Chapter 894: Attacking North Korea (19)
Oda Yoshinobu's words sounded very arrogant, but he didn't feel anything wrong in Qi Jiguang's ears. The beginning and end of the matter have been mentioned in detail in Zhang Juzheng's letter to Qi Jiguang, and it can be said that Qi Jiguang is still very supportive of Oda Yoshinobu's dispatch of troops to Korea from a personal point of view.
The reason is also very simple, if Oda Yoshinobu sent troops to take revenge after the Agotic Merchant House was smashed, then Ming Guo would definitely choose to stand on the side of North Korea without saying a word. After all, there is such a thing as a merchant house, even if the boss behind it is Oda Yoshinobu's woman, but after all, it is only a branch, although the person in charge and many guys have suffered many casualties, but it is not enough to be a reason for Oda Yoshinobu or Japan to send troops, and it will give others the impression that Japan is barbaric and unreasonable.
It's just that Oda Yoshinobu and Japan chose to send an envoy to Ming and ask Ming to help make the decision. Although this matter is small, it does show respect for the suzerain, Mingguo. And when the Ming asked for reconciliation between the two countries, Japan did send an envoy, and then ......
To be honest, Qi Jiguang himself felt that the Korean State was simply a bad brain, no matter how much he looked down on or was hostile to Japan, just because Japan had already declared itself a vassal to the Ming State, the Korean State should not do such a decisive thing. Because in this way, even if Ming wants to help North Korea, it is no longer possible.
"I wonder what's going on now? After all, the Korean state has already declared itself a vassal to this dynasty, and the two sides have maintained this relationship for more than 200 years......" Qi Jiguang said with a deep sigh.
Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu raised his wine glass lightly, looked at Qi Jiguang and suddenly smiled, "If it were someone else, I might still hide it, but since it was the eldest brother who came in person, I really didn't want to lie to you......" As he spoke, he turned his head and gestured, and someone presented a letter to Qi Jiguang.
Listening to Oda Yoshinobu's words, and looking at the letter in front of him again, Qi Jiguang didn't know why, and suddenly had a very bad feeling. And when he glanced at the letter a few times, his expression suddenly became dull.
After a long while, Qi Jiguang put down the letter, raised his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then looked at Oda Yoshinobu and said in a deep voice, "Brother Xian, if you do this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to cover up anything for you, eldest brother." ”
At the beginning, Qi Jiguang just thought that Japan was at war with Korea, and the reason why Oda Yoshinobu appeared in Uiju was simply to prevent Korea from asking for help from Ming. However, after reading this letter, Qi Jiguang realized that although most of his speculations were correct, there was one very important mistake, that is, Japan was not at war with Korea, but almost completely occupied Korea.
Yes, in less than 1 month, most of the places in Korea have been captured by the Oda army, and all of them, including the Korean king Li Jun and others, have also become prisoners of Japan. The only ones left were Yi Sunsin and some leaders of the rebel army, who were still organizing the rebel army in some remote mountainous areas. However, it was clear that if their resistance had not been intervened by outsiders such as the Ming Kingdom, it would only be a matter of time before they were defeated.
In this way, Qi Jiguang, who originally wanted to help Oda Yoshinobu cover up, could only report it truthfully. After all, this kind of thing is not something that he can handle as a mere Jimen general soldier.
"Hehe, it's okay, big brother, you can report it truthfully. But having said that, I and the Oda family very much don't want to go to war with the Ming Kingdom, if I can, I hope that the friendship between us can be harmonious and long-lasting......" Oda Yoshinobu chuckled, "Big brother, you should also know, if I want to, I'm afraid that unless you break through by force, you won't be able to hear anything about the situation in North Korea." ”
"Yes, with the power of the East Factory, after you put the sea area under martial law, you can't send back any information." Qi Jiguang nodded in response.
"That's it, a small Korean country, although it has more than 100 years of friendship with you, but to put it bluntly, it is just because your country is too strong. If you explain that the North Barbarians are attacking the Korean state, and your country cannot support it at the first time, do you think the North Korean Congress will continue to resist or surrender directly? Oda Yoshinobu laughed again.
It's just that Qi Jiguang didn't answer these words, he just said in a deep voice, "Military affairs are no longer up to me as a mere general soldier, and the only thing I can do now is to report what I know to the imperial court." ”
"That's natural~ In addition, I won't embarrass you, big brother, and I'll personally write a report and send it to your court." Oda Yoshinobu nodded and said, "Okay, don't talk about this, drink!" ”
"Drink!"
After three rounds of drinking, Qi Jiguang led people out of Yizhou City, and then quickly rushed back to Jimen. And the first thing he did when he returned to Jimen was to write down everything he knew and send it to Jingshi.
And over there, Oda Yoshinobu immediately issued a series of orders after Qi Jiguang left.
"Each provincial general and deputy general each left one person to be responsible for the aftermath of each province, and at the same time left 10,000 reserve troops to be responsible for garrisoning and sweeping up the remnants of the Korean state. The rest of the people immediately rushed to Yiju to meet. ”
"Send someone to inform the elder brother in the country, please reassemble the troops and go to Hizen, ready to support at any time."
"Those who stay in the provinces are not allowed to indiscriminately kill the people, loot materials, etc., and once discovered, they will be executed immediately, and the whole clan will be reduced to slavery!"
As the order was delivered, the troops of Korea Bachido quickly began to march towards the city of Uiju, and in a short period of time, the number of troops in the city exceeded 100,000.
And Oda Nobunaga on the island of Honshu received the news and immediately ordered a new round of troop build-up. At the same time, he quickly began to speed up his actions.
Suncheonfu.
"What?! Korea is occupied by Japan?! When Emperor Wanli and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty heard the news, they were immediately stunned, how long has it been? A little more than a month, right? Why did Japan occupy Korea?
"Your Majesty, this news is what Oda Taizheng said to Qi Zongbing personally, and there will be no problem in the future." Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice. "Also, this is a report written by Oda Taimasa himself." Zhang Juzheng took out a report from his arms and said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Feng Bao, who was beside Emperor Wanli, immediately took it over and presented it to Emperor Wanli. After opening it and looking at it for a while, Emperor Wanli said to himself a little sluggishly, "This ......"
Seeing this, Emperor Wanli directly asked Feng Bao to transfer this report to other ministers, because he really needed these courtiers to help him come up with ideas.