The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 394 The Japanese Dog Trembles
Before Toyotomi Hideyoshi could figure out the situation, the main force of the Ming army was ready to attack.

Early in the morning at about 11:00 AM, just as the sky was getting light, the mountains north of Yizhou City in the vassal state of Korea were already filled with the rumbling of horse hooves and the earth was shaking.

The Ming army's cavalry and charioteers poured out from the valley behind Zhenjiang Fort like a torrent, rushing towards the north bank of the Yalu River. They kept pouring for an hour and it seemed like they had not finished yet.

At around noon, the sun was rising. Hundreds of square formations were densely packed from Zhenjiang Fort on the north bank of the Yalu River to the open space near the coast. The square formations extended all the way to the north, even filling up the valleys several miles long, with no end in sight.

At Qi Jiguang's command, the Shenji Front Camp, Shenshu Front Camp, and Shenwu Front Camp set off first on the navy's fast boats and headed straight for Gongju in Chungcheong Province.

Immediately afterwards, the Shenji Left Camp, the Shenshu Left Camp, and the Shenwu Left Camp took the lead in crossing the super floating bridge that was dozens of feet wide and pushed forward all the way south from Yizhou.

Afterwards, Shenji Right Camp, Shenshu Right Camp, and Shenwu Right Camp also crossed the pontoon bridge and headed straight for Hamgyong Province, east of Pyeongan Province.

Immediately afterwards, 80,000 elite cavalry of the border army also crossed the pontoon bridge and followed the Shenji Left Camp, Shenshu Left Camp, and Shenwu Left Camp to press southward.

This is not over yet.

After sending Shenji Front Camp, Shenshu Front Camp and Shenwu Front Camp, the navy's express ships returned to bring Shenji Rear Camp, Shenshu Rear Camp and Shenwu Rear Camp to Gyeonggi Province, heading straight for the vassal state of Korea's royal capital.

This is not over yet.

After sending off the Shenji Rear Camp, Shenshu Rear Camp, and Shenwu Rear Camp, the navy's express ships returned, carrying 200,000 Sichuan troops to Busan Port.

At this time, Pyeongan Province and Hamgyong Province were almost occupied by the Shinjiying, Shinshuying and Shinmuying.

The fighting styles of the Shenji Camp, Shenshu Camp and Shenwu Camp are quite scary.

Whenever they encountered a city, they would deploy their troops from the north, rush to the city wall one or two miles away, set up cannons and bombard it, followed by musketeers firing volleys, and the Japanese pirates on the city wall were beaten so hard that they dared not even poke their heads out.

This is not the end yet. They will immediately push their armored chariots to the bottom of the city wall and throw bombs, kerosene cans and other things up like they are free.

The city wall will soon turn into a wall of fire, and the Japanese pirates will not be able to gain a foothold on it.

Soon, the Japanese pirates in the city would be scared by them and run out from the south, east or west gates, desperately fleeing to other cities.

However, these Japanese pirates could not escape even if they left the city, because the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp and the border army cavalry were waiting for them outside the city. It was impossible for them to outrun four legs with two legs. They would usually be surrounded by dense cavalry after running a few miles out of the city.

The Ninth Corps of the Japanese pirates stationed in Heian-do, led by Toyotomi Hidekatsu, was directly defeated.

Toyotomi Hidekatsu was the nephew and adopted son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he held a high status. He came to the vassal state of Korea not to fight, but to just watch, and he only had 11,000 troops under his command.

The Ninth Corps he led had never fought a formal battle. He was sent to guard Pyeongan Province because the First to Fourth Corps went to attack Jeolla Province.

When this guy heard that more than 100,000 Ming troops were coming, he actually took 5,000 troops and fled south madly, without even leaving Pyongyang City!
The Japanese pirates' Fifth Corps stationed in Hamgyong Province, led by Fukushima Masanori, did not collapse, but the Fifth Corps was responsible for defending Hamgyong Province and Gangwon Province. The areas of these two provinces were too vast, with more than 20 cities. Even if Fukushima Masanori had 25,000 troops under his command, they were dispersed across more than 20 cities, with only about a thousand troops in each city.

These thousand or so soldiers had no chance of winning against the nearly 100,000 well-equipped soldiers of the Beijing Camp. It would not take much time for the Shenji Right Camp, Shenshu Right Camp and Shenwu Right Camp to capture a city.

