Chapter 277 Aiding Korea and Fighting the Japanese (35) Chaos in Jeolla
Two flowers bloom, one for each. The general trend of the Ming Dynasty is still under the control of Gao Pragmatic, so it can be suppressed for the time being. At this time, North Korea, both North Korea and the Japanese army, are facing their own problems.
Worth reading.
Since Japan's large-scale invasion of North Korea, only Jeolla Province has never fallen among the eight roads in North Korea. However, according to the Japanese army's pre-war deployment and subsequent adjustments, the 15,000-strong Sixth Division is now under the command of veteran Takakage Kobayakawa.
Under the leadership of the army, they occupied Geumsan in the northernmost part of Jeolla Province and garrisoned it.
Geumsan connects Chungcheong Province and Jeolla Province. It is located in a dangerous location and has always been a strategic location for North Korea. After the Japanese army occupied Geumsan, the Korean army and rebels in Jeolla Province knew that the situation was worrying and began to spontaneously gather and prepare.
Prepare for the war that is bound to come.
In order to ensure that Jeonju was not lost and the overall situation was not bad, Jeolla Province's Gwangju envoy Quan Yik was appointed as the governor of the capital and led troops to garrison at Ichi, the gate of Jeonju, to contain the Japanese army. Jeolla Province's defense envoy Guo Rong was stationed at Ichi.
They gathered together and were ordered to recapture Geumsan; the leader of the Jeolla Daoist Army, Gao Jingming, also led his troops to help.
When Quan Li heard that Gao Jingming had come, he hurriedly came out of his tent to greet him. When Gao Jingming saw Quan Li personally coming to greet him, he was a little flattered and said quickly: "Why should the Temperance Envoy personally greet someone who has been dismissed from office long ago?"
No, absolutely not."
Quan Li pretended not to hear, stepped forward, held Gao Jingming's hands tightly, and thanked him sincerely: "It is precisely because of government affairs that I have been dismissed from office, so I am even more grateful to be able to come here now. Although the imperial court gave up government affairs first,
Regardless, during the national crisis, Fu Shi still stepped forward and organized volunteers to fight against the Japanese pirates.
In particular, Mr. Fu Shi is a highly respected figure. He raised his arms and raised his voice, and Jeolla Province responded. Rebels spread everywhere, making it difficult for Japanese pirates to rampage. In addition, after the younger generation heard about the Tanyang Alliance, Fu Shi has become the leader of the rebels? It is really gratifying to congratulate him.
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Gao Jingming sighed and said: "General Quan Li has been overrated. I was dismissed because of my incompetence. What I do now is nothing more than loyalty and loyalty. General, I have led 7,000 rebel troops to help. There are two people behind me.
My dog... is brave and generous, and I haven’t come to see the general yet!”
Quan Li knew that Gao Jingming only had two sons. After hearing this, he hurriedly advised: "As for the government, you are old and the war is dangerous now. If the whole family goes into battle, if the incense is in danger, really..."
Gao Jingming interrupted: "General, you are too worried. If the country perishes, what is the point of continuing the bloodline? My father and son have decided to live and die with the country and share the hardships. I hope the general will fulfill his wish." Quan Li was in awe.
I was very impressed and quickly invited three people to come into the tent to discuss the matter.
In the camp, Quan Li was the first to say: "Jolla Province is the country's granary. It has always been relied upon by the imperial court and coveted by Japanese pirates. Nowadays, along the coast of Jeolla Province, there are two water envoys, Yi Sunsin and Li Yiqi.
We must firmly control the mountainous terrain in the east, making it difficult for the Japanese pirates to advance easily, and the Jeolla Daoist rebel army is on the rise, and the army and the people are united, so the Japanese pirates have no choice but to occupy Geumsan Mountain and then try to encroach on Jeolla."
Gao Jingming nodded to express his understanding, and then suggested: "If the Japanese pirates want to invade Jeolla Province from Geumsan, they will attack Lichi and Xiongchi first and then invade Jeonju. In this case, we need to divide our troops to guard Lichi and
Xiongzhi has two important places."
Guo Rongze, the defense envoy of Jeolla Province, immediately added: "Our army cannot just focus on defense. I intend that when the Japanese pirates divide their forces to attack Lichi and Xiongchi, we should gather an elite force led by my general to sneak attack Geumsan and cut off their return route.
