The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

The blueprint described by Zhu Ying cheered up Zhu Yuanzhang's spirit.

This is a new path, especially for today's Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was familiar with history, also knew that a dynasty that could not continue to expand would eventually turn into a pool of stagnant water and gradually decay.

At that time, the dynasty will be destroyed.

Zhu Yuanzhang established a large number of systems to regulate officials and people, and also to enable the Ming Dynasty to have a longer-term national development.

After hearing Da Sun's conjecture and decision about Dongsheng Shenzhou, the situation suddenly opened up.

"It seems that we need to invest more money on this route."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but said.

After thinking about these things, he was even more anxious than Dasun.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has steam iron-clad ships, apart from the troublesome areas of coal, the ability to deal with maritime risks has been greatly improved.

Besides, going north along the coast is relatively safer.

Coal was being vigorously developed in the Ming Dynasty, and the application of steam engines made mining more efficient than before.

Gunpowder also played a large role in mining.

Other mineral deposits may not be abundant in China due to continuous development, but the application of pebbles is not long, and the reserves are still sufficient.

On the other side of the grassland, Benya was captured alive while missing, and Arutai escaped into the forest.

Daming was able to take out his hand to deal with Goryeo in no time.

Li Chenggui's pressure suddenly increased.

"These damn Tatars, where did their original majesty go? How could they be destroyed by the Ming Dynasty so easily?"

"Is Prince Can Yuan a pig? He can be caught alive."

"Damn, damn, damn, Ming must be gathering troops to deal with me now."

Li Chenggui went berserk in the palace, and expensive porcelain was repeatedly smashed, but Li Chenggui's anger still could not be relieved.

Even when he saw the kneeling palace maid, Li Chenggui kicked her up.

The only one who could stand still was Wang Hu, the commander of the Imperial Guard, who was standing behind in armor.

"Wang Hu, what should I do now?"

After venting his anger, Li Chenggui sat on the ground, his spirit now a little broken.

The pressure on Ming Dynasty was too great, especially the news that was discovered. Hundreds of thousands of troops were not something Goryeo could contend with.

Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty was particularly good at attacking cities, and the Goryeo city wall was not large in scale, so it was obviously not enough to stop the Ming army.

"Perhaps Your Majesty can avoid it for a while." Wang Hu made a fairly pertinent suggestion.

Goryeo initially established the four-capital system based on the Liao and Song dynasties at that time.

In addition to Kaijing, there are also Xijing, Tokyo and Nanjing.

In the entire Goryeo, only these four cities could stop the Ming army, and other small cities were not worth mentioning.

Xijing, also known as Pyongyang in later generations, is now in the hands of Zhu Quan, King Ning of the Ming Dynasty, so it is naturally impossible to go there.

Li Chenggui’s only choices were Nanjing, Seoul and Tokyo Gyeongju.

At this time, Li Chenggui seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and immediately decided to run away.

In fact, the location of Kaijing is still very good, but it will bear the brunt of the Ming army.

Nanjing and Seoul a little behind, or Tokyo and Gyeongju on the seaside are where Li Chenggui decided to go.

Even if he was defeated, Li Chenggui could take a boat from Gyeongju, Tokyo, to Japan to seek refuge. Although he was living under the shelter of others, at least his life was saved.

The war in Goryeo soon began.

The Ming army made sufficient preparations, and hundreds of thousands of Ming troops with Zhu Ping as the main army entered the Goryeo area in a majestic manner.

The army controlled by Ning Wang Zhu Quan quickly joined the Ming army.

Many Goryeo soldiers actually have no objection to the Ming army, because Goryeo has always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, so isn't it normal for people from the suzerain country to come?

Facing the massive attack by the Ming army, most cities showed no intention of resisting at all.

Most of the small towns in Goryeo only had a few thousand soldiers in total. What could they do to stop the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops? This was no different than hitting an egg against a rock.

The army did not encounter any resistance until it reached Kaijing.

When he arrived at the gate of Kaijing City, Zhu Feng thought he was going to fight.

However, the city gates opened wide, and the ministers inside came out and knelt down.

This left Zhu Xi and Zhu Di speechless.

Especially Zhu Di.

Because Zhu Fan captured Benya alive and lost his relationship, this caused him to be hit hard to some extent.

Although on the surface Zhu Di has no intention of competing with Zhu Fan, who can feel better?

Still thinking about having a big fight, but this is the result?

For the generals and ministers who opened the capital, their king had already run away, so why did they want to die.

