In the end, Zhu Di led nearly 20,000 infantry troops, set off from Gaizhou on the remaining half of the naval warships, landed on the left coast of Jinshan along the sea route, and then crossed Jinshan to the right coast to board the ship, and went to attack the capital of Goryeo.

Among his generals, he brought Ma Yun and Ye Wang, two generals who had been guarding Liaodong before.

Among the new firearms, 500 flintlock pistols and 30 speed cannons of different sizes were taken away from Xu Da later. Of course, there was already a bombardment cannon in the naval division, so there was no need to bring another bombardment cannon with it.

After Zhu Di left, Zhang Yifan sent a message to Xu Da and told Xu Da the latest plan alone.

When Xu Da heard the news, he was really shocked. He immediately contacted Tang He, the prince of Xinguo, and asked him to guard the pass and take over his authority, and then, he himself led the army near Shanhaiguan, a total of 1,000 cavalry and about 9,000 infantry troops, and immediately rushed to Liaodong, and finally met Zhang Yifan in Haizhouwei.

It's just that as soon as they met, Xu Da complained: "Big horse, I thought you were a stable person, with you, I can rest assured that His Royal Highness King Yan." It turned out to be good, what are you calling it, but let him do such a dangerous thing at a critical time! ”

Seeing Xu Da in such a hurry, Zhang Yifan couldn't help laughing, and immediately asked, "How dangerous is it?" ”

When Xu Da heard this, he immediately replied: "He only brought 20,000 horses, but he wants to attack the capital of a country, how can it be so easy to fight?" Once the army of King Qin of Goryeo gathers, how can that little bit of people be enough......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Yifan and reminded him: "Sea route, sea route, the capital of Goryeo is only forty miles away from the docking point of the warship, you can attack and retreat, what are you afraid of?" ”

Xu Da was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses, yes, it was a sea attack, not like on land.

However, he then came back to his senses and immediately said: "If I were a Goryeo general, I would definitely concentrate my forces to attack the back road of the imperial court officials and soldiers first, and cut off the road for the imperial court officials and soldiers to retreat to the water division!" ”

"Then you don't care about the capital?"

Hearing the big horse's rhetorical question, Xu Da immediately replied: "Generally speaking, the capital is the tallest and strongest, and it is defended by the Beijing camp, and it lasts for ten days and a half months, and there is no problem at all!" ”

"Huh!" When Zhang Yifan heard this, he smiled, Xu Da still doesn't know anything about Gaoli!

Later, he explained to Xu Da: "I'm afraid that Wei Guogong doesn't know, it's just a widow, and he can make Goryeo chickens and dogs jump, how much combat power can Goryeo's army have?" Li Chenggui's department, about 50,000, is the most elite army in Goryeo, and now he has come to the Yalu River to participate in the war in Liaodong. If you want to come back, that's simply not possible. ”

After a pause, he added: "Besides, isn't the Navy Division equipped with bombardment cannons?" Goryeo didn't, what city gate can't be opened when it's close? If you don't take precautions and don't block the city gate in advance, what about the capital of Goryeo? Also, the fourth brother walked from the sea, this is something that has never happened before, and the monarchs and ministers of Goryeo must not have imagined that if they were caught off guard, this battle would only be easier! ”

When Xu Da heard his words, his face finally eased a lot. He was born to lead troops in battle, and it is naturally clear what the situation is and how many chances he will have.

If it's as the big colt said, then it can definitely fight this battle.

However, he still had doubts after all, so he confirmed: "What the big horse said, the elite of Goryeo, is only the department of Li Chenggui who came to Liaodong?" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Yifan nodded after hearing this, and confirmed without hesitation.

If it weren't for it, it would be impossible for Li Chenggui to lead his troops back to rebel in history, and he was easily betrayed by him.

However, it is impossible to use this as evidence, so he added to Xu Da: "Last year, Goryeo made a lot of trouble, and it was very fierce. The king of Goryeo was jealous of Li Chenggui and won many battles, so he did not send him, but he was greatly harmed by the Japanese invaders, and finally had to send this Li Chenggui to pacify. From this, it can be seen that there are no other elite troops in Goryeo. ”

As long as you inquire about this matter, you can inquire about it, and you can use it as evidence.

When Xu Da heard this, he was relieved, and couldn't help but sigh a little emotionally: "It's not a good thing that such a situation in Goryeo is like this!" ”

The royal power is not guaranteed by military power, but the military generals are dominant, and there have been many lessons in history.

