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Chapter 758 Kill Hwarang and advance successfully!
"I am the King of Joseon! No matter what, I am the King of Joseon! Yi Sun-sin, I order you to lay down your weapons! Burn all the food and gunpowder of the Ming army! Immediately!" Lee Sun struggled, stood up, and roared loudly. His broken leg had not healed well, and he looked a little funny.

In preparation for this major operation, Lee Sun sent a letter to Duke Fengguo Qi Jiguang, the commander of the Ming vanguard army, asking for beauties and mutton, in order to create the illusion that he was enjoying himself and let the Ming army and Lee Sun-sin let down their guard.

Lee Sun-sin did relax his vigilance, but suddenly received news that Lee Sun's carefully planned action could not be carried out as expected. This time, the "rebellion" launched by Lee Sun was too hasty and was brutally suppressed by Lee Sun-sin.

Qi Jiguang did not have any magical abilities that allowed him to predict the actions of the Japanese pirates and Lee Sun. He just often put himself in their shoes and thought from their perspective how to defeat them.

Yi Sun-sin looked at Yi Sun and smiled contemptuously when hearing such an unrealistic order. He took off his helmet and looked at the rising sun in the sky. He swayed his body and hummed softly in the golden sunrise: "White gentian grows all over the hillside. If you dig out one or two, you can fill a basket. The gentian sways under the hill. I sing a song to pray for a good harvest... good harvest year after year..."

Li Shunchen's voice was somewhat sad. After a night of killing, his voice was even a little hoarse. But as he sang, the soldiers led by Li Shunchen were in tears, because the Koreans knew what the song was about.

Li Shunchen finally stopped humming, stood up, and drew out his Qi family sword, which was a sword bestowed upon him by His Majesty.

Lee Sun-sin dragged his knife and said as he walked, "Lee Sun, you don't know that the Koreans rely on the gentian to survive the winter, so this ballad was created."

"We would sing this song when we went to harvest straw. When our parents, brothers and sisters froze to death, we would sing this song to send them off, hoping that they would not be North Koreans in their next life."

"It's so hard to be a North Korean. We rely on straw for warmth, and when we're hungry we eat dirt. After eating it we die, but we're hungry."

"The Ming Dynasty used to be closed off from the outside world, living its own life behind closed doors. Now it has fully opened up to the sea, but you have not kept up with the Ming Dynasty. I don't understand why Korea would rather set up a Woguan to trade with Japan than a Mingguan. This is your first sin."

"With a powerful enemy at your side, you have gone against the grain. Not only have you not strengthened your military power, but you have also taken measures to collect and distribute military supplies. The military preparations of the eight provinces of Korea are weak, and Japanese pirates are swarming in. There are no soldiers to use and no people to send. This is your second crime."

"The Japanese invaders invaded, and you fought and fled three times, abandoning Seoul, Kaesong, and Pyongyang. The Korean army lost its backbone and suffered a great defeat. In just over a month, Korea was conquered and most of its people became slaves. This is your third crime."

"It was so hard for the Ming army to come to our aid, but you, or rather the rest of you, obstructed them in every way and refused to provide them with any food and fodder. To you, the Japanese pirates cannot win, and neither can the Ming. You just wanted to be the King of Korea, but you never thought about the Koreans becoming slaves of a conquered nation. This is your fourth sin."

"You were writing a letter to the Japanese pirates in the Pyongyang Palace and I caught you. If it weren't for the imperial decree, I would have beaten you to death for your secret communication with the Japanese pirates. I only broke one of your legs at that time. This is your fifth crime of colluding with the Japanese pirates."

"Today, you teamed up with Japanese spies to burn the Ming army's food, fodder and gunpowder, trying to attack the Ming army fighting for Korea from both sides. As a vassal monarch, you are disloyal and unfilial. As the King of Korea, you are unrighteous. This is your sixth crime."

"Do you have anything else to say?"

The deposed King Yi Sun of Joseon, with bloodshot eyes, looked at Yi Sun-sin covered in blood and shouted: "What happened?"

"I am the King of Korea! I order you to lay down your weapons and burn the Ming army's food supplies!"

"Huh." Lee Sun-sin let out a breath. Lee Sun had no idea what a slave of a conquered nation meant. Lee Sun had a concubine named Inbin, who was from the Suwon Kim clan. Kim Inbin was pregnant and was about to give birth. Because she had difficulty moving, Lee Sun abandoned Kim Inbin when he fled.

