Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 688 The quagmire of war
Occupying the North Korean capital is like occupying a big nail, firmly nailed to the heart of the peninsula. With such a stronghold, the Japanese warriors who were scattered by the Jiannu cavalry also formed to gather towards Wangjing. After all, the Japanese There are 55 big names with a weight of 30. They still hold a strong city and are afraid of being counterattacked. Just like the Wanli Korean War in history, Azig, who led 13 cavalry to support him, had to retreat north to open The city is bounded by the Linjin River.

It is generally the [-]th parallel of later generations.

However, the Koreans are really bullying and fearing the hard to the extreme. The king of North Korea, Li Zongzhen, asked the flesh to come out, and came out with his shirtless arms and thorns on his back to plead guilty to Zheng Sen, the great general of the Celestial Dynasty. Everything was used to fight among the parties. At this time, Jin Zidian of the Luo Party was the leader of the government. He was the one who ordered the North Korean army to follow the Qing army into the pass to attack the Ming Dynasty. He was the first choice on Zheng Sen's list for family raids.

But before Zheng Sen's troops entered the city, with the support of the Joseon royal family, the Yuan Party who supported Daming had already taken the lead, scaring Jin Zidian to commit suicide, and then another fire burned the entire Jin mansion, not to mention the eight generations of ancestors, even Not a single chicken was left behind. In the past few days, Wang Jing has also emerged countless leading parties, leading the Ming army to hunt down and massacre those Luo parties. The civilian family of Luochuan generation in North Korea was almost massacred in this purge. clean up.

Zheng Sen was embarrassed by the attitude of the Koreans, and reluctantly refused the request of Hosokawa Mitsutaka, Kuroda Masatoshi and other Japanese daimyos to visit the city for a day.

However, the situation is not optimistic. This time the slaves went south, which also dealt a great blow to these Japanese. The Kumamoto clan suffered more than 5000 casualties, the Fukuoka clan suffered 700 casualties, and even the shogunate army killed more than [-]. The cavalry gave the Japanese a strong deterrent force. In short, many big names were scared of being beaten.

The last Wanli Korean War, the Great Imjin War, was the turning point of the Battle of Bicheguan. The Ming army going south was aggressive and forced the Japanese army to negotiate a peace. After fighting several battles of various scales, it ended with Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s retreat. First World War.

This time it was the same, the snatches were all snatched up, and there was another big enemy, and the big names began to retreat. More or less, every big name like Zheng Sen mentioned the matter of retreating.

But before coming here, Song Qingshu had already made an overall plan for the conquest of North Korea, and these guys' minds were naturally included in the plan. Now that the king of North Korea is in his hands, it is even more convenient for Zheng Sen to act. In September, a piece of paper shocked the Japanese kingdom Under Zheng Sen's persecution, the imperial edict was officially issued by King Li Zong of Joseon.

Date Tsunamune, lord of Sendai feudal lord, was conferred the guardianship of Hanchuan with a food town of 46 shi; Fukuoka fan lord Shichiro Kuroda was conferred the title of guardian of Rongcheng with a food town of 30 shi; Yi 33 stone...

Of the 55 daimyos who were forced by the shogunate Tokugawa Iemitsu to join the war in Korea, the top [-] all obtained new fiefdoms, and the orders came from the king of Korea supported by General Daming. The land of the party is regarded as a punishment from Ming Dynasty, and the Koreans who have been killed and feared have to accept it.

In fact, none of these lands is half the size of the province, but it seems like a shot in the arm, and it has penetrated into the hearts of these famous Japanese people.

It has always been the wish of the Date family to increase the stone height to 100 million shi. The one who directly entered into this wish was Date Masamune, the daimyo of the Warring States Period. What a mistake!After all, a rebellion made expectations come to naught, especially in Japan's small territory, where almost all territories were owned. After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, it was simply impossible to increase Shi Gao.

