Chapter 277 Aiding Korea and Fighting the Japanese (16) 'Great Luck'
Meng Guzhezhe was just shy, but with his pragmatic and thick skin, he would not fall into such a predicament. He directly ignored Liu Xin's teasing and talked about business, saying: "I am a great minister of the Celestial Dynasty, how could I use mirror flowers and water moon to deceive the generals?"
Ji Chen? What I want to say is all the truth..."
"Oh?" Liu Xin couldn't help laughing, her beautiful eyes curved into two crescent moons: "Does the Marquis have anything to say to Nurhachi?"
Gao pragmatic smiled slightly and ignored the obvious disbelief in Liu Xin's words. Instead, he said sternly: "I will inform Nurhachi and tell him that the general under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Kato Kiyomasa, one of the 'Seven Guns of Hideyue', will
He will personally lead the second regiment of Japanese troops entering North Korea into his territory."
Liu Xin's smile faltered when she heard this, but seeing that Gao Pingshi didn't seem to be joking, she couldn't help but wonder, "Is this true?"
Gao pragmatically replied: "There will probably be no difference."
Liu Xin suddenly frowned, but even now, she still doesn't understand the situation in Japan as well as Gao Pragmatic, so she had to ask: "What are the characteristics of Kato Kiyomasa, and what is the strength of the Second Army?"
Gao pragmatically replied simply: "The biggest characteristic of Kato Kiyomasa is toughness. As for the strength of the Second Army, in terms of military strength, it ranked third among the nine armies sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the first wave of fighting in Korea.
Second only to the 30,000 men of Terumoto Mori's 7th Corps and the 25,000 men of Masanori Fukushima's 5th Corps, the total strength of the entire Corps is approximately 22,000."
"What is his mission?" Liu Xin asked again.
Gao pragmatically said: "Judging from the time, he should still be near Seoul or Kaijing now, but next, his mission should be to conquer Hamgyong Road."
As he spoke, he was afraid that Liu Xin was not very familiar with the situation in North Korea, so he simply asked Gao Mo to fetch a map of Northeast Asia and hang it next to him, and roughly explained the approximate locations of the current Japanese army regiments.
In fact, Liu Xin was very familiar with the topographic map of North Korea. She just didn't understand the current progress of the Japanese army. After listening to Gao Pragmatic's description, she suddenly said: "In other words, the Japanese army will move to northern Korea next."
The strategy is basically left to Yukinagako Konishi's First Army and Kato Kiyomasa's Second Army.
Among them, Kyonishi Konishi is in charge of the west road, and the main target should be Pyongyang when attacking Pyongyang Road; Kato Kiyomasa is in charge of the east road, and attacking Hamgyong Road, the main target should be Hamhung?"
"You should have guessed correctly about the situation on President Konishi's side, but judging from the time, I think he will be able to capture Pyongyang, and then it will be Li Rusong's turn to defeat him." Gao Pingshi said this with a salty finger.
Jingdao area, said: "But Kato Kiyomasa's side may be slightly different from your guess. In fact, I think the Japanese army actually has a relatively limited understanding of the situation in North Korea, so they made such a deployment of troops."
Liu Xin was a little surprised and asked, "How do you say this?"
Gao Pragmatic snorted softly and replied: "The essence of North Korea is in the west rather than in the east. The so-called 'Three Capitals', from south to north, are Seoul, Kaesong, and Pyongyang, all of which are close to the Bohai Sea. In other words,
This is the road that President Konishi is responsible for.
Although Hamgyong Road in northeastern North Korea is vast and somewhat narrow, it is not highly developed and not densely populated. Its current strategic value is far less than that of Pyongan Road.
Of course, our Ming Dynasty is well aware of the situation in North Korea, so once troops are sent out, the main force will also go to this line. However, the First Army Corps led by Konishi Governor only had about 18,000 people before receiving reinforcements, which was even fewer than Kato Kiyomasa's Second Army Corps.
.You are a soldier, so of course you know what consequences this will lead to."
He had already talked to this extent. Of course Liu Xin understood it as soon as he heard it and suddenly said: "That means that Governor Xiaoxi will face big trouble after Li Rusong sends troops, and he will probably feel that his troops are seriously insufficient. At the same time,
There may not be any Ming army on the Hamgyong Road side of Kato Kiyomasa's strategy, and we only need to eliminate some resistance from the Korean army.
Therefore, he may feel that he still has enough strength, hoping to do more things and obtain more military exploits in order to obtain more rewards after the war. Therefore, he is very likely to continue to the north after taking Hamgyong Road.
Enter... Now we are entering Manchuria."
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Not bad."
"But that's not right." Liu Xin wondered: "Since President Konishi will soon feel that the troops are insufficient, but Kato Kiyomasa has a surplus of troops, wouldn't President Konishi go to Kato Kiyomasa for support?
