In the early August of the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yunxi, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and grandson of the emperor, 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. Known as the Five
A hundred thousand troops, like Mount Tai, were dispatched from Liaodong and crossed the Yalu River with lightning speed.
Both sides of the Yalu River are the old land of China. Since the end of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, Goryeo has secretly encroached on it, but has not yet built large-scale cities. Apart from scattered forts and villages, it is still a wilderness.
After hearing the imperial conquest of the imperial army, the soldiers and civilians of Goryeo had 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, defeating Goryeo.
In Tuntian City and Turtle City, more than a thousand enemies were killed.
Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, led four thousand fine cavalry, galloping 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 power, it is better to gradually shrink it, let the Ming army advance straight in, and then gather the entire country's troops 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 Chinese army, and the remaining dozen or so
Tens of thousands of troops marched straight towards Pyongyang's barrier, Anju.
(Why protect the left wing? Because in the marching route of the Ming army, there is 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 were thinking 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 was divided into completely different groups.
There are two factions: non-resistance, and ceding territory and seeking peace.
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, there was another quarrel in the main hall of the King of Goryeo. 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 for territorial expansion. At the same time, they showed the greatest sincerity to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Please forgive me.
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.
In the Goryeo Gyeongbokgung Palace, which was completely modeled on the palace city of the Central Plains Dynasty, the Goryeo scholar-bureaucrats got into a quarrel. The quarrel became so heated that they spitted and screamed at the top of their lungs.
(Gyeongbokgung Palace was built in the 28th 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, but you are still arguing here! Do you want to quarrel until the Ming army crushes Seoul?
I have called you here to weigh the pros and cons of war, not to attack each other!
Li Chenggui was a hereditary general of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. He was a man of great skill and scheming. 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 held sole power.
At this time, he spoke in anger, and there was a hint of gold and iron in his voice, which made people shudder.
Qiao Na (Korean, Your Highness). 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 so energetic that he had always been fond of Korea.
The hostile emperor's grandson leads the army. I believe that there is no possibility of peace talks. Please, your highness, summon the soldiers 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! Among the ministers, Chengzhengyuan (Hanlin Academy of the Ming Dynasty), 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, can we
Shouldn't we think carefully about what mistake made Shangguo so angry?
For thousands of years, the Kingdom of China has been adhering to enlightenment and is known as a land of etiquette. The monarchs of all dynasties have been reluctant to send troops for expeditions. Even if the vassal state made a few mistakes, they would be lenient and forgive them.
The fact that the Ming Dynasty did not see our envoy proved that our attitude in admitting our mistakes was not sincere enough and our etiquette was not solemn enough!
Why is it not grand enough? Among the Goryeo military generals, the leader of Qinghai Jun Li Zhilan 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.
All the treasures, beauties, BMWs, gold and silver were offered to us, but the Ming Dynasty still refused to give up. What else did they ask us to do? Do we have to bear thorns to plead guilty? Li Zhilan shouted angrily, if it doesn't work even to bear thorns to plead guilty, how can your highness follow the ancients and 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 literati 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 Fu Cha of Wu King?
Li Zhilan glared and said, I don’t know, but I heard it from the bookworm at home anyway! As he said that, he turned to Li Chenggui and said, Your Highness, in ancient China, after a country was destroyed, the defeated king would have it every day.
To taste the feces of a victorious king is such a shame and humiliation...
Shut up! Li Chenggui felt that his chest and abdomen were full of nausea.
In the court, the civil servants looked at Li Zhilan with disgust, Qinghai Jun is ignorant and incompetent! How can the allusions from China's Warring States Period be used at this time? Besides, Gou Jian was just lying on his back to eat his 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, but you are quarreling endlessly. You are still quarreling about these useless things. I want you to have it."
What is it for?
Ji Congliang said loudly again, Your Highness, listen to me and plead guilty and seek peace is the right way!
In your mind, is our country, Korea, so vulnerable? Opposition members should immediately ask.
So what if he wins, so what if he loses? Ji Congliang said loudly, the Ming Dynasty's national power is tens of millions of times that of Goryeo. If it can block it for a while, it can't block it for a lifetime. If he takes away 200,000 people, he can call in 2 million people. The war is still going on.
The raging war in Goryeo killed all the people of Goryeo and destroyed the foundation of Goryeo!
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 Goryeo 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 was destroyed by the Ming army. It is August now, and the crops will 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
Trading, military iron tools, bows and arrows and other raw materials 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 the Ming Dynasty's canonization. On the contrary, because of some barren land, the Ming Dynasty wanted to destroy Goryeo and Li Chenggui.
Home.
But in his heart, he really couldn't summon up much courage to make 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 rebellious official 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 my son think that seeking peace is self-destruction! If we want the Goryeo Kingdom to last long, the only way is to fight!