When the Japanese pirates captured Kim Inbin, she had already given birth. The pirates drowned the child and forced the breastfeeding Kim Inbin to feed Konishi Yukinaga's dog.

This is the suffering that Chen Tiande, the coastal defense inspector, witnessed in Seoul. There was even more suffering that Chen Tiande could not see. In the end, Kim Inbin could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide by jumping into a well.

But as a husband, a father, and a monarch, Lee Sun fled from the battlefield.

Li Shunchen stood up straight, held up his sword with both hands, and shouted loudly: "All soldiers, listen to my orders!"

"The deposed King Yi Sun of Joseon colluded with the Japanese pirates and intended to overthrow the country. This is disloyal, unfilial and unrighteous. I order that all subversive traitors be killed!"

"kill!"

When Lee Sun-sin shouted "kill", he led his soldiers and rushed forward. Lee Sun, royal family members, and civil and military officers who had been surrounded tried to escape in panic, but there was a wall behind them that they could not climb over.

Instead of leaving the difficult problem to the soldiers, Lee Sun-sin took the lead and killed a previously unattainable aristocrat from the civil and military classes. Lee Sun-sin didn't care who it was, he stepped forward and led the soldiers to continue advancing. Seeing this, other soldiers immediately swarmed forward and started a bloody massacre.

"puff."

The Qi family military sword in Li Shunchen's hand cut off Li Cheng's shoulder. The sword cut from the shoulder and cut into the abdomen, and blood splattered everywhere.

Lee Sun's leg was broken and had not yet healed, so he had no way of escaping.

"How dare you!" Li Cheng didn't feel any pain. He looked at the huge wound in disbelief, with blood gushing out, and said tremblingly.

"What is there that I am afraid of?" Lee Sun-sin raised the long sword in his hand, paused, and swung it down with force, chopping off Lee Sun's other shoulder, leaving another huge wound. He had been killing for a whole night and was a little exhausted, but killing Lee Sun was enough.

"How dare you, cough...ah!" Li Cheng let out a wail, and the pain only came now.

"You're really noisy!" Li Shunchen spat, bent down with the knife in both hands, stretched out in a T-step, chopped upwards, turned around and chopped down with force. The whole set of knife skills flowed smoothly. His first knife chopped on the chest and abdomen, and the second knife chopped on Li Cheng's neck with a whistling sound.

Li Cheng was still surprised, but his vision suddenly tilted, the world spun around, and he lost all consciousness in a sea of ​​blood.

Lee Sun is dead.

Li Shunchen frowned slightly. Only half of Li Cheng's head was chopped off, and the other half was still hanging on his neck, which looked a bit weird.

This T-shaped back-killing move was a martial art he learned in the Ming Dynasty. When His Majesty was reviewing the troops, Lee Sun-sin learned it from the Ming Emperor. If the Ming Emperor had used this move, Lee Sun-sin would have chopped off his head with this move. Lee Sun-sin had seen with his own eyes that the Ming Emperor's T-shaped back-killing move could cut off a wooden stake as thick as a bowl.

When he thought of the Ming Emperor Hongyi, who had no talent but forced himself to become a qualified general, and then looked at Lee Sun, who was afraid of death and only cared about himself, Lee Sun-sin became furious.

Lee Sun-sin pressed down again and chopped off Lee Sun's head completely. He held it in his hand and decided to send Lee Sun's body to the capital of the Ming Dynasty for identification. After all, he was a royal family member appointed by the Ming Dynasty, and he had to have definite information whether he was dead or alive.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The sounds of fighting and killing filled the entire Yizhou city.

Yi Sun-sin suppressed the rebellion of King Yi Sun of Joseon. It was rather bizarre and seemed a bit illogical that the king would launch a rebellion, but that's what happened.

Another day passed before Lee Sun-sin completely wiped out the rebels and began to count the losses. A total of 30,000 kilograms of gunpowder and 60,000 stones of grain were lost. This was mainly because a granary was burned down when the gunpowder depot exploded. The Yizhou army was busy suppressing the rebellion and had no time to put out the fire.

Yizhou had stored 200,000 kilograms of gunpowder and 400,000 stones of grain, so this loss was really not that big.

