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Geumsan-gun is located at the junction of Chungcheong-do and Jeolla-do. It is almost surrounded by mountains, close to Seodaesan and Cheonansan.
Geumsan Mountain is a branch extending from the Geumnam Main Vein, passing through the middle of Geumsan County; the Baekdudaegan Mountains pass through it in the southeast. Geumsan County is a large basin located between these two mountain ranges. [.z
It is such a place that is supposed to be a remote place, but it is very famous in North Korea. There is no other reason. It is this basin environment, which is almost surrounded by mountains, that is most suitable for the growth of ginseng! This is one of the main producing areas of North Korea's most famous Korean ginseng. Almost all the Korean ginseng that North Korea pays tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year is produced here.
In the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, just a few days into March, on the rugged mountain roads of Jinshan County, an army with a dragon flag on a yellow background and a large inscription of "Emperor" was marching slowly. Undoubtedly, just looking at the sergeants all riding horses, and the team spreading to the horizon on the mountain road that can't accommodate a few horses side by side, one can know that there are at least more than 5,000 cavalry troops, and they must be protecting. VIP.
However, due to the rugged mountain road, it was not suitable for cavalry to gallop. These cavalry could only ride on horseback and move forward leisurely at a speed not much faster than walking.
When these cavalrymen were about to approach a valley called Calabash Valley by the locals, they heard a burst of Korean shouts from the cavalry team. Suddenly, all the cavalrymen on their way stopped, and one by one got off their horses and walked on the rugged mountain road. Let¡¯s take a rest in groups of three and five!
A quarter of an hour passed, half an hour passed until an hour passed, there was no sign that these soldiers and horses were going to continue moving forward. If they continue to wait, they should move on after they have had enough rest, right? However, another half an hour passed and the team was still resting!
From noon to noon, half a day passed. Not only did we not see this team take a break to move forward, but we saw that they were cooking at the stove. It was about to bury the pot to make rice! Then, the aroma of meat could be heard in the valley, and these cavalrymen really started to eat.
At this time, in the Calabash Valley not far ahead, Kobayakawa Takakage, who has been lying in wait for several days, is so angry! After he received the news that the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty was going to Jeolla Province, he was sent by Taira Hideyoshi to ambush him with the assistance of nearly 20,000 men from the Sixth Route and an additional 5,000 elite troops.
After receiving the news that the eldest son of Emperor Ming Dynasty would actually leave Seoul and go to Jeolla Province at this time, even Taira Hideyoshi, who happened to arrive in Busan at this time, was a little stunned! Isn't the Ming prince, who respects the young prince ten thousand times more than the young prince of North Korea, too arrogant? Don¡¯t you think too highly of yourself? Do you look down on the Japanese army that has accumulated more than 100,000 people in Busan? Doesn't he know his importance to Japan?
After Zhu Changluo arrived in North Korea, Hideyoshi Hideyoshi, who received the news, accelerated the pace of transporting troops to North Korea. After arranging a series of matters in Japan, he went to North Korea in person for the purpose of benefiting Zhu Changluo, the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty. !
Although Taira Hideyoshi had a great prospect for his generals at home, and it was very bright - first conquer North Korea, and then after accumulating strength in North Korea, conquer the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, and rule the rich and abundant country! But in Hideyoshi Hideyoshi's heart, or his confidants also knew that this was just a beautiful vision after all, just to inspire the ignorant samurai and farmers under his command.
What is Daming? Could it be that Japan, which mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, could easily conquer it? The Ming Dynasty was the Celestial Dynasty, a powerful empire that chased away the Great Yuan Dynasty, which was established by the descendants of Genghis Khan, who was powerful and embarrassing for a while! How powerful Dayuan is, it makes the group of Western red-haired ghosts trading in Japan feel frightened and pale with fear! Although Dayuan sent troops to conquer Japan and failed, it also caused heavy losses to Japan, and he was afraid of Dayuan!
