246 Destroying the Ancients
In Zhang Yifan's letter, he relayed Zhu Di's situation to Xu Da, and then also talked about his plan.
Zhang Yifan believes that the current plan is the best time for the Ming Dynasty to annex Goryeo. As long as Xu Da's side cooperates properly, he can expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty without spending much effort.
The specific measures are to ask Xu Da to use Zhu Di's news to eliminate or expel Naha's forces as soon as possible, and then move his army to enter Goryeo, and cooperate with Zhu Di to implement the law of grain land distribution in Goryeo.
Zhang Yifan said that the land annexation in Goryeo was very serious, and the ordinary people were like slaves without dignity at all. Therefore, the law of returning grain land to the public can win the hearts and minds of the people of Goryeo. In this way, there is also the army to suppress it, and those who have vested interests in Goryeo at present will not be able to make any waves.
After Xu Da read Zhang Yifan's letter, he naturally relayed his suggestion to his subordinates, which immediately attracted all the generals in the lobby to scream.
Most of the achievements of the previous founding fathers were to regain the territory belonging to the Central Plains from the hands of Meng Yuan. Of course, this credit is also very large. However, it is impossible to stand up to the merits of all the founding generals, and they are all such merits. Relatively speaking, it is not prominent.
And now, if you can annex Goryeo, it will be completely different from the previous achievements.
If the land of Goryeo was to be ruled by the Central Plains Dynasty in the past, even the most prosperous dynasties, it would take time and effort, and even the country would die because of it, it might not be possible.
And now, according to the big horse, there is a great opportunity in front of them.
His Royal Highness King Yan raided the capital of Goryeo for thousands of miles and wiped out the entire court of Goryeo. If at this time, if the inside and the outside are combined, and then the land idea of the big horse is used, then it can be completely met, and the annexation of Goryeo will definitely be easy.
Therefore, even Lan Yu, who is usually cold and arrogant and doesn't like to talk much, shouted with the other generals and demanded that troops be sent to attack the Mongols immediately.
"Guogong, the last general is willing to lead the men and horses of his headquarters to destroy the Mongolian Tartars outside the city who are unwilling to surrender!"
"Guogong, the last general is willing to lead his troops to attack Naha, and he will not return if he is not victorious!"
"Guogong, as long as you give the last general 3,000 cavalry, the last general is willing to make a military order!"
“……”
Morale is available! Xu Da looked at the generals who rushed to ask for battle, and commented in his heart.
Actually, to be honest, the scene in front of me is really too different from the style of fighting with him leading the troops, or with the Ming Emperor leading the troops.
Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang are the same, they pay attention to the battle of righteousness, accumulate the most strength of their own side, and use absolute strength to crush to ensure the greatest possible victory. Instead of the sword going sideways, doing tricks and strange ways.
For example, if Xu Da's own style of play is followed, this battle in Liaodong will not be so big, but will continue to accumulate troops, at least after ensuring enough troops, he will go out of the pass to attack Naha.
As a result, after meeting Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and Zhang Yifan, the big horse, the style changed completely.
If the strength is several times less than the enemy's army, he dares to fight; He even dared to carry out a thousand-mile raid, and the sailors went deep alone to attack the capital of Goryeo.
At the beginning, Xu Da was deeply worried about this different approach. But the results proved that this style of play, which is different from him, has achieved one huge result after another.
For this reason, Xu Da has been summing up the experience and losses of different tactics for several days, and in the end, he finally found a reason to convince himself.
The biggest factor in all these unusual tactics comes from the big horse Zhang Yifan. It was he who ensured the victory of the war.
On the surface, it seems that these battles are all about winning more with less, and it is a risky move. But in fact, Xu Da also figured it out, with the help of the big horse, in fact, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court have absolute strength, so they have the results of crushing the enemy army.
Don't look at the surface that the strength of the army is less than that of the enemy, but the absolute combat power of the army is definitely stronger than the enemy. As for the signal tower, the new musket, and all kinds of new artillery invented by the big horse, as well as the tactics of the car battalion and the mandarin duck array, they all increased their combat power several times.
Although the number of troops is small, the overall strength is far stronger than that of the enemy, so how can it be unexpected to win?
Soldiers are expensive, not too expensive, that's the truth.
It's just that others can't do this, and only the big horse can raise the combat power of the imperial court officials and soldiers to a level far beyond the enemy!
