The slender battleship escorted seven high-freeboard, wide-hulled, and at least 3,000 three-masted ships, and the small boats that could carry twenty or thirty people were lowered to the sea by low cranes on both sides of the ships, and rope ladders like fishing nets hung on the hulls, and soldiers with rifles, blankets, water bottles, and ammunition bags crowded the side of the boats, and changed boats with rope nets.

"Each sub-mother ship carries four hundred soldiers, eight small boats, and three waves can send all the soldiers and four four-pound guns ashore. In two hours at most, there were two fully manned battalions on the shore of Incheon, and with the cover of naval guns, even if 20,000 enemy troops blocked it, it could be easily defeated in front of them. ”

Han Zaixing had changed to the command of the ashore in a small boat, and Zheng Yong introduced Zhang Ying, the deputy marshal who remained on the battleship to direct the supply delivery.

"The Navy hasn't built warships in the past few years, so it's built this kind of troop carrier?"

Jang was amazed by this kind of troop carrier, and it was only by the high efficiency of this kind of ship that the landing at Inchon turned from a paper plan into a reality.

It is now the end of July of the twelfth year of the Holy Dao, and in June, it was reported that the "coalition army" of the Xibao Department had entered the DPRK, and at the same time, Nian Qianyao was also dispatching troops and horses, preparing to cross the sea to participate in the war.

So the plan to land in Incheon surfaced, but according to the Incheon hydrology that Luo Wugui had mastered before, this plan was difficult to achieve.

From sea to land, even if it is not yet the age of mechanization, all that needs to be transported is soldiers, artillery, guns and ammunition, and grain and grass, and things are not so simple. The Incheon Seaway is narrow, with a large tidal drop, and the window for ships to dock is short. It takes a long time to send the army in formation.

It would take at least a whole day to send two battalions of vanguard troops ashore, and the defenders were already prepared because of the experience of the previous landing of the Fuhua Company's fleet, and this speed of disembarkation made it difficult to form a combat force in time to expel the defenders, who might have as many as 20,000.

Inchon is just around the waist of North Korea, only 60 miles from Seoul. Coming ashore from Incheon and approaching Seoul. This is a must-have plan that can be given by staff officers who have just come out. However, in view of the speed of the army's landing and the complex hydrology of Incheon, Han Zaixing's plan was initially secretly questioned by many subordinates, and even doubted the ability of Han Zaixing, a veteran general.

Luo Wugui's Incheon hydrographic data addressed the second concern, and the first was dispelled by the Navy's troop carriers and landing plans.

Zheng Yongdao: "Boss Xiao said that our navy should not only manage the sea, but also the range that all naval guns can bombard. and all are under our control. Now there is no threat on the sea, and another job of the navy is to use the most direct route in the fastest time. Send as many soldiers and baggage as possible from the sea to land. ”

There was also a heartfelt expectation in his words: "The Hong Kong shipyard is still thinking about the Song Dynasty ship, and wants the small boat to vomit directly out of the belly of the big ship." ”

Zhang Ying nodded with satisfaction, now he can finally get his military exploits in North Korea. He, the emperor's old team, Xiao Sheng's old brother, has always been unknown in the army, and he has not been able to stand alone in the previous Northern and Southern Wars with Kangxi and Yongzheng, and most of the time he still sits in the hinterland.

This time he finally got the opportunity to fight, and the emperor allowed him. It was also seen that he was longer communicative, so he was sent as a deputy to coordinate the relationship between the volunteers and the Koreans.

Han Zaixing was much later than he "became a dragon", and his relationship with the emperor was much farther, and it was hypocritical to say that Zhang Ying had no pimples in his heart. But a lot of things in the DPRK, and even the success or failure of the entire volunteer army were bet on the commander. Zhang Ying, who is accustomed to beating the side drum, is also secretly happy.

