"General, we found it." Meng Huaien came over holding a thick booklet.
Hu Dinggui said happily: "Sir, your hard work has done a great job. Please take a seat."
Meng Huaien presented the booklet, and Hu Dinggui handed it to the people around him.
The man next to him is called Wang Yaochen, a missionary officer in the army, who is equivalent to the political commissar assigned to Hu Dinggui.
"It's actually Chinese characters?" Wang Yaochen was a little surprised when he got the booklet.
Meng Huaien said: "The official documents and books of the Korean government are all written in Chinese characters."
This is the general household registration register of the entire Jeju Island. There are several types of household registrations, including military households, civilian households, craftsman households, etc.
Wang Yaochen smiled and said: "There are quite a lot of people. There are 8,849 households in total, nearly 50,000 people in total. Among them, there are 2,500 military households. They are similar to the Ming Dynasty's guard system, but there are very few who grow grain, and most of them make a living by grazing cattle and horses.
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Jeju Island is really quite big, about one-nineteenth of the area of Hainan Island.
Li Hui, the deposed leader of North Korea, was called over to discuss matters together.
Li Hui was a very complicated king, perhaps violent, but definitely not stupid.
When Japan invaded Korea, the Korean king chose to run away and threw his second son, Li Hui, out to fight against Japan.
Although the seventeen-year-old Li Huan was pushed out of the market, his performance was still remarkable. He was ordered to act as an agent for state affairs, and personally went to the front line to pacify the army, gathered the army and volunteers, and notified the army of the whole country. This led to the establishment of the Anti-Japanese General Assembly in North Korea.
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The reason why this thing was abolished was purely due to party strife.
In order to facilitate understanding, let us use a very inappropriate metaphor. It is as if Chongzhen, who was still just a prince, led troops into the palace with the Donglin Party and overthrew Emperor Tianqi and the Eunuch Party.
"General, many sinners have been exiled on Jeju Island, and they have long been dissatisfied with the puppet king of North Korea," Li Hui said. "As long as the king stands up, the people will respond."
"Okay, let's do it like this!" Hu Dinggui said with a smile.
Li Hui was very well controlled. He was almost completely blind and could only vaguely see things at close range. Because he could not see clearly, he had misunderstood the situation before. It was not until he heard Hu Dinggui talking that he realized that they were not King Qin's troops from North Korea.
Hu Dinggui and Wang Yaochen discussed it and found silk clothes to put on Li Hui, so that he would at least look like a king.
More than a dozen captured North Korean officials were brought in to see them.
"You bastard, you still don't show allegiance to the leader of North Korea!" Meng Huaien shouted in Korean.
These officials were afraid of being killed and quickly kowtowed to Li Hui: "Kowtow to His Majesty the Lord!"
When asked for information, all these ten North Korean officials were granted official posts and made wishes. Two of them were awarded Daejing County Supervisor and Jingui County Supervisor, which is equivalent to the two county magistrates on Jeju Island.
As for Hu Dinggui, he was named Jeju Pastor and the highest military and political leader of Jeju Island.
Immediately, these North Korean officials, escorted by Datong soldiers, went to surrounding settlements to preach the policy: as long as they were loyal to the country's leader Li Hui, all tribute taxes would be reduced by 10%.
After hearing about Li Hui's "reset", many exiles in recent years came to pay their allegiance, and they wanted to follow him back to their homeland.
In addition to the three major towns (Jeju Muchong, Daejeong County, and Jeongui County), there are twelve settlements on the island, which can be understood as villages.
Li Hengzhong rode straight to Dajing County and ordered the county supervisor to summon the army immediately. At the same time, he also sent an order to Jingyi County to gather troops.
In a few days, more than 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry were gathered.
Nine thousand troops counterattacked, with cavalry accounting for about 40%.
"General, the pseudo-shepherd envoys are here to kill!" North Korean officials came to report in panic.
Hu Dinggui and Wang Yaochen immediately gathered their troops and led the Korean servants to occupy the city to attack.
At this time, the enemy's strength increased again. Two or three nearby villages, after surrendering to Li Hui, saw that Li Hengzhong's strength was strong, and immediately defected and defected to him.
Although Li Hui was blind and could not see, he could still hear the roar of the cavalry, and said in panic: "The general has a warship, why not avoid its sharp edge first, and wait until more troops are gathered to fight back to the island!"
"Shut up!"
Hu Dinggui looked at the thousands of enemy troops in the distance and sighed: "It's a pity that there are so many war horses."
We can definitely win the battle. The North Korean army only has a small amount of leather armor, bows and arrows, and most of them are no different from ordinary farmers and herdsmen.
There are said to be thousands of cavalry, but in fact most of them are just herdsmen on horseback.
"Attack the city!" Li Hengzhong shouted.
More than 5,000 Jeju Island infantrymen, armed with various weapons, rushed towards Jeju Muchong.
Wang Yaochen reminded: "Let the Korean soldiers retreat, otherwise something big will happen!"
Hu Dinggui looked back and saw that the hundreds of North Korean servants had turned pale with fear and were probably about to surrender as soon as they were opened.
Hu Dinggui quickly said to Li Hui: "Master, take your troops and return to the center of the city immediately!"
When Li Hui heard the translation, he was relieved and asked his servants to help him lead the troops to retreat.
The city wall of Jeju Mucheng is made of wood and is just a wooden fence.
Hu Dinggui had a thousand troops in hand, and borrowed several hundred sailors from the Zheng family to disperse them to defend various key points.
"Bang bang bang!"
The Zheng family sailors fired first, but because the distance was too far, they only killed and wounded a few enemies.
