Chapter 281: The Japanese Return to Japan (37) Adjust the Strike Area
If Gao Pragmatic wants to pour cold water on Tokugawa Ieyasu, then the previous tactical layout needs to be adjusted. Of course, since the news of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death will soon spread to the Japanese army in Korea, these layouts are also likely to be
Invalid - after all, with such a big incident happening in the rear, Gao Pragmatic's original judgment on the actions of the Japanese army was definitely inaccurate.
Gao Pragmatic's previous arrangements were roughly as follows: First, Magui's headquarters, that is, in the direction of Ulsan. Gao Pragmatic asked Magui to assemble his army on the spot in Ulsan and prepare to fight again, but there is no need to rush to launch a new round of offensive for the time being, but first
Waiting for the replenishment of logistical supplies and targeted arrangements in other directions to be in place.
Then there is the Gimhae front line, which is Liu Wei's troops. Liu Wei's troops had already advanced to the foot of Yangsan Castle during the previous Battle of Ulsan. This place is located between Gimhae and Ulsan. Apparently, like Ulsan, the Japanese castle has been repaired.
However, the original city of Liangshan was in the plain area at the foot of the mountain. The Japanese city was mainly considered to defend against the Ming army's absolutely superior artillery, so it was built on the mountain to the east of the original city. This made Liu Wei's attack on the main city of Liangshan quite smooth.
, but then he also faced the same trouble as Ma Gui, that is, it was very difficult to capture the Japanese city.
According to Liu Wei's report to Gao Pangshi, he believed that although the Japanese city in Liangshan was easy to defend and difficult to attack, it was still relatively easier to fight than Hailongdun. If he was given tens of thousands of troops to attack in turns, he would suddenly send out elite troops after being weak and strong.
A sneak attack would have a good chance of success. The only problem was that Liu Wei believed that the Ming army would lose no less than 5,000 men if they attacked like this.
Although due to factors such as weather, geography, and the fact that the Japanese army was very good at building mountain cities, the Ming army would have to use 100% of its strength to attack the Japanese mountain city at this time, but only 30% of it would be used. However, Gao Pragmatic still had the idea of losing 5,000 people and attacking Liangshan.
It's hard to support.
In particular, the Ming army's earlier plan was to attack Ulsan first, and then let Ma Gui and Liu Wei jointly attack Liangshan after Ulsan was defeated. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic told Liu Wei not to worry.
But now Ulsan couldn't win for a while, especially since Hideaki Kobayakawa brought an elite team to help, so Gao Pangshi had to change his mind.
He ordered Liu Wei to increase the intensity of the attack on Liangshan, but the prerequisite was that the momentum should be large and the losses should be small. After receiving the order, Liu Wei immediately understood Gao Pragmatic's intention: this was to force Hideaki Kobayakawa not to stay in Ulsan, and he had to be
Attracted to Liangshan.
However, Liu Wei was not sure whether Gao Pingshi wanted to ambush Hideaki Kobayakawa between Ulsan and Yangshan.
In fact, Gao Pangshi did have this plan, and the separate order he issued to Li Rumei's department was aimed at it.
From the fact that Li Rumei's troops were doing nothing in the Battle of Dosan, it can be seen that Li Rumei's troops will hardly be useful in the subsequent battles of the Battle of Ulsan. After all, his troops are mainly cavalry, and it is indeed not his turn to attack the city.
Gao Jingshi did not intend to idle such a powerful cavalry force, so he came up with the idea of attracting Kobayakawa Hideaki's tribe out of the city and fighting him in a field battle of annihilation. If it could be done, this would even be "defeat each other" to a certain extent, and it could achieve "
It would be better to cut off one of his fingers than to injure ten of them."
At that time, Kaibiji also made some suggestions, including the idea of lifting the blockade outside Busan Port and preparing an ambush on the sea route between Busan and Ulsan. These ideas were originally good, but now it is estimated that they will be difficult to implement smoothly.
The truth is obvious. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi died, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mitsunari reached an extremely rare consensus. They both believed that the top priority at the moment was to withdraw troops from Korea.
Since the troops are about to withdraw, it is impossible for Kobayakawa Hideaki's troops to be attracted out. Even if the Japanese navy in Busan Port finds that the Ming fleet has lifted the blockade, there is no need to go to Ulsan to transport supplies. Therefore, the sea and land forces lured the snake out of the hole.
It is unlikely that any of the plans will have the conditions to be implemented.
However, when Gao Pragmatic looked back, he realized that there might still be an opportunity to follow the trend, and this opportunity could still be divided into two parts: land and sea.
Let’s talk about the sea first: Japan is an island country. Since it wants to withdraw its troops from North Korea, it must take the sea route anyway. However, although the Japanese navy in and around Busan still has a certain scale, it is certainly not capable of transporting hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops.
The level of returning to the homeland, not to mention that although the Japanese fleet has lifted the blockade, it does not mean that it will not participate in the subsequent battle.
This means that the Japanese navy must have the ability to fight with it at least on paper, so as not to fail to transport and feed the bastards together. Therefore, Japan will inevitably need to send another navy to cooperate with the Busan navy.
