When Kato Kiyomasa's body was tied to a high wooden frame and displayed in front of the Japanese soldiers guarding the city, the morale of the Japanese soldiers collapsed.
Originally trapped in an isolated city, there was no hope, and the general who relied on him as his spiritual support suddenly died and his body was hanging. The despair and helplessness quickly spread.
Although Kato Kiyomasa has always trained his soldiers as beasts, beasts can also have fear and even react more strongly.
According to the logic of wild beasts, when desperate, they will often massacre the weaker ones.
But at this time, there were no civilians in Jizhou City. In addition to the 10,000 Japanese soldiers, there were only 2,000 traitor "puppet troops" left, as well as several family members, as well as the two captured Korean princes and relevant accompanying officials.
At the beginning, Kato Kiyomasa allowed these two thousand "puppet troops" because he did not have enough troops.
The general of the "puppet army" was Han Keqian, the former military envoy to the North of Hamgyong Province. After being defeated and captured, he surrendered to Kato Kiyomasa. Together with Ju Jingren, he was one of the two great political traitors in Hamgyong Province, both civil and military.
With their morale completely collapsed, some of the Japanese soldiers who had lost their minds raised their butcher knives to kill the traitors and puppet troops.
But at this time, in order to save their lives and their families, the traitors actually showed a small burst of fighting power. After paying the price of hundreds of casualties, they firmly defended the camp.
After all, compared to the Japanese soldiers who were so desperate that they had no other choice, Chaojiao still had hope and faith in his heart.
I heard that the Heavenly Soldiers could even take in Lord Ju Jingren, and I also heard that Lord Ju Jingren became a military advisor there.
So as long as they persist until they surrender to the heavenly soldiers, traitors like them may still have a way to survive.
Under the guidance of Kato Kiyomasa's corpse, the south gate of Jizhou was quickly breached, and Shobayashi Hayato, one of the three heroes of the Kato family, died at the gate.
The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were now familiar with the task. After breaking the city, they quickly sealed all the city gates and then prepared to use the Great Flame Technique.
Ma Gui, the commander of the Second Corps, briefly inspected the fire starter, and then discussed with Dong Yiyuan of the Third Corps to divide the troops into two groups to "send warmth" in the city.
At this time, a Japanese general suddenly appeared not far away with his generals, shouting that he would surrender.
Ma Gui's subordinate, Bao Sai, recognized the Japanese general. He pointed with gritted teeth and said, "The Japanese general who came to the camp to negotiate earlier is this person. His name is Morimoto Rikishi!"
At that time, Morimoto Rikishi came to negotiate on Kato's order, and was received by the tall Pao Sai pretending to be Lin Jinglue, so he recognized him.
At that time, Rikishi Morimoto was so arrogant and deliberately provocative that he was so angry that he almost stabbed someone.
Ma Gui was a little embarrassed and muttered: "Didn't you say that the Japanese soldiers would resist to the end after breaking the city and would not surrender?"
It would save trouble and trouble to just burn him to death, but it would be much more troublesome to accept surrender. Mr. Ma's current thinking mode is gradually becoming like that of Lin Jinglue.
At this time, the general over there shouted again: "Linhaijun, Shunhejun, the two Korean princes and concubine Shun, and their accompanying ministers are all in the city. I am willing to return this generation to the heavenly soldiers!"
After hearing this, Dong Yiyuan said to Ma Gui: "It is not up to us to decide whether to accept the surrender. We will go back to the army first."
Ma Gui nodded. When it comes to the affairs of the Prince of Korea, it is not a purely military issue. He cannot shoulder this kind of political responsibility, so he can only ask Lin Junmen for instructions.
Lin Jinglue, who had completed the achievement of "killing generals", did not directly participate in the siege, but set up a temporary tent to rest outside the city upwind.
After hearing the news that the Japanese general had asked to surrender, Lin Tailai was sure that the two princes of Korea were now in Jizhou City, and he suddenly became a little confused.
