To avoid the rebellion, the royal family is urgently moved, and revenge is revenge, and volunteers are gathered

Wang Jingnei, Li Hao and his ministers were almost disheartened when they learned that Shen Li's army was defeated, and their faces were full of sadness, Li Hao said: "Shen Li is defeated, Wang Jing is in danger, should he be relocated at this time?" Li Yuanyi, the official of Cao's judgment, persuaded: "Your Highness cannot be relocated, although General Shen Yan was defeated, it will take time for the Japanese to leave the king's capital, and the soldiers should be summoned to defend the capital!" ”

Jin Yingnan, the new soldier Cao's judge, admonished: "Once it is extremely difficult to move back, please think twice about Your Highness." Li Shanhai, the leader of the council, said: "If Your Highness thinks twice, it should be relocated, Zhongzhou is three hundred and fifty miles away from Wangjing, and the enemy is fighting all the way from Pusan to Zhongzhou in less than half a month, and now there are no available troops before Wangjing, and the soldiers will come to Wangjing within three days, and the troops in Beijing are only 5,000, how to resist?" ”

Liu Chenglong said: "Three days is not short, we can pay the army to mobilize the people to replenish the army, and prepare ordnance to fight the enemy again." Li Shanhai angrily reprimanded: "Why did the Japanese invade the army so fast, but because the combat strength was invincible and the deserters were scattered, counting on the people to fight bloodily, the people of the whole country were panicked and avoided, and no one would listen to the order to defend Wang Jing!" ”

Liu Chenglong also reprimanded angrily: "Even so, it should not be relocated, His Highness's will to resist foreign enemies and how many soldiers and civilians can be united to fight together is very important, if it is immediately relocated, it will be like abandoning the subjects, and it will be difficult to gather if you lose the hearts of the people and the army, please Your Highness be clear!" ”

Li Hao was worried in his heart and had no confidence in what Liu Chenglong said, Li Hao said: "If the widow has the will to resist, the army and the people will unite to defend the country?" The widow did not agree, if there were such patriotic soldiers and civilians, why could the Japanese soldiers come to Wangjing without half a month? The widow is unwilling to move, but the subject abandons the capital! The widow listened to the intentions of the people, but the result was so that the messenger sent failed to detect the hostility, and the Ming Dynasty was misunderstood, and the repair of the army could not stop the foreign enemy. Listening to the widow's will, the widow is not voluntarily relocated, but temporarily leaving Wang Jing to reorganize his combat strength, Aiqing has many reasons to oppose the relocation, don't you know what kind of consequences will be on the national society and the people of Li once the king is captured during the war! There is no need to discuss it anymore, the Bibian Division is ready to move immediately! ”

When the news of the relocation spread, several groups of courtiers repeatedly begged to dissuade the relocation, rumors spread in Wang Jing, and the people and garrison soldiers began to flee gradually. Li Hao was sullen in the palace, and the golden nobles were accompanying him, Li Hao sighed: "The ministers are full of loyalty and virtue, and they sell their reputations, but no one except the prime minister thinks about the widow." In order to relieve Li Hao, Jin Guiren specially summoned Jin Gong to meet with Li Hao to report the escape of Wang Jing, Li Hao was shocked and more determined to relocate, at this time Jin Guiren said: "Your Highness should order to stop relocation. ”

Li Hao was puzzled, Jin Guiren said: "Although the order is not to be relocated, but in fact it will not affect the decision to relocate, because the people and soldiers have gradually fled, the king is difficult to protect, the roads have collapsed, and it is difficult for the northern soldiers to quickly go south to King Qinwang in the short term. Li Hao was overjoyed, and the rally that night ordered the broadcast to be stopped, and ordered all divisions to prepare to defend the capital. The ministers received the order, but Li Shanhai suspected that the king of Joseon had other plans, so he had to wait and see.

And Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa also met in Chungju at this time. Kato Kiyomasa said to Yukito Konishi in high spirits: "Yo, Konishi, why did you stop? Could it be that he knows that he is not defeated by North Korea and is waiting here to ask me for help. "Kato Kiyomasa is six feet five inches long, incomparably majestic, mighty and good at fighting, trustworthy and righteous, with a fierce face, domineering momentum, and everyone is afraid.

But Governor Konishi was indifferent to Kato Kiyomasa, and Governor Konishi said: "Our army is over the battle, take a little rest, my first team is too strong, if you don't wait for Kato to come and capture Wang Jing first, you won't lose face." ”

Kato sneered: "Forget Konishi, I already know that you lost 8,000 in the first battle of Chungju, and more than half of the casualties were lost. Born as a businessman, the shrewd and capable Konishi Yukichang really gave His Royal Highness Taige a long face, I should repair the Taige and reward you well. ”

Seeing that Kato Kiyomasa was sarcastic, not to be outdone, it happened that Governor Konishi also knew that there was a defection in Kato's army, so he smiled and said: "If it is a reward, it should also be rewarded together with Kato, I also know that your vanguard general Okamoto Echigo Mamoru surrendered before he fought with the enemy after landing in Korea. ”

Kato was furious and was persuaded by the generals, Konishi said: "Our army's casualties are too large, it is not appropriate to attack Wang Jing alone for the sake of safety, Kato's army is extremely brave, the first team and the second team should work together to enter the army to be foolproof, I am waiting for you to come here to discuss the military strategy with you." Kato gave up.

Although the Korean king Li Hao issued an order to defend Wang Jing, but the status quo of Wang Jing's defense is extremely bad, the divisions are at a loss for this, seeing that the Japanese army is approaching, but there is no group of ministers to ask for relocation, Li Hao is anxious, so that the court will propose to relocate again, the ministers are opposed, Li Hao said angrily: "Do you think that the widow is afraid of the enemy and death?" The widow is now eager to pick up the sword and gun and fight to the death with the widows, but the life of the widow is not the life of the widow is the life of the country, since the order to stop the relocation, now the widow has seen the unity of the city and the enemy, the subjects are deeply burdened by the widow, but the widow does not dare to fail the subjects of the world, so the widow has to temporarily leave Beijing to rearm and regain the hearts of the people and then restore the mountains and rivers, the widow will now set up Guanghai Jun as the son, and send Linhai Jun to Hamgyong Province, wait for the widow to gather troops from all over the world and then announce the world to fight to the death with the widows! Prepare for the broadcast immediately, and there must be no mistake! The ministers were stunned.

The next day, the canonization ceremony of the prince was hastily held, and the king of Gwanghae was officially crowned, and the important ministers of the court petitioned the prince to lead the country to assist the king to tide over the difficulties and create a peaceful and prosperous era again. Gwanghae-kun was impassioned and vowed to live and die with the people, and the courtiers were pleased. After the ceremony, the royal family members gathered, Linhaijun, Xinchengjun, Jin Guiren and the queen congratulated Guanghaijun one after another, but the king Li Hao was depressed, and the king Li Hao looked at Guanghaijun coldly, and asked tentatively: "The country is in danger, and it is so ruined, how does the prince feel?" Is there a hint of joy? Guanghaijun replied: "At this time, Erchen feels a heavy burden, feels a heavy responsibility, and cannot live in fear. ”

Li Hao smiled unconsciously: "Yes, you should feel like this, and it is precisely to make you feel like this that you are canonized as the son of the world, this canonization is to gather the morale of the people, it is only a temporary canonization, don't think about it." When the rebellion subsides, the widow will renegotiate with the courtiers and consult the Ming Dynasty before deciding on the state capital, you need to keep it in mind. ”

Guanghaijun's eyes were moist: "Erchen understands that Erchen will take overcoming the national disaster as his only responsibility, please rest assured." Li Hao said: "The widow is very pleased that you are very clear about your responsibilities. Then Li Hao left the table and prepared to move.

