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Chapter 1094 The battle begins

"Although the Wa State is larger than Korea, it is not difficult to annex it, although the Wa State is now unified by a strong man, but the undercurrent is turbulent, and the daimyo everywhere, put it on our side to say that the so-called princes, are all dissatisfied, or they are accumulating soldiers and horses to prepare to resist, as long as the army of the Ming Dynasty enters the Wa State, it can be divided and disintegrated, each broken, and cannibalized step by step, but at the beginning, if everything goes well, the land will be ceded and the reparations will be called vassals, these things are to be done. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Wang Tong's last paragraph is a summary, after speaking, everyone present was silent, and after a while, Emperor Wanli laughed out loud, Wang Xijue and Tian Yi and others laughed along, and some looked quite strange.

"The land is ceded and the compensation is called a minister, I read the history books, and the same thing seems to be mostly in the Han family, but I didn't expect it to be used on others, Wang Tong, you said it is very good, I heard this, but I felt unsure."

"What Your Majesty said is that the old minister also thinks it is strange."

Wang Xijue's words were funny, although everyone said so, but the tone had already been set, Emperor Wanli patted the back of the chair with his hand, and said again:

"Zou Yi takes the lead, the news from the Wa Kingdom, whether it is from the official or the people, we must inquire as much as possible, what Wang Aiqing said still has to be verified, after all, it is such a major event, be careful first, Wang Tong, go to North Korea, do the things in front of you first, and then we will do the rest, and slowly figure it out!"

Emperor Wanli's words were actually acquiescing to Wang Tong's proposals, and the next thing was some detailed work.

When an army of this size is dispatched, it is rare to hold a ceremony, and the Son of Heaven personally bestows a letter of military talisman, praying to the ancestors and heaven and earth, and bless such an army to victory.

In the past, the people of Beijing were to watch the excitement, and the noble family was not even bothered to see the excitement, and many of the sons and daughters of the nobles of the Beijing division were serving in the army, and they had already moved around at this season, saying that they were taken out of the army, so as not to really go to the battlefield to die.

Now it is different, all the people who seek some progress are looking for a relationship to intercede, and ask their children to follow Wang Tong to go on the expedition, the situation is different in recent years, and it is certainly a way out to enjoy peace and prosperity, but if you want to have some hope of getting ahead, you will earn a greater wealth for your family, then you have to go to war.

Seeing blood, with military merits, the above is very credit, there is always a position that can be promoted, not to mention anything else, how did the current scenery of the Xiangchengbo Chen family come about, and what is the current situation of the imperial merchant Tang family.

For such a relationship, Wang Tong doesn't have to come out and push it, in fact, with his status and status, no one can use favors to detain him, anyone who wants to go on the expedition is directly pushed to Ma Sanbiao and Li Hutou, who want to serve the country This welcome, but it depends on whether you have the ability first.

Entertainment or something, Wang Tong also got together with Zou Yi, Lu Wancai and others, and the others also refused, at the beginning of the month Wang Tong had already lived in the military camp outside the Beijing Division, for him, this was already wartime, the Sanjiang system and Jinyiwei were all running, and they began to check the military quartermasters and inspect the armaments everywhere.

The ceremony before the expedition is quite grand, entering the dynasty to resist the Japanese, this battle is to defend the Ming Dynasty, but the military force is very large, the cost is also very great, it is also related to the national fortune, the government and the opposition are gathered up and down, even the people's homes, the conditions are also incense and pray, looking forward to the Ming Dynasty's victory in this battle.

The ceremonial officials sang the salute, the Son of Heaven paraded, and the formalities were completed, that is, the Wanli Emperor awarded Wang Tongshang Fang the sword and the flag of the governor on the high platform.

This procedure was personally given by the Wanli Emperor, and Wang Tong had to kneel down to receive it with both hands, and on this stage, under the gaze of hundreds of officials and people, Wang Tong took the various items in the hands of the Wanli Emperor.

"We will win!"

Emperor Wanli said loudly, and the ceremonial officials on the side had already sent a signal to the below, and the following all shouted in unison:

"This will win, Daming is mighty."

There are also sharp-eyed people who noticed that after Emperor Wanli awarded Shang Fang the sword and the flag of the governor, he bowed down and picked up Wang Tong, and said a few words, everyone was solemn on the surface, but in private they sighed, this friendship between the monarch and the minister is indeed amazing, and the grace is like this!

"This time I will return from the big victory, don't go back to Songjiang, come to Beijing, let's go down for the good of our monarchs and ministers!"

If the words of Emperor Wanli's private advice were heard, I am afraid that he would be even more amazed, Wang Tong did not expect Emperor Wanli to say this, hesitated slightly, bowed down and knelt down, and said:

"Thanksgiving!"

The eleventh day of the twentieth year of Wanli is the auspicious day for the army to travel, and the ceremony is held, and the army officially marches to Liaoning.

A ceremony was held on the side of the Beijing Division, and the army set off, and in the area of Yizhou, Liaoning, the battle had already begun.

