The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

In the end, Lin Jinglue did not let Shen Weijing die. He had no subjective good or bad impression of this person.

Just thinking about it, such talents who dare to look bad in the diplomatic field are still relatively scarce in the Ming Dynasty, so they are reserved for the time being.

On October 14, Lin Jinglue ordered the Third Directly Affiliated Biao Battalion and the First Corps to continue resting in Shun'an for one day.

The main purpose was to allow the officers and soldiers to recover their strength after the long journey and to make final preparations for the attack on Pyongyang City.

At the same time, General Li Rusong was specially assigned to come forward to entertain the people sent by General Konishi Yukinagawa, the leader of the Japanese soldiers in Pyongyang City.

Speaking of which, Konishi Governor is quite interesting. He is an unusual person among Japanese generals. He is not good at martial arts, but started his career in business.

His fighting will is far inferior to that of other Japanese generals, and he is also the Japanese general who is most looking forward to negotiating peace, otherwise he would not be deceived so easily.

Compared with Kato Kiyomasa, another Japanese forward who invaded Hamgyeong Province on the east coast, they are two completely opposite extremes in almost every aspect.

Governor Konishi is a Catholic and Kiyomasa Kato is a Buddhist; Governor Konishi has good military discipline, but Kiyomasa Kato has bad military discipline; Governor Konishi always wants to be friendly and make money, but Kiyomasa Kato is extremely evil; Governor Konishi is a businessman, and Kiyomasa Kato is famous. "The seven spears of Shiyue".

Therefore, the conflict between Yukinagako Konishi and Kato Kiyomasa was also very deep. Historically, it lasted until eight years later, and ended with Yukinagako Konishi standing in the wrong team and being killed.

Just as Li Rusong and Shen Weijing were eating and drinking with Governor Konishi's envoy, saying "Heaven has promised peace and the envoy is coming," Lin Jinglue, who was stationed at the Anding Pavilion, also welcomed guests.

Liu Chenglong, the main collaborator of North Korea, the right political envoy and the three-way physical inspection envoy, and the governor-general and military officer, brought people over. For some reason, Liu Chenglong suddenly felt like a pimp.

The person who followed Liu Chenglong to pay his respects this time seemed to be a monk. Lin Jinglue, who was aloof, did not take the initiative to ask, and just stared at Liu Chenglong without saying a word.

If you, Liu Chenglong, don’t have the skills to do anything, and no matter what kind of cats or dogs are brought to you, then you should consider finding someone to cooperate with.

Liu Chenglong understood Lin Jinglue's thoughts very well and said bravely: "This is Master Songyun, whose name is Wei Zheng. He used to practice in Mount Kumgang. After the Japanese Rebellion, he recruited 700 monk soldiers and was willing to contribute to the recovery of Pyongyang."

Lin Tailai was a little speechless. He is another one who wants to take advantage of military glory. Isn't it too shameful for Liu Chenglong? Also, why are a group of monks coming here to join in the fun?

However, thinking of the location of Mount Kumgang, Lin Tailai temporarily suppressed his thoughts of blowing people away and asked:

"I heard that Mount Kumgang is near the east coast. Why did Monk Wei Zheng appear here?"

Liu Chenglong said: "Master Wei Zheng's master is Master Xishan Xiujing, who practices at Faxing Temple in Shun'an.

After the Japanese Rebellion, Master Xiujing was appointed as the Chief Photographer of the Eight Paths of Monks and Soldiers, and it was Master Wei Zheng who went to Shun'an to seek refuge with his master.

And because Master Xiujing is old, I would like to recommend Master Wei Zheng to replace him as the chief photographer of the eight monks and soldiers. "

Only then did Lin Jinglue understand why this monk Wei Zheng was eager for military glory. It turned out that he wanted to be the "chief photographer of the eight monks and soldiers".

It was a coincidence that the army was resting in Shun'an, which was only more than 40 miles away from Pyongyang, and this group of monks was also operating in Shun'an.

Hearing this, Lin Tailai suddenly said to Liu Chenglong: "You stay away first, and I will have a few words with Monk Wei Zheng alone."

Liu Chenglong was inexplicably surprised. What could he tell Master Wei Zheng about that he couldn't hear?

"Master Wei Zheng doesn't speak the Chinese language." Liu Chenglong expressed his opinion cautiously.

Lin Tailai pointed at Cui Wukui and said: "Cui Xingren can speak your country's language, just let him translate!"

Liu Chenglong reluctantly walked out, while Monk Wei Zheng was confused.

I don’t know what Tianshuai from Ming Dynasty sees in me, that he actually attaches so much importance to talking alone.

Lin Tailai pointed to the map of northern Korea on the desk and asked Wei Zheng: "Since you fled here from the east coast, you must have some knowledge of mountain roads?"

As we all know, most of North Korea is composed of plateaus or mountains, with only a few plains or flat lands near the coast.

Between the east and west coasts, separated by high mountains, transportation is extremely inconvenient and there are very few accessible roads.

