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Chapter 631 Imjin Japanese Invasion (20) 5 Heavenly Soldiers Enter North Korea
Sure enough, Nurhachi still chose to conceal the entry of Japanese pirates into Jianzhou.

After all, in such a nationwide war, once it is reported that the Japanese army entered Mingtu, the Ming army must give priority to Jianzhou to repel the Japanese pirates who invaded the Yalu River from entering Korea.

However, once the Ming army entered Jianzhou, it would be impossible to hide the matter of attacking the various tribes in Jianzhou privately and integrating Jianzhou Wei, Jianzhou Left Guard, and Jianzhou Right Guard. More like that dangerous person is not necessarily it.

Hideka didn't think that now was a good time to use troops against Jianzhou Jurchen, so they just asked Hanafang Masayuki to suggest Kato Kiyomasa to mainly harass and plunder the Yalu River Department.

Xiujia believes that the time when the real large-scale use of troops against Jianzhou women was in the second half of 1593. At that time, the battle between tomorrow and tomorrow was in a state of anxiety, and no main force of the Ming army was willing to devote itself to the remote land of Hamgyong Road.

At this time, Nurhachi happened to be working with Yehebeilebuzhai and Nalinbulu as the leaders, and joined forces with Hadabele Menggebulu, Urabele Mantai and his younger brothers Buzhantai, Huifabeile Baiyindari, Belemingan of Horqin tribe of Mongolia, Xibo, Guercha, Changbai Mountain Jurchen Zhusheli and Neyin fought in a total of nine coalition forces.

At that time, there were more than 3 coalition forces of the Haixi and Mongolian tribes, three times that of the Jianzhou Jurchen. In order to deal with the attack of the Haixi tribes, Nurhachi took away most of the bannermen, leaving the rear extremely empty.And this is the perfect time for our side to attack Foala City.

The Haixi Jurchen tribes, because they thought they were descendants of Wanyan Aguda, looked down upon Jianzhou Jurchen.

At the beginning of the war, they didn't think they would be defeated. Even if the Xiu family joined forces with them now, they would not look down on the Xiu family, and even asked the Xiu family not to intervene in the battle between the Jurchen tribes.

However, after the failure of two decisive battles in June and September, the alliance of various tribes in Haixi began to disintegrate, and Nurhachi became famous in the first battle.

Since the Ming Dynasty was dealing with the Japanese pirates in North Korea at that time, and had no time to deal with the Jurchen tribe's attack, Nurhaci relied on the power of "his own tribe" to repel the attack of the Haixi Barbarian tribe. Nurhaci claimed to be "the master of Jurchen's Jianzhou guards and barbarians".

In October of the same year, Nurhachi wiped out the Zhusheli tribe who participated in the nine coalition forces with the power of the victory in Gule Mountain.

In November, he ordered three generals, Eyidu, Gagai, and Anfeiyanggu, to lead their troops to attack Foduo and Shancheng, the garrisons of Neyin. Kesh.

Coupled with the Yalu River Department that had been conquered earlier, Nurhaci completely brought the Jurchen of Changbai Mountain into his sphere of rule.So far, Nurhachi has raised troops for ten years, "all the ministries living around Manchuria have been flattened"

At the beginning of entering the dynasty, the Xiu family only wanted to fool around, and even planned to develop a second colony in the Jurchen Department of the Savages in Vladivostok.

But after taking control of Hamgyong Road, it was discovered that this place is more suitable for development than Vladivostok.

Because there is a certain population base here, the key is that the Koreans here are very dissatisfied with the Korean court, and most of the Jurchens escaped from Jianzhou, and they are very welcome to the rule of foreign Japanese nations.

Compared with starting from scratch in Vladivostok, using Hamgyong-do as the base as the second base of soldiers will get twice the result with half the effort.

Moreover, there are steep mountains and rivers in the west and north of Hamgyong Road, and it is very easy to separate the roads. Outsiders who want to attack from these two directions have to take the narrow valley roads. As long as the Xiu family is subject to a few passes, it will be an independent kingdom.

The bottom line goal of Xiujia is to maintain the relative independence of Hamgyong Province from North Korea and Ming Dynasty, as a fulcrum for later intervention in the Korean and Jurchen wars.

