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Chapter 1125 This is an isolated island

In May of the 21st year of Wanli, North Korea’s Pyongan Road and Hamgyong Road were completely blocked by the Ming army. The blockade launched an attack, but they were all smashed and bloody, and returned without success.

General Ukita Hideka, who was originally in charge in Seoul, led his troops to the southernmost tip of Jeolla-do on the pretext of taking charge of the logistics. This is also the sea port for Wa and North Korea.

There were no shocking battles in North Korea's Eight Paths, but the seas were fiercely fought. The Japanese pirates and Shen Wang's combined naval forces that had just gained the upper hand off the coast of Incheon were all defeated in the battle with the combined naval forces of Daming and North Korea. Since then, from Hwanghae-do to Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheong-do, none of the Japanese pirates can go to sea, and everything can only rely on land transportation.

The captains of the Japanese pirates in Gyeonggi-do are still worried, and the news that makes them desperate comes from Busan. According to the letter sent, the coalition forces of the Japanese pirate navy and the Shenwang fleet suffered a devastating blow in the waters between Busan and Tsushima Island.

It's not just the Sanjiang Fleet. In fact, when the gunboats of the Sanjiang Fleet arrived there, the battle was almost over. Anyone who wanted to get a share of the future trade or plunder between North Korea and Japan, some even just Wanting to obtain the franchise to participate in Nanyang and sugar traders, sea owners flocked to attack Shen Wang and Shen Wang's alliance, and they would gain greater wealth and power at sea.

Shen Wang's gunboat still has an advantage in dealing with the North Korean navy, but in front of the Daming navy and other sea masters, he has no advantage. The quality and quantity of the artillery of the Sha Dacheng fleet surpassed him.

Compared with the Japanese pirate navy in the decisive battle, Shen Wang's fleet withdrew from the battlefield immediately after suffering losses. However, this kind of life-and-death fight is not easy to leave, far more than his fleet After the battle, everyone found that there was no trace of Shen Wang on any ship at sea. Someone on the flagship where Shen Wang was originally located confessed that Shen Wang changed ships and left halfway.

The entire army of Japanese pirates was annihilated. From June of the 21st year of Wanli, the sea route between Japan and North Korea was completely blocked. The coastal towns and ports of Kyushu and Western countries were on alert as if they were facing an enemy, because they had been attacked by the Ming Dynasty from time to time. Maritime merchants harass.

Incidentally, the Kyushu daimyo is still making voices with the sea masters, because of this blockade, they have made huge profits
In just two naval battles within a month, the heads of the Japanese pirates in North Korea suddenly found that they had no way out. Although they still have an advantage in terms of numbers, in a sense, it is still impossible to say who will win the battle. allow.

There is also not so happy news. On the way to Pusan, the North Korean Navy Li Sunshin encountered a deadly attack from the Japanese navy. , It was too late to go back to rescue.

"It's all the fault of a humble position, and I would like to receive a heavy punishment!"

This is an apology document from a person in charge of the Volunteer Fleet, but fortunately, the remaining "Japanese pirate navy" was also wiped out, all ships sank, and all sailors, officers and soldiers sank into the sea.

"Take the credit for the crime!"

Wang Tong commented on the document that it is quite painful to declare the whole army, so that all the ministries can learn a lesson and not make such mistakes of carelessly underestimating the enemy again.

North Korea has nothing to do with this. The King of North Korea in Uiju just heard that the army has regained places, and they are very happy. If their navy is lost, it will be lost. At first, they did not expect to be able to preserve it. Moreover, Li Sun-shin has never been a pleasing character, let him do it, it's just a few pieces of eulogy, and sacrifice.

In June of the 21st year of Wanli, except for a few rioting militia teams in southern North Korea, there was no more military force in North Korea.

On the tenth day of June in 21, Wang Tong arrived in Hwangju, Hwanghae-do, North Korea. The Kuroda Nagajobu, the third army that had re-entered Hwanghae-do, took the initiative and withdrew to Gyeonggi-do.

Everyone knows what the consequences will be after the sea route is blocked. The whole country of Wa is frightened and angry, and begins to recruit pirates into the navy. The merchant houses of various countries asked for help and asked them to send ships to join the war.

Will there be any results in the shipbuilding for a while? The pirates recruited and the Western ships tempted by the high rewards sailed into the Tsushima Strait at the end of June.

The Dutch and Spaniards, who were originally full of confidence, hoisted the flag that they had no intention of participating in the war after seeing the gunboats of the Sanjiang Fleet, and wanted to leave the battlefield on their own initiative. One of the Spanish ships was too close to leave the battlefield. , was bombarded by three gunboats and sank directly.

The Dutch and Spanish gunboats left the battlefield, causing the panicked pirates to collapse immediately, and the ensuing battle was another massacre.

