Chapter 43: Famous General Li Rusong
Just after the two princes of Joseon were killed, they were presented to Kato Kiyomasa's soldiers by the Shun Minjin of North Korea.
And at this moment, Kato Kiyomasa began to raise his eyebrows, because Kato Kiyomasa had already caught the two princes.
It is completely possible to use the two princes as bargaining chips to suppress the conditions of Joseon Seonjo to persuade him to surrender.
And at this moment, in North Korea, where tragic news is constantly being transmitted, there is another excellent news delivered to the North Korean court.
That is, Li Rusong, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, was about to send troops to cross the Yalu River to support North Korea in resisting the invasion of the Japanese invaders.
And who is General Li Rusong at this moment?
This has to start with Li Rusong's family, Li Rusong has been given all the conditions that others can't get since he was born.
But the young Li Rusong was definitely not a gentleman, Li Rusong followed his father to fight and train in the army since he was a child.
And showed great courage in the war, and practiced a skill that was admired by the soldiers.
In this way, Li Rusong's future is bright in the Ming court, because of Li Rusong's family background and heroic battle.
Therefore, before the age of thirty, he became the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion in the Ming Jing Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion was the military institution in charge of the world's most advanced firearms in the Ming Dynasty.
At the age of Li Rusong, who was in his early thirties, he was promoted to the chief soldier of SX and the chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, but it was precisely because of Li Rusong's family background and combat bravery that there were many problems and troubles.
Because the high evaluation of the people around him has also led to a young and conceited character, the whole person is even a more arrogant and empty-eyed person.
Although Li Rusong just relied on his father's family background to rise, because of the grievances formed by Li Rusong's father when he made meritorious contributions, Li Rusong's development path was hindered.
So when Li Rusong was appointed as the chief soldier of SX, some officials came forward to raise objections.
It is right to be very cautious in the appointment of the Li family's father and son, because his father is the chief soldier of Liaodong, and Li Rusong has become the chief soldier of SX.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was known as the Nine Sides, but the father and son of the Li family occupied both sides.
And the most important thing is Li Rusong's younger brother, Li Rubai also became the deputy chief soldier.
Therefore, at this time, there was an imperial historian who proposed such an appointment, which was not in line with the way of the imperial generals of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, because Lord Zhang Juzheng had passed away, the first assistant minister who took over Zhang Juzheng was Shen Shixing.
Shen Shixing also asked the Wanli Emperor to protect the Li father and son, and to restrict the rights of the Li family and his son at all times.
According to the realistic saying, whoever makes a big contribution will be more officials and have more responsibilities. But the Ming Dynasty has its own saying, because the previous Song people had a lesson.
The two major lessons of the Song people's "Anshi Rebellion" and the Ming Dynasty's "division of feudal towns" always remind the Ming Dynasty court to be more vigilant against the recurrence of similar situations.
In the eyes of successive emperors, a hundred civil officials were no more corrupt than a military attaché's rebellion.
Therefore, there is a sad phenomenon of the Song people, that is, they are very strong internally, but they are a mess externally.
And this sad tradition of the Song people was also inherited by the Ming Dynasty, and Korea also inherited the sad tradition of the Ming Dynasty at this moment.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the suppression of military generals was very serious, of course, this also partially avoided the emergence of warlords.
It is also possible to avoid the arrogant character of the general, but there is a duality in problems and troubles.
First of all, it is necessary to deepen the management of the generals, but if the generals are too cautious, the impact on the generals will be particularly great.
Because a general who is too cautious loses the bloody nature that he should have, how can such a general lead his troops to the battle.
Can such a general still have prestige in the army?
Therefore, Li Rusong has such an idea, and he is often impeached by the imperial historian because of this.
Li Rusong was often disrespectful to the civilian officials who were inspected by the upper echelons, and he was often under the jurisdiction of one person in the army, and he had to report more on his military exploits after each war.
Then, after conquering a certain place, before the imperial history is registered, he preemptively distributes the looted things to his own soldiers to enjoy them alone.
At that time, this kind of trivial matter often happened among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, even Li Rusong's father and other generals also did this.
