Chapter 42: The Prince Falls
Just when the defense of the Korean city of Jinju was completely victorious, an absolutely bad news from the rear once again broke the tranquility of the Korean court.
And this bad news is the top-secret information from the people of Hamgyong Province, that is, the eldest son of the two princes of His Royal Highness Seonjo, the eldest son of Rim Hae-jun and the youngest son of He-jun, have been captured by the Japanese Bandits.
When the two princes were haunted by Hamgyong-do, North Korea, they posted a notice against the Japanese invaders, and the people of North Korea unfortunately found their traces.
After that, some of the Korean people who surrendered to the Japanese invaders reported the whereabouts of the Joseon prince to the Japanese officers who were in Hamgyong Province at the moment.
And the junior officer reported this information to his own supreme commander of the Second Invasion Vanguard Army, Kato Kiyomasa, and at first Kato Kiyomasa did not pay much attention to the news.
Later, the junior officers held the notice posted by the two princes to fight against the Japanese invaders, only to find out that it was the notice issued by the two Korean princes in Hamgyong Province.
Kato Kiyomasa immediately began to pay attention to this news, and ordered additional soldiers to be sent to arrest the two Korean princes who were on the run.
So with the assistance of those brazen Korean Shunmin, these two princes of His Royal Highness Seonjo of Joseon were captured by the Japanese soldiers.
And the officials who followed the prince and his party also fell into bad luck and suffered from prison together with His Royal Highness the prince.
And at this moment, Kato Kiyomasa didn't take these two princes in his eyes at all, because Kato Kiyomasa also had a side understanding of Linhai-kun at this moment.
And knew that Lin Haijun was an extremely conceited person, and he liked to use his status as a prince to snatch and rob other people's officials and maids.
The seizure of other people's land, the abuse of lynching, and other bad deeds also made Linhaejun in the Korean court.
All the officials were very disgusted with Linhaijun, and even the Korean people hated Linhaijun to the core.
That's why there was a moment when the two princes were sacrificed by the people of North Korea, and at this moment, Linhaijun also knew his environment and status.
But what is the sin of the young He Shunjun, he actually has to be abused by the same as Linhaijun.
So when He Shunjun asked Linhaejun whether the Joseon court and Wang Shizi would send troops or envoys to save them.
In order to achieve the intention of comforting the young and Shunjun, Linhaejun had no choice but to tell the lie that Seonjo of Joseon would rescue them.
Because at this moment, Seonjo was staying at the border of Uiju in North Korea because he was hiding from the war.
What's more, although Wang Shizi has the support of the official army and the rebel army, the city of Pyongyang, which guards the two princes, is also defended by tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers.
Even if Pyongyang was breached and the two princes were rescued, the war losses of the Korean officers and rebels were extremely large.
So at this moment, when the news was transmitted to the branch of Wang Shizi Guanghaijun, the ministers who assisted Wang Shizi had a series of heated debates.
The question of whether it should be rescued or whether it should not be rescued has been debated for a long time.
At this moment, Guanghaijun clearly believed that even if he couldn't send troops to rescue them, he would take out silver taels and valuable items as ransom to rescue the two princes.
However, all of his ministers warned Gwanghae-kun not to manage the matter, and left the two useless princes to dispose of at will.
And at this moment, when the quarrel was endless, Kato Kiyomasa's military camp was also caught in the sound of a long-term quarrel.
Because at this moment, Kato Kiyomasa thinks that catching the prince is the same as catching His Royal Highness.
And at this moment, if you want the eldest son of the two princes, Linhae-kun, to write a letter of persuasion to the Korean court, who should send it.
Whether it is given to His Royal Highness Seonjo, who is hiding in Uiju everywhere, or to His Royal Highness Gwanghaejun, the prince of the king, who is divided into dynasties in the area controlled by the Japanese Invaders.
Kato Kiyomasa struggled with this question for a long time, until he found the representative of Junmin who had surrendered to Korea and asked about the results.
Only then did I know that the people's hearts at this moment were yearning for the prince Guanghaejun who was divided into dynasties, because Gwanghaejun managed the government on behalf of His Royal Highness Seonjo.
and summoned the official army and the righteous army of the world to resist the Japanese army, and His Royal Highness Xuanzu had lost the meaning of the king's existence in the run.
