Zhao Chen and the soldiers returned to the barracks and sat down to eat together.

The meal is very simple, it is a common stewed dish in Liaodong, but it is steaming, and the whole body is hot after eating.

At this time, Zhao Chen gathered the soldiers, Zhao Chen sat in the middle of the crowd, and the surrounding soldiers all looked at Zhao Chen, waiting for Zhao Chen to speak.

"Brothers, today I met the Goryeo commander on the other side!" Zhao Chen said.

The surrounding soldiers nodded their heads, and some people already knew about it.

"The lord of Goryeo will let us give up Liaodong! He said that after the fall of the Jurchens, Liaodong was already a borderless land, and this place belonged to Goryeo! Zhao Chen said.

After Zhao Chen's words were finished, the surrounding soldiers were in an uproar, and all the soldiers showed unbelievable looks on their faces.

"Your Majesty, are the Koreans joking? A small country like Goryeo still wants to steal the entire Liaodong? A general said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, are the Koreans crazy? They asked us to give up Liaodong? ”

"Your Majesty, how dare the Koreans say such a thing?"

The surrounding soldiers asked!

This was not a formal training, nor was it a formal lecture, so the atmosphere at the scene was not very serious, and the soldiers were free to speak.

The Koreans did say such things! The chief general of Goryeo even said that after the destruction of Liaojin, Goryeo and our Song Dynasty are brothers! Zhao Chen said again.

"What! A country of brothers? In the past, Goryeo has always been our subject country, and now it wants to be our brotherly country? ”

"Damn! The Koreans are so rampant! ”

"The Koreans really don't know how thick the sky is!"

The surrounding soldiers spoke one after another, and all the soldiers had angry, mocking expressions on their faces.

"The Koreans said that they have an army of half a million and we are no match for them! They also said that the reason why we were able to defeat the Jurchens was because of the Jurchen and Khitan infighting, and we got cheap! Zhao Chen said.

"Half a million troops? Even an army of five million is no match for us! ”

"Your Majesty, we defeated the Jurchens, it was because our military strength surpassed the Jurchens, we defeated them in a dignified manner and made them surrender, not because of the Jurchen and Khitan infighting!"

"Your Majesty, the Koreans are really damned! They thought they could beat us! I've seen their army before, they look weak, they're so arrogant! ”

The soldiers around him were furious.

"When the envoys of Goryeo saw me, they spoke very wildly, and not a single Goryeo was willing to kneel! I told them that Goryeo is not our territory, so they don't have to kneel! I really wanted to say to them at that time, Goryeo is only not our territory for the time being, as long as I am willing, the soldiers will definitely be able to take Goryeo in one fell swoop, and at that time, what reason do these Goryeo people have not to kneel? Zhao Chen stood up abruptly and shouted.

"Your Majesty, we will send troops now and take Goryeo!"

"Yes, take Goryeo! Don't let the Koreans run rampant and rude! ”

The surrounding soldiers stood up one after another and said to Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen raised his hand, and the voices of the soldiers around him quieted down, but they all had angry expressions on their faces.

"I also want to take Goryeo, but we have just conquered the north and Liaodong, and it will take some time to stabilize here, so for the time being, we can only let the Goryeo people run rampant! However, within two years, I must march into Goryeo and defeat Goryeo completely! They are not willing to kneel, knock them to their knees, they are not willing to surrender, knock them down! Zhao Chen said.

"Yes, convince them!"

"Conquer them completely!"

The surrounding soldiers said one after another.

"Now we have eliminated the Jurchens, but there is no Jingping in the world! The Goryeo people even fantasize about restoring the so-called Goguryeo, their weak strength is still eyeing us, if we don't attack them, they will attack us too! Therefore, the soldiers must not slack off, they must still practice diligently, and wait until the north is stable, let them see how powerful we are, and let them know that the Great Song Dynasty is by no means something that a small country like them can provoke! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will train hard!"

"I really hope that the rampant Goryeo people can be destroyed now!"

"Two years later, it will be the end of Goryeo!"

The soldiers kept talking.

"Your Majesty, those words of General Goryeo today are really unbearable! The last general can't wait to lead his troops over now and destroy the 50,000 Goryeo in the south first! Zhang Xian came to Zhao Chen's side and said.

"Return to Liaoyang City immediately and discuss the destruction of Goryeo." Zhao Chen nodded and said lightly.

******

Late that night, in the imperial palace of Liaoyang City, Zhao Chen, Yue Fei, Yu Yunwen and others gathered in a small palace, and everyone sat together to discuss the affairs of Goryeo.

"What is the population of Goryeo now?" Zhao Chen first looked at Kang An and said.

"The population of Goryeo is about 7 million people!" Kang An is in charge of the intelligence department, and he is in charge.

"The population of Goryeo is quite large, better than the Jurchens and Khitans!" Zhao Chen said.

"Goryeo is isolated from the rest of the mainland, so it is not affected by war, and they learn from our Han people, and they also advocate culture, education, and farming, so there is a lot of population in the small area." Yu Yunwen said.

"No wonder they can have 500,000 soldiers in such a small country." Yue Fei also nodded and said.

"Twenty years ago, Goryeo only had more than 200,000 soldiers and horses! Later, the Jurchens rose and attacked Goryeo, although they were blocked by the Great Wall, but Goryeo was still frightened, so they recruited soldiers! Kang An said.

