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

Chapter 248
In Zhang Yifan's letter, he relayed to Xu Da what Zhu Di told him, and then also talked about his plan.

Zhang Yifan believes that the current plan is the best time for Ming Dynasty to annex Goryeo.As long as Xu Da cooperates properly, he can open up territory for the Ming Dynasty without spending much effort.

The specific measure is for Xu Da to use Zhu Di's news to eliminate or expel Nahachu's forces as soon as possible, and then direct his troops to enter Goryeo and cooperate with Zhu Di to implement the law of public distribution of grain fields in Goryeo.

Zhang Yifan said that land annexation in Goryeo was very serious, and ordinary people were like slaves with no dignity at all.Therefore, the public distribution of grain fields can win the hearts and minds of the Korean people.As a result, there will be military suppression, and those who currently have vested interests in Goryeo will not be able to make any trouble.

After Xu Da read Zhang Yifan's letter, he naturally relayed his suggestions to his subordinates, which immediately caused all the generals in the hall to scream.

Most of the achievements made by the previous founding fathers were to recapture the areas belonging to the Central Plains from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.Of course, this kind of credit is also great.However, it cannot be denied that all the contributions made by the founding generals are of this kind.Relatively speaking, it is not outstanding.

But now, if Goryeo can be annexed, it will be completely different from the previous achievements.

If the land of Goryeo had been brought under the rule of the Central Plains dynasties in the past, even the most prosperous dynasties, it would have been time-consuming and laborious, and the country might even have been destroyed because of it, so it may not have been possible.

But now, according to what the Prince Consort said, there was a huge opportunity in front of them.

His Royal Highness King Yan raided the capital of Goryeo from thousands of miles away and took away the entire court of Goryeo.If we cooperate internally and externally at this time, and use the emperor's land idea, we can definitely meet it, and the annexation of Goryeo will definitely be easy.

Therefore, even Lan Yu, who was usually cold and arrogant and didn't like to talk much, always followed other generals and shouted, demanding that troops be sent out to attack the Mongols immediately.

"My lord, the last general is willing to lead his troops and destroy the Mongolian Tatars outside the city who are unwilling to surrender!"

"My lord, I am willing to lead the troops to attack Nahachu. If we don't win, we will never return!"

"My lord, I only need to give you three thousand cavalry troops. I am willing to issue a military order!"

"..."

Morale is available!Xu Da looked at the generals rushing to fight and commented in his heart.

In fact, to be honest, the scene in front of me is really very different from his style of leading troops to fight, or from the Ming Emperor's style of leading troops to fight.

Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang are the same. They pay attention to an upright battle, accumulate the most strength of their own side, and use absolute strength to crush them to ensure the greatest possibility of victory.Instead of taking a deviant approach with swords and acting in a strange way.

For example, if Xu Da's own style of play was followed, the battle in Liaodong would not be so big. Instead, he would continue to accumulate troops, at least to ensure a sufficient number of troops, before he would go out to attack Naha.

As a result, after meeting the King of Yan Zhu Di and the Prince Consort Zhang Yifan, his style completely changed.

They dared to go to war with a force several times less than the enemy's army; they even dared to launch a thousand-mile surprise attack and attack the capital of Goryeo with their navy alone.

At the beginning, Xu Da was deeply worried about this approach that was different from his own.But the results proved that this style of play, which was different from his, achieved great results one after another.

For this reason, Xu Da has been summarizing the experiences and gains and losses of different tactics for several days. In the end, he finally found a reason to convince himself.

The biggest factor in all these unusual tactics comes from the great consort Zhang Yifan.It was he who ensured the victory of the war.

On the surface, it seems that these wars are all about winning with less and it is a risky move.But in fact, Xu Da also figured out that with the help of the Prince Consort, the imperial officers and soldiers actually had absolute strength, so they had the result of crushing the enemy.

Don't look at the apparent strength of the army as being less than the enemy's, but the absolute combat power of the army is definitely stronger than the enemy's.The signal towers, new muskets, and various new artillery invented by the Prince Consort, as well as the tactics of the carriage camp and the Yuanyang Formation, all increased the combat power several times.

Although the number of troops is small, the overall strength is far stronger than the enemy. How could the victory be unexpected?

Soldiers are more valuable than more, this is the truth.

