Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 202
(I have been paying attention to the 7.5 incident for the past few days, and I feel so angry that I didn’t write a few days ago. I would like to apologize to the readers here. But to be honest, as of today, I still feel very sad. Compatriots mourn.)
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November 20, 1592th Wanli, December 12, 21 AD.

This day is the winter solstice day, which is regarded as an auspicious day, and it is also the day when Qu Xiuhe enters the house.

On this day, Gu Yunniang will personally escort the burden in a sedan chair, accompanied by Xuantian's drum music, and finally a large sedan chair and four pairs of red gauze lanterns.Going all the way, attracted countless people onlookers.

The woman's congratulatory spot was set in the Qixian Guild Hall. At this time, there was already a sea of ​​people, and there were many congratulatory people, but most of the people here were merchants' homes.In the end, Qu Xiuhe dressed up and got into the sedan chair.Accompanying, there are many dowry things.

The most precious thing is a lot of jewellery, a total of ten pairs of precious gold box pearl and jade jewellery.Among them, a pair of golden box jewelry, toad palace, laurel and rabbit jewelry and golden box jade and phoenix top jewelry, even if they are placed in the south of the Yangtze River, they are also the best.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the atmosphere was luxurious, and the woman was proud of the value of the dowry, so that the woman would be more valued by her husband's family.

The gongs and drums were beating all the way, the sound of firecrackers was deafening, and the sedan chair returned to Huangfu, which had already been dressed up in a new look.Although he is a concubine, due to Huang Laifu's current status and the fact that Qu's family is also a wealthy family, there are still a lot of guests.

Qu Xiuhe is not an ordinary concubine, so the wedding rituals related to concubines, such as bridal sedan chairs, bridesmaids, paper candles, hall worship, withdrawal of tents, etc., are all handled according to the most solemn.

Qu Xiuhe is a beautiful woman like a flower and jade, Huang Laifu was blessed that night...

On the second day, Qu Xiuhe came to see the elder woman Gu Yunniang, kowtowed to her, and handed her the shoes. Gu Yunniang sat upright and accepted her four salutes without answering. This was the rule for wives and concubines in the Ming Dynasty at that time.

It wasn't until Qu Xiuhe finished worshiping that Gu Yunniang smiled and said: "Sister, please sit down, we will be a family from now on."

While talking, she looked at her carefully, and saw that Qu Xiuhe was wearing a light green satin skirt, a sable fur around her neck, a big rhinoceros jade hairpin in her hair, pearls and emerald flowers on her temples, and her face was full of beauty. There was an intoxicating blush, and there was a charm in the beauty, which was obviously due to the nourishment of Huang Laifu's rain and dew last night.

Judging by her appearance, she must have been tortured by Huang Laifu last night. Thinking of this, Gu Yunniang couldn't help but feel a little sour in her heart.But she quickly suppressed her inner emotions and started talking and laughing with Qu Xiuhe.

After following, Qu Xiuhe and Liu Yumei shared the ceremony of sisterhood. The two daughters sat at the lower head of Gu Yunniang. Liu Huan and Meiyue were not concubines, but the second daughter was pregnant and her status improved a lot. aside.

Gu Yunniang told the surrounding maids to call Qu Xiuhe San Niang in the mansion from now on.

Huang Laifu took Qu Xiuhe as his concubine, sang operas, served wine, and entertained guests for three consecutive days before stopping.And in the next few days, he had another unexpected joy. The three daughters Liu Yumei, Liu Huan, and Meiyue all gave birth to a son within a few days, and the mother and child were safe.

Huang Laifu was overjoyed. He now had four sons including Huang Dalang. Shiro.

While Huang Laifu was intoxicated with the joy of taking a concubine and getting a son, the stormy war in North Korea, thousands of miles away at this time, had intensified.

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North Korea is known as the Three Thousand Li River and Mountain, and has always been the target of attacks from both the mainland and the Japanese island nation. For thousands of years, this fate has not been changed.And this peninsula has always been a place that the opposite island country covets to attack. Of course, the ultimate goal of the islanders is the rich and beautiful continent behind the peninsula.For them, the land of barren and earthquake-prone islands is too insecure.And that continent is really too rich.

Although the archipelago is small, there is no shortage of ambitious people. It has been like this since the Tang Dynasty, but there is no way to do it due to limited ability.In the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, there appeared an ambitious Toyotomi Hideyoshi.This man not only wants to capture North Korea, he also wants to capture China, and he also wants to capture India.To have such ambitions and fantasies in the Ming Dynasty, it really makes people doubt whether he is a time traveler.

As early as the Warring States period in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi wrote to Oda Nobunaga when he was still conquering Maori, saying that after the army pacified Honshu, he would march to Kyushu, and then map Korea to see Ming Dynasty, and finally unify the earth.After conquering Koya Temple, he said in a letter to Yiliu Mo'an: "It goes without saying about the affairs of Japan, and I still want to order the country of Tang."
In order to prepare for the war, he even commissioned European missionaries to purchase two European warships for imitation.
At the beginning of the 19th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, in 1591 AD, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had unified all of Japan.His ambition swelled even more uncontrollably, and he always chanted a sentence: "During the time I live, I vow to bring Tang's territory into my territory."

