Chapter 323: Inchon Landing

After nearly a month of sailing, Chen Cao finally arrived at Incheon Port at the end of July and early August, and the first thing he did after landing was to lie on the ground and touch the earth cordially.

"Didn't Li Liang send someone?"

In the face of Chen Cao's inquiry, Liu Xingzuo shook his head: "There are more than 3,000 Jiannu troops around Seoul, and after the last general went ashore, he contacted the North Korean Jinyi Wei spies, it is reported that after Jiannu heard that a lone army entered North Korea, he immediately sent troops south to eat us, 15,000 people are heading south, and the Korean governor Amin led an army of 30,000 to follow behind. ”

Amin's army was in Ping'an Dao, and they arrived from the north at least faster than Chen Cao by boat.

Zhao Xin, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, after going ashore, urgently contacted the Jinyi Guard spies in the court, and walked into the courtyard of the Metropolitan Protectorate from time to time: "Lord Wang, Li Liang's younger brother, Li Li, the great prince of Ayabara, sent someone. ”

"So coincidentally?" Chen Cao was a little curious, and then waved his hand: "Bring people in." ”

Not long after, a man dressed as a Korean ordinary man with a white cloth wrapped in a white cloth wrapped around his head was brought into the yamen by Zhao Xin, and the man knelt down towards Chen Cao, full of Korean dialect.

"There's something wrong with this Li Li, knowing that the people who came to contact the faction couldn't even speak Chinese."

After Chen Cao complained, he looked at Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin didn't understand Korean, but there were a lot of translators in the army, and even the words spoken by the future were translated to Chen Cao.

It turned out that after Jang Young-moo landed at Incheon, the Joseon king of Seoul, Yi Liang, and others got the news, and two situations were formed in Korea, one was the left and right faction headed by Yi Liang, and the other was the pro-Ming faction headed by Ayahara Maharaja Yi Li.

The Ming Dynasty in the hearts of the Korean people is indeed the heavenly kingdom, so that after the death of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, the Korean state still worships the spiritual seat of Emperor Chongzhen and sacrifices on time.

After listening to the translation, Chen Cao looked at Xu Fuyuan beside him: "This Li Liang seems to be still afraid of Jiannu." ”

Liu Xingzuo, who was familiar with the internal affairs of North Korea, said: "Back then, Amin opened a killing spree in Seoul, and Li Liang knelt in Shenyang. ”

"It's the same old thing..."Chen Cao sighed, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's policy towards the Han people was the word 'kill', and killing the Han people was convinced, and finally became the kind of obscene appearance without a national backbone in the late Qing Dynasty.

And Chen Cao always thought that Jiannu's braided hair really made people look unmotivated.

Chen Cao looked down at the visitor: "Li Li means that he wants to cooperate with our army?" ”

After getting the translated words, Chen Cao shook his head: "The king of Joseon, Li Li, disregards the friendship of the monarchs and ministers of my dynasty, and is greedy for life and fear of death to bow down to the chief of the slave thieves, and must not be tolerated. ”

When the envoy heard this, he was instantly overjoyed, and then knelt down and saluted Chen Cao several times, said a few words of gratitude to Dade and left.

Since Zhou Lixun's good performance last time, Chen Cao still took him with him on this expedition to North Korea.

"Lord Wang, this Ayahara Maharaja is a drill camper."

Chen Cao glanced at the joyful envoy who was away disapprovingly, and then looked at Zhou Lixun with a smile: "The purpose of our trip to North Korea is very clear, so no matter who is on the throne, North Korea is in my hands after all." ”

After speaking, Chen Cao turned his head to look at Zhao Xin: "Has Gao Chong come back?" ”

Liao Yaowen was mainly in charge of the intelligence of the Japanese state, while Gao Chong was in charge of North Korea.

Zhao Xin shook his head: "Lao Gao is responsible for contacting all the secret agents in North Korea, and after landing, he took people to sneak into Seoul, and Li Li's people were introduced by him." ”

Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully, and then said: "The 52nd Division immediately went out of Shixingfu, lured the soldiers and horses stationed around Hancheng by Jiannu, and saw if they would cross Luliang, and then divided the troops to clear the surrounding areas of Shixingfu, so that all the surrounding Korean garrisons surrendered." ”

Zhang Yingwu saluted: "Yes..."

Chen Cao looked around at the yamen of the small capital protection mansion and couldn't help shaking his head, because of the secrecy of his work, the future generations had no chance to go abroad at all, and they had only seen their ancient buildings in the stick movie, and now that they look at it, it's just like that.

In the temporary conference hall of the middle house, Chen Cao entered the room with his waist bent, the height of the door really made him dare not compliment, perhaps it was an inferior situation, although North Korea imitated the Ming Dynasty in terms of architecture, but it was reduced by half.

"Lord, this is the map of Gyeonggi Province sent by Li Li, and there are also the garrison maps of the Korean army."

