No one would have expected the Japanese pirates to launch a night raid on Jeju Island at this time.
However, this kind of thing obviously had nothing to do with Yun Tianyang and his men. They were no longer soldiers of the Great Ming, and even if they were, there was no way they could help the Koreans fight a war when they were completely in the dark.
Besides, even if they wanted to fight, they couldn't. What could these few crippled soldiers and defeated generals do?
Go up and die?
"General! General!!! The Japanese pirates are coming fiercely, and our Korean army is weak. Please, General, help us!"
Quan Huan, who was so scared that he was limp on the ground, mustered his courage and followed Yun Tianyang to the deck. He kept bowing to Yun Tianyang and said, "If Jeju Island is captured, then our Korea will be completely finished!"
The location of Jeju Island was too important. If Jeju Island was taken by the Japanese pirates, then Korea could almost be declared dead in advance.
"You Koreans are useless, so you want us to go up and die?"
Bai Shugui, who was standing by, grabbed him by the collar and threw him backward. How could Quan Huan, this weakling, contend with Bai Shugui? He was immediately thrown into a dog-eat-shit posture.
"Mr. Quan, fighting is not just about talking. You should go into the cabin and rest first."
As Yun Tianyang spoke, he gave Chen Biao a look. Chen Biao immediately nodded, then dragged Quan Huan by the arm and pulled him into the cabin.
"General! General..."
Quan Huan still wanted to say something, but he couldn't resist the burly Chen Biao, who carried him like a chicken.
Seeing this, Bai Shugui immediately stepped forward, leaned into Yun Tianyang's ear, and whispered his plan.
"General, this is a good opportunity."
Bai Shugui was clearly a little excited, and even his voice trembled slightly: "I am confident that I can take down these people in one go!"
Yun Tianyang's eyes flickered twice. He had to admit that Bai Shugui's suggestion really struck a chord with him.
He also coveted the weapons and armor of these people, and now was a good opportunity.
While these Koreans were dazed, their success rate was infinitely close to one thousand percent!!!
Yun Tianyang slowly walked to the side of the ship. The Koreans on those small boats were clearly in chaos as well. The fellow named Park Zhiheng was trying hard to calm his soldiers.
Without much thought, Yun Tianyang immediately made up his mind: "The situation is chaotic right now. I'll go directly to him."
"I will attract the attention of those people, and let Zhou Yong lead men to approach from underwater. As soon as I make a move here, they will board the ship and kill."
Since they had decided, then let's do it!
It was best for him to personally handle this kind of matter, so Yun Tianyang took the initiative and decided to act himself.
He was the best fighter on the entire ship, and the others naturally had no objections.
"What about those ship repairers and the civilians transporting supplies?"
Bai Shugui turned his head and pointed at the terrified boatmen, a ferocious look on his face: "How about we... these people???"
These people were all Koreans, and in Bai Shugui's view, they were all unstable factors.
"First, lock them all in the cabin. Ji Dalin, you take men to watch them."
These people were all skilled workers, all technical talents. Yun Tianyang felt that these people would definitely be of great use.
Yun Tianyang didn't know what politeness was. Since the opportunity arose, he wouldn't be foolish enough to let these people go back.
At Yun Tianyang's command, the entire ship immediately sprang into action.
Flanked by Bai Shugui and Chen Biao, Yun Tianyang led seven or eight of his personal guards directly onto Park Zhiheng's ship, while Zhou Yong led two squads of soldiers and jumped into the water from the other side.
These few were brothers with good swimming skills. They carried short weapons and dived into the water, quickly approaching the small boats of those people under the cover of the thick night.
Park Zhiheng's small boat was moored next to Yun Tianyang's warship. It was called small only in comparison to Yun Tianyang's large fu boat, which made it seem somewhat small.
Seeing that the General of the Heavenly Dynasty was about to board the ship, several Korean soldiers guarding the side of the ship quickly set up the gangplank and respectfully invited Yun Tianyang to board.
"General! What should we do now?"
Seeing Yun Tianyang arrive, Park Zhiheng immediately walked over with a panicked expression: "This, what should we do now???"
This fellow seemed to have just climbed out of bed, wearing only a thin undershirt, and was shivering continuously in the cold wind.
Looking at Park Zhiheng's hopeful eyes, Yun Tianyang smiled: "Don't worry, how many men do you have here right now?"
Park Zhiheng thought Yun Tianyang was asking this to support the port, and immediately rattled off: "I have 53 elite men, 10 strong bows, 20 bags of arrows, 15 muskets, and two small cannons with two boxes of cannonballs, and four barrels of gunpowder!"
