Chapter 2313

The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Special Forces Regiment stationed on Ganghwa Island, as well as the Navy's North Sea Fleet, had actually made preparations for the expedition to Seoul before Li Zhen arrived at Ganghwa Island. Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun had been standing still, waiting to follow.

North Korea has just reached an agreement.

As for whether it is Li Zhi or the rebellious party in Seoul who comes to negotiate terms, it is not the focus of their attention. As long as they can provide sufficient benefits, it is not impossible to negotiate cooperation with another party. But so far, Haihan has been under Li Zhi's control.

Massive resources have been invested in him. If a latecomer wants to take over this position, the benefits that need to be paid to Haihan may not be just the few things Li Xie promised.

But the strange thing is that although the situation in Seoul has gradually calmed down, no one has come forward to negotiate with Haihan, as if the thousands of Haihan soldiers on Ganghwa Island are nothing.

Since there was no one to negotiate, Li Zhen became the only one to be next to him. However, this subordinate did not know the real situation in Seoul, and Haihan had been using various means in the past month to keep him in a state of anxiety.

, so after arriving at Ganghwa Island, there was no further bargaining, and he almost agreed to the exchange terms proposed by Haihan intact.

Now that you have received the benefits, there will be no ambiguity in what you have to do. This is one of the fundamental principles that Haihan has maintained a good international reputation for many years. Whether it is negotiation or the use of force, it is the turn of Haihan's army to perform.

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Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun had reached a consensus before Li Zhi came back, believing that the strength gap between the two sides was obvious. The chaos in Seoul should not have the courage to challenge the Haihan Army. Even if an armed conflict occurred, it should not turn into a war between the two countries.

war between.

Of course, since the other party has made up its mind to rebel, it is probably difficult to make it surrender obediently with verbal intimidation and pressure. The Haihan Army must come up with something real to be able to deter these daring gangs.

Guy.

In addition, it is also necessary to let Li Zhi and his supporters see clearly who is the person who really has the power to determine the future direction of North Korea, and completely dispel some unrealistic ideas in their hearts.

This time the North Sea Fleet dispatched a large, seven and eight warships, in addition to more than 20 troop transports and comprehensive supply ships, as well as a dozen civilian ships belonging to Haihan temporarily requisitioned on Ganghwa Island and the lower reaches of the Han River. This fleet

The fleet sailed upstream in the Han River with astonishing momentum. The last time a similar scene occurred probably dates back to the year before last when Wang Tom led the fleet into the Han River and marched directly to the city, forcing Li Zhu to sign an agreement with the sea outside Seoul.

Treaty of alliance between Han Dynasty and Han Dynasty.

The relationship between Haihan and North Korea also underwent fundamental changes after that forced intrusion. Two years later, almost the same situation happened again on the Han River. The difference was that this time the fleet

There is Li Zhen, the successor to the throne, and the nature of the action is no longer an invasion, but to assist the crown prince of Joseon in restoring the country.

"I have been on your country's warships many times in the past year or so, but this is actually the first time I have actually participated in a war."

Li Zhi stood on the bow of the ship and confessed his inner excitement to Tom Wang. The only thing wrong was that the destination of this expedition was actually the capital of his country. But as long as he could successfully regain the king's power, Li Zhi would not care.

Not so much anymore.

Wang Tom responded: "When the new fleet of your country's navy is formed in the future, the prince will definitely have the opportunity to go to other places."

Li Xie nodded and said: "Sooner or later, the accounts in the north will have to be settled."

What the two people were talking about was naturally referring to North Korea's powerful neighbor to the north, the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Although the north became much quieter after the war ended last year, the grievances of the past ten years will certainly not be wiped away.

When Li Zhi was in Sanya, he had many exchanges with senior officials of Haihan, and he was well aware of Haihan's determination to suppress the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If Haihan wanted to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he would definitely need to get involved with North Korea. Although North Korea is now

The military strength is not yet able to compete with the Qing army on the frontal battlefield, but it will not be a big problem if it can provide support and be responsible for the logistics.

Li Zhi had seen the powerful force of the Haihan Army many times during his studies abroad, and he would naturally imagine that his country's army would have similar strength in the future. If conditions allowed, he would also like to lead a personal expedition and lead an army to the north for revenge.

