Chapter 393 Landing in Busan
Off the coast of Busan, a large ship was anchored at sea. Shi Lang used a telescope to observe the other side of the river. He saw people moving on the other side, and Korean soldiers were busy pushing their cannons forward.
Other soldiers prepared ammunition and delivered it to the designated location. From a distance, they looked like a group of ants busy and chaotic.
Putting down the telescope, Shi Lang said to the gunner, "Try firing two shots at the gun emplacement first!"
"Yes!" The gunner immediately adjusted the shooting parameters and began to prepare.
"Fire!" Boom boom boom! Following the command of the gunners, the artillery on one side of the ten battleships opened fire. The shells flew towards the Korean defensive positions with a sharp whistling sound.
Suddenly, flames shot up into the sky, and the North Korean soldiers were blown to pieces and flew into the sky.
After several rounds of shelling, the guns on the battleships had turned red.
"Stop shooting!" Shi Lang ordered.
When the smoke cleared, the beachhead resembled a living hell, with corpses and severed limbs strewn everywhere. The air was thick with the smell of blood, and the living were terrified. Some squatted on the ground, trembling, some vomited violently, and others stood there, crying and screaming. It was clear that people had gone mad!
Shi Lang put down the telescope and said, "Let's land!"
The messenger immediately waved the command flag, and the troop transports following these sailing battleships began to row hard towards the beach.
The soldiers on board were Wu Sangui and Kong Youde. Wu Sangui had just used a telescope to observe the situation ahead and thought it was too simple. His own soldiers were filling the positions, which was like a drill.
Although Kong Youde also felt that this battle was not easy, he did not completely relax his vigilance. He said to his men: "Get off the boat later, assemble the team and then charge."
"clear!"
When the boat could no longer move forward, the soldiers had no choice but to jump into the icy sea water. It was late autumn and the sea water was not very warm.
The soldiers used their own body temperature to resist the invasion of the sea water. They held up their weapons and slowly moved forward in the waist-deep sea water.
Wu Sangui's Guanning Army was the fastest and was the first to reach the beach.
"Hahahaha, we are the first to achieve the credit, follow me!" A small captain said to his brothers.
The soldiers replied cheerfully: "Charge, enter the city and rob the food, money and women!"
"Rob the food, rob the money, rob the women!"
“Charge!”
The Guanning Army rushed forward carelessly, only to see dead bodies everywhere in front of them, with almost no living people.
So these Guanning soldiers began to search the corpses for silver unscrupulously, and if they saw anyone still alive, they would stab them again.
The troops of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Zhixin immediately formed their formation upon reaching the beach, then quickly advanced towards the enemy positions.
Just as they were about to rush into the Korean positions, the Guanning Army encountered a major change.
Many Guanning soldiers were suddenly shot by muskets and crossbows from the corners, and fell in a pool of blood.
The Guanning Army had no choice but to stop and wait for reinforcements, while Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Shang Zhixin were completely watching the joke.
He had no intention of going over to help at all. He continued to follow the original plan, slowly approaching the North Korean position step by step.
First arrows were fired, then muskets were fired. The Korean soldiers hiding in the dark were shot and shot one after another, and only a few of them succeeded in their sneak attacks.
Seeing that their surprise attack failed, the Korean soldiers immediately changed their tactics and began to charge towards Kong Youde's troops with their already small number of cavalry.
At this time, Kong Youde's troops began to get a little flustered and started to form a musket formation.
After defeating the attackers, Wu Sangui was no longer complacent. He quickly assembled his forces and fired arrows at the hiding places of the Korean soldiers. Then, the Guanning Iron Cavalry began to appear, scattering the incoming Korean cavalry from behind. In an instant, they carved a bloody path and headed straight for Busan City.
Kong Youde's troops were still using musket phalanxes to eliminate wave after wave of Korean cavalry.
The main components of the Korean cavalry were local farmers. When it came to horseback riding, they could only be said to know how to ride, but they had no superb riding skills.
In our eyes, North Korean soldiers are useless and will scatter at the first sign of trouble. However, the North Korean soldiers before us still have a certain fighting capacity.
This caused considerable resistance to Wu Sangui and Kong Youde, and it took them a whole day to reach the city of Busan.
Shi Lang, far out at sea, lowered his telescope and called to the messenger, "Send a message to the prince and the admiral, telling them we'll capture Busan soon! And Seoul in half a month!"
In the capital, inside the Governor's Mansion, Zhao Xiaokun was overjoyed upon receiving the news. Zhao Xiaofei then walked in and asked, "Brother, what are you so happy about?"
"You're back! How is our mother? Are my wife and children okay?" Zhao Xiaokun asked three questions in one breath.
"Everything is fine! They are fine! Now that you are done with this, you can go back and have a rest and spend time with your wife and children!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Well! Shi Lang has sent a letter, Busan should have been captured! Try to capture Li Hao alive and make him sign the treaty of merger between the two countries!" said Zhao Xiaokun.
If you want to annex the Korean Peninsula, you must have a legal basis. You can't just say that since ancient times, it must be written down in black and white.
"This time when Korea is captured, I have to go and see what's going on. The time to witness a historical miracle is coming. I will go and bring Li Hao back myself!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"It's better not to go. The capital needs you to be in charge. This is a critical moment, and I'm afraid that someone will ignore the overall situation and openly turn against us at this time, then all our efforts will be wasted." Zhao Xiaokun said.
"Then you go?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Yes! I'll go! The main thing is to force him to sign the treaty." Zhao Xiaokun said.
"Alright! I'll prepare the supplies and set out at the end of March next year. We'll first capture Shanhaiguan, and then we'll march straight to Shenyang City," Zhao Xiaofei said. He seemed to see the day he'd march into Liaodong.
"Don't be too excited. The main thing is that the road needs to be repaired! Otherwise, our tanks converted from agricultural vehicles won't be able to go far. We can't even get out of Miyun!" said Zhao Xiaokun.
The chariot modified from a farm vehicle is still very good, but it is from hundreds of years ago. The road conditions here can only be said to be haha. If you want to use the chariot, you must first be prepared to build roads and explore the way.
"Okay! Don't worry, big brother! By the way, I have something to tell you." Zhao Xiaofei said, his tone full of helplessness and embarrassment.
"What's the matter?" Zhao Xiaokun asked.
"Xiaomei knows that we can travel through time!" Zhao Xiaofei said and Zhao Xiaokun was stunned.
Zhao Xiaokun asked hurriedly: "What's going on? Tell me quickly!"
So Zhao Xiaofei told Jiang Xiaomei about how he discovered the secret when he was sick and took the jade pendant away in order to take care of him.
"Oh no, did you go to Nanjing with her?" Zhao Xiaokun asked.
"Yes! What's wrong?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
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