Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 290 Ulsan
Of course, the so-called recruiting generals to discuss matters is only recruiting Ming army Zhong Magui, Huang Laifu, Li Rumei, Li Fangchun, Gao Ce and other generals to discuss affairs, and the rest are Ming army generals, guerrillas and other ranks. is not eligible for the meeting.

In the North Korean army, no one was called to discuss matters.

In the Taiping Pavilion, after everyone met, Governor Xing Jie first praised everyone and said: "You led your troops from afar to conquer the pirates and worked hard outside. The ancients said that loyalty forgets one's body, and the country forgets one's home. To praise the generals, It's not too much!"

Everyone hurriedly got up and humbled. The chief soldiers were all wearing iron armor. When they stood up, the armor leaves all over their body made a clang.

Xing Jie went on to say: "Since North Korea initiated the chaos, Yu was mistakenly recruited by the emperor and entrusted with the post of governor of North Korea's military affairs. Since Yu was appointed, he has been deeply worried about not being reported by the plan. Now the Kaiyin has not played, and the Lord is worried. I am humiliated, thanks to the blessing of the imperial court, the schemes of the generals are quite inferior. The people in the south of Koryo are looking forward to our army day and night. I don't know what good strategy you have for attacking the land in the south?"

Li Rumei clasped her fists and said loudly: "Lord Xing Jie, we are just vulgar people who only know how to fight and kill. How can we understand the strategy of arranging troops? The governor and Lord Jinglue just give the strategy, and we will wait for the investigation." Just send it!"

Li Fangchun and Gao Ce also followed suit.Only Huang Laifu remained silent.

Xing Jie Fuxu glanced at Yang Hao who was next to him. Both of them smiled at each other. Indeed, in the current Ming Dynasty, most of the generals were rough men, and few of them had the ability to plan strategically. It depends on them civil servants.

Yang Hao stood up, bowed his hands to Xing Jie, and then faced the commanders-in-chief, as if planning a strategy to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away. In terms of military affairs, Governor Xing Jie has the overall situation, but the specific strategy is still planned by Yang Hao. operate.

He pointed his finger at everyone and said: "Admirable achievements come from danger. The ancients said: If you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you get tiger cubs? Today, the Japanese are insulting my territory. I am dignified. If I don't shoot arrows at the powerful enemy, how can I threaten them?" Siyi? Now that our army is strong and strong, it is imperative to attack and wipe out the Japanese pirates in the south with our troops from far away!"

He briefly motioned to Ma Gui, and said: "Since entering the dynasty, Yu has discussed with General Ma day and night, and after checking the military situation, although the Japanese pirates in the south have 10,000+ soldiers and horses, they live in several places. Commander Kobayakawa Hideaki was too young and ignorant to convince the crowd, Japanese generals Konishi Yukyo-chan and Kato Kiyomasa are even more powerful, so our teacher has an opportunity to succeed!"

This time when the Japanese army entered the DPRK, Hideaki Kobayakawa, the president of the 10,000+ army, was the adopted son of Takakage Kobayakawa, but he was only 15 years old. How could this convince the Japanese generals who entered the DPRK?Even Toyotomi Hideyoshi felt that it was too childish for a 15-year-old child to command an army of more than [-], so he specially sent a few more cronies and counselors to the army.

However, Kobayakawa Hideaki's lack of prestige can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

Seeing that everyone listened carefully, Yang Gao complacently instructed according to the map: "Therefore, our army's strategy is to first separate the Japanese general Konishi and Kato Kiyomasa by planning to prevent them from coming to help, and then use heavy troops to attack Kato Kiyomasa's Ulsan Wafortress! Among the Japanese thieves, Kato Kiyomasa is the sharpest. If this group is wiped out, the rest of the Japanese thieves will definitely wait and see in fear, and dare not fight against our heavenly soldiers. The support of all the thieves has been cut off, and if they hold their isolated city, they will surely be conquered. In this way, the affairs of the court will be settled in sight!"