However, the premise of everything is that Li Zhi can regain power now, otherwise the plan to form a new army is likely to stall, and the Northern Expedition will be even more hopeless.

"If you encounter our navy on the river later, please ask General Wang to handle it as appropriate." Li Zhi made a request to Tom Wang in as calm a tone as possible.

North Korea's navy has old warships, lacks combat experience, and has very limited combat capabilities. During last year's war, they were directly assigned by the coalition to be responsible for logistics and were not even qualified to participate in front-line operations. After seeing the Haihan Navy

After the combat method of the Korean Warship, North Korea naturally took it as an example and planned to form a new army based on the Haihan warship. However, due to reasons such as funding and training, there has been little progress so far, and some sailors are still in the Datong River.

Training at the base, waiting for Haihan to deliver the first batch of warships to North Korea.

Li Zhi knew that his country's navy was weak and could not pose a substantial threat to the Haihan Navy, so he asked Wang Tom not to take too radical measures to deal with the Korean warships on the Han River.

Wang Tom glanced at Li Xie and responded in a deep voice: "It's been a month since the accident happened, and no warships stationed in Seoul have come to Ganghwa Island to explain the situation. I don't think it is necessary for the Crown Prince to protect these people anymore. If you can't break it, you can't build it long ago.

After these things have been dealt with, they will be clean. If we wait to cleanse these people after the crown prince takes power, it will not be that simple."

Li Zhi remained silent. He knew that what Tom Wang said made sense, but it was still a little hard to accept.

Such a big thing happened in Seoul, and the naval force stationed on the Han River did not report the situation to Haihan for support. This is already a problem. This naval force is either completely gone. If it is still on the Han River at this time,

activities, they must be rebels.

Wang Tom had already made suggestions to him before, taking advantage of the Haihan Army's counterinsurgency opportunity to deal with the stumbling blocks that would hinder his smooth governance in the future. Obviously Wang Tom wanted to remove all North Korean troops still operating in the areas near Seoul.

All are regarded as rebels, especially the navy troops who come and go freely.

To deal with these rebels at this time, just kill them. Anyway, it was the Haihan Army who did it, so Li Zhi didn't have to get blood on his hands. But if we leave it to be judged and dealt with later, other variables or resistance may appear.

Even if Li Zhi wanted to kill him, he might not be able to kill him.

"We Haihan have a saying that if the old doesn't go, the new won't come." Wang Tom's eyes turned to the river in front of him again: "Your Majesty, you can think about this truth carefully."

This sentence is not unfamiliar to Li Yan. He heard it said more than once when he was studying abroad in Sanya, but he had never thought about its meaning carefully before. At this moment, he heard Wang Tom mention this sentence again,

I suddenly had a different feeling.

What is old? Everything in the Lee Dynasty's Joseon that lasted for more than two hundred years can be classified as "old". What is new? Many ideas from Haihan are brand new things compared to Joseon.

Li Zhi and Li Zhi's father and son wanted to imitate Haihan's method to make Korea stronger, but they did not intend to make radical changes, so the effect would naturally be greatly reduced.

Of course, this is not just the responsibility of the father and son. There are many vested interests who do not want the status quo to change, let alone give up their own interests and let a group of outsiders take the lead in redistribution.

Some people were worried about this, while others could no longer hold back and came forward to fight. Haihan wanted to clear the roadblocks with a strong wind and rain, but Li Zhen was still worried that his actions would be too big and his pots and jars would be broken.

Later, Li Xie relayed Wang Tom's words to his two civil and military subordinates, wanting to hear their opinions.

An Daoshi said: "I thought that anyone who participated in the rebellion this time could be killed! Those who still try to resist at this time will die without mercy! The people of Haihan are willing to do it for me, why wouldn't I do it for you?"

Pu Hongye said: "The prince led us across the ocean to study in Haihan. Why? Isn't it just to implement the New Deal in the country in the future and strengthen the national power? The minister agrees with General Wang's view. Since he has decided to take action, he should take action

Use thunderous means to clear the obstacles for the Crown Prince to rule in the future!"

Li Zhi knew that the civil and military men under him always had different opinions, so he planned to listen to the opinions of both sides for reference, but today the two men unexpectedly had the same opinion.

