Chapter 420 Return to Daming
Zhou Xian returned all members of the Korean royal family outside Seoul. After the handover of the matter was completed, North Korea King Lee Nai returned to the Seoul Royal Palace. His health has always been poor, and this time he was too frightened, which made him even more sick. Looking at his appearance, Zhou Xian felt that he should not have lived for a few years.
Cui Mingji sent Zhou Xian to the Han River Ferry, from which he could take a boat to Jianghua Island. The sinking vein flies with Zhou Xian and wait until the navy handed over there before returning. In addition to him, there were also Korean ministers such as Kim Sang-hen and Lin Qingye. There were not many people, but there were nearly thirty people, and they brought their families with them about one hundred.
The 300 shipbuilders and their families were taken by Gao Yi and went by land. Huang Fei and Han Kuo had already led the fleet to wait on Ganghua Island. At that time, as long as you board Ganghua Island and bring the North Korean navy back to Denglai, your trip would be over perfectly.
Cui Mingji sent Zhou Xian onto the boat and bowed slightly and said, "Zhou Junmen, I wish you a smooth journey. I hope that in the future, the Ming Dynasty can completely defeat the Qing Dynasty and let our North Korea return to the Ming Dynasty's fatherland."
Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, Lord Cui, there will be a day. After this, the Qing Dynasty will definitely continue to offend North Korea. Have you thought about how to deal with it?"
Cui Mingji sighed softly and said, "I haven't thought about it yet, but there is always a solution. As long as the Qing Dynasty does not fully understand the two hidden agreements signed by our country and the Ming Dynasty, we can tell the Qing Dynasty that everything was forced by the Ming Dynasty. Now the Qing Dynasty is working hard to deal with the war against the Ming Dynasty, and it should be too embarrassing to us."
Zhou Xian smiled and said, "I can help you with this matter a little." After that, Zhou Xian took out a confession from his arms and handed it to him.
Cui Mingji took it and took a brief look. One was a letter of help from Meng Xiongchen to his father, which suggested that Zhou Xian ask the other party to exchange his own life for fifty Qing soldiers' heads; the other was a reply from Meng Qiaofang, which stated that he was willing to exchange 30,000 taels of silver for his son's life. Cui Mingji could not see the connection between this. He looked at Zhou Xian in confusion and asked, "Zhou Junmen, this is..."
"These two letters are enough to prove that Meng Qiaofang himself had contact with our army, and this connection was made privately by him from the Jurchens. If Lord Cui handed over these two evidences to the Qing Dynasty and told them that our army could successfully attack Yingyierdai. It was because in order to rescue his son, Meng Qiaofang privately provided us with the route, troops, and other details about Yingyierdai's envoyment to North Korea. In this way, the Qing Dynasty might not think that North Korea betrayed them, and blamed the main crime on Meng Qiaofang. At that time, your responsibility will be greatly reduced."
Cui Mingji pondered for a moment and said suspiciously: "Zhou Junmen, who is this Meng Qiaofang? Is his identity enough to attract attention from the Qing Dynasty?"
"He is currently serving as the Han army's Zhenghong, and the two flags of the inlaid red are enough. I think it should be enough."
Cui Mingji nodded softly, was silent for a while, and said to Zhou Xian with a smile on his face: "Zhou Junmen, can I ask, is it really provided to you by Meng Qiaofang?"
Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Cui thinks!"
Cui Mingji smiled and said, "I'm just curious about the sucker Meng Qiaofang. What kind of expression would it look like if he learned that these two casual letters would cost him his life?"
Zhou Xian patted his hands gently and said, "I don't know, but it shouldn't be too good. By the way, Lord Cui, my subordinate Li Xiong will stay in North Korea to collect intelligence, and I hope you can provide some convenience."
"This is easy to say, I will do my best to help."
Ganghua Island is located a hundred miles northwest of Seoul. It set off from the Han River Ferry. It took only two days to reach it. It is backed by the Yellow Sea, with complex hydrological conditions, large tide drops, and many reefs, standing very well on defense. When Bingzi was in chaos, the King of Korea thought that there was no naval army in the Qing Dynasty, so he sent the princess, princes and ministers' wives to the island for refuge, and he led all civil and military officials to retreat to the Nanhan Mountain City to wait for various troops to serve the royal army. But he never thought that under the leadership of the local Koreans, the Qing army successfully raided Ganghua Island and captured nearly 100 Korean royal families, which also became a fuse for Li Guiqiuhe.
Due to its good hydrological conditions and its vast territory, Ganghwa Island has always been the site of the Korean Navy. It has nearly 5,000 troops stationed, more than 100 ships, and various facilities are also very complete. However, the Korean Navy is generally used to defend against foreign enemies. Compared with the tallness of the Ming sea ships, they are much smaller. However, the wood used to build ships has been soaked for many years and can be forbidden to long-distance raids at sea.
After Zhou Xian actually arrived at Jianghua Island, he realized that he was really big this time. Five thousand water soldiers, nearly 100 ships that can be directly put into shipping, and all kinds of equipment used for water warfare should be equipped.
Shen Qiyuan shook his head helplessly, and his heart was bleeding. These were all the North Koreans' own army. He sighed humiliatedly and said to Zhou Xian: "The Zhou army gate, these ships, and these soldiers are all handed over to you now. I hope you will not treat these soldiers like prisoners."
Zhou Xian smiled slightly and said, "General Shen was joking. My Ming Dynasty was not the Qing Dynasty, but the real sect leader of North Korea. After going to Denglai, the treatment these soldiers enjoyed was exactly the same as that of our Ming soldiers. When they completely suppressed the rebellion of the Qing Dynasty in the future, whether they return to North Korea or continue to stay in the Ming Dynasty will be decided by themselves."
Shen Qiyuan nodded slightly and turned to Lin Qingye who was standing next to Zhou Xian and said, "Ying Bo, I will send someone to take care of your family, you don't have to worry. Since I chose to go to the Ming Dynasty, I will work there. Let others know that not everyone in North Korea is cowardly and incompetent." Shen Qiyuan was full of resentment towards Li Jue and involuntarily expressed his feelings.
Lin Qingye bowed and said, "Please rest assured General Shen, Lin will definitely not insult our country."
"General Shen, General Lin, I think you should have a lot to say. I still have some things to deal with, so I won't stay here with you." Zhou Xian bowed to the two of them and turned around and left.
The sank looked at Zhou Xian leaving from afar and whispered to Lin Qingye: "Yingbo, I am at home and you are abroad. When necessary, you must seize military power. When the time is right, you will rebuild our North Korea in one fell swoop."
"General Chen, do you want to..."
"Now is not the most suitable time. When I have the opportunity in the future, I will send someone to contact you."
Chapter completed!