Chapter 33 The First Year of Hongwu

The Donggang Army occupied some places in the northern part of Korea, bordering the Han state on land, and had already launched an attack with infantry after receiving the holy decree against the pirates. At the beginning, it was very easy to fight those civilian Red Guards, even if there were more than a dozen shotguns in each village, but how could they stop the wolf-like Dongjiang Army?

Moreover, there were many two classes of nobles from the former Joseon in the Dongjiang Army, and some of them hated those mud-legged thieves more than the Dongjiang bandits. After the slaughter of two villages, the news had already reached Pyongyang, and then it was rushed to Seoul by 800 miles.

After hearing the news, Chen Cheng was stunned at first, and when he was about to speak, Lin Mengchu was already furious, she stood up from the chair "Huo", and said sharply: "The Dongjiang Army is treacherous, but it can be angry!" ”

Before, they gave weapons and armor, and they gave food and land, and the price they paid was not small, but they got this in exchange? The bloody battle between the Dongjiang Army and Jiannu is true, but once they let go of their hands and feet, they will harm the people, and they are also first-class good hands.

Lin Mengchu said to Chen Cheng, who was frowning: "What else is there to think about, if he dares to stretch out his dog's paws, he will chop it off for him, and see if they dare in the future." ”

Chen Cheng nodded, and rode towards Pyongyang with thousands of steps. Pyongyang's defender, Choi Sung-so, has mobilized nearby villagers, and the two have converged to more than 10,000 people. After the agrarian revolution, the government had more money and food at its disposal, and the number of troops it could mobilize also increased.

If you can give another ten days and half a month, even if it is an army of 50,000, it will be at your fingertips, but Lin Mengchu said, "To deal with the Dongjiang army, 10,000 people is enough!" ”

The 5,000 forbidden troops stationed in Seoul were already heavily equipped with infantry guns and flintlock muskets. Chen Cheng's idea of army building was to rely on firepower to make up for the lack of cavalry strength. Among these 5,000 people, there are also 1,000 Japanese samurai under the command of Osamu Kawanaka. After seizing Korea and founding the country, Kawanaka Osamu also became the founder of the country, official positions, land, money, knights, etc., everything, he did not forget his Japanese countryman, and in order to expand his power, he proposed to Chen Cheng that he could recruit more wandering samurai from Japan to fight.

Although the current emperor of the Han State is Lin Mengchu, everyone still asks Chen Cheng to solve problems. Because the emperor basically doesn't care about things, and he thinks about it one by one.

Chen Cheng knew that there were hundreds of thousands of ronins and low-level samurai on the Japanese archipelago who could not find a way out, and they could not do anything but the ability to cut people, so he readily agreed. Although the Japanese samurai were average in combat, they were much stronger than the militia, and the main thing was that they were cheap and obedient.

The money for one heavy armored cavalryman is enough to support four or five Japanese samurai. After hearing that the Han Kingdom was recruiting samurai to fight, and with the predecessor of Kawanaka Jiya as an example, there were as many ronins and samurai who wanted to come to the Han Kingdom to eat, and soon recruited a thousand people.

In addition to the Japanese, there were also some Ming people who ran over. The Tsushima Strait is so narrow, just take a boat and come over. One of them is the son of Li Dan, the one piece king who once dominated the southeast, called Li Guozhu. After Li Dan's death, Li Guozhu accepted Li Dan's power, but then there was Zheng Zhilong, and Liu Laoxiang challenged him.

Li Guozhu was a little anxious, but after hearing that some colleagues had conquered the 3,000-mile country of North Korea and successfully opened the country, he couldn't help but be moved. Everyone is a pirate, Chen Chenglin Mengchu can rob a country, why can't they?

But when he arrived in the Han Kingdom, he found that things were not so simple, and there were some things, even if he knew, he couldn't learn them. That man named Chen Cheng has a terrifying magic power that can make the people below become extremely fanatical. He only listened to the lecture once, and he almost fell at the feet of the other party.

But he was unwilling to let go of this opportunity, so he chose to take refuge in the Han State and became the general of the Han State. One Piece sounds majestic, but how can it compare to being the master of a party? Of course, he didn't have much loyalty to the Han State at all, just to increase the power in his hands to fight against traitors such as Zheng Zhilong and Liu Laoxiang.

These are all later words, Chen Cheng and Lin Mengchu led more than 10,000 people to the north to fight the Dongjiang army, under the bombardment of artillery and flintlock guns, the Dongjiang army, which also lacked war horses, was killed all over the field. In fact, by the time the first shells fell, the morale of the Dongjiang Army had already dropped to freezing point.

Later, Chen Cheng and Lin Mengchu personally led more than 1,000 light cavalry to chase and kill, and pursued them all the way to the vicinity of Tieshan, killing and capturing more than 4,000 people. The combat effectiveness of the Dongjiang Army was average, but the kung fu of escaping for their lives was very good, and most of the people who were beheaded and captured were those nobles of the two classes who were given to Mao Wenlong. After the battle, the people below reported that they had captured some generals of the Dongjiang Army, such as Li Jiuheng and the like, and asked what to do.

