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"Boom boom boom!"

Six warships and ten armed merchant ships bombarded the North Korean navy in the port.

The main ship of the Jeju Island Navy is a wooden boat, which is slow, slow and fragile, and it will be a hole if it is shot.

Dozens of Zheng's fleet fired out, and the North Korean sailors jumped into the sea one after another, without any resistance.

In this way, all the ships of the Jeju Island Navy were captured.This thing is useless, the Zheng family doesn't like it at all, even if it sails to Shandong, there is a risk of sinking.

"But Jin Guo is calling?"

When Li Hengzhong heard the sound of the rumbling cannon, he suddenly woke up most of his drunkenness.

This guy doesn't care about concubine Ji, so he gets up and runs away.He rushed to the stables, asked his servant to help him get on the horse, and then galloped away from Jeju Pastoral City, driving drunk all the way without accident.

Seeing that the shepherds had all fled, the North Korean soldiers fled one after another, and the officials also fled.

In a side hall, the soldiers in charge of guarding went home in panic, took away their belongings, and ran away with their wives and children.

Hearing the chaotic shouts outside, Li Hun said to himself happily: "Could it be that King Qin's army has come?"

This guy is the former king of North Korea, who once sent [-] troops to help Ming Dynasty fight the Empress Jin Tartars.As for the combat power, it is no different from the troops of the Daming Guards.

Li Hun eavesdropped behind the door, and the shouts became farther and farther away. He was sure that the soldiers guarding him had really left.

Li Hun walked out of the place of house arrest carefully, but saw the people running around in the city.

In fact, there are not many people. Most of the islands are herdsmen, and the urban area is very small.There is not even a serious city wall, just a wooden fence, the main purpose is to guard against wild animals.

"Where is King Qin's army?"

Li Hun was puzzled, he thought it was his son who led the soldiers to rescue him.

His son is currently under house arrest on Ganghwa Island.

Seeing a group of soldiers rushing towards him, Li Hun hurried up and shouted: "I am the lord of Korea, I am the lord of Korea!"

Meng Huai'en was advancing with the army. Hearing this shout, he immediately rejoiced and said, "General, the deposed lord of North Korea is on the island. You can use this person as a puppet to recruit the enemy army and herdsmen."

"Bring him here!" Hu Dinggui was also overjoyed.

Li Hui was dragged in front of Meng Huai'en by two soldiers, and he asked in confusion, "Aren't you North Korean soldiers?"

Meng Huai'en said: "This is Zhao Tianwang, General Hu Dinggui Hu!"

"Who is King Zhao?" Li Hui was even more confused.

Meng Huaien said: "Zhao Tianwang has already occupied half of the Ming Dynasty."

Daming rebels?

Li Hui suddenly trembled in fear, knelt down and said, "Meet the general!"

Hu Dinggui said: "Tell this person that he wants to go back to be the king of the country, and he will be obedient. I just want Jeju Island to raise horses, and I don't care who is the king of North Korea."

Meng Huai'en translated: "His Royal Highness, General Hu said that he wants Jeju Island as a land for raising horses. If the Lord can appease the army and herdsmen on the island, he will help the Lord return to the country and restore the country after Zhao Tianwang wins the Great Ming Dynasty."

"Thank you, General." Li Hui was ecstatic, knelt on the ground and said, "Can the General lead the troops to Jianghua Island to save the son?"

Li Hun is 60 years old and has been exiled under house arrest for many years. His physical condition has always been poor. He wants to bring his son over as a puppet.

Hu Dinggui said ambiguously: "As long as you do things for me with all your heart, I will consider saving the son of the king of North Korea."

Li Hun was so excited that tears filled his eyes, and kowtowed to Hu Dinggui on the spot.

This old man didn't like Daming very much. When he was established as the heir, Wanli was considering abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones, and was somehow involved in the battle for the crown prince of Ming Dynasty.

It's just because Li Hun is not the eldest son.

North Korea asked Daming for the establishment of an eldest son three times in a row, but was rejected by the civil officials of Ming Dynasty, and insisted that North Korea establish an eldest son.

From the son of Joseon to the king of Joseon, within 14 years, Daming refused the canonization five times, and finally he was granted the permission by bribing the Ministry of Rites with a lot of money.This is unprecedented for North Korea; it is a great shame and humiliation for Li Hui.

Li Hui was afraid that Daming would change his mind, so he could only imprison his mother and slaughter his brothers, so that he could be king with peace of mind.

