Brocade tears

When Zhan Yu first went to the battlefield, he didn't win many victories, but he didn't expect that he would fall into the trap carelessly and become a prisoner of others in shame.At this moment, he regretted that he left Liaodong so rashly and led the team to Xianxing alone.Although he sensed something was wrong with this operation before he set off, he never thought that he would fall into the hands of a traitor from the Ming Dynasty.

Those Japanese pirates called him "Mr. Xuan Wu", but Zhan Yu knew that this son was Zhang Yunxiu, the fifth son of Zhang Juzheng, the real traitor of Ming Dynasty.Zhang Yunxiu was very frank. After Zhan Yu became his prisoner, he had a long talk with Zhan Yu all night and told Zhan Yu everything about himself, including his relationship with the Meng family. It was really heart-wrenching.He begged for Zhan Yu's understanding, and took care of Zhan Yu in every possible way. Apart from not being able to let him go free, he almost offered him up like a bodhisattva.

Zhan Yu's attitude has always been neutral, his principle is to strive for a long-term survival for himself, so he can't show an obvious confrontational attitude towards Zhang Yunxiu, but he can't fully accept everything Zhang Yunxiu said.In fact, Zhan Yu scoffed at Zhang Yunxiu's words deep in his heart. When he told him about the pictures of thousands of beasts and flowers, Zhan Yu made his position clear—this wolf's ambition is the enemy of our life, and we must get rid of it. Then fast.He believes that with Zhang Yunxiu's intelligence, he must be able to see his disapproval in his heart. Zhan Yu has received orthodox Confucian education since he was a child, and it is difficult to accept Zhang Yunxiu's treasonous practice, at least in a short period of time. Change your mind easily.If you show compromise to Zhang Yunxiu too quickly, it will arouse Zhang Yunxiu's suspicion.

What made Zhan Yu feel dumbfounded was that he didn't understand the deep meaning of what Meng Zixiu said to him until now, and it wasn't until now that he realized that Mencius Xiu was not a distant cousin, but Meng Ai's relative. The second brother, and Meng Kuang is not the real brother, but his own sister.Meng Zixiu, Meng Kuang, and Meng Ai are three brothers and sisters, but this fact was told to him by the guy in front of him who had just made him his lifelong enemy.

He couldn't help but feel a little sad. Was it because he was so unreliable that the Meng brothers and sisters dared not tell him all the facts?But if you really think about the problem from their perspective, you are indeed a person with a bright future and a blessing from your family background, and the identity gap between you and Meng Yan is indeed a huge problem.

In the past few days, Zhan Yu has not been thinking about escaping, but thinking about his future.His only goal since he was a child was to get out of his uncle's control, to be able to stand out and live a relatively free life.In the past, he thought that if he wanted to fight against his uncle, he had to stand out and possess strength comparable to his uncle.But over the past year, he found that the more prominent he was, the tighter and tighter his uncle's net would wrap him.He is like a monkey grandson at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain, and he will never escape the palm of the Tathagata Buddha.

If he doesn't marry Meng An and honestly follows his uncle's arrangement step by step, then after the Korean War against Japan, he should follow his uncle's arrangement to get married when he goes back.He knew that he was incapable of resisting his uncle's arrangement, and once he went back, he would really fall into that big net.If his wife was not Meng Ai, he tried to imagine it, only to feel that his life after that would be gloomy and meaningless.

If you can't marry the woman you love and spend your whole life with you, isn't this life just for your uncle?When he goes out, he is a dog, but when he is inside, he is cynical and cold. He is an imposing man of seven feet, if he can't live like a human being, he might as well die.

Dead...Could it be that the Meng family is planning to feign death to escape the control of the court?What Mencius said to him that day kept lingering in his ears, which made him gradually have such a guess.If this is the case, then he... Why not go with them, for the sake of Meng Yan, it is not difficult for Zhan Yu to give up those flashy things of fame and fortune.It's just that his parents are still alive, so as a son of man, he must bear the name of unfilial piety.