However, if others cannot do this, only the Prince Consort can increase the combat power of the imperial army to a level that is far beyond that of the enemy!
Thinking about this and understanding the real reason, Xu Da became very energetic.

If he could expand his territory, especially conquering other countries, as long as Xu Da was a human being, he would not miss such feats that would leave a name in history.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the generals below, Xu Da also became bold and bold, and immediately began to issue military orders to implement Zhang Yifan's plan to carry out a big campaign to completely wipe out the forces of Liaodong and Goryeo.

All the arms and ammunition stored in Liaoyang City were distributed to all armies.Each general began to receive their own tasks, and the entire Liaoyang City suddenly became busy.

The Goryeo army also received a military order from Xu Da, requiring the Goryeo army to assemble and prepare to attack the Mongolian Tatars.

In addition, there is a coded letter written by Zhang Yifan to Zhu Di. If Xu Da agrees with his plan, he can send it to Zhu Di, and also ask the Korean army to send someone to Kaicheng in a hurry for [-] miles.

"Woooooooo..."

A long horn sounded in the sky above Liaoyang City.The city gates opened wide, and groups of Ming troops marched out of the city.It can be seen with the naked eye that every Ming army soldier has high morale and is eager to fight.

The Goryeo army also opened its camp and set up an offensive formation towards the Mongols. It was obvious at a glance that it had fallen to the Ming army.

All the Mongolian Tatars who originally stayed here in Liaoyang were in a dilemma, dawdling around every day, waiting for orders from above to retreat.

Suddenly, seeing this posture, everyone was a little panicked.What's the situation?Why did the Koreans help the Ming army?
On the Mongolian side, Gao Ba Si Te Mu'er and Hong Boyan Te Mu'er knew what was going on. After there was movement on the Ming army's side, they immediately led troops to surround Guantong's camp.The two of them personally took action to persuade Guantong.

"We, the Yuan Dynasty, have long since died. We were all driven out of the Central Plains by the Ming Dynasty, so don't think too much about it."

"Yes, you have seen all the powerful firearms of the Ming Army. Do you think we can still defeat the Ming Army?"

"Look, even the Koreans surrendered to the Ming army, and the capital of Korea was captured by the Ming army. Now the Ming army is even more powerful, how can they fight?" "The Ming Dynasty was good to the Mongolians who surrendered. , I believe you are also aware of this point. The way to go is obvious, do you still have to hesitate?"

"..."

Speaking later, Gao Basi Temu'er even said directly: "That is to say, we have a good relationship, so I gave you some advice. If you still don't listen, then you can only use you to exchange for glory and wealth for us! "

Guantong listened to what they said and saw that all his men were in panic. He also looked at the visible high morale of the Ming army in the distance, and the rebellious Goryeo army, which also had a strict attack formation. He felt very Understand that if you don't surrender at this time, it will really be a stepping stone for others to gain credit.

In the end, Guantong chose the same approach as he had done in history and surrendered to the Ming army.

In the original history, it was his surrender that became the last straw for Naha, forcing Naha to surrender unwillingly.

Harazhang was notoriously anti-Ming, and there was no possibility of surrendering to the Ming army. Therefore, Guan Tong, Gao Basi Tiemuer, and Hong Boyan Tiemuer took the lead in attacking Harazhang's troops, which opened up the battle in Liaoyang. .

In fact, there is nothing to say about this war at all.Originally, when the Mongols and the Koreans united, they were helpless against the Liaoyang Ming Army. Now, with most of the Mongols and the Koreans surrendering to the Ming Army, Harazhang's troops have become a minority, and Being attacked by his own family, he had no ability to fight back and ran away immediately.

Perhaps Harazhang also saw something was wrong. He ran away so fast that Guantong and the others had no chance to make meritorious deeds against him. They just watched him run away.

The army swept from Liaoyang to Shenyang with the force of autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, and then attacked Nahachu's base camp.

It was only a day, and Naha, who stayed in his old nest, found that the sky had changed.

At dusk, the setting sun dyed the western sky red, and at the same time it made Nahachu's heart bleed.

The cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, the cavalry of Goryeo, the Jurchen cavalry, and even more of the Mongolian cavalry under his command all mixed together and drew their swords against him.

The situation changed so quickly that he couldn't believe it!

What exactly happened here?
But he didn't know that the reason why Halazhang was able to escape was because the Ming army's main target was him.

