Chapter 775 Waterways

At this time, the situation on the Korean Peninsula is very interesting, very similar to the Warring States period in Japan, and it is also the rise of local tyrants from all over the country, and even the bullies in a certain place gather thousands of people to lead the troops to occupy a mountain, and dare to call the king of the mountain. The peninsula is full of smoke, the people are struggling to make a living, and countless generals are active. Goryeo has come to the present, and there is a situation that is more complicated than the Warring States period in Japan, and the historical reasons are very special, Zhao Yougong leaned on the pillow and looked at the spy report in his hand, the more he looked at it, the more complicated his heart became. The situation in Goryeo is so difficult, and he didn't expect it.

A careful analysis of the situation in Goryeo shows that the specific reasons can be traced back to a long time ago, as early as the Tang Dynasty, when the seeds of disaster were planted. During the Tang Dynasty, Goryeo was defeated by the Tang army and became a vassal, and later experienced several large and small wars, and the three kingdoms of Goryeo, Silla, and Baekje on the entire Goryeo Peninsula all lived under the high pressure of the Tang Dynasty. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, Li Longji was in power during the famous "Anshi Rebellion" in history, the situation on the Goryeo Peninsula was delicate, the people of the three kingdoms lived together under the pressure of the Tang army, and they didn't seem to dare to make trouble, but in fact there were complaints, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and half of the Tang army stationed in Youzhou was transferred to the west. As soon as the war broke out, the Goryeo Peninsula quickly turned into a pot of porridge, and the situation was not very good, and the former de facto ruler of Goryeo, King Heungdeok, did not leave an edict. His younger brothers, Kim Jun-jung and Kim Kye-ryong, competed for the throne. The soldiers and horses of the wealthy clans near the royal capital have joined the war for the throne. And the place outside the royal capital was also unpeaceful, and in the end, Kim Yilong killed Kim Junzhen to succeed to the throne. But the good times didn't last long, only twenty years later, Jin Junzhen's son Jin Ming went into exile, and then returned to China to kill Jin Yilong with the help of external forces, and succeeded to the throne himself, known as King Min Ai. Although Kim died, the power was not completely erased. He was still active in many parts of the Goryeo Peninsula and rebelled against the royal court.

After the baptism of the Tang army on the Goryeo Peninsula, the youth and strength were reduced, the army was completely empty, and there was no regular army at all, so Jin Minggui was the nominal master of the Goryeo Peninsula, but he could not complete the real unification, and there was nothing to be done about it. The situation lasted only a few years, and Kim Woo, the son of Kim Gilung, killed Kim Myeong, and although the revenge was avenged, the situation on the Goryeo Peninsula was even worse. Jin Ming's descendants moved to the vicinity of Xichuan City, and the banner has never been broken. The chaos in Goryeo became worse and worse, and later it developed to the point where the people of Goryeo were willing to go east to the Japanese rather than stay on the mainland. The descendants of the Kim family in various parts of the peninsula are still good, but the most important thing is those Goryeo heroes, some people pull up more than 300 people to the top of the mountain and dare to claim the king, large and small forces are not less than 100 shares, so the situation on the Goryeo Peninsula is better than that of the Warring States period in Japan. Until the rise of Wang Jian, Goryeo entered the Wang era, but Wang Jian's life was not very good, you were the king of Goryeo, but the words were not used, to the Song Zhenghe period, Li Ziqian in order to consolidate his own power, control the young lord Renzong, in order to control the young master, Li Ziqian can be said to have made a bloody investment, sent his two daughters to the palace, but Renzong can also bear it, after a few years began to secretly convene several ministers, the power of Li Ziqian crusaded. When Renzong and Li Ziqian were fighting, they happened to meet Murong Fu to establish a foothold in Liaodong and enter the Goryeo Peninsula.

Li Ziqian defected to the newcomer Murong Fu and opened the gate of the royal capital in one fell swoop, causing Renzong to die under Murong Fu's soldiers and horses, but Cui Zhuo, who was loyal to Renzong, escaped. Therefore, to this day, the descendants of Jin Junzhen and Jin Yilong, plus the people of Li Ziqian and Wang Jian, there are no less than six Guangda forces in the entire Goryeo Peninsula, not to mention other small forces.