Feigning death... He decided to feign death and follow the Meng family.Fake death on the battlefield, even if he sacrificed his life for the country, he will not be criticized for being unfilial to the outside world. Even if his parents are sad, they are only sad that their son died on the battlefield, and they will not be sad that their son abandoned them.And his parents didn't lack his support, so instead of ruining his life with foolish filial piety, it's better to feign death and escape.This idea is really rebellious, but on the third day of being imprisoned in the Joseon King's capital, he still made such a major decision that would affect his future life.Of course, Zhan Yu has a moral burden in his heart, but he made this decision purely out of emotion, and he was actually relieved in his heart.He has not been close to his parents since he was a child. His father is a person he hardly sees. As a married son-in-law, he plays outside all day long and doesn't care about his wife and son.And Zhan Yu's mother was frail and melancholy, which brought Zhan Yu an extremely depressive childhood, which was also the most original reason why Zhan Yu wanted to escape from the Zhang family.

After thinking about the direction of life, the most important thing is to get out of Zhang Yunxiu's control and join the Meng family.For him, this is simply impossible. He is currently surrounded by tens of thousands of Japanese pirates. If there is no one to help him, he will not be able to escape even with wings.If they can't escape, the beautiful idea of ​​feigning death to follow the Meng family's hidden world has come to naught, and there is no way to talk about it.

what to do?He gradually fell into deep thought.

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Governor Xiaoxi found that he had been completely fooled by the Ming army. Although the Ming army let him withdraw from Pyongyang City and cross the Datong River, he did not know how many times he encountered it during the whole process of his retreat southward. Ambush and kill, the large army was defeated and fled.Not only him, but all the Japanese troops along the line were being defeated. The Ming army was coming fiercely, and the Japanese troops entrenched in the north were hard to resist.Only Kato Kiyomasa still has thousands of troops entrenched in Hamgyong Road, which cannot be wiped out by the Ming army for the time being.

Over the next ten days, the powerful Ming army regained a series of important cities along the line from Pyongyang to Kaesong, making it difficult for the Japanese army to parry.In particular, the Frang machine guns, tiger squatting guns, and extermination guns held by the Ming army were simply excellent weapons for attacking the city and killing the enemy. The continuous bombardment of the cannons caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army.The Japanese army led by the vassal lords of various Japanese lands had to gather near the Joseon king capital to discuss the matter of resisting the Ming army.

However, the situation of the Ming army at this time was not good. Since the Kato Qingzheng army on Hamgyong Road could not be wiped out, the Ming army's flanks facing Ping'an Road and Huaihai Road might be attacked at any time.If they can take advantage of the victory and take Wangjing in one go, the Kato Kiyomasa Department in Hamgyong Province will be completely isolated; otherwise, they will have to retreat to Pyongyang to prevent being flanked by the Japanese army.

At this time, the Ming army that had penetrated into the hinterland of North Korea was already hundreds of miles away from Liaodong, and the supply line was getting longer and longer, while the local supplies in North Korea could not keep up, and these North Koreans were still playing tricks with the Ming army. The generals have repeatedly urged local North Korean officials to stockpile their warehouses together, but the North Koreans don’t know whether it’s because they lack the ability or simply don’t want to do this. The warehouses are very scattered, and the amount of grain stored at each storage point is very limited.This made it difficult for the troops of the Ming army to gather together on a large scale, and had to divide the troops into scattered departments and act in batches.

