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Volume 1: Dragon Trapped in the Shoals Chapter 145: War breaks out

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.    Chapter 145: War breaks out

    "Compared with Toyotomi Hideyoshi who was furious in the Busan camp, Zhu Changluo's mood was indescribably relaxed and comfortable.  He had no reason to be unhappy. He killed Hideaki Kobayakawa and made a secret agreement with Takakage Kobayakawa, one of the five most influential people in Japan. The plan was successfully implemented. Shouldn't he be happy?  What's more, Kobayakawa Hideaki's head has been sealed and sent to Seoul. With Kobayakawa Hideaki's status, this is undoubtedly a great achievement for North Korea or the Ming Dynasty. Kobayakawa Hideaki is not just Kobayakawa.  Takakage's adopted son and heir is so simple. He is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's original beloved son, and he is the kind of person who has had the right to inherit for nearly ten years.

    Of course, these are not the things that make Zhu Changluo the happiest. What makes him unable to conceal his excitement and a little lost his temper at this moment is that the secret guard from the Ming Dynasty brought news, which was great news for him - Zhu Yijun had no choice but to  Next, an imperial edict was issued. In addition to a series of rewards for the last great victory, there was also the most important piece of news. At least for Zhu Changluo, it was the most exciting news to him so far. He was granted the right to serve as counselor on Korean affairs.

    After hearing the latest news brought by the secret guard, Zhu Changluo was extremely excited. He did not doubt the accuracy of the news. Although this was an unexpected surprise, he had never dared to expect such a good thing, but after thinking about it carefully, it was also true.  Not impossible to happen.

    After all, capturing 20,000 Japanese soldiers alive with almost no losses is a huge achievement no matter who looks at it when Japan invades Korea again. This is enough to make a general famous and leave his name in the world.  Qing Shi¡¯s great contribution, not to mention that it came from the hands of a prince who was pampered and powerless in the eyes of outsiders. And those ministers who have been trying their best to "fight for the foundation of the country" would not be able to seize this rainbow if they do not take the opportunity.  If a good opportunity comes and he writes a letter to express his opinions, maybe the dispute over the country has been raging for more than ten years but the emperor has no way to do anything?  How many of these ministers who have crossed the "single-plank bridge" of the imperial examination are Yi's generation?

    Therefore, Zhu Changluo could also imagine how undercurrents were surging in the capital, how Zhu Yijun was happy but also had a headache when facing such a great achievement, and how unwilling he was under the endless memorials from those ministers.  It was only with reluctance that this compromise decision was made, which was almost a compromise.

    This is better. To be honest, Zhu Changluo felt that even if Zhu Yijun decreed to be canonized as a prince at this time, it would not be good for him to stay in North Korea and serve as counselor in North Korean affairs. After all, after becoming a prince, he must return to the Ming Dynasty immediately, and he must be in the Ming Dynasty at all times.  Under Zhu Yijun's nose, Zhu Yijun's surveillance and restrictions will probably be even more stringent.

    Being able to stay in North Korea to counsel on North Korean affairs is different. Although Counselor on North Korean affairs seems to be just a false title without much real power, it also depends on who holds this title.  Zhu Changluo is the eldest son of the emperor, and he is considered an adult when he is over fifteen years old. He is also the protagonist of the national dispute. With the title of counselor on Korean affairs, in the eyes of most people, it belongs to the emperor.  Compromise After all, as long as you have a position, you can basically be familiar with government affairs legitimately. This is absolutely impossible and not allowed for a prince who cannot become a prince.  According to the ancestral laws of the Ming Dynasty, all princes who will not become future kings are raised as pigs and will never be allowed to interfere in government and military affairs.

    Since Zhu Yijun allowed Zhu Changluo to serve as counselor on Korean affairs, in the eyes of the ministers, this was an indirect recognition of Zhu Changluo's position as the crown prince. It was a disguised recognition. Of course, Zhu Changluo didn't care whether Zhu Yijun really admitted it or was forced to do so.  As a last resort, what he wants is a status, an upright and silent development force in North Korea, and an opportunity to have a say in the next Korean War.

