Chapter 157: Battle of Ganghwa Island II

King Han, the king of Joseon, is still a strange commodity on the Korean Peninsula anyway. has enough influence, and if King Han falls into the hands of the Qing army, it will also have an impact on Great Xia.

Therefore, Zhou Fuchen would rather have a martyred king of Han than a king of Han who lived.

And just when Zhou Fuchen was preparing for the worst, the Qing army was also rapidly crossing the Han River. Under the auspices of Huang Wu, the Qing army's naval division only took one day to erect several pontoon bridges on this not wide strait. The main force of the Qing army, the Han army and part of the Eight Banners Army, landed on Ganghwa Island.

Azig said to Bolo: "This battle must be resolved quickly, there is already news from Jiangnan." Zhang Xuan has already sent reinforcements, and the main general will be Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Thief is especially good at naval warfare. I don't know when it's coming, so I have to be fast. ”

Bolo said, "The last general understands. ”

Azig said: "Okay, I won't say more, let's do it quickly." But be ready, once the situation changes, you must protect the soldiers of the Eight Banners. ”

As the war expanded, the soldiers of the Eight Banners became more and more important to the Qing court.

In order to cope with the war, the formation of a large number of green battalions of the Han army made the Han army more important in the army, and the strength of the Eight Banners as a bargaining chip for checks and balances became more important.

Bolo said, "The last general understands. ”

Truth be told, Azig has an instinctive aversion to the sea. Eight Flags is quite strong in riding and shooting, but when you get on the boat, you become a soft-footed shrimp. An island like Ganghwa Island is also a dangerous place for Azig.

So he had a little heart in mind.

The same goes for Bolo.

After Bolo entered Ganghwa Island, he quickly occupied the important place on Ganghwa Island and approached the Xia army camp.

Before Bo Luo came to the Xia Jun camp, just by looking at it, he knew that Zhou Fuchen's camp was quite well arranged.

First of all, the Xia army camp is very large, it can almost be regarded as a city, and there is no way to do it, there are not many soldiers on Ganghwa Island, but there are not a few Korean refugees. After all, these people have been on Jianghua Island for a while, and they are familiar with the situation on Jianghua Island, if they are all left to the Qing army, they will definitely bring trouble to the Xia army.

In this way, Xia Jun's camp cannot be small.

But if the camp is larger, then the defensive forces will need more, and the Xia army is originally insufficient, if the defense area is larger, it is easier to be broken by the Qing army. And the Xia army's formation is a bit ingenious.

Because the camp of the Xia army was built on the mountain.

The highest peak on Ganghwa Island is Mount Nemo, and the absolute height is not too high, but most of Ganghwa Island is plain and hilly. Relatively speaking, Mount Nemo is relatively high.

The camp of the Xia army, centered on Mount Nemo, spread out in a circle, and Bolo was fine

In detail, there are at least three or four layers of defensive rings, the outermost is a long moat wooden fence, and the back is adapted to local conditions, relying on the mountain to build some fortresses.

Finally, there was a stone town, right on top of a hill.

The Korean Peninsula has a tradition of building mountain fortresses, and many of the castles in Goguryeo that were used to block the Sui and Tang armies were mountain castles. And this mountain city seems to have some ceremonial uses. But Zhou Fuchen didn't care about this mountain city before, what was the use.

At least now is his last line of defense, and Zhou Fuchen put his command and King Han here.

If the Qing army can really follow the mountain road, attack it. This mountain town is the last place of resistance.

Bolo is one of the most outstanding clan generals of the younger generation of the Qing Dynasty, and he still has the means.

Soon after he watched the formation, he immediately gave the order to attack.

The Qing army had quite a lot of artillery in their hands. Many of them were captured from the ships of the Xia army's naval divisions, and under the layers of artillery bombardment, a large number of Qing troops began to attack Mount Nemo. He met stubborn resistance on the outermost floor.

The main force of this resistance was not the Xia army, but the Korean people.

In order to use forces conservatively, the war will be maintained. Therefore, even if it is very cruel, Zhou Fuchen will maximize the chips in his hand, regardless of whether the chips are bloody or not.

