Chapter 280: The Sword Points at Japan (81) to divert the tiger away from the mountain
When Ma Gui received the news of the Yongxing defeat, the Ming army suffered heavy losses in this battle. Even excluding the losses caused by the explosion of the gunpowder magazine, 1,132 people were killed in the night attack alone (including those who fought on the spot).
died and died of serious injuries after the war), 647 people were seriously injured and disabled, and 4,963 people were slightly injured. Dong Yiyuan's remaining troops collapsed all the way, and finally gathered in Yuanshan.
Although the above losses were huge, the losses during the collapse were not much less than the losses on the spot, because after Dong Yiyuan fled back to Yuanshan to conduct a troop count, he found that the remaining troops were only 20,000. In other words, he had only 20,000 troops left.
The troops lost heading north were no less than the total strength of Nabeshima Katsushige's troops.
What a shame!
When Ma Gui saw Dong Yiyuan's letter of apology, he was so angry that he said that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas reached nirvana. The general of the same name, who had been undefeated for twenty years since he became a disciple of Gao Jingshi, suddenly clenched his fist and punched his body.
The yellow pear wood table in front of him was smashed into pieces, and sawdust flew everywhere. All the generals in the tent were so frightened that they all shivered, and they were all silent, not even daring to breathe.
At this time, the generals of the Northern Army in the tent were almost all old subordinates that Ma Gui had commanded in the past. Seeing that the admiral was so angry, no one dared to persuade him. Therefore, Qi Jin, who was born in the Southern Army, had no choice but to stand up and say to Ma Gui:
"Admiral, calm down. Although Dong Zongrong should not have been defeated in this battle, the matter has reached this point and it is useless to talk about it. It is the court's duty to hold people responsible. We, the generals, can only do our best to deal with the subsequent changes."
"What you said is correct. It's just that Tianxuan has been leading the army for many years, and yet he could make such a big mistake. I... am so angry!" Ma Gui really couldn't bear to direct his anger at Qi Jin, so he had to hold back his anger.
said.
[Note: "Tianxuan" here should be the epitome of Dong Yiyuan, but this is a fabrication. The reason is that I found a lot of relevant information and there is no record of Dong Yiyuan's name, only the name of his brother Dong Yikui.
Dong Yikui's character "Tiansu" obviously takes "Kui" as the meaning of the twenty-eight constellations. Based on this style of character selection, it can be inferred that Dong Yiyuan, as his younger brother, may also have the word "天" in his surname. However, "Yuan" has several meanings, among which
It has the meanings of "Initial" and "First", and it also refers to the word "Xuan".
The Dong family is a family of generals. If Dong Yiyuan had the words "Tianchu", "Tianshi", "Tianshou", etc., it would be too arrogant in the feudal dynasty, and might even be regarded as having ulterior motives.
Furthermore, considering that the father of the Dong Yiyuan brothers, Dong Yang, was a general in Datong before his death in battle, as a military general, it would be unrealistic to give his son such a name in the Jiajing Dynasty, when the civil service group was extremely powerful, so the name is made up here as "
Tianxuan".]
Ma Gui and Dong Yiyuan were actually old acquaintances, and even had a good friendship, so it was not surprising that he was so angry that he refused to fight. As I have said many times before, generals from Xuanda University and Shaanxi Trilateral Factions have been married to each other for many years, and their relationship network is,
In-laws.com is so broken that the bones and tendons are broken, so we can’t help but treat them as a family.
This is just like when the Jin Party joined the Real School, and the Shaanxi Party followed almost at the same time. It is not an exaggeration to compare the relationship between Zhang Siwei and Ma Ziqiang to that of Ma Gui and Dong Yiyuan.
Therefore, Ma Gui's anger at this time was not only because of a major defeat on the battlefield, but also because Dong Yiyuan's defeat may be counted as a deduction for Xuanda and the trilateral faction at the court level -
These two families are both direct descendants of Gao Pragmatic. Although in terms of closeness, they are closer to each other and slightly farther apart, but they are still "one family" no matter what.
So in other words: Dong Yiyuan's points deduction is equal to Ma Gui's points deduction, and Ma Gui's points deduction is equal to Gao pragmatism's points deduction. This effect is very bad.
Of course, after all, the battle was fought by Dong Yiyuan, and this battle was clearly a battle between the strong and the weak. He could defeat it, and the final punishment should at most be punished to him, and nothing would happen to Ma Gui, let alone
There will be no such thing as high pragmatism. The so-called "point reduction" mentioned above is mainly at the political level and refers to a "momentum".
Ma Gui said that he was angry and refused to fight. Naturally, Qi Jin couldn't interrupt, so he could only change the topic and said: "The battle report said that Nurhaci was also there at the time, but he took advantage of the Japanese pirates' night attack and killed him out, and returned successfully.
The place where the garrison is located is emerging. The general always feels that there is something fishy about this matter..."
Ma Gui pondered: "Dong Yiyuan accused Nurhaci of being arrogant and disobeying orders in his confession report. What do you think about this?"