Fighting against the Ming army had a sense of rebellion for many.

The most important thing is that they do not think that the Ming army will affect their interests. It is Li Chenggui who takes the blame. Even if he is ruled by the Ming Dynasty, at most he will be replaced by a king.

Li Chenggui, who had just arrived in Seoul, received the news of Kaijing's surrender and was so angry that he cursed his mother.

"These rebels, I trust them so much in vain, but they didn't even put up a bit of resistance. They surrendered directly when they saw the Ming army. It is simply a shame for Goryeo."

"Don't fall into my hands. One day, I will execute them all."

Li Chenggui cursed angrily, but after calming down, he began to prepare an escape plan.

Seoul obviously cannot be defended. If it is besieged, he will not even have a chance to escape.

Gyeongju, Tokyo, is Li Chenggui’s goal.

He was ready to gather all his forces and mount a tenacious resistance against the Ming army in Gyeongju, Tokyo.

At this point, Li Chenggui's thinking is still very clear.

Because he does not need to defend a large territory, he only needs to defend a city and hold back the Ming army.

He believed that the Ming army could not stay in Goryeo for too long.

At the same time, he hoped that Arutai would take this opportunity to run out of the forest, so that the Ming army would have to hunt down Arutai.

As long as the Ming army leaves, Korea will still be his.

After gathering his troops, Li Chenggui once again carried a large amount of grain and grass logistics and rushed towards Gyeongju, Tokyo.

This time, he replaced the general who stayed in Seoul with his own confidant.

To be conservative, he took away this confidant's wife and children.

Of course, not only him, but also the wives and children of many ministers and generals were basically taken away.

From Seoul to the seaside Tokyo Gyeongju, it needs to cross more than half of the Goryeo region, covering more than 600 miles.

Li Chenggui brought too many people, food, grass, gold and silver with him, and he could only walk about fifty miles a day, which was already his limit.

This means that it will take him at least ten days to arrive in Gyeongju, Tokyo.

This means that Seoul must hold on for more than ten days.

Li Chenggui's instructions to them did not require them to hold on, but they must hold on for at least fifteen days.

If he heard the news that Seoul did not hold for twelve days, their wives and children would all be executed.

Li Chenggui left only 2 troops, but they were pretty good at defending the city. After all, there were many people in the city who could help.

As the old saying goes: attack ten times, surround five times.

In other words, attacking a city requires ten times the number of troops defending the city.

Zhu Ping's army was mainly based on cavalry. Among them, the infantry plus the previous troops of King Ning totaled 12 people.It is enough for siege.

But it won't be very soon.

The city walls of Seoul are quite good. Li Chenggui asked them to defend the city for half a month before surrendering. This was really not an embarrassment.

Theoretically speaking, if you stick to it, it won't be a problem for two or three months.

It took more than half a month for the Ming army to build siege equipment alone.

Under the city walls of Seoul.

The city gates were closed and soldiers were guarding the city walls. The meaning was obvious.

"It seems that Li Chenggui ran away again." Zhu Di looked at the situation at the top of the city and said.

Zhu Xi couldn't help but ask: "How can you see it?"

Zhu Di said: "Li Chenggui has about [-] soldiers and horses, but the guards on the city wall appear dense, but in fact they are somewhat scarce."

"They deliberately hung Li Chenggui's royal flag to create the feeling that Li Chenggui is here."

"But if Li Chenggui is really here, he will definitely climb the city and watch when our army attacks."

"A city like Kaijing was lost so easily. How could he defend Seoul, which is only a few days away? It's obviously just a cover-up."

Zhu Xi nodded and asked casually: "Old Qi, you have stayed in Korea for a long time, and you have a general understanding of Li Chenggui's temperament. Did he run away?"

Ning Wang Zhu Quan said: "What the fourth brother said makes sense. Li Chenggui has most likely run away. Looking at him like this, he intends to go to the seaside."

"If you can't defend the city when you go to the seaside, just think of escaping to the sea."

"Goryeo colluded with the Japanese country. He probably wanted to go to the Japanese country to escape."

Zhu Fang said: "This Li Chenggui is a smart man. He wants to drag us down so that Arutai can share the pressure with him."

"If this is the case, then there is no need to attack this city by force. The soldiers will be lost in vain."

"Old Four, you and Old Seventeen each led [-] cavalry to pursue Li Chenggui. The city will be surrounded first."

There are no narrow passes or dangerous roads in Seoul, so they can be completely bypassed.