Guanghai Jun is benevolent and righteous, and has no intention of competing for the throne, but it is rare for his father to please. This time to canonize the prince, Guanghai Jun wanted to go to the country with all his heart but was coldly ridiculed by his father, and his heart was lost and sad, and the queen persuaded: "You are already a son of the world, don't care about other people's words, and be strong and self-motivated to be a model for the country." How can cowardice and powerlessness lead the country to calm down the country? How can we harvest the hearts of the people and keep the position of the son? Guanghai Jun thanked him: "Thank you for the teachings of the middle palace mother, the sons and daughters should cheer up, and the sons only hope that the national disaster will end as soon as possible, if the world is peaceful, the sons and daughters will not covet the position of the son." ”

The king Li Hao reactivated the Westerner Party Yi Dou Shou and Li Hengfu for the broadcast and relocation matters, and named Yi Dou Shou as the general of the imperial camp, responsible for the security of the royal family, and Li Hengfu was responsible for the official restoration of the capital and was responsible for the transmission of the king's order.

In the Japanese camp, Kato Kiyomasa deliberately did not wait for Konishi to take the lead in leading the army to march to Wangjing in order to conquer Wang Jing as soon as possible and capture the king of Joseon, but he did not know that Konishi Yukicho had already secretly sent a detachment led by Zong Yizhi to break through to Wang Jing in the early morning of the same day.

Jing Zhe Xuansu asked Xiao Xi, "Is Lord Zong Yizhi not enough to lead only one detachment?" Wang Jinghong has a large garrison and is extremely risky. Konishi Yukicho said with a smile: "It is precisely because the capital is located that it is easier to break, since the landing in Busan, the army has advanced rapidly, the Korean army is about to collapse, the Korean monarchs and ministers will be at a loss, the DPRK is weak, fear will make the royal capital scattered, make full use of the Korean psychology only a few hundred people to occupy the great royal capital, so I appeased Kato so that he was unaware of my secret cavalry, even if Wang Jing resisted strongly, then let Kato Kiyomasa go to slaughter them, our army only needs to capture the Korean king first can also report to the Taiko Lord to kill Kato." ”

Hyun Su then asked, "What should I do if I capture the king of Joseon?" Konishi replied that the people's intentions were the main thing, and Hyun Su asked again: "The intention of the adults is that if the people support the king of Joseon, they will persuade him to surrender, and if the king of Joseon is hated by the people, he will be killed." Konishi Yukicho said: "It is precisely in this way that it is very important for us to occupy Korea, and in order to prevent reinforcements from the Ming Kingdom, it is necessary to end the war and close Korea as soon as possible, and it is the best policy to recuperate." ”

Kato Kiyomasa wanted to capture Wangjing on May 2, but his subordinates admonished: "My lord, since the landing, the whole army has hardly repaired, and the men are sleepy and the horses are tired, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to capture Wangjing on May 2." ”

Kato Kiyomasa said: "Our army has set out ahead of the Konishi Army, and after arriving at Wangjing, we will first encircle and then rest, and after the arrival of the First Army, we will attack Wangjing together, and the primary goal of our army is to capture the Joseon King before Konishi and then report to His Royal Highness Taiko, and then say that our army has already captured Wangjing on May 2." At this time, the Malay Expedition reported that the Konishi Army's Zongyi Zhi Department had secretly opened Wang Jing in the early morning, and Kato Kiyomasa was furious and ordered the whole army to rush to Wang Jing.

In the early morning of April 30, the twentieth year of Wanli, the spring rain continued, and the Joseon king Li Hao led the members of the royal palace and the families of important ministers of the imperial court, under the escort of the imperial generals, from Wang Jing to the north. When thousands of people heard this, they stopped the king, knelt on the ground and cried and begged, begging the king of Korea not to abandon the people. Li Hao was moved, and promised the people that they would gather troops to resist the enemy and then return to Wangjing, the people cried and begged again and again, and they couldn't afford to block the streets, Li Hao was very sad, and ordered the imperial general Yi Doushou to lead the troops to expel the people, and forcibly open the road to protect the king out of the city.

