Chapter 558: The Last Jumping Clown
What the!
Zhao Chen's face showed an expression of disbelief, and the guards around him also showed an expression of disbelief.
The small country of Goryeo, from the middle of the Tang Dynasty to the present for more than 300 years, the Goryeo people have stayed silently on the Korean Peninsula and never dared to come out again! When the Liao State was strong, they were vassal states of the Liao State! Later, the Jurchens rose, and Goryeo became a vassal state of the Jurchens again!
And now, this small country has the audacity to invade Liaodong!
"How many soldiers and horses do the Koreans have?" Zhao Chen took a deep breath and said.
"About 200,000 soldiers!" Kang An Road.
"200,000 soldiers and horses, that's a lot! What is the composition of their troops? Zhao Chen said again.
"All of them are infantry, almost no cavalry! Your Majesty, their strength is very average and vulnerable! Kang An said.
"Immediately bring Yue Fei and Yu Yunwen here, and everyone will discuss this matter together." Zhao Chen said.
After Zhao Chen finished speaking, he walked towards the palace, and after he washed up a little, it didn't take long for Yue Fei, Yu Yunwen and others to come to the palace.
At the moment when Kang An told the news of the invasion of Goryeo, Yue Fei and Yu Yunwen's faces also showed expressions of disbelief.
"What do you think about this?" Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, Liaodong has been in turmoil in the past six months, and the strength in Tokyo is empty! First of all, our army went to Shangjing and Zhongjing, and the Jurchens also evacuated Tokyo to the area of Huanglongfu, and the local Khitans also became rebels and went to Huanglongfu and other places, so the Goryeo took the opportunity to invade eastward and took those places without much effort! Yu Yunwen said.
"Your Majesty, there has not been a war in Goryeo for more than 300 years, and their army has no combat experience at all, so it is definitely no match for us! There are 200,000 of them, but we can still easily defeat them! Yue Fei said.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that we can't go to war with Goryeo for the time being." Yu Yunwen said.
"Oh?" Zhao Chen looked at Yu Yunwen with an inquiring look.
"Our army has been preparing for the battle in the north for more than a year! After entering the north, our army continued to fight, the soldiers and horses were tired, and the material consumption was huge! Moreover, we have annexed huge territories, and appeasing the people in these places also requires a lot of supplies, food and grass! Now is the time to go to war with the Koreans! Even if we can defeat the 200,000 troops of Goryeo, we will have casualties, and in this way, our relationship with Goryeo will deteriorate immediately, and the Goryeo people will continue to send people west into Liaodong, and we need to be constantly on guard, which is really worth the loss! There is a thousand-mile Great Wall between Liaodong and Goryeo, which is difficult to cross for the time being. Yu Yunwen said.
The so-called "Thousand Miles Great Wall" is a fortification built by the order of Goryeo Dejong 200 years ago, and the Goryeo people call it the "Thousand Miles Great Wall"! In the past two hundred years, whether it is the rise of the Khitan or the rise of the Jurchens, Goryeo has been able to maintain the first, and it has a certain relationship with the thousand-mile Great Wall. If the Song army wanted to enter Goryeo, it had to cross the Great Wall.
"There's some truth to what you're saying." Zhao Chen nodded and said.
"Moreover, although they have now occupied some cities, they need to send troops to garrison them, and they also need to consume supplies in order to appease the local Khitans! Their forces are scattered and their national strength is depleted, and it will be easier for us to attack Goryeo in a year or two! When they have pacified several cities in Liaodong, we will take over! Yu Yunwen said.
Hearing this, Zhao Chen, Yue Fei and the others couldn't help laughing.
"What we need to do now is to send an envoy to Goryeo, first of all, to make Goryeo a vassal, which should not be a difficult task! Over the years, no matter who is strong, Goryeo will be anyone's courtier, and now my Great Song Dynasty has destroyed the Western Xia, Khitan, and Jurchen, which is the largest country in the world, and they have no reason not to surrender! Second, if the Goryeo people test the disposition of the cities of Liaodong, we will verbally promise to hand over those cities to them to manage, so as to reassure them, so that they can attack Goryeo by surprise in the future! Yu Yunwen said again.
"Very good, Yunwen deserves to be a wise man, and his means are clever!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.
"Admire!" Yue Fei nodded and said.
"However, we can't let them occupy other cities, especially Tokyo, which is too important to be taken by them! Brother Yue, you immediately lead the soldiers and horses south to defend Tokyo. Zhao Chen said.
