Soon, Xiao Ruxun finished his analysis and showed the results to Zhu Yijun.
"Your Majesty, please take a look. This is all the information that I have gathered from the information that I have gathered so far. I think that if the Great Ming Dynasty joins in and attacks the Japanese army, the Japanese army will definitely lose and the Great Ming Dynasty will definitely win."
Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "No one will say that the Daming will lose. Why don't you tell me the reason?"
"First of all, the Japanese took a total of nineteen days to reach the capital of North Korea from Pusan and extended the battle line to half of North Korea. This will cause the logistics of the Japanese army to fall into a difficult situation. Moreover, looking at the terrain of North Korea, there are many mountains and narrow roads. There are only a few roads that can pass through.
It is precisely because the Japanese army has taken control of these important roads that they continue to advance and defeat the North Korean army. With such a fast speed, this subject speculates that the Japanese army must have immediately left after conquering a city. They did not pay any attention to the residential areas around the city, nor did they pay any attention to controlling the area.
These roads are surrounded by countless North Korean citizens. Once the Japanese army carries out a brutal act, it will inevitably lead to a civil uprising. The North Koreans will inevitably form militias in these areas and attack the Japanese army's transportation routes, even cutting them off. Once the frontline army runs out of food and is unable to obtain enough food from the locals, they will not be able to continue advancing or even retreat. Japan is a small country with insufficient resources. Once they send out too many troops, their logistics will collapse.
The Japanese appear to be unparalleled in the world, but in fact, they have already lost. The more troops they send out, the greater the pressure on their logistics. If they cannot replenish their supplies, they will run out of food, and the country will fall into a dangerous situation. The longer this drags on, the more likely the Japanese will lose. In short, from the moment they send out their troops, they are doomed to lose! "
"Of course they will lose!" Zhu Yijun's expression was arrogant as he looked at the map. "A small piece of land and a small country dares to provoke my Great Ming Dynasty's tiger whiskers. Aren't you being arrogant? Xiao Ruxun, if the Japanese send 100,000 troops to attack North Korea, how many troops do you need to eliminate them and raise the prestige of our country? "
"If the Japanese send 100,000 troops, this subject will need 40,000 soldiers. If the Japanese send more than 100,000, this subject will need at most 50,000 soldiers."
Xiao Ruxun reported the approximate number without any hesitation. The first time Japan invaded North Korea, they had mobilized around 150,000 soldiers and 9,000 soldiers from the navy. Including the laborers who transported the rations and repaired the battle equipment, there were around 200,000 soldiers. If she could get the help of the Ming Dynasty and the North Korean navy, Xiao Ruxun was confident that she could keep all 200,000 soldiers in North Korea. That way, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would die from anger, and there would be no possibility of a second invasion.
"During the reign of Taizu, some people said that the Japanese population was less than a million and the army was less than 100,000. Two hundred years have passed and the Japanese population must have increased. If the entire country mobilized, the entire country should be able to send 200,000 soldiers. If the Japanese sent out 200,000 soldiers, do you, do you want 50,000?"
Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows. He did not like people who boasted.
"If the Japanese sent out 200,000 soldiers, then it depends on how many of them have not starved to death when this subject leads the army to them. I have Daming to rely on, so I don't need to worry about food. As for Japan, it is a small country. The more soldiers it has, the faster it will be defeated! Cut off North Korea and the Strait of Tsushima, and the Japanese will have no chance of survival! "
Xiao Ruxun said resolutely. He did not believe that Zhu Yijun would appoint him as the commander-in-chief to attack North Korea. In the early Ming Dynasty, the system of leading the army by dukes, marquises, and earls had been torn to pieces by the civil officials. Once the army mobilized, the civil officials would be the commander-in-chief, and the generals could only support them. No matter what, Xiao Ruxun would not be able to become the commander-in-chief, at least for now.
Xiao Ruxun even had reason to believe that the emperor would still send the Liaodong Army to the court in advance, and the Liaodong Army itself would request to enter the court in advance, because from the beginning to the end of the war, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had no chance of winning. The victory of Daming was inevitable, but it was debatable how long it would take.
However, to deepen the emperor's impression of him and show his military talent, when things really developed as he expected, the emperor would definitely believe him and make him the commander-in-chief to lead the army into the court.
Emperor Wanli had done many absurd things in his life, but he had never remotely commanded or interfered with the frontline in military operations. Once the commander-in-chief was trusted by him, he would get 100% trust and support, and any impeachment would be left undone. The victory of the three great expeditions was inseparable from Emperor Wanli's character of not suspecting people.
