Volume 2: Soaring! The Overlord of the Region Chapter 404: Six-Day Liberation of Korea
"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the Jinling Daily just published this morning. The royal army defeated the Japanese pirates in Korea, annihilated more than 20,000 enemies, and captured and recruited more than 80,000 Japanese pirates!"
It was just after six o'clock in the afternoon. In Yixing County, Changzhou Prefecture in Southern Zhili, the cries of newspaper boys along the streets drew out the people from their houses, most of whom were either returning home or going to restaurants.
"Young man, this was just published today?" A middle-aged man with a big belly and wearing luxurious silk rushed out of a restaurant that looked very impressive from the outside. He asked the boy selling newspapers with doubts.
No wonder the middle-aged man didn't believe it, but Yixing is a relatively remote place in Changzhou Prefecture - it is not on the Yangtze River. Therefore, generally speaking, the Jinling Daily published in Nanjing can only be seen yesterday in Yixing.
"Yes, it will be published in the morning, and then it will be transported to Yixing by express ship. Sir, please look at the date, March 16th of the first year of Tianqi. Is that correct?"
"Hey, how come the newspaper arrived so quickly today? Okay, one copy. No, three copies."
"Thank you very much, sir. I will give you nine copper coins for your kindness."
"Isn't it two copper coins each?"
"My dear sir, you will have to wait until tomorrow to see the two-copper copy. Today's copy is urgent. Two horses died on the way."
"Nonsense! Who would believe that?" Although he said he didn't believe it, the middle-aged man obviously didn't care about this small amount of money. He gave a silver coin in a casual manner: "No need to change."
As the newspaper boy thanked him profusely, the middle-aged man walked back into the store with the newspaper: "Dear guests, here is today's newspaper!"
"Hahaha, Boss Zhang, we all heard it. My Ming Dynasty has won another victory. Let's quickly ask Master Ye to read it to us."
"Okay, please welcome Master Ye."
"Ahem." A thin man with a white beard walked leisurely up to the platform in the center of the hotel lobby . Then he put on his glasses, drank a sip of tea, and began to recite aloud.
"According to our newspaper, on February 19th of the first year of the Tianqi reign, the imperial court ordered Sun Chengzong, the Minister of Peace and Japan, and Cao Wenzhao, the General of Peace and Japan, to lead an army of 120,000 to attack Korea by sea... At 6 o'clock that day, the Sixth Regiment of the Royal Army's New Army took the lead in landing in Incheon. Lieutenant General Luo Xiong led his troops to break the first line of defense of the Japanese pirates and killed more than 300 enemies. However, the remaining Japanese pirates resisted stubbornly, and the Royal Army could not advance for a while, and the war gradually became tense. At this time, the reinforcements of the Japanese pirates arrived one after another, and our subsequent troops were slowed down due to the low tide of the sea, and a large number of artillery could not land. Therefore, the two armies fought until noon. Although the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Regiment fought desperately and blocked the counterattacks of the Japanese pirates with their flesh and blood many times. But the more stable the Japanese pirates' front line, the weaker our attack.
Fortunately, General Sun and Admiral Cao had already planned and sent a detachment to land at the mouth of the Han River on Ganghwa Island, northwest of Incheon. This detachment was led by two people: one was Aixinjueluo Chuying, the commander of the Songnen|Jurchen Six Guards, and the other was Sanada Yukimura, a general of the Toyotomi clan.
Commander Chu Ying led 10,000 elite Jurchen soldiers upstream along the frozen Han River, defeating three groups of Japanese pirates along the way, beheading more than 3,000 of them, and reaching the foot of the city wall of Seoul. At this point, the Japanese pirates were unable to send troops to support the stubborn rebels in Incheon.
Yukimura Sanada led 2,000 Toyotomi troops and sneaked to the vicinity of the Incheon battlefield. They pretended to be reinforcements from the Japanese pirates in Seoul, approached the Japanese pirates' artillery positions, and then suddenly launched an attack, and all the Japanese pirates' artillery were annihilated.
