Chapter 601: Suwon Defense Line (Part II)
Early the next morning, Xu Lang and Gao Chen led people to the front of the North Korean defense line with a false holy decree and a white flag.
"Who is your supreme commander here?" Tong Yice immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Our General Xu Lang has something important to talk to him. ”
About half an hour later, a group of new Korean troops also came to Xu Lang with white flags.
Xu Lang glanced at the epaulettes of the North Korean officer opposite, and saluted first: "This will be the chief of the general staff of the Yulin Army, Brigadier General Xu Lang." ”
The North Korean officer returned the salute: "This officer is the Supreme Commander of the New Korean Army." I don't know what General Xu wants to talk to me about? ”
Xu Lang took out the holy decree from his clothes: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has a will." Now that the army of our Celestial Empire has recovered Korea, all the Korean troops will immediately lay down their arms and stop resisting, and everything will be ruled by the Celestial Empire. ”
After listening to Xu Lang's reading of the holy decree, Xiedu Tong arched his hand and said, "General Xu, forgive me, this official has not received any will from my king. We only obey the orders of our king, and the emperor of the Celestial Empire begs forgiveness for not obeying our orders. The officer was ordered to hold a position here to prevent all troops from crossing the line. ”
Xu Lang pointed behind him: "Ben Jiang is from Seoul." Your king has now returned to my Celestial Empire, otherwise how could Ben have been able to reach you so smoothly, is the general trying to disobey the order? ”
Xiedu Tong still said, "We only do the will of my king." ”
Xu Lang could only come to the soft one when he saw that it was hard: "General, presumably the generals also know that our purpose this time is not North Korea, but Dolgon and Tao Min of the Manchu Qing Dynasty." We have nothing to do with the Manchus and your Korea at the behest of our emperor, and the general has to stop us here, and the war is together, and the casualties are all the general's compatriots of one country, and I hope the general will think twice. ”
Xiedu replied: "General Xu, this official also heard that General Majiakou released 4,000 Korean soldiers to return to China. The general's benevolence is comparable to the sun and the moon, but this official is also a military order that is difficult to disobey, and the general is also considerate. ”
Gao Chen was anxious on the side: "General, why do you have to give your life to the Tartars, is there any benefit for you Koreans dying here?" ”
Xiedu Tong did not answer Gao Chen, but arched his hand at Xu Lang: "This official has finished speaking, please take care of the general." ”
The North Koreans went back, and Xu Lang said helplessly: "Gao Chen, let's go back too, it seems that it will not work if we don't fight." ”
Jiang Beiming did not immediately attack Tsushima Island, but stopped the battleship on Jeju Island. Because it is not clear what happened to Tsushima, and it is not known whether Totoshi's battleship went to Nagasaki. The sailors were also very tired from the bumps along the way, and Jiang Beiming ordered to rest on Jeju Island and sent several warships to Tsushima Island and Nagasaki to find Tao Min's fleet.
Jeju Island is now part of North Korea, with only two counties and a small population, so the Combined Fleet can easily control the entire island.
A fast horse galloped from the direction of Suwon to Busan. During this time, Tao Min and Dolgon had been arranging the Busan defense line in Busan, and only Tao Gong was preparing for the attack on Nagasaki on Tsushima Island.
The Suwon messenger ran into Tao Min's camp at great speed: "Lord Wang, the Suwon defense line has been attacked by the Ming army. ”
"The Ming army has attacked Suwon?" Tao Min was a little unconvinced, "Which Ming army, how many people?" ”
"Go back to the prince." The messenger replied and presented the letter, "It was the Yulin Army, Han Wantao and Xu Lang attacked Suwon with more than 10,000 people, but they did not carry artillery. ”
"How could Han Wantao go to Suwon, shouldn't they be in Lushun." Tao Min muttered to himself, opened the letter and read it for a while, asked the messenger a few questions, and let the messenger go down.
Tao Min's mind was a little messy, could it be that he had made a mistake in his judgment. Han Wantao can go to Suwon, which can only mean that the war in Lushun is over, but Lushun is not so easy to fight, whether Lushun is lost or the Ming army retreats.
The news from Sheng Jing has not been transmitted, and after he imprisoned He Tong, he asked Xie Tian to reorganize the intelligence system, and now it is understandable that the news transmission is slow.
Han Wantao didn't bring a cannon, this is not like the style of the Yulin Army, why is he in such a hurry to fight Suwon, or his target is not Suwon, so where will it be.
Tao Min stood up suddenly, and a bad thought came to his mind, where did Jiang Beiming go, where did Yulin Bay and Zheng Zhilong's battleship go, they wouldn't have come to Tsushima Island.
