On the eighth day of the second month, 1,000 people from Xiubao's headquarters launched a breakthrough from the southern foot of Zhushan, and after a fierce battle, they broke through Li Jingxiao's encirclement network at the cost of losing nearly half of their troops, and retreated from Zhushan to Anseong;

At the same time, the remnants of the Eastern Route Army led by Xiujia also lost troops under the pursuit of the Ming army, first outside Fengyang City, in order to cover the crossing of the river by the large army, Jiji Xuxiong led the iron artillery team to block the palace, but was killed by Li Rubai; When he fled to Kexing-ri, north of Chungju, the long boat Tsunashi was alone in the palace, and he also became a lonely soul under the gun, and at the same time, nearly 80 soldiers who had made great achievements in the battle of Nampo were killed, so far, there were only more than 1,000 people left in the Xiujia department;

Knowing that the Xiu family had escaped from the West Road, Fukushima Gaoji and Dao Kiyoxing, who were in charge of the feint attack on Chungju, felt that they had done their best, so they hurriedly collected their troops and retreated south in the middle of the night before the Ming army defending the city was discovered, and went south along Yueyue Mountain, crossed the Bird Ridge, and arrived at Wenqing;

The Fujido Gaohu and Nasu Ziji, who were responsible for attacking Danyang, crossed the Namhan River in the middle of the night on the eighth day of the first month, and after nearly three hours of fierce battles, they finally captured this fortress in the early morning of the next day, which was also the first siege victory since the siege of Jiulong, and it was also due to the fact that the Xiu family escaped from the west road, and the strategic significance of Danyang no longer existed.

On the tenth day of the first month of February, more than 420 people from the Xiubao Department arrived in Anseong, and finally were trapped in the city due to too many wounded and insufficient food and grass. Unexpectedly, the siege was not yet completed, the 17,000 army led by Xiuyuan broke through from the western suburbs into the boundary of Anseong, and the 3,000 forwards led by Kato Kiyomasa were even more unexpected to kill behind the Ming army. The Japanese army did not take much advantage, and nearly 400 people were killed and wounded. For safety reasons, Xiubao and others left Anseong overnight, made a detour to Jincheon, and retreated to Cheongju through the ruins of Cheonan;

Traveling to Yangcheng, Xiujia was caught up by Li Rubai again, Ashizuka Zhongemon tried to exchange Yao Zongchuan and other Ming army prisoners for a way to live, Rubai pretended to agree, but during the negotiation with an ambush to kill Zhongyouemon and his party, Yao Zongchuan and others also died in the chaos, Xiujia learned the bad news, actually abandoned nearly a thousand soldiers in disregard, and Konishi Yukichang and more than ten close attendants absconded in chaos, and finally arrived in Qingzhou five days later, and the Japanese army was leaderless, they all disarmed and surrendered, Rubai immediately killed and surrendered, which can be regarded as revenge for the battle of Nanpo;

On the same day, Dong Yiyuan and Li Rumei led 20,000 Ming troops across Xiaobai Mountain and pursued the remnants of the Tokugawa army to the south. How do you know that the Ming army is also divided into three routes, led by Dong Yiyuan, Li Rumei and Po Gui respectively, and they are constantly chasing and killing;

At noon on the same day, Gao Hu and Gao Ji met at Wenqing, learned of the defeat of Jecheon, and at the same time received a letter from Hideho, ordering them to cross the Seoli Mountain to Cheongju to join the large army; That night, the defenders of Chungju arrived at the ruins of Danyang, and seeing that there was no boat to cross the river, they had to return to Chungju to find another way, and the plan to pursue Gaoji had to be temporarily shelved;

On February 12, after receiving Li Jingxiao's request for help, Ma Gui led 10,000 men to Pyeongtaek, and the Zhushan Ming army went south, intending to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese army in Qingzhou, however, when the troops marched to Zengping, which was not fifty miles away from Qingzhou, they happened to encounter Gao Hu and Gao Ji who came from Wenqing, and the two sides immediately started a fierce battle, and in the evening, the Japanese army gradually lost its support and began to retreat to Qingzhou City.