It's not that we're afraid of the Japanese soldiers pretending to surrender. It's completely meaningless now.
Originally, we could have just used the old method of setting fire to the whole place without having to think about it so much, but it was embarrassing for the Japanese to bring the prince of the Joseon Dynasty to surrender.
Of course, Lin Tianshuai doesn't care about the life or death of the North Korean prince. Even if he is dead, the most he can do is be impeached again.
However, Linhaejun was the eldest son of the King of Joseon, and he was not favored and was not made the crown prince, so his value as a political pawn was very high.
This person is a perfect excuse to interfere in North Korea's internal affairs. It would be a pity if he was "burned together".
However, if we accept the surrender of nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers, the follow-up steps will be very difficult. There is really no food to feed so many surrendered soldiers.
As for accepting surrender first and then looking for opportunities to kill them all, this is also very troublesome.
"Killing and surrendering" has not been a good reputation since ancient times. There is no need to bear this reputation. From a profit perspective, the gain outweighs the loss.
Moreover, if the "Kill to Surrender" incident spreads, the Japanese soldiers we encounter in the future will probably fight to the death, which is not a good thing in the long run.
Lin Tianshuai was also thinking that in the future, when conditions permit, tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers would be captured as laborers to mine. If they refused to surrender, how would they get any prisoners?
Political issues are always more difficult to decide than military issues. Just as Lin Tianshuai was thinking about it, Ju Jingren, a court traitor who had already appointed the president of the Hamjing Dao Maintenance Association, poked his head outside the tent again.
"Let it go if you have anything to do!" Lin Tailai scolded impatiently.
Ju Jingren quickly said: "Just now, several local officers and soldiers in the city contacted me. They said that there are four thousand dan of food in the city!"
Lin Tailai secretly lamented that Ju Jingren was indeed a smart person and knew very well what Lin Jinglue was most interested in.
Four thousand stones! When Lin Tianshuai heard this number, he felt a little excited.
If there were four thousand more dans of military rations, then the thirty thousand troops he brought to Xianjing Road would be able to survive for at least another twenty days, and the strategic room for maneuver would be even greater.
Lin Tianshuai never thought that one day he would be so excited to get thousands of dan of food.
In Suzhou, the Lin Group controls the Fucheng Jinongcang, which stores about 100,000 shi of grain all year round. When did Lin Ziguan take 4,000 shi seriously?
However, Hamgyeong Province, which is considered a frontier in North Korea, has just experienced the flames of war. Four thousand koku of food is so precious.
With "four thousand stones of grain" as a weight, the balance in Lin Tianshuai's heart finally tilted in one direction.
It would be fine if the prince of the Joseon Dynasty died together, but if there is a chance, the four thousand shi of grain should still be preserved as much as possible.
"Send the order to accept the surrender of the Japanese soldiers! But let the Japanese soldiers bring the captured princes and ministers of the Korean King over first!" After Lin Tailai made his decision, he immediately ordered.
Ju Jingren couldn't help but remind him: "There is also a submissive concubine."
Lin Tailai didn't pay attention and added casually: "Oh, there is also a concubine. Ju Jingren, go and receive it."
Ju Jingren: ""
Tianshuai, are you serious? Aren't you afraid of embarrassing yourself to death?
These people were all kidnapped by me and sacrificed to the Japanese pirates. This is my biggest dark history!
Now that I am asked to bring these people back face to face, can I still retain my face?
Lin Tailai urged without any doubt: "Go! I just want to let some people know through your appearance who has the final say here!"
Now Lin Tianshuai is discovering more and more that the direction of Ju Jingren's traitor is of great significance.
By using Ju Jingren, you can express some deep meanings that you are not comfortable expressing publicly.
A smart person would be able to understand Lin Tailai's subtle thoughts when he saw that he re-employed Ju Jingren, a court traitor. It was the subtle thought of not wanting to return the control of the recovered areas to the small court of the Li Dynasty.