Tao Min was thinking about it, when a messenger ran in from outside: "Lord Qiqi, Lord Belle asked the servants to deliver a message to the prince, the battleship of Yulin Bay was found near Tsushima Island, and Lord Belle asked the prince to make a decision as soon as possible." ”
Tao Min secretly screamed in his heart, Yulin Bay really came to Tsushima Island.
"How many warships have been found, and how did Lord Belle deal with it?"
"There is only one battleship." The messenger replied, "There was no attack on Tsushima City, just a few circles from afar. Belle had already stepped up his defenses, but he did not send warships to meet the enemy. ”
"You go down to rest first, don't go far, this king will look for you at any time."
Tao Min retreated the messenger and walked to the map himself. There are nearly 30 warships in Yulin Bay and Zheng Zhilong, and a few can come this time. Han Wantao's destination must have been Busan, but it was blocked by his own Suwon defense line. The purpose of Yulin Bay's operation is very clear, that is, to prevent himself from going to Japan, but how should he deal with it.
It is unrealistic to fight a decisive battle with Yulin Bay at sea, he only has ten warships, and there is still a Pearl on the other side of Yulin Bay, and now he can only be a war avoidance protection ship. Withdraw the warships from Tsushima Island, use the strong city defenses of Tsushima Island and Busan to hold back the fleet in Yulin Bay, and when they run out of shells, they will naturally withdraw their troops. It's just that Yulin Bay will storm Tsushima Island, and what method can I use to convince Yulin Bay that its warship is on Tsushima Island.
There is also the Suwon defense line, although Han Wantao did not have artillery this time, but the Yulin Army has rifled guns, and the people stationed in the Suwon defense line are all North Korean new troops, so they must be reliable.
Tao Min thought of another question, why Lushun had a truce, was there something wrong with Huang Taiji's side or something inside the Ming Dynasty. He and Dolgon did not return to Lushun, and Huang Taiji was certain to be angry, so 。。。。。。
Tao Min felt as if he had suddenly figured it out, and he had planned many times to make peace between the Manchus and the Ming Dynasty so that Chongzhen could deal with Yulin Bay. Yulinwan will not and can't think of this way, if Yulinwan knows that Huang Taiji is angry because he didn't return to Lushun, they may take the initiative to make peace with Huang Taiji, and Huang Taiji will definitely be happy to see Yulinwan fight to the death with himself.
Tao Min slowly came up with a solution: "Come on, go and invite Prince Rui over." ”
Dolgon came to Tao Min's tent: "Sir, is there anything new?" ”
Tao Min took out the letter sent by Suwon: "Lord Wang, please see, Suwon has been attacked by the Yulin army, and our army is fighting fiercely with more than 10,000 Yulin troops in Suwon. ”
"How could the Yulin Army go to Suwon." Dolgon was a little unconvinced, "Didn't you say that the Yulin Army is still in Lushun?" ”
"The situation has changed, and I don't know why Yulin Jun went to Suwon." Tao Min didn't say what he thought, "But Lord Wang, the Suwon defense line only has 10,000 new Korean troops, which is very unstable. The minion asked the prince to lead 10,000 warriors of the Eight Banners to reinforce Suwon. The prince doesn't have to take the initiative to attack, he just needs to stick to Suwon. ”
Dolgon was a little reluctant: "This king went to Suwon, I don't know what the gentleman has planned." ”
Tao Min took out Tao Gong's letter again: "Yulin Bay and Zheng Zhilong's fleet have come to Tsushima Island, and the minions still have to deal with them here." ”
The more Dolgon listened, the more confused he became: "Sir, shouldn't the 50,000 Ming army and their warships be in Lushun now, what happened in Lushun, why did they all come here." ”
"The minions don't know what's going on over there in Lushun." Tao Min saluted Dolgon, "But the servant implores the prince to reinforce Suwon as soon as possible, once the Suwon defense line is breached, the Ming army can directly attack Busan." The prince can rest assured, the slave will play to the emperor again, and Shengjing will definitely take action. ”
Dolgon knew that Tao Min was telling the truth, and the Suwon defense line could not be lost. He has been tied to Tao Min on a rope, and now he can only go to reinforce Suwon first: "Sir, don't worry, this king will take someone to reinforce Suwon tomorrow." ”
When Tao Min saw that Dorgon was going out, he shouted again, "Come, go and call the messenger of Lord Belle in." ”
Tao Gong's messenger entered the camp, and Tao Min had just finished writing the letter: "You return to Tsushima Island immediately, and tell Belle Ye to stick to Tsushima Island, and never send a fleet to meet it." ”