On Jeju Island, which had been renamed Tamna Island, Zheng Zheng's fleet rushed back from the Heilongjiang estuary. Zheng Xi, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", got the news from the clipper, got on the ship temporarily, and returned to Tamna Island with a fleet. In winter, the sea surface around the mouth of the Heilongjiang River is frozen, and the ice surface extends to a very far place on the sea surface, and it is very inconvenient to take a boat, so Zheng Xi mostly does not travel in winter. However, when he received the news from Tamna Island, he immediately took a sleigh to the ice and walked a long way before he could get on a boat and rush to Tamna Island.

In winter, around Sakhalin, there are still a few boats parked on the ice, and in the cold winter, the sea freezes, and the ship is also frozen on the ice. Luckily, the boat is far from the sea, and the ice here is thinner and easier to chisel.

After leaving the icy Heilongjiang estuary and arriving at Tamna Island, the climate here is much warmer, but when the fleet arrives near Tamna Island, the wind and waves are particularly strong and the ships are shaking badly, but these are nothing to people like Zheng Xian who were born by the sea and grew up on the sea.

The boat arrived at Tamna Island and docked at the pier.

Castles and camps were built all over the island, and near Halla Mountain, a larger city was built, and this new city could accommodate more than 100,000 people, mainly inhabited by horse herders, who were responsible for breeding Don hippos. In addition, Wang Xinyu also bought back a batch of high-headed horses from Arabia and Europe, plus a batch of war horses sent back by Zheng Jing from the Americas, all of which were raised on this island, and some of the surrendered Mongols were responsible for raising horses on the island. Mongolians who like horses are naturally very happy to see these tall horses, and take care of their horses to be strong and fat, and their coats are shiny.

After entering the city, Zheng Xi sat down, and then asked Zou Ping, the general stationed on the island, "After the Korean envoys came, how did you answer them?" ”

"Back to the big handsome! The last general naturally did not dare to send troops without authorization! Moreover, the number of soldiers and horses defending the island was too small, and they could not defeat the Tartars if they went. The last general told the Koreans that they could send the princess, prince, and prince to the island for temporary refuge. Zou Ping replied.

"That's fine, there are many Tartars and horses, and no matter how many we have, we can't help the Koreans. As for whether to send troops to rescue North Korea, it will have to wait for the imperial court to decide. Zheng Xi nodded.

Just when Zheng Zheng arrived on Tamna Island, on the sea outside Tamna Island, a fleet of sailors flying the North Korean flag came, and the size of the fleet was not large, only one large ship, four turtle ships and more than a dozen small warships.

"Stop the ship and check!" Two fourth-class cruisers of the Ming army approached with two fifth-class cruisers, six Chinese-style warships and eight Japanese pole mineboats.

The Korean fleet stopped, and on the big ship, there were the Korean princesses, the princes Yi Yong, Princess Myeongseon and Princess Myeonghye, as well as a group of palace maids and eunuchs of the Joseon palace and dozens of palace guards. These Korean palace guards, wearing white armor and red cloaks, looked very imposing, but everyone's faces were pale, and it seemed that they were unable to stand on their feet because of the strong winter wind and waves.

The Korean princess, the prince and the two princesses on the ship were no longer able to stand, and they were all lying on the couches, and everyone looked like they had vomited for several days in a row.

On the big ship, in addition to the royal family, there were also some Korean officials and family members, who also came, preparing to go to Tamna Island to avoid the sharp edge of the Qing army. They heard that the Qing army was very cruel, and men had to shave their hair to change their clothes, and those who refused to shave their hair, even if they were eunuchs, had to be beheaded. As for women, the Eight Banners soldiers like to rob women, and what is even more odious is that those Korean soldiers who surrendered to the Qing army looted and killed people even more ruthlessly than the Qing army.

Therefore, some high-ranking officials also sent their families.

The big ship could not hold so many people, and many officials' families took the turtle boat.

The Ming army also inspected turtle boats and small warships, and there were no Manchu soldiers on board, except for the officials' families, personal maids, and necessary Korean sailors. However, the Ming army still issued an order to the Koreans in accordance with the regulations: "The people of the royal family, the families of officials, the palace maids and eunuchs, and the palace guards are on our ship, and the others please go back!" We will take care of the princess, the prince, the family of the officials, we will take care of it! ”

Although the generals of the Korean sailors, who were responsible for escorting the royal family members and the families of officials, were full of displeasure and expressed their dissatisfaction with the Ming army's pointing fingers at them, these Korean sailors did not dare to say anything, they did not think about recovering Jeju Island before, but they were really afraid of the Ming navy.

The warships of the Ming army brought the members of the Joseon royal family and the families of officials to Tamna Island, and Zheng Xi settled them.

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Thousands of miles away, Nanjing.

On the matter of whether to send troops to save North Korea, everyone has different opinions, with the view of a group of civilian officials such as Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, etc., it is that troops should be sent to save North Korea, after all, North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and it is only under the pressure of the Qing army that it became a vassal state of the Manchu Dynasty, but North Korea is still interested in the Ming Dynasty, after all, the North Koreans are still wearing the clothes of the Ming Dynasty, and the hairstyle of the Han people on their heads is still on their heads, so North Korea is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and must send troops to save North Korea.

However, a group of strategists and generals who held military power, such as Wang [Fu] Chen, Wang Yuyou, Yao Qisheng, and Zheng Cong, all opposed sending troops to rescue Korea.

Wang Yuyou said: "To send troops to rescue North Korea, it will take thousands of miles to go here, and thousands of large and small warships will be needed, and 100,000 elite soldiers will need to be dispatched. What if our army sends troops to save North Korea, and the Tartars take the opportunity to attack Jiangnan? What's more, this North Korea has been submissive to the puppet Qing for more than 30 years, and now the puppet Qing is about to annex them, so they came to ask for help, why should I send troops to the Ming Dynasty? ”

Wang Fuzhi said: "North Korea retains my Ming mantle, and now the Tartars are shaving their hair in North Korea, and the North Korean people have been slaughtered, so can we bear to sit back and watch North Korea perish?" ”

Just as a group of people were talking, the rising star of the Qiongzhou army, the new strategist Li Guangdi, came from Dongfan, and he came to Nanjing with Wang Xinyu's order.

"There is no need to send troops to North Korea, the Korean princess, prince and princess have already been sent to Tamna Island, which is our territory, and the Tartars cannot fight it. The Joseon vassal king Li Di could only attach the Manchu Qing Dynasty. After the Northern Expedition of our army, we will restore Korea. Li Guangdi conveyed Wang Xinyu's proposal.

In fact, Wang Xinyu means that he will not save North Korea, and as for helping North Korea recover in the future, it is just a good and obedient word for these scholars, so why should he help North Korea recover in the future? Since the Manchus destroyed Korea, then the Ming Dynasty recaptured Korea from the Manchus and helped them restore the country? It's just hydrocephalus, and it's directly incorporated into its own territory, and as for the Korean prince, when the time comes, if it is given to a vassal king, the vassal status will naturally be canceled.