In March of the second year of Tianqi, Marquis Pingliao led the Kaiyuan Navy to completely wipe out the fleets of the four countries in the waters of Tsushima.
A total of 560 captured enemy ships were sunk in this battle, including 12 captured Galen ships, but they were all badly damaged and only two were still able to sail.
In this battle, a total of 12,000 Red Mao sailors and mercenaries were killed and captured. Among the 1,300 captured, there were a large number of sailors, shipwrights, and British naval officers.
The captured craftsmen, doctors, professional officers and other professional and technical personnel were retained, while the others were sent to Wonsan, North Korea, to mine, and spent the rest of their lives working hard to repent for the heinous crimes they committed against the indigenous peoples in Africa and America.
Ping Liaohou arranged for Senti, Zheng Yiguan, and Pei Dahu to explain Kaiyuan's prisoner policy to these professionals and persuade the red-haired barbarians to stay and serve in the army.
After Pei Dahu's "friendly" persuasion, most of the prisoners chose to continue serving Ping Liaohou.
Then Francis, a faithful follower of the archbishop, came to the surrendered prisoners.
Francis is a Portuguese and now the most powerful priest in Asian dioceses.
According to his own words, he often lectured the archbishop on various doctrines, and the archbishop could always gain new knowledge from various miraculous records about the Lord - an epiphany in Eastern terms.
At this moment, Francis came to several of his fellow Europeans.
The missionary held a cup of holy water in his left hand—it was said to be the water left over from the Marquis Pingliao’s drinking—and a red-hot iron in his right hand.
"To be or not to be, that is a question. Gentlemen, gentlemen, you are killing creatures in the distant New World, bringing plague and terror to the local indigenous people, killing women, babies... but your gods have not punished you. You devils, this has to be a miracle!”
Young Francis spoke excitedly, and his forehead under his red hair turned red, as if he was about to receive revelation from God at any time.
“God will enlighten you evil pagans, and God will use a branding iron.”
The prisoners involuntarily shrank back.
The missionary saw that the pagans were showing signs of reforming, so he changed the subject and continued:
"Anyone who is willing to convert to Archbishop Nicholas the God of War and give up his previous ridiculous beliefs can eat Korean cold noodles, a specialty of North Korea!"
When a group of red-haired barbarians who had been starving for two days without food heard their companions say this, they all succumbed to their stomachs and shouted to give up their old beliefs and welcome their new life.
Senti nodded to Francis, his eyes full of appreciation. If this red-haired barbarian had not become a priest, Dongguan Zai would really want to take him under his command as a discipline officer.
A group of prisoners received the Korean cold noodles and started to eat them hungrily under the supervision of the training team guards.
When Francis saw this, he quickly shouted to stop.
The guards swarmed forward and hacked at the rash infidels with clubs and scabbards.
"Gentlemen, although you have been hungry for two days, it is certainly not allowed to disrespect table manners like this. Come, read with me and pray to the Archbishop,"
Under the sticks of the guards, the prisoners stopped fighting and looked up at the Portuguese missionary.
"In the name of the Lord, be kind, brave, generous, just, kind and handsome, the Ming Dynasty Tutor and Minister of the Ministry of War, Grand Bachelor of Taiji Hall, Ping Liao Marquis, Chief Military Officer of Liaodong, Governor in Korea and General of the Conquest of Yi, Nicholas War God Liu, District Director of East Asia Diocese , thank you for giving me this delicious meal, Amen.”
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The Marquis of Pingliao ordered the five East India Company executives to be released and left the mark of the new dynasty on them before leaving.
The original intention of this kind of torture is actually beautiful.
A few years later, European adventurers came with their navy and encountered the Kaiyuan Army again. When the Kaiyuan Army's "Han" character was large, they would definitely leave a deep impression on the bandits.
Various types of silver and gold coins were seized with a value of nearly 10 million taels.
More importantly, all trading posts along the route from Nagasaki to Macao will now be taken over by the Kaiyuan Army.
If nothing unexpected happens, the colonial strongholds such as Manila and Jakarta occupied by Europeans will soon be captured by Pingliao Hou.
Of course, there are always surprises.
In the Battle of Tsushima, Kaihara Navy also suffered heavy casualties. 3,500 people and 40 battleships all sank under the blue waves of Tsushima Strait.
In the end, less than 2,000 people were left alive in the navy, and all the battleships were lost, leaving only the last ten battleships and some lucky ships and Zhuin ships.
