The next day, Zhu Yunwen issued another holy decree, making Yu Tongyuan the chief soldier of Datong and Song Xuan the capital of Suiyuan, appointing Geng Xuan as the general of the expedition to the north and presiding over the defense of Suiyuan and Datong, while Princess Jiangdu stayed in Beiping to take care of her two-year-old son Geng Cheng.

In this way, Zhu Yunwen's three companions have all achieved the level of high-ranking officials at the level of the capital, Wu was promoted to the capital of Liaodong, Guo Jian was the capital of Hebei, and Song Xuan was the capital of Suiyuan. Since Song Xuan's father, Song Sheng, was the chief soldier of Gansu and presided over the defense of the northwest, for security reasons, Zhu Yunwen put Geng Xuan in Suiyuan to prevent Warat from invading eastward. In addition, once Liaodong fell into a stalemate, Xu Huizu and Geng Xuan could attack in two ways and threaten the rear of the Mongol army.

As for the conversation with Geng Xuan last night, it was purely a kind of beating, Geng Xuan has been a little carried away recently, as the eldest son of Geng Bingwen, the prince of Lieguo, one of the three heroes of the counterinsurgency, the companion of the emperor when he was the prince, and the emperor's brother-in-law, he is a hot figure in the capital, so there are many people looking for him to do things and drill camps, especially Li Jinglong, Xu Zengshou and others, although they are usually not in Beijing, but when they return to Beijing to report on their work, they will go to Geng Xuan's Horse Mansion to walk around, and their family members often go to see the princess, and the etiquette is still exchanged, and the friendship is getting deeper and deeper.

Geng Xuan didn't know their intentions, but over time, the friendship grew, and occasionally he would say a few good words for them. This aroused Zhu Yunwen's vigilance, and immediately ordered the Investigation Department to investigate, when he understood the reason for the matter, Zhu Yunwen reminded him, he still hoped to be able to start and finish well with Geng Xuan, and he didn't want to do anything bad, so he took 10,000 steps back and said, but also consider his sister's feelings.

But Geng Xuan was very frightened, and he didn't even return home after receiving the decree the next day, so he went to take office. provoked Princess Jiangdu to enter the palace in person, met Zhu Yunwen, and complained, Zhu Yunwen couldn't cry or laugh, comforted her sister, and told her not to worry.

After Princess Jiangdu went back, she wrote a letter to Geng Xuan, and Geng Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and handled border affairs with peace of mind.

As for Li Jinglong and others, Zhu Yunwen has not yet figured out how to deal with them. When Beiping was captured, the imperial court seized a large number of confidential documents, and these documents fell into the hands of the investigation department Qianhu, and Xu Huizu had no opinion, he didn't want to get involved in these things at all. After that, these documents were secretly transported to Jingshi, and after Wang Du's inspection, evidence of these people's collaborators was discovered, but Zhu Yunwen thought twice and did not deal with them immediately. Because once the arrest is carried out, everyone in the court will be in danger, and even some people in later generations will say that King Yan is more popular than himself.

Therefore, he did a cold treatment, either dismissed these people from their actual posts, or sent them to the frontier, gradually recovering the power in their hands, reducing their influence in the court, and then gradually dealing with them. Now it seems that these people are not stupid, they all understand their situation, so they desperately try their best to get close to upstarts such as Ping'an, Sheng Yong, Geng Xuan and others, but Ping'an and Sheng Yong are both very careful, only Geng Xuan is not very good at handling it.

Lelang Province, Pyongyang.

When Zhu Yunwen's edict arrived, Sheng Yong immediately convened a military meeting, which was attended by Mei Yin, An Yuanbo, Qu Neng, Zhang Lun, Zhang Fu, and the generals of the naval division, Luo Kening, Li Mengde, Zhuang Qiyu and others.

First of all, the emperor's edict was announced by Liao Yong, the emperor's edict: "

Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said:

North Korea's Li Fangyuan was arrogant and arrogant, and he was arrogant and arrogant. Ordered Licheng Hou Shengyong to be the general of the expedition to the east, and led all the garrisons of Lelang, Shandong, and Liaodong Naval Division, a total of 100,000 people, to quell the rebels, and strive to end the battle before the winter.

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"The Last General's Order!"

After Liao Yong handed over the holy decree to Sheng Yong, he saluted and said: "Licheng Hou, I came here with the holy order, and I want to report the results of the military meeting to the emperor, and I hope to forgive me." ”

"Qin Cha is serious, Qin Cha please sit here."

"General Xie!" Liao Yong sat at the bottom of Sheng Yong's head and listened quietly.

Sheng Yong glanced at the generals, and then said, "General Mei, let's give a general introduction first." ”

"Yes, General!"

After giving a salute, Mei Yin, the commander of the horses, walked to the map of Korea, pointed to the map, and said loudly: "The whole of Korea can be said to be a peninsula, and its topography is roughly like this, the northeast is mostly mountainous, the southwest is plain, and most of its rivers are in a north-south direction, such as the Taedong River, the Imjin River, and the Han River. ”

"Therefore, the target of our army's attack is mainly the coastal areas in the southwest, where the land is fertile and the population is large, as long as these places are occupied, North Korea will not die."

"Therefore, the focus of our army's attack should be on Hwanghae-do, Gyeonggi-do, Chungcheong-do, and Jeolla-do."

"One of the key places is Gyeonggi-do, because Kaesong and Seoul are in it, while Hwanghae-do and Jeolla-do are fertile land and abundant products, and they are the granaries of North Korea."

