Chapter 35: The Fall of Pyongyang
Even after the formation of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea was divided into two parts, but the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders did not stop because of the establishment of the Partition Dynasty.
So just after Governor Konishi led a group of officers and soldiers under Taira Yoshitomo to pursue the fleeing North Korean officers and soldiers who came to attack the camp.
Seeing that there was still such a shallow place in the Datong River, Konishi Yukichang leaked a very strange smile.
Only then did he really discover that there was a natural shortcut to the city of Pyongyang, North Korea, waiting for the whole army of the Japanese to cross the Taedong River and directly capture the city of Pyongyang.
And after discovering this absolutely good place to attack, Konishi Yukicho ordered the whole army to prepare for a surprise attack on Pyongyang the next day.
So on the second day, under the leadership of Konishi Yukinaga, the Japanese sergeant successfully crossed the Wangcheng Beach and crossed the Datong River.
Wangcheng Beach was originally a place where the water was not deep and could be walked on foot, and the Wakou did not know such a place.
It was also self-defeating that those North Korean officers and soldiers gave the Japanese this opportunity, so that the Japanese discovered the great secret of Pyongyang's city.
However, the North Korean officers and soldiers, who originally wanted to use the Taedong River to hold the city of Pyongyang, made a mistake because of their own unauthorized attack.
It led to another complete defeat in the history of the Korean official army, and at this moment, Hamgyong Province is also full of Japanese soldiers.
It shows that the Korean Hamgyong Province was also occupied by the Japanese invaders, and that the fall of Pyongyang was on June 16, 1592, and that Konishi Yukinaga entered the dilapidated Pyongyang on the sixtieth day of the war.
In this way, Governor Konishi successively occupied the capital of North Korea, Hanyang, and the important town of Pyongyang without spending a single soldier.
Both times, it didn't take much effort to occupy the fortress of Korea.
The occupation of Pyongyang also brought great benefits to the Japanese army, that is, because the Korean officers and soldiers saw the Japanese army marching.
Shamefully abandoning the city again, the whole army fled, so that the Japanese invaders occupied Pyongyang without a single soldier.
To tell the truth, the Pyongyang defenders at this moment should be beheaded, because retreating without a fight is no longer a precedent for the DPRK officers and troops in this historical period.
And after the Japanese army actually entered Pyongyang, North Korea, the first thing they saw was a dilapidated scene.
The flag of North Korea has been sprinkled in dust, and the gates of the city have been deliberately opened by the rioters.
There was no Korean civilian in the entire city, only the Japanese soldiers who had entered Pyongyang.
In this empty city, North Korean weapons and things that have not had time to be packed are scattered everywhere.
This terrible sight also made Governor Konishi a little afraid, and Governor Konishi was also thinking about what kind of king His Royal Highness was the king of Joseon at this moment.
First of all, the Korean people abandoned the Joseon king and entered the palace of the capital city of Hanyang, setting fire to all kinds of goods.
In Pyongyang, neither the government nor the homes of ordinary people can see a single North Korean in the city of Pyongyang.
Perhaps the people in the city of Pyongyang at this moment have fled to the northern part of Korea with Seonjo.
And Pyongyang, even in a dilapidated state, has become an empty city, after Konishi Yukicho took control of Pyongyang.
The envoy sent by the lord of the Wako country, Lord Taiko, was still asking Konishi Yukicho to continue the attack to the north.
Until the actual capture of His Royal Highness King Seonjo of Joseon, but at this moment Konishi Yukinaga thinks that the sergeant has been involved in too many military operations.
The sergeants who should be given a rest at this moment should be given a certain amount of time to recuperate.
However, the envoy of the lord of the Japanese Korko, Lord Taiko, threatened that if he did not attack again, he would send negative information that would be unfavorable to him.
So at this moment, Konishi Yukicho is in a very urgent period, or continue to let the tired sergeants attack.
This will cause the dissatisfaction of the sergeants, and even more so, the rebellion of the sergeants.
Either they will not attack or capture His Royal Highness King Seonjo, the king of Joseon, which will attract threats from the envoys of the Japanese Emperor Taiko and other Japanese leaders.
At this moment, Konishi Yukinaga, who is facing a dilemma, is not attacking the right way, and not attacking will endanger his life and leadership position even more.
So at this moment, Konishi Yukicho is in a dilemma, and how to act depends on what the cunning Konishi Yukicho does.
At this moment, when the news of the capture of Pyongyang reached Kyoto, the capital of the Japanese invaders, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the lord of the Japanese Empire, heard the news with joy.
Even Toyotomi Hideji, the Sekihaku of the Wako, heard the news and danced the samurai dance.
And at this moment, in the night in the capital of the Japanese Invaders, there are so many stars twinkling in the endless sea of stars.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the lord of the Wako Kingdom, compared himself to the brightest star in the sky, and celebrated the fall of the Korean capital and Pyongyang in the Japanese capital.
There is also a celebration of fireworks, and when the fireworks enter the air, bright and beautiful patterns bloom in the air.
And these short-lived fireworks bombs are just like the fragile imperial court of North Korea and the officials and soldiers of North Korea.
Seeing that Korea was being conquered by the Japanese army, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the lord of the Japanese Empire, was very happy.
Despite his advanced age, he still had an unfulfilled wish, which was to take a Japanese ship to the land of Korea and see what kind of country Korea was under the conquest of the Japanese invaders.
There is also a wish to be able to arrest His Royal Highness the King of Joseon, Seonjo, who has long lost the hearts of the people.
I want to see for myself what kind of royal highness the invincible king of Joseon is.
What kind of person is the king, who can be abandoned even by the people and officers and soldiers of Korea?
And at this moment, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the lord of the Japanese Kou, wanted to see the capital of Korea and Pyongyang for himself.
This time, the huge benefits to the Japanese army were the North Korean officers and soldiers, who only cared about the escape of the officers and soldiers themselves, but did not care about the 100,000 stone of grain in the granary of Pyongyang.
This also provided a lot of military food support for Konishi Yukicho to continue his offensive in northern Korea.
It also had a negative impact on the fruits of the victory of Kwak Jae-woo and Yi Sun-sin in the southern part of Korea to eliminate the supply lifeline of the Japanese invaders.
The loss of the North Korean city of Pyongyang also shows that the DPRK officers and troops are indeed vulnerable, and it also shows the most terrible side of human nature.
After the fall of Pyongyang, North Korea once again lost an important town that could withstand the invasion of the Japanese invaders.
After the loss of these important towns one after another, what capital does North Korea have to resist the invasion of the Japanese at this moment.
At this moment, the king of Joseon even remembered the former general Xiang Yu, because the situation of His Royal Highness Seonjo of Joseon at this moment is so similar to Xiang Yu.
And just after the loss of the city of Pyongyang, North Korea, the Ming Dynasty was also actively quelling the rebellion in the southern territory of the Ming Dynasty.
And after the suppression of the southern rebellion, after the most severe execution of Yang Yinglong's party.
The Ming Dynasty will also return to its former tranquility, and at that time, the Ming Dynasty will also provide comprehensive support for North Korea's troops.
It will also unveil the third expedition of the three major expeditions of the Ming Dynasty, and North Korea will be truly saved after the Ming Dynasty sends troops.