Chapter 277 Aiding Korea and Fighting the Japanese (34) Imperial Meeting
Li Rusong wants to regain his face, which is in line with his character, but his words actually have a strong meaning of seeking high pragmatic support.
The truth is obvious. The Ming Dynasty suffered a defeat in the first battle to aid Korea. If Gao Pragmatic, the elder who nominally controls the Ministry of Household Affairs but also actually controls the Ministry of War, suddenly asks for a change of generals and commanders, considering that he is
After the victory in the Battle of Yuan Dynasty, he has completely secured his position as the best literary commander in the world, so I am afraid that even the emperor will have to accommodate his opinions.
Although Li Rusong already knew about Li Chengliang's change of family at this time, otherwise the Jinghua Flying Pigeon Station who accompanied him in the army would not be able to explain it. However, after all, this incident happened too suddenly, and the matter of the Gao family marrying a daughter was still unresolved.
It's just an agreement between the two parties, and even the first step of the marriage process, "adoption", has not been completed yet, so Li Rusong is not sure whether Gao's pragmatic attitude is firm enough.
All in all, he ended with such a sentence, which was actually tentative, hoping to see how sincere Gao Pragmatic was about the marriage between the two families.
However, his words made it easier for Gao Pangshi to convene the meeting this time. After all, since Li Rusong has made a real move, considering the strength of the Liaodong Army, the next combat problem will not be too big.
What needs to be explained here is that at this time, the Japanese army's maritime strength has been improved, and with the acquisition of some artillery from Jinghua, the land strength has also been improved. For example, during the Battle of Pyongyang, the Japanese First Army also launched several artillery pieces.
That's the evidence.
However, the Liaodong Army is stronger than it was in history, and the degree of strengthening is definitely greater than that of the Japanese Army. In the final analysis, the saying that the economic base determines the superstructure applies everywhere.
The Ming court has money, and the northern frontier army is the focus of the change of equipment. So as the elite of the elite, how can the Liaodong cavalry not be improved? Let’s not talk about artillery, firearms and other weapons, just talk about the completely armored Liaodong cavalry. This time
The Japanese army obviously suffered a lot during the Battle of Pyongyang.
Zu Chengxun and several generals took advantage of the equipment advantage of the armored cavalry to fight a street battle with the Japanese army in Pyongyang City. As a result, judging from the current multi-party battle reports, the actual direct battle losses were only 300
I came forward, but there were more injuries.
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic suddenly understood one thing. Historically, Governor Konishi later firmly supported the peace negotiation. It was not because he was a pacifist, but because he was afraid of being beaten! Why, the battle loss ratio is so amazing.
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Although there is no exact report on the casualties of the Japanese First Army, you can think with your toes, what good fruits can be gained by the light infantry who suffered several rounds of attacks from the armored cavalry at close range? Maybe Konishi Governor has already
It hurts like hell.
So, since the Liaodong Army is strong enough to complete the first phase of the mission, Gao Pragmatic will of course choose to support Li Rusong, thereby also strengthening the alliance that the two sides have just reached.
The next day, the imperial court received the official battle report. Zhu Yijun responded quickly and summoned the cabinet and Minister of War Zhou Yong to the Wenhua Hall to hold an imperial military meeting. Gao Pragmatic also participated in the Wenhua meeting for the first time as a cabinet minister.
This meeting was very interesting. Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, who had always supported the Li family, criticized Zu Chengxun's failure. They believed that as the leader of the first battle of the Celestial Dynasty, he could not be steady and steady in exerting national prestige. Instead, he was criticized by others.
The war forced him to retreat to the territory, which was simply a shame and was thrown into the feudal state.
For such incompetent people, they all recommended severe punishment. Even if Xiao Ruxun was not directly killed in front of the army in Jiulian City to improve military discipline and serve as a warning to others, he should at least be imprisoned.
Zhu Yijun was still unaware of the complete change in the relationship between Gao Jingshi and the Li family. He looked at the scene with some surprise and subconsciously asked Gao Jingshi's opinion.
Gao pragmatically said that Zu Chengxun had served under his command several times (under the command of Li Rusong and also under the leadership of Gao pragmatically), and had never made any major mistakes. Instead, he had always been known for his heroic fighting, and he was not a reckless person.
Therefore, there must be an inside story to Pyongyang's defeat, which should be carefully investigated before making a decision.
This was said in a flawless manner, but in fact, it was left to Zhou Yong to say what should be said - after all, Gao Pingshi couldn't say, "I have much more information than the imperial court." So after saying this, he looked towards Zhou Yong,
Ask him if he has received relevant information.
Of course Zhou Yong received the information, and his information was originally given by Gao Pragmatic! Therefore, Zhou Dasima immediately went out and told the emperor all the relevant information. The only one who concealed it was Shimazu Yoshihiro.
