Chapter 281 The Returned Japanese (Seventeen) Attacks Ulsan
Gao Pragmatic said: "Now we are at an advantage. Gyeongju, Jeonju, Namwon and other places are all under control. Now we need to concentrate our forces to attack their dangerous barrier areas first. The Japanese pirates are outside Busan, in Ulsan, Yangshan, Dong
In all three places, there were newly built Japanese cities and garrisoned heavy troops, with sea routes at their backs.
Among them, Ulsan and Yangsan are the left and right wings of the northern defense line of Busan, and the east side is the last line of defense outside Busan City. Together with the main city of Busan, the Japanese pirate defense line can be counted as three layers.
Now the Japanese pirates are all in these cities. If I encircle and annihilate them, the Japanese pirates will be severely damaged and can only survive. If at the same time, I choose the opportunity to send other troops to attack in all directions, seize all the villages, counties, strongholds and military stations they occupy, and order
If the navy goes out to fight, advances by sea and land, blocks transportation, and bombards ports, then after clearing the territory under its jurisdiction, Busan will be isolated and helpless, and it will be easily accessible.
Among them, the Ulsan Japanese Fortress is the farthest from Busan. Once it is besieged by me, it will be said to be isolated and helpless. Once our army captures Ulsan, the Busan Japanese pirates will be deeply frightened. From then on, it is inevitable that the soldiers will lose their will to fight and will take off and surrender. Therefore, this
The first battle can start from Ulsan. If you have any opinions on this, please feel free to express your opinion."
Although Li Shanhai had already "voted", after all, he was still the leader of North Korea's political affairs, and his right to speak was still very high, so he took the initiative to answer: "The analysis of Mr. Ge is very appropriate, and the students have no objection. It's just that
How is the newly built Japanese city constructed? Is it possible to investigate? Is it difficult to attack?
Students have always heard that the Japanese army is good at defending the city, and now that they are heavily stationed, it may be even more difficult to capture. In addition, in addition to the Japanese army's heavy defense, there must be reinforcements at any time to respond. The war has reached a critical point, so we must not be careless."
Gao Wuzheng, who attended the meeting as Gao Wuzheng's staff member, replied: "The Prime Minister is very worried. If this battle cannot be won in Ulsan and our army suffers heavy losses, it will definitely affect the overall situation. However, regarding the structural design of the Japanese city,
The Ministry of Cabinet has previously sent people to investigate secretly - Yu Fu, please come and explain something to the Prime Minister."
"Yufu" is Gao Qi's nickname. As the full-time intelligence secretary of the Beijing Secretariat, Gao Qi also serves as the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He has long been regarded as Gao Mo's successor within Beijing and the leader of the Korean War.
He has always been specifically responsible for relevant information.
Gao Qi explained to everyone present: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs in Beijing has sent many groups of spies to conduct inspections since June. However, the Japanese pirates are on tight guard and they have killed villagers indiscriminately before. The spies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs disguised themselves all the way, making the investigation extremely difficult. Therefore,
Although there is some information, it is not detailed.
Regarding the Ulsan Japanese Fortress, all that is currently known is that its battlements were densely covered, sentry towers were built to expand the outer city, and there were multi-layered urn fortresses built inside and outside. The overall structure was built against the mountain, relying on the mountain to raise the levels layer by layer, taking into account water sources, and prevention.
Tight, it should be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. With all due respect, if the Japanese pirates arrange it properly and flexibly change their tactics, the Japanese city, although not too big, can be said to be impregnable."
Li Dexin, the judge of the Joseon Dynasty, immediately commented: "In this case, a forceful attack may not be advisable. The design of the Japanese city was precisely to ensure that the Japanese city did not fall and to maintain a long-term stalemate with us and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
Based on students' humble opinion, it will be easy to lure the enemy out of the city, surround and annihilate them outside the city, and then attack Ulsan. To this end, we, North Korea, can send 10,000 troops to support the battle, and students will also come to the battle formation in person to cooperate with the heavenly troops to attack Ulsan."