Daming deserved its subjugation, this Zhao Tianwang is not bad.

Li Hun hoped that Zhao Tianwang would quickly aspire to the Central Plains, and then send troops to escort him to Hanyang (Seoul) to become king.

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Chapter 320 [Charge and Surrender]

"General, I found it." Meng Huaien came with a thick booklet in his arms.

Hu Dinggui said happily: "Sir, you have done a lot of hard work, please sit down."

Meng Huaien presented the brochure, and Hu Dinggui handed it to the people around him.

The person next to him is Wang Yaochen, a mission officer in the army, who is equivalent to the political commissar arranged for Hu Dinggui.

"It's actually Chinese characters?" Wang Yaochen was a little surprised when he got the brochure.

Meng Huaien said: "The official documents and registers of the North Korean government are all written in Chinese characters."

This is the general household registration book of the entire Jeju Island. The household registration is divided into several categories, including military households, civilian households, and artisan households.

Wang Yaochen said with a smile: "There are quite a lot of people. There are 8849 households, totaling nearly 5 people. Among them, there are 2500 military households, similar to the Weisuo system of the Ming Dynasty, but there are very few people who grow grain. Most of them live by herding cattle and horses." .”

The territory of Jeju Island is really not small, about one nineteenth of the area of ​​Hainan Island.

Li Hun, the deposed lord of North Korea, was called to discuss matters together.

Li Hun is a very complicated king, maybe violent, but definitely not stupid.

When Japan invaded North Korea, the king of North Korea chose to run away and threw his second son, Li Hui, out to fight against Japan.

17-year-old Li Hun, although he was kicked out of the market, his performance was remarkable.He was ordered to act as an agent of state affairs, and personally went to the front to appease the army, gathered the army and volunteers, and notified the army of the whole country to King Qin, and only then did Korea have the commander-in-chief of the Anti-Japanese War.

The reason why this product was abolished was purely caused by party struggle.

In order to facilitate understanding, let's make a very inappropriate analogy.It's as if Chongzhen, who was still just a prince, led troops into the palace with the Donglin Party and overthrew Emperor Tianqi and the Eunuch Party.

"General, there are many criminals exiled on Jeju Island, and they have long been dissatisfied with the puppet king of North Korea," Li Hui said, "As long as Xiao Wang stands up, the people will surely respond."

"Okay, let's do it!" Hu Dinggui smiled.

Li Hun is very well controlled, his eyes are almost completely blind, and he can only vaguely see things at close range.It was because he couldn't see that he got the situation wrong before, until he heard Hu Dinggui's words, Fang felt that it was not the King Qin's army from North Korea.

After discussing with Wang Yaochen, Hu Dinggui and Wang Yaochen found silk clothes to put on Li Hui, at least to look like a king.

More than a dozen captured North Korean officials were brought here to meet them.

"Bastard, you won't be loyal to the North Korean lord!" Meng Huai'en shouted in Korean.

These officials were afraid of being killed, so they quickly kowtowed to Li Hui: "Kowtow to His Royal Highness!"

After asking about the information, these more than a dozen North Korean officials were all sealed up to make a wish.Two of them were awarded Dajing County Supervisor and Jingyi County Supervisor, which are equivalent to the two county magistrates on Jeju Island.

As for Hu Dinggui, he was named Jeju Shepherd, and he was in charge of the highest military and political affairs of Jeju Island.

Immediately, these North Korean officials, escorted by Datong soldiers, went to the surrounding people's settlements to preach the policy: as long as they are loyal to the lord Li Hui, all tribute taxes will be reduced by [-]%.

Hearing that Li Hui was "returning", many exiles in recent years came to see their allegiance one after another, and they wanted to follow and return to their homeland.

In addition to the three major cities on the island (Jeju Mucheng, Dajing County, and Jingyi County), there are twelve settlements, which can be understood as some villages.

Li Hengzhong rode straight to Dajing County and ordered the county supervisor to immediately summon the army, and at the same time sent an order to gather troops to Jingyi County.

In a few days, more than 3000 cavalry and more than 5000 infantry were mobilized.

The [-] army counterattacked, and the cavalry accounted for about [-]%.

"General, the pseudo-shepherd envoy is here!" North Korean officials came to report in panic.

Hu Dinggui and Wang Yaochen immediately gathered their troops and led the North Korean servants to attack the city.

