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Chapter 622 Imchen Japanese Invasion (11) Kato presents the prince and concubine
After the Battle of Crane City, Kato Kiyomasa took down many cities in North Hamgyong Province almost without bloodshed, and the progress was so smooth that he himself did not expect it.

But in fact, because he was the main attacker against the Guanbei Army, his losses were much greater than in history.

Logically speaking, Kato Kiyomasa should return to Jingcheng to recuperate after taking down the six towns in Guanbei. After all, the army brought out from Japan at this moment can only win more than 5700 people.

However, I don't know what Kato Kiyomasa was thinking, but he offered to go out with his army to teach Wu Liangha in Jiangbei a lesson. (The Japanese call all Jurchen Wuliangha)

You must know that Jurchen's opponents in the past were all elites from the six towns of Guanbei. He couldn't even deal with the six towns of Guanbei. Why did he think he could wipe out the Jurchen tribe on the other side of the Tumen River?

There is no specific record of where he sent troops from in history, but from the maps of later generations, we can see the two directions of his attack, one is Hunchun in later generations, and the other is in the direction of Yanbian in later generations. area.

Jurchen's social and political structure is relatively primitive, still staying in the clan era of the pre-Qin, Shang and Zhou dynasties in China. Zhusheli is a clan under the jurisdiction of Jianzhou Wei.

Below Zhusheli, there are various small tribes divided by villages. They are attached to Zhusheli, providing him with soldiers and tribute, while Zhusheli guarantees their safety.

And this is also the most basic situation of the Jurchen tribe's military-agricultural integration of soldiers, and the "Niuluzuo collar system".That is, every ten people are organized into a group, and each group elects a leader, and each of the nine members must send an arrow to the leader. The group is called "Niulu".

So Niulu became a unit of the military system, and its leader was called "Niulu Ezhen". In this regard, Shangnuzhen is somewhat similar to Japan's military service account system, which is essentially a way to assign one's own military service goals. Way.

For the Jurchens, they have long been accustomed to the tribes' previous invasion of each other. An important property in a tribe is a slave plundered from other tribes.

Most of them were captured in the war, so that after the establishment of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the two terms "master" and "slave" still carried out their social relations for hundreds of years.

The Xiu family bought slaves from the Kuyala and Ublin tribes through the Seto family before, and they plundered them from other tribes. Many of them can wear armor and go to the battlefield after a short rest. This is the Xiujia shrimp. The origin of Yibaijia soldiers.

With the military strength of Kato Kiyomasa, it is no problem to deal with these small villages. At this time, the Jurchen villages are really just the concept of villages. The wooden fences are only used to defend against wild animals, and have little effect on invading enemies.

Therefore, after Kato Kiyomasa first crossed the Tumen River, he attacked several villages one after another. Since the Jurchen tribe was a fishing and hunting tribe, many villages were built in the forest. At this time, most of the Changbai Mountain area was densely forested.

Therefore, he burned and killed all the way to prevent fire, and wherever the Japanese army went, the Jurchen tribesmen scattered and fled.It can be continued that the Jurchen tribe at this time did not engage in agricultural production, and ate only fruits, fish and hunting prey, which was seriously inconsistent with the eating habits of the Japanese army.

Therefore, when it was found that the high mountains and dense forests here were not suitable for the army to continue northward and attack Daming, they planned to take people back to Hamgyong Road.

However, what he did in the Tumen River aroused great indignation from the Jurchen tribe, and the Zhusheli tribe and the Neyin tribe launched revenge against Kato Kiyomasa.

Compared with the Japanese army, the Jurchen tribe was more accustomed to fighting in the forest. According to the "Revised Records of King Sunjo Sokyung", "The barbarians invited attacks everywhere, and the thieves and soldiers were killed and injured."

In just a few words, it can be seen that the Jurchen tribe has caused huge losses to the Japanese army. In such a place with high mountains and dense forests, the Japanese army's habitual combat methods such as military formations, gun quilts, iron cannons, and riding and shooting all lost their advantages. You have no idea where the Jurchen tribe will emerge from.

Due to the failure of the battle and the lack of food and grass, Kato Kiyomasa had to retreat back to Hamgyong Road.

Because he brought back many slaves from the Jurchen campaign, in the eyes of the people in the six towns of Guanbei, he came back after winning the battle.

As for why they were so embarrassed when they came back at the end, this is normal. After all, the Sixth Army of Guanbei would be beaten up by the Jurchens if they defended the city.

The most important thing is that Kato Kiyomasa's fire prevention and burning of the forest a few days ago, although it did not cause too much damage to the Jurchen, it was quite shocking to the North Korean side.