For this kind of political sensitivity, among the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da is definitely among the best.

At this time, after he sighed for a while, he was already relieved, and then, he looked at Zhang Yifan and said, "You guys are still too reckless in this matter." Although from a military point of view, it is indeed a good opportunity. But after all, this is a state-to-state relationship, and it should be good after telling His Majesty first! ”

This is a good word, and it is also his kindness.

However, when Zhang Yifan heard this, he smiled and said: "At this point, Wei Guogong doesn't have to worry, the greater the contribution of King Yan in military affairs, the happier my father will be." If you want to tell your father first, if you come and go, I'm afraid you will lose the fighter. ”

Hearing this, Xu Da thought thoughtfully, nodded and said, "Okay, it seems that the two of you are indeed well thought out, but I am overthinking!" ”

He knew in his heart that the pony was right.

If this matter is done by other generals, maybe Zhu Yuanzhang will be angry. However, when King Yan came to do this, it was absolutely impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to be angry. Even as the big horse said, for the current emperor, the greater the merit of King Yan, the better!

After Xu Da finished speaking, he immediately made a serious face, and immediately said: "Immediately launch a war in Liaodong, capture Shenyang, attract everyone's attention, and cover King Yan's side!" ”

Of course, Zhang Yifan has no opinion on this.

In fact, Xu Da rushed to Liaodong with the troops he had temporarily collected, which was the plan from the beginning. Moreover, he was worried that the big horse had no experience in leading troops into battle, and once the war began, the back road was very important. Therefore, he personally came to Haizhou to sit down.

A military order, a secret letter, was immediately sent to Liaoyang.

On Lan Yu's side, it was not strange at all that he received a military order to go to war.

However, it would be a bit strange that this military order came from the Duke of Wei and not from the King of Yan. At the same time, there was even a secret letter.

The so-called MeSign is encrypted. The encryption rules were invented by Zhang Yifan, using Arabic numeral encoding to restore the content of the letter from the specified book according to the coordinates.

This kind of secret letter, in this era, even if it is intercepted by the enemy, it is impossible for them to decipher.

Don't say that the Mongolian Tartars don't know Arabic numerals, even if they do, they are confused, and they must have the code book in Lan Yu's hand.

As soon as Lan Yu saw that it was such a secret letter, he knew that the matter was very important, and immediately retreated and translated this secret letter himself.

At this time, he realized that the reason why the military order did not come from King Yan was because King Yan actually ran to attack the capital of Goryeo!

The first time he read the secret letter, Lan Yu, who had always thought he was brave, had to admire King Yan.

Compared to King Yan's bold behavior, the raids that Lan Yu had previously made were really not worth mentioning.

It was also at this moment, deep in his heart, that he really didn't treat Zhu Di as a junior.

Zhu Di finally won Lan Yu's heartfelt recognition.

So, according to Xu Da's orders, Lan Yu also began to dispatch troops and launch the Shenyang War.

At the beginning, Lan Yu seemed to send cavalry to harass him as before, making it look like attacking Shenyang.

In fact, there have been many deployments like this, and the Tartars are numb.

At the beginning, the Mongolian Tatars were still taken seriously, afraid that Lan Yu would suddenly come to the real thing. However, after a few times, even if the leaders of the Mongolian Tatars still take it seriously, it is impossible for those ordinary Mongolian Tatars to take it seriously. This kind is actually a conspiracy.

So, this time, Lan Yu's cavalry suddenly came ruthlessly, and really had to directly attack Shenyang's side, one hundred and twenty miles, and the cavalry arrived at night, and fought outside the city for a while, leaving a corpse of the Tartar, and then extended away.

The cavalry returned to Liaoyang, and the Tartars who had chased and tried to take revenge swarmed outside Liaoyang, and the war broke out suddenly.

Except for the Tartar leaders, the Ming army did not hide in Liaoyang City as before. Instead, they sent an infantry army, opened the way with a chariot camp, and the cavalry covered the flanks and went out of the city to attack.

On the side of the Mongol Tatars, all of them were cavalry, and in the face of the infantry army that was waiting for them, they did not rush at all, so they could only slowly retreat and keep their distance to look for opportunities.

The Ming army, on the other hand, not only did not return to Liaoyang, but began to advance towards Shenyang.

