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Chapter 141 The First Confrontation ([-])

"In the end, Zhu Yijun had no choice but to open the treasury, and the central court would personally distribute military salaries and rations. In order to stabilize the North Korean king and ministers, Zhu Yijun also rewarded the North Korean king Li Yan with 2 taels of silver for the first time."

"And on June 6, Dai Chaobian, the Liaodong General, and Shi Ru, the guerrilla general, were ordered to lead the army across the river and enter North Korea to show that the Ming government had joined the war."

"This time Dai Chaobian and Shi Ru only brought 1000 men and [-] war horses into North Korea, but as soon as they arrived at the border of North Korea, the North Korean ministers kept urging the Ming army to go south immediately."

"Because he had just entered North Korea and the situation of the Japanese army was still unclear, Dai Chaobian refused to go south. Because of this, the North Korean minister even quarreled with him."

"On the afternoon of that day, Dai Chaobian, who had quarreled with the North Korean minister for a long time, was so angry that he asked one of his generals, Guo Mengzheng, and Shi Ru's deputy, Wang Shouguan, to bring 500 people back."

"The main reason for bringing people back is because the North Korean minister has been urging them to send troops to the south. Now that people have brought half of the troops back, they have nothing to say."

"On the 700th, Guo Mengzheng and Wang Shouguan brought people back again, but this time they also brought more than [-] horses. It should be that the supplies have arrived in Liaodong."

"At the same time, Zu Chengxun, the deputy general of Liaodong, also led his army, bringing 300 men and [-] horses."

"At this time, there were more than 300 Ming troops who actually entered North Korea, with more than 600 war horses. As for the transfer of materials, Yang Shaoxun, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, personally made the prime minister."

"The first time the Ming army sent so many troops, because Li Rusong's troops transferred from the capital had not yet arrived in Liaodong, while the other reinforcements were still on their way to the capital."

"Actually, as early as June, an envoy from North Korea named Li Dexin went to Liaodong and met Hao Jie, the governor of Liaodong, and asked Hao Jie to order his men to rescue North Korea immediately."

"At the beginning, Hao Jie was unmoved, because Liaodong's combat power was really limited, and he wanted to wait until the imperial court's reinforcements arrived before sending troops."

"But this Li Dexin was not forgiving, and even started crying in the governor's office, saying that if Hao Jie didn't send troops, he would die in the governor's office."

"I don't know whether Hao Jie could not withstand Li Dexin's suicidal power or was deeply moved by his patriotism, so he issued an order on July [-], ordering Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zu Chengxun to lead his troops to go south immediately."

"On the 2000th, Zu Chengxun, who received Hao Jie's order, immediately regrouped his army. He gathered [-] troops and went south to attack Pyongyang that day."

"It is said that Zu Chengxun led the army to attack long distances, let Shi Ru and Wang Shouguan be the vanguard generals, and led 500 people to arrive at the city of Pyongyang first."

"Then Shi Ru took Ma Shilong and Zhang Guozhong as the general manager, and personally led the army to attack the city. It went smoothly at first, but when the Japanese reinforcements arrived, their nightmare began."

"Not long after, Zu Chengxun led 500 people to Pyongyang. He wanted to use artillery to attack the Japanese army, but because of the heavy rain, the artillery was useless."

"Seeing that Shi Ru was about to be overwhelmed in the city, Zu Chengxun ordered to abandon the artillery and go directly to the city to reinforce Shi Ru."

"However, none of them expected that just after Zu Chengxun led troops into Pyongyang, the Japanese army surrounded Pyongyang, and they were trapped in Pyongyang."

"In the panic, and because the Japanese army attacked too violently, Shi Ru was directly hit by the Japanese artillery and died on the spot."

"But Zu Chengxun saw that there were too many Japanese troops, so he quickly ordered to retreat. After a fierce battle, although Zu Chengxun escaped from Pyongyang, the losses were also very serious. When he came, 2000 people came, and 200 people returned."

"It is said that after Zu Chengxun escaped, he ran across the Dading River with the remnants of the defeated general."

"When the imperial court learned that Zu Chengxun was defeated and fled, he quickly sent people to Jiulian City, hoping that the commander-in-chief Yang Shaoxun could order Zu Chengxun to stay in North Korea temporarily."

"But it was already too late. Zu Chengxun ran too fast. Before Yang Shaoxun's order was issued, Zu Chengxun had already fled back to the Yalu River and directly withdrew from North Korea."

"Afterwards, the court questioned his responsibility, and Zu Chengxun wrote a memorial, explaining the reasons for his defeat."

"Zu Chengxun said in the memorial, first, the military rations are insufficient. The military rations that North Korea can provide are really limited, and they cannot provide the basic living guarantees for so many people."

"Second, the military situation is wrong. The North Korean side said that there are no more than a thousand Japanese troops stationed in Pyongyang, but according to his personal experience, there are at least tens of thousands of Japanese troops stationed in Pyongyang."

"Third, the command is inconsistent. It is said that the North Korean ministers have been fighting for control of the Ming army, which has caused the Ming army to be unable to achieve unified dispatch and command."

"In this memorial, Zu Chengxun also specifically mentioned a problem, saying that when sending troops to Pyongyang, North Korea also sent [-] North Korean soldiers."

"But as soon as they encountered the Japanese army, more than 400 of the [-] North Korean soldiers ran away immediately, and the rest even talked with the Japanese army. I don't know what they were discussing."

"After investigation, a new discovery was made. It was said that in the information provided by the North Korean side to the Ming army, the Japanese army only had iron swords and artillery, but no bows and arrows."

"But the problem is that after investigation, it was found that some of the Ming soldiers who died in battle were shot to death or injured by bows and arrows, so Zu Chengxun suspected that the North Korean side had colluded with the Japanese army."

"After the memorial was submitted, the court was shocked, and Zhu Yijun even ordered Liaodong General Yang Shaoxun to investigate the matter thoroughly."

"After the North Korean minister learned about this situation, he quickly sent someone to find Yang Shaoxun and said that it was definitely not done by them, but by the Japanese army."

"Yang Shaoxun didn't believe it at first, but after the envoy explained two reasons, he chose to believe the North Korean side."

"The North Korean envoy said that this happened because the Japanese army seized North Korean weapons and equipment and used them against the Ming army."

"What's more, the Japanese army probably captured some of the surrendered North Korean soldiers and forced them to attack the Ming army with bows and arrows."

"Hey, neither of these two situations is impossible. On the contrary, the credibility is extremely high, so Yang Shaoxun finally chose to believe in the North Korean side, and wrote a memorial to the court to explain the whole story."

"Not long after, [-] reinforcements led by Li Rusong arrived in Liaodong, and the court promoted him to be the commander-in-chief to lead the Korean War. In addition, the Central Army in Liaodong was dispatched by Li Rusong."

"When the North Korean side learned that the reinforcements of the Ming army had arrived, hey, they came out to make trouble again. They wanted to persuade Li Rusong to go south to attack Pyongyang again."

"But this time, the envoys sent by North Korea never saw Li Rusong at all, because Li Rusong refused to see them!"

(End of this chapter)