There was a knock on the door, Zhao Yougong's thoughts also flew back from a distant place, put down the spy report in his hand, and after a while, Li Bao walked in with an excited face, "Your Highness, we will be near Goryeo in a few hours, how should we fight the next battle?" ”

Li Bao couldn't be excited if he didn't want to, because the conquest of Goryeo was the first official expedition of the Dingguo Army, and he had to behave well. Although the bigwigs of the Dingguo Army have never complained, they actually have a lot of complaints about His Royal Highness spending most of his money on the navy, and everyone thinks that the navy is just a useless commodity, and it is okay to play the side drums, but it can't be a big deal. Li Bao was promoted by a lower-level officer, and he dared not speak out against the white eyes of the bigwigs of the Dingguo Army, so he had been holding back a fire in his heart, and he finally seized the opportunity, so he had to behave well.

Li Bao waited for His Royal Highness Zhao's hearty answer, but His Royal Highness Zhao was not in a hurry, this landing was the first landing operation, and he had to be careful. I know my own affairs, don't look at the so-called 50,000 army, but in fact, the evil ruffians and criminals alone account for 15,000, if you lose the first battle, it is estimated that your own people will have to mess up first, this battle is not easy to fight. Seeing Li Bao's snorting and panting, he was not in a hurry, and stretched out his hand to signal him to sit down and speak, "Li Bao, you are the Dinghai Divine Needle of our navy, why can't you be more stable when you encounter something?" If you want to fight, it's not easy, you first answer a question from this king, dare to ask General Li, this king wants Hanyang City, what are you going to do? ”

Hanyang City, that is, the later Seoul of Seoul, the geographical location is very important, I am afraid that in addition to the royal capital, the geographical location of Hanyang City is more important, the land is close to the Han River, the water army is convenient to enter and exit, and taking Hanyang City can be regarded as having a stronghold. But Hanyang City is not easy to take, not to mention the high walls of the city, Cui Zhuo's five thousand soldiers and horses are still stationed in the city, five thousand soldiers and horses are not too many, but it is too easy to defend a strong city. Although he said that there were tens of thousands of troops, there were only more than 13,000 people who really dared to use them to attack the city, and they were all sailors who were not good at attacking the city. It is simply fanciful to expect an army of people who have not received formal training, and sometimes the army of cannon fodder also depends on where it is used. If it is a land war, Zhao Yougong will not hesitate to send the army of prisoners to be cannon fodder, but it is absolutely impossible to attack Hanyang City. Morale had to drop to the valley of ice. More than 13,000 men attacked Hanyang City. It's hard to think about it.

Li Bao is not a fool either. Of course, he knew how difficult Hanyang City was, and the excitement on his face gradually faded, and his brows furrowed tightly. Sitting on the cushion and thinking for a while, he frowned and said after a long time, "Your Highness, it is really inappropriate to storm Hanyang City, and my subordinates can't think of any good way to think about it." Please also ask Your Highness to show me. ”

"You" Zhao Yougong grinned, Li Bao had no choice, he didn't have confidence, but also, this was the first time Li Bao had taken on such a heavy task, and he shouldn't dare to talk nonsense. Spreading out the map, Zhao Yougong stretched out his hand and pointed to two places, one is Nanpu and the other is Renzhou. Nampo is a good place to explain that this place is the best marina in the Goryeo Peninsula today. The navy was to be stationed on the Goryeo Peninsula for a long time, and Nampo had to occupy it. As for Inju, it's a bit confusing. Li Bao pondered for a long time, but still didn't figure it out, "Your Highness, as long as we take Nanpu, the army can go ashore smoothly, why bother attacking Renzhou?" ”

Inju is the Incheon of later generations, the famous Incheon landing is estimated that few people do not know, Incheon leads to the Han River, from the Incheon landing from west to east, you can divide the entire peninsula into north and south parts at once, it is really a place where soldiers must fight. Nowadays, the world can't see the importance of Renzhou, that's because there is no water army, and I don't know the wonders of Renzhou, but Zhao Yougong is different, not only has a strong water army, but also has the consciousness of leading this era. Fighting Renzhou, not only to enter the Han River, but more importantly, Wenshan in the northeast of Inju is active with a strong armed force, this is the power of the original Jin Xilong's descendants Jin Xilang, Jin Xilang occupies the Wenshan area, has been operating for more than 20 years, it can be said that the tree has deep roots, originally Jin Xilang has no good impression of Wang Jian's descendants, has been thinking about recovering the Jin Dynasty, coveting Hanyang City is not a day or two, what is more commendable is that Jin Xilang has more than 15,000 soldiers and horses, and the entire Goryeo Peninsula can be regarded as the number one bandit. Zhao Yougong thought very simply, since Murong was able to buy Li Ziqian when he re-entered the Goryeo Peninsula, then why couldn't he talk to Jin Xilang, promising Jin Xilang some benefits, wouldn't it be wonderful to play a game to drive the tiger and devour the wolf?