A few months later, because the samurai in Japan were extremely dissatisfied with the uneven distribution of land, in order to eliminate this hidden danger.Coupled with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's anger at the Ming Dynasty for not doing business with him, and in order to satisfy his own fantasy desires, he decided to send troops abroad.

In June, Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent an envoy, Zong Yizhi, to write a letter to the Korean king Li Yan, requesting that Korea attack the Ming Dynasty, and asked the Korean king to lead his troops as a forerunner. He wrote in the book: "I want to fake Daogui country, beyond the mountains and seas, went straight into the Ming Dynasty. On the day I entered the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers came to the barracks, and I could repair the neighboring alliance. Soldiers, I will lead the barracks for me."

At that time, from the king to the people of Korea, all regarded Daming as the ruler and father, considered themselves the first subordinate country, respected them very much, and never had any thoughts of rebellion.For Toyotomi Hideyoshi's unreasonable request, the Joseon King Li Yan naturally flatly refused.

Rejection is refusal, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi thinks he knows what he knows.Whether it was Japan in the Ming Dynasty or the Republic of China, they all attached great importance to intelligence work at that time, and they worked very seriously.During the Anti-Japanese War, the maps of China drawn by the Japanese army were more accurate than those drawn by the Chinese themselves. Even a hill and a well were clearly marked. Their maps have always been widely welcomed by the Chinese army.One can imagine the extent of their intelligence work.

Not to mention the North Korea at this time, but also the Ming Dynasty at this time, there are many intelligences in the two countries, and there are specialists in Japan who understand them.The local Korean military equipment is weak, and the domestic atmosphere generally emphasizes civility over military affairs. The people of the country have not known the military for more than two hundred years. Most of the more than 300 counties and counties in the country are not fortified, and the party struggle is fierce. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, it is even worse, and the country is chaotic. Incomparable.

Such a situation naturally made Toyotomi Hideyoshi think that North Korea was not worth mentioning, and his main concern was Daming.After all, arrogance belongs to arrogance and can unify Japan. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is not a simple character.At that time, the Ming Dynasty was so huge, with so many armies, and the influence of civilization was so far-reaching, and the oppression on the Japanese was very heavy. It can be said that the shadow of thousands of years has accumulated in the heart.

But then Toyotomi Hideyoshi summoned a Japanese pirate and let him eliminate the shadow in his heart.

The man replied: "The remaining three hundred people went to Fujian for a year and returned with full armor. People in the Tang Dynasty fear the sun like floods and sand, and sharp knives break bamboo. He Cheng will not urge you."

After hearing his words, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was overjoyed, and let go of his heavy worries.

And to be honest, Toyotomi Hideyoshi also has the capital of self-confidence. Japan has experienced wars and turmoil for a long time, and has cultivated batches of war-tested soldiers.The warriors under his command are more outlaws, brave in battle, and regard war as a natural thing to breathe.

Moreover, Japan was well-equipped at this time, importing a large number of weapons from Westerners, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi had a large-scale musket force.Their guns are more advanced than the Ming army.In terms of tactics, the Japanese army also made considerable progress, inventing the three-line tactic, firing guns in the first line, loading bullets in the second and third lines, forming continuous firepower, which was more lethal to cavalry.This kind of tactic can only be compared with the five-stage firearms of the Qi family army.

On the whole, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army at that time, their equipment, and their tactical level all reached a very high level. They were definitely elite soldiers. This made Toyotomi Hideyoshi more and more courageous. The pace of war.

In the 19th year of Wanli, more than a thousand warships of the Japanese army had been built, and enough food and grass had been stockpiled in Nagoya for several years. The 30 troops were mobilized and ready to go.

At the beginning of the 20th year of Wanli, in April 1592, Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued an order that nine legions with a total of 4 troops and more than 15 large and small ships set off from Fukuoka, Nagoya, Tsushima Strait and other places to go to Korea.

These 15 Japanese troops were the most elite troops in Japan at that time, and the distribution of troops was as follows:
First Army: Chief Konishi, 8000 people.Second Army: Kato Kiyomasa, 2000 people.Third Army: Kuroda Nagamasa, 2000 people.Fourth Army: Shimadzu Yoshihiro, 500 people.Fifth Army: Masanori Fukushima, 5000 people.Sixth Army: Kobayakawa Takakage, 5000 people.Seventh Army: Mori Terumoto, 3 soldiers.Eighth Army: Ukita Hideo's family, 1000 people.Ninth Army: Hashiba Hidekatsu, 1000 people.

In addition, Kuki Jialong led a navy of 200 people and 5000 ships for the transportation of soldiers and naval battles.In order to supplement the source of troops, Toyotomi Hideyoshi also ordered Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Gamo Shigo, Date Masamune and others to gather their troops in Nagoya as a reserve team, with another [-] people For a while, the Japanese called themselves "a group of sages, young and long and salty".

In terms of strategy, Toyotomi Hideyoshi adopted Tokugawa Ieyasu's proposal, and determined the tactics of "advancing land and sea", "using the strong to bully the weak", and "quick battle and quick decision". The three roads went hand in hand and occupied North Korea in one fell swoop.

