Chapter 165: Sending troops to Goryeo
The day after the return flight, it happened to be the Chung Yeung Festival. All the generals gathered on Zhao Chongyang's boat to congratulate their young master on his sixteenth birthday.
There are many generals, and the young master has a limited amount of wine, Zhu Wu suggested that everyone drink rice wine, the taste is pure, and it is not easy to get drunk.
Zhu Junshi now has the respect and trust of Zhao Chongyang, and everyone naturally listens to his words.
Only Zhao Chongyang knew that Luda, Wu Song, and Li Kui only liked to drink spirits, and if they were allowed to drink rice wine, they would definitely be unhappy. Then he said: "When toasting, everyone uses rice wine, and when you drink it yourself, you follow your personal preferences." ”
Li Kui said: "It's still my little marquis brother who understands us." ”
Duanmuxiu glared at him: "Just you talk a lot." ”
Frightened, Li Kui stuck out his tongue and took a big sip of wine to seal his mouth.
Duan Sanniang said with a smile: "Brother Hei has to be governed by Sister-in-law." When the black sister-in-law roared, the black brother was dumbfounded. ”
Everyone laughed. Ye Hongyan smiled and bent over, even the princess couldn't help laughing, and almost squirted out the wine in her mouth.
Fang Baihua also smiled: "Our second sister-in-law is becoming more and more able to speak. ”
On the afternoon of the seventh day, their ship arrived at the port of Jiaozhou. Zhao Chongyang got off the boat, and took Zhu Wu, Lu Junyi, Chai Jin, Fang Tianjun and others to find Zhao Binghua, the prince of the Eighth Prince.
In the Jiaozhou Hotel of the Jiaozhou Port Wantong Chamber of Commerce, Zhao Chongyang and the Eight Princes agreed on the date, ships and numbers of troops to be sent to Goryeo, and the location of the landing:
The date was set half a month later, and the landing site was chosen in Busan, which would be in the future. The first batch of ships was dispatched: fifty steamers and five sea-going ships. 17,000 troops were dispatched, of which 7,000 were the Zhuangke and Guardians of the Eighth Prince's secret farms in various places, and Zhao Chongyang supported him with 10,000 cavalry, of which 5,000 were incorporated this time, and the other 5,000 were transferred from Shuibo Liangshan.
The generals, the three iron guards of the Eight Kings' Mansion, one Zhan Tieshan, one Ouyang Zhen, and one Ding Huabao, are the descendants of Nanxia, Beixia, and Shuangxia in the time of Renzong. Several heroes were later all taken under the command of the fourth generation of the Eight Princes of the Shenzong, and they served for the Eight Princes for generations, and the three martial arts have their own characteristics, and the descendants learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths, so the force of the three is on par with Luda, Wu Song and others, and they are all generals who can stand alone in the army.
There are two strategists, one is Xia Yan, who calls himself Xiao Zhang Liang, and one Peng Ziqing, who calls himself Qingquan Jushi. The Eight Kings Mansion never raised idlers, and the two were indeed resourceful people.
In the early stage, Zhao Chongyang supported the three generals of the prince, the pioneer general Lu Junyi, and the two deputy generals Liu Tang and Xiang Chong.
After the prince gained a firm foothold, Lu Junyi returned to the Daming Mansion, and when the Jin soldiers went south, they assisted the old marquis to guard the Daming Mansion, and Liu Tang and Xiang Chong listened to the use in front of the prince's account for a long time.
The naval army led by Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi was responsible for transporting troops and receiving corresponding supplies, and at the same time assisting in the establishment of the Goryeo naval army. Ten steamships were transferred from Jiangnan, two large sea ships, and fifty general hundred ships to Goryeo, and Tong Wei took fifty wooden ships and a group of sailors from Sado Island to the north.
After discussing the matter of sending troops to Goryeo, Zhao Chongyang told the prince that he and Zhu Wu and others had decided to go south to Annam and other places, and first establish a foothold overseas and become king.
Zhao Binghua said: "So very good, you and I are two brothers in the south and one in the north, recuperating, when the Jin soldiers go south, I will raise troops from the east of the Jin country, sweep his nest and the north, you land from Dalian by boat, sweep his central part, and work with the Taihang Yang army to cut off the return of the Jin people, so that the future can be determined." ”
Zhao Chongyang said: "That's exactly what I plan, but the specific details still depend on the situation." At that time, Brother Wang will first transfer his troops to the Yalu River, and after receiving my notice, he will be able to raise his troops to the north. ”
After the matter of sending troops to Goryeo was decided, Zhao Chongyang and Wunu returned to Beijing with some generals and 500 special teams, and the matter was not mentioned for the time being.
Let's go back to the issue of sending troops to Goryeo. Half a month later, the dispatch of troops and supplies were prepared, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi's fleet was also ready, and Zhao Binghua took the generals and 17,000 soldiers and 10,000 war horses to board the ship and set sail. After five days at sea, we reached the waters near Busan.
Ruan Xiaowu asked several small wooden boats to be lowered from the 500-ton sea boat, and he personally took dozens of sailors to disguise themselves as fishermen to go to the shore to reconnoiter the enemy situation and choose a suitable landing site.
They used binoculars to look at the shore five or six hundred meters from the shore, and found that there were only a few small fishing villages on the shore, and there were no garrisons or formed docks. After choosing the general location of the landing site, Ruan Xiaowu asked a small leader to return to the flotilla mooring with three boats to report the situation, and he slowly approached the shore with four wooden boats.
There are also some small dilapidated fishing boats on the shore, with the occasional person on board repairing fishing gear, and people working on the shore, and no one cares about their arrival.
Ruan Xiaowu took a few boats along the coast for a mile or two from top to bottom, and finally selected a section of the coast as a wharf for ships to dock temporarily, which is also the location for the future construction of the port.
After a while, the flotilla came. The sea ship stopped three or four hundred meters from the shore. The steamer drove to the shore and sent the first soldiers ashore. It took four or five more trips to pick up people, supplies, and horses before bringing everyone and everything ashore. In an instant, this small fisherman with less than 40 families became lively......