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Chapter 139 The Battle of North Korea
"It is said that after Zhou Guozhu killed Liu Dongyang, he sent his head to Chengen, and Chengen hung Liu Dongyang's head on the city gate and ordered surrender."

"After Qiao Chengen surrendered, Li Rusong led his troops into the city, but Qiao Bai refused to surrender at this time, entangled with the remnants of the defeated soldiers to guard his mansion."

"On the [-]th, Qian Cheng'en wanted to see Mei Guozhen and ask him to forgive him, but he was caught by General Yang Wen on the way and killed on the spot."

"After Li Rusong surrounded Kuai Bai's mansion, he ordered an attack. Kuai Bai couldn't resist, so he hung himself from a beam in the mansion. The mansion was destroyed, and Li Rusong led his troops to break in."

"At this point, the Battle of Ningxia is considered to be over. Although this incident is not very interesting, it shows the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty at that time."

"It is said that after Li Rusong broke into the mansion of Qianbai, he captured dozens of Qibai's cronies alive. Li Rusong did not kill them, but took them to the capital for interrogation by the court."

"But Li Rusong didn't expect that those people were executed by the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun as soon as they were sent to the capital, and they didn't even go to trial."

"Okay, the first of the three major campaigns in Wanli, the Battle of Ningxia, we have already finished talking. This battle cost more than 200 million taels of silver, and killed and injured more than [-] people. It can be said that it severely hit the Ming Dynasty. fist."

"The battle of Ningxia is over, now let's talk about the second of the three Wanli campaigns, the Korean campaign."

"Let's understand the background first. In 1588 AD, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general of the RB, unified the RB, he set his sights on North Korea, which was then a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty."

"At the end of the same year, Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked North Korea to surrender to RB. When North Korea refused, Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent troops to attack North Korea on the grounds that North Korea was disobedient."

"At the beginning of 1589, the Japanese army landed in North Korea. At the beginning of the war, the Japanese army was invincible all the way, and soon occupied the royal city of Joseon, that is, Seoul."

"At that time, the king of North Korea, Li Yan, saw that the situation was not good, so he fled Seoul quickly, and sent envoys into Daming, requesting the Ming Dynasty to send troops to rescue."

"Okay, that's it for the background. Now let's get down to business."

"Probably in February 1589, the envoy sent by Li Yan came to the capital, and met Zhu Yijun, and asked Zhu Yijun to send troops to rescue North Korea."

"At that time, the Ming Dynasty was the suzerain of North Korea, and the younger brother was beaten. The elder brother naturally wanted to vent his anger for the younger brother, right? That's what Zhu Yijun thought at the time."

"So the next day Zhu Yijun called a group of officials to discuss this matter. Originally, what Zhu Yijun wanted the group of officials to discuss was how to fight, but who knew that when the group of officials heard about it, some people immediately became unhappy."

"It is said that several civil servants told Zhu Yijun that after the last battle of Ningxia, the Ming Dynasty's vitality has not yet recovered, and the national treasury is empty, so it is not suitable to send troops at this time."

"Hey, with the beginning of these few civil officials, most of the officials will say the same, just to persuade Zhu Yijun not to send troops."

"That's what I said, and Zhu Yijun understands the truth, but if there is no troops, the Japanese army will probably attack the Ming Dynasty after they occupy North Korea."

"But if you want to send troops, so many ministers are right. After the last battle in Ningxia, more than 200 million taels of silver were spent. Now the treasury is empty."

"After thinking about it, Zhu Yijun couldn't make up his mind to send troops in the end, but at this moment when he was hesitating, the North Korean envoy came."

"When the North Korean envoy saw Zhu Yijun's dilemma, he immediately understood what was going on. What should the envoy do? Go back? Impossible."

"The emissary immediately fell to his knees in front of Zhu Yijun, crying and making a fuss, saying that if the Emperor Ming did not send troops, North Korea would perish! And after North Korea was destroyed, the Japanese army would definitely attack the Ming Dynasty."

"Although these words did not have any technical content, Zhu Yijun couldn't stand the envoy crying until he died, so he had no choice but to agree to the envoy, saying that Daming would definitely send troops."

"In this way, on the second day, Zhu Yijun called the ministers again to discuss whether to send troops, but the ministers seemed to have discussed it and firmly disagreed!"

"Then Zhu Yijun has nothing to do, he can only think of a way by himself. The ministers disagree with sending troops, but it does not mean that he does not agree to send troops. You know, he is the master of the Ming Dynasty."

"After returning to Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yijun asked someone to bring a secret edict, and quickly left the capital to find Li Rusong."

"At that time Li Rusong was in command of the army in Zhejiang. After receiving Zhu Yijun's secret edict, Li Rusong did not dare to neglect, and immediately opened the secret edict."

"And the first sentence of this secret edict is that Zhu Yijun was asking him, saying that the Japanese army attacked North Korea and North Korea was in a hurry, and asked him whether he should send troops to rescue North Korea?"

"Li Rusong is not only powerful in force, but also very smart. After seeing this question, he immediately said that if he doesn't send troops to rescue North Korea, then the Ming Dynasty will be the next to suffer."

"The meaning of this is actually very obvious, that is, Li Rusong agreed to send troops! Hey, the envoy said it immediately after hearing this."

"The envoy said, before I came, His Majesty told me that if the general agrees to send troops, he will come back to Beijing with me."

"Just like that, Li Rusong put aside his military affairs in Zhejiang, and rushed to the capital with the envoy without stopping."

"After Li Rusong arrived in the capital, he was quickly summoned secretly by Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun asked him, why did you agree to send troops?"

"At this time, Li Rusong replied. He said that the Japanese army was ambitious and occupied North Korea. They must not be able to satisfy their wolfish ambitions, so they should be taught a lesson and teach him how to behave!"

"Actually, Li Rusong understands the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. As early as the Jiajing period, the Japanese army attacked the southeast coast, disturbing the people along the coast."

"The Japanese army has only been beaten away for decades, and now they are making a comeback. We have to let them suffer."

"By the way, after Zhu Yijun heard Li Rusong's words, he was very encouraged, and his confidence in sending troops to rescue North Korea was further strengthened."

"The next day, Zhu Yijun, regardless of the objections of his officials, insisted on sending troops to rescue North Korea. He appointed Li Rusong as the commander-in-chief, and began to gather troops, preparing to enter North Korea to counterattack the Japanese army."

"Attention, in order to prevent the Japanese army from sneak attacks on cities along the coast, Zhu Yijun did not mobilize troops from the coast, but mobilized troops from inland areas."

"Because the inland area is far away from the capital, Li Rusong waited for half a month before gathering 4 people."

"At this time, the king of North Korea, Li Yan, sent someone to ask for help, saying that the Japanese army is about to occupy the entire territory of North Korea, and he begged the Ming Dynasty to send troops quickly!"

(End of this chapter)