Prince of Chaos

Chapter 188 The 24th Year of Wanli
The Ciqing Palace, which established the clan reform of the Ming Dynasty, was carried out under such a historical opportunity.

Zhu Changluo and Zhong Huamin had an in-depth discussion on the direction of reform on the vitality of the lower-level clans, which laid a solid foundation for the future reform of the vassal system!

According to the research of later historians, this was a dialogue of great significance.In a sense, this dialogue has once again revolutionized Daming and taken off Daming.

After Zhu Changluo's crowning ceremony, time quickly moved to the 24th year of Wanli.

One year has passed since the end of the Korean War. In the Korean War, Li Rusong was still the most beautiful boy on the battlefield as before.

Just after Zu Chengxun lost the first battle and caused Nurhachi to suffer a huge loss, Hao Jie, the governor of Liaodong, faced the imperial court's urging, and finally had to give up part of the military command, and Li Rusong, the Liaodong general, took over the front-line military affairs. Command.

However, when Li Rusong took over the power, there was also a small episode. After all, the Li family's influence in the Liaodong army was too great, and people had to be scruples.

But hesitating that the war on the front line could not start the situation for a long time. In the end, the Ministry of War directly parachuted a right servant. This right servant of the Ministry of War was Song Yingchang, the first economic strategist in the 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial court appointed Song Yingchang to prepare for the military affairs of the Japanese, and ordered the governors of the world to promote the generals to fight the Japanese.After a few months of grinding, I found that there was still no anti-Japanese talent who could stand alone. In the end, I had to appoint Li Rusong as the prime minister of Ji, Liao, Baoding, and Shandong military affairs, and served as the general officer of the Japanese defense against the sea. His younger brother Li Rubai Li Rumei and Li Rumei, as the deputy commander-in-chief, went to North Korea together.Now the three brothers from the Li family all came to the Korean battlefield to make military exploits.

For this battle where only victory is allowed and no defeat is allowed, Emperor Wanli and the Ministry of War also fought hard!Directly mobilized 4 elite troops from across the country to North Korea.Moreover, the cost is still the internal funds of Emperor Wanli.

Facing the military expenditures that flowed like water, Emperor Wanli hated Japanese pirates so much that his blood pressure soared, and his chest hurt for several days.

This Japanese pirate who suffered a thousand knives is not to be dealt with!
The main composition of this joint army recruited is as follows: the Liaodong cavalry led by Li Rusong has 1 cavalry; the two towns of Xuanfu and Datong also selected 8 cavalry each; the towns of Jizhen and Baoding also selected elite infantry 5 people; 3 infantry were also transferred from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

At the same time, Liu Ting, the deputy general of Sichuan, also led the 5 Sichuan Army as a follow-up force to North Korea.

At the end of the 22nd year of Wanli, the army led by Li Rusong finally arrived at the city of Pyongyang, North Korea, and then Li Rusong fought in Pyongyang with more than 18000 people from the first Japanese army regiment stationed in Pyongyang!

The city of Pyongyang is easy to defend but difficult to attack.There are two gates of Datong and Changqing in the east, two gates of Lumen and Hanrug in the south, two gates of Tongtong and Qixing in the west, and seven gates of Mitai Gate in the north, and then there is Mudan Peak towering among them. The terrain is very dangerous!

After understanding the terrain and the enemy's situation, Li Rusong made the following deployment: ordered Nurhachi to lead the Jianzhou Jurchen army to take the lead. In the original historical time and space, this work was originally done by the Southern Army led by Wu Weizhong, but now the Southern Army has been defeated The Ministry of War has lost its military status, and now works as a gold mine administrator in the small town of Niutougou in Ningxia.

After Nurhachi was taken as a forward, Li Rusong also ordered the Liaodong Deputy Commander Zha Dashou to lead the cavalry in the headquarters to attack the northern strategic highland Mudanfeng; Li Rubai of the Zuo Army and General Li Fangchun led troops to attack the ordinary gate in the west of Pyongyang; at the same time, Zu Chengxun led the Ming army disguised as the Korean army to paralyze the Japanese army and attack the south of Pyongyang. of Lumen.Li Rusong was in charge of the Chinese army.

Li Rusong's military arrangement is a typical strategy of encircling three and missing one, and this kind of strategy is like the mentality of Japanese pirates in the city.Let them think that they have a way out, so when defending, they will not have the determination to stick to the city and fight to the death.

