Yao Guangxiao did not refuse to meet with the people sent by Zhu Di.
Because he knew that it was better to be direct than not to see him.
Soon, the visitor appeared in the big tent.
"General Zhang, it's you who came here in person." Yao Guangxiao was a little surprised when he saw the person coming.
Zhang Yu was the number one general under King Yan, which shows how important he was to this meeting.
"I've met Master Dao Yan."
After Zhang Yu came in, he put his hands together and greeted Yao Guangxiao.
Then his eyes turned to Wei Guang.
"Who is this?"
The underlying meaning is self-evident, that is, he wants Yao Guangxiao to let him out.
Before Yao Guangxiao could speak, Wei Guang directly introduced himself: "I am a member of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce under Taisun, and the commander of the Korean army, Wei Guang."
Hearing this, Zhang Yu's originally smiling face became a little ugly.
He seemed to know why Prince Yan told him when he came down that he must act according to the situation.
It turned out that King Yan had already expected that there must be someone from His Highness Taisun beside Master Daoyan.
In this case, it would be hard to say for sure.
"Sit down, King Yan is here to discuss matters with the poor monk on behalf of the Ming Dynasty." Yao Guangxiao asked first.
It can be regarded as avoiding the conflict situation between the two in advance.
It is obvious that Wei Guang is now very wary of Zhang Yu's attitude. If Zhang Yu gets angry here, it will be difficult to deal with.
Zhang Yu was relatively restrained and immediately understood the meaning of Master Daoyan's words.
Even Zhang Yu's current actions represent not King Yan, but the entire Ming Dynasty.
In so many things, there is the possibility of cooperation.
Zhang Yu looked at Wei Guang's expression and knew very well that it would be difficult to mention King Yan in front of Master Dao Yan during this trip.
So he nodded and said: "Now that we and the Ming army have occupied part of the area, the Duke of Song will follow His Majesty's decree. After landing, he will first occupy the territory as the main one, and then slowly plan for it."
"Currently, our army is divided into four groups. With King Yan, King Jin and King Qi as the vanguard, we set off in three groups."
"In response to the general's order, since the King of Yan is closer to Goryeo, the matter of contacting the mage will be handed over to the King of Yan."
Zhang Yu kept the story short and briefly introduced the current situation in Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Feng Sheng did want to send someone here, but he was directly kicked away by King Yan.
King Yan also knew very well that Song Duke Feng Sheng would not care too much about such a trivial matter.
Zhang Yu took the hint from King Yan, so he naturally used the tiger skin as a coat.
After Yao Guangxiao listened, he finally understood the current situation.
After hesitating for a moment, he said: "The poor monk is relatively unfamiliar with the military field. I will trouble General Zhang to contact General Wei for the next specific matters."
Zhang Yu was stunned.
Wei Guang next to him grinned.
Master Daoyan's meaning is already quite clear, which is equivalent to stating his current position.
Zhang Yu had no choice but to accept it according to the current situation.
Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together, saluted, then handed over the big tent to the two of them, and left directly.
It's not that he can't listen, but the matter that Zhang Yu came to discuss will be completely handled by Wei Guang.
After the matter was discussed, he would come back to discuss it in detail with Wei Guang.
"General Zhang, please." Wei Guang laughed, pointed at the chair, and said to Zhang Yu.
Seeing this, Zhang Yu understood that there was no other way out, so he could only clasp his fists and say: "General Wei, please."
Outside the tent, Yao Guangxiao frowned and looked into the distance.
That's the direction of Ming Dynasty.
In fact, in Yao Guangxiao's mind, the choice was already very straightforward, and he naturally wanted to safeguard the interests of His Highness the Grand Sun.
However, this does not mean that the relationship with King Yan must be completely severed.
After all, in this strange land, everyone has the same identity, Han Chinese.
It should be more about cooperation rather than mutual hostility.
This is why even Wei Guang would choose to discuss it in detail with Zhang Yu.
A few days later,
Zhang Yu also returned to where King Yan was.
Zhu Di summoned him the first time he came back.
"Tell me how Master Daoyan responded to you."
Zhu Di was the first to ask.
He has been thinking about Daoyan for a long time.