, attack and capture the enemy's base camp. This is a strategy to capture the king and prevent his return. The Japanese pirates will rush back to rescue them. If they win, Jinshan will be recovered, and they can take advantage of the situation to completely annihilate the enemy invaders. If they fail to win, they can also save Lizhi and Xiongzhi's safety.
, to defeat the enemy."
Quan Li thought for a moment and thought this plan was feasible, so he nodded in approval. Gao Jingming was naturally unwilling to be left behind and expressed his willingness to go with Guo Rong.
On the ninth day of October, Kobayakawa Takakage, who was stationed in Geumsan, led two generals, Tachibana Munege and Kobayakawa Shubao, to attack Xiongshi and Lishi respectively. Kwonli's headquarters and the rebels defended Lishi together. The Korean soldiers and civilians were extremely brave.
They all fought to the death. The Japanese army attacked bravely, but when they saw that they could not defeat them, they had to retreat temporarily.
On the other hand, the fighting situation in Xiongzhi was not good. Facing the strong Japanese attack, they could only retreat and defend, and the situation was critical. After hearing this, Gao Jingming and Guo Rong accelerated their advance and arrived at Jinshan in Shenshi.
Gao Jingming and Guo Rong divided their troops into two groups. Guo Rong's headquarters attacked the west side of Jinshan Mountain, and Gao Jing ordered his headquarters to attack the south side of Jinshan Mountain. Kobayakawa Takakage ordered the Ziguang Gate to be built, and Takahashi ordered more troops to resist, while he himself ordered the entire army
Stick to the dangerous position, deploy in echelons, and only use iron cannons to fight back. Do not rush into battle. The two armies fought fiercely in Jinshan until late at night. Jinshan was still not captured by Gao Jingming and Guo Rong.
After a fierce battle, Kobayakawa Takakage found that the morale of Guo Rong's troops was low, and they were far less willing to fight to the death than Gao Jingming's troops. He has always been one of the few wise generals in Japan, so he went to Takahashi Tongzou that night and said to him: "
Mr. Takahashi, the North Korean volunteers are fearless, and it is not a good idea to compete with each other to attrition. Now the strength of the two armies is almost the same, how do you think our army should arrange its formation?"
Takahashi Tongzeng was a bachelor, and said directly: "His Royal Highness Kobayakawa must have a strategy to defeat the enemy, so please feel free to give me your instructions."
Kobayakawa Takakage couldn't help but smile, but still nodded and said: "Okay, Takahashi-kun, I will speak frankly. The North Korean troops are divided into two groups, but the North Korean army on the west side is overwhelming, but according to my detailed observation,
But their military morale is not as good as that of Nanlu.
Therefore, in order to break the siege of Jinshan, I must concentrate my forces and conquer the west road first and then turn to the south road. I would like to ask you to defend the south gate tomorrow and hold on until I return for reinforcements. However, I can only give you part of the troops, so this battle will be difficult.
It's very dangerous, Takahashi-kun... can you do it?"
Takahashi Tongzeng raised his chin proudly and replied: "The way of a samurai is to be loyal and righteous. My brother and father-in-law have high hopes for me. I will never disgrace my family name. It is a great honor to follow you to fight in Korea. Please give me your Highness Kobayakawa
Don’t worry and leave this important task in your hands. Your Highness, if the high bridge is not dead, the south gate will not be broken!”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Kobayakawa Takakage praised it loudly, so he adjusted his deployment the next day, focusing all his efforts on breaking through his weak points first, and then encircling the lone army. He also ordered the construction of Ziguang Gate, and most of the iron gates were built.
The gunners concentrated on Guo Rong's direction to seek a breakthrough.
Guo Rong led his troops to attack Jinshan again, but was hit head-on by the Japanese army's concentrated iron artillery. In a short period of time, they suffered heavy casualties. After two rounds of charges, nearly half of Guo Rong's troops were killed or injured, which was not the case in Korea.
It is extremely rare among the army - because it usually collapses before it reaches this level.
But even so, Guo Rong also knew that his troops could no longer maintain their strength. Seeing that the situation was not good, he was frightened and fled with his troops before notifying Gao Jing's order.
Kobayakawa Takakage could see clearly from a high place, but he immediately ordered not to pursue, and the entire army turned around to counterattack Gao Jingming. At this time, Gao Jingming was fighting fiercely. When the rebels heard that Guo Rong had fled, the morale of the army was suddenly in chaos. They saw the Japanese troops coming out in full force, attacking from both sides.