The main force of the Ming army attacked Pyongyang in the south, north, and west directions, leaving the east to the Japanese pirates as a route to retreat.Facing the menacing army of the Ming army, President Xiaoxi also panicked.The Japanese pirates under him naturally panicked even more.

After the last defeat, Zu Chengxun felt that he had been insulted after being sent by Li Rusong to pretend to be the North Korean army.However, Zu Chengxun did not disobey Li Rusong's military order because of this. Instead, he held his breath in his heart and wanted to avenge his shame!
Therefore, in this siege, Zu Chengxun performed extraordinarily bravely!

The Ming army led by Zu Chengxun took the lead in breaking through the Remon Gate in the south of Pyongyang City. At this moment, the Japanese pirates in the city were stunned. They thought that the sheep-like Korean army had become a wolf.

The mentality of fear could not help but spread in Pyongyang City, and soon other gates in Pyongyang City were also broken.

Hantan Gate, Common Gate, Qixing Gate, and Mudanfeng were also captured by the Ming army one after another. The Japanese pirate Kuroda Nagamasa once sent Shigekatsu Kuno, one of the so-called 24 generals of Kuroda under his command, to investigate and sent his head to the siege army. The Ming army was shot dead.

President Xiaoxi saw that the situation was over, and in the end he had no choice but to lead his remnant soldiers to retreat to Fengyue Tower in the north of the city.

After nightfall, President Xiaoxi still wanted to make a final struggle. He began to break out in the southeast direction, preparing to cross the Daedong River and retreat in the direction of Seoul (now Seoul).

However, how could Li Rusong make such a low-level mistake?

Surrounding the three and missing a fight is the process of the opponent's escape.On the way that Chief Xiaoxi broke out in the direction of Seoul, Li Ning and Zha Dashou's ambush soldiers deployed by Li Rusong had long been waiting on the road.

Under the cover of Li Ning and Zha Dashou, hundreds of Japanese pirates who broke out were killed.However, the only regret is that the short Japanese pirate, President Xiaoxi, ran too fast, and Li Ning and Zha Dashou didn't kill him and let him escape.What a pity!

In this war, the Ming army at that time was equipped with high-end equipment, not at all like the ancient cold weapon army.

The Ming army was equipped with hundreds of cannons, such as Frang machine guns, tiger squatting guns, and extermination guns. There is also such a description in the Korean records at that time: "5 miles away from the city, all the guns were fired at once, and the sound It's like the sky is moving, and Russia spends light to candle the sky." "Although the sound of Japanese guns is everywhere, the sound can be heard everywhere, and the artillery of the heavenly soldiers is like the sky falling apart, and all the offenders are burnt to death...".

After this battle, Li Rusong took back Pyongyang and Kaesong in one wave, and attacked Seoul.In this battle, the Ming army paid the price of 790 deaths, but the Japanese army lost more than [-] people.It can be described as a pretty beautiful battle of annihilation!
When Emperor Wanli received the battle report, he happily drank several bottles of fairy happiness to celebrate, and the money spent finally paid off!

Inspired by such a major victory, Li Rusong also took advantage of the victory to pursue the battle of Bitu Pavilion.

The reason for fighting so fast is that the biggest problem is that the Ming army's rations are weak, the battle line is too long and they are going abroad to fight, so the troops can't get any supplies locally.

Faced with such a predicament, in order to fulfill the imperial court's strategic intention to end the war as soon as possible, Li Rusong could only launch the next series of battles.

After Li Rusong's victory in Pyongyang, in order to quickly alleviate the logistical crisis, he wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue the Japanese pirates and make a quick decision.

Therefore, Li Rusong first dispatched the deputy general Zha Dashou and the North Korean general Gao Yanbo to lead hundreds of cavalry to investigate the road between Kaesong and Wangjing (Seoul). (Byche-dong, Deyang District, Goyang City, northwest of Seoul, is the only way to go to Wangjing.) Lishiling in the south encountered hundreds of reconnaissance teams of Japanese pirates Maeno Nagayasu and Kato Koyasu.

All of a sudden, the enemy and us engaged in a forward battle, and the Zhada Shoubu quickly killed the reconnaissance team of the Japanese pirates' former Nagayasu and Kato Koyasu, and then began to chase after the victory, and sent people to report the situation to the Li Rusong.

After Li Rusong got the battle report from Zha Dashou, he thought that the Japanese pirates had abandoned the capital and retreated as the local people said, so he led 4000 soldiers, horses and cavalry from Kaesong to recruit reinforcements.

