"The south wind is blowing."

Shokishi muttered to himself, squinting at the flag on the pier.

This is also the tradition of Xinxiang, when everyone needs to contribute, many colorful flags are planted to create a hot atmosphere. It is said that at first it was just Yu Guozhen's personal habit, but later, it became the habit of everyone in Xinxiang. As for whether it really has this effect, Jiang An has never thought about it carefully.

He didn't need to think about it, how much money and energy a few bunting could be worth, at least on the dock, he could still use this to detect the change in the direction of the wind.

It is true that the south wind has risen, and in previous years, it was usually not until March that the south wind blew properly, but now it is only the tenth day of February. The warm wind blew on his face, carrying the salty and wet smell of the sea, and the shore frowned, such a wind made him miss Xinxiang.

In the first two or three years, Yu Guozhen would return to Xiang'an half of the time every year, while Jiang'an stayed in Xinxiang, only occasionally going to the people of Dongren and Annan to lobby. Every time he came back after ten days and a half of absence, he was always surprised to find that Xinxiang had changed again.

As a result, he has a special sense of belonging to Xinxiang.

"Alas, without the command of a petty official, the work here is done slowly!" Thinking of the rapid changes in Xinxiang, and then looking at the Tamna Port in front of him, which had been in front of him for half a year, Jiangan complained.

"You can't be separated from you petty officials!" Luo Yiniang said angrily beside her: "Next time, go sleep with you little officials!" ”

Jiang An's face suddenly turned red, because there were other people next to him! Luo Yiniang is not disrespectful to Yu Guozhen, in fact, her respect for Yu Guozhen is no less than that of Jiang An, and she also watched Yu Guozhen turn Xinxiang into what it is today like an immortal. What's more, if it weren't for Yu Guozhen's insistence, Jiang'an might not have gotten along with her.

It is said that the Han people have three wives and four concubines who are lustful, but Jiang'an is still only one of her wives, and among them, there is also Yu Guozhen's order in it.

"I said Yi Niang, don't talk nonsense! You don't know what to do, what are you doing with me on the construction site! ”

Hearing Jiang An say this, Luo Yiniang was a little unconvinced, and was about to say something more, when she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, and couldn't help retching. Seeing her like this, Jiang An hurriedly took off his military coat and gave it to her: "Let you wear more clothes, but you just don't listen, look, it's cold!" ”

The physical discomfort came and went quickly, Luo Yiniang glanced at Jiang'an: "I'll go back and add some clothes, when I'm not there, your eyes are not allowed to look at those big North Korean plates!" ”

The so-called North Korean big plate is because Luo Yiniang found that quite a lot of North Korean girls have very big faces, so they took the nickname. After seeing her go back, Jiang Kishi turned his face with a smile, and then he heard the gong of the alarm.

Tamna is a large island, and with this little power in the hands of the general, it is impossible to defend everything. At this time, there were still nearly 100,000 people on Tamna Island, and they were still under the jurisdiction of the two county commanders appointed by the Joseon Dynasty, Dajing and Jingyi, but these two county commanders also received an edict from the imperial court, knowing that they were also under the jurisdiction of the Tamna Governor appointed by the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after landing on the island, with the help of local North Korean officials, the first port of Xinxiang was placed in the northeast corner of Tamna Island.

Originally, the Koreans named Seongsan because of the mountains and rocks that resemble the city. Jiang'an naturally wanted to change his name here, but it was not his decision to change the name, and he wrote to Yu Guozhen, who changed it to Yicheng.

From Yicheng Port to the east, there is a small island called "Niu Island" across the sea, the distance is only more than 3,000 meters, you can see it clearly with the naked eye, and there is a natural harbor, which is conducive to sheltering from the wind. On one side, there is a peak 182 meters above sea level, which is just right for a long view. Shogishi recruited local people to work here and built a huge lighthouse, but the height of the lighthouse was not ideal until the reinforced concrete could be easily transported.

The lighthouse is also a sentry post, and the sound of the gong is from the sentry.

After a while, someone ran over panting: "Governor, unidentified ship has been found!" ”

Jiang'an's heart tightened, just this morning, the Huaqing and Lianbo had already set off, and the garrison of Yicheng, in addition to the hundreds of Xian soldiers who had sworn allegiance to the prince, was three hundred marines and four hundred herdsmen.

It is the four hundred herdsmen, the identity of these people is a bit special, in their own opinion, they are Nanhaibo's personal clothed slaves, so they are loyal to Yu Guozhen personally, but in the face of Jiang'an, they are not so obedient. Fortunately, their two leaders, Sitku and Morgeng, were quite well-behaved, and Jiang Jian believed that he had three hundred Tiger Guard Marines in his possession, and he would be able to completely control these people.

"Get the shepherds ready, and send the weapons down!" Shogan ordered, but then added, "Wait, you said of the unknown ship...... How many? ”

"One!"

"Only one, do you sure?"

"There really is only one!"

