The God and Wanju were again in the Ganghwa Strait, and the Fuzhou and Quanzhou rounded Ganghwa Island and slowly approached the Korean fleet from the north. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Wang Zhaoxing climbed up to the lookout post and held up the binoculars to look at it for a while, there were only 2 tortoiseshell boats and 3 banwu boats on the opposite side, and there were not many fireships left, about 20 or so.

"Order, let the God and Wanzhou attack first." Wang Zhaoxing gave an order to the lookouts beside him.

"Yes."

The signal was sent, and the cannons on the God and Wanzhou were fired. With the rumbling sound of cannons, the 11-pound iron balls flew towards the North Korean fleet on the opposite side one after another.

Cui Mingji sat on the deck of the board house ship and was a little laid-back. For several days, Daming's fleet has been shrinking and not coming out to fight, Cui Mingji's heart has secretly become proud, and he has already sent two great victories to Li Liang.

"My lord, the enemy fleet has opened fire on us." North Korean sailors hurriedly reported to Choe Myung-gil.

"What's the panic, we have a tortoiseshell boat and we're afraid of what he will do." Cui Mingji scolded, "Order, the fire ship is in front, and the tortoiseshell ship is behind, attack." ”

Da Silva, the first mate on the USS, ran to Xin Jiaju's side: "Report to the sir, the enemy ship is moving towards us. ”

"I see it." Xin Jiaju said calmly, "Order the 2 ships to continue to shoot freely, as many shells as they can, and be sure to bring their fireboats over." ”

The ships of the two sides got closer and closer, and it was less than 600 meters, and the sailors on the small boats lit the fireboats one after another, and more than a dozen fireships quickly floated towards the God and Wanzhou by the wind and current. The sailors on the two tortoiseshell boats behind were also paddling desperately, trying to increase their speed.

"Herald." Xin Jiaju looked at the distance and shouted, "The two ships stopped firing, turned the rudder 90 degrees to the left, and retreated to the south." ”

"My lord, the enemy ships have retreated south." Once again, North Korean sailors reported to Choe Myung-gil.

"Hmph." Cui Mingji snorted contemptuously, "This is the Heavenly Empire, but that's it." ”

"Pass my orders." Cui Mingji ordered, "The tortoiseshell boat does not have to pursue, turn around and return home." ”

"Hmph, it's time for Lao Tzu to make a move." Wang Zhaoxing saw the scene in front of him from the telescope, and also snorted in his heart.

"Fernandez." Wang Zhaoxing leaned down and shouted, "Order the Fuzhou and Quanzhou to sail at full speed, 500 meters away from the enemy ship, and seize the upwind direction T-shape." ”

This tactic was determined by Wang Zhaoxing and Zeng Guangxian, first using two small boats, the God and the Wanju, to attract the North Koreans' fireboats, and it was best to let them set the fireboats on fire. Wang Zhaoxing commanded the Fuzhou and Quanzhou to ambush upwind to the north, and once the North Korean fireships were attracted away, the Fuzhou and Quanzhou would raid the Korean fleet from the north and crush their tortoiseshell ships.

The two warships hoisted the Ming flag and took advantage of the bitter north wind to attack the Korean fleet at a speed of 15 knots.

"My lord, it's not good." The report of the North Korean sailors was very alarmed, "2 enemy ships have been detected in the north, and they are coming towards us, and they are very fast. ”

"North?" Cui Mingji stood up in a panic and looked upwind, "Quick, hurry up and release the remaining fireboats to stop them from coming." ”

"My lord, no." The North Korean sailors shouted, "We are now downwind, and if we light the ship, we can only burn ourselves, but we can't burn the enemy ship." ”

"So, what then?" Cui Mingji was at a loss for a moment, "Then hurry up and let the tortoiseshell ship come back, and all the warships will fire." ”

The Fuzhou and Quanzhou were less than 500 meters away from the North Korean Itaya ship, and the 24 cannons were pointed at the North Korean fleet in unison. In the distance, two tortoiseshell ships were laboriously turning their course.

"Report to the sir, our ship has entered the designated waters and is ready to shoot." Fernandez reported loudly.