In fact, the Fifth and Ninth Corps of Pyeongan Province, Hamgyong Province and Gangwon Province are nothing, and even the Sixth and Eighth Corps of Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghae Province are nothing.

Because their total troops were less than 100,000. In this battle, Qi Jiguang's main targets were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Corps of the Japanese pirates from Gongju and the 7th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Corps of the Japanese pirates from Gyeongsang Province. After the reinforcement of these two groups of Japanese pirates, they had more than 100,000 troops.

Among them, the first, second, third and fourth corps of the Japanese pirates in Gongju are particularly important. This group of Japanese pirates has the largest number of troops and is the most ferocious when fighting.

These guys fought from Busan, the southernmost part of Korea, to Uiju, the northernmost part of Korea, and then from Uiju to Jeolla Province, the southernmost part of Korea. They killed two people in Korea and were the main force among the main forces of the Japanese pirates.

Therefore, as soon as the war broke out, Qi Jiguang ordered the Shenji Front Camp, Shenshu Front Camp and Shenwu Front Camp to take the navy's fast boats and head straight to Gongzhou.

At this time, Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa, Kuroda Nagamasa and Shimazu Yoshihiro were unaware of the impending disaster.

They had just received 50,000 able-bodied men and were preparing to launch an attack when they suddenly received news that Busan had been captured by the Ming navy!
Immediately afterwards, nearly 100,000 elite Ming troops suddenly rushed over from the west of Gongju, surrounding the east, west and north sides of Gongju City.

Upon hearing the news, Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa, Kuroda Nagamasa and Shimazu Yoshihiro hurriedly led their troops back and rushed into Koju Castle to garrison.

This time, they fell into the trap.

After Lee Sun-sin discovered that they had escaped, he immediately led all his 200,000 troops to rush towards Gongju City, directly blocking the south side of Gongju City.

More than 100,000 troops from the First, Second, Third and Fourth Corps of the Japanese pirates were blocked in Gongzhou City, which was only about ten miles in radius.

Qi Jiguang sent the Shenji Front Camp, Shenshu Front Camp and Shenwu Front Camp to scare Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa, Kuroda Nagamasa and Shimazu Yoshihiro. Otherwise, Gongzhou City would have been captured by the Shenji Front Camp, Shenshu Front Camp and Shenwu Front Camp before Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa, Kuroda Nagamasa and Shimazu Yoshihiro could return for support.

Immediately afterwards, battle reports from various sources continued to reach Zhendong Fort.

The remnants of Toyotomi Hidekatsu's Ninth Corps of the Japanese pirates were so frightened that they fled all the way to Hwanghae Province. As a result, Hwanghae Province was also destroyed by this guy.

The Sixth Army of Kobayakawa Takakage stationed in Hwanghae Province had only more than 10,000 troops. They could not withstand the more than 100,000 troops of the Beijing Camp and the border troops.

In the end, the remnants of the Ninth Japanese Pirate Corps under Toyotomi Hidekatsu and the Sixth Japanese Pirate Corps under Kobayakawa Takakage were all driven to Haeju City in Hwanghae Province, Korea, a vassal state, and were besieged.

The Japanese pirates' Eighth Corps, led by Ukita Hideie, was surrounded by the Jinki Rear Camp, the Jinshu Rear Camp and the Jinmu Rear Camp in the vassal state of Korea.

The Japanese pirates' Fifth Corps, led by Fukushima Masanori, could not withstand the fierce attacks of the Shenji Right Camp, Shenshu Right Camp and Shenwu Right Camp, and could only retreat southward, and was eventually surrounded in Wonju City, Gangwon Province.

Next is Gyeongsang Province.

Yang Yinglong led his 100,000 troops directly from Juchang and headed straight for Daqiu City. Mori Terumoto was frightened and quickly recalled all his troops to hide in Daqiu City.

Ma Qiancheng led an army of 100,000 to attack from the south of Jeolla Province. He caught the Japanese pirates in Hadong City and fired volleys of gunfire, bombs and kerosene at them, which scared the pirates away and captured Hadong City.

Qin Liangyu also led an army of 200,000 to intimidate and chase the Japanese pirates in the south of Gyeongsang Province. In the end, the 10th, 11th and 12th Corps of the Japanese pirates were driven into Jinzhou City and surrounded.

At this point, almost the entire territory of the vassal state of Korea had been recovered, and all the Japanese pirates who attacked the vassal state of Korea were driven into several cities and trembled in fear.

(End of this chapter)