Chapter 732: The latent dragon wakes up, and the cold weather is overwhelming
"During this battle, I discovered that the artillery density was too high, which had affected the infantry's movements. It is true that after we finished the battle, the amount of gunpowder increased to 330,000 kilograms, but we must also pay attention. This method of fighting is too wasteful. Although His Majesty is not short of money, he has tried his best to supply our frontline needs and does not make us worry too much about logistics. ”
"But fighting like this will put great pressure on logistics. Therefore, appropriately reducing the density of artillery and reducing the pressure on logistics is the right choice." Qi Jiguang began to summarize the gains and losses of the Pyongyang battle.
Even with the emperor's strong support, the Ming army became essentially a "young master's army". After the big battle, the gunpowder stock increased. However, the Ming capital camp was used to such luxury and would rely too much on logistics. If it fell into Fighting hard will affect combat effectiveness.
The main reason for reducing artillery density is to consider logistical pressure and effective killing.
Gunpowder is also a very valuable thing to the Ming Dynasty, because it can be used in production, especially the mining of Shengzhou open-pit coal mines, and some bridge repairs and road repairs, which are needed. Waste is shameful. Frugality is a virtue.
"In this battle, I noticed that the Japanese pirates were timid in their attack. Many parts were unable to withstand heavy casualties. This was completely opposite to the bushido they clamored for. As expected, as His Majesty said, the less something is missing, the more likely it will be. The more emphasis you put on it." Qi Jiguang looked at everyone and explained the situation he saw in detail.
In the last general attack, the Japanese pirates were divided into five areas of charge and came out in full force. However, the rout of each part was different. Within a quarter of an hour after entering the battlefield, North Korea's Hwarang Hyep turned back collectively, abandoned the Japanese pirates and ran away. On the way.
Hwarang Hyup is not within the scope of discussion. Japanese pirates' general attacks from five directions often collapse with less than 10% casualties.
In the twenty-five-year war between the Ming Dynasty and Anda Khan, the performance of the Ming army was better than that of the Japanese pirates. The casualty ratio was more than 20% before they were defeated. This was because the Ming Dynasty lacked horse troops on the battlefield. Once defeated, they would be defeated. Being chased tail-to-tail by the Northern Captives, in this case, defeat equals death, so they can withstand more casualties.
In the twenty-five-year war between the Ming Dynasty and Anda Khan, the Ming Dynasty won more victories than Anda Khan. Anda Khan did not get too many advantages from the Ming Dynasty. The reason why the war ended in a bad war had to do with the self-respect of the Yangtze invaders. relationship, but the main reason was the lack of cavalry troops and the inability to expand the results.
In terms of the ratio of casualties suffered by the troops, the performance of the Ming army was better than that of the Japanese pirates. The so-called bushido spirit of the Japanese pirates was not as common as rumored. To put it more simply, the Ming army was more fierce and fearless than the Japanese pirates.
Qi Jiguang continued: "One more thing is that when the enemy is equipped with a large number of firearms, a blind and rigid multi-wave charge becomes a fueling tactic and is bound to fail."
"Secondly, if you put yourself in his shoes, there is nothing wrong with Governor Konishi's command in the decisive battle and the multiple waves of charges. Moreover, he changed his tactics very quickly. After seeing the power of firearms, he immediately used the remaining All the soldiers pressed forward. It was clear that he had tried his best, but facing the changed battlefield, losing became his only outcome."
The multiple waves of attacks by Governor Konishi are as ridiculous as deliberately giving military merit to the Ming army. When the Ming Dynasty has superior firepower, doesn't this just add fuel to the fire? Governor Konishi's adjustment speed has been very fast, and his performance has been excellent. However, facing the Ming army, which has the advantage of generation difference, his performance is somewhat weak.
"I learned a lesson." Marin raised his hand and said: "I found that no matter how strong the troops are, they are still weak. This is even more obvious in the age of firearms."
"While crossing the upper reaches of the Datong River, our vanguard battalion was attacked by Japanese iron cannons and had to retreat. However, the opponent's Kuroda Nagamasa attacked rashly, giving me a chance."
"Training is conducive to the rapid development and change of formations, and we can gain the initiative faster."
