After completing preliminary contacts with North Korea, conferring with Hao Jie, the governor of Liaodong, and arranging logistics work, Lin Jinglue still could not be idle.
Although we have already met with three first-level generals, Li Rusong, Ma Gui, and Dong Yiyuan, we still need to continue to meet with generals above the guerrilla level.
First of all, as the commander-in-chief, it is the most basic requirement for him to be familiar with the main generals under his command. If he does not even know the generals under his command, the battle will be in vain.
Secondly, the Ming Dynasty's official army was too fragmented. Regardless of whether the general's official position was called guerrilla, the deputy general or the deputy general, they were probably all parallel independent combat units.
The main difference between them is probably just the size of the troops in the camp. Most of them are about one or two thousand people, and they can support more than three thousand people to death.
It is really a parallel relationship, not a superior-subordinate relationship like the deputy general in charge of several generals, and the general in charge of several guerrillas.
Unless they are temporarily organized during wartime, a deputy commander or commander will lead several battalions in a certain route.
Therefore, Lin Tailai had to meet all generals above the guerrilla level to ensure that he was familiar with every combat unit.
The Jizhen system in Liaodong under the control of Li Rusong has the largest number of troops and the most generals. There are three generals at the deputy general level: Li Rubai, Zhang Shijue and Yang Yuan, as well as Li Ning, Zha Damou, Zu Chengxun, Li Yousheng, Li Pinghu, Luo Shangzhi, etc.
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Just by looking at the list, you can see that they are either direct descendants of the Li family, generals of the Li family, servants, or from Tieling, the old base of the Li family. The only exception is Luo Shangzhi, a southerner.
Historically, this was basically the lineup of the first wave of troops entering North Korea. It was these same people who conquered Pyongyang, and even recaptured Kaesong, Seoul, and even Byokjeokwan. It was still these people.
Lin Tailai encouraged the generals one by one, talked about the characteristics of the Japanese soldiers, reminded them of what they should pay attention to, and ended the interview.
Before the battle at Bi Ti Pavilion, the Jizhen system in Liaodong did not have much trouble fighting these people, and did not require much interference from the time travellers.
Besides, the imprint of the Li family was too deep on this group of people, so Lin Tailai couldn't exert much influence for a while.
So Lin Tailai didn't waste his precious time on these people. It was enough for Li Rusong to control them.
Then the second wave of people came to see General Xuan, Youjiesheng, Niu Boying, Yang Dengden, Pao Sai, Pogui, Heifenghu, etc. who were controlled by Ma Gui.
Among them, Jie Sheng, Yang Dengden, Zhuo Sai, and Pugui were not very famous in the history books, but at this time they were also known as the four fierce generals of Xuan Da.
However, Lin Jinglue greeted Heifenghu first. Strictly speaking, Heifenghu was not qualified to come in today.
Then Lin Jinglue pointed at Black Wind Tiger and said to General Xuan Dazhong in a very private manner: "This is a martial arts student from our academy. I hope you will take good care of me."
Representative Xuan Dazhong, the most senior representative of Yang Shanshan Mountain, replied: "It's easy to talk about."
Even putting aside Lin Tailai's relationship, Heifenghu is also the adopted son of Xuanfu Town general Hei Xiao, and he is not an outsider at all.
"Sit!" Lin Tailai pointed to the seat and said kindly: "Wang Xiangqian, the governor of the Xuanfu, is the wife and nephew of the main department. It was Wang Xiangqian who recommended you to kill the Japanese, so the main department and you are not outsiders.
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Seeing Mr. Jinglue's goodwill, the generals felt a lot more relaxed. Who doesn't want to have "one of their own" as an official?
If Li Rusong from the Liaodong clique were to take the lead, and there was no one else above to support them, they and the Xuanda clique would really become stepmothers.
After a few pleasantries, Lin Tailai began to talk about the Japanese soldiers in detail.
"As for the Japanese soldiers' tactics, I have written to you before. The first is that they have sharp fire guns, the second is that they are good at building forts, and the third is that they have rich combat experience and a fair will to fight.
As for the shortcomings, they are probably the lack of cavalry, lack of large firearms, etc. I won’t go into details today.”
"The main thing I want to say today is that the overall situation now has two distinctive features.
First, the Japanese invasion of Korea has been too smooth so far, advancing one to two thousand miles in one breath and occupying dozens of cities.
This has caused the Japanese soldiers to become arrogant and arrogant."
Yang Dengden asked: "You dare to ask the army to show you, why do you think you have become a proud soldier?"
Lin Tailai replied: "It can be known from two points that after the commander of the Japanese 1st Corps, Konishi Kyuchang, occupied Pyongyang, he stopped advancing northward.
Then the Japanese soldiers did not seize the time to recruit Korean people to prepare for war, such as transporting grain and grass, building fortresses, and manufacturing equipment.
Instead, they issued a decree to calm the people and exempt the Korean people from corvee service. How lax and complacent is this?"
Yang Shanshan praised "Junmen Mingmei" and said no more.
