Chapter 647 North Korea and Japan are fighting
Xu Wenyi not only achieved the established goal and captured the entire Dongjiang Town, but also incorporated all the Ming army in Dongjiang Town, and even captured many strongholds along the Yalu River.
From south to north, Tieshan, Yizhou, Jiuliancheng, Shuozhou, Kuandian, Changcheng, and Chushan were all taken by Xu Wenyi. Except for Tieshan and Yizhou, there were not many defenders in the rest of the strongholds. Basically, the fleet went north along the Yalu River, then shelled for a while, then landed and fought smoothly, and took it down.
In fact, Xu Wenyi is not satisfied with this.
According to what he said in the letter, if the water level upstream had not become shallow and the warship could not continue to advance, and the troops at hand were not very sufficient, he would continue to attack upstream, and his ultimate goal was Tonghua.
Kong Youde felt a little ashamed about this goal. He never thought that he could take over places like Changcheng, Shuozhou, let alone open up the transformation.
You should know that although Tonghua is just a small town, it is only two hundred miles away from Huang Taiji's hometown, Hetuara. You should know that there are more than three hundred miles from Chenyang to Hetuara. If Tonghua is really taken down, I believe that Huang Taiji will not sleep well.
But the situation is also good now. So many strongholds, especially the navy that the Tartars finally formed, were severely damaged by Zhang Hua, and they could not threaten these strongholds at all.
Especially in Jiuliancheng, there are two other cities located on the north bank of the Yalu River, which have installed three nails in the support of the Tatars. Xu Wenyi has already started to cast the diamond castle, so that the Tatars can drink a pot at that time.
Although Xu Wenyi's victory surprised Kong Youde, it was obviously a big deal compared to the news caused by Li Tiangang and Pang Guoxing. It was not that they achieved many results, but that the news caused was too big.
North Korea and Japan started to fight.
Moreover, so far, the forces invested by both sides have almost reached 100,000.
To be honest, when I first received the news, Kong Youde didn't believe it at all. He thought these two guys were bragging. Later, he got confirmation from Xu Wenyi and found out that these two guys had actually driven out such a shocking thing.
Now, North Korea's King Lee Jung and Mori Hideyu, and So Yoshiseki, are fighting in full swing, and even North Korea has a certain advantage.
It's also interesting to say that this matter is also very interesting. Originally, Li Tiangang and Pang Guoxing were sent to fight North Korea to attract the attention of the North and provide convenience for Xu Wenyi to take over Dongjiang Town, so as not to disrupt the situation.
After all, the navy has just been expanded and the training time is not long. If the Koreans get out of trouble, they will come up and stir up, and the plan to take down Dongjiang Town will have variables. Therefore, Kong Youde chose to take the initiative to prevent the North Koreans from interfering and can steadily take down Dongjiang Town.
At that time, Pang Guoxing and the others were given great right to self-determination. As long as they could make some noise in Jeolla Do and Gyeongsang Do, the North Koreans would pay attention to it and have no time to go to Dongjiang Town to cause trouble, even if they completed the task, as for the specific attack, how to fight and when to fight, they would decide for themselves.
After discussing, the two of them chose to attack Busan, using the Korean warships captured on Jeju Island as camouflage, and directly tricked the defenders into approaching the port, and then independent of the third battalion, that is, the Dongyang Camp, to launch a large-scale attack on Busan City.
The Koreans were not prepared at all, and the "Japanese pirates" came. The Japanese turmoil in Ionchen has only been less than 30 years. Many people still remember the disaster freshly, and their fear spread rapidly. They successfully captured Busan.
Unexpectedly, in order to create the greatest panic, they created the illusion of the Japanese army gathering again and re-stage the Japanese invasion in the Ion Chen, and actually deceived the Koreans, especially the Korean King Lee actually believed it.
After he learned the news, he directly ordered the gathering of troops and to lead the army to fight against the invading Japanese pirates, take back Busan, and drive all the Japanese pirates into the sea.
At that time, this news made Li Tiangang and Pang Guoxing laugh and their stomachs hurt. The total number of naval and army soldiers under their command was less than 3,000, which actually forced the King of Korea to march in person. According to the news, the initial gathering of more than 50,000 troops, and more troops gathered towards Seoul.
After laughing, the two of them also discussed and decided to strengthen Busan's defense and have a good fight with Lee to see what the North Koreans are.
At that time, they will fight if they can, and retreat if they can't. Anyway, they have forced the King of Korea to lead the army in person and the mission has been completed.