The battle of the vanguard battalion did not go smoothly because the formation could not be deployed. When crossing the river, it encountered resistance. However, Kuroda Nagamasa soon paid the price for his hasty attack. When the vanguard battalion successfully crossed the river and deployed its formation, Kuroda Nagamasa The Japanese pirates led by them had no ability to resist and were eventually defeated.
"Heavy cavalry battalions are of no value." Li Rusong said with a solemn face: "Even if a cavalry battalion is formed in the future, it should be transformed into a semi-armored light cavalry to cooperate with the musketeers."
In the age of firearms, heavy cavalry battalions are no longer the protagonists of the battlefield. This is a tragedy of the times, but it is also a development trend. The Ming Dynasty spent a high price to train knights, war horses, and armors. After hard training, the results Performance on the battlefield is not as important as imagined.
After thinking about it, Qi Jiguang said: "Actually, I think it is very valuable. You see, there are not a large number of armies equipped with firearms around the Ming Dynasty. Heavy cavalry is still the final word on the battlefield, completely disintegrating the opponent's will to resist, and ending the war. The best means.”
"The charge of the heavy cavalry battalion wiped out a blank on the battlefield, and the Japanese pirates collapsed as a whole. Around the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirates were already considered a very capable army, but they still could not withstand such an impact."
"On the battlefield, it is easy to gain an advantage, but it is very difficult to turn the advantage into victory, or even turn the victory into ending the war. The battlefield is changeable, and it is very possible that the situation of the battle will be changed and delayed due to some small things. The longer it takes, the greater the variability.”
"The heavy cavalry battalion has a unique advantage in ending the war. After all, no one can bear the fear in their hearts when they look at the iron mountain like a city wall coming towards them."
In the Battle of Gaoliang River, people always focus on the joke that the God of War in a donkey cart ran 170 miles day and night despite being injured. But in fact, the Northern Song Dynasty army has always been in an absolute advantage, but because of the lack of cavalry, the lack of The ability to expand the results of the battle lacked the decisive heavy cavalry. In the end, the Liao army found an opportunity and launched a surprise attack on Zhao Er.
The Northern Song Dynasty army was extremely powerful at that time. Even though it lost its commander, the Northern Song Dynasty army still maintained its intact organization and formation and left the battlefield without further defeat.
However, Zhao Er lost his prestige as an emperor and even became suspicious. It became common to emphasize literature over military affairs. In the end, Zhao Er failed to recapture the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, which also caused the first substantial demise of the Central Plains Dynasty.
The Hulu trampled through the mountains and rivers, and it was not until a hundred years later that they regained their sight.
Qi Jiguang believes that the cavalry camp is not only important, but also the only weapon to end the war and is irreplaceable.
"What Qi Shuai said makes sense." Li Rusong was stunned for a moment, and then agreed with Qi Jiguang's view.
The heavy cavalry battalion should maintain a certain scale as a means to end the war. In this battle, he was the commander of the cavalry battalion. He just felt that the emperor's efforts and gains were not equal. The cost of one heavy cavalry was equal to five sharp soldiers. , his view is from the perspective of the cavalry camp. In short, the momentum is enough, but not enough kills.
But Qi Jiguang didn't see it that way. He saw the effect of the heavy cavalry camp.
Summarizing after the war has been a tradition since Qi Jiguang led the army. After the battle, all the generals and commanders sit together to talk about the gains and losses of the battle. This kind of summing up experience atmosphere is where you can say whatever you want. Rather than Qi Jiguang's words. After summing up experience, he can fight better next time. He has done this since he led the army in Zhejiang. There is a saying in the army that three generals are as good as one Zhuge Liang.
The atmosphere of the post-war summary was very relaxed, and after full discussion, experience was formed.
For example, what Marin mentioned, "No matter how strong the troops are, they are still weak." It is very meaningful, and the cavalry battalion will not form more heavy cavalry battalions in the future, and will maintain the current scale and change it to semi-armor, which also means that This led to the development direction of cavalry, and the power of line formations in combat exceeded the imagination of all generals.
Firearms have changed the basic pattern of the battlefield. Past experience has been invalidated due to the extensive use of firearms. For example, Konishi Yukinaga's wave of attacks was no problem, but he encountered the musketeers.
