Chapter 641: Eastern Empire
On September 20, Chen Ming was reading the news from North Korea, and the Min army unexpectedly entered Chunjiang Province. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The person who led the troops was Min Hong-ho's eldest son, Min Jin-ho, who was previously in charge of the Kaesong City Defense Army.
Nachungang Province is a territory controlled by the royal army of Seoul, and the person who commands the army is the descendant of the Andong Kim clan
After the Min army began to attack Gangwon Province and Hamgyong Province, Min Jinhao as the vanguard first attacked Icheon Province and Cheorwon Province in Gangwon Province, and then he was left in Cheorwon Province by his Lao Tzu as the commander-in-chief of the defense of Gangwon South Province.
In the past few months, Min Hongho has captured Gangwonbuk-do and most of Hamgyong Province. A lot of evidence was found, and in its territory, anyone who had hooked up with the remnants of the Qing Dynasty was either killed or fled.
The whole process of marching smoothly was unexpected.
Many of the followers prepared by Chen Zhongsheng were not used, and one city after another, and the armies collapsed, but Min Zhenhao's sudden invasion of Chunjiang Mansion was also an unexpected situation.
Chen Ming put down the information in his hand, and he had already excused the Min family army in his heart. This offensive battle was not deliberately provoked by Min Zhenhao. How so? It was when Min Zhenhao led his troops to patrol the border of Cheorwon Province, and the Korean soldiers on the opposite side [make a difference] shot first. Min Zhenhao naturally counterattacked, but what was a little ridiculous was that as soon as the guns of the Min family army rang out, the soldiers on the opposite side collapsed. Min Zhenhao had 1,000 soldiers under his command, but he broke through many counties in Chunjiang Prefecture and fought all the way to the edge of the Han River. The Han River in North Korea!
Min Zhenhao didn't dare to fight. At that time, his feverish brain calmed down, because he didn't get permission from his superiors at all in this battle, and his troops were also thin, and Chunjiang Mansion, as an important town opposed to Tieyuan Mansion, had at least 3,000 royal soldiers.
So Min Zhenhao ordered the troops to stop on the edge of the Han River.
Min Zhenhao sent people to the other side to ask for negotiations, intending to ask for a verbal bargain and leave, during this period the bilateral forces gathered, Min Zhenhao's men and horses doubled, and the Korean royal soldiers in Wonju were also supporting Chunjiang Province, and the first batch of 500 cavalry arrived in Chunjiang Province.
The two sides confronted each other across the Han River, and the Min family army set up positions on the riverside, and at this time, a group of elite Wang soldiers was the cavalry unit that rushed from Yuanzhou to support. It is not easy to engage in cavalry in Korea, most of the horses are from China, and most of the people who lead the troops are also the children of the Anton Kim family, including the general of the horse team in front of him.
The Min family army was just a team of troops, shooting at the North Korean king's soldiers and horses across the river, which was not dangerous at all, just to show their tough attitude, as a result, the menacing hundreds of horses on the opposite side immediately swarmed and fled, throwing away their armor, so the officers of the Min family army crossed the river and pursued on their own initiative...... The follow-up Min family army immediately followed, and Chunjiang Mansion was the territory of the Min family in one day.
"Liu Wu, what do you think about this?"
"The Min family doesn't have the confidence to completely break with Seoul now, but the minister doesn't think that Min Hongho will raise a scapegoat to prevaricate Seoul. If you do that, it will be too much of a blow to the military morale of the Min family. ”
Liu Wu didn't have any good feelings about Hancheng and the Andong Kim family in his heart, but in terms of overall strength, Hancheng was still much stronger than the Min family. This is not only because Seoul has great righteousness, but also because the soldiers and horses of Hancheng are not only the Andong Kim clan, the latter represents himself more, and even the two classes of nobles can't represent. Qingfeng Jin's soldiers, Guoan's evaluation is quite good.
"The minister estimates that Min Hongho will punish his son for not obeying military orders, and then withdraw from Chunjiang Mansion."
"Don't listen to military orders?" Chen Ming smiled, "How can you disobey the order?" The victor is not to blame. To be precise, the soldiers of the Min family army just exposed a lie carefully concocted by the Seoul government. From that moment on, the dignity of the DPRK was about to disappear in the hearts of the warriors. Chen Ming's voice was full of emotion.
After all, it's a country that has existed for 400 years.
Chen Ming thought in his heart. After such a fuss by the Min family, if China really leaves Korea alone, I am afraid that it will immediately be a real feudal town and a war will break out again.
The majesty of the central power of the DPRK has been completely crushed to the dust.
A country that had existed for 400 years was on the verge of a real demise under Chen Ming.
Suddenly, Chen Ming's brows furrowed, he thought of a question that he hadn't thought about before, North Korea has existed for four hundred years? If we look at the history of the original time and space, the entire Li dynasty has a history of more than 500 years, which is much longer than the existence of China's feudal dynasties.
