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Volume 1: Dragon Trapped in the Shoals Chapter 157: Busan is right in front of you

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    3T356886688 "Please familiarize yourself with the domain name" Chapter 157

    Busan is right in front of you

    "To take something from you, you must first give it to me"

    Kobayakawa Takakage didn't know whether he should say this in profound Chinese, or whether it would be more appropriate to say "If God destroys it, it must first make it crazy", but no matter what, he felt that Toyotomi Hideyoshi seemed too proud.  Over time, the long-term hegemony also made him more and more arrogant, so that his eyes were blurred, he could not recognize the reality, and he became more and more crazy.

    It's time. Kobayakawa Takakage feels that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has been crazy for too long, and it's time to withdraw from the stage that belongs to him. He doesn't understand. You, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, have been monopolizing power in Japan for many years. Why not?  satisfy?  Why must we invade North Korea and offend the Ming Dynasty, which has almost no chance of victory?

    Of course, Kobayakawa Takakage also admitted that if he were in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's position and there was no challenge at home, he might attack North Korea in order to expand territory and test Ming's attitude. However, after the defeat of North Korea,  This clearly tested Ming's resolute attitude. Why did it still devote all its national power to this so-called second invasion of Korea?  Is it just because of the difficulties in the Ming Dynasty?  But you also need to know that there is a saying that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

    After these years of fighting, Kobayakawa Takakage felt that he was old and tired. He just wanted to live a peaceful life guarding his one-third of an acre of land and pass it on to his descendants.  Let them have no worries about food and clothing in the future. What a simple injustice. However, the already crazy Toyotomi Hideyoshi even wanted to deprive himself of this small wish. He wanted to occupy his own territory. Did he just want to  How do you treat an old minister who has followed him in the north and south for many years and made great military exploits for him by advising him?

    Toyotomi Hideyoshi has gone crazy, and even God can't stand it anymore. At least that's what Kobayakawa Takakage thought. He didn't see that after he and the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty formulated the "blast" action plan, Fengchen Hideyoshi wanted to "cooperate" with this plan.  , in order to increase the possibility of the success of this operation, he has sent more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left in Busan to support the 8,000 people in Nanyuan, leaving only 5,000 people behind.

    Of course, things were not perfect. What made Kobayakawa Takakage feel a little regretful and depressed was that Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in order to securely capture the eldest prince in Nanyuan, the 8,000 people sent from Busan to reinforce Nanyuan were headed by himself.  Let me lead them to Nanyuan. If I lead the troops to Nanyuan, I will most likely miss the eldest prince's attack on Busan. What's more, what should I do if the eldest prince arrives near Busan and cannot contact me and is worried about a trap?  ?  Didn't you miss such a good opportunity?

    Kobayakawa Takakage didn't know where the eldest prince who came now was. Although he had secret guards sent by Zhu Changluo as his personal soldiers to deliver the news, when Zhu Changluo secretly left Nanyuan, these secret guards also lost Zhu Changluo's presence.  According to the news, he can only restore the contact between the two of them when Zhu Changluo sends someone to contact him again. What's more, if the eldest prince comes to attack Busan this time, he must have brought cavalry to save time, and he can't bring too many people.  , if there is no cooperation inside and outside Busan City, even if there are only 5,000 people in Busan City, it is not possible for a similar number of cavalry to easily break through the city, not to mention that other people must not be given time to react, and the city can only be broken in a short time.

    But obviously, for the sake of safety and concealment, Zhu Changluo doesn't trust Kobayakawa Takakage very much. This is a life-related matter, and of course he will not leak his whereabouts easily. So Zhu Changluo's current situation, has he come to Busan?  Kobayakawa Takakage didn't know where he was. What's more, since Zhu Changluo didn't want Kobayakawa Takakage to know, even if the secret guard staying next to Kobayakawa Takakage knew the news, he would definitely not tell Kobayakawa Takakage that he knew.

    Kobayakawa Takaki had a big head. Before he reluctantly led his troops out of Busan, he could only make arrangements as much as possible and leave some of the secret guards and confidants who were arranged by Zhu Changluo around him to stay in Busan, hoping to contact Zhu Changluo.  , and when he is not in Busan, he will try his best to help Zhu Changluo. It is best to open a city gate for Zhu Changluo when he attacks the city. As long as he can find a way to open a city gate, he will face a similar number of Ming cavalry.  , will the result still be suspenseful?  Of course, the most important thing is not to let Toyotomi Hideyoshi run away. That is the top priority. Otherwise, what is the point of occupying Busan?

