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Chapter 612 Imjin Japanese Invasion (5.8) The Invasion of Korea Begins ([-]K)

With the ringing of the bells of Nanzenji Temple, Kiyomizu Temple, and Cizhao Temple in Kyoto, the time has come to the 20th year of Tianzheng (1592), which also means that the first multinational war affecting Northeast Asia in world history has inevitably arrived.

And the current Xiu family doesn't have the time to deal with North Korea's affairs, even if they wanted to, they couldn't reach out so long.

Looking at the group of wives and concubines sitting around him now, and seeing Zhaojumaru being held in his arms, Xiujia was filled with emotion, and suddenly felt that he was really a winner in life.

But when he turned his head and looked at Ah Chu, who was kneeling at the end and attending the dinner as the wife of a retainer, and the two children she brought with her, the Xiu family suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.

Xiujia felt that it was his biggest mistake not to pay attention to the lower body when he fought in Kyushu, while Xiujia suddenly felt that Zonglin, the great friend of Kyushu, was really not a good bird, so he buried a hole for himself.

Ah Chu's true identity and why she was in Fengchun's family, Xiu's family, and Zong Lin were very clear, and now Xiu's family felt uncomfortable as if they were being held hostage.

However, this woman's coquettish operation was not over yet. In the first week after she came to Kyoto, she took the initiative to climb onto the bed of Xiu's house.

At the same time that Hideyoshi was creating people in Kyoto, more than 30 soldiers had gathered from Kyushu to Nagoya Castle.

Influenced by "Those Things in That Year of the Ming Dynasty", many people think that in Japanese village wars, their soldiers have little combat effectiveness and have never seen the world. They are all wrong.

Since the Onin Rebellion, Japan has fought wars for 120 years, and the entire society, from the daimyo to the samurai to the ashigaru below, has long been turned into Sharen's machine.

War and Sharen have long been integrated into the genes of this generation of Japanese. How could the Korean army, which has been at peace for a long time, be the opponent of the Japanese army?
In terms of the average combat effectiveness of soldiers, the Japanese army was much higher than the Korean army in the same period, and it was also a bit higher than the average combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the same period.

After 200 years of changes, the military household system of the Ming Dynasty has become dilapidated. The guards, the main force of the Ming army, have long since lost the ability to drive the Tartars north.

Fortunately, under Zhang Juzheng's reforms, the Ming court regained a bit of vitality, and with the support of the Nine Towns Frontier Army and the Jiliao Frontier Army, the Ming Army, which had already begun to decline, would not be missed.

As a star fan of breeding, the author has greatly changed his cognition of the past after studying relevant materials and papers.

Because not only in terms of the quality of the soldiers, but also in terms of the comparison of weapons and armor between the two sides, the firearms of the Ming Dynasty army lagged behind the world trend in almost all aspects.

The three-eyed blunderbuss that everyone talked about in the past is just a kind of early fire door gun. It existed in Europe in the 14th century, and it was quickly eliminated.The Ming Dynasty continued to use the three-eyed gun until its death.

So, let's take a look at the difference between the three-eyed gun.

First of all, in terms of kinetic energy, the three-eyed gun is ten times and a hundred times worse than the matchlock guns of the 16th century.In terms of power, even a crossbow can achieve the same effect.

Because most of the early blunderbuss used spherical projectiles and the arrows were mostly pointed or conical, with better penetrating power. If there is not enough kinetic energy, the advantages of firearms cannot be reflected.

The difference between the fire door gun and the matchlock gun is not only in the power, but also in the firing method.

The fire door gun needs to use an open flame to ignite the gunpowder, that is to say, the shooter holds the gun in one hand and lights the fire with a kindling in the other hand.The barrel of the gun itself is very long and cannot be held firmly with one hand, and the action of holding a kindling to ignite it makes the operation more difficult, and the accuracy of this weapon is not guaranteed.

The matchlock guns used by the Japanese army already had an early firing device. The lit matchlock was fixed on the trigger.

