"General Geng, how many days have they been on Ganghwa Island?"

In the temporary camp under the fortress of Namhansan, Huang Taiji sat in the center of a spacious tent and asked Fan Wencheng, who was standing solemnly on both sides.

"Back to Your Majesty, it has been exactly ten years since they set off from Ganghwa Island to now."

Keel replied with his head down.

"Hmph, what are they doing, they can't get a Jianghua island until now!!"

Huang Taiji's demeanor was a little uneasy when he asked, and after the dragon bone beat said the specific time, it exacerbated the dissatisfaction in the advance letter, which made Fan Wencheng at the bottom uneasy, after all, these two generals were elected by themselves.

The army stayed in Namhansan Fortress for more than ten days, but it did not stop attacking Namhansan Fortress, but after more than ten days of offensive, in addition to causing a lot of losses in its own strength, the changes brought to Namhansan Fortress were only a few cracks in the city wall.

However, relying on the geographical advantage of Namhansanseong, the main Korean battle faction led by Kim Sang-hyun and others has always taken the lead and supported the stubborn will of the Korean military and civilians.

Now that the battle situation has entered a stalemate stage, Huang Taiji and they urgently need a variable that can break this stalemate, and Geng Zhongming and the Jianghua Island they attacked happened to have such an opportunity.

If they can capture the royal concubines on Ganghwa Island and the families of dozens of important Korean ministers, then they will have a pawn in their hands to put pressure on the Koreans, and at the same time, they can also fight the will of the Korean backbone to resist.

"Could it be that something has happened on the island?"

Ten days doesn't seem to be too long, and it takes about four days just to travel between Ganghwa Island and Namhansanseong, but I don't know why, Huang Taiji has some bad premonitions in his heart, and he always feels that Geng Zhongming and they have not heard from them this time, which is a very bad omen.

In order to be able to sweep away the trouble of Southeast Korea as soon as possible, and for the Qing Kingdom to be able to do its best to covet and attack the rich and weakened Ming Dynasty in the south, Huang Taiji personally went to Korea with the body of ten thousand gold, and he has attached the greatest importance to the war in Korea.

Sending the only more than 10,000 sailors in the hands of the Qing Dynasty to attack a small island with a radius of less than ten miles is really very important in the eyes of Huang Taiji, but now that ten days have passed, Geng Zhongming's sailor not only failed to take Jianghua Island, but also did not even pass back any news, which really makes people feel a little abnormal.

"Maybe there is some wind and waves on the sea, and our sailors are not familiar with this sea area, so it is not impossible to get lost or lost."

Anyway, since Geng Zhongming and the two generals recommended them by themselves, Fan Wencheng must also defend them at this time, otherwise something will really happen, and he, the recommender, will not be able to get out of it.

"Oh? It can't be that they are not in a good position to be a teacher, and they are afraid of taking responsibility and run away, right? ”

Dolgon Belle on the side, looking at Fan Wencheng with unkind eyes, said in a weird manner.

"Okay, Little Fourteen, don't make it so serious!" Seeing that the face of the important minister Fan Wencheng changed drastically, Huang Taiji sloppily reprimanded the younger brother on the side, then turned his head and said to Fan Wencheng: "But this situation is really wrong, you ordered someone to go to Jianghua Island to investigate, and ask them what they are doing!" ”

interrupted Dolgonbele's ridicule because Huang Taiji knew very well that among the Jurchen nobles, there were indispensable characters like Dolgon Belle who were full of disdain and contempt for the Han people, but as an emperor, Huang Taiji knew better that fighting the country might require heroic warriors such as Dolgon and Amin to charge into battle, but if they wanted to defend the country, they had to rely on literati like Fan Wencheng to assist.

Looking at the entire Jurchen and Mongolian Eight Banners, there are only one in ten thousand who can settle down to study the children of the land, and there are very few, only the Ming Dynasty, which has a vast territory and attaches importance to Confucian learning, has so many literati children who can be used for their own purposes.

The eloquent Huang Taiji realized the role of the literati early on, so after succeeding to the throne of the Khan, Huang Taiji began to make a big axe, reused the Hanchen in the Qing Dynasty, and put forward the issues of attaching importance to the Hanchen such as "fighting chaos with martial arts, and supporting peace with culture and education", and at the same time implemented cultural and educational policies in the kingdom.

"Obey the order!"

Fan Wencheng was relieved, bowed and retreated, looking for someone to convey the order.

"Brother Huang, you ............"

Dolgon relied on Huang Taiji's care and wanted to say a few more words, but was immediately stopped by Huang Taiji's stern eyes.

"There are still many places where we need to work together in the future, I hope you will still converge!!"

Huang Taiji's expression was indifferent, but his voice revealed a wisp of sternness.

"Understood!"

Dolgon and the others were unwilling, but they could only answer respectfully.

On the other side, the soldiers of the Daqingshui Division on Jianghua Island, after experiencing the initial commotion, gradually calmed down, and under the organization of Geng Zhongming and others, there were some rules again.

had just accepted the surrender of Geng Zhongming and others, but out of consideration for the other party's precautions, Wu Jie and the others had to stay on Jianghua Island for a few more days, waiting for Geng Zhongming and them to regain their military morale.

At the same time, they were also thinking about how to place Geng Zhongming and others, a surrendered army with a number of people comparable to their own team, no matter how it was arranged, it would be a difficult matter for Wu Jie and them to solve, so Wu Jie and they simply took advantage of the opportunity of no one to disturb the island, and from this team, they drew out the elite to supplement their own team.

Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde, as well as their henchmen, were also disrupted by Wu Jie and Shang Kexi, and dispersed among the Hongtang team, which not only enriched the strength of the army, but also played a role in monitoring them.

Of course, such a hasty expansion of the army may not actually have the effect of increasing the strength of the team, but it is likely to weaken the strength of Hongtang's team, but as the so-called urgency is to obey the power, Wu Jie and the others can only do this now.

As for the remaining two or three thousand remnants of the soldiers, they were placed on Ganghwa Island by Wu Jie and them, firstly, as a reinforcement of the defensive strength on Ganghwa Island, and secondly, they could also be monitored and pinned down by Cui Zige and his group of North Korean troops on the island, and after Wu Jie and the others completed their next mission, they could be brought back to Hongmen Dayuan Island for resettlement.

Anyway, after leaving the two backbones of Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde, most of the Han disciples of the former Da Qing Shui Division, who were not elite, were willing to return to the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty officials and become a member of the Hongmen.

(End of chapter)