Chapter 29: Emergency Military Intelligence

Just after the 20,000 troops of the advance army of the Japanese invaded the interior of Korea, Lord Shin Yan, as the envoy of the three border patrols, began to lead the troops to the expedition.

In the North Korean military camp, Lord Shin Ji, who was a three-way border patrol envoy, began to give pre-war lectures to the North Korean soldiers.

The Korean sergeants were asked to completely repel the Japanese and at the same time regain the lost territory. In the face of the invasion of the Japanese at this moment, His Royal Highness Xuanzu looked at the mountains in the distance with great guilt.

And at this moment of crisis, the second line of defense of the left and right provinces of Gyeongsang in Korea also collapsed, and the supporting Gyeong-kyung army at this moment had not yet reached Daegu Fortress.

As the Japanese continued to march into the interior of Korea, those officers and soldiers who were supposed to resist fled the battlefield with their families.

Only those people who had no resistance were left behind, and they remained in the isolated cities, so they ruthlessly slaughtered the Korean people again under the attack of the Japanese invaders.

North Korean officials had already fled the area under their jurisdiction when they heard of the imminent arrival of the Japanese invaders.

Therefore, in the Choryeong area of Korea, the first decisive battle between Korea and the Japanese was held, and the eight thousand Korean soldiers led by Lord Shin Ji, the envoy of the three border patrols, began.

After the North Korea also had this regular battle, 3,000 of the 8,000 Korean soldiers were cavalry.

However, at this moment, the strength of the Japanese was about 15,000, and there was the most advanced military force at that time.

At this moment, Konishi Yukicho led his own team to attack the center of the Korean military force, and ordered Taira Yoshitomo and Shigeno to be responsible for attacking on the left and right.

But at this moment, Lord Shin also sensed that Governor Konishi would use such carving insect skills to attack.

So just after the commanders of the two sides shouted the order to attack, the fighters of both sides began the final deployment according to their respective countermeasures.

Hirashi Tomotomo and Shigerano led the Bird Gun military forces to surround the North Korean forces, began to deploy a sneak attack, and finally indirectly attacked the Korean defenders at the moment with the advantage of the Bird Gun.

In the face of the disparity in troops, Lord Shin had to face the challenge of the Japanese alone, and this operation was also the first large-scale formal battle against the Japanese in the history of North Korea.

At this moment, however, the Korean Imperial Court had a very heated discussion over the inability to send military forces to support it.

Because at this moment, the generals of the Northern Army were reluctant to go to support General Shin Yan, who was about to be besieged by the Japanese at such a difficult time.

Therefore, at this moment, with the strong superiority of combat soldiers and weapons, Konishi Yukinaga finally won the battle of Toriling Danqintai.

The initial efforts of the Korean defenders also unfortunately failed, and in the end, General Shin Hsu and his entourage only ended up jumping into the river and dying for their country.

However, even if Konishi Yukinaga was victorious, the loss of his Japanese troops would be extremely large.

On April 28, 1592, General Shen Li, the envoy of the three provinces, was completely defeated in the decisive battle of Danqintai at Bird Ridge without any suspense.

Although Lord Shen repelled the attack of the Japanese in the first attack, the swampy area by the river trapped the feet and necks of the advance army.

The tide of the war was reversed, and the Korean officers and troops were almost wiped out, and the Japanese lost about 7,000 people.

Seeing such war losses, Konishi Yukinaga was unable to continue to go north, and temporarily retained the precious opportunity to take the initiative to continue attacking and occupying Hanyang.

And when the news of General Shin Ha's defeat and martyrdom reached Hanyang, the capital of North Korea, the ministers and His Royal Highness Seonjo were extremely shocked to receive this regrettable news.

Because General Shin Ji at that time didn't hold on for even a day, he was directly defeated by the Japanese Konishi Yukinaga.

This Armageddon also completely saw the backwardness and incompetence of North Korea, and at this moment there was a death-like silence in the Korean court.

At this moment, His Royal Highness Seonjo even thought of moving the capital, and had a heated debate with the ministers above the court.

Seonjo believed that it was the deserters and the people who fled their homes that led to the defeat of the Korean army by the Japanese invaders.