In this way, the shooter does not need to ignite the percussion charge while aiming, and can aim at the target calmly.

And even compared with European firearms nearly a hundred years ago, the three-eyed blunderbuss is also inferior to European hand cannons.

Even for the Huomen guns in 1500, it can be seen that there are already simple butts and front sights, not a bare pole like the Ming army.

In many games such as "Horse Riding and Blade" and historical film and television works, the three-eyed gun will be held against the shoulder like an arquebus and aimed with the eyes.

The reason for this is naturally due to manufacturing reasons. The firearms of the Ming Dynasty were easy to explode, and even the waist was protected by cotton armor.

If you lift it up to your face to aim, since Ming court firearms are more threatening to the user than the enemy, no soldier dares to lift the three-eyed blunderbus to your face, and you will definitely die if you blow it up.

But in fact, the three-eyed guns that have been verified have always been waist-fired weapons, and the Ming army never raised them to a high position on the face to aim at the enemy.

Since you can't aim, the hit rate of the three-eyed gun is even more uncertain than that of the arquebus.

The Ming Dynasty did not understand this artifact until the mid-16th century when it fought against Japanese pirates who invaded Fujian and Zhejiang.

At the same time, iron cannons were rapidly promoted in Japan, but in the Ming Dynasty, the development of bird guns was struggling.

The Ming regime was already at sunset, and in less than a hundred years, it would lose its braids, and it was simply unable to afford the expenses of equipping matchlock guns.

In terms of armor, the Japanese army had a high rate of wearing armor due to the policy of sufficient imperial loans, and the ashigaru had the opportunity to borrow armor.As for the "Japanese army's bamboo armor theory" that is widely circulated in the Internet world, it is a pure rumor.

The basic equipment of the Japanese army in the Nara period was iron armor.Even the array hats worn by miscellaneous soldiers are made of iron and painted with thick lacquer.

In addition, the armor of the samurai has a certain degree of defense against bullets. The famous imported plate armor from the Southern Barbarians is scarce in equipment. .

On the other hand, looking at the armor of the Ming army, they even looked down on their own people.Like firearms, this situation is still due to the corrupt officialdom of the Ming Dynasty and the social structure that did not value craftsmen.

"It's like a horse fighting in the ground. I can risk my life. I need armor. Now my armor has a new appearance on the outside. Inside, there are iron leaves. There are several eyes on each piece. The rust is rotten and only the iron shape remains. It's still good. It's empty like a sieve. , the enemy can be penetrated with a shot, can be broken with a knife, and the armor is not as good as him."

This is the evaluation of the soldiers of the Ming army on the cotton armor issued to them by the Ministry of Industry, which shows that their military industrial capabilities at the moment are really rotten.

Even the elite of the Ming army had a very low armor rate.After the Battle of Songjin, the Qing army inspected the corpses of the Ming army and found that the rate of wearing armor was less than one-third.

During the Wanli Korean War, after the Ming army captured the armor of the Japanese army, the Ming army drools with envy.

When Li Rumei reported to her father, Li Chengliang, she once said: "It has always been said that Japanese thieves are easy to kill. From this point of view, Xiao should be superior to the current enemy. Today, it is only powerful. When it comes to weapons, it is not one in ten."

As we all know, the Buqu system is an old system in the Qin and Han Dynasties of China, and the Buqu itself is equivalent to the general's private soldiers. This system should have been gradually weakened in the reforms of thousands of years.

However, due to the corruption of the Ming court system, the Ministry of Industry was unable to provide stable quality armaments. The generals of the Nine Towns Frontier Army and the Liaodong Frontier Army were harassed by Mongolia and Jurchen tribes. In terms of survival rate, many people will open private workshops to forge armor and firearms to equip their own servants.

This is equated with rebellion in the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", but under the circumstances at the time, the frontline generals had to act like this, and the court could only turn a blind eye to ensure the tranquility of its borders. This led to the reality that the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty was once again step-by-step.

