In the 20th year of Hongwu, at the beginning of the month, Zhu Yunxi, the crown prince and grandson of the Ming Dynasty, went to conquer Korea on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yunxi led all the troops and horses in the world, sent out the elite of the Beijing camp and the border troops of the Liaodong capital, a total of 200,000 people. It was said to be 500,000.
The large army, like Mount Tai, was dispatched from Liaodong and crossed the Yalu River with lightning speed.
Both sides of the Yalu River were originally the old Chinese lands. Since the end of the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, Goryeo had secretly encroached on it, but had not yet built large-scale cities. Apart from scattered forts and villages, it was still a wilderness.
After hearing the imperial conquest of the Imperial Army, the Goryeo soldiers and civilians here fled in all directions, and those who could not escape also hid in low forts. Within a few days, King Zhu Di of Yan led his elite troops to sweep away more than 70 Goryeo fortresses and destroy the Goryeo settlements.
City, Turtle City, killed more than a thousand enemies.
Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi led four thousand fine cavalry to gallop back and forth in the wilderness, looking for the main movement of the Goryeo army. However, the Goryeo soldiers seemed to have evaporated, and they were never seen.
This situation was within the expectations of Zhu Yunxi and other veteran generals. On the land that was encroached by the Koryo people, there were only small towns built during the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. Under the impact of the 200,000-strong army, they had no ability to resist.
Instead of wasting military strength, it is better to gradually shrink it, let the Ming army advance straight in, and then gather all the troops and horses from all over the country to counterattack after the supply line is stretched.
It was estimated that the Wang Division would not encounter large-scale resistance before marching to Pyongyang. Therefore, Zhu Yunxi ordered Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi and Yan Wang Zhu Di to march along the flank of the army to protect the left side of the army, and the remaining hundreds of thousands
The army marched straight towards Pyongyang's barrier, Anju.
(Why protect the left wing? Because the Ming army’s march route has the sea on the right and the vast wilderness on the left.)
Pyongyang must be captured. After Pyongyang is captured, the seaport outside the city and Jinli can be used as the logistics base of the Wang Division. The Koreans want to extend the front, but Zhu Yunxi has never thought of transporting grain and grass equipment by land.
Hejinli is a seaport in the West Koryo Bay, opposite to the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong or Shandong Peninsula. Transport by sea not only saves the long time of land transportation and the waste of people eating horses, but also prevents the supply line from being harassed by Koryo's cavalry.
In fact, Zhu Yunxi and a group of Ming veterans really thought too much. At this moment, the capital of Goryeo was in chaos ever since the Ming Dynasty declared war. The surrender faction and the resistance faction were arguing endlessly, and the surrender faction divided into groups that did not resist at all.
, and two factions: ceding territory and seeking summation.
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In the face of a formidable enemy, several groups of people were all out of their minds, accusing and abusing each other. So until the Ming army's 200,000 troops had already set up a battle array in Goryeo, they did not come up with a feasible plan.
At this time, the main hall of the royal capital of Goryeo was noisy again. The conservatives asked the King of Goryeo to send another envoy to hand over to the Ming Dynasty those ministers in the country who were always clamoring to expand the territory. At the same time, they showed the greatest sincerity to apologize to the Ming Emperor.
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The other group believes that since the Ming army has crossed the river and is known as the battle to destroy the country, Goryeo must gather its subjects and resist resolutely. The Ming Dynasty is unkind, and Goryeo is also unjust. Although Goryeo is small, there are millions of soldiers and civilians, so it only needs to resist
Writing the date has dampened the spirit of the great grandson of the Ming Emperor. Only by suing for peace again can the Ming Dynasty take it seriously.
Goryeo's Gyeongbokgung Palace, which was completely modeled after the palace city of the original dynasty, had a quarrel among the Goryeo scholar-bureaucrats. The quarrel became so heated that they spitted and screamed at the top of their lungs.
(Gyeongbokgung Palace was built in the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. It is borrowed here.)
"Enough!" Li Chenggui on the throne shouted angrily, "The Ming army has crossed the river and should have arrived at Anzhou City at this moment. You are still arguing here! Do you want to quarrel with the Ming army under the pressure of Seoul?
Is that the time? I have called you here to weigh the pros and cons of war, not to attack each other!"
Li Chenggui was born as a hereditary general of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and he was a man of great skill and skill. He was also cruel and murderous. Since he came to power, he suppressed the aristocratic families and the monks who had occupied the Goryeo court, and had sole power.
At this time, when he spoke in anger, his voice actually contained the meaning of gold and iron, which made people shudder.
"Qiao Na (His Royal Highness in Korean)." Dr. Jung Dao Chuan of Ronglu said, "My previous envoys from Korea were rejected by the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the Ming army had already crossed the river, and the young man was full of energy.
The emperor's grandson, who is hostile to Goryeo, leads the army. I believe that there is no possibility of peace talks. Please, Your Highness, gather the troops and civilians of the world as soon as possible to make preparations!"
Li Chenggui nodded secretly. He was a martial artist, so he naturally understood the principle of pulling out a sword and inserting it back in without seeing blood.