"I'm going to do it!" Yue Fei said.
"Your Majesty, General Yue, I still have one piece of information here that I haven't had time to report! General Yue is strong in martial arts, and General Yue may need to help in this matter. Kang An saw that Yue Fei was about to leave, and hurriedly said immediately.
"What's the matter?" Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, a group of people have come to Liaodong ......," Kang An said.
After Kang An finished speaking, Zhao Chen, Yue Fei, and Yu Yunwen all showed mocking smiles on their faces.
"These clowns who jump off the beam are really haunted! Wherever I go, they follow! However, Lin Lingsu, Wuqing, Guo Yaoshi, the Demon Queen and others have all died or been captured, and now there are not many clowns left, this time they must be wiped out! Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, General Yue's martial arts are strong and well-known in the world! With General Yue here, they must be cautious, so they still have to let General Yue leave. Yu Yunwen said.
Zhao Chen, Yue Fei, and Kang An looked at Yu Yunwen in surprise, and Yu Yunwen laughed again.
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On the morning of the same day, in front of the palace of Huining Mansion, the former Jurchen Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai was executed by Ling Chi, and cheers were heard again from top to bottom in the army.
Less than half an hour later, Yue Fei personally led 50,000 cavalry south towards the direction of Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, and the news of the Goryeo invasion of Liaodong had also spread in the army, and the generals in the army were extremely indignant, and many generals went to the palace to meet Zhao Chen and ask for troops to send troops to Goryeo.
And at this moment, in the north of Huining Mansion near the city wall, there are rows of simple courtyards.
The surroundings of the courtyard are unusually quiet, and these days, the Jurchens are still hiding in their homes, and the vast majority of people are afraid to go out.
There was a courtyard that looked very ordinary, there was nothing outstanding, there were several houses in the courtyard, and at the moment in one house, a dozen people were sitting there.
These dozen or so people are all dressed as Han Chinese, some old and young, some men and women, and some are monks and Taoist priests.
An elegant-looking middle-aged Taoist priest sat on the kang, and the rest of the people sat in the lower position.
"Have you all inquired clearly, did Yue Fei really go south?" Middle-aged Taoist priests.
"Dao Chief, Yue Fei led 50,000 cavalry to the south, we can see it clearly! Moreover, the Korean invaded Liaodong, and this matter has also spread throughout the army! A bearded man in his thirties said.
"Excellent! Yue Fei went south, and the Taoist priest with extremely high martial arts heard that he had also gone south to Yanyun, and there was no master beside Emperor Xuanwu! He also likes to be with the untouchables of the people, and we can always find an opportunity to assassinate him! The middle-aged Taoist priest said.
The crowd around them nodded.
"The world has been in turmoil for many years, but after Emperor Xuanwu was born, the world was unified again! If I can't kill Emperor Xuanwu now, my Demon Gate will completely lose the opportunity to control the world! So, this time, no one can afford to slack off! The middle-aged Taoist priest said.
"Uncle Xiaoyaozi, what do you want us to do, just ask us!" A young man with a grim face said.
"Now
The only thing is to closely monitor the palace, tell me the whereabouts of Emperor Xuanwu, and then wait for the opportunity! Wuji, after assassinating Emperor Xuanwu, I don't seek fame and fortune, I will tell the world, saying that you Cheng Wuji killed Emperor Xuanwu and made you famous all over the world! The middle-aged Taoist priest said.
"Thank you, uncle!" The grim-faced young man said with an excited expression on his face.
It turned out that these people in front of him were Xiaoyaozi, Cheng Wuji and other masters in the Demon Gate!
The intelligence department has become larger and more tightly organized over the years, and they have gradually infiltrated into the Demon Gate, and before Kang An reported the news that Xiaoyaozi, Cheng Wuji and other people in the Demon Gate were preparing to assassinate Zhao Chen.
After a while, the crowd dispersed, and Cheng Wuji left the courtyard, and he walked through the alleys of Huining Mansion, preparing to go to his hiding place.
At this time, he suddenly saw a strange sign at the entrance of an alley!
There are two vertical lines, but these two vertical lines have different shapes, just like the shape of a man and a woman!
If ordinary people see this mark, they will only feel curious, but Cheng Wuji's face showed a smile, because this is the unique mark of the Yin Yang Sect!
"Could it be that the junior sister is also in the Huining Mansion? That's great! Cheng Wuji said secretly.
He looked at the mark carefully for a while, then headed east, and not long after that he saw it again, and after walking like this for a while, he saw a huge mansion appear in front of him!