Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw it, so he asked him: "Lu Qing, is there something wrong with this tea?"
Upon hearing this, Lan Tianbao and other chamberlains who were waiting nearby were all startled.
The emperor has a problem drinking tea. You can imagine the seriousness of this matter!
Fortunately, after Lu Xiangsheng heard this question, he immediately responded: "Your Majesty, I am worried about the rainy day and it has nothing to do with the tea."
At this point, seeing Lan Tianbao and other chamberlains looking nervous, he added: "His Majesty's royal tea is naturally top-notch."
Hearing this, Lan Tianbao and others couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They were almost scared to death just now!
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't even think about the reaction brought about by these words. His attention had already shifted to the weather, so he asked Lu Xiangsheng, "Why is Lu Qing worried about this rainy day?"
He has said before that the Japanese army mainly used shotguns and matchlocks. Therefore, if it rains, basically no long gun will be useful. It will be very beneficial for the Ming army to destroy the Japanese country. After all, if nothing else, just in terms of height and weight, they are not on the same level.
Therefore, in Emperor Chongzhen's opinion, isn't it a good thing that it's raining?
"Your Majesty, I see that the rain is quite heavy, and there is no sign of stopping." When it came to business, even though Lu Xiangsheng was already the uncle of Liaodong, he no longer dared to sit in the seat given by the emperor to speak, but stood up and respectfully He respectfully said, "I have been in the Liaodong and North Korea area for several years. If I remember correctly, this kind of rain is continuous, which often causes the rivers in North Korea to swell and make the roads muddy and difficult to navigate. In this way, Come on, if the army wants to pursue the Japanese army, there will be no small difficulty."
To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen really never thought about this aspect. When I heard this, I immediately became serious.
This side of the Yalu River is still more than 300 miles away from Pyongyang. If it rains continuously and the road is difficult to walk, even if the cavalry enters North Korea to attack the Japanese army, I am afraid that the non-combat casualties will be much higher than the combat casualties.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen frowned.
Seeing that he was silent, Lu Xiangsheng was thinking about this problem seriously, and continued: "Even if it rains heavily now, if the cavalry goes out to fight, they may be able to catch up with the Japanese army, but if it keeps raining, the cavalry will win." What will happen to the supplies after that? There will definitely not be too much food and grass carried with the army. Even if we can hold on until the war is won, how will we return to Liaodong? These things, not to mention the danger of the road being blocked by swollen rivers!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said to him seriously: "What Lu Qing is worried about is that this point must be considered!"
During the Little Ice Age, there were always floods in the south and drought in the north. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen led troops to fight in the north and did not experience continuous heavy rains affecting the war. The climate in North Korea may be affected by the oceans on both sides of the Korean Peninsula. Flooding may occur during this rainy season.
Originally, Zheng Zhilong had captured a lot of food from the Japanese army. With these food supplies, there was no need to worry about food for the soldiers going on the expedition. However, from the eavesdropping system, Emperor Chongzhen knew that in addition to sending people back to report the news, Zheng Zhilong still followed his original intention and continued to Jeju Island with the captured grain. As a result, we can no longer count on food from Zheng Zhilong.
"It's really inconvenient to have no phone!" Emperor Chongzhen thought of this and couldn't help but muttered in his heart.
Continuous rain will also have an impact on homing pigeons. The most important thing is that carrier pigeons carry messages, which is based on the fact that carrier pigeons can fly back to their nests no matter how far they are taken. If Zheng Zhilong was in Pi Island, he could still communicate through carrier pigeons, as long as Emperor Chongzhen had carrier pigeons raised on Pi Island. However, Zheng Zhilong was at sea, heading to Jeju Island, and it was impossible for a carrier pigeon to really recognize Zheng Zhilong and fly to him.
After weighing it in his mind, Emperor Chongzhen asked Lu Xiangsheng: "How should the next war between Lu and Qing be better?"
"Your Majesty, I think we can wait a few days to see if the rain is likely to stop!" Lu Xiangsheng obviously had a suspicion, and immediately responded, "If it stops, it means that I am overly worried. You can send the cavalry to pursue. If the rain doesn’t stop, it’s better to wait until the rain in Korea has passed before launching an offensive!"
Emperor Chongzhen had told him about the situation on the Japanese side, so he had some understanding. If the emperor was not here, and he led the Dongjiang Army to guard this place, he might have led the army in pursuit. But at this time, based on Emperor Chongzhen's personality preferences, he finally gave a prudent suggestion.
After listening to this, Emperor Chongzhen thought carefully for a while, and finally nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. Naturally, I put the soldiers first. As for my enemies, if they can escape, the monks cannot escape the temple. I will deal with them sooner or later." of."
Zheng Zhilong's move has been made. Even if they don't pursue him here, the Japanese army in North Korea will not be able to get through easily. Emperor Chongzhen thought so, and sneered in his heart: So what if these Japanese soldiers eventually ran back to the Japanese country? As long as I want him to die, even running to the American continent will be useless!
