"Scum! It's simply the scum of our DPRK! If it weren't for you handful of scum, the Tatars would have been able to occupy our North Korea? After listening to the identity of those North Korean Eight Banners and North Korean Green Battalion, Li Zhuo was so angry that he scolded. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Yu sneered: "Little prince, the people of this clan are encircling and suppressing the remnants of the enemy on the island, and the Tartars have nowhere to run, and the Lords will not let a fake Tartar on the island slip through the net!" ”

On the beach in the northwest corner of Ganghwa Island, the North Korean Eight Banners and the North Korean Green Battalion desperately crowded into several small boats. Just now, the catamaran clippers of the Ming army came and captured a few small boats. Now that the Ming army catamaran clipper has left and has not returned, the North Koreans have taken this opportunity to board the ship and flee for their lives. However, there were few boats and many people, and the North Korean soldiers in the back desperately crowded forward, and the North Korean soldiers in front couldn't wait to row away. But more and more people crowded up, some grabbed the boat gang, and some jumped onto the boat. The boat was crowded with people, and after a while, a small boat could not bear the weight and capsized.

"Don't let them climb up!" The North Korean soldiers on the ship shouted.

The North Koreans on the boat rowed desperately and steered the boat far from the shore; Someone else picked up a knife and slashed at the hand that held the boat gang, only to hear a scream, and the North Korean soldier whose hand was cut off covered his hand and let out a heart-rending cry.

"Damn, you dare to cut us!" The North Korean soldier who did not get on the ship cursed.

Someone picked up a knife and slashed at his companion on the boat, and the man on board drew his knife and struck back, and the two sides fought on the beach not far from the shore. The Korean soldiers on the ship occupied the heights and were condescending; The North Koreans in the water are not only in a disadvantageous position, but they also have to take a step in the water, and they can't beat the North Korean soldiers on the boat at all.

After slashing and killing a group of North Korean soldiers who tried to climb onto the boat, the North Koreans on the boat rowed farther and farther away from the shore. North Koreans on the shore crowded the seashore, crying and cursing at the boat that was far away.

"Surrender or kill!" At this moment, shouts rang out from behind the North Koreans.

Hearing the shouting, the North Koreans turned their heads and found that groups of Ming soldiers had appeared behind them at some unknown time, with muskets in their hands, and the muzzles of black holes were aimed at them.

"We will surrender!" The North Koreans fell to their knees.

All the Koreans who remained on the beach were taken prisoner, and as for the Koreans who ran away in boats, they could not go far, because the catamaran of the Ming army was extremely fast, and after returning the first batch of prisoners, they could quickly turn back. However, there are also some North Koreans who are scattered and hiding on the island, and it is more difficult to catch.

The Ming troops who landed on the island opened a dragnet search formation and searched every corner of the island.

In the end, only 23 Korean soldiers stationed on Ganghwa Island escaped, and the rest were captured. Ganghwa Island fell into the hands of the Ming army, and the Han River channel to Seoul was opened.

"After all, we are not familiar with the situation of the Han River channel, and the North Koreans must have arranged underwater piles and barrages in the middle of the river, and possibly even laid mines. Our large warships could not enter Seoul, so they could only enter with the marines in small boats, reach the Seoul River, and then land and attack. Zhang Yukun proposed.

But Wu Haodong made a completely opposite suggestion: "We will land directly on the other side of Ganghwa Island and kill it from the land!" The North Koreans are demoralized and vulnerable, and the Marines alone can defeat them. ”

Wang Yu turned his head and glanced at Wang Yuyou and asked for his opinion.

"Dashuai, we go hand in hand with land and water! The Marines landed on the other side of Ganghwa Island and advanced to Seoul. Load the guns onto the boat and swim against the current to cover the fire of the Marines. Wang Yuyou said.

The Ming Army marines landed on the opposite shore of Ganghwa Island, in the area of present-day Incheon. After the Ming army went ashore, it did not encounter any resistance from the Koreans, and the main forces of the Korean Eight Banners and the Korean Green Battalion had already been pulled into the pass by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the losses in the battle with the Qiongzhou Army and the Wu Army were almost lost, and the number of the Korean Eight Banners and the Korean Green Battalion left on the Korean Peninsula was not large, and it was only enough to protect a few cities, where did they have the strength to go out of the city to start a field battle with the Qiongzhou Army.

The small fleet entering from the Han River encountered a slight trouble, that is, the obstacles in the river, not only underwater piles and barrages, but also the North Koreans laid mines in the river.

In fact, the level of firearms of the Koreans is not bad, and the quality of the muskets and mines they make is not bad, and it is still a lot better than the firearms of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It's just that North Korea's cannon casting technology is poor.

The Ming boats dropped mines and blew them all the way upstream, clearing the obstacles in the river.

Five days later, the Ming army, advancing by land and water, appeared outside Seoul.

Although Korea has always been a vassal state, it imitates the suzerainty in terms of system, clothing, and living habits. The capital Seoul is a big city, not as large as Beijing and Nanjing, but much larger than the average capital city in China. There are 500 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, 1,000 Han Eight Banners, 5,000 Korean Eight Banners and 20,000 Korean Green Battalions stationed in the city. When the Ming army attacked, Amida, the deputy commander of the Qing army who stayed in Seoul, ordered to recruit more than 100,000 people to help defend the city.

The Ming army had only 15,000 marines, and only 20,000 sailors and gunners who cooperated with the operation, but there were more than 100,000 defenders in the city.

On the surface, it seems a little strange that the Ming army had a small number of people and would attack a large city with strong defenses. However, after the Ming army arrived in Seoul, they did not rush to attack the city, but after setting up camp and arranging the barracks and fortifications, they sent men and horses everywhere to recruit local people in the villages near Seoul.

"His Royal Highness the Prince is back! Brought the Great Tomorrow Army, to expel the Tartars, and help us Korea recover Seoul! "Some auxiliaries adapted from North Korean troops went to the village, beat gongs and drums, and spread propaganda everywhere.

The Korean soldiers only had their coats and paper armor, and the original red tasseled hats on their heads had been replaced by soft hats, and they rang gongs, pulled their loud voices, and shouted loudly in Korean, recruiting villagers to join the Ming army and assist the prince in recovering Seoul.

After all, the appeal of the Korean prince among the Korean villagers is still very strong, and the local Koreans heard the notice and stood up one after another, expressing their willingness to join the army. In fact, many of them were also curious, and when they heard that the prince was in the Ming army camp, they also wanted to meet the prince. Some North Korean people calculated in their hearts that as long as they could leave a good impression on the prince, after the prince returned to the country, he would definitely be able to give himself an official title and a knighthood, and he would never have to farm again.

The Ming army soon recruited more than 60,000 Korean people, and Wang Yu incorporated these Korean people into the auxiliary army.

The Korean people who had just enlisted in the army finally saw the prince of their country, and these Koreans were as enthusiastic as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they all shouted that they wanted to give their lives to the prince, recover Seoul, expel the Tartars, and kill all the traitors who surrendered to the Tartars.

After recruiting enough people, Wang Yu ordered them to craft siege weapons.