Chapter 342: The Battle of Tsushima (Part II)
Zong's sailors were vulnerable to the Ming Dynasty's strong guns, nearly half of the hundreds of warships were sunk, and the rest all fled, and it is estimated that they will not have the courage to engage with the Ming warships in the future.
After killing the Zong Clan's sailors, Tsushima Island immediately lost the last layer of barrier, like a naked woman lying in front of Chang Xiao. Chang Xiao and the others were not polite to this, because they had already inquired clearly, and they knew that this island was all the spoils that the Japanese had stolen from Korea, and as long as they could take the island, all the spoils would be theirs.
It was also reported that Chang Xiao almost immediately commanded the warships to rush to the port of Tsushima Island, and after bombarding the port on the island with artillery, he immediately sent troops to control the main towns on the island, especially the warehouse on Tsushima Island where the loot was stored, and they were quickly found, and then drove the Japanese people on the island to carry the loot with a whip, but because most of the people on the island were old, weak, sick and disabled, the speed of the transportation was not very fast, which made Chang Xiao regret a little, and he knew that he would not kill all the Japanese who fell into the water in the previous naval battle. It's never too late to leave them to finish their labor.
The Zong clan originally had the idea of retreating after looting in Korea, so their loot was also extremely rich, including grain and cloth needless to say, even if Chang Xiao filled all the warships, he couldn't finish them, and there were also a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, after all, the Japanese people had almost killed all the Koreans in the occupied area, as long as all the valuable things were moved back, so the gold, silver and jewelry were also robbed a lot, but unfortunately now they are all cheap Chang Xiao them.
What Chang Xiao didn't expect was that there was not only food and property among the spoils of the Japanese people. Even the clothes and furniture were snatched over, many of them were still stained with blood, at a glance they knew that the road was taken from the dead, at first they did not quite understand what the people robbed these things for, and after inquiring about the people, they knew that the road was not going to be a good price, so as long as it was useful things, they could be shipped to the country and sold at a good price.
In addition to the above items, there is also a very important loot. That's the North Korean beauty. Because the Ming royal family has a soft spot for Korean beauties, North Korean beauties have always been very sought-after, and this time the Zong family led the army into North Korea, and naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity. Therefore, the Japanese collected a lot of Korean beauties this time and shipped them back to their hometown. Intend to sell at a good price in the future. As a result, when Chang Xiao and the others saw these North Korean beauties, they naturally took them on board unceremoniously, after all, they all knew the Tao. The Governor has always been very generous to his subordinates, and it is likely that he will reward all these Korean beauties to himself in the future.
The spoils of war of the Japanese people and the original wealth of Tsushima Island, so that Chang Xiao and they could not move things to the ship at all, and Chang Xiao had to bring only the property and beauty on the ship, and the food only replenished the consumption of the fleet, and the rest of the clothes and food were all burned by him, and the villages and towns on the island occupied by them also did not escape Chang Xiao's poisonous hands, the fleet circled around Tsushima Island, and wherever they went, it would be on fire, and it was said that the entire Tsushima Island was burned into a white ground by them, No more prosperity it once was.
Just when Chang Xiao was burning and looting Tsushima Island, Zong's governor Zong Zhenyong finally received the news that the Ming Sailors attacked Tsushima Island, which made Zong Zhenyong frightened and scattered, and he no longer cared about getting benefits from North Korea, so he organized his most elite 5,000 people to get on the ship immediately, ready to return to Tsushima Island, after all, it was his old nest, if the old nest was served, then he would really become a lost dog.
But Zong Zhenyong forgot that since the Ming fleet dared to attack his Tsushima Island, it naturally dared to attack his return fleet, after all, after the Ming Navy Division arrived in the Tsushima Strait, this place has become the world of the Ming Navy Division.
Just after Zong Zhenyong took 5,000 elite soldiers to the sea by boat, when he was about to arrive at Tsushima Island, he suddenly found that dozens of tall warships suddenly appeared in the sea area ahead, which made Zong Zhenyong secretly scream, he was used to running rampant in this sea area before, and he didn't think about being ambushed by others at all, but unfortunately it was too late to escape now.
Zong Zhenyong's sailors have been scattered by Chang Xiao, this time the ships he returned to help were ordinary merchant ships, although they were also equipped with weapons, but in the face of the Ming sailors, there was no power to fight back, just at the beginning of the Ming sailors with artillery sunk several ships, the fallen Japanese desperately shouted for help, but unfortunately no one paid attention to them at all.
Zong Zhenyong saw that the artillery of the Daming Sailor was so sharp, which made him immediately understand that he had no chance of winning at sea, and he immediately made a decision and ordered all the ships to scatter and escape, so that the hit rate of the Daming Sailor's artillery could be reduced, and at the same time, it would also make the Daming Sailor not know which ship to chase, and it would be more convenient for him to escape.