"If the General is willing to support the port, all my men will obey the General's command!"
Park Zhiheng was very decisive and immediately handed over all command to Yun Tianyang.
He knew his own capabilities. Park Zhiheng was very clear about his own abilities. Aside from anything else, his legs were still trembling.
He continued, "If the General helps, I will definitely write to the King afterwards, asking the King to commend the General before His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"
Commendation? Hehe.
However, upon hearing that Park Zhiheng's ship actually had so many good things, Yun Tianyang still nodded in satisfaction.
"Good, but before that, I need to borrow something from you."
"General, please speak freely!"
"Your head!"
......
Park Zhiheng was stunned.
My head? What's the use of my head???
He didn't understand. His mind couldn't comprehend such a complex matter at once.
But he didn't need to think anymore, because he no longer had the chance.
"Swish!"
Only the sound of a sharp blade being drawn was heard, and then Park Zhiheng's vision went black. With a "thump," his head fell to the ground.
Having struck successfully, Yun Tianyang slowly shook the blood-stained long saber in his hand. Hmm, did he feel his strength had increased a bit recently?
Yun Tianyang's strike was unexpected not only by Park Zhiheng, but also by the soldiers behind him. It wasn't until Park Zhiheng's head had rolled three times on the ground that these men finally reacted.
Their commander was dead, and he had died so casually.
They were in a daze, but Bai Shugui wasn't. The moment Yun Tianyang made his move, he also drew his long saber and then shouted loudly: "Attack!!!"
"Bang!" "Bang!"
Suddenly, there was a great splash of water all around. Zhou Yong, who had been lurking underwater, leaped directly out of the water, grabbed the railing on the side of the ship, and swung himself over.
Without a word, this brute raised his saber and chopped at a bewildered soldier, the blow landing directly on the man's face, splitting his head vertically in two from the front.
"Kill!!!"
Following his roar, the remaining soldiers also climbed up.
"Don't form a formation, finish this quickly."
Yun Tianyang roared, then directly swung his saber and charged forward.
Chen Biao immediately led the personal guards behind him to protect Yun Tianyang's flanks, allowing Yun Tianyang to charge with confidence.
On the battlefield, when the commander charged, that's what the personal guards did.
Bai Shugui also followed closely behind Yun Tianyang, but he was a little slow. Yun Tianyang had only killed three or four people ahead, and the rest of the Korean soldiers had already knelt down and surrendered.
They were all soldiers who ate military rations; how much will to resist could they have?
Only seven or eight of the most core household guards seemed to want to resist. Yun Tianyang had neither the time nor the interest to persuade them to surrender, so he directly strode forward, raised the long saber in his hand, and chopped down.
The sharp long saber, carrying a whistling wind, fell heavily, instantly killing a fellow who tried to block with his saber, both the saber and the man.
Another person tried to step forward and counterattack while Yun Tianyang's strength was spent, but he was kicked to the ground by Chen Biao, who was closely guarding Yun Tianyang's side, and then Chen Biao reversed his grip on the saber and directly pinned him to the deck.
Zhou Yong, on the side, had also gone berserk. Because he had come by diving underwater, he not only wasn't wearing armor, but after the fight started, he even stripped off his clothes because he found the wet clothes cumbersome. Bare-chested, he charged forward, brandishing two sabers.
With two sabers, blocking left and slashing right, he charged into the Korean formation like a whirlwind. This fellow didn't care whether you surrendered or not; even if someone was already kneeling on the ground with their weapon down, he still directly slashed at them.
In a short while, he was covered in blood, looking as if he had been pulled out of a pool of blood, but it was all Korean blood.
"Surrenderers will not be killed!"
"Surrenderers will not be killed!"
The battle lasted less than five minutes and ended amidst the shouts of the crowd and the cries of the Koreans. In just this short time, out of more than fifty Korean soldiers, only twenty or so remained kneeling on the ground; all the others had perished.
"General! What should we do with the remaining people?"
Zhou Yong, covered in blood, walked up to Yun Tianyang with a murderous aura, and asked with a blood-stained grin: "If you ask me, just kill all these people and be done with it!"
As he spoke, he raised his saber and stabbed a Korean lying at his feet straight through.
"Ah!!!"
A tragic scream pierced the heart. The Korean pinned to the deck was not yet dead, struggling on the deck. A large amount of fresh blood gushed from his body, quickly staining the deck beneath him crimson.