The clear voice of the four-pound cannon roared on the shore, followed by the raindrops of gunfire, thinking that Han Zaixing was already on the front line at the moment, Zhang Ying said, this kind of courage to take the lead, he can't afford it. On the beachhead, Han Zaixing's courage continued to improve with the sound of guns and cannons of the officers and soldiers under his command. And the figure of the defeat of the North Koreans in the distance made him settle down in his heart.

The Inchon landings were not all smooth sailing, today is the third attempt, the first two were cancelled due to strong winds and waves, and today's landing also paid a lot of price, and the two sea carp ships were eager to bombard the shore defenders. Got too close and ran aground, and a troop carrier ran aground due to deviating from the sea course.

This is not the most important thing, Han Zaixing is most worried about whether he can stand firm on the beachhead. Because of the complex hydrology, the landing could only be supported by the small cannons of the sea carp ships. The Koreans deployed tens of thousands of troops on the shore, including at least 3,000 musketeers and more than a dozen cannons, and countless small artillery pieces.

Fortunately, the first wave of commandos under his command were all Japanese soldiers, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they broke down the beachhead defense line of the Koreans under artillery fire, and seized the position for the follow-up men to go ashore.

At this time, there was a faint cry of "duck give" in the distance ahead, and the courage of the North Koreans may have been robbed by this call.

Calculating the speed at which the men and horses were assembled ashore, and then looking at the movements of the main Korean forces in the rear, the answer was rolling happily in Han Zaixing's chest, and the cost would not rise significantly. True, he did not doubt defeat, but simply hoped that there would be as few casualties as possible. So far, it doesn't seem like you've lost more than double digits.

Three hours later, all 3,000 men and horses had landed, and there should have been 20,000 Korean soldiers on the opposite side, but only 10,000 showed up, and all of them had collapsed by this time. Within ten miles of the coast of Incheon. More than three hundred corpses were left behind, as well as nearly two thousand prisoners.

This was only the vanguard, and there was a flotilla carrying 5,000 men and a large number of baggage in the rear waiting for the success of the landing battle. Han Zaixing's most strenuous job that day was to admonish the Japanese soldiers who showed signs of mania because of their easy victory. When they arrived in North Korea, they subconsciously wanted to take the Korean prisoners of war, and more than a dozen Satsuma soldiers were disemboweled, and their heads hung high on the gate for violating military orders, and finally the whole battalion calmed down.

On the second day of the Volunteers' arrival in Incheon, that is, on July 23, before dawn, the originally peaceful and quiet Seoul was boiling, and the news that the 20,000-strong army had been wiped out in an instant reached Seoul.

"North, North...... Retreat north! ”

In the Muhua Pavilion, Zuo Weisheng was so shocked that he couldn't say anything, and his mind was full of horror of "how is it possible", "how can it be", and "how dare you". It is not uncommon for a large army to be held by sea and land, but Fan Sihai has already staged it once before, and Seoul is also in chaos, so Li Guangzuo specially sent his cronies and elite troops to defend it, but as a result, let alone defending the coast, he did not even drag the enemy army for a day.

The North Koreans are so weak that they should not be counted on......

Zuo Weisheng said sadly. Whether the road to North Korea will go through or not, he has begun to waver.

"Go to Gyeongdeok Palace! Take the king of Joseon with you! What about Lee Kwang-sok!? ”

Zuo Weisheng fled in a hurry, but he still thought of the puppet king of North Korea, and Cao Cao Li Guangzuo of North Korea was gone. Three days later, Zuo Weisheng met Li Guangzuo in Kaesong, in the north, and saw that Zuo Weisheng was still with the puppet king, and Li Guangzuo was still full of hesitation.

"The hearts of the North Koreans have collapsed. In the next book, he is ready to stand on his own and rebuild the Korean monarchy. ”

Li Guangzuo looked regretful that his plan couldn't catch up with the changes, Zuo Weisheng took a breath and suddenly felt. Lee Kwang-sak may have gone mad.

