In the end, Lin Jinglue did not let Shen Weijing die. He had no subjective good or bad impression of this person.
I just thought that talents like this who dare to look bad in the diplomatic field are still relatively scarce in Ming Dynasty, so they are reserved for the time being.
On October 14, Lin Jinglue ordered the Third Directly Affiliated Biao Battalion and the First Corps to continue resting in Shun'an for one day.
The main purpose was to allow the officers and soldiers to recover their strength after the long journey and to make final preparations for the attack on Pyongyang City.
At the same time, General Li Rusong was specially assigned to come forward to entertain the people sent by Konishi Gyōchō, the leader of the Japanese soldiers in Pyongyang City.
Speaking of which, Konishi Governor is quite interesting. He is an unusual person among Japanese generals. He is not good at martial arts, but started his career in business.
His fighting will is far inferior to that of other Japanese generals, and he is also the Japanese general who is most looking forward to negotiating peace, otherwise he would not be deceived so easily.
Compared with Kato Kiyomasa, another Japanese forward who invaded Hamgyeong Province on the east coast, they are two completely opposite extremes in almost every aspect.
Governor Konishi is a Catholic, and Kiyomasa Kato is a Buddhist; Governor Konishi has good military discipline, but Kiyomasa Kato has bad military discipline; Governor Konishi always wants to be harmonious and make money, but Kiyomasa Kato is extremely vicious; Governor Konishi is a businessman, and Kiyomasa Kato is famous. "The Seven Spears of Shiyue".
Therefore, the conflict between Yukinagako Konishi and Kato Kiyomasa was also very deep. Historically, it lasted until eight years later, when Yukinagako Konishi stood in the wrong team and was killed.
While Li Rusong and Shen Weijing were feasting and drinking with Governor Konishi's envoy, and deceived them by saying, "Heaven has promised peace and the envoy is coming," Lin Jinglue, who was stationed at the Anding Pavilion, also welcomed guests.
Liu Chenglong, who is also the main partner of North Korea, the right political advisor and the three-way physical inspection envoy, and the governor-general of military affairs, came with his people. For some reason, Liu Chenglong suddenly felt like a pimp.
The person who followed Liu Chenglong to pay his respects this time seemed to be a monk. The aloof Lin Jinglue did not take the initiative to ask, and just stared at Liu Chenglong without saying a word.
If you, Liu Chenglong, don’t have the skills to bring any cats or dogs to you, then you should consider finding someone to cooperate with.
Liu Chenglong understood Lin Jinglue's thoughts very well and said bravely: "This is Master Songyun, whose name is Wei Zheng. He used to practice in Mount Kumgang. After the Japanese Rebellion, he recruited 700 monk soldiers and was willing to contribute to the recovery of Pyongyang."
Lin Tailai was a little speechless. He is another one who wants to take advantage of military glory. Are you too embarrassed by Liu Chenglong? Also, why are a group of monks coming to join in the fun?
However, thinking of the location of Mount Kumgang, Lin Tailai temporarily suppressed his thoughts of blowing people away and asked:
"I heard that Mount Kumgang is near the east coast. Why did Monk Wei Zheng appear here?"
Liu Chenglong said: “Master Wei Zheng’s master is Master Xishan, who is practicing in the local Faxing Temple in Shun’an.
After the Japanese Rebellion, Master Xiujing was appointed as the Chief Photographer of the Eight Paths Monks and Soldiers. Master Wei Zheng went to Shun'an to join his master.
And because Master Xiujing is old, I would like to recommend Master Wei Zheng to replace him as the Chief Photographer of the Eight Paths Monks and Soldiers."
Only then did Lin Jinglue understand why this monk Wei Zheng was eager for military glory. It turned out that he wanted to be the "chief photographer of the eight monks and soldiers".
It was a coincidence that the army rested in Shun'an, which is only more than 40 miles away from Pyongyang, and these monks were also active in Shun'an.
Hearing this, Lin Tailai suddenly said to Liu Chenglong: "You stay away first, and I will have a few words with Monk Wei Zheng alone."
Liu Chenglong was inexplicably surprised. What could he tell Master Wei Zheng about that he couldn't hear?
"Master Wei Zheng doesn't speak the Chinese language." Liu Chenglong expressed his opinion cautiously.
Lin Tailai pointed at Cui Wukui and said: "Cui Xingren can speak your country's language, just let him translate!"
Liu Chenglong reluctantly walked out, while Monk Wei Zheng was confused.
I don’t know what Tianshuai from Ming Dynasty sees in me, so he pays so much attention to talking alone.
Lin Tailai pointed to the map of northern Korea on the desk and asked Wei Zheng: "Since you fled here from the east coast, you must have some knowledge of mountain roads?"
As we all know, most of North Korea is composed of plateaus or mountains, with only a few plains or flat lands near the coast.
Between the east and west coasts, separated by high mountains, transportation is extremely inconvenient and there are very few accessible roads.
Therefore, in Korea, it was easy to move from north to south along the coastline. The two Japanese pirate pioneers Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa advanced from south to north along the east and west coasts respectively.
But it is extremely difficult to cross from east to west. People who are not particularly familiar with it will not even be able to find the road among the high mountains.
Monk Wei Zheng was also a smart man and immediately asked: "Tian Shuai wants to go to the east coast from now on?"
Lin Tailai clicked twice on the map, "I heard that there is a road accessible from Shun'an here to Yongxing on the east coast. There is no need to go hundreds of miles south."
Due to the popularity of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, later generation Lin Tailai also studied the map of the peninsula.