Especially when looking at the red sky on the north side at night, all of them are declaring the "powerful" of the Japanese army.

Therefore, when he "returned triumphantly", the landlords in Hamgyong Road not only failed to set things right and beat him up, but instead took the initiative to send him urgent military rations.

There are local tyrants who have been swaying from side to side, and they are not afraid of even the Jurchen when they see the Japanese army. The politics directly leads people to capture the chief of his own city and dedicate it to Kiyomasa Kato.

For example, Jiang Xin, the official of Wencheng, launched a mutiny and tied Li Zhu, the envoy of Wencheng Mansion, as a gift of surrender.

Zheng Jianlong, the envoy of Zhongcheng Mansion, saw that the big thing was not good, so he abandoned the city directly. After taking over the city, the official Nan Qianshou and others directly surrendered to Kato Kiyomasa in Huining.

Han Kejian, the North Korean soldier mentioned above, fled to the Jurchen tribe after the Battle of Crane City, but was repatriated by the Jurchen tribe to North Korea, captured by the Korean people in Hamgyong Province, and handed over to Kato Kiyomasa.

At the same time, the soldiers from the six towns in Guanbei who fled north with Han Kejian had returned to Huining, Wencheng and other six towns one after another.

For these warriors who dared to fight, Kato Kiyomasa gave them forgiveness, allowed them to continue serving as soldiers, and distributed their rewards for the Battle of Crane City on behalf of North Korea.

Does that sound ironic?
The two sides in the Battle of Crane City were soldiers from the six towns of Guanbei and the Japanese army + peasant servants in Hamgyongdo. Kill your own head and give rewards to the surviving soldiers from the Six Towns of Guanbei.

However, what Kato Kiyomasa did did a wave of people's hearts. Originally, the soldiers in the six towns of Guanbei were afraid of being liquidated, but Kato Kiyomasa gave them a grace that the Joseon court had never had, and they were all grateful to him.

After dealing with Saibei's matter, Kato Kiyomasa also stopped thinking about attacking Jurchen, and gradually retreated to Jingcheng.

After a short rest, he left his retainer Kato Yasama and 800 sergeants in Jingcheng to train the Korean sergeants, and left more than a thousand troops in Jizhou as support. He took the captured Korean princes and Jurchen slaves and continued southward.

When he went south again, he passed by Feng Chun's family in Anbyen, the main city of Hamgyong Province in North Korea. To the north of him was the very busy Deokwon Port. In Anbyen, he finally saw Zhengxing, the old conservator of Fengchun's family who had arrived belatedly.

Kato Kiyoshi had a special political status within Toyotomi's family, and unless he had qualities that made him feel trustworthy, he would always look up to other daimyo's retainers.

But facing the most famous elder of the Fengchun family in front of him, Kato Kiyomasa still gave him a certain amount of affection and visited him in person.

After all, everyone knows the special political system of the Fengchun family. Except for the family governor Xiu's family, none of the four elders in Jianzai are easy to get along with.

When he came outside Anbian Castle, looking at the gentian five seven paulownia flag hanging on the top of the city, Kato Kiyomasa suddenly remembered something, greeted a few words to the left and right, and a samurai walked back to the two princes.

After the confession, the wives of the two princes and the sedan chairs in the side room were forced out of the team. Besides, several beautiful Korean court ladies were pulled aside.

Mr. Linhai’s wife is the daughter of Xu Ming (1575-1623) from the Yangchuan Xu family, and Mr. Shunhe’s wife is from the Changshui Huang family (1577-1645). His father is Du Cheng who discovered Ju Shibi’s conspiracy and brought the two princes out of Jingcheng in advance. Purpose Huang He.

It can be seen from the background that each of them is a famous lady, and their looks are definitely not bad.

Since Huining captured the two princes and ministers, although Kato Kiyomasa restricted their movements, he has always treated the two princes with courtesy.

Now that he was about to enter Anbian, no one thought that he would suddenly attack.

Huang He, who abandoned his daughter in Jingcheng, heard his daughter's heart-piercing cry, pointed at Kato Kiyomasa and asked him what he meant.

The samurai who came to do business couldn’t understand Korean, so they could only ask the Korean translator on the side to convey the meaning of Kato Kiyomasa. It turned out that Kato Kiyomasa believed that these female relatives were his spoils in Jingcheng, and they were captured in Huining. Not to be confused.

Now he plans to send the two princes and ministers to Japan to reward Hideyoshi, but he has other uses for these female relatives.

Those present are all adults, and they all know what it means to have other uses.

Hearing such an answer from the translator, although the two princes were annoyed in their hearts, they couldn't hold back a word for a long time because of their women.

