Although Lin Jinglue said that Liu Chenglong would be given ten days to thoroughly clean up the Ping An Dao court traitors.
But only eight days later, Lin Jinglue suddenly ordered the three armies to start crossing the river!
The Eastern Expeditionary Army, which has been assembled and trained, has been organized into three corps by Lin Jinglue.
Among them, the First Corps has the largest number of troops, led by General Li Rusong, and is divided into three groups: center, left and right.
Yang Yuan, deputy general of the middle route, has nine columns under his command, with a total strength of 13,000 people.
The deputy general on the left, Li Rubai, had nine columns under his command, with a total strength of 11,000 men.
Zhang Shijue, deputy general on the right, has nine columns under his command, with a total strength of 13,000 men.
Including Li Rusong's 1,000 men from the Biao Battalion, the total strength of the First Corps reached 38,000.
Ma Gui, the commander of the Second Corps, had eleven columns under his command, with a total strength of 17,000 men.
Dong Yiyuan, the commander of the Third Corps, had eight columns under his command, with a total strength of 10,000 troops.
In addition to the three corps, the three Biao battalions directly under Lin Jinglue had 6,000 troops, including 1,000 horsemen in Dayun camp, 2,000 horsemen in Ye Bangrong camp, and 3,000 infantrymen in Wu Weizhong camp.
The three corps plus the general's standard battalion have a total of forty-six columns and six general's standard battalions, with a total of 71,000 people.
This troop strength was slightly larger than Lin Tailai's estimate, and far exceeded the strength of the Ming Dynasty's first large-scale invasion of the DPRK in history.
After all, in this time and space, the Ming Dynasty is no longer held back by the Battle of Ningxia, and it will definitely be more calm to deal with the deployment of troops.
Of course, for Lin Jinglue, as long as food and grass can be supplied, the more troops, the better. He is the same as Han Xin on this point.
According to Lin Jinglue's order, Li Rusong's First Corps and the Third Biao Battalion directly under Jinglue were the first echelon across the river, and their main task was to attack Pyongyang.
Ma Gui's Second Corps and Dong Yiyuan's Third Corps were crossing the river behind and had other tasks.
On the seventh day of October, the Great Tomorrow Army, commanded by Minister of Economic Affairs and Strategy Lin Tailai, began to cross the Yalu River in Jiulian City.
According to the plan, 13,000 troops and horses from nine columns in the middle of the First Corps were the first to cross the river.
The generals of these nine columns are Deputy Commander-in-Chief General Yang Yuan, Staff General Li Ning, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Cha Dashou, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Youyi, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Commander Sun Shoulian who guards Liaodong East Road, and Commander-in-Chief Baoding Jizhen Tiao
Wang Weizhen, the former deputy commander-in-chief of the army, Li Rumei, the garrison general of the Yizhou Guard, Yang Shaoxian, the former military commander of the Yi soldiers, and Ge Fengxia, the guerrilla general who commanded Baozhen Jianzun and mobilized troops.
A platform for generals has been set up by the river. The flag of the generals was fluttering in the cold wind. Lin Tailai was sitting in the middle of the platform.
"The headquarters invited the king of your country to see him off, why is there no one there?" Lin Tailai called over the North Korean envoy Li Dexin and asked dissatisfiedly.
Li Dexin said helplessly: "Master Jinglue has previously invited my king to move to Kuandian Fort. How can we see him off in Jiulian City?"
Lin Tailai patted his forehead and said, "I was so busy with military affairs that I forgot about this matter."
Li Dexin: "."
The generals who were preparing to cross the river lined up under the stage and saluted Lin Jinglue.
Lin Jinglue raised his head and looked towards the Yalu River. He saw only water and sky, and in the distance the mountains of North Korea were faintly visible.
Suddenly he raised his hand and pointed to the other side, and said loudly to the generals: "This is the place where you and others have made great contributions and become princes!"
To be honest, this kind of words have limited motivating effect on the generals of the Ming Dynasty. Because the grades of military attachés of the Ming Dynasty are generally too high, many generals are unable to be promoted.
For example, when you are standing in front of the general stage, there are piles of deputy generals or staff generals. How can there be so many general positions that can be promoted?
However, everyone's troops are about the same strength, mostly 1,000 to 2,000 men, and they are all treated as one column when Lin Tai comes here.
When all twenty-seven columns of the First Corps' three routes had crossed the river, Lin Jinglue also led the Biao Battalion to cross the river himself.
At this time, the sky was getting dark, and Lin Tae-rae, the savior of the peninsula, finally set foot on the land of North Korea and entered the territory of Pyongyang Province, one of the eight roads.
The two largest cities in this province are called Pyongyang and Anju. They took the first names of each and put them together to call Pyongyang Province.
The naming pattern of the Eighth Routes of Korea is roughly the same. Another example is Hamgyong Road, whose name comes from Hamhung and Kyungseong.
There is also Zhongqing Road, whose name comes from the local Zhongzhou and Qingzhou, and it is not because of "loyalty to the Qing Dynasty".
Li Rusong, the commander of the First Corps who had crossed the river before, greeted him at the riverside and said to Lin Jinglue: "I felt something in my heart and wrote a poem. I hope the army will be upright."
