Ganghwa Island on the west coast of North Korea, at the entrance of the strait, a stone tablet more than nine meters high stands high, which is written in Korean "Sea Gate Defense, Ships of Other Countries Be Careful Not to Cross", the stone tablet has been standing for some years, the wind blows and blows, the bottom has cracks, and the handwriting is a little blurred.

Ganghwa Island was the estuary of the Han River and the gateway to Seoul, the capital of North Korea at that time, so the closed North Korea erected a monument here to warn foreign ships not to enter, otherwise, hehe, let the great leader sink you with a stone.

On September 19, 1875, when the wind was high and the waves were fierce, three warships flying the national flag suddenly appeared on the sea surface of Ganghwa Port, namely the "Yunyang", the "Second Dingmao", and the "Chun Yuemaru".

However, these scientific research ships were equipped with 16-centimeter caliber guns, as well as soldiers, of which 100 soldiers were carried on board the "Yunyang," including 24 marines, 76 soldiers were carried on the "Second Ding Mao," and 134 soldiers were carried on the "Chun Yue Maru."

It is said that the purpose of the scientific expedition is not because the soldiers love science, but because the book in 1875 did not have the strength to openly invade Korea, and they played the banner of measuring the depth of the sea and looking for water sources, and claimed that the purpose was very simple, as pure as the milk tea that had a leg with Uncle Qiangdong.

On 20 September, the "Yunyang" continued to appear on Laneige Island, southeast of Ganghwa Island, and the captain Inoue Yoshishin was also a fanatical militant, who followed Saigo Congdao to fight in Taiwan in 1874, and as a navy major, he personally led 20 soldiers to jump off the "Yunyang" warship and sit in a seven- or eight-meter-long dinghy close to Ganghwa Island to conduct fire reconnaissance.

The first thing Inoue Liangxin, who had a bearded face, saw was the fort of Yongzong Town, surrounded by a city wall nearly two miles long, the gate was open, there were more than 500 soldiers in the city, and the houses in the city seemed to be barracks. ”

So let the dinghy continue to drive forward, to the fort in Caozhi Town, this is good on the well, this fort, or the Ming Dynasty, equipped with cannons, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a product of the Bronze Age, he looked at the guns of the North Korean soldiers, and thought, "Damn, tease me?" It's all arquebuses with two or three uniform barrels, that is, bird guns, and they can't kill big birds. ”

Inoue Ryoshin was relieved now, and there was no need to sneak around, so he drove a small boat to show off his might and went to the Fort of Caozhi Town, but he didn't wave the sun flag of Yuben, and shouted at the North Korean officers and soldiers: "Fire at me!"

Although the equipment of the DPRK was backward, the defenders were very backbone, and when they saw a small boat carrying more than 20 people without even saying hello, they were heading towards the battery, so they naturally fired a warning shot.

The cannonball fell next to Inoue's ship, stirring up a small wave, which was completely lethal, like a welcome salute, Inoue Yoshinoi was overjoyed and immediately fired a signal flare at the mother ship Yunyang, so the "Yunyang" immediately raised the military flag and signal flag, withdrew the sampan, and launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the Caozhi Town Battery, which quickly destroyed the battery.

Inoue Ryoshin took a hundred well-trained soldiers on board the "Yunyang" and soon landed. At the beginning, he killed very happily, first the gun team released the gun, and then fought the sword, at that time, it was said that most of the soldiers were from the lower level of the samurai, both of which were their strengths, and the more than 200 defenders of the Korean fort quickly turned on their backs.

Inoue Liangxin seized the fort at the cost of injuring four people, and was about to go to Caozhi Town to grab some chickens, ducks, and women of the Liang family, when he was halfway there, about a hundred "bandits" in black coats appeared and blocked their way. These bandits are all masked, riding high-headed horses, with bright foreheads in front and braids in the back, big knives and foreign guns, it is the Huai army led by Ding Ruchang, Song Xiaofei didn't want to leave a truth for himself, so he didn't let the Huai army wear uniforms.

Inoue Liangxin pulled out the war knife at his waist and shouted, "Yaga, who are you?" ”

Ding Ruchang did not answer, but blew a short and loud whistle, the four hundred Huai troops who were ambushed in the woods on both sides of the road appeared, raised the breech gun, Song Xiaofei held the M1847 revolver, this gun Yuan Shikai's biological father Yuan Baozhong gave it to him after being seriously injured, "bang" shot at Inoue Liangxin's thigh, which was the signal to attack, and then, "bang", "bang", "bang" dense gunfire rang out, saying that the soldiers were shot and fell, and some people hurriedly hid behind the corpses of their companions and began to shoot back.

