Chapter 34 The troops enter Nanpu

"Guan Bai, the matter has come to this point, you can only continue to fight, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. " Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first to take a stand.

This time, the plan to enter the Ming Dynasty through Korean soldiers was planned by him. Originally, according to his plan, the attack on the Ming Dynasty was carried out by the army and navy together, and the simultaneous advance would definitely make the Ming army scramble and tired to deal with. However, before the time came for the navy to act, the vanguard of Governor Konishi suffered such a great defeat, which was really somewhat unexpected.

"Sekihaku, what Tokugawa-sama said is very true, as a samurai, you must not bow to the enemy!" Yantian Nagamasa immediately echoed him, he was an out-and-out militant and the first fierce general under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After leading the troops for so many years, in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's memory, this guy has never retreated with soldiers.

"Kato-kun, what do you think?" Although he already had an idea in his heart, Toyotomi Hideyoshi still hoped that everyone would agree with him, so that he would not have to worry about mediation.

Kato Kiyomasa is a low-key person, in the eyes of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, this is a wise general who is completely different from Yantian Nagamasa, and is second only to Tokugawa Ieyasu in terms of military strategy and resourcefulness. And the first legion of the Konishi Yuki, both wise and brave, although one of the aspects alone is inferior to the other two corps commanders, but combined with a rare handsome talent, it is precisely because of this that he values him the most, and even the first legion with a full 100,000 army is assigned to his account.

Regarding sending troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, Kato Kiyomasa has always been opposed. You must know that the Ming Dynasty, a neighbor, has a vast territory and a large population, and there are more than a million soldiers and horses alone, how can it be easy to provoke? However, it was difficult to speak alone, and he alone could not change the mind of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was supported by others, and in the end, he could only reluctantly follow along.

Now Konishi's crushing defeat in North Korea is what he has been most worried about. However, he also knew in his heart that it was difficult to ride a tiger now, even if the road ahead was slim, he could only go all the way to the smoke, otherwise there would be chaos in the country!

"Lord Sekibai, Kato is willing to lead the troops to North Korea to assist Konishi-kun in the battle against the Ming army."

Kato Kiyomasa said what Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to hear the most, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, nodded and smiled: "That's good, that's good." As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Masao Watanabe, who had been smoking and not speaking, "Watanabe-kun, what do you think about this?" ”

Watanabe Masao definitely raised his hands in favor of this, according to his original idea, long before the start of the war, Toyotomi Hideyoshi should mobilize the power of the whole country to start a war, and deter everyone in the Ming Dynasty with the power of thunder.

"Guan Bai, let Watanabe's navy give the Ming army some power to see." Watanabe said arrogantly, with an invincible posture in the world.

The generals worked together, this is the situation that Toyotomi Hideyoshi is most willing to see, and the depression brought about by the news of the defeat in advance suddenly dissipated, and he laughed loudly: "All the kings are of one heart, this battle will definitely be won!" ”

After some planning, at the suggestion of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi finally decided to send Yanda Nagamasa to lead his 3rd Army of 50,000 troops to cross the sea and march into Korea by boat. In the current situation, it is necessary to send this No. 1 general to boost morale.

The 3rd Army Corps and 30,000 soldiers and horses of the navy will land at Incheon, and after joining up with the 20,000 men and horses of the 1st Army Corps guarding the southern part of Korea, they will deploy defenses along the line of Kaesong, Panmunjom, Icheon, and Jinhua from south to north, relying on the steep mountains to resist the Ming army's advance.

At the same time, Watanabe Masao's fleet sent the Third Army to Incheon and then went directly to Nampo to receive the 20,000 men of Konishi Yukinaga to Incheon, and joined forces with the Third Army and the navy's non-commissioned officers to fight the enemy.

In this way, a total of 120,000 men and horses, relying on the dangerous terrain from Kaesong to Jinhua to face the Ming army, although they did not dare to win easily, but it was absolutely impossible to lose the battle. Unless Yukicho Konishi and Yantian Nagamasa have a show of brains, trying their best to find death.

Time was running out, and after the battle plan was decided, the 50,000 horses of the First Army and the 30,000 horses of the Navy immediately boarded ships and left for Korea.

Transporting 80,000 troops at a time is not something that Masao Watanabe can do with his current strength. Fortunately, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had collected more than 1,000 fishing boats to stand by in Nagoya in order to deal with any possible situation, so it was difficult to do it.

At the same time, Shen Chongming, who saw that the weather was getting warmer and the ginseng soup had also played a role in typhoid fever, was also in a good mood, and took advantage of the gathering of several people in Pyongyang to discuss the next battle plan.

Shen Chongming did not believe this at all, because according to the information sent by Li Futong before crossing the river, the total number of Japanese in northern Korea was only 80,000. Although the brothers were brave in battle, this great feather could not be cured for a long time.

Fortunately, he has his own account in his heart, and there are always 60,000 enemies to be destroyed. With such heavy casualties, the remaining 20,000 pirates at the moment can be said to have completely lost their resistance, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered waiting for its butcher's knife to fall.