Gao Chong put the map on the table, he only rushed back from Siheungfu in the evening, and brought a few Korean spies: "Li Liang was indeed forced to surrender, and sent envoys to negotiate peace several times, Amin sent Du Du Du Zilharang to loot Seoul for three days, and robbed the people's property, even now the people of Seoul and the princes and nobles have not eased up;

In addition, according to the news from Pyongan Province, Jiannu is gathering the various departments of the Eight Banners of North Korea to come back, but there are no other soldiers and horses. ”

Chen Cao frowned, and then looked at Liu Xingzuo, who had not yet set off: "How much do you remember about your expedition to North Korea back then?" ”

Liu Xingzuo turned his head to look at Chen Cao: "Back to the prince, there is not much difference with what Lord Gao said, Li Liang sent several times to Pyongyang to sue for peace, Zierharang and others agreed to return to the army, but Amin did not allow it, so he sent the last general to Ganghwa Island to question Li Liang, but after the last general arrived on Ganghwa Island, Amin's army arrived in Gaoyang County, and besieged Li Liang in the mountain city of Beihan, fought for three days, Li Liang was forced to surrender, and was taken to Shenyang. ”

After speaking, Liu Xingzuo said: "There is one thing, at that time, Zilharang discussed returning to the army, but Amin asked the last general to stay in North Korea with Du Du, Du Du resolutely opposed, and Amin had no choice but to return to the army, but he still controlled North Korea. ”

After hearing this, Xu Fuyuan said: "This Amin seems to have the intention of establishing himself in North Korea. ”

"The North Korean artillery firearms are excellent, and some of the artillery in Liaodong even came from the North Korea, and they occupy the geographical advantage of the mountain city of Bukhan, but they can't beat it?"

Liu Xingzuo looked at Gao Chong: "At that time, the vanguard of Jiannu was mainly composed of the Han people of Liaodong and the surrendered Daming guards, no matter how sharp the firearms were, the loading was not as good as ours now, and the Jiannu cavalry arrived with a charge, and those Korean firearms troops were only slaughtered." ”

"By the way, the Seoul garrison is Amin's son, named Erli, and he is still a Zhenguo Duke who built a slave..."

Chen Cao is the title of Jiannu, this Zhenguo Duke is different from the title of the Ming Dynasty, and the Zhenguo Duke is only awarded to members of the Aixin Jueluo royal family.

"After Wang Shi arrived in various parts of Korea, the Korean garrisons in various places surrendered one after another, and in some places there were not even soldiers and horses, and the Korean officials in various parts of the Incheon Metropolitan Protectorate were not disgusted with us, but the local people knelt down and begged for help."

It has only been less than 30 years since the Renchen War, and without the help of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea would have been gone long ago, because the local people are grateful to the Ming army.

Chen Cao kept knocking on the desk, and after a long time, he said: "I didn't expect the Koreans to be so good to our Ming Dynasty, since this is the case, then there is no need to break through one by one, and after the 52nd Division occupies Shixingfu, the army will all move and go straight to Seoul, and strive to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu in Seoul;

By the way, what are the places to cross the river? ”

Gao Chong dotted on the map: "There is no place to cross the river in the north of the Han River, there is one opposite Zhonglangfu in the middle, but it cannot pass through the army, only the Guangjin Pass in the western Guangzhou Prefecture can be passed, if it is from the Guangjin Pass, it will have to experience a big battle with Jiannu in the Guangjin Pass." ”

"Where's Lu Liang?"

Chen Cao pointed to Luliang in the territory of Shixing Mansion.

Gao Chong said: "The land of Luliang is also feasible, but you can only choose to cross the river by boat, the terrain on the opposite bank is flat, if Jiannu has been prepared, I am afraid that our army will be in trouble." ”

Except for the 52nd Division, which did not have war horses, the rest of the three divisions of the Dingwu Army had them, Chen Cao thought about it, then looked at Feng Zhongping on the side and said: "Let some of the war horses of your first division come out, and let the second division also divide some war horses, and give all of them to Zhang Yingwu's 52nd Division; ”

As he spoke, he looked at Liu Xingzuo: "Your department went to Guangjin Pass to create a false impression for Jiannu, and if you can, you will fight, and if you can't, you will support them." ”

Liu Xingzuo nodded: "The last general understands..."

Gao Chong said: "It takes four days to walk to Guangjin Pass in Guangzhou Prefecture here, and two and a half days at most if it is a war horse. ”

The territory of North Korea is mountainous, the official roads are not neat, most of them are small roads, and the road to Gwangjin Pass has to be detoured, even if the Korean garrison does not resist, the time is not the same as the road of the Ming Dynasty.

"Okay..."Chen Cao clapped his palms: "Early tomorrow morning, the 52nd Division will set off first." ”

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Located in the south of the Han River, the town of Roliang is not the same Luliang that Yi Sunsin died in battle, but in Gyeongsang-do, across the long distance, to the north is the flat Han River Plain, and North Korean merchant ships and various ships sail on the Han River, and always rest at the plain port in the north.

When he was in Seoul, he did a lot of bad things, but it was all aimed at the princes and ministers of Joseon, and it was still okay for the common people, until he learned that the Ming army had landed at Incheon, and things changed dramatically.

However, fortunately, his father Amin had already led the army to Gaoyang County, and after learning that Li Liang had not done anything out of the ordinary, he still sent soldiers and horses to surround the Korean palace, and then mobilized the Korean puppet army around Seoul to garrison the Gwangjin Pass in the southwest and the plain north of Luliang respectively, and even the crossing bridge with Mulangfu was also strictly defended.

"Master..."

Elli's servant quickly ran into his mansion located southwest of the palace: "Luliang news, a large number of Ming troops have been found in the south. ”

Elley stood up and frowned: "Didn't you just report that the Ming army went to Guangjin Pass the day before yesterday?" ”

The minion shook his head: "The minion doesn't know, but the scout reported that a large number of Ming troops did appear south of Luliang." ”

Erli paced back and forth: "Pass my military order to Erlan, let him sit in the port, if you find that the Ming army has crossed the river, you must do your best to stop it." ”

The servant said: "The firearms of the North Korean army are sharp, so it is better to let them assist in the battle." ”

Elley nodded: "That makes sense, I'll go to the palace." ”