Wanli 1592

Chapter 108 The Whirlwind of Fear in Seoul
Regarding the matter of defending the city of Pyongyang, there have long been disputes among the high-level Japanese military. Maori Jicheng and other regiment leaders came to Seoul for a meeting to discuss the next strategy of using troops.

Kuroda Rusui had been serving as a staff member with Ukitahide’s family before, but he was not at all optimistic about the invasion of Korea. He repeatedly advised Toyotomi Hideyoshi not to do such a thing. Toyotomi Hideyoshi drove him back to the country in a rage. Now I heard that Daming Toyotomi Hideyoshi had to rely on his wisdom and asked him to come to North Korea to help when he was about to send troops.

Regarding the next battle plan, Kuroda Rushui was not polite to a group of juniors.His opinion is that with Seoul as the center of defense, fortresses should be built on both sides of the road to the west of Seoul to resist every quarter, so that the supply line can be shortened, and troops can be sent to rescue in time from the front line of Busan and Seoul. As for continuing to attack, the time is not yet ripe.

At that time, President Xiaonishi didn't do it. Pyongyang was his territory. According to the plan of "cutting the eight kingdoms", the entire Pyongan Road was his territory. Let him retreat?What qualifications do you have to say that, a cripple despised by Toyotomi Hideyoshi?

Kuroda Rusui was being coldly received by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the time, and President Konishi was a big celebrity around Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Of course, President Konishi did not reject Kuroda Rusui. Later, Kuroda Rusui wrote to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, saying that Konishi Governor was like this Doing things is going to be a mess, and you can't do it like this. As a result, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who has a mental problem, suspects that he has different ideas. In a rage, he almost ordered Kuroda Rushui to commit seppuku.

Kuroda Rushui was lucky enough to save his life, so he left North Korea, returned to Japan to live in seclusion, and became a monk, posing an attitude of not caring about world affairs, but President Konishi was not so lucky, and was directly arrested by the Ming army ,capture!The 5000 people in the headquarters were exhausted, and 2000 people from Otomo Yoshitomo were buried with them. The Japanese army lost 7000 active troops at once, and also lost two daimyo-level big men Konishi Yukyocho and Muneyoshi Tomo.

In the headquarters in Seoul, Ukita Hideka looked at the bewildered people, and suddenly lost his mind.

"Now, what should we do?"

Ukita Hideka asked six people including Masuda Nagamori, Ishida Mitsunari, Nagatsu Masaka, Kimura Hitarusuke, Maeno Nagayasu, and Kato Koyasu, and Kuroda Nagamasa sat at the end with a constipated face.

Everyone looked at each other, no one knew what to do, no one knew what to say, under such circumstances, Ukita Hideka remembered the strategy Kuroda Rusui had said back then, and couldn't help sighing: "If we had listened to Kuroda then Sang's suggestion, it won't be today, right?"

"These words are completely useless. We have two things to do right now. One is what should we do next, how to arrange guards, and how to fight against Xiao Ruxun. The second thing is how to explain this matter to Taige. Things! If Taige knew that Chief Xiaonishi had been defeated, he might have personally led his troops to North Korea! The [-] reserve army of the Eastern Kingdom was placed there!"

Ishida Mitsunari said what he was most worried about.

As Toyotomi Hideyoshi's close minister, he is one of the few people who can see that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has some mental problems.

To be honest, the priority level of how to fight against Xiao Ruxun is lower than the priority level of explaining this matter with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, because the various actions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi since the start of the war have made the North Korean generals very disturbed, so They only told Toyotomi Hideyoshi with the good news before and did not report the bad news. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was happy and wrote letters everywhere to show off his martial arts. slap.

The result of the matter is nothing more than two kinds. The first is that someone wants to lose his head, and the second is that Toyotomi Hideyoshi insists on going his own way and leading the army to conquer North Korea.

Either way is unacceptable to everyone.

"I think, don't tell Taiko about this for now!" Masuda Nagamori gave his opinion: "Once Taiko finds out about this, I am afraid that the whole of Japan will have to pay the price for it. With the current situation, stable Defending Seoul is the best strategy, if Taige insists on going his own way, our logistics will not be able to keep up, and our losses may even increase.”

Ishida Mitsunari weighed the pros and cons, and nodded: "We know too little about the Ming general Xiao Ruxun, and we are not familiar with everything except his name. I think it is very problematic to fight an unfamiliar opponent, and the Ming army defeated him. After becoming President Xiaoxi, we will definitely go south, and at that time we will face this Xiao Ruxun head-on, we still have to take this opportunity to strengthen our defenses, and we must not lose Seoul."

Kato Koyasu said: "I agree with Ishida's opinion. Also, Kato Kiyomasa's troops in Hamgyongdo should be retreating south. We can let Kato Kiyomasa threaten the Ming army in Ping'an Road from the flank. They have to To divide the troops to defend Kato Kiyomasa, we also have more time to arrange, at least to recruit Mori Yoshinari from Gangwon Province to help defend, what do you think?"

Everyone nodded heavily.

The Ukita Hide family naturally obeyed the good, and said: "Then, don't spread the news about the defeat of Konishi Xingchang, and recruit Mori Yoshinori from Gangwon Province, and then prepare for the defense of Seoul, and the construction of the rear city will also be accelerated. , The fighting power of the Ming army that came this time is beyond our imagination, and it is not in the same breath as the Koreans."

After the Ukita Hide family made nominal instructions, everyone split up and did their own things. Kuroda Nagamasa was left behind. He was the closest to the Pyongyang battlefield. Without Kaesong and Kobayakawa Takakage joining forces, the Ukita Hide family really needed to warn him in private.

"It's not that I don't want to keep going. It's really unnecessary. The fortification of Pyongyang City under the command of Chief Konishi and the combat effectiveness of the army under Chief Konishi are superior to ours. The entire army under Chief Konishi was beaten. Annihilation, how can I resist a hundred thousand Ming army with one legion?"

Kuroda Nagamasa complained: "It's better to pull the army to Kaesong and join forces with Kobayakawa to preserve our strength, and then deal with Xiao Ruxun together."

"One hundred thousand Ming army? Where did you get this news?"

Ukita Hideka's family was very worried: "If it's really [-], we don't need to fight, just withdraw to Busan and wait to return home!"

"The three bastards who were released said it. They explained that the army general himself said that 2000 heavenly soldiers will come to conquer our army and let us wait to die. It is probably false, and the soldiers only look like [-] to [-]. But the combat effectiveness is unquestionable. The subordinates of Konishi Yukio are absolutely elite, and there are more than [-] iron gunners from the Matsuura family. Kuroda Nagamasa approached Ukita Hideo's house and said in a low voice, "That's too scary!"

The worried look on Ukita Hideka's face became more intense.

"According to what you say, we can't defend Seoul? The Ming army is really so strong, we don't even have the confidence to fight?"

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