For most of the mercenaries of the Sihai Merchant Group, this is probably the highlight of their lives. Their origins are not glorious, and many of them have even been guest pirates. For them, if they could rob a
The port, that's enough to brag about in the tavern for several years.
Although most of the time, they will be beaten to death by the port defense, and sometimes they will even be chased by the opponent's navy.
Looting an entire country was something they had never thought about, but now it had become a reality in front of them.
A powerful armed fleet, a well-organized mercenary army, and an efficient command system. The result of all these factors added together is that the army of the opposite country is defeated by their offensive, and they are invincible and unstoppable.
If the highest level of the legion had not prohibited them from looting and seizing their own spoils, these mercenaries would have doubted whether the higher-ups were planning to conquer the country.
After conquering two larger cities in succession, the mercenary army stopped. At this time, it was only three days since they disembarked from the Busan port.
In front of them, a huge city appeared, and the Korean soldiers who were once on the verge of collapse were also collected and assembled in this city. It seemed that the Korean royal court finally reacted and organized
A considerable part of the army is preparing to resist this group of "pirates" coming from the sea.
This is Jeonju.
It is only more than 400 miles away from the Royal City of Joseon.
Almost all the troops that can be mobilized in Chungcheong Province and Jeolla Province are gathered in this city at this moment. In Gyeongsang Province, not far away, there are thousands of troops who are rushing here day and night.
However, the pirates were too fast, and they didn't know what they had at first, so the reaction of the North Korean royal court was a little slow.
At this moment, the opponent's goal is very obvious, and they are clearly heading straight for the royal city. So, without further ado, the soldiers and horses of the three southern factions have all gathered in Quanzhou, and they must stop this group of pirates, and
Destroy them all.
After many defeats, the pirates' military strength has been almost fully grasped by the North Korean royal court. The pirates are about two thousand to three thousand people, and the number of North Korean troops gathered in the whole state at this moment has exceeded fifteen thousand.
Although many of them were defeated or routed troops, overall, Park Ji-jee, who was in charge of the military power, was still very confident.
The order from the royal court was for Zuo Shenzheng, who happened to be in Jeonju, to command these three troops. However, in fact, the entire military power was in the hands of Park Zhijie. At this time, even Zuo Shenzheng, who had always cared about power,
Your Excellency, none of you will compete for power with this Confucian scholar who has a huge reputation in the three southern realms and has disciples all over the government and the military.
The struggle for power and profit is something that will happen in the future. Right now, everyone is focused on getting over the current difficulty first.
The pirates began to gather sporadically under Quanzhou City. At first glance, they looked like a ragtag group of people. They even gathered in groups of dozens and dozens of people. There were piles here and there, seemingly without any order.
Park Zhijie thought so at first, but when he sent out nearly 500 men to raid a pirate team of less than 100 people outside the city, not only did he fail to eliminate the pirate team, but instead killed dozens of people.
, the pirates almost followed the retreating soldiers and rushed into the city.
After him, Pu Zhijie, no matter how vulnerable the pirates outside the city seemed, he was determined not to send a single soldier out of the city. He only stationed a large number of soldiers on the city wall and prepared a large number of soldiers to defend the city.
equipment, as if guarding against it.
Many people didn't understand his approach, but in view of his huge prestige, no one dared to question his approach. In the end, it was he, the official who participated in politics in name, Mr. Zuo Shenzheng, who shyly raised different opinions.
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"Mr. Park, are we just going to watch the pirates show off their prowess outside? Our troops are several times more than theirs, and we also have muskets and cannons. Why don't we attack with our entire army and defeat them in one fell swoop!"
"What is the king's order?" Park Zhijie looked down on the leftist political parties. In fact, it was normal for the two to have political disagreements in some aspects!
"Guard the whole state and eliminate the pirates!" Zuo Shenzheng said without hesitation.
"You have to defend the whole state before you can eliminate the pirates!" Park Zhijie said with a slumped face: "You saw the battle a few days ago. So what if our troops and horses were several times that of the pirates? The pirates were brave, but our army suffered heavy casualties. Obviously
The advantage lies with me, but I still suffered a defeat. If the whole army attacks and is defeated again, can the entire state be defended?"
