Surrender to the Japanese?

Surrendered Japanese soldiers?

What Zheng Duo said made Wei Liangchen think of a historical event he saw in his previous life, that is, the 300 Japanese soldiers assassinated Nurhaci.

After the Ming army was defeated in the Battle of Sarhu, more than half of the Korean army that was expeditioned were killed or injured. The besieged Korean Marshal Jiang Hongli led more than 5,000 people to surrender to the Later Jin Dynasty. Among these Korean surrendered soldiers, there were 300 Japanese soldiers.

At that time, many generals and lords of the Later Jin Dynasty advocated killing all the surrendered Korean soldiers. However, Nurhaci took in Korean soldiers under the persuasion of his second son Daishan and was very kind to Jiang Hongli's relatives, and even married Daishan's adopted daughter to Jiang Hongli's second son.

Jiang Hongli was grateful and flattered at Nurhaci: "There are 300 personal troops in our army, all of whom surrendered to the Japanese. They are all brave and good at using swords. They are invincible in the world. If the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty valued them, they would have made great achievements."

There were originally surrendered Japanese soldiers in the Later Jin army, and about a hundred Japanese soldiers fled from Korea to the Jurchens in the Eight Banners for Yi Niulu. These Japanese soldiers were very brave in fighting and were not weaker than the Manchu soldiers. Therefore, Nurhaci happily asked Jiang Hong to bring 300 Japanese soldiers into the city for drills. If they were really useful, they would be transferred to the banner and set up a subordinate to the subordinates.

Unexpectedly, after hearing about it, the Japanese soldiers felt that it was a great humiliation. They thought they had been favored by North Korea for many years, so how could they be driven by the Jurchens like "dogs and sheep"? So, three hundred people conspired privately and suddenly acted during the drill tomorrow, killing Nurhaci, and fleeing back to North Korea.

The Japanese soldiers were loyal and fierce, but after the plot, they reported to the commander Jiang Hongli. After hearing this, Jiang Hongli was shocked and said, "It is important to be serious, and you should not act rashly." Then, this man secretly told Nurhaci overnight: The Japanese are rebellious, so it is better to prepare for it.

As a result, three hundred Japanese soldiers were surrounded and wiped out by the Jin army. Before their death, Japanese soldiers still fought and killed many Jin soldiers.

Afterwards, Nurhaci held a banquet to thank Jiang Hongli and said, "Fortunately you saved me, I swear to treat you with sincerity from now on!" He also asked the Koreans how morale would be? Will they also rebel?

Jiang Hongli slapped his chest and promised: "The Koreans are different from the Japanese. They are timid and afraid of death, so don't worry."

As Jiang Hongli said, the 5,000 Korean soldiers who surrendered to Jin were always loyal to Nurhaci. They were also the first established firearms soldier among the Jin army before Kong Youde and others of the Ming Dynasty surrendered to Jin, which played a significant role in the Jin army in attacking Ming Dynasty towns.

"In the 15th year of Wanli, Liaodong Governor Gu Yangqian captured sporadic Japanese pirate prisoners. I heard that Governor Gu organized these Japanese prisoners into the army. When he was conquering the Mongolians, he hid the Japanese soldiers in the central army. When the battle was in full swing, the Japanese soldiers suddenly jumped out and cut off the legs of Mongolian cavalry with sharp Japanese swords, causing heavy casualties and injuries to the Mongols, and they were defeated and fled."

Li Yongzhen is worthy of being a famous writer and a reporter, and also talked about the Japanese soldiers. However, the Japanese soldiers who were taken in by Gu Yangqian did not end up in the end. They were all killed in a fierce battle with the Mongols.

The main source of the Japanese soldiers in Liaodong is the Japanese army that surrendered in the battle to resist Japanese and aid Korea.

Li Yongzhen said that he had seen some records in the "Essentials for Restoring the Country" written by Song Yingchang, former Liaodong General, saying that in the summer of the 20th year of Wanli, more than 300 Japanese soldiers surrendered to the Ming army. During the armistice between the two armies, they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty because they could not bear the harsh living conditions, and the number of fleeing Japanese soldiers increased sharply.

Li Yongzhen thought about it carefully and said, "I seem to remember that the emperor issued an order to Li Rusong to carry out a large-scale reorganization of the Japanese surrendered troops. Some of the elite troops were dispersed to Ji Town, and the others were scattered to Xuan and Da Towns to resist the Northern Barbarians. However, I don't know what these Japanese soldiers later."

How did it happen later?

Wanli ordered the Japanese surrendered soldiers to Jizhen and Xuanda, obviously in order to let these Japanese soldiers act as cannon fodder to deal with the Mongols. Now more than ten years have passed, even if these Japanese soldiers have not died in battle, there are probably not many who survived.

