Chapter 487 Landing on the Island
In the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Jinzhou Wei was established, and there was Lushunkou in the south, and the sea boat landed there.
In the sixth year of Chongzhen, under the guidance of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, Yue Tuo and Degelei attacked Lushunkou with red barbarian cannons. Huanglong died in battle, Lushunkou was lost, and the Ming Dynasty lost its last stronghold on the Liaodong continent.
Since then, the Dongjiang Army has declined and eventually became an unnecessary waste.
After breaking through the Wanghaiguo Stone City in Lushunkou, Yuetuo and Degelei repaired the city defenses for a while and left more than 600 elite troops to garrison to prevent the Ming army from landing and harassing the Liaodong Peninsula.
Therefore, when Zheng Fulin's Jinwu army was harassing the Liaodong Peninsula, they were far away from Wanghaiguo City, for fear of being attacked by the cavalry in the city.
More than a hundred miles north of Wanghaiguo City is the Jinzhou Acropolis of that time. This city has been abandoned. To the south of the Acropolis is the world-famous Jinzhou Isthmus. The narrowest part is only ten miles away, which is the main throat of the Liaodong Peninsula to Lushunkou.
The Jinzhou Isthmus is surrounded by two bays. The bay is blue and blue. For thousands of years, it has been quiet and peaceful, and no one has disturbed this tranquility. More than 400 miles east of the Jinzhou Isthmus is Pi Island, which is the main island of Dongjiang Jun Town.
If Mao Wenlong was there, Pidao was like a sharp knife, constantly waving behind the Jurchens. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Lushunkou was lost and North Korea awarded the title of head. This sharp knife was lost even the scary effect of waving, and it consumed a lot of food and wages every year.
Especially when Shen Shikui was the general, Pidao experienced waves of civil strife after wave, and its strength was greatly weakened, which made the Jurchens covetous. If Zhou Linlao's six warships had not arrived in time, the so-called Dongjiang Military Town would have long become history and disappeared in the dust of history.
Shen Shikui was definitely not a good bird. He was originally a merchant from Liaodong and Mao Wenlong's in-laws. When Mao Wenlong was still alive, Shen Shikui was only concerned about business and relied on Mao Wenlong's power to be arrogant and domineering, and had deep conflicts with many war generals in Dongjiang. Later, Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, and Shen Shikui regarded himself as Mao Wenlong's successor and set up stumbling blocks on the new general Huang Long everywhere.
Shen Shikui's efforts to join the battle were not in vain. In the end, Huang Long died in battle and he successfully took the position of General Dongjiang. However, after becoming General Zhang, the first thing he did was to force Shang Kexi, who had always had hatred with him, which led to further weakening of the Dongjiang Army Town.
After Shang Kexi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, it was better to say that Pidao was a major military town than a major military town. Shen Shikui was born as a merchant, and his military was getting worse and worse, but his trade exchanges were getting bigger and bigger, and he made great profits every day.
However, after Zheng Fulin led more than a thousand Jinwu soldiers to Pidao, Shen Shikui finally lost his position of covering the sky, which made him extremely angry.
The morale of the military in Pi Island was originally unstable, and some generals were extremely dissatisfied with Shen Shikui and Shen Zhixiang's uncle and nephew controlling all profits. When Zheng Fulin came to the island, these generals could have found a second way. For a moment, there were no less than ten generals who secretly contacted Zheng Fulin.
What's even more fatal is that after Jingzhou set up a warehouse in Pidao, it not only placed the robbed goods in the warehouse for sale, but also backed by the huge Jiangsu and Zhejiang maritime merchants, expanding the scale of Pidao's warehouses, and the transaction volume kept up with the trade maintained by Shen Shikui, making Shen Shikui unable to sleep or eat.
Seeing Shen Shikui worrying day and night, Shen Zhixiang felt a little ashamed. After all, these terms were finalized by him and Lin Chunhong, and he was considered the first person in charge.
"Uncle, the situation was urgent, and my nephew had no choice but to agree to Lin Chunhong's garrison conditions... This... This, but when the terms were formulated, my nephew left a hand and added a sentence 'Assisting defense of the Qing Dynasty'. Now I have purchased six centipede boats in Dongjiang, which are more than the Jinwu Navy. The so-called auxiliary defense conditions no longer exist..."
Shen Zhixiang thought about it for a long time and finally remembered the terms and couldn't help but remind Shen Shikui. However, Shen Zhixiang lacked confidence and his voice became lower and lower, and he eventually became unheard of.
Yes, who is Lin Chunhong? Whatever is swallowed into his mouth will spit out again?
He thought Shen Shikui would scold him, but he didn't expect that Shen Shikui was stunned and said, "I forgot that the agreement I had formulated had this clause. It would be better to speak well and ask Lin Chunhong Jinwu Army to withdraw from Pi Island..."
Shen Zhixiang was shocked and asked, "Is this useful?"
Shen Shikui said decisively: "Of course it's useless. I just want to put pressure on Zheng Fulin and take the opportunity to restrict Zheng Fulin's activities... Once the wolf is brought into the house, I still want to drive the wolf away? That's a delusion!"
As he was talking, Shen Shikui suddenly received a reply. When he opened it, Shen Shikui's face changed drastically: "Lin Chunhong is on Jeju Island and will soon be on Pi Island..."
Shen Zhixiang was stunned, and his heart was like a storm: What is Lin Chunhong doing when he is a broken island! It’s okay to be stunned, but Shen Shikui’s next sentence almost made him fall to the ground:
"Zhou Linlao escorted six warships, and there were more than 6,000 troops on Jeju Island together!"
