Ganghwa Bay, the beginning of time.
Zheng Sen stood on the bow of the bird boat, blowing the southeast wind that had been blowing for nearly an hour. He looked at the dead branches and other objects floating in Jianghua Bay, and felt a sense of fear in his heart.
If he hadn't obeyed Liu Wenbing's order two hours ago and used 5,000 elite troops to feign an attack on the North Korean Navy while unloading all the flammable items on the ship, I'm afraid he would have been caught by the sudden fire from North Korea when the southeast wind blew. The ship was defeated.
However, despite their preparations, they still lost more than a dozen warships.
After the North Korean navy succeeded in the sneak attack, it started to counterattack frantically.
Due to Liu Wenbing's order, Zheng Sen suppressed his inner anger and dealt with the North Korean navy.
It wasn't until Zheng Hongkui arrived that Zheng Sen let go and forced the North Korean navy back.
Afterwards, Zheng Hongkui led his troops to Bailing Island to meet Zhang Huangyan, while Zheng Sen and others pretended to retreat.
Half an hour later, Zheng Sen disguised himself as a Jurchen navy and came to Jianghua Bay, tricking the North Korean navy into leaving the port, ruthlessly taking revenge and venting the evil anger in his heart.
However, when he learned that Zhang Huangyan was attacked by Kong Youde, he felt a little disappointed.
"Brother Damu, victory or defeat is a common thing for a soldier. Besides, we have not been defeated in this battle, so you don't have to worry about it!"
At this time, Zhang Huangyan's voice came from behind Zheng Sen.
Zheng Sen looked back at Zhang Huangyan, whose left arm was injured, and said with a guilty look on his face: "Brother Xuanzhu, I'm sorry, I was careless!"
Zhang Huangyan patted Zheng Sen on the shoulder and smiled heartily: "Brother Damu, what are you talking about? We are brothers!"
"Besides, I was the one who proposed this matter, but I didn't expect that Kong Youde would be so cunning. While slowing down the march in front to confuse me, he also sent people to sneak ashore and launch a sneak attack from Haizhou."
"But you don't have to take it too seriously. As the saying goes, one learns from every experience. We suffered a loss this time, so we can just get it back twice as much next time!"
Zheng Sen nodded vigorously and said firmly: "Brother Xuanzhu, you are right, we are still young!"
"As long as we can learn a lesson, we will definitely be able to take revenge!"
As he said that, he glanced at the dotted warships in the north and said solemnly: "I hope they don't die too early, otherwise I will be very disappointed!"
Zhang Huangyan smiled and said: "Yes, this is the Zheng Sen I know!"
After that, he glanced at the warship that was picking up soldiers from Jide Island, and said with some worry: "North Korea won't launch another attack, right?"
Hearing this, Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "They are already weak. Just now, on the orders of Duke An, I pretended to be a Jurchen navy and beat them until they couldn't even lift their heads."
"Now even if you give them ten courages, they will never dare to step out of the port again."
Zhang Huangyan couldn't help but feel a little confused when he saw Zheng Sen's respectful expression when he mentioned An Guogong, no longer the arrogance he had before.
After careful questioning, I found out about Jin Xuan's counterfeiting and other things, and I couldn't help but be curious about Liu Wenbing.
At this time, Huang Ting came over and reported: "Major General, An Guogong asked us to prepare to retreat!"
Zheng Sen nodded and said, "Okay, you go and inform Fourth Uncle and tell him not to get entangled with Kong Youde anymore!"
After Huang Ting bowed in agreement, he hurried towards the cabin.
Zheng Sen glanced at Jianghua Bay again and led the group to set sail.
An hour after Zheng Sen led his army to leave, the Jurchen Navy also arrived at Jianghua Bay.
When Kong Youde notified the North Korean navy to come to greet him, the frightened North Korean navy refused to leave the port on the grounds that he did not know whether it was true or false.
Claiming that if they need supplies, they can only provide them after entering the port and confirming their identity.
Kong Youde was furious when he heard this and immediately wanted to kill the person who came.
Geng Zhongming, who was traveling with him, saw this and hurriedly spoke to dissuade him.
Although Kong Youde was unwilling to do so, he remembered that Dorgon had warned him before coming, indicating that the troops were coming this time fiercely, and North Korea might have different intentions.
He must intimidate North Korea, but not let the other side lose face too much, lest North Korea jump over the wall and fall to the Ming Dynasty.
And he also promised Dorgon that he would definitely suppress North Korea, wash away the shame with blood, and make the Ming soldiers never come back.
Although he has a small victory now, the Ming soldiers are not injured.
If we fall out with North Korea at this time and cannot get supplies in time, it will be detrimental to the subsequent war.
So he severely reprimanded the visitor and asked Geng Zhongming to go and communicate with North Korea.