In the subsequent battle of Bichiguan, Li Rusong's elite servants suffered heavy casualties, but fortunately they successfully repelled the Japanese army. If the Ming army loses this battle, history may be rewritten.

As a history lover of later generations, after reading the relevant classics and papers of other historians, you will find that during the Wanli Korean War, North Korea and the Ming Dynasty clearly accepted the Japanese side’s clear opposition for many times, but the real situation of the Japanese army Little is known.

On the other hand, in Japan, Hideyoshi and his daimyo had a much deeper understanding of the situation of the Ming army and North Korea.

The victory of the Wanli Korean War has always been the victory of the temple. It is entirely because the Liaodong officers and soldiers used their lives to fight for the Ming court for 50 years-.

Facts have proved that the reason why the flower-growing nation has been through the ages is that these people have carried the burden for us from generation to generation.

In February 20 of Tensho, Hideyoshi watched the simulated match between the daimyos at Nagoya, and was very satisfied with the troops of Konishi Yukiko and Kato Kiyomasa.

Kato Kiyomasa, who received the award, was very excited and asked Hideyoshi for instructions to cross the sea and enter the court, but Hideyoshi told him not to worry.

Hideyoshi is waiting for the reply from Governor Konishi and Soyoshi Tomo. He wants to finally confirm whether North Korea intends to serve as a guide for the Japanese army to "enter the Tang Dynasty".

But at the same time, Hideyoshi ordered Konishi's First Army, Kato Kiyomasa's Second Army, and Kuroda Nagamasa's Third Army to cross the sea first and wait on Tsushima Island.

But President Konishi and Zongyi Zhizhi knew that North Korea would never be Hideyoshi's guide, and the lie they had been deceiving for two years was about to be broken, which made neither of them know how to defend Hideyoshi.

Since the two had already been expelled by North Korea, they naturally couldn't go ashore. Therefore, the two traveled around the coast of North Korea in a boat for more than a month, but they dared not go up, and they dared not go back.

Hideyoshi asked the two to give an answer in March at the latest, but Hideyoshi still did not wait for the return of the two until the middle of March. Hideyoshi's patience had run out, and he immediately ordered Matsuura Shinnobu to act as the first general to lead the first team across the sea. The other legions prepared to cross the sea one by one.

Konishi Governor and Soyoshitomo, who were wandering outside Busan Port, heard the news that Hideyoshi had confirmed the military conquest against North Korea. They finally let go of their worries and hurried to Tsushima Island.

Governor Konishi intercepted Matsuura Shinnobu who was about to lead people out on Tsushima Island, and took over the power of the first general. At the same time, he asked Soyoshi Tomo to report to Hideyoshi that North Korea's "treachery" had switched to [Tang Country] .

Of course, Hideyoshi didn’t know that North Korea never wanted to be his leading party. Two days ago, North Korea sent people to Japan to greet him every few months. In his opinion, it was all a show of respect for him, and he didn’t think it was a sign at all. North Korea is testing its attitude.

Therefore, when Soyoshitomo brought him North Korea's answer of "Breach of Promise", Hideyoshi was very angry and said that he would teach North Korea a lesson.

And this order was also interpreted by many daimyos as Hideyoshi lifted the order that North Korea could not be looted or violated, which eventually created the scene of "Gyeongsang-do's bones supporting the sky".

小西行长于3月20日于对马岛率领1.62万人，搭乘700余艘战场启航，比历史上早了23天。

It only takes half a day to travel from Tsushima Island to Pusanpo, Gyeongsang-do, North Korea. According to North Korean documents, Japanese boats at that time "came from the sea, so you couldn't see it."

North Korea did respond to Busan after receiving Japan's unruly attempts against itself, but two years have passed, and Japan's harsh words have not moved at all until now, and North Korea has also slacked off.

When Chief Xiaoxi landed in Busan for the first time, Busan envoy Zheng Bo was hunting on Jueying Island.

Jueying Island protrudes outside the city of Busan, and Zheng Po almost watched the Japanese ships cover the sky with his own eyes. The terrifying sight scared him and ran back to the city of Busan. Respond to the Japanese attack.

