Before he even got close to Pidao Pier, Zheng Zhilong discovered that the situation here seemed to be different from before he left.
Originally, it was rare to see Koreans on Phi Island. But now, he found that many boats coming to Phi Island were carrying Koreans.
He was a little strange about this.
Some time ago, the imperial court reopened Dongjiang Town, and Zheng Zhilong came to Liaodong for the first time. However, he found that the imperial officers and soldiers were not welcomed by North Korea, and generally avoided them, and even had some hatred.
But he doesn't worry about these things, because he only cares about the navy, and the situation in North Korea is more of Wu Sangui's business.
After thinking for a moment, Zheng Zhilong roughly guessed that it was probably related to the Japanese country's entry into North Korea.
With this in mind, when he landed ashore, he found that Wu Sangui came to greet him in person, and enthusiastically took him to Wu Sangui's general military office.
"Old Zheng!" Wu Sangui was quite enthusiastic and said to Zheng Zhilong who had just sat down, "Good news, things have finally changed!"
"???" Zheng Zhilong was confused by what he heard, but he could tell that it was obviously something good, so he smiled and asked, "I haven't been away for many days, so I want to make you happy. What good thing is that?"
After Wu Sangui heard this, he quickly said to him: "Before, wasn't it always worrying that I only had 3,000 cavalry as the main force, and the situation of the infantry was still unresolved?"
The imperial court's intention was to supply Dongjiang Town's logistics supplies from Shandong alone, but the training of the army was not a priority.
After all, the land of Shandong has eliminated the Kong family, as well as the big landowners such as King Lu, so the army needs to participate in local rectification, and at the same time, it must maintain stability and not be chaotic, otherwise there will be problems with the supply of materials in Dongjiang Town.
As a result, Wu Sangui only had 3,000 cavalry as the main force.
Originally, Wu Sangui didn't really care too much. With three thousand cavalry, it would be a big deal.
Unexpectedly, when he first arrived, after leading the three thousand cavalry army to have a good time, Jianlu responded to his three thousand cavalry army. Although the three thousand cavalry army was highly mobile, it could attack difficult targets.
But his ability was not good, and he was reluctant to use these three thousand cavalry as infantry.
Therefore, Wu Sangui's original intention was to summon the Han people from Liaodong to form an infantry army, just like when Mao Wenlong was in Dongjiang Town.
Unexpectedly, after he had been in Dongjiang Town for such a long time, very few Han people from Liaodong came to seek refuge with him. It was later discovered that it was Jianlu who had moved all the Han people to the far north.
As a result, the hope of using Liaodong Han people to form an infantry army came to nothing.
Therefore, Wu Sangui decided to use Koreans to form the infantry army.
Unexpectedly, the Koreans also stayed away from Dongjiang Town. As soon as they discovered the Ming army, they hid far away and even informed Jianlu.
This situation made him never expect that the final formation of the infantry army would always be pending.
At this time, Wu Sangui saw Zheng Zhilong looking at him with an inquiring look in his eyes, so he quickly explained: "While you were gone, North Koreans began to come to surrender, and I finally figured out the reason.
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"What is it?" Zheng Zhilong asked with a little curiosity after hearing this.
Therefore, Wu Sangui quickly told Zheng Zhilong the reasons he had summarized.
Actually, this matter is not complicated.
The North Korean court's attitude towards Dongjiang Town has always been to keep a distance and not want to have any interactions with it.
Mainly due to Mao Wenlong's era, combat effectiveness could not really help North Korea resist the Jianlu attacks; then, the Dongjiang Army was poor at that time, like a beggar, and had to often collect grain and grass supplies from North Korea in the name of the suzerain.
It has to be given. If it cannot be given, the Dongjiang Army will collect grain and grass supplies by itself.
Therefore, everyone in North Korea did not have much favorable impressions of the Ming army in Dongjiang Town. Only those staunch Ming supporters in the North Korean court could persuade the North Korean court to support the Dongjiang Army.
However, Jianlu conquered North Korea twice and killed these staunch supporters of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was always suppressed by Jianlu. In the end, even the king of Korea all sided with Jianlu.
Without Mao Wenlong, the military discipline in Dongjiang Town was even worse. They not only fought among themselves, but also snatched food from the Korean people in order to survive. Until the Korean Navy followed Jianlu's order and assisted Jianlu in capturing Pi Island.
You want to say what the Jianlu did to the Korean people, it was definitely not good. They burned, killed and looted a lot. But more often, they put pressure on the court officials to obtain North Korea's food and supplies.
After the Jianlu were defeated twice by the Ming Dynasty, under the advice of Hong Chengchou, the Jianlu changed their strategy towards North Korea. They began to win over the people of North Korea and wanted to convert the North Korean population into Jianlu's own population for use in the north.
Open up wasteland for farming.
Although it is said that Jianlu didn't actually pay much, compared to the previous burning, killing and looting, it was much more merciful.