Zheng Duo glanced at Li Yongzhen, who had no beard and said, "This father-in-law doesn't know that the Japanese soldiers under General Liu Jing are the largest number of them."

When it comes to Liu Jing, Liang Chen remembered that during the Korean War, Liu Jing set up a trap of "Hongmen Banquet" and was preparing to capture the Japanese general Governor Xiaoxi. Unexpectedly, a "Japanese Thousand General" in the army escaped and reported it, resulting in a failure.

In the Ming Dynasty, Qianchang commanded an intermediate officer of about 500 to 1,000 people. The "Japanese Thousand General" commanded the Japanese soldiers who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Then, it can be roughly inferred that there were at least about hundreds of Japanese soldiers in Liu's camp.

This group of Japanese surrendered soldiers followed Liu Jing to fight in Korea, and after the war, they also returned to China with Liu Jing. After Liu Jing returned to China, they participated in the pacification of Yang Yinglong Rebellion in Biaozhou, and since then, they have been garrisoning in Sichuan for a long time.

"The North Korean side knew that General Liu Shi was secretly accommodated Japanese soldiers, and was very dissatisfied. He did not dare to offend the generals. He had no choice but to ask General Liu to drive the Japanese soldiers out of the city and not to enter the city."

Liangchen noticed that Zheng Duo had obvious hatred on his face when he talked about North Korea. He didn't know that Zheng Duo was originally a Korean, but he was exiled to the Ming Dynasty because of his murder.

The Koreans who were invaded by the Japanese army and almost destroyed their country deeply hated the Japanese soldiers. It is not difficult for Wei Liangchen to understand, but for the generals of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese soldiers with brave combat and skilled bird gun skills are definitely elite soldiers.

Especially Liu Jing, as long as the soldiers can fight and fight to the death, no matter which country you are from, he is not afraid of. In fact, according to historical records, the source of troops under Liu Jing's subordinates is very complicated, and the main force is Han people, but there are many Mongolian, Jurchen, Korean, Japanese, and even Myanmar soldiers, Thai soldiers, and Annan soldiers. In later generations, General Liu was also considered a multi-national army.

The man Liu Jing was admired by good ministers. He fought many wars throughout his life, including fighting against the Burmese gangs, fighting Luo Xiong, fighting against the Korean Japanese, fighting against the Boqian chiefs, fighting against the naked, fighting against hundreds of battles, and was famous throughout the country. Unfortunately, a generation of famous generals died in Abudaligang.

The Battle of Abu Daligang was also the most serious loss in the Battle of Sarhu, and the Later Jin Dynasty was also the biggest casualties.

At present, the old general is still guarding the southwest, and is a typical local tyrant who dominates the country. Because his subordinates form their own subordinates and Liu Jing treats his soldiers well, his subordinates can fight to the death.

"Sheren, I also heard that General Liu's subordinates were good at fighting Japanese soldiers, all of whom were elite." The speaker was Li Wei, who had been to the southwest.

"How can the Japanese soldiers be just surrendered? How can they fight well and fight to the death for our Ming Dynasty?" Tian Gang had a question.

The reason is actually not necessary. The surrendered Japanese soldiers understood that they would not be able to return to their hometown in their lives, so it was better to stay in the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly and work with the general who was similar to their hometown Daming. After doing it well, they would be promoted and wealth, marry and have children in the Ming Dynasty, and become real Han people. If they can't do it well, this life will no longer be theirs.

"At first, the Koreans hated the Japanese soldiers deeply. Seeing that my God-General was inhabiting the Japanese soldiers, they often scolded them. In the later period, they followed suit. They placed the Japanese surrenders in northern Korea, and their defenses often attacked their Jurchens. I heard that these Japanese surrenders were loyal to North Korea and their combat was very effective, so that there was a saying that the Japanese surrenders were defeated in Korea and that they had to surrender to the Japanese." Zheng Duo said.

"Subduing the Japanese is useful, but now, where can I find these surrendered Japanese?" Liang Chen didn't care about other matters of surrendering Japanese. He only cared about how many of these people were in Liaodong and where they were.

Zheng Duo said: "Don't worry, my subordinates have a man named Dadao, who was born in the Japanese surrender. He has always had connections with the Japanese surrender in various parts of Liaodong. If the Japanese surrender can give these Japanese surrender some freedom, I can guarantee that these Japanese surrender will work hard for the Japanese surrender."

Liangchen was listening and hurriedly interrupted Zheng Duo: "Wait, are you saying that these surrendered Japanese soldiers are now being detained?"

Zheng Duo nodded: "It's not that I'm locked up, it's just in the mine."

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Chapter completed!