Goryeo, Tamra, garrison.
"My lord, if it were any other time, I would not dare to be so trustworthy. However, as the so-called "times have changed", first the troops of Marshals Jin Zidian and Shen Qiyuan were defeated by the Tartars in turn, and then The other soldiers and horses of King Qin were also afraid of the might of the Liaodong barbarians and did not dare to come to help. At this moment, His Highness, who has retreated to Nanhan Mountain City, has fallen into a dilemma both internally and externally. Any victory or reinforcement can make him ecstatic, let alone a genuine Tartar head! With the blessing of these things, let alone the commander of a criminal penal colony, even the marshal of the army and horses can be sealed when he is sick and needs medical treatment! At the same time, Mr. Cui, who is the Right Councilor, can gain more trust from His Majesty the Lord and overpower those stubborn opponents of peace. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone and everyone is happy..."
Seeing Kang Lin's complexion turn from sunny to gloomy, Li Chengxuan's original complacent tone also quietly became lower and lower. After all, the man named Kang was from a pirate army. Although he usually looked smiling, he looked like a Maitreya who was indifferent to the world. Buddha, but I don’t know what the real situation is. If anything I say is not good, hurts his pain or annoys him, there may be soldiers coming in to ask for help in the next moment. Eat Pan Dao Noodles by yourself. So, this guy took it upon himself to add another fire to the dry firewood pile, completely igniting the greed in the latter's heart, and making him obediently used by himself!
"In addition, in order to show our sincerity, Cui Gong specially ordered me to bring fifty kilograms of wild ginseng, three hundred and fifty kilograms of grain, and a confession document from the Jeolla Province Water Army Gem Controller to the leader. As long as you If you agree to send troops, these will all be yours..."
Hiss, fifty kilograms of wild ginseng, three hundred and fifty kilograms of grain, plus a confession document from the Jeolla Province Navy Controller! Cui Mingji and Cui Dabanshu are so generous. It seems that this guy is determined to win the troops and horses under his command. It just so happens that he also wants to find an opportunity to ease the relationship with the Goryeo court and go to the battlefield to see the legendary Jurchen cavalry. power! So he turned from anger to joy, raised the teapot in his hand and continued to pour tea for Li Chengxuan. He wanted to find out more news about Goryeo politics and the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty from this confidant of Cui Mingji! After all, since he has decided to send troops, it is still necessary to know more about the enemy's situation. Isn't there a saying that "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles." Kang Lin does not want to rush into Namhan Mountain City without knowing the enemy's situation. Go into the maelstrom of war! qδ
"Well, since Mr. Cui thinks so highly of me, it would be disrespectful for me to shirk it anymore! In this way, as long as Mr. Cui agrees to a few conditions, I will wash my hands in the golden basin and become the most loyal supporter of Mr. Cui. From now on , Mr. Cui wants me to go east, but I dare not go west; Mr. Cui wants me to chase the dog, but I dare not chase the rooster!"
"Oh, then I have to listen to the advice of Temperance Master..."
Seeing that Kang Lin was finally convinced, Li Chengxuan's face once again filled with a smile full of wisdom. In his view, it is not terrible for the other party, the leader of the pirates and the rebel army, to offer conditions. What is terrible is that they do not offer conditions. Failure to offer conditions means that they do not want to cooperate with him at all. On the contrary, as long as you make a condition, it means that the psychological defense line has been loosened, and you can get the matter done with just one step! Upon thinking of this, Mr. Nanhu, who was eager to promote the recruitment matter, immediately stood up, bowed to Kang Lin again, and then very politely asked the latter to slowly state his conditions!
"If you want me to join Mr. Cui in the right government, fine, no problem. As long as he can send someone to send 5,000 taels of silver, 3,000 dan of grain, and 5 wooden houses and ships, I will immediately go to Namhan Mountain City with all my best troops to wait for you. He will dispatch it! Mr. Nanhu, do you think a thousand elite troops are enough?"
Si, five thousand taels of silver, three thousand stones of grain, and five wooden houses and boats. This guy really dares to make conditions, but now Cui Mingji is in urgent need of strong foreign aid to help him consolidate his position in the court. Even if he knows that the food is wrapped in poison, he still has to bite the bullet and swallow it. So Li Chengxuan agreed to Kang Lin's request after pondering over and over again, but reduced the amount of silver from 5,000 taels to 3,000 taels, and changed the five wooden house boats to three wooden house boats. Of course, as compensation, Mr. Nanhu also Without being too unkind to Kang Lin, the newly minted navy commander of Goryeo Jeju and Jeolla Province, he increased the amount of grain from three thousand koku to five thousand koku! At the same time, the two parties reached an agreement that half of everything would be paid as a deposit for the time being, and the remainder would be cashed out after the Manchu and Qing Tartars were defeated.
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Liu Laoliu is the general manager who stayed behind, followed by Yan Si and Fan Jing. The three of them are responsible for managing the newly established Tamluo garrison during their absence until they return with their troops! Having made up his mind to go north to disrupt the Goryeo court and see how powerful the Liaodong Jurchen cavalry were, which were said to be invincible, Kang Lin immediately ordered his own soldiers to summon a group of officers and officials after sending Li Chengxuan away. There is a meeting in the security room of the town's governor's office! During this period, he suppressed all objections and used his status as a big leader to act arbitrarily. In addition to confirming the list of members of the left-behind committee, he also established an expeditionary force team as quickly as possible in order to take advantage of the chaos in the Goryeo court. Make the trip quickly!