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The visit was like a notice. Shen Shikui was unable to refuse and had no courage to set up any obstacles. In the northeast corner of the island, more than 3,000 Jinwu soldiers were camped and managed the northeast corner like an iron barrel. What's more, these soldiers were not vague at all. It's okay to have a plate armor, and it's not worth worrying about the muskets with bright bayonets. What made Shen Shikui most frightened was that the two battalions actually had more than 40 thunderbolt cannons!
Shen Shikui once suspected that in the event of a conflict between the two sides, more than 10,000 Dongjiang troops on the island may have been bombarded by Pili artillery before they met with the Jinwu army!
In early winter, Pi Island was bleak, the cold wind roared, and everything was dormant. However, the cold could not resist the enthusiasm of the island's defenders. When Lin Chunhong heard that Lin Chunhong was coming to Pi Island, not only was the Jinwu army so excited that it was as if it were the New Year, but even the Dongjiang defenders were infected. They searched everywhere every day and asked when Lin Chunhong would arrive at Pi Island.
"Snatch the main! Snatch the main!
Listening to the sound of gongs and drums on Pi Island and cheering, and looking at the Jinwu army, the soldiers of the Dongjiang army stretched their necks, which were even more excited and focused than watching the show. Shen Shikui couldn't help but tremble in anger and almost left with his sleeves.
Shen Shikui thought that before Lin Chunhong's army arrived, he would suddenly attack and annihilate the Jinwu army. However, in this way, Pidao would face Lin Chunhong's crazy revenge. With the cheers of six giant warships, Pidao would likely be bombarded to the sky.
The destruction of both is not the result that Shen Shikui wanted. Shen Shikui even thought about taking advantage of Lin Chunhong's arrival on the island and carefully planning to capture Lin Chunhong in one fell swoop. If this matter is done, Shen Shikui may ascend to the sky in one step or go to hell in an instant, and the consequences will be unpredictable.
Shen Shikui was born as a businessman and could not see the profits, so it was difficult to make up his mind to do things...
Just as Shen Shikui was thinking about it, a scream suddenly came from his ear:
"Here...here...there is a mast in the east..."
Everyone looked east and saw a few black dots faintly appearing in the distant east. Suddenly, violent cheers burst out from the crowd, one wave higher than the other.
Zheng Fulin and Shen Shikui stood side by side, looked at Shen Shikui, and saw that his face was always holding a stiff smile, and occasionally, his muscles shivered, making them extremely unnatural.
Zheng Fulin laughed in his heart.
Zheng Fulin knew Shen Shikui's embarrassment very well. It would be absolutely impossible to say how much Shen Shikui's uncle and nephew welcomed the arrival of the Jingzhou Army. If it weren't for the life-saving grace that Zheng Fulin suspected that Shen Shikui would directly attack each other and expel the Jinwu army from Pi Island.
This time, Zheng Fulin knew about Lin Chunhong's arrival in Jeju Island. But what unexpectedly happened was that Lin Chunhong would actually come to Pi Island in person and also brought the First Army of the Dragon and Tiger Legion to Pi Island.
What does this mean? Obviously, Lin Chunhong's target is not the Tartars on the Liaodong Peninsula, or Shen Shikui standing side by side!
Zheng Fulin estimated that the possibility of pointing the finger at Shen Shikui was far greater than that of the Liaodong Peninsula. After all, no matter how many troops the Jingzhou army sent to the Liaodong Peninsula, it would only play a role in harassing the Tartars at most, and Lin Chunhong would not mobilize such a force.
The person you want to seek is standing beside you and keep a smile on your face, which is somewhat ironic. It's nothing more, the situation is better than others. This makes Zheng Fulin feel very good.
Half an hour later, the huge figures of six warships finally appeared in front of everyone. The sound of gongs and drums and cheers were like tsunamis, resounding through the sky.
The Jinwu Navy's four centipede ships immediately went forward and docked with the warships, and welcomed Lin Chunhong and a group of warships into the centipede ship, then left the giant warship and entered the port.
Seeing these giant warships and the three large troop transport ships that followed, Shen Shikui's eyelids kept beating and his head was almost blank.
It was not until Lin Chunhong got ashore and saw Zheng Fulin kneeling half-kneeling on the ground and giving a standard military salute to Lin Chunhong that Shen Shikui woke up, with a smile on his face, and greeted Lin Chunhong, clasped his fists with his hands and said, "Shen Shikui, General of Dongjiang, have seen General Lin!"
Hearing the words General Lin Lin, the Jingzhou generals on both sides of Lin Chunhong changed their faces slightly. Lin Chunhong's rank is the Governor's Office, one level higher than Shen Shikui's left governor. In addition, Lin Chunhong has the general name "General Punishing the Bandits". Whether Shen Shikui calls Lin Chunhong the Governor or General Punishing the Bandits, they are all one level shorter than Lin Chunhong. Only in terms of position, Lin Chunhong is the general, on par with Shen Shikui.
Shen Shikui called him this and put himself in an equal position with Lin Chunhong, clearly showing his attitude: no matter how Lin Chunhong targets him, he will not compromise at all.
How could Dou Shiwen bear it? In his eyes, Shen Shikui was just a dog that wagged his tail and begged for mercy. How could he compare to Lin Chunhong? He immediately said, "I forgot the pain after healing the scar. After crossing the river, I broke the bridge, and then killed the donkey after unloading the mill. I didn't think about who saved Pidao!"
Lin Chunhong kept a smile and did not scold Dou Shiwen. He just stared at Shen Shikui and watched his reaction.
Chapter completed!