There is no end in sight to the vast Gobi Desert, and the howling cold wind sweeps the snow on the surrounding cliffs. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Several Mongol cavalrymen in armor rode up the high slope, and although they stood high and could see far away, it was not easy to even open their eyes, let alone look around, in this roaring wind. So these cavalrymen are not so much scouts, but rather dealing with official business, symbolically walking around like this.

"Boss, it's too cold this day, let's find a place to shelter from the wind." A Kipchak said in a strange Mongolian tone. After all, they have not been conquered by the Mongols for a long time, and not all of them are proficient in the Mongolian language.

The Mongolian chief who led the team nodded, although he was a native of Mongolian, but he was also tired of the colder weather every year, and the wind seemed to be able to pour in through every crevice of his armor, and he was able to break people's muscles and bones. In such a wind, he didn't even want to speak, and Shi Chang led his horse straight down the cliff, and the soldiers behind him naturally didn't have any opinions.

Lighting a bonfire in this kind of weather is already a very happy thing, and if you can catch one or two more lost yellow sheep, it will be really complete. The scout team, which had been stationed in this desolate and uninhabited Gobi for a short time, was obviously very experienced in how to enjoy life in this loneliness.

As soon as Shi Chang turned around and walked down the cliff, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and not far ahead, one or two figures flashed in the vast white snow. Shi Chang raised his eyebrows, Huo Ran reached out and pressed the handle of the knife, and several soldiers behind him also came to their senses at once.

This kind of situation has not been encountered before, there is only one possibility, that is, there are yellow sheep, and these two figures show that there are no more than three or four yellow sheep, and they are definitely not those flocks of yellow sheep who are in groups and rampage.

Yellow sheep are very docile animals, even if they ride a horse to attack the flock, they will only flee in all directions, instead of using their natural hard horns to stab the soft flesh of the warhorse. However, the panicked flock runs aimlessly, and it is easy to scatter the few predators, or even unintentionally knock people off their horses. Once such a scout team faces a huge flock of sheep, it is really not necessarily possible to successfully stop it.

But fortunately, today it seems that it is the favor of the common people, and there are not many of these yellow sheep.

"Let's go!" With a low snort, the chief rode his horse into the wind, followed by three soldiers, while the rest went directly to the bottom of the cliff to collect firewood.

The war horse shaved the snow, and Shi Chang rushed directly in the direction where the black shadow disappeared, while several cavalrymen behind scattered directly from both sides, and the saber in his hand was slowly raised.

Suddenly, Shichang realized something, and a sense of foreboding permeated his spine, and a cold sweat broke out. Without waiting for the reins to be grabbed, a tripwire bounced straight from the ground, stirring up countless clouds of mud and snow. The horse's hooves slammed into the tripwire, and several soldiers fell into the snow at the same time. Immediately after that, in the snow nest that had been dug up, a black shadow jumped out and skillfully raised and dropped the knife in his hand.

At the same time, at the foot of the cliff not far away, the sound of arrows whistling slightly, and then dissipated in the wind in an instant, as if nothing had happened.

Blood stained the snow red, and a Ming soldier clapped his hands lightly, squinting at the vast Gobi Desert, where the wind and snow would soon bury it all, and they didn't even have to deal with it. This is already the sixth Mongolian scout team eliminated by this Ming army scout team, three Haidu people, three Kublai Khan's people, impartial.

A soldier ran over briskly against the wind, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Qiyu is all headed, it has been wiped out, let's move on?" ”

Dutou patted him on the shoulder: "Tell the brothers, rest for a while, this Mongolian Tartar is really good at finding a place, and it is not bad to hide from the wind under this cliff." In addition, immediately send two capable men back to report our results to the general and the superintendent, so that the strikers can move forward. ”

The soldier nodded, turned to leave, and unfolded the map in his hand to write and draw, which had been worn out, and the wind stirred the map, as if it was about to tear this thin drawing apart at any moment. Dutou pondered for a moment, looked at the surrounding scene again, and muttered: "Twenty miles ahead is the Hongliu River, and beyond that is the Star Gorge." ”

The wind was still howling, and Du Tou carefully gathered the map, exhaled softly, and walked forward with difficult steps.

From Dunhuang to Hongliu River to Xingxing Gorge, and finally straight into the Western Regions, once the merchants of the Han and Tang Dynasties left sweat and footprints here, once the iron hooves of the alien race rolled up the smoke and dust from here to the south, once countless people looked to the northwest but could only sigh that the homeland was difficult to collect, once there were too many laughter and tears and blood and tears in the ・・・・・・, and now, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty once again embarked on the road full of wind.

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The snow had stopped in Goryeo for three days, and the roads had long since become muddy due to the traffic coming and going, but it was much better than before, because this year almost most of the people of Goryeo chose to stay behind closed doors, or looked at the conquerors from the south through the cracks in the doors.

