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The fighting tradition of the Ming army was to have cannons and firearms plus cavalry. Although there were more than 100,000 troops, most of them could not be expected. Those beggar soldiers could only fight with the wind, and those tough and bad wars had to be solved by the general's private soldiers. Since the cannons were temporarily abolished and the firearms could not be far away, Li Chengliang quickly mobilized his cavalry troops and covered them from the flanks. It was necessary to first solve the iron artillery that posed the greatest threat.

Yoshihiko Ikeda's reaction was slower, but soon Ikeda made a decision to suppress all the reserve forces at hand. Now the Ming army's cannons are no longer ringing, and the biggest threat is these cavalry. Although Yoshihiko Ikeda does not have established cavalry, there are many spearmen in his hands. To a certain extent, the spearmen are still the nemesis of the cavalry.

The battle was extremely fierce. It was not until Maeda Kyoji's reserve team occupied the artillery position of the Ming army with great casualties that the Ming army began to shake. Finally, they forced the Ming army to retreat. The victorious Ikeda Hengxing did not send one soldiers and one soldiers to pursue the Ming army, nor did he come to count the casualties. Instead, he surrounded the cannons seized by Maeda Kyoji to prevent the Ming army from returning to rob.

The Ming army suffered little casualties this time, but the casualties were all the main force among the main forces - the private soldiers trained by Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong, for many years. Although there were nearly 90,000 troops back to Kaicheng this time, which was a few less than the 100,000 troops before the war, Li Chengliang and the general Zhang Juzheng knew that these 90,000 people were not one-tenth of the combat effectiveness of the 100,000 people before the war. The main reason was that although the gunners were still there, the cannons were lost. Before the two thousand musketeers had time to shoot, almost all the entire army was lost, and a thousand cavalry also suffered heavy losses.

Hiroki Ikeda touched the still hot cannon body and immediately left again. He blew his red palm and sighed, "With these big guys, even the most serious casualties are worth it."

Maeda Kyoji knew without checking. At least half of the two thousand iron artillery teams sent by the Kudo family could no longer stand up, ‘Maybe, we will have this thing in the future.’

The Japanese army who delivered these cannons gave the cannons an image name - Guokong. It means that if a shell goes down, a country will collapse. The name is very consistent with the Japanese's nature of exaggeration, but this is also a fact. Japan's country is relatively small, probably the size of a county in the Ming Dynasty.

Two days later, the general who retreated to Pyongyang to retreat. Zhang Juzheng received the victory of Qi Jiguang's victory over the Japanese pirates on Mount Kwang and killed countless prisoners. Zhang Juzheng did not agree with Qi Jiguang's request to continue pursuing, but instead quickly asked the messenger to send a messenger to transfer Qi Jiguang back to Pyongyang. Both sides of China and Japan had their own victory and defeat. In general, the Ming army took part of Gangwon Province and Gyeonggi Province and recovered Kaesong. However, the private soldiers of General Lee Sung-liang suffered heavy casualties, and the Ming army of the Western Route Army lost most of their combat effectiveness. On the Japanese side, Shibata Katsuya and Hashiba Hideyoshi were defeated and suffered heavy losses, while Gangwon Province was lost.

Although there were quite a lot of casualties on the Western Front, they seized more than 50 artillery pieces from the Ming army, with more than 1,000 firearms and more than 400 horses. This is a miserable victory. However, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army without cannons was greatly weakened, and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army with cannons did not decline but increased. In the eyes of the Ming army, they might have to brave the opponent's artillery fire next time they faced Japanese pirates. In fact, Maeda Kyoji and Ikeda Hokkai and other Japanese generals are still studying how to use cannons?

However, the way to Antuo City, Ikeda Hengxing's battle report was also opened. The trick I left in Antuo City back then. There was only one Chinese character on it. "Drag" Ikeda Hengxing looked at it and said, "Good idea, send an envoy to seek peace first. Now the Ming army knows our combat effectiveness and will not fight for the time being. It turns out that there is nothing difficult in the world. Let Kudo worry about the rest of the matter."

Originally, according to the idea of ​​the commander Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang was recalled this time. Afterwards, he joined forces with more than 100,000 troops from two groups to continue to attack Kaicheng with the force of Mount Tai, recover Seoul Gyeonggi Province and Zhongqing Road, and quickly fight and take the Japanese pirates into the sea. Otherwise, it would be too late to wait until the Japanese pirates master the key points of cannons and train them to train them to skilled gunners. However, this matter was stopped by a man, or an incomplete person, - the military supervisor. Guan Gonggong. Every time the Ming Dynasty sent troops, he would send several emperor's confidant eunuchs to serve as military supervisors. This was accustomed to the fact that he would send several emperor's confidant eunuchs to serve as military supervisors. If one time the military supervisor was not sent, it would be the emperor's commander of the army. The military supervisor itself did not have the right to control the army. In fact, it was to control the merits and crimes of the army, but in fact it was to monitor and lead the army.