After the king drove out of Beijing, the order in the city was out of control, in addition to the people who were rushing to pack up their belongings and were fleeing, the people who were resentful of the king's departure from Beijing and felt that they had been abandoned, broke into the palace and robbed, due to the royal family's relocation, the palace has been guarded, after the people broke into the palace, the remaining gold, silver, jewelry, silk clothes, utensils and food in the palace were looted, and set fire to the hatred that had been vented. The king drove not far away, wishing that the palace was in flames, and Li Hao was terrified.

Wang drove to Kaesong, Li Hao gathered the courtiers, inquired about the situation of Wang Jing, and Li Shanhai, the leader of the council, said: "Since His Royal Highness left Beijing, the palace has been looted, and the people in the city have all been scattered. ”

Idoushou said angrily: "What nonsense! Greedy villain! His Royal Highness appointed as the general of Liudu, he should be loyal to the country, buy time for the king to relocate and the people to take refuge, hide in Imjin and speak out loudly, should be sentenced to death! ”

Li Hao asked what should Idoushou do? Yi Dou Shou said: "Leaving Wangjing has made the people panic and uneasy, and it is difficult for the people to gather, and now that Kaesong is full of food and well-garrisoned, it is necessary to revitalize it here, please order the people to post a document to inform the people that His Royal Highness is determined to stick to Kaesong, then * the people's will can be determined, and the Japanese can be stopped." After the big victory, you can return the capital as soon as possible. ”

Liu Chenglong, the governor of Zuo, said: "This is very good, if you stick to Kaecheng, the ministers will immediately gather troops to Qin Wang and recover Wang Jing." Li Shanhai also agreed, and Li Hao immediately ordered the list to be published, and the people of Kaesong were ecstatic, and they rushed to tell each other, and the people who fled from all over the country flocked to Kaesong. At noon that day, Li Hao had no intention of eating, pretending to feel deep mediocrity and ignorance, the people's hearts were lost, and how to enjoy food and drink in the face of national disaster.

Yi Doushou persuaded bitterly: "Your Highness, the temporary relocation is not His Highness's fault, you must not blame yourself, although the people wail and stop the drive, it is enough to see the heart of supporting His Highness, after announcing today to stick to the city, the people are all cheering, and now everything is complicated, and the things that need to be dealt with are piled up, and they need to be full of energy." ”

Under the hard persuasion, Li Hao began to eat, and Li Hengfu was ordered to see Li Hao bring the courtiers to play the chapter, which was to ask the guilty leader Li Shanhai to play, Li Hao saw through what the courtiers pointed out at a glance, Li Hao said: "These people ask Li Shanhai to ask for relocation, so that the country is ruined, and they ask for the removal of the leader." According to the widow, it seems that he is not asking Li Shanhai to blame, but actually wants to ask the widow and remove the widow! Li Hao was in a depressed mood, so Yi Doushou and the others stepped back first and meditated alone.

After a long time, Li Hao issued an order, Li Shanhai, the leader of the council, and Liu Chenglong, the leader of the left council, were lucky about the situation of the Japanese rebellion, and turned a blind eye, so that the military preparedness was relaxed, the national prestige was greatly defeated, the people were killed, and the thieves forced Wang Jing. He listened to the army and promoted Idoushou to the left council.

As early as the ninth day of Japan's landing in Busan, Guo Zaiyou, the son of a landlord in Segan Village, Yinyeong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, organized a group of volunteers to continue guerrilla tactics. At this time, the Japanese 6th Brigade of 15,000 troops led by the famous general Kobayakawa Takakei tried to infiltrate Jeolla Province in two ways, while the 7th Brigade of the Mori Terumoto Division of 30,000 people was fully occupying Gyeongsang Province, because the Korean officers and troops of Gyeongsang Province had scattered and fled, and the 7th Brigade had not yet been harassed by the volunteers, so the Mori Division was progressing very smoothly in Gyeongsang Province, and the 3,000 troops led by the retainer of Mori Terumen's retainer Ankokuji Huiqiong were infiltrating Jeolla under the 6th Brigade of Kobayakawa Takakei.

