On August 18, the ninth year of Chongzhen, Wanghaibao Wharf
At this time, the first phase of Wanghaibao Pier has been completed. At the pier, five long cement-paved piers are like a sharp knife piercing the front. At the pier, ten huge Dafu boats are lined up along the pier.
, countless soldiers of the Ming Dynasty wearing red mandarin duck battle coats were lining up to board the ship on plywood. On those Dafu ships, many barefoot sailors wearing short shirts and coats were busy up and down, and some of them were hanging
Some were holding sails, and some were guiding the landing sergeants into the cabin, and the entire dock presented a busy scene.
Today was the day when Pang Gang led his army to go on an expedition. Naturally, such a big action could not be hidden from others. Pang Gang simply let go of the dock and allowed the military families to bid farewell to their relatives and set off for the expedition. Mothers sending off their children were staged everywhere on the dock.
The scene where a wife sends her husband off and a son sends his father off.
Pang Gang stood next to the dock. In front of him stood the three girls Ruolan, Ling'er and Li Xuezhu. Ruolan and Li Xuezhu were better. One of them was a big wife of a family and the other was a princess of a country. At this time, they were naturally in full view of the public.
She also paid attention to her own image. But the little girl Linger was different. She had just consummated her marriage with Pang Gang for only a few days. She was so obsessed with Pang Gang that she had been crying since early in the morning.
Rang Pang just gave her a comforting meal before she finally stopped. Now when they arrived at the dock, Pang Gang hugged her and said goodbye to her, and the tears fell again.
"Okay, okay!" Pang Gang patted Ling'er's back and comforted him: "Master, I'm just going on an expedition for a while. It's not like I'm going to be my son-in-law, so I won't come. Why are you crying? Be good.
Stay home and stay well, I will be back soon."
Ling'er, who had already combed her hair on her temples and had a jade hairpin stuck in it, had a somewhat green face now with a charming look on her eyebrows. When she heard the master teasing her, her pretty face turned red. She
He stopped crying and nodded slightly, "Then the master must come back as soon as possible. I am waiting for your return at home every day."
"Okay!" Pang Gang patted her little hand, came to Ruolan and looked at her carefully for a while and said, "Ruolan, after my husband leaves, the whole family will be completely dependent on you. Please pay more attention to everything."
Ruolan gently tidied up the hem of Pang Gang's somewhat messy war skirt, and said softly: "Well, don't worry, my husband, I will take care of it, but my husband should be more careful and be careful about everything."
After telling Wan Ruolan, Pang Gang walked up to Li Xuezhu and said bluntly and solemnly: "Xuezhu, if you regret it now, it's still too late. You can go back to North Korea with me to see your parents. Don't worry, even if you go back with me, I will
We will still send troops to North Korea."
Li Xuezhu gritted her teeth and shook her head gently but resolutely, and said softly: "Xuezhu appreciates the general's kindness, but since Xuezhu has promised the general, he will not go back on his word, no matter whether the general can save North Korea from danger.
, Xuezhu is already a member of the general."
"Don't say that." Pang Gang couldn't help but smile bitterly, touched his nose and said, "You make me seem like a villain who takes advantage of others."
"Puch!" Li Xuezhu also chuckled, revealing a row of small teeth. Her huge breasts rose and fell with her breath, and she smiled sweetly: "Since you feel sorry for me, then treat me well in the future."
"True to me, this little girl is really powerful." Pang Gang secretly wiped his sweat and said, "Although this little girl is young, she is actually a little goblin who charms people to death even if she doesn't pay for her life!"
Thinking of this, he no longer dared to look down on this girl who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old. After saying hello to the three of them again, he strode towards the ship accompanied by the guards.
After Pang Gang got on the ship, he looked at the many busy sailors. He could tell at a glance that those wearing blue hanging clothes were sailors from North Korea, and their movements were still somewhat lively.
The people wearing white coats are naturally Pang Gang's newly recruited sailors. They are learning the experience of operating a large ship little by little under the guidance of the Korean sailors.
There was a "thump, thump, thump" sound next to him, and Li Xiaojun's voice rang next to him, "Pang Pang, everyone has boarded the ship. Please tell me if we can sail the ship!"
After taking a deep look at the people seeing him off on the shore and the three women with tears in their eyes on the pier, Pang Gang took a deep breath and said pitifully: "Let's sail!"
"yes!"
Li Xiaojun agreed and shouted a few times to the sailors on the ship. A North Korean sailor with two small flags in his hand immediately ran to the bow of the ship and raised the flag. Soon the ships raised their sails and slowly left.
Arrived at the pier.
Pang Gang waved to the three women who had been standing on the pier, signaling them to go back, but the three women did not move. They just stood quietly on the pier until their shadows disappeared from his sight, but Pang Gang
Little did Gang know that in a remote corner of the pier, there was a pair of wonderful eyes that had been watching him quietly.
"Miss, Yi Nunu said, you shouldn't come to see that heartless scoundrel. It's in vain that Miss still cares about him so much, but he hasn't even sent a letter to Miss for so long. This kind of person is not worthy of Miss at all.