Although he had received Hideyoshi's order to severely punish North Korea, Governor Konishi came to Busan City and sent someone to inquire about the guard's willingness to surrender, but Zheng Bo refused.

North Korea's city walls are very short, and Busan is a small border city. The height of the city walls is only about 2 meters, which is higher than ordinary courtyard walls.

One thing Xiujia didn't understand was that North Korea ordered the army to prepare for war at first, but why didn't they reinforce the city walls?This problem seems to be repeated 30 years later when facing Hou Jin's infringement.

The 2-meter-high city didn't even require any special preparations by the Japanese army. Under the cover of the iron artillery troops, some troops climbed up the city wall with ladders.

Of course, the North Korean army did not fail to resist. The two classes of nobles in North Korea learned flower planting, Confucianism, and etiquette.

However, a few generals were not enough to change the situation of the battle. On the same day, the Japanese invaded the city and started street fighting with the Busan defenders.

At that time, a general pulled Zheng Po and wanted to retreat, but he angrily said, "I'd rather leave, son? I'll be the ghost of this city, and anyone who wants to go will go! Anyone who dares to reply!"

Zheng Bo was one of the few officials who had the integrity to die with the city in the history of the Wanli Korean War.

Affected by his aura, the Korean soldiers fought to the death and inflicted great damage on the Japanese army in the street fighting. The two sides fought from sunset on the 20th to 21 am on the 8st, and the city of Busan was silent.

The reason for the quietness was that the battle was completely over. According to the "Yoshino Jingozaemon Kakushu", many people in North Korea took in the remaining soldiers, and in anger, the higher-ups issued an order to massacre the city.

According to records, the Japanese army killed all men, women, cats and dogs in Busan City, chopped off more than 3 heads, and committed numerous crimes.

After the fall of Busan, Jungen Goto led the headquarters to attack the nearby Seodaepo and Daepo. Daepo was just a small town below Busan, and the guards and patrols were only more than a hundred people. Under the attack of the Japanese army, the whole town was soon slaughtered.

To the north of Busan is Dongnae House, which is the higher-level administrative unit of Busan. Song Xiangxian, the envoy of Dongnae House, is stationed here. There are 300 people under his command. He hurriedly asked for help from the north.

Gyeongsang-do Left Army envoy Li Jue heard that Japanese troops were coming across the sea. He thought they were ordinary Japanese pirates and their strength would not be too many, so he led hundreds of infantry south to support Dongnae City, and ordered Yangsan County Guard on the edge of Dongnae Meet the Japanese from the west.

The governor of Liangshan County was ordered to fight and was beaten back in despair. Then he wrote to Li Jue in Donglai saying, "I'm outnumbered by thieves, so don't take it!"

After hearing the report from the Liangshan prefect, Li Jue realized that the Japanese army that landed was not a small group of Japanese pirates, but the main force of tens of thousands of Japanese troops.

Feeling that he was short of troops, he casually made up an excuse and said to Song Xiangxian, the envoy of Donglai Mansion, "The Lord of the Mansion should guard this city, and we can help you later!" Then he ran out of Donglai Mansion City in despair.

On the morning of the 23rd, under the leadership of Governor Konishi, the Japanese army marched north from Busan to Dongnae City after a day of rest.

President Xiaoxi asked for his willingness to surrender just like Busan City. After being rejected, he led the army to attack the city. Song Xiangxiang was a civil servant, but he showed more fortitude than the military officer Li Jue. He encouraged the soldiers to express that they would fight with They fought and died together on the city.

But the absolute difference in strength cannot be made up by a little bit of location and morale. Donglai City was breached in just an hour, and Donglai's other generals Hong Yunkuan and Song Xiangxian died in battle.

According to the records of "History of Japan", more than 3000 soldiers and civilians died in battle after Dongnae City was broken, while 100 Japanese soldiers were killed and 400 were injured. The Japanese army did not slaughter the city in the Battle of Dongnae.

