History Park: Starting with the Imjin War

A few days later, the Ming army's vanguard began to break camp and head south.

Tangma provides rapid returns.

The main force of the Japanese army has withdrawn from Wangjing.

Finally, Shen Weijing delivered an important message.

President Konishi has already admitted it.

The Japanese army withdrew from Wangjing, and the Ming army should not pursue them too hastily.

They were willing to use the captured Korean prince, his retainers, and some officials and civilians as bargaining chips to continue negotiations.

When North Koreans heard the news, some of them burst into tears.

But no one laughed in the Ming army's central command tent.

Li Rusong looked at the map.

Wang Jing.

Han River.

Longshan.

Kaicheng.

Xingzhou.

Jinzhou.

This line has completely changed from north to south.

After recapturing Pyongyang, the Ming army could have taken advantage of the victory and marched south.

But the Battle of Byeokjegwan showed everyone that the Japanese were not so easy to defeat.

Li Rusong placed his finger on Wang Jing and said in a deep voice:

"Send men into the city first."

"Inspect the city's defenses."

"Inspect the grain warehouses."

"Investigate the common people."

"Check if there are any ambushes."

Military discipline remains unchanged.

"Anyone who dares to disturb the peace shall be executed."

Han Shouyi immediately cupped his hands in greeting.

"Yes."

Yang Yuan asked:

"Should we pursue the Japanese troops as they retreat south?"

Li Rusong shook his head.

"Do not pursue lightly."

"The Japanese retreated, but that doesn't mean they were defeated."

"Their southern front is still intact."

"Kato, Konishi, Kuroda, and Ukita are all still here."

Shen Weijing stood to one side and said:

"Konishi Yukinaga wants to maintain a respectable image."

"His retreat from the capital was clearly to protect his troops, not to admit defeat."

Li Rusong glanced at him.

"So, you need to continue the conversation."

Shen Weijing cupped his hands in greeting.

"clear."

Li Rusong then looked at Mo Qin.

Mochin stood below the tent; his lower back injury had improved considerably.

Walking, riding horses, and brief battles have long since healed himself.

During this time, Old Ding continued to come every day as usual, teaching him how to draw the ox's energy.

Now, he can steadily channel his Qi to his arms.

It can also be used to press into the shoulders and back for a short time.

As for the "Bull-like Spear" technique, it can be used, but only for a short time.

He can execute all six moves of the Vajra Fist and Vajra Kick completely.

Crashing into a mountain, smashing a door, breaking one's heart.

Step on the door, step on the stake, sweep the hall.

The name is not refined, and the moves are not attractive either.

But it suits him very well.

Li Rusong said:

"You lead the men into the city first."

"Remember, I'm not telling you to rush."

"It's about seeing."

Mo Qin cupped his hands in greeting.

"What are you looking at?"

"It depends on the person."

Li Rusong said:

"Once Wangjing is recovered, the people will return to the city."

"The Japanese also leave spies."

"The North Korean officials will return."

"You're a battalion commander now, don't just focus on the enemy."

"We must also learn to observe the road ahead, the availability of supplies, and the hearts of the people."

Mochin lowered his head.

"Yes."

Shen Weijing laughed beside him.

"Commander Mo, this is entering the city, not fighting the enemy."

Mochin glanced at him.

"After your leg healed, you became much more talkative than before."

Shen Weijing smiled and said:

"Now that he can run, he's become bolder."

Li Rusong ignored them.

He picked up another military newspaper.

This military report came from the Korean royal court.

The King of Joseon has learned that the capital will be restored.

North Korean officials were overjoyed.

Some people are already preparing to return to the capital.

Some people also worried that the Japanese army had not retreated far south, the capital was in ruins, the people were scattered, and there was a shortage of food. If they returned to the capital hastily, it might not be safe.

After reading it, Shen Weijing said:

"North Korea wants to come back."

"Wang Jing is too important to them."

"A city is not just a city."

"It's still about saving face for them."

Li Rusong said:

"Help them save face."

"We must save their lives."