To be honest, I don¡¯t know Hideyoshi. Even his confidants and some domestic big guys who have some knowledge know that wanting to conquer the Ming Dynasty is tantamount to wishful thinking. Of course, Taira Hideyoshi just used conquering the Ming Dynasty as a slogan. After many years of civil war, Japan has temporarily recognized his dominance, but there are still many local forces that do not really join. Hideyoshi's purpose is to use such a war to divert domestic conflicts. By the way, Let those local forces who do not sincerely join us become cannon fodder in the war!
In addition, Hideyoshi Taira also has an ambition, which is to control North Korea, let the world see himself as a person of low origin, and become the greatest person in the history of Japan! Of course, if he could, he wouldn't mind tearing off a piece of flesh from Daming's body, which would only make his halo in the history books even more dazzling!
However, the facts are cruel. After many years of planning, Taira Hideyoshi finally launched a war of aggression against North Korea and quickly occupied almost all of North Korea.After conquering the mainland, Ming Dynasty only sent less than 100,000 troops, but his 200,000 troops suffered heavy losses and were almost driven into the sea!
Taira Hideyoshi was silent. He was very clear about the strength of these 200,000 troops. Although many of them were make-up troops sent by various forces under pressure, there were at least hundreds of thousands of them who had experienced several domestic wars. Lion, and it is equipped with such sharp firearms that almost made the Japanese sell iron!
Faced with the facts, Taira Hideyoshi finally recognized the reality. He accepted Ming's conditions almost without thinking - a condition that was beyond his expectation. However, after the peace talks dragged on for two years, it was only when the Ming Dynasty's envoy arrived in Japan that he realized that he had been tricked. It turned out that the Ming Dynasty was also suffering from internal and external troubles! Isn¡¯t this a great opportunity?
So, he did not hesitate to find reasons to tear up the peace talks and refuse the canonization of the Ming Dynasty - you, the Ming Dynasty, are overwhelmed by the natural disasters in the country, will you spend more time, energy and money to support North Korea? Even if troops are sent to support, how many more troops can be sent this time? What's more, he secretly sent someone to contact a powerful tribal leader in Dayuan who was driven out of the Central Plains, and made an agreement to have them harass Ming Dynasty continuously so that Ming Dynasty would have no time to do anything, so that after Japan occupied North Korea as soon as possible, they could unite with them and carve up Ming Dynasty. !
Of course, Taira Hideyoshi is not as consistent as those Mongolian men. His plan is very good. Let those Mongolians make trouble. After they hold off the Ming Dynasty and occupy North Korea, it depends on the situation of the Ming Dynasty. If possible, , of course we have to take action! If you can't do anything, you won't be that stupid. On the surface, you can surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, you have obtained the benefits and occupied North Korea. You just need to wait for the right opportunity.
Who would have thought that Hideyoshi Hideyoshi, who was coordinating dispatch and intimidation in Japan, never expected to receive news that he felt was more reliable than contacting the Mongolians. The eldest prince of the Ming Dynasty had actually arrived in the little North Korea.
Hideyoshi is so excited. Wouldn't it be better if he could just find a way to capture that noble prince and use it to threaten the Ming Dynasty? What made him lose his composure and call out for the blessing of Amaterasu was that when he arrived in North Korea, before he could figure out how to catch the prince, he received a message that the prince had somehow made a mistake and actually wanted to get there. Jeolla Province is very close to Busan, where the Japanese army is stationed!
In Hideyoshi¡¯s view, this is because Amaterasu is taking care of Japan and protecting himself, so that the prince acted like this! This is almost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could Hideyoshi miss it? He sent someone to find out clearly. The prince went to Jeolla Province this time to so-called appease and inspire the people. On the surface, it seemed that he brought a total of 10,000 cavalry and thousands of royal guards, which was more than enough to ensure safety!
To be honest, if these 10,000 cavalry were all Liaodong cavalry that the Mongols were afraid of, his wise Hideyoshi would never take advantage of the prince at this time. He did not want to end up empty-handed after losing troops and generals. However, Taira Hideyoshi's spies found out clearly that there was a lot of moisture in these so-called ten thousand cavalry!