Zong Zhenyong's order to disperse and escape is indeed very effective, Chang Xiao only has thirty warships on his side, while the other party has hundreds of small boats, plus this sea area is people's territory, he does not dare to scatter the pursuit at all, and can only chase and kill the largest of the ships, but unfortunately Zong Zhenyong is not on these ships, which makes Chang Xiao's plan to capture Zong Zhenyong alive in vain.
After driving away Zong Zhenyong's reinforcements, Chang Xiao found that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese at sea was really not worth mentioning, as long as it was on the sea, he was almost invincible, which made him and the soldiers of the entire fleet have great confidence, changed the previous conservative strategy, and began to take the initiative to drive the ship to the coast of Miura, which was occupied by the Japanese, and then shelled the other party's port, trying to destroy the Japanese ships, because the main strategic task given to him by Zhou Zhong before was to keep the Japanese in Korea as much as possible, Let the Koreans and the Japanese settle their hatred with the swords in their hands, and it is not the Ming people who die anyway.
The Koreans did not know about Zhou Chong's sinister intentions, and they even welcomed the arrival of Chang Xiao's fleet, after all, in their opinion, this was the support sent by the suzerain, and as soon as they made a move, they took the old nest of the Zong family, which greatly boosted the morale of the Koreans, and soon sent an envoy to see Chang Xiao.
On the sea off Busanpo, Chang Hyo led the fleet to slowly retreat, and above the port of Busanpo behind them, streams of black smoke rose into the sky, and below the black smoke was an endless fire, and the Japanese ships docked in the port were almost burned by them.
Busanpo is also known as Toyamapo, that is, Busan in later generations, here is one of the three Pu that the Japanese people are allowed to live in Korea, and it is also the largest port in the three Pu, but it is a pity that this is also the birthplace of the Japanese unrest, the whole port is destroyed by the Japanese riots, not only the town next to the port was destroyed, but also the North Koreans in the entire Busan Pu were also slaughtered, the Zong family took a fancy to this place, making it the rear base for the Japanese to attack Korea, most of the Japanese ships were docked here, but now it was destroyed by Chang Xiao's fire.
"Cui Yikuo, the minister of the lower country, visited the general of the Celestial Empire, and the general's kindness of help, my North Korea will always remember!" A middle-aged man dressed in a North Korean official uniform stood on the deck and was saluting Chang Hyo, who was standing at the bow of the ship, the flagship of the entire fleet, and just before they bombarded the port of Busan, this North Korean envoy named Choi Yikuo found them and thanked Chang Hyo and others on behalf of the whole of North Korea.
"No need to be polite, this general came to support your country on the order of the Governor-General, before we had broken up the Japanese sailors, and also fought with the reinforcements of the Zong clan at sea, although we scattered the other party's reinforcements, but unfortunately the leader of the other party was too cunning, and he took advantage of the chaos to escape, so he pursued to Busanpu, but unfortunately he still failed to intercept him at sea!" Although Chang Xiao's tone of voice was calm, he was actually boasting about his battle line to the other party, so as not to let the other party look down on him.
Sure enough, this Cui Yikuo heard that Chang Xiao had defeated the Japanese people in a row, and immediately overjoyed and said: "The general is brave, he really deserves to be a figure in the Heavenly Empire, the governor of the Zong family is named Zong Zhenyong, this rebellion was organized by him, we have always wanted to catch each other, but unfortunately the military is too cowardly, and it is really a shame for our North Korea, and now with the help of the general, it is finally a bad breath for our Korean military and people!" ”
"Ha Lu Ha~, the little Japanese are not enough to worry about, the Portuguese who are more ferocious and powerful than the Japanese are all defeated by the general, not to mention these Japanese who don't even have artillery." Chang Xiao was modest on the surface, but in fact, he boasted about himself again, and the result naturally attracted Cui Yikuo's admiration again.
Chang Xiao boasted a few words to Cui Yikuo, and then suddenly changed his tone and said: "Lord Cui, General Ben came to Korea across thousands of miles, and fought two battles with the Japanese in a row, and now he has destroyed the Busanpo they occupy, which makes the weapons and materials on the ship seriously consumed, and the soldiers are also tired, and they really need to rest, I wonder if your country is prepared for this?" ”
Chang Xiao first said that he had a lot of losses, and then said that the soldiers were poor, which was actually asking North Korea for money and grain and ports to call at, after all, Chang Xiao was helping North Korea to fight, and the money, food and materials consumed would naturally be provided by North Korea.
Cui Yikuo has also been an official for many years, and he has also been to Daming with the tributary mission, so he naturally heard Chang Xiao's words, and immediately bowed and said: "The general can rest assured, after receiving the news that the general is coming, we immediately prepared money, food and materials for the general, and now these materials are in Lishui Port, which is not far from here, and the general only needs to rush there to rest and replenish the supplies." ”
Chang Xiao heard that North Korea let him go to Yeosu Port to rest, and then frowned and said: "No, although Yeosu Port is too close to Busan, I am worried that the Japanese will not be able to defeat us at sea, and it is likely that they will attack Yeosu Port from land, so we can't go there!" (To be continued......)