On this day, the Tokugawa army suffered heavy losses, first at Panqiu, west of Eijo, Ishikawa Tadashi, the second son of Okubo Tadashi, set up a formation to block Dong Yiyuan, but died under the random arrows, and all the 200 warriors under his command were killed; He led the remnants of more than 100 people to retreat to Cape Ryushu near the Sea of Japan, and after kowtowing goodbye to Honda Tadakatsu on the other side of the sea, he jumped into the icy sea water and ended his young life, and the Japanese soldiers around him either fought to the death, or committed suicide by jumping off the cliff, and no one surrendered, so as to achieve the heroic name of "One Hundred Warriors of Longhu";

Although Zhongzong and Zhongchao were unable to return to the sky, their struggle still severely frustrated the Ming army's spirit, the battle of Panqiu, Zhongzong resisted 6,000 Ming troops with 200, although the whole army was annihilated, but also caused nearly 2,000 casualties of the Ming army, so that Dong Yiyuan had to suspend the pursuit, and finally let the loyal neighbors escape smoothly; The battle of Zhubian, the Ming army also suffered heavy casualties, 800 people of the loyal dynasty actually killed and injured nearly 5,000 Ming troops, especially in Longchuan Cape, many Japanese troops jumped off the cliff with the Ming army, this scene really frightened Quite Gui, after this battle, Quite Gui gave up going south to join Rumei, and then led the remaining 2,000 troops to return to Dichuan to rest, and put Rumei in a lonely deep situation;

At the critical moment, the father and son of Nabeshima, who were stationed in the castle of Gayageum, led 3,000 troops to help, and Busan's Kobayakawa Hideaki also personally led 8,000 troops to the expedition, and the number of Japanese troops increased sharply to 12,000.

On February 13, Ma Gui and Li Jingxiao set out again to attack Qingzhou, at this time the Qingzhou city garrison more than 20,000 soldiers, the city wall is high, the grain and grass are abundant, the ammunition is sufficient, the Ming army has failed to attack several times, but the suppression of heavy firearms such as the Fur machine has been repeatedly frustrated, and there are more than 1,000 casualties in one day, although Li Jingxiao insisted on attacking, but considering the actual situation, Ma Gui still decided to return to Zengping to rest;

Dong Yiyuan, who was the first to get the news of the withdrawal of the army, also decided to withdraw from the battlefield and return to Jecheon after eliminating a hundred-man army of the Tokugawa army in Akagi, and at the same time sent someone to send a secret letter to Rumei, who was far away in Andong, asking him to lead the army to retreat and avoid going deep alone;

However, it was too late, the night before, the three thousand troops of Shimazu father and son quietly entered Andong City, making the situation of the Ming army more critical, early that morning, the number of Japanese troops who had been twice the Ming army launched a counterattack, such as Mei Gumu was difficult to support, while fighting and retreating, first was driven to Wengquan, and then was driven back to Rongcheng, and finally had to cross the Xiaobai Mountain and retreat to Gangwon Road, at this time the eight thousand Ming army was only five or six;

The Japanese army was also at the end of the crossbow, according to Xiuqiu's suggestion, except for sending part of the army to receive Wen Qing, the rest of the troops returned to Andong, so far, the battle on the Eastern Front is over;

On February 15, the news of the Eastern Front reached Zengping, and Ma Gui immediately ordered the army to withdraw from Chungcheong Province and return to Pyeongtaek.

From the defeat of Wonju on January 18 to the retreat of the Ming army on February 15, the "Great Battle of the Central Plains" (the place is located in the middle of the Korean Peninsula and is called the "Central Plains" by few people following the example of China) that lasted for nearly a month and invested more than 100,000 troops.

The defeat of the Eastern Route Army in Yuanzhou was the fuse of this battle, and then the first Battle of Dichuan, the Battle of Fengyang, the Breakthrough of Kowloon and the final Battle of Yangcheng all ended in failure, which greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army, and also reduced the strength from more than 20,000 at the beginning of the war to more than 10 people, not only that, but his defeat directly dragged Xiubao and Xiuzhong into danger, indirectly led to the participation of Xiuyuan and Xiuqiu, destroyed the strategic deployment of the Japanese army in Korea, and burned the good situation, so to speak, Hideya and the governor were the initiators of this battle, and if they were not punished, Hideyoshi would probably not be able to explain to the rest of the world.

