Daming talker

Chapter 749 The war is about to end!
After collecting the spoils, Lin Tianshuai, Ma Gui and the main force returned to the main camp of Hecheng Mountain.

Previously, Li Rubai stayed here with 11,000 troops from his own headquarters and Korean volunteers, responsible for monitoring and besieging the island city.

At this time, Li Rubai felt that he was getting bored, so he asked Tian Shuai: "Can we attack the mountain city?"

Lin Tianshuai responded: "There is no news from the navy yet, so the time is still not right, and we cannot attack the city!"

As long as Fukushima Masanori, Hachisuka Iemasa, Asano Yukinaga and other close relatives of Toyotomi Hideyoshi are still trapped in Shimayama Castle, the Japanese army will not dare to retreat!

Thinking of this, Lin Tianshuai quickly instructed: "Regarding the fact that our army defeated the Tokugawa reinforcements, we must keep it strictly confidential to the Japanese in Shimayama Castle, and it is strictly forbidden to let the news reach Shimayama Castle!"

The left and right asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

Lin Tianshuai explained: "I was afraid that they would be so depressed that they would fall into despair and choose to surrender!

If the Japanese pirates in Daoshan City surrender, it will be like letting the Japanese pirates in Busan get rid of their burden! "

For several days thereafter, we fell into a strange state of "sit-in war".

Lin Tianshuai's main job was to reorganize the captured Japanese pirates. The two previous victories of conquering Shimayama Castle Sannomaru and defeating the Tokugawa army combined resulted in about 10,000 prisoners.

On the one hand, they carried out preliminary registration, and on the other hand, they urgently taught a few simple Chinese sentences so that the prisoners could understand some basic commands.

After all, miners also need a certain degree of organization and cannot be thrown into the mine and left alone.

During this period, Konishi Yukinaga went to Shimayama Castle twice to spy on the internal situation of Shimayama Castle. At the same time, he also cheered up the Japanese soldiers in Shimayama Castle and encouraged them to continue to hold on.

However, today, after Konishi Yukinaga returned to the camp from Shimayama Castle, he reported to Lin Tianshuai: "The water source in Shimayama Castle has dried up. I'm afraid we can't hold on any longer."

Lin Tianshuai stopped other work and asked, "Why can't we defend it?"

Konishi Yukinaga replied: "The generals have already started arguing about whether to surrender!"

Lin Tianshuai frowned, "How can we surrender now? Can't we show some warrior spirit and hold on a little longer?"

Konishi Yukinaga was also helpless, "The water source has dried up, how can we persist?"

Lin Tianshuai was in a huge dilemma. He couldn't openly deliver water to the enemy.

If it gets out, it will damage one's own image and cause suspicion both inside and outside the country.

However, if the fresh water problem is not solved, the Japanese army in Shimayama Castle will definitely not be able to hold out.

Konishi Yukinaga advised: "They really tried their best. If it really doesn't work, just accept their surrender if they really decide to surrender."

Lin Tianshuai sighed. If he had no other choice, he would have to do this.

There will always be imperfect aspects in strategic planning, and this is normal.

But the next morning, thunder began to roar in the sky, and then it started to rain heavily.

Lin Tianshuai's worries were swept away and he happily caught the rain with his hands. This was God's will.

Come on Fukushima Masanori! Come on Hachisuka Iemasa! Come on Asano Yukinaga! You must hold on!
A few days later, scouts suddenly came to report that the Japanese soldiers in Xishengpu, dozens of miles away, had suddenly withdrawn!

Seosaengpo is the middle node between Ulsan and Busan, the old nest of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates suddenly ignored Ulsan and directly abandoned Seosaengpo. There must have been a major change!
Two days later, three thousand Ming navy troops landed at Xishengpu, and Lin Tianshuai finally got in touch with the Ming navy that was coming to aid Korea.

The general who landed at Xishengpu was the sixty-year-old veteran Deng Zilong. On the day of landing, he rode dozens of miles to pay a visit to General Lin Tianshuai.

