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"What the hell do North Koreans mean?" Han Wantao couldn't figure out the intentions of the North Koreans.

"It's not interesting, they can't attack us, so they want to trap us."

"Then what are we going to do, just consume it like this?"

"Hmm." Xu Lang responded absentmindedly.

"What are you thinking?" Han Wantao was very dissatisfied with Xu Lang's attitude, "Do you have any good ways to talk about it." ”

"Wan Tao, I'm thinking about a question." Xu Lang replied, "I think let's think about the problem simply." ”

"You're thinking about it simply, my chief of staff." Han Wantao was really a little anxious, "What should we do now?" I can't even solve the things in front of you, what do you want in the future? ”

"Those two tortoiseshell boats are easy to say." Xu Lang still said to himself, "The key is the Manchu side." Wan Tao, we only came to North Korea this time to set up a point in North Korea to prevent Kong Youde from surrendering, but we forgot one thing. North Korea is now between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, let's get Gwanghae-kun out, and now if Li Ju is really beaten down, then what will be the reaction of the Manchu side. What if history really changes because of us, and the Manchus give up the entry into the customs the year after tomorrow and attack Korea with all their might, we can't fight the Manchus to the death, and our plans will be all in vain. ”

"Hey, I'm talking about Xu Lang." Han Wantao stepped forward and grabbed Xu Lang, "The Goryeo operation was proposed by you, and you told me that it was all in vain, what do you mean." ”

"Wan Tao, don't mess with me, I don't mean anything else." Xu Lang took Han Wantao's hand away, "In the past 3 years in Yulin Bay, the scope of contact is too small, which causes us to always think about problems a little childishly, and always think that history will develop according to our ideas." Only when I came out this time did I know that many things are uncontrollable to us, especially at the national level. ”

"I don't understand what you're telling me." Han Wantao asked, "Just tell me what we should do now." ”

"Wan Tao, what do you think would happen if there were 2 North Koreas?"

"2 North Koreas?" Han Wantao was confused by Xu Lang, "Do you want to engage in the 38th line or resist US aggression and aid Korea?" ”

"Neither, and no." Xu Lang explained, "Although we rescued Guanghaijun, judging from the current form, it is unlikely that we want to use Guanghaijun's name to bring down Li Liang. Even if we bring down Li Liang, I'm afraid that North Korea will fall into civil strife, which is not good for anyone. I mean that when Zeng Guangxian and the others come back, if any place in Nanpu is really suitable for stationing, let's use Guanghaijun as a threat, and put forward conditions with Li Liang, so that he can assign Nanpu to Guanghaijun. ”

"Isn't this what we've been thinking of a long time ago? What does this have to do with 2 North Koreas. ”

"You didn't understand what I meant." Xu Lang said, "We only wanted to set up a base in Nanpu before, but we ignored the reaction of the Manchu side. My current idea is that if we can successfully take Nanpu, we can communicate with the Manchus in the name of Gwanghae-kun, and make a deception, at least stabilize the Manchus, and let Huang Taiji not interfere in the affairs of North Korea first. ”

"How do you cheat?" The more Han Wantao listened, the more confused he became, "You tell me in detail." ”

"Although Korea has formed an alliance with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this alliance is very weak, and Huang Taiji has always been worried about North Korea, so there was the Bingzi Rebellion in 1636. If we can erect the banner of Gwanghaejun in Nanpu and then surrender to the Manchus, then I think the Manchus should not interfere in the affairs of North Korea, after all, the more chaotic North Korea, the happier Huang Taiji will be. If this is the case, then we can develop this base well and prepare for the official fight with the Manchus in 2 years. ”

"It's a bit of a big deal." Han Wantao thought carefully about Xu Lang's words, "Begging for surrender to the Manchu Dynasty, although it is in the name of Guanghaijun, although it is a fraudulent surrender, but I am afraid that no one can be the master of this matter except for the crossing conference." ”

In the palace of Shengjing, Emperor Taiji of the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty slowly put a letter in his hand on the table.

"Fan Aiqing, where did you get this letter?"

"Back to the Great Khan." Fan Wencheng bowed and replied, "The minister's family opened the courtyard door early this morning and found that this letter was placed under the door, and the minister didn't know who put it, and the minister didn't dare to open it. ”

"Really?" Huang Taiji thought for a while, "What do you think?" ”

Dai Shan squinted his eyes and replied, "The minions have not read this letter, and they don't know what the Great Khan asked. ”

"Oh." Huang Taiji handed the letter to Dai Shan, "Brother Wang will look at it first." Then he pointed at Fan Wencheng and Dahai, "You guys also take a look." ”

The three of them took turns reading the letter, and their faces showed surprise.

"Great Khan." Dahai was the first to fall to his knees, "This is absolutely impossible, this letter is by no means the work of a minion." ”

Huang Taiji said lightly: "I know that this letter is not from you, but this letter is really strange. ”

"Back to the Great Khan." Hearing Huang Taiji say this, Dahai relaxed slightly, "The slave is compiling and revising the text on the order of the Great Khan, but the minion has not completed it, how can there be a text edited by the minion on this letter?" This, what's going on? ”

Huang Taiji ignored Dahai, turned his head to Dai Shan and asked, "Brother Wang, do you know that I love Xinjue Luo Ke with the name Tao Min?" ”

"The minions don't know." Dai Shan replied, "Servants are unheard of. ”

"That's weird." Huang Taiji pondered for a long time, and then asked Fan Wencheng, "Fan Aiqing, you have also read the letter, what do you think?" ”