Therefore, in Korea, it was easy to move from north to south along the coastline. The two Japanese pirate pioneers Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa advanced from south to north along the east and west coasts respectively.

But it is extremely difficult to cross from east to west. People who are not particularly familiar with it will not be able to find the road between the mountains and ridges.

Monk Wei Zheng was also a smart man, so he immediately asked: "Tian Shuai wants to go to the east coast from now on?"

Lin Tailai clicked twice on the map, "I heard that there is a road accessible from Shun'an here to Yongxing on the east coast. There is no need to go hundreds of miles south."

Due to the popularity of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, later generation Lin Tailai also studied the map of the peninsula.

In his impression, there seemed to be a railway between Shun'an and Yongxing in later generations. It should be the only railway in Korea that passed through a 200-kilometer mountain range and connected the east and west.

Based on this speculation, since the railway construction on this line is given priority, it means that the original traffic foundation of this line is good, and it is likely that there was a road in ancient times.

Therefore, before crossing the river this time, Lin Tailai had ordered to find insiders in North Korea to inquire about the road issue.

Now it is basically certain that the line from Shun'an to Yongxing should be connected, a distance of four to five hundred miles.

If a large army passes this road and quickly goes straight to Yongxing on the east coast, it can completely intercept Kato Kiyomasa's Second Corps in Hamgyong Province and prevent it from retreating south.

It's just that I haven't actually walked this road, so I lack confidence. So when Lin Jinglue heard that Monk Wei Zheng escaped from the east coast today, he couldn't help but ask him separately.

Monk Wei Zheng replied through Cui Wukui's translation: "There is indeed a road between the two places. It passes through several valleys where the mountains intersect, and it has to bypass two peaks. When I fled to Sunan before, I came along this road."

"Good!" Lin Tailai suddenly became enthusiastic, "Master, why do you need to go to Pyongyang to risk your life? There are greater merits waiting for you!"

In the blink of an eye, in Lin Jinglue's mouth, Monk Wei Zheng decisively became a master.

No matter what your Buddhist teachings are, as long as you can lead the way, you are a master!

In Lin Tailai's imagination, after Li Rusong's Corps conquered Pyongyang at the fastest speed, it can continue to move south as in the original history, attracting and restraining most of the Japanese troops.

The three battalions directly under the Jinglüe, the second corps of Ma Gui, and the third corps of Dong Yiyuan, with a total of 33,000 troops, set out from Shunan and crossed the mountains in the central part of Korea to the east coast to intercept Kato Kiyomasa's corps.

If possible, try to annihilate them completely and effectively kill the Japanese army's manpower.

On that day, Lin Jinglüe hosted a banquet to entertain Master Wei Zheng and his master Master Xiu Jing in his busy schedule, which was considered to be a great honor.

Not only was Master Wei Zheng able to lead the way, but he also called him "Tian Shuai" all the time, which made Lin Jinglüe feel very pleasing to the ear.

On October 15, the Jinglüe Biao Battalion and Li Rusong's corps set out from Shunan and set up camp only ten miles away from Pyongyang.

That night, Li Rusong came to plead with Lin Jinglüe again to redivide the scope of supervision and hand over the main attack direction of Xicheng to him for supervision.

The reason was that the Xicheng direction was mostly Liaodong Jizhen official troops, and it would be more effective if he supervised the battle.

Moreover, the battle in Xicheng must be more intense and more dangerous. The Minister of State Affairs is responsible for the overall situation and should stay away from dangerous places, so he only needs to supervise the battle in the secondary direction of Nancheng.

For the sake of their friendship for many years, Lin Tailai agreed.

He felt that it was probably because these arrogant soldiers and generals in Liaodong were worried that he, a "southerner", would not take care of them when they reported their achievements.

Therefore, the Liaodong Army hoped that Li Rusong, a native of the Liaodong Army, would supervise the battle and made such a request before the battle.

Let's wait and see after the battle, Lin Tailai sneered secretly.

On the morning of October 16, the columns appeared outside the gates of Pyongyang City according to the previous deployment orders.

At this time, even if Konishi Yukinaga was eager to "negotiate peace", he realized that something was wrong.

This unknown number of Ming army seemed to be going to attack the city in earnest!

The Japanese soldiers, who were already tired and wanted to go home in winter, were driven up the city wall one after another, and reluctantly gathered their fighting spirit and began to prepare for defense.

According to the prior agreement, Li Rusong supervised the battle in the main attack direction in the west, while Lin Tailai supervised the battle in the secondary direction in the south.

The main force responsible for attacking the Lumen Gate in the south city was the Zhejiang Army Column of Lieutenant General Luo Shangzhi, with a strength of 3,000 troops.

The auxiliary force was the 1,500-man Wang Bidi Column from the Qi Family Army and the 2,000-man Ye Bangrong Jinglüe Battalion.

If Lin Jinglüe supervised the battle here, there would be 1,000 guards in the Dayun Camp.

Before setting out to attack the city, Lin Tailai had a heart-to-heart talk with the main attacker Luo Shangzhi.

