In the distance, soldiers were talking and laughing faintly, occasionally mixed with a few tinkling sounds. That was something being hammered in Tang Ruowang's workshop. Closer, there were slight and neat footsteps, and that was beside Jiang Wan.
The bodyguards were patrolling nearby.
This is Iron Mountain Castle in North Korea.
Jiang Wan looked at Jiang Yanran in a daze, who was showing off her merits, but still felt that everything in front of her was not real.
Has this girl found the right way to open up her life? Or is it that in this book, she is the protagonist in the first half, but the protagonist in the second half is actually this girl?
War to plunder wealth and achieve hegemony are indeed the ambitions a time traveler should have, but have you understood that you are a girl and it is hard to find a peaceful and prosperous environment. Are you not used to living such a stable life?
Jiang Wan gave Jiang Yanran a complicated look and said nothing.
Yes, every time traveler should not underestimate her. Perhaps, this girl has been underestimated all along.
"Most of them are mercenaries recruited from Haojing'ao. I don't know why you gave up Haojing'ao, a treasure trove of mercenaries, and went to North Korea to recruit. In Haojing'ao, as long as I stand up and shout,
There are many people who are willing to take risks with me..."
"Because it's close!"
Jiang Wan glanced at her angrily: "How far are Busan and Nagasaki from Phi Island, and how far is Haojing'ao from Phi Island? Didn't you have any idea when you came here?"
"Oh, if that makes sense, then in the future, Hao Jing'ao will be left to me. I am the Sihai Trading Company. No, it will be called the Sihai Company in the future, just like the East India Company. If we
You don’t even have any decent armed forces, how can you get along in front of this group of bumpkins..."
"Tell me about the second regiment of your four naval regiments!"
Jiang Wan said somewhat awkwardly: "How many people did you bring? Can these people be used? Also, how did you get the ship you came with?"
"There are more than two hundred people, and the boat is our own. I took them to Ryukyu!" Jiang Yanran said with a smile: "It seems they can fight well..."
"Wait a minute..." Jiang Wan frowned: "More than two hundred people are listening to you, and they are so obedient?"
"Of course there are those who look down on me, and there are those who see me as having too many people and want to usurp the throne. When we were in Ryukyu, there were even a few guys who wanted to seize the ship and kidnap all of me!"
Jiang Yanran pursed her lips and smiled: "They are all dead!"
Oh! That’s right!
Jiang Wan patted her forehead gently. She almost forgot that Jiang Yanran was not a delicate young lady. Even if she was a delicate girl before time travel, during the year she stayed in Luochuan, she
She has seen too many tragedies in the world, and things like death are probably very common in her mind.
To be honest, after thinking about this, Jiang Wan felt that he shouldn't be surprised that Jiang Yanran just said that she ate those guys with backbones on the back of their heads.
"Is there any problem?" Jiang Yanran asked, tilting her head.
"No problem, you continue!" Jiang Wan waved her hands a little tiredly.
"Later, I didn't ask for some manpower from the Beijing Head Office. With their help, no one would have any objections. However, these guys are not fuel-efficient lamps. If we don't let him really see our strength, he will still think about it in the future.
Thinking about my little possessions!"
He spread his hands: "So, I took them to Pidao to have a look. I originally planned to shock them, but when I heard the news that you were in North Korea, I rushed here!"
Still a bunch of rabble!
Jiang Wan nodded inwardly. I'm afraid they weren't even pirates, they were just a group of stragglers that Jiang Yanran was struggling with. However, they were still quite powerful in Hao Jing'ao.
"The ships were the two merchant ships I rented at the beginning. But after we came back from Ryukyu, we had our own ship. But it's not as good as Shopkeeper Fan's Luochuan. Well, I will have to think of something later.
, let’s see if we can knock out a gunboat from the Portuguese to be my flagship!”
"There are more than two thousand Tatars!"
As Jiang Wan spoke, she pulled the map in front of her and showed it to Jiang Yanran. Jiang Yanran pursed her lips and smiled. Seeing that Jiang Wan no longer struggled with the matter, she knew that Jiang Wan acquiesced to it.
"There are nearly 2,000 Li Zicheng and his troops in Pyongyang City, as well as some private troops from large local families. The two armies are now confronting each other outside the city. Judging from the battle reports sent, the two armies have already fought against each other outside the city. The latest battle situation is unknown!"
Jiang Yanran looked at the map and suddenly laughed.
"Why are you laughing?" Jiang Wan looked at her displeased. Normally, it would be fine to be a bit extravagant, but this matter of marching and fighting would be a bit of a joke if faced with this attitude.
"I don't want to laugh at you, brother!" Jiang Yanran waved her hand: "I suddenly remembered a joke..."
Seeing that Jiang Wan had no intention of interrupting her, she said with a smile: "That is to say, during the Warring States Period, when the Japanese were fighting for hundreds of years, some people later commented that regardless of whether the Japanese attacked one country today, they would attack another country tomorrow.
The defense, when you open it up, it’s just two village chiefs and their people fighting in a group!"
"I think this matter is quite similar to what happened with the Japanese!" She suppressed her smile: "The Tatars with two to three thousand people want to attack the city, and there are only two to three thousand people in the city to defend it. If it weren't for brother
When I said this was Pyongyang City, I thought which county town it was from!"
"The fighting power of the Tatars is not comparable to that of the Japanese!" Jiang Wan pondered for a moment: "There is a saying that if the Jurchens are not equal to ten thousand, they will not be the enemy if they are ten thousand. If the Tatars of this size enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will also be the enemy.
Tens of thousands of heavy troops were mobilized to pursue and intercept them!"
"Well, what I said makes sense!" Jiang Yanran's smile faded, but she didn't know what she was thinking, and she became much more serious.
"But you are right. A big city like Pyongyang cannot be captured with just two to three thousand cavalry!" Jiang Wan said, "And even if it is captured, the Tatars will have to pay a lot of effort.
At the price, Li Zicheng has three hundred households of firecrackers. If it is a field battle, these firecrackers may have limited results. However, if they are defending the city and waiting condescendingly for the cavalry who have given up their horses to attack the city..."
"The Tatars are not that stupid!" Jiang Yanran frowned: "Either they have a back-up plan, or they will give up!"
"I don't know if there are any back-ups. The news from Pyongyang has been cut off. The manpower here in Tieshan City is limited. The scouts sent out to investigate the battle situation have not returned yet!" Jiang Wan said: "What I am most worried about now is the Tatars.
I can turn my troops around and attack Iron Mountain City directly. This may not be possible, but it still exists. Whether it’s Pyongyang or Iron Mountain City, I can’t lose it!”