Next, let's talk about the Middle Route Army, it can be said that before the Battle of Jishan, Xiuzhong's performance was still remarkable, capturing Chungju and unifying Chungcheongdo; The first battle of Zhushan, advancing into Gyeonggi Province, which was much better than Xiujia, but Jishan was defeated, three thousand elites were wiped out, and the middle route army was slumped.

However, at the critical juncture, Okubo's Pangaoka and Honda's Takebe once again demonstrated the terrifying "Mikawa Soul", and it was precisely because of their desperate struggle that Hidetada was spared death, and the overwhelming advantage of the Ming army on the eastern route was also evaporated.

But after all, this belongs to the "later force", which cannot change the fate of the 20,000 troops of the Tokugawa family who were almost completely wiped out, let alone reverse the general trend of the offensive and defensive transformation of the Korean War, and the eastern road is powerless.

As for the Western Route Army, it became the biggest winner of this battle along with Busan. from

From the Battle of Namwon to the invasion of Cheongju, from the Battle of Yeongdo to the total annihilation of the Korean naval army, Xiuwon and Xiuqiu can be described as "invincible and invincible", and they have proved their strength with one victory after another, and established their prestige and status in the army, which is even undeniable.

However, the battles they won were all won by many victories and weak victories over the strong, the battle of the Southern Plains, 20,000 against 3,000; In the Battle of Yeongdo, the number of ships was similar, but the total strength was three times that of the Korean naval forces. Moreover, they did not participate in the "Central Plains Battle" that affected the four provinces in the early stage, but only sent troops to meet the Japanese troops retreating from the front line in the later stage, which greatly reduced the gold content of the results they achieved, and also directly affected their image in the eyes of Hideyoshi (watching the fire from the other side and reaping the profits), but they also preserved their combat strength, so that the Ming army did not dare to launch a counteroffensive in a short period of time, creating a more relaxed environment for the subsequent strategic deployment.

In the end, it is natural to talk about Xiubao, who died all his life, he would not have participated in this battle (after all, he was the general of the Sacheon garrison), it was because Xiuzhong was captured that he led Quan Jian to Chenghuanli at Xiuyuan's request, it can be said that it was Xiuyuan and Xiuzhong who pulled him into the fire pit, and Xiujia kicked him into the fire pit again.

In the early stage of entering the dynasty, the outstanding performance in the naval battle of Yeongdao earned enough face for Hidebo, captured Xianshan Island and Gucheng, especially the capture of the Marshal of the Eight Soldiers and Horses of North Korea, which made Hideyoshi give him full affirmation, the war has come to this, Hidebo's goal of entering the dynasty has been achieved, and the next thing he has to do is to consolidate the results of the war, as for the war on the northern front, it has nothing to do with him.

However, with the changes on the northern front, Xiubao fell deeper and deeper there, and finally rescued Xiuzhong and Xiujia, but he almost became a ghost under the knife, which really cast a shadow on his performance on the Korean battlefield.

But Hideyoshi didn't think so, because of the Hideya and the president's report, he felt that Hideho was a military general who valued love and righteousness, in order to save friendly troops, led a small number of troops to fight against the Ming army that was nearly ten times his own, this kind of courage to do it knowing that he couldn't do it, so that Hideyoshi thought of himself when he was young, and also strengthened his determination to appoint Hideyoshi as Hideyoshi's aftersight, which was mainly manifested in the specific rewards and punishments of Hideyoshi after the war, which is also subject to the next breakdown.

(You have also seen it, the above is my idea for the next few chapters, and now I will tell you about it, some people say that North Korea has nothing to write about, so do you see it now?) After this great battle, Hidebo had both gains and losses, two more allies (so far) and two less competitors (Hideaki and Hidemoto), and was affirmed by Hideyoshi (which is the most important), laying the foundation for his future return. Okay, that's all for today, there are a few more chapters in North Korea to deal with the aftermath, I have the name of the third volume in mind, and I plan to call it "Decisive Sekigahara", everyone should be able to think of the next plot, right? ）