Lin Mengchu waved his hand, "It's all cut!" ”

Chen Cheng said: "It's too wasteful to kill them all, the generals are beheaded, and let Shang Yangwu send the head to Mao Wenlong." The soldiers were reduced to slavery and sent to the mountains to mine. ”

Lin Mengchu never cared much about these things, and said casually: "It's okay." ”

After defeating the Dongjiang army on land, Chen Cheng and Lin Mengchu worked non-stop, and immediately prepared to meet the Ming Dynasty's sailors. This time, Denglai, Liaozhen and the Dongjiang Army were dispatched together, claiming to be an army of 50,000, but it is difficult to say whether there are 20,000 actual soldiers among them. It took a month of procrastination to complete the assembly, and then sailed to the Han Kingdom by boat.

On the sea, thousands of sails competed, and the soldiers of the Ming army were high-spirited, and they had the courage to extinguish this morning food, until they saw the smoke rising from the sea. The Denglai Naval Division has long been out of business, and most of the ships on this expedition are from the people. Being able to send troops in a month is already the reason why those courtiers and local officials in the Ming Dynasty have used their strength to eat milk.

But what's the deal with several black smokes? No one has ever seen this!

"Woo!"

The sound of the whistle came from the sea in the distance, and the majestic figure of the four first-class battleships appeared in the field of vision of the Ming Dynasty sailors.

"This ...... Such a big ship? ”

The twelve battleships were divided into two teams and sandwiched up on the left and right. More than a hundred cannons roared, blowing up the broken ships of the Ming army. To be honest, the navy of the Han State behaved badly, both in terms of gunnery and coordination, and it looked a little rushed. But with more speed and more powerful cannons, what more bikes do you need?

Unskilled is not skilled, and the Ming army on the opposite side is even worse, and it can't even be described as an army. After two rounds of shelling, the Ming fleet immediately fell into a panic, and everyone fled in a panic, but how could the galleys outrun the coal-burning steam warships?

After more than a dozen ships were sunk, more than a dozen more ships chose to surrender, and only three or two kittens escaped back. Just like the North Korean sailors, just after one battle, the sailors of the Ming army have already become a historical term. The 50,000-strong army had been wiped out before it reached the land of the Han Kingdom.

Although it was such a big defeat, it can't be said to be a completely bad thing. At least, you can take this opportunity to settle the accounts and ask for more pensions, right? Anyway, my Ming Dynasty's civil ministers and military generals are all very capable.

Because the weather had turned cold, many of the Ming soldiers who fell into the water were frozen to death, and less than 2,000 soldiers were rescued. In addition to the more than 300 people who were selected to fight bravely, the others were also thrown into the mine. North Korea has a lot of people and little land, but it is still rich in mineral resources, and it needs a lot of coolies to work for the society....... to contribute to the development of the Han Kingdom.

At the beginning, Dongjiang Town sent 3,000 heads of Jiannu, which made Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen overjoyed. In October, the 50,000-strong army was wiped out on the way to conquer the puppet Han Kingdom, and the Denglai Naval Division no longer existed, so it could no longer support Dongjiang Town, nor could it use food and salary to control Dongjiang Town.

After defeating the Ming army's naval division, Lin Mengchu and Chen Cheng led the fleet to bombard the military port of Denglai, and then went to Tianjin, which also turned the port into a sea of fire. They also sent marines ashore to loot the harbor and sail away before the Ming army arrived.

When such a thing happened, Emperor Chongzhen was furious and cut off the heads of more than a dozen generals, all of whom were exhausted by the soldiers and horses in their hands, but none of the civil officials moved. Killing people is refreshing, but how do you solve it? The Denglai sailor no longer exists, and the thieves can come and leave when they want. Tianjin is so close to Beijing, if there is another landing, then the capital will be dangerous?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't sleep at night, in order to resist the pirates, after consulting with the ministers of the court, he levied a new tax, "Pinghai Tax"!

I'm rich all over the world, what don't I have? Charge an extra six million taels of silver to build a battleship. There are so many people in the whole world, wouldn't it be enough for each household to pay an extra penny?

However, the Emperor of Han immediately released a few captives and brought with him the letters of His Majesty Emperor Hongwu. There is nothing else in the national letter, just the hope that the two countries will stop the war and trade with each other. But seeing the words of Emperor Hongwu, no one dared to agree to such conditions.

Emperor Chongzhen was also furious, and tore the national letter to shreds on the spot, and then ordered someone to cut down the few captives who came back with the national letter. After getting this kind of reply, Lin Mengchu pursed his lips and said, "Since this is the case, then we will not be blamed in the future." ”

However, for the time being, the Han State has not yet targeted the Ming Dynasty, and even Jiannu does not want to fight. Anyway, there is the Dongjiang army in the north for the time being, and as long as Mao Wenlong is still there, Jiannu will not dare to stay in the Han Kingdom for a long time. In fact, Chen Cheng doubted that after Amin was killed in battle last year, Hong Tai would have the courage to attack the Han Kingdom again.

This year, Hongtai came to Liaoxi once according to the usual practice, cut the grain outside the city cleanly, and then arrested thousands of people, and then turned around and went west, beating the "Genghis Khan" of this generation to the fat, which can be regarded as restoring some morale. As for the DPRK and the Donggang Army? No one wants to fight a losing battle.