He looked at Zuo Shenzheng: "You are the commander of the three armies. You have the final say. If you insist on sending troops, then send troops!"
"No, no, no, I also think Mr. Park's strategy is excellent. I just want to ask, lest some unscrupulous guys below misunderstand Mr. Park!"
"That's the best thing you can think of!" Pu Zhijie shook his head slightly: "Is there any news from the rebels?"
"General Li Shi fought a battle with the rebels a few days ago and defeated the rebels!" After saying this, Zuo Shenzheng's eyes lit up: "If we also win a battle here, then the situation will basically be stable!"
"I hope so!" Pu Zhijie shook his head slightly, he didn't want to say more to the stupid guy in front of him.
The rebels started from Pyongan Road and Hamgyong Road. However, by coincidence, this powerful group of pirates came from the sea at the same time. Moreover, the goal of both sides was the royal city. If there is no relationship between the two, he simply
If Zhijie dared to take off his own head, he would not believe such nonsense!
The Li family and the Shen family are quite deep in business...
In less than a month, the entire country of three thousand miles was caught in the flames of war. If you think about it carefully, it seems that the culprit was none other than the general Li Shi who was regarded as a powerful minister by the king and supported by the kingdom.
This guy really deserves to die!
There were bursts of noise outside. It was Zuo Shenzheng who came out of his place and was talking triumphantly. Of course, his strategy for defending the city must have become the result of his suggestion in this guy's mouth.
Such.
Pu Zhijie was a little worried. He was confident of holding Quanzhou, but he did not have the confidence to resist and stop these so-called "pirates." Although Quanzhou was the only way to the royal city, it was not the only way.
If the pirates find that they can't conquer Quanzhou, they can completely bypass Quanzhou and rush directly to the royal city.
This is not a battle between two armies. The pirates don't care at all that there is an army behind them to cut off their retreat, and they are not worried about the problem of food and grass as they plunder all the way. They are just a ragtag group, even if they are separated
They, as long as they can escape back to the seaside, get on the boat and sail away.
It turns out that his worries were correct.
When the pirates gathered thousands of people, they tried to attack Quanzhou City. Although there were not many people attacking the city, the entire Quanzhou City seemed to have been stabbed in a hornet's nest. There were heavy cannon fire on the city walls.
Guns were blaring non-stop, and countless soldiers were standing ready (at least it looked like they were standing ready), as if they were going to fight the pirates to the death.
The battle lasted less than half an hour, and the pirates retreated hastily, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses.
The city suddenly burst into cheers, as if they had completely defeated this group of pirates who were said to be extremely ferocious.
An hour later, before nightfall, the pirates outside the city made no secret of their intentions and began to break out of camp in a chaotic manner, as if they had given up on attacking the whole state.
The people in the city were excited, but Pu Zhijie was not happy. The pirates had been raiding for hundreds of miles, but they would not leave because of this small setback. Their breakout at this moment could only mean that they had abandoned Quanzhou and planned to
Went around Jeonju.
"What are you going to fight for? If we can beat them, we won't fight them. If we can't beat them, why are we fighting with them?"
Jiang Yanran was angrily scolding the leader of the second mercenary regiment who came to ask for a fight. This guy named Ander had crippled two squads under the city. He felt that his face was very dull and he was clamoring to attack.
Go to the city and wash this city with blood!
"We are mercenaries. We are playing pirates now. Of course we can attack wherever it is easy. You think you are a general here to capture the city. What do I want with this city? What do I want him to do with this broken city? What do I want him to do with this bastard?"
Is the mountain king?”
"So, eldest sister, are we just here to do one thing and then leave?"
Another regiment commander next to Jiang Yanran came over slyly: "I actually think their army's combat capabilities are not very good. If we give it a good fight, we may not be unable to win!"
"Then what?" Jiang Yanran looked at her subordinates with a cold face.