Originally, things would not have had much change. Basically, Li Tiangang and others fought with Li, and they could win or lose. If they lost, they would retreat directly. If they won, North Korea would probably continue to increase their troops, and the North Korean navy would probably gather, so they would expand their results and then retreat.
But the next day, Lin Tianhao, the team leader below, suddenly found Li Tiangang and expressed his suggestion. Since the North Koreans are so big, why can't they also play bigger?
Li Tiangang thought at the time that he wanted him to ask Kong Youde to ask him to continue to increase troops from Dengzhou and fight head-on with the Koreans. However, at this time, the main force of the Tiance Army was fighting fiercely with the Ming army and could not withdraw troops, so Li Tiangang directly rejected his proposal.
But Lin Tianhao did not speak, but looked meaningfully at another team leader not far away. Hei Muyan, who originally belonged to the Japanese army, instantly understood what he meant.
So I began to discuss this matter with Pang Guoxing and more than a dozen major military officers.
After more than two hours of discussion, the combat plan was finalized - attacking the Ma Fan and involving the Changzhou Fan.
At that time, Changzhou Fan colluded with Liu Xiang and planned to take down Dengzhou in one fell swoop. If the navy hadn't just launched three Garen ships, they might have succeeded. Even so, a large number of people in Dengzhou were still killed, and there were no more soldiers who lost.
Therefore, the Changzhou vassal has a grudge against them. If we can use this to trick the Changzhou vassal into a fight, I believe no one will object.
Moreover, since Li has mobilized 50,000 troops, if Japan also stirs up the situation and tens of thousands of troops come, wouldn’t it lead to another war?
Anyway, they were attacking Busan under the banner of "Japanese pirates". What they had to do now is to attract real Japanese pirates and turn them into real Japanese pirates and fight against North Korea.
This is not difficult, but not too big. As long as it is done properly, it is completely possible.
If North Korea really fights with the Japanese army, they can also watch tiger fights, or even fish in troubled waters, and get some unexpected gains.
So, according to the agreed plan, Pang Guoxing and Li Tiangang took action.
While Li was still gathering troops and there was no pressure on the land for the time being, the navy took the lead in launching an operation.
Pang Guoxing personally led the Navy's squadron and several captured Korean warships toward Tsushima Island. Busan was only 200 miles away from Tsushima Island, which was the same as the day's sailing time.
The Third Independent Battalion has more than 500 Japanese troops. They are all from the Changzhou vassal states. There are many people who know about the Ma vassal states across the strait.
According to the information learned, the Tsuma vassal area includes Tsuma Guo, Iki Island, Nagasaki, Himeda Yoshi, Hamasaki and other territories, not only Tsuma Island, but his Tsuma Domain, which is the capital of Tsuma Fan, was originally located on the seaside southeast of Tsuma Island.
This time, Pang Guoxing directly chose to attack Zhanyuan. They approached from the northern end of the island. From time to time, they encountered some fishing boats and directly caught these pair of fishermen. They were responsible for leading the way. When they arrived at the outskirts of Zhanyuan port, it was already dusk.
Pang Guoxing first used the two fishing boats he captured as cover and sent people to close for reconnaissance. He found that there were only four or five warships in the original port, and the tonnage was pitifully small, and the largest one was not as big as the No. 4 Fu Ship.
Seeing that their defense ability was so weak, Pang Guoxing did not hesitate and directly ordered an attack on Zhanyuan Port. Japan was scarce and there were not even many artillery items. He was attacked again and was defeated step by step under the attack of the powerful firepower of the Tiance army. Within half an hour of fierce fighting, they successfully occupied the port.
After Pang Guoxing succeeded in his maritime attack, he quickly withdrew back to the port of Busan and began the next step of action.
According to Li Tiangang's only squadron leader Hei Muyan brought Li a letter in the name of becoming an envoy to Ma Fanfan.
The general meaning is that there were three fishermen from the Ma Fan who disappeared while fishing at sea. After investigation, they were found to have been arrested by North Korean officials in Busan and served as labor service, and later died of exhaustion.
This behavior is a contempt for Ma Fan. For this reason, Zong Yicheng sent a large army to attack Busan in order to capture these North Korean officials and avenge these innocent Ma Fishermen.
He originally planned to hold King Li the responsibility, but because of the decades of good neighbors between the two sides, Zong Yicheng was unwilling to make a big fuss. As long as Li took the initiative to write a letter and admit his mistake and compensated 1 million taels of silver, he could retreat to Busan as it had not happened.
If Li Yiyi goes his own way, he will lead an army of 100,000 to flatten Seoul.
