When Yagyu Jubei heard the report that the Qing army had controlled the situation in Jinzhou and was waiting for him to go to the planned ambush location, he couldn't help but praise him repeatedly.
Everything went according to plan. It was a good start. This is a good sign!
With this in mind, he quickly summoned the military leaders and ordered the entire army to march faster, making sure to reach the ambush site before the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty arrived in Jinzhou.
The Japanese army had been looking forward to this moment for a long time. When they heard the military order was passed, they immediately shouted and accelerated their march.
It's not that they have never fought against the Ming army. When they were on the Korean Peninsula, the Ming army under Wu Sangui had been fighting with them. The key thing at that time was that Wu Sangui's army did not fight with them head-on at all. They only knew how to avoid the Japanese.
The main force of the army was just wreaking havoc, which made them all suffocate.
Now, it is the other way around. They are going to ambush the Ming army, attack the Ming army, and vent their bad feelings. Naturally, they are looking forward to it.
When they arrived at the outskirts of Jinzhou, they found that the Qing army had cleared everything around Jinzhou and surrounded the Ming army in Jinzhou city. This made them even more relieved. Under the guidance of Jianlu Tanma, who was familiar with the terrain, they went there
Predetermined ambush location.
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Shanhaiguan quickly sent back the news that Jianlu was coming to attack. Du Yinxi was very happy after hearing this and waited for them to come. He had been waiting for a long time!
So, he immediately began to issue military orders, and the army in Shanhaiguan began to gather. At the same time, he used the transmission method of the signal tower to issue military orders to the Dongjiang Army.
For this war, the signal tower has been silent for a long time and has not transmitted signals for more than half a month. It was agreed with the Dongjiang Army that if the signal tower starts working, it will be a military order for the Dongjiang Army to attack North Korea.
According to common sense, it would take several months to transmit military orders from Shanhaiguan to Pidao if we did not go from the Liaodong coast.
However, using the signal tower method, on this crisp autumn day, at noon the next day after Shanhaiguan received the news, Wu Sangui of Pidao received the news.
The people on Pidao have been waiting for this moment for a long time.
After Wu Sangui received the military order, he immediately invited several general soldiers under the command of the Governor of Baoding, and contacted the Ming army in Guanglu Island and other places. According to the plan he had discussed before, he began a large-scale sea-crossing operation.
He was not afraid of being discovered by the Japanese military posts on the Korean coastline. In broad daylight, he arranged for the Ming Dynasty troops to sail across the sea in a swaggering boat.
Suddenly, hundreds of ships, including specialized transport ships and warships, departed from Pi Island and headed directly to the Iron Mountain opposite, landing in a swaggering manner.
Nearly 20,000 troops landed on Pido alone. After landing, they launched an attack on Sinuiju and other towns on the Yalu River side.
When the Japanese defenders of Pyongyang received the express delivery, they were immediately frightened. While sending a distress signal to Songping Nobutsuna in Seoul, they mobilized troops to rescue Sinuiju.
The Ming army had never attacked on a large scale before, and they carried out such an open and honest attack, especially when North Korea was still empty of troops. If the Ming army captured Sinuiju and other places and cut off the connection with Liaodong, the consequences would be very serious.
As a result, Pyongyang's reinforcements had only gone about halfway when they received another express delivery, saying that tens of thousands of Ming troops had landed again, this time heading for Pyongyang.
Such a large-scale attack scared the Pyongyang defenders to the point where they did not even care whether to report the attack to Matsudaira Nobutsuna. With Matsudaira Nobutsuna's consent, he immediately sent people to take a detour into Liaodong and hurried to report to Yagyu Jubei.
If the Ming army attacks on such a large scale, if the main force does not return reinforcements, God knows what the situation in Korea will be like!
However, before the Pyongyang garrison could recover, someone came rushing to report that another tens of thousands of Ming troops had landed and were coming to Pyongyang.
This time, he was really scared.
The Ming troops are landing one after another, and we don't know how many there will be in the future.
But the news that has been received shows that there are more than 30,000 Ming troops, and now there are only 200,000 Japanese troops in Korea. How can we fight?
At this time, the Korean rebels hiding in the mountains came out one after another and cooperated with the Ming army to beat up the Japanese troops and Japanese who were not in the strong city!
In this land of Korea, there had never been scenes of Koreans chasing and killing Japanese people everywhere. In less than a few days, except for a few big cities in northern Korea, there were no more Japanese people.
The Japanese hiding in the city could not feel at ease either. Because they saw the Ming army unloading the red cannons one after another from the warships. Looking at the behemoth, they could think of the "treatment" they would enjoy later.
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Nobutsuna Matsudaira, who was far away in Seoul, knew that something was going to be bad when he received the first express delivery.