, could not resist, and one after another persuaded Gao Jingming to withdraw southward in time.
However, Gao Jingming was determined not to obey and said: The defeated general can only atone for his sins by dying in battle! So after a fierce battle, Gao Jingming, his second son Gao Conghou, generals Liu Penglao, An Ying and other core subordinates all
He died in battle and the remaining troops fled in all directions.
The Japanese troops who were attacking Lishi and Xiongshi heard that Jinshan was attacked, and they withdrew from the battlefield and quickly returned to rescue Jinshan. After reuniting with Kobayakawa Takakage, the Japanese troops rested and recuperated, and then marched again the next day. This time Kobayakawa was sixth
The whole army was mobilized, hoping to capture Jeolla Road with one force.
Kobayakawa Takakage ordered Takahashi Tongzen to lead a thousand troops to pretend to attack Lizhi, and he personally led the army to break through Xiongzhi. Takahashi Tongzeng took the order and led his troops to kill Lizhi, but was ambushed by Quanli from all sides. Quanli's army arrived.
The army included those left behind by Gao Jingming’s rebel army. When they heard about Gao Jingming’s tragic death, they were all filled with righteous indignation and murderous intent.
Under Quan Li's sudden siege, the Japanese army was caught off guard, outnumbered, and suffered heavy losses. Takahashi Tongzeng tried his best to save it, but in the end it was of no avail, so he had to lead nearly a hundred people to break through the encirclement and return to Jinshan in embarrassment.
At this time, the main force led by Kobayakawa Takakage was fiercely attacking Xiongzhi. Xiongzhi was poorly defended and could not withstand the impact of Japanese iron artillery rounds. Seeing the menacing Japanese army, defender Li Zhan concluded that Xiongzhi was difficult to defend, so he led the rebel army to retreat to Xiongshan to set up defenses.
Kobayakawa Takakei was in hot pursuit, and Li Zhan led the rebel army to rely on the mountains to fight with Kobayakawa Takakei's army. Kobayakawa Takakei was a wise general. At this moment, he saw that the North Korean rebels wanted to use the terrain advantage to consume the edge of their offensive, so in order to avoid North Korea disrupting their formation, he ordered
All the troops gathered together, set fire to the mountain, and took detours to annihilate the enemy. Li Zhan and many other volunteers died in the battle.
In order to confuse the Japanese army and prevent them from entering Jeonju, Jeolla Province patrol envoy Li Min spread torch flags on the only roads they must pass through, and ordered more than a dozen teams of light cavalry to gallop through the mountains, pretending to be suspicious.
Kobayakawa Takakei's army had just fought hard and heard that North Korea Gonli had defeated Takahashi Tongzeng and was now leading his army to pursue him. Therefore, seeing this suspicious soldier, he did not dare to act rashly. For the sake of safety, he ordered to return to Geumsan.
Later, in the name of admiring the heroic battles of the Korean volunteers in Geumsan and Xiongshan, Kobayakawa Takakage ordered the corpses of the Korean volunteers in Xiongshan to be collected and buried together, and he personally erected a wooden monument with the following Chinese characters: "In memory of the loyalty of the Korean nation,"
It can be seen that this person is indeed quite strategic.
At the same time, in Chungcheong Province, the great scholar Jo Heon of Gongju and the monk Yeong Gyu launched a massive uprising to resist the enemy and defend the country.
In fact, North Korea has been vigorously promoting Confucianism since the founding of the country. It believes that Buddhism is a deceiver and has long been suppressed and ostracized. However, now that the country is facing a national crisis, the court has granted amnesty to the whole country, and has also changed its attitude towards Buddhism. The people are flocking to defect to it, and temples in various places feel that it is a national crisis.
To help protect the people, some monks took the lead in recruiting monk soldiers.
For example, Master Xishan Xiujing recruited 1,500 monks and soldiers at Faxing Temple in Shun'an; his eldest disciple, monk Wei Zheng, recruited 700 monks and soldiers at Qianfeng Temple in Wucheng; his second disciple Chuying recruited 1,000 monks and soldiers at Jeolla Province; The third disciple Yeong Gyu recruited 700 monks and soldiers from Gap Temple in Gongju, etc.