In November of the twentieth year of Wanli, the Yalu River was already frozen, and the frozen three feet in such places described the actual scene, not to mention leaving, even a heavy-duty four-wheeled four-horse cart could pass safely.

Li Rusong, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, led 3,000 cavalry from his headquarters, and Li Rubai, the chief soldier of Liaoxi, was his deputy, leading 8,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry soldiers in Liaoning, and 4,000 infantry soldiers under the command of Liaodong General Soldier.

In this dispatch, although Ma Lin, the general soldier of Liaodong, and Sun Shoulian, the general soldier of southern Liaoning, did not sell the face of the Li family very much, but many of their subordinates were the old department of the Li family, which was really not too easy to stop, and in the end, it was Xu Guangguo, the governor of Liaoning, who came forward, saying that the border area of Daming in Yizhou also needed soldiers and horses to garrison, which could be regarded as leaving the cavalry of southern Liaoning and eastern Liaodong.

Xu Guangguo also had practical considerations, because now Liaoning and various places outside the border wall of Liaoning were transporting grain and grass to Yizhou, so as to facilitate the arrival of the next army.

In winter, although the road surface is hard and the cart is easy to walk, it is troublesome after all, and the real large-scale collection of grain and grass will have to wait until the waterway is unimpeded in the next year, and the grain will be transported directly from Shandong to the Yalu River.

In the current situation, the transportation capacity of grain and grass is still too tight, and it has to be transferred to the front troops, which is naturally overstretched and quite troublesome.

According to Wang Tong's meaning, the army led by Li Rusong is not going to launch any big offensive, but to make it impossible for the Japanese army in Pyongyang to gather and build fortifications, so that there is no need for too many soldiers and horses, but the number of troops led by Li Rusong is obviously much beyond the scope of doing this, and the pressure on them to support grain and grass is also very great, and Xu Guangguo will naturally not allow it.

Nearly 30,000 troops entered the DPRK, which is also a large army, crossing the Yalu River and entering the North Korean side, the spies and scouts originally arranged on this side can be used, and the roads and camping places are also familiar, and there is no obstacle.

On the other hand, the movements of this army led by Li Rusong were also known to the Japanese and were also prepared on the side of Pyongyang City.

The Li family used soldiers, whether it was frivolous or fast, relying on the cavalry to move forward quickly and attack it unprepared, which is the characteristic of the Li family's use of troops.

This time it was the same in Korea, the army set up camp after walking for half a day, but Li Rubai led 4,000 cavalry, carrying dry food and forage for two days, and kept moving forward to see if there was any possibility of a surprise attack by the enemy.

However, in winter, the areas around Pyongan Province, Hwanghae-do, and Gyeonggi-do in northern Korea were a little colder than the northern continent of the Japanese Kingdom.

When Zu Chengxun led the army to break through, he used to rest in a town halfway, but now this town has been occupied by the Japanese invaders, and he has built a earthen village and arranged 3,000 soldiers to defend it.

This was actually evidence of the gradual strengthening of the Japanese control over northern Korea, and that the fortress was a blockade on the cavalry's way to Pyongyang, where the first battles were fought.

The stockade is very simple, and the trees cut down nearby, they really didn't even peel off their bark, and directly sharpened a section and inserted it into the ground, buried half a foot of soil outside the place where the wooden stake was inserted, and then dug a trench outside.

Although this fortification is simple, in this severe cold season, as long as you water on the rough wooden fence outside and water on the earthen wall, it can form a very strong fortification.

Although the horse detectives below also talked about the situation on the North Korean side before coming, Li Rubai still laughed when he saw this village.

"It's just such a kennel still blocked on the road, the little ones, it's the first credit to level him!"

But when I really started fighting, it was not so easy, the place where the earthen village was built was in the middle of the mountain, there were only two roads for entry and exit, and the rest were rocky or potholes.

4,000 cavalry against the 3,000 foot soldiers in the earthen village, the natural advantage in the field is huge, but if you attack the village, the cavalry will also dismount, cut down trees to make tools, step by step back attack, this is quite troublesome.

In fact, Li Rusong's explanation to Li Rubai is very simple, don't pay attention to these village fortifications, they themselves are not good to go up on the mountain, in fact, the soldiers and horses in the village are not easy to come down, the thousands of horsemen led by Li Rubai, the task is to push forward all the way, to see if there is an enemy army or other abnormalities on the road on which the army is marching, as for the siege of the city, this is not the task of the cavalry.

The Li family is frivolous, this is Wang Tong's evaluation, one of the manifestations of frivolity, is a great joy, seeing such a local village, Li Rubai wants to get something else, just want to take here, first get a jackpot in the army of the dynasty, and also make the people in the family happy.

The war is not one-sided, not the generals of one side can do whatever they want, when Li Rubai's cavalry approached the stockade, the iron cannons and bows and arrows in the stockade were fired together, and dozens of people were killed and wounded immediately, and they retreated in embarrassment. ro！ ~！