"Then of course we go into the city and rob, everyone will get rich!" the group leader said matter-of-factly.
"In other cities, you can rush in and rob without killing people. Why do you want to fight with them here? They don't dare to come out to chase us anyway. As long as they come out to chase us, you can fight however you want!"
Jiang Yanran finally understood what the North Koreans were thinking. With the strength of the mercenary group, it was indeed difficult to conquer a city as big as Quanzhou, especially when the Koreans had assembled a large number of troops. However, why did she want to conquer the opponent?
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Jiang Wan's intention was for her to land in North Korea from the sea, march towards the Royal City of North Korea, and make a gesture of attacking the Royal City of North Korea. In the final analysis, it was to create pressure on the Royal Court of North Korea, contain their forces, and attack their forces at the same time.
It’s just about people’s livelihood and military morale.
She felt that this was good, and the country of Korea was not very big for several thousand of her people. Even if they spread out in small groups and wanted to cleanse the cities and towns in the south,
It will also take some time.
If the army she needs to cooperate with is effective, this matter should be over soon!
"So, just think that you are real pirates now. In addition to ordering each group to obey my rules honestly, we will do everything else that pirates should do!"
Jiang Yanran didn't know that under her order, she almost created the "pirate chaos" in Gyeongna, Jeonju, and Chungcheong Province in North Korea that would be hated by Koreans in the future. In the vast territory of Korea, thousands of people
The pirates were like locusts scurrying around, plundering all the wealth they could see.
However, the Korean army that was supposed to resist and expel them huddled in various large and small cities, allowing them to act recklessly outside the cities. There were also hot-blooded and brave Koreans, and they gathered many equally hot-blooded and brave companions.
, launched an attack on the bandits who were plundering their homes.
However, their resistance had no effect at all. At most, it only added one more crime to these pirates. And these pirates were not merciless at all when they killed people. No matter who was killed, they were brave.
Whether they are cowardly, whether they are famous in North Korea, or they are unknown, as long as they stop them from looting wealth, they are all people who can be killed in front of them.
In a place where the North Koreans could not see, cartloads of property were continuously collected and sent to the Busan port. After a brief pause at the port, they were then loaded onto the ship and sent to an unknown location.
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In the three provinces of Korea, there are countless families, large and small, that have gone bankrupt due to the plundering of pirates. If the family's main property is fields and mines, the situation is better. If it is a family whose main property is floating wealth, the situation is better.
, that is almost bankruptcy in place.
Except for the large and small businessmen in Busan Port who were all smiling, almost everyone in this land was wailing.
In Huanghaidao, the coalition forces of the Li family and the Shen family fought several fierce battles with Li Shi's army. Both sides suffered casualties. However, after all, the coalition forces were much larger in number than Li Shi's elite troops. Even if they were
Li Shi also felt that it was too much to bear the loss of three or five men in exchange for one of Li Shi's elite.
In just one month, the more than 12,000 elites under his command shrank to only more than 8,000. Although King Li Zhu added more than 10,000 people to him, these more than 10,000 people were just a make-up.
Yes, no matter in terms of combat power or equipment, not only can they not compare with his elite, but they can't even compare with the rabble of the coalition forces!
Li Shi didn't tell anyone, but he felt really frightened in his heart.
Until now, among the rebels on the opposite side, no one from the Ming Dynasty had appeared. Even so, the rebels still fought vigorously with him, and he knew very well that behind these rebels, there were people from the Ming Dynasty.
Supported.
Even if the Ming Dynasty sends 3,000 men, the stalemate between him and the rebels will have to be broken, and at that time, the winner will definitely not be him, let alone his king!
"Write a letter to the king!" In his camp, he ordered with a sullen face to his confidants: "If the rebellious Shen Quanyi and Li Qianye have not been executed yet, I need these two people and their relatives to be escorted to the army.
Come, I will use them to persuade the rebels on the opposite side to surrender. Even if they are unable to surrender, executing them in front of the battle line will severely dampen the morale of the other side. I beg the king for permission!"