Qi Jiguang thinks that fighting is a very simple thing, just four words: use your strengths and avoid weaknesses, give full play to your own advantages, and attack the enemy's weaknesses.
"If there is no problem, then write a battle report to show your merits for our Ming army. By the way, send the bodies of the prisoners of war and President Xiaoxi to the capital." After Qi Jiguang finished the post-war summary, he asked everyone if they wanted to add anything. After no one added anything, Qi Jiguang wrote a letter asking for credit.
Zhu Yijun had known about the victory in Pyongyang for a long time, because the gossip had spread all over the sky. It had been five days since the victory, and the news of Qi Jiguang's victory reached the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun can understand that the frontline needs to count enemy and enemy casualties, make a comprehensive summary of the war, escort prisoners to silence the North Korean and Chinese civil servants, compile battlefield statistics and harvest, etc.
There are many things that need to be done on the front line to ensure victory, and a large part of them are all for one thing, not allowing the scholar-officials in the court to organize weddings and funerals. The scholar-officials in the Ming Dynasty were too good at this kind of thing, and Qi Jiguang himself was a victim , won the battle, but was convicted and made meritorious service. Even the opportunity to be convicted and made meritorious service is extremely precious.
Zhu Yijun remembered Qi Jiguang's words to the soldiers: Difficult? There is hope that we can win the battle, but it will definitely not be our turn. The battle that we are asked to fight must be that we have no hope of winning. Only by winning the battle that has no hope of winning can we be considered capable and have a chance. Is it difficult? But it’s not difficult, it’s not our turn.
This was the dilemma of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty before Zhenwu. This dilemma made all the soldiers particularly confused. Zhu Yijun never forgot why Zhenwu set out.
"Report! Great victory in Pyongyang! Great victory in Pyongyang!" A marquis from the pier with a vermilion dragon pennant stuck on his back ran into Tonghe Palace and came to the door of the Royal Study without any hindrance, shouting loudly Said: "Congratulations to the Ming Dynasty, congratulations to Your Majesty, a great victory in Pyongyang! Our Ming army defeated the Japanese pirates!"
"Reward!" Zhu Yijun stood up fiercely. He had been looking forward to it, and finally waited for the good news. Although he knew that the good news from the front line must be accurate, he was a little anxious waiting, and he immediately rewarded the Marquis Yuan of Duntai. , then took the good news from Feng Bao and read it carefully.
Zhu Yijun took the victory report and said as he walked and read: "Okay! Our Liaodong soldiers performed bravely in the battle of Yangjiaodu! Zu Chengxun won it in one fell swoop, eliminating the possibility of the Japanese pirates retreating from Yangjiaodu!"
"Good! The line warfare method has been fully implemented in actual combat. The tactic of queuing to kill has been used repeatedly, which proves the reliability of this tactic!"
"Okay! Li Rusong led the heavy cavalry and made the final decision! Ma Lin led the vanguard battalion to pursue and kill them one after another to expand the results! A total of 21,000 Japanese pirates were killed. Hwarang Xie ignored them and the troops reached Kaesong City!"
"Okay! Okay! Okay! Our Ming army cooperated closely on the battlefield in Liaodong, and there was no restriction on taking advantage of others. All will be rewarded! All will be rewarded!"
Zhu Yijun watched the victory report over and over again. He couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth. He smiled brightly. Governor Konishi's humiliating defeat and the Ming Army's crushing victory made Zhu Yijun happy. This was the great success of Zhenwu in the fourteenth year of the Wanli Reform.
"Ah? How come President Konishi was trampled to death by the North Korean Hwarang Association?" Zhu Yijun noticed the details.
Yukiko Konishi is so miserable! He had suffered a humiliating defeat and died a humiliating death. He did not die in the hands of the Ming Dynasty army, but died in the hands of North Korean Hwarangs. He was really trampled to death by one person and one kick. These Hwarangs had no other abilities. Very capable of escaping.
Feng Bao said with a smile: "The battlefield is like this, life and death are unpredictable." Admiral Li Yougong, the internal minister, has actually reported this crushing victory, but some specific details still need Qi Jiguang's victory report.
"In the next chapter, the Ministry of Rites will organize the victory report into a document, describe the situation of this battle clearly with popular words and pictures, and send it to the Di Bao to inform the world, so as to make all parties know about the victory of our Ming army." Zhu Yijun reported the victory. When it was handed over to Feng Bao, he was like a child who got a treasure and showed it off everywhere. He wanted to tell the world how wonderful this treasure was.