Just as Li Zhi was about to say something, he heard the sound of a cannon shot outside, and he immediately swallowed the words he had spoken.

By the time he brought An and Pu back to the deck, the sound of the cannons had stopped. In fact, it only fired once from beginning to end, which at least meant that no real battle took place.

"It's a ship belonging to your navy. I ordered the gunfire to drive it away." Wang Tom explained the reason for the gunfire just now in an understatement.

On the river in the distance, two warships were trying to get closer to the river, fearing that they would be treated as targets by the fleet. Li Zhi could see clearly that the two ships were indeed owned by the navy. But Wang Tom obviously did not

I wasted my time on this little shrimp, so I just fired shots to drive them away without taking any further action.

Li Zhi did not question the purpose of the two ships cruising on the river. Since the Haihan people already regarded all naval forces operating in the Seoul area as rebels, it would be useless to say more at this time, and he was unable to interfere with the Haihan army.

action.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we can't fight on the river." Wang Tom's tone was very calm: "There is no chance for warships like the Navy to connect to the side. If you want to fight our army head-on, you will only die."

Li Zhi had no doubts about Wang Tom's words. The difference in strength between the two sides was so great that the Navy had no way to confront them head-on. Just seeing Wang Tom so determined still made Li Zhi feel a little uncomfortable.

In Wang Tom's view, these were just flies that flew in front of him, and he could just wave them away. Li Zhi also understood that this was because his navy could not create a threat to the Haihan Army, so it was so despised.

"What's the use of keeping such waste!" Li Xie was angrily, and he suddenly felt that it wouldn't be a bad thing to use Haihan's help to get rid of these useless wastes that wasted money on the national treasury.

In fact, all ships on the river that saw this fleet were taking the initiative to avoid it, leaving the channel in the center of the river for them to pass. As Wang Tom said, no one would try to challenge this fleet on the river.

This is not the first time that Wang Tom has come to Seoul. From the year before last to this year, he has come at least seven or eight times in the past three years. However, the purpose of coming to Seoul this time is different from the past. He wants to become the conqueror of this city.

. Not just forcing the North Koreans to sign an alliance like the first time he came here, he has already made up his mind to take this opportunity to teach the North Koreans some lessons and let them learn to respect him.

Just like the first time it came to Seoul the year before last, the fleet docked without any obstruction. Those naval warships stationed locally did not know where to hide, and there were only a few on the river bank who did not have time to leave.

civilian ship.

As for the troops in Seoul, they certainly did not dare to go out of the city to prevent the Haihan Army from landing on the river bank. A slap could not make a sound, so there was no battle here as Li Zhi expected. The vanguard of the special operations battalion did not encounter any resistance.

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However, this is not surprising to the Haihan Army. There are always towers outside Seoul to watch the movement of troops and horses inside and outside the city. If the rebels set up defenses on the river bank, they will definitely not be able to avoid surveillance. The Haihan Army asked the escort to deliver military supplies the day before.

The fleet of supplies arrived in Seoul first, confirming that the rebels had no intention of leaving the city to fight.

Li Yan walked down the gangplank to the shore and took a deep breath. He had never been away from Seoul for such a long time in his life. When he came back here again to breathe the air of his hometown, he naturally felt a sense of closeness in his heart.

There are many warehouses near the river bank, and it can be seen that the shipping trade here has increased a lot in the past year. Li Zhen certainly knows where this new trade volume comes from.

Then he noticed the tower in the distance. It was so conspicuous among the bungalows outside the city that it could be seen from miles away.

When Li Zhen left Seoul, Haihan's stronghold outside the city was still under construction. At that time, the tower had just started construction, and it was not as prominent as it is today. Therefore, Li Zhen did not know that Haihan actually built such a tower outside the city.

A special building.

He quickly got the answer. It was not a newly built pagoda, but a tower built in the Haihan stronghold.

Li Zhi also learned some military knowledge while studying abroad, so he could roughly think of the purpose of the Haihan people in building this special building without anyone else explaining it.

Thinking that the capital of his country is under Haihan's surveillance at all times makes Li Xie feel very uncomfortable. But at this time, he really needs the intelligence information Haihan collected through this tower, which really makes him feel very uncomfortable.

It's a contradiction.
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