Chapter 8: The Sinking of the Boat (I)
To the twelfth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Goryeo has a striking resemblance to the Korean territory of later generations, the upper half of the entire Korean Peninsula, all became the Yuan people's Liaoyang Xingzhongshu Province under the jurisdiction, in the later Democratic People's Republic of Korea set up Dongning Road, and placed the hometown of Goryeo as the province of Zhengdong, between the two provinces roughly to the mercy ridge, Tieling as the boundary, the royal capital of Goryeo Kaesong is only more than 100 miles away. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The Liaodong Rebellion, which occurred a few months ago, did not affect the situation in Goryeo, and the chaos was quickly quelled, the alliance of the host kings collapsed, and the leader Naiyan took the remnants to hide in the forest area of Changbai Mountain, seemingly having completely eliminated the last hidden danger. Therefore, for the southern expedition of the Yuan people, the support of the Goryeo people was unprecedented, and in the joint naval divisions of the two sides, they contributed more than 1,000 sea ships and more than 30,000 sailors, plus five archers and 10,000 troops by land, almost all the domestic troops were exhausted.
As a result, after the sudden attack on the coast, it was impossible to organize a strong encirclement and counterattack for a while, and this weakness caused the attackers to be more unscrupulous, and the actual situation may be more serious than the loss of Kudu Lujian's letter to Chabi. Ganghwa Island's sea refuge, but the other side not only has cavalry, but also powerful pirates, so the royal family in the city can only hope for the rescue of the master in addition to panic.
In the first month of the black water ocean, the sea breeze is cold and biting, the sea water in the distance is covered with a strange black, and the white earth forms a sharp contrast, only the line where the sea ship sails, the sea water that turns over the white foam forms a wave, leaving a short trace on this black, here is the coast not far from Goryeo, as the weather gradually gets colder, most of the coast has entered the ice period, the sea ship can not only not approach the shore, but also have to be careful to avoid the ice, otherwise it will be the result of the ship being destroyed and killed.
Behind Jiang Ning's ship, followed by more than 20 sea ships, compared with a few months ago, the number has increased slightly, the extra part was snatched from the hands of the Goryeo, and now the complexity of his subordinates has far exceeded someone's estimate, in addition to the Song people, among them are the Han people in the north of Liaodong, the Jurchens who dare not belong in the mountains and forests, the remnants of the legendary Bohai Kingdom, the Goryeo people who are not willing to be ruled by the Yuan people, the Goryeo people who were forcibly plundered, and the elite of the remnants of Naiyan...... A cavalry army of up to 500 men, they were the Mongols.
Of course, most of his ships were Song people, and all of them came from the army, both in terms of discipline and skill were the best of all ships, and it was by virtue of the achievements of these people that he was able to establish a great reputation in this vast sea, and of course this reputation was not a nightmare for the Yuan and Goryeo people.
The speed of the ship is not too fast, only the mainmast of the three masts has risen and half a sail, this area is the key defense area of the Goryeo people, but they are almost close to the coast of the royal capital, and they have not even found a patrol boat, let alone a fishing boat, of course, there is a reason for the freeze, but he has a faint feeling in his heart, but he is afraid that there are other factors behind it that are not known.
At this moment, he did not stand on the helm platform, but bent one foot, standing on the bow of the ship, Jiang Ning liked this feeling very much, the sea was under his feet, the sea water was draped by the blade-like bow of the ship, shattered into crystal waves, sometimes even splashed on his face, licking with his tongue is a salty taste, from the initial discomfort to the present is as sweet as food, it has only been more than half a year.
His men were busy on the deck behind them, and from time to time there would be laughter, the sea is no better than the land, strict military discipline is of course important, in order to eliminate the loneliness of not seeing the land for more than a month as soon as you go to sea, relaxation has become a necessity, but the object of their ridicule today made his brow frown slightly.
