Soon, the combined fleet traveled up the Han River from Yangchuan, a few miles away from the Yanghuajin ferry at the fork of the Xijiang River, and encountered the Fengxiao Battalion sailors who came to intercept it.

Lu Shunde received a report that dozens of warships had blocked the entire Han River in front of him, and that a large number of wooden planks and abandoned boats had blocked the entire Han River.

"Commander Lu, those arrogant Koreans actually asked our army to stop advancing and send only a small number of people to the capital on their ships. I don't know what their heads think, don't you see our fleet of this size? Do they still think that we, like the foreigners, sent three or five warships to intimidate them? The deputy chief of staff of the Oriental Fleet was a little speechless.

"It seems that these Koreans are still alive in the glory of three hundred years ago, and fortunately, since the establishment of the three major fleets of the imperial navy, they have not experienced any war, so they took the North Korean sword and tried artillery." Lu Shunde smiled and ordered directly: "Pass my order, the first squadron and the fourth squadron are acting together, and now it is just the northwest wind, and the water flow at the mouth of the Han River is gentle, so we will use artillery to clear a channel of the Han River, and if there is an interception of the ship, all the artillery will sink it." ”

As soon as the order was given, the naval fleet continued its march to the upper reaches of the Han River. Soon, it was hit by a wooden plank several meters wide on the Han River, blocking the entire surface of the river, like a pontoon bridge.

The commander of the first detachment was Cheng Xueqi, and when he saw dozens of North Korean sailing ships snooping on the river behind the wooden planks, he directly ordered: "Aim at the warships behind me and fire fiercely!" Suddenly, the sound of artillery was everywhere, and several Korean warships were sunk at once, and several were damaged, and the remaining forty or fifty warships hurriedly fled backwards without expecting that the opponent's artillery could shoot so far.

After a few rounds of artillery, several openings were opened in the middle of the pontoon, and the barrage planks that had lost the cover of the warships had no resistance at all, and were swept away in a few blows.

Lu Shunde directly ordered a quick pursuit deep into the Han River.

At this time, the sky was slowly getting dark, and on the river outside Ganghwa Island, dozens of ships were faintly sailing, although they were not large warships, they were huge in size, and they were obviously troop carriers.

At the Yanghuajin ferry port on the Xijiang River, which is the closest to the capital, hundreds of soldiers of the captive army have already occupied a fort on a dirt slope on the shore with foreign guns.

Lu Shunde breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered all fourteen warships to dock steadily at Yanghuajin. He used his binoculars to look at the North Korean soldiers dodging at the foot of Dingzu Mountain in the distance, and only dared to sneak a peek at the appearance of not showing his face, revealing a contemptuous smile.

Just now, he received a report from his subordinates that the defenders of the Yanghuajin Fort on the shore had all fled, which made him speechless. Ganghwa Island is like this, and now this Yang Huajin is like this again. It seems that he came to North Korea this time to go on an expedition and will not be able to fight.

He was originally prepared for a hard battle, after all, although the Korean naval division did not have much combat strength, but relying on each other with the artillery on the shore of Yanghuajin could still cause a lot of trouble to the imperial naval division, at least, it was not possible to dock on the shore casually like this and seize the fort. Unexpectedly, it was true, without a single shot, he went directly to the shore. In this way, the entire Han River has completely lost its effect, and the capital of North Korea is completely open to itself.

Lu Shunde had just sent 1,000 marines ashore to occupy the forts, and the large army forces were still behind, and the fleet he led was originally just to make an outpost and clear the batteries on both sides of the Han River.

"How long will it take for most of the Lu Division to arrive?" Lu Shunde asked, "What's going on in the capital?" ”。

"Commander Lu, the large infantry force has already crossed Ganghwa Island by boat, and it will arrive at Yanghuajin in two or three hours. Half an hour ago, there was already a message from carrier pigeons in the capital, everything was according to the plan, the south gate and the west gate of the capital had internal responses, and when the army reached the outside of the city and began to attack the city, the city gate would be opened. And the royal palace in the city, the Korean abbot Kim Moon-geun has already made arrangements, this person wants to gain the support of the empire, and make him the king of Joseon, he will definitely capture his king's son-in-law. A marching staff officer replied, and then remembered something important, and said: "Report to the commander, just now a Confucian scholar came to the shore, claiming to be an envoy sent by the king of Joseon, and wants to see you!" ”

"Oh, the usher? What kind of official is this? Greet us, and lead us to attack their capital? Hahahaha! Lu Shunde couldn't help laughing: "It seems that most of them are begging for mercy and bringing him on the boat, Lu wants to see what he says!" ”

The staff officer was ordered to go down and give orders. After a while, a scholar wearing a Confucian robe and a square crown was taken onto the ship by two soldiers.