But because Li Rusong's family did such a thing, he was immediately targeted by other imperial historians.
Therefore, it is impossible to resist the tiger and the wolf, not to mention that Li Rusong is still a Korean person.
But even if the Manchu Dynasty impeached Li Rusong, Emperor Wanli ignored it and strongly supported General Li Rusong.
This point can be said to be the same as that of Emperor Wanli's teacher Zhang Juzheng, I think Zhang Juzheng supported General Qi Jiguang in this way.
So this is a great advantage of Emperor Wanli's ability to know people and be good at his duties, and Li Rusong does live up to Emperor Wanli's imperial grace.
At that time, Li Rusong went directly to NX from the position of SX commander to encircle and suppress the Bibai rebel group, and repeatedly repelled the military forces from the Mongol Tatar Department to support Bibai.
In the end, he broke through NX City and captured Bi Chengen alive, so it was a success to let Li Rusong go to quell the rebellion.
And when the good news reached the capital of the Ming Dynasty at that time, Emperor Wanli was very happy.
In the following time, the Wanli Emperor issued another edict, allowing Li Rusong to overcome fatigue and give full play to the characteristics of combat bravery.
He went to the Liaodong area to serve as the commander of the imperial war, and commanded the soldiers and horses in the Liaodong region as the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Theater.
And just after Li Rusong arrived on the Liaodong Peninsula in December, some changes took place in the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese Kou, and the Korean Three Kingdoms.
At this time, the Japanese had occupied the basic territory of Korea, but the Japanese navy was a complete defeat.
Although the Japanese eliminated two Ming armies of 5,000 troops, they did not dare to underestimate the national strength of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the Japanese used military occupation of Korea, and they were also afraid of the showdown with the Ming army.
And at this moment, Konishi Yukicho is indeed an excellent military strategist and an excellent businessman who can negotiate.
So at this moment, Governor Konishi sent people to Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty to negotiate, and at this moment, the military squire in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty was the famous Song Yingchang.
After the envoy of the Japanese invaders met with Song Yingchang, they went to the Ming court before Li Rusong arrived in Liaodong.
The Ming Dynasty has been in a bleak and sad atmosphere since the imperial court was wiped out by the Japanese invaders.
At this moment, the Ming Dynasty has cut off contact with the Japanese for a long time, so it needs such a talent who understands the language, customs, and folk feelings of the Japanese invaders.
So in the Daming Military Department, a reward was posted to recruit such a talent, and it turned out that Shen Weijing from ZJ Jiaxing came to apply.
Then the Ministry of War gave Shen Weijing the identity of a guerrilla general and asked Shen Weijing to negotiate with the Japanese Konishi Governor.
When Li Rusong came to Liaodong in December, Shen Weijing had already returned from Pyongyang to Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty.
After coming back, he reported the situation to Lord Jinglu and Master Li Rusong, and actually said that the Japanese were very reasonable.
As long as the area south of the Taedong River in Korea is occupied and divided, this condition will be used as the basis for negotiations with the Ming Dynasty and Korea.
At this moment, Shen Weijing thought that he had made a great contribution and thought that he had made an immortal contribution.
Perhaps what the officials of the Ministry of War introduced to Shen Weijing at that time was that as long as the Japanese soldiers did not pass the Yalu River, they could negotiate.
And now not only has the Yalu River not been crossed, but the area south of the Datong River is used as the basis for negotiations.
But is this condition acceptable to the Wakos? Shen Weijing didn't want to think about it, if he really did this, would North Korea still be a country?
And it was a matter of minutes for the Japanese to cross the Datong River, so Shen Weijing's triumphant report caused Li Rusong's anger to be difficult to extinguish.
As soon as Shen Weijing finished speaking, General Li Rusong immediately wanted to behead Shen Weijing, but the master of Jinglu beside him dissuaded Li Rusong.
Therefore, on December 25, General Li Rusong swore to march eastward, so the 70,000-strong army crossed the Yalu River and marched towards Korea.
At this time, the Japanese had only 100,000 troops in Korea, and Pyongyang had as many as 20,000 troops.
So after the famous general Li Rusong marched into North Korea, what interesting stories happened in North Korea?