Regarding the sudden changes that took place in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Mingjiu, Wallace and others, who sailed on the sea, had no way of knowing that with the combat experience of Taiwan's First World War, the officers and men of the First Guard Army were no longer as nervous as they were when they first went to sea. Moreover, the Koreans were different from the Westerners, who had the advantage of strong ships and guns, and were good at using firearms, but now they faced no more than a group of ignorant and despicable mountain savages.

For the Koreans who surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, Cheng Mingjiu looked down on them in his heart, and this time he was able to clean up these two ministers who dared to betray the Ming Dynasty, and there was no psychological baggage.

The deck was breezy in Shanghai, Cheng Mingjiu took back the monoculars, this kind of instrument that can bring the distant scenery closer is too useful, and his resistance to Westerners' gadgets has changed from the initial resistance to taking things from the town to the active acceptance.

"He Junmen, how many days will our army be able to arrive in North Korea and land?"

He Junmen in his mouth refers to He Bin, the deputy chief of the fleet, He Bin established his position in the Three Guards in one fell swoop in the First War to recover Taiwan, and even has a lot of confidence in speaking, but in the face of these veterans in the Three Guards, he is still cautious and accompanies a thousand careful.

"If nothing else, we should be there in three days!"

He Bin was half a pirate and half a maritime merchant in his early years, and he knew the route and sailing time of the sea, but he still didn't dare to say it, if there was a strong wind and a heavy rain on the way, the fleet would not know where to be blown to.

Cheng Mingjiu was obviously a little anxious, although psychologically he despised these North Korean savages in the mountains, but he still clearly realized that he was far away from the base camp of the Three Guards, and he was a labor expedition, and it was also a sea raid that the Three Guards were not good at, which was almost equivalent to a battle against the water. When Nanjing set off, the movement of the oath was not small, and if the news leaked to North Korea, so that these people were prepared, they would inevitably have a tragic fight.

A landing operation is no better than being completely on the road, and if the Koreans had been fully prepared in advance, their landing would almost be tantamount to putting themselves in a disadvantageous position to attack half-way.

Wallace apparently scoffed at Mr. He's conservative estimates.

"He Junmen's judgment has added one more day, and at the current speed of the ship, it will inevitably arrive in North Korean waters in two days and two nights."

Wallace was not a fool of himself, he had participated in caravans to the coast of Japan and other places before working under the Dutch, and he had traveled this sea route more than once, so he also had his own inferences about the time of travel.

"However, I heard that the North Koreans have their own navy, maybe our artillery will fire meat first!"

Wallace has been in China for a long time, and even some of the usual jokes are very good, which is of course another manifestation of his contempt for the North Korean navy.

But in response to the sentence that the sky is unpredictable, on the evening of the same day, on the originally cloudless sea, there was a sudden strong wind, and in the middle of the night, it rained heavily. As a result, the entire fleet had to put away its sails and let the ships rise and fall in the rough waves.

A heavy rain lasted all night and another morning. It was not until noon the next day that the rain and wind gradually disappeared, and the sea was calm again, but the clouds were still heavy, and the sky looked like it was about to fall at any moment.

Cheng Mingjiu has never experienced the huge waves on the sea, this night and half a day of turbulence he almost vomited out of his heart, liver and lungs, the whole person feels like being stripped of a layer of skin, although the sea has been calm, but after all, he is exhausted, and even feels difficult to lift his legs and walk.

However, Cheng Mingjiu knew that as the former enemy commander of the Three Guards, no matter how painful his body was, he couldn't show half of it. After forcing himself to eat a simple bite of porridge, he went to the deck to inspect as usual, taking vague steps, and several times there was a shaky posture, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered. The rest of the Three Guards were huddled in corners, listless and lying down, while the deck cabins were littered with soldiers' vomit. There was a pungent sour smell in the nasal cavity, and Cheng Mingjiu almost vomited out the gruel in his stomach that had not yet been digested.

Look at these tortured soldiers who are not human or ghost, and who have no human form. Cheng Mingjiu's brows were tightly twisted into a Sichuan shape, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was tortured by the huge waves of this night.

If they should reach the shores of North Korea by noon tomorrow as planned, will they be able to return to the state they were before last night overnight? Cheng Mingjiu asked himself several times in his stomach, but the answer he came up with was negative every time.

Although Wallace and He Bin have endured storms at sea for a long time, they are also tortured, but their weakness is much lighter than Cheng Mingjiu.