    No matter what Zhu Yijun's real thoughts are, at least Zhu Changluo has the status of counselor, and the decisions he makes are based on what he says, even if it is the governor of Ji, Liao, and Baoding military affairs, the governor Xing Jie with the rank of Shangshu of the Ministry of War of the Japanese Empire, or the  Whether Yang Hao, the censor of Qiandu, who is in charge of North Korea's military affairs, must be considered carefully and repeatedly. The title of counselor for a prince has absolutely two meanings with the censor of Kedao or other ministers.

    After receiving this important news, Zhu Changluo temporarily put aside his worries. There was no need to avoid the imperial edict brought by Dong Yiyuan. It was not too late to welcome him. The guy had five people sent by Zhu Yijun to protect him.  Thousands of elite Liaodong cavalry are definitely a formidable force. Will they be willing to accept it if they don't come in?  What's more, it was sent by Li Hualong, the governor of Liaodong, so there would be no trouble in accepting it.

    Not to mention how Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to deal with the "pirates" of Ulsan who killed Hideaki Kobayakawa, and how furious he was when he couldn't find a "pirate" figure, or how he would anger the gang who took the blame for Zhu Changluo.  Pirates, in short, that is not something he has to consider, and of course he will not mention those pirates.  If those who fledIf the pirates had a fight with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he would only be excited and happy, and he would never feel a trace of guilt.

    ¡°Obviously, Zhu Changluo was able to receive the news from the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the imperial envoy sent by Zhu Yijun to North Korea was delayed, he would arrive in the near future.  Of course, even if we can't catch up with such a big event so quickly, this kind of news will always spread as quickly as possible.  As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and as the king of Korea, especially at this critical moment when Japan invaded Korea again, Li Huo would of course be particularly concerned about the movements of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, even if the imperial envoy who came to deliver the decree was still on the way, he would act as if he was not a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.  Zhu Changluo failed to realize Zhu Yijun's will by some margin.

    When Zhu Changluo rushed to Seoul with his "southern tour" troops and horses, the welcome he received was almost unprecedented, at least much more grand than when he first came to Seoul as an imperial envoy - North Korea  The king personally led all the civil and military officials of North Korea and went fifty miles out of the city to greet Zhu Changluo, who was about to become the counselor for North Korean affairs. He couldn't help but be so grand. After all, Zhu Changluo had the title of counselor. No matter who looked at it, this was a prelude to establishing the crown prince. He had the opportunity to become a prince.  The crown prince and the soon-to-be crown prince are of course two completely different concepts. As the number one vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and as the king of Korea who must rely on the Ming Dynasty to suffer Japanese invasion, there must be no treatment of the future king of the Ming Dynasty.  Sloppy.

    The King of Joseon knew that Zhu Yijun had issued the imperial edict but had not yet arrived. As the commander-in-chief, Dong Yiyuan certainly had access to all of this. Therefore, when Zhu Changluo came to Seoul from Ulsan, he did not see Dong Yiyuan who also came to deliver the edict.  .  He was not surprised by this. After all, Dong Yiyuan was also responsible for delivering the decree. He came to let Zhu Changluo stay in the rear of North Korea.  But Zhu Yijun had the latest decree, which was to appoint Zhu Changluo as counselor for Korean affairs. He did not say that Zhu Changluo, the counselor, should go to the rear of North Korea, which would conflict with the previous decree given to Dong Yiyuan.

    Of course, with the new edict, the previous edict will definitely expire and become invalid, but the new edict is still on the way. Dong Yiyuan must carry out the edict mission before receiving the new edict, but if this is the case  If so, then there will be a joke, not only offending Zhu Changluo, but also maybe offending Zhu Yijun, making Zhu Yijun feel that he can't do things, which will create a conflict.  However, this matter is actually not difficult to solve, and it is not difficult for Dong Yiyuan. As long as he takes people to "hide" out before Zhu Changluo arrives in Seoul, that's the deadline.  that is.

    Zhu Changluo did not wait long. On the eighth day after he returned to Seoul, the imperial envoy from the capital of the Ming Dynasty finally arrived in Seoul.  After Zhu Changluo received the imperial edict and had a legitimate reason to stay in North Korea, just one day later, Dong Yiyuan, who went out to "search" for him, also "coincidentally" rushed back to Seoul.  Of course, since there is a new edict, Zhu Changluo definitely does not need to go to the rear of North Korea. However, Dong Yiyuan still did other parts that did not conflict with the new edict, that is, handing over the 5,000 Liaodong cavalry to Zhu Changluo. After all,  This was sent to protect Zhu Changluo from being "attacked" again.

