Chapter 104: The Battle of Ganghwa Island

Just when the battle under the city of Seoul was in full swing.

A detachment of Bolo has already come to Ganghwa Island.

Boluo's soldiers were very fast in Jianghua Island, first the troops divided the road, led the Korean army on Jianghua Island, fortified everywhere, and then Yue Le led more than 1,000 elites, stepped on the ice and entered, broke the Korean army in a battle, and then the army surged in, but in two days, Jianghua Island fell into the hands of the Qing army.

The Korean palace on Ganghwa Island, baggage, gold and silver utensils, all fell into the hands of the Qing court.

In this way, the Qing court could last a lot longer near Seoul, after all, from Liaodong to Seoul in Korea, the road along the way was not too easy to walk, and most of the baggage of the Qing court was due to food to the enemy.

However, at this time, Zhou Fuchen also arrived.

Above the sea, hundreds of large and small ships are moored on a small island.

This is not a small island, but a series of small islands along the coastline to the southeast of Ganghwa Island, and it is a group of small islands that can keep a large number of ships in place.

These islands are deserted islands, but they are also a good place to repair for soldiers who don't have long boat rides.

"You mean Jianghua Island, which is already in the hands of the Qing court." Zhou Fuchen's face was a little gloomy.

"Your Excellency." Ruan Jin said: "The last general sent his brothers to explore Ganghwa Island, and before they arrived on the island, they met some people who escaped from Ganghwa Island, saying that the Qing army soldiers had crossed the river to attack Ganghwa Island, and they had also explored, Ganghwa Island was already the flag of the Qing army, and there was a large area of black smoke, obviously the enemy had fallen into the enemy." ”

Zhou Fuchen didn't expect that he had not yet come ashore, so he encountered this incident, turned his head and asked Yang Shenzu, and said: "General Yang, now that Ganghwa Island has been captured and the situation in Korea is unknown, do we avoid Ganghwa Island and land elsewhere, or fight with the Qing court on Ganghwa Island." ”

Yang Shenzu said: "Now that you feel like this, even if you avoid Ganghwa Island, will you understand the enemy situation elsewhere?" Seoul Wei is in the dark, maybe it has fallen at this moment, and we can't wait for us to find out the strength of the Qing army before we start. ”

"At the very least, your Majesty's orders must be fulfilled. Establish a new monarch in Korea. Drag the Qing court in Korea. ”

Zhou Fuchen sighed slightly in his heart, and said secretly: "Now this battle is so unsmooth, but I don't know if we dragged the Qing court in Korea, or if the Qing court dragged us in Korea." ”

Although he thought so, he did not have the courage to oppose the decision of the imperial court.

So he said: "Okay, according to General Yang's opinion, the whole army will take a rest today and attack Ganghwa Island tomorrow." ”

Zhou Fuchen knew that the soldiers were fast, and now that they were coming, the Qing army would definitely not know, so they could still catch the Qing army off guard, but if they delayed,

The fleet of tens of thousands of people can't be hidden, and of course, there is another reason.

Even for Xia Jun, transporting tens of thousands of people to thousands of miles away at one time is also a new topic.

Therefore, during the more than ten days of sailing, many soldiers have been on the ship for a long time, and they have become soft-footed shrimp, and even a few have died of illness, but they were only blocked by Zhou Fuchen.

On these islands off the coast of North Korea, the big island that can accommodate a large group of people and horses to repair cannot be found for a while, and it is probably Ganghwa Island. It's too late to choose a spare place. Therefore, it is better to fight first and gain a firm foothold than anything else.

Drifting on the sea is not a solution.

Early the next morning, Bolo had just woken up from his sleep, and the following hurriedly reported: "Report to your lordship, Xia Jun's ship has been found on the sea. ”

"How many?" Bolo asked.

"I couldn't see it clearly for a while, at least more than fifty ships."

Bolo listened, pacing back and forth.

It is already the middle of the first month, and it is the time when the ice and snow melt, and the solid ice on the river between Ganghwa Island and the Korean Peninsula will not last long, and it will be broken away in about ten days.

