Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 222
Back in Kaesong, the news of the Ming army's victory at the Beeche Pavilion spread, and all parts of North Korea were full of joy.

Beheading nearly [-] Japanese soldiers and more than a dozen Japanese generals, this is a rare and great victory. Not to mention the joyous cheers of the North Korean monarchs and officials in Pyongyang, and the Korean people burning incense and praying. The great victory of the Bihoof Pavilion.

With such a great victory for the Ming army, all parties demanded that Li Rusong take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Wang Jing quickly.But Li Rusong was in trouble at this time.

On the one hand, after the generals who participated in the battle of Bichiguan came back, they were all arguing over how to divide the credit for the leaders of the ten thousand Japanese army.On the one hand, Li Rusong believed that the tenacity of the Japanese army should not be underestimated through the battle of Bichiguan.In addition, there are many enemies in Wang Jing, if you want to attack hard, you will suffer heavy casualties, and it is a problem that you can't attack if you can't attack.

After careful consideration, Li Rusong made the following deployment: more than 3 Ming troops under his command, Li Rubai led the army to guard Baoshan, Yang Yuan led the army to guard Pyongyang, Cha Dashou guarded Linjin and Li Ning, and Huang Laifu guarded Kaesong.

Except for Huang Laifu, everyone else was baffled by Li Rusong's arrangement.Just when the Korean monarchs and ministers wrote to Emperor Wanli, they asked the heavenly soldiers to continue marching.When the censors of the Ming Dynasty scrambled to play Li Rusong, the time came to the beginning of March in the 21st year of Wanli.

On this day, Li Rusong secretly ordered Cha Dashou and Li Rumei to lead a death squad of the Ming army to surprise the Longshan Dacang.Longsan Dacang was originally a North Korean state warehouse, which had stored North Korea’s grain for decades. After Wangjing was occupied by the Japanese army, Longsan Dacang became the military grain depot of many Japanese troops in Wangjing. Later, the grain transported by the Japanese army was stored here. .

That night, when the death squads of the Ming army arrived at Longshan, they fired rockets at the granaries. Thirteen large granaries, containing hundreds of thousands of shi of grain, were burned overnight.In addition to the burning of food, more than [-] Japanese soldiers were killed by the Ming army at the Longshan Warehouse that night, and the commander of the warehouse, Honda Duokui, committed suicide.The Ming army suffered about fifty casualties.

The reason why it went so smoothly was that after the Battle of Bichiguan, the Japanese army did not dare to fight the Ming army in the field, so the death squad of the Ming army with only a hundred people was able to go deep into the hinterland of the Japanese army and burn down the Longshan warehouse.

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The Longshan warehouse was burned down, shocking all parties.After a moment of collective aphasia, the North Korean monarchs and Ming officials first realized that they praised Li Rusong very highly and praised his strategy as a god.

The Longshan warehouse was burned down, and the Japanese army in North Korea fell into an unprecedented predicament.Due to lack of food, on April 21, the 4st year of Wanli, the Japanese army withdrew from Wangjing and retreated to Busan.On the [-]th, Li Rusong entered the city and Wang Jing recovered.In late April, the Japanese army continued to retreat to Ulsan, Dongnae and other Korean waters. More than [-] people from the whole army crossed the sea and returned to China, leaving only [-] people for defense.

So far, the first phase of the Japanese invasion of Korea can be said to have been a disastrous defeat.

In April of the 20th year of Wanli, the Japanese army invaded North Korea, invincible and rampant.Unexpectedly, since the Ming army entered the court in December of the 20th year of Wanli, in just half a year, the Japanese army was defeated across the board, causing countless casualties.The commander of the First Corps, Xiaonishixing, was almost wiped out, and after repeated attacks by the Ming army, the Japanese army had no fighting spirit.

