Chapter 771 Dog bites dog
"What? Someone attacked? Are you kidding?" Kim Tae-joo said angrily.
He was drinking when a trusted subordinate came in and poured a basin of water on his head. If this trusted subordinate had not been his most trusted subordinate, he would have drawn his sword and killed the man.
"Sir, the other side has started throwing stones. It will be too late if we don't send out troops now!" The confidant was extremely anxious.
"Go, go, go! Quickly organize the troops and set off!"
When Jin Taizhu arrived, he saw Gan Ning, who was wearing fancy clothes and had a mocking look on his face.
Although he didn't understand why Gan Ning brought him along on the road, Gan Ning's expression made him feel uneasy.
Kim Tae-joo believed that if it were the past he would definitely have reacted, but unfortunately his body was hollowed out by alcohol and sex and he had no time to react at all. The next moment he saw the last image of his life.
Gan Ning, wielding an iron chain sickle, easily took off Jin Taizhu's head. The iron chain across the river cut off Jin Taizhu's neck directly from behind, and rolled the head into Gan Ning's hands.
"The enemy general is dead, why don't you surrender!"
Gan Ning, holding the head, shouted in Korean, and the soldiers brought by Jin Taizhu fell into chaos.
"Attack with all your strength, don't hold back!"
Gan Ning's personal guards raised their powerful crossbows, and when the enemy was in chaos, they launched a hail of arrows, knocking down a large number of people on the opposite side. The remaining people were in danger and could not organize a counterattack at all.
"Start looting. Take away everything that can be taken from the surrounding ships. Dump out the bodies of the captured Japanese pirates and leave enough evidence for them!"
Gan Ning simply gave instructions to Otakemaru who was on standby, and then returned to his ship from the sea.
As a result of deliberate planning, the Goryeo garrison at the port had no power to resist at all.
The outcome was already decided, so he was too lazy to watch the subsequent burning, killing and looting.
"Retreat!" After several hours, Gan Ning ended this small-scale naval battle and left with a large amount of gold, silver and treasures.
“Woo woo woo~”
Seeing the port burning, the lookout in the city far away was stunned for a moment, then he took out his horn, blew the horn to announce the crisis, and after blowing the horn, he slid down the tall wooden pole.
"What happened?" The captain of the lookout rushed towards the lookout tower and asked the moment the horn sounded.
"There's a fire at the port. We can't see the specific situation clearly, but the fire is very large. I'm afraid we've been attacked." The lookout said nervously.
This was originally a leisurely position for retirement, and no accidents had ever occurred. However, such a big accident happened today when he was on duty.
"What?" The nobles in the city were stunned when they received the news. They had never thought that the port would be attacked.
"This is not the time to be cold. Lead the troops to attack quickly and make sure to protect the port!" The noble said calmly. A lot of their wealth and transactions are concentrated in the port, and they cannot afford to make any mistakes.
Unfortunately, when they arrived, there was only a raging fire and a mess .
"Where is that bastard Kim Tae-joo!" The noble leading the team was furious. Such a big thing had happened, but there was no sign of Kim Tae-joo who was stationed here.
"Sir, Lord Jin Taizhu is dead!" the remaining soldiers reported cautiously.
"What? What happened here? Who attacked you!" the nobleman grabbed the soldier's collar and asked angrily.
"I don't know, sir. They are flying pirate flags, but many of them have Japanese faces!" said the soldier in horror.
"Japanese? Go find some bodies to identify them!" The noble frowned and thought calmly, this was not a simple signal.
There are frictions between the Japanese and them, but they won't directly cut off trade between the two countries just for plunder, right?
But after he personally checked the bodies left behind, he had no choice but to accept the reality that they were indeed attacked by the Japanese.
And it was probably the regular Japanese army that attacked them. The remaining soldiers said that they saw quite a few sea monsters. A small number could be explained, but such a large number could only have been caused by the regular Japanese army.
"They are provoking a war!" The old nobles were extremely angry.
"Gather all the naval forces abroad and teach a lesson to the Japanese who dared to provoke us!" The old nobles shouted angrily. They had suffered a lot of losses, and what was worse was that their port was almost destroyed.
An old hen that laid golden eggs was killed for the eggs, and all the golden eggs were stolen. How could they not be angry?
Along with the mobilization of these old nobles, a large fleet rushed towards the ports of Japan.
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"Has the fight already started?"
When Guo Hao received Gan Ning's letter, a week had passed since the attack on the port, and the hatred between Japan and Goryeo was escalating.
At the beginning, the old nobles were able to gain a considerable advantage by relying on sneak attacks, but as Japan reacted and began to deploy troops, they began to be defeated in an instant.
But the two sides had already become furious with each other, and the old nobles of Goryeo even began to bow to Gao Xianzhi in exchange for his military support.
Gao Xianzhi pretended to agree, then sent out the sand left by the old nobles and a group of disobedient troops, while secretly notifying Gan Ning.
Goryeo's strength was actually not weak, but their essence of power had been destroyed once by the Han Dynasty, so facing Japan, which had been gathering strength, they seemed particularly powerless.
At one point, the Japanese fleet even counterattacked the Goryeo mainland. If Gan Ning and others had not secretly intervened, the Goryeo coast might have fallen.
"Then let the fleets set off. I guess the major fleets can't wait any longer." Chen Xi said with a smile. Since they decided to fight, they will naturally show no mercy.
"Well, I plan to send more people out this time, and also send people to take over the entire territory of Goryeo!" Guo Hao nodded. Gan Ning did a great job, which would be very beneficial to his future performance.
"Who should go? Sun Ce? Zhou Yu? Zheng He?" Chen Xi asked doubtfully. Since they had to make room, he guessed that they would have to take someone from a key position.
"Mobilize Sun Jian, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zheng He, Lu Meng, Xu Sheng, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and all those who have experience in naval warfare. Then select a group of people from the Administrative Affairs Office to take their places, and select another group of people from below to fill their vacant positions."
"Have you decided to take over Japan directly?" Chen Xi frowned slightly. Sometimes having too many people is not a good thing.
"No, the previous plan remains unchanged, but this time we will split our troops into two groups. We will first attract Japan's attention to the direction of Goryeo!" Guo Hao said with a sneer.
"When they get desperate and withdraw their troops, our elite troops will go straight into their heart."
