"General Li, the Qing army is so powerful, can our army still hold it?"

A middle-aged aristocratic man wearing a Korean's signature big-brimmed round high hat, a jade-studded forehead, and a luxurious silk robe stood at the head of Ganghwa Island. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This middle-aged man is the eldest brother of the Joseon King Yi Liang, the Ayahara Grand Monarch Yi Li, at this time, he was appointed by Li Liang as the lord of Ganghwa Island, and he has full authority to handle the management and defense of Ganghwa Island.

The general Li Renzhan is Li Liang's cronies and generals, in the battle to suppress Li Liang's uncle Xing'an Jun Li Jin's rebellion, he personally guarded Li Liang and made great contributions.

In order to defend the royal family hiding in Ganghwa Island City, Li Liang ordered that the general Li Renzhan led 3,000 elite soldiers to guard Donghua Island, and together with Ayahara Maharaja Li Li, stationed in Ganghwa Island City.

At this time, after listening to Li Li's question, Li Renzhan sighed in his heart.

How can it be so easy to rely on the 3,000 soldiers with low morale and neglected training to resist the Qing army that has been in battle for a long time!

It's just that, as the commander of the city guard, of course he knows that at this moment of panic, only by firmly setting an example and showing confidence can he stabilize his morale and military spirit and fight against the Qing army that is attacking in a big way.

"Please rest assured, Your Excellency Ayahara Maharaja, although the last general is not talented, he will defend this Ganghwa Island City to the death! Qing Tatar wanted to break through this city, but it was not so easy. Li Renzhan, who was dressed in fine iron armor, gritted his teeth and expressed his attitude to Li Li.

Listening to Li Renzhan's generous statement, Li Li's heart was a little relieved, but when he saw that the Qing army's siege equipment such as the long ladder and the city gate crash were getting closer and closer, he became more and more uneasy in his heart, and in order to ensure his own safety, he arched his hand to Li Renzhan and said: "In this case, then Benjun will retreat first, and this Jianghua Island City will be entrusted to the general." ”

Li Renzhan nodded expressionlessly and didn't look at him again.

Li Li staggered down from the city wall, his face was pale, and after returning to the capital city in Ganghwa Island City, he was immediately surrounded by the royal family members who came to ask about the battle situation outside.

"Uncle, has the Qing army really attacked?" A timid voice rang out.

The person who said this was a richly dressed eighteen- or nineteen-year-old aristocratic young man, he was the second son of the King of Joseon, Yi Hao, who was then the Great Prince of Fenglin, and in real history, he eventually became the Emperor Hyojong of Joseon who inherited the throne.

Before Ayabara Maharaja Li could answer, a noble woman next to her with a beautiful face but a disgraced face asked in a trembling voice: "Ayawara Maharaja, the sound of killing outside the city shook the sky, is it that the Qing army is about to attack the city?" ”

It was the imperial concubine Zhao who asked this. Shortly after the death of Empress Inyeol of Joseon, with the strong support of his father, Zhao Changyuan, the monarch of Hanwon Prefecture, Zhao was just promoted to the step-concubine. At this time, she could hear the clear and audible shouts of killing from outside the city, with a frightened and uneasy look on her face, and subconsciously looked at the city wall from time to time.

"Alas, I said Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, this war is handled by the generals and ministers, you and my woman's family, waiting for news in the city, why bother asking." A noble woman with a bewitching face and raised eyebrows, with a subtle sneer on her face, whispered to the imperial concubine Zhao.

The woman who ridiculed the imperial concubine Zhao was Shuyi Zhao, who was most favored by the Joseon king Yi Liang.

Shuyi Zhao is a palace maid, and was later favored by Renzu Li Liang, in real history, this person from the fourth rank Shuyuan, is the fourth rank Zhaoyuan, is the third rank Zhaorong, from the second grade Shuyi to the second grade Zhaoyi, in the 27th year of Renzu was finally promoted from the first rank noble. She is beautiful and scheming, and because she gave birth to two sons, Chongshanjun Li Cheng and Leshanjun Li Tong, she is very favored. Therefore, the noble Zhao family was very jealous of the imperial concubine Zhao family, and wanted to remove the imperial concubine Zhao family, who had no children and daughters, and was not favored by the emperor.

The rivalry between these two women is the very famous Erzhao competition for favor in "Li Dynasty Records".

It's just that in real history, after the death of the noble Zhao clan in Renzu Li Liang, this ambitious woman colluded with the head of the parliament and the head of the council, Jin Zidian, and conspired to launch a rebellion, in a vain attempt to establish his son Le Shanjun Li Cheng as the emperor, and later the rebellion was suppressed, and the noble Zhao and Jin Zidian were executed together.

Modern South Korea, based on this historical fact, also compiled a very long palace fight drama "The War of Flowers", although the plot drags on, but the character costumes and items and props in it are still good, interested readers can take a look.

