On November 18 of the second year of Longdao, the night was dark.

A few small sampans slowly approached the shore under the cover of darkness.

This is the vanguard of the Qi army, consisting of ten small sampans, a total of 100 selected soldiers, all armed with flintlock pistols and swords, and some of the guys who are very confident in their skills also carry bows and arrows, throwing axes, and even cold weapons such as maces or one-handed axes.

Gongsun Sheng gave these men the task of sneaking ashore and controlling a section of the coastline in order to guide the follow-up troops to attack.

His plan can be described as very careful, because the location of Ganghwa Island is very important, and if he thinks about it, he will definitely strengthen the island's defense force as much as possible.

Therefore, Gongsun Sheng didn't believe the information provided by the Li pirates - how could the sea gate of the royal capital of Goryeo be guarded by only a few hundred armed men?

However, it didn't take long for Gongsun Sheng to realize that maybe the information of the Li family's pirates was indeed correct.

Because the assault team composed of ten sampans landed very smoothly, a hundred elite Xuanfeng quietly burrowed into the darkness, and soon, the night of Ganghwa Island seemed to be calm again.

At this time, calm is very good news for Qi Jun.

This means that the assault team was not discovered by the Goryeo patrols, and the follow-up troops of the Qi army could have more time to quietly complete the landing work.

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On the shore, the commandos who had painted the ashes on the bottom of the pot quietly expanded the scope of control in groups of three or five.

Two of the teams touched the side of what appeared to be a beacon, and one of the drafters listened to the sound in the building, and after a moment, the man stretched out three fingers and shook them gently at his companions:

The three Korean soldiers were asleep. ’

This information quickly spread among the commandos.

The leader of the assault team was a little puzzled, if there were three people, why didn't they take turns on duty?

Of course, the enemy slack. That's good news for us.

A soldier tiptoed close to the wooden door of the beacon, inserted a dagger into the crack of the door, and gently picked the latch.

Sure enough, there were three men dressed in blue linen, two of them were lying on the grass and sleeping soundly, and the other was holding a long spear that was not too long, leaning against the wall and dozing off, his head little by little, and he did not even react to the enemy's approach.

The team leader almost snorted coldly, and with a wave of his hand, 6 selected soldiers pounced, 2 people dealt with one Korean soldier, one tied the mouth of the Korean soldier with hemp rope to prevent him from screaming, and the other directly stepped forward to press the thin defender down.

The Korean soldiers showed frightened eyes in the face of the sudden enemy, but their mouths were tied, and they could not shout at all, only let out meaningless "whining".

The soldiers quickly tied the Goryeo soldiers into rice dumplings and dragged them aside.

"Go and send a signal, inform the big forces, we have control of the coastline."

Immediately several signalmen nodded, ran to the shore, turned their backs to the shore, and sent several signals to the sea with a lantern.

On the dark sea, the same lantern was lit, repeating the message from the shore, then another, and another, and finally, a dozen lanterns were connected into a dotted line and reached Gongsun Sheng's ship.

"The assault operation was successful, and we have taken control of the coastline."

Gongsun Sheng, the commander of the vanguard force, stood on the side of the ship, listening to the report of the signal corps, and smiled with satisfaction.

With the coastline already under control, the Korean soldiers have not yet reacted, and this operation is really going well.

Gongsun Sheng smiled and ordered, "Start landing." ”

"Yes!"

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In the early morning of November 19, the second year of Longdao, the soldiers of the Qi army stepped on a thin mist and suddenly launched an attack on Ganghwa Island, which was unprepared for battle.

At this moment, there are actually about 5,000 inhabitants on Ganghwa Island, and the Goryeo Kingdom has 500 garrisons on the island, but because of the problem of empty salaries for the guards, there are actually only 200 soldiers.

However, there are about 200 temples and officials' private soldiers on the island, so there are about 400 armed men on the island.

Except for a few dozen Taiwanese soldiers stationed on a few beacon towers along the coast, the other 300 people all live in the city of Ganghwa County in the northeastern part of the island.

It's unbelievable that this is the standing garrison of the sea gate of the royal capital of Goryeo!

And with this bit of power, the way of deployment is still so top-heavy.

Soon after the Qi army landed, all the beacon towers on the western coastline of Ganghwa Island were emptied by the Feng soldiers, and the Qi army killed a total of 11 people and captured 58 people, with no casualties of their own.

After getting the general defense situation of Ganghwa Island from the captives, Gongsun Sheng did not hesitate and directly ordered the reconnaissance companies of the two field brigades to launch a strong attack on Ganghwa County.

Unaware that the enemy had landed, the Goryeo army was caught off guard, and on November 19 they even opened the gates on time.

As a result, the two reconnaissance companies of 200 light cavalry, which had been waiting for a long time, directly brandished their sabers and rushed into the county town of Ganghwa from the west gate.

In less than ten minutes, the county town of Jianghua changed hands.

After another twenty minutes, the cavalry company occupied the official office, and Jiang Huamu, the highest local official, was captured—during which no one even fired a single shot, and the entire battle was settled with a sabre.

In the entire "siege" battle, one of the Qi troops accidentally sprained his foot, killed 55 Goryeo soldiers (including Jiang Huamu's private soldiers), and captured 92 people.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Goryeo judge (the head of the military attaché) in Ganghwa County entangled 200 private soldiers, monk soldiers, and some fighting power in the official army Dai Lijun (soldiers who took money to serve in the military, a bit like mercenaries, and their combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of ordinary Goryeo official troops), and launched a counterattack against the official office.

However, at this time in Ganghwa County, in addition to 2 cavalry reconnaissance companies, there was also an infantry battalion that rushed to reinforce the army.

With 200 cold weapons troops that are not particularly elite, against a modern army with up to 800 flintlock muskets, the outcome of the battle is not suspenseful.

The infantry battalion defeated more than 60 Goryeo soldiers, including Judge Jiang Hua, with a three-wheel platoon of guns, and then the cavalry company mounted their horses to chase and kill, and the battle ended within ten minutes.

That night, Gongsun Sheng proudly lived in the yamen of Jianghua County, if it weren't for the fact that the military discipline of the Qi army did not allow him to find women during the battle, he would have wanted to enjoy Jiang Huamu's concubine and daughter first.

After all, this battle was too easy, and there was no tension of war at all.

The next day, after landing an infantry battalion of the Jiyuan Brigade, it went to the south of the island and captured three small towns in one day: Guangyu Town, Dejin Town, and Caozhi Town.

At this point, Ganghwa Island completely changed hands.

At the same time as capturing Ganghwa Island, the Qi Provincial Navy dispatched marines to occupy Qiaotong Island, Ximao Island, Yeongjong Island and other large and small islands near Ganghwa, completing the complete blockade of the Han River estuary.

Until this time, the king of Goryeo didn't even know that the Qi army was close at hand!