In August of the third year of the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty, magpies were chirping at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, North Korea, and distinguished guests were arriving.
The king of Korea, Li Hao, together with his political advisors Jin Yu and Zheng Taihe, the military commander Yuan Doupiao, the guardian envoy Li Shifang, the imperial camp and training general Li Huan, the deputy director of Hongwenguan Min Dingzhong, Song Shilie and other important ministers entertained guests from far away in the palace.
The Ming Dynasty Pingbei General Yang Huai and his party came.
The wine is good, ginseng wine brewed with top-grade Korean ginseng; the dishes are also good, including samida, chicken nuggets, barbecued meats, fried pork skewers, fairy pots, spicy cabbage, etc., there are a lot of them.
"Gulu", Chen Ze swallowed a big mouthful of saliva. After wandering on the sea for so long, all he ate was salted fish and dry food. Seeing so many delicious foods, he couldn't help but arouse his greed.
Tong Yangjia, Ruan Jin, Wang Chaoxian, Li Rubi, Gu Zhong, Luo Yunzhang, Tan Bu, Yue Erduo and others also looked at the fine wine and food, salivating.
Li Hao smiled and said loudly: "Masters, please!"
"Your Highness, please!"
As soon as the word "please" came out, everyone exchanged cups and drank, how happy it was!
"Your Highness, I wonder if the barracks and port on Shenmi Island have been properly arranged." After all, Yang Huai is the commander-in-chief and has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He should ask business questions before eating or drinking.
"General Pingbei, don't worry, Gu has already prepared a camp for 30,000 people on Shenmi Island, and also built a dock. The Chinese army can just move in directly."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Li Hao's teacher Song Shiyeol was a well-known pro-Ming sect in North Korea. Although he was dismissed by Li Hao because of his conservative ideas and opposition to reform, he did not dare to forget about the country because of his low position. He said loudly: "Please help us with the army of the Celestial Empire to recover North Korea from the barbarians."
The occupied northern land has been lost, and we, North Korea, are willing to mobilize all our troops to help."
The so-called lost land in the north mainly refers to the area around the Protectorate of Jingcheng in Xianjing Dao. In fact, these places were originally the Jurchens' places and were occupied by North Korea. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty defeated North Korea, they naturally had to take back these places; in addition, the Manchu Qing Dynasty
There are also troops stationed in Pyongyang Daoyizhou to monitor North Korea.
Li Hao frowned after hearing the words "Raise an army that will overwhelm the country". Ordinarily, only he, the King of North Korea, is qualified to say that his teacher is good at everything, but he doesn't pay attention to the details, otherwise he wouldn't know how to do it.
Forget about being an official. However, the teacher's words spoke to his own heart. When the Qing invaders invaded Korea, he was taken to the Qing court as a hostage and stayed there for more than seven years.
Qing Zhixin immediately said: "Yes, our country is willing to mobilize all the troops to help."
Yang Huaiyi was delighted. This time he came to Liaodong. He only brought 30,000 soldiers and horses with him. The troops were limited. It would be great if the North Korean army could help me. "I wonder how many soldiers and horses North Korea can send to help me conquer the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty?" Li Hao calculated that he had been determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty and reform the military system in the past few years. He had 10,000 tooth soldiers, 21,000 imperial troops, 7,500 training and supervising troops, and 1,000 forbidden troops. These central troops were almost 40,000.
; In addition, there are camps and generals in each of the Eight Routes of North Korea, with more than 40,000 troops and horses. Of course, they cannot all go, and people need to stay in the country. After thinking about it, he said: "We in North Korea can dispatch 70,000 troops and horses."
Darling, seventy thousand soldiers and horses!
This made Yang Huaile beam with joy. Adding in the 70,000 people from North Korea, wouldn’t he have an army of 100,000? There is no need to worry about insufficient troops anymore!
"Thank you for your high righteousness, Your Highness, the Northern Expedition was worry-free!"
For a while, the atmosphere was very harmonious. Jin Yu, the leader of the political council, said: "Your Highness, the army of the Chinese Empire has come from afar to work hard. It is better to let the generals rest for a day and then talk about military affairs."
"Yes, yes", Li Hao laughed loudly, "Come here, entertain the guests with singing and dancing, and wash away the dust for everyone."
A group of singers filed in. First they performed a crane dance, then a fan dance, and finally, probably in response to the Northern Expedition, they performed a sword dance.
A group of beauties are dancing with daggers. The swords are specially made. There are movable devices between the hilt and the body of the sword. They sometimes swing and sometimes rotate, which is really beautiful.
"Wonderful." Tong Yangjia, the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, was inspired by this and recited a poem from "Goguryeo" by Li Bai, "The golden flower folds the hood, and the white horse returns late. The broad sleeves are dancing gracefully, like a bird coming from the East China Sea."
