Chapter 736: Heartbroken (Asking for Monthly Votes)

After repeated calculations, Marshal Lin decided to focus on Ulsan in the next stage.

After making the decision, Marshal Lin ordered Li Rusong: "The nine columns of Li Rubai's left wing of your First Corps are temporarily placed under my direct command.

Give me three days to prepare, replenish the troops, and then set off with me to Gyeongju on the eastern front to prepare for the attack on Ulsan.

In addition, two hundred heavy artillery pieces were mobilized from your First Corps to accompany Li Rubai's troops. "

Because Li Rusong's First Corps had a larger number of troops, it was divided into three groups: left, center and right. The left was led by Li Rubai.

Li Rusong preferred to keep his second brother by his side, and did not want to send him to Magui on the eastern front, so he asked, "Can I choose one of the other two groups of officers and soldiers to accompany the army?"

Marshal Lin said without refutation: "As long as Li Rubai's department."

In this way, General Li stopped saying anything and acted according to the order.

The factions within the Ming army can also be said to be complicated. The northern and southern armies, and the Li family's eastern army and Ma Gui's western army all have their own factions.

In the original history, the Ming army fought very hard and even retreated in some battles. One of the reasons was internal conflicts and conflicts with North Korea.

Fortunately, in this time and space, Marshal Lin has accumulated enough prestige due to his previous series of glorious victories in Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia in the northwest.

Coupled with the fact that he has bravely won the three armies, has the mythical color of the Nine Yuan True Immortal, and the PUA method is very effective, he can completely suppress all the military leaders and minimize internal conflicts.

In addition, Marshal Lin used physical means to completely eliminate interference from the North Korean side and avoid being held back by North Korean officials and troops, effectively ensuring the smooth progress of the war.

Three days later, Marshal Lin set out for Gyeongju on the eastern front with 3,000 troops from the Luebiao Battalion and 11,000 troops from Li Rubai's troops, as well as 200 heavy artillery.

At the same time, Li Rusong's First Corps of 20,000 troops and Li Yu's Fourth Corps of 15,000 troops were ordered to put pressure on the Japanese pirate group from the north and west respectively, and try to contain as many Japanese troops as possible.

However, these two directions mainly seek field battles and avoid attacking fortresses.

A few days later, Marshal Lin arrived in Gyeongju, the easternmost part of Gyeongsang Province, only seventy or eighty miles away from Ulsan where Japanese pirates were entrenched.

It would only take one day to march normally, but it would only take an hour if the horse speeds up.

Ma Gui, the commander of the Second Corps, had been waiting for a long time and had already packed up the Gyeongju Animal Husbandry Office for Marshal Lin.

Marshal Lin, who was tired of his career, washed his face and called Ma Gui in to talk.

After General Ma sat down, he said uneasily: "There is something that I must let the commander know first."

Lin Tailai said doubtfully: "What happened? You acted without permission and suffered a defeat but hid it without retribution?"

"That's not the case!" Ma Gui said quickly: "Earlier on our way south, passing through Gangwon Province and the northern part of Gyeongsang Province, more than 3,000 North Korean volunteers came to defect.

Yang Shandeng stayed in Xianjing Road with 3,000 men, while I only had 14,000 troops heading south.

I always felt that it was not enough, so I collected those Korean volunteers as a supplement to our army. "

Marshal Lin frowned and complained: "What's the use of taking in these volunteers?

If the time comes to fight hard and fight to the death, do you believe that the performance of these North Korean volunteers will be dozens killed and 3,000 defeated? "

However, Marshal Lin didn't say anything more, he still wanted to give General Ma some face.

"Just accept it, don't do it next time." Lin Tailai said, "Have you tried to find out the information? What is the situation of the Japanese army in Ulsan?"

Magui replied: "Previously, the Ulsan Japanese army forcibly conquered all the Koreans in the surrounding area, and then built a fortress day and night on Dosan Mountain in the south of the city.

In order to keep up with the progress, even low-level Japanese soldiers were ordered to participate in the construction.

And because stones were needed to build Dosan Castle, the Japanese pirates also demolished the old city walls of Ulsan City. "

Lin Tailai commented: "It seems that the Japanese also knew that they would not be able to defend the city with a low wall, so they urgently built a new castle near the mountain."

Ma Gui also echoed: "So it seems that the Japanese army does not intend to stick to the old city of Ulsan. It is estimated that they will fully retreat and defend the newly built Dosan Fortress."

Marshal Lin suddenly froze, sighed deeply and said, "If the Japanese pirates don't defend the old city, wouldn't the success of their first attack be lost?"

The city walls in North Korea are generally not high, and Ulsan Old Town is certainly no exception. It is relatively easy to climb first.

The newly built Daoshan City in the south of the city is built on the mountain. The wall must be very high, making it very easy to defend and difficult to climb.

