Naturally, Beiping Prefecture not only has the garrison of the Three Yanshan Guards, but also has more than a dozen guard posts such as Tongzhou Guard, Zunhua Guard, Miyun Guard, Kaiping Guard, Yongning Guard, Daxing Guard, etc.
Although Lan Yu's Northern Expedition took away some garrison troops, the remaining garrison troops still totaled fifty to sixty thousand.
Therefore, even if Zhu Di directly takes away the three guards of Yanshan, he is not afraid that Mongolian dignitaries will suddenly come out from the north and plunder Beiping Mansion.
In the past few years, Guo An has always purchased grain for Prince Yan's Mansion intentionally or unintentionally. Even the two warehouses at Zhangjiawan Wharf have 50,000 shi of grain in them.
Various weapons and armaments are fully prepared for use by an army of 20,000 people.
Therefore, following Zhu Di's order.
The Yanshan Three Guards, more than 12,000 soldiers, and the three newly recruited Mongolian Thousand Households, totaling 15,000 soldiers and generals, carried food, weapons and equipment under the leadership of their respective Thousand Households and Hundred Households.
In less than two days, the fifty large ships under Prince Yan's residence were already fully loaded.
At this moment, the entire Beiping Mansion, from top to bottom, finally realized that King Yan was going to send troops!
Suddenly, everyone was shocked.
All kinds of letters, like snowflakes, flew south from Beiping Mansion.
at the same time.
Guo An also took Jin Zhong and six hundred taels of silver notes with him, and distributed them to thirty young-looking scholars.
"Twenty taels per person is the salary for this expedition. I don't know how long it will take. If you don't want to go, please leave as soon as possible, and I will find someone else.
If you take money, there is no room for regret! "
A scholar said firmly: "Guo Changshi, please rest assured that students and others are not afraid of death!"
Immediately, he took the twenty taels of silver banknotes directly.
The scholars behind him all took the twenty taels of silver notes with determination.
"Forehead……"
Guo An glanced helplessly at the monk Dao Yan beside him, and then said solemnly: "You are all scholars trained by the academy at the expense of money, and you should not talk about life and death lightly.
When you get to the army, you will just be regarded as civil servants in the army, and your lives will not be in danger. "
Hearing this, these scholars couldn't help but look happy.
"Okay, time is urgent. I only give you half a day. Come to Prince Yan's Mansion tomorrow to find me."
"yes!"
The thirty scholars responded, then bowed respectfully to Monk Dao Yan, and walked away quickly.
They wanted to write letters to their families and find acquaintances to bring all the twenty taels of silver back to their families.
After the scholars left, Guo An bowed slightly to the monk Dao Yan beside him.
"Master Daoyan has made great contributions and has trained so many talented scholars for Beiping Mansion!"
"Amitabha!"
Daoyan returned the gesture expressionlessly.
Guo An smiled slightly and didn't mind. He had heard that Master Daoyan had to put in a lot of effort to suppress the scholars after he entered the academy.
Thinking about it, he saluted Dao Yan again, "The Master has a great talent in his belly, so the academy will be handed over to the Master. I hope that the Master will teach more talented scholars to serve our Prince Yan's Palace!"
After saying that, he ignored Dao Yan, whose eyelids were twitching, and left.
Taking advantage of this opportunity for the army to go on an expedition, he had to prepare a lot of things.
…
the next day.
Guo An took the thirty scholars who had been waiting outside Yanwang Palace early, followed Zhu Di, got on the carriage, and headed to Zhangjiawan Pier.
At Zhangjiawan Pier, Yanshanwei was already taking a big boat and heading to Dagukou along the canal.
After Zhu Di, Guo An and others boarded the ship, the last eight large ships docked at Zhangjiawan Pier also sailed out of the harbor and out to sea.
From the time Zhu Di ordered the army to rise to the time the army left Beiping Mansion, it only took three days at most.
this will.
The report of the King of Yan's revolt has just been sent to the capital by the Jinyiwei, the Beiping Prefecture Command Department, the Chief Envoy Department, the King of Yan's Chief History Department, and the Inspector's Department, in front of Lao Zhu's desk in the capital.
"This bastard thing..."
After reading the memorial, Lao Zhu cursed angrily.
Below, Zhu Biao said with a worried look on his face: "Dad, the Korean traitorous country is so shameless, if it were put on the child, the child would also send troops.
However, Lan Yu and other generals have just led the Ming Dynasty's 150,000 elite troops to the north, and the fourth brother only led more than 15,000 troops to attack Goryeo. Will he be frustrated? "
Lao Zhu snorted coldly, "Humph, then Guo An and Tao Chengdao's youngest son and disciples made some kind of firearms and bombs for the fourth son, which greatly boosted the fourth son's confidence. He felt that with fifteen thousand troops, he could Teach the King of Korea a lesson...
Although the royal power of the Goryeo royal family has declined, the Goryeo king Wang You is very ambitious, and there are several brave and capable generals around him. The fourth child will definitely be frustrated this time! "
Zhu Biao said: "Dad, do you want to order me, the Ming Dynasty Navy, to send a partial force to help the fourth child?"
"No help!"
Lao Zhu looked angry, "When that kid sent out troops, he moved very quickly, as if he was afraid that we wouldn't let him send out troops. Presumably by this time, that bastard Lao Si had already led his troops out of Beiping Mansion and was about to enter the sea.
Even if we order an army to be sent out now, it will still take a few days at the earliest. By the time the Navy finds that bastard Lao Si, the fight will have already been finished..."
Hearing this, Zhu Biao frowned and said, "This bastard Lao Si has so many troops stationed in Beiping Mansion. If he brings ten to twenty thousand more soldiers and horses, what else can dad do to him?"