News. In this regard, he only said that the news was secretly passed on by Ming Dynasty businessmen in the occupied areas of Korea, but it had been compared and verified by the Ministry of War and found to be true.
Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with Zhou Yong's work performance this time, and his expression softened greatly. He gently asked the soldier that since the situation was understood, how should the Ministry of War deal with Zu Chengxun's defeat this time?
Of course Zhou Yong responded in accordance with Gao's pragmatic instructions, saying that he was not the first to blame for Zu Chengxun's defeat, at least the main responsibility was not his.
As for the losses, they were actually not serious. Even though he brought only 3,000 people in total, he went to attack Pyongyang Fort, which was guarded by more than 10,000 Japanese troops. In fact, only about 300 people died in the battle. From afar,
As long as the muscles and bones are not broken, I still have the strength to fight again.
In addition, Zu Chengxun's battle was not without gains. The information he obtained was of great significance. For example, his judgment on the total strength of the Japanese army and the number of troops stationed in Pyongyang was far more accurate than before, and he also had a clearer understanding of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness.
.The above will be of great benefit to future operations.
This is the official word. You can say good or bad in a single thought. It is not difficult to turn a good thing into a bad thing, but it is also easy to force a bad thing into a good thing. For example, the United States can still say that it is the best in the world in fighting the epidemic - as long as the name is changed.
For a moment, just call it resilience against the epidemic!
When Zhou Yong said this, Zhu Yijun seemed to think the same thing. He had just been through the battle report of the Battle of Yuan Dynasty recently, and there had been some slight deviations in his cognition. He had almost no idea about "Three Hundred People".
In my mind, I almost always use ten thousand as the unit of measurement. No matter how bad it is, it has to be the level of thousands. The scale of one hundred is really not enough.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Since the loss is not large, it is the turn to judge the war situation. This is a matter of war strategy, and the opinions of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue are basically outside the scope of Zhu Yijun's actual consideration
In addition to the current rise in imperial power, Zhu Yijun didn't have much to say and turned directly to ask Gao Pragmatic.
Gao Pragmatic first made an analysis of the war situation and introduced the current three-party situation to everyone, and then said: "In short, North Korea has basically lost hope, and the meaning of their existence is probably to give us a name to fight."
, the so-called war actually has only our army and the Japanese army left.
I have just introduced the situation of the Japanese army. I will only add one point here: the Japanese army is not monolithic. There is a huge conflict between the military commander faction and the loyalist faction in Japan. Although it is currently suppressed due to the personal prestige of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, there are still
exists and will definitely affect frontline military operations.
For example, the discord between Konishi Governor and Kato Kiyomasa is the most typical example. Kato Kiyomasa, who is worried about North Korea, will move west and join forces with Konishi Governor. Omi believes that unless Toyotomi Hideyoshi personally orders it, otherwise
It’s basically impossible to happen.”
Zhu Yijun immediately intervened and asked: "Then will Toyotomi Hideyoshi intervene?"
"No." Gao Pingshi shook his head and said: "He really wants to train Ukita Hideie now. Unless there is an extremely serious change, he will not give direct orders to corps commanders like Konishi Yukigō and Kato Kiyomasa and leapfrog the command. Otherwise,
, not only will Ukita Hideie’s authority not be established, but he will be considered to be just his yes man, then the significance of his appointment of Ukita Hideie as general will no longer exist.”
Zhu Yijun immediately understood that this was just like after he appointed Gao Jingshi as the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, he would not directly give orders to Qi Jiguang, Li Rusong, Ma Gui and others, otherwise the meaning of Gao Jingshi's existence as a manager would disappear.
This is a simple truth that most rulers understand - of course, Duke Kaishen may object.
So Zhu Yijun asked Gao Pragmatic, whether this problem of the Japanese army was worth exploiting? Gao Pragmatic said of course, it was. For example, if Li Rusong entered the DPRK, he would not need to worry about Kato Kiyomasa's rescue for the time being, and go directly to Pyongyang to fight with Governor Konishi.
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As soon as Gao Wushi's words fell, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, who were unwilling to be left alone, both realized that this was an opportunity, because in their view, Gao Wushi's statement was too absolute - there are no absolutes in the battlefield, and you are so sure, if something goes wrong
Are you responsible?
Such an obvious digging was obvious even to Gao Jingshi, not to mention Gao Jingshi. However, Gao Jingshi said calmly: "Yes, Yuan Fu, Jingshi is fully responsible for this judgment."
Then he refused to give up and continued to talk to Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty, I fully believe that after Li Rusong goes south, our army will definitely win a great victory in Pyongyang! In addition, Zu Chengxun is a veteran general in Liaodong, and I also suggest that he should be punished for his crimes.
Just accompany Li Rusong to Pyongyang, meet with Commander Konishi’s Japanese First Army Corps again, and restore face!”
