The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 360 You are a man
Walled City.

The North Korean army marched smoothly. With the city as the center, the surrounding Jurchen cottages and gathering places were all mopped up. A large amount of food was brought back, and many small tribes even directly surrendered. The North Korean side is already thinking about the future of this war. , can advance the territory to Haixi and Jianzhou, and the internal celebration banquets have been held several times.

Army morale is high.

On this day, Park Yuanzong personally led the troops to go out, and when he came back, he quickly sent the good things he got, some gold, silver and jewelry to Tang Yin, and further lobbied for Tang Yin to take him back to Daming.

Tang Yin said: "General Pu, are you a civil servant in the imperial examination?"

Park Yuanzong looked very embarrassed, you have known me for so long, you don't even know my origin?Still need to ask?

"I was born in the family of Wu Xun, and later passed the martial arts exam, so I was able to enter the court and be appointed as an official." Pu Yuanzong replied respectfully.

"Oh." Tang Yin nodded, "Since you have a big family background, are you willing to give up everything in North Korea when you get credit for the expedition? You must know that even if you come to Daming, you may not be rewarded by high-ranking officials. Lu, I'm just the head of the Six Departments, so I may not be able to bring you anything."

The implication is, you should make a living by yourself, if you can't, go back and confess your mistakes to your monarch, and with Da Ming's endorsement, maybe your monarch is kind enough not to kill you?

Park Yuanzong sighed: "The kings and ministers of North Korea are incompetent, the deafening voice cannot be heard in the temple, and the wailing of the people cannot be heard in the palace courtyard, and the faint king still wants to expand the palace and slaughter the meritorious ministers in the court. Those who are despised by the North Korean people..."

"Wait." Tang Yin couldn't listen anymore, and waved his hands, "It's about your North Korea, you don't have to tell me that, if you really want to stay in Daming, maybe I can help you stay in Liaodong as an official, as for It’s hard to promise what the result will be.”

Pu Yuanzong belittled Li Yidun in front of Tang Yin, just to show his determination to join Daming.

At this time, he was almost grateful and said: "Tang Shangchai is the future pillar of Ming Dynasty. I am willing to follow Tang Shangchai's side and do the work of dogs and horses. If I have the opportunity to meet Lai Guogong..."

"Ha ha."

Tang Yin also heard it.

It's all polite words to follow him. Park Yuanzong's ultimate goal is to get acquainted with Zhang Zhou, a truly awesome minister, through Tang Yin, so as to gain fame and fortune.

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Jianzhou Acropolis, Hetuala City.

This is the old nest of Jianzhou Wei, and also the main city of Jianzhou tribes such as the Jurchen Sukesu River Protection Division. Although the Jianzhou Wei has a loose organizational system, the tribal cohesion has always been high, and Jianzhou Jurchen has also become the strength of the three Jurchen tribes. The strongest ones have always been known for their individual combat strength, and those who often plunder the Daming border are also the various tribes of Jianzhouwei.

On the second day of April, Zhang Zhou's men and horses came out from Yahu Pass, heading towards Hetuala City where Wang Shouren had first marched;

In the previous two months of fighting, Wang Shouren had gradually eroded the tribes in the outer circle of Jianzhouwei. Most of the tribes in Jianzhouwei either surrendered or fled to Hetuala City.

By this time, the two troops of Daming had completed the encirclement of Hetuala City.

After Wang Shouren handed over the more than 3 Jurchen people who had just been captured to Liaodong soldiers, he also went to Zhang Zhou's camp to pay a visit in person. The last time the two met, they were still in Yongping Mansion. This time even Wang Shouren felt that Zhang Zhou had a high vision in governing the Jurchen tribe in Eastern Liaodong. After two months of conquests, Wang Shouren resolved the seemingly intractable dilemma, and by the time Zhang Zhou arrived, it was basically settled.

"Bo'an has worked hard." Zhang Zhou walked out of the tent with a smile, and greeted Wang Shouren who had been running around for the past two months with a haggard face.

Wang Shouren looked much thinner than at the beginning of the year. Zhang Zhou also felt that this expedition should be a great test for Wang Shouren's body and mind. The young military generals began to change in the direction of governing the army and keeping the people safe.

Wang Shouren cupped his hands and said, "The general will follow orders."