Anguo Temple Huiqiong was originally a Maori diplomatic monk, rough military strategy, Guo Zaiyou learned of the Anguo Temple Huiqiong marching route, taking advantage of its arrogance and carelessness, that night in the mountains must pass through the ambush, Anguo Temple Huiqiong was surprised that there were still North Korean ambushes, urgently ordered the department to prepare for war to shoot the volunteers, Guo Zaiyou ordered the volunteers to set fire to the mountain pass, with rolling stones, bows and arrows to block the Japanese army, Anguo Temple Huiqiong saw the panic of the headquarters, had to order the first retreat. Guo Zaiyou saw that the Japanese army was retreating and did not pursue, so he immediately withdrew. After Anguo Temple Huiqiong finished resting and ordered the sentry to investigate that there was no danger, he marched again. On the way of the Japanese army, Guo Zaiyou harassed and attacked in the Anguo Temple day and night, and when the Japanese army pursued, he fled far away from the mountains and forests, attacked the Japanese army after a roundabout flank, and there were hundreds of casualties in many days, Anguo Temple Huiqiong was furious, and vowed to annihilate the Korean volunteers, and divided into four teams to explore the direction of the volunteers, and the headquarters marched to the Luodong River.

Guo Zaiyou's plan to break the late night plan of Huiqiong of Anguo Temple, made people disguise themselves in red clothes, led 600 volunteers to lure Huiqiong of Anguo Temple to pursue, and led the main force of volunteers to set up ambushes on both sides of the Luodong River. The next day, Anguo Temple Huiqiong on the way to see a red-clothed general leading hundreds of troops galloping in front, so when the former was disturbed by the volunteers, it was common for the leader of the soldiers to be dressed in red, and under the investigation, he knew that the red-clothed general was the leader of the volunteers Guo Zaiyou, and after confirming it, Anguosi Huiqiong identified it as the main force of the volunteers, and immediately ordered the whole army to pursue. The volunteers fought and retreated, fled to the narrow part of the Nakdong River and forcibly crossed.

Anguo Temple Huiqiong was overjoyed, so that the five hundred iron artillery team shot along the coast, so that a thousand foot light annihilated the enemy on the river beach, at this time the volunteers crossing the river suddenly reflexively attacked, the ambush on both sides of the strait rose, the arrows on the other side continued, the volunteers on the shore raided, the iron artillery team suffered a back attack, the ashigaru team was pinned, the Japanese army was shaken, Anguo Temple Huiqiong saw a red-clothed general on the other side, and knew that it was Guo Zaiyou's stand-in who was pursuing, and exclaimed in his heart, "The plan of the shadow warrior!" In order to avoid excessive casualties, the withdrawal of troops was ordered. Although Guo Zaiyou set up an ambush, but the short frontal confrontation with the Japanese still highlighted the shortcomings of Korea's weak combat strength, seeing the retreat of Anguo Temple, Guo Zaiyou also ordered a retreat.

After the Battle of the Nakdong River, there were less than 2,000 left in Anguksa Temple, and he did not dare to march on his own, so he followed the route of Kobayakawa Takakei to enter Jeolla by Juchang. When Guo Zaiyou heard the report, he hurriedly contacted Kim Cha, another volunteer leader in Gyeongsang Province. Jin Chu immediately led the volunteers to chase after Hui Qiong of Anguo Temple, and Hui Qiong was furious when he heard that he was being chased by the volunteers, and ordered to use iron cannons in front, and the samurai Ashigaru lined up to meet them. Jin Chu led the troops to arrive, was shot by the iron artillery team, and immediately panicked and retreated, Anguo Temple Huiqiong ordered pursuit, Jin Chu gradually introduced it into the valley of ambushes, Anguo Temple Huiqiong was shocked to find fraud, but at this time Guo Zaiyou and Jin Chu had ordered the archers to shoot the dry firewood and forage in the valley, and blocked the valley mouth with fire, Anguo Temple Huiqiong fought to the death, and led the remnants of the army to retreat.