The royal flag of Goryeo has been lowered, replaced by the red dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty, and in the snow, the golden dragon seems to fly out of the banner and soar in the nine heavens.

Rows of armor soldiers walked through the muddy streets, their boots trampling in the mud puddles, bursting countless mud spots, and scattering their combat boots and shirts and pants, but none of them frowned, and all the armor soldiers maintained such a forest queue from the departure point to the destination, which the Goryeo people and even the Goryeo officials had never seen before.

Almost on the first day of the town's navy entering Kaesong, the Goryeo officials and civilians gave up their desire to put up a last resistance, because such an enemy was even more terrible than the Mongols they had ever seen, and soon rumors that the Ming Dynasty was the country of the gods and that the Ming soldiers were the guards of the gods spread in the streets and alleys of the state capitals of Goryeo.

Although the Goryeo officials were a little helpless in this regard, they did not dare to say much, and the officials who came to cooperate with the reception of the Ming Dynasty were even more happy, at least the Zhen Navy did not encounter the slightest resistance when receiving the defense of various state capitals. In the face of the genuine Goryeo Kingdom Book and the Ming soldiers who were waiting for the battle, the vast majority of Goryeo local officials made the most correct decision, and a very small number of officials and generals who intended to be loyal to Goryeo and repay the country with death were quickly taken down by their superiors and subordinates.

Don't you want to be loyal to Goryeo, then help you.

Daming went down twenty or thirty heads with a knife to the ground, so that the Goryeo officialdom, which still had a little dissent, was suddenly solemn, and some Goryeo officials who were originally dissatisfied with Daming were cold, and at the same time, they were more active in serving Daming than one another.

It is precisely because this hand completely shook the Goryeo officialdom that in just four or five days, the entire Goryeo has completely become the Liaodong Province of the Ming Dynasty. The choice of the name of this province can also be seen that the Ming Dynasty erased the influence of Goryeo on this land for hundreds of years in all aspects.

As the weather became colder and colder, the sea off Goryeo was finally frozen, but fortunately, the town navy had all gone ashore, and even most of the grain and grass had arrived, and a large amount of grain and grass was collected in Goryeo. After all, after the turmoil in Mongolia before Goryeo, many people fled and died, and a large amount of grain and grass were abandoned, and then Goryeo supported a large number of troops, so they hoarded a lot of food.

As for the original army of Goryeo, the newly appointed Liaodong Province appeased Zhao Wenyi, and after discussing with Wang Huchen and others, he did not hesitate to order its disbandment.

After all, the scale of this Goryeo palace is not even one-tenth of the Nanjing Daming Palace, the palace is short, the road is narrow, and it is not even as good as the government of some large prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhao Wenyi came directly with the Zhen Navy. This middle-aged man with a steady temperament has been early enough to be from the dragon, old enough to be qualified, and is indeed quite capable in dealing with military and civil affairs, so he has always been an important minister who helped Ye Yingwu sit on one side during Ye Yingwu's southern expedition to the north.

Zhao Wenyi naturally did not live up to Ye Yingwu's trust, as long as there is a place where he sits, it is basically as stable as Mount Tai, and Mongolia on the opposite side generally has no intention of starting from here. And this time, the imperial court directly transferred Zhao Wenyi from Heluo Province to Liaodong Province, which seems to be transferred from the rich land of the Central Plains to a deserted land of four wars, and it is not even a flat transfer, it is full of "moving to the left", and even many officials under Zhao Wenyi shouted for him.

However, Zhao Wenyi did not have the slightest objection, and immediately packed up his things and set off for Goryeo after receiving the edict, otherwise he would not have caught up with the pace of the town navy.

Because the officials at the upper level understood that on the surface, the pacification of Heluo Province was definitely much better than that of this Liaodong Province, whether it was the number of land people in the province and the position in the hearts of the imperial court. But then again, if Zhao Wenyi has been in Heluo Province, I am afraid that he will only be able to wander in the position of the feudal official in his life, after all, Heluo Province is the top priority of the imperial court, so in fact, there is no need to appease how to take care of it, and Heluo Province will develop quickly, so Zhao Wenyi's resume is actually idle for a period of time.

Now that Zhao Wenyi is still young, it is far better to go to the front line to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty. You must know that the imperial court directly changed the entire Goryeo to Liaodong Province, and its thoughts no longer need to be concealed. Liaodong refers to a large area of land east and north of Youyan, and Goryeo is only the southernmost place, far from representing the entire Liaodong.

That is to say, in the future, the entire Liaodong Province will actually need the Liaodong Province to attack, and the Liaodong Province will be the starting point, so Zhao Wenyi, who now seems to be extremely aggrieved, will inevitably shine with the advancement of the Ming Dynasty, and then only need him to manage the newly acquired land well, which is a great achievement that no one can deny.