This is news that has made Taira Hideyoshi happy for several days. Among the 10,000 cavalrymen around the eldest prince, there are actually 6,000 Korean cavalry! It's the Korean cavalry! Whether it was Taira Hideyoshi or the various Japanese bosses who had arrived in North Korea, they couldn't help but burst into tears, "Does North Korea have cavalry?" Have it? no! Can those farmers on horses be called cavalry? !
Subsequently, after some competition, Kobayakawa Takakage, the former leader of the Sixth Army, was very lucky to get this task that could greatly enhance his reputation! Who currently has the largest number of troops stationed in North Korea and has a good relationship with Taira Hideyoshi! Of course, Hideyoshi was a cautious man and worried that Kobayakawa Takakage's approximately 17,000 soldiers and horses were not enough, so he mobilized 5,000 elite troops to assist Kobayakawa Takakage in completing this gift "given" to Japan by the blessing of Amaterasu.
Kobayakawa Takakage was very excited. After discussing with Taira Hideyoshi and several well-connected bosses, he decided to set up an ambush in Geumsan County at the junction of Chungcheong Province and Jeolla Province. He was very familiar with the place. In the last Korean War, Jeolla Province The road was captured by him. He knew that there was a Calabash Valley there, which was very suitable for setting up an ambush. The cavalry could not attack there at all. Horses could not run on the rugged mountain road before entering the Calabash Valley!
Of course, the reason why he is so familiar with it is because he once suffered a loss there - he was the prey, and Ming's army was the hunter! This time he wanted to be a hunter, right where he was ambushed!
In fact, another reason for setting up an ambush here is because he is extremely afraid of the four thousand Liaodong cavalry under Zhu Changluo. If there were no these four thousand Liaodong cavalry, and there were only 6,000 or 10,000 or more so-called Korean cavalry, he would There is every reason to arrogantly set up the battle and grab the prince directly, why bother!
Kobayakawa Takakage hurriedly hurriedly, and finally arrived at Calabash Valley two days in advance without disturbing the Koreans. Everything was arranged.??, he began to recharge his batteries and wait for the arrival of prey.
The other party did come, riding a horse slowly and slowly on the rugged mountain road. This was within his expectation, and it also made all the little boys under him scream in excitement. However, what happened next was completely beyond his expectation - those soldiers and horses were actually less than a mile away from Hulu Valley, and they rested for most of the day! This isn¡¯t the end yet, depending on Shi Fang¡¯s intentions, it seems that we will have to spend the night on that rugged mountain road!
Kobayakawa Takakage is so depressed! He was scolding the other general in his heart for being ignorant. Didn't he know that he couldn't stay on such a mountain road where he could easily be ambushed? Doesn't he know that not far ahead is the Calabash Valley, which is extremely suitable for camping?
Does he really want to spend the night on that winding bullshit mountain road? If this kind of general who didn't know anything about military affairs was his subordinate, he would have cut off his thing and drank it!
It's not like he hasn't thought about setting up ambushes on the mountains on both sides, but he just thought about it. Climb to the mountains on both sides. Firearms don't have such a far range. Let's throw stones This is a fucking mountain. Damn, what the hell is this mountain? Ah, a fucking mountain of dirt without even a pebble! You can¡¯t go through all the hard work of being a porter from afar, right? If he had three or two months, he might consider it, but he only had less than two days! You can't climb up a mountain and let your boys spit on the soldiers and horses passing by below, right? Not to mention spitting, even peeing will not have much effect!
When the other party stopped to bury the pot and make rice, the smell of meat wafted up. Kobayakawa Takakage touched his shriveled belly and cursed hard in his heart. In order to hide and not leak the news, he did not dare to cook cooked food. Tian Dajun lived a savage life in Calabash Valley. It was extremely cold and he was willing to eat cold dry food and drink ice-cold water. Hundreds of people had already started to suffer from diarrhea!
Kobayakawa Takakage also thought about taking advantage of the opponent's meal time to directly cover up and kill him. He would definitely catch the opponent off guard and cause them heavy losses! But there is one biggest disadvantage in doing this. On that rugged mountain road, by the time he kills all the enemies in front of him, the prince may have disappeared under his protection! wait! He could only wait for the other party to arrive at Calabash Valley, then send people to quickly seal the rugged mountain road, and capture the prince alive in Calabash Valley!
