Bypassing Liaoyang, they arrived at the Yalu River on the fifth or sixth day and set up camp for a rally.

After discussing with the generals for several days, they all agreed that the river should be crossed from the vicinity of the south estuary of the Yalu River. A few miles to the east of the river is Goryeo Uiju. Since Liaojin, this area has been repeatedly warned; Because of its location on the border, under the pressure of Meng Yuan, Goryeo did not dare to repair the city wall.

It is suitable for Deng She, a group of new soldiers with no siege experience.

Wu Henian is very familiar with the geography of Liaodong. After the military discussion, Deng She specially invited him to come and give you a detailed explanation of the specific situation in Yizhou.

"This city was built during the reign of Ruizong of Goryeo, more than 200 years ago. The chief Khan Temujin attacked Jin, and the Khitan remnant Yeluliuge took the opportunity to rebel against Jin in Long'an (now Nong'an, Jilin) and rebuilt the country as Liao. The Jin Dynasty general Puxian Wannu also took the opportunity to stand on his own in Liaoyang, and the country name was first Dazhen, and then changed to Dongxia.

At that time, the Tartar general Mu Huali was in western Liaoning, and the army was very powerful. In the past few years, the Mongols, Khitans, and Jurchens have been fighting each other. Later, under the combined attack of the Tartars and Puxian Wannu, Yeluliuge fled from Liaodong to Goryeo. He frequently lives in the area from Uiju to Seogyong (Pyongyang).

A few years later, the Mongols, Jurchens, and Goryeo joined forces to exterminate Yeluliuge. From then on, Yiju and other places were in the sphere of influence of the Eastern Xia, and the kings of Goryeo paid tribute and paid tribute to Mongolia and the Eastern Xia respectively. For more than ten years, Mongolia pacified the Eastern Xia. However, the remnants of the Khitan and Eastern Xia have not been completely quelled, and they plundered Goryeo for 50 years.

"Both Ping Dongxia, Ogedae conquered Goryeo, and took more than 40 cities, and Uiju was also among them. At that time, the Goryeo ministers were on the throne, and they did not accept the ,...... of Wanghua" He said smoothly, disobeying the four words of Wanghua, he didn't pay attention to it, some of the generals didn't understand, and those who understood didn't pay attention, and he continued, "The Choi warrior regime rebelled, killed the Mongol Tatars and settled in Goryeo's seventy-two Daru Huachi, and held the royal family hostage to Ganghwa Island.

Since then, in the past 30 years, the Tartars have made seven expeditions and seven expeditions, sweeping the entire territory of the peninsula, and for fear of slaughtering the city, many counties in Goryeo have surrendered. The Tartars were not good at naval forces, but they had no choice but to shrink the Goryeo royal family on the island, and decided to change the Goryeo to Mongolia as the king. In order to avoid being marginalized, the minister of Ganghwa Island and Goryeo killed Choi, who advocated the abandonment of Lubao Island. Out of the island to Mongolia.

"It happened that the chief Khan Mengke was ,...... by my Great Song Dynasty under the Diaoyu City" Wu Henian said this, remembering that Deng She and the others belonged to the Xiao Ming King, claiming to be a descendant of the Great Song Dynasty, bowed his hand respectfully to the south, and then continued, "My Great Song Dynasty is invincible, and Mongolia was injured by cannons, so he died.

"Kublai Khan was called Khan, and he sent the prince of Goryeo back to Goryeo and ascended the throne as king. In order to conquer Japan, Kublai Khan ordered the new monarch of Goryeo to purchase 1,000 ships. Goryeo has experienced repeated wars and the people are exhausted. And the Mongolian Tatars are not as good as my etiquette, and they purely regard Goryeo as raising pigs and dogs, and the Goryeo government and the opposition are deeply dissatisfied.

"After the Choi clan, Goryeo has the right to minister the Lin clan. At this time, he deposed the new king established by Kublai Khan and led the army to rebel against the Tartars. It is known as the rebellion of the three don't copy. ”

"What is a three-stop copy?" Deng She interrupted Wu Henian and asked. Originally, Wu Henian was going to lecture on Yizhou, but he digressed to talk about Goryeo. Deng She let him talk about it, and it would be good to know more about Goryeo, which would be conducive to future development.

