Chapter 864: Mercenaries

A cold wind blew, and Ye Qingyun couldn't help but tighten the clothes on his body. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

A few days ago, a roar came from the north, and it seemed that Goryeo had entered winter overnight.

"Commander Ye, Lee Sung-jae is going well, now they have controlled twenty-seven cities in South Goryeo, and now there is only one Busan City left.

"Busan City?" Ye Qingyun looked at the sand table on the table, which had just been created by someone sent by the General Staff.

From this sand table, he can see the situation of the whole island of Goryeo.

Qu Dong nodded, "There is a kettle-shaped mountain behind Busan City, and this city is named for this reason, in addition, according to the order of the General Staff, we will build a dual-use dock in Busan, so that the navy can go directly to the Wa Kingdom from Busan City, so as to control the maritime frontier of the Wa Kingdom." ”

Ye Qingyun nodded, "The emperor once said that this place is very suitable for building a deep-water port, so is there any difficulty for Li Cheng to take Busan now?" ”

"Like Suwon Castle, the Wa Kingdom attaches great importance to Busan Castle, and compared with Suwon Castle, this Busan City Wa Kingdom has been in business for a longer time, and there are a large number of Wa soldiers in the city, which can be described as a strong city." Qu Dong said.

The cold winter is about to begin, and for Ye Qingyun, he doesn't want to continue fighting in the winter, he said: "Busan City is now the only stronghold of the Wa Kingdom in Goryeo, as long as this place is removed, the Wa Kingdom will be completely driven out of Goryeo by us, in order to keep this place, the Wa State will definitely do its best." ”

After a pause, he continued: "It is estimated that it will be difficult to rely on Li Cheng to take this city, since the emperor wants this city, we will directly send troops to Busan City, so that we can end the war before the cold winter comes, and at the same time, it is logical to occupy this city."

"Yes, Commander Ye." Qu Dong agreed with Ye Qingyun's approach, the cold winter is a test for both soldiers and equipment.

And because it was so cold, the docks sometimes froze in winter, which was an absolute disaster for the soldiers in Goryeo, because it would mean difficulties in supplies.

After giving the order, Ye Qingyun continued to look at the sand table, and then he planted a dragon flag on the top of Busan City.

On November 27, after an eight-day march, Ye Qingyun led 8,000 soldiers to Pusan to join up with Lee Sung-jae's army.

"Commander Ye, there are no less than the number of Japanese soldiers in this Busan City, and there is also a mercenary army composed of Westerners, they fight fiercely, and their firearms are more advanced than those of the Japanese State."

Seeing Ye Qingyun, Li Cheng trotted all the way to him and vomited bitterness.

"Mercenaries!" Ye Qingyun frowned, he understood that Li Cheng was very worried now, and the loss of the battle made his face gloomy.

But this excuse still annoyed him a little, "There have never been any Western mercenaries in the Wa Kingdom. ”

"Not before, but now there is." Suddenly, a voice came.

Ye Qingyun looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw Wang Xuan walking towards him.

"You, the head of the secret guard, have all appeared here, it seems that Li Chengzai is not lying." Ye Qingyun's brows furrowed even deeper, "Didn't the navy blockade the coast of Goryeo?" How could there be ships coming. ”

Wang Xuan glanced at the city of Pusan, which was built on a hill and faced the sea, with only two sides suitable for siege warfare.

He said: "A warship is just a seed falling into a river to the sea, it is impossible for such a large sea area to be without mistakes, not to mention that the Wa Kingdom is mobilizing sailors to counterattack, Yue Yun can only concentrate on destroying them first." ”

Ye Qingyun spread his hands, "Then let's talk about this mercenary, what is going on with them?" ”

"Edo Kazumei's body has returned to the Wakoku Kingdom, and this incident has shocked the daimyo of the Wakuni Kingdom, especially Yamada, who is now estimated to be driven crazy, because there are already many contradictions between the daimyos." Wang Xuan said: "In fact, Yamada is not a long-standing daimyo of the Wa Kingdom, he was born in a humble background, he used to be a farmer, and then followed the Fujiwara family of the Wa Kingdom to the north of the mountain, and gradually got the respect of the Fujiwara family, and finally relied on the strength of the Fujiwara family to have today's status, but the daimyo of the Wa Kingdom still looked down on him from the heart, and it is for this reason that Yamada's behavior is so extreme." ”

Ye Qingyun said lazily: "I don't care about his past, now he is our enemy, whether he is a daimyo or a peasant, he will have to pay the price now." ”

Wang Xuan shook his head, "As the so-called knowing each other and knowing oneself can win all battles, you are still a reckless man, it is one thing to defeat the Japanese state in Goryeo, but it is another thing to attack the Japanese country itself, and the use of the contradictions between the daimyo is the fundamental to disintegrate the Japanese state, once Yamada Nobunaga loses his prestige, then the Japanese daimyo may continue to fight on their own, and then it will be much easier to open the Japanese market." ”

Ye Qingyun rubbed his head painfully, he and Wang Xuan were already very familiar, and now this secret guard commander was becoming more and more narcissistic, and every time he looked like he was teaching people.

He immediately changed the subject, "Let's talk about the situation in Busan City, what the hell is going on with this mercenary?" ”

"It was recommended to him by the British around Yamada, Edo Kazumei's death caused him a lot of loss of reputation, if he lost Busan again, it would mean the complete failure of his plan to send troops to Goryeo, so now he wants to keep Busan City at all costs, this mercenary with only two thousand people entered the Wa Kingdom at this time, according to our understanding, Western countries use a large number of mercenaries in the process of colonization, which is much more cost-effective than sacrificing their own soldiers."

"Two thousand?" Ye Qingyun's expression relaxed, "Maybe I will be worried about 20,000 people, but 2,000 people are really insignificant." ”

While Ye Qingyun and his party were talking, a tall red-haired Swede on the city wall of Busan was using a telescope to observe the army outside the city.

After learning about the equipment of the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom, he scolded: "This is not a simple army. ”

Beside him was a slightly shorter Englishman with blond hair and a short-barreled musket at his waist and a long sword hanging from his right side.

Taking the tall telescope, he took a closer look and said: "This time our purpose is not to help the Japanese defend the city, but to test the strength of the army of the Great Yu State, and now in order to deal with the threat of this country, the whole of Europe is very nervous. ”

"Those damn nobles should be nervous, there has never been a yellow-skinned country with such strong aggressiveness, Goryeo has now been taken by them, it is estimated that the Wa Kingdom is the next target for them to devour, and then I am afraid that it will be a European colony."