The guard of Ganghwa Island is still Jin Qingzheng.
Originally, on the recommendation of his father Jin Liu, I came here for gold plating.
As a result, this guy was a fool and allowed Dorgon to capture Jianghua Island in just one and a half hours.
The entire Korean royal family became prisoners. Li Jian was furious and was about to order his head to be chopped off.
It happened that Jin Shangxian, Shen Qiyuan and others rebelled, and the government was in chaos, so Li Zhu didn't care.
Jin Liu kept spinning in the middle, and Jin Qingzheng's head was finally saved.
But who calls him an unlucky guy? Bad things always happen to him.
The smoke on the tower sentry ignited, and the alarm bells immediately rang throughout the island.
Jin Qingzheng was enjoying life and sleep with two beauties in his arms, but he was so frightened that he lost all interest in sex. He was drenched in cold sweat and actually withered.
He didn't think about the terrible consequences for a moment, so he threw on his clothes and ran outside, where he happened to bump into the subordinate he had found.
"Guardian, there are enemies coming from the sea."
Jin Qingzheng's mind was a little confused, and he cursed without thinking carefully: "What nonsense are you talking about? Where do the enemies from the sea come from?"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something, and his face turned pale at that time.
"Hurry! Prepare the sedan quickly! I am going to check on the enemy's situation."
The subordinates felt sweat on their foreheads after hearing this.
The enemies are coming, and even at the critical moment of life and death, they have to move in a sedan chair.
What can such a general hope for?
But there was no way, Jin Qingzheng had already been exhausted by drinking and sex. If he were allowed to walk on foot, he would probably die of exhaustion halfway.
After quite a while, the sedan finally arrived. Jin Qingzheng was spread out inside, pointing to the mountain.
The seaside was really too far away, so he rushed there and estimated that the day lilies were getting cold, so Jin Qingzheng planned to go to the top of the highest mountain to check the situation.
Fortunately, the defenders on Ganghwa Island performed their duties conscientiously. Although they did not wait for his order, a group of men and horses were already running towards the beach.
However, when the group arrived at the beach, they were completely frightened and had no idea what to do.
Countless warships were seen approaching the coast. There were at least a dozen soldiers on each ship, and the combined number was dozens of times their number.
Behind these small boats, there are countless large ships lying across the sea.
Before these North Korean soldiers could see clearly, the big ships had already opened fire. Many shells fell around them, killing a dozen people on the spot.
When have the poor North Korean soldiers ever seen such an explosion scene?
He immediately turned around and ran away, only regretting that his parents had lost two legs.
On the flagship, Huang Fei was reporting to Zuo Mengeng.
"We asked nearby fishermen and found that there are only more than 200 troops stationed on Ganghwa Island."
It turned out that after Li Zhu surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the war ended and Ganghwa Island completely lost its role. The defenders here followed the Joseon royal family back to Hanyang, and then followed Cui Mingji and Li Sibai to Busan.
The naval forces stationed here were also mobilized and went to Liu Lin's command, and they were all buried in the Myeongryang Strait.
In times of peace, Ganghwa Island does not need too many troops to defend itself.
Upon hearing that there were more than 200 defenders on the island, Zuo Mengeng immediately changed his battle plan.
"Order the 1st Marine Regiment to capture Ganghwa Island and nearby islands, wipe out the remaining enemies, and establish a logistics base here. The remaining troops do not need to disembark, but go directly up the Han River and land at Gimpo."
Although Ganghwa Island was the initial landing site, it was just because it was an island. Even if the Qing coalition wanted to counterattack, they would still need to cross the strait, so it would not be difficult to gain a foothold.
But since there are only more than 200 defenders on Ganghwa Island, there is no need to invest too many troops here.
After all, the ultimate targets of this operation are Huang Taiji and Hanyang.
Instead of waiting to capture Ganghwa Island and then cross the strait to land, it is better to go one step further.
At this time, the forwards of the 1st Marine Regiment had already set foot on the beach of Ganghwa Island. As a result, the surroundings were silent and no resistance could be seen at all.
The North Korean soldiers who had appeared on the beach had long since disappeared.
As the vanguard, the 1st Battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment did not rush forward, but spread out each company and moved forward several hundred meters to establish a defensive line.
Seeing that the beachhead was stable, the follow-up troops of the 1st Marine Regiment began to move towards the shore.
After receiving Zuo Menggeng's order, the large army began to turn around and enter the Han River from the north of Ganghwa Island.
The strait on the east side of Ganghwa Island faces Gimpo across the sea, but the water of the Han River is divided into two waterways, the south and the north, in Gimpo.
The waterway on the north side is the Imjin River, and the south side is the main channel of the Han River.
Going all the way eastward against the Han River, you can reach Hanyang directly.
But Zuo Mengeng didn’t intend to do this.
Although the Han River is hundreds of meters wide and the water flow is gentle, its width is limited.
The Qing army had artillery in their hands. If they rashly penetrated too deeply, once they were attacked by the Qing army with artillery from both sides of the river, the warships would be unable to maneuver and they would probably suffer heavy losses.
The correct way to attack is to choose to land at Kimpo and then advance both by land and water.
Like Ganghwa Island, Gimpo was equally unprepared.
The Xia army did not encounter any resistance and successfully found a landing point on the south bank of the Han River.
However, during this process, a little accident occurred.
"Commander, look, there is a woman on the mountain."
The soldiers who were setting up positions on the shore discovered an abnormality and immediately reported it to Hao Huaqing, commander of the Second Marine Regiment.
Hao Huaqing picked up the telescope and saw a beautiful young woman standing on the top of the east hillside, looking over in fear.
It's really weird for a woman to appear here in the wilderness.
"The fourth battalion seizes that hilltop and lets see what happens?"
The fourth battalion immediately moved forward and headed straight for the mountain.
The woman on the top of the mountain saw the soldiers coming and turned around quickly to escape, but she couldn't make it in time.
After a while, she was brought to Hao Huaqing.
Hao Huaqing took a closer look and found that although this woman looked sad, the clothes on her body were relatively expensive, indicating that she lived a good life.
"Do you understand Chinese?"
Seeing that these soldiers did not use violence, the woman felt a little more at ease even though she was frightened.
She timidly looked at these strange troops and begged.
"The slave family is here only to miss the husband who was captured. It is not to spy on the military aircraft. We also ask the general to spare his life."
Hearing that he was a poor man, Hao Huaqing asked kindly: "Who is your husband? Maybe we can help you find him."
Hearing this, the woman was inexplicably surprised.
"My husband was originally a supervisor in Pyongyang, but he was captured by barbarians. If the general sees my husband, he must tell him that the love prostitute will always be waiting for him in Zujiang River."