Dao Yan's help to him, especially when he was in Peiping, was almost comprehensive.
Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements.
So when Zhu Ying transferred Yao Guangxiao away from Zhu Di, it was like Zhu Di had a broken arm, and many things became less convenient.
Now finally, in the land of Japan, the two of them had contact again.
When Zhang Yu heard King Yan's question, he replied with some shame: "Prince Qi, I am incompetent. I went to where Goryeo is and chatted with Master Daoyan for only two or three sentences."
Zhu Di frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Zhu Di has great trust in Zhang Yu, and in terms of strategy, Zhang Yu can be said to be a talent who can truly stand alone.
That's why Zhu Di sent Zhang Yu over to discuss the alliance with Dao Yan in detail.
Zhang Yu replied: "Your Majesty, there is a general beside Master Daoyan, named Wei Guang, who claims to be the commander of the Taisun Chamber of Commerce in Goryeo."
"As soon as the general came over and reported his identity, he took very strict precautions against him, so much so that he had no chance to meet Master Daoyan alone."
"Then Master Daoyan asked the general to discuss the specific matters of the alliance with Wei Guang."
"Then I stayed there for a whole day without finding any chance. Wei Guang was always by Master Dao Yan's side."
After Zhu Di listened, he fell silent.
In fact, in Zhu Di's mind, he was very clear about Daoyan's character. He was a man who just wanted to realize his ambition.
From other perspectives, the current Daoyan can be regarded as getting what he wanted.
If Dao Yan really wanted to bring him a message, Zhu Di believed that there could be other ways.
"By the way, Your Majesty, when the general was leaving, Master Daoyan asked the general to bring a message to the Prince."
Just when Zhu Di was inevitably feeling a little sentimental, Zhang Yu spoke.
Zhu Di hurriedly asked: "What are you talking about?"
Zhang Yu replied: "Master Daoyan said that I would like to thank the prince for taking care of Qingshou Temple."
Zhu Di paused for a moment and suddenly became enlightened.
"Haha, I know that Daoyan will never let me down."
In the eyes of outsiders, Qingshou Temple is just a simple monk temple, but in fact, to Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao.
Many secret activities are almost always carried out in Qingshou Temple.
For example, the contact with Li Jinglong, transporting high-quality war horses.
Zhu Di naturally found it difficult to come forward in this regard, including the personal guards in the palace.
This is not to say that Zhu Di has a problem with his trust in his personal guards.
But there are some things that Zhu Di cannot participate in at all.
Although the Jin Yiwei did not strictly monitor the vassal kings in various places, the transportation of war horses will definitely attract the attention of some interested people.
The Ming Dynasty itself was short of horses, so the care of war horses was extremely important.
It is easy to trace this line back to Zhu Di.
When the news reached my father, he just couldn't eat it and carried it away.
But Yao Guangxiao's temple does not have these worries. Even if the monk is found, Zhu Di's head cannot be found.
In this situation, Zhu Di could completely rely on his own power to rescue the monks.
The actions of monks are also relatively respectable in many aspects.
Zhu Di could nominally control only 30,000 troops in Peiping. This was also Zhu Yuanzhang's restriction on the vassal kings.
However, in fact, the entire Peiping, whether civil servants or generals, were all won over by Zhu Di.
Those who cannot be won over will naturally find ways to get rid of them.
Just give An the name of a corrupt official, and don't make it too simple.
Moreover, such behavior will be valued by the father in the capital. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
Most civil servants and military generals are basically not very wary of monks.
That's how Zhu Di was able to turn the whole of Peiping into an iron barrel.
So when he heard Zhang Yu conveying Dao Yan's words and talking about the Qingshou Temple, Zhu Di already understood in his heart that this was a signal sent to him secretly by Dao Yan.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Di said: "How did you and Wei Guang decide on the alliance with Goryeo?"
After Dao Yan's side was confirmed, Zhu Di naturally felt much more relaxed, and turned to ask about related matters.
Zhang Yu replied: "Currently, the Japanese army is concentrating backwards. It seems that they want to accumulate strength, find our weaknesses, and then win with one blow."
"But the combat power of the Japanese army is just like that. Compared with my army of the Ming Dynasty, it is like clouds and mud."
