Zhao Ming left more than 1,000 soldiers to guard Phi Dao, and sent ships to pay attention to the mouth of the Yalu River, preparing to intercept and kill the Koreans who went to the Manchu Qing to report the news.The Korean army was notoriously unfought, and within a few months of that year, it was beaten to the Yalu River by the Wa State, and if it were not for the Ming Dynasty to come to the rescue, Korea would have already become the territory of the Wa State.During the Battle of Sarhu, Korea responded to the Celestial Empire and sent 10,000 troops to help in the war.Although the Korean army was also well-equipped, with 3,000 guns and a lot of artillery, it was afraid of life and death during the march, which made Liu Ling's army advance alone, resulting in Liu Ling's 10,000 soldiers being besieged and killed by Houjin.After the defeat of the Ming army, the Korean army showed its vulnerability again, and they surrendered directly to the Manchus without even fighting.In order to survive, the marshal of the Korean capital, Jiang Gonglie, openly betrayed the Ming Dynasty, secretly sent an envoy to negotiate peace with the Later Jin, and executed the Ming Dynasty soldiers in the military camp, and the Ming Dynasty guerrilla Qiao Yiqi hanged himself in order to avoid his humiliation, and was martyred, and the rest of the Ming soldiers were killed by the Korean soldiers, in exchange for the lives of the Koreans.After that, the Manchu Qing invaded Korea again and again, and the Korean army was also overwhelmed and unable to fight.Therefore, even with the help of the king of Joseon and the control of Korea, Zhao Ming did not have the confidence to rely on the Korean army to resist the Manchus.In order to prevent the Manchus from sending elite cavalry into Korea after getting the news, beating the Koreans to their knees and begging for mercy, Zhao Ming decided to block the news of North Korea first, not let the Manchus know about North Korea, and fight for the opportunity to rectify the Korean army and mobilize troops and horses in Donghai Town.At this time, the 15,000 Ming troops, after leaving Phi Dao, in order to avoid premature exposure, the fleet moved away from the coast.After sailing on the Yellow Sea for a few days, the huge fleet entered the vicinity of Jianghua Bay.Ganghwa Bay, especially the mouth of the Han River, has complex water ripple conditions, and the river flows into the sea, forming an undercurrent, and it is difficult for foreign ships to navigate here because they are not familiar with the water ripples.However, the merchant ships of the Huaxing Company traveled between the Japanese and North Korea, and traded with the Koreans, and the Tiandihui had already figured out the water patterns of Jianghua Bay and the Han River.At this time, the sky was getting dark, but the fleet did not moor, but entered the waters of Jianghua Bay in the deep night.In the bay, islands passed by the fleet, and the Ming army sailors had reached the vicinity of the mouth of the Han River."
Dashuai, there should be the entrance to the Han River in front."
On the helm tower of the Zhenhai, Guo Zhong took a drawing and looked at it, raised his head and said.Zhao Ming leaned over when he heard this, and the soldiers immediately brought the torch, and the generals looked at the drawings by the light of the fire, estimating that they were indeed about to reach the mouth of the Han River."
Dashuai, you can't be wrong!"
Guo Zhong observed for a while, pointed to a piece of land in the distance, and said with great certainty this time: "It should be Jianghua Island in front, it must not be wrong." ”When Mao Wenlong was in Phi Dao, he developed trade with Korea and the Japanese state, and Guo Zhong had come to Korea several times to trade, so he was relatively familiar with Jianghua Bay.Seeing this, Zhao Ming looked around and saw the land in the distance, so he asked, "Is there a North Korean army stationed near here?"
”Guo Zhong spread out the drawings and looked at them, then nodded, "The king of Joseon once went to Ganghwa Island to avoid trouble, there are earthen cities and artillery on the island, and more than a thousand soldiers are stationed to defend against Japanese pirates and pirates. ”Zhao Ming pressed the hilt of the knife and said in a deep voice: "If the army wants to seize Hancheng, it can't leave such a nail behind it, Ganghwa Island must be taken." ”Guo Zhong and the others clasped their fists and said: "The lowly rank and others immediately discuss a strategy!"
