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Volume 1: Dragon Trapped in the Shoals Chapter 155: Nanyuan Discussion

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    Chapter 155 Nanyuan Discussion

    Tonight in Nanyuan is destined to be a sleepless night.  The Nanyuan City defenders, who were panicked because of the loss of the South Gate and West Gate, were like headless flies, basically losing their fighting spirit; the remaining old, weak, women and children in the city were hiding in their homes and shivering, listening to the shocking killing screams coming from outside.  He made a sound, praying to the gods he believed in or not, and worried about his unknown fate.

    A miracle happened suddenly. The defenders who were trapped and unable to escape suddenly discovered why the Japanese who had been besieging them fiercely just a moment ago were like frightened rabbits. Instead, they turned around and ran away.  Aren't they here to attack the city?  Why did they look like a defeated army after they entered the city, shouting and running away?  At this moment, the defenders looked at each other and temporarily forgot about the joy of surviving the disaster.

    But immediately, they understood. With the sound of "rumbling", a large number of cavalry swarmed from the city gate. Their target was the Japanese who were chasing and killing the defenders just now!  What a dramatic change. I am afraid that neither the Nanyuan defenders who were besieged just now nor the Japanese would have expected that things would change so quickly.

    "Reinforcements! It's reinforcements! Our reinforcements are here!" Someone shouted at the top of their lungs. In an instant, responders gathered and cheered. At this time, they could finally enjoy the joy of the aftermath.

    After severely inflicting heavy losses on the tens of thousands of Japanese troops attacking the city at the west gate, Zhu Changluo left only a few hundred men behind to continue chasing and killing the defeated Japanese at the west gate, and then ordered the remaining men to quickly attack the Japanese in the direction of the south gate.  He himself entered Nanyuan City through the west gate with more than a hundred guards.  Behind him was Yang Yuan, the former garrison commander of Nanyuan City and the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty.

    Yang Yuan would never have imagined that the reinforcements he fabricated would actually become real, and they would be elite cavalry brought by His Royal Highness himself. This moment made him feel a little unreal, like a dream!  He knew very well that if the eldest prince had not personally led the army to come, the fall of Nanyuan would have been inevitable. Even if he could successfully break out, after thinking about it, what awaited him would not be a good result.

    The fall of Nanwon means that the entire Jeolla Province will be lost, the door to Seoul will be opened, and Nanwon will affect the defense of the entire Ming Dynasty coastal area.  Once Nanyuan is lost, the southern coast of Jeolla will not be protected. At this point, the Japanese army can go straight into the Yellow Sea from Jeolla Province and harass Tianjin, Shandong, Zhejiang and other places!  Even if Nanyuan was abandoned due to objective reasons of too few troops, this matter was too big and involved too much, and someone had to take responsibility.

    Yang Yuan knew that if Nanyuan fell, the governor Xing Jie who was still far away in Liaodong would not be affected at all, and Yang Hao in Seoul would not be implicated. The only person who would be punished was the admiral Ma Gui who was in charge of specific military affairs.  and myself, the person directly responsible.  However, even if Ma Gui is affected, it will not be too serious. After all, he is still far away in Seoul and has almost no usable troops. What's more, his Xuanda cavalry is currently the only elite troop that can compete with the Liaodong cavalry. Naturally, the above  He won't really be punished for this matter, and he will just be reprimanded by his superiors.  But I am different. No matter where I look at it, I am the only one who can calm the anger of the superiors because of abandoning Nanyuan!

    Looking at the emperor's eldest son in front of him who looked steady and confident, his face that looked a little immature because of his youth already had a bit of majesty. Yang Yuan couldn't help but felt lucky in his heart. He caught up with the emperor's eldest son. Maybe he  This time I can be a blessing in disguise, not only can I get rid of my merits, but I might also be promoted to a higher position!  Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the eldest prince saved his life, and he has sufficient reasons to seek refuge with the eldest prince!

