Chapter 134 Buried Talents
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King Lee Pan of Korea was very angry. He really couldn't understand what the idiot boy from the Ming Dynasty thought!
Although his status is extremely noble, even if he cannot be liked by His Majesty the Emperor, with so many ministers, it is not impossible to become the crown prince. But that hateful boy, didn’t he know that Jeolla Dao’s danger? In order to show his courage, he had to approach Jeolla Dao, who had more than 100,000 Japanese troops? He could not take risks even if he showed his own sacrificial power! [.z
Since Zhu Changluo sent someone to inform Li Pan that he would set off to Jeolladao as soon as possible to appease the people and boost morale in order to deal with the war that would come at any time. As the King of Korea, he should have been happy and moved by the prince of the Ming Dynasty in Shangbang, but Li Pan did not feel this at all!
Of course, to be honest, the life or death of the Ming prince is not important to Li Pan. He is not related to relatives or because of this. How could he care about the ending of a prince in the Ming Dynasty! But there is a premise, that is, the prince of the Ming Dynasty must not have an accident in North Korea, and at this moment, especially the eldest prince who is very likely to be the prince!
After working hard, he used three sons and ten thousand elite soldiers to settle the last attack of Zhu Changluo. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty had already made a decision, appointed and removed a series of officials and generals to prepare for war. He would go to Korea to drive the barbaric Japanese pirates out of the sea to feed the turtle. But the noble prince chose to go to Jeolla at this time. Isn’t this uncomfortable?
Li Pan was helpless and angry, his heart was like a big stone pressing on a thousand gold coins, how could he have a good life! He was worried that if the whereabouts of the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty were leaked to Jeolladao, it would be almost certain! If the barbarian Japanese sent troops to Jeolladao and caught the foolish boy, then he would threaten the Ming Dynasty to withdraw and not interfere in North Korean affairs, how could North Korea be able to defeat those barbarians!
He threw out the memorial in his hand. Li Pan walked around in anger, but there was no way. It was not that he had persuaded him. Since he received the news, he hurriedly put down his affairs and rushed to Deshou Palace. He said all the good things and tried to persuade him. He talked for several hours until his mouth was dry and foamed... But the naughty prince just didn't let go!
Li Pan didn't understand. It was not a day or two to contact the prince. He had thought he was a very scheming and mature prince before, but he never found out that he was a naughty! It was such a strange thing about grandma!
He got angry and smashed several cups and vases angrily, and then took off his annoyance to several young eunuchs and palace maids. Li Pan finally sat down on the throne decadently. He had to admit that even if the prince had any novel and bad ideas, he had no choice but to stop the other party at all!
He waved his hand to summon the old eunuch Jin Hao who was always beneath the lower body. Li Pan ordered weakly: "Jin Hao, go and arrange it, send the Black Feather Guard... half, secretly pay attention to the movements and protection of the barbarians... The prince's safety, even if the Black Feather Guard is dead, he cannot let... he gets a little bit of a sudden!"
Frowning and thinking for a while, Li Pan sighed and then said, "Don't the 10,000 soldiers and horses I have given him only three thousand cavalry? Alas, I want to raise more than three thousand war horses and send them to him so that he can raise six thousand cavalry, which is of some use."
Jin Hao opened his mouth several times until Li Pan was a little impatient, and the old eunuch said hesitantly: "King, there is no problem sending half of the Black Feather Guards, it's just those three thousand war horses..."
"What? Is there a problem?" Li Pan frowned and asked in a bad tone.
"King, it's really a bit... a little difficult!" Jin Hao said with a wry smile: "The three thousand war horses assigned to the eldest son of the Emperor Ming Dynasty last time are all spare horses purchased by the palace in the past two years... North Korea does not produce good horses, and the war horses needed are basically purchased from the Ming and Jiannu. The Ming Dynasty has been warring for years, so the war horses are barely enough. Since the unified tribe named Nurhaci, Jiannu has no longer sold war horses to North Korea... So... Li Pan's face looked even more ugly. He paced with his hands behind his back for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and almost roared: "Aren't there five thousand cavalry stationed in the outskirts of the capital? Let them dismount and squeeze out three war horses for the king!"