Zhu Yijun suddenly couldn't help laughing and said: "What you said reminded me of a saying you had when I was a child that I still remember freshly. You said failure is the mother of success. Where you fall, you should get up -
More than twenty years have passed, but you are still the same."
Gao Pragmatic bowed his hands and said calmly: "I have always been like this."
"That's good." Zhu Yijun looked around at the ministers and said, "Since the Marquis of Nanning has guaranteed Li Rusong and interceded for Zu Chengxun, the Liaodong Army's defeat in the first battle can be suppressed for now. The Ministry of War can handle it."
I sent a message to Li Rusong, Zu Chengxun, etc., and told them that I am temporarily suppressing the thunder and waiting for news of Pyongyang's victory. If there is another accident... Nanning, you don't want to go to North Korea again, do you?"
In fact, Gao Pragmatic didn't mind a trip to North Korea, but at this time, the Ming Dynasty and the public had a bad view of the vassal states. They basically regarded people outside the Ming Dynasty as barbarians. Although North Korea claimed to be Little China, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, it was only inferior to the Ming Dynasty.
The Wilderness is so powerful, but it's not a good place to go, so that's why Zhu Yijun said this.
Of course, Zhu Yijun’s main meaning was not this, he had something else to say. The subtext is this: Your Liaodong Army suffered a defeat in Pyongyang. The last time you could say that it was not you, Li Rusong, who fought the battle, then I will give it to you this time.
If you fail again, I will have no choice but to remove you from the post of commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Army and let Marquis Nanning take action in person.
The threat of this subtext is not light. The key is not to remove Li Rusong's chief military officer against Japan, but that if this matter develops to that point, the imperial court will need to send a man recognized as the best literary commander in the world.
Mr. Ge, the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, can you, the "head of the generals" of the Li family, keep your face?
People want face, and trees want bark, especially Li Rusong, who is a tough guy who wants face very much. No matter how he would react after hearing these words, even a pig could imagine that he would risk his life.
I have to say that Zhu Yijun finally understood the trick of "it is better to mobilize a general than to dispatch him".
This meeting was ultimately carried out in accordance with Gao's pragmatic wishes, which made Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue feel disappointed on the one hand, and even more worried on the other.
The rebellion of the Li family in Tieling was already a huge blow to them, causing one of their strongest supporting forces in the army to change its banner, and their strength was greatly damaged, almost beyond repair.
And now, in politics, that is, in the court, the Xin School has actually been reduced to being completely beaten up by the Practical School, especially on military issues. The emperor did not even bother to consider the opinions of the Xin School, and only consulted Gao Pragmatic's opinions.
What should I do?
Moreover, there was a major hidden worry lingering in the minds of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue at this time, that is, with Qi Jiguang's march south - although he was strangely marching very slowly this time - the Cao Army was already internally unstable.
Even though some of the generals who took the lead in making trouble received a lot of money from some hidden channels, they were still greatly shaken. The entire rioting Cajun Army was horrified that the most outstanding representative of the Southern Army went south in person, as if
It felt like the sky was about to fall, and I couldn't think of any resistance at all.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! According to the recent news, although Qi Jiguang has just entered Shandong, the rioting Cao army in Jiangbei (the Huaihe area north of the Yangtze River) has already turned into a mess.
, not only have they connected in private to find a way out, but there are also many people who openly expressed that the turmoil is a riot, but they are by no means traitors.
In short, the bottom line is the same thing. Since the Imperial Guard has dispatched the imperial guards, we will only end up in trouble if we continue to make trouble. We must quickly "change our evil ways and return to the right path". Before the uncle is in front of us, we can announce the end of the commotion and strive for
Leniency. Considering that the imperial court is currently engaged in wars on both the east and west sides, I guess the punishment will not be too severe.
What Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were worried about was naturally not whether people like Cao Jun were dead or alive, but that too many people were involved behind this matter - their own people.
Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue both knew a little about how much the Jiangnan chaebol had done in this matter, but they also suspected that what they knew might not be the whole picture, and maybe there were more problems than they grasped. Then, once the turmoil subsided, the court would
If we want to conduct a thorough investigation, it will really be the end of the world.
The two of them planned to hold on to Zu Chengxun today. On the one hand, they wanted to show that the power of the Xin School still existed and that they could not rebel just because they wanted to. There would be no consequences at all. On the other hand, they also hoped to use this to draw the attention of the court.
In the east, think less about the problems in the south.
Unfortunately, it seems now that matters in the east are nothing at all after receiving high pragmatic endorsement, so it will be difficult for matters in the south not to be exposed to the attention of the government and the public.
After leaving the Wenhua Hall, Shen and Wang returned to the cabinet. Wang Xijue suddenly said: "Yuanfu, Gao Rixin's original scripture is "Yi", so there is no reason why he doesn't know about the principle that a powerful dragon has regrets, right?
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Shen Shixing heard the song and knew its elegant meaning. He frowned and said, "You mean... make peace with him?"
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