But this time, the stone height was increased by 40 shi, which directly reached the dream of several generations of million shi. The lord of Sendai even went to Wangjing City in person to thank Zheng Sen.

With the temptation of this territory, the remaining more than 40 small princes and daimyos also began to gear up and become active.

The Battle of Yuyue Town took place in August, and it was approaching the maturity of North Korean rice grains. The reason why Dorgon had an army of more than 40 and only gave Azig 13 was because Liaodong could not support such a large army. They are all in the inner circle of the Guan. Liaodong is no longer the Liaodong of the Huang Taiji era. The plan to win Wangjing and drive the Japanese pirates out of North Korea in a short time is impossible. Hurry up, Azig also ordered his subordinates to be in the northern part of the peninsula. Forced laborers to harvest wheat.

However, in the field, they are evenly matched, and even the Japanese soldiers are still weak. In terms of construction, the applause of the nomads is not as good as one foot into industrialization, and the booming bourgeoisie. Song Qingshu gave Zheng Sen more than one million taels of funds at this time. It came in handy. Sea ships directly pulled Japanese laborers and civilians from the Tsushima Strait to the mouth of the Han River and landed near Incheon. At the same time, the merchant ships of the West India Company continued to transport grain from Southeast Asia and transport weapons to the peninsula. It is not unreasonable now. , The Japanese changed the brutality of burning, killing and plundering, and recruited Korean peasants nearby, occupied the farms, and measured the land.

Even in order to encourage the laborers to work hard, the [-] famous masters also took out some money and food to reward the workers to speed up the process.

"One two, hey yo! One two, hey yo!"

There are no mixers these days. In the chant of labor, hundreds of laborers shouted chant and mixed Roman cement translated from the Western book "Ten Books of Architecture" with large wooden spoons. On the other side, hundreds of North Korean laborers were also struggling. After excavating the foundation and leveling the land, now that Song Qingshu has spent a lot of money, the speed of Daming smelting in the past ten years has been much faster than the previous 300 years, which is enough to produce high-quality high-carbon steel building reinforcement.

The reinforced concrete was poured into concrete and stood in the foundation. The frame of a Japanese-style castle was basically built. Further up, with the green bricks fired from the clay on the Nanshan Mountain, a fairly strong small fortress was almost formed. As for The castle tower where the lord guards lives above, the high-end residences of the banner warriors, and even some small gardens, so there is no need to worry about slow work.

Similar to the Western feudal system, such a feudal castle controls the population of land and farms in a radius of tens of miles, forming an independent economic system. More than 30 feudal fortresses, daimyo live in the city, form a solid defense network, and then rely on Even if the muskets and cannons were seized by an army of slaves, they would not be able to move them easily without paying a heavy price.

Those who have a fixed property have perseverance. The Japanese daimyo, who originally ran away with one vote, really embraced the long-term persistence here. Just next to the construction site, a team of famous Koshu cavalry rode not much taller than a donkey. Japanese horses patrolling the territory "magnificently", and in the open space next to the castle, black Japanese warriors are also brandishing swords and guns, practicing up and down like monkey soldiers and monkey generals in Journey to the West.

The shogunate of all dynasties has faced this crisis. With the increase of the number of samurai, there are fewer and fewer fields and stone heights that can be allocated, resulting in poorer samurai at the bottom and increasing bankruptcy. This is where the Kamakura shogunate died, and the Muromachi shogunate was similar , the later Tokugawa shogunate was also disintegrated by the dissatisfied lower-level samurai as the main force of the new army. Although it is the rising period of the Tokugawa shogunate, the lack of distribution of such resources has shown signs that many poor people A samurai is poor except for a suit of clothes and a knife, and only a big stone is left. He can only eat once a day. When he is cold, he lifts the stone for warmth. Reduce hunger.

The protagonist has a new stone height, and the wages of his warriors have also begun to increase. The morale of a group of monkey grandchildren has obviously increased a lot.

