The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Hearing that General Li wanted to inspect the goods, Lin Tianshuai waved his hand and immediately showed several poem manuscripts to General Li.

As the saying goes, if you have to do a complete performance, Lin Tianshuai will not be able to do a few poems with nothing.

General Li looked up and saw the title "Record of Governor Li's Eastern Expedition to Korea".

Read the text again: "In the beginning of the sweet spring, the sable fur was tinted, and the color of the sword was flying to shoot the bullfight. The Marquis of Dingyuan sealed the sky at the North Pole, and he surrendered and built the city at the east end of the sea.

The generals in Liaodong were able to dominate, and all the famous kings in the north of Saibei turned their sides. The dew cloth clears the Xuantu base at night, and the frost and clear clouds embrace the White Wolf River.

Brilliant pearls and shoes will follow the altar, and the emperor's family is strong. The sunrise of Fusang eliminates thousands of mirages, and the sky of thin willows returns to station six dragons. "

After the appraisal was completed, General Li could confirm that Lin Junmen had indeed written a set of poems for himself.

He could be said to be both civilized and martial. He usually liked to write poems and so on. He had some literary tendencies, and some of his works were passed down to later generations.

Now we see that Lin Junmen, a generation of poets who is destined to leave a name in the history of literature and a de facto leader in the contemporary literary world, writes poems to vigorously praise his martial arts.

At the same time, I was hearing Lin Junmen keep talking about "the highest record" and "the best in the world". How could I not be confused?

Everyone is a showman. If you tout me as the "record-breaking general", then I should tout you as the "first king". Is that also the proper etiquette?

With nothing else to do after the great victory, General Li returned home drunk at the banquet that night.

Cui Wukui, the attaché of the shogunate, and Zhang Wen, the left guardian, chatted: "Before today, I have never seen Marshal Lin flattering others."

Marshal Lin? Zhang Wen glanced at Cui Wukui in surprise, you are really eye-catching!

Among the new slogans that just came out during the day, there is the sentence "The commander-in-chief comes out and the Han Dynasty is closed in". Have you already started to quickly change your slogan to Commander-in-Chief Lin?

But no matter others call him Jun Men, Jin Lue Gong, Marshal or Tianshuai, anyway, their old brothers only call him "Zi Guan".

Then Zhang Wen replied: "It would be troublesome if Governor Li refuses to admit that he was the first to ascend this time. After all, he is also the nominal commander-in-chief of military affairs."

Cui Wukui added: "It seems that the commander is very concerned about the number of first boardings?"

Zhang Wen said leisurely: "After all, there are not many things worth pursuing these days.

What we want to surpass when sitting in the library is not ourselves or others, but history books. "

Cui Wukui: ""

It's just Marshal Lin himself, why are the people around him so aggressive?

The next day, on the ninth day of the third month of the 21st year of Wanli calendar, tens of thousands of soldiers from the Great Tomorrow, acting as kings, stationed in and took over Seoul, declaring that Seoul, the capital of Korea, was officially restored!

Although Lin Tianshuai also wanted to hold a grand ceremony, the city was devastated and only women were left in the city, so there was no chance of a scene, so he gave it up.

Li Rusong, who had just woken up from a hangover, rubbed his forehead, drank hangover soup, and thought about yesterday's events.

What happened yesterday? I went to the shogunate to ask for an explanation, so why did I end up at the banquet in a daze, lost myself in the praise, and drank to pieces?

At this time, Li Rubai, who was responsible for the ending and statistics of the battle, walked in.

General Li suddenly stood up subconsciously for some reason, and asked inexplicably anxiously: "Is the statistics finished?"

Li Rubai was shocked. He had already won the battle, and the rest was nothing more than statistics of the results and writing of battle reports. It was not like he would be rewarded immediately, so why should the elder brother be excited?

Then Li Rubai began to report in a formal manner: "Our army was killed in battle."

General Li directly interrupted the report and said impatiently: "I don't want the number of casualties, I just want the number of enemy annihilations!"

Li Rubai only felt that his elder brother was acting strange today, and continued according to his wishes: "Preliminary calculations show that our army beheaded more than 5,000 people and captured more than 14,000 people. They were driven into the Han River and drowned."

General Li quickly calculated, with a foolish smile on his face, and said in a nonchalant manner: "In other words, beheading plus 20,000 prisoners, and the number of drowned people should be calculated as more than 10,000.

Therefore, a total of more than 30,000 enemies were wiped out in this battle, which is not bad, not bad, very good.

Hehehe, at least it’s a once-in-a-century victory, hahaha. "

Li Rubai: "?"

Why haven't we seen each other all night and all morning? Why does it seem that my eldest brother's temperament has changed drastically?

This feeling is like being contaminated by something unclean.

Or maybe it's the feeling that one's mind is gradually losing control after being greatly stimulated.