Of course, in order to ensure the smooth rule of Hamgyongdo, the Xiu family would never allow a complete Jurchen kingdom to exist in the north.

Kato Kiyomasa is not a master who can stay idle. Since he returned to Hamgyong-do from Nagoya in October, he has started to prepare the army and wants to mobilize troops outside.

But he didn't want to go to Wangjing to join the excitement of the Ming army. First, he was one of his generals in Hamgyong-do. When he arrived in Wangjing, he had to listen to Toyotomi Hideji's command. Second, he had learned from Matsuura Zhenxin about the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. After hearing about it, I naturally don't want to be cannon fodder.

Training soldiers in Hamgyong Road, harvesting wheat, beating volunteer soldiers, going out from time to time to fight the Jurchen tribe in Jiangbei, or going out of Hamgyong Road to plunder the North Korean leader of Ping'an Road, don't be too comfortable.

Of course, Kiyomasa Kato, who suffered a loss on the north bank of the Datong River, did not dare to go deep into Jianzhou, that is, to harass and plunder the Jurchen tribe along the Yalu River, and plundered as many people as possible to exchange money and military equipment from Hanafang Masayuki.

These armaments are naturally the obelisks and body pills that the Xiu family bought from the big names at a low price before. Due to the large-scale equipment of the current world, these armors that cannot withstand iron cannons began to be eliminated on a large scale by the big names before the conquest.

Now these armors are used by the Xiu family to equip the Korean servant army and sold to the Jurchen tribe for profit.

The daimyos such as Kato Kiyomasa and Konishi Yukio saw the combat effectiveness of the servant army here at Hideka, but it was too slow to make armors by themselves, so they had to spend several times the price to buy these eliminated armors from Hideya to equip their courtiers. minion army.

What should I do if I have no money?Then use the population and cotton armor to exchange with Xiu's family. After all, these things are not used by the daimyo himself, especially the cotton armor, which does not conform to the aesthetics of the Japanese military daimyo.

The full iron plate armor inside the cotton armor can be exchanged at 1:3, and the cotton armor without iron plates can be exchanged for crunches and belly balls at 3:2.

The high price made some big names couldn't help scolding Xiujiahei in private. They obviously bought these belly rolls at the price of buying garbage not long ago, and then turned around and used several times the money to earn back from themselves.

Not knowing where he got the information, Hideyoshi wrote a letter to the commanders of all the legions on the front line, asking all the legions to strictly abide by their own ways and not to attack the outside world.

It is obvious that Hideyoshi has his own source of information, knowing that the Ming army has begun to prepare to enter the DPRK.

However, from the tone and content of the letter, it can be seen that after the previous battle between President Xiaonishi and Zu Chengxun, he temporarily extinguished his fantasy of entering the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, he finally formally wrote a letter to President Xiaoxi, asking him to take the initiative to negotiate with Daming.

Although in the eyes of everyone, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's victory in the battle against Ming was already impossible, but he still put forward three very strict conditions for the peace negotiation.

[-]. North Korea responds to Japan's request every year by sending envoys to Japan to wait for Hideyoshi's disposal.

5. Japan can return the two provinces of Hamgyong and Yellow Sea to North Korea, but the remaining five must be ceded to Japan.

[-]. Ming and North Korea handed over hostages as a guarantee of peace.

These three conditions are so harsh that Governor Xiaonishi has no hope of peace talks.

Right now, the volunteer soldiers in the Inner Yellow Sea, Gyeonggi, and Jeolla Islands are exhausting the commanders of the armies, and the Ming army is about to enter the court outside. It is impossible to see Hideyoshi's sincerity at such a time.

The key point is that among the eight North Korean provinces, the ones that obey Japan the most are Hamgyong and Gangwon provinces governed by the Fourth Army and the Second Army. It is difficult to understand how to get Gyeonggi and Jeolla, which are not compliant.

After more than 3 months of mopping up, even Toyotomi Hidekatsu, who was clamoring for a bloody battle against North Korea, was tired and no longer screaming. On the contrary, more and more volunteer soldiers in Huanghai Road swept away, exhausting him, and finally gave up helplessly. All the branch cities strictly guard the main cities of Huangzhou, Ruixing, and Kaesong.