Wu Henian was sitting on a chair, and when he was rushing to the south just now, he stood up once; At this time, listening to Deng She's question, he hurriedly stood up again, lowered his hand and said: "At the beginning of the three don't copy, it was a private soldier established by the Cui clan in the name of preparing for thieves, and it was called night don't copy." Later, the number of people increased, and it was divided into left and right Betong, plus the Divine Righteous Army composed of Mongol captives and escapees, collectively known as Sanbicha. After the Cui family, it was mastered by the Lin family. ”

Dunsher nodded, letting him continue. Not only the generals, but even Ha Mitsuhide listened to it with relish. He was born in a stick, extremely lowly, and knew nothing about the history of his country.

Wu Henian said: "The rebellion of the three don't copy lasted for three or four years. Lin and his party, either sick or captured, died one after another. At this point, the Goryeo ministers had been in turmoil for a hundred years, and the king of Goryeo asked for marriage for the prince in order to consolidate the royal power through the power of the Tartars.

Kublai Khan agreed. The status of the Tartar horses was very high, and Goryeo was even elevated to the status because of this. Since then, all the kings of Goryeo, except for those who were too young during their reign, have married Tartar princesses. Therefore, Goryeo is in my court,...... In the Tartar Dynasty, also known as the Equestrian Kingdom, and the Tartar is a nephew and uncle. ”

Monk Li interjected: "Defend the country with a dick!" ”

The generals laughed, and Ha Guangxiu was also happy.

Wu Henian laughed twice, and then said: "In more than ten years, Kublai Khan went east to Japan, and sent tens of thousands of Goryeo soldiers and sailors, and thousands of ships on the sea. Goryeo was set up as the province of the Tartar expedition to the east, which was later revoked. During this time, Uiju first belonged to the Tartar Posa Province, and when King Chungyeol of Goryeo was the king, the Tartars returned this place to Goryeo. He explained, "King Chungyeol was the first king of Goryeo to marry a Tatar princess. ”

The house was only twenty or thirty miles away from where they had set up camp. Chen Hu asked, "When I passed by, I obviously saw the Goryeo flag hanging. ”

Wu Henian said: "That was three years ago, when Goryeo took advantage of the chaos in Liaodong and just seized it. Picking up the conversation, he continued, "Soon after Goryeo was set up to conquer the eastern province, one of the kings of the Tartar host province, the younger brother of Temujin, rebelled. Kublai Khan's personal expedition, peaceful. The remnants of Naiyan fled into Goryeo, conquered the city, killed people for food, and wreaked havoc for several years. It's been fifty or sixty years since then.

"Now the king of Goryeo, the Han name is Wang Qi, and the Mongolian name is Boyan Timur. Ben entered the quality of the Tartar in the middle, and served as a guard as a proton. In the 11th year of Zheng, the Tartar Emperor named him king and sent him back to Goryeo to ascend the throne, and it has been eight years since then. Floods, droughts, and locust plagues have been incessant for many years. ”

He doesn't need to talk about the events of the past fifty or sixty years.

Since Kublai Khan, Goryeo has offered tribute to women, eunuchs, etc., every year, and there are countless of them. This kind of population plunder, and in addition to the matter of paying tribute, all the generals have heard of it. When the Red Turban Incident occurred, Goryeo was ordered to send tens of thousands of troops and horses to the Central Plains to help Mengyuan. The emptiness of the country can be imagined.

Deng Shefu stood up and looked around the tent, and it was almost midnight outside the tent.

The torches planted on both sides swayed, and the red light of the fire danced on the ground, on the tabernacle, on the faces, on the armor. The generals got up together, stood proudly, and listened to Deng She's order.

"The situation in Goryeo, Mr. Wu explained very clearly. In the land of Yizhou, in a hundred years, several hands have changed hands. As far as I know, there are Goryeo people in the city, there are Han Chinese, and all the ethnic groups in Liaodong. Its heart is not aligned, and its strength is not gathered. The city was ruined, and there were more than 1,000 defenders. I have the power of a new victory, more than 10,000 people, like thunder striking rotten wood, why not break the city? ”

The generals should be in unison. Between the salutes, the armor collided into a piece, smearing this spring night with a murderous aura.

