The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 375: The Counterattack of the Vassal State of Korea
Reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty have arrived!
Around noon that day, a dense mass of black spots suddenly appeared in the sea east of the vassal state of North Korea.

There were thousands of centipede ships of the Ming navy, and each centipede ship was full of Ming army soldiers.

When Li Shunchen received the news, he arrived at the port terminal early to wait.

Not long after, the first batch of centipede boats docked at the pier, and the well-equipped Ming army soldiers poured down like a tide.

These Ming army soldiers were really well-equipped. Each of them had an iron shield and a spear, and on their backs were tied a machete, a longbow, and a tube of arrows like a triangular fork.

If everyone of them had so much equipment, they would have driven the Japanese pirates back home long ago.

As Li Shunchen watched, he was suddenly stunned.

Because the military uniforms of these Ming army soldiers seemed to be exactly the same as theirs.

He had seen many Ming army soldiers, and their military uniforms were different from his.

Although their military uniforms were also provided by the Ming Dynasty, the styles were somewhat different from those of the Ming army.

What is going on here?
He was standing there in a daze when Qi Jiguang came over with four generals.

These four generals are really big. One is tall and strong, one is as strong as a door panel, one has a broad back and strong arms, and one has bulging muscles all over his body.

The Grand Marshal of the Ming Dynasty’s army is here!

Li Sun-sin took a closer look and quickly stepped forward, bowing and saying, "I pay my respects to General Qi."

Qi Jiguang nodded slightly, then asked, "General Li, how are things going? Have the Japanese pirates made any moves these days?"

Lee Sun-sin said without hesitation: "The Japanese pirates are still resting, neither attacking nor retreating. I wonder what they are going to do."

They were naturally waiting for reinforcements.

Qi Jiguang explained in detail: "We received news that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has recruited another 100,000 reserve troops, probably to reinforce us.

His Majesty is afraid that you can't hold on, so he asked me to lead the army to counterattack and deplete the pirates' strength before their reinforcements arrive."

Will we be unable to bear it?
If it weren't for those 5,000 martial arts candidates, we might not be able to hold on.

However, it’s different with those 5,000 martial arts candidates. They are comparable to an army of 100,000.

Why is His Majesty worried that we can’t hold on?

Li Shunchen thought about it carefully, then asked cautiously: "General Qi, have the Japanese pirates created any new equipment to target us?"

I don’t know about this either.

I was just looking for an excuse.

Qi Jiguang simply said: "We will know this only when their reinforcements arrive. In short, you have to be careful.

There are four Japanese pirate groups north of Lishan, the strongest group. This time, we will help you ambush them and drive them back to Gongju."

What does this mean?
The Japanese pirates in Lishan are indeed the strongest, but there are only about 40,000 to 50,000 of them.

I'm afraid you brought 40,000 to 50,000 troops this time?

We still have nearly 100,000 troops.

With so many troops running to ambush and destroy those Japanese pirates, it won't be a problem.

Why just send them back to Gongju?

Li Shunchen was really confused.

However, he didn't ask.

Because he is not the one to decide the major strategies, and he is not qualified to do so, he can only follow orders.

He bowed his hands and said straightforwardly, "I understand."

Qi Jiguang nodded slightly and gave detailed instructions: "Send your warships with our navy warships to investigate the pirates' fleet transporting food and supplies. Find a fleet of about a hundred ships and ambush them together."

Is this just an ambush at sea?
Li Shunchen looked at the densely packed centipede boats on the sea and felt a little confused again.

Although the Japanese pirates have been building warships, there seem to be only a thousand of them at the moment. This time, the Ming navy has thousands of warships. If we cooperate with them and ambush them a few more times, it will not be a problem to wipe out the entire Japanese pirate navy.

He thought about it, then bowed repeatedly and said, "I understand."

The Japanese pirates probably never dreamed that the elite troops of the Ming army would sneak up on them and ambush them.

Now they are waiting for reinforcements.

Although Konishi Yukinaga and his men were extremely cautious, they could only scatter scouts around the camp.

Because the archers sent by the Ming army seemed to be unable to sit still, they would sneak into the mountains around them every day to look for the scouts they sent out.

Those guys are so good at archery that their scouts basically can't come back once they go into the mountains.