In Gyeonggi-do, nearly 4 people were stationed in two Japanese army corps, and in order to build fortresses, most of the strong men in Gyeonggi-do were separated, and the ability of volunteer soldiers to recruit was greatly weakened. Therefore, the Japanese army had a more thorough control of Gyeonggi-do.

However, from time to time, volunteer soldiers would break into a barracks and liberate the peasants who were forced to work here to build the city. They not only attacked the Japanese army, but also rescued their compatriots and replenished their troops.

The problem of Chungcheong-do is as serious as that of Hwanghae-do. Fukushima does not trust the North Koreans. Without the help of the servant army, he cannot control Chungcheong-do. He has no choice but to ensure the connection with Jeolla-do, Gyeongsang-do and Gyeonggi-do. All the cities along the western coast were abandoned.

Jeolla Province is one of the most controlled state roads in North Korea. After six months of fighting, Longjing Kobayakawa finally wiped out most of the volunteers.

He referred to Xiujia's operation in Hamgyong-do to make a list and calm the people. If he is given a buffer period of 1-2 years, perhaps the North Korean people here will find that the rule of Japanese daimyo is much better than that of North Korea and North Korea, and gradually they will forget the country. Enemies hate.

But now that the Ming army is about to enter the court, he had to leave Shimadzu Yoshihiro's troops to continue to garrison Jeolla-do, and he took the Seventh Corps north to Gyeonggi-do to help Toyotomi Hideji defend against the Ming army.

And when the powerful Seventh Corps withdrew, the newly formed Fifth Corps was composed of small daimyos except Shimadzu Yoshihiro, and Shimadzu Yoshihiro did not have enough prestige to unify them, and they all fell into separate battles.

Fortunately, most of the volunteer soldiers in Jeolla Province have just been suppressed, and a small number of surviving ones are redeveloping their power. In addition, there are 8000 servants organized by Kobayakawa Takakage to assist Shimadzu Yoshihiro in guarding, so there is no incident yet. Come.

But when the news of the Ming army's invasion of Gyeonggi-do spread to Jeolla-do, the Fifth Corps, which lost its absolute dominance, had to face the tide of volunteers again, and finally had to abandon most of the cities in the southeast to ensure that all State-line control.

In fact, as smart as Takakage Kobayakawa, he has already realized that the Japanese army is now too scattered and held back by various righteous soldiers, but it is easy to be defeated one by one.

He once again suggested to Toyotomi Hideji to gather troops and divide the line of defense again, but was rejected by Toyotomi Hideji, Hanabou Masayuki, and Kato Kiyomasa.

The reason for Hanafo Masayuki and Kato Kiyomasa’s refusal is very simple. Hamgyongdo is now subdued to the king, and Gangwondo is also relatively obedient. Now you open and close your mouth and ask us to give up a piece of half-cooked soil that has obeyed the rule. How can this be accepted? Not to mention that Huafang Zhengxing received Xiujia's private mission.

Kato Kiyomasa is actually a wise and brave general. He offered to give up Hamgyong-do and the northern part of Gangwon-do, then we would fight the Ming army on the defense line thousands of miles from east to west, and the scattered forces would be easily broken.

But if Hamgyong Road is kept, then when the main force of the Ming army goes south to Gyeonggi-do, soldiers from Hamgyong Road can enter Pyongan-do and Hwanghae-do to cut off the back road of the Ming army.

Moreover, these two forces are not afraid of being cut off by the Ming army. After all, the two are close to the North Sea, and once surrounded by the Ming army, they can retreat from the sea by water.

Originally, Toyotomi Hideji was still hesitating, he was unwilling to retreat, because this was the first time he fought outside as a general after the Battle of Kyushu, and his subordinates were all big names from various countries, and he wanted to make some achievements.

However, Takakage Kobayakawa's suggestion made him hesitate, whether he really wanted to retreat, but seeing that Kato Kiyomasa and Hanabou Masayuki, two legion commanders with relatively intact troops, both refused, he gained confidence.

Therefore, it was only explained that Konishi Governor and Toyotomi Hidekatsu fought and retreated, so that Kato Kiyomasa and Hanabou Masa were fortunate enough to wait for the opportunity.

In fact, Hideji Toyotomi is waiting, he is waiting for the result of President Konishi's negotiations, and he has already seen that the Japanese army has begun to turn from prosperity to decline. This time the conquest can be regarded as a perfect ending.