When the Ming army suffered repeated defeats on land, the Japanese army at this time also suffered repeated defeats when they faced the Korean navy at sea.During the Battle of Okpo, the Battle of Sacheon, and the Battle of Hansando.When the Japanese navy faced the North Korean navy led by Yi Sun-shin, they were defeated repeatedly and suffered heavy losses.

Especially after the naval battle of Hansando, the Japanese navy completely lost control of the sea and was unable to transport military rations. In addition, the excessive destruction of North Korea caused the plague to spread, and it was not easy to requisition food locally. Therefore, it is imperative for Japan to negotiate peace with Ming Dynasty.

But in the Ming army at this time, due to insufficient military strength, the Ming army was unable to attack.Especially in the past six months of the conquest, the Ming court has spent millions of taels of silver. At this time, the treasury has bottomed out. For Emperor Wanli, he has no money to continue fighting.Therefore, negotiations with Japan are also imperative.

The candidate for the negotiation was still Shen Weijing. Huang Laifu wanted to volunteer, but considering his own identity, he decided to forget it.Moreover, at this time, the war between Ming and Japan in Korea has not yet been decided, and the negotiations will not have any good results.

To be honest, the Ming side did not have any sincerity in this negotiation. Song Yingchang once gave a memorial to Emperor Wanli, saying: "Although the husband and the chieftain were known as begging for tribute, the ministers are really asking for tribute, and they have no real intention." The Japanese side is also talking nonsense, and the outcome of the matter still depends on the next war.

In May of the 21st year of Wanli, President Xiaonishi took Shen Weijing to Japan to meet with Toyotomi Hideyoshi to discuss peace talks.On the [-]th, Toyotomi Hideyoshi met with Shen Weijing and other Ming missions in Nagoya, and proposed seven "conditions for peace between Ming and Japan":
1. Greet Princess Daming as Empress of Japan.

2. Tribute to Japan (Da Ming was allowed to trade with Japan, at that time Ming and neighboring countries were in the tributary system).

3. Tomorrow, the military attaches of the two countries will forever swear an alliance.

4. The king capital of Korea and four provinces were returned to Korea, and the other four provinces were ceded to Japan.

5. North Korea sent a prince to Zhiri as a hostage.

6. Return the captured Second Prince of Korea and other Korean officials.

7. North Korean ministers vow never to betray Japan.

Shen Weijing agreed to these seven items, but falsely claimed that Toyotomi Hideyoshi had agreed to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, asked for tribute, and was willing to withdraw from the Japanese army that invaded Korea.

On the Japanese side, President Konishi lied to Toyotomi Hideyoshi that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty had agreed to the seven proposals, and that they only needed to send the envoys to Beijing together with the envoys to ask the Emperor for final approval.

In this way, under the mediation of Shen Weijing and President Xiaonishi, the two sides reached the most absurd "chicken and duck talk" agreement in the history of Chinese and foreign diplomacy.Poor Toyotomi Hideyoshi's generation of heroes, but it is late.

As for the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Wanli was half-believing, but Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, insisted that there was no problem. In addition, the treasury was empty, so Emperor Wanli agreed to the Japanese peace negotiation.In the end, the two sides finally ceased fighting in North Korea.

Because in May, Liu Ting, a general in Sichuan, had already led an army of 21 to aid Korea, and was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief.Therefore, in July of the [-]st year of Wanli, after most of the Japanese army withdrew from North Korea, the Ming court also announced the withdrawal of troops to carry out the Japanese tribute matters. Everyone wants to talk, and the rest go back to the country.

On July 21th in the [-]st year of Wanli, Li Rusong, Huang Laifu and others led their troops to leave North Korea.

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July 25, Liaoyang City.

This was originally an important logistics base for the Ming Army's Eastern Expedition, with food, supplies, ordnance, and busy people from all sides.However, after the Korean armistice, the peace of the past was restored here.

Of course, Liaoyang City, as the town of Liaodong Town, has always been prosperous here, and there are many merchants and people from all sides, especially here, you can see some Jurchens with money rattails coming into the city to trade from time to time, with greed flickering in their eyes from time to time gaze.

