Yang Qilong left with confidence in the imperial edict issued by Kangxi to "send troops to North Korea to supervise state affairs."
Kangxi returned to his South Study and began to write a letter to his "Wu Fama" to inform him that he had decided to conquer North Korea. However, he held the brush and looked at the paper, but he did not start writing.
In the past, when facing the threat of the traitor Fuquan and not knowing whether his life could be saved, Kangxi had no psychological barriers when he hugged "Wu Fama"'s thigh tightly. But now he can do it again. He is sitting in Qianqing Palace again. Become the emperor! Although this emperor is largely restricted by the meeting of kings and ministers who discuss political affairs, he is still the supreme emperor in the 1995 period. He always calls himself "subject Sun Xuanye" in letters to Wu Sangui. It is really embarrassing!
This man is so embarrassed that he has no shame to go to Yingtai Island to see Amma and Fuquan. Of course, if he doesn't go to see Shunzhi and Fuquan, it also means that these two people can continue to "cry blood" on Yingtai Island.
Kangxi is leaving, and the two of them will collapse and die!
After all, tearing up the promise to Chang Ning and other ministers also requires prestige.
And this prestige can only be achieved through military victory.
When he was pondering whether the prestige of destroying Li's Korea would be enough to send Shunzhi and Fuquan away, the eunuch guarding outside the South Study suddenly shouted: "Welcome to the Empress Dowager and Empress."
Kangxi quickly put down his brush, stood up from his chair, and walked towards the door of the south study room. Then he saw the pregnant Empress Yang walking in with Bumu Butai supported.
"My dearest minister, I respectfully wish Madam Huangma's blessing."
Kangxi gave the old lady a thousand salutes, and then he and Empress Yang helped the old lady sit down on a chair.
The old lady had already seen a blank piece of paper on Kangxi's imperial desk and sighed: "Xuan Ye, are you writing a letter to that old guy Wu Sangui?"
Kangxi nodded: "My grandson will write a letter to inform him about the Qing Dynasty's invasion of Korea."
"Well, it should be reported." The old lady nodded, "If you don't report it, he will know it. Not only must you report it, but you must also make it clear to him that you don't have enough prestige now to suppress the situation, and you must send troops to conquer. Establish prestige. And Ming Dynasty is too strong, so it can only find two soft persimmons, North Korea and Khalkha Mongolia, to pinch it."
"Khalkha Mongolia?" Kangxi was stunned.
The princes of the Khalkha Mongols are not very respectful now. In fact, it is not only the Khalkha Mongols who are disrespectful, but also the various tribes of the host Mongolia and Monan Mongolia are ready to take action. As for the Moxi Oirat Mongols, they simply stopped paying tribute to the Qing Dynasty.
However, Kangxi still had no plan to attack the Khalkha Mongols, because he was worried that once he attacked Khalkha, he would provoke Galdan of Oirat Junggar to fight for Mobei.
This will cause the Qing Dynasty to be enemies from both sides!
The old lady said: "Xuan Ye, it seems that you still don't regard yourself as the king of Daliao!"
"Mother Huang, what do you mean?"
"The king of Daliao is first the khan of the grasslands, and then the emperor of the sixteen states of Yanyun!" Bumbutai said, "but you are first the emperor of the four provinces of mountains and rivers, and then the emperor of the prairie. sweat.
If you put the steppe above the four provinces of mountains and rivers, how can you tolerate the disrespect of the Khalkha Mongolia and the centrifugalism of the Oirat Mongolia? For the emperors of Daliao, the status of Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo and Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing was always higher than Xijin Mansion in Nanjing and Datong Mansion in Xijing. Losing the two capitals of Dong and Shang would mean the collapse of the Liao Kingdom. Losing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun would mean that the Liao Kingdom would suffer poverty at best.
Besides, you always regard yourself as the monarch of the Central Plains. How can Wu Sangui and Li Zhongshan in the south be willing to quarrel? "
Kangxi actually understood what Bumu Butai said!
But he was the emperor of the Central Plains who was born in Beijing, unlike Bumbutai who was a Mongolian princess who was born on the grasslands.