Everyone secretly thought that Lin Jinglue's information was too detailed and they couldn't accept it.
Then Lin Tailai continued: "The second characteristic of the current overall situation is that the Japanese soldiers occupy almost the entire territory of Korea, so they have to divide their troops to guard everywhere, and even build forts everywhere. This is a practice that the Japanese are accustomed to in fighting civil wars.
But our Ming Dynasty border army had enough horses, so we had the opportunity to divide and surround the Japanese soldiers.
At least before the Japanese soldiers have adapted in the first stage, there is a high chance of dividing and surrounding the Japanese soldiers."
"Please give the order to the army!" Yang Dengheng heard the implication. Lin Tailai emphasized this to them, Xuan Dajun, and there must be some related plan.
Lin Tailai smiled and said: "It still needs to be kept secret for now. You just need to prepare for war. But the headquarters has said it first. Your mission must be different from that of the Liaodong Army."
It is now known that the Japanese soldiers had two forward corps in the north. Konishi Yukinacho's 1st Corps marched into Pyongyang Province and Pyongyang, mainly on the west coast;
Kato Kiyomasa's Second Corps marched into Hamgyeong Province, deeper along the east coast, and once even crossed the Tumen River.
Due to the terrain of North Korea, plateaus and mountains stand between the east and west coasts, so it is difficult to connect the two coasts.
In the original history, Li Rusong led more than 30,000 people across the river and went straight to Pyongyang. He defeated the Konishi Gyōchō Corps in Pyongyang, and then continued all the way south.
At this point in time, if you have a God's perspective, you can see that after the defeat of the Konishi Yukinaga Corps, the Kato Kiyomasa Corps located on the northeast coast almost became a "lonely force".
I don't know whether it was due to insufficient troops or insufficient intelligence, but the Ming army did not take action against Kato Kiyomasa's regiment.
Then, after being delayed for more than ten days, Kato Kiyomasa's regiment, which "went deep alone", was still not outflanked and intercepted, and successfully retreated thousands of miles from the northeast of North Korea to Seoul.
So Lin Jing had an idea. Since he had more troops than in the original historical time and space, the war must be a little different.
Li Rushong's troops are still going to attack Pyongyang, while Ma Gui and Dong Yiyuan's troops seem to be able to go south first and then penetrate directly to the east coast to block the southward retreat of Kato Kiyomasa's troops.
The northern center of North Korea is entirely covered with plateaus and mountains, with only small plains and major roads on the east and west coasts.
Therefore, the southern retreat route of Kato Kiyomasa's Corps can only be along the coast, which is relatively easy to find and intercept.
As long as they can successfully intercept them, it will not be difficult to completely annihilate them. There are more than 20,000 elite Japanese soldiers.
Currently, this idea is still in the map work stage, and Lin Jinglue has no plans to announce it.
Therefore, when I met with the generals of Xuan Dajun today and held a banquet in honor of them, they only talked about the situation of Japanese soldiers and popularized information about Japanese soldiers, but did not disclose any military aircraft.
After Xuan Dajun came the Yansui Army, but due to the long distance, the Yansui Army currently has slightly fewer troops. The main generals include Zuo Cong, Yu Shangde, etc.
Lin Jinglue once again personally conducted scientific research on various situations of Japanese soldiers. In fact, this was also the purpose of meeting dozens of generals.
After all, in the entire Ming Dynasty, no one knew the Japanese army better than Lin Jinglue, and Lin Jinglue had to seize every opportunity to instill information into the soldiers.
Just as Lin Jinglue was meeting with guerrilla generals and above, two more people came to Jiulian City who were ordered to come to see them. They were both wearing the robes of Ming Dynasty military attachés but with money rat tails.
They were Qianshi, the governor of Jianzhou, Nuerhaci, the general of Longhu, and Shuerhaqi, the younger brother of Nuerhaci, the commander of Jianzhou.
If Nuerhachi means wild boar skin, Shuerhaqi means small wild boar skin.
Historically, in Nuerhachi's early fighting career, many well-known figures from later generations had not yet appeared on the stage. For example, Huang Taiji was still a fetus.
The cronies Nuerhaci currently relies on are his younger brother Shuerhaqi and the "five ministers", namely Eyidu, Fei Yingdong, He Heli, An Feiyanggu, and Huerhan.
Among them, Shuerhaqi can be called the "King of One Word". He and Nuerhaci have been together since childhood, and his prestige among Jianzhou straight women is only slightly weaker than that of Nuerhaci.
In history, Shuerhaqi's final outcome was that he was imprisoned and died after having a conflict with his brother Nuerhachi. This can be regarded as one of the "secret histories" of the Qing Dynasty.
The two brothers rushed to Jiulian City this time because Lin Jinglue asked them to come over and explain in person.
When Kato Kiyomasa led his troops across the Tumen River to attack the Haixi Nüzhi tribe, why did the Jianzhou Nüzhi people not follow the order and send troops?
