Japan entered the game, and the situation changed immediately.

The soldiers and civilians of Gyeongsang-do and Jeolla-do provinces have a strong willingness to fight, but they are far inferior to the Japanese army in terms of firearms, ordnance, and military literacy.

Under the attack of Li Yao's army and Japanese reinforcements, the prince of Jincheng and the king of Anping took the remnants of the defeated army and hid in the mountains to fight guerrillas.

But there is a problem here: the Maharaja of Jincheng and the Maharaja of Anping are unwilling to exchange news with the Ming army. Japan's 100,000-strong army swept through southern Korea, and the two of them obviously had the ability to send their men to report the battle situation to the Ming army, but they just refused to do it.

The Ming army came to invade, this is the consensus of North Korea from top to bottom. Whether it is Li Yao's side, or the Jincheng Dajun and Anping Dajun's side, they all have the same idea.

Because if the Ming army just wanted to intervene in Li Yao's coup, it would have captured Seoul last year.

In addition, after Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, he attacked from all sides and expanded his territory. So all the vassal states have seen through the intentions of the Ming army, and the Ming Emperor is called Sima Zhao's heart, which is known to passers-by.

As for the extent of Japan's ambitions, North Korea has not yet experienced first-hand how big it is.

For the Japanese reinforcements, the Korean soldiers and civilians had some meaning of eating pot pulp.

After defeating the Maharaja of Geumseong and Anpyeong, the Japanese army, led by Li Yao's 20,000 troops stationed in the south, took advantage of the victory and advanced northward and entered Gyeonggi, North Korea, in mid-May.

Hosokawa Katsumoto led the eastern army to camp in the eastern suburbs of Seoul, and Yamana Soquan led the western army to camp in the western suburbs of Seoul.

20,000 Korean troops camped next to Hosokawa Katsumoto's Eastern Army.

When the Japanese advance arrived in Seoul, the Ming army suddenly realized.

In the past two months, the Ming army has been storming Seoul with heavy losses, but it has never been able to make a contribution.

Now when morale is low, a huge new force suddenly emerges.

Fang Ying suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and hurriedly ordered his own soldiers to go to Kaecheng to invite Jiang Yuan.

This article and martial arts gathered together, and they also sighed constantly.

After listening to Fang Ying's analysis of the military situation, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "It's still the foresight of the saint, and in the past two months, he has added 50,000 troops to us.

Otherwise, it will be too late to increase the number of troops when the Japanese army is in front of them. ”

Fang Ying nodded again and again, this time she was really convinced. Or the emperor saw further, and the Japanese army really arrived in Seoul in just over two months.

If it weren't for the emperor's 50,000 troops, the consequences would be unimaginable.

And they don't pay attention to collecting intelligence, which is an old problem of the Ming army. Fang Ying used to slander other generals in the past, but she didn't expect that she would make the same mistake when she commanded the whole army for the first time.

Sure enough, it is easier said than done, and if you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are.

Jiang Yuan asked, "What should we do next?" Withdrawal? ”

Fang Ying immediately shook her head, Fang Ying was very sensitive to this question. Because of the rebellion in Luchuan that year, the southwest generals responded passively. Only his father Fang Zheng attacked alone, and finally lost to the Luchuan army and died in battle.

So Fang Ying was very annoyed and ran away before he fought, if all the generals in the southwest had struggled forward, his father might not have died.

Jiang Yuan didn't want to retreat either, and the news from Beijing came that the Zhancheng State had been completely destroyed, and the emperor fulfilled his promise and canonized Xu Youzhen as a martial artist.

If Jiang Yuan withdrew with more than 200,000 troops, he would not be able to raise his head at all after he returned.

Fang Ying gave a compromise strategy: "Let's try to fight first, and see how the Japanese combat power is?" We have more than 200,000 troops, guarding the pass north of Kaesong.

If you can't fight it, you can retreat calmly.

But Jiang Shilang, you can't go to Kaecheng to dig trenches anymore, in my opinion, let Zhang Xun be responsible for besieging Kaecheng, and you will wait on the front line with me to make quick decisions. ”

Jiang Yuan nodded, and then shook his head: "How did the saint fight back then, why did the saint win the battle as soon as he fought it, and he calculated the enemy everywhere."