"Even if the Goryeo army attacked them, it didn't seem like it took much effort."
"Therefore, the general and Weiguang discussed that they should join forces first to completely clean up the remnants between us and the Goryeo army, and help each other to look for opportunities to defeat the Japanese army."
After Zhang Yu spoke briefly, he began to tell some details about the layout of the army.
At the same time, two maps were also taken out, which were drawn by Zhu Di and Master Dao Yan after their respective surveys.
Now that the two maps are put together, the scope becomes clearer.
After listening to Zhang Yu's story, Zhu Di nodded and agreed to the current strategy.
In general, for both the Ming and Goryeo armies, the most urgent thing now is to obtain food.
In terms of food, it's actually pretty good.
Because the biggest difference between the Japanese country and the grassland tribes is that it also belongs to an agricultural civilization.
In other words, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Japanese country, what they are about to encounter now is to collect grain.
It is already May, and rice planting in Japan will be next month.
After the Ming army landed in Japan, they also attached great importance to cultivated land.
Wherever the army marched, they tried their best to avoid farmland.
Feng Sheng knew very well that farmland was very important to the current Ming army, and it was even related to some actions related to the Japanese country in the future.
On the Japanese side, although the grain stored in the warehouse has been hidden.
But we won't do things like destroying farmland.
In the long history of the Japanese nation, this was the third time that the country suffered from external war.
During the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, those Mongolian knights, wherever they went to protect these farmlands, would always trample them on horseback.
However, the Mongolian knights would not deliberately destroy it. After all, at that time, they regarded the Japanese side as their own territory.
The war was lost so quickly that there was no time to do these things.
This was true in both wars.
So much so that the Japanese would never deliberately destroy farmland, because in their view, the Ming Dynasty's army would be destroyed by the "divine wind" just like the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
It's just that they ignored one problem, that is, although Meng Yuan took control of the Central Plains during that period, his essential character did not change.
In the minds of most Mongolians, even Kublai Khan, they were still a country on horseback and did not have the mentality of an agricultural civilization at all.
But today's Ming Dynasty is completely different.
First of all, in terms of strategy, it is to follow the familiar path of stalemate first, and slowly fight the Japanese. The first thing is to seek stability, not to be like the Mongols in the past.
We must directly conquer the Japanese country in one go.
The most important thing is that the Ming army coming this time is different from the Mongolian army. Most of them are field soldiers.
In other words, almost most of the sergeants in the Ming army today are not only not unfamiliar with farming, but are actually more familiar with it than the people of the Japanese country.
Putting down their swords and guns, these Ming soldiers could turn into the best farmers at any time, harvesting and sowing with no problem at all.
The main crops of Japan are also mainly rice.
Unlike the Ming Dynasty, which had two crops a year, there is only one crop a year.
Sowing is done in late May and harvesting takes place from October to November.
In other words, the planting season is coming soon.
The Ming Dynasty officials and troops were already eager to try.
Feng Sheng knew very well that conquering the Japanese country, especially the thorough civilization of the Japanese country, was a long-term matter.
This does not mean that it can be completely accomplished in just one or two years.
Now the Ming army, including the Goryeo army, can be said to have acquired one-third of Kyushu Island.
Once the sowing is completed, it will be time to dispatch a large army to completely occupy Kyushu Island.
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As the saying goes, a thousand miles can be returned in a day.
Zhu Ying led his army by boat from Dantu County and sailed down the river to reach Suzhou, which only took a day and a half.
For the current Ming Dynasty, apart from the capital Nanjing, the area south of Suzhou and Hangzhou was the most prosperous.
This place used to be Zhang Shicheng's territory, but it was not affected by much war.
Even if it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang imposed heavy taxes here, in many articles, there seems to be a miserable scene.
However, when we actually arrived here, what we saw was no suffering among the people, only a scene of prosperity.
For most aristocratic families, landowners and gentry.
Even if the taxes collected by His Majesty are high, they are just grafted on to the people below.
The income is only a little bit less, and it doesn't affect my normal life.
In addition, trade is not subject to its restrictions, and there are still a large number of lavish young men who spend huge sums of money.