Magui, the admiral of Pingwa, immediately asked Gao Pragmatic for orders: "Our army is currently abundant. According to calculations, we can choose 36,000 elite troops. In addition, North Korea's 10,000 troops are enough to capture Ulsan. As for how to lure the enemy, we can do more
Plan.
This time I would like to be the commander-in-chief of Ulsan, assisting the armies of the two countries in fulfilling their respective responsibilities and cooperating with each other. I will ask Li Zongrong (Li Rumei) and Li Bingpan (Li Dexin) as deputy officers. After capturing Ulsan, I will take advantage of the situation to regain Donglai and threaten Pusan.
Japanese army. Presumably by this time, the city of Yangshan alone has either been broken or has been captured by our army, and Busan is trapped in an isolated city. I wonder what Li Zongrong and Li Bingjing think?"
Li Rumei glanced at Gao Pingshi and saw that he had no expression, so she seemed to have acquiesced, so she said: "As Admiral Ma and Li Bingpan said, the victory or defeat of this battle is related to the overall situation, so we must not be careless. The general thought that the specific structure of the Japanese city and
The deployment of troops needs to be inspected in person before we can plan accordingly, but since artillery is necessary for siege, I think it is better to send troops to surround Ulsan to contain the Japanese army before the siege weapons arrive, so as to prevent the Japanese army from taking more precautions."
Li Rumei said this very cautiously. Li Shanhai felt quite reassured after hearing this, so he also took the initiative to ask to go to Ulsan with him. Gao pragmatically agreed after thinking about it.
Gao Wuruo said at this time: "I heard that autumn in the south is very short. Now that summer has passed, winter will enter in only two months, and soon there will be wind and snow. Students think that since the Japanese city is strong, we cannot completely protect it.
Hope for a quick victory.
Our army is currently short of supplies for winter protection. From the perspective of military supplies, we should have suspended the war. If we get into a confrontation in Ulsan, we will lose more than we gain. Therefore, we need to urgently request the imperial court for transportation and allocation to prepare for the long-term war."
Ma Guidao said: "That is natural, and the Japanese pirates must also have the same assumption, thinking that it is difficult for our army to fight in the cold winter, but I guess that since Busan has been blocked for more than a month, the Japanese pirates must be troubled by the severe cold now.
This is the perfect time to catch the enemy by surprise, lure the enemy out of the city, reduce casualties, and break through Ulsan as soon as possible. If a surprise attack is made in the snow at that time, the Japanese pirates will never expect it."
Li Dexin, the judge of the North Korean army, is still worried: "The North Korean navy is still resting and recuperating, rushing to build ships. There is a shortage of warships and insufficient combat power. In the short term, it will be difficult to cooperate with the strategy of advancing both land and sea forces."
In addition, although autumn is very short in the south, sea breezes occur frequently during this period. Even with the strength of the heavenly army and navy, there may be times when there are hundreds of gaps and gaps.
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In this case, the Japanese army would actually still have a chance to open up sea transportation, or at least find an opportunity to transport reinforcements or supplies from their homeland.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In addition, the distance between various Japanese cities is very short, whether it is transporting soldiers or military supplies and weapons, they can support each other. It is very difficult to capture Japanese cities. Regarding this,
Students are extremely worried."
Now that he was talking about the navy, Chen Lin said: "That's why we need to launch attacks on various Japanese cities at the same time. Attacking Ulsan first is not only to deter the enemy, but also to test the strength of the Japanese army. But having said that, we defeated the Japanese fleet and blocked Busan.
After more than a month, fatigue is unavoidable. The Sichuan fleet had also fought in a battle before, and the troops could not be used excessively. Therefore, the North Korean navy really needed to join the war as soon as possible.
We also request the Cabinet to mobilize naval forces from all over North Korea as soon as possible, including Yi Sun-shin's troops, so that our fleet can jointly fight with the North Korean navy as soon as possible. I am not talented at the end of the day, but I am willing to pacify the Japanese fleet, clear the sea area, cut off its shipping, and prevent its return.
country."
There was no problem with these strategies. Gao Pragmatic agreed to them one by one, and immediately ordered the mobilization of troops to jointly attack Ulsan.