    Dong Yiyuan also stayed. In addition to being responsible for bringing the imperial edict and 5,000 Liaodong cavalry, he also had another task, which was to stay in North Korea and wait for dispatch. Although he still had the rank of commander-in-chief, he was no longer the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.  Soldiers.  In order to facilitate Li Rusong's operations in Liaodong, Zhu Yijun took the opportunity to leave the former Liaodong Commander-in-Chief Dong Yiyuan in North Korea to fight against the Japanese, and the vacant Liaodong Commander-in-Chief was given to Li Rusong.

    In April of the 25th year of Wanli, Ma Gui, the chief military officer of Japan, and the guerrilla generals Yang Yuan, Chen Yuzhong, Mao Guoqi and other generals took the lead and rushed to North Korea. After meeting with Zhu Changluo in Seoul, the subordinate generals were stationed in Seoul.  Nearby, waiting for further generals, are waiting for the governors of Ji, Liao and Baoding military affairs, the inspector Xing Jie with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War of Japan and Japan, and the censor Yang Hao of the military affairs of the Korean capital.  After all, these two people are the nominal top generals in this war to resist Japan and aid Korea.

    During this period, Zhu Changluo did not take any drastic measures to win over generals such as Ma Gui, Yang Yuan, Chen Yuzhong, and Mao Guoqi as a courtesy.  He understood that although he now had the title of counselor, Zhu Yijun would definitely strengthen his vigilance and surveillance. He did not want to do anything that would make Zhu Yijun suspicious at this time. That would be too stupid. As long as the war continues, there is something to be done.  , there is no need to rush.

    In May of the 25th year of Wanli, the governor-general of Ji, Liao and Baoding military affairs, and the governor Xing Jie with the title of Shangshu of the Japanese War Ministry, rushed to Liaodong and started the preparations for the deployment of troops and money and grain in Ji, Liao, Baoding and other places.  Ming's war machine is at full speed.  In late May, Yang Gao, the censor of the capital of Korea who was in charge of the military affairs of Korea, led the 8,000 soldiers recruited and marched to Seoul on a starry night. At this point, in addition to the commander Xing Jie who was still preparing for the rear, the three giants who were nominally responsible for this war  Second, Yang Hao, who was in charge of North Korea's military affairs, and Ma Gui, the chief military officer of Beiwa, both arrived in North Korea.  At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the North Korean soldiers at this time?, added together, reached an astonishing 45,000 people. This was just the first batch.

    Of course, among the 45,000 people, only 30,000 came after many generals took the lead. The rest, except for Li Rumei's Liaodong cavalry and Wu Weizhong's rattan armor soldiers who stayed in North Korea, were all Zhu Changluo's troops.  : Including the 1,000 Liaodong cavalry who came with him and the 2,000 Liaodong cavalry seconded by Li Rumei, and nearly 1,000 Jinyi guards, plus the 5,000 Liaodong cavalry who came with Dong Yiyuan.  Taken together, those who directly obeyed Zhu Changluo were not only elite Liaodong cavalry, but also nine thousand people.

    In addition, this does not include the 10,000 Korean soldiers sent by King Li Huo of Korea. Although the combat effectiveness of these 10,000 Korean soldiers is negligible compared with the elite Liaodong cavalry, there are still 60,000 Korean soldiers among these 10,000.  Thousands of Cavalry Given time, this is a force that cannot be ignored.  Calculated in this way, the power Zhu Changluo can directly control now reaches nearly 20,000, which is enough power to influence the direction of a war.

    At the end of May in the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, nearly 200,000 Japanese troops were stationed in the Busan camp, and the naval force reached 30,000. This gave Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who personally supervised the battle, enough confidence. He immediately ordered,  Japan's ten legions, in accordance with the established offensive strategy, began to launch a war against Korea. Of course, Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched at this time. In addition to the deployment of troops being basically completed, a steady stream of Ming armies arrived. For him,  It is also an imminent oppression. He can only launch a war in advance before more Ming armies arrive and strive to resolve North Korea as soon as possible. This will create an established fact. By then, even if there are more Ming armies, Japan will have a strategic position.  Wherever you go, you can attack and defend with ease.

