Chapter 64: The Wise Man

He Xi didn't know about Wang Yu's actions in Kaijing. It's just that he can't understand how much of a threat there is to this one thing.

In He Xi's view, this is simply a rush to the doctor.

How much combat effectiveness can a temporarily conscripted army have, even if it has weapons.

Don't be simple with ancient weapons. Knives and guns and the like. It seems that you can kill people with a knife. I thought that the training of the ancient army was simple. If the ancient army was really that simple, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, thousands of officers and soldiers would not have chased hundreds of thousands of peasant troops to fight.

Even if He Xi spent the winter in Pingcheng. There is not much time left for Wang Yu. It's not enough to train a large army out, it's useless.

There's just something inside he doesn't know.

In Li Chenggui's opinion, Wang Yu has gone crazy.

He can't get out of Kaijing now, and it will have an effect around Kaijing, and if he goes south, the big families in the south don't listen to him at all. Li Chenggui heard the news that the southern scholar was also preparing to set up a new king. It's just that this new gentleman is not easy to choose.

As mentioned above, there is no one in the five costumes of the Goryeo royal family. Since it is a distant clan. Then anyone can get on it. How much difference can there be between the seventh-generation grandson of a certain emperor and the eighth-generation grandson of a certain emperor.

But the benefits are too great.

It is also normal for it to be difficult to reach a unified opinion for a while.

Wang Yu's madness lies in the fact that he broke a lot of unspoken rules, promoted many slaves and maids to become officials, and confiscated the properties of the big clans in Beijing, distributed them to slaves and maids, and made slaves and maids soldiers. These people are a rabble, but once these slaves and maids have freedom and property, how much combat power do they have. Li Chenggui couldn't figure it out. Maybe strong, maybe weak.

It's just that Li Chenggui can't wait.

Because Lee Sung-gye is also a member of the Goryeo aristocracy, he runs through the Lee family in Jeonju.

In the face of this kind of behavior that obviously trampled the face of the aristocratic clan on the ground, neither Li Chenggui nor the people in Li Chenggui's circle could tolerate it. That's why it's so positive.

He Xi didn't know this, but he didn't want to ask more. Said; "Then how is General Li going to attack, to attack Xijing City first?"

Xijing is Pyongyang.

It is the last line of defense in the northwest of Kaijing. Xijing is also the center of the Datong River Basin. Once Xijing is conquered and the Datong River is crossed, there will not be much danger in Kaijing.

Li Chenggui said; "I'm not going to attack Xijing. Xijing had been conquered by the Red Turban Army before. The foreign minister also participated in that battle at the beginning, "Li Chenggui's eyes seemed to flash the original mountain of corpses and blood. Goryeo siege the city on three sides. The Red Turban Army is infighting. Lack of support. Even so, the Koreans made great efforts to overcome Xijing. However, after overcoming Xijing, he did not continue to attack the Red Turban Army in the west for a long time, because his vitality was greatly damaged.

After that battle, Goryeo fortified Seogyong.

Nowadays, it can be said that the northern part of Goryeo is second only to the great fortress of Kaegyeong. Very sturdy. Easy to defend and difficult to attack. Xicheng is certainly difficult to attack, but in front of Xijing, it is really nothing.

"The biggest problem in Xijing is that there are no soldiers. The tens of thousands of troops who were originally guarding Xijing were outside Pingcheng at this moment. Li Chenggui continued: "Originally, the puppet king was worried about the safety of Xijing, so he set the battle line outside Xijing. In fact, Wang Yu is not worried about the safety of Xijing, or he is worried that Li Chenggui is too powerful, Xijing Pyongyang, for the Goryeo court, has a different will, if Li Chenggui controls Xijing, it will be a threat to Wang Yu. He sent Li Chenggui to the front, and Xijing chose another guard. and intended to let the Xijing guards and Li Chenggui contain each other.

It's just that Wang Yu is above the deployment of troops, and there is still learning.

"There is a shortage of soldiers and horses in Goryeo, and the empty salary in Xijing is also very serious, so a lot of soldiers and horses were transferred from Xijing. Now, in order to put up the shelves. So many troops were filled into the open army, and now the Xijing garrison is less than 10,000, and the Xijing garrison is surnamed Cui. ”

"It's simply not enough to pose a threat to the rear of the army. If you have an idea, you can try to surrender one or two. And the opening of Beijing is the crux of the problem. ”

When He Xi heard Li Chenggui say this, he had some doubts in his heart. But I believe in the military authority of Yi Sung-gye, and at the same time believe in the position of Yi Sung-gye in history, as well as the reputation of the first famous family in Goryeo. So I agreed.