I can’t get over this thought at once!
But when Bumu Butai said this now, his thinking suddenly became clear.
He can't always look at the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains reluctantly!
Even if I can't let it go in my heart, I still have to show that I'm not interested.
Otherwise, how could Ming Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty start fighting with peace of mind?
If the Ming Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty did not fight, both sides would suffer. No matter how much the Qing Dynasty cared about the Central Plains, they would be driven out sooner or later!
"Huang Mama, my grandson understands. My grandson immediately wrote to Wu Fama, telling him that after Yang Qilong took control of Hanyang, the royal city of Korea, I would personally conquer Mobei, wipe out the rebellious Mongolian princes, and personally resist. Rakshasa!"
"Okay!" Bumbutai nodded, "Add a Rakshasa. I heard that the Moscow mansion of the Rakshasa Kingdom is 20,000 to 30,000 miles away in the west. Batu went there when he went on the Western Expedition. You Tell Wu Sangui in the letter that you also want to visit that Moscow mansion!"
In August of the 14th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, on the surface of the Yellow Sea, the morning glow had already fallen on the sea, making the waves sparkling and dazzling. A fleet of hundreds of crab boats and large bird boats is sailing quickly towards the North Korean coast using the westerly wind on the sea, plowing white waves on the sea.
The fast crab boat was originally a type of boat used by pirates in Guangdong and Fujian. It has a long and narrow hull with dozens of oars on each side. When it shakes, it looks like a crab's legs are stretched out, hence the name fast crab. This kind of ship is extremely fast. It is equipped with turtle-dove-foot muskets and sub-cannons. It has powerful firepower in close combat and is very suitable for fighting in offshore or inland rivers. The Zheng Group, where Shi Lang was born, already has a business in maritime toll collection and zero-yuan purchases. This kind of fast crab boat is the weapon of the Zheng family in the offshore areas. Shi Lang was very familiar with the performance of crab boats. After he became the admiral of the Yangtze River Navy, he introduced them to the Yangtze River. He invited craftsmen who were good at building crab boats from Zhangzhou Prefecture in Fujian Province and opened a specialized shop in Guazhoubu, Yangzhou Prefecture. A shipyard that builds crab boats. Dozens of fast crab boats were built successively for both river and sea purposes.
The large bird ship is also a commonly used ship type of the Zheng Group. It is a hard-sailed, round-bottom sea-going ship that is often used along the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang, and can also travel to Southeast Asia and Japan. In the early years, the Zheng family often grabbed such ships when they were engaged in zero-dollar purchases at sea, so they installed artillery on the sturdy ships and used them for armed smuggling. Later, the Zheng family combined the advantages of Western gunboats and developed a bird ship that could install three-pound or six-pound cannons on the side.
Shi Lang also had ten large bird ships built at the Guazhoubu Shipyard that could install six-pound bronze cannons on the sides. Later, when he left the Yangtze River and headed north, he also commandeered a dozen cargo-type bird ships, thus forming a team. It has a Beiyang Navy consisting of hundreds of crab boats and big bird boats.
If we do not consider that the Qing Dynasty Navy that retreated to the north has lost the support of the southeastern shipbuilding industry, and just talk about the stock advantage of the Beiyang Navy, it is a powerful maritime force that can overwhelm the Yangtze River Navy and Guangdong Navy under the name of the Ming Dynasty!
Of course, if the Fujian Navy of the Fujian Zheng family takes action, then the Beiyang Navy will not be enough.
Before Zheng Jing regained Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, the shipbuilding industry in these two prefectures had already begun to recover because the maritime ban had actually ceased to exist. After Zheng Jing became the lord of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, the shipbuilding industry of these two state capitals with long maritime traditions advanced by leaps and bounds. Although the scale was not as good as the heyday of the late Ming Dynasty, it was a step further in technology - After all, the Zheng family has been absorbing Western shipbuilding technology during their years on Damuan Island. In addition, after Macau was recaptured by Li Zhongshan, the Portuguese shipyards, drawings and models were all open to the Zheng family. There were even armed merchant ships being repaired in the shipyards for Zheng Jing's craftsmen to reverse engineer.