When the news was reported to Shenyang, Xu Guogong Ha Razhang of the Tartar was puzzled. Logically speaking, it shouldn't!

Wouldn't this style of play of the generals of the Ming army lose their suddenness, and they sent the cavalry to tell him first, pay attention, look this way, I'm going to send troops to fight you!

Seriously, Harazhang really can't figure it out. The current general of the Ming army is that Yongchang Marquis Lanyu, he also knows. It's the Ming general who raided Gray Mountain and other places. It stands to reason that this general is the most aware of the suddenness of the raid, but this time it is unusual, what does it mean?

Naha sent Gao Basi Timur and Hong Boyan Timur to help in the war, but they didn't think so much, and directly shouted the set of words "the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth".

Harazhang couldn't think of a reason, and he could only be covered by soldiers.

So, on the Shenyang side, they also gathered an infantry army and marched to Liaoyang, and the two sides finally encountered in the place of Hupiyi in later generations, that is, the middle line between Liaoyang and Shenyang.

On the side of the Ming army, the total strength is only about 40,000, while on the Tartar side, the total strength is as high as more than 80,000. On the bright side, the advantage is naturally on the side of the Tartars.

At the beginning of the war, the Tartars were confident both up and down. On the side of the Ming army, they used to gather superior forces to fight, but now, the difference in strength is at least doubled, and they don't know where the self-confidence is, so that they will think that the army of the Great Yuan Empire is so indiscouraged?

As a result, as soon as the war began, the Mongol Tatars suffered.

Although it was in the wilderness, the formation of the Ming army was based on the Che battalion. The connected vans are like a city wall.

The Ming army hid in the camp and naturally had a defensive advantage. When the Tartar infantry attacked, in addition to the bow and crossbow greeting, those side vans were actually equipped with artillery, and after getting closer, the sudden bombardment made the attacking Tartars be half wiped out at once, and then, the Ming cavalry rushed out of the gap in the side van and killed another wave. Before the Mongol Tatars could react, the Ming army hid back in the side van.

This scene shocked the Tartars up and down. This made them understand at once why the Ming army dared to fight with such a small number of troops!

The formation of this car is simply a small castle, and if you want to fight it, the price will be very high.

Therefore, Harazhang wanted Naha to go out there, send reinforcements again, and at the same time mobilize catapults, and attack this strange chariot formation of the Ming army according to the siege method.

Nahachu is not stupid, knowing that Harazhang obviously has his own troops, and he still wants to ask him for help, obviously he doesn't want to kill his own people.

Therefore, he sent Guantong to urge the Jurchen tribe and the Goryeo army to join the war as soon as possible.

On this side of the Yalu River, in the camp of the Goryeo army, watching the Mongolian envoys leave, Li Chengdong, as the commander-in-chief, did not say a word.

One of the generals standing beside him, who was older than him, was his deputy, and he was also a general in Goryeo who could fight except for Li Chenggui, at least the kind of battle with the Japanese Kou was the kind that won and lost each other, named Cao Minxiu, and asked: "This is the third time that Dayuan's side has come to urge, isn't it okay not to be afraid?" ”

Li Chenggui, in fact, is a Mongol, the eldest son of Li Zichun of Daru Huachi in the Yuan Dynasty, but he surrendered to Goryeo, and thus grew up to be the most capable general in Goryeo.

At this time, when he heard the deputy's words, he didn't have any awareness of blood, but just said with a serious face: "Dayuan has lost the entire Central Plains, which is stronger and which is weak, in fact, it is clear at a glance." The king has to listen to the traitors, let us mix into the troubled waters of Liaodong. Even if you take advantage of it this time, will you be able to deal with the thunderous wrath of the Ming Empire afterwards? ”

Hearing this, Cao Minxiu couldn't help but sigh. He actually thinks so, otherwise, history would not have collaborated with Li Chenggui to launch a rebellion. However, at this time, he still persuaded: "If we don't send troops again, if we offend the Great Yuan Empire, I am afraid that the king will be angry." At least in the current situation, Liaodong's side is still dominated by the strength of the Great Yuan Empire. ”

Li Chenggui listened, thought for a while, and said: "You take 20,000 troops to stay, and when you turn around and ask, it is better to say that it is to prevent the Jurchen tribe from invading my northern Goryeo territory." I'll take 30,000 men over to see what is going on, and if necessary, you will answer me!" ”

Anyway, if he wants to die, it must be impossible.