"I see!"
After a while, after reading the information, Chongzhen suddenly realized, and then frowned.
Jinyiwei did pass on the information that Jiannu was going to attack North Korea to the North Korean royal family, and the North Korean royal family did mobilize the army south of Seoul.
However, in less than three days of mobilization, Busan Castle in the southernmost part of North Korea was attacked by Fuso and fell quickly, and the surrounding Tongyeong Castle and Geoje Castle were quickly captured.
Several people in the cabinet also read the information and started discussing it.
"No wonder Huang Taiji acted like this. It turned out that he was teaming up with Fuso to attack North Korea. Fuso's joining was indeed something we didn't expect!"
"Why did Huang Taiji stretch his hand so long? He actually colluded with Fusang."
"This is not just once or twice. You still remember that the Japanese pirates attacked Shangyu County last year, and then a series of mysterious things happened in the Ming Dynasty. Then we learned about Jiannu's detour to attack Ji Town. This shows that Jiannu has already cooperated with Fusang There is collusion.”
"Is there something wrong with Huang Taiji's brain? Fusang has always had the idea of conquering North Korea. The invasion lasted for seven years from the 20th year of Wanli to the 26th year of Wanli. Isn't this just inviting the wolf into the house?"
"Back then, if the imperial court could drive Fusang out, so could the tens of thousands of cavalrymen united with the Mongolian tribes. As it is now, it is estimated that an agreement has been reached.
Fusang first helped Jiannu overcome the difficulties. After Jiannu conquered the Ming Dynasty, he ceded North Korea to Fusang to alleviate the shortage of resources and land in Fusang and achieve a win-win goal. "
"Hmph, I'm afraid he will push himself to death. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea, he had an artillery unit.
Now nearly forty years have passed, and even if Fusang's firearms cannot keep up with those of the Ming Dynasty, they are not something that Jiannu can compete with. "
"Jiannu wanted to use Fuso to hold back the southern Korean army, and Fuso wanted to take the opportunity to gain a foothold in North Korea so that he could later realize Toyotomi Hideyoshi's dream of a great Southeast Asian empire.
Humph, it can only be said that both parties have their own agendas, it just depends on who can plot against whom. "
Several people in the cabinet were discussing in low voices, and Chongzhen nodded secretly. Looking at Yuan Keli, who had been silent but frowning, he whispered: "What are Yuan Aiqing's thoughts?"
"His Majesty!"
Yuan Keli cupped his hands and pointed to Seoul on the map: "It would be fine if they each have their own agenda, but what I am worried about now is that after they capture North Korea, they will use Seoul as the boundary to rule separately.
There was a brief period of peace. After both sides controlled all their territory, the two parties attacked the Ming Dynasty together, first knocking down the territory, and finally dividing the territory.
According to records, during the invasion in the 20th year of Wanli, Toyotomi Hideyoshi mobilized nearly 160,000 people and 700 ships. Now nearly 40 years have passed, and Tokugawa has already unified Fuso, and mobilized 160,000 troops and 700 ships. There will be more ships.
If, as I suspected, Jiannu attacked Ningyuan on land, and Fusang Navy detoured from Juehua Island and even attacked the castle in the middle of the Guanning defense line, then Ningyuan would be in danger. "
"this……"
The expressions of Han Huang and others changed, their eyes flickered as they stared at the map, and Chongzhen's brows furrowed even more tightly.
The alliance between the two parties requires cavalry and cavalry, and firearms and firearms, and the Fuso soldiers are not weak in battle, as can be seen from the Japanese pirates.
If this is the case, it will be several times more difficult for the Ming Dynasty to eliminate the slaves.
"Yuan Aiqing, according to your guess, when will they attack the Ming Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty, according to common sense analysis, this will be divided into three stages. First, when will the two sides capture North Korea?
Second, the time required to fully control their respective territories, which includes the arrangements for the Korean royal family, the comfort of the people, the garrison of various cities, etc.;
Third, integrate and prepare military supplies, which involves the storage and transportation of grain on the Korean Peninsula.
In the 20th year of Wanli, Fuso attacked North Korea and reached Seoul from Busan in just 20 days. Judging from this, it is estimated that North Korea will completely fall in about a month.
The second and third stages can coexist. As long as the grain harvests in several major plains in North Korea are complete, they can not only survive the severe drought, but also prepare military supplies. This will not be completed until at least the end of September and the beginning of October.
The weather is cold in winter, so attacking a city is the most stupid thing. You can only wait until spring starts in March or April before attacking. During this period, you can build a bridge over the Yalu River, transport food from Seoul to Ningyuan, etc. to make preparations.
To sum up, I think there should be news in March and April.
However, if I were Huang Taiji, I would have waited. There are three reasons. First, we will not be able to fully attack Guangning, Liaoyang and other places for a while.
After they occupied North Korea, they had the logistical supplies to recuperate, recruit and train troops, conquer the Mongolian tribes, and make up for the losses in the Battle of Longjing Pass;
Second, it is reported that Jiannu is also researching firearms and is now cooperating with Fusang. If I were Huang Taiji, he would definitely try his best to obtain firearms technology from Fusang.
As long as firearms make great progress, the cavalry that cooperates with them will be more powerful.
From now on, it will be confidence for us, the Mongolian tribes, and Fusang.
Our firearms have reached a bottleneck, and it is difficult to make a big breakthrough in a short time. However, Jiannu has made a breakthrough. There will be quantitative and qualitative improvements in a short time, which will narrow the gap between us.
It will be more beneficial to them if we delay for a longer time, but it cannot be too long because we are also reorganizing internally.
Based on this speculation, it could be as early as March or April, as late as August or September, or even the year after next! "
Yuan Keli said this and stared at the map for a while: "Of course there are several changes. The first is whether Jiannu and Fusang will cooperate sincerely.
If Fusang is not satisfied and wants to take the opportunity to kill Jiannu, then Jiannu’s plan is wrong;
Second, will the Korean royal family be completely slaughtered or surrendered? As long as the Korean royal family is still there, the Korean people will have hope, and the country will not be considered subjugated.
Then Jiannu and Fusang cannot completely arrange the Korean people, so they must leave troops to guard us. In this way, the number of troops attacking us will be reduced. "
Han Huang and others all nodded. It must be said that Yuan Keli's analysis was extremely correct.
Chongzhen looked at the map and said in a deep voice: "I have a few ideas, please listen to see if they are feasible.
I can't take any action on the matter of reducing the vassal vassal to the outside world until all the vassal kings, county princes, and clan members have thoroughly investigated and settled down. You should be able to understand the reason for this. "
Everyone nodded and killed more than 200,000 members of the clan at once. If there was a riot, it would be a big deal.
There are also thorough inspections, verification of family property, land distribution, resettlement, etc., which all require a lot of manpower.
Before fighting against the outside world, one must first make peace with the inside. This is true at all times.