The only unlucky thing is that the original North Koreans on the land of the Luo Party were treated as serfs similar to Jianshou and coats, and began to be confined in the farm, but for the time being, no one took care of them, and these people were also given to the West as tenants before. The gentry of the People's Party worked tirelessly all day long, except that they hated the Japanese, the situation did not change much.

However, some people in the Ming army were worried about this.

Following Zheng Sen to inspect the castle, while walking, Chen Ding was still chattering and sighing, and the wrinkles on his face were several deep.

"The commander-in-chief is drinking poison to quench his thirst!"

Patting his thigh, Chen Ding looked worriedly at the Japanese castles rising from the ground, and muttered to Zheng Sen: "The Japanese have a large population and are ambitious, which allows them to acquire land and bridgeheads in North Korea. Once this guy invades the east, he will invade our kingdom and never have a peaceful day. If we don’t deal with it properly, the Japanese will suffer the same disaster as Jiannu in the future.”

Chen Ding really has foresight. It is not this group of little Japanese who brought a heavy blow to the Chinese nation in later generations, but it was established in the Republic of China, which experienced a hundred years of poverty and weakness in the late Qing Dynasty. It was considered to be extremely weak, and now?Although half of the country has fallen, as a soldier, Zheng Sen is still full of confidence.

"Japanese people? Hehe!"

Suddenly he stopped and looked at the Japanese who were practicing in the distance, Zheng Sen suddenly showed a sneer on his tough face, pointed at the Japanese who were practicing, and shook his head disdainfully.

"Mr. Chen thinks too highly of them. I am a Japanese who can beat them once, and they can fight a second time. They dare to invade east? My Ming Dynasty sent boats from Songjiang and Longjiang to attack their home islands, trapped their capitals, and boarded them. Lai Dao sent the boats to attack the opposing horses and trapped them in the rear. In the future, after Liaodong is recovered, the group of cavalry will go out of the pass and go south, the Japanese pirates? They are just turtles in the urn!"

The Japanese are indeed a threat, but Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty said that China will be safe and the barbarians will be subdued by themselves!As long as China remains stable and strong, the Japanese will still be able to go to heaven!

And there is another reason Zheng Sen doesn't know, but makes Song Qingshu feel relieved, geopolitics.

Just like the United States in later generations, the members of the thirteen British colonies in the Americas were all British immigrants. However, after experiencing British economic plunder and previous tax increases, angry American patriots launched the War of Independence and drove the British out. Although the various tribes of the Japanese kingdom are very happy with the new Shigao, their attitude towards the North Korean enclave is still a colony, and they have the intention of plundering it. In this case, when the Ming Dynasty extends its tentacles back to this land in the future, there will be some ways to provoke two sided relationship.

Both sides are consolidating the results of the battle and collecting food and grass resources. The peninsula war, which has been bloody since the middle of the year, has surprisingly stabilized for a while. Except for the Echigo cavalry who are occasionally beaten by the Eight Banners cavalry who crossed the border, even the most brutal The Japanese stopped killing, and instead posted an Anmin notice.

At the end of September, in Kaesong, Azig supported Nam Yeonjun Li Qiu as the king of Korea, and officially divided Korea into two halves to fight against Guangzong Li Zong in the south. At the beginning of October, enough food and grass were collected, which can be regarded as Correcting the exhaustion from the raid from the Yalu River, Qiugaomafei's army of founding slaves once again poured down from Kaicheng, approaching the Hanjiang River Basin.

10,000+ cavalry are lined up in a strict formation, especially the Chinese army dragged a full eighteen four-thousand-jin red barbarian cannons with bullocks. In the entire Northeast Asia, there is no longer one that can match in the field Even Zheng Sen's Fujian army is not enough. After all, Zheng Sen only has five divisions and 5000 people. The manpower is too thin, and the Japanese army is even worse. The most elite Echigo cavalry let the Zhengbaiqi cavalry set up an ambush, and a few people escaped.