After losing the support of the artillery, the enemy's momentum was weakened. The royal army attacked with all its strength in the front, and the Toyotomi clan's righteous army assisted from the back. The enemy's morale was greatly depressed and they were at a loss. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the enemy's military momentum collapsed, and the remnants of the defeated soldiers were scattered on the snowy plain. They threw away their armor and weapons and fled in panic. There is no need to describe them in detail.
On the 20th, the king's army landed, and the army of more than 100,000 surrounded Seoul. Commander Sun believed that God was merciful, so he sent an envoy to persuade them to surrender. However, the Japanese pirates were stubborn and would rather defend the empty city than surrender to the light. The commander ordered our army to reorganize the equipment and choose a day to attack the city.
However, the way of heaven is law. As the saying goes, those who are in the right way have many supporters, while those who are in the wrong way have few supporters. There was a group of Japanese pirates stationed in Kaesong with more than 20,000 people, and 10,000 of them went north earlier. This group received the order from the Japanese pirate chief Tokugawa Yoshinobu who was trapped in Seoul to go south to rescue. After this group of 30,000 people arrived near Seoul, they sent envoys to ask for surrender to our commander-in-chief and admiral.
Commander Sun ordered this unit to be the vanguard and attack the city first. On the 22nd, the flag of this unit appeared under Seoul and attacked the city directly. The Japanese pirates trapped in the city realized that the situation was hopeless. So the whole army left the city at night, hoping to break the siege and escape to the south. However, our army had already responded, and the three lines of defense along the way had been waiting for a long time. The Japanese pirates rushed in headfirst, and were surrounded and suppressed by the main force of the army. After a night of fierce fighting, the Japanese pirate chieftain Shimazu Tadatsune, who was at the end of his rope, was the first to surrender. After that, the Japanese pirates in the net fell to the ground and surrendered. At this point, all the Japanese pirates in Seoul and Kaesong were wiped out.
On the 25th, news came from the north that the Japanese pirate chieftains stationed in Pyongyang, Date Masamune and Uesugi Kagekatsu, had surrendered to our northern general Du Song.
From the time the royal army landed in Korea on the 19th to the 25th, just six days, the 100,000-strong Japanese pirate army stationed in Korea disappeared into thin air.
In this battle , the royal army killed more than 20,000 Japanese pirates and captured and recruited more than 80,000. The royal army lost more than 2,700 people, and more than 3,200 people from the six Jurchen guards were killed. The vanguard commander Aixinjueluo Chu Ying died in this battle. The 2,000 private soldiers of the Toyotomi family fought alone in the core formation of the Japanese pirates for nearly an hour, and suffered heavy casualties. More than 1,700 people were killed, and the rest were all injured...
In the Korean War, although we received a lot of help from friendly forces, our soldiers also had a heart to serve the country and fought selflessly. Some of them died with the enemy's fortress with ammunition bags in hand, some bent their bayonets and pierced the enemy's throat, and some fought selflessly with their legs cut off... Alas, how heroic the loyalty of our Ming soldiers is!
It's ridiculous that the Japanese bandits thought they were arrogant for conquering Korea in March. Little did they know that our royal army was as powerful as thunder and lightning, and Korea was liberated in six days. Comparing the two, who is the frog in the well, the Yelang people, it seems obvious... The Ming Dynasty has conquered Korea !
In the past, when the Japanese invaded Korea, our Great Ming drove them away and withdrew our troops generously. However, today's Great Ming, following the Emperor's will, must repay evil with justice and eradicate all evil! When the Japanese invaded Korea again, they must have realized that their homeland would not be spared. After the royal army has wiped out the thieves in Korea, they will also choose a day to send troops to the Japanese thieves' lair. We must plow the fields and clear the holes, cut off the source of evil, and let the power of our Great Ming descend on the islands of Japan!
"Our Ming soldiers are mighty! Our Ming allies are loyal and brave! The martyrs who died in this battle will live forever!"