Qi Jin frowned and said: "Nurhachi seems to be respectful, but in fact he is arrogant. He may have the heart to dominate Manchuria. The generals in Liaodong have a consensus on this. However, Dong Zongrong said that Nurhachi does not listen to orders... This point
The last general has some doubts. With Nurhachi's cunning, he really shouldn't disobey orders in person, so the last general suspects that there is something hidden."
Ma Gui frowned when he heard this, but remained silent. Seeing this, Qi Jin suddenly came to his senses: If the responsibility was put on Nurhaci for disobeying the order, wouldn't Dong Yiyuan's crime for this defeat be much lighter?
There is no psychological burden for Ming generals to shift the blame to Nurhaci. Although Qi Jin has always been upright, he had faced off with Nurhaci at Fushun Pass a few years ago, so naturally he would not stand up for Nurhaci.
What, so he immediately added: "Of course, it is also possible that Nurhaci was awarded the title of General Longhu and led the Jurchen coalition to aid the DPRK. It is possible that he is arrogant."
Ma Gui nodded and said: "It makes sense. I will use this argument to plead guilty to the imperial court. As for what attitude the imperial court will take after learning about it, that is beyond my ability to comment."
When he said this, he waved his hand and said: "Let's talk about what happened on the battlefield first. The latest current situation is that Dong Zongrong has retreated to Yuanshan, and the Japanese pirate Nabeshima Katsushige's troops followed immediately, so it was empty.
After leaving Xianxing City, Nurhachi and other Jurchen coalition forces took advantage of the situation and occupied it.
In terms of recovering the lost territory of Korea, the northern border of Korea has been fully recovered, but we have to pay attention to the next movements of Nabeshima Katsushige's Japanese army. What do you generals have to say about this?"
Yansui Deputy Commander-in-Chief Xie Sheng said: "It stands to reason that this group of Japanese pirates originally only had 5,000 people. Although the night attack on Yongxing was successful, it could not be without losses. And after the war, they gave up on Xianxing and pursued them.
Dong Zongrong arrived near Yuanshan, which meant that it was difficult for the wounded soldiers in their army to be properly placed, and it would also become a reason for the loss of soldiers.
If these wounded soldiers had been in their army, it would have delayed their advance. From this point of view, it is unlikely that they would continue to attack Wonsan, and if they wanted to bypass Wonsan and go south, their advance would be slow.
It is certain that if our army can separate a strong force of cavalry or without artillery, we should be able to catch up with or intercept them."
Mao Guoqi did not seem to agree with this statement. He said: "This statement is certainly reasonable, but as far as I know, the Japanese pirates have always been cruel, not only to the enemy, but also to their own people. Now they are facing a desperate situation where they are surrounded from all sides. They give up the treatment of the wounded
I’m afraid it’s not something they can’t do.”
As one of the famous generals of the Southern Army, Mao Guoqi had fought under Qi Jiguang many years ago, so he naturally had enough say in the cruelty of Japanese pirates. When he said this, others immediately agreed.
Ye Bangrong, the commander-in-chief of Baoding who also came from the Qi Army but was recently transferred to Korea, said: "We and the Southern Army fought many fierce battles with Japanese pirates in the past. At that time, most of the real Japanese were rogues, but all parties in the Japanese country were defeated in a melee."
The running warriors, these warriors...are roughly equivalent to the servants of our court.
Everyone, there is one thing I have to mention. Just as the most elite of our Ming Dynasty soldiers are servants, a thousand servants are enough to defeat an army of 10,000 or 20,000, and the combat power of the Japanese army does not depend on its army, but on its warriors.
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Among the Japanese army, ordinary soldiers, whether injured or disabled, can be discarded as worn-out shoes, but only samurai can not abandon them. Therefore, Xie Furong said that the Japanese army may slow down their march due to wounded soldiers, but I think it is unlikely. So I agree.
It is said that the Japanese pirates will detour southward through Yuanshan Mountain, and troops should be sent to intercept them."
The generals discussed each other for a while. The more Ma Gui listened, the more headache he got, because in the end everyone believed that Nabeshima Katsushige's Japanese army must send troops to pursue them, and because Nurhachi's loyalty was very questionable, they must also
Give more strength to Dong Yiyuan, who just suffered a big loss, so as to prevent Nurhaci from causing trouble and making it difficult to explain.
But the troops in Ma Gui's hands only seemed to be large. Among them, he had no intention of moving the 30,000 people who were originally staying with the Korean royal family. But in this way, the troops would not be enough. It was impossible for him to lead his troops south to help.
Sichuan only brought a small force, right?
Even as a military general, when he reaches his status, he has to consider political issues at a higher level. But if political issues are considered first, it means that the troops going south are indispensable and the troops in Hanyang cannot be adjusted, which will frighten Nurhaci's military strength.
They still have to be dispatched, but the part that goes to Wonsan to intercept Nabeshima Katsushige can be relatively small.
There were only 60,000 people in total, how could we divide so many things to be done? Ma Gui couldn't help but paced and pondered.