"They should first send officials to accompany the army to conduct a count."

"The king should return to the capital; there's no rush!"

Then, another guard delivered news of their journey north.

Meanwhile, the capital of the Ming Dynasty also received successive reports of victory from Pyongyang, Byeokjegwan, and Wangjing.

The Ministry of War reviewed the merits of the soldiers.

The cabinet inquired about the follow-up provisions and pay.

Officials praised Li Rusong for his greatly enhanced military prestige.

Some people were also watching the military reports from Byeokjegwan, where there were some things that weren't clearly stated.

Mochin's name has appeared in the military newspaper.

It didn't mention celestial beings or golden light.

It was only Mo Qin, the former head of the camp.

After reading the letter from the capital, Li Rusong only said one sentence:

"Recognize it exactly as it is written in the military report."

"If it's not written down, we won't accept it."

This statement set the tone.

Inside the central command tent, everyone understood.

Everything was ready, waiting for the Ming army to enter the capital.

There was no cheering in the city as I had imagined.

There are still traces of fire on the city walls.

Many of the doors on both sides of the street have been removed.

Many houses are now just beams and pillars.

The Japanese army's retreat was not leisurely.

But it wasn't a rout either.

They took the grain and destroyed the equipment they couldn't take.

After the Ming army entered the city, they quickly cleared out several points that could be defended.

Korean officials followed closely behind.

Some of them knelt at the street corner and wept loudly.

Some people lowered their heads and remained silent, repeatedly touching the bricks on the city wall.

Wangjing has been recaptured!

Mo Qin led Liu Gao, Yan Qi, Lin Jun, and Jin Yunzhi in a group.

They began patrolling along the abandoned streets.

Liu Gao, holding a lion-head shield, saw an old Korean woman kneeling in front of the door, scavenging ashes.

He wanted to go and help, but Lin Jun stopped him.

"Look around first."

Liu Gao was taken aback.

Lin Jundao:

"We've just entered the city."

"Stay vigilant."

Upon hearing this, Liu Gao pressed the shield down in front of him.

Yan Qi also stood on the street corner, looking around at the rooftops and window openings.

Mo Qin watched the people returning to the city.

There, North Korean officials are making registrations.

Kim Yun-jik spoke to several North Korean soldiers.

Yuan Bin was also outside the city, helping to guide the people into the city.

This time, he didn't insist on going into the city with them.

He took Mo Qin's words to heart.

The abandoned street was fine, and the group continued forward.

When we arrived at a well.

Mochin saw two North Korean civilians, their faces filled with fear, speaking in hushed tones.

He couldn't understand, so he looked at Kim Yoon-jik.

After listening to a few words, Kim Yoon-jik's expression turned strange.

Mochin asked, "What were you saying?"

Jin Yunzhi said, "They said someone was moving a corpse outside the city at night, and the corpse moved!"

Liu Gao was taken aback.

"What?"

Kim Yoon-jik listened for a while longer, then said:

"They also said that someone was bitten by a dead body!"

Yan Qi frowned.

"A dead man bites someone?"

A North Korean soldier nearby overheard this and couldn't help but chime in.

Kim Yoon-jik hurriedly translated for Mo Chin:

He said that last night someone went to collect the body, and the corpse suddenly sat up and bit someone's hand.

"Some children also said they saw grass growing out of the mouths of dead people."

Mo Qin's first reaction upon hearing this was to laugh.

"It's not a TV drama."

Liu Gao didn't understand.

"Electricity?"

Lin Jun understood.

She glanced at Mo Qin.

"You'd better not talk nonsense!"

Mochin stopped laughing.

It's ridiculous.

Isn't my own world just a biohazard apocalypse?

Zombies.

virus.

Pollution.

Mutations.

The difference is that here, grass grows out of the mouths of the dead.

He refused to believe it was true.

Is fate so cruel to me that the same thing will happen again?!

He looked at the few North Korean civilians.

"Are there any bodies?"

Kim Yoon-jik asked a few questions, then shook his head.

"no."