At the same time, for Kato Kiyomasa, if it can help Governor Konishi defend Pyongyang, wouldn’t that be a great achievement?”
Gao Pingshi laughed, shook his head and said: "That's not true, because Kato Kiyoshi is from the military commander faction, and Konishi is from the observant faction. They had a big quarrel in Chungshu not long ago and almost got into a fight. So, Konishi
Even if the commander is in trouble, he most likely will not go to Kato Kiyomasa for help, and conversely, even if Kato Kiyomasa receives a request for help from President Konishi, he most likely will not send troops."
Liu Xin rolled her eyes and said angrily: "The east and west forwards are at odds with each other? Toyotomi Hideyoshi is really good at using soldiers."
Gao Pragmatic said calmly: "Toyotomi Hideyoshi has always been more manipulative than strategic."
"Is using troops like this one of the tactics?" Liu Xin thought for a moment and asked, "For balance reasons?"
"The first is balance, and the second is mutual restraint." Gao pragmatically said: "For example, there is a high possibility that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has become extremely arrogant and believes that both forwards can win, so he let the obedient faction and the military commander faction each
If one person comes out, both sides can share in the pioneer's contribution."
Liu Xin thought for a moment and then asked: "So about Kato Kiyomasa's attack on the Jurchens...what does the Marquis think the final outcome will be?"
Gao pragmatically replied with confidence: "Win first and then lose."
When Liu Xin saw how confident he was, she already guessed that this was probably something that had happened in history, but now she and Gao Pragmatic were not the only ones present, so it was inconvenient to ask.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But something unexpected happened at this time, and Meng Guzhezhe said: "Does the master mean that this Kato Kiyomasa will fight Nurhachi, and then win first and lose later?"
This question is difficult to answer, because in the original history, although Kato Kiyomasa was the only Japanese general who invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty (Jurchens are counted as the territory of the Ming Dynasty) in this war, he was not involved with Nurhachi at that time.
Since there are not many records about this incident in history books and it is rarely mentioned, I will briefly summarize it here.
The situation at that time was as follows: Due to the depletion of North Korea's armaments at the time, its Eighth Route Army almost fell quickly, and the Japanese second army of Kiyomasa Kato, one of the two pioneers, defeated North Korea at Jinhaejingcang, Hamgyong Province.
Han Kecheng, the military envoy of North Hamgyong Province, and the most elite northern cavalry in North Korea led by him, he was still unsatisfied, and actually broke into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Didn't the Ming Dynasty react strongly to such a big thing? It really didn't happen at first, because the other areas in the Northeast north of Liaodong have always been the territory of the Jurchens, and they did not belong to the interior of the Ming Dynasty.
Just take care of their business, so this conflict does not involve the Ming army. The armed forces there are all Jurchen armies.
Then the key question is, where was the location where Kato Kiyomasa crossed the border? It was on Juzi Street - probably near Yanji City, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province in later years. And this place was roughly one of the three parts of Changbai Mountain at that time.
The junction of the Zhusheli tribe and the Haixi Jurchen Ula tribe.
Here is something very interesting. Currently, the Zhusheli tribe has been captured by Nurhaci, but what were the Zhusheli tribe and the Ula tribe busy with during this period in original history? They were busy resisting Nurhachi who was preparing to unify the Jurchen
.
In other words, in the original history, after Kato Kiyomasa penetrated North Korea, the opponents he faced were either the Ula tribe or the Zhusheli tribe, or even the Nayin tribe. But in short, there was nothing wrong with Nurhachi, and now there is a high probability that he will fight with Nurhachi.
If you encounter one, there is a small chance that you will encounter the Nayin tribe or the Ula tribe.
[Note: In this book, because Nurhaci was calculated by Gao Pragmatic before, he was forced to move a certain distance eastward after the "three-point state establishment" and could only develop eastward. As a result, he captured the Yalu River and Zhu She earlier than in the original history.
There are two parts.]
Gao pragmatic gave a brief explanation to Meng Guzhezhe, but Meng Guzhezhe was taken aback and said: "Maybe he collided with the Nayin tribe?"
Her surprise is not surprising, because as mentioned before, the Nayin tribe has now taken refuge with Ye He, and it is an important production area for Ye He tribe to obtain ginseng.
However, there is another problem here, that is, although the Nayin tribe defected to Ye He, it was because Ye He had actually been supported by Gao Pragmatism to become the strongest tribe in Manchuria. The Nayin tribe's defection was just a fake attempt to avoid being defeated by Nurhaci.
Annexation. In fact, the Nayin tribe and the Yehe tribe are not directly adjacent to each other. There is also the Huifa tribe of the Haixi Jurchen between them.
At this time, Meng Guzhezhe's performance immediately made Gao Pragmatic react and asked: "Are you worried that the Nayin tribe will be defeated by the Japanese army and affect Ye He's ginseng supply?"