Remember." Standing next to the owner of this pair of wonderful eyes is a pretty and smart maid. She is none other than Qiao'er, the smart and smart maid of Wei Mansion. Since Qiao'er is here, it's natural to know who the person next to her is.
It's about to come out.
Standing in a remote corner, Wei Man Ting sighed softly and whispered: "Huanjun Mingzhu sheds tears, wishing we could meet again before we were married."
Qiao'er has followed the lady since he was a child, and he has some knowledge of poetry and songs. Naturally, he knows the meaning of this Tang poem. He lightly curled his lips and said: "Miss, you have thought too much. So what if he has a wife? Since the lady sees it,
If you get it, then go and rob it. I don’t believe that the young lady can’t rob him of his wife who only knows how to calculate. If the young lady is married, she will at least be on an equal footing with her."
"Qiao'er, you are talking nonsense." Wei Manting's usual shrewdness and generosity seemed to be thrown out of the sky. She lowered her head in shame and slapped Qiao'er and said, "Don't you know that dad is very opposed to me being with Pang Pang?
"
Qiaoer curled his lips disdainfully and said, "That's because Pang Pang's official position is not big enough. If Pang Pang becomes the commander-in-chief or even the governor, do you think I will object?"
The speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. Although Qiao'er's words were said unintentionally, they set off a huge wave in Wei Man Ting's heart, "Yes, what if he worships the commander-in-chief, the governor-general or even the superintendent? Dad will still object.
What?"
Thinking of this, Wei Man Ting fell into deep thought...
Not to mention the people on the shore who had their own thoughts, at this time, Korea was in a mess under the ravages of the Qing soldiers. The leader of Korea, Li Jian, had led hundreds of officials and less than 10,000 Korean soldiers to retreat to Namhan Mountain Fortress (which later became known as
In an earthen city near Seoul, the capital of South Korea, they were subsequently surrounded on three sides by a 50,000-strong army regiment led by Amin. Facing the fierce Qing soldiers, Li Jie and all the officials were helpless.
In a big house in South Han City, the current leader of Korea, Li Zhu, frowned and sat on a stool, worrying. The Qing soldiers had been besieging the city for half a month. They were not in a hurry to attack the city, but slowly bombarded the city wall with artillery.
, under the fierce bombardment of Qing artillery, the Korean soldiers suffered heavy casualties, their morale was low, and they were in danger of mutiny at any time.
Li Jie was so worried these days that his hair was almost turning white. With a gloomy face, he was afraid to face those officials and soldiers.
A beautiful figure walked gently to Li Zhu's side and said softly: "Your Highness, don't think too much. Didn't you send Mr. Li Xiaojun and Mr. Pu Shunyi to Daming to pick up the reinforcements? They must be here soon."
As this figure came to Li Xu's side, Li Xu also saw the face of the person clearly. She was a middle-aged beautiful woman. She was Li Xuezhu's mother and also Li Xu's favorite concubine.
Li Shu smiled bitterly and said: "My dear concubine, it's not like you don't know the virtues of those ministers in the court. They are all good at quarreling and fighting for power. They have been arguing for more than a month about things that could have been decided in a day or two.
I don’t know how much time was wasted, otherwise Ming’s reinforcements would have arrived long ago.”
Speaking of the civil and military officials in the court, Concubine Xian was also indignant, "Your Highness, what else can those officials do besides talk, saying that as long as my country marries a princess, I don't have to worry about the Ming Dynasty not sending troops to rescue, isn't it Xuezhu?
Were they forced to go to Ming Dynasty?"
When he mentioned his daughter, Li Zhu moved the corners of his mouth twice, and said with a forced smile: "My dear, don't worry, Pu Shunyi said that Xuezhu lived very well in the house of the Ming Dynasty general.
The Ming Dynasty is very powerful, and he is a third-rank general."
Concubine Xian's pretty face was full of sorrow: "But no matter how good the Ming Dynasty is, it is not as good as my own family. If Xuezhu can be exchanged for Ming Kingdom's rescue, it will be fine. If Ming Kingdom's reinforcements do not come, I will become a concubine."
Even ghosts will not let go of those evil villains."
Seeing how much resentment the Concubine Xian had, Li Zhu could only smile helplessly. Sending the princess to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for sending troops was originally the attention of those ministers, but when Pu Shunyi brought back the news that Pang Gang was willing to send troops, the Ming Dynasty
However, the ministers hesitated again. A group of people headed by Li Junjie, the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, were very dissatisfied with the news brought by Pu Shunyi. They believed that Qingzhou was just a state capital of the Ming Dynasty and was not enough to represent the Ming Dynasty.
The commander of Qingzhou came to the rescue in an unjust and unreasonable manner, and might even attract the blame of the Ming Emperor.
However, the military led by Bingcao Banshu Jin Shiyan believed that no matter what kind of soldiers and horses came for reinforcements, they were the Ming Dynasty's army. It would be good to have them. Does our side still have the qualifications to be picky? So the two sides quarreled.
It took a month to decide the matter. Li Zhu was quite troubled by the ministers' ability to argue, but he himself was not a courageous leader, so he was in such a dilemma.
Looking at the dark sky outside, Li Zhu sighed softly: "The rain is about to come. It has been hundreds of years since the founding of Korea. Will it end in the hands of Gu?"