Li Chenggui said he would do it.

On the second day, he set out with his troops.

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Outside Seogyung, Goryeo.

The Datong River is sparkling.

At this moment, Li Chenggui's army was crossing the river in an orderly manner. Ye Shen stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the beauty of the Datong River. with the surrounding terrain. Although he fought hundreds of miles into the territory of Goryeo and rushed directly to the outside of Kaijing City, most of the time, he was detouring in the barren mountains and mountains. And the big rivers should be avoided.

Fortunately, Goryeo is not a large country. Most of the rivers originate in the Changbai Mountains and their remaining veins. It's only a few hundred miles from upstream to downstream. Downstream, the river is open and difficult to pass without boats. However, there are many places upstream where it can be crossed.

Ye Shen had walked from that side before, and had never been here. On the way back, I had to cross the river from the middle stream, and everyone knew the end. was bitten hard by Li Chenggui.

Ye Shen remembered the old things before and glanced at Li Chenggui beside him.

For a while, there were all kinds of emotions in my heart.

Life is so mysterious. The two people who died and I were alive and dead before are actually in the same boat at this moment.

Li Chenggui was inspecting the enemy's situation, and it was exactly as he expected. The Xijing garrison did not send out a single soldier. Even Datong Jiang didn't think about guarding it, he saw Ye Shen looking at him and asked; "What's wrong?"

Ye Shen said: "Nothing. Just ask you one thing, do you know that brother Timur? ”

Li Chenggui suddenly smiled and said, "Do you know how I caught you in the Battle of Kaesong? ”

Ye Shen said, "I've been in that temple for too long. ”

"Nope." Li Chenggui said: "Anguo Temple is a royal temple. It's not just about the scale. And because of the royal support, the monks inside are arrogant. The idle people will not pass, let alone the chaos now. No one paid attention to how Ankokuji was. Now you're in good shape. Slaves and maidservants from all over the country have tidied for you. So, I didn't know where you were at first. I didn't expect that you would dare to stay dozens of miles outside Kaesong. Until someone told me. ”

Ye Shen was stunned for a moment and said, "Brother Meng, Timur? ”

Li Chenggui said: "Yes, it's him." Now in the big war that day, the Jurchens always collapsed, and it was also his ghost. ”

Ye Shen was silent for a while and said, "Is this true?" ”

Li Chenggui said: "Is it necessary for me to lie to you? Originally, Brother Meng, Timur, wanted to take your head and offer it to me. It's just that you are very wary of the Jurchens, and he can't do this, and now many Jurchens are simple-minded, although you have lost the battle. But they don't mean to give up on you. ”

Ye Shen digested these contents in surprise, although it was the weather that was about to enter winter, he was still sweating and wearing heavy clothes. Thinking about everything before, I'm very scared at the moment.

Ye Shen said; "Why? I don't think I'm kind of to him. ”

Li Chenggui said: "Because, he wants more, but what Brother Meng Timur wants is not the commander of the Daming District." He wanted to be a prince. He wants the armor in your hand. As long as thousands of pairs of armor are in hand, taking advantage of the moment when the Ming Dynasty and Goryeo are at war, they can gather the Jurchens and gain a foothold in the upper reaches of the Yalu River and the Haixi region. Become a great tribe with hundreds of thousands of people. At that time, even Yuan Ting will look up to him. ”

"Then isn't he afraid of the East Window incident?" Ye Shen asked.

Li Chenggui said: "Don't be afraid. Because in his plan, I am the one who killed you. ”

Ye Shen said: "Then he ------"

"Dead." Li Chenggui said: "On the battlefield, I captured him and raised him first, and you know the later situation, in this case, everyone is embarrassed, it is better to die clean." ”

Ye Shen learned a lot by He Xi's side, and was taught face-to-face by his father. figured out something about Li Chenggui's thoughts, saying that Li Chenggui was ready to surrender to the Ming Dynasty from the beginning, but it was not right. But Li Chenggui had the intention of easing with Daming from the beginning.

Brother Timur did not expect this. Li Chenggui would never kill Ye Shen. Even if you are captured.

This was wrong, and his behavior of jumping between the two countries was immediately liquidated.

Ye Shen smiled bitterly: "Actually, others are good. It's just too smart. ”

yes, that's smart.

Ye Shen has always felt that he is a talent that can be created. And now I still think about him. But I didn't want to, but I got such news. Died silently in a corner of Heijo.