"Good." Wang Zhaoxing finally smiled with satisfaction, "I ordered, the port gun was test-fired." ”

24 shells fell in the center of the North Korean fleet, 2 Banya ships were smashed into several holes, and Wang Zhaoxing deliberately spared Choe Myung-gil's flagship. Negotiation is the ultimate goal, and Cui Mingji can't be beaten to death.

"Report sir." Da Silva on the God pointed to the tortoiseshell ship and said, "The enemy's fireship has sunk, and the tortoiseshell ship is turning back." ”

"We'll turn around too." Xin Jiaju ordered, "The two ships turned around and pursued the enemy ships at full speed. ”

Without the threat of fireships, the God and Wanzhou turned their bows and headed upwind.

After chasing about 1 nautical mile, 2 tortoiseshell ships came within the range of 30 naval guns.

"I ordered, the God turned the rudder 15 degrees to the left, and the starboard gun fired; The Wanzhou course remained unchanged and continued the pursuit. ”

"Sir." Da Silva wondered why he opened fire at this distance, "Our ship is still 800 meters away from the enemy ship, I'm afraid it can't be done, right?" ”

"It's okay." Xin Jiaju smiled, "Let's take a look first, and I'll see how hard his turtle shell is." ”

Five 11-pound iron balls flew towards the tortoiseshell boat, and only one hit the top of the boat, but it jumped a few times and rolled into the sea.

"It's really resistant." Xin Jiaju scolded, "The God turned the rudder 15 degrees to the right and continued the pursuit." ”

The two tortoiseshell ships finally returned to the center of the Korean fleet, and the Fuzhou and Quanzhou stopped firing at this time, blocking the northern shipping lane. And the God and Wanju also stopped at a distance of about 500 meters from the North Korean fleet.

Cui Mingji's heart has settled down a little, the two tortoiseshell ships are back, and this battle can still be fought.

"My lord, the other party's ship is flying a white flag."

"White flag?" Cui Mingji didn't understand why the Ming fleet was hanging the white flag, they were unscathed, did they want to surrender?

"Leave him alone." Cui Mingji ordered, "Order the tortoiseshell ship to attack." ”

The cannons of the Tianzi Xuanhuang on the two tortoiseshell ships were almost all fired, regardless of whether the range was enough or not.

Several iron balls fell into the sea dozens of meters away from the Fuzhou, and only one gently kissed the side deck of the Fuzhou, and then jumped into the sea and never came out again.

"North Koreans are too unruly." Wang Zhaoxing scolded, "Then let's teach them how to obey the rules." The order was given to all four battleships to attack, the target, the tortoiseshell ship. ”

The 34 cannons made an earth-shattering sound again. At a distance of 500 meters, the iron-covered planks of the two tortoiseshell ships gradually crackled with a crackling sound.

"Stop shooting." After five volleys, Wang Zhaoxing gave the order to stop firing.

The smoke cleared on the sea, and Cui Mingji stood on the deck of the flagship at a loss. Your own artillery can't hit the other side at all, but the opponent's artillery can easily hit yourself, and the two most combat-effective tortoiseshell ships are now seriously damaged, how can this battle be fought?

"My lord, the other party has hoisted a white flag again."

"That." Cui Mingji said helplessly, "Then let's hang the white flag and listen to what they have to say." ”

Wang Zhaoxing, accompanied by Fernandez, boarded Cui Mingji's flagship, followed by a pair of naval soldiers armed with flintlock pistols.

"Heavenly Empire." Cui Mingji gave a salute, but he didn't know what to say.

"What is your name, what official position, do you have the final say here?" Wang Zhaoxing asked.

"This official is the Seoul Provincial Judge Yin Choi Myung-gil, and this is the official who is in charge."

"It's up to you." Wang Zhaoxing didn't know how big an official the Hancheng Mansion judged Yin to be, "Two things." First, you ignored the white flag hoisted by our Ming fleet and continued to attack our fleet, which is a serious violation of the regulations of naval warfare. In this regard, I lodge a serious protest with you. ”

Cui Mingji didn't understand what the regulations of naval warfare were, so he opened his mouth and didn't speak.

Wang Zhaoxing paused: "If you don't understand, forget it." Second, our emperor was very angry at the usurpation of the throne in your country, so he sent me and others. ”

"This is a contemptuous internal affair, and I dare not disturb the Celestial Empire." Cui Mingji argued.