Is the general rebelling? Since Lao Zhao led his troops to fight to fight, he put on a yellow robe after drinking, the emperor has become more suspicious of the generals who led the troops. After all, not everyone is Wang Jian, and you can pass it by giving some money and some land. But the old saying goes, you can resist, and you can resist if you say you are against him. If you say you are against him, you will not resist, and you will not resist. These words are said by people. When you touch the mouth, you will know what he said. So the eunuchs in the army gradually gained weight. Even the commander in the army will not dare to disobey openly. Otherwise, they will go back to participate in your secret agreement with the generals during your leadership to intent on rebelling, so that you can't afford to take it. In fact, there are also military supervisors now, just changing their name.

The thin and gray-haired Eunuch Guan exhorted sharply, "Mr. Zhang, it is better to think about the issue of sending troops from a long time to the miscellaneous family." Since it is a long time to make plans, it means not to send troops. Pull the cannons to the battlefield, so what can I guarantee the personal safety of Eunuch Guan in Pyongyang?

The Liaodong General Li Chengliang lost his capital this time and wanted to fly over Kaicheng immediately and snatch the more than 50 cannons. When Li Chengliang heard this, he couldn't help but feel anxious and asked, "Eunuch Guan, what time should I plan for this long time?"

‘Hum’ Eunuch Guan snorted angrily, and a cold air emanated. Several generals in the room immediately felt that the tea in the cup was about to freeze. ‘Mr. Li, the miscellaneous family asked you, you will be sure to win again this time.’

The temperature in the room dropped sharply. At this time, the Liaodong General Li Chengliang was much more awake and replied, "I am sure if I reply to Eunuch Guan's words, but I still have 60% of them."

Eunuch Guan clapped his hands and said, "Will it be a big deal, it's said in ancient books that killing one thousand enemies hurts eight hundred by themselves. You have also seen the bravery of the Japanese pirates. The red-clothed cannons that bloomed and fell to the ground rushed over, and they didn't even blink their eyes. Although we have a large number, tell me, which one can do it?"

'Reply to Eunuch Guan's words, no.' The answer was Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang came back late and had never seen this brave Japanese pirates with his own eyes. However, Li Chengliang and Qi Jiguang were colleagues and friends for many years. Qi Jiguang still knew the level of Li Chengliang's military training, and it would not be worse than Qi Jiguang. The reputation among the military generals in the court was also above Qi Jiguang. After defeating this time, the answer was definitely not that our army was incompetent, but that the Japanese pirates were too powerful. They fell to the ground and bloomed.

The shells fell into the opponent's formation, but there was no one who fled, and the formation was not scattered. In Qi Jiguang's view, this was the Yue family army that was able to compare with that. What's more important was that the red-clothed cannon was stolen by the Japanese pirates as plunder. Now, the Ming army had some advantages in terms of military strength, but no other advantages were left. The advantage of military strength was also achieved by consuming a huge amount of food and grass every day. This situation was even more embarrassing.

Just when Zhang Juzheng and several generals were bothering about whether they were advancing, the messenger from outside ordered the troops to report, "The general, the envoy for peace in the Japanese pirates is here."

Zhang Juzheng was still thinking about how to deal with this matter. The happy-looking military supervisor, Eunuch Guan, waved and said, "Hurry, please come in." Seeing the messenger's hesitation, Eunuch Guan urged the general Zhang Juzheng, "Mr. Zhang, since ancient times, the two countries have not been killed, and no matter what others say, they have to come in and listen, right?"

Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to wave his hand and said, ‘Please come in.’

The envoy sent by Hiroki Ikeda to seek peace was a half-year-old child, and he did not bring any weapons. When he met several adults, he began to bow and bow to this master Guan first, and shouted, "Ishida Sanjue, the Japanese envoy, has met several adults of the Celestial Empire." Hiroki Ikeda was also one of the ronin recruited by Hiroki Ikeda from Ishiyama Town. Although he was still young, he spoke and did things with a little shrewdness and was called by Hiroki Ikeda as his small surname.

Eunuch Guan was happy and said with a smile, "Wrong, these people around me are the adults of the Celestial Empire, I am just an old slave around the emperor. Besides, these three bows and nine bows are etiquettes that can only be used to meet the emperor. When we see us, we kneel down and kowtow.' According to the Ming Dynasty's rules, no matter how high the eunuchs are, they are all qualities in front of officials. In fact, no matter whether the eunuchs who became popular by the emperor have a rank or not, they are all super-ranked in the eyes of all the adults in the court. When there is something to do, they are indispensable for venting information or giving a message to the emperor. They are really indispensable for blowing wind. This is an existence that even the Prime Minister dares not ignore.

