Chapter 363 Jurchen Part Three
According to the MIIS investigation into Goryeo, Goryeo's army has a lot of troops, but its military preparations are absent and its combat effectiveness is similar to that of the landlords in the Ming Dynasty. Such an army obviously cannot defeat the Japanese army that just came out of the Warring States Period.
If the Ming Dynasty had not sent elite troops to defeat and drive away the Japanese army, the territory of Goryeo would probably have been occupied by the Japanese, and Goryeo would have been unable to stop it.
However, with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is almost impossible to send troops to support Goryeo, and the People's Army is absolutely sure to destroy the Ming court. After destroying the Ming court and unified the land of China, it will face the Japanese army that occupied the entire Goryeo and even marched towards Liaodong.
It was originally supposed to be the Ming court facing the Tatars, the Japanese and the Tou Dynasty at the same time. After the People's Army replaced the Ming court, the People's Army came to face these three enemies at the same time. Except for the Tou Dynasty, the Tatars and the Japanese were not weak.
Therefore, the People's Army must prepare in advance.
However, in Fang Nan's view, the People's Army is more difficult to deal with the Ming court than the three enemies of the Tatars, Japan and the Tou Dynasty.
The three enemies of the Tatars, Japan and the Tohyu Dynasty were not as strong as those of the Ming court that had encircled the People's Army a few years ago by 1 million troops, especially the 500,000 army of Li Chengliang, equipped with a large number of firearms. It was not a problem to defeat the Japanese and the Tohyu Dynasty. There were only some problems when facing the Tatars. The Tatars were mainly cavalry and had strong mobility and could only use cavalry to deal with cavalry.
Li Chengliang once formed the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, but he was unable to face the gathering of Tatar cavalry.
More importantly, when the People's Army fights with the Ming army, it should pay attention to the people, but it does not want to hurt many people because of the war.
When fighting against the three enemies of the Tatars, Japan and the Tohoku Dynasty, the first thing they have to do is to keep the enemy out of their territory. The next step is to drive the enemy abroad and drive the enemy away or even destroy it.
The Dongyu Dynasty is weak because its territory is too narrow and it borders directly with the land of China. Once the army attacks, the Dongyu Dynasty can only resist to the end or surrender, and has no other choice.
The Tatars could choose to migrate to the distant tribes, and the Japanese could also choose to evacuate Goryeo and return to the Japanese mainland. The People's Army could not destroy the Tatars without a powerful cavalry force, nor could it destroy the Japanese without a powerful navy.
Fang Nan would formulate a plan to fight against the Tatars, Japan and the Tou Dynasty to the Ministry of War. Now, the more important thing for the People's Army is to deal with the Ming court.
A large amount of logistics supplies have been transported to border cities for storage. Except for the People's Army left behind, other troops are gathering in the border areas.
The mobilization of officials from the people's military governments in various places has been gradually issued. One month before the war breaks out, officials from Guangdong Province will set out first, and half a month later, officials from other four provinces will also go to the border cities to gather.
After the war breaks out, the People's Army will siege the city and stalk the ground, and officials will quickly follow up and establish people's military governments in various places to complete control of the local area with the army.
The merchants in the People's Army-ruled areas are also taking action. The major chambers of commerce are slower than the People's Army. They need to wait for the People's Army to pacify various places before the merchants can enter the local area. In an unequal and dangerous area, merchants sending people over is almost a death sentence. The caravan is one of the most popular targets for bandits and bandits.
Just as the People's Army was preparing for war, the Goryeo envoy finally arrived in the capital and wanted to meet the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and ask the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to send troops to support Goryeo.
But to disappoint the Goryeo envoy, Zhu Yijun heard the news that Goryeo was invaded by Japan, and did not care whether it was true or false. Zhu Yijun thought about the People's Army in his head, thinking about how to resist the People's Army, thinking about how to kill the Great Governor of the People's Army. Goryeo is only a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and it doesn't matter even if it perishes.
Unable to meet the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Goryeo envoys summoned them and immediately sent people to visit the court officials, the Minister, the Minister, the Censor, the Censor, and the eunuch, who even expressed their willingness to be in the Ming Dynasty, trying to urge the Ming Dynasty to send troops to support Goryeo as soon as possible.
However, all the people sent out were turned away, and at this time the Korean envoy also learned about some of the situations in the Ming Dynasty.
Earlier, news of the emergence of riots in the Ming Dynasty had already reached Goryeo. In the eyes of the King and the ministers of Goryeo, such matters were not needed at all. The Ming Dynasty had been established for hundreds of years and had millions of elite troops. It was not a small riot that could be shaken, so there was no further attention.
Unexpectedly, this rioter became even stronger. He needed the Ming Dynasty to do his best and could not get rid of his troops to support Goryeo.
More specifically, the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to resist the People's Army, which was the news that the Goryeo envoy could not know.
The war on the territory of Goryeo continued. On the second day of May, the Japanese army captured Seoul, the King of Goryeo, and Li Jue rushed to Pyongyang in a hurry. The first, second and third army troops rushed to chase him and broke through the defense of the Linjin area to capture Kaesong. Li Jue left Pyongyang and continued to flee towards the border between Ming and Goryeo. On June 15, the Japanese army successfully captured Pyongyang.
In just two months, more than one-third of Goryeo's territory fell into the hands of Japan, and the Goryeo army was vulnerable. Instead, powerful village men from all over Goryeo formed their own rebel army and became the main force in resisting the Japanese army.
Seeing that he occupied one-third of Goryeo's territory so quickly, the top leaders of the Japanese army were smiling, and they even thought in their minds that after occupying Goryeo, they would continue to advance eastward and occupy the vast and rich land in the east.
The Japanese are longing for the land of China for a long time. When they are weak, the Japanese are trying to learn from the Chinese civilization. When they are a little stronger, they think about plundering wealth from the land of China. When they become stronger, they think about how to occupy the land of China.
The war on the territory of Goryeo was also noticed by the Jianzhou Jurchens in Liaodong. At this time, the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens was Nurhaci. Nurhaci was wondering whether he could get any benefits from this war.
The Jianzhou Jurchen nominally surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and had to pay horses to the Ming Dynasty every year. Nurhaci knew that a great enemy occurred in the south of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty's army in Liaodong did not mobilize too much, and even if Nurhaci had some thoughts in his mind, he would not act rashly.
More importantly, the Jianzhou Jurchens also have an enemy, namely the Haixi Jurchen tribe, and the Beishan Jurchen tribe is also north. Although everyone is the Jurchen tribe, the various Jurchen tribes are enemies of each other and must defeat the enemy and conquer the enemy with their strength.
Nurhaci was wondering whether he could find an ally to defeat the Haixi Jurchens with him. Invading the Japanese country of Goryeo seemed to be a choice. Goryeo didn't need to think about it at all. It was too weak and the Ming Dynasty didn't need to consider it. The Ming Dynasty was vigilant enough about the Jianzhou Jurchens.
Chapter completed!