Zhenjiang Fort is located in the lower reaches of the Yalu River. The river is relatively gentle, the trees on both sides are lush, and the hills in the distance are visible.
Li Fangyuan and Li Chen stood on the land of the Ming Dynasty, looking at the water of the Yalu River with worried expressions on their faces.
Li Chen kicked a stone away and said to Li Fangyuan: "Father, is the Ming Dynasty really helping us? Why do they not allow our troops and families to cross the Yalu River to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty's territory? The Japanese vanguard has arrived at Gui The city is only a hundred miles away from here!"
It takes more than a hundred miles to catch up in one day or two days at most!
Li Fangyuan had a headache and lamented: "Zhang Fu said that we don't need our people to enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The army of the Ming Dynasty will march into the territory of North Korea to meet the Japanese army."
Li Chen pointed to the boat bridge on the river and said sadly: "But father, look, just this boat bridge, how many Ming troops can pass by in one day? What's more, the Ming army is now using the boat bridge to transport food and supplies , no troops were transported at all! If this continues, when the Japanese army arrives in Uiju, all the supplies will be in the hands of the Japanese, and our people will also become prisoners!"
Li Fangyuan didn't know this truth, but it was useless to be anxious. Li Fangyuan did not dare to return to North Korea with Li Chen. Although Zhang Fu agreed to send troops and issued military orders, until now, the Ming army has not made any movement across the river. They were all tying up the raft.
Even if you cross the river on a raft, you can at least get a group of people across first to preserve the last strength of the Lee Dynasty and the Korean people on the other side.
As long as a group of people get out, when the Japanese army catches up, the Korean people, sergeants, civil and military classes, and the royal family will all have to jump into the Yalu River!
The river is so wide and the water is so
There is an undercurrent, and not many people can survive!
"Step aside!"
The commander Zhou Xue shouted loudly without giving Li Fangyuan and Li Chen any face.
Li Fangyuan and Li Chen looked back and saw five or six sergeants pushing a magic machine cannon. The thick barrel was mounted on a wooden cart. Next to it, there was a sergeant holding an iron stone with a thin rope attached to one end. The end of the thin rope is connected to a thick rope. In the distance, dozens of sergeants came pushing carts. The carts were covered with black steel chains.
"General Zhou, what is this?"
Li Fangyuan asked doubtfully.
Zhou Xue waved his hand, and the sergeant pushed the divine machine cannon to the shore. After it was stable, the divine machine gunner began to adjust the angle.
Li Fangyuan heard the movement and looked over, and saw more and more divine machine cannons appearing on the shore. In the blink of an eye, there were twelve.
Ahachu, Mengge Timur, Huandi, Xiyangha and others came over, equally puzzled.
"What are they doing?"
Meng brother Timur asked.
Aha looked solemn and analyzed: "This black iron barrel is the rumored divine machine cannon. General Zhang ordered the army to deploy the divine machine cannon on the shore. Could it be that he wanted to block the Japanese army across the Yalu River on the west bank?"
After hearing this, his brother laughed and said, "With the divine machine guns here, it's probably impossible for the Japanese army to cross the Yalu River. But if this happens, isn't it too chilling? Look, isn't that what's standing over there? The Supreme King of Korea, the King of Korea?”
Meng Brother Timur looked up and saw that it was Li Fangyuan and Li Ben: "In one sentence, he deposed the crown prince of Joseon and forced Li Fangyuan to abdicate. This is the Ming Emperor."
Xiyang Ha shook his head: "It's not the emperor, this is the Ming Dynasty! No matter it is
Whoever sits in that position can change everything with just one word! We should be glad that we surrendered early, otherwise our tribe would have been reduced to corpses long ago. "
Aha laughed heartily: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very tolerant to his own people, as you have all experienced over the years, but he was very cruel to foreign enemies. Knowing this, you can be sure that the Ming Dynasty will never send soldiers here. , wait for the Japanese army to arrive at the Yalu River. According to my understanding of the emperor, he will definitely turn the Japanese army into bones!"
Meng brother Timur looked at Ahachu. Among the entire Jurchen tribe, he was the person who had seen Zhu Yunzhen the most. His words must have basis. Besides, over the years, Meng Brother Timur has never heard of Zhu Yunwen passively defending. What he is good at is taking the initiative to attack. Zhang Fu has been leading troops here for more than a day or two. He is the one who destroyed the Annan Kingdom. He was If you are sent here, it is impossible to defend the front line of the Yalu River.
"Father, are they filled with gunpowder?"
Li Chen asked quickly when he saw the sergeant pouring some black stuff into the medicine chamber of the divine machine gun.
Li Fang looked away.
After the sergeant made the announcement, Zhou Xue picked up the telescope and looked at the other side. Then he raised the small sun and moon flag and waved it down violently.
Twelve divine machine cannons fired in unison!
There was a thunderous sound, and black iron stones flew out from the barrel. The string involved moved instantly. The originally coiled string was pulled into the air, and flew to the other side with the iron stones.
Li Fangyuan watched Tie Shi crossing the Yalu River easily, and his heart was filled with shock.
When did North Korea possess such powerful firearms?
In fact, North Korea is not completely devoid of firearms. As early as thirty years ago, Goryeo Cui Maoxuan asked Ming Dynasty merchants
After discovering the method of gunpowder, Goryeo set up the Fire Capital. Cui Maoxuan successfully created a series of firearms, such as the general, the second general, the third general, the six-flower stone cannon, rockets, etc., and played a role in the Jinpo Anti-Japanese War. played a huge role.
