After Li Meng got the Qingchuan River, as soon as he understood the situation, he immediately discovered that the Jurchens must have colluded with the Koreans, so he left 300 soldiers to assist in guarding to prevent the Jurchens from escaping, and kindly checked and filled in the gaps for Zhang Fu, and specially compiled a roster of prisoners to prevent the Koreans from being confused.

But what he didn't expect was that he broke Zhang Fu's calculations, since Zhang Fu already knew that the Koreans were tired, but left the prisoners in Anzhou, in fact, he hoped that the Korean army would let them go, in Zhang Fu's opinion, these 5,000 people were insignificant, if he could catch the evidence that the Koreans colluded with the Jurchens and attacked the imperial mission, he would have a reason to write to the imperial court and start a war with the DPRK. In this way, as the guard of Tieling, he is on the front line against North Korea, and he will have the opportunity to be rewarded for his meritorious service.

Zhuo Jing slowly understood the emperor's thoughts, and he was extremely angry with the Koreans, so he didn't stop Zhang Fu and let him go.

After Li Mengde returned to Jianghua Bay, he immediately met with the commander Luo Kening and told him about the matter. Luo Kening was furious when he heard the news, and in his opinion, attacking the imperial envoy was disrespectful to the emperor, and those who were disrespectful to the emperor should die.

Since then, Rokunin and Li Mengde have begun to plot provocations, and as for the Han River Sailors, they are their targets. Nowadays, in the army of the Ming Dynasty, there will be people from the Intelligence Department and the Investigation Department accompanying them, so that they can obtain intelligence support anytime and anywhere, and this time it is the same.

When they understood what was going on, the people in the Intelligence Department were even more angry, as a secret agency that could not see the light, all its honor and disgrace depended on the emperor's love and hatred, so for the maintenance of the emperor's dignity, they were very enthusiastic, and the Intelligence Department immediately arranged it.

Because the imperial court opened the sea ban, many merchants went to Kaesong to buy Korean ginseng. Kaesong's ginseng is famous far and wide, and it is the best among ginseng, so no matter what time it is, there are merchants of the Ming Dynasty in the vicinity of Kaesong. With the increasing number of Ming merchants, they opened a "Daming Hall" in Kaesong, which is dedicated to providing a place for Ming merchants to settle down, and also set up a small foothold on Jianghua Island, which is an inn, called "Homesick Inn", which greatly facilitates the merchants.

However, what everyone didn't know was that these two places were the liaison bases set up by the Intelligence Department in North Korea, and after learning of the request of the Navy Division, the Intelligence Department immediately began to act.

Although ginseng is precious, there are not many locals who can afford to buy it, and most of them are sold to Daming merchants from afar, and the bids of Daming merchants are relatively high, so there are naturally many second-way traders in Kaesong City, who buy ginseng from nearby ginseng farmers and then sell them to Daming merchants. But suddenly, the Ming merchants stopped all the acquisitions, even the ongoing transactions were stopped, and there were even signs of repentance, the Ming merchants thought that the ginseng quality was too poor, and asked for a return and a refund. This immediately caused a dispute, which soon reached the government.

The Kaesong government impartially judged the case and refuted the unreasonable demands of the Ming merchants, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Ming merchants, who gathered together and went to the government to discuss the law. Kaifeng sentenced Yin Jin Nanxuan to be very angry, feeling that these Ming people did not know what to do, so under the persuasion of the judge Li Zhenan, all the troublemakers were arrested. His original intention was just to kill the prestige of these people and release them in two days. But this stabbed the hornet's nest, and the Ming merchants ran to Jianghua Island one after another to ask the Daming sailors for help.

According to the emperor's instructions: "The duty of the Ming Naval Division is to protect the safety of the Ming people and protect the Ming Dynasty's maritime frontier from being violated ......", Luo Kening immediately ordered the naval division to enter the Han River, intending to bombard Kaecheng.

Yin Feng, the commander of the Korean Han River Naval Division, was stationed at the mouth of the Han River, and when he saw the movements of the Daming Naval Division, he was shocked and immediately ordered to intercept it. The two armies confronted each other at the mouth of the Han River, and when they understood the origin of the Daming Water Division, Yin Feng couldn't cry or laugh, wasn't it just a few businessmen? The Daming Sailor is about to rush into Kaesong to ask for someone?