"Military might is indispensable. Early tomorrow morning, gather the three armies and announce the purpose of this trip to all the armies. The day after tomorrow at night, cross the river to attack the city. "Deng She has taken the tokens, and he has to distribute them one by one.

A soldier shouted outside the tent.

Military discussion, big event. Within 100 steps of the big tent, it is not allowed to enter unless ordered; Non-emergency military information shall not be disturbed. Deng She was shocked when he heard the report, put down the token first, and hurriedly called his soldiers in.

"Your Excellency, General Qiyu. A white-clothed talent came from outside Yuanmen, claiming to have a top-secret strategy to save my army. ”

Deng She's face was frosty: "Military judge, what should be the law for disturbing military discussions with miscellaneous and trivial matters?" "It's just that someone is here to vote, and it's not an emergency military situation. What is the top-secret strategy to save our army, how can Deng She not know, it is just pretending to be amazing. However, this person can persuade his own soldiers, and when he knows what will happen if he violates military orders, he still comes to interrupt the military discussion, and his eloquence is good.

Chen Hu stepped forward: "Slash!" ”

The soldiers were so frightened that their faces were as earthy as earth, and they couldn't stand on the ground, and kowtowed again and again: "General, spare your life!" The villain didn't dare to pass it on, but he was really pickled and talented, and he could speak well. …… I also saw that the general had been coming for many days, eating one meal a day, and sleeping only for two hours, and he had worked hard for the military situation. The villain doesn't look like a liar, he is reasonable, he is confused for a while, and the ghost is confused. Thinking that maybe, he can really solve the general's worries. ”

To this extent, the pro-soldier still thought that Na Xiucai was reasonable, and Deng She's heart moved.

Attacking Goryeo, he only has a general idea, and it should be strategically correct; However, in terms of specific tactics, he was quite apprehensive because he was not familiar with the geography of Goryeo. Attacking Yizhou, after careful consideration, he always felt that something was missing. But what is missing, I can't say. The generals, like him, didn't know much about Goryeo; The Koreans recruited by Ha Kwang-so are all low-class people in Goryeo, and they are very useful in guiding and translating, so don't expect it tactically.

He groaned slightly and asked, "What did Xiucai tell you?" ”

He said: The generals are here, and they should aim to be in Goryeo. If you don't cross the river, you will be worried about where to go. He has three strategies, which can be offered to generals. ”

"What are the three strategies?"

"The next strategy is to cross the river and take Yizhou. Broke and went south, and the people went directly to Xijing. Whistling the northern boundary, it can be guaranteed for a while. The middle strategy is to turn to the north, follow the example of Puxian Wannu, take and plunder the land of Helanfu, control the north and south, and cover the east of the sea, which can become a hegemony for a while. ”

"What about the best policy?"

He wouldn't say. I have to meet the general in person. ”

Deng She was silent, and Chen Hu said: "General, the villain once heard the natives say that Helan Mansion is on the seaside and is located more than 100 miles northeast of Yizhou. For the Jurchen homeland, a large number of Jurchen tribes gathered. Puxian Wannu is a Jurchen, and he can use it as a foothold to dominate Liaodong. We're afraid it won't work. ”

Luo Guoqi nodded and said, "Not only that." In the land of Helan Prefecture, the climate is cold, and there are not many cities. Even if it is taken there, it will be of little use. ”

Monk Li was suspicious again: "Isn't it a lobbyist from Goryeo?" Knowing that our army is coming, we deliberately use clever words to coax the general? ”

Deng She couldn't help but wonder. He found that since the meritorious service of breaking the Daning soldiers and horses, Monk Li's words have been much more than before. He thought for a moment, and then ordered his soldiers to call Na Xiucai in: "But this time." The next time you violate the order, you will not be spared. ”

The pro-soldier Shane retreated. After a while, a man was brought up.

But when I saw this person, his face was like Fu powder, and his eyebrows were beautiful. has a handsome demeanor, dressed in shabby white, but not sloppy. The spring cold has not subsided, and he holds a folding fan in his hand. When he entered the big tent, he was not in a hurry, looking left and right, and looked at the generals one by one, and then he gave a long salute: "Xiao Kehong Jixun, I have seen the general." The voice is clear and the tone is calm.

