Chapter 35 Sea and Land War I

At the same time, Shen Chongming was outside the city to meet with Yi Sunsin, the Korean Jeolla Provincial Naval Envoy brought by Wang Zhen.

Speaking of Yi Sunsin, just half a year ago he was an unknown naval official, not to mention the Korean king Li Song, who lived that drunken life and dreamed of death all day long, and even Zai Fu Li Futong, who often sold official beards, had never heard of his name.

is such a little-known figure, but now he has become a god who can turn the tide in the eyes of the North Korean people.

The times make heroes. The building is about to fall, since the Japanese have landed, the royal armies in various places have been defeated and retreated, and it can be said that they can't stop it for thousands of miles. However, Yi Sunsin's Jeolla Provincial Naval Army was one of the wonders, and instead of being defeated by the Japanese invaders, they won a great victory in the naval battle.

Li Sunsin's huge reputation, Shen Chongming has naturally heard of it. originally thought that this General Li must be a great man with a magnificent weapon, but today it turned out to be a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar. Although his face is delicate, Yi Sunsin has a general's demeanor in every gesture, which is much more pleasing to the eye than Li Futong, who is accustomed to flattery.

"The last general, the Jeolla Provincial Navy of Korea, sent Yi Sunsin to meet Lord Shen." Although Yi Sunsin was very respectful, his face was neither humble nor arrogant, and he did have the demeanor of a general.

For such a person, Shen Chongming has always admired him, and he did not put on an official position, so he stepped forward with a smile and helped Li Sunchen and said: "Lord Li, hurry up and excuse me, your name, this official has heard of it for a long time, and it is really a blessing for three lives to be able to see it today." ”

Shen Chongming was so polite, but it made Li Sunchen a little embarrassed. To tell the truth, before he first came, he was also wary of Shen Chongming. After all, there is no free lunch in the world, and no one will help others without asking for anything in return, and the Ming Dynasty must have a plan for doing so. And their coach will definitely receive him with a domineering attitude. If it weren't for the sake of discussing with each other how to completely defeat the Japanese as soon as possible, Li Sunsin would never have come to see Shen Chongming.

But Shen Chongming's attitude is approachable, and it doesn't seem that he is the kind of official with dirty thoughts, could it be that this Ming Dynasty is really as rumored, just a group of face-loving fools in power, who only know how to pay and don't need to reciprocate?

I don't understand, and Yi Sunsin doesn't want to think about it, after all, he is just a military general with a low status, and those ministers go to deal with major affairs in the DPRK and China, and it is enough to lead the troops to fight well.

And for the Lord Shen in front of him, in the blink of an eye, the original resistance in Li Sunchen's heart was erased by his approachability, and he smiled and said: "Lord Shen has an overreputation, and Sunchen's slight achievements really dare not compare to your great achievements in annihilating 60,000 Japanese robbers in less than half a month." ”

"Hehe, it's different. Lord Li, you are fighting alone, and the Japanese army that can be killed like this has been defeated and retreated, and this official asked himself if he could do it. Shen Chongming waved his hand and said, this is his heartfelt words, Li Sunchen can indeed be regarded as an unborn general. It's a pity that he was born in a country like North Korea, which is even weaker and has no heart for change, otherwise, he would definitely have done something big.

Thinking about it, Shen Chongming couldn't help but have a heart of love for talent, if he was taken into his own use, our Ming Dynasty's maritime affairs would definitely reach a new level, and it was completely feasible to develop overseas colonies.

After being polite, the generals sat down one after another, and Wang Zhen was the first to speak. "My lord, right now, my Fujian Navy Division is stationed thirty miles west of Nanpu, and the two hundred Franc cannons and thirty general cannons of the Shenji Battalion brought on the ship can be transported to Nanpu City at any time, I don't know when my lord is going to attack the city and exterminate the Japanese in the city?"

As soon as they heard this, the generals, including Xiong Dabiao, showed surprise, and Wang Gao and Jue Changan felt a chill behind them. The strength of the Han people is so powerful, it turns out that they really have a lot of magic weapons, if they deal with the three guards of Jianzhou, they definitely have no chance of winning.

"Brother Shen, since the artillery has arrived, let's attack the city immediately, and we will definitely kill the Japanese robbers in Nanpu City!" Xiong Dabiao was excited and directly used the affectionate name of the past.

"Yes, my lord, then we don't need to attack the city, just put the artillery under the city is enough to blow up all the pirates in the city!" Brother Erdan also followed Ying Hedao, and his expression was exactly the same excited. Covering all the pirates in Nanpu City under artillery fire is an unprecedented feat, and it is exciting to think about.

Seeing everyone talking about this matter word by word, Shen Chongming waved his hand to signal quiet, and said with a smile: "This is also the official's plan, but it is still the previous sentence, it is small to eliminate the Japanese in Nanpu City, and it is a big deal to annihilate the Japanese fleet that came to respond." As long as the fleet of the Japanese people is destroyed, the Japanese in Korea will have no way to enter the heavens and no way to enter the earth, and they will be slaughtered by the army of our court. ”

Shen Chongming's appetite was too big, and everyone couldn't help nodding their heads and saying good, it was still the whole thing that Lord Shen thought.

