1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 506 Bing Feng ([-])

June 1644, 6, Korea, Jeju Island.

There are three towns in Jeju Island: Jeju, Dajing County, and Jingyi County are the three administrative centers on the island, with shepherds and county supervisors (county magistrates) and local officials respectively.Jeju is the later Jeju City, and it is also the political and economic center of the whole island. The population under its jurisdiction accounts for about half of the total population of the island.Dajing County is in the southwest of the island, and Jingyi County is in the southeast of the island.

At this time, at the head of Jeju City, Cui Ximin, the observer, and Li Xiangtai, the judge, looked sadly at the more than two thousand bandit soldiers outside the city, dragging the artillery in an orderly manner, and setting up a guard position. The next forcibly siege the city.

Yesterday afternoon, more than a dozen ships, large and small, suddenly arrived at the Jeju Wharf. They bombarded the wharf indiscriminately. After breaking up a hundred soldiers from the Korean Defense Office at the wharf, a dozen small boats landed quickly, and then Gather in the dock area and stand by.

At first, Cui Ximin thought it was Japanese pirates from Japan, so he ordered more than 40 defenders in the city to go out to attack the bandits, but he didn't expect that the [-] soldiers suddenly collapsed when the opponent fired two rounds of guns, and the bandits dressed in black took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them.In the end, less than [-] soldiers fled back to the city, which made Cui Ximin, who was watching the battle from the top of the city, terrified and inexplicable.

Suddenly, I remembered the report from Wang Jing that I saw a few months ago. Dongnae, an important coastal town in Gyeongsang Province, was attacked.It seems that those soldiers of the Qi State were dressed in black military uniforms, and when they faced each other, they also fired a volley of firecrackers, which was unstoppable.

Could it be that the bandit army in black from Qi State is attacking me again in Jeju?

This remote island is the place where I exiled criminal officials and prisoners in North Korea. Apart from raising tens of thousands of cattle, horses and sheep, it seems that there is no other looted property.You black-clothed thieves, did you find the wrong place?Shouldn't you go to the coastal counties of North Korea?
That night, the North Korean defenders in Jeju City no longer had the courage to go out of the city, and huddled at the top of the city, hoping that the black-clothed thieves who attacked were just passing by the island and resting for a while. Maybe they would leave by boat in the morning tomorrow. Go to the opposite continent and attack the coastal counties of North Korea.

However, the next day, when Cui Ximin, the inspector of Jeju, and Li Xiangtai, the judge, climbed to the top of the city to look out, they found that the damn band of black-clothed thieves had begun to drag the artillery from the camp, and more than two thousand soldiers had also eaten. After breakfast, start the attack queue.They are going to attack the city!

You know, on the entire Jeju Island, Jeju, Dajing and Jingyi, all the soldiers added up do not have 200 soldiers at full strength.

Even if the opponent doesn't have artillery bombardment, even if they attack the city with ants, they can't resist it!

Niu Hu, the commander of the Qi State Marine Mixed Regiment, looked at Jeju City with its gates wide open, and waved to the self-rescue army behind him, signaling them to enter the city and take over all defenses.

Damn, it took a long time to hoist the artillery from the ship, and then drag it to the attack position. Just after setting up the artillery, the North Koreans opened the city gate and descended.

After the self-rescue army occupied the city gate and city wall, Niu Hu commanded the marines to enter the city.

Near the gate of the city, rows of North Korean soldiers stood, describing Kuga one by one, as if they had not had enough to eat for a long time.The battle jacket he was wearing was tattered and faded.No armor, wearing a hat on his head.

All the weapons with him were discarded aside, and a dozen self-rescue soldiers guarded them.Niu Hu just glanced at the pile of crude swords and spears, and couldn't help shaking his head.The edges of the knives were curled, and the tip of the gun was rusted, and it was not even as good as the bandits on a certain mountain in Daming.With the weapons and equipment of the army of the Li Dynasty, it is no wonder that they were almost vulnerable to the Jiannu attack.

Thinking about it, if the North Korean military was not so useless, Xu Chuanxing and the others would have dared to use more than a thousand troops to attack the important coastal towns in North Korea, and they would linger for more than 20 days, making Qi transport ships go back and forth twice to load supplies and people.

Enter Jeju City and count all the seizures in the city.Sure enough, it is a poor place, the gold and silver obtained are only more than one thousand taels, and the cloth and silk are also pitifully scarce.However, what surprised the Qi army was that there were more than 4 shi grains (about 2400 tons) in the city.

After questioning Korean officials, they learned that Jiannu in Liaodong was short of food in winter and spring, so they sent several envoys to Seoul, the royal capital, and asked North Korea to provide 50 shi of food.Such harsh requirements for food requisition caused North Korea to complain endlessly and repeatedly complained that the country was suffering from constant disasters and grain harvests were poor, making it impossible to provide such a huge amount of food.

Naturally, the enslavement envoy didn't believe it, and claimed to go to various counties and counties in North Korea to check the government treasury.In order to prevent enslaved envoys from confiscating the food stored in the government treasury, Jeolla Province, opposite Jeju Island, received instructions from Wang Jing and immediately began to hide and transfer the food in the government treasury.Jeju Island, which hangs alone in the sea, is naturally the best hiding place.Therefore, for half a month, grain has been transported to Jeju Island from several coastal counties in Jeolla Province.

"Then do you have food in North Korea?" Qi Dajiang looked at Cui Ximin, the Jeju observer.