"They said the person who was bitten was later taken away."

"Who took it?"

"They don't know."

"Could it be the Qingliu Society?" Mo Qin began to have a bad feeling.

Lin Jun said in a low voice:

"Should we investigate?"

Mochin looked around.

The capital has just been recaptured, and the Japanese army has just retreated.

The Ming army was still inspecting the city's defenses, granaries, and ambushes.

Everything was crammed together.

他 说:

"Write it down first."

"Tell Shen Weijing and Battalion Commander Han."

"Don't spread this."

Lin Jun nodded.

The news of Wang Jing's recapture spread quickly.

In the days that followed, more and more people returned.

Cries, shouts, and sounds of kneeling in gratitude began to fill the city.

Shen Weijing was also very busy, negotiating with North Korean officials while continuing to relay messages to Konishi Yukinaga.

He said to Mochin:

"The Japanese pirates' withdrawal from the capital was merely a strategic retreat."

Negotiation is not about two people sitting down and reasoning.

"It's about putting all the weapons, provisions, roads, and people's hearts on the table together."

Mo Qin looked at the people returning to the city in the distance.

"So, this time, Wang Jing got his way?"

Shen Weijing shook his head.

"No, Wang Jing fought back!"

"It's because of Pyongyang, Hangju, and Yongsangchang."

"Negotiation is just to give them some face."

Mochin looked at him.

"You speak like Lord Shen today."

Shen Weijing's lips twitched.

"Chief Mo, you really know how to talk."

Mo Qin said:

"As long as you understand it."

Shen Weijing smiled and then whispered:

"But don't get too excited."

"The Japanese retreated from the capital due to the circumstances."

"They're quite fierce in the south."

"Especially in the Jinzhou direction."

Mochin's eyes flickered.

Jinju?

He knows where it is.

They also knew the tragic outcome of the second Battle of Jinzhou in history.

That was revenge.

A massacre.

A deadly predicament that would have led to their downfall.

He looked at Shen Weijing.

"Is there any military intelligence regarding Jinzhou?"

Shen Weijing said:

"The North Korean side says that after the Japanese army retreated south, the pressure in the Jinju direction is increasing."

"They failed to conquer Jinzhou the first time."

"This time, if I want to regain my dignity, that place is very likely the target."

Mochin remained silent for a moment.

"Does Kim Yoon-jik know?"

"Know."

"Where is Li Shuai?"

"Know."

Mochin did not ask any further questions.

An inner voice tells me that I should go there.

In an abandoned village south of the capital, Inukai Jinbei is about to make people run away.

Five North Korean civilians were driven to an open space.

There were elderly people, middle-aged people, and a boy of twelve or thirteen years old.

They didn't know why they had been arrested.

I have no idea what this man in front of me, dressed in a black haori and laughing like a madman, is up to.

Ginji Kito stood behind Inukai.

Dog feeder pointed to the village entrance.

"run."

The North Korean people didn't understand.

The Japanese player next to him translated in Korean.

The five men's expressions changed.

Inukai added with a smile:

"Those who can run far can survive."

The translator finished speaking.

The five people were stunned at first, then hurriedly ran out of the village.

The elderly run the slowest.

The boy helped him up.

The middle-aged man glanced back, his eyes filled with fear.

Seeing everyone's panicked expressions, Inukai laughed even more wildly.

Ghost Head whispered:

"Lord Inukai, shall we go after them?"

Inukai did not respond.

He raised his hand.

A small black pellet fell to the ground.

boom.

Thick smoke exploded instantly, releasing a pungent white plume.

The entire open space was engulfed by smoke in a matter of breaths.

Some people were shouting and others were crying in the white mist.

Ghost Head heard only five muffled thuds.

When the smoke cleared, the five men were lying on the ground.

Inukai stood between them, his sword sheathed.

He turned to look at the ghost head and laughed.

"Did you see that?"

The ghost lowered its head.

"Lord Inukai's assassination skills are unparalleled in this world."

Inukai smiled with great satisfaction.

