Chapter 182: The Treaty of Jeju
Three armored vehicles occupied the city gate, constantly using 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine guns and 7.62 mm side-by-side machine guns, back and forth, blocking several streets to the death.
More than twenty soldiers of the War Department jumped from three armored vehicles, 8 PK machine gunners, 10 snippers and 10 riflemen, who were tasked with capturing the city and supporting the fighting in the city.
At this time, the daredevils brigade brandished their katanas, roared and rushed into the city gate, and when they saw that the city gate had been controlled, they formed dozens of squads and rushed into the city with riot shields.
The officers and men of the first battalion of the teaching team, who arrived later, also rushed into the city in platoons behind the death brigade. Even the training artillery company dragged in six 70-mm infantry guns. This cannon is very lightweight, and two people can drag it away.
The expected street fighting did not take place, and most of the North Korean soldiers and civilians fled through the North Gate. The soldiers of the War Department who controlled the head of the city did not care, but let them flee from the north gate out of the city.
The siege force met almost no resistance from the formation, except for the Yeosu Castle Guardhouse, which met with fierce resistance and wounded a few samurai of the Death Army. This Wang Yao was so martial that he immediately found two nearby 70mm infantry guns.
Wang Yaowu pointed to the county guard mansion more than 100 meters away, and shouted angrily at the artillery of the two guns: "Bomb me...... It's so that you don't even know him......"
The two-gun artilleryman saw that the battalion commander was furious, and did not dare to slack off, so he immediately set up the artillery, stuffed the shells into the shells, and simply aimed them, and then opened fire. At such a close distance, even a blind person can hit it.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
How could the walls of the county guard house withstand such devastation, and they were directly knocked down. Wang Yaowu was still not satisfied. Keep shouting: "Keep banging me, banging him......"
Two 70-mm infantry guns fired five rounds in succession, blowing up the county guard and many houses collapsed in all directions. Wang Yaowu turned around and shouted coldly to Fujii and a group of daredevils behind him: "Kill it, I don't want to take ...... prisoners."
"Hi...... Hi ......"
A group of daredevils all bowed and saluted. Received the order loudly, and then roared and rushed to the gap in the county guard's mansion. Fujita rushed to the front of the gap and shouted, "Wear a gas mask...... Prepare the gas bomb ......"
After he finished shouting, he and hundreds of daredevils took off their Soviet-style gas masks from behind and put them on their heads, and then he and several daredevils threw gas bullets in different directions.
After waiting for a while, Fujita let out a loud "ah" and rushed into the gunshou mansion brandishing his katana. Immediately afterward, there were bursts of terrible screams from inside.
Zhou Weifan and the others were standing outside Lishui City. Listening to the sound of fighting in the city in the distance, my heart was shocked. Such a big city, it was knocked down in a few clicks, it's too fake.
Zhao Si stared at his red eyes and said in a deep voice, "This battle ...... This battle can still be fought like this. In the past, when attacking such a city, we people would not die hundreds or thousands, and we would not even be able to climb the top of the city, this ...... It's also too ......."
Zhou Weifan also shook his head, and a monstrous wave had already set off in his heart. The strength of these overseas people is too strong, what Houjin Tartar and the border army of the Ming Dynasty will all be defeated when they encounter them.
Zhao Si said self-deprecatingly: "I thought we would be killed soldiers to attack the city, but people still need us to attack the city." It's only been a while, and Lishui City has been taken down. Let's be auxiliaries, and we all eat so well. I also gave you such good clothes and boots. I figured it out, and I'll sell them my life in the future. ”
Zhou Weifan smiled and didn't speak, he just couldn't figure it out, it was said that with such strength, it was okay to sweep the Central Plains. Why hide overseas? Now whether it is Da Ming or Hou Jin, they may not know that there is such a wolf lying next to them.
Since then......
Come to think of it. Zhou Weifan couldn't help but shudder, he didn't dare to think about it anymore. Such strength. It's also a corner of peace, and it doesn't show the mountains and water, and the picture is not small.
Li Ming looked at Lishui City in the distance, and Wang Yaowu's voice came from the earphones: "Report to the commander-in-chief, Lishui City has been controlled by our army, and Lishui City has been controlled by our army......"