There was no other way, they could only keep watch around the camp. That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, howling in the cold.

The thin wind lanterns in the Japanese pirate camp were blown back and forth, making people dizzy.

The scouts scattered around the camp were so dazzled that their eyelids were drooping, and some even fell asleep in the holes where they were hiding.

At this moment, they really couldn't imagine that their vassal state, North Korea, would counterattack.

Because they encountered many troops from the vassal state of Korea, they basically had no combat power, and only the elite troops of the Ming army were relatively powerful.

However, it seems that the Ming Kingdom really has no troops to send at the moment, and the total number of troops coming to reinforce its vassal state, Korea, seems to be only a few thousand.

They have tens of thousands of troops, and they have no way to stop the enemy from hiding in the trenches and shooting arrows at them. If they dare to run out and sneak into the camp, they will be seeking death.

Most of the Japanese pirates thought so, so they all slept soundly in the camp.

Around midnight, people sleep the deepest and the sky is at its darkest.

Logically speaking, it is unlikely that anyone would come to steal the camp when it is pitch dark.

However, a pile of kerosene cans suddenly fell like raindrops from the hills on both sides of the Japanese pirate camp.

It seemed that those kerosene cans were concentrated in a few places, and the crackling sounds woke up many Japanese pirates in the camp.

Then sparse rockets were fired down from the top of the mountain.

With a bang, two rows of fire pillars shot up into the sky on both sides of the Japanese pirate camp.

Immediately afterwards, countless figures emerged from the hillsides on both sides and from the trench in the south.

These guys didn't know what was going on and didn't say a word.

The Japanese pirates' camp was filled with chattering and shouting.

Those remnants of soldiers and rebel forces from the vassal state of Korea must be crazy to have dared to raid our camp.

They have cannons.

Iron cannons are not very useful when attacking trenches, but they are very useful for guarding camps with open areas around them.

Those iron cannon foot soldiers put their iron cannons to the ground and quickly loaded ammunition.

As a result, the night sky suddenly rang with the sound of arrows flying through the air as dense as locusts.

"Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish", countless arrows flew over and those arquebusiers were immediately shot into sieves.

After that, the sound of arrows breaking through the air never stopped.

"Swish swish swish, swish swish swish, swish swish swish."

There was a sudden scream in the camp, and countless Japanese pirates were hit by arrows.

Is this an archer from the vassal state of Korea?

If someone can still scream after being shot by an arrow, it proves that the arrow did not kill him.

The question is, aren’t there too many archers?

The arrows are like rain, there must be more than ten thousand archers.

Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa, Kuroda Nagamasa and Shimazu Yoshihiro all looked horrified.

This time, the vassal state of North Korea must have gathered most of its troops. The east, west and south sides of the camp are densely packed with people, so densely packed that it is impossible to tell how many there are.

It seems like they have mobilized tens of thousands of archers!
If they don't run away now, they will probably have no way to escape once they are surrounded from the north.

The four of them discussed hastily for a while, then immediately howled, "Retreat, retreat, retreat of the entire army."

This counterattack by the vassal state of North Korea was truly terrifying. In less than half an hour, they lost tens of thousands of men!
Fortunately, Gongju City was not far to their north, and if the remaining troops rushed in, they could form several layers of dense troops on the city wall.

The remnants of the Korean army and the rebel army from the vassal state probably knew that they could not capture a city with so many soldiers and horses stationed there, so they did not chase after them.

This time they really didn't expect that the remnants of the vassal state of Korea and the rebel army would dare to counterattack.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi never expected that his vassal state, Korea, not only organized a counterattack in Rishan, but also organized an ambush at sea. Their fleet of 100 warships was directly wiped out!

This made Toyotomi Hideyoshi so angry that he almost vomited blood.

How could the remnants of the soldiers and volunteers from the vassal state of Korea get the courage to launch a counterattack?
The problem was that they were caught off guard and were robbed both at sea and on land.

If these guys attacked them like this from time to time, how many men would they lose?
If he had a choice, he would definitely choose to withdraw.

The problem is, he has no choice.

If he withdrew his troops at this time, he would be finished, so he could only bite the bullet and continue fighting.

(End of this chapter)