"Little tail, rub it like you, when do you want to wipe it, why don't you let someone do it for you, how about you sing a song for everyone?"
Don't have to look back, he knows who it is when he listens to the voice, this person comes from Liu Yu's team of personal soldiers, and now he is the leader of the armor on this ship, he is brave in battle, whether it is long-range shooting or close combat, he has a hand, but he has a bad temper and likes to bully new rookies.
Strictly speaking, this is not a shortcoming, there are rules in the army, veterans bullying new recruits, and it is common in future generations where universal values are everywhere, not to mention that in this era, not only are their subordinates not surprised, but even he himself turns a blind eye, if he can't even bear this level of ridicule, it is better to get off the ship early.
Seeing that the other party ignored him, the laughter of the crowd became louder and louder, and the veteran looked at the small figure lying on the deck with great interest, and there was a lewdness in his eyes.
"I said little tail, I don't want to sing, how about dancing, just your body, twist a few times, Zhun Bao looks better than those Koreans."
"Slave...... I don't call Little Tail, and I don't sing and dance. Xu felt the man's gaze, and although the figure was still crouching, it let out a faint retort.
"This won't be, that won't, so what will you do, mop the floor?"
The veteran deliberately walked past her and kicked over a wooden basin with his foot cold, and the sewage in it suddenly flowed in all directions, staining the place where she had managed to wipe clean again.
"It's okay to mop the floor, it's not wiped clean here, and here's ...... Over here. The veteran kept pointing to the ground, causing her to spin around, but she couldn't wipe it all.
"Quick, quicker, dirty again." The subordinates next to him also laughed weirdly, and from time to time they added fuel to the fire.
The veteran laughed smugly as she let her spin in circles on the ground, and just as Jiang Ning was considering whether to stop it, a rough voice suppressed their commotion.
"What are you doing, bullying a girl, what kind of ability is it?"
The veteran who was turning in a circle was cold and his eyes were dark, a tall figure was horizontal in front of him, blocking his way, he himself was a head above everyone, this person actually had to let him raise his head to see clearly, the veteran pushed a little angrily, and shouted in his mouth: "Lao Tzu idle birds, amuse children, fight very tight." ”
"She's a human being, not a fun." No one was allowed to come, the veteran's hand was like pushing against a wall, and the group of subordinates who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic were coaxing with seedlings on the side.
"Big rock, good job."
"Boss, him."
The old soldier glanced at him, reached out and tore off his coat, revealing a black and shiny flesh, and the man took off his shirt without showing any weakness, and glared back like a black tower.
Seeing that the fight was about to start, the figure lying on the ground quickly got up, ran behind Jiang Ning, and pulled his shirt, Jiang Ning turned around, and the thin face was so anxious that he was about to shed tears.
"I ...... Me, they ......"
"It's okay, do your best, and leave them alone."
Jiang Ning glanced at it and turned around again, and there was a burst of cheers behind him, it seemed that the two of them had been entangled together, and his eyes only seemed to be the boundless sea in the distance.
On the helm platform, a subordinate hurriedly ran down, crossed the two who were fighting, and came to his side, Jiang Ning seemed to be aware of it, "What's wrong?" ”
"The owner of the boat sent a message that he couldn't find a place to go ashore, so please make a decision."
This is expected, Jiang Ning nodded unexpectedly: "Forget it, don't look for it again, pass the order, all the ships turn to the west, let's go to Liaodong, let the fighters open their eyes wide, the Goryeo people may be close to the left." ”
The subordinates took the order to go, at this time, the fight on the deck also divided the winners and losers, it seems that the Black Tower still has the upper hand, but although he has great strength and stable body, the veteran is more flexible, if it is really on the battlefield, it is not easy to say who lives and who dies.
"Alright, let's disperse."
Jiang Ning drove the group of people away, and stretched out his hand to summon the black tower over.
"I don't think your accent is Han Chinese?"