    Zhu Changluo stood on the wall of the west gate with his handrail, looking at the corpses scattered outside the city, he sighed for no reason in his heart. It seemed that many things, even if the plan was flawless, there were still too many uncertain factors in the actual implementation.  Although the result of today's battle was not bad as he had expected, the process was definitely different!  According to their previous plan, Liao Zhongai and Yi Sunchen led 6,000 Korean cavalry and 1,000 Liaodong cavalry to Nanyuan first, raided the Japanese from a gate, and then entered the city, leaving some Koreans behind to replace Yang Yuan's men who were defending the city.  The cavalry, and then used these cavalry and the remaining cavalry led by him to go out of the city to attack the Japanese again, and at this time, he rushed out from the rear when the Japanese were in chaos, trying to kill a large number of Japanese at once!

    However, the plan was just a plan after all. During the actual implementation, it encountered a problem that had been ignored before, that is, the North Korean cavalry marched too slowly and had poor stealth!  In desperation, after setting off a few hours late but easily catching up with Liao Zhongai, Zhu Changluo had to join them and lead them forward with the Ming Dynasty's cavalry. This wasted a lot of time, so he arrived in secret.  At the time of Nanyuan, Nanyuan was just a little short of breaking the city!

    This incident also made Zhu ?Luo Luo felt vigilant. It seemed that the old saying of his ancestors was absolutely true. Whatever you do in the future, you need to be prepared. Even the perfect plan may fail.  The success failed due to some unexpected factors!

    The chaos lasted all night, and various news came together the next day.  This surprise attack, which the Japanese were unprepared for, defeated the Japanese Left Army that besieged Nanyuan City in one fell swoop. The Japanese Left Army had nearly 60,000 people. In the three days of siege of Nanyuan City, at least 6,000 people died.  In the siege battle, after last night's battle, it was initially estimated that they suffered at least 20,000 casualties, and the number of people missing after being dispersed was probably not a small number. In other words, even if the Japanese left army gathered the remaining troops, they could  If we gather enough 30,000 people, it will be enough to support the sky.

    On the coalition side, after this battle of the 3,000 Ming Army and 3,000 Korean Army guarding Nanyuan City, there are still more than 1,200 people left among the 3,000 Ming Army, but only more than 700 people are left among the 3,000 Korean Army.  Zhu Changluo's 7,000 Liaodong cavalry suffered little loss, with a total of less than 800 casualties. The less than 1,000 Jinyiwei basically did not participate in the war because they were only responsible for protecting Zhu Changluo. At this moment, there are still more than 800 people and 6,000 Korean cavalry left.  The losses were quite heavy, and now there are still more than 4,000 people left.  As a result, the total number of soldiers and horses in Nanyuan City now totals about 13,000, which is far less than Zhu Changluo originally expected.

    As a result, Zhu Changluo had a headache. If he wanted to hold back the Japanese left and right armies in Nanyuan City, which totaled nearly 100,000 people, it would be difficult to hold on to 100,000 defenders in Nanyuan City without 10,000 defenders.  It¡¯s half a month!  And if 10,000 defenders were left in Nanyuan City, Zhu Changluo would have less than 4,000 people left in his hands. He did not want to use this few people to take risks in Busan.  Just like this time, if any unexpected factors occur, it will not be to catch people in Busan, but to deliver food!

    Zhu Changluo has not revealed his plan to go to Busan to anyone. The less people know about risking his own life, the better.  However, if you still want to implement this plan, you have to hurry up. After all, Toyotomi Hideyoshi can't wait in Busan for you to catch him, right?  I still have a lot of things waiting to be dealt with in Japan!  Kobayakawa Takakage sent the news that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has decided to return to Japan next month. This matter is a bit tricky.

    Zhu Changluo was a little worried. Although he had a solution in his mind, it was a bit inappropriate to propose it himself. It would be better to propose it from someone else's mouth.  Finally, we simply summoned Liao Zhongai, Dong Yiyuan, Yang Yuan, and Li Sunchen. First, they truthfully told Nanyuan City that they would attract Japan's Left and Right Route Army, a total of nearly 100,000 people, to attack the city. However, Nanyuan City could only attack the city at most.  Ten thousand people can be left to defend the city, but they must hold on for half a month. Ask the four people if anyone is willing to stay and defend the city.

    Except for Liao Zhongai, who had known about the plan for a long time, the remaining three people, Dong Yiyuan, Yang Yuan and Li Sunchen, were a little surprised for a moment.