"How's the King of Goryeo doing?" Zhao Chen said.

"The king of Goryeo, Wang Kai, had a weak temperament, he ascended the throne at the age of fourteen, and now he is twenty-five years old. In the early years, Li Ziqian, a powerful minister of Goryeo, was in power, and Li Ziqian married his two daughters to Wang Kai, who was completely a puppet at that time! Five years ago, the Goryeo general Cui Zhuo led his troops to kill Li Ziqian, this Cui Zhuo was a loyal minister, although he held the military power, but he did not usurp the throne, Wang Kai also trusted him very much. Kang An said.

In this era, Goryeo is still the "Wang's Goryeo" in history, and Wang Kai is the "Goryeo Injong" in history! He had a cowardly temperament, succeeded to the throne at the age of fourteen, and then was controlled by the ministers, who did nothing in his life, but because of his gentle personality, he almost never killed ministers in his life, so he was called "Renzong".

"Is the thousand-mile Great Wall of Goryeo really difficult to break?" Zhao Chen said again.

"Master Kang, does your intelligence department have an accurate map of Goryeo?" Yue Fei said.

"Your Majesty and your Excellency, please wait!" Kang An Road.

After a while, the officers of the intelligence department sent over accurate maps of the area around Goryeo and Liaodong.

On this map, Baozhou and Dingzhou west of the Yalu River, Zhenhaifu, Yaozhou, Chenzhou and so on on the Liaodong Peninsula have all been occupied by Goryeo! When Wu Jue's navy went north, it had broken through these places, but unfortunately it was mainly to harass the 100,000 Jurchens led by Yan Zonghan, who had the main purpose of eliminating the local garrisons, and did not really occupy these places, and now they have been taken advantage of by the Goryeo.

As for the Great Wall, from Buyeo Fortress in the northeast to the sea in the southwest, the scale is good, and this is a defensive project built by Goryeo Dejong 200 years ago.

"The Khitans and Jurchens can't pass through the thousand-mile Great Wall, and it's difficult for us to pass through here by relying on cavalry alone, but we are different from the Khitans and Jurchens, we have a navy! Your Majesty, the last general thinks that even if it is for military considerations, we cannot go to war with the Koreans in Liaodong and recapture these cities in Liaodong. Yue Fei pondered for a while before saying.

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Zhao Chen said.

"The number of Goryeo soldiers and horses has reached 500,000, which is not a small number in any case! They occupy all parts of Liaodong, garrison troops everywhere, and confront us, so that most of their country's troops are placed here! If the war really starts, our Great Song Navy can cross the sea to fight and enter the country of Goryeo, and then the country of Goryeo will be empty! Now, if these cities in Liaodong are defeated, the whole of Goryeo will inevitably have the same hatred for the enemy and will be fully recruited, they have a geographical advantage in the country, but it will not be so easy to attack when the time comes! Yue Fei said.

"General Yue is right! We now want them to put their forces in Liaodong, and when they attack in the future, they will take the naval assault as the first means, whether it is Kaijing or Pyongyang, they are close to the sea, after we break through Kaijing or Pyongyang, the Goryeo soldiers and horses in Liaodong and other places will inevitably urgently aid the country, at that time, General Yue will lead his troops to chase and kill, and the navy can also go north and encircle and annihilate the main Goryeo force in Liaodong! Yu Yunwen said.

Zhao Chen, Yue Fei and others discussed the future war in Goryeo here, and they stopped for a long time.

"Write a report on these, and the staff headquarters will have to discuss it at that time! In addition, you are training diligently here, and the General Staff Headquarters will continue to send people to investigate Goryeo intelligence! In short, we must be fully prepared, and when Liaodong is stabilized, we will attack Goryeo with a thunderous momentum! Zhao Chen said.

On February 11 and 12, Zhao Chen remained in Liaoyang City, where he continued to train with his soldiers, and in the evening he continued to discuss with Yue Fei and others about attacking Goryeo.

On February 13, Zhao Chen, Wang Shu, Kang An and others led the imperial camp to leave Liaoyang, and on February 16 they came to Jinzhou, and now there is also a Goryeo military camp east of Jinzhou, Yue Yun and Liang Hao led 15,000 cavalry here to defend Goryeo east of Jinzhou, Zhao Chen inspected the army here, and left here the next day.

Late at night on 18 February, Zhao Chen and his entourage arrived at Shanhaiguan, which is now home to some militiamen transferred from the Guanxi Production and Construction Corps, but the General Staff Headquarters has already intended to convert the militia here to active duty.

In the early morning of February 19, Zhao Chen looked around at Shanhaiguan and saw the peaks and mountains like gathering and the waves like anger, and he felt emotion in his heart.

"It's so picturesque! But it's still not quiet around us! The Goryeo people even wanted to restore Goguryeo, the Mongols often went south to plunder their property, and the Tibetan tribes in the west had to be completely subjugated! In the past two years, the economy has only recovered, and the people have begun to have food to eat, but the real reform has not yet begun, the state system has not undergone radical changes, and China is still a feudal society! I have a lot of responsibilities and there will be challenges in the future, but I love them! Zhao Chen raised his eyes and looked around, and said secretly.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go." Kang An walked up and said.

"Good! Return to Yanjing! Zhao Chen said with a smile.

They set out in the early morning of February 19, and on the afternoon of February 23, they finally arrived outside Yanjing City.