To tell the truth, Yang Gao's strategy is correct. Right now the Ming army is not strong, only one-third of the Japanese army is in the Northeast. Only by gathering heavy troops first and annihilating Kato Kiyomasa, the most powerful Japanese army, can the rest of the enemy be deterred. With the opportunity to break separately.Moreover, Ulsan is the last barrier of Busan. As long as Ulsan is captured, the Japanese army's logistics can be cut off.

Only in this way can the glory of the first Korean War be reproduced.

However, Huang Laifu has read the relevant historical materials, and knows that this strategic idea was actually thought up by Ma Gui, and it was not Yang Gao's proud work, but he took it as his own.He glanced at Ma Gui who was sitting upright, but he saw that there was no expression on his face, his eyes seemed to be closed but not closed.

Yang Gao finished speaking triumphantly, and asked everyone if they had any other opinions?All the generals shook their heads.

Xing Jie had been nodding while stroking his beard with a smile. At this moment, he glanced at Huang Laifu and said, "Mr. Huang, what advice do you have?"

When Huang Laifu saw everyone and Yang Gao, they all looked at his own face.

He stood up and saluted with fists in his hands, and replied with a straight face: "The lower official is just a military general, how can he have the foresight and foresight of several adults, Laifu will follow his orders!"

A smug smile appeared on Yang Gao's face.

In the end, Yang Gao's arrangement was that the more than [-] Ming troops in Seoul were divided into three groups:

The Left Route Army, led by Yang Hao and Li Rumei, led 1 Ming troops and 4000 Korean troops, a total of 6000 troops, and marched into Gyeongju.

The right-hand army, led by Ma Gui and Huang Laifu, led 4000 Ming troops and marched into Sacheon.

The Central Route Army, commanded by Gao Ce, led the Ming Army with 1000 men and marched into Shuntian.

In the strategic layout, the army on the left attacked Kato Kiyomasa and other troops guarding Ulsan.The right and center troops marched southward, aiding Gyeongju in the east and strangling Jeolla in the west, and then ordered Marshal Quan Li of the North Korean Army to lead the North Korean army to reinforce Gao Ce with more than [-] people, so as to prevent Konishi Gyoza from supporting Kato Kiyomasa.After achieving the purpose of confusing the enemy, the last three armies all joined forces in Gyeongju.

The meeting was decided.

Finally, Xing Jie said sharply: "The current strategy has been decided. You and other generals need to select the strong, feed the horses, and train them strictly! Generals, kill thieves and serve the country at this time!"

All the generals responded with a bang!

……

November 25, [-]th year of Wanli.

It was snowing heavily in Seoul on this day, and the weather was extremely cold. After a series of preparations, the army decided to attack on this day.

As early as some time ago, Li Dajian, the secret envoy of the Ming army, secretly communicated with Chief Xiaonishi in private, hoping that Chief Xiaonishi would pretend that he couldn't get away.President Konishi has always had a grudge with Kiyomasa Kato, how would he let this opportunity to kill someone with a knife?It is natural to ask for it.In addition, the Ming army sent Huang Qingci, a slain soldier, to Kiyomasa Kato, Xishengpu, to discuss peace with fraudulent words and make him relax his vigilance.

At the same time, the Ming army is gathering heavy troops and preparing to attack, and the time is now ripe.

On this day, the entire city of Seoul was under martial law, and tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty troops gathered under the city. Praying and wishing you success.

When crossing the river, Yang Gao, who was in command of the whole army, saw that his troops were strong and his horses were strong, and his generals and subordinates were very strong, and from time to time he was very proud. He wrote a poem on his horse: "How dare the eldest son be handsome, and the teacher should be me, Mistakenly accepting the military handle to pay the scholar. The Nanshan Dahe marching order, the dragons and tigers gathered in Liuying!"

All the generals applauded loudly, only Huang Laifu shook his head secretly, these civil servants used war as a tourist, and they even chanted the wind and the moon.

After that, Yang Gao recited a poem every tens of miles, which made Huang Laifu complain endlessly.

