Chapter 580: The East China Sea Fleet blocks the strait
In the city of Nanjing, the news of the Japanese invaders sending troops reached Zhu Cijiao's ears before they began to cross the sea and land in Korea.
"I didn't expect the Japanese to come and stir up the situation." Since Zhu Ciji smiled calmly, he was not worried at all. Now, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, he is not afraid of the alliance between Korea and the Japanese invaders.
"Your Majesty, our army in Korea is only the combat strength of the two regular armies, and it is easy to deal with North Korea, but it is a little risky to deal with the combination of North Korea and the Japanese Invaders. Li Yan said.
At this moment, Li Yan is completely responsible for his current first assistant, thinking about how to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty all the time, and comparing all the pros and cons that can be considered.
It is estimated that North Korea may eventually gather 180,000 troops and nearly 400,000 young and strong temporary troops, a total of nearly 580,000 people, while the Ming army only has the combat effectiveness of two regular armies, although because of the advanced guns, it is no problem to completely crush the rabble composed of North Korea's 180,000 troops and nearly 400,000 young people, but this is already a ratio of more than ten to one, If you add more than 100,000 Japanese pirates, although you can still believe in the strength of Huang Degong's army, but in the end you may only be able to fight a crushing battle at most, and if you want to completely annihilate the Korean living forces and hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates on the front line of Seoul, I am afraid it is unlikely, after all, even if the North Koreans and the Japanese are all pigs, they are also more than 600,000 pigs, and it is not easy to capture them all after being defeated.
"It's okay, if the Japanese want to send troops, give them time to send troops, the Korean Strait will be blocked, and at the same time, when the war begins, I will send the Fourth Army to land from the sea, and attack the Korean army and the Japanese from behind, and be sure to wipe out the Korean new force and the Japanese invaders!" Zhu Ci said with a cold glint in his eyes.
Today, the Ming Dynasty has a population of more than 140 million, sufficient money, food and materials, and holds the world's most advanced weapons, and has the strength to completely crush the surrounding countries.
"Deliver an edict to let the East China Sea Fleet blockade the Korean Strait on 30 July, cut off the connection between the Japanese army that landed in Korea and the Japanese mainland, and at the same time, order Huang Degong to move his troops south from Pyongyang on time on 1 August to attack Seoul!" Zhu Ci stumbled and ordered.
"Yes!" Li Yan quickly went down to deliver the order.
On July 22, Junshiro Koizumi came to Seoul with the first batch of 70,000 elite shogunates, and the king of Joseon was overjoyed, and with the addition of the Japanese invaders, the chances of Joseon resisting the Ming army were much greater, and the king of Joseon immediately personally hosted a banquet to entertain Junshiro Koizumi.
After three rounds of drinking, Junshiro Koizumi was already quite drunk, and the king of Joseon ordered someone to take Junshiro Koizumi down to rest.
Although Junshiro Koizumi was a little staggering drunk, he still asked if he was accompanied by a flower girl when he left.
As soon as Junshiro Koizumi said this, not only the king of Joseon, but also the ministers of North Korea frowned in unison, and the king of North Korea scolded directly in his heart, the Japanese still can't change it, thinking about this kind of miserable and shameless thing all day long, when the Japanese invaded Korea, the Japanese soldiers liked Korean women, and now it is North Korea asking for reinforcements they sent, and I can't imagine that the Japanese are still thinking about the Korean girl, which is really shameful.
The Joseon king and his ministers were angry and wanted to scold Junshiro Koizumi, but Junshiro Koizumi was a high-ranking member of the Japanese shogunate after all, and he led the first batch of 70,000 elite troops of the Japanese invaders, and for the sake of the overall situation, they finally held back.
The king of Joseon waved his hand quite patiently, and motioned for his attendants to go down and prepare a beautiful woman to accompany Junshiro Koizumi.
Junshiro Koizumi was satisfied and followed the palace attendants of the Joseon Dynasty to rest.
Looking at Junshiro Koizumi, who left satisfied, the Korean monarchs and ministers were extremely disdainful, and the Japanese were still Japanese after all, and they could not change their despicability in their hearts.
On July 27, the second group of 80,000 Japanese troops began to land in Korea under the leadership of Tokugawa Ieoka.
Tokugawa Iegao is the son of the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he is deeply trusted by Tokugawa Iemitsu, and is the most popular candidate for the next generation of shoguns in the shogunate, and his status is extremely respected among the Japanese invaders.
Originally, Tokugawa Iemitsu wanted to personally lead a large army to fight in Korea to witness the beginning of their journey to glory in Japan, but Tokugawa Iemitsu was over fifty years old after all, and he was too old and frail to lead an army to fight, so he taught his son Tokugawa Ieka.
On 29 July, all the Japanese had landed, and at this point, on the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese had landed enough troops of 150,000 troops.
On the sea not far from the Korean Strait, Admiral Shen Jingchao of the East China Sea Fleet has been waiting for news here.
Suddenly, the intelligence ship that had been scouting the front returned.
"Enlighten the Admiral's army, the Japanese army has landed, and the Japanese ships are transporting follow-up grain, grass and other materials." The soldiers of the intelligence ship reported to Shen Jingchao.
Knowing that all the Japanese soldiers had landed, Shen Jingchao did not hesitate any longer.
"The order is that all warships of the East China Sea Fleet sail into the Korean Strait at full speed and sink all North Korean ships there." Shen Jingchao ordered 30 gunboats of the East China Sea Fleet to go straight to the Korean Strait, preparing to block the strait, and shut down all the Japanese who landed on the Korean Peninsula.
Half an hour later, 30 warships of the East China Sea Fleet, under the leadership of Shen Jingchao, sailed into the Korean Strait.
The distance is getting closer and closer, and Shen Jingchao has been paying attention to the situation on the sea surface with a telescope.
On the surface of the Korean Strait, no less than 400 Japanese ships of all sizes have gathered.
At this time, the Japanese ships were carrying a large amount of grain and grass from Honshu Island across the sea and headed straight for Korea, so many supplies were enough for the 150,000 Japanese troops in Korea to support more than half a month.
"Hmph, the time for the death of the Japanese is coming, and the herald orders that all the warships should fire on the Japanese ships, and they must not let go of a single Japanese ship, and all of them will be sunk!" Shen Jingchao sneered and ordered with a sinister look.
The warships of the East China Sea Fleet have already brought some of the nearest Japanese ships into range.
"Fire!"
"Boom, boom, boom" The 30 warships of the East China Sea Fleet opened fire at one hand and began to bombard all the Japanese ships that appeared in the Korean seas.