A few days later, the memorial of the change of hands in Seoul, North Korea, came into the hands of Zhu Jianshen
After reading the memorial, Zhu Jianshen knew clearly that the next few months would be a critical period in determining the situation in North Korea.
After the Ming army occupied Seoul, the military operations will enter a small climax.
For the state capitals in southern Korea, both force and coercion must be used, as well as gentle means.
Then Zhu Jianshen picked up the memorial written by Yang Zheng, deputy envoy of Shandong Haidao, and approved it in the memorial.
Yang Zheng borrowed Cao Jixiang's voyage fleet from Tianjin Port and mobilized warships from all over Qingzhou and Laizhou to form a large fleet with twenty large warships, thirty small warships, twenty large transport ships, and water ships. There were more than 18,000 soldiers in the division. Ten days later, repairs to the artillery and other equipment on the ship were completed, and then they set out for North Korea to eliminate Japanese pirates.
The strategy used was to use large-scale siege and blockade to trap the Japanese pirates to death on Geoje Island, and then transport the North Korean soldiers led by Zhao Fu on the front line of Busan and Yi'an to Geoje Island to kill all the Japanese pirates. Destroyed on the island.
In Zhu Jianshen's view, the key to letting the little devils retreat this time is that the Ming Dynasty's North Korean territory will also become their target. Since they are going to fight this time, they have to be beaten painfully, so Zhu Jianshen will put Yang Zheng first This time, the superiors refused and asked him to prepare for a larger naval deployment.
The drama in the center of Korea has reached its climax, and the Japanese pirates will have to be dealt with after the Battle of Seoul. In this way, Busan and Geoje Island can also become the garrison of the Ming Dynasty navy, and they can keep an eye on the little devils at all times.
Advance to attack, retreat to defend.
After Zhao Fu led 30,000 Korean troops to the south, he was not in a hurry to attack Busan directly. Instead, he first blocked the Japanese pirates' base camp in Busan.
Yi'an, Liangzhou, and Yuzhou, the three state capitals facing Busan, were taken over by Zhao Fu. On the ground in Yuzhou, Zhao Fu's soldiers and the few thousand cavalry under his command pursued a small group of Japanese pirates. More than a hundred people were killed, but when these thousands of troops returned to Yuzhou, they found that the small town twenty miles south of Yuzhou City had been looted. Old people and children could be seen everywhere, and all the women had been kidnapped. , then Zhao Fu became furious and led his troops to pursue him, but to no avail.
At the same time, Korean soldiers also had a confrontation with Japanese pirates on the border of Liangzhou. There were 600 Korean soldiers and more than 300 Japanese pirates. The final result was that the Korean soldiers were defeated and hundreds of people were killed. Less than thirty Japanese pirates died. The Korean soldiers abandoned two villages and towns and fled back to Liangzhou City. By the time Liangzhou City mobilized two thousand soldiers, there was no one alive in the two villages and towns.
Faced with this situation, Zhao Fu hated it so much that half a month later, he officially sent 20,000 troops into three groups to attack Busan.
This time, the people directly leading the three groups of North Korean soldiers were all the soldiers around Zhao Fu.
After driving all night and arriving at Busan City, Zhao Fu looked at the small earthen city in Busan. The city gate was open and there were no traces of Japanese pirates on the city wall. Thinking that they were not willing to defend the city at all, they wanted to stay in this city. Hand-to-hand combat in a small seaside town.
Zhao Fu did not doubt anything else and directly ordered the general to lead his five thousand soldiers into Busan.
Except for the Korean people who were humiliated and oppressed like walking zombies, not a single Japanese pirate was seen in Busan City. Then the flames at the harbor attracted Zhao Fu's attention. When he rushed to the port with his soldiers, Then I saw the densely packed Japanese pirate boats on the sea.
The fishing boats in the port that originally belonged to the people of Busan were all burned to the ground.
Although Zhao Fu recaptured Busan, it was a Busan of no value. He left thousands of soldiers behind to prepare for the Japanese pirates' comeback, and then transferred his troops back to Yi'an.
Because there were a large number of people who escaped from Geoje Island in Yi'an, the Japanese pirates landed on Geoje Island.
Zhao Fu immediately began to mobilize ships in the sea. It took him a month to build 200 small boats. Then he personally led thousands of soldiers to take advantage of the night and boarded more than 50 small sailing boats. He wanted to first Go to the island and give it a try.
In fact, when setting off, Zhao Fu felt a little uneasy. Although he was also from Shandong, he was not born by the sea and had no experience in cross-sea combat.
And the uneasiness in his heart also determined the outcome of this temptation.
The Japanese pirates on the island wanted to occupy Geoje Island for a long time. They were patrolling the sea area around the island all the time. Zhao Fu led the soldiers. As soon as they arrived at the coast, they heard the overwhelming Japanese screams of killing. Thousands of Japanese pirates were condescending. , launched an attack on them.
Zhao Fu drew his sword and asked the Korean soldiers to fight, but at the first contact, they were at a disadvantage, and the reinforcements of the Japanese pirates on the island were still rushing towards the battle beach in a steady stream.
Zhao Fu could only order a retreat.
Zhao Fu suffered his first defeat in the battle against Japanese pirates. Three hundred Korean soldiers died, and one of his own soldiers lost his life on the island in order to defend Zhao Fu from arrows.
