Dragon Sea Empire

Chapter 509 Trip to North Korea

After Captain Barreto's fleet encountered a typhoon, one of the ships was blown to the southern coast of Tamna Island (Jeju Island) and ran aground on the coast. The crew were rescued ashore by the Tamna Island Chinese Army.Another "Lucky" was blown to the southwest coast of Geoje Island in Gyeongsang-do, North Korea, and ran aground. In fact, it was less than 100 miles away from the "Happiness" that was drifting outside the Nakdong River Estuary on the south bank of Gadeok Island. .However, it was impossible for the passengers on the two ships to know this at the time.

More than 100 student soldiers including Li Jigong and more than 100 people from the Ryukyu Militia were on board the Lucky.They tried their best but failed to get the Lucky into the water, so they had to abandon the ship and land.Naturally, they did not forget to remove the weapons and ammunition from the ship, but there was no way to deal with Captain Barreto's cargo.

At this time, there were not many residents on Geoje Island. Only a thousand Korean fishermen and farmers lived in Geoje Town in the middle of the island, and their lives were very poor.There are several North Korean officials on the island, who hold positions similar to the rankless tax collectors of the Ming Dynasty.

After the passengers of the Lucky landed, they soon encountered a group of North Korean farmers who were harvesting crops. When the farmers were shocked and dazed, the student army and sailors surrounded the group of farmers and arrested them. .

The captain of the Lucky is from Zhangzhou. He has traveled on the Japan-Taiwan route all year round, and he has some understanding of the places around this route.They can now tell from the attire and language of these peasants that this is the place of North Korea.However, as to where exactly, since no one on the Lucky can understand Korean, and none of these unlucky Korean farmers can understand Chinese, the captain cannot judge.

Li Jigong and the student army advocated to rush directly to the densely populated residential areas, where they would definitely find someone to lead the way.The captain of the Lucky was a little hesitant, because everyone knew about the anti-Chinese military coup in North Korea.If you encounter the North Korean army here, you will be in big trouble.

"What trouble will there be? We are the Chinese Army!" Li Jigong smiled coldly, turned his head and shouted loudly to his brothers: "Brothers, who wants to follow me?" He said, leading the way and ran forward along the avenue .

The student soldiers shouted "Kill!" in unison, and rushed over with the trainee lieutenant Li Jigong.After looking at each other with the crew and the Ryukyu militiamen, the captain of the Lucky had no choice but to sigh and rushed down with the student army.At the end of the avenue is the town of Geoje, where thousands of unsuspecting North Koreans lived and became captives of the Lucky passengers that night.Luckily for them, there is a North Korean tax official and a few businessmen who know some Chinese.

Chinese was the official written language of the ruling class of the Korean Kingdom at that time. Basically, as long as you can find officials in North Korea, you can find people who understand Chinese.

As a result, more than 200 passengers of the lucky ship, including Li Jigong, occupied the administrative center of Geoje Island, and they also knew their specific location: Geoje Island, Sangdo, North Korea’s National Day, is less than 100 miles away from Busan Port in the northeast direction. .The most important thing is: Busan Port is still under the control of the Chinese Army.

On the second day, the passengers of the Lucky Ship collected more than 30 fishing boats on the island at the pier of Geoje Town, and asked more than a dozen fishermen from Geoje Island to lead the way to Busan Port.

As a result, most of the passengers in Captain Barreto's fleet met at Busan Port.Most of the personnel from the First Battalion of the Chinese Military Academy Student Army also gathered, only a dozen or so people were injured.

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After the North Korean navy's sea raid failed, the number of volunteer soldiers from all walks of life in the surrounding area is increasing day by day.In the eyes of the super-sighted lookout sailors on the Happiness, crowds of North Koreans continued to gather around Busan.

Jin Yuhua, the supervisor of the Busan Chinese Army Task Force, together with Zhao Yi, Yin Bin, Li Jigong, and Captain Barreto watched the enemy's situation from the watchtower, the highest point of the Busan Chinese Commercial Center.The so-called Busan Chinese Commercial Center is actually an unfinished pentagonal fortress building with polygonal bastions. Only the two sides facing the north and west of the city have built forts and bastions.

"Right now, how many Koreans are there outside this city?" Zhao Yi asked.

Captain Jin Yuhua said depressedly: "According to your clairvoyant observation, there are estimated to be as many as [-] North Koreans gathered on the north and west sides of the city. Moreover, more North Koreans are coming here every day."

"What's going on here? Didn't it mean that the rebels in Jeolla and Gyeongsang Provinces have already dispersed?" Barreto asked worriedly, "With so many people, if we attack the city, do we have enough ammunition?" ?”

Jin Yuhua smiled wryly: "No matter how much ammunition there is, it can't keep up with their numbers. The Pusan ​​garrison and your student army total 1300 people. Once faced with a full-scale attack by North Korean rebels, it is impossible to divide the troops to guard all places." He pointed The chaotic North Korean camp outside the city said: "Now it seems that not only the rebels from Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province have come, but also North Korean officers and soldiers from some places in the north."

"How is the situation of the Koreans in the city?" Zhao Yi asked.

"Most of the people here have a good relationship with us. However, if the situation changes, they may not continue to maintain the status quo."

Yin Bin's condition has recovered somewhat these days, and he is looking at the situation outside the city with a telescope.Suddenly, he said: "Excuse me, Captain Jin, who is this person who is under the banner of 'Pingshan Mansion Envoy Li'?"