A few days later, the army arrived in Zhongzhou and divided up. According to the original plan, they attacked Gyeongju all the way, Sacheon all the way, and Suncheon all the way.

Soon, Ma Gui and Huang Laifu led their troops into the unguarded Quanzhou.The next day, Nanyuan was restored, and soldiers pointed at Sacheon.However, both large cities were almost razed to the ground.The corpses in the city were piled up like a mountain, and there were no tiles left. When the Japanese army retreated, they killed all the Koreans in the city.

The other Ming army soon captured Gyeongju and defeated the reinforcements from the Japanese army. The rest panicked and retreated to Waseong, Ulsan to protect themselves.

Faced with several attacks from the Ming army and the North Korean army, the Japanese army couldn't tell the main attack direction of the Ming army, and they were in a mess, calling each other desperately for reinforcements.

On December 25, the [-]th year of Wanli, the other two armies suddenly changed direction. Together with Yang Gao's left army, they joined forces in Gyeongju, less than a hundred miles away from Ulsan. The intention of Daming's direction was finally fully revealed.

At this time, there were more than [-] coalition forces of Ming and North Korea in Gyeongju.The Japanese army has about [-] troops in Ulsan.

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Right now the main general in Ulsan is Kato Kiyomasa. As early as mid-November when the Ming army sent troops, Kato Kiyomasa knew that they would not let his Ulsan land go, so he stepped up the construction of city defenses during these times.

After the first Korean War, the Japanese army built many strong fortresses along the coast of Korea, all of which were called "Wacheng".These Japanese cities are built with huge stones as bases and built against mountains, so they are extremely strong.These Japanese cities are densely packed, covering the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula. There are 5000 garrisons in the main Wao city, and 2000 soldiers in the Zhiwa city.

Ulsan, where Kato Kiyomasa was stationed, was also surrounded by mountains and rivers, and was extremely strong. He was still not free enough, and he built Wacheng on a hill called Dosan, about 50 meters high, by the Taehwa River, about two miles away from Ulsan. It is Daoshan City.

The city is centered on the inner city where the generals lived in the city. The inner city is 15 meters high and has a circumference of more than two miles. The city walls are all made of large stone strips.An earthen wall was also built around the outermost part of the city to protect the facilities beyond the stone wall.This was not enough, behind the stone wall, more than ten arrow towers were erected, ready for battle.

Due to time constraints, during the construction of Dosan Castle, all the Japanese troops in Ulsan went to battle together, from the samurai ashigaru to the civilian husbands, all working hard.

The weather is very cold right now, coupled with the huge project and the lack of food, many of the peasants who came from Japan were starved, exhausted and frostbitten. In order to save food, some stewards drove the unusable peasants out of the city, Let it run its course.

In the end, Daoshan City was finally completed before the Ming army attacked, forming a complete defense system.Dosan City is connected to Ulsan City in the east. From the waterway along the Taehwa River, you can reach Sesangpo Waseong, and you can reach Busan via Yanyang or Seosanpo.

With this complete defense system, Kato Kiyomasa felt a little more comforted.

……

On the afternoon of December 22, more than [-] troops from the Ming and North Korean allied forces marched from Gyeongju to the city of Ulsan.The Battle of Ulsan, the largest in the Second Korean War, finally kicked off.

In the early morning of the 23rd, Guerrilla Baizhai led 1000 infantry as the vanguard, and took the lead in raiding Ulsan City, and the general Yang Dengshan led 230 fine cavalry as backup.Seeing that there were few Ming soldiers, the Japanese guarding the city went out to fight and repelled the Ming army. Unexpectedly, during the pursuit, Yang Dengshan led the cavalry to fight out. The Japanese army was defeated and was beheaded at [-] levels.

The rest of the Japanese army threw away their guns and knives and ran away. They did not dare to return to Ulsan and retreated to Dosan Wa Fortress. Then the Ming army occupied Ulsan Fortress. Most of the Japanese people in the city were wiped out, and the rest also fled to Dosan.

The Ming army won the first battle!

(End of this chapter)