"King!" Jin Hao opened his mouth. Although he knew that what he said might not be useful, he still reminded him: "Now, the entire North Korea is only useful for the five thousand cavalry outside the city. It is the last elite of my North Korea. If they are asked to dismount..." Li Pan had closed his eyes and waved weakly:
"Go, if there is something wrong with him and the Ming Dynasty will no longer aid Korea, even if there are these cavalrymen, can the ending be changed?
well……"
The old eunuch said nothing, respectfully bowed, stepped back, and after leaving the hall, he sighed with a sad face, muttering, "It's all the damn small dwarfs on the island on the east side! Grandma, bear!"
In addition to the frown of the Korean King Li Pan, all the Wengongs who followed Zhu Changluo to North Korea's mission also frowned. They were a little worried about Zhu Changluo's decision to go to Jeolla Do to comfort and inspire morale before the fight started. But Zhu Changluo stood at the commanding heights of morality and spoke loudly. He was originally from North Korea to comfort and inspire morale, and it was understandable to go to Jeolla Do at this time!
Even though everyone in the mission was a little dissatisfied, after a while of no reassurance, they knew that the matter was irreversible, so they began to sing praises. What a brave and fearless prince! Then, one memorial after another was rushed to Beijing. His prince was very kind and righteous, and he wanted to take the risk to Jeolla. We have no way to stop Yiyi and the others quickly clear themselves out. Things are like this. If something goes wrong with Zhu Changluo, they can also have a reason to shirk, at least the punishment may be lighter!
Zhu Changluo did not expect that his forced decision would cause King Li Pan to bleed once again and contribute three war horses. Now the 10,000 Korean soldiers who belonged to him suddenly had 6,000 cavalry! Including the 1,000 Liaodong cavalry sent by Li Hualong and the 3,000 Liaodong cavalry of Li Rumei, in this way, the number of soldiers and horses that could follow him to Nanyuan this time was actually as many as ten thousand cavalry!
Well, Zhu Changluo admitted that the six North Korean cavalry can only scare people, and they will not have much combat power for the time being. However, he also believed that as long as this trip to Nanyuan ended, those who could survive among the six thousand cavalry could not compare to the elite Liaodong cavalry that followed him, but they could still be considered a considerable combat power!
If he can add three more cavalry, there is no need to be led by Lee Sun-sen for the remaining 4,000 Korean infantry. It is definitely a waste of talent. In addition to being good at water wars, the place where this few famous generals in North Korea became famous is the battle with the Jianzhou Jurchens for many years! In North Korea, Lee Sun-sen is the most famous "anti-world" general, and "wild" refers to the Jianzhou Jurchens, which is more famous than him fighting water wars!
Based on this, Zhu Changluo had reason to believe that this famous general who was taken down due to North Korea's factional disputes and balance principles also had a deep understanding of the cavalry, and letting him follow him should be a good choice.
Of course, Lee Sun-sen was a Korean, and the six cavalrymen were also a Korean. Before Zhu Changluo fully believed Lee Sun-sen, he would definitely not be relieved to let him command the six thousand cavalrymen. Therefore, Lee Sun-sen temporarily only had the title of counselor of military affairs, and the six cavalrymen were temporarily led by General Liao, who had been following him from Liaodong.
The military system of the Ming Dynasty was a bit chaotic at this time, and the army and the army coexisted.
The army belongs to the garrison, which is composed of small flags, general flags, hundreds of households, thousands of households, commanders of the guard commanders, and commanders of the guard commanders, and then goes to the governor of the governor of the Five Army. The guards and officials are hereditary, but only the governors of the governor of the Five Army and the Dushi are not hereditary, and are elected and awarded by the military officials of the guards and military officials. The guards and officials have military ranks, and the family members have lived in one place for generations and passed down from generation to generation, and basically no longer change. The garrisons of each guard are fixed, the number of soldiers is fixed, and there are also certain rules for the establishment of generals and officials. In short, the power of the guards is dispersed and the soldiers and generals are separated. Since Jingtai, the power of the Ministry of War has increased, the Minister of War is the governor of military affairs, and the power of the five governments has been seized, and the officials of the five governments have changed their titles.