Zhang Zhoudao: "I don't take credit, it's quite humble, but it's nothing. I plan to set up a new capital office in the future, and you, Bo'an, will manage it here. In addition to the hard bones of Jianzhou Jurchen, there are so many Jurchen in Haixi and the north. It is not easy for a chaotic tribe to accept enlightenment, after all, it is easy to fight a war, but it is even more difficult to subdue people's hearts."

Wang Shouren asked: "I don't know how much time I have to take care of the Jurchen affairs?"

"Three years? Five years? It's hard to say. You have just entered the court. In fact, the most important thing is the first one or two years. After you have established your prestige with the Jurchen, you can do things with peace of mind when you return to the court, and then go to any place to be an official. As a result, there will be no shortage of prestige.”

As Zhang Zhou said, he also brought Wang Shouren into his camp, and then Zhang Zhou unfolded the detailed topographic maps of Liaodong, Liaobei and other places, on which the marches and battles for the next few months or even years had been planned. Governance direction.

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That night, Wang Shouren did not return to camp because he was not in a hurry to attack the city.

They are not afraid that the Jianzhou Guards in the city will come out, it is more because the artillery and firearms brought by Daming are sufficient, once the Jurchens dare to come out, it is almost like seeking their own death.

In any case, it seems that there will be no turning point in this battle, and by this time, it has basically been determined.

"Since I came out of Yahu Pass, in the past few days, Jurchen people from various tribes in Jianzhou have been sending people to communicate. Even in Jianzhou Weicheng, people's hearts have been dispersed. It is difficult for them to fight against us, but I also I'm thinking about how to manage them in the future." Zhang Zhou said, looking at Wang Shouren with a smile, and said, "Now the problem is left to you."

Wang Shouren didn't expect that Zhang Zhou's method of dumping the pot was so "smart".

But when he knew that he was going to stay in Liaodong to govern the Jurchen, he also knew that he couldn't escape those bad things.

"Mr. Lai, there are still Tang Yin and other Korean troops in Duobi City. There is no movement to be found. Duobi City is only 150 miles away from Jianzhou Acropolis. Do you want to use this route to go to Haixi and other places in the future? "

Wang Shouren cared about Tang Yin.

Because in the past period of time, the person Tang Yin asked for help the most was Wang Shouren.

Tang Yin regarded Wang Shouren as a savior. Although in the process, Wang Shouren did not help Duobi City in the slightest, but in terms of the results, it was precisely because Wang Shouren interspersed to attack the city behind the Jianzhou Guard that the Jurchen tribes gradually gave up taking the initiative to attack. Most of the thoughts are to hide and defend, hoping that Da Ming will not have long-term business ideas, and waiting for Da Ming to withdraw his troops.

This is also the reason why Tang Yin can drink fish soup with peace of mind in Duobi City.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "Does it have a multi-walled city? Put it there and ignore it for now."

Wang Shouren pointed to a piece of the map and said: "I heard that the Liaodong governor's troops have already opened a hole from the Ye He tribe of the Haixi Jurchen, and are advancing northeastward. How should the troops be arranged in the future?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "This group of troops will be transferred to you later, so that your number of soldiers and horses will increase to about 5000, and you will recruit about 3 more soldiers and horses of the Jurchen tribe to cooperate with you in some more difficult sieges. In this way, you will have [-] horses. In terms of grain and grass, Daming will directly allocate it to you from Shanhaiguan, and there is no restriction on the amount of grain and grass in Liaodong. The imperial court will also send people to transport it."

What Zhang Zhou said was exactly what Wang Shouren was worried about.

Now Daming is going to set up a new capital in the area north and east of Liaodong, and Wang Shouren will manage it. First, there are not enough troops. After all, he only has 4000 troops. Enough people.

He also doesn't want to be restricted by Liaodong for food and grass. After all, Wang Shouren's headquarters is in Jianzhou, Haixi, etc., and he cannot produce food and supplies by himself. Everything needs external resources for deployment.

"What about North Korea?"

Wang Shouren asked with a serious face.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Why did Bo'an suddenly mention North Korea?"

Wang Shouren said with doubts on his face: "If you want to pacify the Jurchens, the Duke of Lai does not have to come to the land of Jianzhou in person. Now it is a matter of North Korea's weakness. If the Jurchens can be pacified, why not take the opportunity to annex North Korea?" Take it?"

Zhang Zhou thought to himself.