What surprised Lee Sun-sin was that although the deposed King Lee Sun mobilized a part of the Uiju troops, most of the mobilized Uiju troops were just there to work but not to put in any effort. As soon as Lee Sun-sin's troops arrived, they surrendered directly. It was very smooth and there was no resistance in the process of suppressing the rebellion.

The Yizhou Army had about 24,000 men, but Yi Sun only mobilized 4,000 men because of his hasty launch of the attack. Even among these 4,000 men, only more than 1,000 resisted to the end, and the remaining 3,000 all surrendered. Most of these rebels who resisted to the end were servants of the civil and military classes, not the Yizhou Army.

Even these servants have very weak will to resist and will surrender immediately after being caught.

Having control over the army's deployment orders does not mean controlling the army. The army is made up of individuals. It is not that a general issues an order and then sends them around and executes it without hesitation.

Killing the Japanese pirates would certainly be a fight to the death. Killing one would break even, killing two would make a huge profit, and killing three would bring honor to the family. But if Qi Jiguang ordered the guns to be pointed at the emperor, it was hard to say how many people would be willing to do that.

Qi Jiguang emphasized more than once that an unjust war fought based on fear rather than faith is extremely difficult to win, and even if it is won, it is difficult to guarantee a real victory. Qi Jiguang's requirement for the Ming army is military victory and political victory.

Yi Sun-sin was indeed the commander of this rebellion, but this was also the result of the political victory of the Ming army. In an era when killing innocent people for credit was rampant, the military discipline of the Ming army was a blessing for all Koreans. The Ming army would even avoid crops when marching.

What people want is never vain.

Lee Sun's failure was not surprising. He failed to cut off the post stations and post roads, allowing the Ming army, which had stronger intelligence capabilities, to pass the news back to Yiju, allowing Lee Sun-sin to be on guard. Lee Sun was doomed to fail.

The Ming army was worried that Lee Sun-sin was using a self-torture tactic, but Lee Sun-sin chose to end Lee Sun's life, and the Ming army did not have to make things difficult or sink Lee Sun into the river. This slightly tricky matter was handled very smoothly.

When reviewing the situation afterwards, Yi Sun-sin discovered that it was the Japanese pirates, not the Uiju army, who ignited the gunpowder depot. During the rebellion, the Uiju army, faced with orders from their superiors to blow up the gunpowder depot and burn the granary, chose to wait and see the situation instead of igniting it immediately.

This group of Japanese pirates broke into the Bingzi warehouse and were soon besieged by the nearby Yizhou army. When the Japanese pirates found that they could not take out the firearms and gunpowder, they brazenly ignited the gunpowder, causing an explosion.

"Pass on my order to search for the Japanese pirates throughout the process. Once captured, they must be sent to the Ming Dynasty. The dismemberment office needs specimens." Lee Sun-sin began the post-incident cleanup work. Putting down the rebellion was only the beginning. A comprehensive cleanup must be carried out against the Japanese pirates and Hwarang in Yiju who were not loyal to the Ming Dynasty to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

Qi Jiguang had no idea what happened in Yizhou and what the outcome was. All he could see was the battlefield in front of him.

The Japanese pirates hid in a turtle shell that was in a favorable geographical location. The Ming army opened fire on the turtle shell several times but to no avail. But now the opportunity had come.

"Kato Kiyomasa led 30,000 troops from Seoul and has arrived at Pyeongjegwan." Duntai Yuanhou hurriedly walked into the big tent and reported the latest movements of the Japanese pirates.

"Order Zhao Ji to guard Mashan Pavilion and hold on to these 30,000 people at all costs. All units act according to the plan and the army will begin to cross the river." After hearing this, Qi Jiguang immediately ordered the army to march forward.

The Japanese pirates dispatched 30,000 people. As long as they hold on, when the main force of the Ming army arrives, the Japanese pirates will be in a dilemma. They can either abandon these 30,000 people or rush to help.

In Qi Jiguang's plan, this was an ambush battle to encircle and attack the reinforcements, aiming to completely eliminate the Japanese pirates' troops leaving the city and try to recover the lost territory near Incheon and Seoul. The front-line troops had to hold the enemy back.

At the same time that the Ming army crossed the river, the Ming navy fleet appeared on the outer islands of Incheon. The Ming navy was faster than the Ming capital camp. This was an all-out attack. When the Japanese pirates thought this was a routine harassment, the Ming navy had already begun landing on many islands off the coast of Incheon.