There is no doubt that Li was extremely furious when he saw this letter. No one could be calm in this kind of thing. He occupied my territory and even asked me for money. Moreover, his tone,
Originally, the Tartars attacked North Korea five years ago, but they could not defeat the brutal Tartars. They were attacked all the way to Seoul and were forced to sign a alliance under the city to attack the Jianzhou Tartars, surrender and send a proton in exchange for the Tartars' retreat.
This incident made the ministers under him complain about him, and he was already quite dissatisfied with it, but who made his soldiers unable to fight?
In November of the sixth year of the Tianqi revelation, Huang Taiji ordered Amin, Jirgalang, Ajige, Dudu, Yue and Shuozhubeile to lead troops to North Korea. The first obstacle to the Tatars' offensive was the Yizhou City stolen by Mao Wenlong, followed by Tieshan.
At that time, the Tartar soldiers divided into two groups and launched an attack on these two places. They were blocked by Dongjiang Town for two months. They knew that Yizhou was only broken on the ninth day of the first lunar month of the following year, and Tieshan was broken on the eleventh day of the first lunar month.
But then, the Tatars were still in a state of no one. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Later Jin army defeated Dingzhou. On the seventeenth day, the Jin army was at the Linghanshan city in Guoshan County. On the eighteenth day, the Later Jin army was rejected for surrender and captured the city. On the twentyth day, the Later Jin army crossed the Qingchuan River and prepared to attack Anzhou. They first sent people to surrender, but were strictly rejected, so that the city would be attacked on the twenty-one.
At that time, there were 30,000 defenders in Anzhou, but they were captured in one day and then massacred. On the 29th, the Later Jin army troops arrived at Seoul.
That time, the Tartars took only twenty days to attack directly from Yizhou and Tieshan on the border to the capital. The shadow they caused to them can be imagined, but it is not too embarrassing. The Tartars are indeed powerful. After all, even the Ming Dynasty, the Sect Master, suffered repeated losses at the hands of the Tartars, and they would not be ashamed to suffer some losses.
But the problem now is, if you are a mere vassal lord who dares to instruct me so domineeringly, and if you want my king to admit his mistake, you will have to compensate one million taels of silver?
I can't beat the Jianzhou Tartars, but I can't beat you a mere Tyranny of the Ma clan?
And looking at this, this time is different from the last Japanese riot in the Iron-Chen. It was not done by Tokugawa Ie-Kuang, but it was probably because of this Soyoshi himself. In other words, even if Soyoshi's to Ma Fan was destroyed, the Tokugawa shogunate would not react much.
Therefore, Li also made up his mind that if he did not destroy Ma Fan, he would be the king of a country.
So, just as Pang Guoxing and the others expected, Li increased his troops again, and at the same time mobilized almost all the navy troops to "recapture" the port of Gujin Island, preparing to advance along the water and land, and capture all the "Japanese troops" in Busan in one place.
Then take advantage of the victory and destroy the Tsushima Fan on the other side of the strait.
On October 1st, Li led a 70,000 army that had finally gathered, and came to the city of Busan.
Two days later, Li personally commanded and 20,000 Korean troops launched an attack on Busan. Li Tiangang also fought hard to block the attack. During the first day of the battle, more than 1,000 North Korean troops were killed and injured. Li was furious and ordered the beheading of two generals responsible for the attack.
The next day, they replaced their own personal guards and launched an attack as the vanguard. Their offensive was much more violent than the first day. The "Japanese pirates" in Busan could not resist and abandoned the city and fled. The Korean army successfully recovered Busan.
But in terms of the navy, the Korean navy is not as useful as the army. After Lee Sun-sin's death, the Korean navy was basically in a semi-disabled state. He was previously attacked by Han Wenda and the port was destroyed. They also needed to repair the port first and be prepared.
Therefore, when Li Tiangang and the others retreated, the Korean navy failed to intercept it.
Then, Li Tiangang and Pang Guoxing led their troops to retreat to Jeju Island and watched the tiger fight on the mountain.
On October 7, the navy of Ma Fan and the reinforcements of the Korean navy encountered on Xianshan Island, and then fought fiercely.
Because the size of the Tsuma Navy is too small, although there are nearly a hundred ships, most of them are fishing boats or small troop transporters, which can be called warships, with only more than twenty.
And they both had very small tonnage, and the two ships barely supported a No. 3 Fu Ship. They faced North Korea's main navy. The strength gap between the two sides was too big. The Ma Shui Army was defeated and lost more than ten ships and fled in a hurry.
Chapter completed!