Zhao Yougong thought in his heart, Li Bao couldn't guess it, so he simply didn't guess. Now there are less than 1,000 defenders in Nanpu, but there are more than 3,000 defenders in Renzhou City, and it is not so easy to defeat them.

Nampo, as one of the few commercial ports on the Goryeo Peninsula, has been abandoned for a long time, due to the bandits in the Goryeo Peninsula, the strong and powerful, under the poison of the war, the business is sluggish, the original prosperous Nampo has also dimmed, the cold wind of the moon blows, dozens of small wooden boats are swaying in the water, it looks very desolate. Li Chengwan held a wooden gun and leaned against the flagpole to take a nap, and there was a stomach slander in his heart, Wu Chang also didn't know the suffering of the world, and people came out to stand guard on this cold day, which is really hateful, all the bigwigs are busy fighting for territory and being the king, who cares about the broken place of Nanpu, our own people collect tolls for mud legs, don't you just live a good life? Besides, in the whole of Goryeo, I don't know which mountain king has a navy, and it is useful to guard the wharf, and watch the water blow the cool breeze all day long? Li Chengwan dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and Cui Mazi, who was standing guard and sentry, was a little bold, grinning and said in a rough voice, "Damn, this cold wind blows, Wu Changhun is not a thing, he hides in the Huamanlou and is happy, let us suffer here, look at this water, in addition to a few broken boats with mud legs, what else, just those things can still occupy the territory of the tall people?" ”

Lord Gao is not an official position, or a name, this guy doesn't know what shit luck he had, he turned out to be a bastard in the royal capital, and later became the commander of the royal capital, and after a few years, he really became an official and became a tall man in the real sense. After Master Gao became the garrison of Nanpu, all the gangsters under his command ran over, and soon Nanpu became Lord Gao's private territory. After Murong regained the reign of Goryeo, no one cared about the small place of Nanpu anymore, so the emperor of the mountain was far away, and the tall man raised the banner and called himself the "King of Nanpu".

Cui Mazi opened his mouth and kept cursing, a pair of eyes kept sweeping around, his eyes were full of sneers, isn't it just a group of mud legs, what kind of wind and waves can be turned up? But soon, Cui Mazi's eyes changed from disdain to surprise, and then disbelief, suddenly, he broke out in a cold sweat, turned around and ran away with a wooden gun, and his body almost didn't lie on the ground, "Mother, mother, heavenly soldiers, heavenly soldiers, heavenly generals"

Where did the heavenly soldiers come from? Is the devil stunned? Li Chengwan just wanted to scold. Return the heavenly soldiers and generals. If there were really heavenly soldiers and generals, Goryeo would become the bird it is now, with bandits everywhere, mountain kings everywhere, and the people would be miserable. However, Li Chengwan couldn't scold, because his eyes also changed to Cui Mazi's expression, and he saw a fleet in the distance covering the sky and the sun, especially the big ones in front of him. The sail alone is bigger than a broken wooden ship, where is this powerful fleet?

Li Chengwan ran desperately behind Cui Mazi, they wanted to inform Lord Gao, although no one would expect Lord Gao to be able to resist, but there was no harm in reporting it, at least the reward was essential, at most he would run away after taking the reward. In Nanpu City, the tall adults are not tall, short and fat, with eight-character eyebrows. The whole person is smiling, and he is completely a fat version of Lu Xiaofeng. At this time, tall adults are surrounded by left and right. The incense wind hit people, the two women kept pouring wine and laughing, and the fire in the house was vigorous, which made people's desires high.

