Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 247 Unexpected
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After hearing the decree, Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu were both shocked and interrupted the messenger with expressions of disbelief on their faces!

The capital city was unexpectedly attacked by the Ming army, and it was defeated in a battle. All the important officials in the court, including the King of Goryeo, were captured by the Ming army!
This kind of thing, even if it was a dream, would never have thought of it!
How can this be? !
However, the messenger who delivered the edict was not an ordinary person, but the imperial censor. Several people rushed from [-] miles away, so it was absolutely impossible to deliver a false edict.

However, this thing is too unbelievable!

Li Chenggui immediately asked to see the imperial edict, but it was obvious that it was the genuine edict.

The reactions of the two of them were obviously expected.The messenger took out two more jade pendants, handed them to the two of them and said, "These are the jade pendants of your family. They are also in Kaicheng and are being guarded by the Ming army."

Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu were shocked again. They quickly took it and took a look, and each recognized it as their own.

At this point, it can’t be fake!

Shocked, the two of them, especially Li Chenggui, thought of the Ming army's attack on Shenyang City, and immediately understood, and immediately asked the messenger about the specific situation of the Kaesong battle.

After the messenger gave a rough description, Li Chenggui looked at Cao Minxiu and said with a grimace: "That's right! Being caught off guard, facing the powerful firearms of the Ming army, there is no city in the world that can be defended!"

Although Cao Minxiu had not seen the scene in Shenyang City, he had heard about it.When he heard Li Chenggui's words, he sighed heavily.

Then, he looked at the messenger, then at Li Chenggui, and said with a wry smile: "They all thought of sending us to Liaodong to make a profit, but in the end, our home was stolen by the Ming army. What do you think this is?" !”

The messenger was a little impatient and did not want to accompany them to express their feelings. He just said loudly to them: "Two generals, implement the king's decree as soon as possible! Otherwise, the king's safety, as well as your family and the whole country, will be endangered." The safety of military families is in danger!”

Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu looked at each other after hearing this.

The two of them were taught a lesson by the Ming army. After seeing the Ming army's combat power, they originally did not want to be enemies of the Ming army. They only thought about how to persuade the Mongols to let them go back.

Now that the royal capital has been captured by the Ming army, all the important ministers and monarchs of the court have become prisoners of the Ming army, including their families and the families of their troops, who are also in the city.

If they don't listen to the Ming army, they really can't afford the consequences.

After looking at each other, both of them understood what the other meant. They clasped their fists and said to the messenger: "I obey your order!"

After hearing this, the messenger immediately said: "In this case, one of you will watch the army, and the other will go with me to Liaoyang to deliver a message to the Ming army."

Hearing this, Li Chenggui was a little surprised and asked: "Sending a letter? Is it a letter from the Kaicheng Ming Army to the Liaoyang Ming Army?"

"That's right!" After hearing this, the messenger carefully took out a letter from his arms.

When Li Chenggui saw it, he was very curious and asked: "Can the Liaoyang Ming Army believe it? What if we forged it just to steal the city? Or, what if this letter was subcontracted by us and the content was modified? What if the Ming Dynasty in Kaicheng Are you so relieved?"

Hearing this, not only Cao Minxiu was surprised, but even the messenger himself couldn't figure it out.

But he finally replied: "The king is in their hands, what should they have to worry about?"

There was obvious curiosity on Li Chenggui's face. He looked at the letter and said: "This letter seems to have not been sealed yet. How about we wait and see? If there is anything, even if we don't change this letter, at least we can A little prepared, right?"

When Cao Minxiu heard this, he immediately agreed: "That's right, if the Liaoyang Ming Army kills our people who passed by, then who is willing to go?"

Hearing this, the messenger hesitated for a moment and looked down at the letter in his hand. It was indeed not sealed with fire paint.After thinking for a while, he reached out and handed the letter to Li Chenggui and said, "I gave you this letter, and you will deliver it to the Liaoyang Ming Army."

The implication is that he did not agree, but after Li Chenggui took charge of the letter, he had no control over whether you liked it or not.

Obviously, this is an attempt to avoid taking responsibility.

Li Chenggui was not surprised at all, did not refuse, and did not hesitate. He took the letter directly, and then carefully took out the letter paper inside in front of them.