Because Seonjo has delegated power to the sub-dynasty, the sub-dynasty that the people yearn for at this moment is everything in North Korea.
So at this moment, Kato Kiyomasa asked Linhaijun, who was the eldest son, to write a letter of persuasion for help to Gwanghaejun, the prince of the Korean Dynasty.
When Wang Shizi Guanghaijun received this letter, he was extremely shocked and began to sympathize with his brother Linhaijun.
After all, Gwanghae-kun and Linhae-kun are half-brothers, and the relationship between them is relatively deep and no one can shake it.
So at this moment, Guanghaijun thought of using all feasible methods to save the two princes of Linhaijun and Heshunjun at this moment.
But they were all stopped by the ministers, because if they wanted to rescue the two princes, they would have to pay a very high price.
And when the first letter of distress and persuasion did not work, Kato Kiyomasa began to doubt the identity of the prince of Rinkai-kun.
Persecute and intimidate Linhaijun to send him back to those Korean Shunmin, so that those Korean Shunmin who hate Linhaejun will kill Linhaejun Prince with their own hands.
So at this moment, Linhai-kun begged Kato Kiyomasa for mercy and said that he would write a second letter asking for help and persuading him to surrender.
So when the second letter of distress and persuasion was delivered to Gwanghae-kun again, Gwanghae-kun was once again in a dilemma.
Whether to save Linhaijun and Heshunjun, and how to save the two princes and the captured officials is a very difficult question and trouble.
And just when Guanghaijun was helpless, Jin Guifei got the news from the subordinates of Guanghaijun, the prince of the prince.
And in the first time, the news of the two princes was reported to His Royal Highness Xuanzu, and His Royal Highness Xuanzu was very shocked after hearing it at this moment.
I didn't expect that my two sons would be captured by the cruel Japanese soldiers, and the truth of the news is still uncertain yet to be confirmed.
Therefore, at this moment, His Royal Highness Seonjo called Wang Shizi Gwanghaejun and urgently summoned all the ministers to negotiate a way to save the two princes.
So after questioning Gwanghae-kun, Gwanghae-jun replied that His Highness Seonjo did not report to His Highness Seonjo because he wanted to confirm the accuracy of the news.
And at this moment, Seonjo blamed Gwanghae-jun for wanting the Japanese to kill Linhae-jun as soon as possible, and then let Gwanghae-jun himself become the eldest son of His Royal Highness Seonjo logically.
So at this moment, Gwanghae-jun was difficult to argue, but with the help of the ministers, Gwanghae-jun was able to get out.
The ministers are trying their best to protect Gwanghae-kun, and when Gwanghae-kun says that he will exchange himself for the two princes as hostages.
All the other ministers stopped it in time, and said that if there was no Wang Shizi Gwanghaejun, the Korean branch that had been established with great difficulty would have completely collapsed and dispersed in an instant.
Therefore, in this way, the idea of Wang Shizi Guanghaijun wanting to exchange hostages was stopped, and in the way to save the two princes, His Royal Highness Seonjo wanted to use the only remaining five thousand taels of silver.
In exchange for the safe return of the two princes, they were strongly opposed by all the ministers.
The current ministers are all biased towards Wang Shizi Guanghaijun and do not approve of any plan to save the two princes.
So at this moment, Seonjo and Wang Shizi Guanghaijun are in a dilemma.
And how to save the two princes is still unknown, but at the moment when there is no hope of saving the prince, there is also a particularly exciting news.
Just after Zu Chengxun, the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong, was wounded alive and returned to Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, he asked the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to explain that the 5,000 Ming soldiers were all buried in Korea.
So after hearing this news, the Ming Dynasty and the opposition were in an uproar, and Emperor Wanli almost didn't tilt his nose when he heard the news.
Emperor Wanli angrily accused Zu Chengxun, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, who had suddenly ventured, and after a period of contemplation, decided to send General Li Rusong to lead 70,000 Ming soldiers to encircle and suppress the Japanese invaders.
And what kind of general Li Rusong is and how he led the army into North Korea is still unknown.