, trying hard to complete the task of picking up the army.
However, in an era without meteorological satellites and radio communications, it was basically impossible for the Japanese naval forces in Busan and the mainland to achieve tactical coordination - that is, if one side moved, the other side might not be able to move.
This gave the Ming army the opportunity to defeat the Japanese navy. The Japanese navy's domestic fleet wanted to support Busan. The starting point was either Nagoya or Hakata Town. In short, it set off from the northern part of Kyushu Island, basically all the way.
Beihang Airlines.
The distance between these two places and Busan is actually not that far, both are just over 400 miles (note: I mentioned before that this book does not use "nautical miles", a unit that ordinary readers are unfamiliar with), which is a little more than 200 kilometers.
At this time, the Ming army could rely on its speed and numerical advantages to dispatch reconnaissance ships in relevant sea lanes to take precautions, and notify the fleet's stationing location through flying pigeons on the sea.
In this way, as long as the main force of the fleet stationed at the anchorage can set off early, whether it is interception or setting up an ambush, there is a high probability that the combat objectives of each defeat can be achieved.
Of course, one of the more important advantages here is that flying pigeons send messages. As far as Gao Pangshi knows, the Japanese army did not use this method, or at least there is no record of using flying pigeons to send messages as a standing method.
In the past, individual Japanese naval forces (pirates) had used this method, but what is interesting is that almost all of them were those who had a close relationship with the Ming pirates. However, the Japanese navy, now unified under the banner of Toyotomi, no longer
If we continue to use this method of communication, it is not clear whether it is due to financial considerations or what.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! (The cost of using homing pigeons on a large scale is not low, and homing pigeons that can adapt to use in maritime activities are more difficult to cultivate.)
This is true at sea, but what about on land? As soon as the news of the joint request of the five Japanese elders and five soldiers to withdraw their troops reaches North Korea, the Japanese army in North Korea will be liberated from Hideyoshi’s order during his lifetime to defend Busan and even retake Chaonan, and its operational ideas will definitely be big.
Change.
If the basic mission of Hideaki Kobayakawa's reinforcements at the beginning was to defend Ulsan, and the advanced mission was to find opportunities to counterattack the Ming army and disrupt the Ming army's deployment of siege of Busan, then now once the withdrawal order is issued, their goal will become "
Try our best to allow all armies to withdraw completely to Japan."
But there is a big question here: Who will withdraw first and who will stay behind? You know, this is probably not just a military issue.
The Japanese army at this time was not a national army in the usual sense. It was to a large extent an alliance of feudal lords. The theoretical core of this army should be the direct descendants of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and then according to the
The importance is divided by the close relationship with Hideyoshi, the level of official position, and the number of soldiers.
Perhaps it can be understood as an onion-like army. The closer the relationship with Hideyoshi is, the more at the core of the onion. Then, layer by layer, the outermost layer is the one with the least relationship with Hideyoshi and the strongest.
The weak part.
So normally, the first to gain the power to retreat should be Toyotomi's direct lineage, followed by Hideyoshi's trusted daimyo, then the subordinate daimyo, and finally the subordinate daimyo who have a general relationship with Hideyoshi and are weaker.
However, since the actual battle situation may not necessarily be suitable for operating in this order, there is a high probability that there will be various wranglings within the Japanese army. In addition, the judgment of each daimyo on the future situation in Japan and even the personalities of the daimyo themselves may also have to be considered.
…In short, it will be complicated.
For example, Kato Kiyomasa, who is a direct descendant of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, should be able to retreat relatively early, but now he is an independent daimyo with his own fiefdom in the middle of Kyushu Island, and as a hardliner, he has always behaved
He is very active in fighting and is often willing to help others stay in the rear, so we can estimate whether he will retreat early or late.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic must use the elimination method to first identify some Japanese army regiments that have a higher probability of withdrawing first, and then estimate how they should mobilize their troops and when to withdraw, so as to formulate corresponding interception or ambush plans.
This is a very difficult task because there are too many uncontrollable factors. After much deliberation, Gao Pragmatic felt that it was difficult to achieve the goal of "hitting what you want to hit and letting go of what you want to let go" in detail. Later I recalled it carefully.
After looking at the Japanese withdrawal in original history, I suddenly realized—hey, it’s not that complicated!
At this time, it is impossible for the Japanese army to have a completely rational withdrawal plan! In the original history, the Japanese army’s withdrawal could only barely maintain the last bit of rationality, and most of them were actually based on one principle: Who has the ship?
Whoever evacuates first will be able to evacuate faster if he has more ships.
As for the names of the last captains of the ship, I'm sorry, I'll withdraw your troops if there is still some strength left after the others have finished withdrawing.
There is only one exception here, and that is Shimazu Yoshihiro's Fifth Army. At that time, Shimazu Yoshihiro's retreat was relatively smooth, but after he retreated to the seaside, he suddenly received a request for help from Commander Konishi - Konishi
Surrounded for a long time.
Shimazu Yoshihiro didn't know whether it was because of his loyalty or because he was worried about being held responsible after returning to his country. He went back very decisively and tried his best to rescue Yukinagako Konishi. It was even because of this battle that "Ghost Manko" and "Ghost Manko" were fought.
