The bright American Eagle Army flag has been flying on the banks of the Nakdong River for five or six days, and the landing operation of 20,000 people is naturally not so easy to complete, and besides, it is the first time that the people on the east bank have organized such a large-scale landing operation, and all kinds of materials are also equipped with more materials, so there is chaos on the landing ground on the banks of the Nakdong River. Various Chinese dialects, Korean, Shandan Tu, Polish, etc. were mixed together, coupled with the neighing of war horses and the roar of machines, the entire landing site became a mess.

At this time, if the North Koreans had a dozen or so "Amur" class inland river shallow gunboats, they only had to go down the river and then fire grenades and scattered bombs at the shore, so that these yellow-clothed thieves would blow up the camp on the spot. It's a pity that they didn't, and the artillery roared in the distance from the landing site, but it was not the enemy's artillery - the Koreans did not have such equipment, but the brothers of the Yantai artillery company set up artillery positions in front to attack the North Korean troops who came to attack.

Yes, after a couple of days of loading ostriches, the North Koreans finally could not sit still. Because they found that the landed troops on the east bank did not retreat after a small plunder as usual, but on the contrary, they had landed on the banks of the Nakdong River for six days, and there were still ships with black smoke coming close to the coast, and then sending piles of supplies ashore in small boats. It's going to be a big fight!

When the scouts passed the news of their death to the North Korean officials in Gyeongsang-do, the bureaucrats, who had hoped that the yellow-clothed thieves would take a handful of them and leave, were suddenly on pins and needles. On the one hand, they urgently reported the enemy situation to Wangjing Hanyang City, and on the other hand, they organized troops and horses on the spot to strike at the Haikou who were still in the chaotic period of landing.

Their wishful thinking is good (taking advantage of the chaos to attack), and the people they choose are all so-called elite "warriors". As a result, in the first battle, about 4,000 "warriors" were tragically charged by the enemy's 1,400 cavalry on the march. The end can be imagined. In this battle, the most elite army of Gyeongsang Province was completely annihilated in the fertile valley on the east bank of the Nakdong River. It has become a fertilizer that nourishes the land. Afterwards, the Korean masters who were driven to clean up the battlefield and move the dead bodies almost cried when they saw such a tragic situation, and the wisps of resentment in their hearts that had been bred by being forcibly requisitioned to be masters disappeared without a trace, and they were really frightened.

After this force was wiped out, the North Koreans finally stopped. They only dared to send some small groups of troops to harass them, and the large troops did not dare to send them again. The North Koreans are not stupid, the 4,000-strong troops are gone in two hours, and they have not even escaped alive, which really makes them frightened. The yellow-clothed thief "resolutely dares to fight" and "has sharp guns". The army has plundered Korea many times, and no one in the Li Dynasty knows how powerful it is. For now, let's wait for news from Wang Jing to come first, Busan Port is also a small place, and Dingkou is not abundant, so I don't feel very distressed if I lose it. On the other hand, if big cities such as Gyeongju and Sangju are lost, they will not be able to afford to bear the guilt, so it is better to guard the gate for now. But before that, maybe you can talk to these yellow-clothed pirates first to see if you can "persuade" them with heavy bribes. In this way, it is also a great achievement.

That's it. When the time came to May 13, nearly 20,000 troops (including 5,000 professional soldiers and 5,000 temporarily requisitioned Korean masters) and a large number of supplies and pack animals on the east bank had all landed, and after the preliminary reorganization was completed, a Korean mission of about seven or eight people also entered the temporary camp tent set up by the people on the east bank after obtaining permission.

Mo Ming, the North Koreans, was well aware of their intentions, but he wasn't even interested in meeting them because it wasn't the time yet. Are you kidding? After the 20,000 troops have landed with a lot of effort, you can let me withdraw with a little bribe? You are so naïve! Won't I take the gold and silver you can give, and the children? Therefore, inexplicably, he simply took the staff officers to observe the terrain and inspect the troops, and handed over the task of grinding his teeth with the Koreans to the army general Mao Desheng.

Mao Desheng is also helpless, everyone has organized the largest landing operation in the history of the East Bank Republic, so what else is there to talk about? How can you withdraw from the army without reaping enough benefits? The mobilization before the war, the bonuses issued, and the materials consumed during the landing are still waiting to be compensated for by the spoils of war. What is there to talk about with you a couple of North Korean sticks!

However, since Mo Ming gave the order, Mao Desheng was not easy to refuse, but he could make the North Koreans retreat. Therefore, he quickly put forward the conditions for the withdrawal of the East Coast people, namely: 1. The Kingdom of Korea leased the land within 100 li of the port of Pusan and its surroundings to the Republic of China for a period of 100 years; 2. The demilitarization of Gyeongsang-do, the Kingdom of Korea is not allowed to garrison troops, and only a small number of non-military personnel can be left to manage daily security; 3. Fully open the market and allow the East Bank Republic of China to open commercial offices in the capital cities of the Eight Provinces of the Korean Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Korea shall not interfere with it at will; 4. The Kingdom of Korea severed all relations with the Qing State, including suzerain-state relations and commercial and trade ties; 5. Compensate the Republic of China for its military expenses of 1 million taels of silver.

Mao Desheng wanted to put forward some more conditions, but he only thought about so many for the time being, so he had to give up. After speaking, he sat in his chair with an impatient face, waiting for the reply of the North Korean envoy.