Jin Yuhua frowned and said, "What? Young master, where did you see it?" He quickly picked up the binoculars and began to observe. "Sure enough, it is indeed Li, the envoy of the Pingshan Mansion. This army has a lot of people. This is Li Gui... No, how could it be him?"

The leaders of the student army looked at Captain Jin together, waiting for his next words.Jin Yuhua put down the binoculars, thought for a while and said, "If the report from the Ministry of Military Intelligence is correct, one of the main instigators of the coup d'état in North Korea is Li Gui, the envoy of Pingshan Prefecture."

Li Gui, the current leader of the so-called Western People's Party in the crony struggle of the Korean state, is already 70 years old. He was born in Yan'an, named Yuru, and named Mozhai. During the Imjin Japanese Invasion in 1583, he formed a rebel army, served in Huang Tingyu's army, and participated in the Battle of Pyongyang.Later, he helped the coalition forces of Li Rusong and Liu Chenglong regain the capital Seoul. In 1592, he passed the imperial examination and successively served as Xingcao Zuorang, Ansan County Sheriff, Ryojaedo Inspector, and Baichuan County Sheriff. In 1603, he served as the envoy of Suchuan Prefecture, but was impeached and exiled to Yichuan area soon after. After being released in 1616, he served as the envoy of Pingshan Prefecture in 1619 and made friends with many members of the Western People's Party.Li Gui and Jin Liu, another leader of the Western People's Party, began planning a coup after the Chinese army entered North Korea.After Li Gui became the envoy of Pingshan Prefecture, he extended Jing Zhen as the Chinese army according to the original plan, and led the army directly to the capital.Unexpectedly, this matter was brought to light. Thanks to the help of Jin Zidian and Shen Qiyuan, they stopped Guanghaijun's army.Li Shu, the envoy of Changrui Mansion, also raised troops to respond.The troops from all over the country who supported the Western People's Party gathered in the capital anyway, and publicly elected Li Shi, a soldier with a high reputation in the army, as a general to attack the palace.At the same time, Jin Zidian also escorted Lord Lingyang to the army.Under the direct approach of the Western People's Party army, Mr. Guanghai was forced to escape from the palace.Lord Lingyang sent Jin Zidian and Li Shifang to rescue Concubine Renmu.With the approval of Concubine Renmu, Li Gui and others led the army to pursue Mr. Guanghai.Mr. Guanghai and the troops of the Dabei faction could not resist and were all captured.

Originally, Li Gui should be able to be promoted to the ruling position - equivalent to the prime minister, but once he got the power, the Western People's Party, which was able to unite and fight against political enemies a few months ago, suddenly started internal strife and division in the face of the counterattack of the Chinese army. The power position began to compete endlessly.The main members of the Western People's Party, Li Gui, Jin Liu, Shen Jingzhen, etc., are all low-level civil and military officials. It is impossible and incapable of them to take the position of a first-rank official immediately.For example, Li Gui, the core figure of the Western People's Party, only served as the official official of Cao Shenju. He couldn't even do the "judgment" of the first official position of Liu Cao, and could only be the second official "judgment".

Another leader of the Xiren Party, Jin Liu, had a good relationship with the new monarch, thus snatching the position of the first place in the six books of Li Cao Judgment.Although Li Gui still possessed a lot of power, he was filled with resentment towards Jin Liu's extreme supporters.Li Yuanyi, the leader of the Nanren Party, served as the leader of the government, and Wu Yunqian, the correspondent, served as the chief minister. ...

"...There has been no news about the battle situation of the Fifth Division on the Northern Front in the headquarters for a month. I don't know whether General Yan has captured Seoul. However, Li Gui has just assumed power, so he shouldn't have left the center...Now he But it appeared outside Busan City, what's going on?"

After introducing the situation of the North Korean coup, Captain Kim shook his head and frowned, distressed.At this time, Zhao Yi had already figured it out, and said with a happy face: "This is good news!"

"Brother Yi, you mean, the Fifth Division has captured Seoul?" Yin Bin immediately thought of the key point.

"Yingzi, I think the main planner of the North Korean coup appeared in Pusan ​​Port. Apart from the fact that the Fifth Division has captured Seoul, it is also possible that the new leader of North Korea has gone south."

Yin Bin immediately connected and said: "That is to say, the lord of North Korea is going to flee to Hainan? Are you going to go to sea from Busan? Then we will be in danger."

Captain Jin Yuhua didn't really trust the judgment ability of the young trainee officers of the student army.He sent his messengers to find a few North Koreans—members of the North Korean "Leader Party" who cooperated with the Chinese Army, and then ordered them to sneak out of the city at night to find out news.

After dismissing the North Korean spies, he turned back to several young trainee officers and said, "Just now the messenger came to report that the Foreign Legion in Ulsan has news: they are surrounded in Ulsan Mountain City, and they are about to run out of ammunition and food."

"Could it be trapped in Daoshan Mountain City?" Yin Bin, a student from the Infantry Command Department of the Chinese Military Academy who has a good grade in the history of war, sighed loudly: "This time, they are looking for their own death! Within ten days , they will be thirsty to death!"

The mountain city of Ulsan, this is the place where the Asahi and Japan fought fiercely in Ulsan in the 26th year of Wanli.Dosan, where the fortress was built, is a 50-meter-high hill on the banks of the Taehwa River in the Ulsan Plain.When the Japanese built the city, the inner city was 15 meters high and built with stones, with Honomaru and Ninomaru Sannomaru attached.The outer city is a mound built outside the main city. It is said that it was built in the Silla period. There are pine trees and triple wooden fences on it.

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