Chapter 373 Rush to Jeju Island
Jeju Island is located on the southern coast of Goryeo and is regarded as the largest island in Goryeo. However, due to the lack of wars all year round, there are only 800 guards on the island at this moment.
"Order brothers to fight quickly. This is just our first stop and will be our logistics base in the future."
Zheng Zhilong said with a telescope. At this moment, he could see clearly the situation on the island, and many defenders were extremely panicked.
"Do you want to be polite first and then soldiers? After all, we are different from them. They are our foreign countries."
Li Zhongming, deputy envoy of the Lifan Yuan who followed the court, said that after all, they came here to educate the Goryeo Kingdom.
"Mr. Li must have never been on the battlefield, right?"
Zheng Zhilong never looked up to these civil servants.
"Why did Lord Zheng say this?"
Li Zhongming's thoughts were a bit conservative, and he always believed that we were the country of Goryeo, the country of the Celestial Empire, and in the past we were our vassal state.
If the matter can be resolved through negotiation, try not to have disputes, as it stands opposite to these generals. To put it bluntly, it is the matter of the pro-war faction and the pro-polis faction.
As soon as Li Zhongming finished speaking, he felt the hull shaking. It turned out that Zheng Zhilong waved his own flag, and several nearby warships fired at the same time.
"Mr. Zheng, you..."
"Mr. Li, please stand firm. Did Lord Li forget about the words of His Royal Highness? We must use cannons to gain a broader living space for the people of the Ming Dynasty. This is to reflect the original intention of His Royal Highness. People and wars are everywhere, and to protect Lord Li from his safety, send Lord Li back to the cabin."
Before Li Zhongming could say anything, two big waisted guards came from left and right, and one by one, he brought Lord Li into the cabin.
What a silly person?
You also need to be polite and then soldiers. When they killed and robbed people on the land of Ming Dynasty, did they give you polite and then soldiers?
"Report to the Lord, a total of 172 shells were fired, 120 hit the target, and the rest were off the target, and it was wrong, to hit the target."
An officer under his command ran and said, "I'm used to training when I'm usually used to it, but I think it's no longer training, so there is no off-target."
"A group of useless things, those who hit the target will be rewarded with one or two silver taels each. Those who don't hit the target will not have dinner tonight."
Obviously, Zheng Zhilong was not satisfied with this result.
"Prepare for the second round of artillery fire."
The messengers on the ship began to issue orders, and they relied more on flags and uttered orders at sea.
Fortunately, some soldiers have equipped telescopes here, and they are all looking for people with better eyesight.
So the transmission of this order is still very good, at least much stronger than the navy in other countries in this era.
"Sir, I'm afraid you won't need it anymore. Look at the shore, you've knelt down and kowtow, so let's not waste shells."
Zheng Zhilong observed the situation on the high ground on the island, so he did not observe these people on the shore. He saw that many Goryeo soldiers kneeled down and surrendered on the shore. There was indeed no need for a second round of artillery bombardment.
Is this over?
After hearing the orders of combat were lifted, some of the soldiers in the cabin felt that they were not satisfied yet. Why did they end up?
But when they borrowed a telescope to observe the situation on the shore, they understood why there was no need for a second round of artillery bombardment.
During the attack just now, some of the building facilities on the island were blown up. As for the intercepting items they built on the shore, I had long known where to fly. After all, their defense was too weak and our attack was too strong.
"Go to the island in three ways, and then build a logistics base. The rest of the fleet will not stop and continue to move north."
Two hours later, Zheng Zhilong issued a new order, just such a small island, with only a few thousand people on it.
Such a small place would never be able to trip up such a large fleet, and we came here to conquer the Kingdom of Goryeo, not such a small island.
To put it bluntly, Zheng Zhilong now doesn’t like this broken place.
Although the coastal defense of Goryeo was of no use, these defenders still played their final role, which was to convey the news of the arrival of the Ming fleet to the capital of Goryeo.
Is this coming?
Is this the style of doing things in the Ming Dynasty?
The dignitaries and nobles in the capital of Goryeo were stunned. According to their understanding of the Ming Dynasty, even if they did something wrong, they would send envoys to scold them first.
Then we will use force, but why is the link of sending envoys omitted?
Jeju Island was occupied...
What's next?
At this moment, the entire Goryeo Kingdom was in chaos, and no one knew how to deal with the things in front of him. Some people said that they would surrender quickly to the Ming Dynasty and that they would not anger these people, and some said that they would immediately ask for help from the Qing Dynasty.
But no matter what they say, the people in Goryeo cannot make decisions, and they must rely on others.
In fact, this is the sorrow of a small country. If they had enough strength, why would they hand over their destiny to others?
Goryeo Royal Palace.
The kings and ministers of the Goryeo Kingdom gathered here in a hurry. According to their previous ideas, at least they had to have a certain buffer time.
Who knew that the Ming Fleet was here, and without any written notice, the two sides had already started fighting.
Of course, saying this is a bit of a gift to Goryeo. If you want to tell the truth, it would be a unilateral and passive beating.
"You guys talk about it. Are you very good at speaking in normal times? Are you all mute now? At the beginning, I said not to send troops there. You had to listen. Just thinking about the wealth of the Central Plains. Now, it's better. I didn't get a copper plate back for me, but I lost more than 10,000 people. Now they have hit the door."
Facing a group of ministers under his command, the King of Goryeo wanted to cut them with a knife.
The ministers under his command also lowered their heads and didn't say anything, but they were not convinced. Didn't you also want to take the opportunity to make a fortune when sending troops to the Central Plains? Now that something has happened, we blame everything for us.
"Kimbalang, you are the prime minister, you said."
Seeing that no one said anything, the King of Goryeo could only name the name.
I said? What can I say?
As the Prime Minister, Kimbalang doesn't know what to do now.
It is hard to cook without rice. Just because of our dozen broken ships, can we want to intercept others? The defenders of Jeju Island seem to have not intercepted them for an hour...
Chapter completed!