Chapter 22: The Battle on Jeju Island
In the breezy harbor, countless small sampan boats sway with the waves, and a few dark-faced fishermen are collecting their nets. On the coast, ama dressed in 'characteristic national costumes' stand in the icy waters and pick up everything that can be eaten.
There was a lookout on the shore that looked like it had not been built for a long time, and several soldiers in tattered clothes laughed and teased the women by the sea while hiding from the sea breeze.
After a few laughs, a thin man said uncertainly, "Boss, do you see a ship coming over the sea?" β
The leading soldier carefully studied it for a long time and determined that it was a ship that did not belong to the Goryeo style, and the flag flying on the ship was very special. It's a pity that he can't read, otherwise he must have known that it was a 'Yang' character.
"Light the beacon fire immediately, and I'll report to the county guard." After saying that, he hurried off the lookout and ran to the county guard like a duck being chased by a dog.
At this time, in the county guard's mansion, Park Ilchang was sighing and looking at the news from the country, the emperor was seriously ill! Now that Goryeo is busy with the issue of the change of throne, it is doubtful that it is not a good thing for the lord Shaoguo. Moreover, when the ministers in the country have finished dividing up the political interests, Ma Yue will be able to remember himself as a county guard in the Year of the Monkey!
Although the people of Tamna County are simple, this is too simple and simple, there is no oil or water at all, and they are all poor like ghosts! When will I be able to gather enough filial piety to get myself out of this hellish place!
While he was depressed, the servant hurriedly came in and said, "Master, the soldier in charge of the lookout has reported that four unseen ships have approached the sea. β
"Huh?" Park Ilchang was quite puzzled, few ships came here on weekdays, and the ship soldiers of the imperial court should know each other, could it be the pirates of the Wa Kingdom!
"Notify the defenders immediately just in case of an emergency, and take me to check!"
After Park Il-chang got the news, Zhang Yang's fleet had come to the offshore. The fishermen, who had never seen such a large sea boat, were directly frightened, and looked at the strange boat with black smoke, and ran to the shore one by one like crazy.
"Report sir, the harbor is well watered and suitable for docking." Zheng Ligong took more than a dozen sailors to carefully measure the depth of the water before reporting to Zhang Yang.
"Okay, you take a team to the shore to investigate, reload the artillery, and watch out for possible resistance."
"Yes, sir."
The flamboyant ship did not rush to the shore, and Zheng Ligong led a team of 100 people to be fully armed and rowed to the shore in a sampan boat.
At the same time, smoke rose from the coast, and it was clear that the local defenders were signaling to those inland.
"It's kind of interesting." Holding up the binoculars, he saw several lean monkey-like soldiers on the shore looking at him vigilantly. If it weren't for the knife on his waist, Zhang Yang would almost think they were refugees.
The team led by Zheng Ligong went ashore smoothly without any accidents, and there were only 10,000 people on Jeju Island in this era, so how many defensive forces could there be? If it weren't for the idea of letting the soldiers see blood, Zheng Ligong's team of 100 people would have been enough to destroy them.
From a distance, I saw a middle-aged man in an official uniform riding a horse that was not much better than a donkey, and rushed over with a team of two or three hundred people.
Zheng Ligong is also a person who has seen big scenes, and when he attacked Yangzhou last year, he had seen an army of 780,000 people attacking the city, and this team of 2 or 300 people could not scare him.
The soldiers were not nervous when they saw Zheng Ligong's calm appearance, and calmly loaded the muskets with gunpowder and stuffed lead bullets. 19-year-old Zheng Ligong has eaten well because he has been a soldier with Zhang Yang in the past two years, his height is about to reach 1.8 meters, and he is wearing a bright armor, and he looks like an elite person.
Park Ilchang rode on the horse and carefully looked at the group of people in front of him, and was slightly relieved after seeing the other party's height and clothing style, these people are definitely not Japanese pirates, because it is impossible for Japanese people to grow so tall! And judging from the costumes, they should be Song people.
Although this group of people don't look like good people no matter how they look at it, the people of the Song Kingdom in their impression are all kind and kind, and they will give money if they say two good words!
So Park Ilchang was not nervous, stopped about a hundred steps in front of Zheng Ligong, and muttered a few words to the servant behind him.
After listening to Park Ilchang's words, the servant also ran forward boldly and confidently, and said: "This is Tamna County under the rule of the Great Goryeo Empire, and it would be unseemly for you to come without telling you. β
Zheng Ligong, who only wrote the "Three Character Classic" until now, obviously didn't understand the other party's words, but looking at the way the other party was talking arrogantly, the simple Zheng Ligong thought that he was scolding him, and he was angry, his eyes widened angrily, he choked and pulled out a Tang knife, pointed at the other party's nose and shouted: "Who are you scolding!" β
The questioner obviously didn't expect Zheng Ligong's reaction to be so big, in fact, he just spoke the official dialect of the Great Song Dynasty, and in these years, people with a little culture in Goryeo can write Chinese characters, and they can also speak a little Chinese. But their weird accents are no different from swearing in the ears of Zheng Ligong, a dirt bun.
Park Il-chang's servant was frightened and stumbled, causing Zheng Ligong and other soldiers to laugh. Zheng Ligong didn't talk to him either, and said directly: "Tamluo Island will belong to my Great Song Dynasty in the future!" β
Zheng Ligong couldn't understand what he was saying, but it didn't mean that he couldn't understand Zheng Ligong's words, and his face changed drastically, and he stumbled towards Park Richang.
After listening to the relay, Park Ilchang's eyes were torn apart, and he grabbed the servant's collar and roared: "Are you sure you heard clearly!" β
"Little... Small... Sure he's... So to speak. β
Pushing the servant away, Park Ilchang said loudly: "Is the Great Song going to war with Goryeo?" It took a long time for him to come back to his senses, and his eyes became firm when he looked at Zheng Ligong on the opposite side, he had to fight back and let the Song people on the opposite side see the force of Dagoryeo!
"Ahh
Seeing the enemy troops rushing over on the opposite side, Zheng Ligong was not only not afraid but very happy, and calmly commanded: "The enemy army is seventy steps away!" β
"Sixty steps!"
"Fifty steps!"
"Readyβfire!"
After the enemy army rushed to a distance of fifty paces, Zheng Ligong gave the order to open fire! With a crackling sound of fried beans, a choking smoke instantly filled the front.
"Ahh
The rushing Goryeo army fell in pieces like wheat.
Then the soldiers in the second platoon mechanically raised their guns and opened fire under Zheng Ligong's command.
Cracking sound...
In just two rounds, the Goryeo defenders were routed by a sudden blow!
"Grandma's, such a dish!"
Zheng Ligong did not go in pursuit, he had too few men, and his task was to clear the coast and provide a safe landing point for the follow-up troops.
"You coward, you tremble like a sheep's horn..."
After kicking a few recruits who were vomiting and scared because they had just shot and killed, they fired signal flares at Zhang Yang at sea.