"The news that a total of 100,000 people from all walks of life have been reported to the imperial court, and I believe that it will not be long before the imperial court's commendation will be returned. At present, the remaining 20,000 horses of the Japanese are concentrated in Nanpu City, but they are already frightened birds, and they do not have the courage to compete with the imperial army again. In this way, we can only take the initiative to clean them up. Shen Chongming said with a smile, and did not mention the matter of lying about the results of the battle. Send this false news back to the court, and let the emperor and his old man be happy.

Everyone's faces turned red, especially Nalando. Although the others also more or less falsely reported the number of enemies destroyed, he did have the most. Obviously, the enemy annihilated was less than 5,000, but he boasted that he had 35,000 people, which was really too false.

With uneasiness, Nalandoji hurriedly got up and hugged his fists and said: "My lord, at the end of this battle, I am willing to be the vanguard, and I am bound to take Nanpu!" "If you can make new contributions, your lying about your achievements will be revealed.

"Hehe, Lord Nalan don't be impatient, this battle is in no particular order, and the official has his own arrangements for everything. It's only been more than half a month, and presumably the Japanese have a new plan, maybe their reinforcements are already on the way. Therefore, in this battle, the annihilation of the enemy in Nanpu is small, and the annihilation of their reinforcements is the top priority, I don't know what you adults think? Shen Chongming glanced at everyone and asked, this can be regarded as brainstorming.

Everyone naturally praised him one after another, no one was as good as Shen Chongming in this war arrangement, and he was the main general, so he would do whatever he said.

"In that case, let's go back and prepare. Early tomorrow morning, the army will enter Nanpu! Shen Chongming got up and said, this matter is completely settled.

Although they experienced the attack of wind and cold, this victory also really encouraged the morale of the soldiers, coupled with the daily ginseng soup urging, the soldiers were all angry and urgently needed to vent. It's a pity that the military law is strict and he doesn't dare to do anything wrong, so he can only think about killing the enemy on the battlefield. If you catch a few little pirates with fine skin and tender meat, you can also open the foreign meat.

Now as soon as I heard that I was going to march into Nanpu early tomorrow morning, I was gearing up to do a big job.

Pyongyang to Nampo is only more than 300 miles, and the terrain on this road is flat, except for a few small hills, there are no high mountains and mountains, if you rush to the express, fast horses can travel from Pyongyang to Nampo in less than a day. Therefore, the army marched very fast, and more than 60,000 men and horses could travel hundreds of miles a day with two legs, and arrived outside Nanpu City after three days.

During this period, the city wall of Nanpo had already been strengthened by the defeated generals under his command of 20,000 remnants of the defeated generals and the driven Korean people, both inside and out, and the equipment needed to defend the city was also well prepared, and he was always preparing for a difficult battle to defend the city.

Seeing that the Ming army who had been worried for a long time was approaching the city, but his own reinforcements had not yet arrived, the well-prepared Konishi Yukichang still couldn't help but be a little worried, in case the reinforcements were lost before they arrived in Nanpu, would he have to die on the battlefield?

"Goto-kun, have you ever arranged the troops?" Konishi Yuki took a look at the hostility under the castle for a while, and turned back to the original Nanpu guard general Goto Chiyoi and asked.

Although Goto Chitakeshi is a general under President Konishi, he is far less comfortable than Otomo's bucket, so many things will be completely relieved if President Konishi has to ask about it in person.

"Your Excellency Commander of the Legion, all the matters of defending the city have been arranged, just wait for the Ming army to come up and find death." Goto Chiyoi said with a grim face, looking at the eyes of the Ming army under the city full of hatred. Kimura is his own cousin, and since hearing about his death, Goto Kayoshi has been thinking about revenge all the time.

Goto Chitakei's plan for revenge Konishi Yukicho was also clear in his heart, but he was extremely unhappy that Goto had such an idea to fight against the Ming army. Such a person is not suitable to be a general at all, if it were not for the current crisis, he would definitely have to replace him.

"Killing the enemy is a small matter, but holding Nanpu is a big deal, Goto-kun must not act recklessly." Governor Konishi said vaguely.

Although Goto Chiyoshi didn't hear the vague meaning, he didn't like to hear it to Konishi Yukicho. Even so, after all, Governor Konishi was on the peak, so he could only nod patiently and said, "Your Excellency the Legion Commander, please rest assured, Goto will definitely do it." ”

Konishi Yukicho is not a simple character, and although the impatience on Goto Kayoi's face flashed away, it did not escape his eyes. However, Governor Konishi didn't make it clear, anyway, he was in Nanpu City, if he dared to come nonsense, he would take it casually, and it was not worth worrying too much about it at all.

However, as time passed, the situation gradually became confusing, and two days passed, and the Ming army outside the city did not even move!

Although it seemed to be a good thing, President Konishi was even more worried in his heart, and he was speculating all day about what Shen Chongming's plan was.

The authorities were confused, and Governor Konishi, who was in a puzzle, was puzzled, and he couldn't guess what the Ming army was planning, and his brows were furrowed all day, like a dying old man.

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