At this time, the enemy's troops increased again. Two or three nearby villages, after surrendering to Li Hui, saw Li Hengzhong's strength, so they immediately defected and defected to them.

Although Li Hui was blind and couldn't see, he could still hear the momentum of the cavalry. He panicked and said, "The general has warships, so why not avoid them first, and wait until more troops are gathered before returning to this island!"

"To shut up!"

Hu Dinggui looked at the thousands of enemy troops in the distance, and sighed: "It's a pity that there are so many war horses."

Fighting is sure to win. The North Korean army only has a small amount of leather armor, bows and arrows, and most of them are no different from ordinary farmers and herdsmen.

It sounds like there are thousands of cavalry, but in fact most of them are herders on horseback.

"Siege!" Li Heng shouted heavily.

More than 5000 Jeju Island infantry, carrying all kinds of weapons, rushed towards Jeju Pastoral City.

Wang Yaochen reminded: "Let the North Korean soldiers retreat, otherwise it will ruin the big event!"

Hu Dinggui looked back, and the hundreds of North Korean servants were indeed so frightened that their faces turned pale, and it was estimated that they would defect and surrender as soon as they opened it.

Hu Dinggui quickly said to Li Hui: "Master, take your soldiers and return to the center of the city immediately!"

When Li Hui heard the translation, he was relieved and asked his servants to help him lead the troops to retreat.

The city wall of Jeju Pastoral City is made of wood, just a circle of wooden fences.

Hu Dinggui had a thousand soldiers in his hand, and borrowed several hundred sailors from the Zheng family to disperse them to defend various critical points.

"Bang bang bang!"

The Zheng family sailors fired first, but due to the distance, they only killed and wounded a few enemies.

Of Hu Dinggui's one thousand soldiers, five hundred of them were gunfire soldiers.

He gathered the musketeers and divided them into two groups to defend the important points, and ordered that no shots should be fired within thirty paces.

Li Heng rode his horse forward for more than ten steps, showing a well-thought-out plan.

He has already found out that the Ming army that invaded Jeju Island only had more than 1000 people.With nearly ten thousand people in his hands, including a large number of cavalry, he will definitely be able to wipe out the invaders.

There are only nearly [-] people (excluding children) in the whole island, and nearly [-] were conscripted by this guy, and all thirteen and fourteen-year-old boys were recruited by him to fight.

What kind of battle can you fight?

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

More than 20 steps of ultra-close range, 125 firecrackers salvo, followed by another 125 firecrackers salvo.

Liu Ze is 16 years old this year. He was born in a family of officials in North Korea. He has not only studied the Four Books and Five Classics, but also knows how to speak Ming Dynasty official dialect.

Together with the boys in his family, he was exiled to Jeju Island, while the whereabouts of his family members are unknown.

At this moment, he charged with a wooden stick.

Going forward, there was a sudden loud noise, and then another loud noise.

Liu Ze looked around and found that there were only a few people standing around him.The stormtrooper he was in had more than 500 people, a gap was punched in the middle, and there were only a hundred people left on each side.

"Run away!"

Not only did this stormtrooper collapse, but the stormtroopers next to it also fled.

They have never been through war, nor have they undergone formal military training. How can they dare to face muskets at close range?

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Another defensive point, another two rounds of salvo.The rout soldiers ran back indiscriminately, breaking the formation of friendly troops, and more than 5000 North Korean infantry were completely routed.

Li Hengzhong took the cavalry to suppress, drove the infantry to regroup, and angrily said: "The enemy's muskets take time to reload. When the muskets are finished, don't run away, but take the opportunity to take down the city wall! Hurry up, wait for the enemy's muskets to strike." After that, immediately go and attack the city wall!"

After another half an hour, there were still more than 4000 North Korean infantrymen, and they rushed towards the city wall again in fear.

In fact, it was more than 4000 civilians who charged the wooden fence with simple weapons.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

There was another volley, and even the Zheng family sailors learned it.

The Zheng family's sailors were nervous before, but now they are very calm, bringing the enemy close before firing.

More than 4000 North Korean soldiers staged another army rout.The casualties caused by their self-stampede, as well as the casualties blocked by the North Korean cavalry, even exceeded the losses caused by musket shooting.

Facing the wooden fence walled city, more than 3000 Korean cavalry can only be used as a supervisory team. They can't ride horses into the wall, right?

These cavalry did not kill an enemy, but killed hundreds of fleeing friendly troops.