In the sea west of the right road of the Yellow Sea, the sails of the ships were weaving, the artillery fire was soaring into the sky, and the flames seemed to ignite the sea.

On the helm platform of the Haihe cruiser, Bai Yanding put down the binoculars, shook his head and said, "Crazy ......"..., Luo Wugui shrugged his shoulders on the side and agreed.

Three strange-looking ships of the sea swooped down from the front, with wide, fat, flat hulls and swarthy hulls. The deck shaped like a turtle's back and the stiff sails on the turtle's back clearly reveal its identity with many features: more than 130 years ago, Korea was able to defeat the Japanese fleet's artifact, the turtle ship, at sea.

Three huge turtle ships with hundreds of warships on both wings formed a mighty current, which seemed to be able to crush the fleet of four cruisers and ten sea carp ships in front of them. There were also dozens of Korean warships on the left and right of the fleet, firing fiercely at the ancient Furlong cannons, Dafagong and even Tiger Squat cannons at a very close distance. Never die.

Using ordinary warships as bait, entangled the Anglo-Chinese navy, and then used the Dinghai God Needle to defeat the enemy in close range with the freshly built turtle boats, this is the plan of the Korean sailors.

So Bai Yanding said that the North Koreans were crazy, and they used their previous experience against Fan Sihai to fight against the Anglo-Chinese navy? The planks of the navy are half as thick as those of merchant ships. Artillery is twice as numerous as merchant ships, both in number and caliber. The tragic experience of the decoy fleet has not reminded the North Koreans that this naval battle is completely different, and it is not the era of more than 100 years ago.

Bai Yanding also had his own artifact, and he saw the three turtle boats coming towards each other. Approaching the range of two miles, he crossed his arms and said, "Bright magic weapon!" ”

On the turtle boat leading the opposite side, the commander of the North Korean sailors, who was missing an arm, drew his sword and shouted: "Rush forward!" ”

Of course, the times are different, looking at the warships being torn apart by cannonballs like paper paste one or two hundred zhang away, Li Taishen has already understood that this fleet is ten times more fierce than Fan Sihai's warfleet. Even if it is his own magic weapon turtle boat, most of them will end up with no return.

Then let's die here in battle, and bravely walk on the road ahead of Yi Sunsin, so as to live up to his reputation as the second in Yi Sunsin.

And...... The turtle ship is an artifact after all, and maybe it can be relied on to create a miracle and win this naval battle.

"General...... We're going to win! ”

His subordinates responded with tears streaming down their faces, and Li Taishen suddenly remembered the victory of uniting with Japanese traitors and defeating Fan Sihai's fleet. It seems that the fate of North Korea began to change because of that victory, and it was really an unwinnable victory.

The hissing sound of foreign objects breaking through the air sounded, and several water columns suddenly exploded on the sea surface close to the hull, and then two sounds, and the thick turtle back of the turtle boat on the left side was like a thin wood, bursting a hole, and fireworks erupted from both sides of the turtle's back, and then lifted the small half of the turtle's back. Like a real tortoise, the turtle boat had been brutally slashed off with a single sword, revealing its bloody and messy interior.

However, after a dozen breaths, another wave of bombardment broke through the air, and the slow and huge turtle boat continued to erupt from debris and human bodies, and the oars that had been rowing vigorously and rapidly on both sides of the hull were also messy, and one by one they continued to disappear.

Li Taishen really seemed to be crazy, the hull of the boat was constantly trembling, the sailor's miserable screams were endless, and he was still laughing.

"What is this...... This must have been something from heaven! ”

Maybe Li Taishen couldn't accept the reality, maybe he was completely enlightened, anyway, he was not frightened by this fierce artillery fire, and still drove his subordinates, and charged forward in a daze.

"I don't believe it, the new three-inch cannon can't kill you!"