Yin Feng immediately asked Luo Kening and the others to calm down, and sent someone to Kaicheng to let Yin Jin Nanxuan release him, and Luo Kening saw this, and it was not too much. But two hours later, Yin Feng's envoy returned, and Jin Nanxuan refused to release him. It is said that after Jin Nanxuan heard the news, he was very angry and felt that Daming was bullying, but he also took a step and said that he would continue to detain the Ming businessman for three days and release him after three days.

Yin Fengqi's first Buddha ascended to heaven and the second Buddha was born, when did it happen, but this Jin Nanxuan's nerdy temper was committed, and he was about to cause a big disaster. He had to send someone to the palace to ask for instructions, hoping that Li Fangyuan would come forward and release him. However, his envoy had not gone far when he heard a cannon shot, and the Daming Sailor opened fire on the Han River Sailor.

Yin Feng had no choice but to order resistance to prevent the Daming Sailor from entering the Han River, if the Daming Sailor entered the Han River, then he, the commander of the Sailor, would be at the end of his life. Because the Han River is not only close to Kaesong, but also near Hangyeong, it is the river of life in North Korea.

And the messenger on the shore was also dumbfounded, and after a while, he came to his senses, quickly whipped his horse, rushed to the palace at full speed, and told Li Fangyuan.

Although the news of the battle between the sailors temporarily relieved Li Fangyuan, this news made him even more anxious, he knew that the sailors of the imperial court had thousands of large ships that could cross the ocean, while his own sailors could only go around in the bay and river ports, and they were not a heavyweight opponent at all. Thinking of this, he immediately ordered someone to inform Yin Jin Nanxuan to release him, then hesitated, stepped down from his seat, came to Zhuo Jing, and gave a deep salute: "Lord Zhuo, you also heard that the sailors of the imperial court wanted to break into the Han River for a few businessmen and fired at our sailors. Governor Ben has already ordered the release of all merchants, and I would like to ask Lord Taku and Governor Ben to go to the Han River to dissuade the sailors of the imperial court and stop firing cannons. ”

Zhuo Jing was also puzzled by the second monk, but he didn't have a big package, and said: "Lord Governor, according to the Ming system, this official has no right to control the water master, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

"Governor Ben knows about the difficulties of the adults, but I still hope that the adults will go and dissuade them, and the imperial court sailors will definitely listen to the adults."

"Okay."

Zhuo Jing couldn't refuse, so he had to agree to Li Fangyuan's request.

Li Fangyuan was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered to set off and head to the mouth of the Han River. It's just that Zhuo Jing is old, and he is drunk, so he can't ride a horse, so he can only take a carriage, Li Fangyuan has no choice but to take the first step.

But Li Fangyuan has not yet arrived at the confluence of the Imjin River and the Han River, but there is a group of people who have lost their souls and are like refugees, and the first people saw the oncoming Li Fangyuan, and couldn't help crying, kneeling in front of Li Fangyuan's horse: "King, the Han River Sailor is finished, it's all over!" ”

"What? You, you, you're Yin Feng! ”

Only then did Li Fangyuan recognize that the person in front of him was actually his Han River Commander Yin Feng, he hurriedly dismounted, pulled Yin Feng and said, "What's the matter?" What's going on? What about the king's Han River sailors? ”

Yin Feng wiped his tears, knelt on the ground, and told the story.

When the news of Jin Nanxuan's refusal to release people came, Yin Feng felt bad, and while he sent someone to ask Li Fangyuan to deal with it, he ordered his ship to lean towards the Daming Naval Division, hoping to explain and appease him first.

When he got closer, Yin Feng intuitively felt the gap between the two sailors, he stood on the ship, but it was not as high as the side of the Ming ship, if the Ming sailors rushed towards him, his ship would probably be crushed underwater.

Yin Feng, who was very sincere, did not have the opportunity to board the Ming warship, and Luo Kening on the ship condescendingly asked about the situation, and when he heard that Kaecheng sentenced Yin to refuse to release people, Luo Kening immediately stopped caring with Yin Feng, but ordered the sailor to sail into the Han River to rescue the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Yin Feng was startled, hurriedly chased after him, and shouted loudly, but it was useless. I saw more than 20 Fu ships and more than 50 Haicang ships slowly turning around and heading towards the mouth of the Han River, reorganizing their formations during the march, forming a situation where the Fu ships were in the center and the Haicang ships were surrounded. Although the speed of the Fu boat is not fast, it has a strong sense of oppression, and facing more than 100 ships of the Han River Naval Division, it is like a shark breaking into a pond facing a group of small loaches.

