"The imperial decree for the war against Japan: Li Shanhai and Li Dexin have not returned to the court for a long time, so they are ordered to return on their own. The frontline troops are temporarily controlled by the soldiers and horses of Gyeongsang Zuodao, Yuhou Quan Yingxin, and they are transferred to Yanyang to the west for reinforcements."
Gao pragmatically issued this order to the Korean courtiers and troops, but it did not go through the hands of the Korean court at all, but was issued directly in the name of Jinglu Xingyuan. It can be said that the Korean court was not taken seriously at all.
At the same time, the order itself is also very overbearing. In one sentence, the North Korean leaders and soldiers were relieved of their control over the Korean troops on the front line, and "order them to return on their own" - that is, go back to Hanyang yourself.
If you look more closely, you will find that the North Korean military commander Gao Pragmatic temporarily appointed was a soldier named Quan Yingxin.
The official position of Soldier, Horse and Yuhou is unique to North Korea and is not available in the Ming Dynasty. Here I want to briefly talk about North Korea's military system.
The Lee Dynasty of Korea implemented a system of civilian management of the army and separation of soldiers and generals. There were no fixed generals and no fixed soldiers. It was similar to a reserve army serving in turns, rather than a non-stop army. This is a general summary.
Specifically speaking of the Spanish (that is, military positions), the external official positions include military commander, military defense commander, naval commander, naval defense commander, navy central commander, (lower three provinces: Jeolla Province, Gyeongsang Province, Chungcheong-do) Three-provincial naval commander, three-provincial naval commander (both from the second rank); military and horse control envoy, navy military governor, patrolling camp central army, and town camp general (all from the third-rank hall) ;
The non-tang officials include the military and horse military commanders, the naval military and military governors, and the military and horse Yuhou (all from the third rank); the navy and navy Yuhou (fourth grade); the military and horse military commanders and military governors, the military and horsemen ten thousand households, and the water army. Military Tongzhi Envoy, Navy Ten Thousand Households (all from the fourth rank), Soldiers and Horses Judge (the sixth rank), Military and Horse Control Commander, Supervisor and Shepherd Officer (both from the sixth rank), Bijun, Quanguanbie General (from ninth grade).
Therefore, soldiers, horses, and soldiers are ranked third in rank, which is roughly equivalent to that of the Wei Commander Tongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, and is a little lower than the Guard Commander Tongzhi.
The Ming Dynasty currently has several generals and deputy generals in North Korea, and there are a lot of generals and guerrillas. It is difficult for even high-ranking military commanders to hold large-scale military meetings such as Tongzhi, the commander of the guard, to enter the big tent. Don't even think about large-scale high-level military discussions.
At the same time, the North Korean side has very few troops left that can be brought to the front line, so when it comes to war now, it is "the stars of the generals are shining". They randomly select a few people who can participate in military discussions, and they are often used as military commanders. , The military and horse defense envoy must be at least a general such as the military and horse control envoy, that is, the Tang Shangguan.
Who would have thought that Gao Pragmatic would let a mere soldier Yuhou take charge of the army this time? This is a bit too difficult to understand. However, there aren’t actually too many twists and turns here. Gao Pragmatism is simply to find someone with a low status to lead the army, so that he can actually exile the useless senior generals in North Korea and Spain - they definitely don’t want to obey a mere The soldiers and horses were waiting for command, so they had no choice but to return to Hanyang.
Of course, if we have to say whether Gao Pragmatic has other motives for doing this, it is more or less one, and that is to break tradition and establish authority. To be more specific, it is to break Korean tradition and establish personal authority.
When it comes to some traditions of North Korea, Gao Pragmatic was unhappy when he saw Koreans bragging about Yi Sun-shin, so he went to find some information about the Lee Dynasty and thought some of it was interesting.