As a result, these North Korean sticks are born to be bullies!Don't know where they are from?
The troops that Li Rusong rushed to help were ambushed by 3200 Japanese pirates led by Tachibana Zongshige on the way.This is really poking a hornet's nest!

Tachibana Muneshige's general Morishita Diaoyun scouted the Ming army's Zhada Shou headquarters, so he fired a few iron cannons and reported back. Then, starting from the early morning, at first, only his subordinates at ten o'clock Lianjiu and Amano Sadacheng The 700 people led by them waved flags for the first team to show weakness and lure Zha Dashou to attack.

However, the 500 people led by Zha Dashou were all cavalry, and their attack speed and lethality were too fierce, and they killed all the way to the sky!Soon after ten o'clock Lianjiu's advance troops were defeated by Zha Dashou and lost more than 130 people, they were forced to retreat.

After Zha Dashou tasted the sweetness, he continued to pursue, but was blocked by the superior forces of Ono Zhenyuki and Midobi Town.

This time, a small encounter battle gradually evolved into a small-scale battle with the continuous input of troops from both sides of the enemy and us!

On the way Li Rusong came, Zu Chengxun, Li Ning, Sun Shoulian and others also joined the battle one after another. At this time, the number of Ming troops increased to more than 3000.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Tachibana Zongshige did not dare to continue to stop Li Rusong's army. He detoured from Xiaomaru Mountain to the right flank of the Ming army, and was responsible for attracting the attention of the Ming army for ten hours.

However, Tachibana Muneshige overestimated the maneuverability of his troops and hesitated that his movements were too slow. As a result, he was unable to fight under the direct impact of the Ming army for ten o'clock, and died shortly after.However, there is a saying that the arrow was shot by Li Rusong's younger brother Li Rumei. Whether this is the case is controversial.However, the result is the same, that is, Ten Shilianjiu was really cheated to death by Tachibana Soshige.

After being shot dead for a long time at ten o'clock, Tachibana Muneshige and his younger brother Takahashi Tozeng led 3000 Japanese pirate soldiers of their team to surprise the Ming army's right wing from the left, which also caused some confusion for the Ming army for a while.

As a result, Zha Dayhou had to retreat to the Bichi Pavilion in the north. At this time, Tachibana Zongshige saw the retreat of the Ming army and thought he had the upper hand. He immediately led 800 soldiers to pursue Zha Dayhou, but unfortunately, During his pursuit, his subordinate Chi Bian Yongsheng was killed by Cha Dashou.

After killing Tachibana Muneshige's generals, the Ming army quickly regrouped and began to counterattack.

The surprise attack effect Tachibana Muneshige wanted was lost immediately.

The ensuing battle also made Tachibana Zongshige feel more pressure. Even his own armor was filled with arrow clusters from the rain of arrows shot by the Ming army, and he was in a panic.In the end, Muneshige Tachibana had to retreat to Xiaomaru Mountain. At this point, the outpost battle of the anticlimactic Bijokan battle ended.

The battle lasted almost three hours.Although Muneshige Tachibana retreated, it didn't mean the battle was over.

On the contrary, at this moment, the battle really begins.

The Japanese pirates were not reconciled to losing their advantage on the Korean peninsula in this way. In fact, they also tried their best to give the Ming army a fatal blow.

Therefore, the Japanese pirates immediately replaced a new commander to command the battle!
Kuroda Nagamasa led 5000 people from the headquarters to take over Tachibana Muneshige and continue to command the battle. It was almost noon at this time!
However, these five thousand Japanese invaders are not all the Japanese invaders who came to aid!

Later, 20000 Japanese pirates from Takakage Kobayakawa, Motoyasu Mori, Hideyo Kobayakawa, and Hiroe Yoshikawa also came to occupy Wangkeyan, and 20000 Japanese pirates were marching here.

Now, the scale of this battle has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the advantages of the enemy and ourselves have also undergone earth-shaking changes.

The number of Japanese pirates' troops suddenly overwhelmed the number of Ming troops who came to aid, and the battle suddenly became precarious.

However, the Japanese pirates did not know that there was only such a little Ming army that came to fight, facing the fierce firepower and combat power of the Ming army.The Japanese pirates really thought that the main force of the Ming army was coming, so they fought very cautiously.

