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The Tsushima Strait is a strait between Japan and North Korea. Historically, Japan has repeatedly crossed the Tsushima Strait to attack Korea. Korea, which was weak, could not resist Japan's attack at all, so it could only ask for help from the suzerain. During both the Tang and Ming dynasties, China sent troops to help Korea resist Japanese invasions. It's just that the North Koreans are not good birds, just a pack of white-eyed wolves.

After the situation in Japan stabilized, China* troops began to withdraw from Japan one after another. The 1st Fleet of the Chinese Navy, escorting three Marine Brigades, was evacuated from Japan first. This time, the fleet did not go through the Pacific Ocean again, but passed through the Seto Inland Sea, then entered the Tsushima Strait from the Kanmon Strait in northern Kyushu, and then entered the East China Sea. According to the order of the Chinese Emperor Long Yufei, this time the Chinese* army could casually deal with North Korea on the way back to China. For a small country like North Korea, there are only a few million people and only a few tens of thousands of troops. China can wipe them out with ease.

On the cruiser Shangtang, the flagship of the 1st Fleet, Vice Admiral Sun Hao was analyzing North Korean intelligence sent by the Military Intelligence Agency. In order to develop a plan of attack on North Korea. Although the Koreans were now actively moving closer to the Chinese Empire, they were nevertheless a subject state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Then, naturally, it is also China's enemy. Moreover, the geographical location of Korea was very important, and if China occupied Korea, it could send troops directly from Korea to threaten the northeast of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. even cooperated with the troops of the southern front to attack the Beijing Division.

It is the Yi dynasty that now rules Korea. It was the last dynasty in the history of the Korean Peninsula, and was established by Yi Sung-gyeong, the former Goryeo Dynasty's gatekeeper, and the monarch's head was Jeonju Lee. It has gone through 27 generations of monarchs for more than 500 years. The territory of the country roughly covers the entire Korean Peninsula, and the early capital of the country was originally in Kaegyo, and later in Hanyang. In 1388, the king of Goryeo, Xin Yu, sent Li Chenggui, the commander of the right army, to attack Liaodong and wanted to send troops to the northeast of the Ming Dynasty. Li Chenggui opposed the dispatch of troops, and after his division reached Weihua Island, he returned to the army to launch a coup d'état, deposing Xin Yu and appointing his son Xin Chang as king. controlled the military and political power of the Goryeo Dynasty. In 1392, Li Chenggui deposed King Gongrang and established himself as king in Songjing Shouchang Palace. And the name of the country was "North Korea" by Ming Taizu. In 1395, the capital was moved to Hanyang, and the capital was renamed Seoul. In 1398, after the First Prince's Rebellion, the capital was moved to Kaijing again; In 1400, after the Second Prince's Rebellion, the capital was finally established in Hanyang. North Korea is governed by Confucianism. Confucianism replaced Buddhism as the idea of state rule. During the reign of King Sejong the Great. The DPRK has made great strides in economic, cultural, military, scientific and technological development. The invention of Hangul also provided the conditions for the cultural popularization of the Korean common people. Korea was one of the non-conquering countries of the Ming Dynasty and was rated as "Gongshun by the world" by the Ming Dynasty. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Korea adopted a policy of seclusion due to attacks by the Later Jin and Japan. Beginning in the 19th century, the country was in decline due to internal strife in Korea.

Korea was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, however, after the rise of the Manchus, Korea eventually fell to the Manchus and became a vassal state of the Manchus.

Year 1618. Nurhachi began to attack the Ming Dynasty. Want to unite North Korea. But most of the Korean ministers supported helping the Ming Dynasty attack Houjin. In 1623, Injo was the queen anyway. Began to openly help the Ming Dynasty to fight Houjin. In 1627, the Houjin army invaded Korea, known as the "Dingmao Rebellion". The two sides concluded a covenant of brotherhood. But North Korea maintained relations with the Ming Dynasty. In 1635, after the victory of the Later Jin in the conquest of Mongol Mongols, Huang Taiji also consolidated his dominance from within. However, at this time, the Joseon king Injo refused to send protons and did not receive the envoys of Houjin, and Huang Taiji did not send people to persuade him to be the emperor before he ascended the throne. This further intensified the contradictions between Houjin and North Korea. Korea actively prepared for war and requested assistance from the Ming Dynasty. In December 1636, Huang Taiji personally led a large army to cross the river and capture Yizhou, and the army of the Eight Banners drove straight in. On the other hand, the army led by Duoduo entered Pyongyang and reached the city of Wangjing, where he joined Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty. The Joseon king, Yi Liang, fled to Namhansanseong and waited for reinforcements, surrounded by Qing troops. Korean reinforcements came several times to relieve the siege but were defeated, and Seoul fell. In January 1637, Huang Taiji issued an ultimatum to Li Liang, ordering him to surrender. Li Liang surrendered in the face of internal and external aid. This time, Li Yu surrendered. Under pressure from the Qing Dynasty, Korea was forced to agree to the following demand: Korea became a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. Korea severed relations with its former suzerain, the Ming Dynasty. Joseon Injo sent his eldest son Li Wei and second son Li Hao to the Qing Dynasty as hostages. Korea should pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty. Every year, 100 taels of gold, 1,000 taels of silver, 200 pairs of buffalo horns, 100 mink skins, 100 deer skins, 1,000 tea bags, 400 otter skins, 300 green millet skins, 10 buckets of pepper, 26 waist knives, 20 knives, 200 catties of sumu, 1,000 rolls of large paper, 1,500 rolls of small paper, 400 collars of five-clawed dragon mats, 400 collars of flower mats, 200 collars of white ramie cloth, 2,000 pieces of cotton silk, 400 pieces of fine linen, 10,000 pieces of fine cloth, 4,000 pieces of cloth, and 10,000 bags of rice. When the Qing Dynasty attacked Phi Dao, where the Ming army was stationed, Korea should send troops and 50 warships to assist. The Qing Dynasty forbade Korea to build fortifications such as castles in large numbers. From a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty to a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. The history is known as "propylene chaos".