"I don't care if it's internal affairs, and I can't control it." Wang Zhaoxing took out the holy decree written by Xu Lang from his arms, "This is an edict written by the emperor of my Celestial Dynasty to Li Liang in your country, you can forward it to Li Liang, and in three days, we will wait for your reply." ”

Wang Zhaoxing handed over the fake holy decree to Cui Mingji, and without waiting for Cui Mingji to say anything, he turned around and returned to Fuzhou in a small boat.

There was another uproar in the royal palace of North Korea.

The 2 tortoiseshell ships have been defeated, and now everyone knows that they can't continue to fight, so they can only negotiate with Daming. But negotiations? Can the conditions put forward by the Ming Dynasty be agreed?

In the false edict written by Xu Lang, Li Liang was first reprimanded, but it was also pointed out that the current Korean affairs had come to this point, and Emperor Chongzhen was magnanimous and did not pursue it. It's just that Li Hui, the king of Gwanghae, is also the king of a country, but the fact that his eyes are blinded is unjustifiable, and North Korea must treat Li Hui well. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen specially ordered Li Liang to canonize more than 100 square kilometers of Nanpu to Li Hui for a long time.

Hong Yihan came out again and said: "Enlighten my king, the day before yesterday, Weichen repeatedly persuaded that he must not face the sword soldiers of the Celestial Empire. Choi Juyin didn't listen to Weichen's words, and now my North Korean sailors have been defeated. It is also the Celestial Empire's kindness broadcast, and if the past matter is not investigated, our king still agreed to the request of the Celestial Empire. ”

"Exactly." Yin Ji also played, "Thinking about that Guanghai Jun, he is almost a waste at present, and Nanpu is also a poor and remote place, even if he is canonized, there will be no problem." But if the king resists the Celestial Empire, I am afraid it will be very bad. ”

Li Qi looked at the two of them and asked Cui Mingji, "Cui Juyin, what do you mean?" ”

Cui Mingji saw Li Liang asking himself, so he had to stand up and reply: "Weichen seconded it." This time the Celestial Fleet was very different from the past, and our indestructible tortoiseshell ships were vulnerable in front of them. Weichen also thought that he couldn't fight anymore. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any other suggestions?" Li Liang really didn't want to canonize Li Hui in Nanpu, which would be tantamount to burying a nail for himself.

North Korean ministers, look at me, I look at you, no one spoke. The news that Cui Mingji brought back shocked everyone, a red-coated cannon that can shoot 400 zhang, and a self-generated fire gun that can fight more than 30 zhang each. When did the Ming army become so strong? Most people's hearts are reconsidering the question of which side to dump towards the Ming Dynasty and Dajin. In this situation, even Cui Mingji advocated negotiations, and no one wanted to, nor dared to take the lead in the main battle.

Li Qi looked around for a week, saw that no one spoke, and sighed softly: "Even so, Hong Aiqing, Yin Aiqing, and Lone appointed the two of you as plenipotentiaries to discuss with the Celestial Empire." Gu promised to canonize Gwanghae-kun, but Gwanghae-kun must not take a step out of Nampo. ”

"Your Ministers obey." Hong Yihan and Yin Ji replied at the same time.

Three days later, in Guang Castle, Han Wantao, Zeng Guangxian, Xu Lang and Wang Zhaoxing sat at the negotiating table, opposite Hong Yihan and Yin Ji.

Han Wantao secretly pondered in his heart: "It seems that there are fewer Americans." ”

"Both." After Xu Lang finished reading Li Kun's reply, he gently closed the letter of North Korea, "Regarding the previous matter, I don't want to pursue it." Now that Ayayang-kun has also canonized Gwanghae-kun, let's stop the army. In the future, our two countries will be friendly for generations to come, and we will no longer fight each other. ”

"Thank you to the Celestial Empire." Hong Yihan said, "This is the best, North Korea and the Celestial Empire have always been good friends, and this incident is really a misunderstanding." ”

"Hong Zhangling said it well." Xu Lang clapped his hands coldly, "Since Hong Zhangling also said that your country has always been friendly with the Celestial Empire, but I don't know why you want to conclude an alliance with that Dajin?" I'm afraid this matter has never been dealt with historically. ”

Hong Yihan and Yin Ji's cold sweat almost didn't flow, Guanghaijun's matter had just been dealt with, why did Da Ming start to get involved with Huang Taiji again.