Seeing Shuyi Zhao's sneering, the imperial concubine Zhao suddenly felt that her face couldn't hold back, she swept her willow eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "Zhao Shuyi, this concubine is talking to Ayahara Maharaja, you are just a Shuyi, you dare to intervene on the side, you really have no dignity, and you don't retreat!" ”

was angrily complained by the imperial concubine Zhao, Shuyi Zhao's face was blushing, she stared at the imperial concubine Zhao with hatred, Fang snorted lightly, turned around and left.

Ayahara Maharaja Li Li, seeing that in such a critical situation, these harem women were still fighting for power, and he smiled bitterly in his heart. However, in order to comfort Fenglin Grand Prince Li Hao and the imperial concubine Zhao, he still smiled and said to the two: "Don't worry, General Li has promised this monarch that he will try his best to defend the city and never let the Qing army enter the city, please be relieved." ”

Under Li Li's persuasion, Li Hao and the imperial concubine Zhao's faces softened significantly, and they chatted with each other for a while, and then went back to their homes separately.

However, only half an hour later, the Qing army, which had landed from the sea, had begun to attack the city on a large scale.

"The soldiers of the whole army obey the order, and the emperor has an order, as long as the city is captured, except for the Korean royal family, the gold, silver, goods, and women in the city will be disposed of!"

Abatai, who looked excited, raised his sword and roared, cheering up the Qing Dynasty army that rushed to attack Ganghwa Island City.

In the formation of the Qing army, a beast-like roar immediately sounded, and each Qing soldier's face was full of hideous color, and his eyes were full of greedy light, and he accelerated his speed more and more.

Seeing that under the cloudy sky, the Qing army was surging like a tide, and the general Li Renzhan, like the other Korean soldiers defending the city, was pale, and his legs and stomachs were trembling.

He swallowed his saliva, tried to control his extremely flustered mind, and shouted loudly: "All the firecrackers obey the order, and when the Qing captives are in range, they will immediately fire and shoot!" ”

After Li Renzhan gave the order, on the city wall, 1,000 Korean musketeers immediately began to light the fire ropes, load ammunition, and prepare to aim and shoot at the incoming Qing army.

When the two armies were about to fight, what worried and scared Li Renzhan the most happened.

"Boom, boom!"

The rumbling thunder exploded violently, and in the inky sky, blue lightning flashed, and soon, bean-sized raindrops fell.

When the cool raindrops fell on Li Renzhan's face, his whole face instantly turned pale, and his expression stiffened in an instant.

"Is it true that the heavens are going to destroy my North Korea?"

The sound of the continuous rain immediately covered up Li Renzhan's whispering to himself.

Under the sudden rainstorm, a thousand fire-gunned soldiers were terrified.

The dense rain quickly extinguished the burning fire rope in everyone's hands, and the rain continued to seep in from the fire door and the chamber of the gun, soaking the gunpowder inside to the point that Li Renzhan had high hopes for, and completely became garbage more useless than burning sticks.

(Note: In real history, the Korean defenders behaved like a wretch, and these 1,000 firecrackers were quickly wiped out by the Qing army without firing a single shot in normal weather.) In order to make the text more reasonable, this article has designed a rainy day plot, which also saves some readers from picking on it, hehe)

At the sight of the sudden heavy rain, the joy on Abatai's face was simply incomprehensible.

"Haha, these cowardly Koreans, thinking that they can stop our army by hiding on the city wall and firing firearms, hum, what a wishful thinking! These cowards would never have thought that even God is helping me to clear the Qing Dynasty now! Brothers, go to the city, completely destroy the Korean defenders, and rob them of all their wealth and women! ”

Abatai wiped a handful of rain from his face and shouted loudly at the Qing army, which was moving fast like a ghost in the lightning that loomed from time to time.

The Qing army in the heavy rain was even more excited, and they let out a wild roar like a wild beast, and accelerated the pace of marching.

Because Ganghwa Island Fortress is located on a small island, there are no defensive buildings such as moats, so that the Qing army can quickly advance under the city walls. With that, the Qing army attacked from the south, east, and north at the same time.

Soon, a siege ladder was mounted on the top of the city, and the huge crash car was transported to the city gates.

On the city wall, the original 1,000 firecrackers, like the other 2,000 soldiers, have been changed to soldiers armed with swords. They looked at the Qing army who were like ants climbing frantically towards the city, and everyone's faces were terrified, and many soldiers were so frightened that they could barely stand on their feet.

And under the city, the huge ram of the crashing car was slamming towards the south, north, and east wooden gates of Ganghwado City, and the sound of the city gates twisting and shattering made every Korean defender behind the city gate panic.

"Brothers, you must stop the Qing army, and you must not let them enter the city!" General Li Renzhan drew his sword and raised it high, shouting wildly.

In the pouring rain, the Qing army that attacked the city quickly fought with the Korean defenders.

The Korean defenders, who were negligent in battle and low morale, were not at all the opponents of the Qing army, who had been in battle for a long time and were as strong and crazy as beasts.