Therefore, after the Zheng family regained Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, they quickly began to produce a new type of armed merchant ship that combined Chinese hard sails and Western-style hulls. With the recovery of shipbuilding capacity in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, this new type of armed merchant ship called "New Fortune Ship" has begun to be built like dumplings!
However, the purpose of the Zheng family in building the new fortune ship was not to go north to the Yellow Sea to compete with the Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Navy, but to expand the Zheng family's interests in Nanyang. Therefore, Shi Lang's Beiyang Navy can now confidently and boldly conquer Yang Qilong's Beiyang Navy. The New Army was shipped to a place called Incheon!
Two to three hundred sails were raised high, and the sun was rising into the sky at this time. The hot sunlight came from the east and reflected on the white sails, reflecting golden light, which seemed to foreshadow this expedition. There will be a great victory.
Every bird boat and crab boat is flying the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty and the handsome flags with Yang and Shi characters!
Due to the long-term seclusion from foreign countries and the depletion of armaments, the navy and land divisions of the North Korean Lee Dynasty were all extremely weak, even worse than the situation before the Japanese invasion.
According to the reports of Tianjin Customs officials who were expelled by the Li Dynasty, the new king Li Yin of the Li Dynasty was young and vigorous, and he was very similar to Kangxi of that year. Seeing the restoration of the Ming Dynasty and the retreat of the Qing Dynasty to the four provinces of Shanhe, there was an outbreak of During the civil strife, he followed the advice of Yin Zhen, the minister of the Northern Expedition in the country, changed his previous stable policy, and adopted the policy of "building a car" and "joining the Ming Dynasty". While building a large number of chariots, preparing to use them to deal with the Qing cavalry, they also united with the Ming Dynasty and made an agreement to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, they also stationed troops in Uiju near the Yalu River in the northern part of the Korean Kingdom to prepare for war. They were ready to send troops to Liaodong to raid the Qing Dynasty's home base at any time.
In other words, not only did North Korea have its sea gates open, but their capital, Hanyang, was not heavily guarded. It simply opened its gates and waited for Yang Qilong and Shi Lang to raid their homes!
On Yang Qilong and Shi Lang's ship "Flagship", Yang Qilong, who was slightly seasick, was walking on the deck while enjoying the sea breeze and doing some stretching exercises from time to time.
It can be seen that this "escape minister" was still a little nervous when he went into battle for the second time!
If Shi Lang, an old pirate, had not led the fleet on the wrong course, then North Korea's Incheon Bay should be nearby and the Incheon Bay area should be defenseless!
Therefore, the new Beiyang Army can land without any hindrance! Then march to Hanyang!
When the Beiyang New Army on the bird boat lands, Shi Lang will lead his Crab Boat and another part of the Beiyang New Army to land on Ganghwa Island, then enter the Han River from the mouth of the Han River in the northeast of Ganghwa Island, and then go up the river. Attack Hanyang, King of Korea.
If all goes well, the land and sea armies will soon meet outside Hanyang City. The young king of North Korea will most likely surrender without a fight!
As long as he surrenders without a fight, Yang Qilong can control the political affairs of North Korea in the name of supervising the country.
The plan to replace Li Chao is half successful!
"land!"
Just when Yang Qilong was dreaming about accepting Li Chao's abdication in the future and starting the good things of the Yang Dynasty in North Korea, a man with a Fujian accent suddenly shouted.
Yang Qilong hurriedly ran to the raised bow of the bird boat, then took out a monocular telescope and looked around at the eastern sea for a while. Finally, where the water and the sky met, he saw a vague undulating land.
The west wind on the sea was strong now, pushing hundreds of ships to rush towards the coast quickly. After a while, they had sailed into a huge bay, and the mountains, jungles and fields on the shore were even clearly visible.