At this moment, Qi Jin seemed to have some idea, and suddenly said: "Admiral Ma, do you think this will work: Let Nurhachi chase Nabeshima Katsushige."
Ma Gui's eyes lit up, but he soon frowned and hesitated, and asked: "But the North Koreans are extremely wary of the Jurchens. If the Jurchen coalition forces are allowed to pursue the Japanese pirates from north to south, will the North Koreans worry about the towns along the way being attacked?"
The Jurchen scourge? Especially, if something like that really happens, will the Koreans hate us as well?"
Qi Jin had always been dissatisfied with North Korea's previous struggle for command. After hearing Ma Gui's words, he immediately said: "My heavenly soldiers saved North Korea from certain death. If they don't even have this awareness, then let them hate it -
Even if they hate me, what can they do to me?"
"That's not what you say..." In fact, Ma Gui was just concerned about the political influence. He was not worried about what the North Koreans thought. Otherwise, he would not have been protected under a pseudonym. In fact, the North Korean royal family was under house arrest. But he still had to say what he said in the scene, so he still said
: "Joseon is a loyal vassal after all, and the King of Joseon is also loyal to the emperor. Since he came to the throne, he has received constant tributes and greetings, so his face should be taken care of."
"But..." At this point, Ma Gui changed the topic and said: "What you said is not unreasonable. It is true that our heavenly soldiers rescued the vassal country, but the vassal country should also repay the kindness, and even more.
Understand the difficulties faced by the heavenly soldiers coming from afar.
Nowadays, the Heavenly Soldiers are in short supply, and the Jurchen Allied Forces led by Nurhachi have suddenly become the largest army in the northern border of North Korea. How can they be abandoned?
Of course, considering that North Korea has been entangled with the Jurchens for two hundred years, and there are constant disputes between you and me on the border, this has to be considered. I think so, let the North Korean Marshal Quan Li lead his army eastward to intercept the Japanese pirates Nabeshima Shengmao.
, and at the same time, Nurhachi will be sent south, and I will issue a military order to Nurhachi, asking him to temporarily take orders from Quan Li."
Mao Guoqi was shocked when he listened. He had helped the Koreans train the army for a period of time before, so he was familiar with some Korean generals and knew that the relationship between the Koreans and the Jurchens was quite tense.
One of the important reasons for this is that the Gaima Plateau in the northeast of North Korea's Hamgyong Province was originally Jurchen territory. North Korea used various methods to swallow it up in the early years, and later it became an important horse farm for the North Koreans. So the two sides were there
The conflict continues to this day, and there is no trust between them.
Under such circumstances, if Ma Gui delegates power to Quan Li and directs Nurhaci, can these two people really cooperate?
Mao Guoqi quickly told Ma Gui about these situations, and then added: "As far as the general knows, although Quan Li is the marshal of North Korea, the Korean army is almost completely useless at the moment. I am afraid that the manpower Quan Li can mobilize is
It is still very limited. The general predicts that even if Quan Li is willing to send troops eastward, he can only mobilize 20,000 to 30,000 people at most...
Oh, Admiral Ma, the general is not saying how powerful the troops really are to deal with the Japanese pirates, but he is saying that if Quan Li does not have enough troops when he sends out troops, he may not be able to suppress Nurhaci at all. By then, they will not like each other.
Even if the military strength is ten times that of the Japanese pirates, I am afraid that it may not be able to block Nabeshima Katsumagi's escape route to the south, and it will only delay the main business."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But at this moment, Ma Gui figured out something, raised his eyebrows and asked: "If this Japanese pirate really succeeds in escaping south, let me ask you:
so what?"
Mao Guoqi was startled, then suddenly came to his senses and said, "Admiral Ma is saying... intercepting this Japanese bandit is not the main intention of mobilizing Quan Li's troops to march eastward?"
"Hahahaha, that's right." Ma Gui's thoughts were clear at this time and he said with a smile: "Let Quan Lidong enter in order to give the King of Korea a face and let his most trusted generals go and see the Jurchens in person, so that the Jurchens can't
Recklessly.
At the same time, as long as the 30,000 Korean troops in Quan Li's hands leave Hanyang, then I no longer need to leave 30,000 troops in Hanyang - the people still have to stay, but the number can be greatly reduced. In this way
, our army’s strength will be sufficient for distribution.”
All the generals knew the significance of the 30,000 troops staying with the Korean royal family, so when Ma Gui explained it, everyone understood.
Yes, once the 30,000 Korean troops in Quan Li's hands left, why did the Ming army leave 30,000 troops in Hanyang? Although the Korean troops still had some scattered troops near Hanyang, they had been ordered to prepare to go south to regain Chungcheong Province.
, Jeolla-do and other places, we also have to go.
Once they leave, how many Korean troops will be left near Hanyang? Isn't it enough to "protect the Korean royal family" if our heavenly soldiers leave three to five thousand men in Hanyang?
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PS: I was confused by checking Dong Yiyuan's handwriting today, and it took me a long time. Well, it's obviously not a very important thing, but I don't want Ma Gui's words to be inappropriate for his identity...