This is the first time the battle has been fought like this, with more than half of the entire army lost. It is really the first time since Governor Konishi led the army. Since his first army entered the North Korea, it can be said that it swept through thousands of troops and defeated the Korean army.
If an army is defeated, no matter how famous a master or general it is, it is just a defeated general.
Even though Zu Chengxun of the Ming army came last time and his troops were very powerful, they were trapped in a tight siege because they were not careful enough in sending troops, and they were eventually defeated.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the first battle of Pyongyang shocked Konishi to a certain extent, because the First Army still won the victory in the end, it also gave Konishi a certain illusion, thinking that as long as he
If you hold on carefully, you can still defeat the Ming army with the powerful power of Pyongyang Fort and the First Army.
However, the second Battle of Pyongyang completely shattered his illusions. Once the Ming army got serious, it was not the first army that could resist. Under the artillery bombardment of the Ming army that was so powerful that he was stunned, the morale and formation of each department were very good.
It was difficult to maintain, and Pyongyang Fort was also bombarded to pieces, and even the gates were bombarded, so that the outer city was lost in just half a day.
Although the inner city seemed to be well defended, Governor Konishi could clearly see that the Ming army was not doing its best. Not only was there no sudden attack by soldiers, there was no even large-scale artillery bombardment.
This is obviously not because Li Rusong does not want to commit more crimes, but because he does not want to beat the city of Pyongyang to pieces. After all, this city is the largest city in northern North Korea and is very suitable as a strategic support point for the Ming army's next battle. It is still necessary to try as much as possible
Well preserved.
Although the reason was understood, there was no medicine for regret. Commander Konishi could only lead the remaining troops to flee to Kaesong and meet Kobayakawa Takakage. Kobayakawa was very embarrassed when he saw Governor Konishi. The First Army Corps suffered heavy casualties, and Pyongyang was already dead.
After announcing the fall, I couldn't help but ask the Ming army's combat strength.
Governor Konishi's face looked a little frightened. He swallowed a mouthful of spit before replying: "The Ming army is very powerful! In terms of long-distance warfare, the Ming army has a large number of large cannons (artillery), at least hundreds of large and small.
Tou, our army is completely out of reach. When the war started, the Ming army's cannons were blaring, and I and the generals felt the tremors inside and outside Pyongyang, as if the sky was shattering;
In terms of close combat, the ratio of iron artillery is also higher than that of our army. When the iron artillery teams of the two sides were shooting at each other, our army was actually at a slight disadvantage. This was an unprecedented situation. Later, it was discovered that one part of the Ming army relied on tanks.
, hiding behind the chariot and shooting from the gaps, our troops fired at it like...with all due respect, like a dog biting a hedgehog, unable to bite it at all;
However, in terms of close combat, the most invincible of our army is the Ming cavalry. Those Ming cavalry all ride tall horses, which are one head taller than the horses ridden by our generals. What is even more shocking is that these cavalry are also
The whole body is covered with armor, and except for the most heroic warriors who sacrifice their lives to cut off the legs of their horses, no one can fight with them!
At that time, I saw countless cavalrymen of the Ming army charging towards me. Everyone who was hit by our army had their armor shattered and blood spurted five feet away! Your Highness Kobayakawa, our army must not start a war easily with the Ming army again. If we want to defeat the Ming army, we must fight against each other.
With the combined strength of the army, Pyongyang has been lost and Kaesong cannot be saved alone. It is better to retreat to Seoul and concentrate our forces to fight again, which may have a chance of survival."
Governor Konishi was a businessman, but he had also fought in wars for many years, and even defeated more than 100,000 Korean troops in Korea, so Kobayakawa Takakage had to believe his statement.
In Kobayakawa Takakage's view, even if Konishi Yukinaga exaggerated the Ming army's combat power after his defeat, the fact that his First Army had defeated it to this point was enough to show how powerful the Ming army's combat power was. Therefore, the Ming army's combat power was not only far superior
The Korean army was also superior to the Japanese army. This is obviously an indisputable fact.