Or he, Wang Shouren, is more cunning in war, no wonder others say that you, Wang Shouren, use troops unreasonably, "weird, arbitrary, and known as a cunning special soldier", if you say that in this era, someone who can understand Zhang's marching and military strategy , it is none other than you, Wang Shouren.

Zhang Zhoudao: "To pacify North Korea, there are not a few troops to dispatch, and one hundred thousand soldiers are necessary."

Wang Shouren said: "One man, Duke Lai, can hold fifty thousand soldiers."

It means that if you lead troops, 5 people can destroy North Korea.

Zhang Zhou sighed: "There are many tribes in the land of Jurchen. Although they are brave, they only have clan consciousness and no concept of family and country. It is easy to beat them, but it is not so easy for North Korea to subdue them completely. It is better to support puppets and let them North Korea will not pose a danger to Ming Dynasty in the next few years."

Wang Shouren asked, "Is flattening the grassland the priority?"

"Yes." Zhang Zhou didn't hide anything, "It may take less than a year to bring down North Korea by force, but it will take more than 20 years to completely quell the rebellions in North Korea and let them accept the enlightenment of Ming Dynasty." No. At that time, we will have to deal with rebellions all over North Korea every day, as well as those bad things, and it is indeed not conducive to the imperial court's plan to flatten the grassland."

Wang Shouren asked again: "What about after Ping Prairie?"

"Oh." Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "At that time, there will be no problem in pacifying North Korea. If you have enough energy, you will be able to separate the soldiers and horses, and the supply of food, grass and supplies will be guaranteed."

"so……"

Wang Shouren hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Do you want Tang Yin to go?"

Such a direct question made Zhang Zhou feel a little embarrassed.

It's fine to treat Tang Yin as a tool, but now he's been tossing Tang Yin for one round, and then for the next round. It's really like giving him the outer hair first, and then giving him a layer of skin...for a change In front of Zhu Youtang, Zhang Zhou can say yes without hesitation, but after all, Wang Shouren is a Jinshi of the same discipline as Tang Yin, and he is also working for Zhang Zhou. ...

For someone with such a thick skin like Zhang Zhou, he would also feel embarrassed by this.

"Bo'an, everyone has a certain task. Bohu is not as good as you in terms of military use, and he is not as good as you in peace of mind. If you want to say that he is knowledgeable, he still has the cunning and philistinism of a literati. Such a person You have to use some special means to stimulate his potential."

Zhang Zhou found an excuse for torturing Tang Yin himself.

Inspire potential.

What a legitimate reason, it seems that everything can explain why Tang Yin has to bear more than others.

"Ah."

After thinking about it, Wang Shouren nodded in agreement, which Zhang Zhou didn't expect.

Wang Shouren said: "If Tang Yin is only given 200 troops, and there are not enough artillery and firearms, even with the [-] North Korean soldiers, I'm afraid it will be difficult to accomplish anything."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "So I will give him some more."

"How much?" Wang Shouren asked.

Zhang Zhou said: "Send another 100 people to him!"

When Wang Shouren heard this, he almost threw up on Tang Yin's behalf.

Three hundred Ming soldiers want to overthrow the Joseon kingship?No matter how it sounds, this is a dead end.

Zhang Zhoudao: "So, Bo'an, after you capture Jianzhouwei, your task is to go north and continue to attack the city, and my task is to guard the land of Liaodong, which is on the edge of North Korea, and wait for Tang Yin's triumphant return." good news."

"With the backing, Bohu has a greater chance of success." Unknowingly, Wang Shouren and Tang Yin had a little "sympathy".

No matter how incapable you, Tang Yin are, this time you have to undertake a major event involving the fate of the Ming Dynasty. If you bring 300 troops to overthrow the kingship of Joseon, your success must be due to your achievements. Who will dare to say that you, Tang Yin, are a coward from now on?
What if you fail?
I'm sorry... Although I can't help you in the end, I respect you for being a man.

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The battle of Jianzhouwei started.

There is no suspense in this battle itself.

On the first day of the siege, it was a cold shot.

The ones that were loaded were not light cannons, nor did they need any yellow powder, but heavy cannons, those weighing more than one thousand catties, were brought over by Zhang Zhou from thousands of miles away. It's like there's a lot of noise on the top of the city.

And not only one door was pulled over, but thirty doors were pulled over.

