Become the richest man in the world from answering questions

Chapter 142 The First Confrontation ([-])
"It's said that the North Korean ministers couldn't see Li Rusong, so they had no choice but to go to Yang Shaoxun, hoping that Yang Shaoxun could persuade Li Rusong to send troops quickly."

"Then Li Rusong said at this time, he said, Li Rusong is now the commander of Liaodong, the army is under his command, and I have to obey him now, you asked me to send troops, it can't be done."

"Hey, after listening to these words, the North Korean minister went on to say that Li Rusong is only in charge of the central troops of the Ming Dynasty, and the local troops are not under his control."

"The implication is that I still want Yang Shaoxun to send troops quickly, but Yang Shaoxun, who was defeated last time, has become much more cautious now, and sent the North Korean minister away without saying a word."

"The North Korean ministers who were driven away didn't give up on lobbying Mingjun to send troops south to Pyongyang. Since Li Rusong didn't see them and Yang Shaoxun refused to send troops, they could only lobby others."

"It is said that the North Korean ministers have been lobbying Li Rusong's subordinates, some lieutenants and generals, all have lobbied, but no one is willing to send troops."

"The North Korean minister even said that there is no need for many people, even a few hundred people can enter North Korea to show support. But at this time, the Ming army already has another strategic plan."

"Because of the disastrous defeat of Zu Chengxun last time, the Ming army knew that the number of Japanese troops who landed in North Korea must be more than what the Koreans found out."

"So at this time, the Ming army formulated a series of strategic plans. The Ming army used the mainland of China as the supply line for the war, and they wanted to quickly defeat the Japanese army with an absolutely superior force."

"This decision was made mainly because of the inconvenient transportation of food and salaries, and once the war reaches a stalemate, if the food and salaries cannot keep up, it is very likely that the battle will be defeated."

"On July 21, the imperial court sent a guerrilla general named Shen Weijing over. On the [-]st, Shen Weijing went to negotiate with the Japanese army in order to delay the time and allow reinforcements from all over the country to quickly gather in Liaodong."

"At the same time, the imperial court dispatched about 1 people from Jizhou Town and the Southern Army that was about to be dispatched to Jianzhouwei. Including Jiu Liancheng and Li Rusong's troops, there were about 7 Ming troops stationed on the border between China and North Korea. about."

"Of course, when there are more people, food and salary will naturally not be able to keep up, so the imperial court sent people to coordinate with the King of North Korea, hoping that Li Hao can support it."

"But Li Yan had no way to raise military rations for the Ming army at that time, and North Korea's agriculture was basically bankrupt, so Li Yan hoped that the Ming army could solve the military ration problem by itself."

"It has come to this point, and the Ming army has no choice but to report to the court and let the court find a way."

"Okay, let's talk about the specific number of Japanese troops now. As we said before, there were about 30 Japanese troops, but that was calculated later. At that time, the Ming army did not know the specific number of registered Japanese troops."

"It was said that in September, Li Yan summoned two people named Yin Gentao and Han Yingyin in Kuandianbao to discuss the specific number of Japanese troops landing in North Korea."

"Li Yan said that according to the information collected by Shen Weijing, there are about a thousand Japanese troops defending the city in Pyongyang, but the number of Japanese troops stationed in Hamgyong-do is several times that of Pyongyang."

"At this time, Yin Gentao said that based on the information we have detected, the Pyongyang defenders only have about 900 people, while there should be more Japanese troops stationed in other places."

"However, while they were discussing, Shen Weijing suddenly broke in, saying that your scouts were not accurate in their scouting, so hurry up and pull them out!"

"At the same time, he also said that because the number of Japanese troops stationed around Pyongyang is not yet clear, he only knows that there are about 7 Japanese troops stationed in Hamgyong-do. To capture Pyongyang, at least [-] troops are needed."

"It can be seen from this incident that at that time, neither the Ming army nor the North Korean side knew the specific number of registered Japanese troops and their distribution range."

"In October, Li Yan summoned Yin Gentao and Han Yingyin again to discuss the number of Japanese troops, but this time, there was a new change."

"Li Yan asked the two of them, did they detect the exact number of Japanese troops entering North Korea? Yin Gentao said it at this time. He said that the Japanese army said it themselves, and they sent 32 troops!"

"But this is only the number of troops sent by the Japanese army, not the specific number of people who landed in North Korea, but they at least know the total strength of the Japanese army."

"That is to say, in the four months from June to October, the North Korean side still didn't know how many people the Japanese army landed. This caused some troubles for the Ming army to attack North Korea later."

"That's all for the North Korean side to discuss the number of Japanese troops landing. Now let's talk about other situations."

"It is said that the Jurchens of Jianzhouwei were also willing to send troops to help North Korea. At the end of September, Nurhachi sent an envoy named Ma Sanfei to find Li Yan."

"Ma Sanfei told Li Yan that the Jurchen Ministry and North Korea are neighbors, and they are well aware of the truth. Now the Jurchen Ministry has [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. They are all elites and can send troops to help North Korea."

"At that time, Li Yan was very confused. Isn't Nurhachi confronting the Ming army? How did he come to help North Korea?"

"Li Yan finally discussed with the minister, and then politely rejected Ma Sanfei's offer to send troops."

"The specific reason, in Li Yan's view, is that the Jurchen Department does not really want to help North Korea, but wants to take the opportunity to seize the territory of the Haixi Jurchen."

"At that time, the Japanese army also landed on the territory of the Haixi Jurchen, and it hurt both sides, so Nurhachi wanted to use this opportunity to unify the Jurchen tribe."

"In October, because the situation was getting more and more anxious, Li Yan couldn't wait any longer, so he sent Yin Gentao to find a general of the Ming army named Ge Zongbing."

"This Zongbing Ge told Yin Gentao privately that the Ming army has mobilized a total of 10 troops from Datong Town, Xuanfu, Jizhou, and a total of 70 troops from Guangning, Liaodong and other places."

"In order to reassure Yin Gentao, General Ge also said that if they sent too few troops and just drove away the Japanese army, they might come again next year."

"So now the imperial court is gathering a large army, preparing to annihilate the Japanese army in one fell swoop, so that they will never dare to invade North Korea again. Hey, Yin Gentao went back with peace of mind after hearing this."

"This is the strategic plan of the Ming army. Because of the issue of food and wages, the Ming army must solve the battle quickly, so they must gather so many people."

"After a few days, Yin Gentao came to ask again, asking how to solve the problem of food and payment?"

"Ge Zongbing said that the food and salaries sent from the mainland are transported by horse-drawn carts, and once they enter North Korea, they will use horses to transport them, and there is no need for North Korean food and salaries."

(End of this chapter)