Chapter 422: The war is about to begin. Destroy the Japanese camp first.
After dawn, a ray of morning light rises from the east.
It is now December, and the weather is cold, and it feels like a knife hitting the face. After Lichi led his troops and ran for two days, he finally returned to Jeonju in the early morning of the third day.
Officials from across the state, under the orders of the King of Korea, had already prepared a large boat for them to cross the sea.
Li Chi returned the horses to the Koreans and boarded the ship to return to Jeju Island.
Jeju Island is less than two hundred miles away from Jeonju, and it only takes half a day by boat. Halfway through the boat ride, Lichi suddenly saw a small boat coming quickly in front of him, flying the Muhu flag.
Li Chi ordered the fleet to stop. After the boat approached, a Mongolian got off the boat, who was the Mongolian scout.
The scout said anxiously: "Chief Lichi, my uncle wants you to return to Goryeo immediately!"
Li Chi asked in surprise: "What?"
The scout said: "Jiangdu Army's fleet has been patrolling around Jeju Island every day recently. If you accidentally bump into them, your entire army will be wiped out. Don't go to the island just yet!"
Li Chi was surprised and said: "How many Jiangdu troops are there?"
"There are five thousand people patrolling the island, and another five thousand are stationed on Maro Island in the south."
Li Equator: "No reinforcements?"
"Not yet!"
Li Chi said angrily: "Five thousand people patrolled the island, and they scared you? Didn't uncle call himself the Eagle of Jeju Island? Why are you so cowardly!"
The scout said: "When they first started patrolling the island, we were also preparing to attack, but the Koreans got the better of us! The 10,000 Koreans made a surprise attack from the north shore, and the whole army was wiped out. Only a few hundred people escaped."
Li Chi's face turned pale and he fell silent.
Although he looked down upon the Koreans, the Mongols were not necessarily stronger than the Koreans in maritime warfare.
After a long silence, he asked the scout: "Will Jiang Dujun patrol the island at night?"
The scout said: "No patrol."
Li Chi nodded, waved his hand behind him, and said: "Give me the order to return to Jeonju, Goryeo, and then return to Jeju Island tonight."
In the evening, after midnight, Lichi set off for Jeju Island again. This time it went smoothly and he arrived at Jeju Island safely.
He rested for two hours. At dawn the next day, his uncle sent someone to invite him to discuss matters.
When Lichi came to Ximengubao, his uncle and Aktai had been waiting for a long time.
The uncle told him the latest situation.
It turns out that the Japanese have sent news again, and Jiangdu Army has sent another army. There are about 20,000 people, and they will arrive at Marado Island in about five days.
Li Chi no longer dared to underestimate the Jiangdu Army, gritted his teeth and said: "Uncle Chief, there are more and more Jiangdu Army, we need to ask the court for help as soon as possible!"
Akedai said: "We have sent people to ask for help from Shandong. I heard that the imperial court has recovered Shandong, so it shouldn't just sit idly by and ignore us!"
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"Young Marshal, there are 30,000 of our compatriots on Jeju Island, and there are more than 50,000 horses. If it falls into the hands of Jiangdu's army, the consequences will be disastrous. We must not sit idly by and ignore it!"
Outside Yidu City, in the Mongolian commander's tent, Hu Linchi roared loudly.
He had a sullen face and said nothing.
After Chahan Timur was assassinated, the 300,000-strong Mongolian army fell apart. He led more than 100,000 people to station near Yidu, taking the opportunity to ask the court for money and food to develop his strength.
Now his men have grown to 150,000. After his careful reorganization, the important positions of this men are all held by generals directly from Chahan.
In this way, no matter how the situation changes, the army will no longer be easily divided, and the expansion will finally be free to attack Yidu.
After reorganizing his army, he once again surrounded Yidu City.
During the fierce attack, a group of thousands of bandits suddenly attacked the army attacking the city at the south gate. By the time they enlarged their territory and led troops to rush for reinforcements, the bandits had already entered the city.
Later, I learned from the city’s detail office that the bandits were actually the Anfeng Army led by Liu Futong!
Kuo Kuo had always been afraid of Liu Futong. After learning that this man had entered Yidu City, he did not dare to be careless and attacked the city day and night without giving the people in the city a chance to breathe.
At this moment, Muhu of Jeju Island sent people to ask for help, saying that Jiangdu's army was attacking Jeju Island.
Kuakuo was currently focused on defeating Liu Futong, a powerful enemy, and did not want to pay attention to Muhu, so he refused. However, his generals held objections.
After hearing Hu Linchi's words, a young general said loudly: "Right now, our army is in a hurry to attack Yidu. If we send troops to rescue Jeju Island, it will give Yidu a chance to breathe, and won't all our previous efforts be wasted?"
That man is Kuakuo's younger brother, Tuoyin Timur.
Hu Linchi said coldly: "If Marshal Chahan is still here, he will never sit idly by and ignore Jeju Island!"
Kuo Kuo said slowly: "General Tiger, it's not that I don't want to rescue Jeju Island, but the most powerful force in the Jiangdu Army is the naval force. If we fight with them at sea, wouldn't we use our own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points?"
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Another general, Guan Baodao: "Our rescue does not mean that we must fight a naval battle with the enemy. It is not a bad idea to send reinforcements to the island to strengthen defense!"
