After sending Liu Chenglong away, Lin Jinglue couldn't help but secretly sigh, this world is indeed a huge grassroots team.
Although Lin Tailai had no interest in the ancient history of Korea in his previous life and basically paid little attention to it, he did not know much about the officials of the Li Dynasty of Korea that he had met.
But one thing he was sure of was that the officials of the North Korean Li Dynasty who had access to him at the moment were at least people who could leave "biographies" in the history of North Korea. However, their actual abilities and character were mediocre.
The Li Dynasty, a small imperial court in Caotai, actually lasted for 520 years in history.
What's more coincidental is that Li Chao was born during the reign of Hongwu, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and died during the reign of Xuantong, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty. It seems very meaningful.
Not only did it live twice as long as the Ming Dynasty, but it also almost outlasted the Qing Dynasty, and its life span exceeded that of most dynasties in the history of China.
Before embarking on the journey, Lin Jinglue also ordered the incense table to be set up, "three animals" to be killed, and then he silently prayed to heaven.
Lin Tailai's actions made people close to him look stunned.
Because they all knew that maybe Lin Jiuyuan himself was a descended god, so he usually did not worship any gods or Buddhas, and even occasionally made disrespectful remarks.
Unexpectedly, today I saw the Nine Yuan True Immortal actually burning incense and praying to heaven. It was the first time in many years.
Others didn't dare to ask random questions, but Zuo Dharma protector Zhang Wen, an old brother who had been with him for many years, had less scruples and asked, "What are you praying for while sitting in the pavilion?"
Lin Tailai sighed, "It's helpless to say the least. I can't control wind, snow, rain and other natural phenomena.
So I can only pray to God that it won’t snow in the next few days, otherwise how can we march in the mountains?”
Everyone is stunned, what does this mean? It’s just that you can’t control the natural celestial phenomena? Everything else is under control?
This is probably what Lin Jinglue is most worried about right now. With the organizational strength and logistics capabilities of this era, once it snows heavily, it will be difficult for the army to successfully complete the march of hundreds of miles in unfamiliar mountainous areas.
As soon as Lin Tailai finished speaking, nine consecutive solemn bells suddenly sounded from Faxing Temple not far away.
Then Lin Jinglue asked the packaged "Master Wei Zheng" to give a lecture as an eminent monk from the Eastern Kingdom.
"Today, the evil ghost Kato is causing trouble in the world and killing people, so Tianshuai Jiuyuan Zhenxian leads an army to the East China Sea to destroy the evil ghost!
But before we can defeat the evil spirit of Kato, we must accept the test of gods and Buddhas and undergo a seven-day march of suffering!
This kind of tempering is also a kind of practice, which can eliminate sins and karma, and like participating in the fight against the evil ghost of Kato, it can accumulate merits and good results, bless future generations, and guarantee the future life!"
No matter how effective the master's spiritual indoctrination is, how many people will believe it? Lin Jinglue really used all the tricks he could think of.
Before there are more advanced ideas, we can only temporarily use superstitious means to fool the morale of the army, and compare the arduous march in the mountains to the practice and test of eliminating sinful karma.
Then, following Lin Jinglue's order, the army, with 10,000 men from Dong Yiyuan's third corps as the vanguard, 6,000 men from Jinglue's Biao camp in the center, and 17,000 men from Ma Gui's second corps at the rear, plunged into the vast mountains.
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Four-fifths of the northern part of North Korea is covered with plateaus and mountainous areas. This time Lin Tailai traveled east to west across the mountainous areas, with an estimated mileage of between 400 and 500 miles.
It was late October again, and winter had already begun, making the process even more difficult.
The food was okay. I brought a thirty-day supply of dry food such as steamed cakes, which was barely enough to satisfy my hunger. If I wanted to eat more, it would be enough for the time being.
Cotton-padded jackets can also be guaranteed for everyone. In the two or three months since Lin Tailai took over North Korean affairs, the most worrying thing besides military rations was cotton-padded jackets.
After two days of marching, we found that the biggest difficulty we encountered was the problem of firewood.
Although the northern part of Korea is mountainous, they are all rocky mountains. The mountain forests are not dense to begin with, and it is winter, so there is even less wood available for burning.
The amount of firewood used by the 30,000-strong army to camp and stay every night was not a small amount, and the firewood cut nearby was often insufficient.
In the evening of that day, Lin Tailai was discussing with Master Wei Zheng through Cui Wukui's translator how to send North Korean spies to inquire about the military situation.
But I saw the forward general Dong Yiyuan coming to the main camp of the Chinese army and reporting to Lin Jinglue:
"Previously, the military gate ordered us to do our best to maintain military discipline. Just now, because there was not enough firewood in the army, some sergeants from the transport camp demolished several houses in nearby villages without authorization to use them as firewood."