So far, the first batch of monk soldiers in North Korea has reached 8,000 people. Temples in various places have also heard the news and responded one after another. Therefore, Xiu Jing was conferred by the imperial court as the chief photographer of the Eight Paths and Sixteen Sects, commanding the monk soldiers across the country.
And Zhao Xian is not simple. As a master of Confucianism in Korea, he was later known as the Eighteen Sages of the Eastern Kingdom in original history. Now he is naturally responsible for the national crisis. He heard that the monks were rising, and he was even more impatient, so he led his disciples He set up a high platform in Gongju and recruited volunteers.
Zhao Xian called on the people: "Our country is in trouble, beasts are invading, destroying our mountains and rivers, plundering our land, killing our people, cutting off our foundation, the government and army are weak, the royal family is relocating, and the world is in chaos. The people are displaced, and the country that has existed for hundreds of years is about to be destroyed. For nothing, the home that generations of father and son had run had been destroyed.
Fortunately, I heard that a red-coated general Guo Zaiyu descended from the sky in Gyeongsang Province and raised the flag of righteousness for the first time to recruit volunteers. Later, Jin Miao, Jin Qiangai, Gao Jingming and others swarmed up. Volunteers from all over the country frightened the Japanese pirates. There were also What's more, monasteries in various places also recruited monks and soldiers, just to protect their families and the country, and to fight against the national calamity together.
Nowadays, Yi Sun-shin of Jeolla Province has defeated the Japanese navy. The Crown Prince is in great danger. He shuttles among the enemy formations to offer condolences and calls for troops from all over the country to join forces to fight against the enemy. We, Confucian scholars, have read poetry and books and studied the Dao assiduously. In the midst of this national crisis, On this occasion, it is appropriate to abide by etiquette, justice, integrity, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and to sacrifice one's life to protect the people of the world.
Everyone! Please follow my righteous flag, join my righteous army, expel the Japanese pirates, restore our mountains and rivers, sacrifice your life fearlessly, and leave your name in history, but be loyal and filial, and never regret it even if you die a hundred times!"
Zhao Xian was impassioned and the crowd was excited. After the selection on that day alone, more than 1,100 volunteers were recruited.
Afterwards, Zhao Xian made an appointment with Yeong Gyu and sighed: "Cheongju is an important town in Qingdao, and there is a large amount of grain. Previously, when the Japanese pirates went north, they captured Cheongju and used it as a stronghold to guard it. Recently, it was heard that the Japanese army in Cheongju had mostly moved north. Tiao, there are only a few hundred Japanese troops left in Qingzhou City to defend Qingzhou alone, and they are alone. In this way, if we gather a large number of rebels and fight with many times the strength in bloody battles, we will definitely be able to regain Qingzhou and the world will be shocked!"
Yeonggyu replied: "The public statement is very true, but I think that although the Japanese army is small in number, they still rely on the power of firearms. Our army's armor is thin, and Cheongju City is huge. If we rush to attack Cheongju City without any plan, it may be disadvantageous for us." The army will only increase casualties. The young monk suggested that it might be more appropriate to unite the officers and soldiers to set up a strategy to lure the enemy into encirclement and annihilation."
Zhao Xian was a little displeased when he heard Ling Gui's proposal to join forces with the army. He frowned and said, "Master, you don't know something. The officers and soldiers are incompetent and have no fighting spirit. Otherwise, the Japanese pirates would not be able to be so rampant. If we join forces with the army, we may not be able to do anything." We can enjoy its power, but we are afraid of being burdened by it. If the master has mercy on the officers and soldiers, he can let them watch the battle aside. If our army is victorious, he can let them pursue the remaining bandits."
Ling Gui also knew that the officers and soldiers were not performing well on all fronts. Since Zhao Xian had reluctantly agreed to the officers and soldiers' participation, even if they were just allowed to fight a smooth battle, it would be a rare honor, so he did not argue and just agreed to it. .
Zhao Xian's face softened a little, and he added: "The Japanese pirates are from a large country, so they will not take it seriously when they see our rebel army. As long as we can lure some of the enemy out of the city and annihilate them, and no matter how powerful they are, the Japanese pirates will be frightened and panicked, and their morale will collapse. Even if
Even if we have sharp weapons, it will be difficult to be effective. At this time, if our army attacks Qingzhou, it will be difficult for the enemy to resist."
Yeong Gyu thought it was reasonable and agreed again, so the Korean rebels and monk soldiers immediately took action.
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