The old god Bai Yanding was there, and he did not issue an order to maneuver and avoid the battleship, and the officially finalized twelve-year-old three-inch gun was not vegetarian, and the price of 7,000 taels per gun also made Boss Xiao vomit all his blood.

The three-inch cannon burst shell had a firing rate of up to 70 percent, and a ball of flames exploded on the hull of the turtle boat, and in a short time, the two turtle boats on the left and right had been beaten and drifted halfway, but the middle one, because of Li Taishen's crazy drive, the officers and men mustered up the heart of death, rushed towards the Haihe, and saw that it was nearly half a mile away. ..., "Bump...... Crash into Yingyi! ”

At this moment, Li Taishen, who is standing on the bow of the turtle boat, is really like a one-armed god of war.

Knock knock knock......

Most of the ordinary warships around had been dispersed, and four cruisers stood side by side, each with two three-inch guns in the bow, aiming at the almost half-tattered turtle ship at the same time, and then opened fire at the same time.

The water column and fireworks flooded the turtle boat in an instant, and Li Taishen screamed, as if the immortals and Buddhas were going to give way.

With a pop, a cannonball smashed into the crack in the tattered turtle's back not far from his side, and it jammed.

"North Korea...... Never Die......"

As if realizing something, Li Taishen calmed down at this moment, and smoothed his beard with one arm.

Rumble......

The shells that exploded late because the accuracy of the process was still not ideal were split into more than a dozen pieces, and in an instant, one piece cut off half of Li Taishen's skull, one cut off his one arm, and several pieces pierced into his back almost at the same time, cutting the spine into several pieces, and the largest piece swept through the neck, cutting off the cervical vertebrae and trachea.

Then the fireworks followed the shock wave, evaporating the blood that had just been ejected, and then throwing the shattered human body into the sky, scattering it into a salute in the sky.

On the afternoon of July 23, the twelfth year of the Holy Dao, the Korean naval division of the Li Tai Counselor Division, the whole army was annihilated, and the Nian Qianyao Division, which was preparing to cross the sea and enter Korea, was forced to turn to the Pyongan West Road, and Li Guangzuo, Zuo Weisheng, and the Seok Bao Division, who had already arrived in Hwanghae Province, retreated to Pyongyang Province in a hurry.

In the thatched hall of Huangpu Boundless Palace, Li Shi said to an old man with Huafa: "It's a pity, this country should have put flowers to welcome you." ”

The old man was Fan Sihai, and he smiled bitterly: "The grass people stabbed the big basket and were protected by the emperor in order to save this old life." ”

Fan Sihai's "crime" of trafficking opium in North Korea was clearly exposed by a certain group of people in the Eastern Yuan, and finally aroused public anger, so that all newspapers shouted that not killing Fan Sihai was not enough to make the people angry. The Fujian consortium also encountered tremendous pressure from public opinion, and had to force Fuhua Company to draw a clear line with Fan Sihai, so as to go into battle lightly and make opium profits in the West.

Realizing that he had broken the bottom line, Fan Sihai could only accept his fate, but he didn't want the emperor to protect him, but this cover, to be honest, was still a little hesitant to accept it at the beginning.

He was awarded the title of "Dongzhou Bo" and commended for his contribution to the country's interests and the opening of the Korean country. The emperor's handling did not make the people dissatisfied, because the emperor also issued him a charter of "Dongzhou Company" and asked him to bring his family members to Dongzhou to pioneer the land.

Dongzhou ...... It is what foreigners call America, going on a trip for three months and coming back for six months, which is 30,000 miles of exile.

The anger of the Chinese people subsided, Fan Sihai came to resign, he was about to get out of the house and leave Shenzhou forever.

"It's a new world, and I believe that only people like you can create an immortal business there."

Li Xi sincerely encouraged, Fan Sihai tasted it for a moment, smiled relievedly, and then his smile turned to smugness.

That's right, Fan Sihai likes to challenge......

[End of Volume 14]