Looking at the approaching Daming Water Division, Yin Feng gritted his teeth and ordered to put up a battle formation at the mouth of the Han River, he didn't believe it, the Daming Water Division really dared to start a war.

But what he didn't expect was that after Luo Kening discovered the lineup of the Han River Water Division, he smiled: "It seems that the Han River Water Division wants to attack my Daming Water Division, in view of the current situation, this officer has to fire back with artillery, come and order the whole army to move forward and open fire!" ”

Everyone in the Han River Sailor actually thinks about the same as Yin Feng, and they don't think that the Daming Sailor will go to war, this is their own suzerain, how can they do that kind of thing?

But Roknin just did it, and with his order, the side portholes opened, revealing the black hole of the gun, spraying gunpowder and bullets towards the Han River Sailors, and the nearest Han River Sailors' warship was immediately killed and wounded, like a hurricane blowing over the side of the ship, and there were no living people standing on the ship, the deck was in a mess, dead bodies were everywhere, and those who survived were looking for something to cover up, and no one cared about the robes that were only a few steps away from them, wailing and screaming.

When Yin Feng saw this scene, he was furious, his eyes were split, and he ordered to fight back. The North Korean sailors also had firearms, such as primitive muskets, rockets, and small cannons, but the quality of their gunpowder and steel was not up to par, and the firing range was very short, so they could only rely on flexibility and detour to get close to Fuchuan and attack at close range.

Soon after the founding of the DPRK, the courage in the army was not lost, so he was not intimidated by the Daming Water Division, but moved forward bravely, and wanted to give the Daming Water Division a little color.

However, in the face of firearms, the way of striking and rushing is no longer applicable, when the Han River sailors tried their best to get close to the Fu boat, but found that someone on the other side threw grenades from the deck, and musketeers appeared in the portholes, they were equipped with the latest flintlock guns, and the firing speed was very fast, so that the Han River sailors would suffer greater damage after approaching, and the legendary battle of seizing the ship was impossible to talk about; If a grenade is thrown into the hold, then the ship is basically scrapped, and even if it is thrown on the deck, it will be dead and wounded.

The North Koreans were finally frightened and planned to retreat and escape, but they were bitten by the Haecang boats equipped with propellers, which were not only fast, but also equipped with ramming angles in the bow for collisions, and there were also grenades and musketeers on board, which made the Koreans want to fight to the death and could not escape. In the end, the North Koreans had to fly a white flag or jump into the sea to escape.

This asymmetrical naval battle ended in less than half an hour, and the Ming naval division won a complete victory, capturing a large number of Korean ships, and Yin Feng, the commander of the Han River naval division, saw that the situation was not good, abandoned the ship and fled to the shore, and rode a horse to report to Li Fangyuan.

After Li Fangyuan heard this, his face turned pale, his lips trembled, he gasped, and said in a trembling voice: "This king's Han River sailor is just gone?" Speaking of this, he suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty, the DPRK has always been respectful and never offended, why do you treat us like this." As he spoke, he shook his body and fell.

"King, king," Yin Feng, Bian Zhongliang and others were shocked, and hurriedly supported Li Fangyuan, called loudly, and pressed the middle of the people, and after a long time, Li Fangyuan slowly woke up.

He looked at Yin Feng and Bian Zhongliang in front of him, grabbed Yin Feng's neck and said, "You can't beat it, why don't you run?" ”

"I can't run, Daming's ships are much faster than ours, and the Han River has to go upstream, and the speed can't be fast at all!"

"Hey, what can I do, what can I do? As soon as the Hanjiang River sailor is lost, let alone Kaecheng, Hanjing is not safe, what can this king do. ”

Yin Feng and Bian Zhongliang looked at the panicked Li Fangyuan, remembering his usual calm and calm scene, their hearts were full of grief, and they bowed to the ground, but they were helpless, and could only call it a capital crime.

After a long time, Li Fangyuan recovered, rode a war horse, and wanted to go to the mouth of the Han River to have a look, but was stopped by Yin Feng and Bian Zhongliang, asking him to think about his own safety.