The sharp contrast was Emperor Chongzhen, who must be checked and balanced again and again. In the face of national calamity, he did not stop courting death. It was really unknown why an emperor would be persecuted and paranoid. In the end, there were so many generals, but the country was destroyed.
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun did not have any doubts about Zhu Yijun's faint reply of "I will remember." But before leaving, for some reason, Zhu Yijun stopped Xiao Ruxun and gave a string of sandalwood beads that he had been playing with in his hand to Xiao Ruxun.
"As a general, it is inevitable to kill. This string of beads was blessed by an enlightened monk. I give it to you. After the battle, recite a few lines of Buddhist scriptures and spin it a few times. I only ask that you have a clear conscience. Don't be defeated by the slanderous words of the corrupt scholars. Those people seem to have thousands of words in their writing, but they have no ideas in their minds. They are good at holding back. These days, there are not many people who can do things."
At this time, even though he knew that this was just the emperor's way of winning people's hearts, Xiao Ruxun could not help but feel touched. He sincerely thanked him and then left the palace.
"Master, you like that string of beads very much. Why did you give it to Xiao Ruxun?"
Zhang Cheng could not help but ask. This was a private matter, not a national matter, so he dared to ask.
Zhu Yijun was stunned and did not understand. He looked at his hand and said slowly, "It's quite strange. I gave it to him on a whim. At least I know that he is a person who can be used. I don't have many people who can be used, and there are even fewer who can do things. One more is one more. Serve me to sleep!"
Zhang Cheng answered and helped the emperor undress. Tonight, the emperor did not let anyone serve him. He slept alone. As Zhang Cheng undressed the emperor, he muttered, "The emperor has not let go of this string of beads for several years. Why did he give it to me?"
Different from Daming, who sat calmly on the fishing platform, at this moment, in the city of Pyongyang, the king of North Korea, Li Yi, was in a state of anxiety.
Ever since Japan sent troops to Korea, the regular army of Korea had never won a battle and was completely defeated. Even Kim Myungwon, who was the most senior in the military, and Li Yi, who he relied on the most, as well as Shin Ren, who had been fighting against the Jurchen people in the north, were all brought here. With three sharp swords in their hands, they were ready to fight to the death with the Japanese.
Who would have thought that Shen Ren was a replica of Zhong Shidao? He came with the powerful cavalry of the Northeast Border Army, but they did not know the terrain and were completely annihilated by the Japanese outside the city of Chungchow. He also died. Before him, the veteran general Li Yi also suffered a crushing defeat. One of his three sharp swords was broken, and the other one was useless. The last old sword was hard to use alone, so it was also defeated and fled with His Majesty.
Everyone fled from Seoul miserably. On the way, they were even robbed by starving people, and the officials were even killed. They were battered and hungry as they arrived in Pyongyang. They barely had any rest before the Battle of Imjin River was completely and utterly defeated. The last barrier of Pyongyang was also lost, and the North Korean civil and military officials in Pyongyang were in a state of panic.
Under such circumstances, Lin Shilu and Choi Shichen, the officials sent by Daming to inquire about the situation in North Korea, arrived in Pyongyang.
North Korea actually had a plan for asking for help. However, the North Koreans not only learned the essence of Chinese culture, but also the dregs of the party struggle, and learned it more thoroughly. The courtiers were divided into the Eastern Party and the Western Party. Later, the Eastern Party was divided into the Southern Party and the Northern Party. Anyway, they pursued the same principle — they opposed whatever the enemy supported, and they supported whatever the enemy opposed, regardless of whether it was right or wrong!
This attitude of the party struggle, regardless of whether it was right or wrong, didn't ease even during the process of fleeing. The Eastern Party and the Western Party, the Southern Party and the Northern Party, quarreled endlessly. Even the internal structure of each party was unstable.
For example, on the 3rd of June, when the Ming Dynasty's envoy arrived in Pyongyang, the leader of the Western Party, Yin Dou Shou, was not pro-Ming, so he sneered at Li Hengfu, who was also a member of the Western Party. Fortunately, the important figure of the Southern Party, Yoo Sung-Ryong, stood up and stirred up the mud. Otherwise, who knew what kind of disaster would have happened.
Yoo Sung-Ryong was a person worth mentioning. It could be said that without Yoo Sung-Ryong, the joint operation between North Korea and the Daming would have been delayed for a long time. It was like playing a game of ranked. Among the useless teammates of the North Korean government, the only reliable teammate was Yoo Sung-Ryong.
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