"Confucianism is really unique in stabilizing social classes and solidifying rule." It can be clearly shown from the body of this Li family's Joseon, Chen Ming thought about North Korea carefully, and could see the shadow of the Song Dynasty from its body.
Its founding ancestor Li Chenggui is the same as Zhao Kuangyin in the past, both of them are generals who have committed treason and established the dynasty, so the ruling styles of the two are also very similar. Since the founding of the country, the Korean kingdom has only experienced three large-scale wars, one is the great invasion of the Japanese in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the second is a series of wars in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the second is the Manchu Qing Dynasty that was invaded again by the butterfly of Chen Ming. During these three wars, the army of the Korean Kingdom has always behaved very unsatisfactorily, just like the two Song Dynasty were beaten three times by the Liao, Jin, and Mengyuan races. Compared to the Li Dynasty's large and well-established civilian system, the rigid military system and weak soldiers could hardly adapt to any war. After hundreds of years of development, under the rule of a well-functioning civilian class, the economy and culture of the Joseon Kingdom have made great progress, and the literati and writers have emerged in an endless stream, and the rule of the entire dynasty has been as stable as a rock. But the lack of force made everything in this dynasty less glamorous, and she did not resist a single invasion.
If nature is the survival of the fittest, then the history of the development of human civilization is also a history of cruel competition.
No country will have no external enemies, and no matter how well your internal life develops, you can't withstand external blows, which is also a failure of competition at this level of the country. In the end, such a 'form of government and statecraft' can only be ruthlessly eliminated by history. Otherwise, the price to be paid by the whole country and the whole nation is endless destruction.
For example, China, North Korea, and Annam, which were in the original time and space......
The current DPRK and the past China have reached a turning point in history.
In Chen Ming's eyes, Min Zhenhao has made a great contribution, and his blow directly made the ripening time of the North Korean fruit 10% faster. Tearing through the outer skin of the king of Seoul, I don't know how many local powerful people will rise in their hearts with an ambition to 'replace them'. This effect can definitely increase ripening by 10%!
The bright light spread through the glass to the outside, and rows of guards stood upright, and two blue-clothed eunuchs stood around the temple gate.
Zhang Dayong stood quietly in the corner of the hall, he knew the rules of Chen Ming's office, if he didn't speak, he didn't say anything, and the whole person was like invisible. It wasn't until he saw the figure of a eunuch flashing by the door that he quietly walked out.
The mille-feuille walked on the carpet without making a sound.
Walking out of the door of the inner hall, a eunuch holding a red box waited quietly outside the door. Zhang Dayong opened the box and strode back.
"Your Majesty, there is a military intelligence delivered."
There is a pigeon nest in the palace, there are more than 20 eunuchs in it, plus the number of guards is about the same, it can be said to be the most densely populated place in the palace except for the Qianqing Palace and Fengtian Palace.
Except for the eunuchs who served the pigeons, there were a group of people who translated the secret letters. After the translation is completed, the letter is placed in a box, and the seal is affixed and immediately delivered.
Depending on the level of the seal, the level is different. For example, the current red box, that is, no matter when, no matter what the emperor is doing, it will be served immediately, even if the emperor is now in the concubine.
Tearing open the red paste, Chen Ming took out the fold inside, and at first glance, a smile appeared on his face.
"Luzon has been taken."
After the Battle of the Estuary, the Marine Division pursued the remnants of the enemy all the way to the foot of the Spanish royal city. The guys were stupefied, and some of the guys who were in tattered clothes and blackened by the smoke of gunpowder had gone crazy. Even if the guards in the royal city saw that the Chinese marines took the initiative to retreat and opened the city gate to meet the defeated soldiers, these people only laughed and cried and shouted, and had no intention of fighting at all.
A raging fire broke out in the residential area outside the city, and every few moments it took for Team Rocket to fall on the head of the big duck.
The residential areas here were the best bunkers for the rocket troops, and the fire was ignited by the bombardment of the Spaniards themselves.
Black smoke billowed and everything seemed to be burning. Every building is burning, every forest is burning.
Wearing military boots, the heat on the hot ground still penetrates the soles of the shoes and transmits to the soles of the feet. The smell of burning objects in the air, including the pungent smell of burning flesh, is a strong irritation to everyone's respiratory system.
This is a battle between adults and children, a crushing battle, and it is also the best commentary on the phrase 'one trick is fresh, eat all over the world'.
In the past few years, China has stockpiled enough rockets in the South Seas, and this battle has been fought on rockets.
There was no battle in formation, no platoon shots.
After two or three hundred years of the Europeans relying on muskets and artillery, they now have to taste the taste of being crushed.
A British ship, also drifting in Manila Bay, had gone through the whole battle here, and the British East India Company Taipan in Singapore on deck was as cold as a piece of marble.