For example, in the early days of the founding of North Korea, the military equipment was quite sufficient, with the largest army numbering nearly 150,000 (in the late 15th century). The military system is mainly based on the five-guard system. The army is divided into five guards: Yixing Guard (center guard), Yongxiang Guard (left guard), Hu Ben Guard (right guard), Zhongzuo Guard (avant-garde) and Zhongwu Guard (defender). In the central government, there are Bingcao and Wuweidu General Offices, which are in charge of military administration and military orders. In peacetime, the five guards take turns taking on the task of guarding the palace; in wartime, the five guards go to the front line to fight.
Does it look familiar? Of course it looks familiar. North Korea’s five-guard system is highly similar to the Ming Dynasty’s military system. It is a military system that combines soldiers and farmers. The personnel are farmers in peacetime and soldiers in wartime. The soldiers are self-sufficient in food, clothing, weapons and other materials. , so the country does not have the financial burden of raising troops.
After Emperor Taizong of Korea came to the throne, he not only achieved the separation of military and political power in central institutions through the abolition of the private military system and two central reforms, but also disintegrated the pattern of heroes "sitting together" to control state affairs.
Since it was a military system and its establishment date was almost the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, then by the time of the Imjin Japanese Rebellion, the country had been peaceful for a long time, armaments were slack, and "people don't know how to fight". Isn't it normal? Therefore, the five-guard system is basically complete at this point.
However, after the Imjin Japanese Rebellion broke out, North Korea discovered that the original regular army was all rubbish. Especially after North Korea's northern cavalry, which was equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's elite nine-border cavalry, lost 7,788, it was unable to begin to reorganize the army. More retro - hoping to restore the five-guard system.
This idea quickly went bankrupt, because the five-guard system required land for sergeants, but there was no land to be divided during the Korean War. During the truce, some idle land was quickly acquired by the "two squads of pillars" through various means. This kind of military Where can the garrison system be established?
If you can't do it, you can only find another way. This method is also based on the Ming Dynasty: imitating the servant system.
Why was Quan Li able to become the capital marshal and lead the "last elite" that the Joseon court had finally integrated? The reason is that Quan Li's family has a high status and strong family background, and they have built a relatively large team of servants. At the same time, they can call on other Spanish generals to put them and their servants under their command.
However, servants and servants also have different levels of skill. Faced with Zhang Wanbang's thunderous blow, Quan Li's troops were completely defeated, and Quan Li himself was finished. However, the retainer system has its own uniqueness, so in the end, except for the most determined generals who followed Quan Li, the rest of the generals were retained in their positions and continued to lead the headquarters, at the cost of being sent south to attack with the Ming army.
In addition to them, those generals who were designated as "rebellious" should naturally be beheaded or exiled, and their servants were taken advantage of by the North Korean court - or to put it bluntly, the Northern Party. He was commanded by a general from the Northern People's Party.
Obviously, this general who was born in the Northern People's Party was exactly the Gyeongsang Zudo soldier Yuhou Quan Yingxin who was used by the Overlord this time. To be honest, Quan Yingxin's good luck was also due to the fact that there were few generals under the command of the Northern People's Party.
After Liu Chenglong and Quan Li's plan failed, the Northern People's Party picked up a "ownerless" army of about 6,000 people. However, looking at the Spanish generals under his command, it was surprising that only Quan Yingxin could barely command so many. People - in fact, they are very reluctant, and they have to follow the troop arrangement before the Imjin Japanese Rebellion. He is only a mere soldier of Gyeongsang Zudo, Yuhou, who is qualified to command an army of 6,000.
Next, Kwon Ying-shim did not have any particularly noteworthy performance on the battlefield, but Ma Gui mentioned in the first battle report of the previous attack on Ulsan that Kwon Ying-shim fought relatively bravely and was killed at that time. More than two hundred people did not collapse.
Well, "the loss of more than 200 people has not yet collapsed" may seem a bit ridiculous, but it is actually not easy for the North Korean army. Ma Gui did not mean to be sarcastic, because judging from the past battlefield performance of the North Korean army, Often losing dozens of people would lead to collapse, so Quan Yingxin was considered to be "good at running the army" in the North Korean army.