"Jurchen!" A cold light flashed in Huang Laifu's eyes.Forget it, I can't take care of this right now, let's talk about it later when I have a chance.

Outside the city of Liaoyang, from time to time, you can see the officials and people coming to welcome them, especially those from the Ming Dynasty, cheering for Li Rusong and Huang Laifu, the Ming army who defeated the Japanese and rescued the Korean vassal state. They were triumphant.

The same is true for the Wuzhaibao army, all of them held their heads high.This time they went to battle, they killed a lot in the battle of Bi Ti Pavilion, presumably after returning, Master Huang, the deputy commander, will reward them generously.

In addition to these generals, not far from the Wuzhai Fort army, the Wuzhai Fort caravans were all smiling.This time they came with the army, just the food and grass needs of the Wuzhaibao army made them a lot of money, not to mention the various needs of a large number of Ming troops in North Korea, which also made them a lot of money .

In addition, the various commodities they brought from Wuzhai Fort were also in short supply.They feel more and more that every expedition with General Huang is a good opportunity.

These people certainly had smiles on their faces, but Huang Laifu spent a lot of money on sending troops this time.Huang Laifu's army hadn't experienced any battles since the Battle of Bicheguan, and stayed in North Korea until July.

In the past few months, he has been looking for something that can earn back his expenses in North Korea. Unfortunately, North Korea is poor and has nothing but ginseng.It's just that even if the soldiers were to dig these ginseng on a large scale, they would not be able to get back their travel expenses, so they had to forget it.

At this time, Li Rusong was beside Huang Laifu. This time, as the admiral of the Eastern Expedition, he led 2000 family members to fight. During the Korean War, hundreds of people stayed in foreign countries, and they could only bring back some bones and clothing.These people are all servants that Li Rusong has followed since he was a child. It is impossible for Li Rusong not to feel sad about the death of these people.

But at this moment, Li Rusong had a smile on his face, because Huang Laifu presented him with a firecracker from Wuzhai Fort. The sharpness of the Wuzhai Fort firecracker was noticed by the Ming army who went east to Korea, so many People begged Huang Laifu for it, hoping to have a reference, which his own army could also create in the future.

For Huang Laifu, his Wuzhai Fort firecrackers have no secrets and no high-tech elements. They are just crafted by military craftsmen. All gave one.

This made all the generals smile, especially those generals in Liaodong Town.

The army returned from North Korea, and when they arrived in Liaoyang City, Li Rusong wanted to meet his father Li Chengliang and stay in Liaoyang City for a few days, but Huang Laifu had no intention of staying in Liaoyang City and continued to advance from the city.

When parting, Li Rusong said to Huang Laifu with a smile: "General Huang, take care of it!"

Beside him, Li Rubai, Li Rumei, Zha Dashou, Zu Chengxun and others were also riding on horseback, smiling straight at Huang Laifu with their mouths open.Beside them, there are densely packed soldiers from Liaodong Town.
Huang Laifu looked at Li Rusong. He was a domineering and rebellious soldier, but his loyalty to the country was from the bottom of his heart.Perhaps this was the last time I saw him.Huang Laifu solemnly said: "Admiral, take care!"

He hesitated for a while, looked around, and then said softly to Li Rusong: "In the future, please be careful of the barbarians in Liaodong, Lord Admiral!"

Li Rusong was startled, but couldn't help laughing.

Looking at the back of Huang Laifu leading the Wuzhai Fort army away, Li Rusong thought to himself: "Strange, why did Huang Laifu say that just now?"

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After the Korean War, Li Rusong was awarded the title of Prince Taibao.

Three years later, Dong Yiyuan, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, resigned, and Wanli Dili rejected all opinions and appointed Li Rusong as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

In April of the 26th year of Wanli, the local barbarians invaded Liaodong. Li Rusong led Qingqi out of the nest, took the lead, fell in ambush, and died in battle!

(End of this chapter)