In his impression, there seemed to be a railway between Shun'an and Yongxing in later generations. It should be the only railway in Korea that crossed the 200-kilometer mountain range and connected the east and west.
Based on this speculation, since the railway construction on this line is given priority, it means that the original traffic foundation of this line is good, and it is likely that there was a road in ancient times.
Therefore, before crossing the river this time, Lin Tailai had ordered to find insiders in North Korea to inquire about the road issue.
Now it is basically certain that the route from Shun'an to Yongxing should be open, a distance of four to five hundred miles.
If a large army passes through this road and quickly penetrates Yongxing on the east coast, it can completely intercept Kato Kiyomasa's 2nd Corps on Hamgyong Road and prevent it from retreating south.
It’s just that I haven’t actually walked this road, so I lack confidence. So today, Lin Jinglue heard that Monk Wei Zheng had escaped from the east coast, so he couldn’t help but ask about it alone.
Through Cui Wukui's translation, Monk Wei Zheng replied: "There is indeed a road between the two places, passing through several valleys at the intersection of the mountains and bypassing two peaks. When I fled to Shun'an, I followed this road.
Came here on the way."
"Okay!" Lin Tailai suddenly became enthusiastic, "Master, there is no need to go to Pyongyang to fight for your life, there are greater achievements waiting for you!"
In the blink of an eye, in Lin Jinglue's words, Monk Wei Zheng decisively became a master.
No matter what the Dharma is, as long as you can lead the way, you are a master!
In Lin Tailai's vision, after Li Rusong's regiment conquered Pyongyang as quickly as possible, it could continue to move south as in the original history, attracting and containing the vast majority of Japanese troops.
A total of 33,000 troops of the Sanbiao Battalion, Magui's Second Corps, and Dong Yiyuan's Third Corps, directly under the management of the strategy, set off from Shun'an and crossed the mountains in central Korea to intercept Kato Kiyomasa's Corps on the east coast.
If possible, strive to annihilate them all and effectively kill the effective strength of the Japanese army.
On that day, Lin Jinglue took advantage of his busy schedule to host a banquet in honor of Master Wei Zheng and his master Xiu Jing, which was considered a great honor.
Not only was Master Wei Zheng able to lead the way, he was also known as "Tian Shuai", a title that Lin Jinglue found very pleasing.
On October 15, the Jing Luebiao Battalion and Li Rusong's Corps dispatched from Shun'an and set up camp only ten miles away from Pyongyang.
That night, Li Rusong came to plead with Lin Jinglue again, re-dividing the scope of the war supervision and giving him the entire main attack direction of Xicheng to supervise the war.
The reason is that most of the officers and soldiers in the west city direction are from Jizhen, Liaodong. If he supervises the battle, the effect will be better.
Moreover, the battle situation in the West City is definitely more intense and dangerous. The Minister of Economic Affairs and Strategy is involved in the overall situation and should stay away from dangerous areas, so he can only supervise the battle in the secondary direction of the South City.
Lin Tailai agreed because of their long-term friendship.
He felt that these Liaodong arrogant generals were worried that he, a "southerner", would not take care of them when they reported their merits.
Therefore, the Liaodong Army hoped to have Li Rusong, one of its own, supervise the battle, and made such a request before entering the battle.
After watching it again, Lin Tailai sneered secretly.
In the early morning of October 16, each column appeared outside the gates of Pyongyang City in accordance with previous deployment orders.
By this time, even though Governor Konishi was eager to "negotiate peace", he realized that something was wrong.
This unknown Ming army seems to be about to attack the city in earnest!
The Japanese soldiers who were already exhausted and longing to return in winter were driven up the city wall, and they barely gathered their fighting spirit and began to prepare for defense.
According to the prior agreement, Li Rusong supervised the operations in the main direction of attack in the west, while Lin Tailai supervised the operations in the secondary direction of the south.
The main force responsible for attacking Lumen in Nancheng was the Zhejiang Army Column led by General Luo Shangzhi, with a strength of 3,000 men.
Assisted by Wang Bidi's column of 1,500 people who came from the Qi family army, and Ye Bangrong's general Luebiao battalion of 2,000 people.
If Lin Jinglue supervises the battle here, there will be a thousand people from the Dayun camp.
Before setting off to attack the city, Lin Tailai had a heart-to-heart talk with Luo Shangzhi, the main attacker.
Although Luo Shangzhi was a general of the Southern Army and a native of Zhejiang, he was not actually from the Qi Jiajun system. This was different from Wu Weizhong, Ye Bangrong, Wang Bidi, Qi Jin and others.
"I heard that you are a powerful general in the Southern Army and are from Yuyao, Zhejiang Province?" Lin Jinglue asked kindly.
Luo Shangzhi replied slightly cautiously: "Yes."
Lin Jinglue sighed and said: "The one thing in the imperial court that can't get along with the headquarters is that there are the most people from Yuyao! Chen Younian, Sun Quan, Shao Bi, who are all minister-level ministers, are all from Yuyao!"
General Luo: "."
What does the Yuyao people you mentioned have to do with him! They have different paths in civil and military affairs, right?
Lin Jinglue comforted him and said: "Don't be nervous, you and I are both from the South. If you break the city, I will reward you with merit. If you get there first, I will give you a two-level promotion!"
After giving psychological counseling to the main attacker, General Luo, Lin Tailai inspected the officers and soldiers of each battalion again, and suddenly his eyes stopped moving at a certain area.
The soldiers in this area have completely different clothes and uniforms from the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they don't even have armor plates.
Cui Wukui, who was in charge of translating, explained: "These are North Korean troops who came to help, and their number has swelled to six or seven hundred!"
To be continued...