Since the Ming army is so powerful, it obviously makes sense to retreat to Seoul and concentrate its forces to fight again. Therefore, Kobayakawa Takakage nodded and said: "I didn't expect that the Ming army was so powerful. If Kanbei said before, our army should
It is better to concentrate our military forces to garrison Hanyang. Now our army is scattered and easily defeated by the Ming army. Kaicheng is indeed no longer reliable, so we should retreat to Hanyang as early as possible. When the Ming army is proud of its consecutive victories, we can concentrate all our efforts to set up an ambush.
Gather and annihilate.”
Then Kobayakawa Takakage ordered the Sixth Army to abandon Kaesong and move to Hanyang with the remnants of the First Army. On the Hanyang side, Ukita Hideie also learned about the defeat of Pyongyang and was furious at this moment.
Military adviser Kuroda Kanbei advised: "The first division has nearly 20,000 troops, which is considered elite in terms of combat power. It defends the fortified city of Pyongyang and has a favorable geographical location but was still defeated by the Ming army. This shows the combat power of the Ming army."
Extraordinary.
At present, our conquering armies are scattered in various directions. They were originally deployed to occupy and stabilize the entire territory of Korea, but they are not conducive to a decisive battle with a strong army like the Ming army. I think it is not too late to order the Ping'an Road, Hamgyong Road, and Huanghai Road.
All the divisions of Jiangyuan Province and Gangwon Province are concentrated in Gyeonggi, trying to protect Hanyang and defeat the Ming army with Hanyang as the basis!"
However, Ukita Hideie did not agree and said angrily: "How can such an arrangement be made? How would His Highness Taikaku allow it? The defeat of Pyongyang is the biggest shame after our army entered the DPRK. The top priority is to organize a counterattack immediately. How can we instead
The front line has been completely abandoned and we have retreated south to Hanyang. I wonder who can withstand the wrath of His Majesty Taige's thunder!"
Kuroda Kanbei shouted: "Hideie! The situation is urgent! Stop being obsessed with it! Do you want the entire army to die in Korea? At present, our army's strength is scattered. If we don't change it, we will only be defeated one after another. Now withdraw from the four northern
Tao, show the enemy weakness, paralyze the opponent, indulge the Ming army with arrogance, concentrate the military strength, and then win a great victory outside Hanyang City!
If God Amaterasu bless us, we may even have a chance to completely annihilate the Ming army. In that case, North Korea will be completely occupied by our army immediately, and the future march into the Ming Dynasty will be smoother. Please immediately issue strict orders to all divisions to ensure the best possible outcome.
Concentrate all the troops to Hanyang at a fast speed, and those who disobey the order will be punished by military law!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As a military advisor, Kuroda Kanbei expressed his position in such a tough tone for the first time after entering the court, and even had a hint of an order.
Ishida Mitsunari knew the status of Kuroda Kanbei's military advisor. In fact, Kuroda Kanbei was originally Toyotomi Hideyoshi's military advisor. He was the most famous and most accomplished military advisor in Japan after Takenaka Hanbei's death.
He fought countless battles in his life, and was especially good at intrigues. The famous Battle of Eigaura during the Warring States Period, the flooding of Takamatsu Castle, the Great Return of China, the Shikoku Expedition, the Kyushu Expedition, the Battle of Odawara Castle, and the dominance of Kitakyushu, etc.
It is Kuroda's masterpiece, so Japan calls him "the best military strategist in the world".
Since Kuroda Rushui supports the concentration of troops and the decisive battle at Hanyang, Ishida Mitsunari, the "battle master", naturally does not need to think too much and agrees: "If Hanyang is lost, then all the northern divisions will face disaster, please hurry up!
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Ishida Mitsunari opened his mouth, and the effect was even more extraordinary. People from all walks of life expressed their support and unanimously agreed on this.
Although Ukita Hideie was the general, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had a personal explanation for him. He did not dare to really oppose the opinions of the military advisor, so he had to obey Kuroda Kanbei's words and convey military orders.
Kuroda Nagamasa, the son of Kuroda Yomizu, requested an order from Ukita Hideie, hoping that part of the third division would guard the main road, block the Ming army, and cover the southward retreat of the armies. Ukita Hideie naturally agreed to the request.