We were so tired that I had only been in North Korea for two years, and I felt that I was almost 20 years old. ”

Fang Ying smiled bitterly: "This is the first time I have led an independent army, and my mentality is almost ten years old. In the past, I followed Yasukuni Gong, and I would fight as he said he would, and at that time, where did I need to worry about what I had or didn't have. ”

When the two were sighing, their own soldiers entered the interior and reported: "Jiang Shilang, Hou Ye, Japan sent an envoy to write a war letter." ”

Jiang Yuan and Fang Ying glanced at each other, this Japanese was really diligent enough, so they set up the camp and didn't rest for a few more days, so they couldn't wait to write a war letter.

Fang Ying instructed the soldiers: "Invite the messengers in, I want to see what they do."

When Jiang Yuan and Fang Ying sat on the top, the Japanese envoy entered the Chinese army's tent with pride.

Jiang Yuan and Fang Ying were all confused, and it was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy who came in.

This is none other than Hatakeyama's concubine Hatakeyama Yoshisa.

At only 18 years old, Hatakeyama Yoshishi was already a brave and good general, and he was highly regarded by Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

Jiang Yuan was the first to ask: "Who is under the tent, why don't you kneel when you see this official?" ”

Hatakeyama Yoshishi brought an official who had been to the Ming Dynasty many times to pay tribute and act as an interpreter.

Hearing Jiang Yuan's question, Hatakeyama Yoshishi looked disdainful: "We are just a minister to the Great Tomorrow, you are also a minister of the Great Tomorrow, we are all ministers, why should I kneel to you?" ”

When Jiang Yuan heard this, he was choked up and speechless for a while.

Hatakeyama Yoshishi held the battle book high above his head: "I have heard that the Ming army has low combat strength, and it was only a few years ago that it was annihilated by 500,000 people in one fell swoop.

In that battle, the elite of the Ming army should have been lost.

If my army of 200,000 comes out of the nest, I am afraid that I will be suspected of bullying the few.

In this way, our army will send 10,000, your Ming army will send 10,000, and the two sides will not use firearms, fight in formation, and compete in a dignified manner, can you have the courage to accept the challenge?

If they don't dare to fight, the Emperor of Japan will order Xu Er and others to calmly withdraw from Korea and return to China with the whole division. Our army will never take the opportunity to sneak attack. ”

The soldiers of the Ming army in the big tent all looked at the man in front of him in a daze, this justifiable momentum, I don't know, I thought that Japan was the upper country of the Celestial Empire, and the Ming Dynasty was a vassal country.

After the generals were stunned for a while, they knelt down towards Fang Ying and scrambled to ask for instructions: "Great commander, the last general will ask for a battle, and this group of young people will see the prestige of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Fang Ying pointed to a general at the back: "Wu Zhong, lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight against the Japanese." ”

When Wu Zhong heard this, he gladly accepted the order, took the battle book from Hatakeyama Yoshishi's hand, and stood aside with his head held high.

Although Hatakeyama Yoshishi is brave, Wu Zhong is half a head taller than Hatakeyama Yoshino, and he is obviously much more powerful.

Wu Zhong not only looks very good-looking, but his talent is also one of the best among the younger generation of generals.

The most important thing is that Wu Zhonggen is Miao Hong, who was originally a nobody in Yingzhou Wei, but because he was the same group with Liu Chang, he was also the first batch of henchmen loyal to today's son, and he also personally killed Wenchen in Fengtian Square.

After participating in the battle to recover Annam, he studied for a year in the emperor's newly opened Jingshi Martial Arts School.

After the 30,000 Liaodong Army was captured by Korea, Wu Zhong was appointed by the emperor as the commander of the Central Guard of Quang Ninh and reorganized the guard army in Quang Ninh.

Last month, Mr. Wu was transferred to reinforce North Korea.

Fang Ying is also very good at thinking, let the emperor's love go up to test the depth of the water. If you win, it's naturally good, and if you lose, the emperor doesn't know anyone.

Wu Zhong didn't think about it so much, and when he got out of the camp, he encouraged the soldiers to go.

(End of chapter)