The two armies fought for only a quarter of an hour, the Korean defenders were already defeated, and the Qing army, which was attacked by a steady stream of people to the city, kept retreating to the city wall, and from time to time the Korean defenders who were caught off guard were pressed back step by step by the Qing army, and then stepped into the air, screaming and falling down from the city wall.

"Brothers, you must resist it!"

General Li Renzhan gritted his teeth and stabbed to death a Qing soldier who rushed over with a howl, and shouted loudly in almost despair.

Two more Qing soldiers roared and rushed towards him, two sharp tiger swords, slashing at Li Renzhan almost at the same time.

With a loud "dang" sound, Li Renzhan desperately smashed one of the tiger knives with his shield, but it was difficult to avoid the ferocious attack of the other tiger knife. He was so desperate that he twisted his waist and shrank back, but this tiger knife still slashed through the fine iron leaf guard on his thigh, and cut a bloody hole deep in his thigh!

Li Renzhan roared in pain, he staggered a few steps, it was almost difficult to stand firmly, and he barely stood still by holding on to the edge of the city wall with one hand.

"General!"

Several guards who were also fighting desperately next to him, seeing that the winner was about to be injured, everyone was shocked, and they desperately came to cover for it, so that they could repel the onslaught of the two Qing soldiers.

"General, you're wounded, stand down!" One of the guards shouted loudly to Li Renzhan.

"No!" Li Renzhan grimaced the ground with the tip of his knife, struggled to stand up, and shouted: "Once Ganghwa Island City is lost, all my Korean royal family will fall into the hands of the enemy, I, Li Renzhan, am deeply favored by the emperor, if this city is lost, what face do I have to live!" ”

"The officers and men of the whole army obey the order, our army has no way to retreat, if this battle is lost, our army will die! Everyone, please fight bravely with this general! ”

Li Renzhan finished roaring loudly, endured the severe pain in his leg, and roared and rushed towards the Qing army.

For a while, on the three city walls, there was a loud fight. The Korean defenders, who were on the verge of collapse, held their last breath and struggled to resist the Qing army, which had the advantage of superior forces.

Abatai, who supervised the battle under the city, saw that the battlefield advantage on the city wall was more and more inclined to the side, and the city was about to be broken, and his heart suddenly blossomed, and he grinned widely, showing a look of greed and expectation.

At this time, Abatai was already thinking about how to wipe out the Korean royal family in the city after the city was broken, so as to ask Huang Taiji for reward. At the same time, he was able to plunder as much gold and silver as he had captured and the children and people of the city so that he could enrich himself. He was even thinking that he heard that the Korean step-concubine Zhao was very beautiful, so before he handed her over to the imperial princess, should he let himself have a good time。。。。。。

"Bang 。。。。。。"

Abatai, who was in a daze, suddenly heard the rumbling sound of cannons at the landing port behind.

He turned his head to look, his mouth suddenly opened into an O-shape, and his face was full of disbelief and shock.

Because, at the end of his gaze, there was a scene that stunned him.

He saw that after the Qing army came ashore, the Qing army's naval division, which had been idle at the landing port, was being sailed out like a ghost from the north and south by two large fleets of large ships with extremely high tonnage, blocking the Ganghwa Island Strait and opening up fierce artillery bombardment.

The smile on Abatai's face disappeared in an instant.

"Master, it's the sailor of the Ming army!"

A Bakashi soldier next to him who was guarding the flag, with sharp eyes, immediately lost his voice and shouted.

Abatai ignored him, but quickly took out the claircopy he had with him and looked carefully in the direction of the strait.

His gaze was quickly drawn to a huge ship on the north side of the strait.

Seeing that this ship is planted with a huge Ming Shuanglong Sun and Moon Flag, with a total length of 232 feet (about 70 meters), counting four masts, each mast reaching a height of 10 feet, with two layers of gun decks, and hundreds of guns on the whole body.

In this pouring rain, although the guns on this ship could not be fired, in the middle of the cabin, dozens of guns up and down the double gun deck were firing fiercely together, and one after another huge black cannonballs roared towards the Qing army's sailors who were huddled into a mess.

Of the remaining 30 or so Ming warships, more than 20 were able to fire shells normally. The large and small shells fired from the north and south sides, like black birds released by the Grim Reaper, let out a terrible scream, and swooped down densely towards the Qing army's sailors trapped in the center.

The Qing army's naval division, tonnage and ship speed, are simply incomparable with the Ming fleet, and because of the rain, they can't fire artillery, at this moment, they are simply a group of stupid pigs waiting to be slaughtered in the slaughterhouse.

Soon, the Qing warships were only smashed by the Ming army's sailors, and they were inclined to sink, and many other Qing ships rowed to the shore desperately, trying to abandon the ship and escape.

"Our army's sailor, it's over."

Abatai, who put down the clairvoyant mirror, turned his face red with excitement and turned pale.

Could it be that our army is going to be here, and its success has been lost?

Soon, the thought, which frightened him even more, sprung up uncontrollably from Abatai's mind. (To be continued.) )