The sky was clear and blue, with no clouds in sight. The masts of the Ming fleet appeared on the horizon, looming in the waves. Soon, the silhouettes of nearly a thousand ships slowly emerged from the sea (the curvature of the earth's surface), like a sudden sea wall, rushing towards the Incheon Outer Island. The Japanese pirates on the outer island frantically shook the bronze bell to warn and prepared to organize defense, but the outer island defense was destroyed by such a huge navy. The ships' artillery fired in unison, providing fire cover for the battleships of the landing operation, while the Ming army adopted an extremely wealthy and powerful way of fighting, charging the beach.

Once a ship ran aground, it would be very difficult to return to the sea. The Ming Dynasty sent out nearly 400 warships to directly attack the beach, allowing the ships to run aground. The Ming army kept jumping out of the ships and deployed their formation at the fastest speed under the cover of firepower.

Once the formation is deployed, the Japanese pirates will be no match.

The sounds of explosions from cannons and muskets rang out on the battlefield. After only three hours, the Ming navy captured all of Incheon's outer islands, including Wolmi Island.

Wolmido Island is adjacent to Incheon Port, and when the tide is low, you can wade through it for about an hour.

Therefore, capturing Yuewei Island is the main goal of the navy this time.

After taking Wolmido Island, we can wait for an opportunity and attack Incheon at any time.

When the Ming navy had just captured Yuewei Island, Zhao Ji led a thousand light cavalry and trapped the Japanese pirates around Mashan Pavilion. Relying on their excellent mobility and the range of their firearms, they continued to drive away the pirates. In addition, there was a thousand infantry battalions, which formed a line formation to block the pirates' advance.

The Japanese pirates fell one after another. By the time the Japanese daimyo Kobayakawa Takakage, Toda Katsutaka and others realized that something was wrong, it was too late. The Ming cavalry battalion had already moved to the rear of the Japanese pirates, and the main force of the Ming army had already rushed to Mayama Hall. Toda Katsutaka found that he was completely surrounded!

Qi Jiguang was not in a hurry either. He was waiting for the battle report from Incheon. If the battle for the outer islands of Incheon went unsuccessful, he would retreat to Kaesong and take his time. The battlefield would not always go according to Qi Jiguang's ideas, and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances before a battle was the best military strategy.

At this time, in Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, successive battle reports were continuously sent to Gyeongbokgung Palace, and all the Japanese daimyo looked dejected.

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"Why do I feel that the Ming army has become stronger again?" Kato Kiyomasa's hands were shaking as he held the battle report. In just half a year, the Ming army's line formation had gone from immature to mature. Judging from the battle report alone, the Ming army had become more measured in its advances and retreats, and more calm and orderly.

The huge war losses have left Kato Kiyomasa a little at a loss as to what to do.

The battle reports were all about losing, losing and losing. The Ming army drove 30,000 people to the battlefield they wanted like a flock of sheep. The Ming army had occupied all the advantageous terrain and was hunting with a cat-and-mouse mentality.

The Ming Dynasty's light cavalry always appeared inadvertently in key positions, leaving the attacking army unable to advance or retreat.

To support or to give up, this is an extremely difficult choice for Kato Kiyomasa.

"Report! Hashiba Hideyoshi is leading his troops towards Seoul and has arrived at the Ying'en Gate!" The herald ran in carrying his mother's clothes and reported the situation loudly.

Because of his height and body shape, Hashiba Hideyoshi was nicknamed a monkey, but this does not mean that monkeys cannot fight. As one of the three generals of Oda Nobunaga, he made great military achievements for Oda Nobunaga. Hashiba Hideyoshi walked hurriedly, holding a horsewhip, and walked into Gyeongbokgung Palace at a very fast pace.

"Immediately order the warriors near Masan Pavilion to withdraw, we have been fooled! This is Qi Jiguang's plan. Qi Jiguang even intends to kill two birds with one stone, killing the Korean royal family and the civil and military classes who are in the way, and at the same time taking Seoul and Incheon!" Hashiba Hideyoshi threw the whip in his hand on the table, sat down cross-legged, and gave the order immediately.

Kato Kiyomasa handed over several battle reports and said with an extremely grim expression, "We can't retreat. We've been held back by the Ming army."

Hashiba Hideyoshi read the battle report with a frown on his face, took a deep breath and said, "Qi Jun's actions are much faster than I expected. Speed ​​is of the essence in war. If I am half a step slower, I will fall behind step by step."

