Prime Minister Bizen

At the beginning of August, Kobayakawa Longjing, who had captured Jinju Castle, was finally able to use troops against Jeolla Province. Fukushima Masanori led his troops back to Chungcheong Province, and cooperated with Toyotomi Hidekatsu and Toyotomi Hideji to enter Gyeonggi Province again in an attempt to Connect the north and the south.

During the Japanese Invasion of Imjin in history, the Japanese army was attacked by Yi Sun-shin at sea, and the military ration transportation line was blocked. On the way, there were logistics lines attacked by rebels from various islands, and the Japanese army rations on the front line could not be sustained.

But in this life, the Xiu family accidentally defeated Yi Sun-shin in the first battle, and the Japanese army's sea transportation routes were not damaged.

And because of the plan of [Eight-Do Kingdom Separation] arranged in advance, Gyeongsang-do, Gangwon-do, and Hamgyong-do were occupied by the Japanese army earlier, which squeezed the soil for the survival of volunteer soldiers.

However, the lack of Japanese military power in Jeolla Province, Chungcheong Province, Gyeonggi Province, Hwanghae Province, and Pyongan Province blocked the transportation of military supplies on this road, and Kuroda Nagamasa and Konishi Governor were affected.

In any case, the situation faced by the Japanese army in this generation is much better than in history. It only needs to open up the four west roads, and the Japanese army will have a stable military food transportation route.

Toyotomi Hideji and others spent a lot of effort to re-open the road from Gyeongsangdo to Pyongyang, but it only occupied a few important cities and main roads. Right now, they have no spare energy to clear up the volunteer soldiers around them.

Toyotomi Hideji, who personally participated in this trip to the north, suddenly felt that the Korean army was not as useless as Governor Konishi said. All the more than 2000 volunteers defending the city died in the Battle of Wangjing, and the Japanese army also paid a big price for it.

In addition, along the way, the North Korean army has been harassing, which annoyed the Japanese army, which made Toyotomi Hideji feel a little powerless.

But he wasn't ready to just throw in the towel.

Just kidding, he is the general who was appointed by Hideyoshi, and he knew very well that Hideyoshi supported him to fight against the Hideo family after Hideyoshi passed away.

He knew very well that Hideyoshi also placed high hopes on him, and the Korean War must not be missed.Coincidentally, Chief Xiaoxi sent news that the Ming army in the north was involved in the Korean War. He also wanted to take this opportunity to discuss a countermeasure, so he sent people to inform the surrounding generals to come to Wangjing for a meeting as soon as possible.

Except that Kato Kiyomasa had just taken Joseon Prince Junwa-kun and Rinkai-kun to Nagoya at this time, and Naoshima Naoshige needed to guard North Hamgyong-do, and no one from the Second Legion attended the meeting. The other legions sent daimyo to the meeting. Even Longjing Kobayakawa, who was raiding Jeolla-do, came to Wangjing.

It was Hanafang Masayuki who came to Wangjing on behalf of the Fourth Army. Before he left, he asked Xiang Xijia to lead the Qing Dynasty in political affairs, and at the same time asked Sanada Nobushige to train soldiers as soon as possible, stabilize the counties in the Gaima Plateau, and prepare to go north to fight Jurchen at any time .

This is an order recently brought by the Seto family from the Hide family.

It's just that this time their target was no longer the Zhusheli and Neyin tribes on the Tumen River, but went to the Cicheng River border to attack the Yalu River tribe under Nurhachi's command in the north of the Yalu River.

The current time point is very critical. It is the last two years of Nurhaci's unified Jianzhou Jurchen. The entire Jianzhou Jurchen is left with only your Zhusheli and Neyin tribes near the Tumen River and they are no longer under its rule.

Unlike Kato Kiyomasa’s brutal attack on the two parts, Hideka intends to win over the two parts, give them weapons and food, and form an alliance with them against Nurhachi, while the main force of the Japanese army goes out of the Yalu River and attacks Nurhachi from the west to contain and delay its development. speed.

In fact, this battle was not in the original plan. The Xiu family only planned to make a fortune in North Korea at first, and did not want to get involved in the war too much. After all, a failed war of invasion of North Korea would only go along with their own interests.

