Five days went by in a blink of an eye.

The twenty-seventh day of the first month, early in the morning.

The 6,500 soldiers of the Dongjiang Army gathered at the pier and lined up to board the warships in a roaring bonfire that stretched for two miles along the coast.

Zhu Daolin and his henchman Admiral Guo Zhongjun, Chief of Staff of the North Sea Fleet Muresia. Juan stood side by side on the dock, whispering about the journey that was about to begin.

At the age of 28, Juan came from a poor class, and at the age of 24, he rose from a large crowd of poor nobles and merchants to become the youngest lieutenant in the Spanish fleet in Manila.

Two and a half years ago, bad luck befell Juan, a serious collision accident occurred during an ordinary night patrol, which caused the ship to capsize, Juan, who had drunk a lot of alcohol, lost his right arm in the accident, and had to retire with hatred, and it took half a year to recover from his injuries, but no one was willing to hire him anymore, and the pension issued by the army was also squandered because of the indulgence and drunkenness after the injury.

Just when he was helpless, his fellow countryman and friend Simeno generously helped him and brought him to Zhu Daolin as an instructor, because of the loss of his right arm, Juan once thought that the cold Zhu Daolin would drive him away, who knew that Zhu Daolin talked to him through Simeno, not only did not drive him away, but admired his talent very much, and told him that as long as he learned the official language of the Ming Dynasty, he would be promoted to the naval staff as a major staff officer.

Juan was moved to work hard, and it took only 7 months to learn to speak fluently in Daming Mandarin and write 1,000 Chinese characters.

Three months ago, when the New Army and the Navy went north to fight, Juan and 15 naval instructors received Zhu Daolin's order to form a new team of instructors to go north with the fleet.

When the North Sea Fleet was formed, Juan was appointed by Zhu Daolin as the instructor captain, and three days ago he was again appointed by Zhu Daolin as the chief of staff of the colonel of the North Sea Fleet. It became the object of envy of all Franc instructors, and also created a miracle of the promotion of foreign officers in the Ming Empire Navy.

The battle plan for entering Phi Island this time was formulated by Juan according to Zhu Daolin's orders.

Based on the current sea and weather conditions, the cautious Juan divided his itinerary into two stages, first crossing the sea to the nearest island on the west coast of North Korea, Baeknyeong Island, and then following the ocean current north to Phi Island.

It's a solution that balances security and stealth. It was praised and adopted by Zhu Daolin.

Weihai is 310 kilometers away from Phi Dao, and it takes at least 3 days to reach it by direct flight against the north wind, and it is impossible to accurately grasp the time, so it is impossible to achieve the purpose of unexpected and sudden arrival.

After marching in two sections, a fleet of dozens of warships only needed to sail directly to the east for two days to reach Bailing Island, which was about 200 kilometers away.

Although Paknyeong Island is still 180 kilometers away from Phi Dao, it is much easier to travel along the coast with the help of ocean currents, and the safety aspect is also maximized, and you can make mooring and travel adjustments at any time as needed. And then to achieve the goal of seizing the opportunity to forcibly land on Phi Dao by surprise.

Here is the introduction of Xiapi Island, it is located in the southeast of the mouth of the Yalu River, also known as the Dongjiang River, its east and west fifteen miles, north and south ten miles, the island basically does not grow grass and trees, the area is not large. However, Phi Dao is located between Liaodong, Korea, and Houjin. Eighty miles from the sea on the north shore will reach Houjinjie, and the northeast sea will be North Korea. Associate the three parties, and the position is urgent.

Phi Dao is only separated from the Korean Peninsula by a body of water, and the distance between the water surface is only equivalent to crossing the Yangtze River, and the north bank is the Xuancheon and Iron Mountain of later Joseon.