Thinking about this and understanding the real reason, Xu Da was also in high spirits.
If you can expand your territory, especially this kind of conquest of other countries, as long as Xu Da is a person, you will not want to leave this kind of feats in history.
Looking at the eyes of the expectant generals, Xu Da also became heroic, and immediately began to issue military orders, implement Zhang Yifan's plan, and have a big and completely wipe out the forces of Liaodong and Goryeo.
All the arms and ammunition stored in Liaoyang City were distributed to all armies. Each general began to receive their own tasks, and the entire Liaoyang City was suddenly busy.
On the side of the Goryeo army, they also received a military order from Xu Da, asking the Goryeo army to assemble and prepare to attack the Mongol Tatars.
In addition, there is also a coded letter, which was written by Zhang Yifan to Zhu Di, if Xu Da agrees with his plan, he can send it to Zhu Di, and also let the Goryeo army send someone to Kaesong with 800 miles to expeditiously.
"Woo woo woo ......"
The long sound of the horn sounded in the sky above Liaoyang City. The city gates were opened, and groups of Ming troops drove out of the city. It can be seen with the naked eye that every soldier of the Ming army is highly motivated and eager to fight.
The Goryeo army also opened up camp and set up an offensive formation against the Mongols, and at a glance it was clear that it had fallen to the side of the Ming army.
All the Mongol Tatars, who were originally left on the side of Liaoyang, were in a dilemma, and they mixed days every day, waiting for the order to retreat from above.
Suddenly, seeing this posture, everyone was a little panicked. What's going on? Why did the Koreans help the Ming army?
On the side of the Mongols, Gao Basi Timur and Hong Boyan Timur knew what the situation was, and after there was movement on the side of the Ming army, the two of them immediately led troops to surround Guantong's camp. The two of them personally went out to persuade Guantong.
"Our Dayuan has long been gone, and we have all been driven out of the Central Plains by the Ming Kingdom, so don't think about it."
"Yes, you have seen the powerful firearms of the Ming army. Do you think we can still win the Ming army? ”
"Look, even the Goryeo people have surrendered to the Ming army, and the capital of Goryeo has also been captured by the Ming army, and now the Ming army is even more powerful, how can you fight?"
"The Ming Kingdom is good to the Mongols who have returned to obedience, and I believe you know this. How to go on the road, clearly set things up, do you need to hesitate? ”
“……”
Speaking of which, Gao Basi Timur even said directly: "That is, our relationship is not bad, so I persuaded you, if you still don't listen, then you can only use you to exchange for glory and wealth!" ”
Guan Tong listened to their words, looked at all his subordinates in fear, and looked at the high morale of the Ming army in the distance, as well as the rebellious Goryeo army, which also put on a strict attack formation, he knew very well in his heart that if he did not surrender at this time, it would really be a stepping stone for others to gain credit.
In the end, Guan Tong finally chose the same approach as he originally had in history and surrendered to the Ming army.
In the original history, it was also his surrender that led to the last straw that crushed Naha, forcing Naha to surrender unwillingly.
Harazhang was notoriously anti-Ming, and there was no possibility of surrendering the Ming army, so Guantong and Gao Basi Timur and Hong Boyan Timur took the lead in attacking Harazhang's headquarters and started the Liaoyang war.
In fact, there is nothing to say about this war. Originally, when the Mongols and the Goryeo were united, they were helpless against the Ming army in Liaoyang, but now, when most of the Mongols and the Goryeo people surrendered to the Ming army, the Harazhang department became a minority, and under the surprise attack of their own families, they had no ability to fight back at all, and immediately fled freely.
Maybe Harazhang also saw that something was wrong, and the speed of escape was so fast that Guantong and the others didn't have a chance to make meritorious contributions to him, and watched him run away.
The army swept from Liaoyang to Shenyang with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and then attacked Naha's base camp.
It was only a day's time, and Naha, who stayed in the nest, found that the sky had changed.
At dusk, the setting sun stained the western sky red, and at the same time, Naha's heart was bleeding.
The cavalry of the Ming Kingdom, the cavalry of Goryeo, the cavalry of the Jurchens, and more of the Mongolian cavalry under him were all mixed together and drew swords against him.
The situation was changing so quickly that he couldn't believe it!
What the hell is going on here?