"No!" The minister, Chengzhengyuan (Hanlin Academy of the Ming Dynasty), Du Chengzhi Ji Congliang came out and said loudly, "Your Highness, the Ming Dynasty's millions of royal troops have arrived, and Goryeo is in danger. At this time, as a vassal state,
Shouldn't we think carefully about what exactly was the fault that made the Lord so angry?"
"For thousands of years, Huashang Kingdom has adhered to education and is known as a state of etiquette. The monarchs of all dynasties have been reluctant to send troops for expeditions. Even if the vassal state makes a few mistakes, they will be lenient and forgive them."
"The fact that the Ming Dynasty did not see our envoy proves that our attitude in admitting our mistakes is not sincere enough and our etiquette is not solemn enough!"
"Why isn't it grand enough?" Qinghai Jun Li Zhilan, the leader of the Goryeo military generals, stood up and said angrily.
Li Zhilan was Li Chenggui's adopted brother and his biggest supporter in the army. Like Li Chenggui, he came from a family of hereditary generals in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Li Zhilan was a Jurchen, and his real name was Tong Doulan Timur.
"Treasures, beauties, BMWs, gold and silver were all offered up, but the Ming Dynasty still refuses to give up. What else does it ask us to do? Do we have to bear the thorns to plead guilty?" Li Zhilan shouted angrily, "If it doesn't work even to bear the thorns to plead guilty, how can we ask Your Highness to follow the example?
Did the ancients eat the shit of the Ming emperor?"
All the officials in the palace were stunned. There was no shortage of well-educated people in the Goryeo court, but no one could remember where this allusion to eating shit came from.
Only the human leader Pei Qianhuo thought for a long time and said, "What the Lord Qinghai said is the story of King Gou Jian of Yue and King Fu Cha of Wu?"
Li Zhilan glared and said, "I don't know. Anyway, I heard it from the bookworm at home!" After saying that, he turned to Li Chenggui and said, "Your Highness, in ancient China, after a country was destroyed, it lost.
The king has to taste the feces of the victorious king every day, which is such a shame and humiliation..."
"Shut up!" Li Chenggui felt disgust in his chest and abdomen.
In the court, the ministers looked at Li Zhilan with disgust, "Qinghaijun is ignorant and incompetent! How can the allusions from the Warring States period be used at this time? Besides, Gou Jian was a man of courage...
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Seeing that the courtiers were quarreling about this kind of thing again, Li Chenggui was furious again and said loudly, "I asked you to talk about military and state affairs, and you are arguing endlessly. You are still arguing about these useless things. I want you to
What is the use?"
Ji Congliang said loudly again, "Your Highness, please listen to me and plead guilty and seek peace is the right way!"
"In your opinion, is Korea so vulnerable?" The opposition immediately asked.
"So what if we win, so what if we lose?" Ji Congliang said loudly, "The Ming Dynasty's national power is tens of millions of times that of Goryeo. It can stop it for a while, but it cannot stop it for a lifetime. If he takes away 200,000 people, he can call in 2 million people.
.The war is raging in Goryeo, and those who died are all the people of Goryeo, and the foundation of Goryeo is destroyed!"
Yes, the last paragraph is the most troublesome part of this war. The war is spreading and raging on the doorstep of his own home. Regardless of whether he fights or not, Goryeo will be severely damaged. For Ming Dynasty, millions of troops can be killed at any time
It can be supplemented, but Korea cannot afford any major losses.
According to the military report from the front, King Zhu Di of Yan led the army to demolish the Goryeo fortress along the road. The farmland that had just grown up was destroyed by the Ming army. It is now the moon, and the crops will be mature in a month or two.
At that time, if the Ming army sets fire to the fields in Goryeo, even if Goryeo can win, they will starve next year. If the war continues, starvation will turn into famine. Moreover, during the long war, the Ming Dynasty blocked trade
, raw materials for military iron weapons, bows and arrows, etc., will only become less and less.
At that time, the people will have no food and the soldiers will have no weapons. How can we fight this war?
(In the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty banned ironware and buffalo horns from Korea. The Koreans were good at shooting, but Korea did not produce buffaloes)
Li Chenggui was full of anger at the Ming Dynasty's unreasonableness. His constant respect was not exchanged for Ming Dynasty's canonization. On the contrary, because of some barren land, the Ming Dynasty wanted to destroy Goryeo and Li Chenggui.
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But in his heart, he really couldn't summon up much courage to become an enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Back then, he was ordered to lead an army to the banks of the Yalu River to make an enemy of the Ming army. But as soon as he saw the power of the Ming army in the distance, he was already frightened.
The general opposite at that time was Xu Da, the brother of the Ming Dynasty emperor. Even the Mongols were afraid of him. How could the little Goryeo dare to stir up trouble in Tai Sui!
But he was unwilling to fight. In fact, he didn't care how many people died, he only cared about the credential declaring war. The Ming Emperor denounced him as a traitor and traitor who had usurped the throne, which directly denied the legitimacy of the Li family's rule over Goryeo.
At this time, a voice suddenly came from outside the hall.
"My father and I think that seeking peace is self-destruction! If we want the Goryeo Kingdom to last forever, the only way is to fight!"
This chapter has been completed!