As a bystander, they gave a fair verdict on the war: "It was an unfair battle. The Chinese Navy and Army, which possessed a fiery dragon bullet and were able to fully exploit the power of this devilish weapon, were like a strong adult, while the Spaniards in Luzon were a thin young child. ”
Just as the Spaniards with muskets conquered the natives of the Americas, China easily conquered Manila with this powerful weapon.
The British and Dutch were very concerned about the war in Luzon, but it was too late for Batavia to send ships by the time they received the news. And the British, who had set up a merchant house in Singapore, caught up with the battle.
From afar, they watched the only naval battle in Manila Bay.
The battle ended in a crushing defeat for the Spanish Navy, which had only four warships and was no match for the Nanyang Naval Division. But the Flying Shear Bow Ships are not invincible, they can also be injured.
It's just that the biggest difference between them is the difference in lethality. With the accuracy and power of front-loading smoothbore guns in this era, it is difficult to say that a single round of guns can destroy a warship, and even a flying bow warship cannot destroy an entire huge warship with a single attack. But the power of the Flying Shear Bow + Fire Dragon Bullet is that they can traumatize a large ship in an instant.
Especially in single-ship battles, the latter can use their speed to go around the bow and stern of the warship to attack.
Whether it is a fourth-tier battleship or a third-class battleship, the fire dragon bullet can deal a heavy blow to the ship's power facility [sail] and direction facility [rudder], and then they can launch a second round of attack more calmly, or the orthodox sail warship will pounce on it......
In the eyes of the British who watched the naval battle at Manila Bay, it was not just one West Tooth that was defeated, but the entire European navy. In terms of European naval warships in this era, no one can withstand this tactic of the Chinese sailors.
Even a first-class battleship can't withstand a few tosses like this.
Although China and Europe are still insurmountably far apart, it is really difficult for the two sides to have a real naval war in this era. However, these British people all had a premonition in their hearts: when the scene they saw was 'spread' to Europe, a new round of shipbuilding industry reform in the European world would start again.
This meant that Britain's mighty Royal Navy warships were all obsolete overnight. For John Bull, it was a tragedy.
Unless this weapon of the Chinese is also mastered by the Europeans!
After withstanding a wave of rocket bombardment, the Spanish royal city exploded, and the countless Spaniards hiding in it were like a pot of boiling porridge, and they no longer wanted to stay in the king. Even if they surrendered to the devil-like Chinese immediately, they did not want to stay in the city and be bombed.
Luzon, an important stronghold of communication with Mexico and the core area of the Spanish galleon trade, can be said to be a small jewel in the crown of the Spanish colonial empire, but it took less than five days for the Chinese navy and army to successfully remove it from the crown. If this news reaches Europe, it will shake the entire Western world.
Because Manila's Intraos was a standard fortified city, the star-shaped structure suggests that it was a fortress-based structure, and such a city represented trouble in Europe, and even if it were to be surrounded and attacked with sufficient troops and artillery fire, it would take at least a month and pay a heavy price to conquer.
But now Chinese......
The power of rockets is beyond the imagination of people of this era.
The British, who were watching, thought of the Indian rocket in their own hands, which was really a contrast between rotten copper and gold.
Just like the opium war in the original time and space, it is also a gun, and there is a qualitative gap between the guns in the hands of the Manchus and the guns in the hands of the British.
The arrogant 'Heaven and the Kingdom of the Heavens' suffered enough in the Opium War, and for the first time realized the strength of foreigners. The same is true of the current Europeans.
The current big plate duck is such a character, the former hegemon of Europe, even if it has been many years since its decline, it is still a force to be reckoned with in Europe. It is now being so badly struck by non-white nations in a formal war, and this is the second defeat of European civilization after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
The first defeat was not in the hands of the country's surname. The strength of the Dutch at Wanwan was not at all comparable to the current battle of Luzon. The first time was also not the Battle of Yaksa of Kang Mazi, the latter was not a war, it was just a conflict. The first defeat was the Russians on land, in the battle of infantry and cavalry, and the Russians, who lacked stamina, were placed in the hands of the emerging Chinese. However, compared with the desolate and empty Siberia, Luzon is more famous in the whole of Europe, and the significance of naval battles is also greater, so the influence of this will be even greater.
The Chinese, who have proved their strength on both land and sea, will successfully replace the Ottoman Empire as the strongest country outside the monotheistic world, and in the eyes of Europeans, the whole world will have an ancient civilization in the East except for a heavenly side.
In the eyes of Europeans, the latter is no longer an 'unreal' existence separated by a layer, but a real threat to their interests.
In a word, which European country can resist this mode of operation of the Chinese naval fleet? John the Bull or Gallic Rooster? Or a polar bear that loves to swim? (To be continued.) )