"Lord Shen, since you want to fight a naval battle with the Japanese Kou, please also ask your lord to allow Shun Chen's naval army to participate in the war, which can be regarded as doing your best for the imperial court." Yi Sunsin got up and said, this is also the purpose of his visit this time, that is, he hopes to join forces with the Han army to deal with the Japanese invaders, with the participation of the Han sailors, he has tried all means to destroy the Japanese giant ship that he has not been able to destroy in this period of time, and he will not want to escape the doom of destruction.

Shen Chongming nodded without hesitation: "That's the best, Lord Li has a lot of experience in fighting with the Japanese Sailors, if you can participate in the battle, you will help the official a lot." ”

"Your Excellency is excessive, how to act, please let your adults tell me." Yi Sunsin said modestly. His words were to set a position for himself, and the generals who didn't look down on him much originally looked at him with admiration, and there was a little more kindness on his face, this is not an arrogant person.

After agreeing on specific matters, Wang Zhen and Yi Sunsin hurried to a small wharf thirty miles northwest of Nanpu City and returned to the naval fleet anchored in the offshore sea in small boats.

Shen Chongming still didn't move, not to mention the engineering of tens of thousands of troops, even the normal drills were over, and he was lazy and lazy outside Nanpu City all day long, as if the enemy was not in Nanpu City in front of him.

But the more they did this, the more worried Konishi Yukicho in the city became. The Ming army would never ignore the 20,000 troops in the city. And they must have a bigger plan in doing so now.

But what is this bigger scheme, and the almost hollowed out head of Konishi finally has a little bottom, probably waiting for more people to come forward and throw themselves into the net.

However, according to Toyotomi-sama's arrangement, it was Watanabe Masao's fleet that came to meet him, and although the cavalry of the Ming army was powerful, they could not rush into the sea to surround Watanabe-kun.

Shaking his head, just as Governor Konishi was about to remove this speculation, he suddenly remembered the fleet that appeared when the Ming army crossed the river. Thinking of this section, Governor Konishi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, it was so dangerous, he forgot about the sailors of the Ming army!

How powerful the Ming army's naval division was, Governor Konishi had never seen it, but according to the battle report sent by Miyamoto Ichiro that day, their ships were equipped with a large number of artillery, and in an artillery attack at night, thousands of men and horses died tragically under artillery fire without even seeing each other's faces.

If Miyamoto Ichiro did not exaggerate, this is enough to show that the naval warships of the Ming army are much better than Watanabe Masao's warships, and even much stronger.

Although there has been no news of the Ming Army's naval divisions for some time, this does not mean that they have disappeared, and it is very likely that they are still cruising in the waters near North Korea. And what they are plotting must be Watanabe Masao's fleet!

Thinking about this section clearly, Konishi Yukinaga couldn't help but collapse on the ground weakly. Perhaps, from the very beginning, the generals of the Ming army planned everything, otherwise they would not have been beaten to the point of being beaten without any benefit from fighting back. Now that they are approaching the city but not attacking it, it is very likely that they are part of their plan, in order to wait for Watanabe Masao's fleet to come to meet them or to transport reinforcements.

And all they have to do is use themselves as bait to lure Watanabe-kun's fleet into the ambush that has been set up. If all his guesses are true, then Masao Watanabe's naval fleet can be said to be in trouble!

Although Governor Konishi was very sure that his guess was the plan of the Ming army, he had no way to crack it, and now he was trapped in Nanpu City, even if he wanted to deliver the news. This kind of thing that can not do anything about watching Pao Ze fall into the enemy's trap is simply the most painful thing that Konishi Yukinaga has encountered in his life.

"Lord Toyotomi, Konishi is guilty, and I have no shame to see you again." Muttering, the dejected Konishi Yukinaga stumbled to his feet, removed the katana from the knife holder, and began to wipe it down earnestly.

Because of his own mistakes, he has almost lost all the hard work of Toyotomi-sama in his life, and the only thing he can do now is to apologize for his crimes.

Thinking of the little bits and pieces that have followed Toyotomi Hideyoshi over the years, Konishi Yukicho couldn't help but burst into tears, unbuttoned his shirt and raised the one-foot-long katana in his hand tremblingly, at this time Toyotomi Hideyoshi personally gave him the blade. Lord Toyotomi's kindness to himself can only be repaid in the next life.

"Legion Commander!" A loud shout rang out, and then Yukicho Konishi felt a pain in his wrist, and the katana in his hand flew directly to his side.

It was Goto Chiyoi who came in. It has been six days since the Ming soldiers arrived at the city, but they have not attacked the city once, which makes Goto Chiyoi, who is bent on avenging his cousin Omura Thonjun, a little unbearable. He had the intention to go out of the city to fight a battle by himself, but without the approval of President Konishi, he didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he had to come cheekily to ask if he could go out of the city to fight.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the house, he saw that Konishi Yukiro was about to commit suicide, and in a hurry, he didn't care about the difference between respect and inferiority, so he flew up and kicked the katana in Konishi's hand out.

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