Moreover, the ordinary people of North Korea were oppressed the most, not by anyone else, but by North Korea's own government. When those officials punished the officials, they almost incidentally gave the ordinary people of North Korea some relief.
Therefore, when Dongjiang Town was rebuilt, based on the original impressions and legends of the Ming army in Dongjiang Town, the Korean people naturally voted with their feet and chose to side with the Jianlu.
The change of things finally did come from the landing of Japanese troops in Korea, as Zheng Zhilong had guessed.
The last time the Japanese army attacked North Korea, the troops even reached the Yalu River and almost harmed the entire North Korea. At that time, the harm done by the Japanese pirates to North Korea was absolutely naked. Everyone in North Korea had a very strong impression of this.
profound.
Jianlu wanted to cede Korea to the Japanese pirates, which meant that the Koreans would live in dire straits from now on. At the same time, the Koreans had a new understanding of Jianlu. It turned out that they were not there to save them, but to save them.
When trading ordinary goods with Japanese pirates.
Another point is that in order to transport North Korea's population and food and supplies to Liaodong before the Japanese invaders invaded Korea, Jianlu tore off their hypocrisy. Not only did they forcibly demolish Korean families, they only took away the young and strong, regardless of the old or the weak, and food and grass supplies.
, collect them all, and take away everything that can be taken away. There are many joys and sorrows in this process, and there are many human tragedies.
This scene deeply shocked the Koreans and made them fully understand Jianlu's true face.
There is also the last one. After the reconstruction of Dongjiang Town, because the logistics supplies are fully guaranteed, it is different from the previous Mao Wenlong era. Therefore, the Ming army in Dongjiang Town will not rob the Koreans’ supplies at all. They may even see it.
Even if he is miserable, he will give some charity.
After such a comparison, the Korean people rediscovered that the Ming army treated them better.
No matter what the Ming army did, they never treated them like Jianlu did.
What's more, the re-invasion of the Japanese pirates brought back the memory of the Korean people and reminded them that it was the Ming Dynasty that sent troops to rescue North Korea and drove the Japanese pirates back.
It is clear at this point whether they are humans or beasts, good guys and bad guys.
As a result, the Korean people began to take the initiative to defect to Dongjiang Town.
Wu Sangui foamed at the mouth and sputtered a lot. After talking until his mouth was dry, he finally explained to Zheng Zhilong.
Finally, he said to Zheng Zhilong even more excitedly: "Just a few days ago, with the help of those Korean volunteers, I killed a group of more than 500 rebels, which was somewhat of a military achievement. The leader was still a
The Jia La forehead with the blue flag is true!"
"Oh, congratulations!" Zheng Zhilong was a little surprised when he heard this, and said quickly.
Wu Sangui laughed when he heard this, but for some reason, the figures of Aisin Gioro Abatai and Aisin Gioro Azige flashed across his mind. It was really a pity!
Seeing him like this, Zheng Zhilong reminded Wu Sangui based on his own experience: "You have to be careful when Jianlu sends spies inside!"
One of the ways he can fight out from many pirates is to infiltrate his opponents or simply bribe them.
Maybe on Wu Sangui's side, those North Koreans really came to surrender sincerely at the beginning. But if this happens more often, and Jianlu knows about it, he may not use this method of planting insiders.
After hearing this, Wu Sangui nodded quickly and said: "Yes, yes, yes, Lao Zheng reminded me, I will be more careful when I turn around."
After finishing speaking, he immediately went on to say to Zheng Zhilong: "Look, Lao Zheng, I have more and more manpower here, and I have some other ideas, but the pressure on logistics and military supplies is going to be great. You
Look, do you want to join me in reporting to the emperor to allocate more money and food to Dongjiang Town? By the way, Lao Zheng, you also want to support me more and transport the money and food over?"
After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong did not agree immediately, but reminded Wu Sangui: "Don't forget, we will eventually withdraw to the front line of Denglai!"
"I know, I know!" Wu Sangui responded quickly after hearing this, and then changed the topic and said, "But the Japanese navy can't come to attack our Dongjiang Town so quickly, right? And I have another idea, as long as we
If we have enough supplies, let the Japanese navy come and attack it. Is it possible to attack Pi Island?"
After finishing speaking, seeing that Zheng Zhilong wanted to speak, he quickly spoke up and said: "Also, Old Zheng, I have thought about it. If we withdraw to the Denglai front line, how will our military merits be established, and when can we be granted the title of Marquis?
General? I just thought, if I have cavalry and infantry in my hands, I can hide from the Japanese pirates in Korea, can I be granted the title of general as soon as possible?"
"..." Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help being speechless. He looked at Wu Sangui, a little confused for a moment.
According to Wu Sangui, if you do this, it will definitely be a big risk. Does he really dare to do this?
Risking your life for military glory? Based on my understanding of him, it seems a bit unlike him!