After his father Li Chenggui founded North Korea, Cui Maoxuan was already old. Thirteen years ago, Cui Maoxuan died and gave the method of making gunpowder to his son Cui Haishan. At that time, Cui Haishan was still very young and was born to the old man Huo Huo. of.
Because the Cui family controlled the method of gunpowder and refused to spread it to outsiders, and Cui Haishan was still young, by the time Li Bangyuan ascended the throne, North Korea's firearms were basically abandoned.
Li Fangyuan asked the Cui family several times to send them the method of making gunpowder, but they were all rejected. This kind of thing could not be forced, so Li Fangyuan had to wait for Cui Haishan to grow up.
However, before Cui Haishan turned twenty, the Japanese pirates attacked first. The North Korean army took out firearms from more than ten years ago, which were already rusty, and the small amount of gunpowder was also damp and unusable. Therefore, during the battle, There was no trace of North Korean firearms at all.
It is worth mentioning that when Li Fangyuan was fleeing for his life, he did not forget to take Cui Haishan away in order to preserve the seeds of North Korean firearms. But at this moment, looking at the Ming Dynasty's thick divine machine cannon, and thinking that the so-called generals in North Korea more than ten years ago were incapable of cannons, Li Fangyuan felt frightened.
When Cui Haishan develops gunpowder, will he be able to create a firearm as powerful as the Damingshen cannon?
The answer is somewhat disturbing.
Li Fangyuan knew that Cui Haishan's greatest possibility was to become his father Cui Maoxuan. It was so difficult to innovate technology and enhance the power of firearms!
It’s just that there is no other way. Among North Korea, except
No one in the Cui family understands gunpowder or firearms!
The most important weapon of the country is controlled by private individuals!
Li Fangyuan clenched his fists, feeling angry.
If Choi chooses to hand over the manufacturing methods of firearms and gunpowder, the Joseon Kingdom may not be able to defend Wonju and Seoul, and she may not leave Songkyung!
No matter what, these methods must be obtained and held in the hands of the royal family!
Li Fangyuan made up his mind.
Looking at Zhou Xue and other sergeants, they were ordering people to arrange the ropes. Hundreds of sergeants appeared on the other side, pulling something. Thin ropes crossed the Yalu River, then thick ropes, and finally iron chains.
In less than half an hour, twelve iron chains were strung across the Yalu River!
"This is?"
Li Fangyuan was a little puzzled.
Zhou Xue ordered people to fasten the thick iron chain. After the sergeant on the other side sent a signal and it was confirmed to be firm, Zhou Xue turned sideways and sent an order: "Where is the naval sergeant?"
A team of one hundred and twenty soldiers came out. Each sergeant was wearing a unique piece of clothing, which looked quite bulky.
The leader was Sun Yu, the master of Donghai Sea. He looked at the chain and smiled: "Brothers, work early and finish work early!"
Zhou Xue looked at Sun Yu and others and said solemnly: "Be careful."
Sun Yu laughed: "Don't underestimate the things from the Craftsman Academy. This cork life jacket has been tested by the navy tens of thousands of times and is very easy to use. You are not afraid of it in the sea, let alone the Yalu River?"
Zhou Xue thought about it. Things coming out of the Imperial College are still trustworthy.
The so-called cork lifejacket is a pine board cut into strips and strung vertically, like an armor, wrapped around the upper body of a sergeant.
Sun Yu led the sergeants and generals
The safety rope was tied to the chain. He grabbed the chain with both hands and walked little by little toward the river. Because the chain was really heavy, even though it was pulled up, it was not very high from the water. Especially in the middle of the river, it was less than six feet from the water. , as the sergeant walked holding the chain, his body inevitably came into contact with the water.
"What are they doing? Is the Ming army crossing the river this way?"
Li Fangyuan didn't know why, and crawling along the chain to cross the river was not as efficient as taking a boat.
Zhou Xue glanced at Li Fangyuan and explained: "The chain is too long. It may not be damaged during the pulling. They are checking the chain. If there is a problem in the chain, they can use the small chain they carry to connect it to ensure that the chain is connected." It is stable and usable. If there are too many problems, don't use this chain. As for how to cross the river, haha, don't worry about it, the Supreme King."
The naval sergeants marched east and west side by side to check the chain problems, and met at the center of the river. After ensuring that there was no problem with the chain, Sun Yu sent a signal to Zhou Xue and others, then untied the safety rope and jumped directly into the river.
On the ship's bridge not far away, a group of sergeants had appeared, each holding a long wooden pole.
The reason why I jumped down was that I really didn't have the strength to continue climbing to the other side, so I simply went down the river.
"Are you ready?"
Zhang Fu came over and asked in a deep voice.
When Zhou Xue saw Zhang Fu, Sheng Yong and others arriving, he quickly reported: "There is no problem with the chain. We can arrange the crossing of the river now."
Zhang Fu nodded slightly and looked at Sheng Yong: "You lead the troops to cross the river first. After crossing the river, you will be in charge of the first battle."
Sheng Yong accepted the order happily and moved the corners of his mouth slightly: "Finally we have to cross the river to fight. Brothers, what are you waiting for? The chains have been pulled up.
, build a bridge, cross the river! "
The rafts were lifted out one by one and laid directly on the two chains. The sergeant continued to spread the raft forward, while the sergeant stayed on the side of the bamboo raft to fix the bamboo raft with the chains.
Above the Yalu River, six passages opened directly to North Korea. The whole process took less than two hours!
Sheng Yong looked at the paved rope bridge, drew out his waist knife, and shouted loudly: "Sergeant of the Ming Dynasty, listen to the order: cross the Yalu River with great vigor and high spirits!"