In 1644, the Qing army entered the customs and unified the country for the next two decades. This has also had a dramatic change in North Korea's national policy. The forces of the Qingxi faction were swept away. At the same time, within the Gongxi faction, there was a split between the Luo Party, which advocated sending troops to aid the Qing Dynasty, and the Yuan Party, which opposed sending troops to aid the Qing Dynasty. After gaining the position of leading the government, Jin Zidian of the Luo Party suppressed the original party and sent troops to help the Qing Dynasty move south to attack the remnants of the Ming Dynasty. Huang Taiji, Dolgon, and others proposed that the Joseon royal family send princes as hostages in Shenyang and Beijing every year. Joseon Injo succumbed to the might of the Qing Dynasty and agreed. Later, Xiaozong once wanted to go north to the Qing Dynasty, but the plan was shelved due to financial difficulties. With the unification of the Qing Dynasty, there were changes within Joseon. The Westerners Party again split into the pro-Qing Han Party and the anti-Qing Mountain Party. The Qing rulers were well aware of the changes within Korea, and in order to ease relations with Korea, the regent Dolgon and the Qing Emperor Shunzhi successively returned the Joseon princes who had been hostages in the Qing Dynasty, and also inherited the Ming Dynasty's foreign policy of making Korea the first subject state. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty also twice invited the Korean army and the Eight Banners Army to join forces to go north to defeat the Tsarist Russian army that invaded the Heilongjiang River valley in China, which is known as the "Luo Chan Expedition" in history.

"General Sun, we'll be in Incheon in a few days! After landing at Incheon, it was less than forty kilometers from Seoul. With the combat strength of our army, we can completely defeat North Korea in one battle! Vice Admiral Wei Yong, commander of the 1st Fleet of the Chinese Navy, said. Obviously, he doesn't care about North Korea. Japan's strength is much stronger than Korea's, isn't it also easy to be defeated by the Chinese* army?

"North Korea is nothing more than a small country. However, it has been several months since we sent our troops. Most of the soldiers are tired, the sooner the war ends, the sooner the soldiers can return home to recuperate! Lieutenant General Sun Hao said.

"That's right. However, North Korea is weak, and we will definitely be able to defeat them lightly! "Lieutenant General Wei Yong is full of confidence.

Lieutenant General Sun Hao also agreed with Lieutenant General Wei Yong's statement that the current North Korea, under the rule of Xianzong, is named Li Yan, who was only eight years old when he succeeded to the throne, and is only eighteen years old now. Almost all of the power in North Korea is in the hands of powerful ministers, and it can be said that the country is rotten and the people are struggling to make a living. It would have been easy for the Chinese* army to defeat such a country.

During the reign of Heonjong, the feudal identity system in Korean society began to collapse, infectious diseases were prevalent, the people were living in difficulty, and the number of displaced people increased dramatically. In 1836, Nam Yeong-jung rebelled in Chungcheong-do, supporting the grandson of Eunyanjun Lee Ho; In 1844, Min Jinyong also raised troops to rebel. Although these rebellions failed, the authority of the Joseon king was greatly weakened.

At the same time, the influence of the Western powers also began to enter Korea, and foreign ships frequently appeared along the coasts of Gyeongsang-do, Jeolla-do, and Hwanghae-do, causing panic among the people. In 1839, Xianzong suppressed the Catholics, and Maubant, a missionary of the Paris Foreign Missionary Society, as well as Liu Jinji, Ding Xiaxiang and other believers were killed.

On December 5, 1844, the Chinese fleet reached the sea off Incheon. The huge fleet frightened the Koreans in Incheon. On the one hand, they came to the rescue of Seoul, and on the other hand, they sent people to contact the Chinese fleet to inquire about the Chinese fleet's intentions. The Chinese* army attacked Japan with a thunderbolt, defeating the Tokugawa shogunate, which had ruled Japan for 200 years, and finally executing the emperor and abolishing the emperor system. The news also reached North Korea, which shocked the whole country. Some Korean ministers had already begun to establish that King Li Yan would abandon the Manchus and throw himself into the arms of the Chinese Empire and become a vassal state of China. It's just that this issue is being discussed in the DPRK court, but unexpectedly, the Chinese fleet suddenly appeared off the coast of North Korea.

"General Sun, are you going to start the offensive? North Korea's defense at Inchon was very weak, with only a few old artillery. In twenty minutes at most, the 1st Fleet could pull out and destroy their defenses. Vice Admiral Wei Yong, commander of the 1st Fleet, said disdainfully. Looking at the North Korean fishing boats scattered and fleeing, Lieutenant General Wei Yong looked down on these Goryeo sticks more and more. Compared with Japan, North Korea is too weak, not only because of its weak national and military strength, but more importantly, it has no will to fight. The Japanese also fought several fierce battles with the Chinese* army.

"Hmmm! The fleet is ready to go! After clearing the obstacles to the landing, the 1st Marine Brigade landed first. Lieutenant General Sun Hao said.

At this time, the watchmen on the cruiser "Shangtang" spotted the North Korean fishing boat flying a white flag and approaching quickly. (To be continued......)