It was only then that Lin Tianshuai learned that four days ago, Chen Lin led the navy to defeat the Japanese pirates' navy at Geoje Island off the coast of Busan, chased them to Busanport, and burned seven or eight hundred Japanese ships docked at Busanport.

Then the Ming navy occupied the Okpo port on Geoje Island, completely cutting off the shipping route between Busan and Tsushima Island. The Japanese pirates were greatly frightened and retreated across the board again, with all Japanese troops retreating to Busan. This was the reason why the Japanese troops in Seosengpo suddenly withdrew.

Lin Tianshuai asked with concern: "There was no North Korean navy involved in the Battle of Geoje Island this time, right?"

Deng Zilong was puzzled. Why was Tianshuai's focus so different from others?

He answered truthfully: "We followed the previous order of the Marshal and did not join forces with the Korean navy. Our Ming navy acted alone.

However, we still hired a number of North Korean sailors on board to help identify the water conditions and geography, which was also very necessary.”

So Lin Tianshuai was relieved, "That's great! If you give them some glory today, hundreds of years later they will say that all this glory belongs to them."

After seeing Deng Zilong off and returning to Xishengpu, Marshal Lin Tian sighed to Generals Ma Gui, Li Rubai and others:
"The navy won a great victory and blocked the sea off Busan. The last piece of the puzzle was filled in.

The war we are fighting is finally coming to an end."

Upon hearing this, all the generals were excited and began to imagine returning to the capital to participate in the grand ceremony of presenting prisoners at the Meridian Gate.

However, Li Rubai reminded: "We still have to take over Daoshan City first."

Lin Tailai asked, "How many Korean volunteers have been recruited recently? Are there 2,000?"

Li Rubai replied: "About 3,000 people came to surrender."

Lin Tianshuai said coldly: "That's enough! We will start attacking Shimayama Castle again tomorrow and try to capture Ninomaru in one day!"

After a moment's thought, Konishi Yukinaga said, "All our troops have withdrawn to Busan to defend it, so they must be seeking peace.

"If 70,000 or 80,000 people defend the city, a strong attack will definitely cost a lot. If you don't want to pay a huge price, you have to accept the peace talks."

Lin Tianshuai asked doubtfully: "What do you want to say?"

Konishi Yukinaga said: "I am just reminding Marshal Tian that whether it is peace talks or a violent attack, Busan, where there are dense firearms, will hardly have a chance to take the lead.

Therefore, this place in Ulsan Island Fortress is your last chance to ascend the mountain. "

Lin Tailai: "."

Konishi Yukinaga's analysis makes a lot of sense.

It can be seen from the prediction that there will definitely be a scene of thousands of musketeers firing at the same time in Busan. If they want to attack by force, how can I survive to be the first to climb up?
If you want to achieve the fifth ascent in history, you must find a way to reach the mountain city.

Konishi Yukinaga immediately offered a suggestion: "According to my observations from many times I have been in and out of Shimayama Castle, the area of ​​the main castle of Shimayama Castle is not very large, and most of the ammunition is stored in the Ninomaru.

As long as the heavenly soldiers capture Ninomaru, Honmaru can only accommodate a few hundred people for retreat, and there is not much ammunition stored.

In this case, it is still feasible to send the Korean volunteers to continue to consume the ammunition of the main castle, and then let Tianshuai board the main castle. "

Lin Tailai said a little worriedly: "It's a good idea, but I'm afraid something unexpected will happen, such as everyone surrendering in Ninomaru."

Konishi Yukinaga added meaningfully: "They are all the best samurai. They will definitely uphold the samurai spirit and retreat to Honmaru to hold their ground!"

When I went to Daoshan Castle to chat with those trapped beasts, I revealed that whether they could survive after the war depended entirely on Tianshuai's mood.

Whether Tianshuai is in a good mood or not depends entirely on whether he can achieve the fifth achievement.

Anyone who knows anything should know what to do so that both sides can end the fight in a dignified manner.

(End of this chapter)