"The king is not good, there is a fleet from outside the dock, such a big ship, so big and big" Because he ran too fast, Cui Mazi was out of breath when he spoke, and he even forgot the etiquette of entering the house and knocking on the door. Fortunately, Master Gao is not from a wealthy family, and he doesn't care much, he just cares about this bastard disturbing his Yaxing, staring at a pair of eyes, and scolded angrily, "Who are you, where else did you come from, if there is really a fleet, it's too late for Lord Ben to be happy, it's been a long time since I've had a satisfactory deal, why are you panicking?" ”

Hearing what Master Gao said, Cui Mazi almost didn't cry, what is it, people can top dozens of small broken boats on the dock with just one big ship, and they look at people waving their flags, how can they seem to be here to do business. Our tall man still has the idea of robbing the caravan, if this deal can be done, he Cui Mazi simply surnamed Gao, "Wang, don't say that, there are many people on the ship, I have heard that the Tang Dynasty has come to the barge before, the big one is scary, more than ten zhang long, and many of those ships are bigger than this." ”

Cui Mazi is still a bit cultured, as soon as he said this, the tall man was also excited, a boat that was more than ten zhang bigger, damn, what kind of boat is this, is it a giant on the water? Although Master Gao was born in a gangster, he still has a brain, if such a big ship is said to be a caravan, he doesn't believe it if he is killed, and he is panicked if he uses such a big ship to transport goods? didn't have to think about it, stood up and went to touch his hat, "Go and tell Gao Xiren to quickly lead the troops to the dock, this king wants to see who dares to come to Nanpu to spread wilderness." ”

Gao Xiren is the younger brother of the same clan of the Gao Lord, known as the No. 1 henchman under the Gao Lord, the Gao Brothers led the so-called Nanpu army to the dock, looking south, only to see that at this time there was a fleet, the empty dock docked on the water surface of the boundless fleet, originally thought Cui Mazi was talking nonsense, but after seeing the scene on the water, he could only say that he had seen too little, many big boats, those small wooden boats were hiding under the giant ship, like a group of trembling ants, and there were two flags hanging on the dragon boat at the front, It looks like Chinese characters, but it's a pity that the tall man has no culture and can't read and write, so he can only blink and drag his dog-headed military advisor over, "Hey, take a good look, what is written on the flag?" ”

The dog-headed military advisor squinted his eyes and looked at it vigorously, looked at it for a long time, and said in a trembling voice, "King, the 'Dingguo Army' and 'Great Song Regent' written on it!"

Dingguo Army? What's that? Lord Gao really doesn't know what the Dingguo Army is, but he understands the words Da Song, the regent of the Great Song Dynasty, how big an official this is, just by sounding like a cow. The tall man touched his fat face and swallowed his saliva, but he really didn't want to accept his fate, so he mustered up the courage to stand forward, pulled out his steel knife and said angrily, "Wait for the king of the Heavenly Empire, Wendebu is in the world, why did you come to my Nanpu today?" Although I don't have many Nanpu boys, I'm not so easy to bully? ”

On the bow of the boat, a heroic man wearing a cloak, a golden brocade dragon robe, and a crown like jade stood and looked, who else could this person be besides Zhao Yougong? His Royal Highness Zhao couldn't understand Goryeo, but an official from the Jingshi University Hall who was proficient in Goryeo translated, "Your Highness, it seems that the Goryeo official doesn't welcome us, and he wants to compete with the soldiers and horses in His Highness's hands." ”

Zhao Yougong was stunned when he heard this, and then he was surprised, "Tut, I didn't expect this fat man to have a little courage, since he wants to fight, then fight, tell Fan Xin, fire two shots!" ”

At the sound of an order, the flag bearer waved the flag, and the tall man stood on the shore, looking confused, is it fun for the person at the bow of the boat to wave the small red flag? Soon the tall man didn't think it was funny, I saw two big ships sailing out of the fleet, there were strange things on the bow, I don't like to see you understand what's going on, two black things flew out of the bow of the ship, and then the place near the dock near the shore rumbled twice, the sound was so loud, like thunder, and with a splash of water, when the splash fell, the wooden boat docked nearby had already become sparse.

Lord Gao was completely shocked, he had never seen this kind of thing in his life, the power was too damn big, swallowing saliva, and then Lord Gao did something that made people stunned, he threw the steel knife, lifted the front swing, knelt down with a thud, and slammed his forehead to the ground, and then stopped getting up.

"The great king of the Celestial Empire is willing to live on the left and right, and serve in the morning and evening"

Well, Master Gao was righteous and awe-inspiring before, but now he has become like this, and he changes his face so quickly that he is caught off guard! (To be continued.) )