Immediately, General Li composed a poem: "I raised my troops and crossed the river at starry night to fight against the unrest in the three Koreas. Tomorrow's Lord's Day will be held to announce the winter, and my murderous heart is still strong, but my bones are already cold after the demonic atmosphere is gone."
Lin Jinglue snorted coldly: "The war is about to begin, but you are still in the mood to write poetry! How can you succeed if you are so lazy?"
General Li, who was being reprimanded for being arty, was stunned for a moment. Suddenly he had an idea and whispered: "Are you anxious?"
"Get out!" Lin Jinglue scolded.
I'm really not anxious, just a little bit uneasy. After all, the responsibility is a bit big this time. Facing enemies like Japanese pirates, if you make any mistakes, you will be ashamed of the conscience of the time traveler.
There were fierce battles in Ningxia, northwest China, the year before last and the year before last. As long as we follow the historical trajectory and speed up the progress, we can perfectly solve the problem.
So watching Lin Tailai's seven battles with seven victories has always been reckless, but in fact there is not much risk.
But in this expedition to the peninsula, Lin Tailai had some "original" plans that were completely different from the original history, so there were indeed certain unpredictable risks.
Lin Jinglue stayed at Yishun Hall in Yizhou that night, and continued marching south the next day.
Along the way, Lin Jinglue couldn't hold back his curiosity. He rode his horse into a village house on the roadside and took a look at it. Then he came out with a disappointed look on his face.
The guardians on the left and right who were guarding the side asked in confusion: "What's wrong with sitting in the pavilion?"
I only heard Lin Tai talking to himself: "Are women's tops so long now? Nothing is exposed."
The Zhang brothers were baffled, but they were used to the strange talk and weird opinions that would burst out from time to time while sitting in the restaurant, so they pretended not to hear it.
The army continued walking southwest along the coastal plain, and suddenly saw a somewhat horrifying scene again.
From time to time, there are wooden frames on both sides of the road, with dead people tied and disemboweled on them, and even crows hovering on them.
Zhang Wu, the right protector, said angrily: "Could this be done by Japanese pirates? It is really inhumane!"
Lin Jing was slightly embarrassed and replied: "In order to cover up the news about the army, I ordered the North Korean aide Liu Chenglong to clean up the Japanese pirates on Ping'an Road and act as the eyes and ears of the Japanese."
But I didn't expect him to be so bloody. Of course, it may be to scare the people not to commit adultery."
Zhang Wu: "."
Counting along the way, there are at least hundreds of wooden frames so far. We are still hundreds of miles away from Pyongyang, and I don’t know how many more are to come, let alone how many were killed in vain.
Lin Jing slightly sighed: "This is a real war, a life-and-death war between countries."
When the army arrived at Anzhou, the second city of Ping'an Road, Liu Chenglong was waiting here and reported to Lin Jinglue:
"The traitor leader Jin Shunliang, who is active in the northern part of Ping'an Road, has been captured and hundreds of people have been implicated. All of them have been dealt with quickly!
Ensure that the Japanese soldiers will not detect the heavenly soldiers before they approach Pyongyang, as well as the safety of the food and grass transportation behind them!"
Lin Tailai: "."
If he remembered correctly, Jin Shunliang's gang of traitors was actually only about forty people.
But since it was not easy to discourage others from working, Lin Jinglue gave some encouragement against his will.
Liu Chenglong took the opportunity to say again: "I have a small request, and I hope that Mr. Jinglue will grant it."
Lin Tailai said casually: "You say it first."
Liu Chenglong pointed to the two people behind him and said: "These are our generals Li Ai and Jin Yingrui. They hope to regain Pyongyang together with the heavenly soldiers."
Lin Jinglue suddenly realized that he just wanted to take advantage of the military merit, but it didn't matter, since he had to give some bones to raise a dog anyway.
"How many soldiers and horses do they have?" Lin Tailai asked, thinking about how to organize them.
Liu Chenglong whispered: "Three hundred, only soldiers and no horses."
Lin Tailai: "."
I have tens of thousands of troops and you only have 300 infantry. How can you have the nerve to claim that you will "jointly" regain Pyongyang?
Forget it, I'm overthinking it, just throw it in any unimportant direction and use it as a mascot.
The troops were very fast. After resting for a night in Anzhou, the army continued to set off.
The First Corps and the Jinglue 3rd Battalion totaled 44,000 people. Five days after crossing the Yalu River, they arrived at Suchuan, which is located directly north of Pyongyang. It is only a hundred miles away from Pyongyang.
After camping for the night, Lin Tailai summoned Li Rusong, Yang Yuan, Li Rubai, Zhang Shijue and other generals above the rank of branch deputy general for a meeting.
When the generals entered the general tent, they saw Lin Junmen standing with his hands behind his back, meditating on the hung map.
After hearing the footsteps, Lin Tailai slowly turned around and said to everyone: "Sit down."
Then he spoke again: "This place is only a hundred miles away from Pyongyang City, so the army will definitely be unable to conceal its whereabouts any longer.
To be continued...