And it was their caution that gave the Ming army a chance.Li Rusong learned of the situation of the Ming army, so he adopted the strategy of being suspicious, and instead took the initiative to attack the Japanese pirates who had a superior number.It made it impossible for Japanese pirates to judge the real situation of the Ming army.

At the same time, Li Rusong urgently ordered the backup troops to quickly reinforce!
The Japanese pirates thought that the main force of the Ming army had arrived, so they began to discuss the battle plan.In the end, the Japanese army adopted Takakage Kobayakawa's suggestion, and hastily ordered the main force of the Chinese army to advance rapidly, ordering 3000 soldiers from the vanguard Kageo Awaya to attack the Ming army from the west side of the road to cooperate with Jingzhen Inoue.

At this time, the military strength of the Japanese pirates was twice that of the Ming army, and Li Rusong also saw through the intentions of the Japanese pirates, and when the Japanese pirates started their actions, the Ming army also began to act.

Before Awaya Jingxiong and Inoue Jingzheng completed the encirclement, the Ming army under the command of Li Rusong took the lead in defeating Awaya Jingxiong's troops and began to pursue them.

However, there are unpredictable circumstances and people have good and bad fortune.The Ming army accidentally strayed into the mudflat and affected its maneuvers, and then was counterattacked by Japanese pirates.

Faced with such a situation, Li Rusong ordered decisively to dismount the cavalry of the Ming army who were trapped in the mudflat and fight on foot. At this time, the counterattack Japanese pirates Awaya Jingxiong was blinded. Awaya Jingxiong couldn't stand it and retreated directly.

In the end, the Ming army got a respite and slowly withdrew from the mudflat, while Inoue Jingzhen also retreated in embarrassment after seeing Awaya Keio's troops retreat.It's hilarious.It seems that the Ming army's prestige on the Korean battlefield was really displayed, otherwise the Japanese pirates would not have fled like this.

Seeing that his plan failed, Takakage Kobayakawa simply put all his superior forces into battle and led the Sixth Army to join the battle, just like a red-eyed gambler!
Chikushi Hiromon and Tachibana Munemo began to detour the Ming army from the flank in two ways, and the Ming army's flank was attacked.On the other hand, Takakage Kobayakawa suppressed the front, and the Ming army suddenly seemed surrounded by danger.

At this time, Li Rubai, Li Ning, Zha Dashou, Zhang Shijue, Fang Shihui, Wang Wen and other Ming generals all fought swiftly with their knives. Among them, Li Rusong's subordinate Li Yousheng was appointed as the guard. Li Rusong fought with Inoue Jingzhen. Li Yousheng chased after him, but accidentally fell off the horse and was killed by Inoue Jingzhen.

Of course, the Japanese pirates did not take much light. In the Tachibana Army, two banner warriors, Anton Changjiu and Xiao Chuan Chengzhong, were killed by the Ming army. The Tachibana Army suffered heavy losses and was forced to withdraw from the battlefield.

Kobayakawa Hidebo tried to encircle the Ming army's flanks, but was repelled by the Ming army's detachment. Eight retainers under Kobayakawa Hidebao's command were killed. Soon Kobayakawa Takakage joined the forces of Yoshikawa Hiroya, Togawa Tatsuyasu, and Kuroda Nagamasa Wanting to encircle them, the two armies fought from noon to dusk for a whole afternoon. The Ming army finally waited until Yang Yuan, the deputy general of the Zuoxie, led 1000 reinforcements to arrive.

Yang Yuan bravely breaks through the Japanese pirates and leads the army to seize Li Rusong's right position, and together with Li Ning's artillery battalion fires shells at the Japanese pirates to help the Ming army retreat.

On the other hand, Li Rusong took the initiative to lead three thousand Liaodong iron cavalry to break the rear, but a golden-armored Japanese general Ono Chengxing suddenly appeared in the Japanese army and rushed directly to Li Rusong's direction, and was finally shot dead by Li Rumei. This time, the Ming army retreated calmly.

After this battle, according to Korean history, the two armies each suffered 6000 casualties, but according to the records of Joseon King Seonjo, the number of Ming troops involved in this battle should not exceed 5000, so this number of casualties is by no means like Bangzi himself. It's so unreliable.

Of course, there are even more unreliable ones. In the Qing Dynasty, some people said: "All the battalions have military registrations, and nearly 2 died"!If it was really [-] people, then the number of casualties accounted for as much as half of the Ming army that entered the dynasty, and there was almost no need to fight this war.So saying this is simply nonsense for the latter to smear the former!

(End of this chapter)