This was also the first death among the five hundred soldiers Zhao Fu brought from the Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Fu, who withdrew to Yi'an, was not defeated.
From the first contact, Zhao Fu knew that although these guys had no military discipline, they were all desperadoes. Although he did not know how to fight at sea, he also knew that whether it was a battle on land or a battle to seize the beach, it was necessary to With boundless courage, the Korean soldiers under his command could not fight hard enough. They would not be a match for the Japanese pirates whether on land or at sea.
In order to make up for this gap, Zhao Fu issued a military reward order in the army. If you have a Japanese pirate's head on your body, you will be rewarded with three taels of silver. If you kill three Japanese pirates in total, you can become a centurion. If you kill fifty Japanese pirates, you can become a centurion. Lieutenant General.
On the other hand, Zhao Fu also wrote a memorial about the difficulties he faced and sent it to the capital. He originally just thought that he could dispatch an experienced general from the Shandong Navy to make up for his shortcomings, but he didn't. One month later, a huge fleet with more than 30 large ships docked at the Pusan seaport, and Shandong deputy envoy Yang Zheng brought dozens of navy generals to Pusan.
And Zhao Fu hosted a banquet in Busan for his colleagues who came to support the DPRK. Because these naval generals were all from Qingzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture, Zhao Fu was familiar with them quickly.
Yang Zheng also received the order, and thirty huge warships had already surrounded Geoje Island with water.
After everyone finished eating, they formulated a strategy that night.
Ten warships were mobilized to conduct a feint attack on the east side of Geoje Island, attracting most of the Japanese pirates on the island to defend themselves. Then thirty large transport ships could bring tens of thousands of Korean soldiers to the shallow sea area at one time, and then board the Small boat, secretly landed on the island.
Then the Korean soldiers fought on the island, and the Ming Dynasty Navy soldiers would seize the port position and destroy the Japanese pirate warships.
The Ming warships that were dispatched from the sea really shocked the Japanese pirates in a short period of time. Although they had been entangled with Zhao Fu in the south for nearly two months, they never thought that the commander opposite was actually from the Ming Dynasty. people.
But when they saw the warships that were not supposed to belong to North Korea, they realized that the Ming Dynasty had intervened.
However, these Japanese pirates are all desperadoes. In their view, the Ming Kingdom and the Korean Kingdom are all the same to them. As long as they can defend themselves, no matter how big the ship is, it is meaningless to them. biquge.biz
And on the night when the Battle of Seoul officially started, the Battle of Geoje Island officially broke out.
As planned, dozens of large warships approached the shallow sea area on the east coast of Geoje Island. Once within the attack range of the artillery, they began to attack Geoje Island.
The roaring sound of cannons resounded throughout Geoje Island, and the Japanese pirates on the island were also afraid that they would launch a main attack on the east coast, so they mobilized thousands of people to defend the east coast, waiting to catch them off guard again.
However, although the Japanese pirates deployed their main forces on the east coast, they still had defenses on the west. After Zhao Fu, who was wearing armor, boarded a boat on the beach, he still heard the Japanese birds, but this time the momentum was not as high as before. It's not as big as last time, and the results are different.
More than a thousand North Korean soldiers came ashore for the first time.
A thousand people came ashore the second time.
Less than two hours later, 10,000 North Korean soldiers and 3,000 Ming army soldiers were transported to the island.
Then the large transport ship began to turn around and return to Busan to continue transporting North Korean soldiers. This time Zhao Fu invested more than 30,000 people at one time and transferred all his main forces to Geoje Island. The outcome would be decided in one battle.
When the roar of artillery on the east coast continued, the cry of killing resounded throughout Geoje Island.
The Japanese pirates did not want to escape this time. They wanted to kill all the Korean and Ming soldiers.
After dawn, tens of thousands of North Korean reinforcements landed on Geoje Island, and Ming army soldiers also burned all the boats in the six ports on the island, blocking all the Japanese pirates' escape routes.
Geoje Island became a killing field.
Either the enemy dies or you die. The ferocity of the North Korean soldiers is also aroused. Of course, they also know that if they do not win, those Ming Dynasty ships will not send them out of Geoje Island, and the same Japanese pirates will not let them go. They, so these North Korean soldiers, have no choice, not to mention that Zhao Fu has led them to enjoy it for so long and has never fought any hard battles. This time is the time to prove themselves to the general.
More importantly, General Zhao is taking the lead. He is charging, so how can the soldiers retreat?
Blood stained Geoje Island red, and smoke from fire filled the sky over the island.
The war lasted for a day and a night. Zhao Fu was hit by an arrow in his arm. Forty-six of his soldiers died, and 7,86 Korean soldiers died. The Japanese pirates and their followers were killed at the cost of 5,632. , captured their commander and a group of followers, and pressed them to Busan to interrogate whether the daimyo on Xiaogui Island made the decision to invade North Korea.
After completely stabilizing the situation, the civil servant Yang Zheng landed on the island and chopped off the heads of all the Japanese pirates. After collecting the blood, they were all packed in bags and then transported by Ming army warships to the waters of Xiaoguizi Island. A bag full of Japanese pirate heads was dumped near Xiaoguizi Island, which was both a warning and a provocation...
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