Hu Dinggui had a thousand soldiers, 500 of whom were fire musketeers.
He gathered the firecrackers and divided them into two groups to defend the key points, and ordered that no shots were allowed within thirty steps.
Li Hengzhong rode his horse forward for more than ten steps, showing that he was confident.
He has already found out clearly that the Ming army that invaded Jeju Island only numbered more than a thousand people. With nearly ten thousand people in his own hands, including a large number of cavalry, he would definitely be able to wipe out all the invaders.
There are only nearly 50,000 people on the island (excluding children), but this guy has recruited nearly 10,000 people, and he has recruited boys aged 13 or 14 to fight.
What kind of battle can be fought?
"Bang bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
At a very close range of more than 20 steps, 125 fire cannons were fired, and then another 125 fire cannons were fired.
Yanagisawa is sixteen years old this year. He comes from a family of Korean officials. Not only has he studied the Four Books and Five Classics, but he also knows how to speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin.
He and the male members of his family were exiled to Jeju Island, while the whereabouts of his female family members are unknown.
At this moment, he charged with a wooden stick.
Rushing, there was a sudden loud noise, and then another loud noise.
Yanagisawa looked around and found that there were only a few people standing around him. There were more than 500 people in the stormtrooper he was in. There was a gap in the middle, and there were only about a hundred people left on each side.
"Run away!"
Not only did this group of stormtroopers collapse, but the stormtroopers next to them also fled.
They have never experienced war or formal military training, so how can they dare to face a close-range volley of muskets?
"Bang bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
At another defensive point, another two rounds of volleys were fired. The defeated troops ran back indiscriminately and broke the friendly formations. More than 5,000 Korean infantrymen were completely routed.
Li Hengzhong led the cavalry to suppress it, drove the infantry to regroup, and angrily said: "It takes time to reload the enemy's muskets. When the muskets are fired, don't run away, but take the opportunity to knock down the city wall! Hurry up, wait for the enemy's muskets to fire."
Finished, go and capture the city wall immediately!"
After another half hour, there were still more than 4,000 North Korean infantrymen, and they charged toward the city wall again in fear.
In fact, it was more than 4,000 civilians who attacked the wooden fence with simple weapons.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
There was another volley, and even the Zheng family sailors learned how to do it.
The Zheng family sailors were nervous before, but now they are very calm. They put the enemy close before firing.
More than 4,000 North Korean soldiers once again staged an army rout. The casualties caused by their own trampling and the casualties caused by the North Korean cavalry even exceeded the losses caused by musket fire.
Facing the wooden fence city, more than 3,000 North Korean cavalry can only be used as a supervisory team. They can't ride horses to hit the wall, right?
These cavalrymen did not kill a single enemy, but instead killed hundreds of fleeing friendly troops.
The North Korean infantry were so miserable. They were shot and killed by Datong soldiers when they rushed forward, and were intercepted and killed by North Korean cavalry when they fled back.
Yanagisawa was forced to continue charging. This boy was lucky. His father and brother were all dead, but he was not injured. His brother was killed by the muskets of the Datong Army, and his father was hacked to death by the Korean cavalry. Who should he seek revenge from?
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All the hatred was placed on the king of Korea, and his whole family was exiled by the king!
Seeing that he was approaching again, Yanagisawa suddenly shouted: "Listen to me, shout with me, put down your weapons, and surrender to the Heavenly Soldiers!"
Several people around Yanagisawa hurriedly shouted together in order to survive.
One by one, more and more people were shouting, weapons were scattered all over the ground, and they were running towards the city wall with empty hands.
Yanagisawa raised his hands and shouted in Ming Dynasty Mandarin: "We surrender, don't use guns. We surrender..."
There was too much noise on the battlefield and it was impossible to hear clearly, but Hu Dinggui could already understand their actions of throwing away their weapons.
"Don't fire the muskets, wait for them to come over. The firecrackers will be transferred elsewhere, and the long gunmen will come over to prevent accidents!" Hu Dinggui immediately ordered.
These North Korean infantrymen rushed outside the wooden fence. Hu Dinggui immediately ordered: "Long gunners, raise your guns!" and shouted to the enemy, "Squat down and don't move!"
The North Korean infantry tried to climb over the wooden wall, but the spearmen immediately stabbed them, killing more than 20 people in a row.
Yanagisawa was so frightened that he squatted down and shouted: "Squat down, everyone, don't rush!"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Gunfire was fired again somewhere nearby, and a large number of Korean infantry collapsed. Yanagisawa squatted down and begged for mercy.
Dajing County Supervisor Jin Guorui rode to Li Hengzhong and said, "Master Shepherd, we can't fight like this anymore. It's impossible to take back the city."
Li Hengzhong said: "It will definitely be possible to kill a few more times. It doesn't matter if all these untouchables die, just ask the king to exile the prisoners to make up for it. Our naval army has been lost, and we cannot let the enemy gain a foothold. We must attack Jeju Mu in one go."
Take the city!"
"You can't take it!" Jin Guorui advised.
"If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you," Li Hengzhong ordered. "If you charge again, whoever rushes into the walled city first will be exempted from paying tribute for six years!"
This time there were only 4,000 men left to charge. Seeing this, Yanagisawa led the people around him: "Drop your weapons and surrender outside the city wall!"
"Drop your weapons and surrender outside the city walls!"
Amidst the constant shouting, several nearby charging troops threw away their weapons and rushed over, then squatted outside the wooden fence and begged for mercy.
Just like a virus spreading, all four thousand North Korean infantrymen surrendered one after another.
Li Hengzhong was furious: "These bastards are indeed the descendants of the guilty people, and none of them are loyal to the king!"