Watching the man howl in pain, Zhou Yong not only did not give him a quick death, but instead grinned sinisterly and repeatedly pulled his long saber in and out.
"Alright, let's finish this quickly."
Yun Tianyang frowned and stopped Zhou Yong's cruel behavior, snatching the saber from Zhou Yong's hand, then impaling the unfortunate man with a backhand stab.
"Strip all these living people naked and send them to the cabin, then we'll withdraw."
Returning the saber to Zhou Yong, Yun Tianyang turned to Bai Shugui and ordered, "This ship is yours. You sail it and follow us."
"First, inventory the items on the ship."
"Yes!" Bai Shugui saluted with cupped fists, somewhat excitedly, then led his men to take full control of the ship.
There was no time for them to move things now; the best way was to just sail the ship away.
Although this ship was a bit small, its craftsmanship was still good, and they would be able to use it in the future.
"Throw all the bodies into the sea! Tell Ji Dalin to quickly get those boatmen to clean up. We need to leave immediately!"
"Are there any injured brothers?" This was Yun Tianyang's greatest concern. He turned to Chen Biao and instructed, "Bring those two doctors over and have them apply medicine to the injured brothers."
"Two were cut by knives, but it's not a big problem."
With careful planning against carelessness, and elites fighting against irregulars, only two light injuries was already very good.
It's war, how can there be no blood shed?
"Even minor injuries need to be properly taken care of, otherwise, if it gets infected, it'll be over."
Yun Tianyang didn't have many subordinates, and losing any of them pained him.
"I understand. I'll take them to get bandaged right away."
Chen Biao nodded repeatedly in agreement, then turned and led the two injured brothers onto the large ship.
"General, why are we keeping these guys?"
Zhou Yong asked, somewhat puzzled, "Keeping them is just a waste of food. We might as well kill them and be done with it."
Yun Tianyang glanced at this simpleton: "If we don't keep them, will you do all the work yourself in the future?"
"These are all strong laborers. In the future, we'll have to do everything ourselves, and there will be plenty of chores to do. Isn't it better to keep them for work?"
Zhou Yong suddenly understood. He scratched his head with a foolish grin: "You're right, General. You think far ahead."
"Alright, quickly take your men back and rest. The weather is getting colder, so don't catch a cold."
Looking at Zhou Yong, bare-chested and covered in blood, Yun Tianyang shook his head helplessly: "We got a lot of leather armor this time. Don't go bare-chested again next time."
"Yes, General!"
"Go on, go back and rest."
"General."
Having just sent off Zhou Yong, Bai Shugui ran back again, saying with some excitement: "General, I have inventoried all the goods. That Park Zhiheng didn't lie; there really is a lot of stuff."
"And besides what he said, there's also a lot of food and fresh water in the ship's cabins, enough for us to eat for a month. There are also swords and spears, enough for our brothers to replace all their current equipment."
"Very good, it seems this Park Zhiheng is quite wealthy." Yun Tianyang nodded in satisfaction. It seemed this venture was the right one.
"Indeed, I asked someone, and they said this ship is actually Park Zhiheng's private property. All the things on board were prepared by him for himself, and now they all benefit us."
Good, very good. With so many rooms, the worries in Yun Tianyang's heart finally subsided.
"Oh, General, there's one more thing."
Bai Shugui turned and looked around, then cautiously leaned into Yun Tianyang's ear and said, "General, there are two women in the cabin."
"Women???"
Yun Tianyang raised an eyebrow. This Park Zhiheng had a good taste, even bringing women to play?
"Yes, I found a servant who understood Han Chinese and asked him. He said these two women are Park Zhiheng's concubines."
A hint of an ambiguous smile appeared on Bai Shugui's face: "I'll send them to the General's cabin right away."
"Keep them locked up for now."
Yun Tianyang quickly waved his hand and said, "Now is not the time to think about such things."
The situation was unclear now, how could there be time to think about women?
Besides, Yun Tianyang wasn't Cao Cao; he had no interest in other people's women.
"Yes, then I'll keep them locked up for now."
Bai Shugui looked understanding and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"Alright, this ship is entrusted to you. You arrange it well for me."
Yun Tianyang reached out and patted Bai Shugui's shoulder, saying earnestly: "You should screen those Koreans and see if there are any useful ones. We don't have many people right now, so it's good to have them do some chores."
"I understand, leave it to me." Bai Shugui nodded forcefully: "Since those people surrendered, I don't think there will be much of a problem."
"Still, it's better to be careful."
"Yes!"
"Go on, I'll head back over there now."