In the early morning of December 27, on the east coast of the Tongying Peninsula, Zhendong Wharf.

An old man with gray temples and a kimono, escorted by several retinues, hurriedly boarded a merchant ship docked on the shore with the Tokugawa family crest, quietly sailed away from the dock, and accelerated towards the narrow Ushikawa waterway.

The old man stood on the bow of the boat facing the sea breeze, caressing the tight wrinkles on his forehead from time to time, taking care of the slightly messy white hair, although his lips were slightly opened, but he was silent after all, until he was told that the ship had entered the Qichuan beam, his heart relaxed a little, slowly returned to the cabin, and drank himself with a wine glass.

It didn't take long for a person to be a little bored drinking, so the old man beckoned the young attendant at the door to come into the room and drink with him, and the waiter didn't dare at first, but at last he sat down at the wine table at the old man's repeated requests.

"Did you think I was right?" The old man looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window and asked in a low voice.

Regarding the old man's sudden question, the attendant was confused, so he had to ask respectfully in a whisper: "Forgive the villain for being stupid, I don't know what the big boss is referring to?" ”

The sea breeze in Layue was very biting, the old man pulled down the bead curtain, turned his face to look at the attendant, and asked in a deep tone: "I mean, do you think I, the marshal of the soldiers and horses, left behind more than 3,000 soldiers and the old and weak women and children, and absconded alone?" ”

The attendant has followed Quan Zhen for many years, and it is the first time to see this famous general fleeing in such a mess, although his heart is painful, but he knows that because he abandoned the soldiers and people of Gucheng and Xianshan Island, Quan Zhen has already fallen into deep self-blame, if he speaks his heart at this time, not only will it not do any good, but it will push him to the abyss of despair, and at that time, I am afraid that this generalissimo will really not have the courage to fight again.

Thinking of this, the attendant gritted his teeth and said with difficulty from between his teeth: "Time has changed, and you have no choice but to do this, please don't blame yourself too much." ”

"Haha, what a 'time shifts, I have no choice'!" The corners of Quan Zhen's mouth trembled slightly, and he tried to squeeze out a smile, but as soon as the smile climbed up the old face, it was more ugly than crying.

The attendant could see that Quan Zhen was laughing at himself, but after all, he hadn't read much, and after all, he couldn't say anything big to make him feel relieved, so he had to sit on the chair and drink by himself.

Compared with his restraint, Quan Yan seemed very calm, stroked his white beard, and sighed: "It's really hard for you to tell such a lie, when I was persuaded to escape, your father once said: 'The big husband can bend and stretch, don't forget your duty for the sake of temporary righteousness, the city can't be defended, but you can't die, the city can be recaptured if it is lost, and the death of a person is really over.'" The king regards you as a humerus, and if you are martyred with me, Korea will collapse. It was because of his words that I changed my mind and boarded the ship under the infamy of escaping, not for myself, but for the sake of North Korea and the world. ”

"Is my father really telling me?" The attendant raised his head and looked at Quan Yan in surprise, and soon lowered his head again, and said word by word: "Your subordinates understand, please rest assured, as long as your subordinates are here, you will be sure to return to Lishui safely." ”

"If it's really a tiger father without a dog, then I'll hand over this old life to you." Kwon smiled again, but this time it was noticeably more pleasing to the eye.

Near nine o'clock, the merchant ship sailed through a dangerous beach, and the boatman said to Kwon Ji, who had come out to inspect it: "The beach just now is called Longhu Beach, which is the most dangerous river beach in the Checheonliang River, and after passing it, you will be able to enter the town bay in less than two quarters of an hour, and if nothing else, you will be able to arrive at Jeolla Zuosuying tonight." ”

"Yes, then I'll be relieved." Quan Zhen's tone was calm, without the slightest excitement and excitement, in his opinion, all this was carried out according to the plan, there was really nothing to be happy about, after all, crossing Qi Chuanliang was a dangerous move of nine deaths and a lifetime, and the slightest mistake would be a catastrophe, and there must not be a little sloppiness before determining the success of the escape.

But at this moment, the sentry on the lookout sounded the alarm bell and shouted at everyone on the deck: "Oh no, the exit ahead is blocked by the Japanese army!" ”

"What? How can there be a widow ship here?! The boatman was surprised: "In the past, there were no pirates on this route, could it be..."

"Don't panic, don't forget that we are now Japanese merchants." Kwon pointed to the Mitsuha Aoi on the sail and motioned for the boatman to move on, maybe it was just a Japanese troop transport, and it was not intended to target them.

At this time, at the exit of Ushikawa Liang, Nine Ghost Yoshitaka was standing on the bow of the "Nippon Maru", holding a Nanban mirror, staring at the oncoming "Japanese merchant ships", and let out a sneer from time to time.

"What a fool," Jialong scratched his messy beard and said proudly, "You still dare to use the Tokugawa family's sailboat, but don't you know that since His Highness Xiuzhong went north, all the shipping of the Tokugawa family has been entrusted to the family?" ”

"How would they know," Jialong's sister-in-law, Shoulong, said in response while wiping the sword: "Since Yuan Jun came to power, how many times have he taken the initiative to go to sea to fight?" Those Tokugawa merchant ships must have also been intercepted by Yi Sunsin. ”

Jia Long nodded approvingly, and exclaimed: "The lord is really a reincarnation of Zhuge , and he is like a god, but he expected that Quan Jian would take risks and go east to Qichuan Liang." is so witty, I really admire Jialong. ”

"Otherwise, can I be the lord I am waiting for," Shoulong said casually: "The bow and the iron cannon are all in ambush, and we will make a plan later, board the ship in the name of inspection, and if it fails, launch an attack again, and strive to minimize the losses." ”

"It's worthy of my Jialong's son, but this ship is almost here, you better put away the knife first, so as not to make them suspicious."

Shoulong felt justified and hurriedly put his knife into the sheath, at this time, the distance between the merchant ship and Jialong was less than 100 meters, and everything seemed to be going according to their own ideas.

At this time, the battle on the Tongying Peninsula was also nearing the end, unable to withstand the repeated attacks of Island Kiyoxing and Aoki Ichiju, at about eight o'clock in the morning, the Gucheng defenders surrendered, the father of the young attendant, and also the brother of Shi Tianbai, the right wing general of the navy, Gucheng Mansion made Shi Tianhu and the following eighteen generals were forced to commit suicide and martyrdom, but in order to save the lives of the people and soldiers, it is not dishonorable.

The more than 1,000 soldiers who escorted Quan Zhen's southern retreat, before arriving at Xianshan Island, learned that the water camp had been conquered, and had no choice but to turn around and return to Gucheng, which was halfway through, and encountered the fleeing fresh soldiers, and learned that Gucheng had also been lost, and all the generals defending the city were martyred. Shocked, under the leadership of the general, it was decided to retreat to the water village of Maitreya Island west of Xianshan Island and absconded on a sentinel boat.

Who knew that at this time, the defenders of Maitreya Island had already surrendered, and the warships were also looted by the Japanese army. In the face of the empty water village, some people chose to jump off the cliff and die for their country, while most of them turned back to Xianshan Island and launched a suicide attack on the Japanese army.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, on the outskirts of Xianshan Island, under the attack of the large barrel and the iron artillery team, all the remaining 600 men were killed, and after another two quarters of an hour, the last fresh stronghold in Seongpo-ri was also uprooted.