Chapter 301 Complete Destruction
"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and the government affairs are numerous, so the king needs to take a look at it personally. If he fights in person, he will be afraid that the government will be misleading!" Zhou Shao, the leader of the civil servant, spoke out.
The generals didn't want Ulutus to fight in person. First, it was for security reasons, but second, it was for military merit. After all, Ulutus personally conquered Goryeo, so the military merits would naturally be much more profitable. The Northern and Southern Army, who had been idle for so long, wanted to do a big battle, so naturally they were unwilling to be divided into military merits.
But Ulutus had already considered this matter!
The so-called "achievement of one's achievements" is a battle!
Since Goryeo, a small country, is about to be destroyed, we must do our best. This time, we must not only take down the entire territory of Goryeo and establish a province in Jiangnan. We must also capture all the noble landlords and scholars who are rooted in the local area. All cultural classics belonging to Goryeo will be burned and destroyed as much as possible.
At least half of the ordinary people in Goryeo moved out. Their land, houses, oxen, etc. were used to resettle refugees in Shandong. Then, the efforts to promote the education of Ming Dynasty were strengthened, and the cultural soil of Goryeo existed from the root.
Therefore, this conquest of Goryeo is destined to cause a bloody storm. It is possible that rebellion will be suppressed and rebellion will continue! These are just in line with Ulutus' wishes. The more people jump out, the better. As long as the people who oppose the rule of the Ming Dynasty are killed, the more smooth the establishment of the Jiangnan province will be.
When conquering Wa Kingdom, the Jiangnan province will also become an important base for the Ming Kingdom!
With this idea in mind, Ulutus refused everyone's persuasion and said with a strong attitude: "The conquest of Goryeo is related to the eastern expedition of Japan, and others can't feel at ease when I look at it. Moreover, although the Ming Dynasty is different from the Mongolian Khanate, it is a custom for the emperor to personally expedition. With the Khanate, the Khanate led a large army to expedition the western expedition, our Ming Dynasty can naturally have a leader leading the army to expedition to Goryeo. You don't have to persuade me anymore! In the past, I led you all the way from Hailar to Liaodong. Today, I just attacked a small Koryeo country. What's wrong with it?"
Looking at the rise of the Ming Dynasty, Ulutus rarely missed the battles of all sizes. Compared with Goryeo, whether it is the sect kings of Lahaier Province, or the Liao and Dazhen countries, their national strength is stronger than Goryeo.
But these forces and countries have been destroyed. Therefore, the risk of conquering Goryeo, a former defeated general, is very small.
Seeing that Ulutus had said this, and in the Ming Dynasty, no one could restrain Ulutus' prestige and power, so it was difficult for civil and military officials to persuade him again.
So the time for the Eastern Expedition was set, just seven days later.
Pingzhou, bordering Goryeo, received food and grass from Liaoning and Jilin more quickly after receiving imperial edicts from the court, for military service.
Time was very fast, and it became a thing of the past in the blink of an eye. Ulutus led the two armies of the north and south to a total of 100,000, and left the south of Beijing calmly.
The news also came back to Goryeo as soon as possible!
Cui Yugong, who was manipulating the Goryeo rebellion this time, immediately became frightened. Before he could think too much, Wang Kang, the new army's ten thousand households and commander, came to Cui's house to find him.
"Shangshu Cui, the Ming Kingdom is mainly here to conquer us in person!" Wang Kang's killing of Liu Dian was instigated by Cui Yugong and others. However, these people were afraid of Ming Kingdom's revenge, so they kept hiding behind to command remotely.
"Commander Wang, don't worry too much. Nanjing is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the Ming army will not be so fast at the city. And we have no way to retreat. We can retreat to the sea all the way east. If we don't, Japan can still take us in. It's impossible for Japan to know that Ming is going to conquer them and can still provide us with help."
Because they are close to Japan, there have always been some Korean nobles who can't stay in their own country, so they go to Japan to take refuge. Anyway, there are many islands in Japan, so they can find an island for a while, but they can't find them for a while.
In the Ouyu Kingdom in Japan, many escaped people from the Peninsula, the Northeast and Central Plains were placed. They can not only bring advanced agricultural production technology on the mainland, but also expand borders for Japan and occupy the territory of the Hokkien people, which is a lot of benefits.
"This is not a good place to go! But Goryeo is our foundation. If we want to abandon it all, it will always be difficult to give up!" Wang Kang was a little embarrassed. He had no confidence in resisting the Ming army.
That is, those bandits and bandits who took advantage of the chaos in Goryeo and were in chaos and fought hard with the Ming people. This would be good, so let these people cause more trouble for the Ming army to delay their marching speed.
They themselves took this opportunity to quickly collect gold, silver and treasures and think of a way out. Anyway, they can't beat them from the front, so they can cause trouble for the Ming people in private. At the same time, they also used a few strong cities in Goryeo to block the speed of the Ming people.
As long as the attack on Goryeo was frustrated and they expressed their conscience, the Ming Dynasty changed its previous harsh policies, including Suogong, etc., and then the Ming Dynasty was still a loving vassal state.
While thinking about a response within Goryeo, the Ming army took two days to cross the Yalu River. In another half a day, it arrived at Pyongyang County, the largest border town near Goryeo.
After these days of fermentation, there was a lot of solemnity in the border areas of Pingzhou. There were also thieves and scouts on the right bank of Tongjiang. However, under the order of Tuoheihua, the scouts of Ming Kingdom immediately dispatched to kill all the villains who dared to spy on military affairs.
Not only that, a small group of soldiers were also sent to the former site of the Tongjiang Daying on the right bank of Tongjiang. Since the capture of the Ming Dynasty in the old year, the Dachang was abandoned. Later, the Goryeo court officials did not dare to set up a new one, and only recruited 5,000 soldiers in Huangzhou City south of Tongjiang to suppress the local area and monitor the movements of the Ming army.
But when the Ming Dynasty had already stationed troops in Nanjing, the garrison in Huangzhou was a joke.
At present, in the Pyongyang County, all the people and merchants work and operate as usual, and it seems that they have not been greatly affected. However, outside the city, some tents were arranged to accommodate immigrants withdrawn from Goryeo and a large number of Goryeo people who fled.
Given that the war is about to begin, in order to avoid intricate work, these immigrants and refugees are not allowed to leave Pyongyang County. When they are unified by the government outside the city, in addition to receiving relief, they also have to do some work within their ability. For example, helping to build dams, reclaim wasteland, build irrigation ditches, and build houses are all for better acceptance of new immigrants.
When Ulutus saw that Li Tongzhi had arranged all these important civil affairs matters well, he was not stingy with compliments, which made the other party feel grateful.
Chapter completed!