"It's a pity." Bolo secretly said in his heart: "The people of the Southern Dynasty came too fast. ”

If it drags on for a few days, Bolo can also calm the hearts of the people on the island and build fortifications that can support it for a while, and now there is no time to do anything.

"Pass the order, and all people surnamed Li on the island will be killed." Bo Luo said lightly: "I'll go and see what the Southern Dynasty Water Master looks like." ”

"Boom." Bolo looked out from the shore, but saw a large number of ships approaching Ganghwa Island little by little, and a large number of cannons bombarded the pier one after another. Depending on the situation, at least more than fifty artillery pieces were used, and under such fierce artillery, Bolo naturally would not let the Qing soldiers be beaten on the seaside.

So they retreated.

Immediately, the big ship of the Xia army anchored dozens of feet away from the coast, and then hundreds of small boats were lowered from the boat, this small boat was not big, and a boat could not hold ten people at most, it seemed that there were many ships, but in fact it was just a battalion of men and horses attacking.

"The last general is going to war. The last general will definitely be able to drive all the Southern Dynasties into the sea. ”

The Qing court's reluctance to be beaten passively does not mean that the people below are unwilling to fight.

To tell the truth, in the confrontation between the Qing court and the Xia Dynasty, the Qing court won more and lost less, while the Xia army won less and lost more. Seeing Xia Jun coming, they were naturally brave and wanted to fight.

Bolo's face was flat and he said, "Wait." ”

"Wow." The group didn't dare to say anything,

I can only listen to Bolo's savings and wait.

The distance of dozens of zhang was quickly rowed over, and after a while, the Xia army lined up on the sea, and received a phalanx with his back to the sea, as if he wanted to gain a firm foothold on the sea with the help of artillery.

"Master, I attacked halfway, and now the southerners have gained a firm foothold on the seaside, and if they don't fight, they won't have a chance." A veteran said.

One by one, the people below looked at Bolo.

Bolo's expression was already faint. said, "I said, wait." ”

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from behind, and a knight was ten steps away, turned over and dismounted, ran in front of Bolo, and said, "Report to the master, Xia Chaoshui Master broke the ice behind us." ”

Bolo said, "Sure enough. He turned his head and said, "This Jianghua Island will be given to the southerners, and it will not be too late for him to make plans after my Liaodong sailor comes." ”

The person below immediately said: "The master is wise. ”

Bolo sneered and said, "I don't want this wise." ”

This feeling of being inferior to others made Bolo extremely aggrieved. He secretly said in his heart: "Fighting on the seaside, the role of this sailor is quite large, I will go back this time, I must want to write to the imperial court, and I must greatly promote the sailor, otherwise this Korean war, I am afraid it will be endless." ”

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Bolo said that he would leave, seemingly cowardly, but in fact he was shrewd. It's just that in this way, Zhou Fuchen got Jianghua Island without much effort.

When Zhou Fuchen stepped on the land of Jianghua Island, he was overjoyed and immediately asked people to report the victory to Nanjing and the victory of Jianghua Island.

However, his victory on Jianghua Island has almost no decapitation work, and it is just a false name.

In order to attack Ganghwa Island, Zhou Fuchen's troops were divided into two routes, he led a large group of men and horses to attack head-on in the south, and ordered Nguyen Jin to enter the waterway between Ganghua Island and the Korean Peninsula. It seems that this waterway is going to be chiseled open, as if because spring is coming, the temperature is rising, and the ice is gradually thinning.

It was wrapped in oilcloth with gunpowder, buried in ice, and then detonated, so the efficiency of the excavation was not low.

But it still can't chisel through the ice surface for dozens of miles at once. Therefore, he could only watch the Qing army pass over the ice.

However, when Zhou Fuchen came to Ganghwa Island, what he got was not good news, he got Ganghwa Road, which was not Ganghwa Island that could be relied on, but a mess. When the Qing army did it, it seemed that they didn't want to leave the manpower and material resources on Jianghua Island to the Xia army, so only a few of the strong and old people survived, and the rest became the souls of the sword.

As for all kinds of materials, there was nothing left, and those that could be taken away were taken away, and those that could not be taken away were burned by fire. So what Zhou Fuchen received was an out-and-out mess, which was fundamentally different from what Zhou Fuchen had predicted in advance.