Originally, according to the custom of this era, when a large army was passing through the border, even if the sergeant did something, it would not alarm Lin Tailai's level.
But first of all, Lin Jinglue emphasized military discipline before, and secondly, the firewood problem is really a headache. If the firewood problem cannot be solved, it is likely to cause a lot of non-combat attrition.
So Dong Yiyuan reported to Lin Jinglue to see what Lin Jinglue's attitude was.
Lin Tailai raised his eyes and looked into the distance, looking at the bare mountain peaks and feeling helpless.
Of course he understood that what Dong Yiyuan came to report was, can he continue to do this?
In this kind of season, if the houses are demolished and used as firewood, how can the residents survive?
But if even the survival of the army itself is threatened, can we have more moral requirements for the soldiers?
An army that could lie down in the snow and freeze to death without committing a foul did not belong to the era of the late sixteenth century.
After thinking about it, Lin Jinglue ordered: "If the soldiers really have no firewood to use, just let them do what they want!"
No matter what, we should first ensure the morale and survival of the army. Otherwise, how can we fight against the Japanese soldiers?
Since the beginning of the plan to advance eastward, so many difficulties have been overcome, so we can't let all our efforts be wasted just because of a firewood problem, right?
Then Lin Jinglue said with compassion: "If there is any damage to the houses in the mountain villages along the way, I will pay for it with my own pocket!"
I carry a certain amount of silver with me, and for every damage to a public house, I will personally pay five taels of silver as an apology to the people."
Dong Yiyuan: "."
I heard that North Koreans don’t recognize silver at all. Silver is not currency, let alone the villagers in mountain villages.
Besides, in the winter, when the house is demolished, it’s hard to survive in the mountains with money that can’t be used as money.
So Lin Tianshuai, your five pieces of silver are a bit redundant, right?
"If you have nothing else to do, just get lost!" Lin Jinglue shouted to Dong Yiyuan. You, a general without any political acumen, do you know what show is?
Politicians never put on a show really for the sake of the show, but for others to see.
Now that things have been done, if you can save some of the impact, do so.
After driving away Dong Yiyuan, Lin Tailai seemed to notice that there was an "outsider" next to him, Master Wei Zheng of Korea, who had never left.
Cui Wukui asked for instructions in a low voice: "Master Wei Zheng asked what happened just now. Do you want to inform him?"
Lin Jinglue instructed: "This kind of thing cannot be hidden after all, so just tell him the truth."
After listening to Cui Wukui's translation, Master Wei Zheng lowered his head and remained silent.
Lin Tailai asked tentatively: "Is there anyone in the headquarters who hurts Tianhe?"
Master Wei Zheng lowered his head and read a few verses of scripture before he began to speak. Cui Wukui translated simultaneously.
"Buddhism also has a corresponding allusion, that is, 'One kills many lives.' Killing one person saves many.
Although killing is a sinful act, killing one person and resurrecting many others is a meritorious deed.
Chapter 41 of the Yoga Treatise says: If a Bodhisattva sees a robber being greedy for money, or wants to harm the great virtuous Sravaka Sutrabuddha Bodhisattva, or wants to create many uninterrupted karma, I would rather kill him and fall into Naluka than let him in the end.
Suffer endlessly.
Lin Tianshuai thought like this and demolished his house out of compassion to conquer the Japanese ghosts. Due to this cause and condition, he did not violate the Bodhisattva's precepts and produced many merits."
Lin Jinglue could finally feel for himself what it means to have a great scholar argue for me.
However, he still looked at Cui Wukui in confusion and asked: "Is such a long paragraph said by Master Wei Zheng, or did you make it up yourself because you don't understand Master Wei Zheng's Korean?"
Cui Wukui: "."
Mr. Jin Lue, do you think too highly of him, or do you think too little of him?
After seven days of drilling in the mountains, the army led by Lin Jinglue finally walked out of the mountains one after another, and the east coast was already in sight.
What is even more gratifying is that the non-combat attrition was very small, and the seven-day suffering march came to a successful conclusion!
On the one hand, I benefited from the relatively adequate preparations, and on the other hand, I also thanked God for being kind and did not snow heavily.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops had accumulated strong financial resources and abundant animal power over the years, which greatly reduced the burden of marching.
The Ming Dynasty official army that rushed to Korea to participate in the war basically had a one-to-one ratio of soldiers to horses, with cavalry accounting for 50%.
This is almost unimaginable national power for both Korea and Japanese pirates.
Seeing that the terrain in the direction of advancement was gradually leveling off and there was no obstruction, Lin Jing slightly couldn't hold back his excitement!
This shows that two-thirds of his plan has been successful, and only one-third remains to be completed!
At the same time, they did not suffer any harassment or obstruction, which shows that the Japanese pirates are still not aware that there are large-scale tomorrow's soldiers who dare to cross hundreds of miles of mountainous areas in winter and move from the west coast to the east coast on a large scale.