Luo Kening, who won a great victory, looked at the smoke of gunpowder in Ganghwa Bay, looked at the burning North Korean ships and the North Korean soldiers struggling in the water to call for help, and the North Korean ships flying the white flag, and couldn't help laughing, and ordered Li Mengde to enter the Han River.

At this time, Li Mengde was a little hesitant, he felt that the matter was too big and he didn't know how to explain it to the emperor. Luo Kening looked at him and said with a smile: "Li Yanshi, you are still too tender, Ben will ask you, did we do something wrong?" ”

"You see, according to His Majesty's instructions, we wanted to rescue the innocent and suffering merchants of the Ming Dynasty, but we were obstructed and attacked by the Han River Naval Division, and our army angrily returned fire, defeating the Han River Naval Division, sinking 52 ships and capturing 73 ships, none of which escaped the net."

"Did we do something wrong?"

"But my lord, it wasn't they who fired first, we fired first."

"The other side is in an attack formation, are we still not allowed to fire? Do we want the enemy's artillery fire to fall on us, and we will return fire? ”

This, Li Mengde was speechless, feeling that his boss's words had some truth, but he felt that it was crooked, but he calmed down and was ordered to take the Haicang boat north along the Han River.

Zhuo Jing was sitting in the carriage, closing his eyes and recuperating, but he heard a commotion outside the carriage, and then the carriage stopped, and someone outside the carriage cried: "Lord Zhuo, please make decisions for the Korean people." ”

Zhuo Jing hurriedly got up, but found that there were people kneeling outside the car, from Li Fangyuan down, all of them were missing. He hurriedly wanted to help Li Fangyuan up: "Governor, what's wrong?" ”

Li Fangyuan knelt on the ground and said sadly: "My lord, since the founding of North Korea, it has always respected the Celestial Empire, but why does the Celestial Empire punish North Korea?" ”

"What's wrong? What the hell is going on? Zhuo Jing knew that something big had happened, and he was also a little anxious.

"My lord, the Han River Naval Division has been wiped out."

"Huh?" Zhuo Jing was shocked, and looked back to the south, but saw one after another Haicang ships going up the current and heading towards him.

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After Zhuo Jing asked the reason, he asked Luo Kening and Li Mengde to return the remnants of the Hanyang Navy Division and sailors, but the two refused, because Zhuo Jing had no right to control the sailors. In the end, he had to write to the imperial court and ask Zhu Yunwen to arbitrate.

After Zhu Yunwen heard the report, he frowned, he found that things were once again beyond his expectations, his original plan was to provoke a rebellion in North Korea, and then strike preemptively, using land and water to attack and destroy North Korea within two or three years, so he put forward requirements that were difficult for North Korea to accept, such as setting up a garrison in Pyongyang, leasing Jeju Island, and so on.

However, he thought about it carefully, and the matter was already like this, so he had to go in this direction. Unlike Zhuo Jing's anger, he liked Luo Kening and Li Mengde's approach, and inspired by this, he wrote a handwritten letter ordering Zhuo Jing to return to Beijing and let Bai Wangru and Zhang Fu preside over the negotiations with North Korea.

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On May 24, the third year of Jianwen, with the gradual increase in the number of Ming ships outside Ganghwa Bay and the news that the Guards Cavalry Army had crossed the Yalu River and moved towards Pyongyang, Li Fangyuan finally gave in, agreed to all the conditions of the Ming Dynasty, and signed the "Ganghwa Island Agreement" on Ganghwa Island, which was roughly as follows:

1. The Ming Dynasty established the Pyongyang Guard in Pyongyang, and the territory west of Pyongyang belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

2. The Ming Dynasty set up a consulate in the DPRK to deal with all disputes related to the Ming people, and the DPRK was not allowed to try the Ming people.

3. Daming leased Jeju Island for 100 years, with an annual rent of 10,000 taels of silver.

After the agreement was announced, it caused an uproar in Korea, but in Daming, it was silent, it seemed to be just a trivial matter, and the courtiers had more important things to do.

The "Ganghwa Island Agreement" is insignificant to the Ming Dynasty, but for North Korea, it is indeed a great shame, and after hearing this, the Korean prince Li Chenggui jumped like thunder and called Li Fangyuan to scold, but Li Fangyuan was just silent.

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