"These bastards should be cut to pieces with a thousand swords! Why tear down the old city wall!" Marshal Lin couldn't bear it anymore and yelled.

Ma Gui was speechless, Commander, are your focus a bit special?

Then Ma Gui continued: "There are many North Koreans who really couldn't stand the hard work of day and night construction and found ways to escape.

Moreover, a number of Japanese soldiers who were drafted for construction also couldn't bear the pain and escaped with the Koreans.

From the mouths of these people, some information about the Ulsan Japanese army was also collected. "

Marshal Lin seemed to have lost most of his passion and asked calmly: "Who is the guard on the opposite side?"

Ma Gui said: "The general who defended the city was Fukushima Masanori, the commander of the Japanese fifth corps. After Seoul was defeated, the remaining 14,000 to 5,000 men of the fifth corps were responsible for garrisoning Ulsan.

I heard you mention it before, Commander-in-Chief, that this man seems to be the leader of those seven base guns? And Kato Kiyomasa, who was beaten to death by you, Marshal, can only be ranked second? "

Lin Tailai said "Oh", "It turns out to be him. The Fifth Corps was supposed to have 25,000 soldiers, but now there are only 14,000 left. It seems that the Fukushima Corps lost more than 10,000 soldiers in Seoul. "

Ma Gui continued to introduce the situation and said: "In addition to Fukushima Masanori, the Japanese army's fifth corps also has two generals and a Hachisuka housekeeper."

Lin Tailai added casually: "This person should be the son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the little bee Suga Koroku, and he can be regarded as the nephew of the old thief Hideyoshi."

Anyone who has played Taiko Ritsushiden will know Hazosuka Koroku, an NPC that will definitely appear after the game starts.

General Ma was used to Marshal Lin's "annotations" and didn't know where Marshal Lin got his information.

"There is another general in the Japanese army's fifth corps, named Chosonggabu Motochin." Ma Gui said this and paused intentionally.

Sure enough, Marshal Lin casually explained: "This man's dream was to unify the Shikoku region of Japan, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi woke him up with his loud mouth, so he can only become the lord of Tosa Domain."

Magui concluded: "In short, Fukushima Masanori, Hachisuka Kasuke, and Choso Gabu Motochichi commanded the remaining 14,000 to 5,000 men of the Japanese fifth corps.

In addition, there is a river in the south of Ulsan called Taehwa River, which can be connected with Sesaengpo in the west.

There are 14,000 Japanese troops stationed in Xishengpo, the fourth corps of the Japanese army, and they may come by boat to support them. "

Lin Tailai chuckled and said: "Shimazu Yoshihiro, an old thief, still couldn't withstand the persecution of Hideyoshi, the old thief, so he finally crossed the sea to North Korea with his 10,000 soldiers.

But I estimate that Shimazu Yoshihiro will not risk his life to support Ulsan. One is that he wants to preserve his strength, and the other is that the Japanese army in Ulsan and Shimazu Yoshihiro are not the same people at all, and Shimazu Yoshihiro has no motivation to risk his life. "

I originally thought that Ma Gui had finished reporting, and Marshal Lin was about to issue various instructions, but he heard Ma Gui say again:

"There is also the latest information that was received just yesterday. A Japanese support force has entered Ulsan.

The number of the reinforcements may be around 3,000. I don’t know where they were transferred from. The leader of the reinforcements is a young man.

According to people who fled from Ulsan, this young man who was less than 20 years old seemed to have a surname of Asano and should be a noble son. The three generals of the Fifth Corps all respected this young man very much.

That's all we know so far. "

After Lin Tailai thought for a moment, he immediately gave the answer, "This young man who is less than twenty years old should be Asano Yukinaga.

His father was one of the five members of the Toyotomi family, and it is said that he was still writing and was responsible for managing the Gold and Silver Mountain for Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

His mother's name is Mimi, the sister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's first wife, Ning Ning. In other words, Asano Yukinaga can call Toyotomi Hideyoshi uncle.

His betrothal partner was the daughter of Maeda Toshiie, the second most famous person in Japan.

Although such a person is young, he must show respect whether it is Fukushima Masanori or Hachisuka Housekeeper. "

General Ma was so convinced that he could no longer be convinced, and almost fell to the ground.

I only mentioned the surname "Asano" and the information that he was under twenty years old. As a result, the commander immediately revealed all of this person's background without even counting with his fingers!

Knowing yourself and your enemy to such an extent, if the Japanese pirates are still defeated, it would be unreasonable!

Lin Tailai suddenly laughed a few times and said again: "Ulsan is quite interesting now.

Fukushima Masanori was the direct descendant of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mother's family and was promoted by his own hands. He was the youngest son of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the housekeeper of Hachisuka, and Asano Yukinaga was the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife's family.

So many of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s relatives and friends, as well as the young generation he focused on cultivating, gathered in Ulsan.