However, seeing that Xianjingdao is now under his control, and Xiujia, who has the advantages of shipping, has a bright fan thought in his heart once again. He doesn't want to see Yangzhou ten days and Jiading three massacres again. Even if there is, he hopes to let him come. later.

The Xiu family has no feelings for the Ming court, but they have feelings for the people of the Ming Dynasty. They are all descendants of the Chinese Zhengshuo. They should not be slaves of others for more than 200 years, let alone endure so much suffering in the next 500 years.

A celebrity called "Three-Headed King Snake" once said, "What kind of braids do good men wear?" Xiujia deeply believed in this point. After much difficulty, Xiujia traveled to the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. I'm really afraid that my chrysanthemum quilt will be covered with an electric drill.

The Xiu family in the past was powerless to change history, and the Xiu family who just traveled through time was not enough to protect themselves. Now that they are stronger, if they have spare power, they still want to do something.

Anyway, those who died were all Japanese. Although they were their own soldiers, they didn't feel so distressed, as long as it didn't affect the future of Fengchun's family.

Even though Xiujia knew that what he did now would not be remembered well by Daming, and they would even think that this was an invasion of Daming's local sphere of influence by the Japanese invaders mainly led by Xiujia.

But who cares?
If the Ming army took the Japanese army in Hamgyong Province as the main opponent, it would be just right for Xiujia's troops to fight against the world's most powerful army. In the future, when Xiujia promotes the view of supremacy of firepower, the resistance will be much smaller.

Besides, even if the Xiu family's current actions don't go well with the Ming court, there must be someone who is going forward in the dark for the entire nation, isn't it?

Back at the Wangjing Conference, Toyotomi Hidekatsu, the younger brother of Toyotomi Hideji, spoke up first, bluntly saying that the North Korean rebels should be wiped out as soon as possible, and the road between Busan and Pyongyang should be opened up. The army should fight the Ming army in Pyongyang.

After Toyotomi Hidekatsu spoke, everyone looked at Toyotomi Hideji who was sitting in the main seat. It was obvious that this was what Hideji meant.

However, unlike the optimistic two, Kobayakawa Longjing, who saw the North Korean army's tenacious resistance in Jinju and Jeolla, was not optimistic about the current situation.

He also had the same idea as President Konishi who had just been deflated in Pyongyang City.

But right now he is the weakest, and he won another match in Pyongyang. With the boss sitting in the top seat already speaking, he didn't want to come forward to oppose so early, and was finally shot out of the head.

Yoshihiro Shimadzu belongs to the Fifth Corps, the former head of the regiment has just been dismissed, and since he is a foreigner, Yoshihiro Shimadzu is reluctant to say more.

Needless to say, Mori Terumoto, an old coin, will never be the first to express his opinion.

As for the most impulsive Masanori Fukushima, Hideyoshi has already greeted him, and he must take Toyotomi Hideji's order first.

Therefore, even though he felt a lot of displeasure seeing Toyotomi Hideji, he would never refute his face in public.

The legion commanders didn't speak, and the many big names following them naturally wouldn't speak first either.In this way, although the daimyo knew in their hearts that the suggestion of going north to Pyongyang at this time was stupid, but it was just you looking at me and I looking at you, but no one really refuted it.

On the contrary, Nagamasa Kuroda, who was fed up with the elusive volunteer soldiers in Hwanghae-do, couldn't stand it first, and said to the crowd, "Nowadays, the bandits in the leftist Korean countries are hard to put down. It is even further away, and it may be difficult for logistical supplies to come up.

At this time, if you go to Pyongyang to defend the enemy, don't you leave your weakest belly to the enemy?At that time, there will be a strong army of the Ming Dynasty in front, and volunteer soldiers from North Korea in the future, and we will be in a dead end! "

Kuroda Nagamasa has no friendship with Toyotomi Hideji, and his father is the No. [-] think tank leader of the Toyotomi family, and has a detached position in the Toyotomi family, so naturally he can complain directly to him instead of Toyotomi Hideji.