Fortunately, after this war, the shipyards in Kyushu, Busan and other places were under control. Now there are people with money and Europeans who provide technology.
This war brought the British and Dutch East India Companies to the brink of collapse, and French and Spanish commerce in the Far East was also greatly affected.
Since the discovery of geography, Europeans have been invincible, killing gods and Buddhas when encountering them. They have never suffered such a big loss.
Take the British East India Company as an example. Three of the nine directors who held the highest power died suddenly, and one went crazy with fear. The casualties were even more severe, with more than a thousand people lost.
Kang Yingqian's worries are not unreasonable. It is already difficult to judge whether various countries will send naval expeditions next.
Kang Yingqian didn't know, Sun Chuanting didn't know, and even the time traveler himself didn't know.
Liu Zhaosun has never understood the way Westerners think. Just like when a large-scale epidemic occurred in his world in later generations, the West always had surprising views on epidemic prevention, such as:
“Don’t give up on life because of fear of death (protest against lockdown)”
“We are all going to die, I want to live happily now (protest against vaccination policy)”
Therefore, you cannot judge this opponent with normal thinking.
In any case, the colonial wave of the Europeans was repelled, and Korea and Japan gradually came under control. Next, the energy of the time travelers will finally turn back to the Ming Dynasty.
In March, Kyushu, Japan, was reorganized into the Han Dongcheng Proclamation Department, which was divided into three prefectures from north to south, namely Xingguo Prefecture, Xuanwei Prefecture, and Dingnan Prefecture, with Kang Yingqian, Shimazu Zhongheng, and Yuan Chonghuan serving as prefects respectively. According to the pre-war promise, Tsushima Island was incorporated into North Korea. It is said that this island has also belonged to North Korea since ancient times.
In this Eastern Expedition, North Korea sent a total of 30,000 troops and suffered nearly half of the casualties. Ping Liaohou, in the tone of the Supreme Emperor, quoted the example of the Ming Dynasty assisting North Korea in military training after Wanli came to Korea, and asked Li Zhu to agree to send troops to Pyongyang, Seoul, Busan, etc. Important cities to help North Korea restore its army as soon as possible.
Li Zhu agreed with tears in his eyes.
Since then, the Kaiyuan Army has further controlled and penetrated the various channels in North Korea.
In the past few years, the mining of major mineral deposits in North Korea has actually been in the hands of Kaiyuan Workshop. From Yiju to Busan, Liaodong Trading Company has opened more than a hundred branches in North Korea. This time it conquered Japan, the previous shogunate various branches The shops and guilds established by the feudal lord in Busan and other places were naturally taken over by Kaiyuan Civil Affairs.
Since then, the economy, minerals, and military of the Kingdom of Korea have all been in the hands of Marquis Pingliao. With his connections and influence in Korea, he can replace the current Korean King Li Zhu at any time as long as he is willing.
After some evaluation, Liu Zhaosun, Kang Yingqian and others believed that the cost of directly occupying North Korea was too high. There was neither large land for farming nor rich mineral deposits like Japan on the Korean Peninsula. People's livelihood was poor and they were struggling.
At least from the current point of view, North Korea is definitely a heavy burden for Ping Liaohou.
Therefore, continuing to support Li Zhu as an agent is undoubtedly a better model.
March 27, Busan, North Korea.
Marquis Pingliao boarded the Feilong battleship. Under the watch of Korean King Li Zhu and a group of Korean officials, the fleet slowly left Busan, cut through the waves, and headed west.
Kang Yingqian and Yuan Chonghuan were left in Handong Province. Khandong Province had just been established and was prosperous. These two officials were needed to guard here. Also left behind were the entire Seventh Guards Army and the Eighth Guards Army. and 2,500 Korean soldiers.
Liu Zhaosun lay on the Taishi chair on the attic of the top deck and looked at the sea.
The breeze blowing from the sea is refreshing. At the end of March, the Korean Sea is neither cold nor hot, and the temperature is suitable.
The attic was quite elegantly decorated, and two maids stood by the door to serve.
He held a cup of cherry blossom tea, a specialty of Handong Province, in one hand, and gently hugged Jin Yuji with the other hand.
At a certain moment, he felt that he had become the so-called winner in life.
The next second, he looked back and saw Zhang Yan, whose belly was slightly bulging. Zhang Yuhe was looking at him thoughtfully.
As a result, the traveler's thoughts returned to reality.
