Chapter 561: Seoul
"This ......" The person who came didn't know how to answer for a while, Yang Ho was the first to escape, how could he have time to tell him to go back to the base camp to report the news? But as a small soldier, he didn't dare to speak ill of the boss.
Sun Jing and Master Chen glanced at each other, knowing each other's thoughts, and let the person back down.
"I don't think it's that simple. Sun Jing said
Lord Chen nodded, "I agree with you, there are many things hidden in this. ”
"Now that it's useless to say this, I immediately told me to pack my bags and set off overnight to rush back to Seoul. Qi Chu said
General Park was unwilling to ask, "Just give up the base camp like this?"
Qi Chu said decisively: "There are only more than 1,000 horses here, the Japanese reinforcements have arrived, and now there are at least tens of thousands of horses, if you don't leave, stay here and wait for death?"
"But to go is to admit defeat. General Park said
"Doesn't failure happen if you stay here? Qi Chu said
Before packing his bags and leaving, General Park ordered the base camp to be burned in order not to leave anything useful for the Japanese Kou.
The crowd led a thousand soldiers and horses to attack for three days, and finally reached Seoul. And on this day, the remnants of the Ming army also arrived at the same time.
Korea sent people to pick it up, and when it learned that the army of land and water had been defeated, the whole country was shocked. The monarch Li Hao, who was sitting on the throne, was so frightened that he fell off the throne.
Sun Jing and Lord Chen went to see Yang Ho together, but they were turned away on the grounds that Yang Ho was injured. This made the two of them angry, they turned to find Ma Gui, and it happened that the solution was also there, only then did they know that Yang Hao asked the solution to stop the attack in order to send Li Rumei a favor and delay the fighter. If the solution attacked when the Japanese had just captured the island and mountain castle, it was very likely that the enemy would not be able to withstand the onslaught of the solution when he was exhausted.
But now it's too late to say anything, the defeat is decided, and everyone's hearts are clouded with a haze. For them, this is a state affair of Korea, but they came to support on the orders of the emperor, and if they are defeated and return, they will inevitably be demoted.
In fact, this is all secondary, the most important thing is that in the hearts of these people, they can't bear to watch the people suffer, although this is not the people of the Ming Dynasty, but they are all people.
At this time, Xing Jue pushed the door in, sat directly on the chair and gasped, looking angry.
"Master Xing, what happened?" asked Ma Gui
"Don't mention it, I went to Yang Hao just now, and I wanted to discuss with him how to report this defeat to the imperial court, what do you guess he said?" Xing Jue drank a glass of water and felt a little more relieved.
"What do you say?" asked Sun Jing
Xing Jue slapped the table, "Our army lost 20,000 people, and he actually had to report to the court that no more than 1,000 people were killed, and he also had to write that he had won this battle." ”
"Is he crazy? This is a crime of deception!" said Master Chen
He should bear the greatest responsibility for this failure, but he doesn't want to admit it, lying about the military situation is not only to kill his head. The most important thing is that if the imperial court knows that the battle has been won, it will definitely not send any more troops to support, and we don't have many troops left. Xing Jue said
"Didn't Master Xing explain the seriousness of the matter to him?"
"Why didn't I say it, but he took out Shen Zheng's handwriting to press me!"
Everyone looked at each other, and they were completely disappointed in Yang Ho in their hearts.
After Sun Jing and Lord Chen left, they went to find Qi Chu, and at this time, perhaps outsiders could see the fire better.
They told Yang Hao that he was going to lie about the military situation, and wanted Qi Chu to help with ideas.
"It's simple, you send a reliable person to send a secret letter back and report the military situation to the court. Qi Chu said
"But this will offend Yang Hao?" Sun Jing said worriedly
Lord Chen doesn't care if he is offended or not, "When is this happening, are you afraid of offending people?"
"Alright then, I'll discuss it with Master Xing now. You wait for my news. ”
Sun Jing left, and he was also very angry with Yang Ho in his heart. After telling Xing Jue about Qi Chu's idea, Xing Jue felt that it was feasible, so the two immediately wrote a secret letter and found the most reliable person to go out of the city.
When he came back, he met General Park, "Old Park, where are you going?"
"I'm going to find Brother Qi. General Park said worriedly
"It so happened that I went to him too. Sun Jing said
"What are you going to do?"
Sun Jing told Yang Hao about lying about the military situation, and finally General Park sighed: "It's really as black as a crow in the world." ”
Seeing General Park coming, Qi Chu also knew that something was wrong, so he went out to greet him, and the four of them sat around the table to discuss the next battle.
Now that the navy is gone, the vitality of the Korean army has been greatly damaged. Originally, the navy had the advantage and could contain the Japanese invaders, but now it has become a fatal weakness. There were still hundreds of warships left, and it was only a matter of time before they sailed to the vicinity of Seoul. Coupled with the fact that the Ming army was miserable this time, with more than 20,000 people killed, Yang Hao had no intention of fighting again.
General Park said: "Brother Qi, I won't go around the bend, now there is only one person who has the ability to turn the tide." ”
Qi Chu was interested when he heard it, now the enemy is weak and I am strong, looking at the current situation, the Ming Dynasty coalition forces have almost no power to fight back, if it is really a person who has the power to turn the tide, why didn't he appear at the beginning?
"Tell me who this person is?"
"Yi Sunsin, the god of war!"
When the Japanese invaded Korea for the first time six years ago, he was temporarily appointed as the commander of the naval forces to repel the Japanese and make them abandon the invasion.
These six years of calm can be said to have been brought by Yi Sunsin, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi was afraid of Yi Sunsin, so he recuperated for six years. Before launching the war this time, he deliberately used a counter-plot to make the monarch Yi Hao think that Yi Sunsin had the intention of rebellion, and put him in prison.
If it weren't for Yi Sunsin, who was thrown into prison and lost control of the navy. Give Toyotomi Hideyoshi ten more dares, and he will not dare to invade Korea again.
Yi Sunsin was a humble and gentle man, proficient in the art of war, able to command the whole army in the face of danger on the battlefield, and had insight into the flaws of the enemy army, and defeated the enemy army in one fell swoop.
"I've heard you talk about him before, and it is precisely because of his hatred that Yuan Jun squeezed out Li Yiqi, and I wish General Park would lead you. But according to what you say, this person has been positioned as the most traitor, and should now be in prison. Qi Chu said
General Park said: "That's right, I have been in prison since last year, but I believe that the general has always wanted to fight the Japanese invaders again and restore peace to the country." I came here this time to let Brother Qi save General Li out. "Last time, Qi Chu cleared his grievances and fought a counterattack, which made him remember it deeply.
In the heart of General Park, Qi Chu was brave and strategic, and the hope of saving Li Sunsin in the end was pinned on Qi Chu.
"The crime of treason is not a joke. And since it can be convicted, there must be evidence. Toyotomi Hideyoshi must have made a lot of preparations, and these evidences are not so easily refuted. Sun Jing said
"Yes, the last time I cleared your grievances was because Yuan Jun deliberately wronged you. But it was your monarch who wronged General Li this time, and it was too difficult to rehabilitate him. Lord Chen frowned.