Hearing what Kuroda Nagamasa said, I always felt that it was satirizing Toyotomi Hidekatsu who didn't know how to command military affairs indiscriminately, which made Toyotomi Hidekatsu very upset.

He was about to explode, but was stopped by Toyotomi Hideji who was sitting at the top, "Then, does Kai Mamoru have any suggestions?"

After Kuroda Nagamasa thought for a while, he said his thoughts to Hideji, "Not weak, let the first and third corps on the front line withdraw to Gyeonggi-do, cooperate with the ninth and tenth corps of His Royal Highness and Toyotomi's attendants, with Wang Jing as the core , Arranged defense lines and built fortresses north of Hanyang to hinder the Ming army from going south.

At the same time, Dr. Fukushima Zaemon and Kobayakawa will be asked to clear the Chungcheong and Jeolla bandits as soon as possible. At that time, they will cooperate with His Highness Kanbai's main force going north, as well as His Highness Hanaba and His Highness Kato's Second and Fourth Legions to attack Ming on both sides. The army may be victorious. "

Hearing someone's idea of ​​withdrawing troops from the front line, the key is that this person is not himself in Pyongyang's tragic victory, President Xiaonishi instantly felt that his heart was gone.

Perhaps it was to save his dignity, or it was publicly reported that Pyongyang had won the battle, and the idea of ​​making a fool of President Konishi once again moved. He pretended to be deep and retorted to Kuroda Nagamasa, "So far, I will The brigade of North Korean soldiers and horses was defeated, and all those who were our enemies fled. The North Koreans probably didn't dare to fight.

As for the Ming Dynasty, I have fought against them, and their strength is indeed stronger than that of North Korea, but that's all.

Even if Daming wants to rescue North Korea, the emperor will not send tens of thousands of troops. After all, North Korea is thousands of miles away from the capital of Daming, and it is difficult to transfer troops.

From my point of view, it is better to just stick to the various places, let me stand at the front first, and wait until you have dealt with the other ways, and then you can come to support me without any hindrance. "

President Konishi said this lightly, but behind him, Matsuura Hisanobu, the son of Zhenxin Matsuura, looked at President Konishi in disbelief, and said in surprise, "This is different from what you said in private before. !"

President Xiaoxi just slapped the fat man with a swollen face. After all, he had just reported the victory in Pyongyang. At this time, he said that I was also afraid of the Ming army. How embarrassing to say so.

Unexpectedly, his words won applause as soon as he uttered them. Fukushima said out of time, "This is a good compromise, but it will be hard for Settsu."

Seeing that even Toyotomi Hideji, who was sitting on it, nodded, the nervous sweat left on the face of President Konishi.

Fortunately, Kobayakawa Longjing, who was his neighbor, came forward to help and said, "I once heard that there were thousands of ships from the Ming Dynasty going to Nanyang, and the navy of the Ming army is not weaker than ours.

It is really difficult to transfer tens of thousands of people and their supplies by land, but it is not a problem if they are transported by sea.

North Korea is long from north to south and narrow from east to west. The navy of the Ming army can land anywhere on the west side. If our supply is too long at this time, and the rear is causing chaos for the rebels, then it is really a situation of losing the army.

Therefore, I agree with Lord Kuroda's idea that we should speed up the deployment of defense lines before the Ming army comes.Not only the defense line of Gyeonggi-do, but also the frontline of Chungcheong-do and Jeolla-do near the sea. "

Kobayakawa Takakage is Hideyoshi's deputy general, and a well-known wise general in the Western Kingdom. Before Hideyoshi crossed the sea, Hideyoshi repeatedly asked him to listen to Kobayakawa Takakage's opinions.

Therefore, after Kobayakawa Takakage joined Kuroda Nagamasa, the balance in Toyotomi Hideji's heart tilted again.

Takakage Kobayakawa saw the clues from the performance of Governor Konishi just now, and he forced Governor Konishi to truthfully explain the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

President Xiaoxi had no choice. Although he was stubborn just now, he really didn't want to be on top alone. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army had a profound impact on him.

If it wasn't for Kobayakawa Longjing's timely help just now, I'm afraid I would have killed myself.Right now Takakage Kobayakawa asked himself, he naturally shook out like beans, and the real situation of the Battle of Pyongyang was also known to the Japanese military daimyo.