The 7th Brigade in Gyeongsang Province was also harassed by the volunteers led by Zheng Inhong and Sun Renjia and was repeatedly frustrated, and the sweep in the countryside had little effect, although the city was even counted, the volunteers defended the city but it was different from the Korean official army, the soldiers and the people were one, and the combat strength was very large, and the progress of the Maori army was slow, and it took a day or two for each gram of a city, and the Maori Terumoto was very anxious, and convened the generals Yoshikawa Hiroke and Hasegawa Shuichi to discuss together. Mori Huiyuan said: "It only took half a month for the first and second teams to approach Wangjing after landing in Busan, and the Gyeongsang Province troops have long been dispersed, but now our army is slow to attack in the face of the militia, what is the reason?" ”

Yoshikawa Hiroke said: "The North Korean militia in the mountains and forests to avoid the real and virtual, raiding our logistics and heavy baggage is extremely harmful, Hasegawa Shuichi has been attacked many times at night, but in the blink of an eye it escaped into the mountains and forests, disappeared, the militia occupies the best of the geographical advantage, good at the transformation of soldiers and peasants, and our army is dispatched, easy to swagger, our army to North Korea to adapt to the need for time. Hasegawa said: "In the end, the Korean militia is nothing more than a rabble, and it is difficult to confront our army head-on, although the city is stubbornly defended, it is useless." In order to speed up the march, all the people of Korea should be killed to prevent future troubles! ”

Mori Huiyuan said: "The military order of the Seventh Brigade is to stabilize the logistics of Gyeongsang-do, and Zheng Inhong, Sun Injia, Guo Zaiyou, Kim Chu and others are in great trouble for us, but the Korean people cannot be completely exterminated, first occupy the entire territory of Gyeongsang-do and then appease the people, and gradually exterminate the volunteers." ”

On the other side, in the camp of the Rokuban team, Kobayakawa Takashi heard that Mori Terumoto was repeatedly attacked and harassed by volunteers in Gyeongsang-do, and his troops were advancing slowly, and it was difficult to hide a trace of sorrow under his originally calm and wise appearance, which made the wrinkles of old age more obvious. Kobayakawa Takakei said to his subordinate general, Tachibana Muneshige: "Lord Terumoto is young and resourceful, negligent in battle, and the Shiban team has 30,000 troops, but the offensive is still slow to deal with the militia defending the city in Gyeongsang Province, and it is really difficult to bear the prestige of his grandfather Mori Moto. ”

Tachibana Muneshige said: "After all, Lord Terumoto is the governor of the Mori family, Lord Kobayakawa and Lord Yoshikawa are both the sons of Lord Mori Moto, and they are the uncles of Lord Terumoto. In his early years, Lord Kobayakawa followed Yuan to fight in the south and the north, and now he is relied on by His Royal Highness Taiko, and is the pillar of the Maori family. ”

Kobayakawa Takakei said: "What Zong Shige said is extremely true, the militia can be everywhere, and if our army wants to infiltrate Jeolla without being frustrated by the Korean militia, it must be a battalion step by step, properly defended, and not restrained by the enemy in the shadows. Tachibana, you have also pursued the militia several times, and you can send a letter to Yoshikawa Hiro's house with what you see. The 6th and 7th teams should not be maneuvered between the Korean militia, and I told Yu Kita Hideya and asked him to order the 8th and 9th teams to help suppress the militia. Tachibana Soshige took the order and left.