But this time, the miracle of the industrial age was vividly displayed. The Han River Basin is no longer an endless plain. 37 Japanese cities, large and small, stand on the traffic points everywhere. The castle tower looks down on the earth like a giant.

Standing in the front is the Hosokawa family of the Kumamoto Domain, at the head of the newly built Chikuhi Castle on the fertile Hanjiang Plain, looking down at the enslaved Eight Banners who are gnashing their teeth angrily, two pieces of Hosokawa's wretched smile The mustache was turned up, and he was still pretending to be sitting on the military bench, arrogantly thinking that the military fan of the Hachiman Bodhisattva was suddenly drawn in front of him, and he howled like a wolf.

"fire!"

Almost at the same time, Azig, who was also gnashing his teeth while watching the Hachiman Bodhisattva Banner from under the wall, waved his sword fiercely forward.

"fire!"

The Hongyi cannon that was pushed five miles below the city and the city defense artillery on the top of the city erupted in anger almost at the same time, but at this time, the artillery fire of the Japanese was not even inferior to that of the Jiannu. Change the cannon, and replace it with a rifled cannon that is more accurate and powerful. The big and small Hongyi cannons just happened to be sold to these Japanese ghosts.

But even these obsolete cannons are better than the trachoma-filled Hongyi cannons made by the Qing army. Amidst the roar, more than [-] shells staggered and bombarded the opponent's position fiercely. The towering castle tower In an instant, several holes collapsed, and at the same time, the tumbling shells also set off waves of blood in the formation of the Jiannu army.

The shelling failed to gain the upper hand, and the killing intent in Azig's eyes became even more frenzied. As soon as the shelling stopped, he slashed forward with his saber frantically: "Charge! Kill all the Japanese dogs and take this broken city!"

The siege cavalry was useless, roaring, the dead soldiers of the Han army and the armored men of the Eight Banners charged forward like ants resisting the densely packed ladders. It was almost the same tactic. Suddenly, all four gates of Zhufei City opened, shouting, The gun warriors holding high spears and the sword warriors wielding Japanese swords were also led by their respective leaders, and they also fought out of the city fiercely, fighting decisively with Jiannu Leng weapons in the most classic way of this era.

Above the head, firecrackers were constantly spraying, and cannons roared back and forth. Unlike the mainland officers and soldiers who dared not fight in the field in Ming Dynasty, the barbaric Japanese still had the courage to fight in the field. Feicheng, at the juncture of the battle, the Qing army fired two trumpets from the north and the south again, and the Japanese troops from the nearby Xiaohimeji Castle and Danzawa Castle also came to support them. , I can't resist it a bit.

He rushed into the formation with red eyes and killed a few people desperately, but saw more and more Japanese soldiers coming continuously, the vanguard Li Guoying and Zhang Yong almost completely fell into it, and Azig finally let out a wolf roar , climbed on horseback and retreated back north in a hurry, and following him, the mighty 13 Jian slaves also left in desperation, and even lost two Hongyi cannons, leaving behind a mess of corpses.

The densely packed Japanese castle became a huge bouncy ball, and Azig, unwilling to reconcile, swung his army elsewhere again, but every time when the city was in a state of anxiety, the supporting Japanese army swarmed in behind him again, bearing the burden. Three or four sides and even the rebounding power of the entire bouncy ball spent October and November in this kind of fighting, and the Qing army could no longer see the hope of expelling the Japanese.

"Go back to Beijing immediately and ask the Regent for reinforcements!"

Outside Kaesong, in the Shibali barracks, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the strong smell of blood came out, and a Japanese man pierced his shoulder with an iron cannon. In the cold weather, his chest was exposed and wrapped in gauze. On one floor, Azig was like a wounded wild wolf, knocking on the table and roaring, while all the generals under his command were silent like cicadas, daring not to say a word.

At this time, North Korea seemed to have turned into a swamp and quagmire, sucking the Qing army deeply into it!
(End of this chapter)