So Li Rubai couldn't help but asked with concern: "Brother, are you okay? It's just that someone accidentally stole the limelight again. That can't cover up the glory of my brother's victory. Why is this?"

However, General Li kept a straight face and said to Li Rubai's serious criticism: "Don't say anything that is not conducive to unity! The first to win is the first to win. We must dare to recognize the excellence of others.

Everyone is serving the country to repay the emperor's kindness. Everyone can have their own share of glory. How can you say that others are stealing the limelight? "

Li Rubai: ""

Who can tell him what happened?

Seeing that his second brother was still stupid, Li Rusong coughed and reminded:

"The person standing in front of you is the general who commanded the largest battle in modern times, the general who has annihilated the most enemies in a single battle, and the general who has annihilated the most enemies in a single battle in the past century!

As for whether it was the largest number of enemies annihilated in a single battle in the past two hundred years, it still needs to be verified. "

Damn it! Li Rubai was stunned. Who came up with all these ideas? Then he suddenly realized, no wonder the eldest brother was suddenly so overly concerned about the number of enemies annihilated!

If more than 30,000 enemies were wiped out in yesterday's battle, it should indeed be the highest record among contemporary generals and even a record in the past century.

If you think about it, you will know that in the past 100 years, the border troops have mostly been engaged in security warfare, and occasionally they have invaded nests. Killing a few hundred enemies is considered a great victory. How can it be possible to wipe out 30,000 enemies in a single battle?

As for Qi Shaobao's annihilation of Japanese pirates, I don't know if the total number accumulated over the years was 30,000, but there really was no single battle in which 30,000 were annihilated.

Moreover, in this battle of Seoul, there were more than 60,000 heavenly soldiers and about 50,000 Japanese soldiers. The total number of both sides was more than 110,000 soldiers.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to call it "the largest battle of modern times". The Ming Dynasty has not fought a battle of this scale for many years.

The last time they besieged Ningxia, the combined number of both sides was estimated to be around 100,000, which should not be as large as this time.

After Li Rubai thought about it carefully, he also put forward his own opinion, "In terms of the number of enemies annihilated in a single battle, there is no doubt that you will become the best in the past 100 years, but it is probably impossible to be the best in the past 200 years.

After all, two hundred years ago, Emperor Chengzuwen Feng Tianjingnan won several major battles. It was like the Southern Army general Li Jinglong who lost hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, more than once. "

Li Rusong suddenly felt a little unhappy. It was great to be the best in a century, but wouldn't it be even better to be the best in two hundred years?

He thought he was very hopeful in his heart, but he never thought that the series of battles in the Battle of Jingnan happened to happen more than two hundred years ago.

It’s all Li Jinglong’s fault! Hundreds of thousands of people were wiped out at every turn! It even affected my own honor two hundred years later!

The next day, generals above the column level gathered at the shogunate to discuss military affairs.

General Li arrived earlier and drank tea with Lin Tianshuai in the back hall. He said with great regret: "This is the most impossible thing in the past two hundred years."

Lin Tianshuai suggested: "The Battle of Jingnan was a civil war, but ours was a foreign war, and we were annihilating foreign enemies. The nature was completely different.

So if the precise content of the project is the number of foreign enemies annihilated in a single battle over the past two hundred years, you may still be the largest number of people! "

General Li suddenly became enlightened and said sincerely: "The army is still thoughtful!"

Then he asked: "Why do you always talk about a single battle and not the cumulative battle?"

Lin Tailai said in surprise: "Are you sure you want to calculate the total?"

Then he began to make calculations, "In September of the eighteenth year of Wanli, there was a great victory in Xining, and the Walata fortune teller was killed. In October of the eighteenth year of Wanli, there was a great victory at Ganjunshan in Gansu Town, and the fortune teller was killed to benefit farmers.

In March of the 19th year of Wanli, Pinglubao won a great victory. Tu Wenxiu and Yiyun were killed, and Julitu was defeated. In the same month, Lingzhou was victorious, defeating Kuai Chengen; Yuquancheng was victorious, defeating Kuaibai.

In May of the 19th year of Wanli, he won a great victory in Helan Mountain and defeated the powerful rabbit who supported the Ningxia rebels.

In June of the 19th year of Wanli, you also participated in the capture of Ningxia City.

In October of the 20th year of Wanli, you also participated in the great victory in Pyongyang and captured Governor Konishi alive.

In November of the 20th year of Wanli, there was a great victory in Xianxing Prefecture, killing Naoshima Naoshige; in the same month, there was a great victory in Jizhou, and Kato Kiyomasa was killed with his own hands!

Now it’s another great victory in Seoul. How many enemies have I wiped out in total after eleven great victories? "

General Li: ""

No wonder, Lin Junmen, you kept talking about the record of a single battle before! It turns out that this cumulative total record is reserved for you!

Seeing that Li Rusong was struggling again, Marshal Lin explained in a serious tone:

"If it weren't for the purpose of giving you, Li Rusong, a chance to leave your name in history and increase your participation in the battle, how could our headquarters have handed over the frontline command of the Battle of Seoul to you?