At this time, in the areas of Uiju, Anju, and Tiesan, Han Chinese accounted for seven-tenths of the residents, and Koreans accounted for only three-tenths. Phi Island is about 80 miles across. After Mao Wenlong took it as a base in that year, he recruited Han people, and the popularity grew, and the imperial court set up a military region for him, called Dongjiang Town. and promoted Mao Wenlong to the chief soldier.

During Mao Wenlong's time, Dongjiang Town became a strong fortress standing in the rear of the enemy, making it impossible for the Houjin to launch an effective attack on Liaoxi and the Ming Dynasty, and even if there was any action, it had to be withdrawn in a very short time, and the effect of containment was extremely obvious. After Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, Houjin was overjoyed, and celebrated with a crown, and the history recorded "the Qing lord was overjoyed, and the wine was high", and then Huang Taiji immediately raised the country's troops to enter the customs and rushed to Beijing, which was known as "the change of his own life".

If history has not changed, until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin often directly invaded the Central Plains, such as entering the land of no one, Baoding, Jinan, Yanzhou, Gaoyang, Gu'an, Liangxiang and many other cities were slaughtered, millions of people were taken captive, people finally realized the role of Mao Wenlong, but it was too late.

On the 29th day of the first lunar month, ten o'clock in the evening.

The fleet transporting 7,000 officers and soldiers and a large number of equipment and supplies successfully arrived at Baeknyeong Island, but was warned by the Korean naval division on the island that it refused to dock.

Zhu Daolin did not hesitate to order the 300-ton brig "Red Pine" to berth forcibly, and ordered Guo Zhongjun to personally lead 50 heavily armed guards to jump onto the pier to coerce and lure, forcing the Bailing Island naval army, which had only 300 garrisons and a dozen small boats, to make concessions, and all the officers and men of the army were able to land ashore to rest and recuperate, and make fires for cooking.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of the next day, before the small boat sent by the North Korean Navy Division on Bailing Island to warn had not yet arrived at Jianghua Island in Dazhai of the Navy Division, Zhu Daolin had already ordered Guo Zhongjun to pay his master 100 taels of silver, and set sail north under the frightened gaze of the 300 officers and men of the White Ling North Korean Navy Division.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, on the second day of the second month of February, at 6:30 in the morning.

A five-metre-long boat took advantage of the morning light to row to the stone hill on the east side of the pier in the north of Phi Koh, and soon rushed to the beach over the undulating tide.

The 12 elites on board dragged the boat to the shore, slowly approached the wooden pier where more than a dozen large and small ships were moored along the edge of the bare hill, but there were no people, and quietly entered the brick house above the pier, successfully controlling more than 20 quay defenders who woke up.

A bonfire soon lit up on the docks.

The two new 300-ton warships commanded by Zhu Daolin and Xu Wentao moved forward at high speed, one east and one west, turning their bows and dropping anchor in waters more than 200 meters away from the wharf.

The gunners on the side of the ship unveiled their gun jackets, revealing a row of black holes aimed at the disorganized barracks that stretched for two miles on the shore, and quickly prepared for an artillery attack.

In less than 10 minutes, four 200-ton transport ships loaded with soldiers squeezed through the small boats on the pier and forcibly docked, and more than 10 crew members jumped off the dock and quickly pulled the cables to the gangplank.

More than 600 people on board, armed with flintlock pistols loaded with bayonets and ammunition, rushed down and quickly divided into six hundred-man teams and rushed to the silent barracks ahead.

It wasn't long before dogs barked and screamed from the depths, followed by "surrender or kill" roars and crackling gunshots.

Follow-up transport ships continued to dock on the wharf, and more and more officers and men of the Dongjiang Army crossed the gangplank and landed smoothly, and rushed to the barracks and houses on both sides of the wharf under the leadership of their respective commanders.

On the battleship "Red Pine", Zhu Daolin put away his binoculars and smiled with satisfaction.

The young chief of staff, Juan, and the two naval staff officers smiled at each other, and gave a thumbs up to the Longtan Army battle flag erected high on the pier.

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