When Cao Minxiu and the messenger saw it, they couldn't help but get close to each other, wanting to see what was written in the letter?
I saw that Li Chenggui was very careful to see if there were any marks inside. He slowly took out the letter paper, then looked around to see if there was anything wrong, and then carefully unfolded the letter paper.

During this process, both the messenger and Cao Minxiu were very patient. No one asked, they all watched with wide eyes.

In the end, Li Chenggui didn't find any marks or anything like that and unfolded the letter directly.

As a result, the letter was unfolded, but everyone, including Li Chenggui, was dumbfounded.

After a while, Li Chenggui asked in confusion: "What word is this? What is it written in?"

Cao Minxiu and the messenger shook their heads after hearing this.I have never seen the paper on the letter, let alone recognized it.

Li Chenggui couldn't get the answer, so he frowned and said, "When did the Ming Dynasty create a new word?"

They didn't know that Zhu Di used a password to write this letter.That is, written in Arabic numerals.It’s strange that they Koreans can understand this!

Several people looked at each other for a while, and Li Chenggui finally sighed and said: "No wonder this letter does not need to be sealed, and there is no need to worry about us forging it. It seems that the Ming army is really very thorough in its actions!"

Having said that, he looked at the messenger and said, "Let me go with you!"

The imperial edict stated that they should assist the Ming army in attacking the Mongols in Liaodong.Not only because the monarch is in the hands of the Ming army, but also the family members of the entire army, including the family members of their commanders, are also in the hands of the Ming army. They cannot help but refuse to listen, unless they do not want the family members to join the Mongols.

If it is said that the Mongols are in full swing, then they may still be cruel, and they will really go to the Mongols.

However, at this time, they have clearly understood the situation in Liaodong. The Mongols will definitely not be able to defeat the Ming army, and Liaodong will definitely become the Ming army. With this will and family constraints, it means that they actually have no choice. .

Therefore, after Li Chenggui finished speaking, he turned to look at Cao Minxiu and said: "Don't reveal the news yet, restrain the army, and wait until I come back from Liaoyang."

Cao Minxiu was very grateful to Li Chenggui for taking the initiative to go to Liaoyang, and immediately nodded and said: "Don't worry, there will be nothing wrong with me in the camp."

Therefore, Li Chenggui immediately discussed a plan without any ink, and then in the evening, he accompanied the messenger to Liaoyang City.

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In Liaoyang City, Xu Da was in charge. After Lan Yu led his troops back to Liaoyang, he naturally had to listen to Xu Da.It was his turn to be on duty at the top of the city today, but he bumped into Li Chenggui and others calling the door.

If other generals heard that there were Koreans below who came under the orders of King Yan of the Ming Dynasty, they would definitely not believe it.

Because Zhu Di led his troops to sneak attack on Goryeo by sea, it must be kept highly confidential, and only Lan Yu knew about it.

Therefore, Lan Yu was overjoyed when she heard the report from her subordinates.

These days, it feels a little boring to see where the enemy is outside the city, with no possibility of attacking, and Xu Da won't let the Ming army attack.In Lan Yu's mind, she was often thinking about the situation on King Yan's side.

No, there is news.

So, he immediately ordered the hanging basket to be put down and several Koreans were hoisted up.

But after he got the coded letter, he immediately understood that it was definitely a letter from King Yan.

So Lan Yu immediately took these Koreans to find Wei Guogong.

When Xu Da heard the news, he immediately went to the hall and met Lan Yu and a group of Korean people in the lobby.

"My lord, Your Highness Prince Yan has sent you a secret message." As soon as Lan Yu saw Xu Da, she quickly reported, "But the secret message is for the eldest prince consort."

As he spoke, he presented the secret letter to Xu Da.

Xu Da took out the letter paper and looked at it. The first number on the header of the secret letter was 1. This number represented the recipient. According to the agreement in the north, 1 was Zhang Yifan, and the code name of King Yan Zhu Di was 0.

Xu Da read it. Although he was a little anxious and didn't know what King Yan's letter was about, he had no choice but to translate the content of the letter.Because although their codebooks are the same, their encryption and decryption methods are different.

So, he immediately ordered a horse to be sent to Haizhou and handed the secret message to the prince-in-law.

Then, Xu Dacai looked at several Koreans and asked about the situation.