"We've been here for a few days, we can't let our martial arts skills get rusty."

"Now that the Ming army has captured the capital, we don't have much time left."

Ghost Head said:

"Understood."

Inukai walked to the boy's body and glanced down at it.

"We can't let anyone else take the world number one spot this time."

Ghost Head could only remain silent.

Inukai continued:

"For victory, there is no need for decorum."

Ghost Head whispered:

"Master Inukai is right."

Inukai patted him on the shoulder and looked in Wang Jing's direction.

Kito appears to be afraid of dogs, but in reality, he despises them.

But he had to admit that he should learn from this madman when it came to doing things.

I should be ruthless and dirtier.

After Wang Jing was recaptured, the battle line quickly pushed southward.

Li Rusong was simultaneously pressing the Japanese army's retreat route while keeping a close eye on the southern front.

North Korea has also begun to restore communication with various regions.

After the great victory at Xingzhou, Quan Li's reputation grew even higher.

The morale of the North Korean military and civilians was greatly boosted.

Volunteer armies in various regions have become active again.

Monk soldiers, local militia, remnants of the army, and able-bodied men among the fleeing civilians all began to operate around the Japanese army's retreat route.

At sea, Yi Sun-sin continued to hinder the Japanese army's resupply.

The changing environment meant that all of the Japanese army's operations were no longer as smooth as they had been in the early stages of the invasion.

That day, Jinzhou's plea for help arrived.

The Korean envoy arrived in a hurry, and Kim Yun-jik followed him into the tent.

The messenger said that the Japanese army's movements along the Jinju line were unusual.

Although Kato Kiyomasa, Kuroda Nagamasa, Konishi Yukinaga and other troops had their own disagreements, after the Japanese army withdrew south, some troops did gather in the direction of Jinzhou.

They failed to capture Jinzhou last time.

This time, the scale is even bigger.

Korean officials pleaded for support from the Ming army.

Li Rusong stared at the map in silence for a long time.

Jinzhou was not close to the main force of the Ming army.

The army had just recaptured the capital and could not immediately march south.

The Japanese army wasn't stupid either.

After retreating south, they actually got closer to their supply depots and coastal outposts.

If the main force rashly pursues them, the risk is very high.

But Jinzhou cannot be ignored.

The people of North Korea have just begun to settle down; if Jinju is massacred, their morale will collapse.

"Who is suitable?" Thinking of this, Li Rusong subconsciously looked at Mo Qin.

Mochin has stepped forward.

"This humble general is willing to go."

Li Rusong said:

"Do you know where there?"

Mochin paused for a moment.

"Know."

"How did you know?"

Mochin can't very well say that he is a top student majoring in history.

He could only say:

"Our main force cannot advance south in a large-scale offensive for the time being. The garrison in Jinzhou City is weak, lacking heavy firearms and large-scale cavalry support."

"The Japanese army concentrated tens of thousands of troops under Kato Kiyomasa, Ukita Hideie and others, forming a force advantage of several times over."

"Their plan was very clear: to crush Jinju in the shortest possible time before our main force arrived, and then use this victory as a new bargaining chip, as a report of victory to Hideyoshi."

Kim Yoon-jik whispered from the side:

"If Jinzhou falls, many people will die."

Li Rusong glanced at Jin Yunzhi, then looked back at Mo Qin.

How many people are you bringing?

Mo Qin said:

"Fifty people."

Han Shouyi said coldly:

"Fifty men to guard Jinzhou?"

Mo Qin said:

"It's not about defending the entire city."

"Only defend the gap."

Li Rusong looked at him.

"Do you know what you're capable of?"

"Know."

"Do you also know what you can't do?"

Mo Qin paused for a moment.

"Know."

Li Rusong nodded.

"go."

"But remember."

"Act according to the circumstances; do not force things!"

"The North Koreans are guarding."

"You're just there to fill their gaps."

Mo Qin cupped his hands in greeting.

"clear."

Li Rusong then said:

"Come back alive."

Mochin lowered his head.

"Yes."