After sending Ju Jingren to do things, Lin Tianshuai continued to give the order: "There is a mountain five miles east of the city called Changde Mountain. Let all the surrendered soldiers put down their weapons and leave the city and camp at Changde Mountain!"
It seems that this order is normal. It is impossible for nearly ten thousand surrendered troops to still gather in the city. It is also appropriate to arrange separate camps.
After accepting the surrender of Japanese soldiers, the Battle of Giju in Hamgyeong Province basically ended successfully. This was the third large-scale battle personally commanded by Lim Cheon-shuai after entering the court.
After conquering Pyongyang Prefecture in one day and one night, and conquering Hamhung Prefecture in two days and one night, Lin Tianshuai created another achievement of conquering Jizhou and annihilating the enemy forces in three days.
In this battle, the Ming army directly killed more than 1,000 enemy soldiers and captured more than 8,000 enemy soldiers.
Kato Kiyomasa, the commander of the Japanese Second Corps, a close confidant of the Kanshiro clan of the Japanese state, and the first daimyo of the Kumamoto clan of Higo state, was killed in front of the battle by Lin Tailai, literally "by his own hand."
After three battles in the northern two provinces, Lin Tianshuai had annihilated a total of more than 37,000 Japanese soldiers.
It is also worth mentioning that Jizhou City did not suffer from the "war" like Pyongyang City and Hamhung City, and has been relatively well preserved.
Therefore, Lin Tianshuai, whose rays are like the sun, saved the people of the peninsula from fire and water, and rebuilt the vassal state, is as majestic as Changbai Mountain. Lin Tianshuai, whose kindness will never be completed, does not have to camp out in the wind outside the city, and can live safely in a house in the city.
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(Note: At this time, when North Korea mentioned Changbai Mountain, it was referring to Changbai Mountain in Gyeongseong, Hamgyong Province. It was the highest peak in Hamgyong Province, not Changbai Mountain at the junction of China and North Korea in later generations.
And because Taizu of the Lee Dynasty was born in Hamgyeong Province, Changbai Mountain in Kyongcheng was given a certain political color. Koreans have a poem that goes: The mountain came from Changbai Mountain to King Taizu.)
The local chief official set up by the state of Korea at the state level was called Zhou Mu. After Lin Tianshuai entered the city, he set up the administrative headquarters of the shogunate in the Wonzhou Mu Official Office.
After taking a comfortable hot bath in a small wooden barrel, Lin Tailai's body and mind were greatly relaxed, but he regretted that there was no member of the opposite sex to help him bathe.
Crossing the 400-mile mountainous area from the west coast to the east coast, and entering Hamhung Road as a lone army, we did take a certain risk.
Although Lin Tailai was always calm and calm in front of others, he was always walking on thin ice in his heart, fearing that his 30,000-strong army would be ruined due to his wrong decision-making.
Now that the Japanese Second Corps in Hamgyeong Province had been completely annihilated, Lin Tianshuai could finally relax temporarily.
Although most of Hamgyeong Province has not yet been touched, it is only a matter of "passing the message", and there is no need to send troops at all.
Nowadays, every city is still guarded by traitors who have surrendered to the Japanese pirates, but with Ju Jingren, a "horse bone of a thousand gold," the traitors in each city should know who to choose as the new master.
If you don't show your respect to the wise and powerful Tianshuai, who shines like the sun and is as majestic as Changbai Mountain, are you waiting to be liquidated by the Li Dynasty's small court?
Just when Lin Tailai was thinking about how to improve the food today, Ma Gui came in again to ask for instructions.
"There were originally two thousand Korean soldiers in the city who had taken refuge with the Japanese pirates. They did not want to go to prison camps like the Japanese soldiers, and they clamored to serve the army.
Han Kechen, the general of this bunch of Korean puppet troops, is right outside the camp gate, unable to kneel down to ask for an audience."