The army's attack went smoothly. The first army led by President Konishi 1.8 people, divided into [-] ships, crossed the Tsushima Strait on April [-], and successfully landed in the early morning of the next day. Raid the Korean defenders in Busan and quickly captured Busan.Guard Zheng Ba died in battle, and hundreds of North Korean officers and soldiers in the city fought to the last man, and the Japanese army paid the price of thousands of casualties.

On the same day, the Kuki Yoshitaka Department of the Japanese Navy defeated the Gyeongsangdo Jedoshi Won Kyun's Department on Geoje Island. Kazumashi Takikawa led the East Army to capture Ulsan Fortress, and Niwa Nagahide led the West Army to land in Goseong and defend the fortress. Will flee without fighting.

Within four days, Busan, Dongnae, Yangsan and other places, the important coastal defense cities of North Korea, fell one after another, and the coastal defenders fled after hearing the news.On April 2.2, Kato Kiyomasa led the Second Army with 1.1 soldiers, and Kuroda Nagamasa led the Third Army with 8 soldiers and landed on the southern coast one after another.After the first three armies landed, the follow-up main force of the Japanese army with [-] people and the rest of the fleet entered the DPRK one after another.

The Japanese army marched towards the north in three ways, but the court soldiers were unable to resist, and the defenders along the way fled watching the wind, and the Japanese army seemed to be in a land of no one.Soon the Japanese army arrived at the city of Wangjing, Seoul. Li Shi, the North Korean Beibian envoy, saw the strength of the Japanese army, and even sighed: "Today's enemy is like a magic soldier!"

On May [-], the Japanese army captured Seoul, the capital of North Korea. Before the Japanese army crossed the Han River, the king of Korea, Lee Chan, escaped from the city in embarrassment.After the Japanese army entered Wangjing, they slaughtered and looted wantonly, and burned the city of Seoul known as "Little China".

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was ecstatic that the war went so smoothly.

On May 26, Toyotomi Hideyoshi formulated 25 plans to conquer North Korea and the Ming Dynasty. He said to his nephew Toyotomi Hideyoshi: "The capital of Koryo was captured on the second day, so it is necessary to cross the sea quickly in the near future... If you can Sweeping the Ming Dynasty, you should be entrusted with the position of Guan Bai of the Tang Dynasty. It is advisable to prepare to be enshrined in the capital of the Tang Dynasty. You can be lucky in the next year. At that time, the ten countries near the capital will be the territory of the Holy Lord. The salaries of the princes will also increase. Among them, the lower ranks will be increased by ten times, and the upper ranks will be increased according to their status.... You will be named Guanbai of the Tang Dynasty, and you will be granted the title of the capital of a hundred countries. The post of Guanbai in Japan will be regarded as the prime minister of Yamato Nagon and Bizen Depending on the situation of the two of you, you can choose."

On June [-], Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued an order to attack the Ming Dynasty.He said frantically: "The Ming Dynasty is like a virgin, but you know that the mountain is also like Tianzhu, the southern barbarian?" He compared the Ming Dynasty to a virgin and Japan to a fierce man, which can be described as extremely arrogant.

Because the war went well, not to mention the jubilation of the whole country in Japan at that time, even the Japanese troops who invaded Korea were dazzled by the victory at that time. Da Zhengzong wrote: "How do you know that this year is the sea, and the Koryo Daming is in the palm of your hand."

After the Japanese army in Seoul rectified, they continued to advance northward. On June [-], the Japanese army captured Pyongyang.

In just two months and two days, during the period of Jiaxun in North Korea, the three capitals fell, the eight parties collapsed, all the eighteen provinces in the three capitals fell, and the two North Korean princes were captured. The Yizhou area of ​​the Liaodong Peninsula has not yet been captured by the Japanese army.

After the Joseon King Li Yan fled to Uiju, he knew that without the help of Daming, it would be impossible to recover North Korea, so he sent many groups of envoys to desperately ask Daming for help.In order to get Ming to send troops, the North Korean envoys tried their best. In addition to submitting the letter of credence to Emperor Wanli, they also went to lobby the cabinet ministers, ministers, ministers, censors, eunuchs, etc. of the Ming Dynasty, and even expressed their willingness to attach themselves to the Ming Dynasty.

Facing the envoy of Ming Dynasty, Li Yan, king of North Korea, said excitedly, "It is better to die in the country of parents than to die at the hands of thieves!"

At this time, the Japanese army's large-scale invasion of North Korea also greatly shocked Daming.Facing the Korean War, the Ming court debated endlessly.Many courtiers believed that North Korea was too incompetent, and even aid would be useless, while Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, believed that the enemy should be kept out of the country.The debate was very intense. From April to July, the officials of the Ming Dynasty still hadn't won a Chou Yinmaochen.

Finally, Emperor Wanli said: "Rescue should be done quickly! The Japanese pirates' map of North Korea is intended for China, and our soldiers' rescue of North Korea is actually to protect China."

With the final word, Daming decided to send troops.

(End of this chapter)