"Qi Shuai wrote in a memorial that he wanted to abolish the "Hunminzhengyin". I think it is a good thing and the Ministry of Rites will study it in the next chapter." Zhu Yijun mentioned another detail.
In the 11th year of the Orthodox reign, King Sejong of Joseon promulgated the "Hunminjeongeum" and created the Korean pinyin script - Yanwen alphabet. He comprehensively notated Chinese characters, marking that the Korean peninsula had its own script.
This Yanwen is not a good thing. Qi Jiguang originally thought that this was a landmark event for the Korean king to seek independence, but after detailed research, Qi Jiguang found that this "Hunmin Zhengyin" was to distinguish classes.
In North Korea, the upper class people learn Chinese and use Chinese, and all laws are written in Chinese, while the lower class people use Yanwen and cannot understand the law at all. The Imperial Academy of Korea, Sungkyunkan, does not teach Yanwen at all, but only Yanwen. Teaching Chinese, in other words, North Korea's scholar-bureaucrats used Yanwen to completely monopolize the channel for advancement.
Even the officials in the yamen must understand Chinese, otherwise they will not be able to understand the law. The same applies to the doctors, so they were really born in North Korea and have been poor coolies for generations.
What Qi Jiguang meant was to abolish the Yanwen of Hunminzhengyin and replace it with comprehensive Chinese, that is, "Hongwu Zhengyun", because Yanwen itself is the phonetic notation of Chinese, but due to accent problems in various places, Yanwen became It's weird, like a dog barking, which is not conducive to Ming's transformation of North Korea into a king.
Zhu Yijun's attitude was to let the Ministry of Rites study and retain its cultural characteristics, or to simply abolish it. The Ministry of Rites quickly responded to the emperor and approved Qi Jiguang's suggestion to completely abolish Yanwen. In the view of the Ministry of Rites, this is a matter of course. , who wants to analyze, you can go to Qin Shihuang and ask him why he wanted to use the same text for books, the same track for carriages, and unified weights and measures.
On March 15, the 14th year of Wanli, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty rarely asked the three dukes and high priests to go to the countryside to worship their ancestors. Instead, the emperor Zhu Yijun went to Xishan in person to preside over the suburbs. This was the first time since Wanli first.
In Zhu Yijun's view, this crushing victory could give an explanation to the ancestors. The reason for such a high-standard sacrifice was mainly to tell the Taoist master that the Ming Dynasty had now avenged the Japanese invasion.
Mr. Konishi's body was inspected by the policeman and it was found that he had indeed been trampled to death. It had been burned to ashes and scattered at the Chaoyang Gate to be trampled on.
According to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, in grand ceremonies such as suburban sacrifices, the queen was required to accompany the emperor to perform sacrifices. Wang Yaozhuo was pregnant. The imperial doctor said that walking around more during this time and exercising appropriately would be good for the development of the fetus.
The chariot stopped at Yangcuiling in Tianshou Mountain, where the Taoist tomb is located. Zhu Yijun got off the chariot with twelve crowns and twelve chapters of robes, and pulled Wang Yaozhuo through Wailuo City. , walked through the three-hole red mausoleum gate, stepped on the Shinto, walked past the statue, passed through the Xin'en Gate, and came to the front of the Xin'enxiang Hall.
The Royal Pill is carved with dragons and phoenixes playing with pearls. In the Hall of Enen, there are sacred couches, sacred tablets of emperors and empresses, treasure books, clothes, crowns, thrones and other objects. If the emperor comes, the main case, the subordinate case, and the three animal case boxes will be set up to offer sacrifices and the table. There are five stone offerings on it, and there are candlesticks and vases on both sides.
At this point, only the emperor, queen, and eunuchs could enter. All civil and military officials were waiting for His Majesty Dan, and Zhu Yijun took the incense from Feng Bao and inserted it into the incense burner surrounded by Shi Wugong.
Zhu Yijun took out a piece of paper and rambled: "The heavy snow fell on my shirt, and the north wind filled the river with snow; the hidden dragon woke up, and the bravery pressed against the cold weather; the military was raised to the sky, and the army glorified the power of heaven; the first battle was a humiliation for the country. , Erlang made a triumphant return.”
