Pyongyang's good news soon spread among the ministers.

In fact, most officials were somewhat unimpressed by North Korea's victory.

After all, it is already an old tradition to lie about the number of enemies killed, not only in the Korean army, but also in the Ming army, and they have long been familiar with it.

Many people think that maybe it was just a small group of Japanese troops, vanguard scouts and the like, and they were wiped out by the heavy troops of the North Korean army, and that's it.

After all, not long ago, the North Korean army was still being chased and beaten, and now it has suddenly annihilated a large army of 20,000 people.

However, as the report from Liaodong came, the ministers' eyes widened in astonishment.

Of course, it could not have been the annihilation of 20,000 Japanese troops, but the news obtained was shocking enough: the North Korean army resolutely resisted in Pyongyang City, wiped out 5,000 or 6,000 Japanese troops, and indeed repelled the invading bandits.

As for the assistance of the Luzon Governor's Palace, he did not mention it, Li Hao tried his best to hide this matter, and only said that it was the inventory in the treasury of the Korean soldiers, and he hoped that the Ming Dynasty would think that this was the result of the resolute resistance of the Korean army itself.

Facts have also proved that Yan Zichong's words are not wrong, and this counterattack by the Korean army proves their determination to resist, which makes the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty not so disgusted in their hearts.

A large part of the reason why the ministers opposed the dispatch of troops before was because according to the virtues of the DPRK, they knew that once the Ming army entered the DPRK, most of them would have to fight against Japan independently, and they might even be held back by the DPRK army.

But if the North Korean army still has combat effectiveness, then the situation will be different, and the number of people who enter the DPRK to fight in the Ming Dynasty can be reduced a lot and the burden can be reduced.

They are less resistant to sending troops to North Korea.

At this time, it happened that Wanli also made up his mind, and they hit it off, so after some discussion, the imperial court finally decided to officially reinforce North Korea, and ordered the deputy chief soldier of Liaodong, Zu Chengxun, and the general Dai Chaoben, to lead Jizhen and Liaodong soldiers with a total of 20,000 people to cross the river to support.

At this time, the Korean army was under the onslaught of the Japanese army.

Although they did not understand why the North Korean army suddenly had so many new weapons, this did not prevent them from continuing to attack, and after discovering that the North Korean troops with new weapons were basically concentrated in Pyongyang, they brazenly launched a surprise attack on the rest of the cities in Pyongan Province, and several cities were already lost in an instant.

At the same time, the DPRK army purchased a large number of firearms from the Luzon Governor's Palace, and bought more than 10,000 arquebuses, gunpowder, and cannons in one go.

Fortunately, these are barely enough, after all, as long as the city is defended.

After the formation of the defensive line, the Japanese army attacked several times and touched a nose of ash, and at this time, the Ming army suddenly crossed the river and launched an attack on Hamgyong Province, and the second army that was caught off guard was defeated several times in a row, and with the cooperation of the Korean rebels in Hamgyong Province, the Ming army actually recovered Hamgyong Province, but then it was also blocked by the Japanese army.

After all, there are as many as 150,000 Japanese troops in Korea, and they have an absolute advantage in numbers, and compared to the original, they have already divided Korea, and their own territory has led to the dispersion of troops.

The combat effectiveness of the border army of the Ming Dynasty was naturally stronger than that of the Japanese army, and they also had large general artillery and Furlong machines, but after all, there were few people, although after the recovery of Hamgyong Province, the Korean rebels also joined the battle, increasing the number of troops by more than 30,000, but they could only barely defend, and the battle line could not be further advanced.

The battlefield is in a tug-of-war.

And this also led to a change in the combat situation of the Japanese army.

In the original history, because the progress of the Ming army was too smooth, the Japanese army was defeated and retreated, and suffered heavy losses, resulting in Toyotomi Hideyoshi being forced to decide to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty in order to preserve the success of the southern four provinces.

But the current situation is that after the Ming Dynasty coalition forces occupied Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province, the two sides were in a state of see-saw, and neither side had obvious advantages, which made Toyotomi Hideyoshi see hope, and he looked at the 100,000 reserves in his hands, quite a little ready to move.

He came to Nagoya Castle to inspect the reserves stationed there, and took the opportunity to reveal his desire to increase his troops in Korea, and he soon received a reply from the daimyos.

However, to his surprise, most of the daimyo did not support him.

"Everyone is opposed to my decision to increase the number of troops in North Korea." Toyotomi Hideyoshi said with some dissatisfaction, and beside him, stood the garrison of this place, Tokugawa Ieyasu.

"The daimyo don't want to consume their own army, they just spare their military strength." Tokugawa Ieyasu respectfully responded:

"It's because they are unwilling to pay for your career, Lord Taige, to limit their vision to this island country, unwilling to look at this huge world, only satisfied with the small profits of conquering North Korea, and want to retreat after some setbacks, how can this be done!"

"I resolutely support your decision to conquer Korea and enter the Tang territory, which is a major event that will benefit the future, and it is completely reasonable to increase troops for this!"

The daimyo were unwilling, in fact, it also made sense, after all, this Japanese army was essentially a "coalition army" formed by their troops.

Since the entry into Korea, the total casualties of the Korean army have reached 120,000, the Ming army has also suffered more than 5,000 casualties, and the Japanese army has also suffered more than 30,000 casualties.

The more than 30,000 casualties have already made some daimyo feel very dissatisfied, and now Toyotomi Hideyoshi is going to increase his troops, which naturally arouses the opposition of many daimyos, who think that they should take it when they see it, stabilize the current territory, and mainly plunder Korea.

This typical behavior of wanting benefits but not wanting to pay is, of course, very unhappy for Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Among the many forces, Tokugawa Ieyasu was one of the few who supported him.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi smiled, he knew Tokugawa Ieyasu's talent, he had made the proposal to conquer Korea in the first place, and he had achieved good results, and now the two were on the same page, which made him firm in his determination.

He threw his head back and let out a long laugh while patting Tokugawa Ieyasu on the shoulder:

"Well, since you think it's the right thing to do, then increase your troops! We can't let these rats stop us from achieving great things! ”

"When the matter is completed, the land of Longxi in Tang Tu should be owned by you!"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi finally decided to increase his troops in Korea!

"Thank you, sir!" Tokugawa Ieyasu bent down and bowed, but where Toyotomi Hideyoshi couldn't see, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up a curve.

(End of chapter)