twenty-four

Cai Qiguan stood on the city of Beiping and watched the army of King Yan's victorious return gradually enter the city, standing next to Ma and the eunuch Wang Jinghong who arranged to receive him, Cai Qiguan scolded Ma He more than dozens of times in the siege of Beiping in the previous dozens of days, and pulled himself all the way from Kyoto to Beiping, saying that he wanted to witness this period of historical events between the two countries.

The risk of drifting to Busan Po (now Busan Port) after going out to sea was expected, and it was safe to follow the flag of the Joseon prince Lee Fang-in all the way, but it was always hard work.

After arriving in Beiping, he didn't meet Ma He a few times, and then met Li Jinglong's army besieging the city, and only after asking did he know that Ma He had already led the army out of the city with King Yan, and thought that he had become an outcast, and he was about to die in the city in a blink of an eye, who knew that Beiping City was well guarded by the eldest son of King Yan.

Wang Jinghong glanced sideways at this scholar envoy of the Muromachi Shogunate, and said with a smile: "Didn't my big brother Ma tell you earlier, everything is under control!"

Cai Qiguan said angrily: "Of course you say so now, when the Southern Army was about to board the Zhangye Gate a few days ago, you didn't have a face as pale.

Wang Jinghong hurriedly bowed and said, "Lord Cai, isn't everything okay with Grandpa Cai?" The snow fell from the sky, the southern army was defeated again, my lord broke the more than 600,000 troops of the southern army before and after, and wasted the good sons and daughters of my Ming Dynasty for decades, now see what kind of chess Jianwen this kid can play!

Although Cai Qiguan was not from the military formation, he heard that Zhu Neng and Ma He defeated Chen Hui, the vanguard of the Southern Army, in the battle of the Baigou River.

Chen Hui calculated that the Yan soldiers must have taken the initiative to cross the river and want to relieve the siege of Beiping, and his wishful thinking was to take advantage of the Yan soldiers to cross the river and attack the enemy in the middle.

Unexpectedly, the three thousand iron Mongolian cavalry came out of nowhere, and before dawn turned into pieces from the upstream through only partially frozen river, in the early morning when the snowflakes were slightly drifting, like a ghost, they rushed from the north to the south to assemble, only one round of drums, most of the infantry of the southern army were still cold and shrunk in the military tent or not yet awake, the sentries in the camp shouted that the enemy attacked, the southern army threw away their armor, and more than 10,000 troops dispersed. The picture is to spread rumors that Yan soldiers are invincible, but unfortunately Chen Hui was not caught.

After Yan Bing entered the city in triumph, Cai Qiguan grinded Wang Shanhong and insisted that he send a message to Ma He, saying that he would definitely meet with King Yan.

But it was only seven days before I actually saw it. At the end of this battle, although the Yan soldiers were victorious, they also suffered many casualties, and the king of Yan was busy everywhere to mourn, which was inspiring.

Ma He followed the attendant on the side, and he was so tired that his eyes were black. King Yan looked tired, but his eyes were still bright.

After Cai Qiguan stepped forward to salute, Ma He nodded with him. Zhu Di said, "I heard that Lord Cai was frightened a few days ago?

Cai Qiguan didn't mean to ask this question, and said embarrassedly: "I have never experienced such a large-scale war, and I am indeed restless.

King Yan laughed, turned to Ma He and said, "Lord Cai is really straightforward and does not lie." Ma He echoed a few laughs and then said, "But Lord Cai should want to return to China and resign.

Cai Qiguan hurriedly continued: "Yes, yes, in addition to congratulating King Yan for his victory, he also hopes that King Yan will give him a letter of reply, so that he can have a foundation when he returns to the country to report on his work.

It turned out that Cai Qiguan brought a handwritten letter from Ashikaga Yoshimitsu when he first arrived in Beiping, which naturally said that King Yan was really famous for a long time, and his prestige spread far and wide, although he was in the land of Dongying overseas, his admiration could not be stopped, and he hoped that King Yan would get what he wanted, and the Ashikaga family wholeheartedly supported Yunyun.

Of course, King Yan said that this is no problem at all, but it is not so easy for your envoy to come to the Central Plains, and he will not leave for a few more months.

Cai Qiguan said that there were still various affairs to be taken care of in Japan, and even if he resigned the next day with a letter of answer. Ma He arranged for someone to escort him, and it was safer to go back to Japan by land from Korea and shorten the sea route.