"Shimadzu".
However, the good times did not last long. Due to this delay, the Second Army and the Fifth Army were delayed in boarding the ship. So when the fleet went to sea, they encountered a joint attack by the Ming and Korean navy, and the famous Luliang naval battle broke out.
Some of the specific results of this battle are doubtful (as mentioned earlier in this book), but the overall results are relatively clear, that is, the Japanese army suffered huge overall losses, including about 500 warships and more than 10,000 troops.
More than a hundred warships were lost. Therefore, the Ming and North Korean coalition forces declared a great victory, which was known in history as the Great Victory at Lulianghai.
After thinking about this, Gao Pragmatic was too lazy to make an extremely detailed pre-war plan as in the past. He simply asked the Sea Trade Alliance's expedition fleet to produce a batch of Japanese military family crest maps, which were divided into levels according to their importance, telling them.
The Ming armies of each group mainly attacked whom and whom they spared.
Although the various legions in Japan now appear to be "nationally organized", they are far from being so. Although they also fly the banner of "Xth Legion" when they go to war, in addition to this flag, each legion will fly its own
This flag uses different heraldry, and soldiers, especially the samurai class, will also have their coat of arms printed on their armor. Some are the same as the family crest, and some are different.
In short, there are generally three things to distinguish them, including family crest, military flag, and horse seal.
The family crest is the emblem of a Japanese samurai family. Almost every Japanese samurai family has its own family crest. On the battlefield, the family crest on generals and soldiers is also used to distinguish ourselves from the enemy. In addition, due to factors such as blood, strength and status, many families often have
There are several family crests, such as Oda Nobunaga.
Obviously, the top family crests that Gao pragmatism wants to draw this time are the "Taiko Tung pattern" and the "Goqitong pattern". These two are actually the family crests of the Toyotomi family. Initially, Toyotomi Hideyoshi used them.
The original was the Wu Qitong pattern, but later I felt it was not enough to express nobility, so I came up with the Taiko pattern.
In this way, the Taikaku pattern is used by the direct descendants of Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself, and the Goqitong pattern is used by other families whose Miao characters are Toyotomi, such as Toyotomi Hideuchi, Toyotomi Hideho and his son, or the former Sekishiro Toyotomi Hidetsu.
You can use Wuqitong pattern.
The military flag is the most common symbol and information transmission channel in ancient human wars, and Japan is no exception. During the Warring States Period in Japan, some unique Warring States daimyo often wrote special words or pictures on their military flags to express their feelings.
This shows others who you are and what you think.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! For example, Takeda Shingen's "Fenglin Volcano" military flag shows Takeda Shingen's military philosophy, and Uesugi Kenshin's "biji flag" promotes his military philosophy.
The Buddhist god "Bishamonten" was reincarnated, and Oda Nobunaga's "Yongle Tongbao" military flag showed his concept of "money talks", which was also the most curious and even talked about by later Chinese people.
If family crests and military flags are not uncommon in other countries, the "horse seal" is probably unique to Japan. The horse seal, also known as the horse mark or horse seal, is a marker that specifically indicates the position of military commanders on the battlefield.
Generally, only warriors with more than a thousand troops are qualified to use horse seals.
The horse seals of some Japanese Warring States generals are often military flags. For example, Takeda Shingen's Fenglin Volcano Flag is also his horse seal. However, the horse seals of some Japanese Warring States generals are all kinds of weird things, the most famous of which is Toyotomi.
Hideyoshi's "Sensen Ladle Ladle" and Tokugawa Ieyasu's "Golden Fan".
In addition to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, Oda Nobunaga's horse seal is a "golden umbrella", Yondamasamune's horse seal is a "black two-stage bird hair hat", and Maeda Toshiie's horse seal is a golden
The word "and". These strange horse prints have also become a special landscape of Japan's Warring States Period.
Of course, Gao Wuzhen didn't want the Ming army to appreciate this kind of scenery. He just wanted the Ming army to know which Japanese soldier they were facing, so as to avoid beating the Japanese soldiers he originally planned to let go.
Producing these brochures is not complicated for the Sea Trade Alliance, which has been deeply involved in the Japanese market for many years. There are even some already, and now they are just compiled. There is no need to print and distribute them on a large scale, they only need to be distributed to the general manager or even higher
A general-level officer is sufficient.
As a result, the Jinhai Economic Strategy Office quickly issued an order again, making a series of adjustments to the previous military orders. The biggest adjustment was to temporarily hold on to various previous proactive actions, and all subsequent offensives changed their thinking, that is, waiting for the Japanese army
Make adjustments first, and then the Ming army will take corresponding actions.
In short, Gao pragmatically delegated power to various departments of the Ming army, allowing them to actively exert their subjective initiative and strive to cause maximum damage to the various Japanese armies delineated by Gao pragmatically.
As for who to hit first... of course the direct descendants of the Toyotomi family, and then the close associates of Toyotomi - most likely some of the military commanders who joined the Eastern Army in history, as well as certain Western daimyo who have long been listed as key targets for attack by Gao Pragmatic.
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