The Japanese prisoners in Pyongyang reported that there were 3000 Japanese soldiers in Wangjing. In order to recover their lost territory as soon as possible, the North Korean monarchs repeatedly urged the Ming Dynasty army to march immediately, knowing that the main force of the Japanese army gathered in Wangjing.Liu Chenglong, an important minister of North Korea, did not hesitate to act as an official and a pariah in the body of two classes of nobles, giving up the safety and warmth in the back, and went to the front line in person to supervise the erection of a pontoon bridge on the Linjin River so that the Ming army's artillery vehicles and ordnance could cross the river as soon as possible. He also notified the Ming army that "there are no more than ten thousand Japanese pirates in the city (Wang Jing)".Liu Chenglong and the Japanese prisoners reported to the Ming army that there was a huge difference in the strength of the Japanese army in Wangjing. The Japanese army’s strength was no more than 3000 as claimed by the Joseon Dynasty. The current strength of the Ming army is naturally worthy of a battle; With so many people, what the Ming army needs to consider is how to surrender Pyongyang to wait for reinforcements.After the great victory, but without definite information from the enemy, Li Rusong ordered Gao Ce and Liang Xin to rush [-] people to repair the Pyongyang city defenses, and at the same time personally led [-] vanguard troops to cross the Linjin River to investigate the enemy's situation.

Time passed gradually amidst continuous wars, and before one knew it, the year had passed, and it was the end of the first month of the 21st year of Wanli.The war is ruthless. All the soldiers spent this new year in the freezing cold of the battlefield. They didn't even have enough food to eat, let alone any rewards for the new year.At most, it's just a few wild game, grilling around the campfire to satisfy your hunger.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, Li Rusong arrived in Paju with 3000 troops.And three days ago, the Jinyiwei investigation battalion led by Luo Xun had been stationed here, and conducted investigations around Wangjing for three consecutive days.After Li Rusong arrived, he immediately summoned Luo Xun, Guo Dayou, Meng Kuang and other Jinyiwei chiefs to discuss the next reconnaissance with all the Ming and Dynasty generals under him.

Luo Xun said at the meeting that Jinyiwei's preliminary survey found that the Japanese army near Wangjing had a strength of about 10, which was neither the more than [-] as Liu Chenglong said, nor the [-] Japanese prisoners said.

"Kato Kiyomasa traveled a long distance, bypassing our tentacles, and went south from Hamgyong Road from the east. He just arrived at Wangjing Confluence yesterday. The number of 5 people is the number after Kato Kiyomasa's final confluence. Of course, it is not exact. It is only an approximation based on our judgment. At present, the two princes of North Korea, Jun He and Lin Hai, are still under the control of the Kato Army, and they are also in Wang Jing. In addition... Zhan Yu also fell into Wang Jing, because we cannot enter the city, we temporarily Don't know about him."

Luo Xun's words made Li Rusong's expression somber.It is a good thing that Kato Kiyoshi is going south from Hamgyong Road, which means that the Ming army does not have to worry about being flanked by the rear.But the current situation is still not completely favorable to the Ming army, Li Rusong needs to make a careful judgment.

At this time, Luo Xun clicked a location on the map with his hand.This location is about fifteen miles north of Wangjing, in a mountain forest area with ravines and ravines. There is a post house here, called "Bi Ti Pavilion".

"My people reported that Japanese soldiers were stationed near the Biche Pavilion, but because the terrain here is very complicated, my people only saw the flag of the Japanese army on the top of the mountain at the foot of the mountain, and they didn't dare to go any further. Closer, but also failed to find out its details."

Li Rusong pondered and said: "Well... it's worth sending someone to check the situation. How about it, Zha Dashou, tomorrow you and General Gao Yanbogao of North Korea, together with Luo Qianhu's Jin Yiwei, bring five hundred scout cavalry, Go to this place to find out the truth."

"Yes!" Zha Dashou, who was present at the meeting, immediately responded brightly.

Gao Yanbo also received the task through the translator, and exchanged glances with Zha Dashou.

After the meeting, Luo Xun led Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang to stay alone.Luo Xun wants to discuss more important matters with Li Rusong - to trap Zhang Yunxiu.

"You mean, you think the Japanese army in the Bichi Pavilion was a trap set by Zhang Yunxiu?" Li Rusong asked with raised eyebrows.