"If you are bitten, abandon Hwarang. If abandoning Hwarang is not enough, abandon the ashigaru! The most important thing is to withdraw the samurai!"

"Even if all the foot soldiers are dead, we can still use the samurai to command the Korean fugitives and deal with the Ming Dynasty. Once the samurai suffer heavy casualties and the grassroots officers are in short supply, Seoul and Incheon will be immediately recaptured by the Ming Dynasty."

"If you refuse to give the order, I will. The key now is to stabilize the front."

"Seoul and Incheon may not be able to be defended. If we cannot stabilize the front line, we should abandon Seoul and Incheon and defend Chungju."

When Hashiba Hideyoshi arrived, Kato Kiyomasa finally sorted out the reality. No matter how many people went to rescue now, the result would only be adding fuel to the fire. The firepower of the Ming army was still extremely strong. He could only hope that Lee Sun would succeed and let the Ming army turn around to put out the fire in the backyard, so that the Ming army would lose its offensive fangs, gunpowder and firearms.

Japan also had firearms, but it had no gunpowder. The power of the iron cannon was still decent, but there was a shortage of gunpowder. Japan was suppressed by the Ming Dynasty for half a year, and the most important gunpowder was still in short supply.

Kato Kiyomasa gave the order quickly. Even though it was a heroic act and heartbreaking, they had to do it. They had fallen into Qi Jiguang's trap, so this was the only way to reduce the losses.

"Can't Seoul and Incheon be defended?" Kato Kiyomasa asked in a low voice.

"Well, prepare to retreat when necessary." Hashiba Hideyoshi nodded.

The impact of defeated soldiers is more terrifying than the impact of the enemy. When the defeated soldiers swarm in, it is the beginning of a great defeat. Timely retreat is the best way to stop the loss.

"There is no point in holding on, because when winter comes and the Linqing River freezes, the Ming army will come on the snow and we will definitely lose." Hashiba Hideyoshi explained the reason. It takes a talent to see through the situation on the battlefield. A short-term victory can easily blind people's reason.

From the perspective of Japan, Incheon has repelled the attacks of the Ming army many times, and it seems to have stabilized the front line, but this front line will disappear under the influence of time and place. The military strategy of the Ming Dynasty is all based on the right time, place and people.

It is very difficult to stay rational on the battlefield. It is not without reason that Hashiba Hideyoshi stood out from the Warring States daimyo.

"If we abandon the city without engaging in battle, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain to the Chancellor or the country." Kato Kiyomasa said in fear, "The only option left for us is to commit seppuku."

"Let's borrow Hwaranghyup's head." Hashiba Hideyoshi said calmly, "After fierce resistance, we caused huge casualties to the Ming army, but we were still no match for the Ming army's powerful firepower. In this extremely critical situation, our army moved to Chungju to continue defense."

Annihilating 50,000 enemies, trying their best, being unable to defeat them, advancing victoriously, and occupying Zhongzhou. This is a good story, at least a story that can be told.

"Can the Kanpaku believe it?" Kato Kiyomasa looked at Hashiba Hideyoshi in horror. He borrowed the head of the Hwarang Kyoto today, so tomorrow, will he borrow his head and be responsible for the defeat?
Hashiba Hideyoshi sighed and said, "He can only say that if he doesn't believe it, right? Can he come here and see it in person? Or does he want to destroy all morale?"

"Kato, is it a shame to lose to the Ming army?"

"Our soldiers have shown enough courage. In Pyongyang, the bullets and lead bullets were like a forest and the bullets were like rain. Our soldiers did not retreat. This is an unnecessary death and has no meaning."

Hideyoshi Hashiba joined the Korean battlefield in order to support Incheon, but after he arrived here and studied the linear formations of the Battle of Pyongyang in detail, he was filled with despair.

The Ming army's tactics of artillery fire support, musketeer line annihilation, light cavalry flank harassment, and heavy cavalry decisive victory were to crush the Japanese army which was mainly equipped with a small number of firearms, bows and arrows, swords, spears, and halberds. If they fought, they would be crushed. This was the reality and it could not be changed by human will.

Qi Jiguang's command was extremely perfect, but if it was Li Rusong, Ma Lin, or Wang Rulong, the result would be the same, except that the Ming Dynasty's record would not be so perfect.

When no plan can cause fatal damage, that is the most desperate moment.