"Back to the Great Khan." Fan Wencheng also knelt on the ground, "The minister doesn't know, and the minister can't figure it out." Baksh (Dahai's title) is compiling and revising the Daikin script, but how do outsiders know? This letter was written in both my Dajin script and Chinese at the same time, which shows that the person who wrote the letter knows both my Dajin and Daming well, but who in the world today can have such talent? Moreover, he signed and called the country's surname, and he also called himself Tao Min. Minister, minister is really incomprehensible. ”

"Forget it." Huang Taiji seemed to be a little tired, "You all retreat first, don't spread the word about this matter." Fan Aiqing, you stay for a while. ”

Seeing that Dai Shan and Dahai had gone out, Huang Taiji said to Fan Wencheng again: "Fan Aiqing, there is no need to guess who wrote this letter, but what Fan Aiqing thinks about what is said in this letter?" ”

"Back to the Great Khan." Fan Wencheng replied, "The minister thinks that we will leave him alone for the time being, if it is really as the letter says, Kong Youde will come to vote in the future, it will be my great fortune and the great Khan's blessing." If everything that is said in the letter is fulfilled, it will be that God has favored me with great gold, and the Great Khan will only have to do what he says. It's just Yulin Bay, the capital of Qiongzhou? The minister thought that he needed to send someone to investigate before he could feel at ease. ”

"What Aiqing said is extremely true." Huang Taiji said, "But Yulin Bay, far away in the sky, is really far away." ”

In the capital of Dengzhou, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were also staring at a letter on the table.

"General, you have an idea." Geng Zhongming couldn't hold his breath and asked first.

"General Geng, don't be impatient." Kong Youde looked at Geng Zhongming, "This letter is very strange, who is for us and I don't know anything. ”

"But this letter is conclusive, and the person who wrote the letter may have the talent to pinch and calculate." Geng Zhongming said, "The letter not only makes it clear what we know, but also asserts that Li Jiucheng will die soon. ”

"General Geng, that's it." Kong Youde said, "Let's wait a minute, if the third day of the first month of December is really as the letter says, before Li Jiucheng died in battle, then we don't care who wrote this letter, we will do what the letter says." ”

Zeng Guangxian and Zhang Hai returned from Nanpu. The four warships found a shallow harbor next to the castle, and the draft of the tortoiseshell ships was too deep to sail through.

Han Wantao, Xu Lang and others had another meeting.

"The situation in Nanpu is not bad, and the conditions in all aspects are conducive to our long-term stationing." After introducing the results of this exploration, Zeng Guangxian asked, "What is the reaction of the North Korean side now?" ”

"No response." Xu Lang replied, "You have also seen the two tortoiseshell ships, and they want to trap us with those two ships." ”

"Hehehehe." Hearing Xu Lang say this, Zeng Guangxian couldn't help laughing, "Just those 2 broken ships still want to trap us?" ”

"What are you laughing at?" Han Wantao asked, "Those two ships are not easy to fight, and Wang Zhaoxing has not come up with a way." ”

"Wan Tao, you are from the army, it is normal for you not to know about tortoiseshell ships." Zeng Guangxian said with a smile, "The tortoiseshell ship is not as magical as the legend. First of all, it has a deep draft, and shallow waters are simply not possible to drive, let alone fight. The artillery it is equipped with is not good, the largest Tianzi gun can also hit four or five hundred meters, and the smallest is about the same as the firecracker, which cannot be compared with our 30 naval guns at all. The most important thing is that the tortoiseshell ship adopts a fully enclosed structure in order to obtain all-round protection, and there are very few portholes except for the closed roof. The result is protection at the expense of internal ventilation. Therefore, once the artillery is fired, a large amount of gunpowder smoke generated by the gunpowder explosion is also enclosed in the cabin and cannot be discharged, resulting in high temperature and turbid air in the cabin, especially in the gun compartment, which is very unfavorable to the continuous combat of people. ”

"You've said so much, what is the way to deal with it?" Han Wantao is most concerned about this issue.

"The reason why Lao Wang withdrew from the battle last time was not because he couldn't deal with the tortoiseshell ship." Zeng Guangxian explained, "He was worried about those fireships. We have a total of four warships in North Korea, and if one burns down, we can't repair it. When I came back, I also observed that there were only 2 tortoiseshell ships and a few banya boats in the strait, and their fireboats never came out. Moreover, the cruising range of the tortoiseshell boat is very narrow, just in the deep water, so we can make a surprise attack and kill him at once. ”

"How do you want to make a surprise attack?" Xu Lang asked.

"We can do that." Zeng Guangxian stood up and walked to the front of the map, "Our four warships are divided into 2 teams, the Fuzhou and Quanzhou bypass Jianghua Island and attack from the north of the strait, and the God and Wanzhou attack from the south. Taking advantage of the absence of their fireship, bombard it with 30 naval guns. Its board is only 13 centimeters, and I roughly estimated that if we were separated by a distance of 500 meters, our cannon would be able to penetrate its plank, and at this distance, the artillery on the tortoiseshell ship would not be able to hit us. ”

"What if their fireship comes out?" Xu Lang and Han Wantao asked together.

"Then withdraw." Zeng Guangxian replied lightly, "Even if you can't sink the tortoiseshell ship, at least you can sink a few board house ships." Besides, if we fight like this every day, the North Koreans will not be able to stand it, and we can grind him to death little by little. ”

"Guangxian, it's the end of October now." Xu Lang expressed his worries, "We can't delay here for a long time, our goal is Nanpu and Kong Youde, and we must fight quickly." ”

"If you do it quickly." Zeng Guangxian thought for a while, "There's really no good way." ”

"Well, it's not an option to wait." Han Wantao made the final decision, "Try it according to what Guangxian said, and let Lao Wang attack tomorrow." ”