Chapter 302: Inchon Landing

When the Japanese invaders harassed the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial historian and the ministers of the cabinet once had a quite sophisticated evaluation, these soldiers on the seashore were just farmers with spears, but these farmers still fought with weapons in their hands when the Japanese invaded, and they could use weapons to some extent.

The fleet led by Jiang Feng almost stopped the port of Incheon, but no one came, after all, it was not on the sea of Daming, and the ships entered the private port. This is the entry of one country into the port of another country, whether it is the suzerainty or not, and such acts without envoys and without any documents can lead to war.

But then again, a weak country has no diplomacy, the soldiers of North Korea can be said to be a group of beggars with weapons, or a group of old and weak people who are not even as good as beggars, North Korea has its own complete civil service system and a gatekeeper ruling class composed of scholars, but nothing else is to be mentioned.

Under the leadership of the flagship Shunfeng, the armed gunboats were driven to the closest position to the port, aimed their guns at the shore, and the soldiers on each ship began to change to small boats to land, Incheon is indeed a good harbor, so that these ships of great tonnage can be anchored there steadily, without worrying about running aground and other problems.

On the side of the Shunfeng, the senior officers were nervously watching the small boats that were constantly coming to the shore, and if the defenders on the shore responded, these boats would probably be the first to suffer, because even if the guns on the ships responded, the soldiers who landed first would be accidentally injured by the fire.

Quiet, that is, very quiet, everyone, even the merchants who came to pull people and the captains on the ship, who had no military experience, felt that there was either an ambush on the shore, or some other way to react. They all watched with concern.

After some time they realized that there was indeed no one on the shore who had reacted, and that they had fled at a speed not inferior to that of galloping horses, and that the four hundred soldiers were still stationed five miles from the port, in addition to the Korean tax collectors and their thugs.

The first batch of 200 soldiers landed on the shore, carefully searched around the wharf, and then followed the ships behind to send a message, the armed merchant ships full of equipment and soldiers began to dock, the equipment on the wharf was very rudimentary, but it could also provide loading and unloading, after the first three-pounder gun of the Jiang Jiajun was pulled ashore, the officers on the Shunfeng were relieved, and now even if the other party mobilizes soldiers, they are not afraid.

The merchants of the Jingshi merchant group who came over with the Dengzhou fleet are now concentrated on a medium-sized Fu ship, and they are close to watch the landing of Jiang Jiajun.

But what Jiang Feng did after leaving Beijing is not very clear to them, this time they all re-understand the matter of cooperation, and found that Jiang Feng has indeed made great military achievements over the years, of course, this is not surprising, in the eyes of the businessmen in Beijing, Jiang Feng has money in his hands, and naturally he can support more family soldiers, and the number of family members and soldiers is the strength of the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty army.

However, these people in the Jingshi Business Group have always been characters at the feet of the Son of Heaven and above the top, thinking that you Jiang Feng is strong and is the appearance of hundreds of families, how else can you still work honestly in front of the silver.

When they came to Dengzhou, the thousands of soldiers they saw were all like the pro-soldiers of other guards, and the army was neat and well-equipped.

Then they saw the prosperous business of private salt and sea trade, these things have all kinds of sayings on the surface, but how can they, who are usually in charge of these businesses, be fooled, it turns out that Jiang Feng still has such a big financial resource, this is not a matter of making money every day, I am afraid that it is a stone every day, and a warehouse every day.

Some businessmen under the command of high-ranking officials are used to taking advantage of the wealth, and they can't help but blush when they see this kind of business, and they think that after returning to Beijing, they will not be very angry if they can get their own master to charge this Jiang Feng, and then take this thing over themselves. After going to sea, everyone was silent, and there were no other thoughts.

The huge hull of the Shunfeng and the swarthy muzzles on it shocked the minds of these people, and in the same way, the size and tonnage of the armed gunboats that Dengzhou now considered to be small boats were already larger than the big ships brought by these merchants, and with these ships, the world could not go anywhere, and with so many guns, I am afraid that the sea would have to obey his orders.

When they saw the artillery dragged up at the time of landing, everyone had no idea of anything strange, thinking that they must not annoy this evil god, otherwise they would not even be able to return home.