Shortly after the Battle of Pyongyang, Song Yingchang, who was preparing the Japanese strategy for the Ming Dynasty, also rushed to North Korea. As the commander-in-chief, Li Rusong naturally went to report his merits. When Song Yingchang heard about Pyongyang's great victory, he praised him repeatedly and expressed condolences to the North Korean officers and soldiers who participated in the war. He ordered Li Rusong to
After resting in Pyongyang, they marched to Kaesong, and Li Rusong took the order.
Since the Southern Army was the first to break the city in this battle, Yuan Huang praised the Southern Army and said to the Southern Army and the generals: "The great victory in Pyongyang was attributed to the Southern Army as the first contribution to the imperial court. The Southern Army has made great achievements, and Song Jingtai also knows about it. Please wait and see."
It's just a reward." The southern soldiers cheered and thanked him.
Li Rusong rested in Pyongyang for ten days, mainly waiting for the subsequent shipment of gunpowder and other supplies, and then took advantage of the victory to advance. Kuno Shigekatsu, one of the 24 Kuroda generals under Kuroda Nagamasa, and the Kuroda family general Kuriyama Toriyasu led their troops to cover
The main forces of each army withdrew southward while blocking the Ming army's pursuers. As a result, they died in a fierce battle at Baichuan.
After receiving Ukita Hideie's strict order, the Japanese troops in the north did not dare to neglect and retreated southward to Hanyang one after another. The Ming army and the North Korean allied forces took advantage of the situation to regain Kaesong, and then regained Ping'an, Huanghai, Hamgyong Sando and the northern part of Gangwon Province. The main force of the Ming army moved towards
The advance of Gyeonggi Province further deterred Hanyang.
A few days later, the news came out that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army were asked to take credit. It turned out that each of the first to reach the city had his own person, but the first credit was attributed to Yang Yuan of the Northern Army. This caused trouble.
It stands to reason that the Ming Dynasty has always awarded military merits based on the number of heads captured. This is a common practice. Only highly pragmatic "extraordinary people dare to do extraordinary things" and like to engage in "collective merit", while others do not dare to follow suit easily, because one
If you come to the court, you may not agree, and secondly, you may be afraid that the treatment will be unfair and cause trouble such as mutiny, which is not good.
However, before the battle in Pyongyang, Li Rusong ordered those who fought for the heads to be beheaded in order to prevent them from delaying the fight. Unfortunately, this order was not strictly implemented.
At that time, the Southern Army was in the front and the Northern Army was behind. As a result, during the war, the Southern Army attacked first and fought hard, while the Northern Army actually got more heads. This was fine, but the credit for the first landing was inexplicably given to the Northern Army. Unlike the previous confrontations, the Southern Army was in front.
The Confederate Army's commitment was exactly the opposite.
Now things were going badly. Generals such as Qi Jin, Wu Weizhong, and Luo Shangzhi of the Southern Army accused Li Rusong of favoring the Northern Army and lying about his military exploits. The soldiers of the Southern Army were even more resentful, and they often had quarrels with the Northern Army.
The trend is getting worse.
Song Yingchang therefore asked Li Rusong: "Obviously it was the Southern soldiers who first climbed the city to seize the flag. How could Zu Chengxun not know? At the bloody battles at the city gates and even at Peony Peak, the Southern soldiers charged forward and fought tooth and nail, but why were all the military achievements attributed to the Northern soldiers?
merit?"
Li Rusong explained: "According to Rong Bing's summary, according to the last general's knowledge, the first to break the city should be the artillery attack ordered by Yang Yuan to open the Seven Star Gate. As for the southern soldiers, it is true that they first climbed the city, but the first one to break the city was
They are actually the Northern Army.
In fact, when discussed in detail, there are different opinions on the details, and each one insists on his own opinion. In the end, the general can only remember that each of them had their own contribution to the city, and the first contribution should be attributed to Yang Yuan who ordered the cannon fire. Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty, the merit is recorded by the head. Nowadays, the head is mostly for the north.
This is what the general will have to gain from the army, please be careful and careful."
Song Yingchang disagreed and said: "Before the war, you issued a strict order to kill anyone who wanted to fight for his head. However, the military order could not be carried out, which led to this situation. As an admiral, you lost your face and you were caught in the middle.
Many Southern soldiers have been wronged in this matter. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, this matter should be investigated carefully and the merits determined again."