And Huang He deserves to be a cruel father who can abandon his daughter in Jingcheng. At this time, he doesn't want to fight for his daughter. Instead, he keeps persuading his 15-year-old daughter to fight for his name and the honor of Changshui Huang. suicide.

But Mrs. Huang is only 15 years old. How can a 15-year-old girl accept her fate and choose to commit suicide at this time?
Maybe it was because it was too noisy in the back, Kato Kiyomasa came to the back and explained to them, "From now on, you and I will be a family. When I arrive in Japan, I will seek a Japanese noble girl as a wife for the two princes. Please relax."

To be honest, what the North Korean officials are arguing at the moment is not this matter at all. Kato Kiyomasa's words are somewhat like rubbing salt into a wound.

When he arrived in Anbian Castle, Kato Kiyomasa personally visited Hanabou Masayuki, the boss of the Toyotomi family, and introduced several wives and court ladies to him.

And specifically said, "I have heard that His Royal Highness Danagyan is a good wife, and I often miss Silla's maids. Now these are all characters of Silla's maids, and 4 of them are the wives of the two princes of Linhai and Shunhe in North Korea." And the side room, which I specially dedicate to His Highness Da Nayan."

Several beauties were brought helplessly in front of Hanabang Masayuki, seeing Kato Kiyomasa's humble appearance of a 60-year-old man, thinking that they were going to be dedicated to Hanabang Masayuki, they burst into tears in the hall.

Looking at the delicate beauties standing in a group over there, Hanafang Zhengxing was very satisfied at first, but when he heard that the person in the first and luxurious clothes was actually Mrs. Wang Zijun, he was surprised and speechless for a long time.

Even Oka Jiali, Hanabou Masanari and others around him didn't know how to comment on this matter.

After all, it is the wife of Wang Zijun, even if she is captured by the enemy country, she should be given some preferential treatment. This is the way of a warrior.

But this is Kato Kiyomasa's intention after all, and how much it hurt his face to refute it, Hanabou Masayuki could only say with some embarrassment: "Should we not consider this matter again?"

Unexpectedly, Kato Kiyomasa directly tampered with the speech and said: "Hey~ Needless to say, leave this matter to me. I hit it off with the two princes at first sight, and I have promised to find two Japanese high-ranking daughters as wives for the two princes. As for the original two wives, please accept it reluctantly, His Royal Highness Da Nayan."

"But."

"It's nothing to worry about, my lord. Don't worry, I know what Da Nayan likes. These two are definitely happy to send Da Nayan. It's just that it's not easy to find older and beautiful Silla wives. When I find it, I will definitely send it to Da Nayan."

Hanafang Masayuki has been ignoring the affairs of Yuxi's family for many years, and he doesn't know what hobbies the Xiu family is now. It seems that they all married older than him in the past, but Naoko Kagawa seems to be the only wife, right?

He looked at the young people on the left and right, but Kato Kiyomasa had said that this was a gift for the Hide family, and these retainers had the nerve to talk too much, and they all took the initiative to avoid Hanabou Masayuki's eyes.

At this moment, Hanfang Zhengxing seemed to think that there was an outhouse outside the Xiu family, which seemed to be someone else's wife, and she also gave birth to a son and a daughter for the Xiu family.

"Pa" When everyone was in a daze, Hanfang Zhengxing slapped his thigh suddenly, and said in his heart, "Isn't this right? It seems that young people know what young people like."

After thinking about the doorway inside, Masashi Hanabo did not refuse anymore, and expressed his gratitude to Kiyomasa Kato on behalf of the Hide family, and called Masashi Kato to watch over the two wives in person.

When the Seto family was going back and forth to Anbian again, the two wives were handed over to the Seto family, and they must be sent back to Kyoto intact for the lord to enjoy.

This matter was known to Toyotomi Xiuzhen later. At this time, he had just finished sweeping up Gangwon-do and going north to Anbyeon.

He would never have thought that his brother-in-law still had such a habit. After thinking about it, he seemed to have captured a mother and daughter from Yuanzhou [Bian's] in Yuanzhou. The mother just turned 30 and took good care of her. Maybe I can make a gift for my brother-in-law.

Although the name of the Bian family in Yuanzhou is not as high as that of Mrs. Wang Zijun, the wife of the county is also younger than Yixiu Xiu's family. After all, she is not exactly the same as Yixiong.

And what I offered all at once was a standard long-term wife, or a mother-daughter team, this gimmick can also be used as a gimmick once it comes up.

At the same time, far away in Kyoto, Xiujia, who was holding Juji's newly born daughter, suddenly sneezed several times.

(End of this chapter)