"My Lelang Province has included Ping'an Road and Hamgyong Road, and Hamgyong Province is mostly mountainous, Jurchens live together, and most of them have been naturalized, and our dynasty has built Anbei City (Huishan in later generations) east of Tonghua, the upper reaches of the Yalu River, and the southern foot of Changbai Mountain, and sent heavy troops to garrison, so the north of my Lelang Mansion is worry-free, and further north is the battle area of Yiguo Gong, and our army does not need to worry."

"As for Pyongyang, it is surrounded by mountains on the east, north, and west, and faces the sea in the south, and with the powerful naval division of our army, it is very easy to defend, so our army has no worries on the whole, and can go all out to the east."

"Okay, the introduction of the last general is over, let's wait for the city to start deploying."

"Yes, okay." Sheng Yong walked to the map, asked everyone to lean over, and said: "General Mei's introduction just now is relatively comprehensive, the terrain of North Korea is long and narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you drive straight in, it is easy to have food supply problems." But it also has a fatal weakness, that is, it cannot withstand an attack from the sea, and in this respect our army has an advantage. General Ben intends to adopt the strategy of destroying Baekje in the Tang Dynasty, attacking from both sides, and advancing by land and water, which can be won. ”

"But our army's strength is not superior, except for the troops stationed in Pyongyang and Anbei City, our army can only mobilize 100,000, including 20,000 naval divisions, 80,000 land divisions, and more than 200,000 Korean troops, and according to intelligence, Li Fangyuan of North Korea has led his army into Haizhou on Hwanghae Province, blocking the eastward advance of our army and forcing our army to fight a decisive battle with it."

"General Luo, can the channel of the Han River be cleared?"

"It's not easy, Li Fangyuan is very cunning, not only pulling iron chains on the river, but also nailing wooden stakes in shallow water, and even arranging shipwrecks at the main channel of the center, so that our army's warships cannot move."

"The iron cable is easy to solve, but the shipwreck and wooden piles are difficult to deal with, and it is not known how many shipwrecks and wooden piles Li Fangyuan has arranged, so time cannot be assessed."

"Then when did Li Fangyuan start doing this?"

"He started doing it last year, mainly during the dry season, which took about six months or half a year."

"Well, General Ben gave you a month to clear the channel and sail the warship under the city of Seoul, can you do it?"

"Yes, no problem!"

"Very good, in addition, will the Jeju Island Naval Division be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese Naval Division?"

"Hehe, this must be no problem, the warships of the Japanese Navy Division are short, and they can't be compared with our army's lucky ships, plus the flowering cannons equipped by our army, as long as they come, don't think about going back." Roknin laughed.

"Yes, that's good."

Sheng Yong pondered for a moment and said, "Then General Ben will begin to deploy." ”

"General May led his army to guard Pyongyang and ensure the rear of our army."

"General Zhang Fu led 10,000 cavalry to the east, and the task was to create chaos, cut off the enemy's food and grass supply, and hit the enemy's morale."

"General Zhang Lun led the First Guards Army to follow the naval division, went north along the Han River, and threatened Seoul."

"General Ben and General Qu led an army of 50,000 to enter the Yellow Sea Road, contain Li Fangyuan's army, and choose an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with it."

"The responsibility of the naval division is to make every effort to clear the channel of the Han River, assist the land division in attacking the city, and ensure the supply of food, grass and ordnance for the army."

"The general estimated that as long as the supply of grain and grass could not be met, and Seoul was threatened, Li Fangyuan would have to retreat, and at that time, our army's chance of victory would come."

"What do you think?"

The generals pondered for a while, looked at each other, and nodded one after another, because Sheng Yong's arrangement was decent, and there was nothing to blame.

"Okay, then everyone immediately go down and prepare, General Zhang Fu must set off within two days, and the others, including General Ben, must leave within five days."

"Yes, General!"

"By the way, what should I do with that Li Fanggan?" Zhang Fu suddenly remembered something.

"Well, Ben will send someone to send it to Beijing and hand it over to the emperor, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Yes!"

"Finally," Sheng Yong paused, and said in a deep voice: "In addition to the emperor's clear decree, there is also a secret decree. ”

"Look, everyone!"

"Because we are fighting deep into the enemy's territory, everyone must be extremely vigilant, and we must be extremely careful about camping, drinking water, food and grass, and we must not give the North Koreans a chance to poison or sneak attack. Whenever someone approaches food, grass, ordnance, etc., they should immediately fire a warning gun and ask for reinforcements, even if it is a false alarm. ”

"In addition, the emperor also issued a special decree, hoping that the Ming soldiers would reduce their losses as much as possible, so as long as everyone thinks that the Koreans are dangerous, they can be executed, and the court will not punish them."

"However, General Ben hopes that you will grasp this degree, this is the compassion of the imperial court, the kindness of the emperor, but it is not the reason for you to kill innocents indiscriminately, your responsibility is to lead as many soldiers back as possible, understand?"

"The last general understands, thank Emperor Longen!"

All the generals were a little moved, and their voices were loud, only Shi Liaosheng, the commander of the army, sighed softly.

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The next day, Zhang Fu led the army eastward.

On the third day, Zhang Lun set off with the sailor.

On the fourth day, Sheng Yong personally commanded an army of 50,000 and marched to Haizhou.

At this time, Li Fangyuan had already arrived in Haizhou, and his army already had 80,000 people, and it was still increasing. Hearing the news of Sheng Yong's army coming, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.