At this time, in Fushimi Castle, Kyoto, Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had just recovered from his illness, after receiving the frontline military report, asked Maeda Toshiie one after another whether the order to restart the offensive had been conveyed to North Korea. Ishida Mitsunari replied that it had been clearly conveyed to the Japanese army.
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi suddenly felt a pain in his chest, but he said fiercely: "Then why haven't the Ming army broken through the defense line and retaken the lost city? Every attack was repulsed? Did they really attack? The Ming army was so that
Is that strong? It’s ridiculous! Bring the armor! Maeda Toshiie, you don’t have to stop me anymore, when will you still trust those idiots? I look at this situation, and I can only end this war by going to North Korea in person!
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Maeda Toshiie urged that now is not the time to get excited, and asked Toyotomi Hideyoshi to stay calm. Toyotomi Hideyoshi said angrily: "I have already said that I am going to Korea. No matter whether I am facing the king of Joseon or the emperor of Ming Dynasty, I will definitely do it."
Personally command the army to defeat their army, capture them alive, and then cut off their heads with your own hands!"
Before Toyotomi Hideyoshi finished speaking, his body suddenly stiffened, he vomited blood, and fell to the ground. Seeing this, Maeda Toshiie and Ishida Mitsunari hurriedly helped him, and both of them broke into a cold sweat.
Unexpectedly, Hideyoshi came back to his senses but continued to say that nothing happened. Ishida Mitsunari was frightened and shouted for his attendants to come and take care of Hideyoshi to rest, and prepared to summon a pharmacist for emergency treatment. Unexpectedly, Hideyoshi became furious and drew a knife to stab the two attendants to death.
Then he warned Li Jia and Sancheng not to leak the incident of vomiting blood to the outside world. The two had no choice but to accept the order.
In Busan, Ukita Hideie was also discussing military strategy with Mouri Hidemoto. Now that Kuroda Asui is gone, Mouri Hidemoto is nominally the general along with Ukita Hideie, but due to the distance between him and Hideyoshi,
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"The current trend is to use the method of enclosing the city to consume the enemy's military strength, and military supplies are the most important. Although the overall situation is unfavorable now, the southeastern coast of North Korea is still occupied by our army. The sea route seems to be unblocked, but the wind has been strong recently, and the soldiers and supplies can be
Try smuggling it.
The Ming army is different. Seeing that the cold winter is approaching, it is not conducive to fighting but beneficial to the cage city. It is difficult to determine whether the Ming army will start another war in the near future, but it is extremely necessary to strengthen the city defense and prepare for war at all times.
If I were the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, I would attack Ulsan first to deter Busan. Kato, Nabeshima, Asano and his sons are in Ulsan with a force of 12,000. It seems that we need to mobilize troops in advance for rescue at any time.
Now if you want to regain the advantage, you may have two strategies. One is to engage in cage warfare in each city. Wait for the opportunity when the enemy's supplies are exhausted and the fighting spirit weakens, annihilate the enemy under the city in one fell swoop, and then divide the two routes to attack again.
Hanyang launched an offensive.
The second is to abandon Ulsan, Yangsan and other places, concentrate our military forces in Pusan, and fight the enemy decisively with our backs on the sea route. Success or failure will be determined in one battle. If we win, Korea will be ours. I also have a plan in my mind on how to win decisively, but I need to tell the Taipei first.
Your Highness, please make a decision."
Ukita Hideie also believed that this could only be the case. It was not easy for Mouri Hidemoto to think of these two possible methods, so he agreed.
After the Ming army and North Korea agreed to jointly attack Ulsan, Li Shanhai and Li Dexin began to mobilize North Korean troops and packed their bags to prepare for the expedition.
Speaking of which, this North Korean army is also unlucky, because most of them are the old troops of Quan Li who were defeated by Zhang Wanbang last time. Originally, everyone was guilty, but the North Korean court did not have any soldiers capable of fighting.
, had to reorganize them and send them out again, but with a different commander.
These 10,000 Korean troops used to be a little arrogant. After all, they were the last soldiers in Korea who could fight. Unfortunately, Zhang Wanbang had his spine broken in the last battle. Now he doesn't dare to use it against himself and the soldiers of tomorrow.