Therefore, the choice at this moment is also very helpless, and he is even ready to let the ministers of the Bibian Division discuss the possibility of moving the capital, but none of the ministers dare to stop Seonjo's decision.

At this time, the minister of the council, Lord Lee San-hae (Bi Chao), proposed that the king of Goryeo move the capital to Andong in order to avoid the war.

After fighting the rebellion, it is better to move the capital back to the original city, it is better to temporarily dodge and counterattack.

At this moment, Lord Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun), who is always worried about losing the hearts of the people, has always strongly recommended the military tactical means of sticking to the capital.

As the ministers of North Korea and those Confucian scholars are in the capital of North Korea, they risk their lives to offer a message to His Royal Highness Seonjo of North Korea not to abandon the capital of Korea.

These loyal Korean ministers and Confucian scholars who represented the common people spoke out the true feelings of the Korean people, and the Korean people also fled the Korean capital one after another when they heard the news.

At this moment, however, something pleasing to His Royal Highness was heard from the Japanese army, because a famous general in the Japanese army declared a rebellion.

And the general's rebellion also brought a glimmer of hope for victory for the retreating Korean officers and troops.

And what kind of changes this Japanese rebel general will bring to North Korea depends on the choice of this Japanese general.

And this rebel general is Kato Kiyomasa's vanguard general Sha Ye, just after General Sha Ye led 3,000 soldiers south to surrender.

Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa met in the barracks and discussed the possibility of continuing the assault on the Korean capital of Hanyang.

At this moment, there are two roads to choose from from Chungju to Hanyang, the first one is through Eunseong, Jusan, and Yongin.

The second road was the road from Yuju and Yanggen, and at this time, Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa agreed to lead the team together on the second day.

At this moment, the two generals who both wanted to attack the Korean capital Hanyang first, and while secretly fighting, they both hoped that the other party would be far behind them.

And the very cunning Konishi Yukichi asked Taira Yoshitomo to go to Hanyang, the capital of North Korea, first, while Konishi Yukicho still led the wounded soldiers and Kato Kiyomasa to rest together.

At this moment, after the news reached Kyoto, the capital of the Japanese invaders, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was ecstatic to praise the results of the efforts of the two pioneers.

It won a lot of honor for the entire Wako country, and in two or three days, he was able to reach Hanyang and capture His Royal Highness Seonjo of Joseon alive.

At this rate, the North Korean invasion problem can be completely resolved within one month.

And Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the lord of the Japanese Imperial Court who won a huge victory at this moment, still vainly wanted to lead his troops to attack the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, Toyotomi Hideyoshi even began to think about what to do with the Korean court and His Royal Highness Seonjo after conquering Korea.

and shamelessly planned to build a city like Osaka in the capital of North Korea, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was really a fool's dream, was too optimistic.

At this moment, there has been an unprecedented wave of evacuation in the capital of North Korea.

As many as 1,000 officers and officials escaped from the capital, but the sergeants of the northern camp did not rescue the Korean capital when they saw that it was in danger.

Therefore, at this moment, His Royal Highness Seonjo, the king of North Korea, can only be forced to move the capital, so in North Korea, Seonjo can only retreat as a strategy.

The decision to hold the capital was also announced at the Imperial Council of Joseon, but even the soldiers who were guarding the capital heard that the Japanese were going to attack Hanyang.

They abandoned their weapons and abandoned the people and fled out of the Korean capital Hanyang alone, and most of the Korean officers and soldiers, including other sergeants, also fled.

Even the people of North Korea fled north with their families overnight, and as many as 4,000 officers and soldiers escaped alone.

And Lord Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun), who insisted on defending at the moment, still wanted to use the natural barrier of the Han River to stop the advance of the Japanese invaders.

At the moment when there was a collapse in the Korean court, the officials and troops of the DPRK had already fled, not to mention the unarmed civilians.

In this context, it is still unknown how North Korea will defend the capital, and at the same time, Seonjo wants to leave the capital Hanyang.

So at this moment, when Seonjo of North Korea announces the relocation of the capital, Seonjo of Joseon and the court of Joseon will face another outcome.

However, there is a crisis in the capital of Hanyang in North Korea, so no one knows whether this crisis can be resolved.