"...We still have some food in North Korea." Cui Ximin said in a low voice.

"Where is the food abundant?"

"...Jollabuk-do is the worst."

Jeollabuk-do has the largest plain in the Korean kingdom. It is located in the Hunan Plain in the Dongjin River and Wanqing River basin. The land is fertile and the annual grain harvest is huge. It is known as the "grain bank" of North Korea.It can be said that for hundreds of years, Jeollabuk-do has rescued countless famines for the entire country.

Qi Dajiang and Niu Hu looked at each other and smiled knowingly.North Korea has food, and Shandong has hungry people, and the distance between the two places is not far enough to plunder the North Korean treasury to feed the refugees.

"I heard that there are many cows and horses grazing in the wild on this island." Qi Dajiang continued to ask: "Where is the pasture?"

"The cows and horses raised on the island are all in the mountains beyond Halla Mountain, all over the mountains and plains." Cui Ximin sighed slightly in his heart. It seems that these bandits belonging to the Qi Kingdom are interested in our North Korean food, even the cattle and horses grazing on the island. Don't let go.

"Among the grazing cattle and horses, are there war horses?" Qi Dajiang asked again: "Is there any Korean army stationed in that mountain?"

"There are hundreds of war horses.... There is a herd supervisor at the Halla Mountain Horse Ranch, hundreds of herd craftsmen, and more than two hundred garrison soldiers."

"It's done!" Qi Dajiang couldn't help but look happy when he heard the words, "In the future, we will have horses to expand the size of the cavalry. In this way, we will have a little more confidence in facing Jiannu."

"Then shall we occupy this island?" Niu Hu asked.

"Occupy this island first and hand it over to the self-rescue army. Later, some of the hungry people in Shandong can be diverted and stored here temporarily." Qi Dajiang said: "Also, there is also a temporary place to store the gains we plundered in North Korea. More The important thing is that there is a large pasture here, where horses and other large livestock can be raised, and it is a good place!"

"Then we have to wipe out the North Korean navy first, otherwise, they will frequently send boats to the island to attack us." Niu Hu said: "However, we only brought more than a thousand self-rescue troops. I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend this island."

"That's natural!" Qi Dajiang nodded and said: "The self-rescue army has never experienced battle, so it may be able to deal with ordinary North Korean defenders, but if North Korea sends the so-called Wang Jing's elite army, I'm afraid it may not be able to withstand it. I We have wiped out the other two counties on the island in the past few days. Taking this opportunity, let the ships return to Changshan Island, and then bring a thousand self-rescue troops and some rural soldiers. In this way, we will equip them with some artillery and muskets, Thinking about it, we should be able to defend this island.”

On June 6, the six marine companies were divided into two, and they drove directly to Dajing County and Jingyi County on the island by boat. However, more than 22 Korean criminals and exiles were captured in Dajing County, and among them were more than [-] criminal officials who were implicated in the incident that Qingyuan Prefecture Lord Shen Qiyuan wanted to establish another Korean king just in April. .

These North Korean "traitors" heard that Qi Guojun Wu, who attacked Jeju Island, was a friendly vassal of Daming. They wanted to punish North Korea for arbitrarily deviating from the position of vassal, and to work together with Jiannu for the evil of tigers. The purpose of controlling the king Li Ji and setting up Huai Enjun Li Deren was to get rid of Jiannu's control again and return to the Daming vassal.

If the Ming Dynasty can send troops to attack Seoul and overthrow the great Li Yu, then North Korea can once again unite with Ming Dynasty to attack Liaodong Jiannu.

When Qi Dajiang heard the words, he and several officers of the Marine Corps couldn't help looking at each other, co-authoring, these North Korean "rebels" didn't know that the city of Beijing was broken, Chongzhen died, and the entire north of Ming Dynasty had fallen into great chaos.They are also thinking of using the power of the Great Ming Dynasty to try to pull down the current king and re-establish a king who is close to Ming.

"If Daming is dead, do you still want to change the king?" Qi Dajiang asked tentatively.

"The Great Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and hundreds of millions of people. How could it be... perish so easily?" A North Korean prisoner asked: "The barbarians in Liaodong are only suffering from scabies and harassing the fur of the Celestial Dynasty. In a few days, it will surely recover. At that time, the great fortune of the Celestial Dynasty will help us to strengthen our country and attack the barbarians in Liaodong."

When Qi Dajiang and the others heard this, they all sighed in their hearts. They never thought that the country of North Korea would have such confidence in Daming.However, the world is unpredictable, the turbulent refugees of the Ming Dynasty destroyed the city of Beijing and forced Chongzhen to death.And that so-called Jiannu who suffers from scabies might take advantage of the situation and enter the customs, and his troops will be so powerful that he will sweep the world.

"How many troops do you estimate will be needed to help you defeat Wang Jing and establish a new king?" Niu Hu who was next to him suddenly asked.

"It only takes the Celestial Dynasty to dispatch [-] troops, which is enough to deter North Korea." The North Korean prisoner showed a strange look on his face, and said softly, "As a friendly vassal state of the Celestial Dynasty, you might persuade Ming Dynasty to send troops?"

"How many soldiers and horses does Wang Jing have? How is the combat power?... How does it compare with Liaodong Jiannu?" Niu Hu continued to ask.

Qi Dajiang and others looked at Niu Hu in surprise, is it that our Qi State is going to overthrow the king of North Korea?

(End of this chapter)