"The little one is the Yalu people, who begged for a living by the Yalu River, and was taken captive by the Goryeo people to do coolies, and it was the boss who broke the county town to escape, and there was nowhere to go, so he followed the boat, but it was more than a month."
This person is extremely tall, a head taller than him, Jiang Ning glanced at his hand, and knew that this person was the pulp hand of the bilge, and hesitated: "You make a sail on the deck first, learn from them, if you have to use it in the future, it is common to make up a armor, listen to them call you 'big stone', what is your real name." ”
"The small one is really surnamed Da, but the name has long been forgotten, and the big stone is the big stone."
Jiang Ning was stunned and patted the girl next to him: "Little Tail will follow you in the future and take care of her." ”
After saying this, without waiting for them to answer, he turned back and walked to the helm platform, and with his command, all the boats turned in a different direction, and headed westward, and in about two days' work, they had approached the mouth of the Bisu River at the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula.
The freezing conditions here were better off the coast of Gaoli, and the ships were slowly approaching a natural harbor of rocks along the course that had been surveyed in the morning, pressing against the thin layer of ice, and the situation on land was all in the eyes of the buckets on the mainmast, and when they lowered the pedals, the receivers were already waiting on the shore.
"Lao Ding, I've been waiting for a long time." As soon as Jiang Ning's feet landed, he greeted an old man with a tough body.
"It's just three or five days, and the big boss comes so quickly." Lao Ding smiled heartily, stretched out his hand and gestured behind him, and the men who had already prepared immediately ran under the boat, and together with the people on board, moved down some of the seized food and property.
Behind him, there are dozens of carts drawn by Beidi Jian, which will be loaded onto the carts and then transported to various places through the Ding family's warehouse, and converted into various materials that Jiang Ning needs, especially ordnance.
Of course, they don't need to interfere in these things, Jiang Ning walked aside with him and asked with some doubts: "Why didn't you deliver the goods in Ninghai Prefecture this time, but transferred here." ”
"There was an accident in Shandong, and those places were not very stable, so for the sake of safety, I temporarily thought of this method, and then ...... when there is news over there" Lao Dingtou was interrupted by him before he finished speaking.
"What's going on in Shandong?"
The other party's eagerness made Lao Ding Tou a little confused, but he still tried his best to explain it to him.
"Our people are doing things in various places, and there are some bandits involved, almost all the prefectures and counties in Shandong, and they are afraid that it will cause misunderstanding, so they suspended the previous plan."
So fast! Jiang Ning was shocked, with his identity, of course he knew the entire process of implementing the plan, but the specific details were unknown, the part related to him was limited to Liaodong, and this was naturally done out of the need for confidentiality, Xu saw that he was a little anxious, and the old Ding Tou added.
"Listening to the news, things are going very well, many state capitals have fallen into our hands, and the farthest place has reached the area of Jinan."
Jiang Ning has been in the north for so long, of course he will not be a stranger to Jinan, he has the impression that it is already very close to Dadu, Lao Dingtou's explanation not only did not make him feel at ease, but was even more worried, for such a close change, Yuan Ren could not let it go, and with that girl's temperament, she would inevitably be on the front line, and the danger would increase exponentially.
Now the most important question is, how will the meta-people react? Thinking of this, he pointed to the north and asked, "Is there any movement in the Tartars of Liaodong?" ”
"The big boss asked well, I was about to talk about this, but news just came from Liaoyang City, the Tartar army has gathered, and even the blockade in the Changbai Mountains has weakened, and it seems that he is leaving."
Jiang Ning was stunned when he heard it: "Has the news passed?" ”
"It has been passed on, and the strange thing is that their strikers did not go in the direction of Dadu, but went directly south, and it looks like they went to Bangaizhou and Fuzhou."
"What?"
The entire map of Liaodong is in his mind, and the line of Gaizhou and Fuzhou is already close to the top of the Liaodong Peninsula, what are they running there for? Jiang Ning's gaze swept over his fleet, looking at the Mongolian war horses that were led down from the pedal, and suddenly thought of something in his heart.