In the battle of Jianzhou Acropolis, Zhang Zhou also gave a warning to those Jurchens who were still stubbornly resisting. It was a majestic battle. The result is not important. What is important is to let you know the difference in weapons between you and Daming .

Thirty cannons fired ten shells from two directions each. Although there were only [-] artillery shells, each shot hit the city's head, walls, gates and inside of the city.

The Hongyi cannon will be considered awesome in the future, but compared to Zhang Zhou's heavy artillery, the Hongyi cannon that only uses black powder seems to be a child's play.

Even though the artillery didn't hit the city gate and the city wall specifically, after the [-] rounds were fired, there were still a lot of gaps in the city gate and the city wall, and some weak city walls were directly bombarded and collapsed.

After the first day of cold guns, Daming was still not in a hurry to attack the city.

The firecrackers and crossbowmen had already been prepared, and they were waiting for the defenders in the city to rush out and fight in a corner, but it was obvious that the defenders in the city had lost their fighting spirit by this time.

That night, from the gap in the north of the city surrounded by Sanyuyi, no less than six tribes sent people out to make peace with Daming.

"Let Wang Bo'an talk about it, and tell the people in the city to accept the plan, and then go to the south of Liaoning to farm and become farmers, accept the Baojia system, and give up hunting in the future. Children must receive Confucian education. If the Ming Dynasty wants to use troops in Liaobei, it must also Do your best to cooperate, so that you can exchange for the survival of the tribe..."

Zhang Zhou is very at ease.

He and Wang Shouren did not seem to have many troops. Wang Shouren had only about 1000 cavalry and more than [-] naturalized Jurchen troops.

But Zhang Zhou has brought a full 6000 soldiers. Although his side is mainly infantry, more than [-] elite soldiers can be used to fight a Jianzhou Weicheng. Without new artillery and gunpowder, it is impossible to fight. up?
At critical times, Zhang Zhou also knows how to pile up people, not just pile up new weapons.

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Wang Shouren received the tribal envoys from Jianzhouwei who came out to negotiate surrender.

When I came back, I found Zhang Zhou and told the latest situation: "Except for the commander of Jianzhou Zuowei, the rest of the tribes have the intention of submitting. At present, there is civil strife in the city, or there will be results before tomorrow morning."

"Jianzhou Zuowei?"

Zhang Zhou thought for a while. The name of the commander of the left guard in Jianzhou is Xi Baoqi Piangu, commonly known as Shi Baoqi. If you let it go, wouldn't it be meaningless to suppress Jurchen this time?

Zhang Zhoudao: "Don't worry, the original plan was to capture Jianzhouwei in three days, but now it seems that it will be extended for another four or five days."

"Not in a hurry to attack the city?" Wang Shouren didn't quite understand.

Looking at Zhang Zhou's posture, he was still very calm, as if he was waiting for something.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Da Ming's strategy for Jurchen governance was originally supplemented by military extermination. It is quite exciting to see their internal struggles. Later, some tribes will come and tell them that my Daming has a strong relationship with Jianzhou who once invaded and plundered borders. The left guards have even bigger opinions, and all of this is caused by the left guards in Jianzhou. They either follow the left guards in Jianzhou and continue to rebel against the imperial court, or they remove the left guards in Jianzhou, which is regarded as a crime and a meritorious service."

Wang Shouren shook his head and said, "It doesn't need to be so troublesome at all."

"One less death is one." Zhang Zhou said, "If we attack the city within two days, our soldiers will be killed or injured at least three or four hundred. It would be too cruel for the soldiers who followed out to fight to be buried here before victory. .It can reduce casualties, so what if it is to suspend the offensive? Originally, I wanted to see them dog-eat-dog."

Just as he was talking, a voice came from the door: "Grandpa, there is a letter sent by Mr. Tang. Please send troops to help defend."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Look, how anxious is Tang Yin? Knowing that I led troops into the ground of Jianzhou, he hurriedly sent someone to ask for help, and he also forgot that he himself has the authority to transfer troops. He really can't get a banquet like dog meat."

Wang Shouren frowned upon hearing this.

Are you looking down on Tang Yin?

But still entrust him with important tasks?

Zhang Zhoudao: "I won't read the letter asking for help. I will bring a handwritten letter to him later and tell him to wait."

(End of this chapter)