Throughout the ages, it is the pride of a person's life to open up territory for the country, and it is also the existence of adding officials to knighthood and leaving a name in history.

Therefore, there is no such opportunity for many provinces to appease and governors.

And as Zhao Wenyi's partner, it surprised everyone, a man who was not good-looking, silently followed behind Zhao Wenyi, and under the natural aura and majesty of Zhao Wenyi's long-term superior, it was even more eclipsed, almost making people forget his existence.

This person is the former Jeju Governor Hwang Wei.

In the eyes of many people, this guy was able to become the governor of Liaodong Province for no reason, the second-in-command of the entire Liaodong, not because of how much talent he had, not because of how much seniority he had, but because he made a correct choice during Ye Yingwu's Northern Expedition last time, and chose to surrender to Daming as quickly as possible, so that the Janissary Light Cavalry led by Ye Yingwu himself could quickly sweep Shandong. In the final analysis, this is a wall-head grass who is good at seeing the wind and steering, and Ye Yingwu's main purpose in using him must be to be able to set an example for the officials of those state capitals in Liaodong, especially those Khitan and Jurchen officials.

I can accept the surrender of the Han people in the north and even entrust me with important tasks, even if I will not continue to appoint you with the local state capital, I will not be a killer, so it is the best policy to open the door and surrender.

However, when Zhao Wenyi looked at Huang Wei, he did not have the slightest discrimination, and he set off from Bianliang with Huang Wei as the prefect of Bianliang, and arrived a day earlier than himself.

A person with such perseverance and consciousness is not an idle person. What's more, now that Liaodong is secretly full of famous generals, there is no one less Huang Wei, and there will be no chaos.

Surrounded by several personal guards, Zhao Wenyi strode into the main hall of the Goryeo Palace.

The traces of the killings that had taken place not long ago have been washed away, and tables are set up where the Goryeo officials usually go to court, and the young Ming officials come and go, sweating profusely even in the winter.

Huang Weizheng and the other two men were standing in front of a huge map of Goryeo, several people were discussing in a low voice, hearing the footsteps behind, the two men turned around, and the one on the left smiled and bowed his hand to Zhao Wenyi, and the person on the right rushed up and hugged Zhao Wenyi fiercely: "Lao Zhao, you are happy in Heluo, Lao Tzu is bleeding and sweating in the South Seas, I really envy Lao Tzu, now I didn't expect you to fall into this poor mountain and remote land, everyone is a difficult brother again!" ”

Zhao Wenyi, who has always been easy-going but unsmiling, also patted the young man's back fiercely: "Your kid is much stronger than the last time he was separated in Zhenjiang Mansion, but he doesn't look good. ”

It was Guo Chang who held Zhao Wenyi, and the two had been partners in Zhenjiang Mansion before, but later one went north to sit in Lianghuai, and the other went south to lead the six doors and brocade guards of Nanyang, and they had not met for a year and a half.

And the middle-aged man standing next to Guo Chang was naturally the southern province of Daming to appease Li Si, Li Si returned to the capital to report on his work, and the Ming Emperor personally decreed marriage, Li Si and Huang Daopo, a couple who were already affectionate, tied the knot. It was a supreme honor for the emperor to give marriage, and at that time, Lu Wanyan, the empress of the Ming Dynasty, led the harem concubines to come, and more than half of the officials in the capital came.

Ye Yingwu was worried that there would be problems with the coordination between the newly formed Liaodong Province and the Zhenhai Navy and the Beiyang Fleet responsible for the war, coupled with the long road in Liaodong, it was inconvenient to communicate with the imperial court, Ye Yingwu could not take into account several battlefields in Liaodong and Hexi, so there must be a person with enough ability to come forward, so Ye Yingwu did not hesitate at all, and directly kicked the newly married Li Si to Liaodong, and also transferred Guo Chang back from Nanyang.

At this time, Li Si was the Ming Liaodong Province to supervise the imperial history, awarded the Shang Fang sword, and had the responsibility of supervising the battlefield, first cutting and then playing, in fact, it was equivalent to the later minister, although it seems that the official position of supervising the imperial history is not high, far less than the previous pacification position, but the supervision of the imperial history is the existence of appeasement and the governor are not qualified to offend, especially with the Shang Fang Sword, Li Si not only has the power to supervise the impeachment of the imperial history, but also has the power to kill people directly.

Wen Tianxiang and the others have no objection to this, after all, Li Si is an absolute minister of Yuan Rong, and his ability, mind, and skill are obvious to all, so there is absolutely no need to worry about him doing anything that is not conducive to Daming. (To be continued.) )