"Master, we are here! We can already see the coast of Incheon!" This was Shi Lang's voice, which was also a little excited. "We didn't see any warships from the North Korean navy and there were no forts to fire at us. Our surprise attack was successful! "
"Is this a success?" Yang Qilong was stunned, "We haven't even landed yet, so why is it a success?"
"Hahaha," Shi Lang laughed, "Sir, the key to attacking from the sea to the land is to attack the enemy by surprise. The sea is vast and boundless, and the navy can be erratic. The land is dead, and the land army can only do coastal defense. Thousands of miles of fortification, if not defended at all, will fall short. In fact, the land division's thousands of miles of defense is likely to end up with no defense at sea, empty everywhere, and slack everywhere. Once the enemy's navy arrives, all they can do is watch the ships. Escape! If this coastal defense was really easy, Oboi wouldn't have listened to Huang Wu and carried out the coastal border relocation that would have seriously damaged his vitality!"
The sailing fleets of this age of navigation were actually a bit of a dimensionality reduction attack against enemies on land.
Although it is difficult for sail battleships to engage in bombardment with forts on land, it is impossible for anyone to build countless forts in coastal areas! How much does this cost?
Therefore, there are actually large areas of undefended areas along the coasts of most countries, including European countries. Even the coastlines of maritime powers such as Spain, France, and Italy are often attacked by North African pirates!
Of course, the coastline of the Korean Kingdom, which has long been closed to the outside world and faced the threat of the Qing Dynasty on land, will be easier to break through!
"That's good, that's good, General Shi. Let's hurry up and set foot on the land of North Korea today!"
"Okay! Log in today!"
When Yang Qilong said this, he did not realize that the small step he and Shi Lang had taken without comment - stepping from a sampan to the beach of Incheon would be a big step for the entire Chinese civilization - after a long time I don’t know how many years later, this civilization will once again conquer a land from the sea!
This is a bit like catching up with the Age of Discovery!
Chang'an, the imperial city of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"Hahaha"
Wu Sangui's laughter echoed in the magnificent hall.
The founding king of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who was in his sixties and had not lived for many years in history, now had a rosy face and was full of energy when he smiled.
This person is in high spirits during happy events, which probably means he is like this.
"Father, why should you laugh?"
The person who asked this question very appropriately was of course Li Zhongshan's "second-in-law" Wu Yingxiong.
Now besides Wu Sangui, there are only Wu Yingxiong and his brother Wu Yingqi in the hall, as well as a few guards and palace servants.
"Wu Xuanye said in the letter that he had sent Yang Qilong to conquer North Korea, and he also planned to send troops to Khalkha Mongolia next year to help the Mongols resist the invading Rakshasa Kingdom. If the Rakshasa Kingdom refused to submit, he would follow suit. Batu, march to Moscow. By the way, where is Moscow? When did Batu go? Why didn’t I know?"
Wu Yingqi laughed: "Father, Kangxi just scrawled. How far is Moscow? You have to walk tens of thousands of miles to the west! And Batu didn't seem to have been to Moscow at that time. He went to Kiev, but Kangxi probably went there too. No."
"Can't even go? Why?" Wu Sangui didn't seem to know as much about things in the West as his son did.
"I heard from Galdan's envoy that the current Rakshasa Kingdom is very powerful, and they have almost wiped out all the descendants of the Golden Horde. So Kangxi probably can't defeat it."
It turned out that Wu Yingqi had been busy with affairs in the West during this period, busy discussing with Galdan's envoys how to carve up the Yerqiang Khanate. The alliance's resistance to Rakshasa after the partition of Yerqiang was also a theme, so Wu Yingqi knew something about Rakshasa.
"Oh" Wu Sangui said with a smile, "Let's not worry about him. As long as Kangxi turns his attention to North Korea and Mongolia, we can deal with the Ming Dynasty with all our strength. By the way. What happened to Yeerqiang and Junggar? Can we let them Stop fighting and make peace?"
"Yes!" Wu Yingqi nodded, "As long as we capture all of Yeerqiang, Galdan will not be able to send troops to destroy Yeerqiang!"
Wu Sangui nodded: "What a good idea, let's do it!"
(End of chapter)