There are quite a few people asking to see Lin Tianshuai at this moment. Ju Jingren and Linhaijun, the king of North Korea and the eldest prince, all want to come and see him.
Lin Tailai didn't bother to socialize in batches, so he simply called them all in for an interview.
So Ju Jingren, who betrayed the prince to the Japanese pirates, the eldest prince Linhaijun, and the puppet general Han Kexuan who surrendered to the Japanese pirates gathered together. The atmosphere in the room seemed a little awkward.
Lin Tianshuai doesn't care about this. As long as he doesn't feel embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
In Lin Tianshuai's eyes, all of them were the same. It didn't matter whether they were high or low, but he still gave Linhaijun, who was twenty years old, a seat. After all, he was the eldest prince of North Korea.
Han Kexuan, who was lagging behind the most in terms of "progress", knelt on the ground and begged: "A villain can be like Ju Jingren and serve Tianshuai!"
Lin Tianshuai frowned and said, "The headquarters does not raise useless people! Kato can use you because he lacks major generals, but the headquarters does not lack soldiers and generals, so there is no need for you."
Han Kechu quickly explained: "The villain was used by Kato not because the villain was loyal to Kato, but because Kato stole the villain's two daughters to sleep with him.
If Tianshuai doesn't dislike it, I can transfer my two daughters to Tianshuai to relieve his fatigue!"
Lin Tailai: ""
Who are these people? I really don’t know how many strange things there are if you don’t visit the peninsula.
Of your two daughters, did you take the initiative to give them to Kato Kiyomasa, or did Kato Kiyomasa take them away? It's hard to say, right?
However, it has been dry for more than a month, and now my spirit has suddenly relaxed, and I do feel a little hungry.
Ju Jingren suddenly jumped out and shouted: "Han Kexuan, what are you talking about! What kind of person is Tianshuai, how can he accept such an unclean woman who has been humiliated by a thief!"
Then he said to Lin Tailai: "Tian Shuai, please don't be deceived by Han Ke Chuan! When I turn around, I will immediately introduce a more outstanding woman to Tian Shuai, who will definitely be a hundred times more outstanding than Han Ke Chuan's two daughters!"
Han Kechun couldn't bear it anymore and cursed Ju Jingren in Korean. Ju Jingren kept retorting and started scolding him on the spot.
It seems that these two great traitors, civil and military officials in Hamgyong Province, have a long-standing feud.
Lin Tianshuai covered his face, could he only rely on these insects to govern North Korea?
Protector Zuo Zhang Wen, who was standing nearby, shouted forward: "That's enough! Be quiet!"
Han Kexuan kowtowed with tears in his eyes: "I don't know what it means to be useful, and I don't know what to do to be useful.
I just know that from now on, whatever Tianshuai uses, I will do whatever Tianshuai asks me to do. It is the greatest honor to be Tianshuai’s dog.”
Damn it! Lin Tianshuai was shocked. Based on this realization, he would not accept this famous saying even if he was a dog.
So Lin Tailai told Han Kechu: "In this case, there is something that I cannot do personally, but I can delegate it to you.
If you do well, you will be the commander-in-chief of the Hamgyeong Province Zhongyi National Salvation Army!"
But Ju Jingren mocked and said: "There are some wild dogs running around and they don't even know who their master is."
Linhaijun, the eldest prince of Korea, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up, snorted coldly and walked away.
Maybe the young man is a little arrogant, or maybe he doesn't want to see the ugly faces of these two traitors.
Lin Tailai looked at Linhaijun's back, turned to Ju Jingren and said: "Your behavior just now was a bit deliberate, did you want to deliberately anger Linhaijun?
Then make Lord Linhai behave rudely in front of the Headquarters, and make the Headquarters feel bad about Lord Linhai?"
A few drops of cold sweat broke out on Ju Jingren's forehead. He didn't expect that the mighty Tianshuai would be so sensitive to political struggles!