So, in the next few days, although some generals came to ask for a battle, because as the emperor said, it had already rained. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not agree.
At this time, he only cared about two things. One was whether God would do what he wanted, and the other was what was going on with the Japanese troops in Pyongyang.
As a result, three days later, the rain still showed no signs of stopping. The rivers swelled, and even the rainy night in North Korea reported that some roads had been washed away by floods. In addition, the Japanese troops in Pyongyang could not wait for the rain to stop, because they could not keep food and grass, so they were forced to retreat southward in the rain, getting further and further away from the Yalu River.
Combined with these two reasons, Emperor Chongzhen decided not to wait any longer, explained the situation, and left Lu Xiangsheng to lead 10,000 troops to guard the Yalu River area to prevent possible Japanese troops from suddenly moving northward, which would affect Hong Chengchou's restoration of Liaodong.
Then, he led the rest of the army back to Beijing.
At this point, the Ming Dynasty's series of wars to regain Liaodong finally came to an end.
Beginning in the 11th year of Wanli, the Jianlu Rebellion in Liaodong lasted for 62 years and was finally suppressed by the Ming Dynasty.
When Emperor Chongzhen led his troops back to the capital, the Japanese troops were also withdrawing southward.
However, it was the rainy season on the Korean Peninsula, and the Japanese army's retreat to the south was naturally greatly affected by heavy rains. Not only were the roads muddy along the way, they were often blocked by floods. If the army had enough food and grass, maybe Matsudaira Nobutsuna would choose a place to camp and wait for the rainy season to pass.
However, the Japanese army is short of food and grass. If they stay in one place and don't leave, the rain will fall for who knows how long, and they will starve to death without eating!
Therefore, the Japanese army retreated south. It was really Tang Monk who learned the scriptures and had to go through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties.
Some died of illness, some were washed away by floods, some were left behind, and there were various situations. The 100,000 Japanese troops at the beginning had less than 60,000 by the time they returned to Seoul after all the hard work.
Faced with such a result, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was on the verge of tears.
In Seoul, there is still a shortage of food and grass. Moreover, after the Japanese army came to Korea, they did not fight a single battle, at least the army did not fight a single battle. They just conducted a long-distance training march, and as a result, they lost almost half of their troops. The blow to the morale of the Japanese army can be said to be very serious.
The Japanese army in this state could no longer fight. Matsudaira Nobutsuna's ability to keep the army in chaos and maintain its structure has already lived up to his reputation as "Smart Izu".
Seeing the situation in the army, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was afraid that the Ming army on the Yalu River would chase after him, and he did not even dare to stay in Seoul. After a short rest, he began to continue to withdraw southward. At the same time, he sent people to report to Japan and report the situation to the Japanese army. Tokugawa Iemitsu, obtained Tokugawa Iemitsu's permission to withdraw troops from Korea.
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For Zheng Zhilong, the rainy season also affects him. Although we are sailing by the sea, sometimes the waves are too big and we have to stay on the shore. Just like that, stopping and going, it took longer than expected to reach Jeju Island.
Or maybe he was tired because it was raining, so Zheng Zhilong finally arrived at Jeju Island on a sunny day.
On rare sunny days, the Korean people on Jeju Island are now Ming Dynasty people, and many of them are ready to go fishing. There are even more people at the beach. If you stay in the house any longer, it will become moldy. No one wants to stay in the house, even if you have money, you won't want to stay in the house.
The appearance of the navy led by Zheng Zhilong immediately detonated the entire Jeju Island. At least at the port where he landed, it was really deserted. Almost all the Ming people nearby dropped what they were doing and rushed to the port to watch the excitement.
Lin Qingye also came after hearing the news. Looking at the Ming Navy which was very close to the sea, it was so vast that one could hardly see the condition of many ships. He knew that what the Ming Emperor told him should be... here we go.
And this means that the Ming Dynasty should have solved the Liaodong Jianlu.
Thinking that the extremely powerful Jianlu might be eliminated by the Ming Dynasty, Lin Qingye couldn't wait to see the naval commander to ask about the situation.
To be honest, his biggest wish in this life, besides becoming a member of the Ming Dynasty, is to watch Jianlu perish!
However, he was a Korean after all, and he had a lot of dealings with Japanese people. While waiting anxiously, Lin Qingye suddenly discovered that there seemed to be several Japanese ships among the Ming army. Others may not be able to tell, but he can tell the difference between Ming warships and Japanese ships.
As a result, another doubt arises: What is going on?
It was impossible for him to guess the truth, so he could only wait to ask.
Seeing the grand scene on the shore, Zheng Zhilong's flagship, escorted by two warships, was the first to dock.
Lin Qingye had dealt with Zheng Zhilong and recognized his flagship, so he gave up his eagerness to grab a random Ming army soldier to ask about the situation, immediately tidied up his appearance, and then led his officials to hurriedly greet Zheng Zhilong on the flagship. .
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