Wen Huaguo slammed the water bowl in front of him on the case, and was furious: "See my family's tens of thousands of generals!" How can you not kneel. ”

Hong Jixun laughed, straightened up, neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "I heard that there will be five virtues, wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness." There are treasure givers coming, and they don't welcome them, which is not wise; Hanging high on the list of seeking talents, the people who come but do not see it are for lack of faith; 3,000 pawns, and the order is beheaded, which can be unkind; With the sharpness of the sword, how can you be brave if you are afraid of a scholar? ”

Monk Li jumped up and pulled out a half-handled saber: "Rude!" ”

Hong Jixun was not angry, and added: "The big tent guests, the kid dares to be rude, and he will not exist." ”

Deng She's various deeds in Yongping, this person is clear and prepared. Deng She smiled, got up and said, "Please be seated." The tent is shabby, and there is no tea to serve. Only water, can the gentleman drink it? ”

Motioned to Wen Huaguo to pick up the water bowl he had drunk half and handed it to Hong Jixun. Hong Jixun stretched out his hand to take it and sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity." ”

"What a pity?"

"General Fengzhou was defeated and traveled thousands of miles. In the more than a month, there were 800 to 10,000 people, breaking the strong city and defeating the famous general. In the eyes of others, the prestige is prominent; Among them, the suffering, such as people drinking water, knows the warmth and coldness. ”

These words were very right, and when Deng She heard this, he was very touched and asked, "What's the pity about this?" ”

Hong Jixun picked up the bowl, not thinking that it was Wenhua Guo's mouth, and drank it all. sighed again: "It's a pity that the prestige is vain, after all, Nanke has a dream." Tomorrow by the river, I am afraid that it will be the place where the general died. ”

If he didn't drink this glass of water, Deng She would not change his initial judgment, and still thought that he was just a self-conscious person with sharp teeth and sharp mouths; As soon as he drank this water, his image changed greatly.

Hong Jixun's clothes are shabby, but they are freshly washed. waited outside the tent for a long time, and there was no trace of dust on his hands and face, which showed that he loved to be clean. And Wenhua Guo's five major and three coarse, has always been unkempt, marching for several days, smelling of sweat and smell, and leftover water, but he does not frown and drinks cleanly.

This cannot be the case unless you have great ambitions.

Deng She was already careful. Since taking charge of the army, he has been walking on thin ice, and he has paid attention to the people around him. After a long time, you can often judge the person's personality from the details in an instant.

At that moment, he smiled slightly: "Why should Mr. be alarmist? I heard from my own soldiers that Mr. has three strategies. May I hear it. ”

The soldiers brought chairs and placed them at the end of the generals. Hong Jixun didn't look at it, and said: "I have a big treasure, and I only sell people who know the goods." ”

He refused to speak, so Deng She asked, "Sir." The next strategy to take Yizhou can be a temporary hegemon. I would like to hear and explain in detail. He knew what Hong Jixun meant, and asked him to respectfully invite him to take a seat, retire from the generals, and speak alone. He pretended not to know. Although it is judged that this person has ambitions, whether he is ambitious or talented or not, he must inspect the goods first.

Hong Jixun guessed the meaning of Deng She, which is the proper meaning of the question. He shook off the folding fan, slapped it twice, and said, "Those who are in Yizhou, the city is weak and the army is weak." The elite generals, with the power of a great victory, attack and take it effortlessly. The drum goes south, and the northern boundary is the land of Xijing and Pyongyang, and Goryeo is caught off guard, and it can also be rolled up.

"But does the general know?

"Goryeo is all in the south, this is one of them. Second, the coastal areas of Goryeo have been plagued by Japanese plagues for many years, and the elite army is not in the northern border, but in the southern Xinjiang. Third, the population of Goryeo is only one or two in the north, and seven or eight out of ten are in the south of Wangjing (Seoul). There are only 10,000 generals, a lone army, going deep into foreign countries, food cannot be filled, soldiers cannot be recruited, there is no help in the back, and there are dangers and obstacles in front of them. Let's ask: If the king of Goryeo asks the general to pay all the troops north of Xijing, after a little stability, he will pour the strength of the whole country and raise the people of Haidong, 100,000 elite soldiers, and millions of militiamen, how can the general stop him?