    Zhu Changluo's operation this time can be said to be extremely smooth so far. Wu Weizhong of Zhongzhou is not a fool. Under Zhu Changluo's sincere invitation, he followed Zhu Changluo with almost no hesitation and secretly set off for S8 with his three thousand vine armor soldiers.  Winning Q coins is undoubtedly an opportunity for Wu Weizhong, an excellent opportunity. After experiencing all the hardships of human kindness, he bets the money on the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Changluo. Even if he bets on the wrong money, it is at best  Better than now?¡¯s situation is more difficult, but if the bet is right, it¡¯s time to turn around completely.

    In fact, as early as the plan to go straight to Huanglong to attack Busan, Zhu Changluo began to keep an eye on Wu Weizhong's three thousand rattan armored soldiers. After something unexpected happened on the way to Nanyuan, he became more concerned about the rattan armored soldiers.  In his plan, he had already considered the case of the Tengjia soldiers and the mobility of the Tengjia soldiers. He even had a solution, which was to send people to Gyeongsang-do not far from Chungju early in the morning.  The coastal city of Uljin raised ships to transport the rattan soldiers.

    Of course, the reason why Zhu Changluo dared to be so bold and formulated this plan when only Japanese ships dominated the sea after the North Korean navy was annihilated was actually after careful thinking. One is the Japanese warships at sea today  , almost most of them are concentrated on the western coast of North Korea and near Busan far south of North Korea, but there are almost none on the eastern coast of North Korea; secondly, although North Korea¡¯s navy is gone, it also makes North Korea¡¯s Wang Jia alert, and he does not  Without giving up this advantage and the only pride of the Koreans, they secretly built and collected warships in various places. The rather desolate and remote Uljin was the place where a warship was built.

    The last point is that Zhu Changluo still has a trump card in his hand, and that is Yi Sunchen, who has been the commander of the North Korean navy for many years. Although Yi Sunchen was dismissed by the King of Joseon on unfounded charges, after the entire North Korean navy was annihilated,  The King of Joseon had already regretted it and sent someone to find Zhu Changluo, which meant that he planned to "redeemed" Yi Sun-shin and let him serve as the commander of the navy of Korea again and prepare to build a navy. Zhu Changluo did not hesitate to make this request from the King of Joseon.  Refuse, it¡¯s a joke, it¡¯s so easy to ¡°leave¡± a general who is good at water warfare, how can you give up what you want?

    What's more, Yi Sun-shin is also tired of the endless party disputes in North Korea, and has been extremely disappointed with the King of North Korea, Lee Ho. Although he wants to do his part for North Korea, in the face of Zhu Changluo's "sweet words", I will definitely put it aside.  The Japanese rushed out of the sea to help North Korea survive this crisis. If they help me, they will help North Korea Yi Sun-shin also gave up the idea of ??becoming the commander of the North Korean navy. However, it is probably the king of Joseon who wanted to encourage and condense the morale of the navy.  , arbitrarily gave Yi Sun-shin the position of "Counselor of the Imperial Navy Navy" and issued an edict, with the same rank as the three naval envoys - that is to say, Yi Sun-shin and the commander of the North Korean Navy had the same rank.

    This is of course convenient for Zhu Changluo. This is why he thought of using Weizhen¡¯s warship to transport the vine armored soldiers.

    However, as Qi Jiguang's confidant, Wu Weizhong's abilities were obviously more than that. What Zhu Changluo didn't expect was that those rattan armor soldiers, holding rattan armor that was not too heavy, could actually jump up and fly on their horses, and their riding skills were even better.  No worse than the elite cavalry of Liaodong. Seeing the skillful vine armor soldiers on horseback, Zhu Changluo couldn't help but be stunned. Then his heart moved, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