What a person Ishida Mizunari was? He was very clear in his heart. It was not because of the fact that the adults were doing what they were doing. He said, "I am the people outside the world who are not etiquette. But today I am lucky enough to see the people around the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, which is the same as when I met the Emperor. I guess it was because the adults followed the Emperor for a long time and had some dragon energy. After I came in, I couldn't help but bow to the Lord three times and nine times."

Eunuch Guan laughed happily, "You are so good at speaking at such a young age. If you become a eunuch, you will probably retire in a few years."

Mizuna Ishida said, "It is also a blessing to be able to serve the emperor of the Heavenly Kingdom in his previous life. Unfortunately, I am a transcendent and have no such blessing as an adult."

Seeing that Eunuch Guan was going to continue to praise the other party’s envoy, the general Zhang Juzheng coughed twice and interrupted the stingy scenes of the two, “Taijun, oh, no. It was the Japanese, what did the Japanese ask you to bring?”

Mizuna Ishida knelt down to Zhang Juzheng, and then said, "My Highness asked me to tell all the great masters of the Celestial Empire that this battle is a misunderstanding. I am willing to eliminate past grudges and be good for the Ming Dynasty forever."

Several generals in the room, together with Eunuch Guan, widened their eyes. It turned out that the one who was beaten to death a few days ago could explain this way. A misunderstanding passed. The general Zhang Juzheng also wondered and asked, "Why is this a misunderstanding? Aren't you the ones who fought with us a few days ago?"

Mitsunari Ishida bit to death, "Several lords, it was indeed a misunderstanding. My lord, the lord of Japan's Taizheng Minister, His Highness Oda Nobunaga, received news that the Kingdom of Korea had an affair with the Jiannu Juma tribe. The Jiannu Juma tribe and the King of Korea wanted to meet south and go south to become the leader of the Central Plains. However, in recent years, some Japanese pirates in Japan disrupted the coastal defense of the Celestial Empire, so the news was not understood. In the end, my lord's lord could only attack Korea without authorization to destroy the arm of the Jiannu Juma tribe.

The heart of protecting the Celestial Empire is clear. Before the war started, I really didn’t know that it was the army from the Celestial Empire, otherwise we would have paved the road and cleaned water and sprinkled the streets and waited for ten miles. The adults had just announced it at that time, and there was no need to meet each other. My highness also heard what the generals of the East Route Army said before I knew that the army from the Celestial Empire was coming. Some of the East Route Army knew that the Chinese characters and the banner of the Celestial Empire had known that they did not fire a single shot or a gun, and all retreated.’

After hearing this, Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong, almost vomited blood in anger, and the private soldiers he had trained were in vain. I would have known that he would have reported it before the war started, what if they really surrendered.

In Zhang Juzheng's eyes, these Japanese pirates were no different from those of the pirates and bandits, so they did not go through the form of being polite before the war. Unexpectedly, they were caught with a braid. Zhang Juzheng didn't believe in the misunderstandings made by the Japanese envoy. Zhang Juzheng didn't believe in the misunderstandings made by the Japanese envoy. He was admitted to school at the age of 5, could understand the Six Classics at the age of 7, passed the scholar at the age of 12, passed the imperial examination at the age of 16, passed the imperial examination at the age of 23, and became the prime minister, the Grand Secretary, and the Shangshu. People like the ones who were already old and skilled. Three or five good words could not deceive him. Zhang Juzheng nodded, "Since you know it was a misunderstanding, please quickly lead your troops out of North Korea and return the cannon handles left by our army on the battlefield."

Mitsunari Ishida immediately blocked the water, "My Highness told me that the withdrawal of troops could start immediately, but if North Korea had neither Japanese soldiers nor the Celestial Army, I was afraid that North Korea would collude with the Jiannu Juma tribe to go south. So, it is necessary to leave some people to watch the movements of North Korea. As for how many people are left and where to stay, my Highness can't make the decision, so I can only wait for the Japanese Minister of Taizheng to make the decision. But I believe it will arrive soon, and the documents to invite envoys have already gone to sea. As for those cannons... This... adults also know that we are all foreign people.

, I have admired the culture of the Celestial Empire for a long time. No matter what objects I got from the Celestial Empire, even a spittoon, it is a treasure. These high-ranking masters like to collect the objects from the Celestial Empire as a family heirloom, and passed on from generation to generation. Those cannons are well-crafted and are really the best among the objects of the Celestial Empire, and have been reserved for you. But don’t worry, our high-ranking masters are just used as collectibles and will never be used on the battlefield. And I heard that the Celestial Empire is vast and rich in resources, and I don’t care about these cannons, so I don’t have to worry about them like me, the country people.”