At this time, Kobayakawa Takakage wanted to slap himself in the mouth. He just thought that the other party would set up camp on that mountain road, right?
The other party was really obedient and set up a tent on the mountain road. It seemed that he was planning to rest here for a night before leaving! You guys have been resting here since noon. Aren't they in a hurry? Don¡¯t you want to rush to Jeolla-do? Just walking for several hours every day, how long will it take to get to Jeolla-do! What a delicate and expensive prince, he can't bear the slightest hardship nb!
Kobayakawa Takakage never thought that the other party would discover him. After all, whether the other party was resting, cooking, or setting up camp at this time, they had no vigilance at all. As long as he charged, they would definitely suffer heavy losses! Unfortunately, this is not what I am aiming for. My goal is to capture the prince alive. This feat of defeating the Ming army is nothing compared to capturing the prince alivewell, there is no comparison at all!
He wrapped himself in cotton clothes again, took a sip of cold water, grabbed a piece of dried meat, and chewed it hard. Finally, he stretched his neck and swallowed it with difficulty. He cursed a few times in his heart before Kobayakawa Takakage felt comfortable. After a while, it looks like I¡¯m going to sleep here all night again today! Damn you, when you catch the prince of the Ming Dynasty, you will make him eat dried meat, drink cold water, and sleep in the open air for several nights! No, let him be like his batch of cubs, eating dry food, drinking cold water, and not wearing cotton-padded clothes in the cold weather!
Standing at a high place and looking at the looming windshield tent opposite again, Kobayakawa Takakage's idea became stronger!
In a tent behind the rugged mountain road, Zhu Changluo was chatting and laughing with Li Rumei, Yi Sunchen, General Liao, Leng Leng and other major generals. "Haha, His Highness's move is really clever. We opened our camp and let the guests in without any defense, but they huddled in their turtle shells. They really thought we didn't know he was a turtle!"
Li Rumei smiled happily. This feeling of being able to grasp the opponent's psychology and predict the enemy's opportunities is really great.
"Haha, I would also like to thank General Yi Sunchen. It was he who anticipated the psychology of the guests in the valley, and this prince was able to make such an arrangement to confuse them." Zhu Changluo said with a smile. The most famous general in North Korea around him is indeed worthy of his reputation. , one point will show through.
Yi Sun-shin was still a little cautious, so he bowed respectfully and said modestly: "How dare I take credit? Your Highness provided all the information. If Your Highness hadn't told me, I still wouldn't have known that there were guests waiting in front of me!" The North Korean spies sent by the minister were not aware of the movement ahead at all.""Yes, the general is also very surprised. The scouts sent out did not find anything suspicious at the mouth of the valley and in the valley? Those guests are really well hidden. If His Highness hadn't discovered it early, there would have been real trouble this time. ." General Liao also said.
Zhu Changluo smiled. He knew what his secret investigation had detected. These people were still a little doubtful about the authenticity. He made a gesture and said: "The valley in front has a special name, called Calabash Valley. As the name suggests, This is a gourd-shaped valley. However, this gourd is a bit irregular. Although the road through the valley runs through the entire gourd, it is not a real gourd on the outside. Instead, there is a horizontal gourd-shaped valley in the valley. If you don't pay attention, It¡¯s usually hard to find, that¡¯s the best place to hide soldiers!¡±
"Xiaochen's Jin Yiwei discovered something suspicious at the entrance of the valley. Although it was covered up, if you look closely, you can still find some traces of a large number of people stepping on it! Xiaochen also checked it personally, but found nothing in the valley. What. When His Highness said this, the minister suddenly realized that there was something else going on in the valley. No wonder." He nodded coldly, but the words he said made Li Sunchen and Liao Shen's faces heat up. The detective horses they sent out No clues were found.
"Okay, everyone, let's go back and take a rest. Our guests still need our warm greetings!" Zhu Changluo smiled, waved his hand, and drove everyone out.
Outside, it¡¯s already dark!
(To be continued)
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