow morning and march westward" at the latest.
His statement actually implies a conspiracy: If he said that he would attack the city overnight at the earliest, then Hanyang would have to stay vigilant all night long. Regardless of whether Zhang Wanbang would choose to take charge himself, he would at least sleep more alertly - which means that he would sleep more alertly. not good.
In fact, Liu Chenglong knew that Quan Li could not attack the city overnight. He and Quan Li didn't know the strength of the North Korean army yet! It would be good if the battle could be fought successfully during the day. I don’t know how many soldiers can see the road clearly at night. Why attack the city?
But Liu Chenglong also knew the importance of Hanyang. As the royal capital of Joseon and the place where the entire royal family gathered, its importance was unparalleled, and Zhang Wanbang would not dare to ignore it. Otherwise, if he loses control of the Korean royal family, especially King Li Huan, how can Zhang Wanbang explain to Ma Gui and Xiang Gao pragmatically?
However, what Liu Chenglong didn't expect was that he underestimated Zhang Wanbang, a Ming army general who was born in Xuanda general and joined the army with his father when he was twelve or thirteen years old.
Zhang Wanbang did not dare to ignore Hanyang's city defense. Even knowing that the North Korean army had almost no possibility of a night attack, he had to personally guard the North Gate city defense. However, Liu Chenglong, who has been a civil servant for most of his life, does not know that veteran generals like Zhang Wanbang often have an ability: even if they are on the battlefield, they can take time to take a nap.
That night, Zhang Wanbang slept in a wing at the foot of the north gate city wall, with three shifts of servants and guards guarding him. He had completely entered a "wartime state". He slept very alertly and was always paying attention to the movements around him, but he also slept very soundly and was full of energy after waking up.
After receiving the fourth report from the Mongolian sentries, Zhang Wanbang could actually see through the telescope the dust caused by Quan Li's army walking on the official road. He smiled contemptuously and said: "Fly the flag and tell the second bidder. The first battalion and the third company are prepared to use mines to set off fire, so I can blow up their rear group."
"Got the order!" The ordering soldiers under his command loudly accepted the order, turned around and ran towards the order flag on the other side of the tower.
"Shenrong, why did you bomb the rear team?" A close servant couldn't help but asked: "With the courage of the North Korean army, they might be frightened away by directly bombing their front team, but if they bomb the rear team If so, it will be difficult for them to escape!"
"Are you here to make up for this military merit for me?"
Zhang Wanbang glanced at the servant angrily, snorted twice in his nostrils, and finally said proudly: "Why did I send all the Mongols out? Of course it's because I want to defeat this bullshit army of 30,000 people head-on, but It’s hard not to leave some water for Mr. Hou’s protégé, so we let the Mongols take the lead. After we defeat Quan Li, we’ll let them harvest a few rounds of heads... Do you understand?”
"So that's it. Thank you, Senrong." The servant quickly praised him, but hesitantly said: "But if Senrong bombed the Korean rear team, their front team will also have to stop and be delayed for a while. Then When the time comes, should we attack them, or should we just wait for them to attack at the foot of the city?"
The main reason why Zhang Wanbang wanted to bomb the rear of the North Korean army was to make the North Korean army think that there was a threat from the rear and they needed to rush to the open space under the North Gate of Hanyang.
This open space can accommodate at least tens of thousands of troops. In the past, North Korea sent troops to the north, and the troops often gathered here before setting off from Hanyang. Similarly, if the army returned victoriously and the King of Korea wanted to welcome him in the suburbs, he would usually choose this open area.
Zhang Wanbang's plan is... except for the basic defense of the four-sided city gate, the Ming army will not defend the city. He wanted to send troops to line up under the city with his back to the moat, and directly face the enemy in this open area and defeat Quan Li!
In addition to the more than 1,800 Mongolian cavalry that Zhang Wanbang has sent out, he has only one ally, a total of 4,038 people. After excluding the nearly 600 people left at the four city gates, the actual number The number of troops leaving the city for the decisive battle was only about 3,400.
However, Zhang Wanbang planned to use this mere 3,400 men to defeat Quan Libu, the last elite main force in North Korea, head-on!
He wants to completely cut off the minds of the Korean people, so that they will never dare to question Ming's decision even slightly because of this battle!
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