When the North Koreans heard the conditions put forward by Mao Desheng, they immediately turned pale and were speechless. The conditions proposed by the thief in yellow were completely beyond the limits of their imagination, and it was obvious that they could not agree to any of these conditions, nor could they agree to them. For example, the last two of them cut off all relations with the Qing Kingdom, how is this possible! Not to mention anything else, if "I, the Qing Dynasty" leads the army to conquer again, will North Korea be able to get out of the country again like the last time when it called for peace and begged for peace? I'm afraid not optimistic.

And the last one is even more speechless, the compensation is one million taels, how is this possible! Let's not talk about whether North Korea can get this money, even if it can, it will never pay any yellow-clothed pirates! This is a matter of the face of the imperial court, which cannot be ignored, and one million taels of silver is really too much!

North Korean envoys, you look at me, I look at you, and they are speechless. Mao Desheng, on the other hand, sat on the chair with a big grin, looking at the group of people with a smile, as if waiting for them to brush their sleeves away. However, the North Koreans still want to make some more efforts, and they negotiate with Mao Desheng article by article with a bitter face. However, Mao Desheng had no intention of negotiating at all, he insisted that none of them could be changed, and that each article was the core interest of the people on the east coast and could not be discussed, so the two sides finally broke down without surprise. Soon, the Koreans left the camp of the people on the east bank in anger and anxiety, and Mao Desheng also left the camp and went to the front to urge the Korean masters to build an improvised ferry and a pontoon bridge to connect the two sides of the Nakdong River.

From the first day of landing, scouts on the east coast began to travel from place to place, scouting and mapping the enemy, and hunting and killing enemy scouts. These elite Shandan hunters dared to carry even the Manchu white-armored soldiers head-on, let alone these North Koreans, and they quickly got a rough idea of the situation in the vicinity and drew a rough map.

Mo Ming quietly compared this map with the maps of later generations, and then began to issue orders. The west bank of the Nakdong River was the location of the port of Pusan at this time, but there was not much population and the port conditions were not very good, and after sending Zhai to occupy it with 2,000 men, Mo Ming turned his attention to other areas, such as the east and northern areas of the Nakdong River.

Beginning on May 13, the East Coast Army began to move eastward and northward. With the help of well-trained field artillery and sharp cavalry units, they were invincible everywhere they went, and the Korean people fled one after another. But how could they outrun the four-legged cavalry on two legs, and soon the frail women and children were driven like sheep to the landing ground on the coast, where the 2,000 men of the Jae Congge Division and the 2,000 men of the 3rd Brigade of the Advance Brigade gathered them up and kept them under strict guard until a ship came to pick them up and take them to Jeju Island.

The Koreans were not without resistance, but how could these small groups of soldiers and horses stationed everywhere be able to resist the well-organized army on the east coast, and besides, they had been negligent in training for a long time, and their equipment was also very poor, and the head-on battle was not an opponent at all, and it was basically a rhythm of defeat in a battle. For these people, the East Coast army did not even bother to take them prisoners, after all, the East Coast people wanted women and children, not these adult men.

For the North Koreans to defend a large city, it is not impossible for the East Coast people with artillery assistance to take it, but they don't even bother to care about them at the moment, as long as the North Koreans in the city do not come out to hinder the East Coast people from grabbing people and stealing things in the countryside, who cares about you? In addition, if these cities were not attacked, Chungcheong-do and Jeolla-do, which were not far from here, would repeatedly send troops to the rescue, but they were always defeated in head-to-head battles by the East Coast Army, which had as many as 6,000 soldiers and complete infantry and artillery, and thousands of reinforcements were bled and released in vain.

Seeing that the Koreans were so weak, the East Bank army began to expand the scope of looting, and the vast rural area of Gyeongsang Province was suddenly devastated, and grain, livestock, gold and silver, as well as women were plundered in batches, and the North Korean army did nothing as always. On the contrary, the North Korean civilians whose families were plundered were still a little emboldened, repeatedly attacking lone soldiers on the east coast (mainly the soldiers of the forward team, the main force of looting). It is ironic that they inflicted more casualties on the East Coast than even the North Korean troops encountered in the head-to-head engagement.

The whole month of May passed in this carnival of looting. In the East Coast army, whether it was the black soldiers who were bitter, or the Tatar herdsmen who were accustomed to plundering, or the soldiers of the standing forces from complicated sources, everyone basically returned from plundering and making a fortune. On the last day of May, the inefficient Koreans finally assembled a force of about 40,000 men and marched into Gyeongsang-do, where together with the troops of Chungcheong-do, Jeolla-do, and Gyeongsang-do, combined 50,000 or 60,000 troops, pressed the people on the east bank.

Facing an enemy army that was several times the number of the East Coast army, although the opponent's combat power was notoriously scum, Mo Ming did not dare to be careless. He began to gather his troops, and then retreated to the vicinity of the landing ground at the mouth of the Nakdong River. More than 10,000 people who remained here have built a mixed civil and engineering structure camp here in the past month, and the army on the east bank retreated into the camp in batches, and then confronted the Koreans who were slowly advancing.

Just when the army on the east bank began to prepare for a big battle, the Koreans on the opposite side suddenly sent envoys for peace talks. (To be continued......)