Fifty thousand cavalry in pursuit would be enough on the plains.

Judging from the intelligence received so far, Li Chenggui seems to be planning to go to Gyeongju, Tokyo.

But not necessarily.

If Li Chenggui plans to escape by sea, Tokyo Gyeongju is not a good choice.

It is true that the city wall there is quite tall and can hold out for a while, but once it is surrounded, it means there is no way out, even if it is less than thirty miles away from the sea.

Going south, Li Chenggui had several choices.

First is Gyeongju, followed by Busan, Suncheon and Naju.

"Maybe he ran to Qicheng Island." Zhu Quan thought as he looked at the map.

Qicheng Island is also known as Geoje Island in later generations.

Zhu Di looked at the map and said, "It's really possible."

Compared with other places, Qicheng Island is obviously in a better location.

First, surround the sea on all sides, which can effectively block the Ming cavalry, and if you can't defend it, you can leave by boat at any time.

Not far away is Tsushima Island.

The Ming army could only attack it with sea ships.

Li Chenggui could still continue to flee to Japan.

The more Zhu Quan and Zhu Di looked at it, the more likely it seemed.

"Perhaps Li Chenggui is not that smart, and other places cannot be spared. We will wait for the main force to pursue Qicheng Island, and just send some scouting horses to other places."

"It wouldn't be such a hassle if I went to other places."

Zhu Di thought for a while and said.

This plan was approved by Zhu Quan, who immediately stopped hesitating and gathered [-] troops and headed straight for Qicheng Island.

Another [-] soldiers and horses were exploring possible places.

Li Chenggui still has some abilities.

Just as Zhu Di and the others had guessed, shouting to go to Gyeongju, Tokyo, was just a pretense, and he had no intention of defending the city at all.

After seven days of traveling out of Seoul, Li Chenggui found an ambush place and arranged [-] soldiers to ambush the Ming army.

Then he divided the personnel into four parts and went to Gyeongju, Suncheon, and Naju in Tokyo respectively. He himself rushed to Qicheng Island with troops and treasures.

Li Chenggui had no intention of walking slowly, and he still had some cavalry in his hands.

Many of the war horses came from donations from the grasslands.

In any case, he gave 50 stones of food, so asking for some war horses is not too much.

Arutai itself no longer has the ability to raise more war horses.

Li Chenggui led eight thousand cavalrymen, broke away from the slow marching convoy, and headed directly for Qicheng Island.

On Qicheng Island, he still has [-] naval troops.

This is what makes him run away.

Even if Qicheng Island cannot be defended, there is still Tsushima Island and the Japanese country behind it can retreat.

Li Chenggui had thought of many escape routes.

He is determined to fight with the Ming army to the end.

Focus on one word: drag.

Dragging the Ming army to leave was Li Chenggui's victory.

Even if Goryeo fell into the hands of Ming Dynasty, it wouldn't matter much.

In today's situation, being able to survive is the most important thing.

Even Li Chenggui had thought about it. If the situation in the Japanese country was not good, he would simply lose his identity as the King of Korea and run away to Nanyang or even the West.

At this time, Li Chenggui did not have the burden of being a king.

It has only been half a year since the title of King of Goryeo was obtained. Previously, he was only a general, so he was easy to see.

People have to survive. From the day of the incident, Li Chenggui had already thought of a way out.

The [-] ambush troops left by Li Chenggui still relied on the terrain to cause a lot of trouble to Zhu Di and Zhu Quan.

It's just a hassle.

Under the iron hooves of [-] cavalry, [-] infantry are not enough.

Not to mention Zhu Di and Zhu Quan leading the team.

Li Chenggui did not tell these infantrymen his purpose, but still insisted on going to Gyeongju, Tokyo.

However, the news obtained from the interrogation made Zhu Di and Zhu Quan more determined about the possibility of escaping to Qicheng Island.

How could normal soldiers know where they were going? Under interrogation by the Ming army, almost most of the Goryeo soldiers told Li Chenggui about going to Tokyo.

They weren't lying, that's what they heard.

It's just that the news that even the soldiers know is obviously not true.

Zhu Di and Zhu Quan set out again to pursue Li Chenggui.

On the third day, I saw a convoy in the distance, escorted by sporadic soldiers.

The people in the convoy were almost all young and old, and even the soldiers were just a handful.

After learning that Li Chenggui had left with his cavalry, Zhu Di and Zhu Quan quickly continued the pursuit.

If Li Chenggui could be intercepted before he entered Qicheng Island, things would be much simpler.