During the search after the war, the Japanese army captured Li Yancheng, the governor of Ulsan County, who came to support him. Governor Konishi asked him to send a letter to King Lee Chan of North Korea, hoping to persuade the North Korean government to surrender.

However, after Li Yancheng was released, he dared not return to the court at all, and since then he has never returned and there is no record. As for the letter from President Xiaoxi, he never brought it to the North Korean king.

On the second day after the fall of Dongnae, the North Korean defenders in Zuosuying and Gijangseong to the east fled. Pu Wanhu Li Yunlong (don't laugh, that's the name), Yongdeungpu Wanhu Yu Zhiji and others all abandoned the city and fled.

Soon after, Pu Hong, the Zuo Shui envoy, met Li Jue, the Zuo Soldier envoy who escaped from Donglai City, and the two retreated to Yanyang City in the rear. The thousands of left battalion infantry under his command have since collapsed.

Park Hong, who had lost his fellow sufferer, had no choice but to retreat from Yanyang to Gyeongju again.

This man had a good official reputation in North Korea, and someone above him had been watching him all the time. Soon after, he retreated to Wangjing. Later, according to the textual research, he clearly did not fight the Japanese army, but according to official records in North Korea, he retreated after resisting the Japanese invaders.

Later, he was appointed as the general of the left guard and participated in the defense of Linjin River.Then, together with Shen Ji, Liu Keliang and others, they divided their troops to fight in Paju, but they were all defeated and fled to Pyongyang.

After arriving in Pyongyang, he was impeached by courtiers headed by the Ministry of Justice and Constitution for evading responsibility and violating military discipline.

After the fall of Pyongyang in June of the same year, he was ordered by the eldest son who was in Yichuan at that time to escort the eldest son into Chengchuan, and was appointed as General Yubingyu and General Yiyongdu.

Since then, he went to Pyongyang to fight Japanese pirates many times, but his achievements were not great. After Pyongyang was recovered in January 1593, he joined the army with Kim Myung-won to Paju.But the old disease relapsed, and he died while returning home for treatment.He was prosecuted by Bing Cao Shen.

The Korean side’s decent resistance in the early days of the Imjin Japanese Invasion came to an end after the fall of Dongnae. On the 25th, Governor Konishi and Soyoshi Tomo led the First Army Corps to the north, but when they approached Yangsan Fortress, they found that the Yangsan defenders had already abandoned it. flee the city.

As the logistics base selected by North Korean officials, Liangshan gathered a large amount of food, grass and armaments prepared for the Japanese, all of which were obtained by the Japanese army.

At the same time, Kiyomasa Kato landed in North Korea as the Second Corps, beating his chest after hearing the appalling massacre committed by Konishi Governor in Toyama.

Of course, he didn't feel sorry for the death of innocent people in North Korea, but he knew in advance that the Xiu family offered a reward of 500 cash for the head of a young man, 300 cash for a woman, and 800 cash for a child.

With such a large population in the city, it is absolutely possible to obtain 1.5 guan of goods from the Xiu family.

Worried that President Konishi would kill [Doll Currency] indiscriminately on the front line, Kiyomasa Kato involuntarily quickened his pace, and sent someone in advance to notify Konishi in front of him to show mercy.

On March 3, Kuroda Nagamasa's Third Corps landed, and on the morning of March 26, 27 people from the Fourth Corps' headquarters landed at Pusanpo under the leadership of Hanabou Masayuki and Toyotomi Hidetada.

On March 3, the Shimadzu family, who had lost Yoshihisa Shimadzu, did not dare to carry Hideyoshi's order under the leadership of Yoshihiro Shimadzu, and 28 of his troops went ashore one after another.

In the next few days, Fukushima Masanori, Ukita Kanke, Kobayakawa Takakage, Kobayakawa Hideyo, Tachibana Muneshige, Harada Tomosu and others landed one after another.

On April 4th, Mori Terumoto, who was affected by the typhoon in history, also led 15 people to North Korea. The offensive will surely be faster than it has been in history.

(End of this chapter)