"Yes, take Yizhou, and get it for a while."

Dunshe pondered for a long time. What Hong Jixun said is exaggerated, but there is such a possibility. He said, "What the gentleman said is very true. However, Mr. Zhongzhi, the land of Helan Province is full of Jurchen tribes. It's not my race, even if I go, I'm afraid I can't compare with Puxian Wannu. ”

"When Puxian Wannu was in power, Meng Yuan was thriving, and the soldiers were sharp, so Puxian Wannu was defeated at the hands of Meng Yuan; At this time, the national fortunes of Mengyuan had declined, and Liaodong was competing. The place where Meng Yuan is based is only a few cities, and it is barely guarded, let alone others. Compared with Pu Xian Wannu, the general occupies the sky.

"Pu Xian Wannu, Jurchen also; Generals, Han Chinese also. Or it is said that people are not as good as it, but it is not true.

"Mengyuan was tyrannical, Helan Mansion produced gold, and the Jurchens were forbidden to collect it first; The Jurchens mostly lived in pursuit of water and grass, took shooting and hunting as their business, and then forbade the Jurchen bows and arrows. The land of Helan Mansion and Water Dada is the place where the sea is produced in the east. Haiqing handsome birds, thousands of miles from overseas, swooping to fight lions and tigers. Catching a sea of green often kills hundreds of people. Regardless of the dangers, Meng Yuan demanded it every year, increasing the number of requests year by year.

"The Jurchens have been suffering for a long time! For decades, riots erupted. In the third and sixth years of Zhizheng, the people of Haiqing rebelled, and Meng Yuan repeatedly levied it, and it was barely suppressed in the fifteenth year of Zhizheng; In the eighth year of Zheng, there were Jurchens who locked the fire slaves, except for him, only this year, and there were three or four opponents. So far, there are still remaining activities in Suidada and Helan provinces. It's just that there are no people with enough prestige to organize, and they have been making small fights.

"If the general can erect a big banner and call each other with great righteousness, he will fight against the tyranny and promise him a land of fame. In the power of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Song Dynasty in Liaodong, the generals broke through the important towns in western Liaoxi and the reputation of famous generals, so it can be asserted that those small groups of rebels will inevitably flock in. The Jurchens grew up among the saddle horses, and they studied and fought on their own; The general got it, like a tiger with wings.

"Therefore, there are people in generals."

Wen Huaguo saw that he stopped talking, and shouted: "What about the location? ”

Hong Jixun took out a volume of things from his arms and presented it to Deng She's case. Spread out, the mountains and rivers are continuous, and the cities are dotted. It reads: Map of the whole territory of Goryeo. Hong Jixun pointed his finger in the upper right corner of the map: "The geography of Helan Mansion is all here." ”

God help me. Deng She was overjoyed, and Huo Ran got up: "Generals, please step down." "Personally bypass the case, get a chair, and put it on the side of the case," Mr. sit. ”

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1. Goryeo royal marriage.

The Goryeo royal family was still blood-based.

For generations, the family is based on the system of marriage within the clan, all of whom marry with the same surname and do not intermarry with other families, so as to maintain the exclusive status of the royal family; Examples of marriages with foreign countries are not seen in history. Kublai Khan asked: "The kings of the kingdom marry the same surname, why is this reasonable!" ”

2, the princess of the Yuan Dynasty, the prince, and the concubine.

In Chinese dynasties, there were many Korean women as concubines, and there were no examples of princesses suitable for Goryeo. To the Yuan Dynasty there is. However, most of the princesses promised by the Yuan Dynasty to the king of Goryeo were not the daughters of the emperor, but the daughters of King Zong.

In the Yuan system, the daughters of the royal family are called princesses, and the sons are called princes. The prince, called the crown prince.

The son of Goryeo married the young daughter of Kublai Khan and entered Kaijing, "Goryeo fathers and elders congratulate each other: not only a hundred years of sharp edge, but still able to see the day of peace."

In the Mongolian system, the status of the horse is very high, and if it is not the lord of the lord family and the king of the feudal country, it is not the lord; Compare the treatment of members of the Golden Family, and you can participate in the Kurultai Conference.