Li Rusong advised: "Jingtai, what the general is worried about is that there are currently many northern soldiers in the whole army. Now that things have come to this, if the merits are determined again, it is not known whether the southern army will appreciate it, and I am afraid that it will arouse the resentment of the northern army. Jingtai also
We know that most of the generals at all levels of the Northern Army belong to general families, which can easily affect the frontier officials... Can we postpone the action, at least until Hanyang is recovered?"
When Song Yingchang saw Li Rusong talking about the influence of the Northern Army, he replied: "The Southern Army's strength is not small, and the Southern Army is well aware of the Japanese pirates' fighting methods and habits, and there are many artillery, which is an indispensable force in the Battle of Hanyang."
Admiral Li, both the Northern and Southern armies are deeply relied upon by the Emperor, and both...have served under the old guard of the high cabinet. What's more, the Southern Army trained the Northern Army. I have my own opinion on this matter. You can continue to rest and train and wait.
Military order." Although Li Rusong was worried that things would get out of hand, he could only accept the order.
Has Li Rusong's temper suddenly become lighter this time? That's not the case. The main problem is that behind Song Yingchang is Gao Pragmatism. Although Song Yingchang is from Renhe (belonging to Hangzhou Prefecture), he is not a member of the Xin School. The reason is simple: he is
He was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing period, and his eldest teacher was Gao Gong.
Of course, if it hadn't been for this relationship, given the current situation in the imperial court, he probably wouldn't have been able to get the position of Minister of War. After all, the Ministry of War was now almost the exclusive preserve of high-ranking members of the Real School.
Hearing about Pyongyang's great victory, King Li Ho of North Korea was overjoyed and came down to hold a grand celebration banquet to reward the Ming army. Liu Chenglong was ordered to attend the congratulations. During the dinner, Li Rusong, for some unknown reason, suddenly asked Liu Chenglong to kneel down and toast to him.
There is nothing wrong with toasting. After such a big help, even if Liu Chenglong toasted to Li Rusong on behalf of the King of Joseon Li Huan, it would be the proper meaning of the question and a normal etiquette. However, the problem is that Li Rusong asked him to kneel down and toast, and Li Rusong was acting inappropriately.
Sitting due north.
This was a big problem. Liu Chenglong was so shocked that he even became speechless for a moment. Li Dexin also reacted immediately and stood up quickly to accuse: "What kind of etiquette is this? Toasting from the north is a courtesy for ministers to pay respect to the monarch. What is the meaning of the admiral's move?"
?!"
Ma Dong immediately stood up and said: "The Ming Dynasty conquered Korea, and our army traveled thousands of miles to expel the Japanese pirates for you and rebuild our relationship with kindness. Is it possible that I can't bear to have a glass of wine with you?"
Li Dexin replied: "General, what you said is wrong! Admiral Li is the commander-in-chief of the superior state, but he is not an envoy of the superior state. He cannot represent His Majesty the Emperor. No matter how meritorious and meritorious he is, he cannot be compared with the monarch. He can only occupy the eastern position.
By making such demands, you are showing contempt for the Korean royal family and the imperial court!"
Zu Chengxun mocked: "Who saved the Korean royal family and court that were about to perish? If the Ming Dynasty did not send reinforcements, would this despised royal family and court still exist?"
Li Rusong snorted lightly and asked Liu Chenglong again if he could make a toast?
Liu Chenglong cupped his hands and said: "To thank those who helped North Korea defeat the Japanese pirates, I am willing to risk my life, let alone toast from the north? Of course it is not a problem."
After saying that, Liu Chenglong actually stood up and took off his clothes. Under the astonishment of everyone, he showed himself in white clothes and said to Li Rusong: "I cannot violate the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers. It is difficult for me to toast to the north as a minister of North Korea, so I can only serve as a commoner of North Korea."
Thank you God for your kindness."
After Liu Chenglong finished speaking, he was about to kneel down and toast, but Li Rusong laughed loudly, stepped forward to help Liu Chenglong up, and said with a smile: "I am just joking. I appreciate your loyalty to your boss. Please get up and take your seat."
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PS: I checked and found that the chapter "Ping Japanese" is indeed Chapter 279. The reason is actually that the previous chapter was wrong. It's really shameful.