A few words blocked Zhang Juzheng's mouth when he continued to ask for the cannons. He couldn't say that the Heavenly Kingdom really lacked these dozens of cannons, otherwise he wouldn't be able to pass. That was so petty. Besides, it was captured on the battlefield. To say that it was just a casual question. Zhang Juzheng didn't expect them to return it, but just a test of his attitude. If he really returned it, it would be the Japanese pirates who showed weakness. The first thing Zhang Juzheng had to do was to take these cannons down to Seoul.

At this time, Eunuch Guan said several times that the Jiannu Juma tribe and North Korea colluded south, and he was also confused. Eunuch Guan came here this time to investigate such a major case of treason. It would be good if he could really find out such a treason or two cases of rebellion even in a vassal state. Guan Gong publicly asked the Liaodong General Li Chengliang, "Mr. Li, you have lived in the border for a long time. According to you, how credible is the case of North Korea collusion with Jiannu?"

This sentence stopped Li Chengliang. If there was no possibility, Li Chengliang himself would not believe it. Li Chengliang secretly engaged in trade with Jiannu and North Korea. Otherwise, the thousands of private soldiers trained at home, the firearms equipped, and the more than 2,000 beauties raised by Li Chengliang could do with the court's salary. As far as Li Chengliang knew, North Korea had been engaged in smuggling business with Japan and the Jiannu Jushima tribe, and he was usually in a smuggling manner. No one believed it if he had any collusion. The court repeatedly refused to open a trade with Japan and Jiannu. Li Chengliang thought about it and decided to put the shit on the North Korea's head. It had nothing to do with him anyway, so he could just take it out. 'In my opinion, the fact that North Korea colluded with the Jiannu Jushima tribe was still three-point credible.'

‘Oh.’ After hearing this, Eunuch Guan’s pale face became more bloody, ‘That’s great, I will report to the current saint, and the saint will be judged by the saint.’ Eunuch Guan thought to you, the North Korean envoys, don’t give me gifts, but only give gifts to Mr. Ya, the macaque this time, and this time it will be doomed. Bah, the stingy guy who pickles kimchi, goes to the Honglu Temple who will live for the rest of his life.

Seeing that the matter was over, Zhang Juzheng no longer protected the King of Korea, so as not to be too late to get it out of the matter. Other mistakes can be made, but there is no way to get it into trouble. Now Zhang Juzheng also saw that the military supervisor, Eunuch Guan, wanted to take the opportunity to rectify the King of Korea. If Zhang Juzheng picked the King of Korea, he would fall into it, it would be a tragedy. It would be light to confiscate the house and behead him. Rebellion would mean to kill the nine clans.

Zhang Juzheng talked with Ishida Sansei again, such as the ownership of Kaesong and the matter of the Japanese withdrawal. Ishida Sansei agreed on behalf of His Highness Ikeda that the Ming Dynasty could send people to supervise the gradual withdrawal of the Japanese army. As for Kaesong, it would naturally belong to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty could station troops, and the withdrawal of troops in full will only be formal negotiations and discussions after the envoy of His Highness the Japanese Minister of the Taizheng Department arrived. Finally, if the Ming Dynasty lacks food, the Japanese army would send some food to the Ming army even if they tightened their belts.

Zhang Juzheng was still very satisfied with the plan. He not only regained Kaichi, who had given up a few days ago, but he was able to withdraw the Japanese army through peace talks, and he could also be famous for his bodhisattva's heart. As for the food that Mitsunari Ishida said, Zhang Juzheng refused. Just kidding. If he really asked for it, wouldn't it mean that we should say that there was insufficient military food and grass? Such a stupid plan to deceive the children. However, this Japanese envoy was really a child.

The Japanese side did want to withdraw troops, of course, only some of them were injured on the battlefield and scared by cannons. They were also sent back to the country and took the opportunity to stop the war and the Chinese Super League navy from the province to harass and attack. Ming Dynasty, as a great power of the Upper Band, still kept his word. Within a few days after Mitsunari Ishida returned from Pyongyang, the Chinese and North Korean navy disappeared from the sea. The observers supervising the withdrawal of Japanese troops also arrived in Seoul, but they had no chance to inspect the military camp. As soon as they arrived, they were knocked down on Tatami Mountain by Ikeda Hengxing's silver bullet offensive and Hongfen offensive. (Koreans have no beds, and they are tatami like Japan)
Chapter completed!