At this time, Lin Jinglue had no time to be excited. After leaving the mountainous area, he immediately ordered to drive dozens of miles straight to Yongxing at the southernmost end of Hamjing Road according to the plan.
The Ming Dynasty officers and troops suddenly appeared like descending from the sky, easily annihilating hundreds of Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard, and successfully captured Yongxing.
At this point, Lin Tailai finally breathed a sigh of relief and was able to sleep peacefully.
The entire Hamgyong Province is long and narrow. Due to the terrain, almost all cities are distributed along the coast, completely on one line.
Yongheung is to Hamgyeong Province what Jinzhou is to the Northeast. Taking Yongheung will cut off the retreat route of the main force of the Japanese army in Hamgyeong Province, and they can "close the door and beat the dogs" calmly.
What is even more surprising is that hundreds of stones of rice were found in Yongxing. Although it is not a lot, it can slightly increase the sense of security for the army deep behind enemy lines.
Lin Jinglue ordered the army to temporarily rest in Yongxing and improve food for one day, while waiting for North Korean spies to report back information about the Japanese army.
Previously, before the main army, some Korean volunteers and monks were organized to go out for several days to inquire about the military situation.
The next day, Lin Jinglue summoned two generals, Ma Gui and Dong Yiyuan, to inquire about the physical recovery status of each column.
While the three of them were warming themselves by the fire and talking, Cui Wukui led several North Korean spies into the big tent.
"It seems that there is a military intelligence report. Let's listen together." Lin Tailai said to Ma Gui and Dong Yiyuan.
The spy said something, and Cui Wukui translated it, "Currently there are two major groups of Japanese troops in Hamgyong Province. One group is stationed in Hamhung Prefecture, and the other group is in Jizhou farther north to deal with the rebels."
More than a hundred miles north from Yongxing is Hamxingfu, the core city of Xianjing Road.
As mentioned earlier, the names of the Eight Korean Paths are often combined with the two most important names of the Dao. The salt of Hamgyeong Dao comes from Hamheung.
It is not surprising that a place like this is heavily guarded by Japanese pirates.
Jizhou is 300 miles further north of Hamhung. Although it is not ranked among the top three in Hamhung Province, it is located in the middle of the entire Hamhung Province. The Korean rebels are very active around it, so it is normal for the Japanese pirates to have heavy troops in Jizhou.
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In the speech just now, Lin Jinglue had already revealed the next plan for the two generals - Dong Yiyuan would be stationed in Yongxing to guard against Japanese troops from Gangwon Province in the south, while the Magui Corps would take the initiative to send troops to the north.
, seeking the vitality to eliminate Japanese pirates.
Therefore, Ma Gui was very concerned about military intelligence information. He looked at the map on the desk and asked the North Korean spy: "How many troops do the Japanese pirates have in Hamhung? How many troops do they have in Jizhou?"
The North Korean spy shook his head, expressing his ignorance.
Ma Gui frowned and asked: "Who are the generals of Xianxing Palace and the generals of Jizhou?"
The North Korean spy shook his head again, expressing his ignorance.
Ma Gui couldn't help but said angrily: "I don't know this, I don't know that, what are you trying to find out?"
Cui Wukui helped explain: "After all, Koreans and Japanese people cannot understand each other's language and communication is not smooth, so it is understandable that they were confused for a while."
Lin Jinglue waved his hand and asked Cui Wukui to take the North Korean voluntary spies down.
Ma Gui sighed and calculated: "According to previous information, the total number of Japanese soldiers in Hamgyong Province is about 22,000. If we divide the troops further, then the number of Japanese soldiers in Hamheung Prefecture will be only a few thousand."
Our corps has 17,000 men, plus the 6,000 men from Junmen Sanbiao Battalion, so it is not impossible for us to fight.
But the difficulty is relatively great, so I suggest that we can stick to Yongxing and wait for the enemy to take the initiative to attack?"
Lin Tailai asked: "If we don't take the initiative, can the small town of Yongxing hold an army of more than 30,000 people and hold it for a long time?
We are surrounded by enemies on all sides, and there are not even any reinforcements. What’s the point of holding on? How long can our food and grass last?”
Ma Gui complained angrily: "These local trash can't even provide detailed information, and they have to rely on guesswork to fight!"
Lin Jinglue said calmly: "Don't worry, Lao Ma. Once the headquarters makes a calculation, we will know the detailed situation and movements of the Japanese army, as well as the status of the generals."
Ma Gui: "."
Mr. Jinglue, you have read too many storytelling scripts and want to imitate the style of Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen and others?
I heard that this is very popular in Suzhou, but you cannot use storytelling scripts as military textbooks, even the most military-looking Romance of the Three Kingdoms!