"If you abandon Haizhou Port, what will you do about smuggling next time?" Shi Lang asked.
"Let's talk about it next time. Don't we still have Jeju Island? It's the same to smuggle from there." After saying this, Shang Kexi retreated to Hetuala with his troops and supplies.
The sea route in and out of the port had been cut off, and Shi Lang was unable to leave the port on a warship.
He originally wanted to stay at the port and wait until Zheng Chenggong left.
As a result, a soldier said that Zheng Chenggong was commanding the warships to dock and prepare for landing.
In order to avoid being surrounded and killed by Zheng Chenggong, Shi Lang had no choice but to take his supplies and abandon his warship to escape with Shang Kexi.
The two men left North Korea one after the other and retreated to Hetuala.
After Zheng Chenggong landed, he set Haizhou Port on fire and returned victoriously.
After the Jiannu navy and the Ming navy had left, the Korean navy finally arrived.
They first inspected the damage in Haizhou Port, then made a symbolic patrol on the sea, and finally returned to their base.
On the eighth day of the second month of the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen, the news that Zheng Chenggong had burned down Haizhou Port reached Shenyang.
Wang Yongji immediately laughed happily: "Great, now that Haizhou Port has been destroyed, the Jiannu's smuggling channel has also been cut off."
"Governor!" Huang Degong immediately stepped forward and said, "Now that all the troubles have been solved, when will we march to Hetuala?"
"I have submitted the plan to the Ministry of War and reported it to Your Majesty. We have to wait for news from the court as to when the troops will be dispatched," Wang Yongji replied.
Huang Degong looked into Wang Yongji's eyes and asked, "Should we attack separately or together?"
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