    At the same time, the Ming army generals who had arrived in North Korea were not idle. Now that Yang Hao, who was in charge of North Korea's military affairs, had arrived in Seoul, he could make decisions on many things.  Yang Hao was extremely respectful to Zhu Changluo. After meeting with Zhu Changluo, and after discussion, or consultation with Zhu Changluo, Yang Hao issued his first order after entering North Korea.

    General Ma Gui led 17,000 men to garrison Seoul; Yang Yuan led 3,000 Liaodong cavalry to garrison Nanyuan; Chen Yuzhong led 3,000 cavalry to garrison the whole state; Wu Weizhong led 4,000 men to Zhongzhou and interacted with the Nanyuan army.  In response, Mao Guoqi led 3,000 troops to station in Xingzhou and control Daoling and Qiufeng Ridge.  The strategic deployment of the Ming Army is that the above-mentioned armies will defend their headquarters fortresses. Once the army led by Governor Xing Jie arrives, the Ming Army and the Korean Army will immediately switch to a strategic counterattack and launch a pincer offensive from Namwon and Chungju to attack the enemy in Busan.  .  At this time, the Japanese army had basically controlled most of Gyeongsang Province and part of Jeolla Province. After all, these places were close to the Busan Camp where the Japanese troops were stationed, and there were not too many North Korean troops stationed in these places.

    This time, Japan did not conquer North Korea as overwhelmingly as it did the last time it invaded North Korea. It was not that they did not want to or could not, but that they learned the lessons of being defeated by the Ming Dynasty last time. The ten legions did not divide too many troops for the time being, but concentrated them.  With superior strength, they slowly advanced towards Seoul, North Korea, and fought steadily.  In this way, the Ming army aiding the DPRK could calmly deploy its troops in the above-mentioned places to delay the advance of the Japanese army, so as to wait for the arrival of the troops of the commander Xing Jie and launch a strategic counterattack.

    Of course, it cannot be said that the Japanese army fought steadily. Although the Ming Dynasty and North Korea were given the opportunity to calmly deploy their troops, the Japanese army had the experience and lessons of being defeated by the Ming Dynasty when they invaded Korea last time. Deep in their hearts, they were still afraid of the Ming Dynasty's army.  After all, although the overall firearm equipment rate of the Japanese army was higher than that of the Ming Dynasty, and several times higher than that of North Korea, they could not compare with the Ming Dynasty in terms of the application of artillery.  What's more, the country that lacks armor is extremely afraid of the Ming Dynasty's cavalry and rattan armor army, which can also be regarded as their natural enemies.

    Therefore, Japan, which is wary of the Ming Dynasty, can only choose to fight steadily all the way even if it has superior military strength. They do not want to be driven into the sea by the Ming Dynasty with only tens of thousands of troops like last time.  Facing the Ming Dynasty's small number of troops with an absolutely superior force, they still have considerable confidence. As long as they concentrate their superior force and slowly advance forward, it is only a matter of them occupying North Korea again.  As for the so-called 400,000-strong army claimed by North Korea, it is a joke to Japan. Without the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea's so-called army would not be in their eyes at all, and they would certainly not be so cautious.  .

    When the allied forces of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea rushed to various scheduled locations, it entered June of the twenty-fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.  Toyotomi Hideyoshi not only sent ten regiments of nearly 200,000 troops to slowly advance toward Seoul, but in early June, he also sent thousands of warships, large and small, to depart from Busan Port and gradually approach Yangshan and Xiongchuan.  That's where North Korea's so-called powerful navy is stationed.  For Toyotomi Hideyoshi, although he did not take North Korea's navy seriously, after all, North Korea has a fairly large navy, at least in staggering numbers. That is a trouble, but??It would be better to resolve it as soon as possible.

    Toyotomi Hideyoshi also wanted to build warships that could threaten anywhere in North Korea at any time. Whether it was transporting troops or conducting sneak attacks, it was a bad choice.  In addition, as long as North Korea's navy is solved, it can not only threaten any place in North Korea, but more importantly, it can threaten the Ming Dynasty at any time. Daming has a very large coastline. As long as it can threaten these places in the Ming Dynasty, even if  Without a real attack, the defense that makes Ming wary can contain most of Ming's power. By then, Ming will not have enough energy to send troops to North Korea.

    Chapter 145: War breaks out

    Chapter 145: War breaks out
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