"The foreign minister led Jin Binghua to see the general of the Celestial Empire! The soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven are really disciplined, and the generals are mighty! As soon as Confucian saw Lu Shunde, he bowed and complimented.

"It turned out to be Lord Jin, Lord Jin speaks Chinese so fluently, it seems that he has been to the Central Plains?" Lu Shunde helped Jin Binghua up, and he was also very enthusiastic.

"The Great General is clever! Xiaochen once studied in the Great Qing Dynasty for three years, and then traveled in the Central Plains for two years, and has always admired the Central Plains culture, and is half a Chinese person. Kim Byung-hwa was full of admiration.

Lu Shunde saw him close and had a good impression of him, but he didn't forget what the most important thing was at this time, and asked directly: "I don't know why Lord Jin came?" ”

"General, the minister is here, and I have specially issued the order of the king of my family and Jin Xiang, and I have come to inquire why the Celestial Empire has sent so many troops to the country?" Jin Binghua asked cautiously.

"Can you be convicted? Korea was originally a vassal state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and our Chinese Empire, defeated the Manchu Qing Dynasty and received everything from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but North Korea colluded with the Manchu Qing Dynasty and delayed going to our Shengjing to present the letter of state, pay tribute and call the vassals, and must not take our Chinese Empire in their eyes, so His Majesty ordered me to lead tens of thousands of troops to crusade. Lu Shunde glared angrily.

"The general is wronged! The villain is a member of Anton's Jin family, and the ancestors of my Jin family migrated from the Central Plains, and they were originally from the Central Plains, yearning for the Heavenly Empire. It's just that now this North Korea is the Li dynasty, but although my Kim family has the heart, it is not enough. However, after the Celestial Empire drove away the Manchu Qing, our Jin family persuaded the Li family that they had sent a tribute mission of several hundred people to Shengjing, which may have been a long way away and delayed in between. My Jin family has always admired the Central Plains, the general, please see, the minister is also a Confucian student, and he is deeply favored by the Celestial Empire, how dare he be disrespectful to the Celestial Empire? This matter must be a misunderstanding, if the Li family has other ideas, even if my Jin family fights these thousands of people, they will lead Korea to join the Celestial Empire, and pay tribute to the Celestial Dynasty every year. Kim Byung-hwa revealed his identity, and while giving eye medicine to the North Korean king Lee, he said good things about the Kim family.

Lu Shunde had already received the news that the prince named Kim Wengen in the palace was interested in seeking the throne of the king of Korea and was willing to join the empire, but he didn't know if the Jin Binghua in front of him was his person, and the Jin family was also divided into two factions. It's better to test him, and then asked: "Anton Jin's family, but he is dedicated to China, and his heart is commendable!" But I don't know who in your Jin family has this blessing and virtue and can take over the position of the Li family? ”

Jin Binghua's face was happy, he was a person from Jin Wengen, so he naturally helped the master's family speak, and hurriedly said flatteringly: "General, the national abbot Jin Wengen has always admired the Celestial Empire, if the Guozhang succeeds the Li family, it will definitely make North Korea loyal to the Celestial Empire and become a loyal subject of the Celestial Empire." ”

Lu Shunde secretly said that your kid is Jin Wengen's person, and he didn't say it earlier, so he smiled and said tentatively: "It turns out that Lord Jin is the person of the abbot, so you must know the promise made by the abbot to the Celestial Empire." ”

"It turns out that the general knows, so the minister won't hide it. As long as the general sends someone to the city gate, light five fires and connect the city in a straight line, and the south gate of the city will open the south gate of the city and let the heavenly soldiers enter the city. Jin Binghua said straight to the point.