Gao Pragmatic did not just issue this order. In addition to adjustments to the Korean army, he also issued a series of orders to make adjustments to the Ming army.
The first is the Magui Division, which is the direction of Ulsan. Gao Pragmatic asked Ma Gui to assemble the army on the spot in Ulsan to prepare for another battle, but there was no need to rush to launch a new round of offensive for the time being, but to wait for the replenishment of logistics supplies and targeted arrangements in other directions.
Then there is the Jinhai front line, which is Liu Wei's headquarters. Liu Wei's troops had already advanced to the foot of Yangshan City during the previous Battle of Ulsan. This place is located between Gimhae and Ulsan. Apparently, like Ulsan, the Japanese fortress has already been repaired.
However, the original city of Liangshan was in the plain area at the foot of the mountain. Since the Japanese city was mainly concerned with defending against the Ming army's overwhelming artillery, it was built on the mountain to the east of the original city. This made Liu Wei's attack on the main city of Liangshan quite smooth, but then he also faced the same troubles as Ma Gui, that is, it was very difficult to capture the Japanese city.
According to Liu Wei's report to Gao Pangshi, he believed that although the Liangshan Japanese city was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it was relatively easier to fight than Hailongdun. If he was given tens of thousands of troops to attack in turns, and then suddenly sent elite troops If you score a sneak attack, you still have a good chance of success. The only problem is that Liu Wei believes that the Ming army will lose no less than 5,000 people if they fight like this.
Seeing such battle reports, Gao Pragmatic had to lament that in the original history, the Ming army was unable to make a move near Busan, and even suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Ulsan and the Second Battle of Ulsan. That’s really It cannot be entirely blamed on Yang Hao's incompetence.
Yang Hao was incompetent, but at this time the Japanese army's troop density was already very high. This southeastern corner had been carefully built by them for several years. In particular, the Japanese city made it difficult for the Ming army's artillery to function, which made the Ming army very uncomfortable. It's not surprising that he doesn't play well.
This is like if you asked the German army during World War I not to use artillery, then their performance would probably not be much better than that of the elite third town of Beiyang.
Normal people would find their daily life seriously inconvenient if an arm was suddenly injured. What's more, an army accustomed to attacking cities with artillery blasts suddenly couldn't use artillery?
Even so, it was difficult for Gao Jingshi to support the idea of losing 5,000 men and storming Liangshan. Especially at that time, the Ming army's plan was to attack Ulsan first, and then let Ma Gui and Liu Wei jointly attack Liangshan after Ulshan was finished. Therefore, Gao Jingshi asked Liu Wei to attack Liangshan. Don't worry.
But now Ulsan can't win for a while, especially since Kobayakawa Hideaki has brought an elite team to help, which makes Gao Pangshi have to change his mind.
He ordered Liu Wei to increase the intensity of his attack on Liangshan, but the prerequisite was that the momentum should be large and the losses should be small. After receiving the order, Liu Wei immediately understood Gao Pragmatic's intention: this was to force Hideaki Kobayakawa not to stay in Ulsan and to attract him to Liangshan. However, Liu Wei was not sure whether Gao Pangshi wanted to ambush Hideaki Kobayakawa between Ulsan and Yangshan.
In fact, Gao Pangshi did have this plan, and this was the order he issued to Li Rumei's department alone.
From the fact that Li Rumei's troops were doing nothing in the Battle of Dosan, it can be seen that Li Rumei's troops will hardly be useful in the subsequent battles of the Battle of Ulsan. After all, his troops are mainly cavalry, and it is indeed not his turn to attack the city.
Gao Jingshi did not intend to idle such a powerful cavalry force, so he came up with the idea of attracting Kobayakawa Hideaki's tribe out of the city and fighting him in a field battle of annihilation. If it can be done, this will even be a "breakdown" to a certain extent, which can achieve the effect of "breaking off one finger is worse than hurting ten fingers."
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