my wonderful zoo

Chapter 256 Kaijing

To the west of Kaijing, three rivers merge into the sea and are called Sanjiangkou.

There is a large island outside Sanjiangkou, which is later known as Jianghua Island and is now called Haikou County.

The location of Ganghwa Island is very advantageous, located to the west of the estuary of Sanhe.There is only a strait about one kilometer away from the Korean Peninsula to the east.

To the north is the estuary of Yeseong River, and to the east is the estuary of the confluence of Imjin River and Han River.

The strait between Ganghwa Island and the mainland is called the "Salt River" by the Koreans because of its narrow distance.

According to historical records, when the monarchs of the Goryeo Dynasty were invaded by northern tribes, they would often go to sea to take refuge here. If the situation went wrong, they would continue south to Jinbao Island and Tamna Island to take refuge.

"Ke Lei has captured Haikou County. Do we want to go up and take a rest?" One of his men came over and asked.

"Where is General Ke currently?" Chen Xun asked.

"The fleet has entered the Yanhe River and the Yecheng River. General Han's soldiers have surrounded the capital and are now unloading artillery from the ship." his subordinates replied.

"The fleet docked for repairs, and sent a ship to take me ashore." Chen Xun ordered.

Soon, the small fleet docked on the east coast of Ganghwa Island, and Chen Xun's boat docked on the west coast of the Koryo Peninsula.

Kaekyung is located halfway between the lower reaches of the Yeseong River and the Imjin River. It is slightly closer to the Yeseong River, more than ten miles away, and farther away from the west coast of the peninsula and the Imjin River, more than twenty miles away.

Chen Xun went ashore directly from Zhenzhou near the sea, unleashed his horses, and rode to Kaijing with his personal guards.

When passing by Zhenzhou City, I saw that the military flag of the Chen Family Army had been planted on the top of the city. Judging from the roughness of the military flag, it must have been made on a temporary basis. The five-pointed stars were not symmetrical.

The Chen Jiajun developed so fast that except for food, almost all other supplies could not keep up, including military flags.

"Do you want to enter the city?" Chen Zhuang asked when he saw Chen Xun stopped.

"No, let's rush to Beijing as soon as possible." Chen Xun shook his head and continued to move forward.

Zhenzhou City is a very small city. It is estimated that the permanent population in the city does not exceed [-]. There is no need to "inspect the public sentiment".

The more than 20 miles of dirt road took less than half an hour under the feet of the second-level reinforced Mongolian horse, and the speed was very slow.

When they arrived outside Kaijing City, Ke Lei and Han Shizhong had already made preparations to attack the city.

"Captain, you came very quickly." Ke Lei came up to say hello.

"How? How many defenders are there in the city?" After a few simple greetings, Chen Xun asked directly.

"According to our spies' report, the King of Korea took away most of the elite troops before going north. Most of the current defenders in the city are strong men who have just been captured." Ke Lei replied: "The number of troops should be around 3."

On the way here, Chen Xun had already roughly understood the current situation of Goryeo.

The total population is about 160 million, and the middle-aged population aged 16 to 40 accounts for about [-]%.

Because there are few plains and mountainous terrain in Korea, the farming output is far lower than that of the mainland. The yield of most cultivated land per mu is about 1 kilograms. In some barren lands, the ratio of seeds to harvest is as low as 4:[-]. .

Therefore, the number of professional soldiers in the Koryo Kingdom is very small, and most of them are concentrated in Kaijing and are in the hands of the royal family.

When encountering war, they would recruit or catch strong men temporarily.

Also because of the low amount of arable land and low grain yield, the maximum mobilizable military force is also very small. Calculated based on a 1:10 ratio of young and middle-aged people, the maximum mobilizable military force is about 8.However, the enthusiasm of people in this country to enlist in the military is very low. You can know how difficult it is to recruit soldiers normally in this country through the fact that South Korea has a population of 5000 million and must force all adult males to serve in the military.

King Wang Kai of Goryeo had already taken some of them away, some of them had been consumed on the southern front, and some of them were left behind in other counties.

Finally, it is easy to understand that the capital of a country only has [-] garrison troops.

"There are only 3 people? Why not attack the city directly?" Chen Zhuang interrupted directly.

In his opinion, Chen Jiajun has always used less to defeat more. Now the enemy and our forces are evenly matched and can be easily captured.

At present, in the minds of Chen Jiajun officers and soldiers, there are few concepts such as "five sieges and ten attacks" in siege warfare.

"We lack heavy armor and siege equipment, so I plan to use artillery to break the city, and then directly engage in street fighting with the defenders." Han Shizhong replied.

"It's the right thing to do. Just follow your plan and command the battle. Don't worry about me. I'm just here to watch the battle." Chen Xun replied.

"Commander, since you are here, you can't just watch the battle, you have to give us some support." Han Shizhong was about to agree when he was pulled back by Ke Lei.

"Tell me, what do you want?" Chen Xun asked angrily.

"Are there any beasts of land warfare? Give us tens of thousands of them, just like the king squid in the sea before." Ke Lei opened his mouth directly.

"How about you let me directly cast a spell to wipe out all the defenders on the city?" Chen Xun asked.

"Okay, that's best." Ke Lei replied with a smile.

"Are you dreaming?! Direct the battle well and don't think too much." Chen Xun scolded with a smile.

"If we don't have land war beasts, why don't we give us some wolf dogs?" Ke Lei continued to ask shamelessly.

The navy transported troops from thousands of miles away, and every stone transported was precious. Therefore, when they came to Goryeo this time, they only transported a few hundred war horses for reconnaissance, and no other animals were transported.

Ke Lei's request is not too much.

"That's about right. I'll give you a thousand of them, use them well." Considering the huge role of wolf dogs in street fighting, Chen Xun readily agreed.

My purpose of going north this time was to be a "humanoid transport plane". Things that can be solved with animals should not be made to be fought with the lives of the soldiers under my command.

Chen Xun, who had gradually become accustomed to being deified, did not hide anything and released a thousand gray wolves directly in front of tens of thousands of soldiers.

These gray wolves were collected along the road during the previous expedition to Jingdong East Road. They range in size from big to small, but the smallest weighs more than forty pounds. It is very easy to deal with ordinary small people.

Some of them were distributed to other group armies before, and some were dispersed when they returned to Guangzhou. These one thousand are basically the last stocks in the zoo.

"Don't worry, governor, with the help of these thousand wolf dogs, I promise to let you live in the Royal Palace of Korea tonight." Ke Lei's demand was fulfilled, and he promised happily.

The mission of the "transport plane" was completed, and Chen Xun's next step was to watch the command performance of the two men.

As the supreme commander of the military government, Chen Xun now has no chance to fight in person.Even if he wanted to, his men would stop him.

The king humiliated his minister to death, and the officers under him couldn't afford to lose that person.

Suppressing the desire in his heart, Chen Xun stood quietly at the rear of the army formation, watching the siege ahead.

(End of this chapter)