    Yang Yuan was inevitably a little excited to be summoned to participate in this small-scale meeting. After all, in his opinion, the other three people here had been following Zhu Changluo for a long time. In other words, they were probably Zhu Changluo's confidants, so he wanted to  Being able to win Zhu Changluo's trust as early as possible, he quickly weighed the pros and cons.

    In Yang Yuan¡¯s view, if 10,000 people defend the city, there is no comparison with the original 6,000 people!  After all, even if all 6,000 people are defending on the city wall, there will still be 4,000 mobile troops in hand. What's more, these 4,000 people are all cavalry and can surprise the enemy when they attack the city.  This will greatly reduce the pressure of defending the city. In this case, perhaps there will be no need for as many as six thousand on the city wall, and the remaining ones can be used as mobile cavalry

    After careful calculation, Yang Yuan finally came to a result similar to that of Liao Zhongai, that is, there is absolutely no problem for ten thousand people to hold on for ten days!  If it takes half a month, although it is a bit risky, it is not impossible.  If he could persist for half a month and complete the eldest prince's request, Yang Yuan knew that this kind of life and death test was the most direct way to gain trust.

    Therefore, Yang Yuanyi gritted his teeth and immediately stood up and said that he was willing to stay and defend the city for Zhu Changluo's life-saving grace and to gain Zhu Changluo's trust.

    Liao Zhongai knew that he should stay, but just now he knew that Zhu Changluo might have the intention of testing Yang Yuan, so he did not stand up immediately. When he saw Yang Yuan, he only hesitated for a moment before standing up, and he had a good impression of Yang Yuan in his heart.  Da Zeng, after all, everyone is from Liaodong, and then he also stood up and said that he was willing to stay and defend the city.

    Yi Sun-shin used to be the commander of the North Korean Navy and could be said to have great power. However, after the party disputes in North Korea and being deliberately framed and abandoned by the King of Joseon, he became frustrated for a while until he was later convicted by the King of Joseon.  After giving his body to the eldest son of the emperor of Ming Dynasty, his ambition turned into regret, his passion turned cold, and he was disappointed.It has become despair!

    However, as the saying goes, a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise?  Even Yi Sunchen did not expect that the servant of the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty would be a diner or a guide in North Korea at most. However, he never expected that the eldest prince of the Ming Dynasty would treat him with great courtesy and even give him  He gained his trust and the opportunity to lead troops again!  This made Yi Sun-shin's blood that had gone cold start to heat up again, and his heart was filled with gratitude to His Highness the First Prince and the feeling of a scholar dying for his bosom friend!

    Li Shunchen, who was a little distracted, did not expect that after just sighing, Yang Yuan and Liao Zhongai stood up one after another. At that moment, he did not hesitate at all. He bowed respectfully to Zhu Changluo and said very firmly that he was willing to station in Nanyuan.  Even if you risk your life, you still have to complete the mission.

    Dong Yiyuan saw the three people standing up. Although he was not sure that he could rely on 10,000 people to defend the city with more than 100,000 people for half a month, he had to stand up at this time and expressed his willingness to stay.  Nanyuan City.

    Although Zhu Changluo had already made plans in his mind, looking at the performance of the four people, he still knew more about them.  In his opinion, Liao Zhongai should be the most trustworthy. After all, this veteran has been following him since Liaodong. His performance is conscientious and diligent, which is also the most reassuring.  Next is the North Korean Yi Sun-shin. This person does not have so many tricks, not to mention that I gave him trust when he was at his most helpless. Even if he was kind to him, he can be trusted.  Although Yang Yuan had not had a close relationship with him before, he had been a life-saving benefactor to him. What's more, he was the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty. If he was not stupid, he would definitely seek refuge with him.  As for Dong Yiyuan, he is the most difficult to grasp among the four.

    However, Zhu Changluo could almost feel that Dong Yiyuan intended to rely on him, but out of caution, he was still waiting and hesitating.  But Zhu Changluo believed that as long as he took Dong Yiyuan to Busan this time, if he could successfully capture Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Dong Yiyuan would definitely come to him as long as his IQ was normal.