Even so, I dare not complain about the emergency transfer to the outskirts of Busan for combat operations.
However, although their tempers improved after receiving a severe beating, their military quality could not be improved quickly. Under such orders from the Korean court, it can be said that the morale of the military was basically non-existent, and not to mention the physical fatigue.
——Because they have a criminal record now, Li Shanhai and Li Dexin only give them three days' worth of food at a time, and they can only eat 70 to 80% full at each meal.
To be honest, if the Ming army had not really become an invincible "heavenly soldier" in their minds, and they were so intimidated by the nearly 100,000 Ming troops around them that they did not dare to move, they would probably be hungry right now.
There was a mutiny. Under such circumstances, no one could predict how effective North Korea's 10,000 troops would be.
This heavy rain is not over yet, but now that we have entered the "short autumn" facing south, it finally does not rain non-stop like in the summer. It has become intermittent, and the intensity of the rain is not accurate.
It is said that some military operations can be carried out more or less, but the progress is a bit slow.
On September 24, the allied forces of the Ming and North Korea finally arrived in Ulsan. Ming generals Li Rumei, Li Fangchun, Gao Ce, Xie Sheng, Wu Weizhong, Mao Guoqi, Chen Yin, Lu Jizhong, Dong Zhengyi, Wang Wen, Xu Guowei, etc. were all involved.
Liao and Xuanda all came to Ulsan to participate in the war. The first batch of Korean troops to arrive in Ulsan was 3,500.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ma Gui and Li Dexin met to climb up to observe the Japanese fortress. Ma Gui raised the telescope to look in detail, and saw that the Ulsan Japanese fortress area was indeed not particularly large, but the Ulsan Japanese fortress area was not particularly large.
The castle is connected to the Dosan Japanese Castle, and the mountain is steep and precipitous.
The walls in the city are densely covered with passes, and they are layer upon layer. The walls are high and thick, and there are some unknown mechanical mechanisms built in. It is not clear what they are used for. There are even ten artillery deployed in place. The entire city is leaning against the mountain.
The sea is really easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Seeing this, Ma Gui couldn't help but feel a headache. If he had known that he was going to attack such a mountain city, he shouldn't have come. After all, he had been fighting in the north for half his life, and his opponents were mainly Mongolian. At least half of the battlefield was on the grassland.
When not on the grassland, he usually defends the city by himself.
From this point of view, this battle should be fought by Liu Wei, so that he can use his strengths and avoid weaknesses. Liu Wei is the first person in the eyes of the Marquis who is good at fighting in the mountains and forests.
Even a ghost place like Hailongdun couldn't stop him. Presumably, although this Japanese city is difficult to fight, it shouldn't be a problem, right?
However, thinking about it, Ma Gui, as a famous general in the world, could not retreat despite the difficulties. He decided to divide his troops into three parts, with deputy general Gao Ce leading the two Chinese troops stationed in Yining to aid the east and to choke the enemy's aid in the west; Li Rumei and Wu Weizhong
, Mao Guoqi led the left army; Li Fangchun, Jiesheng led the right army.
Ma Gui ordered his army to set up an ambush, and ordered Lu Jizhong, Dong Zhengyi, Wang Wen, and Xu Guowei to attack the city first with 500 troops each as a test and inducement.
Sure enough, they were quickly repulsed by the Japanese matchlock guns due to lack of troops. Kato Kiyomasa was afraid that the Ming army was cheating, so he did not dare to go out lightly. However, Ma Gui did not care, and ordered the Ming army to launch four rounds of attacks one after another, without any success.
All doubts were dismissed.
Kato Kiyomasa saw that the Ming army had lost four battles in a row, and felt that this must be true, otherwise the morale would not be stable. Therefore, he personally led 6,000 elite soldiers out of the city to attack the enemy.
Several decoy generals of the Ming army were overjoyed and continued to retreat to lure Kato Kiyomasa to pursue him. Kato Kiyomasa did not doubt that he was there and actually followed him and killed him. Seeing that the time had come, Ma Gui ordered the entire army to attack. The Ming and North Korean allied forces turned out to be 40,000.
And went out to encircle the Japanese army.
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