The Ming army did not fight early or late. However, after the main force of the Japanese army left for Liaodong, such a grand ashore attack can already explain a lot of things.
To be honest, at this time, Matsudaira Nobutsuna felt like a clever woman could not make a plan without rice!
North Korea was too big, and the Japanese army's strength was originally small; more than half of the troops were deployed to attack the Ming Dynasty, which was a last resort to hurt the Ming Dynasty.
Now, I can only hope that with the blessing of Amaterasu, the war in Liaodong will end soon, so that troops can be mobilized to return reinforcements. On the North Korean side, they can only retreat to the big city and wait for help. There is no other way!
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On the Shanhaiguan side, the army began to march out, one after another, seemingly endless. The teams that set out in the morning, by the evening, there were still teams that had not yet had their turn to set off!
Currently, there are as many as 150,000 infantry troops assembled by land. In addition, there are more than 25,000 infantry troops and 20,000 chariot battalions, sitting on various ships collected from Tianjin Port.
Queue up at the pier on the Shanhaiguan side to board the boat and set off along the coastline.
Similarly, we started setting off in the morning, and at night, there were still teams that were unable to board the ship.
In addition, on Juehua Island, there are 5,000 cavalry troops who have also been prepared and sent out, waiting to board the ship and act together with this team at sea.
The commander-in-chief who restored Liaodong was not Sun Chuanting as Hong Chengchou thought, but Du Yinxi, the governor of Jiliao.
As for Sun Chuanting, he still stayed in the capital as the commander-in-chief of this war.
In the war launched this time, the number of troops on the imperial court's side, plus those on the grasslands, was almost half a million.
It can be said that this scale of military strength is unique in the history of the Ming Dynasty!
Even in the original Battle of Tumubao, the emperor personally led an expedition with only 200,000 troops. In this case, the logistics were messed up, so that the entire army was wiped out and the emperor was captured.
As for the most recent large-scale deployment of troops, it still belongs to the Battle of Songjin when Hong Chengchou was the governor of Jiliao. There were a total of 120,000 troops, which was also far lower than the scale of the troops this time.
The reason why Emperor Chongzhen was able to launch such a large-scale war was due to the development of science and technology, which promoted the development of productivity, and led to the leapfrog development of logistics capabilities.
Apart from anything else, the transportation capacity of trains is many times stronger than before!
In addition, the Ming Dynasty began to pay attention to the ocean and encouraged going to sea, which also greatly increased the number of official and private ships in the Ming Dynasty. This time, the war happened to be marched along the coastline, and it was possible to save a lot in transporting supplies;
Of course, it is also worth mentioning that the war on the grassland basically did not cost the court much; the materials carried by the cavalry in battle originally came from Guihua City. And these materials came from the original
They are part of the three tribes of Mobei and the two tribes of Wasi; after reaching the east, the plan is to support war with war.
Only with all this can we support the Ming Dynasty to launch such a huge war!
As for Jianlu, although their troops are also very large, they have to fight as a last resort. Their troops are not large enough, and they are not confident enough to win!
In order to win this battle, they can only grit their teeth and hold on. Once the war does not go according to their expectations, weak logistics can kill them at any time!
For them, this battle is like skipping a rope on a tightrope. If they make a slight mistake, they will be doomed!
However, neither the Jianlu side nor the Korean Japanese army had any choice!
The largest war in Chongzhen's reign began in the 20th year of Chongzhen's reign.
While Sun Chuanting was busy with logistics arrangements, he suddenly received good news from the grassland.
On the grassland, Sun Chuanting naturally knew what it meant to defeat the Jianlu and Mongol coalition forces in an encounter. He was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly took the good news and ran to report the good news to the emperor.
But as soon as the ceremony was over, and before the victory memorial was presented to the emperor, Sun Chuanting said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, the grassland is completely victorious, and the defeat of Jianlu will be a matter of time!"
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and nodded, but he was not overjoyed at all. Then he read the victory report at a glance and said: "Yes, at least half of the credit for this battle on the grassland belongs to Qing Du! This battle is on Qing Du's side.
After that, Jianlu will have no rear to speak of!"
Wang Cheng'en, who was waiting at the side, heard this and quickly complimented: "Long live Lord is wise and powerful, everything is under the control of Long live Lord! If I were a slave, I would have jumped with joy if I knew that Jianlu was about to be destroyed!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately smiled slightly, looked at Wang Chengen, and suddenly felt very touched in his heart.
This time, I really didn’t pretend. Although I was happy, that was it!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but recall the time when he was most ecstatic after seeing the good news. In the blink of an eye, five years have passed!
Time flies so fast!
While he was sighing with emotion, he suddenly saw a waiter holding a box in both hands and hurriedly entered.