"Heavy snow fell on the shirt, covering it with a thick layer of frost. The north wind was howling, and both sides of the Yalu River were covered with white snow. In the fourteenth year of Zhenwu, the Ming army was like a hidden dragon. Du, wake up from a deep sleep, the brave loyalty of the soldiers is like the scorching sun covering the cold sky; Zhenwu's long sword points straight to the sky, the military appearance is neat and shining, even the might of heaven must avoid its sharp edge; Pyongyang Fight, the Ming Dynasty's warriors have wiped out the national humiliation caused by the Japanese invasion during the Jiajing period. Good news comes from the front. I am waiting for their triumphant return and drink together to celebrate."
"Today I tell Emperor Sejong that I plan to completely eliminate the Japanese pirates. I hope that my ancestors will bless my Ming Dynasty and prosper my military fortune."
Zhu Yijun finished reciting the Qing Ci on the paper, then lit it on the candlestick and threw it into the incense burner. He waited until the paper burned out before saying with a smile: "Since there is no reply, it is acquiescence, and I will treat it as the ancestors agree." I plan to destroy the Japanese.”
"I really don't know how to write poems, and I can't write Qing Ci. I will just write it, and my ancestors will just do it."
Suddenly a breeze blew through the Qin'en Hall, causing the curtain to flap. I don't know whether it was mocking Zhu Yijun for being shameless and randomly interpreting the meaning of his ancestors, or whether he felt that Zhu Yijun's poems were not good, and he still agreed to Zhu Yijun's plan to destroy the Japanese.
The reason why Zhu Yijun didn't come to the suburbs to offer sacrifices was actually very simple. He didn't have any tangible achievements to show to his ancestors. All he had to do was report to the Ancestral Temple. In this great victory in Pyongyang, more than 21,000 Japanese pirates were killed. Zhu Yijun saw it Come on, this is a remarkable achievement, and there is another reason. In fact, it is Prime Minister Qingci.
At the end of the Jiajing period, the Taoist priest who devoted himself to cultivating the world appointed all the prime ministers who were good at writing Qingci. Zhu Yijun really couldn't write and was unwilling to let his ministers write. So he came to offer sacrifices, so he wrote according to his own wishes. A poem with no meter and no rhyme, it just says some nonsense.
He is the emperor, and he has the final say on the format of Qingci.
"My husband's poem, I think, is excellent. Regardless of the meter or the choice of words and sentences, they are not as good as the intention." Wang Yaozhuo said with a smile: "The news of victory came from the front line. I am really happy. I I also look forward to more good news from the front line.”
Wang Yaozhuo felt that Xunzi, who invented the word "confucianism", must be a genius. Even though he became a Confucian scholar, he was still so cheap. He accurately portrayed a group of people. They were not many in number, but they were the loudest, shouted the loudest, and kept asking for things. Seizing their privileges, manipulating public opinion, confusing right and wrong, and calling deer a horse, these despicable scholars tore the Ming Dynasty apart.
For Queen Wang Yaozhuo, the impact was really great, because the words and actions of these cheap Confucians always made His Majesty's face gloomy. In order to be more considerate, the Emperor could only endure these nonsense. The Emperor could not Although the queen was happy, the queen was naturally unhappy. In Wang Yaozhuo's view, it was a good thing for Mr. Zhang to hit the lowly Confucians hard in order to protect his disciples.
This Pyongyang victory, when the news of the victory had not reached the capital, there would have been no nonsense from cheap scholars, but there had been before. That was what Zhou Liangyin, the governor of Shanxi, did. He said that the military exploits outside the Great Wall were not military exploits, but that Li Chengliang killed Liang Liang. Gong, went to see it in person, saw that Gule Village was razed to the ground, and said that Li Chengliang was harsh on civilian officials and was acting like a military leader.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty held a memorial ceremony in the suburbs. He had nothing else to do but tell the Taoist master that the blood debt of the Japanese plague was being paid with blood.
Qi Jiguang wrote a good news and sent it to the Ming Dynasty, while Kato Kiyomasa also wrote a good news and sent it back to Japan. Oda Nobunaga received the good news from the front line and the Di news from the Ming Dynasty at the same time.
