However, from the perspective of the Song Dynasty, the incompetence and shamelessness of the scholar-bureaucrats in Korea did not seem to be a bad thing.
After turning around, Han Qing felt a little happy again.
Based on personal observation and contact, he had long discovered that except for a very small number of elite imperial guards and border troops in the Song Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of other troops was very average.
The Song Dynasty was already beyond its capabilities to deal with the Liao Kingdom, which was eyeing the Liao Kingdom. If the Korean scholar-bureaucrats of this era suddenly knew their shame, I am afraid that the tragic disaster of the Five Husbands who devastated China would happen again.
And some people on the Korean Peninsula are sometimes extremely courageous.
Han Qing remembered that in his previous life, the country on the peninsula drew its dream map all the way to Xi'an on the Internet.
At that time, everyone in the world with a little bit of sobriety felt that it was just a daydream of a few people suffering from chuunibyou.
But no one expected that the special agency of the country on the peninsula would actually make a plan based on the daydream, and even send a large number of spies specifically for this purpose.
Of course, those spies were killed before they could cause any damage. They just gave people a disgusting feeling, but it lasted for a long time.
Han Qing, who was serving in the military at that time, was very impressed by this. Therefore, even in the Song Dynasty, it was still difficult to have a good impression of those living on the peninsula.
The less favorable he is in his heart, the less he needs to be afraid of taking action.
After returning to his own ship, he immediately passed on the orders like a stream of water.
As for the Goryeo warships that refused to surrender and continued to flee to the open sea, as long as they could catch up, they would be set on fire with arson ships first.
If there is strong resistance from a Korean warship, a special sentinel ship will move in and wait with fire and thunder bombs.
For the Goryeo soldiers who abandoned their ships and grabbed sampans to escape, special warships were sent to intercept them, making sure that they had no chance to get close to other Goryeo warships.
For the Goryeo soldiers who voluntarily surrendered, they were imprisoned in a centralized manner until dawn, and their identities were uniformly screened and dealt with separately.
…
Time flew by so fast in my busy schedule, and before I knew it, the sky was already bright.
In Jiaowan, the smoke still lingered. That night, at least thirty Goryeo warships were set on fire by Song Dynasty warriors with arson boats, turning them into moving piles of firewood.
At least ten battleships were directly bombed and sunk by captain Zhang Shouzhong and his brothers from the former Denglai Navy with grenades. The Korean soldiers on the battleships did not even have a chance to escape, so they sank to the bottom of the sea along with the battleships.
There were more than 40 warships. After receiving Huangfu Gong's order, they immediately hoisted the white flag. Therefore, they all had to dock ashore. The Korean soldiers on the warships were also captured unscathed.
Because the night was dark and the entrance to Jiaowan was too wide, in the end, more than 30 Goryeo warships successfully broke out of the siege of the Song Dynasty's arsonist ships and fled to the open sea.
Han Qing was not familiar with water warfare and knew the true strength of his brothers, so he did not order a hunt. Instead, he sent Zhang Shouzhong, the commander of Denglai Navy, to lead three ships of his brave brothers who were good at water and threw them at the back of the Goryeo warship.
Received dozens of fire and thunder bombs!
Although he failed to add any new achievements, he still frightened the Korean soldiers who were exposed to fire and thunder bombs for the first time. They completely gave up the idea of returning to the harbor to rescue their captives, directly pulled up the sail, and fled to Deng.
The Great Xie garrison opposite Zhougang!
"The sentencing, the prisoner screening has been completed. A total of 1,217 Korean navy soldiers, 2,964 sailors and auxiliary soldiers were captured." Zhang Fan looked up with a pair of red eyes, excitedly
He ran into Han Qing's temporary Chinese army tent and reported loudly, "There should be some fish that escaped the net and hid on the shore. Liu Hong has notified the inspection stations in various places and asked them to organize Xiang Yong to help catch them. They have been fished out.
There are more than 700 Korean corpses, and there should be more in the future."
"So few?" Han Qing frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice.
There were more than 40 warships that raised the white flag and surrendered. Logically speaking, there should be far more than 4,000 prisoners. How come the final count revealed that the total number of prisoners was only just over 4,000?
"According to Huangfu Gong's confession, the warships of the Goryeo Navy are divided into first-class ships, second-class ships, third-class ships and picket ships according to their size and role." Following Han Qing for so long, Zhang Fan has long been trained to be a generalist.
. Without thinking, he quickly gave the answer, "The first-class ship actually carries forty combat soldiers, thirty sailors, forty auxiliary soldiers, the commander and his personal soldiers, and the orderly soldiers, a total of ten people. 2
On the first-class ship, there are thirty combat soldiers, sailors and auxiliary soldiers, the commander and his cavalry, and ten messengers. On the third-class ship, there are only ten combat soldiers, thirty sailors and auxiliary soldiers. Last night
Most of the Goryeo warships that surrendered with the white flag were second-class fleets and third-class ships, so the number of prisoners captured by our army appears to be relatively small."
After taking a breath, he continued to add, "Among the battleships that were ignited and sunk, most of them were first-class ships. Those that successfully escaped to the open sea were mainly first-class ships, second-class ships and picket ships. Third-class ships because
There was a lot of baggage loaded, so the speed was too slow and I didn’t even escape.”
"That's it!" The doubts in his mind quickly disappeared. Han Qing smiled and continued to ask, "Apart from Huangfu Gong, where are the commanders of the other two squadrons? Have you caught them?"
"Che Li, the commander of the Goryeo Navy's left wing squadron, also hid among the prisoners and changed into the clothes of an ordinary soldier, but he was recognized by Ma Qingyun." Zhang Fan organized his words slightly and continued to answer, "The commander of the Goryeo Navy's forward squadron was
Commander Cui Rong escaped on a sampan last night. His head was accidentally hit by their own warship, and he fell into the water and drowned. His body has been salvaged by our brothers. It is being handed over to Huangfu Gong, Ma Qingyun and others for confirmation.
.In addition, Huangfu Gong requested to see you. He said that if you are willing to let him and Che Li go, their two families will pay 50,000 copper coins as a ransom for them. In addition, they will swear to God that they will never interact with you again.
The Song Dynasty is our enemy!"
"You want to redeem your life for 50,000 yuan? Is he thinking too well?" Upon hearing this, Han Qing immediately sneered at the corner of his mouth.
"My subordinates also think that these two guys are too beautiful. If they are taken to Bianliang as prisoners, the reward from the court will not be less than 100,000 yuan." Zhang Fan immediately took over and added with a smile.
, "My subordinates immediately rejected them and asked them to stop daydreaming."
"There's no rush..." Han Qing frowned slightly and waved his hand quickly, "Let me think about it, Cui Rong's body is already there, and it won't be of much use to take these two losers to Bianliang. In this way, you
Find a clean tent, escort them both there, entertain them with good food and drink, and then change them into clean clothes. After I finish the work at hand, go and negotiate the price of ransom with them in person?"
"For punishment, Cai Renyuan is there, but there are still 134 warships!" Zhang Shouzhong, who had just returned to pay the order, was in a hurry and reminded him bravely. "In addition, those who escaped this morning..."
"That's why I want to let Huangfu Gong and Che Li go back!" Han Qing turned her head to him with a smile and interrupted in a low voice, "Some people are born to succeed but fail. When they are not around, Cai Renyuan will easily take them away.
They can perform at 100% of their abilities. And when they go back, Cai Ren is willing to perform at 50%..."
Smiling, he did not finish his words, but a bold strategy quickly took shape in his mind.
