Chapter 82: Preparations Before the Attack
A scientist can come up with such a method, which not only makes North Korea dare not move, but also justifiably occupies Jeju Island, which can only make Zhu Youxiao sigh, smart people can do the ultimate in all aspects.
This proposal was praised by everyone else (of course, Yao Siren would not speak out), and everyone added to this plan, and then sent someone to write a letter to Yuan Keli in the name of the cabinet, asking him to negotiate the matter with the North Koreans first.
After Yuan Keli received the letter, he actually didn't agree in his heart, but he had no choice but to do it. At this time, the North Korean mission was still refused by him outside the water gate on Miaodao, and Yuan Keli asked people to pass them in.
The Korean mission ascended from the eastern step and bowed again, and presented a letter to Yuan Keli, that is, to present the credentials. Yuan Keli asked, "Is the old king of your country here?" ”
The messenger replied, "Yes." “
"Does he have a son?"
He replied, "I have a son." ”
He asked, "Where?" “
He replied, "In the same place." “
He asked, "I heard that the old king had died on March 13, right?" ”
He replied, "No." “
Asked: "The thirteenth day of the army is yes, or the old king retreats from himself?" ”
replied: "Its immorality is detailed in the Shen Wen, and the master can understand it in detail when he sees it." The subjects of a country, large and small, coincide with each other and promote the new monarch. Princess Zhaojing ordered the right to handle state affairs, the mandate of heaven returned, and she was calm and upright, how could there be any use of troops? ”
He asked, "Is your kingdom determined?" ”
He replied: "Anyway, the day is not easy for the market to be unbridled, and the government and the opposition are silent, so what is the uncertain thing?" And the head town Mao is stationed in our state, if there is a suspicious end, how can there be a reason to cover the small state and deceive the court! ”
Yuan Keli's face turned a little pale, so he put forward a condition: "The old king must not harm him, but I am afraid that if someone wants to make meritorious deeds and harm him, it will be detrimental to your country." Therefore, the Son of Heaven had a decree to put the old king and his son on Jeju Island, which was guarded by the Ming army. ”
The envoy was overjoyed, which meant that the Ming court had recognized the fact of this change of throne, so he said: "Thank you for the great grace of the Heavenly Dynasty, but there is something to give to the army, Jeju has been inhabited by pirates, our army is weak, and the court begs the court to send troops to seize it." Thought it was a place of imprisonment. “
For North Korea, a small island, the specialty is not rich, if it can be exchanged for the recognition of the new monarch by the Ming court, no matter how you look at it, it will be worth it.
Yuan Keli wrote a letter to the envoys, in which the old man complained about the actions of the ministers of the court, and felt that it was the ministers who induced the emperor and set up this strategy that was not very moral, but he did not know that the emperor had changed the way of thinking of the ministers.
After Zhu Youxiao received the recital, he did not immediately send troops, and waited until the king of Joseon sent Shen Wen requesting troops to send troops, and then ordered Man Gui to lead three infantry battalions and one artillery battalion of the independent brigade to Quanzhou.
After the independent brigade arrived in Quanzhou, it changed to Zhang Qianfang's sea ship and came to Jeju Island with four lucky boats. As soon as the pirates saw the banner of the Ming army, they immediately set sail and left, and before they handed over a single soldier, Jeju Island had already changed hands.
After Mangui went to the island, the former Korean officials came to visit them with their subordinates, crying loudly about the sorrow of their struggle to resist but unable to return to heaven, and invited the lord of Shangguo to enter the yamen to rest, Mangui did not want to talk to them, and sent his quartermaster to appease them, and he wanted to survey the terrain of the entire island and prepare for a long stay.
The prisoners who had been captured by the pirates were told by the soldiers of the Guards that everything would be as usual and that they would not be allowed to leave the island for three years, but now the island is now Ming and can live forever.
When the quartermaster met with the Korean officials, he announced the decision of the Joseon royal family, and the island was administered by the Ming army, specifically for the purpose of imprisoning the former Wang Guanghaijun family, and if they were willing to return to Korea, they could leave on their own, and those who did not want to return to Korea could still hold official positions here, and the soldiers could be converted into private households, and they could take their families to the island and become permanent residents.
Most of the Korean officials and soldiers stayed, and Jeju Island became a Zhili state under the governor of Damyeong-den-lai, which was called Jeju, and Ma Shiying temporarily served as the governor, the original two counties were abolished, and the entire island was temporarily under military control.
Zhang Qianfang's ship constantly transported food, ammunition and other materials to Jeju, while Mangui led the soldiers to train for island warfare, because there were many islands here, so it was a suitable training place for troops before attacking Japan.
And the weather is getting hotter, just so that the soldiers who are not accustomed to water can get acquainted with it, although they are not familiar with water, at least they can adapt to the vagaries of the weather at sea, have a basic understanding of the situation of sea water, and at least know how to save themselves or wait for rescue in case they fall into the water during the battle.
There were four ports on Jeju Island, and in each of them, the Ming army built forts and erected forts with forts developed by the Ordnance Bureau. This kind of cannon is the legendary thirty-pound cannon, because there is a drop from the fort to the sea, so the maximum attack distance can reach two miles, and the whole island can basically be said to be safe and sound.
After hearing that the citrus in this area was of good quality, Zhu Youxiao ordered that as long as the land on this island was not suitable for reclamation, citrus should be planted as much as possible. However, the number of people on the island is too small after all, so there are still large areas of wasteland waiting to be cultivated, not to mention the mountains.
After the fort was built, Jeju would only need to deploy a small number of soldiers to deal with the invading enemy. At this time, North Korea also sent Gwanghae-jun and his son Yi Ji to Jeju.
Gwanghae-jun had been burned blind by the North Koreans with lime and exiled to Qiao Tong on Ganghwa Island, and the prince Li Ji was also exiled to Ganghwa Island. Now his tunnel plan has not been implemented, so he escaped to death.
Ma Shiying ordered the two of them to renovate their extremely ornate residence in the former Jeju Muyamen, and took their surviving wives and concubines from North Korea, allowing them to live a luxurious life, and all the supplies were provided by North Korea anyway.
Yan Siqi's rebellion plan is proceeding in an orderly manner. Matsuura Nobuzhen urged him to launch as soon as possible every day, but he always refused on the grounds that he was not ready, and Nobuzhen kept adding weight on the basis of the reward he had promised, wanting to use this to impress Yan Siqi, but he didn't know that Yan Siqi was waiting for the independent brigade to complete its training.
In August of the third year of the Apocalypse, Yan Siqi and Yang Tiansheng, Chen Xinji (from Haicheng, Zhangzhou), Zheng Zhilong and other 28 people worshiped the alliance as brothers in Pingdo, and made an oath: "Life is not the same day, death must be at the same time", and everyone pushed Siqi as the leader of the alliance. Zhang Qianfang did not participate in it, and the obvious reason was that Yang Tiansheng was his uncle, so he couldn't mess with his generation.
Before forming the alliance, Yan Siqi had already explained that he accepted the reward from the Ming court, and said that if he was unwilling to accept the jurisdiction of the court, he would still be good friends, but as a result, everyone was willing to join the East China Sea army, because after joining the navy, the court did not directly care about them.
All kinds of requests, thank you for your support! Historically, people like Zheng Zhilong are actually willing to be recruited, and there are few people who are unwilling to do it with the backing of the state.