    Zhu Changluo remembered what Qi Jiguang said about why firearms soldiers were defeated by cavalry: "Firearms are my specialty, but firearms are ill and like a battalion of three thousand soldiers, then a battalion is full of firearms, but only three thousand rods, temporary  We must attack four camps, and each side can only get 600 rods. One battalion never has that many, and we dare not use all 600 rods at once. Thinking about what to do, we can only divide them into five squads. Each squad has less than 100 rods. When the battle comes,  , life and death are only in front of you, everyone has a yellow face, dry mouth, panic, trembling hands, some put the lead in first, or forget to put the lead in, the mouth is crooked and different in size, the lead does not fit in the mouth, and is pointed and slanted in different sizes.  , some are temporarily unable to enter the mouth, some are only in the mouth, some are large and small, and flow out when the mouth is released, some are twisted so that the syringe cannot be inserted, and some are twisted with a finger to spit, and some are extinguished by the fire line, and so on.  Unable to release, there are already 20 rods. The height is not accurate. If it is wet and does not burn, there are more than 40 rods that are successful. However, among the more than 20 rods, some of them hit the tu¨« and the horse's tu¨«, which are not fatal.  We can't beat him to death, and he will die in the fatal place, but if there are only ten men charging at him against thousands of enemies, how can we kill more than ten people and make him run away?"

    From Qi Jiguang's remarks, we can know that what he said was that a similar number of firearms soldiers faced off against the cavalry. This would only cause a few casualties to the cavalry. However, if the firearms soldiers increased in large numbers, the numerical advantage would still be enough.  What caused a lot of casualties to the cavalry that did not charge was the huge number of Japanese firearms on the current Korean battlefield against the Ming Dynasty's cavalry. If the Japanese were prepared, as long as they had an absolute advantage in numbers, although they actually had psychological  Although he is afraid of cavalry, he can still threaten the cavalry and even kill them all before the cavalry charges over.

    This is what Zhu Changluo is worried about. Just like the last time they defeated the Japanese left army in Nanyuan City, it caught them completely off guard and did not give them time to prepare. Otherwise, when they are ready, let alone causing them so much trouble.  There have been huge casualties. It is not certain who will win or lose in the end, but what is certain is that if the Japanese are prepared, the cavalry will definitely suffer a large number of casualties. After all, the Japanese have a numerical advantage. Of course, the cavalry does not.They are afraid that the enemy will outnumber them, and they are afraid that after charging, they will not have the chance to get close. If they get close, is it not like a wolf among the sheep?  What is the difference between Japanese firearms and rolling pins?

    The vine armor soldiers riding on the horses basically solved this problem. As long as they put the tall vine armor in front of the horse when charging, they could protect the horse and themselves at the same time. Wouldn't it be easy?  Can you rush into the enemy?  Although this is just a theory and needs to be tested in actual combat, there is no doubt that the possibility of success is still very high. At least, are they better than simple cavalry?  What's more, after these rattan armor soldiers are mounted, they look like elite cavalry. Even against other cavalry, their large and light rattan armor is also the nemesis of other cavalry - you can't cut through my rattan armor with one knife when you rush over, but I can't with one knife.  Can kill you

    Zhu Changluo sighed again. It was a pity that the production of rattan armor was too difficult. Otherwise, if a large number of "rattan armor cavalry" were prepared, wouldn't they be scornful?  Think about it, the scene of hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of vine armor cavalry charging. At least in this era, they are basically invincible, and they are the most effective unit to restrain the musketeers. Perhaps because of the emergence of vine armor soldiers, the use of firearms will change.  development, changing the direction of future wars, and causing a large number of Westerners or other forces equipped with firearms to think that developing firearms that cannot penetrate rattan armor is a mistake, and give up the development of firearms.

    Of course, Zhu Changluo was still very curious about Wu Weizhong's ability to train the cane armor soldiers to be no weaker than the elite cavalry. However, what Zhu Changluo did not expect was that Wu Weizhong's answer was extremely simple: "Nothing to do, no battles to fight, and being shelved."  , It¡¯s just boring, so we let the men learn to ride horses. Either the soldiers will lose their morale, or if they put it aside for a long time, their spirit will be worn away, so why are they still called soldiers?"

    For this unexpected answer, Zhu Changluo thought about it for a while and then he was convinced.

    With the addition of Wu Weizhong, Zhu Changluo gave up the idea of ??risking transporting them by ship. As a result, among the soldiers and horses he led to attack Busan, in addition to the 6,000 elite Liaodong cavalry and 800 Jinyi guards he led,  In addition, there are three thousand more vine armor cavalry. Zhu Changluo believes that these three thousand vine armor cavalry will definitely surprise him and one day surprise everyone.