This battle was fought very fiercely, and the ferocity of the soldiers was completely beyond Song Xiaofei's expectations, and they were 10,000 times stronger than the combat effectiveness of the devils in Hengdian. All of these 100 soldiers were killed in battle, and the Huai army suffered more than 40 casualties despite the superiority in numbers and terrain, and the salty smell of blood could be smelled in the sea breeze blowing on the island.

Song Xiaofei originally wanted to capture Yumoto Navy Major Inoue Yoshixin alive as evidence of Yuben's invasion of North Korea, but Inoue Yoshino, who was shot three times in the body, chose to commit suicide by breaking his stomach. He felt that he had an unshirkable responsibility for the failure of this attack, so he sat next to a pile of corpses of his own soldiers, his face was calm, he slowly uncovered his military uniform, and with a short-handled blade shining with cold light in his hand, he cut his abdomen one by one, his intestines burst out, and blood slowly flowed out of his belly, and finally fell to the ground and cried bitterly, Song Xiaofei sighed, so painful, why invade others? He shot the half-dead Inoue Ryoshin in the head and sent him on his last ride.

In this battle in Caozhi Town, because of the prior layout, Song Xiaofei achieved his first great victory, killing the Navy Major Inoue Yoshishin, and also capturing the warship "Yunyang". But what he didn't expect was that the history book he read was wrong, and he said that he didn't land in Caozhi Town first and then go to Yongzong Town, but at the same time.

More than 100 marines of the Chun Yue Maru landed in Yeongjong town and exchanged fire with local North Korean soldiers, where there were only more than 600 North Korean soldiers and civilians and more than 30 old small-caliber guns with a range of 700 meters. At the cost of 2 wounded, the army killed 35 Korean soldiers, captured 16 prisoners, captured 38 cannons and more than 130 arquebuses, and captured the town of Yeongjong in one fell swoop.

Yeongjong's envoy Yi Min-deok and more than 400 North Korean soldiers were defeated and fled. Originally, there were more than 60 households in the city, but after the purge of the army, only 21 were left, and many Korean women were caught on warships as comfort women.

Min Tae-ho, the observer of Gyeonggi Province in North Korea, that is, Concubine Min's cousin, ran to Gyeongbokgung Palace's Qinjeongjeon Hall to report the tragic situation to Concubine Min at that time: "The whole army is upside down, the city is full of flames, and the people's houses are burning, and the public is burning."

Min Tai Ho also reported an unfortunate news, because the army that attacked the town of Chozhi had suffered heavy deaths, and the warships "Second Ding Mao" and "Chun Yue Maru" had already driven towards the Han River, and the soldiers on the warship threatened to attack Gyeongbokgung Palace and capture Concubine Min alive to avenge their navy Junior Satsu Inoue Yoshixin, Concubine Min was so frightened that she hurriedly asked His Royal Highness's minister: "Who has the strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

The Koreans had long been frightened by the French and American gunboats of previous years, and His Royal Highness's ministers thought that their own warships were also giant gunboats, so they were so frightened that they all took a step back. The bureaucrats in North Korea are very similar to the bureaucrats in China, and it is okay for the common people to engage in infighting and play tricks, and when they encounter a war with a foreign country, they are eager to come out and be the party leading the way, or pretend to be dumb in the palace, bow their heads and tear their clothes, and stare at the official boots on their feet in a daze.

At this time, a brave old minister coughed twice and began to speak, he was Cui Yixuan, a famous Confucian in North Korea at that time, this person was famous for scolding Dayuanjun very early, and he had a good relationship with Concubine Min, and he helped her write a book to impeach Dayuanjun, and she memorized the four books and five classics well.

Concubine Min was overjoyed when she saw him stand up, "Cui Aiqing's old man is in ambush, can he lead the troops to calm the peace?" ”

Confucius didn't teach the old master how to put guns, Cui Yixuan was helpless, touched his gray beard and said, "No." ”

Concubine Min was disappointed, "Then why do you stand up?" ”

Cui Yixuan thought to himself, did I stand up? I'm just confused, I just forgot to go back, forget it, people are hard, so I said: "The minister knows that there is a person who can." ”

Concubine Min asked, "You mean Liu Mingchuan of the Great Qing Kingdom?" This man was extremely rude to me in the main hall last time, and later threatened that he would not send troops unless I personally went to his tent to invite him, and I would never go, even if I was captured by my own soldiers......"

Cui Yixuan interrupted Concubine Min's words and said, "Niangniang, if you think about it again, it's better to go to him and be caught on the warship." ”

Min Tae-ho, who was stunned, also finished crying at this time, and felt that he should still tell a few truths: "I heard that the Korean women who were recently taken captive to the gunboat by the soldiers were not allowed to wear clothes, and then they were ...... by several soldiers."

Concubine Min yelled at him: "Get out! I'll go. ”

Li Xi, the North Korean Gaozong who was sitting next to him, couldn't help it, and whispered to his daughter-in-law: "Go early, go back early." ”;