As early as when the Seoul Command received the news that the Ming might send troops, Ukita Hideya specially summoned the commanders of the corps, including Konishi Yukicho, Kuroda Nagamasa, Fukushima Masanori, and Mori Yoshinari, to Seoul for a meeting to discuss the next strategy for the use of troops. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Kuroda Rusui had been following the Ukita Hideya as a staff officer before, but he was not optimistic about the war of aggression against Korea, and repeatedly advised Toyotomi Hideyoshi not to do such a thing, Toyotomi Hideyoshi drove him back to China in a rage, and now he heard that the Ming Dynasty was going to send troops, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi had to borrow his wisdom and let him come to North Korea to help.

For the next battle plan, Kuroda Rushui was not polite at all in the face of a group of juniors. His opinion was that with Seoul as the center of gravity of defense, forts should be built on both sides of the main road west of Seoul, and resistance would be made in stages, so that the supply line could be shortened, and troops could be sent to rescue from the front line of Busan and Seoul in a timely manner.

At that time, Governor Konishi was not working, Pyongyang was his territory, and according to the plan of "Eight Provinces of National Separation", the entire Pyongan Province was his territory, let him retreat? What qualifications do you, a dead cripple who was disgusted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, have to say that?

Kuroda Rusui was being treated coldly by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at that time, and President Konishi was a big celebrity around Toyotomi Hideyoshi, of course President Konishi did not dump Kuroda Rusui, and later Kuroda Rusui wrote a letter to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, saying that President Konishi was going to do things like this to get out of the basket, and he couldn't do it like this, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had mental problems, suspected that he had different ambitions, and in a fit of rage, he almost ordered Kuroda Rusui to commit suicide.

Kuroda Rushui was lucky to save his life, so he left North Korea, returned to Japan to live in seclusion, and became a monk, putting on an attitude of not asking about the world, but Konishi Yukicho was not so lucky, and was directly captured by the Ming army and captured alive! The 15,000 people in the department were exhausted, and 2,000 people from Otomo Yoshitomo were buried together, and the Japanese army lost 17,000 living troops at once, and also lost two big-name bigwigs, Konishi Yukinaga and Zong Yoshitomo.

In the headquarters of Seoul, Ukita Hideya looked at the people with a confused face, and suddenly lost his mind.

"Now, what to do?"

Ukita Hideya asked Masuda Nagamori, Ishida Mitsunari, Nagashu Masae, Kimura Tsunekisuke, Maeno Nagayasu, Kato Mitsuyasu and other six people, and Kuroda Nagamasa sat at the end with a constipated face.

Everyone looked at each other, no one knew what to do, no one knew what to say, in this case, Ukita Hideya remembered the strategy Kuroda Rusui said at the beginning, and couldn't help but sigh: "If we had followed Kuroda-san's advice at that time, we wouldn't be where we are today, right?" ”

"These words are completely useless, we have two things to do at the moment, one is what we should do next, how to arrange guards, how to confront Xiao Ruxun, and the second thing is how to explain this matter to Taige! If Taiko knew that Konishi Yukinaga was defeated, he would really be able to personally lead his troops to North Korea! The 100,000 reserve troops of the Eastern Kingdom are placed there! ”

Ishida Mitsunari said what he feared most.

As a close minister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he is one of the few people who can see that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mental condition is a little problematic.

To be honest, the priority of how to confront Xiao Ruxun is still under the priority of explaining this matter to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, because Toyotomi Hideyoshi's various behaviors since the start of the war have made the Korean generals very uneasy, so they only told Toyotomi Hideyoshi the good news before, and did not report the bad news, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was happy, and wrote letters everywhere to show off his martial arts, if he gave him guidance at this time, Konishi Yukinaga's defeat, it would be tantamount to a loud slap.

The result of the matter is nothing more than two things, the first is that someone wants to lose his head, and the second is that Toyotomi Hideyoshi insisted on leading the army to conquer Korea.

Either way, it's unacceptable to everyone.

"I think, don't tell Taige about this matter for the time being!" Masuda Nagamori gave his opinion: "Once the Taiko knows about this, I am afraid that the whole of Japan will have to pay the price for this, with the current situation, it is the best strategy to hold Seoul steadily, if the Taiko insists on going its own way, our logistics will not be able to keep up, and the losses may increase." ”

Ishida Mitsunari weighed the pros and cons and nodded: "We know too little about the Ming general Xiao Ruxun, except for the name, we are not familiar with anything else, fighting with an unfamiliar opponent, I think it is very problematic, and after the Ming army defeats Konishi Yukinaga, it will definitely go south, at that time we will face this Xiao Ruxun head-on, or take this opportunity to strengthen the defense, we must not lose Seoul." ”

Kato Mitsutai said: "I agree with Ishida's opinion, and also, Kato Kiyomasa's headquarters in Hamgyong Province should be retreating south, we can completely let Kato Kiyomasa threaten the Ming army in Pyongan Province from the flank, but they have to divide their forces to defend Kato Kiyomasa, and we have a little more time to arrange, at least recruit Maori Yoshimasa from Gangwon Province to assist in the defense, what do you say?" ”

Everyone nodded with heavy faces.

Ukita Hideya was naturally good, and said: "Then, don't spread the news of Konishi Yukinaga's defeat for the time being, recruit Mori Yoshisei from Gangwon Province, and then prepare to defend Seoul, and the construction of the rear city will also be accelerated, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army that came this time is beyond our imagination, and it is not the same as the Koreans." ”

After the Ukita Hideya made the nominal instructions, everyone went their separate ways, Kuroda Nagamasa was left behind, he was the closest to the Pyongyang battlefield, and now he gave up Hwanghaedo without firing a shot, and put all the troops in Kaesong and Kobayakawa Takakei together, and the Ukita Hideya really needed to warn him in private.

"It's not that I don't want to defend it, it's really unnecessary, the solidity of Pyongyang City under Governor Konishi and the combat effectiveness of the army under Governor Konishi are above my department, Governor Konishi has been wiped out, how can I resist the 100,000 Ming army with one legion?"

Kuroda Nagamasa vomited bitterness: "It's better to pull the army to Kaesong and join forces with Kobayakawa to preserve strength, and then deal with Xiao Ruxun together." ”

"100,000 Ming troops? Where did you get this news? ”

Ukita Hideya was very worried: "If it's really 100,000, we don't have to fight, just withdraw to Busan and wait to return home!" ”

"The three bastards who were put back said, they explained that the army general personally said that there were 100,000 heavenly soldiers who were going to come to conquer our army, let us wait for death, it is estimated to be fake, and the soldiers are only forty or fifty thousand, but the combat effectiveness is undoubted, Konishi Yukinaga's department is absolutely elite, and there are more than 2,000 iron gunners of the Matsuura family, the firepower is extremely strong, and the whole army was wiped out in this way, and several local daimyo died......" Kuroda Nagamasa approached Ukita Hide's house and said in a low voice: "That's terrible! ”

The worry on Ukita Hideya's face became even more intense.

"According to you, we can't hold Seoul? Is the Ming army really so strong, we don't even have the confidence to fight a war? ”