Both the messenger and Li Chenggui were very docile, answering whatever they asked.

At least the messenger came from Kaicheng and experienced the Ming army's attack on Kaicheng.He told Xu Da about the situation at that time, and Xu Da, who had always been calm, was all smiles and couldn't hold it back no matter what.

Lan Yu listened on the side and was very excited.King Yan was destroying a whole country, and naturally he also contributed to this!
After the messenger finished speaking, Li Chenggui also revealed his identity and stated that the Goryeo army outside the city obeyed the orders of the Ming army.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Xu Da said hello after hearing this!

Before, although Zhang Yifan had explained to him that there would be no problem with Zhu Di's actions.However, Xu Da was always worried.This kind of raid on a country's capital from thousands of miles away is unprecedented.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yifan really got it right, and Zhu Di made a great contribution!
Excited, Xu Da immediately ordered the guards standing in front of him: "Go and call those Mongolians over!"

Li Chenggui knew Chinese, and when he heard Xu Da's words, he was a little confused: What do you mean, Mongolian?Where did the Mongols come from?

With this in mind, after he watched the personal guard of the Duke of Wei leave, he quickly said to Xu Da: "Duke, should we avoid it? When we turn back to attack the Mongols, surprise may be the best way."

No matter from which point of view, he actually doesn't want to meet the Mongols, no matter who the Mongolians are coming!

However, when Xu Da heard this, he waved his hand and said, "No, I asked them to come here just to let you see them!"

Li Chenggui felt helpless after hearing this.There is no way, he is not the one who calls the shots here, he can only obey.

After a while, two Mongolians were brought into the lobby.Li Chenggui didn't know them, but when the two Mongolians saw Li Chenggui, they were stunned.

Then, one of the Mongolians pointed at Li Chenggui and said in shock: "My lord, this is the commander-in-chief of the Goryeo army. His name is Li Chenggui. Yes, that's him!"

He obviously saw that Li Chenggui was not at the forefront and thought that Li Chenggui had ventured over under a pseudonym to spy on the Ming army.

After hearing this, Xu Da smiled and said, "Since you know each other well, there is no need to introduce."

Having said this, he looked at Li Chenggui and introduced him: "They are the representatives of Gao Ba Si Tie Mu'er and Hong Boyan Tie Mu'er. They intend to submit to the Ming Dynasty and are currently negotiating."

When Li Chenggui heard this, he was stunned.He never expected that the Mongols wanted to submit to Daming.

In fact, in the original history, in the 21st year of Hongwu, when Feng Sheng led the army to attack Naha, Gao Basi Tie Mu'er and Hong Boyan Tie Mu'er were the first to surrender.

In this plane, although the strength of the Ming army in this war was not large and did not reach the 20-strong army in another plane, the combat power shown in the battle of Shenyang came and went freely. But it still shocked the two Yuan generals, and they also had the intention to submit to the Ming Dynasty.

But at this time, the two of them still wanted to get more benefits from the negotiations to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

When Xu Da asked them to meet, his meaning was very clear.On the Goryeo side, we just want to show them that the Mongols are secretly trying to surrender to me, the Ming Dynasty. Your Goryeo capital was occupied by King Yan, and the king was arrested. It can be seen that you Goryeo have no future. If you surrender to the Ming Dynasty, don’t Give birth to any other thought!
As for the Mongols, it's even simpler.Let them know that Goryeo has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. It is a wise move for you to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. If you try to bargain with the Ming Dynasty, will the Ming Dynasty care about you?

Not to mention, Li Chenggui was shocked that the Mongols were secretly surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, while the Mongolians were equally shocked that Goryeo was taken over by the Ming army.

So, what happened next went extremely smoothly.

Li Chenggui said that the Goryeo army obeyed the military orders of the Ming army at any time and did whatever they were told.

As for the Mongols, they said that they would immediately go back and report the previous Ming army's request, and they would definitely not bargain.

Anyone who is a little smarter will know that the situation in Liaodong is considered to be settled, and stubborn resistance will definitely not end well.

Afterwards, the two groups of people hung down from the city wall overnight and returned to their camps.

The next morning, Kuai Ma from Haizhou also brought back a reply from the Prince Consort.

(End of this chapter)