If he could eat them all in one pot, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would not know how he would feel. "

Later generations said that a big reason why Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched a new copy of the invasion of North Korea was to consume the strength of the famous names.

But now it seems that there are actually quite a few direct members of the Toyotomi clan being sent out.

Not to mention the Masanori Fukushima currently facing him, even the previously captured Yukino Konishi and the killed Kato Kiyomasa were actually considered direct descendants of Toyotomi.

Ma Gui smiled along and replied: "However, this situation also shows that the Japanese pirates may not have expected that Ulsan on the eastern front would become the commander's main attack direction.

The Japanese pirates probably guessed that our army would use Jeolla Road on the western front, which has the closest supply distance and better logistical conditions, as its advance base to attack Jinju from west to east.

That's why Toyotomi Hideyoshi and a large group of relatives and friends gathered on the eastern front in Ulsan, perhaps because they thought this place was relatively safe. "

Marshal Lin said: "It would be a good thing if we can surprise the enemy."

In the original history, the Battle of Ulsan was fought very hard. Due to various reasons, and the Japanese pirates' good luck, the Tomorrow Soldiers attacked Ulsan twice but failed to capture Dosan Fortress.

However, in this time and space, the Japanese pirates are not so well prepared, so the difficulty should be reduced a lot.

That night, Governor Konishi who was accompanying the army heard that Asano Yukinaga appeared in Ulsan, and quickly reminded Lin Tianshuai: "The situation is not that simple!"

Lin Tianshuai asked shamelessly: "What do you think?"

Governor Konishi said: "I can confirm that Asano and his son were not originally on the list of conquests, and Taikaku did not want Asano and his son to go to North Korea.

Asano Yukinaga, who is only 18 years old this year, is unlikely to have come to North Korea independently. He should have followed his father Asano Nagamasa.

And Taige now sends important ministers like Asano Nagamasa to North Korea. It must be because he is extremely dissatisfied, so he asked Asano Nagamasa to supervise the war!

It is estimated that Asano Nagamasa will not come alone, there must be a large number of reinforcements and generals to Korea, but I don’t know who the new generals are. ”

Lin Tailai thought: "So, Toyotomi Hideyoshi still doesn't give up? So he sent more reinforcements in an attempt to make another attempt?"

Konishi Yukinaga analyzed: "The Taiko may want to rely on the advantages of the south coast to shrink and defend, causing huge casualties to the heavenly soldiers, and then make plans later."

Marshal Lin said domineeringly: "No matter how many come, my heavenly soldiers have nothing to fear! Let me take Ulsan first! ”

After another two days of rest, Marshal Lin ordered the entire army on the eastern front to move out!

The 3,000 soldiers of the Jinglüe Biao Battalion, the 14,000 soldiers of Ma Gui's army, the 11,000 soldiers of Li Rube's army, and more than 3,000 Korean vassal soldiers, a total of 31,000 troops left Gyeongju and headed for Ulsan.

The Jinglüe Biao Battalion was set up at the foot of Hakseong Mountain northwest of the old city of Ulsan, and then Li Rube's army was on the left and Ma Gui's army was on the right to attack Ulsan City.

Marshal Lin led the Biao Battalion to supervise and support the battle between the east and west routes.

Japanese Army It seems that they really have no intention of defending the periphery. Seeing the heavenly soldiers coming to attack, after firing a few rows of iron cannons, they abandoned their camps one after another and decisively retreated to the island city in the south of the city.

When Marshal Lin saw with his own eyes the old city wall of Ulsan City that was torn to pieces, his heart sank on the spot.

Even if he was thick-skinned, he would not be willing to be the first to climb here.

The various armies advanced in unison, chasing the retreating Japanese army, and easily recaptured the old city of Ulsan.

Then they marched to the south of the city and came to the island city, the real base of the Japanese pirates. Down.

Marshal Lin also saw the appearance of the Shimayama Castle and took a breath.

This Shimayama Castle was indeed built entirely on the mountain, using traditional Japanese craftsmanship. It is divided into three layers, which are called Honmaru, Ninomaru, and the bottom layer Sanmaru in Japanese.

Each layer has a wall, which is built on the cliff and with stones. It is much taller and steeper than a normal wall. It seems that the hook ladder cannot reach the top of the city.

The passage between the three layers is not straight up and down, but in a zigzag shape.

This In this situation, there is a steep wall next to the passage, and the defenders on it can attack the passage with full firepower.

The front is like this, and the side is mainly steep. There is no road, let alone a chance to attack.

The back is close to the Taihe River, and the bottom of the mountain is all mudflats, and it is impossible to attack from here.

After circling the island mountain city for half a circle, Marshal Lin's heart was completely cold.

The risk of attacking the city is too great, and it is impossible to climb it first, unless he is willing to sacrifice his life for the country.