Li Ming turned around and shouted to the Liao army ruffians behind him: "You go into the city immediately, and then use the company as a unit to loot the official warehouses, rich households, and shops in the city, and kill them if you encounter resistance." Those who do not listen to orders, kill! Privateers, kill! Whoever commits adultery with a woman, kill! Remember! I only need food, and if anyone delays me from robbing it, I will chop him up. ”
These soldiers and ruffians heard Li Ming's order, and they were surprised, the city has been captured, how can they let the brothers be happy, at least let everyone have some gold and silver.
But they are not qualified to say it, after all, the city was not taken down by them, so everyone should act when the opportunity comes. If you can be smooth, you will be smooth, and if you can't be smooth, you will work honestly.
Zhou Weifan and their company trotted into the city in a queue. The main target in the city had been charged, and his company was assigned to the courtyard of a large Korean household, and when they arrived, a squad of daredevils had just smashed open the gate.
They also rushed into the courtyard with a few fierce and vicious daredevils, and several subordinates of the big Korean families saw them and turned around and wanted to run, but they were immediately killed by several daredevils.
A group of Liao army ruffians saw that these Japanese people were so ferocious, and they also pulled out their waist knives and rushed into the courtyard, going straight to the granary, and as long as they encountered Koreans along the way, they would be killed with a knife. They smashed open the granary, strapped several wagons and horses from large households, and began to load the carts with grain.
Because the grain in the city is relatively scattered, the speed of loading grain is not fast. Although these ruffians are afraid of military regulations, they still keep stealing, and although everyone hasn't made a fortune, they have also made a lot of oil and water.
The company platoon commander of the training battalion also pretended not to see it, and Li Ming had already told these company platoon commanders that as long as it was not too much, he would not care about them, as long as he did not delay his work.
Li Ming did not mean to educate these soldiers and ruffians ideologically, and the discipline of the Ming army was corrupt for many reasons. It is definitely not something that can be reversed overnight. The Military Council doesn't have the time and energy to educate these scumbags.
Although they dared to fight with the Tartars, it was common to rob the people, rape women, and kill good people in the past. Anyway, these Liao army ruffians, don't think about returning to Daming in this life, let's go overseas to harm other peoples.
The entire city of Yeosu was requisitioned for carriages and horses, along with thousands of North Korean civilians and nearly a thousand North Korean prisoners. These Liao soldiers may have been frightened by hunger before. Not only did they grab grain, but they also took away pickle jars, seasonings, soybean jars, sugar, salt, rice wine, white wine, dried fruit preserves, dried cabbage, dried radish, poultry and livestock, bacon, dried scallops, dried sea vegetables, salted fish, dried fish, and even freshly made cakes.
Anyway, nothing was left behind, and even a few dogs from rich families were killed and taken away. These wealthy households, rice shops, and even all the shops along the street such as restaurants in Yeosu City, as long as there is something to eat. None of them escaped the poisonous hands of these ruffians.
As long as there are those who dare to talk nonsense, they will immediately die under the knife of this gang of ruffians. Some fierce Liao soldiers, even as soon as they saw the North Koreans, rushed up and killed them with a knife, and the eyes of the murderer were red.
Zhou Weifan and his company came to a street. Kicked the door of one shop after another, kicked it open and rushed in like a wolf. As soon as Zhou Weifan walked into the courtyard, he saw two North Koreans hiding from Zhao Si's pursuit.
A frightened North Korean ran over at Zhou Weifan, and Zhao Sisi yelled: "Old Zhou, stop him, this guy is the shopkeeper ......"
Zhou Weifan kicked the middle-aged North Korean man to the ground with a fierce kick and stepped on the other party's neck with his foot, and the North Korean roared hoarsely. It's Korean, so I'm begging for mercy.
With a "poof", Zhao Si stabbed the North Korean in the chest. Blood splattered Zhou Weifan's body. Zhao Si ignored the blood stains on the other party's body, rummaged through it with his hands, and pulled out a cloth bag from the back of the North Korean.
"Hey...... I'll just say he has the goods on him. Brother, we are one and a half, and we finally caught a big fish. Haha......"
At this time, the shouts of their platoon commander came from outside: "Hurry up." Whoever grinds any longer, the marching law ......"
When the two heard this, they hurriedly ran into the next room. One of them rushed out of the courtyard with a large pile of things, just as the soldier of the teaching team came over. I saw the North Korean who had just died on the ground. He shook his head and turned to leave.
These soldiers and ruffians plagued Lishui City for two whole days, and they did not even let go of the villages and towns around Lishui City. It's still the same rule, don't move the common people and only copy the rich and shop. Truckloads of grain, truckloads of food in a mess, and herds of large livestock, poultry and livestock were all sent to the port in a steady stream.