However, what Toyotomi Hideji finally waited for was not the news of the success of the peace talks.Instead, he waited until December 20, when he received news from northern spies that 3 Ming troops had crossed the Yalu River.

The Ming army came to Liaodong after suppressing the Ningxia Rebellion. Due to the influence of Xiujia’s letters, under the urging of Wanli, the Ming army took Ningxia City one month in advance and killed more than 1 captured soldiers. , quickly led the main force eastward.

With the evaluation of the Ningxia rebellion, the Ming Dynasty was free from the hidden danger of fighting in Ningxia and North Korea, and could do its best to deal with the Japanese troops entering North Korea.

In the Battle of Ningxia and the Battle of Korea, famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty such as Li Rusong and Ma Gui will all step onto the stage of history one after another.

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In the 20th year of Wanli, December 10th, the first year of Wenlu in Japan, November 14th.

Li Rusong, the son of Li Chengliang, who was reappointed as the admiral of the Eastern Expedition and was ordered to command the army to defeat the Japanese pirates because of the evaluation of Ningxia's merits, stood by the Yalu River and watched more than 5 people under his command cross the Yalu River in a mighty manner.

At this point, the first Wanli Korean War was clearly recorded, and North Korea called it the Imjin Japanese Invasion, and Japan called it the Battle of Wenlu, and finally entered the second stage.

Due to the stronger combat power of the Japanese army in this time and space, and the intelligence of the Xiu family, more than 1 Ming troops entered the dynasty than in history, and Li Rusong divided the Eastern Expedition Army into five associations.

The former Association was led by Yang Yuan, with 10639 people under his command, including Yang Shaoxian, the former general, Wang Chengen, the capital under the bid, Ge Fengxia, a guerrilla in Liaozhen, Liang Xin, a guerrilla in Baoding, and Ren Ziqiang, the deputy general of Datong.

The Zuoxie was led by his younger brother Li Rubai, with 10632 people under his command including Li Ning, the former deputy general, Zhang Yingzhong, a guerrilla from the Xuanfu, Li Fangchun, the general of Jizhen, and Fang Shihui, the governor of Jizhen.

The Right Association is led by Zhang Shijue, with guerrilla Liu Chongzheng, Liaodong deputy commander Zu Chengxun, Zhending guerrilla Zhao Wenxuan, Jizhen guerrilla Wu Weizhong, and deputy commander Zha Dashou and other 10072 people under his command.

As for himself, Li Rusong, the imperial envoy and admiral of Jiliao, Baoding, Shandong and other coastal defense envoys, military officer-in-chief, and the governor of the Chinese army's governor's office, Li Rusong, led Liaodong, Baoding, Jizhen, Zhejiang, Nanzhili, Shanxi, Xuanda, etc. , Shenjiying and more than 10000 people won the bid.

More than 7000 people, such as Li Rumei, the guard of Yizhou Guard, Wang Bidi, the guerrilla of the Southern Army, Qi Jin, the guerrilla dispatched by Jiahu Susong, Zhou Hongmo, the Xuanfu battalion, and Wang Wen, the guerrilla of Jianchang, served as the rear coordinator.

It can be seen from this list that Wanli attaches great importance to the Japanese army. Jiliao, Xuanda, Shanxi, Liaodong, Zhebing, and Nanzhili are all the most elite troops of the Ming army.

Needless to say, Xuanda, Shanxi, and Liaodong, these are the elites of the border towns. The Jiliao army is Qi Jiguang's elite in the northern Zhili with the southern soldiers as the backbone, and the elites trained by the method of training the southern soldiers. most important force.

As for the Nanbing and Zhebing soldiers, they were Qi Jiguang's veterans of the Qi family army who stayed in Nanzhili and Zhejiang generals back then, while the Jianchang army had some elite white soldiers under the command of Qin Liangyu, the chieftain of Shizhu, Sichuan.

In order to deal with the Japanese army this time, Wanli transferred these two elites from the southeast and northwest to Liaodong a few months in advance, which is enough to show that Wanli hopes to complete his work in one battle.

(That's right, the white-armed soldiers are Liaodong soldiers who left early from the Battle of Ningxia in the Northwest)
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