After listening to Chief Xiaonishi's description, everyone finally set the tone and decided to abandon Pyongan-do and Hwanghae-do, and the whole army will fight in Gyeonggi-do.

It's just that before the defense line is established, Governor Konishi and Kuroda Nagamasa still need to be stationed at the two lines. Of course, the time is not long, and the troops can be withdrawn in about half a year.

What they didn't know was that Ming Dynasty didn't give them half a year to prepare, and a large number of Ming troops would enter the court soon.

Although the result of the Hanyang military meeting had been agreed upon by the great names in North Korea, it was Hideyoshi who really made up his mind.The people sent the envoys who jointly requested to suspend entering the Ming Dynasty to Nagoya Castle quickly, and unexpectedly got Hideyoshi's approval directly.

In fact, it has only been half a year since the start of the war, and there are already undercurrents surging in Japan.

After Shimadzu Yoshihiro left, Mei Beiguo, the important minister of the Shimadzu family, refused to go to North Korea. He pretended to be sick and deceived Shimadzu Yoshihiro for several months. When he couldn't pretend anymore, he took 300 people under his command to reluctantly go on the road.

When passing through Higo Sashiki Castle, he really didn't want to leave, and then brazenly occupied Sashiki Castle and launched a rebellion in Higo.He sent a letter to the Kyushu daimyo, inciting everyone to send troops to surround Nagoya Castle and round up Hideyoshi.

The daimyos did not respond, but the peasants in Kyushu were instigated, and in a short while, thousands of people were gathered together for Meibei Yikui.

The idea of ​​the farmers is very simple. The front line has drawn a lot of labor from the war in North Korea. Not only has the tax on their own side not been reduced, but also because it is too hard to pay for the front line by completing additional farming tasks and delivering military rations to the front line. up.

In order to prevent strike strikes, Toyotomi Hideyoshi successively issued several orders to severely punish strike strikers, which further aroused the dissatisfaction of the people.

However, the fields after a large number of people were taken away, when there was no mechanized equipment to supplement them, it was not just a paper order that could not fill the gap in cultivation.In the country of Bungo alone, [-]% of the land has been reduced to wasteland due to strike strikes.

Corresponding to this is the tax that still has not been reduced.The daimyo even counted the taxes for the strikes on the tillers, which further intensified the conflict.

In history, Umekita Ikkui was pacified by the Shimadzu family on their own. Now that Shimadzu’s main force is in North Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi can only order Hashiba Hidetoshi to be the general, leading 2 Kinki and Tokaido soldiers to pacify Umekita Ichikui.

Although Umekita Ichikui was quickly suppressed, the undercurrents hidden in various parts of Japan were constantly exposed under the huge consumption of the Korean War.

Yoshinobu Satake, who had just been transferred to Iwaki, and Masamune Date, who was transferred to Dewa, aroused the dissatisfaction of the old clan in the territory because they were about to face Hideyoshi's heavy military service. The two almost failed to leave the Northeast alive.

These families were originally the former ministers of the Onodera family, Tozawa, Iwaki, and Soma families.

In the end, under the mediation of the Xiu family, the old man Jiuhu was personally sent to mediate, and finally the riot was quelled on the condition that those who were willing to follow the old master to the new territory could be properly arranged.

As for the rich families who refused to transfer the title, they were required to obey the orders of the new lord, and those who wanted to start a rebellion would be resolutely wiped out by the Fengchun family.

Don't forget that when the Northeast was officially established, the Xiu family asked soldiers from each family to form a 6500 Ouyu garrison. Even if the Fengchun family did not send troops, it could effectively suppress Yikui in the two territories.

The Xiu family helped the two for the purpose of stabilizing the Northeast, but they owed the Xiu family a huge favor.

The Meibei Rebellion sounded the alarm for Hideyoshi, making him deeply aware that Japan has shown signs of instability, and he can still rely on his own prestige to guard it. If he goes to North Korea, there may be another riot.

After weighing again and again, Hideyoshi canceled his plan to go to North Korea in person.

I wish everyone a happy New Year's Eve, today's double update