Chapter 398: The Battle for the Island

Seeing that the battleship with the Japanese invaders turned around and ran away, a sneer appeared on the corner of Qi Jin's mouth, how could it be so easy, he turned his head and said to the herald: "The small ship is pursuing, don't let them run." ”

The flag was soon to be played, and the small ships on either side turned their bows sharply.

The sails turned at an angle, the rudder began to turn, and in the cabin at the bottom, dozens of men began to step the pedals under their feet, and on both sides of the hull, more than a dozen pairs of paddles slowly rotated.

At first, it didn't do much, but when the sail rotation was completed, the warship sped away directly in the direction of the Wako.

Keeping the inclined alley navigation, the side guns fired at the fleeing Japanese invaders, although the accuracy of the rapid march was much worse, but the gunners of the Ming army were fed out of the shells, and the artillery in the rapid march was a key training item.

Nine Ghost Jialong looked at the warship of the Great Ming Sailor in front of him in horror, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"No!"

Nine Ghost Jialong's warship instantly dropped four or five cannonballs, and the explosion instantly shattered the Nine Ghost Jialong's warship, and Nine Ghost Jialong and Fujido Gaohu were directly killed at sea.

The naval battle soon ended, and more than 200 of the 300 warships of the Japanese were directly sunk and more than 80 were captured. All the Japanese on the ship were suppressed, and then Qi Jin ordered the army to go straight to Tsushima.

At dusk, the Ming royal sailors successfully arrived on Tsushima Island.

On Tsushima Island, the Wako were stationed as part of Yoshihiro Shimazu, part of the Fourth Legion of the Wakos.

There were two main garrisons of the Japanese sailors, one was Tsushima Island and the other was the port of Busan, and the Japanese sailors on Duma Island were wiped out, and the Nine Demons Yoshitaka and Fujido Takatora were all killed in battle.

The Japanese who were stationed on Tsushima Island directly became rootless water.

Qi Jin looked at Yu Zhigao, who had returned to his period again, and said with a smile: "The island is about to be captured, aren't you going to go to the front line to give it a try?" ”

Yu Zhigao pouted: "If I go, that guy Luo Shangzhi won't have to fight with me." ”

"I've suffocated him in the past few years, and now that there's a war, will I be involved?"

Luo Shangzhi, a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang, a general of the Qi family, and a descendant of King Luo Bin, the fourth master of the Tang Dynasty in the early Tang Dynasty. Brave and good at fighting, and a good battle formation, he is the commander of the Royal Marine Corps.

At this time, Yu Zhigao didn't want to touch Luo Shangzhi's brow.

"If you don't go, then I'll give the order, it's going to be dark soon, and we have to land on the island before dark!" Qi Jin said with a smile, and then said to the herald beside him: "The First Fleet has begun shelling. ”

The battle for the seizure of the island is said to be easy to fight, but it is not easy to fight.

It's easy to fight because the tactics are simple, covered with artillery fire, and then rush up. It's hard to fight, that's because there aren't many places for you to land on the island, and where you can land, basically the other party will be heavily guarded.

Qi Jin and Yu Zhigao didn't have the time to look for a landing site around Tsushima Island, so they directly chose the port built by the Japanese on Tsushima Island.

Anyway, the Japanese sailors are gone, and the Japanese on Tsushima Island can't stop the Daming sailors at all.

With Qi Jin's words, the seven main ships of the First Fleet lined up, and the side guns opened fire on the dock, and the target was the camp of the Japanese Invaders.

The roar of artillery soon resounded through the docks, and Tsushima Island exploded in all directions, and the flames burst into flames.

Supported by the First Fleet's artillery fire, the sides of the troop carriers began to lower the small boats hanging down, very slender and unarmed, but with four blades.

On each small boat sat forty Ming soldiers, each of whom was on standby.

With the continuous lowering of the boat, more than 200 boats were put down, and after falling to the sea, the boat rushed to the beach like an arrow offline, Luo Shangzhi sat on a small boat, looking at the soldiers who rushed up with a blank face.

The boat rushed directly to the beach and stopped, and the Ming army, which had been prepared for a long time, jumped directly from the boat and rushed towards the camp of the Japanese invaders.

The forty Ming soldiers on each small boat were in a group, and the shield soldiers, musketeers, and spearmen were all available, and the tactics had been practiced countless times, and they were extremely proficient.

On the battleship behind, Qi Jin looked at the Ming army rushing up, and ordered: "The troop carrier is here!" ”

The land battle was lackluster, and after the 10,000 Ming Royal Sailors rushed up, the dizzy Japanese who were bombarded could not organize resistance at all, and were directly beaten to the ground.

The troop transports behind also quickly approached, and countless Ming troops swarmed down and rushed towards the island.

In the middle of the moon, the shouting and killing on the island completely stopped, and Tsushima Island, the most important island between Korea and Japan, changed hands. The Daming Naval Division officially occupied Tsushima Island, and the next target of the Daming Naval Division was naturally Busan.

When the Great Ming Naval Division took Tsushima Island, the Ming army in Kaesong also began to march towards the Bihokan.

In the middle of the camp, Qi Jiguang stretched out his hand and pointed to a place, and said: "Here, we are going to march, the most dangerous place here, if I am a widow, I will definitely ambush here." ”

Li Chengliang and Zhang Weixian looked in the direction Qi Jiguang pointed, and there was a place called Stone Ridge.

This place has complex terrain and dense mountains, which is very suitable for ambushes and blockade warfare, and more importantly, it is the only way to the Korean king, the capital of Hanseong, so it must be opened there.

"The marshal is right!" Li Chengliang nodded and said.

"In any case, the Gravel Ridge is a place that the Waiko must defend, and besides, this place is not conducive to the deployment of the army, if the Gondolas want to fight with us, they must be in the Gravel Ridge, and there is no other place to choose."

In fact, in history, the Japanese were in the Stone Ridge and fought with the Ming Dynasty.

There are many accounts of that battle, and various theories vary, but one thing is certain: the Japanese won the battle strategically. Although it failed to achieve the strategic goal of completely annihilating Li Rusong's Ming army, it delayed the pace of the Ming army's attack, making Li Rusong's strategy of directly attacking the Korean king Jinghancheng completely failed.

Li Rusong also had to change his strategy after the war, and used a surprise attack to burn hundreds of thousands of granaries in Longshan, so that the Japanese had to withdraw from Seoul.

This time, once again, the two sides set their sights on the Stone Ridge.

"I'm afraid there will be casualties here!" Li Chengliang looked at the gravel ridge on the map, and said with some hesitation, his eyes flickering.

Zhang Weixian on the side said with a smile: "Why don't you let me give it a try?" When we were in the Royal Martial Arts Hall, we learned that if we deal with this situation, let's fight the vanguard! ”

Although Li Chengliang was unwilling, he also knew that this battle was not easy to fight, and Zhang Weixian wanted to fight, so let him fight!