The soldiers are from the camp, including commander, captain, post officer, chief officer, chief garrison, chief officer, chief officer, guerrilla, general, deputy general, general, and directly under the Ministry of War. The soldiers are generally not hereditary, but the exception is those who have been transferred from the garrison army to the soldiers. The soldiers have no household registration regulations, and the service period is not long, and generally do not serve for life. They are mostly established during wartime, and the soldiers are out of the camp, but in important military defense guards, they are guarded by Changchuan. The soldiers do not follow their families. If they are compared, they are somewhat consistent with modern troops.
However, the officials in the camp have no rank, and some are official ranks under the garrison system, with no fixed personnel and no inheritance. The soldiers and generals of the camp are accused of each other, and do not need to be appointed by the court in wartime, and are directly led by the deputy general You Tong. After the power of the general is relatively increased, the soldiers can be recruited by the general themselves. The summoner is closely related to the summoned, and even when the main general changes occur, the soldiers will disperse. For example, when the famous general Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty fought against the Japanese on the coast, they also belong to this category.
Zhu Changluo divided the 6,000 North Korean cavalry according to the barracks system, but he temporarily dispersed the 1,000 Liaodong cavalry who came to protect him from Liaodong into the 6,000 Korean cavalry. From small leaders, captains, posters, and guerrillas to guerrillas, all of them were General Liao and these 1,000 Liaodong cavalry, but they were only some deputy commanders, deputy captains, deputy captains, and deputy posters, and so on, allowing the Koreans to do it themselves.
Doing so will not only strengthen the training of these six cavalrymen, allowing the thousand elite cavalry in Liaodong to teach them, but will also be beneficial to Zhu Changluo's control of these Korean cavalrymen. He has not had much time, so he can only do so much.
With the Korean King Li Panqiang smiling and the ministers in the mission and the Korean civil and military officials, Zhu Changluo led 10,000 cavalry, plus more than 800 Jinyiwei, and of course he did not forget the three brothers Linhai Jun, Guanghai Jun and Dingyuan Jun, who left Seoul City and rushed to Jeolla Road all the way.
The Gyeonggi-do where Seoul is located is located, and there is a Chungcheong Road, which is about 600 miles from Seoul to Namwon. Zhu Changluo led more than 10,000 people to ride horses and did not carry supplies. There were three little princes. In any place in North Korea, no matter whether the local officials belong to the Northern People's Party, the Southern People's Party, or the Western People's Party, there was no need to worry that they would use excuses to shirk supplies! Moreover, if the baggage was abandoned, it would only take about ten days at most, and it would almost be possible to reach Namwon.
Zhu Changluo's plan was to temporarily stop in Nanyuan. After conquering the three-kill vine armor army, he would act at the camera. In short, his trip to Nanyuan this time was to cause trouble. Even if Japan did not provoke him, he would take the initiative to provoke Japan so that he could be tripped. Even if he received the imperial edict, he would have no time to return!
Of course, if you want to subdue the three thousand vine armor troops, it is necessary to understand who the main generals of these vine armor troops are. However, this question is not difficult for Zhu Changluo. He is full of confidence in subdue the vine armor troops this time! Is the reason? Didn’t you see Li Rumei, who was followed by a leader of a North Korean garrison, who had just been promoted to general?
"General Li, who is the general of the Nanyuan garrison?" When Zhu Changluo led the army to Quanzhou in Zhongqing Road to rest, he asked Li Rumei who was following him.
"Your Highness, the main general of the Nanyuan Sanqian Tengjia Army is Wu Weizhong, the general of Jizhen." Li Rumei replied. As the highest general of the Korean garrison, he was of course familiar with who the generals of the garrison were.
"Wu Weizhong?" Zhu Changluo had known the main generals before, such as the gang generals and guerrilla generals, but he did not know much about it.
"Yes, Your Highness, the general Wu Weizhong. This person is from Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang. Among the Emperor Jiajing, the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast were affected. In September of the 38th year of Jiajing, Zhejiang Ning, Shao, and Taiwan general Qi Jiguang went to Yiwu to recruit new soldiers. Wu Weizhong and other 4,000 young people were recruited to join the army and served as the general. General Wu followed General Qi to fight south and north, defeated the Japanese pirates on the coast many times, and made great achievements. In May of the second year of Emperor Longqing, Qi Jiguang was recommended by the Governor Tan Lun, as the governor and the Prime Minister Jizhou's military training affairs, Wu Weizhong followed Jizhen."