"Are there any of our people there?"
Lao Ding Tou shook his head suspiciously, the entire traffic line is set up in the direction of Dadu, for the Liaodong Peninsula, a dead place, there is no point in resettlement at all, where is there to waste precious manpower.
In Lao Dingtou's view, the other party's nervousness is a little too much, there is a mess in Shandong, and it is inevitable that the Yuan people will return to the army, although they have a lot of people, but most of them are infantry troops, and they don't know how many days it will take to rush back from Liaoyang, and then go south, no matter what, it's too late, I don't understand why the other party is like this.
Jiang Ning's next move was even more puzzled, the other party stretched out his hand to beckon one of his subordinates, and instructed him in a very eager tone: "Let people unload all the grain in the ship, and all the people on the ship, including the pulpter, go on deck to help unload the goods, and tell those Mongolians to get off the ship quickly, and if they can't dock behind, ask them to use small boats, and all this must be completed within half an hour." ”
Without waiting for his subordinates to turn around and leave, he added: "Bring the little tail down, just say that I said it." ”
"What's the matter, what's going on?" When his subordinates left, Lao Ding couldn't help but open his mouth.
Jiang Ning didn't explain to him, but said in the same tone: "Lao Ding, you take all the food here, including a certain share, go to Ulus Khan, and tell him that Liaodong is now empty, and it is a good time for him to fight back, and if he misses it, there will be no more, if he doesn't do it, he will cut off all contact with him, and from now on, the Song people will never help him again." ”
Speaking of the last sentence, it was almost threatened, and the old Ding Tou couldn't help but be nervous, food was their biggest bargaining chip, Nai Yan's lifeline was pinched in their hands, and there was no need to think twice about whether they agreed or not, but the question was, why did they suddenly act like this, which was completely inconsistent with the previous plan.
"Immediately let people send news to Shandong, and tell them that the army of the Yuan people may not necessarily come from Dadu, and they must be careful of the coastal areas, especially the line of Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Ninghai Prefecture."
"The big boss means...... Yuan people may have passed by sea? In this way, Lao Dingtou still doesn't understand, the nearest place between the Liaodong Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula is only separated by a strait, and it takes less than half a day to reach it by boat...... Port Arthur.
"It's not possible, if so-and-so guessed correctly, they're already doing it." Jiang Ning paused for a moment, and then said: "The coastal area of the Goryeo people, all the way to the vicinity of the royal capital, there is no trace of the sailor, a certain was a little puzzled at that time, now it seems that they should have arrived at the lion's mouth early in the morning. ”
Lao Dingtou suddenly realized, if this is really the case, Shandong will be in danger, the Yuan people are equivalent to giving them a knife from behind, caught off guard, Yidu, which is located in the center of Shandong, and Jinan, which is further ahead, is likely to fall into the danger of being attacked by the enemy in the abdomen and back, he agreed, and was ready to leave, and suddenly remembered something.
"What about you, big boss?"
Jiang Ning shook his head, his eyes revealed an extremely determined look, and he could see that Lao Dingtou was in his heart: "You just have to take care of your business, and you don't have to worry about other things." ”
At his urging, the Mongol cavalry and all the food were soon brought down, and after some fresh water and food, all the ships were ready to set off, but strangely enough, Little Tail was never brought over.
She refused to leave, and said that it was better to let her get off the boat, it was better to kill her with a knife, and the brothers were helpless, so they asked their subordinates, was it simply tied up? Bullying is bullying, everyone on the boat knows that this girl is the person in charge, and if something really happens, no one can please her.
Jiang Ning didn't know what he thought, his gaze stayed in the direction of the south for a moment, and when he heard his words, he raised his wrist and glanced at the pointer on the watch: "Forget it, if you don't go down, you won't get down, let her go." ”