    In order not to be discovered, and to be on the safe side, Zhu Changluo took almost 10,000 cavalry and went out almost day and night, allowing people to scout out the next foothold in advance to avoid being noticed. Of course, today's Gyeongsang Daocheng  After entering the Japanese base camp, almost all the Koreans here have fled, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled are almost housebound. What's more, there are no Japanese people here, and the Japanese soldiers staying in various places in Gyeongsang Province are also  Not much, so it¡¯s a little difficult to be discovered.

    When Zhu Changluo finally led his troops to Ulsan, which was only a hundred miles away from Busan, they hid in the place where Kobayakawa Hideaki had been ambushed. Then he sent people to Busan to inquire about the situation and contact Kobayakawa Takagyeong. He just waited for the people who had gone to Busan to come back.  The news brought was a mixture of joy and sorrow. The good news was that Busan City, which originally had 13,000 troops stationed there, had deployed 8,000 troops a few days ago to reinforce the Japanese army besieging Nanyuan. Now I am afraid that it is far away from Nanyuan.  There are only a few days to go; the source of worry is precisely the reinforcement of these 8,000 people. It is not that these 8,000 people can bring much harm to Nanyuan City - in fact, with 100,000 people besieging Nanyuan City, it is just  In a siege, the eight thousand more people will not be much in a short period of time, and the lack of these eight thousand people will not matter. However, the leader of these eight thousand people is Kobayakawa Takakage. This gives Zhu Changluo a headache. He still counts on Kobayakawa Takakage.  Open the city gate for him, otherwise ten thousand people attacking the city guarded by five thousand people will not be effective in a short time.

    Of course, now that he is close to Busan and the Japanese army is far away besieging Namwon, even if no one can help him open the gate of Busan, he will not go back empty-handed. He always has to give it a try.  How can I come to Busan in vain?  Besides, didn¡¯t Kobayakawa Takakage leave behind many people?  I hope they can "deceive" the city gate. Moreover, even if the city cannot be conquered in a short period of time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Busan will definitely be anxious when facing the attack of more than 10,000 people, and he will definitely send people  It is certain to mobilize troops to Nanyuan and come back to relieve the siege of Busan. In that case, not only will the siege of Nanyuan be indirectly relieved, but also the pace of the Japanese attack will be delayed. Even if they attack North Korea again after the siege of Busan is relieved, they will definitely be tied up, fearing that  The base camp was accidentally raided again. In this way, at least this sneak attack on Busan achieved good results.

    Obviously, this was just Zhu Changluo's self-deprecating thought. He would never allow him to go to Busan with such a lot of trouble and return empty-handed. He really didn't like this unexpected result. Despite all calculations, something unexpected happened. Zhu Changluo was quite  He hates this kind of unexpected accident that makes people hate him. No matter what, he will try his best. Facing Toyotomi Hideyoshi who is already in front of him, he is not willing to give up like this.

    Zhu Changluo can imagine??, if the benefits brought to him after catching Toyotomi Hideyoshi were suppressed by Zhu Yijun, now he had an opportunity to change the status quo, and it was still close at hand, how could he give up?  This kind of desire to become famous in one battle, to make a sensation in one battle, to gain power in one battle, and to be recorded in the annals of history in one battle, no matter how great the difficulties are, we must overcome them and succeed.

    "Are you Shi Yingtai of the secret guard?" Zhu Changluo asked the secret guard who came back from Busan to deliver the news.

    "Go back to Your Highness, the younger one is Shi Yingtai"

    "Since you have just come back from Busan, you must know many of the confidants left behind by Takaki Kobayakawa in Busan Castle."

    "Back to Your Highness, ever since I was sent to Kobayakawa by Master Leng, I have gotten to know almost all of his cronies over such a long period of time. Now I know all the people he left in Busan." Shi Yingtai said respectfully  's reply

    "Very well, you return to Busan City immediately and tell them, just like this prince said, if they can find a way to open the gate of Busan, I will protect their prosperity and wealth in this life." As if he felt that this strength was not enough, Zhu Changluo continued  Said: "At least let them become a lord with a fiefdom in Japan."

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