There was a merchant under Xungui, who was also in Beijing to run supplies for the four major battalions of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and after seeing the drills of the Shenji Battalion, he could be regarded as seeing some firearms, and saw Jiang Feng's men dragging artillery from the ship to the shore, muttering there, and saying in a distracted manner:

"Why do you even have a general's cannon, this is amazing, this is amazing!"

Incheon is a port city, but because of the defense of the sea, the real city is still about three miles away from the port, and there are some sparse houses and warehouses in between.

By the time Jiang Feng's troops and merchants had completely landed, the gates of Incheon City were closed, and even the figures running around couldn't be seen.

The simple warehouses in the vicinity were all put to use, and the ships of the Jingshi merchants were loaded with the supplies needed for this time, and they were unloaded and put into the warehouses, and the useless houses around were dismantled, and the wooden planks were used as fuel, and stones and other things were used as building materials.

Except for the 2,000 soldiers stationed in the harbor, the remaining 2,000 were divided into two groups, each of which slowly advanced in front of the lead of a hundred cavalry, which could be regarded as feeling the surrounding situation.

Inchon is the gateway to Seoul, that is, about 80 miles away, and although the Korean state is abnormally weak, this situation still has to be fought. The fast horses sent by the Incheon Castle Guard were already rushing towards Seoul, reporting the emergency situation and asking for reinforcements.

The Koreans never thought that someone would land in Incheon, because the vicinity is the defense range of the Daming Water Division, which is also the reason why there are not too many soldiers here, most of the soldiers are stationed in the south of Seoul, because the Japanese princes of Kyushu regard the southern part of Korea as a granary, and come over at any time to loot and replenish themselves, it is inevitable that it will go a little deeper, starting from the establishment of the Japanese government in the south of Korea during the Tang Dynasty, it was the road of Japan's invasion of Korea after all.

As for the north, there is basically no need to defend, and the reason here is similar to that of Incheon Port, if the Ming army fights, can it still resist?

Now reigning is the so-called King Zhongzong of North Korea, the country is small, naturally there is the advantage of a small country, Jiang Feng's troops landed in the morning, the king received the news in the afternoon, after hearing the news, the king almost turned over on the mat, because there was no stool in North Korea at that time.

After finally calming down, he nervously asked:

"Hurry up and let the guards prepare, Lone is going to leave the city now......"

The envoy below suddenly burst into tears, what a wonderful king, he actually wants to lead the army out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the invading enemy, but obviously, the habit of listening to half a sentence is very bad, King Zhongzong of Korea continued to say nervously:

"Go to Pyongyang, go and prepare, go and prepare."

Several ministers on the side couldn't stand it, especially Li Rengong, the doctor of Chonglu of Dakuang Fuguo, he was the leader of two classes, a first-class nobleman in North Korea, it can be said that the national affairs of North Korea were basically determined by him, the minister, and then promulgated by the king, and it was also considered to have gone through several dynasties, naturally it was much calmer, seeing the performance of the king of Zhongzong in the middle, he couldn't help coughing, and the king of Zhongzong immediately stopped talking, Li Rengong said slowly:

"Where did you see the enemy army coming from, is it Ming or Japanese?"

This sentence was immediately asked to the messenger who lived there, and all of them fled like rabbits, who would have the audacity to go and see how many boats and people came from the other party. Seeing that the envoy was silent for a long time, several ministers suddenly thought that they had learned the truth of the matter.

Dr. Li Rengong, the doctor of Chonglu of Dakuang Fuguo, couldn't help but speed up his speech there, and opened his mouth to Zhongzong of North Korea, but he actually gave an order himself:

"The old minister thinks that he should send General Zhichong to lead the men and horses, and the old minister sees that the other party is just some bold pirates, and he takes advantage of the fact that these bold people have not yet gained a firm foothold, and just takes them by surprise."

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the surrounding civil and military officials echoed and agreed, and the named general Zhichong over there had not yet waited for the so-called King Zhongzong to give an order, and he had already issued an order, whether it was the king of Joseon or the ministers below, they all felt that this matter should be taken for granted, and there was no problem with overstepping.

Although it was not known who the offender was in this small court, all kinds of rumors had spread rapidly in Seoul, and people were panicking.

It took a lot of time to mobilize troops and horses, and although all levels were making it easier for the general, it would not be until noon the next day at the earliest.

At this time, outside the city of Incheon, a cannon dragged by six horses had already adjusted the angle, aimed at the gate of Incheon, and ignited the line of fire......