As for the infantry, he used the regular flag army under the command of the first brigade officer Zheng Nansheng, the Iron Man Army under the command of General Wan Hong, and the spear sentry under the command of General Ma Guomao as the core, supplemented by the reserve troops of Ma Jiu, Zong Shun, and Feng Sancai. Formed the first unit of the expeditionary force's infantry; for the artillery force, the second artillery post under the command of the independent artillery squadron commander Luo Hongxian was used as the core, supplemented by the reserve flying cannon squad to form the first unit of the expeditionary force's artillery force; for the cavalry force, , with Sali Wen and the miscellaneous cavalry under Yang Gushan as the core, supplemented by various cavalry recruited by Kang Lin using cards to form the first team of the expeditionary cavalry. Finally, as for the navy, Galen Ship, Lao The lock ship and the zhuan ship serve as the core of the battle, supplemented by two haicangs, two bird ships, and two thousand-stone sand ships to form a special navy fleet. The entire expeditionary force, including sailors and auxiliary soldiers, totaled more than 900 people. In addition, after arriving in Goryeo, they will be reinforced by 2,000 Goryeo youths. Kang Lin will not let the Xiong Zhuang warriors under his command act as traitors. Coolie folk, this kind of thing will be taken over by the Korean people sent by Mr. Cui Mingji Cui!
The next day. Yongduam Navy Base.
"Blow the drums and trumpets, tell the troops to prepare to set sail! Everyone, after Kang leaves, Tamna Island will be handed over to you. I hope you can maintain the status quo before I come back. As long as Jeolla Province and Jeongui County If the Goryeo army does not take the initiative to attack, you will defend the flooded areas of the city, work hard to develop agriculture and economy, and strive to become self-sufficient as soon as possible without being controlled by external forces! In addition, after the expeditionary force leaves, the workshops will continue to produce arms and commodities. As for the ships, don’t slack off. After I come back from Gyeonggi-do, I will pay the monthly salary and bonuses to the craftsmen based on their output and quality! Okay, everyone, it’s getting late. I’m going to board the ship and set off. Home I'll leave everything to you..."
Watching the nine sailboats, large and small, hoisting their hard sails made of bamboo strips and stowing away their heavy anchors, Kang Lin immediately boarded his ship in high spirits after giving instructions to the three men left behind. The Galen ship "Farmer Merchant" began to command its ships to sail out of the port one by one and head towards the northwest sea! During this period, they not only had to paddle the sails together and constantly correct the course, but they also had to take time to respond to the flag! As we all know, ships traveling on the sea rely on sound to transmit signals, and the orders are somewhat unreliable, but semaphores are much better. As long as the weather environment is not too bad, the signal soldiers at high places can pass the flags in their hands to convey the orders of the flagship. It is continuously spread to other side ships, thereby completing the communication between ships in the fleet! Therefore, responding to the flag has become a necessary step before the official and military fleets set sail, and Kang Lin's Chiyang Expedition Fleet is certainly no exception! After all, no matter what, they are also serious officials of the Ming Dynasty. Although what they are doing now is a little out of the scope of the Wei Suo Army, as long as Kang Lin does not rebel for a day, they must abide by it. The established rules in the Ming army!
"Tell the watchers to tell each ship to form a battle formation and target the sea area directly ahead!"
Seeing the continuous coastline slowly disappearing from his sight, Guard Kang Lin Kang Da, who was only wearing a bright silver chainmail, finally turned his attention to the fleet rushing forward! Although he is the leader of the entire Chiyang fleet, he has never directly commanded so many ships. At this moment, seeing so many warships under his command cutting through the waves and struggling to move forward, he can't help but feel proud! So the next moment, following his order, the watchmen in the upper deck began to wave the two-color flags in their hands, command the flanking ships to form a battle formation, and protect the flagship to quickly advance towards the distant sea! During this period, the sailors and artillerymen did not forget to remove the gun jackets from the naval guns, preparing to launch a few cannons into the sea not far away to strengthen their own fleet!
"Master Guard, a merchant ship appeared in the sea ahead. The vanguard ship raised its flag and asked, should we approach it and attack it?"
Kang Lin had just given the order here to put the ships into battle formations and practice artillery formations. Over there, an unlucky Ming Dynasty merchant ship entered their hunting circle! This big ship with four to five hundred materials never expected that it would encounter eight or nine murderous enemy ships in the vast sea. It couldn't help but froze in place for a while! Next, when the smugglers on the lucky boat reacted, Chiyang's two bird boats had already sailed in parallel, trapping them in the middle! A few Fuchuan sailors who believed themselves to be brave saw this and wanted to control the ship's bowl-mouthed blunderbuss. The Little Wolf Machine resisted stubbornly. The next moment, the Ye Gong's Godly Gun and the Qianjin Folang Machine that kept coming out of the Bird Boat allowed them to successfully put an end to this. A dangerous idea! If the opponent only has one or two ships, they can still resist one or two by relying on their large size. Now, so many ships have come up all at once. If they use the bowl-mouth blunderbuss to attack the enemy ship, it will not kill the enemy, but This is asking for death!