Guantong personally persuaded Naha to come out, explained the situation clearly, and said bluntly that if Naha came out and did not surrender to the Ming army, they would have no choice but to be sorry and trade Naha out for their future.

Seeing this scene, everyone around Nahachu lost their fighting spirit, so how could they fight?Looking at him like that, he is destined to win, and there is no way to escape.

In the end, even if Nahachu was very reluctant, he could only choose to surrender to the Ming army as he had done in history.

When the military information was reported to Liaoyang overnight, Xu Da was happy but suddenly felt a little lonely.

He knew that in order to deal with the Mongolian Tatars in Liaodong, he and Zhu Yuanzhang had been discussing, hoarding food and troops, planning to prepare for another five to six years, or even ten years, and then pacify Liaodong in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, under the efforts of King Yan and the Prince Consort, Liaodong was pacified in this way. There was no need to spend so much time, food, supplies, and military preparations, and they also killed an original enemy. Goryeo needs to be roped in to deal with the Mongols!

At this moment, a sentence flashed through Xu Da's mind: Talented people emerge from generation to generation, and a new generation replaces the old!

Thinking about it, Xu Da still knew what to do next.

He temporarily ignored Nahachu's return and just locked him up in Shenyang. Then he immediately mobilized his troops and split the Goryeo army into the armies of other ethnic groups. Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu each led a small number of troops and were sandwiched between the Ming army. , with a total strength of 15, marched into Goryeo.

The army's food and supplies were hoarded by the Mongols, originally intended to deal with the Ming army.

The mighty army made the Koreans, who were originally anxious because their capital was being taken over by the Ming army, have no choice but to open their doors and surrender.

The army led by Sapphire into Koryo was almost bloodless, accepting the city of Koryo all the way to Kaesong.

On Zhu Di's side, he received Zhang Yifan's secret letter first, knew the follow-up situation and made preparations for it.

As soon as the army led by Lan Yu arrived, they no longer cared about it and immediately announced the distribution of grain fields to the public. The civil and military officials of Goryeo, who did not dare to have any objections, stayed to assist the Ming army in accepting the remaining cities in the south. Anyone who had the slightest objection wanted to object. The civil and military officials of Korea were imprisoned without hesitation.

With the promulgation of the law for the distribution of grain fields to the public, ordinary people in Goryeo immediately felt at ease and even began to actively cooperate with the Ming army.

Ordinary people in Goryeo, it can even be said that in the original history, even in the Joseon period, the people here were still in the same status as slaves, and they were extremely humble people.Therefore, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, many Korean untouchables took refuge in Houjin and led the Houjin army to attack North Korea.

The public distribution of grain fields can ensure that they will have land to plant in the future. Although the grain fields do not belong to them, they are not much different from the grain fields that belong to them. It means that their future life is guaranteed and their days are hopeful.

It would be strange if he did not support the Ming army!
The only ones whose interests were harmed were the scholar-bureaucrats of Goryeo.However, under the suppression of the Ming army, these people were unable to make trouble at all.

All in all, Zhu Di actually did not pay much for Goryeo. He only used the interests of Goryeo scholar-bureaucrats to gain the hearts and minds of Goryeo people, making the change of dynasties in Goryeo almost without any disturbance.

The army quickly accepted the most critical information such as the land registers and population data of the whole territory of Koryo, and collected and verified them one by one.Later, Zhu Di ordered Lanyu to guard Kaesong, and then he led some leaders of the Mongolian army, such as Gao Basi Timur, Hong Boyan Timur, and Guan Tong, as well as important civil and military generals such as the monarch of Koryo, including Li Renren, Cui Renren, and others. Ying, Li Chenggui, Cao Minxiu and others returned to Liaodong.

Xu Da called Zhang Yifan and led everyone to the Yalu River to welcome Zhu Di in triumph.

As soon as they met, Zhu Di ignored Zhang Yifan's warning and hugged Zhang Yifan with laughter. His joy was probably several times happier than when he got a wife.

Xu Da looked at the two of them with a smile and relief on his face: There are successors to the Ming Dynasty!
After Zhu Di let go of Zhang Yifan, he loudly said to Zhang Yifan in a very excited tone: "Yifan, it's time to report your victory to our father, hahaha..."

(End of this chapter)