”Zhao Ming waved his hand and raised his eyebrows: "What strategy does it need to discuss to attack the island guarded by more than a thousand Korean troops!"
The army was ordered, the ships extinguished the torches, and after approaching the island, the big ships bombarded, and the small boats swarmed to land, and they directly shot down Ben Shuai in one go. ”Zhao Ming led the sailors to eat closed doors in Shandong and Lushun in a row, and there has always been an evil fire in his heart, and he just vented it today.The great powers competed, and Zhao Ming couldn't help the Manchus for a while, but it was more than enough to clean up North Korea."
Whoa!"
Guo Zhong and the others heard the words for a while, and immediately clenched their fists solemnly.After a while, the flagship Wangdou raised a few lights and gave orders, and after a few moments, the lights of the fleet were extinguished one by one, and the warship turned into a hill moving in the dark, slowly approaching the land.On the third watch, the Ming Army's naval division approached Jianghua Island, and on the island's Tucheng, the patrolling soldiers actually lit torches.At this time, the sailors of the Ming army put down the flat-bottomed boats hanging at the stern of the Fu boat, and Xie Qian led a battalion of soldiers to board a hundred flat-bottomed boats, taking advantage of the night, sliding the oars, rowing on the sparkling sea, and quietly approaching the coast.Ming Dynasty gunboats and fortune boats, the draft is very deep, can not directly rush the island, easy to hit the reef and run aground, this kind of flat-bottomed boat, as an escape boat after the ship is destroyed, at the same time, because of the shallow draft, the flat-bottomed boat can even directly wash on the beach, so it is used to land and grab the beach.Of course, because of their small size and shallow draft, these ships cannot sail long distances at sea in normal times, and can only be used in special scenarios.At this time, most of the Korean troops on Ganghwa Island had fallen asleep, and only a small number of soldiers were still patrolling Tuseong.Since the surrender of Korea to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there was less threat from the Manchus, and there were contacts with the Wa Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty in the south, and all parties did not regard Korea as an enemy, so that there was no threat to the outside of Korea, and the Korean army was naturally relatively slack.At this time, on the earthen city, the torch was burning, and several North Korean sentries were leaning against the earthen wall, and there was no stubble.A soldier who was anxious to urinate stood up and walked to the earthen wall to relieve himself, and when he was feeling a sigh of relief, his expression suddenly changed, he rubbed his eyes hurriedly, and suddenly let out an exclamation: "Ah!
Xiba!
There are boats!
”Before he finished speaking, on the dark sea, the side of the Ming Dynasty gunboat suddenly let out a "boom boom" cannon sound.The North Koreans saw the cannon flames flickering in the distance, like a bright galaxy, and the shells sprayed out, flying out of the rising smoke and dust, making a burst of "sigh" in the air, and then smashing rapidly towards Tucheng.The shells fell into the city, waking up the sleeping Koreans, who scurried like headless flies, and the island was instantly thrown into chaos.At this time, Xie Qian, who rushed to the shore in a flat-bottomed boat, immediately drew his sword and roared: "Brothers, kill me!"
”Hundreds of ships rushed to the beach, and three thousand soldiers, armed with swords and shields, and muskets, jumped off the boats, raised their torches, and launched a fierce attack on Tucheng.Early the next morning, a troop of cavalry galloped into the Korean king's capital.The news that the Ming army's naval division appeared in Ganghwa Bay and captured Ganghwa Island, and that thousands of troops were advancing rapidly along the Han River reached the ears of the Joseon king, as well as the ministers of the Uiri faction and the pro-Qing faction.In the main hall of the palace, the king of Joseon sat on the throne, and dozens of Korean ministers knelt on both sides.At this time, a pro-Qing minister glanced at everyone with a cruel gaze, and saluted the king of Korea: "King, North Korea is a part of the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has been driven to the south by the Qing Dynasty. ”(Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe) ()