After getting the confirmation, Jiang An breathed a sigh of relief and scolded: "Don't talk like this next time, I was scared out of my sweat, and I thought when Jianyu was so smart, and when did he go to attack Phi Island on the surface, he actually shook a shot to rob Tamna!" ”

Jiang An didn't know, although Jian Yu also knew that Tamna had fallen into the hands of Yu Guozhen, and although Yu Guozhen had also caused some trouble to Jian Yu, until now, Jian Yu still did not really face up to this new force. In other words, Jianyu still feels that Yu Guozhen is just an outstanding figure who has appeared again in the Ming Dynasty, but he can't break the constraints of the Ming Dynasty, which means that Yu Guozhen is now born like a comet, and will eventually disappear like a meteor.

In addition, Jianyu has no overall concept at all, and in their opinion, a small island more than 100 miles away from North Korea, hanging alone overseas, even if it wants to cause trouble, it will be caused to North Korea, and the impact on them is not very great.

"Be on guard, beware!" If it weren't for Jianyu, Jiang'an wouldn't be so nervous, he ordered.

"Be on guard, beware!" At the same time, Huo Yan also shouted loudly.

It's just that Huo Yan's shouts are much sharper, and the situation he faces is different from Jiang'an. In front of him was not a single ship, but more than a hundred Xianguo warships of different sizes, more than half of which had artillery on board!

After several rounds of fire, the field guns in Xinxiang's experiments showed a longer range than the North Korean naval guns -- this is also a helpless thing, not only because Xinxiang's steelmaking technology is far superior to that of North Korea, but also because the structure of the entire East Asian warship at this time is not suitable for the installation of heavy artillery, so this situation has arisen. This forced the two North Korean commanders, who had hoped to use artillery to open the gap, to make another plan and began to send ships to seize the beach and prepare for the landing.

It was impossible for the big ships to force their way down under such circumstances, so they released more than thirty sampans, each with one or twenty men on them, and if they washed ashore and seized the docks, then the big ships could come to shore and throw their troops on them continuously.

The number of artillery on the shore was not large, so these thirty or so sampans, even if they were hit by one or two, would lose a few at most. Although Li Jun and Li Chongyuan came to deal with the envoys, they also understood that if they didn't cope well, they were afraid that they would be slaughtered as scapegoats.

Park Zhengtai was one of these beach grabbers, he raised the shield high, and the whole person shrank behind the shield as much as possible, and he had already scolded the ancestors of the two chief officials for eight generations in his heart.

He didn't like the Ming people, but he didn't like Jianyu even more, the Ming people still talked about some benevolence and righteousness, and Dongjiang Town on Phi Island always didn't ask for people's surnames when they scraped the coast of Korea, but Jianyu was completely different. Now if he wants to work hard for Jianyu, how can he be willing!

"The builders of the dog, the Mingren of the dog, all up, all on!" Thinking like this in his heart, Park Jung-tae couldn't help but shout out in his mouth.

The boat hit the beach and shook violently, and then Park Jung-tae jumped into the water. Although it was already February, the sea water at this time was definitely not warm, and the knee-deep sea water made his body tremble, and his legs fell into the water with a limp.

Then he heard the strange sound of muskets.

It was a strange musket because he had never heard such a musket before.

Denglai soldiers are much poorer than Xinxiang Huwei, but that is only relative, with the relationship between Sun Lin and Yu Guozhen, and the relationship between Zhang Bingwen, the political secretary of Shan'dongbu and the Fang family, Denglai soldiers have still been tilted in terms of financial resources, the most typical of which is the replacement of Huwei B-type muskets. Before Yu Guozhen returned to Xinxiang, he had already decided to go all out to develop the Huwei C musket, so all the thousands of Huwei B he carried on his return to the north were sold to the Denglai soldiers at a discount. In addition to the 2,000 branches that were later replenished with the four lucky ships going north, although the Denglai soldiers did not have a single tiger guard, they were also a firearms unit with about 5,000 muskets.

Huo Yan's transformation of the Denglai soldiers is not limited to the appearance of the army, but also a lot of practice in the use of firearms, of course, it is not as good as the training of Huwei like burning silver, but it also makes the Denglai soldiers familiar with the use of muskets. The average rate of fire of about one and a half rounds per minute, combined with the number of up to thousands, can form a very considerable network of firepower.

The Korean soldiers who jumped from the sampan that grabbed the beach fell in pieces like rice harvested in autumn, and the water was covered with a gurgling of red blood, which soon spread and dyed the water on the shore red.

There were five or six hundred North Koreans who jumped off the sampan with Park Zhengtai, but when Park Zhengtai got up from the water, he found that at least a third of them could no longer get up.

The North Korean army has never been a stubborn army, and just one intensive shot inflicted such a number of losses on them that the rest of the North Korean soldiers immediately lost their fighting spirit. They all turned to flee back to the sampan, but then a volley of muskets rang out behind them.

This time, Park Jung-tae's luck was still very good, and he was not hit, but several of his companions fell in half. And the tide pushed the sampan away from them, and it was not something that could be caught up in knee-deep water, and then withdrawn from the rising water!

Park Jung-tae was desperate, he now understood why when they approached by sampan, Mingren didn't let go of a shot, which obviously didn't let them realize the danger in advance!

(To be continued)