Many of these refugees have their families with their families, and their families are at the foot of the mountain, so once the outermost line of defense is breached. Many people know what will happen to their families. So in this battle, they have no way out.

Even if it's a mantis arm as a car.

Therefore, their resistance was extremely tenacious, and with the support of the Xia army's artillery, the Qing army could not overcome it for a while.

However, strength cannot be leveled by a bloody and courageous spirit.

After a stalemate for half a day, the first line of defense was breached, and most of the Korean people and their families fell in a pool of blood, for the red-eyed Qing soldiers. It is simply impossible to have the heart to distinguish who is the enemy and who is innocent.

Or for them, as long as they are enemies, none of them can be called innocent.

However, the formation at the foot of Bolo Mountain is easy to break, but if you attack from above, it will be difficult to fight, especially on the mountain road, there is a height difference.

The difficult battle has just begun.

It's just that he didn't know that the turning point of the war was about to begin.

The Zheng family's sailor is adrift on the sea at the moment.

These days, the wind and waves at sea are relatively strong.

The time sequence has entered summer, and summer is originally stormy, so the waves are much bigger than usual, but it is almost common for the Zheng family sailors.

At this moment, a small boat, under the mixture of sail oars, was extremely fast, as if it was an arrow offline, passing by the side of Zheng Chenggong's boat, one by one

Long arrows are nailed to the target. Immediately, the letter wrapped in the arrow shaft was brought to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong took a closer look and said: "We have to hurry up, the Qing army has landed on Jianghua Island, and the specific situation is not clear." But the fighting on Ganghwa Island is not over. But to what extent, it is not clear. ”

"Liu Guoxuan." Zheng Chenggong said.

"The end will be." Liu Guoxuan said.

Zheng Chenggong said: "The situation on Ganghwa Island is unknown, so I want to send someone to the island. You take three battalions to the island, and I don't care what happens on the island, you must nail me to the island. Once Zhou Fuchen really can't support it. ”

"You can't leave anything else alone, but you have to do two things."

"First, the king of Joseon can't stay in his hands, and he can't live in the hands of the Qing army."

"Second, Zhou Fuchen must be saved alive."

In any case, Zhou Fuchen is also Zhang Xuan's old descendant, even if the Korean war situation is smashed in his hands this time, Zhang Xuan swears to exile Zhou Fuchen from afar, and it seems that he doesn't talk about any affection, but in fact, people at the top know that Zhou Fuchen has a comeback side.

So Zheng Chenggong also wants to give Zhou Fuchen face, no, it can be said to be to give Zhang Xuan face.

Liu Guoxuan said: "I will do my best. ”

After all, the current battle situation on Ganghwa Island is not clear. Liu Guoxuan can't guarantee anything.

After Liu Guoxuan received the order, he immediately got off Zheng Chenggong's boat, changed to his own ship, and took his headquarters to Jianghua Island.

Zheng Chenggong looked at the map, on several pontoon bridges that had just been marked.

Since Zheng Chenggong decided to take over the Korean war, he did not think of a mediocre result. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong has a big appetite, and he wants to swallow all the troops of the Qing army on Jianghua Island in the first bite. If it weren't for the fact that it wasn't clear about Zhou Fuchen's current situation.

Zheng Chenggong didn't want to pay attention to the battle on Ganghwa Island at all.

So Zheng Chenggong aimed directly at the pontoon.

Zheng Chenggong came in a big way, and it was impossible for the Qing army not to find it, and the first thing to discover was the Qing army's naval division, that is, Huang Wu's department.

It's just that although Huang Wu's division was the most powerful of the Qing army's water division, it lacked too much compared to the Zheng family's water division. Not to mention, a lot of artillery was brought ashore. And the Qing army's sailors were also scattered everywhere.

For example, maintaining pontoon bridges, transporting baggage, and so on.

The various sailors were scattered and could not gather together at all, so when Zheng Chenggong's fleet came, they couldn't stop it at all, and the first wave was dispersed, so they just sent wolf smoke out of the sea to warn the Qing army.

Otherwise, they simply can't do it. But warnings are useless.