"So, did the Ming army win, or did we Japanese win? Did the Ming army deceive the Ming Emperor, or did our expeditionary force deceive me, the general?" Oda Nobunaga looked at the two completely different battle reports and became angry. said.
"It should be based on the Di report. After all, battle reports lie, but the battle lines do not. It is an indisputable fact that the Ming army advanced to the gates of Kaicheng City. It is unreasonable that after the victory, the battle lines shrank sharply." Kuroda Takataka answered this question, Although Oda Nobunaga asked knowingly.
Oda Nobunaga was very talented in military affairs, and no one in Japan could beat him. Of course, Oda Nobunaga could see this fake battle report at a glance.
Kato Kiyomasa's battle report is: The Japanese expeditionary force was overwhelmingly strong. The Japanese expeditionary force Yangjiaodu completely annihilated the Liaodong Army and its morale was high. It was the Japanese army that broke through the torn line formation of the Ming army's defense line. After winning a great victory and killing 50,000 enemies, The proud expeditionary force followed Oda Nobunaga's order and chose to retreat.
During the retreat, President Konishi unfortunately died of illness and was buried in Qingdang Mountain.
"A great victory in Pyongyang, bullshit! A huge defeat!" Oda Nobunaga threw Kato Kiyomasa's battle report on the ground and said sternly: "I asked them to stop in Seoul and not to attack rashly. In Seoul, Chungju, and Busan Building a defense line, step by step, made Ming realize that helping North Korea would be extremely expensive, and the North Korean royal family was not as submissive as it appeared. The best outcome would be to be able to negotiate peace in the end. ”
"How did they do it? Before the Chinese New Year last year, they couldn't wait to start attacking. On the Korean battlefield, it is never the Korean army that determines success or failure, but the soldiers of tomorrow. Now they have ended up like this, and they deserve it!"
In fact, Oda Nobunaga was not very angry, and those who died were not his direct descendants. No matter how many of them died, Oda Nobunaga could still be regarded as a waste of samurai. These guys would only make food prices higher in Japan.
Since 150,000 samurai invaded Korea, the price of food in Japan has finally stopped soaring and has been on a downward trend. Moreover, farmers everywhere have become more orderly with their spring plowing now that there is no physical threat.
Oda Nobunaga looked at the very crude Kantu map for a long time and said: "It's still too late to build fortifications and defenses now. Order the front line to build a defense line immediately. It will take three to five years to hold the Ming army firmly." Stop! As long as it takes three years, the Ming Dynasty will not be able to reach the Japanese mainland.”
"My strategy from the beginning to now has been to use offense instead of defense to prevent Ming from attacking the mainland."
Kuroda Takataka was stunned and said: "Is it enough to just hold on for three years?"
Oda Nobunaga pointed the long pole at the position of Songjiang Mansion and said: "Yes, because the focus of the Ming Dynasty is changing, and the opening of the sea is in full swing. The more the Ming Dynasty pours into the northeast, the more it will delay the opening of the sea. As long as it can If we delay it for three years, it will be too expensive for the Ming Dynasty to completely destroy our Japanese country.”
"Korea is very mountainous, while Japan is even more mountainous and less land, and there are so many places in Nanyang waiting for the emperor to reclaim wasteland. Investing too much in the northeast is an irrational approach. The wise Emperor of Ming Dynasty will weigh the pros and cons. .”
"General Takami." Kuroda Takagao looked at it for a long time and agreed with Oda Nobunaga's idea, but he said very worriedly: "General, is it inappropriate to place the fate of the country on the kindness of the emperor? ”
Oda Nobunaga shook his head and said: "If you don't expect the Ming Emperor to weigh the pros and cons, how can you expect the Ming Emperor to put down the blood feud?"
Oda Nobunaga's sister, Oda City, is in the Ming Dynasty. All the descendants of Oda Nobunaga were sent to the Ming Dynasty because they wanted to invade Korea. Now Oda Nobunaga is really not afraid of the Ming Dynasty attacking the Japanese mainland.
The greatest danger of semi-colonial and semi-feudalism is that the survival of the ruling class is completely untied from its homeland, and its survival is completely dependent on the support of the metropolitan country.
(End of chapter)