Tuoyin said anxiously: "What if the reinforcements encounter Jiangdu's military fleet before they arrive on the island?"
Guan Bao snorted and said: "The sea is so big and it's so easy to encounter. General Tuoyin must be too timid!"
Kuakuo sighed secretly. Hu Linchi and Guan Bao were both old subordinates around Chahan. Although they followed him, he obviously had not yet regained these proud soldiers.
In the current situation, if we don't save it, we will definitely lose the support of these old generals. Thinking of this, we have to compromise.
"Then first send 20,000 reinforcements to the island, and General Hu Linchi will personally lead it. General Hu will decide the specific march route!"
Hu Linchi laughed and said: "Don't worry, young marshal, I will bring reinforcements to repel the Jiangdu bandit army!"
On the morning of the next day, Hu Linchi took 20,000 people to Ninghai Prefecture, discussed the route with local officials who were familiar with nautical charts, mobilized sea ships, and headed straight to Jeju Island.
Just as reinforcements from Shandong rushed to Jeju Island, Zhu San, Qin Lingsi, Zhao Desheng and Liang Rong also led an army of 20,000 yuan to Maruo Island and joined Xu Da's navy of 10,000 yuan.
The sea is vast, and they really didn't know that Shandong had sent reinforcements to Jeju Island for rescue. They just followed the original plan and started to implement the trench digging strategy.
Xu Da took advantage of the opportunity of patrolling the island in the past few days to send many people to sneak into the island to explore the terrain and draw a more accurate map of Jeju Island.
Several people looked at the map for a while, and Zhu San said: "From this point of view, the yurts in the west are the main force of Muhu, so let's advance from the west of the island!"
Zhao Desheng suddenly asked: "What is this black spot in the southeast?"
Xu Dadao: "This is the Japanese camp. The Japanese sent people to come to me and said that they are from the shogunate. They are here to prevent Japanese pirates. I hope we will not attack them!"
Zhu San said calmly: "Since this group of Japanese are blocking the Japanese pirates for Muhu, they will definitely help Muhu. The Japanese cannot be trusted, so we must eliminate them first before taking action."
Qin Lingsi smiled and said: "These Japanese are nothing to worry about. They are very close to the coast. We can destroy their camp with artillery."
Zhu San nodded and ordered: "General Zhao Desheng, General Liang Rong, you two lead five thousand people to eliminate the Japanese camp. Field owner, General Xu Da and I will go to the west of Jeju Island and choose a small island as a stronghold."<
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The two men agreed in unison and led more than a dozen warships to separate from the group and arrive at the southeastern coast of Jeju Island.
Looking up, I saw a row of wooden houses in the distance, and there were people walking between the houses.
The two men immediately ordered a volley of artillery fire, only to hear a loud rumble. Two houses in the Japanese camp were instantly shot through by artillery, and sawdust flew into the air.
The Japanese in the camp were horrified and stared blankly at the dozen or so warships on the distant coast, wondering for a moment what had just happened.
At this moment, the second round of volleys arrived, and this time the shots were more accurate. Some Japanese were hit by the artillery, and screams rang out in the camp.
The Japanese leader hurriedly sent an order for everyone to withdraw from the camp and enter a forest.
After entering the forest, a Japanese man said in horror: "Chief, the Han people must have known that we were going to attack them sneakily, so they took action in advance!"
It turns out that just a few days ago, my uncle invited the Japanese leaders over and asked them to help resist Jiangdu's army.
These Japanese were originally members of the shogunate and had no connection with the Jiangdu Army, so they immediately agreed.
However, in order to make Jiangdu Army take it lightly, they sent envoys to Jiangdu Army to express their neutral position, so that a sneak attack would be more convenient.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Dujun didn't even say hello, but directly came over.
The Japanese leader also suspected that the secret had been leaked, and said in a deep voice: "The people in the Southern Dynasty said before that the Han people have a weapon called "artillery", which is extremely powerful. Now that I see it, it is indeed true!"
The Japanese subordinate said: "Chief, let's go find uncle!"
The Japanese leader said coldly: "No, let's just hide in the woods and wait and see what happens!"
"Why is this?" the Japanese subordinates asked puzzledly.
The leader of the Japanese said: "The Han people are strong, and the Mongols may not be their opponents. We have helped the Mongols so early. If the Mongols lose, won't we no longer be able to buy horses?"
The Japanese men's eyes lit up and said: "Yes, when they decide the outcome, we will help the winning side. Anyway, as long as they are willing to sell horses to us, it doesn't matter whether they are Han or Mongolian!"
The sound of the Japanese camp being attacked spread throughout the island, and the Muhus were shocked.
The uncle and others left the camp and came to the top of Yingzhou Mountain. From a high position, they could clearly see that the Japanese camp was being attacked.
Li Chi said in surprise: "Look, the main fleet of Jiangdu Army is heading towards the west of the island!"
The uncle changed his expression and said, "Do they know that we have asked the imperial court for reinforcements?"
Aktai gritted his teeth and said: "It must be, otherwise why did you suddenly change the camp?"
The uncle said solemnly: "Hurry up and send people out to sea, inform General Hu Linchi, and ask them to go to Quanzhou, Korea first, and then come from Quanzhou and land on the north coast!"
The subordinates behind him agreed and immediately sent someone to notify Hu Linchi.