Li Ming looked at these things that he pulled back, and could only shake his head with a wry smile. But he did not stop it, and praised the soldiers for this move, promising that after they returned, they would reward the three armies, and let them satisfy their hunger with wine and meat.
The operation not only filled a dozen warships, but also dozens of relatively large North Korean warships that had been captured. Before they left Yeosu City, a torch burned all the remaining military and civilian ships.
Dozens of large and small ships left the port of Yeosu in a mighty manner, stopping as long as they saw North Korean ships along the way, and the big ships took away the small boats and burned them, destroying nearly 100 North Korean ships along the way.
In the following nearly a month, the southern Gyeongsang Province and South Jeolla Province in the south of Korea, including Busan, Ulsan, Geoje and other more than a dozen coastal towns and extremely surrounding areas, were all patronized by the plundering fleet led by Li Ming.
More than 2,000 tons of grain alone were looted, not counting the huge amount of all kinds of messy things, anyway, as long as they were eaten, they were all served in one pot. After they left, many rich families could not buy food for a few days with money, and many restaurants could not open for a month because they ran out of ingredients and seasonings.
Moreover, Li Ming and his men sent 10 Dutch sailing ships and two whaling ships to cruise around the waters south of North Korea, stopped the wooden ships of the DPRK when they saw them, and burned, sank, and captured thousands of DPRK ships of all sizes in the past month.
Taking advantage of the complex terrain along the southern coast of the DPRK and the environmental characteristics of the numerous bays, they chose to guard the outside of several busy bays, whether they were fishing boats, cargo ships, or military vessels, as long as they saw them.
The southern coast of North Korea is really not allowed to go to the sea, but in fact, it is not daring to go into the sea.
In the process of plundering, Li Ming also led his troops to defeat tens of thousands of Korean defenders. All battles are one-touch and crushed. The North Korean troops who came to support them from the north chose to stop where they were.
Gyeongsangnam-do Province organized several groups of volunteers to rush to the southern coast of Korea from all over the country, but as soon as they arrived at the beach, they were killed and injured by a heavy artillery fire, and all the volunteers dispersed in a hurry. In the coastal towns, all the North Koreans left the seashore and fled frantically inland. The whole of Korea was in chaos, and the king of Korea was almost scared to death.
The North Korean authorities really couldn't bear it, so they had to send a ship to Jeju Island again to prepare for negotiations, and Guo Song, who stayed on Jeju Island, did not even see their faces. If you want to negotiate, what did you do earlier, but now it's late.
But the North Korean side couldn't stand it, and sent several messengers one after another, waiting on Jeju Island to negotiate with the Far East Company. The fleet fought for a month, and Li Ming also felt that it was almost over, so in order not to affect the next plan, Li Ming asked Guo Songhui to negotiate with North Korea.
The Far East didn't want ink, and the DPRK couldn't afford to drag it out, so it only took a few days to finish the talks. Guo Song found a copy of the Sino-British "Treaty of Nanjing" in the computer, and then simply revised it and used it directly.
Jeju Treaty of Far East Korea
1. End the war with immediate effect. Relations between the Far Eastern Corporation and North Korea went from a state of war to a state of peace.
2. Five-port trade. The DPRK opened five ports, including Ulsan, Busan, Geoje, Yeosu, and Tongyeong, to allow Far Eastern Company to open shops there, and to allow Far Eastern Company employees and their families to live freely.
3. Indemnity. The DPRK paid a lump sum of 50,000 stone of rice to the Far East Company, and in the future, the DPRK will sell the same amount of rice to the Far East Company at the market price every year.
4. Cutting the land. North Korea ceded Ulleungdo to the Far Eastern Company. Far Eastern Corporation leased Jeju Island in North Korea for 99 years.
5. Tariffs. Far Eastern companies are exempt from tax in trade with North Korea.
6. System. Far Eastern companies were allowed to trade freely with Korean merchants.
The official in charge of the negotiations in North Korea saw that in addition to paying some grain and ceding a dispensable Ulleungdo Island, everything else was said in the past, and it did not exceed the bottom line demanded by the king of North Korea, so he signed the treaty very happily.
The Far East Company did not take this treaty seriously, just to stabilize North Korea, and not let them chirp crookedly in the past few years. In the future, the whole of Korea will become the territory of the Far Eastern Company, who cares about these details. And now that the company is short of food, it is just a matter of trying to blackmail some food, so Guo Song also signed the treaty happily. (To be continued)
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