"Yes, they may set up a small group of remnants to lure us to fight. If they escape, we will surely pursue the victory. They will especially try to guide you to lead the army to pursue them. Once you lead the troops to pursue them, they will guide us to the Bishou Pavilion In the nearby canyon, if there is an ambush by the main force of the Japanese army, we will be in danger." Luo Xun said.

"Ridiculous! How could I act so rashly? And who is Zhang Yunxiu, a traitor, who can influence the deployment of the Japanese army?" Li Rusong didn't care.

Luo Xun said: "At present, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in Wang Jingzhong should be the family of Ukita Hideyoshi. This person is the adopted son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he is quite trusted by the Toyotomi clan. If Zhang Yunxiu can persuade him, he will be able to control the Japanese army." The deployment of the army. I think he has a great chance of persuading Yu Xiduo, because Zhang Yunxiu's understanding of the Liaodong Army is very worthwhile in itself. Admiral, you only brought 3000 people across the river this time. Do you also think that the remnants of the Japanese army Not to be feared, 3000 people are enough to wipe out?"

Li Rusong didn't answer, his face was gloomy, as if he had been poked in a sore spot.After a while, he changed the subject and said:

"You have captured Wang Daoming, and you haven't started trapping Zhang Yunxiu until now. A few days ago, I read the plan submitted by Mencius Xiu from Zha Dashou's team. It is feasible, but it is still very vague. When is the best time?"

Guo Dayou took over the conversation and said: "Admiral, now is the best time. The Bizhi Pavilion is a trap set by Zhang Yunxiu, and he must have the intention of trapping Li Sui'er. We only need to use our tactics to catch this son." .”

"I don't understand, are you stupid enough to take Li Sui'er to the battlefield? If she doesn't go out in the rear, how will Zhang Yunxiu trap her?" Li Rusong asked.

Guo Dayou immediately replied: "Admiral, now our stronghold is in this small place in Paju, but there are only 3000 people. There is no doubt that Li Sui'er is in the stronghold. The main force behind is still on the north side of the Linjin River. If we really fall into the trap , 3000 people are not enough, the stronghold will definitely come out with all its troops, and the logistics troops will be dragged behind if they can't keep up with the frontline combat troops. What's the problem?"

Li Rusong was very displeased: "I said, I will not make such a low-level mistake."

"If we don't pretend to be fooled, we can first let Wang Daoming write a handwritten letter to interfere and confuse Zhang Yunxiu, so that Zhang Yunxiu will not realize that we have seen through his scheme, so our plan of scheming will come true." Guo Dayou didn't care about Li Rusong's emotions, Gu Zi said.

Li Rusong thought about it and said:

"I will consider this matter, you go out first, let me think about it again."

Luo Xun, Guo Dayou and Meng Kuang looked at each other, feeling something was wrong.Guo Dayou was about to speak, but was stopped by Luo Xun, and the three of them quickly exited Li Rusong's big tent and went to their own tent.

"What does Li Da mean? If he doesn't listen to us, will he arrest Zhang Yunxiu?" Guo Dayou was very upset.

Luo Xun sighed, and said slowly: "He does not completely agree with our position. If we let us take down Zhang Yunxiu and take back the pictures of thousands of beasts and flowers, then the Jurchen will definitely be attacked by the court, and the Li family in Liaodong will end up with this It was completely in the hands of the imperial court, and he was very afraid of it. I guess, he wanted to catch Zhang Yunxiu himself and leave us alone."

"Apart from us, he can't catch Zhang Yunxiu, not only can't catch him, but he will also lose his troops." Meng Kuang said softly beside him.At that time, they had already reached the entrance of their tent, and just as Mencius opened the curtain and came out, he couldn't help laughing when he heard Meng Kuang's words.

"Ah Qing is right, Li Rusong can't leave us alone. But he must take the initiative, I guess you failed to persuade him, right. Don't worry, he will come to us later."

Guo Dayou laughed and joked, "Mr. Meng, you are really a fortune teller."

"What a fortune teller, come in and eat." There was a scent coming from the tent, and Bai Yuyin's smiling voice.Everyone got into the warm tent together.