"In the first month of the third year of Longqing, Qi Jiguang became the general of Jizhou and asked the court to build the Great Wall. Wu Weizhong participated in the construction of the castle and Guanzhai. In the fifth year of Longqing, Wu Weizhong was promoted to the guerrilla general of the Right Camp in the Right Camp, stationed in Leting, and then moved to the Santun Camp in the Lexing period. In the fifth year of Wanli, Qi Jiguang was promoted to the guerrilla general of the Shanhai Road in the 19th year of Wanli. In the 19th year of Wanli, Qi Jiguang...well, he was transferred to Guangdong, Wu Weizhong, Chen Wenliang, Wu Daji and others followed. Later, Qi Da9 was dismissed from office, and General Wu Weizhong was transferred to Fujian as the guerrilla general."
"In July of the 20th year of Wanli, the emperor ordered Song Yingchang to take charge of the anti-Japanese war, and ordered Shaanxi General Li Rusong to be the admiral of the Eastern Expedition, leading the general Wu Weizhong, Lou Dayou, Hu Dashou and others to aid Korea. In Korea, General Wu Weizhong also made many great contributions, which was extremely brave. He was shot in the chest when attacking Mudan Peak, and still shouted to supervise the battle and led his troops to capture the peak..."
Li Rumei obviously knew Wu Weizhong very well, and Zhu Changluo just asked casually, but he didn't expect that he would answer so much.
However, Zhu Changluo frowned after hearing this. When he came to North Korea, Zhu Yijun asked the cabinet to work with the Ministry of War to draft an imperial edict to the North Korean garrison. Li Rumei was promoted from deputy general to general at that time. But according to Li Rumei, since Wu Weizhong also made great contributions in North Korea, why is there no other imperial edict to the cabinet drafted by the cabinet? "General Li, since Wu Weizhong also made great contributions, why..." Now that Li Rumei is no outsider, Zhu Changluo has less scruples when he spoke, so he asked what he thought. Wu Weizhong is a general, and this memorial for asking for merit should be invited by the deputy general or general. When Zhu Changluo thinks, Li Rumei may know the answer.
Li Rumei bowed: "Your Highness, you shouldn't suspect that Mo Zheng did not ask for his merits, right?" He made a joke. He then turned his face upright and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, did you say that General Wu Weizhong was promoted by General Qi Jiguang. To be disrespectful, the three great ministers in the cabinet were all excluded by Zhang Juzheng, and Marshal Qi was Zhang Juzheng's confidant general, so when it comes to rewarding merits... Zhu Changluo frowned. He understood that in fact, Zhang Juzheng has been dead for more than ten years now, and Zhu Yijun has long stopped targeting Zhang Juzheng. The reason why he targeted Zhang Juzheng was just an imperial technique, but now he has long held the power, so he would not do that deliberately.
However, if Zhu Yijun is not able to pursue the matter, it does not mean that others are constantly chasing and fighting! Just like these cabinets, most of them were excluded by Zhang Juzheng at the time, and now they are in power, of course they will not easily let go of Zhang Juzheng. I think that although the generals like Wu Weizhong, who were brought out by Qi Jiguang, are very brave in marching and fighting, even if they make great contributions, it is difficult to get promoted. At least the memorial to report the memorial was suppressed by the cabinet.
Afterwards, Zhu Changluo thought more, like General Qi Jiguang, who had been fighting against the Japanese in the coastal areas for decades and guarding Jizhou for decades, would definitely bring out many capable generals. Perhaps like Wu Weizhong, there were many people who were depressed and unsuccessful! It seems that he should inform Lao Ying and ask him to check how many capable generals Qi Jiguang has produced in recent years? How many are reused? How many are excluded!
Zhu Changluo believed that with Qi Jiguang's ability and decades of experience in leading troops in war, he might bring out many generals whose abilities are not lower than those of famous generals such as Li Rusong and Ma Gui. However, due to being excluded and not valued, coupled with the natural exclusion and despise of military officers by civil servants, he still stayed in somewhere and was silent, at least his reputation did not spread!
Thinking of this, Zhu Changluo couldn't help laughing. The cabinet did not need them. Perhaps Zhu Yijun had forgotten them, but he had no scruples. Isn't this the general that God has prepared for him? These people have both ability and have been excluded for many years. As long as they are willing to give them a chance, they will not be able to die?!
(To be continued)
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