Nuerhachi originally wanted to bring the "Five Ministers" with him to protect himself and strengthen his courage, but remembering the shadow of the "Five Ministers" who were killed by Lin Tailai during the pilgrimage to Beijing three years ago, he decided to leave the "Five Ministers" in his hometown.
Standing at the gate of Jiulian City, Shuerhaqi couldn't help complaining: "If we had sent out a little more troops and horses to respond to the various tribes in Haixi, we wouldn't be as worried as we are today."
Since the Jianzhou women had accepted the Ming Dynasty's canonization, they were also nominally vassals. Although they could "obey the orders but not the announcements," they could not give any symbolic expression after receiving the order to send troops.
Moreover, Bu Zhantai, the leader of the Hercynian straight women who was criticized by Kato Kiyomasa at that time, was a double in-law of Shuerhaqi.
Nu'erhachi replied with a stern face: "The Ming army will have no time to pay attention to the Japanese soldiers when they fight.
Our unit is about to have an opportunity to make great achievements. All soldiers must cherish and use it and not waste it arbitrarily.
As long as we survive this visit safely, our Jianzhou will have a bright future and a bright future ahead of us!"
He also did not expect that this minister of economics and strategy, besides the intensive Eastern Campaign, would still be obsessed with the small Jianzhou.
According to normal logic, shouldn't the Minister of Economic Affairs and Strategy at this time be preoccupied with Japanese soldiers and North Korea? How could he be distracted and focus on Jianzhou women's straight women who had no impact on the overall situation?
At this time, the Jianzhou women were not able to openly resist the Ming Dynasty. After receiving the order summoned by the Minister of Economic Affairs, the brothers could only go to Jiulian City.
When he heard the news from the city gate in the lobby of the shogunate, Lin Jinglue called Cui Wukui over, "You first pick up the two chiefs of Jianzhou's female straights and check them into the post house."
Cui Wukui was quite puzzled as to why he was specially asked to pick them up? Although he was in charge of diplomatic affairs, what about the two barbarian chiefs?
Then I heard Lin Jinglue's instructions: "These two people must be given the same level of etiquette standards, arrange the same level of houses, and arrange the same level of banquets."
Cui Wukui warned: "Are you sure they are the same? One is the governor Qian Shi, General Longhu, and the other is the commander, not the same level."
Lin Tailai did not explain, but scolded: "Just do as I tell you!"
Cui Wukui was ordered to go out and pick up Nurhachi and Shuerhaqi brothers at the gate of the city. When they were presented with the gift, they greeted them both in exactly the same way.
When they arrived at the post house, they first sent Nuerhachi into the main room of the courtyard, and then led Shuerhaqi out.
According to the normal etiquette arrangement, Nuerhachi can live in the main room and Shuerhaqi can live in the side room.
Nuerhachi finally realized something was wrong and couldn't help but ask: "Where is Mr. Cui leading my brother?"
Cui Wukui replied: "I want to go to the main room in the courtyard next door, which is the same as here.
By the way, tonight’s banquet will also be treated separately, and both your distinguished brothers are the guests of honor, as a token of our kindness!”
Nuerhachi: "."
After all calculations, I was even prepared to suffer humiliation, but I didn't expect to encounter this trick!
If the Ming Dynasty had people like Lin Tailai, would he still have a chance to rule the Northeast?
Two generals came forward that night, and each was responsible for entertaining the two straight female brothers from Jianzhou. The etiquette was exactly the same.
The next day, Cui Wukui came again and led the two brothers to the lobby of the shogunate.
Lin Jinglue, who was busy with his busy schedule, took time out to pay homage, but first spoke to his younger brother Shuerhaqi, and they exchanged pleasantries with each other in a friendly manner.
Nuer Hachi, who was ignored next to him, immediately turned dark. This Lin Tailai is still so rude!
Although he doesn't want to deal with Lin Tailai, he is the leader of Jianzhou, okay?
Even if he gets stabbed, he should be the one to get stabbed first!
Lin Tailai asked Shuerhaqi: "I heard that you are married to Bu Zhantai, the chief of the Haixi Nvzhiwula tribe?"
Shuerhaqi replied honestly: "I will marry my daughter to Buzhantai, and then I plan to marry Buzhantai's sister."
"Ah, this is a match made in heaven." Lin Jing said slightly against his will, and at the same time, he swallowed the words "Your circle is really chaotic."
Shuerhaqi secretly wondered that he had previously heard from his brother Nuerhaci that Lin Jinglue had a violent character and was extremely hostile to straight women.
But the Lin Tailai I saw with my own eyes today had a friendly attitude, but it didn't look like what his brother said he did?
Then I heard Lin Tailai ask: "Then the Japanese pirate Kato Kiyomasa crossed the Doman River and invaded various tribes in Haixi.
Then Buzhantai was severely injured, and it is said that more than 900 of Buzhantai's men were killed. Why didn't you send troops to rescue him?"
Shuerhaqi didn't know how to answer, or he didn't want to lie to his face, so he looked helplessly at his brother Nuerhachi.