If the Headquarters Command personally stepped forward to take command with the sword above, would you still dare to claim that you are the general who has annihilated the most foreign enemies under a single command in the past two hundred years? "

General Li felt in a daze that this seemed to make sense?

If Lin Jinglue really took the Shang Shang Sword and went to the front line to command, wouldn't he be completely reduced to a foil?

How can I have the nerve to say in the future that I commanded the battle of Seoul that annihilated 30,000 Japanese pirates?

"After all, we have known each other for many years and we need to help each other." Marshal Lin concluded.

At this time, all the generals above the column level had arrived, and Marshal Lin and General Li went out for a meeting together.

The content of today's discussion is mainly about the army's deployment after the recovery of Seoul and the pursuit of Japanese pirates.

Marshal Lin judged: “Actually, if we pursue or not pursue, that’s it.

We have wiped out 70,000 Japanese troops who invaded Korea, and the remaining Japanese pirates will probably have to retreat across the board.

They will abandon most places and retreat to the south coast area with Busan as the core.

Rather than pursuing it, it is better to say that it is to recover various parts of southern Korea. The process before reaching the south coast is relatively easy. "

The generals didn't have any extra thoughts. They could just believe whatever Marshal Lin judged.

The process since entering the DPRK has proved that Marshal Lin's judgment has always been very accurate.

But when it comes to the defense of Seoul, a general asked: "Except for the officers and soldiers, the whole city is full of women. What should we do?"

Although it was rather vague, saying only "What should I do if there are women all over the city?", everyone understood the meaning.

Lin Tailai sighed and said: "They are all pitiful people. Without help in this troubled world, it would be difficult for them to survive.

If the officers and soldiers offer charity, let it be for the time being, but one thing is that no force is allowed, otherwise they will be no different from Japanese pirates. "

Then he added: "Anytime the officers and soldiers in Seoul are given an extra five days of rice grains, it is considered to help the officers and soldiers do good deeds. This will be the same for the time being when they are on duty in Seoul in the future."

Marshal Lin has no choice but to introduce this kind of policy that will definitely be criticized by future generations.

On the one hand, there are a large number of urban women who are in urgent need of relief and may starve to death at any time. On the other hand, there are tens of thousands of strong male officers and soldiers who have been away for half a year. If these two people are mixed together, it is uncertain what the situation will be like.

The best way at present is to use policies to guide both sides to help each other and avoid vicious incidents as much as possible.

On the one hand, I received assistance, and on the other hand, I received relief. It can be considered a win-win situation.

All the generals praised him together: "The commander is really kind-hearted."

Marshal Lin also said helplessly: "It's all the fault of the Japanese pirates, but we need our heavenly soldiers to clean up the situation."

After the discussion, Lin Tianshuai called President Konishi over again and consulted: "Based on your judgment, what will your Japanese army do next? Is it possible to withdraw to the mainland?"

After the Battle of Seoul, the current situation was so different from the original history that Lin Tianshuai was not very sure about the future situation.

In the original history, the Japanese troops from Seoul were completely withdrawn, and Kato Kiyomasa's regiment was also completely withdrawn to the rear.

There were still more than 100,000 Japanese troops gathered in the south of Korea, and their strength was still sufficient, so they had been resisting and defending on the south coast where supplies were smooth, and it finally took seven or eight years.

In this time and space, after recapturing Seoul, the Japanese army had lost about 70,000 men, accounting for almost half of all the Japanese troops who conquered the country. It is not an exaggeration to say that they were crippled.

Lin Tianshuai wondered in his mind, would the Japanese army be so frightened that they would not even defend the south coast and retreat directly to the mainland?

But President Konishi, who had been "abandoned", was not sure. After thinking about it for a while, he hesitated and said:

"The rest of the remaining soldiers may be withdrawn into the country, but with the arrogant and extreme character of Etai Pavilion now, there may be another increase in troops. Anyway, our country currently has no shortage of soldiers, and a large number of warriors have nowhere to use."

Lin Tailai asked casually: "Who else can we send?"

Governor Konishi replied: "Taiko built Nagoya Castle in Kyushu before and moved to this city specifically to command the imperial conquest.

At the same time, Taiko also ordered Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Uesugi Kagekatsu, Kamaojigo, Date Masamune and others to gather in Nagoya Castle as preparation.

If these people are mobilized, it is estimated that more than 100,000 troops can be mobilized. "

Hearing these names, Lin Tianshuai, a veteran strategy game player, was suddenly eager to give it a try.

"If these NPC generals, no, these people really come over, then the Azuchi Momoyama era of your Japanese country may be completely ended in the hands of someone from me, Lin."

Shen Weijing faithfully translated Lin Tianshuai's words. Although he could translate the literal meaning, he couldn't translate Lin Tianshuai's weird tone, as if he didn't treat people as human beings.