Seeing the two people walking over from the other side of the deck in good spirits, Cheng Mingjiu secretly clenched his fists, he didn't want his embarrassment to be exposed in front of these two. However, his pale face and the unconcealable powerlessness in his voice betrayed the true condition of his body.

In fact, very few people with sailing experience have seen a lot of knowledge once they encounter the big waves of last night, no matter how embarrassed the situation is. And Cheng Mingjiu was still neatly dressed on the deck until the waves stopped, which could not help but make He Bin and Wallace secretly admire.

It was not easy for him to endure the great physical pain and keep patrolling the deck.

"Have you ever deviated from course? How many days are left to reach the shores of North Korea? ”

This question made He Bin smile bitterly, "Last night, the wind and waves were too strong, the fleet lost control, several ships have disappeared, there is no coast at present, and we can't see the sun and stars, we have actually lost our place temporarily." ”

In other words, they are now completely unknown, and perhaps they may be on their way back south.

Cheng Mingjiu was anxious for a while, and blurted out: "Can't you just think of a way to determine the direction?" ”

Wallace added, "Of course, there is a way, but several of the compasses that accompanied the ship were smashed in the violent turbulence of the hull last night. Wait for the other ships to send the intact compass, and we will naturally know the direction! ”

After listening to Wallace's explanation, Cheng Mingjiu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they could determine the direction, even if there were no stars as a guide, they could determine the general course, and they would not be blind on the sea like a headless fly.

After another three days, when the sun finally climbed out of the sea again, the big ship burst into cheers.

"Coast! Coast! ”

The soldiers of the Three Guards were already on the ship and were about to go crazy, and suddenly they saw the long-lost land, and they could no longer suppress the excitement and joy in their hearts.

Hearing the cheers on the deck, Cheng Mingjiu walked out of his shipyard quickly, of course, he didn't forget to take the monocular that he rarely left behind.

Looking at it from afar, he saw a piece of land appear on the horizon, faintly green, which made Cheng Mingjiu's heart swell with inexplicable excitement, and when he could see the land, the whole person couldn't wait to leave this dirty, smelly, and narrow sea ship immediately.

However, Cheng Mingjiu was the commander of the First Army after all, and before landing, he first had to make sure that there were no North Korean soldiers waiting on that attractive land.

In the binoculars, his gaze repeatedly scanned the beach in the distance, carefully going back and forth, lest he miss a little.

Obviously, this is an uninhabited beach. Soon, Wallace and He Bin made the same judgment.

Until this time, Cheng Mingjiu did not hesitate, "The whole army is ready to wade ashore!" ”

Due to the shallower and shallower water depth of the adjacent land, large ships must anchor to a certain extent, otherwise there is a danger of running aground. And the three guards on the ship could only jump into the sea one after another like dumplings and swim to the shore.

In order to carry enough men and horses, all unnecessary boats and other items were unloaded from the big ships, and the only small boats had to crash into gunpowder and other water-resistant materials. Therefore, the only way for the Three Guards to wade ashore is to choose from.

In the Three Guards Army, especially the men and horses of the old battalion, many of them are northerners, belonging to authentic landlubbers, but after arriving in Jiangnan, they were all trained and learned to swim at the request of the Marquis of Zhenlu, although the movements are still very rusty, but they are enough to deal with the wading task in front of them.

Soon, Cheng Mingjiu's preparation requirements spread throughout the fleet through the flag.

Half an hour later, the ship finally came close enough to the shore, and the soldiers of the Three Guards began to jump into the sea one after another, struggling to swim towards the long-lost shore.

Including Cheng Mingjiu himself was among the thousands of people who swam to the coast. When his feet stepped on solid land, Cheng Mingjiu was even a little uncomfortable with the feeling of being as stable as a rock under his feet, and it was not until half an hour later that he confirmed that he had gotten rid of the painful bumps in the sea.

The first thing to do after landing was to immediately reorganize the army, and then send out sentries to reconnoiter the dense woodland that was close to the beach.

Obviously, this woodland is far away from people, because Cheng Mingjiu does not see a trace of human activity here.

After searching a ten-mile radius of the other party, the sentinel's report convinced him that the Three Guards had landed on a deserted beach. This is a good thing and a trouble for the Three Guards.

But soon, Cheng Mingjiu's thoughts were disrupted by a sudden cannon sound.

The sound of cannons came from the sea, and when Cheng Mingjiu raised his head and turned to the sea, the cannons rang out one after another. When he saw the wakefulness on the surface of the sea, his pupils suddenly contracted. There were suddenly more than a dozen big ships on the screen, and judging by the shape of the flag and the hull, this was obviously not a Ming sea ship.