The pleasant banquet is over, and even happier things are yet to come.
After drinking, the Koreans arranged for the generals to stay in the hotel, and one of them arranged for a singer to stay with him. It was the custom at that time to entertain guests with a singer. The generals had been wandering at sea for several months, and they had not seen any women.
I accepted it with a polite smile, and had a very happy night!
After you are happy, you are unhappy.
Yang Huai led his army to Shenmi Island. The Koreans were as enthusiastic as ever. The accommodation for the 30,000 troops was arranged in an orderly manner. In the barracks, even the heated Ondol was prepared. However, the defensive measures were pitiful, let alone
No forts, watchtowers, or even ramparts or trenches were built. Only a rough fence was built outside the camp.
Yang Huai frowned, how can this be done? I am here to fight, not to play. Is this an idea that can be repaid by letting the Tatars come to the island?
Immediately ordered the reconstruction of fortifications, barriers, trenches, forts, and arrow towers. It took half a month of work to finish.
Working makes people unhappy, and there are even worse things. Yang Huai checked the so-called 70,000 troops mentioned by Li Hao: 35,000 Central Army and 35,000 Local Army.
These local armies have very little armor and incomplete weapons. Many of them don't even have weapons and just carry big sticks. The central army is slightly better. Everyone has weapons, but only one-third of them have armor. p>
Yang Huai took a look and found that only Zuobie General Shen Liu (who was promoted after defeating the Rakshasa people)'s Qianhuo Commandery Soldiers could be considered elite soldiers. The other various tooth soldiers, imperial camps, and training were all in prison, so they could barely make a living.
There are only ten thousand people fighting; as for the Dao and government soldiers in various places, they are more like beggars than soldiers.
Yang Huai had no choice but to smile bitterly and ask Li Hao to buy more ordnance for the imperial army. Unexpectedly, King Xiaozong said that he had been expanding his army to prepare for war in recent years, and the treasury was empty and there was no money.
In desperation, he had no choice but to ask Li Hao to select 10,000 elite soldiers and give them to Li Huan, Li Shifang, and Shen Liu to lead the expedition. The remaining 60,000 crooked melons and jujubes were sent to the North Korean leaders Zheng Taihe and Bing Cao. Shu Yuan Doupiao took the lead, just to build momentum.
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After doing this, the two sides had another disagreement on the direction of attack.
The task given by Zhu Hengjia to Yang Huai was to contain the Qing troops outside Zhili and the Pass, so that the Northern Expedition could advance into the Central Plains. Therefore, Yang Huai's plan was to occupy Pi Island first, and then send the navy to harass Jinzhou, Fuzhou, and Shandong in southern Liaoning. Dengzhou; the main force went up the Yalu River to capture Zhenjiang (Jiulian City) and Yizhou, threatening the Qing Dynasty's Xingjing, Hetuala, Tokyo, Liaoyang, and Shengjing, Shenyang. The three capitals outside the enemy's borders must be in danger. Not a single soldier dared to move south.
However, North Korea was bent on regaining peace and lost territory in Hamgyong Province. It requested the Ming army to capture Uiju and then go to the northeast to regain the Kyungseong Protectorate in Hamgyong Province.
The two sides did not reach an agreement, so they had to agree to wait until Yiju was captured before discussing again.
"Commander, the last general has a plan, I don't know whether to talk about it or not," Tong Yangjia said hesitantly to Yang Huai. Although he was the governor-general, he was a subordinate general, so he was always very cautious and said nothing he shouldn't have said. Say.
"If you have anything to say, Mr. Tong, please speak up," Yang Huai was very polite.
"Why don't the commander-in-chief send a partial army to land at Kuwu (Sakhalin Island), then cross the Tatar Strait and capture the old place of our Ming Dynasty Nurgandusi? This will definitely make the Qing captives unable to care about each other."
Nu'er Gandusi was established by the Yongle Dynasty. During the Wanli period, there were 384 guards and 24 guard stations. However, by the end of the Wanli period, it was basically abandoned. The vast land of millions of square kilometers, Most places are covered with forests and snowfields.
The Manchu and Qing dynasties classified the ethnic minorities in this area as Yiche Manchuria (New Manchuria). After entering the customs, most of the Buddha Manchuria (old Manchuria) entered the customs. Some Yiche Manchuria remained, and the others were not incorporated into the banner. Various ethnic minorities.
"Go north to Nuergandusi?"
Yang Huai's eyes lit up at first, and then he shook his head, "Our army is small and it is not appropriate to divide our troops. Let's talk about going north later."
Seeing that Yang Huai refused, Tong Yangjia stopped persuading him. He was a surrendered general and knew how to measure his position. He would never fight for something that could not be fought for.