Sea masters who are good at Wang Tong cannot stay in the strait for a long time. They also want to do business. There are no mandatory regulations on this Wang Tong. It has achieved its purpose.

There were too many ships, so it was impossible for the Japanese pirates to send people to secretly communicate in North Korea in disguise.

After learning that the sea route was completely blocked, and further knowing that the blockade could not be broken, the heads of the Japanese pirates in North Korea couldn't sit still.

No matter how you think about it, no matter what you do, there is only one way out for them right now, and that is to fight the Ming army and defeat the Ming army. Then there is still a glimmer of life in North Korea. If not, there is actually no other choice now. There is only one battle.

After Kobayakawa Takakage, Ukita Hide's family, and several nearby legion commanders combined, they began to dispatch troops. Now that the sea route has been cut off, they simply gave up Jeolla Road and Gyeongsang Road on the back road, and left food collection and troops there. After the maintenance team, the rest of the army went north and gathered in Gyeonggi-do and Chungcheong-do, and the soldiers and horses in Gangwon-do also moved westward.

North Korea is mountainous, and the flat area is the western part of the Korean peninsula. The battle of large armies is on the line between Seoul and Incheon, and the Han River basin is the most suitable place to start.

At present, the advantage that the Japanese pirate army can have is to wait here in advance to wait for work, waiting for the Ming soldiers and horses to go south. In order to ensure that there is enough time before the army converges, the first and third legions of Konishi and Kuroda Nagamasa joined forces to go north. Attack the Ming army that has entered the Yellow Sea Road first.

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When the Ming army first entered North Korea, in the countryside and on the roads everywhere, there were horse scouts and no collection activities of the Ming Dynasty, ninjas and spies from the Wa Kingdom, and even Korean spies serving the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom respectively.
But now, it is impossible for the Japanese pirates to know the movements of most of the Ming army. The battlefield has been completely covered by the Ming army cavalry. The Ming army cavalry who go out have a principle. Pay attention to the clothes he wears in Japan, or the clothes of Korean people.

The information on the battlefield was unilaterally blocked, and the activities of the two Japanese pirate regiments were always under the control of the Ming army. Knowing yourself and the enemy, you will win every battle. By this time, the balance of victory and defeat has tilted.

The first regiment, fifth regiment, and sixth regiment of the Huwei Army, with 4000 Datong cavalry, [-] artillery pieces in addition to the artillery of the regiment, and [-] standard infantry in the border town, set off early to meet the Japanese pirates.

The two corps of Japanese pirates totaled 3 people. When they left Gyeonggi-do to go to the northern part of Hwanghae-do, they had to go west first and then turn north. Even if the army marched, it would only take two to three days to walk safely.

Li Hutou, who led the team to the south, started walking for two hours a day, starting early and camping late, and took half a day to arrive at Haizhou, Haizhou and Kaizhou almost at the same time as the Japanese soldiers and horses. The terrain between the cities is flat, but Haizhou is close to mountains. The north of Huanghai Road is mountainous, and there is a gourd-shaped plain. Haizhou is just on the waist of this gourd.

Whoever grabs the waist of this gourd, the soldiers and horses from the north will have to cross the mountain or take the sea route to go south, and they cannot go south half a step. After all, the Japanese pirates acted early. Haizhou City.

Thirty thousand to ten thousand, and there are cities to rely on, this situation is very good for the Japanese pirates, but this kind of good is only on paper.

Because of this superiority in numbers, and the fact that Governor Konishi and Nagamasa Kuroda discovered that the Ming army was mainly infantry, they did not expect to defend Haizhou City, but prepared to go out of the city to set up a field battle. After all, since the Ming army entered the dynasty until now, every The Ming army used waves of cavalry to completely overwhelm the Japanese pirates. Now that they are infantry, the advantage will not be so great.

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"The first group enters the predetermined position~~~~" "The fifth group takes its place~~~~" "The sixth group~~~~~"

The orders on the battlefield came and went, and the horses dragged the artillery to the artillery position. The artillery was set up one by one, and the artillerymen were nervously preparing for shooting.

"Fire gun soldiers check the fire guns, prepare before shooting~~~" "Queue correction~~~"

Li Hutou is patrolling the queue on the horse. His position is in the front row on the right side of the entire team. Looking at the opposite side of the horse, the Japanese pirate array is also showing signs of banners. The Huwei Army is still preparing, and you can already see that The side flags and orders are issued, the enemy will not give you time to prepare for the formation, and will attack first.

"Lord Li, the last general is willing to lead the cavalry to fight."

Li Hu shook his head and said with a smile:

"The cavalry is not used here. The commander taught me before that wars are always preceded by firing artillery!"
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