Lao Zhu waved his hand, a little impatient, "Let this bastard boy suffer a little, and it will be a good thing to have a long memory..."
Zhu Biao nodded helplessly, "Listen to dad!"
As he said that, Lao Zhu thought of something again and asked, "Biao'er, we heard that someone has started to make trouble again recently and wants to open the sea?"
Zhu Biao looked solemn and said quickly: "As for Dad, there are several people who are arguing about the fourth child!"
"Hmph, we will send out the Jin Yiwei to check again later. These people are always evil..."
…
During the Ming Dynasty, there was a dispute because Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was angry and raised troops to attack Goryeo.
In Goryeo, the major dignitaries were also arguing endlessly.
King Wang Tu of Goryeo received an imperial edict from the Ming Emperor, and when he heard that Ming soldiers were already setting up guard in Tieling, Liaodong, he prepared to resist the edict and launch an army to march north to Liaodong.
Most officials, however, were unwilling to use weapons.
There were even some powerful people who argued about the matter of King Yan of the Ming Dynasty.
However, Goryeo King Wangyou was determined to march north to Liaodong, and he secretly united with Prime Minister Cui Ying, who supported his army, and killed Li Zisong, the minister who advocated peace, so that all Goryeo officials were too frightened to oppose.
Therefore, the King of Goryeo directly sent people to kill 21 officials of the Ming Dynasty and detained five people.
Immediately, he recruited eight generals from northern Goryeo, more than 38,000 people, plus more than 50,000 handymen, known as one hundred thousand, and set out from Pyongyang to attack Liaodong.
As for the King of Yan Zhu Di who was far away in the Ming Dynasty, the King of Goryeo Wang You seemed to have forgotten.
Long before, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty were killed in their country of Goryeo, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not send troops to attack their country of Goryeo.
Now, just because of two hundred thousand taels of silver, the Ming Emperor allowed King Yan to send troops to attack Goryeo?
Just thinking about it, King Wang You of Goryeo didn't believe it.
…
Zhu Di and Guo An didn't know about this.
Even Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao who were far away in Yingtian, as well as all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, did not know that the Emperor of Goryeo dared to kill Ming officials again and recruit troops to attack Liaodong because of a Tieling guard.
Moreover, this was still the case when Liaodong had an army of 150,000 marching to the north.
Unfortunately, with Zhu's ban on the sea and the rapid spread of news in this era, Koryo was unaware of Ming's military operations, and the entire Ming Dynasty was unaware of Koryo's ambitions.
All the way out of Dagokou along the canal, there were more than 50 large ships and more than 15,000 soldiers, 30% of whom were lying down directly.
Guo An and the thirty academy students he led even lay down halfway.
Zhu Di was puzzled by the fact that Guo An directly led thirty students from the academy, especially those who could lie on the side of the ship and vomit seven or eight times a day.
"Guo Qing, I have enough scribes in Yanshan Guard, why do I have to bring so many scholars, waste food, and suffer!"
Guo An leaned on the side of the ship with a pale face, but he looked confident.
"Your Highness, although these scholars are able to withstand challenges, and can also keep accounts and write, when the critical moment comes, one of them can stand up to ten scribes in the army!"
"oh?"
Zhu Di looked Guo An up and down, chuckled and said: "If those scholars can have 10% of Guo Qing's talents, I will be satisfied."
Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, don't worry about these things. They learned knowledge in the academy, and they have done internships in the Chief Shi Department of our Prince Yan's Palace, various yamen in Beiping Palace, Zhangjiawan Wharf, and even various shops and farmland. They Although not as good as Wei Chen, he is an all-round talent.
If His Highness really defeats Goryeo, these scholars will play a greater role than ten ministers. "
Zhu Di was overjoyed, "Don't worry, Guo Qing. With so many incendiary bombs, grenades, landmines and other bombs prepared by Guo Qing, even if they are blown all the way, they can still reach the King of Goryeo."
Guo An lost no time in flattering him and said: "In this way, we can add another country to the territory of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Hahaha……"
Zhu Di was overjoyed.
On the boat, they heard Zhu Di's laughter. Although they didn't know what happened, the soldiers and scholars suddenly felt much better.
…
Zhu Di's fleet traveled for half a month from Dagukou to the waters of Jianghua Bay outside the Goryeo Kingdom.
Because Goryeo was often plundered by Japanese pirates, the people near the coast of Goryeo were very sparse.
However, Yan'an County and Jianghua Prefecture guarded the King of Goryeo, and the Goryeo army was stationed above them. Naturally, there were also common people's villages.
Yan'an County, a village near the sea.
As the weather gets warmer, people along the coast will go to the sea to catch some seafood, leaving a small part to eat for themselves, and most of them will be sold to nobles in the city in exchange for some cloth, food and other daily necessities.
As for some children and women, they were carrying baskets made of unknown branches and searching for something under the rocks on the seashore.
Suddenly, the children and women who were searching under the rocks discovered that the young men in the village who had just set out to sea were rowing back desperately, while shouting at them with horror on their faces.
Unfortunately, the distance was too far and they couldn't hear clearly under the influence of the waves.
However, as huge ships emerged from the sea and sailed towards them, the children and women on the shore stood frozen in fear when they saw these beast-like ships.
It took a while before he came back to his senses.
"The Japanese pirates are coming!"
"Run quickly...the Japanese pirates are coming..."
After shouting several times with panic on their faces, the weak women directly picked up the frightened and crying children and ran quickly into the village.
Then, people from each village took their valuable belongings and ran towards the city without looking back.
a mess!
…
(End of chapter)