Hashiba Hideyoshi emphasized again: "If the general can provide enough artillery, muskets, and gunpowder, I can lead the army to fight to the death, but now, we should prepare to retreat."

"Then let's borrow Hwarang's head." Kato Kiyomasa chose to obey Hashiba Hideyoshi's order, kill Hwarang, and advance victoriously!
Hideyoshi Hashiba's idea was very simple, to make a final grab and withdraw to Chungshu.

While Qi Jiguang was still waiting for the battle report of Wolmido Island in Incheon and Hashiba Hideyoshi was still waiting for intelligence about whether the front line had collapsed and the situation in Yizhou, Mori Terumoto, who was guarding Incheon, secretly left. Taking advantage of the favorable wind direction, he took all his belongings and the looted goods and left Incheon directly by boat.

The head of Incheon Hwarang Hyuk has been borrowed by Mori Terumoto.

Mori Terumoto had to consider that if the losses on the Korean battlefield were too heavy, would Oda Nobunaga take advantage of the situation to annex him? So he could just leave, since he had already looted enough wealth and food.

After Mori Terumoto escaped, the Ming army's scouts discovered him and immediately launched an attack after the tide went out. When Incheon was captured, the Battle of Seoul-Incheon was a foregone conclusion.

"There are many reasons for this great victory, such as the humiliating escape of Mori Terumoto, which brought some unexpected changes to the battlefield." Qi Jiguang summed up after the battle: "Everyone, this is a lesson. No matter how big the conflict is, even if the fight ends in bloodshed, we must fight again after the battle."

"As the future commanders of the empire, it is your important duty to prevent the conflicts between the various factions from escalating to such an extent."

When the Ming Dynasty entered Korea to fight, each faction had its own factions. There were the Beijing Camp, the Navy, the Liao soldiers, the household servants, the Korean army, and even under the Beijing Camp there were conflicts between the Cavalry Camp, the Infantry Camp, the Southern Soldiers and the Northern Armies. As the commander-in-chief, Qi Jiguang also settled cases for them, but most of the time they were just given fifty lashes of the cane and then some sweet treats to make them feel that I was at a disadvantage and the other side was not in a good situation either.

The bottom line is to maintain a good balance between factions so that conflicts do not escalate to the point of becoming a laughing stock for the enemy.

"Mori Terumoto's escape seems to be because he was afraid. The Ming army has been bombarding Incheon for three consecutive months, and the morale has been extremely low. Moreover, the Ming army occupied Wolmido Island. I think his escape is understandable. Anyway, Oda Nobunaga could not do anything to him." Li Rusong could understand Mori Terumoto. The morale in Incheon had completely collapsed.

Li Rusong continued, "Chen Tiande collected intelligence and observed that during the bombardment the day before, four Japanese pirates were carrying wounded soldiers. Shrapnel shells exploded just ten feet away from them. The four Japanese pirates were so numb that they didn't even bother to dodge. Once a war becomes a stalemate, people will become numb and even lose their instinct to explosions."

"The fighting was so brutal that for the Japanese pirates, staying alive was a punishment."

Incheon was a rare tug-of-war on the Korean battlefield that lasted for three months. The Ming Dynasty could come and go as it pleased and could appear at any time, but the Japanese pirates had to face artillery bombardment every day. The fortifications built on the mudflats would be bombarded, and if they did not go, someone would supervise the battle.

The explosion has a huge bang, flames, and vibrations, which are the most basic human perceptions. Instinctively, one should avoid them, but the Japanese pirates in Incheon have become completely numb, and avoiding them seems unnecessary. They live like zombies, waiting for death to come.

This is total lack of morale.

"What you said makes sense." Qi Jiguang thought about it and agreed with Li Rusong's words. The shameful escape of Mori Terumoto might also be because after Hashiba Hideyoshi led his troops away, they really couldn't fight anymore. If they continued to fight, the Japanese pirates might mutiniate, so it was better for them to just run away.

"So, can we write a victory report?" Liang Menglong said with a smile: "No matter what the reason, winning is winning. Recapturing Seoul and Incheon is a great victory!"

"Oh, by the way, His Majesty ordered the allocation of 60,000 catties of gunpowder and 120,000 stones of grain and fodder, which have already been delivered to Yizhou."

Your Majesty directly compensated the local losses caused by the Japanese pirates' elaborate plot at double the amount, mainly to show off his wealth and power.

(End of this chapter)