At the same time, he sent five warships to chase Zheng Sen and others to avoid being killed by the other side.
About half an hour later, Geng Zhongming came back and told him that North Korea agreed to allow them to enter Jianghua Bay, but only thirty warships could enter at a time.
Kong Youde did not plan to enter with his entire army, lest he be trapped in Jianghua Bay by the Ming soldiers.
Upon hearing this, he immediately ordered the entire army to garrison Jianghua Bay.
When he saw the helpless expressions of North Korean officials, he felt proud.
Of course, he was not a hot-headed incompetent, so he still left a dozen warships outside to guard the area.
Moreover, after entering Ganghwa Bay, he prepared to lead troops to inspect Jedeok Island, but was sternly rejected by the North Korean navy.
When the two sides were in a stalemate, Geng Zhongming came forward to coordinate. Finally, after Kong Youde promised not to send troops to guard Jide Island, he went to the island accompanied by North Korean officials.
Kong Youde originally wanted to inspect some unnamed islands nearby, but this time North Korea firmly refused.
Because Li Zhu was worried about the Jurchens sending troops this time, he had strictly ordered them to monitor the Jurchen navy and not allow the other party to take the opportunity to peek into the domestic environment, let alone allow the Jurchen navy to occupy one city and one island, otherwise, the three tribes would be annihilated.
Kong Youde saw that the other party's attitude was extremely tough, and after checking through the telescope, he found nothing unusual, so he stopped insisting.
But what he didn't know was that on an unknown island behind Jide Island, Jin Xuan was secretly observing everything with more than two hundred soldiers.
When hundreds of Kong Youde's warships entered Jianghua Bay, it was nearly three o'clock in the morning.
At this moment, the sun is still sending out its afterglow, but a light mist has risen in Ganghwa Bay.
Jin Xuan was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly led everyone in a small boat, carrying more than a hundred barrels of turpentine, and quietly sailed towards Jide Island.
After they landed on Jedeok Island, they cautiously lurked to the edge of Ganghwa Bay.
Seeing that the Jurchen navy were all busy with supplies and no one was patrolling, they slowly poured the turpentine into the sea.
Jin Xuan looked at the gradually spreading rosin oil and felt excited in his heart.
At the same time, on an inconspicuous island opposite Wengjin, Zhao Erhu also took more than two hundred people on a small boat and approached Jianghua Bay, doing the same thing as Jin Xuan.
Half an hour later, the sun had set and darkness began to invade the sea.
However, Ganghwa Bay was still very bright under the lights of hundreds of warships.
But none of them noticed that the turpentine oil was extending from the edge to the center of Ganghwa Bay.
After almost two hours, Jianghua Bay gradually became quiet.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Suddenly, a burst of violent shelling woke everyone up.
"Enemy attack!"
"Quick, prepare to fight!"
"Don't panic, the Ming soldiers are still far away, everyone should leave the port in an orderly manner!"
...
As a burst of noise sounded, Ganghwa Bay boiled again.
As the warships shuttled, the spread of turpentine accelerated.
"Whoosh!"
"call!"
A rocket was shot from Jide Island and immediately ignited the turpentine after falling into the sea, and the fire spread quickly.
In the blink of an eye, six or seven ships were set on fire, causing waves of exclamations.
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen rockets were shot out, and Jide Island immediately became a sea of fire.
Due to the sudden fire, the Jurchen navy did not know the cause.
He had no choice but to instinctively stay away from Jide Island and quickly head towards the exit.
Unexpectedly, hundreds of rockets flew out of the nameless island near Wengjin, forming a sea of fire again.
Both sides suddenly caught fire, and the ships had to move closer to the center.
When the ships were crowded, a torch fell from an unknown ship, which immediately caused a sea of fire.
"There is oil on the sea, everyone, rush out!"
Someone among the ships discovered the turpentine and shouted loudly.
As the shouts rang out, there was even more chaos in Ganghwa Bay, and hundreds of warships were seen rushing towards the exit frantically.
But when they finally broke out, they were greeted by artillery fire from Ming soldiers' warships.
Under the fire of more than a hundred warships, more than 30 Jurchen warships were immediately sunk.
After several charges, the Jurchen Navy found that they could not get out at all, so they had to flee towards the port or an area that was not yet on fire.
Due to the limited amount of turpentine, there is indeed a large fire-free area in Jianghua Bay, but compared to the large number of Jurchen warships, it is too small.
As a result, they started fighting internally in order to compete for the safe zone.
For a moment, the sound of cannons roared and the flames shot into the sky. Ganghwa Bay was like a hell on earth.
Outside Jianghua Bay, Liu Wenbing stood on the bow of the ship with a solemn expression, looking at the sea of fire in front of him, silent.