Although Luo Shangzhi was a general of the Southern Army and a native of Zhejiang, he was not actually from the Qi Family Army system, which was different from Wu Weizhong, Ye Bangrong, Wang Bidi, Qi Jin and others.

"I heard that you are a fierce general of the Southern Army, and your hometown is Yuyao, Zhejiang?" Lin Jinglüe asked kindly.

Luo Shangzhi replied a little reservedly: "Yes."

Lin Jinglue sighed and said: "The people in the court who are at odds with this department are mostly from Yuyao! Chen Younian, Sun Yu, and Shao Bi, who are at the level of assistant ministers, are all from Yuyao!"

Commander Luo: "."

What does the Yuyao people you mentioned have to do with him! Civil and military are on different paths, okay?

Lin Jinglue comforted him and said: "Don't be nervous, you and I are both from the south. If you break the city, this department will report your merit. If you are the first to reach the city, you will be promoted by two levels!"

After giving psychological counseling to the main attacker, Commander Luo, Lin Tailai inspected the officers and soldiers of each camp again, and suddenly his eyes looked at a certain area and did not move.

The soldiers in this area have completely different clothes and uniforms from the Ming army, and they don't even have armor plates.

Cui Wukui, who was in charge of translation, explained: "These are all Korean soldiers who came to help, and the number has expanded to six or seven hundred!"

According to the previous deployment, the Korean soldiers participating in the siege were all arranged in the direction of the south city.

"Hmm?" Lin Tailai frowned.

Cui Wukui asked, "What's wrong?"

After thinking for a while, Lin Tailai ordered, "Go and tell their generals to let the Korean soldiers take off their outer robes!"

Cui Wukui was stunned and said subconsciously, "Why?"

Then Cui Wukui was afraid of being blamed, so he quickly explained, "If I don't explain the reason to them, I'm afraid it will cause instability in the army. After all, forcing them to take off their clothes is a bit like a public humiliation."

Lin Tailai replied, "The reason is very simple. The vanguard of my Ming Dynasty soldiers wants to borrow their battle robes to pretend to be the Korean army to attack the city!"

Not long after, the Korean general Li Ai ran over and asked for a fight, "Why do we need the heavenly soldiers to pretend? Our army can bravely lead the charge!"

Lin Tailai said unhappily, "This department just wants to pretend, not to see a rout!

Stop talking nonsense. If you can lend your clothes and sit quietly, you will be considered a meritorious service!"

Li Ai: "."

I was so angry, the foreign ministers were so rude.

Is their greatest value just that they came here wearing hundreds of military uniforms?

Luo Shangzhi, who was mobilizing in front, heard that they had to change into the outer clothes of the Korean soldiers, and ran over to ask about the situation.

Lin Tailai replied: "The Japanese army has always looked down on the Korean soldiers and completely disdained them.

If our army's vanguard pretends to be Korean soldiers to attack the city, the Japanese army will definitely think that the South City is just a feint attack direction to make up the numbers, and the defense pressure is very small, so the main force and musketeers will be transferred to the West City.

If so, we pretend to be the vanguard of the Korean army and attack back and forth a few times, and when the elite Japanese soldiers are transferred to the West City, we will suddenly make a full effort, and the first to break the city may be our side, hehehehe."

Hearing this, Luo Shangzhi also laughed "hehe", this Lin Jingluegong is really too bad.

If the secondary South City direction breaks the city first, I believe the face of the government army in the West City must be very good.

Lin Jinglue felt that he had arranged everything that needed to be arranged, so he urged the officers and soldiers of each battalion to advance to the outside of the South City.

At this time, there was no feasibility of "matching the table". It was agreed in advance that after the cannons from the West City were fired, the entire line would officially start the siege.

Looking at the Lumen of the South City of Pyongyang in the distance, Lin Jinglue's thoughts kept drifting, not because of nervousness.

If Lin Jinglue still had some anxiety about the entire battle situation, this anxiety definitely did not include attacking Pyongyang.

In the original history, Li Rusong took only one day to capture Pyongyang. Could it be that this time and space, after its own strengthening, could it be worse than the original history?

Not to mention, Konishi Yukinaga himself did not have much fighting spirit, and he was not a ruthless person like Kato Kiyomasa.

Anyway, so far, Lin Jinglue's biggest anxiety is how to cross the mountainous area to intercept Kato Kiyomasa after breaking through Pyongyang.

As for Pyongyang City, the most important thing for individuals to pay attention to is to be careful of the Japanese soldiers' "iron cannon", that is, the matchlock gun.

In the original history, Li Rusong, who was supervising the battle, was hit by several bullets, his horse was killed, and it seemed that his bronze helmet was also hit.

Thinking of this, Lin Jinglue subconsciously touched the bronze helmet on his head, the heavy iron armor on his body, and the special face armor.

Thinking of Li Rusong supervising the battle in Xicheng, Lin Jinglue couldn't help the evil taste in his heart.

He called a personal soldier and ordered: "Send a message to Li Rusong, all the car-mounted anti-enemy cannons move forward one foot!"

After giving this order, Lin Jinglue finally understood and began to concentrate on observing the battlefield situation.