But he didn't know that the reason why Harazhang was able to escape was also because the main target of the Ming army was him.
Guantong personally persuaded Naha to come out, explained the situation, and bluntly said that if Naha did not surrender to the Ming army, they could only be sorry and use Naha to come out in exchange for their future.
Looking at this scene, the people around Naha have no fighting spirit, how can they fight. Looking at people like that, it is inevitable, and there is no way to escape.
In the end, even if Naha was very reluctant in his heart, he could only choose to surrender to the Ming army as he had done in the original history.
When the military intelligence flew to Liaoyang overnight, Xu Da was happy and suddenly felt a little lonely.
He knew that in order to solve the Mongol Tatars in Liaodong, he and Zhu Yuanzhang had been discussing, hoarding grain and grass, hoarding troops, planning to prepare for another five or six years, or even more than ten years, and then pacify Liaodong in one fell swoop.
As a result, I didn't expect that under the toss of King Yan and Da Concubine, Liaodong was so pacified, and there was no need for so much more time, food, grass, materials and troop preparations, and by the way, he also destroyed a Goryeo that originally needed to be co-opted to deal with the Mongols!
At this moment, a sentence flashed in Xu Da's heart: There are talented people in the country, and a new generation replaces the old!
Thinking about it, what to do next, Xu Da still knows in his heart.
He ignored Naha's surrender for the time being, just locked him up in Shenyang, and then immediately mobilized his forces to dismantle the Goryeo army into the armies of other tribes, Li Chenggui and Cao Minxiu each led a small number of troops, sandwiched in the Ming army, with a total strength of 150,000, and drove into the territory of Goryeo.
The grain and grass materials of the army were hoarded by the Mongols, and they were originally used to deal with those of the Ming army.
The mighty army made the Goryeo people, who were already worried because the capital was wiped out by the Ming army, have no choice but to open the door and surrender.
The army led into Goryeo by Lan Yu was almost bloodless, accepting the fortress of Goryeo all the way to Kaesong.
Zhu Di's side received Zhang Yifan's secret letter first, knew the follow-up situation and made preparations for it.
As soon as the army led by Lan Yu arrived, he didn't care about it anymore, and immediately announced the law of the distribution of grain fields to the public, and the Goryeo civil and military who did not dare to have an opinion stayed to assist the Ming army to accept the remaining cities in the south, and as long as there was a slight opinion against the Goryeo civil and military, he did not hesitate to go to prison.
With the promulgation of the law on the distribution of grain fields, the ordinary people of Goryeo immediately felt at ease, and even began to actively cooperate with the Ming army.
The ordinary people of Goryeo, it can even be said that in the original history, even in the Joseon Dynasty, the people here were still slaves, and they were too cheap to be cheap. Therefore, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, many Korean untouchables had taken refuge in the Later Jin and led the Later Jin army to attack Korea.
Although it does not belong to them, it is not much different from the grain field that belongs to them, which means that they will have security and hope for their future life.
If you don't support the Ming army, it will be a strange thing!
The only ones whose interests were damaged were the doctors of Goryeo. However, under the suppression of the Ming army, these people could not turn the storm at all.
All in all, Zhu Di didn't pay much on the side of Goryeo, but just used the interests of Dr. Goryeo to exchange for the hearts of the people of Goryeo, so that the change of dynasty in Goryeo was almost no waves.
The army quickly accepted the most critical information such as land registers and population data throughout Goryeo, and collected and verified them one by one. Subsequently, Zhu Di ordered Lanyu to defend Kaesong, and then he led some of the leaders of the Mongol army, such as Gao Basi Timur, Hong Boyan Timur and Guan Tong, as well as important civil and military generals such as the Goryeo monarch, including Li Renren, Cui Ying, Li Chenggui, Cao Minxiu and others, to return to Liaodong.
Xu Da called Zhang Yifan and led everyone to the Yalu River to greet Zhu Di's triumph.
It's just that as soon as they met, Zhu Di ignored Zhang Yifan's warning, and hugged Zhang Yifan with a laugh, and his happiness was estimated to be several times happier than his daughter-in-law.
Xu Da looked at the two of them, smiling and relieved: There is a successor to the Ming Dynasty!
After Zhu Di let go of Zhang Yifan, he said loudly to Zhang Yifan in a very excited tone: "Yifan, it's time to report to our father, hahaha......"