    Zhu Changluo did not immediately say who he wanted to stay in Nanyuan, but made another request, saying that he still had things to do, and he needed at least 6,000 cavalry on hand. After leaving 10,000 people in Nanyuan City, only 3,000 were left.  We have more troops, but it is certain that Nanyuan City will have 10,000 troops left. Do you have any other suggestions?

    "This kind of thing is really difficult to handle. Just grabbing strong men and recruiting 3,000 people will definitely not work."  Liao Zhongai has always played the role of the guard leader since Liaodong. If there were three thousand cavalry in Liaodong, he could still solve it, but in North Korea, he was powerless.  Dong Yiyuan is in a similar situation. After all, it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.  Although Yi Sun-shin was a North Korean and a well-known general, he was still a criminal in North Korea, not to mention that Zhu Changluo, a North Korean soldier, might not be able to appreciate him.

    In the end, it was Yang Yuanxian who spoke. Unlike Dong Yiyuan and Liao Zhongai, they came to North Korea only as Zhu Changluo's guard commanders, not as generals who entered the North to fight.  Yang Yuan was different. He was a general who was ordered to be transferred to North Korea to fight, so he knew exactly how the Ming Dynasty's troops and horses were deployed in North Korea. What's more, the suggestion he made had a little bit of selfishness.

    So, he stood up and said: "Your Highness, if the Japanese right army and left army jointly attack Nanyuan, the general has a suggestion. If the right army comes from Miryang and Daegu to attack Nanyuan,  , Quanzhou, which is only more than a hundred miles away from Nanyuan, is the place they must pass through, and it is also the city that the right army must capture first when attacking Nanyuan. There are two thousand Ming troops defending Quanzhou City, and there are more than a thousand more  The Koreans gathered from all over the country to fight against the Japanese. In my humble opinion, the city of Jeonju is low and dilapidated and has not been fully repaired. It is difficult for just over 3,000 people to stop the 70,000 Japanese.  It would be better to abandon Quanzhou and mobilize more than 3,000 soldiers and horses from Quanzhou to garrison in Nanyuan. In this way, His Highness's request may be satisfied."

    Yang Yuan made this suggestion partly to solve the problem raised by Zhu Changluo, and partly out of selfish motives.  During the days when the Japanese left army besieged Nanyuan, Yang Yuan sent people to Quanzhou several times to ask for help. Even if Chen Yuzhong, who was stationed in Quanzhou, could have sent a thousand people to help earlier, Yang Yuan still firmly believed that with this thousand maneuvers  If we have enough troops, we can hold on for at least two or three more days.  Even if Nan Yuan is not abandoned, with a thousand reinforcements, he can at least save the lives of his men.

    Zhu Changluo breathed a sigh of relief. He originally planned to find a "trustee", but he didn't expect Yang Yuan to be so considerate and bring it up. He immediately said: "In that case, let's let it go and say that this prince is stationed in Nanyuan.  I think that as long as Japan's Right Army hears the news, and with the defeated Left Army as evidence, I think the Right Army will come obediently. General Yang, as for Quanzhou, it's up to you to send people there  Analyze the pros and cons for them. Most of them will abandon the whole state and rush to the south to protect the prince.?¡±

    "I will definitely live up to His Highness's trust." Yang Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling more confident about inviting the garrison from Quanzhou to Nanyuan. After all, His Highness the First Prince had even found a reason for them to abandon Quanzhou, "Lead the troops  Come and protect His Highness the First Prince." What a good reason to give up a city that is destined to be undefeatable. As long as Chen Yuzhong still has a normal IQ, he will not give up this opportunity.

    After solving the problem of troops and horses, Zhu Changluo continued: "As for the candidates to garrison Nanyuan City, I would like to keep General Liao and General Yang. You two are from Liaodong and have known each other for a long time. It is natural to cooperate with them."  There is a problem. In fact, things are not as difficult as you think. Half a month is the longest time. Maybe if things go well for this prince, it can be solved in about ten days. What's more, since the wind is released, this prince is stationed in Nanyuan, not only  The Japanese right army will get the news and come. Even Master Yang and General Ma in Seoul will send reinforcements to Nanyuan after hearing the news. As for General Dong and General Li, please accompany me."
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