Meng Guzhezhe, who had rarely participated in the discussion of Beijing's internal affairs before, gave Gao Pragmatic a surprise this time. She shook her head and said: "If that's all, the situation is not the worst. What I am worried about is that after the Japanese army defeated Nayin, Ye He
Before the reinforcements arrived, Nurhaci arrived first and defeated the Japanese army..."
"Oh, you are worried that Nurhaci will use this as an excuse to stay on the ground of the Nayin tribe." Gao pragmatic understood immediately.
But I understand that if this matter develops according to this conjecture, it will be really troublesome. At that time, either Ye He and Nurhaci will fight, or the Ming Dynasty will have to threaten Nurhaci to withdraw. If Nurhachi takes advantage of the Korean War and refuses to listen,
Say hello, Daming might have no choice but to go out in person.
Why does Nurhaci always have to retreat, but not Ye He? Because Ye He cannot afford to retreat, and Gao Pragmatic will not allow Ye He to retreat. Once Ye He retreats, the Liao ginseng trade will really be monopolized by Nurhachi, and that will be a big deal.
If Nurhaci completely controls the pricing power of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver per year, the power of Jianzhou Zuowei will surely expand rapidly, just like in the original history.
However, there are considerable risks in pushing Nurhachi too much at this moment. One of the risks is that Nurhaci will unite with Japan. This kind of thing did not happen in the original history, but Gao Pragmatic believes that this possibility cannot be ruled out. After all, the current situation is different from the original history.
There is a difference.
In the original history, Nurhachi did not unite with Japan in the 20th year of Wanli because he wanted to take the opportunity to annex the Jurchen tribes. Now if the Ming Dynasty targets him in advance, then he will not be able to grow up anyway, so what is the point of uniting with Japan?
No? But for Ming Dynasty, it would be like finding another enemy for no reason.
Caojun, Bozhou, Japan, and adding Nurhachi, the Ming Dynasty would have too many troubles, and this was unnecessary.
"In this case, Ye He will make preparations early in the morning." Gao Pragmatic pondered for a while and said: "Let's do this, Meng Gu, you inform your two brothers in advance and say that I will make arrangements in the name of the court in the next few days.
Some of Ye He's troops rushed to assist the Na Yin tribe, in the name of preventing the collapse of the Korean border army and the Japanese army's cross-border invasion. At that time, whether Kato Kiyomasa crosses the border to the Na Yin tribe, or Nurhachi takes the opportunity to advance, Ye He's tribe will help them hold on."
Meng Guzhe replied: "Yes, Master, I will go and talk to Sorguo later."
When she mentioned Sorguo, Gao Pragmatic thought of Sorguo's son Fei Yingdong, and simply confessed: "Your two brothers have just returned from the expedition. This year, there is no need to lead troops out of the country again, so Fei Yingdong is asked to go to Nayin."
Let's go." Meng Guzhezhe didn't have much opinion on this and agreed again.
Liu Xin asked at this time: "Master Hou, didn't you originally mean that Kato Kiyomasa would probably run into Nurhaci? Now... this is just a precautionary measure, but we should still focus on considering Nurhachi and Nurhachi.
Kato Kiyomasa’s arrangements after the battle.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! She paused and continued: "According to what the Marquis said, Kato Kiyomasa should win first and then lose. I think what the Marquis meant is
It is said that it may be difficult for Nurhachi to determine the direction of Kato Kiyomasa's attack at the beginning, so Kato Kiyomasa can achieve some results first, and then as Nurhachi attacks with the main force, Kato Kiyomasa is not his opponent... So, what happens next? If Nurhachi wants to pursue, the court is sure
Still not allowed?"
Gao Jingshi knew the subtext of Liu Xin's question. She actually knew that it was not the issue whether the court allowed Nurhachi to pursue him. The problem was that if Nurhachi chased Kato Kiyomasa and occupied some places on Xianjing Road, he refused.
Return it to North Korea, so what should Ming Dynasty do?
However, he was pragmatic but not afraid of this issue. He smiled and said: "I know you are afraid of the court's dilemma... However, if North Korea is included, then this issue will be much simpler. At least the court will not have to give North Korea any explanation, and will not be afraid of the court.
Moral loss.”
"North Korea is included?" Liu Xin was surprised: "Do you want Ming to take over North Korea?"
Gao Pragmatic's smile became brighter and brighter, and he said: "Otherwise, why do you think I had to convince the emperor to put aid to Korea as the last of the three major events?"
"Oh, you have long made up your mind to make North Korea's monarchs and ministers feel that they are completely hopeless, so you took the initiative to bring up the Ming Dynasty." Liu Xin suddenly realized, and sighed: "I'll see you in the end."
"How can you say that you are just trying to make a fool of yourself?" Gao Pragmatic said seriously: "Isn't it a great blessing for the Korean people that they are able to find peace at the time of the country's subjugation and the opportunity to join the Celestial Empire?"
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