The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 731 Take Ganghwa Island

Let the rich enjoy good medical services and make a lot of profits at the same time. Hospitals with economic foundations will do public welfare treatment.

The key work is to provide prenatal checkups and free delivery services for pregnant women from poor families. Not only that, but pregnant women from poor families will also receive free nutritious meals for three days when they come to give birth.

These regulations for saving lives and healing the wounded in the hospital were issued by Huang Han in the form of orders.

Saving a pregnant woman and preventing a baby from dying is infinitely more beneficial than saving an elderly person who is about to die of illness.

In the case of limited medical conditions and lack of ability to provide full coverage of free medical care, it is of course twice the result with half the effort to focus on doing good deeds for pregnant women and babies.

Zhang Fengyi, Liang Tingdong and other civil officials saw the changes in Tianjin Wei, and they were even more impressed by Huang Han's dominance and superpowers in governing one side. They were full of confidence in taking North Korea and turning it into a paradise of kingship.

When they crossed the sea and came to Phi Island, they received Song Pengfei, Sun Chuanting, Jin Sheng, Huang Long, Zheng Xiaozhang, etc. who had been preparing here for a long time.

At this time, Phi Island was not short of supplies as it was during the Dongjiang Town period. Since it was the base camp of the upcoming war, military stockpiling began last spring. In autumn, a large number of immigrants, supplies and food came by sea.

Nowadays, there should be everything on the island. Chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, and sheep are all kept in captivity on the island, and Chinese cabbage is stored in the cellar...

On the day Huang Han arrived at Phi Island, he held a combat meeting and listened to Song Pengfei, Sun Chuanting and others report on the preparations for the attack.

Huang Han, who never thought he was possessed by the God of War, but liked to use collective wisdom, agreed on the spot to the attack plan formulated with the participation of Sun Chuanting, Jin Sheng, Song Pengfei, Liu Fenyong, Mao Chenglu and others.

On March [-]th, the battle to capture Ganghwa Island began.

Chief General Song Pengfei, First General Sun Chuanting, Supervising Army Eunuch Zheng Zhihui, Fang Jingcheng, Deputy General Huang Long, Generals participating in the battle You Shang Keyi, Mao Chenglu, Liu Fenyong, etc., Chief Artillery Commander Sun Yuanhua.

In the past two years, the Manchu Qing also often mobilized the garrison troops. After investigation and interrogation, it was confirmed that the defenders of Seoul were the big traitor Geng Zhongming, deputy general Zhang Cunren, generals Xue Dahu, Jiang Xin and so on.

There are [-] Han troops and [-] Koryo servants here, and four thousand Manchu and Mongolian cavalry are overseeing the battle, of which less than [-] real slaves.

When the Joseon Dynasty was wiped out, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming captured Ganghwa Island and killed all the Korean civilians and military generals hiding on the island.

The leader of North Korea, Li Ji, disappeared after that battle. It is not known whether he died in the scuffle or in the raging fire. It is said that the palace of the king of Joseon on Ganghwa Island burned for several days and nights.

Geng Zhongming was more realistic. He chose to concentrate his troops to defend Seoul, and only put 2000 people on Jianghua Island, led by the general Jiang Xin.

It is not for him to block the possible attack of the "Red Banner Army" with 2000 troops, but for them to discover the enemy's situation early and escape back to Seoul to report the news.

The "Red Banner Army" dispatched too many troops at one time. There were as many as 2000 warships, merchant ships, cargo ships, and sentinel ships. [-] people have nowhere to go.

Jiang Xin was originally a general of the Ming Dynasty who followed Zhang Chun to aid the Liao Dynasty. He became a traitor after being captured in the battle to rescue Dalinghe City.

After the boy changed his boss, he immediately offered advice to his master, and took the initiative to persuade Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Zhang Cunren and other Ming army generals who were still holding on to Dalinghe City to surrender. In the end, Zu Dashou killed He Kegang, and Dalinghe City surrendered without a fight.

How could such a soft-boned general have the courage to fight against the "Red Banner Army" that was more than ten times larger. Jiang Xin found that the "Red Banner Army" had not fired a gun after landing. He had five hundred Han arquebus gunners and fifteen hundred Korean guns in his hand. Hands, Sword and Shield Hands, Pikemen.

The first battle in Ping-Liao became a classic joke among the Han people. When the "Red Banner Army" landed on Jianghua Island, they saw a neatly lined up and half-short team from a distance. It was Jiang Xin leading his subordinates to kneel down to greet the general who conquered the captives. Ganghwa Island.

Huang Han was very depressed when he learned of this situation. He really wanted to kill Jiang Xin, a traitor and traitor.

However, Jiang Xin raised his hands and surrendered without organizing resistance. If he did not get a chance to survive, it would lead to an increase in casualties in the next battle.

That's how people are, knowing that they must die, they are willing to work hard.

If the "Red Banner Army" refused to accept the surrender, the Qing army would have no hope. If everyone resisted to the end, there would definitely be too many sacrifices.

In order to break down the morale of the defenders in Seoul, Huang Han made a decision to ask Liu Zaiqi to carry out propaganda.

Because Jiang Xin's troops did not resist the "Red Banner Army", did not deliberately burn supplies and destroy fortifications, General Zhenglu released Jiang Xin and all his subordinates with kindness, and immediately shipped them to the other side.

Then there was an even bigger joke. After Liu Zaiqi led the propaganda team to advertise, Jiang Xin refused to go to the other side, and most of the Han army and Koryo servants knelt down and begged to stay.

The general said that no one can bargain, Jiang Xin and other 2000 people had to board the warship even if they were reluctant.

In order to deter and disintegrate the enemy, battleships with a displacement of more than [-] tons were deliberately used to transport the released Qing troops. The effect was good. These people were terrified when they saw such a large warship and many black and shiny artillery.

Geng Zhongming, Zhang Cunren and other traitors knew that their side did not have the weakness of a navy, and knew that the opponent's warships had many Hongyi cannons.

There are many places where the "Red Banner Army" can attack. Geng Zhongming, Zhang Cunren, etc. have been praying, hoping that Seoul will not be the first target. Unfortunately, the gods did not favor them. Thousands of sails danced on the sea. The red flags and dragon flags fluttered in the wind. Come.

After getting the news, Geng Zhongming, Zhang Cunren and other generals even led their family members to sneak up on a hill with lush vegetation by the sea and peeped in turn with the only binoculars.

When the traitors saw the strong ships and guns of the "Red Banner Army", they were full of bitterness. The first thing they did when they returned to Seoul was to send messengers to inform Pyongyang and Shengjing that Seoul was the first target of the Ming army and to ask for reinforcements.

Geng Zhongming no longer had the confidence to hold on to Seoul, although he had more than a hundred artillery pieces seized from the former Korean kingdom in disorder, including more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces capable of firing eight-pound shells from the Ming Dynasty.

Just as a group of traitors were discussing how to respond to the attack of the "Red Banner Army", Jiang Xinquan, who was in charge of guarding Jianghua Island, came back with three or four hundred fewer soldiers.

It wasn't that Jiang Xin's subordinates were damaged in battle, but that hundreds of Goryeo sticks disobeyed the command after they landed, and they refused to return to Seoul to serve the Qing Dynasty, and ran directly into the mountains.

(End of this chapter)