More than half a month later.
The huge fleet returned to Ganghwado Island in Korea.
The Goryeo nobles who had been waiting here all looked overjoyed.
After receiving the news, Jin Zhong, Chen Shou and others quickly came to Jianghua Island to meet Zhu Di.
Zhu Di asked: "Did anything major happen in Beiping Mansion during this period?"
"Your Highness, nothing major happened in Beiping Mansion."
Jin Zhong replied: "However, in the court hall, Tang Duo, Minister of War, resigned and returned to his hometown. In addition, the Marquis of Xiping entered the capital after winter and paid homage to His Majesty. His Majesty rewarded the Marquis of Xiping a lot, and even gave me thousands of stones as a gift. The grain and rice from the palace..."
"Um!"
Zhu Di was not too interested in matters such as the court.
He just nodded casually, then walked out and looked at the scribes outside, counting the belongings messed up by the Goryeo soldiers one by one.
Then, divide it into two parts and leave one part for the Goryeo soldiers.
The remaining portion was divided equally between Yanshanwei.
Although the Goryeo soldiers and generals looked distressed about this, no one dared to stop it or hide it secretly.
Because three hidden Goryeo soldiers had already been beaten to death!
"Hey, let them fight to attack the Japanese towns. In the end, won't they also have to share some of my Yanshan Guards?"
"His Highness is still wise and allows these Koreans to fight for it. When they come back, these Koreans will have to spit out everything they snatched!"
"..."
Zhu Neng and Qiu Song stood aside the whole time, watching with gloating.
After the money seized by the Koreans was counted, Zhu Di looked at Bian Anlie and other Korean generals beside him.
"Bian Anlie, Liu Yongzhang, Liu Ancheng..."
"The general is here!"
"After you go back, encourage your family to grow and store food. In addition, train your troops more diligently!
Next year, or the year after, I will definitely lead a large army to attack Japan.
The Japanese country is so weak and dares to plunder the Ming Dynasty and Goryeo like this. The next battle will be the battle to completely destroy the Japanese country.
If your family wants to participate in the war, they need enough soldiers and food. "
"I will obey the order!"
All the Goryeo generals suddenly looked overjoyed.
This time, although King Yan took away half of the property they captured. However, it is also a big profit for them.
More importantly, their family's prestige in Goryeo will also be greatly improved.
…
Zhu Di, Guo An and others rested for the night at Jianghua Port.
Early the next morning.
The fleet set sail again and headed towards Beiping Mansion.
When we returned to Beiping Mansion, there were only three days left before New Year's Eve.
Fortunately, Zhu Fu was still in Prince Yan's palace, so he didn't save much work for Guo An.
Guo An went directly home to take a nap or play with his two cubs.
For Guo Shen, the young master of the Guo family, his life has become even more miserable since the big devil in the family came back.
Originally, he was often beaten by his sister, but he couldn't beat her.
But now, there is another big devil who not only robs his mother-in-law, but also robs him of his toys.
He even teamed up with his sister to bully him.
but.
A few days later, Guo Shen fell in love with that father again.
Although he often bullies him to tears, he actually takes him with him, makes him various toys, takes him out to play, and buys him all kinds of delicious and fun things!
…
In the blink of an eye.
The New Year is over.
After Guo An enjoyed the happy days of having a hot kang with his wife and children for more than ten days, at the urging of Zhu Di, he had to get up early again and go to Yanwang Palace to do his duty.
Then, under the resentful eyes of old man Zhu Fu, he walked around Chang Shisi and hurried to meet Zhu Di.
"I am here to meet you, Your Highness!"
"Guo Qing, please forgive me!"
Seeing Guo An, Zhu Di suddenly looked happy, "How has Guo Qing been doing these past ten days?"
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Over the past ten days or so, I have already begun to feel a little too happy to miss Shu!"
"oh?"
Zhu Di's face was startled, and then he looked at Guo An strangely.
"Guo Qing actually compared our Prince Yan's Mansion to the Kingdom of Shu!"
Guo An was shocked and quickly apologized.
"Please be clear to your highness that I am just addicted to my life at home and don't want to be on duty.
I was blinded and used allusions and metaphors indiscriminately. Please forgive me, Your Highness! "
After saying that, Guo An noticed the strange look on Zhu Di's face, and he looked terrified again.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I am confused by the little rabbit at home, and I am talking nonsense..."
"Okay, okay!"
Zhu Di didn't care too much about these little things.
In particular, the silver bars brought back from Japan in the past few days have been smelted. At this moment, even if Guo An said something even more stupid, the more Zhu Di looked at Guo An, the more friendly he felt.
"Guo Qing, does he know how much silver was smelted from the silver bars we brought back from Japan?"
Guo An's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Your Highness, how much silver can be refined?"
Zhu Di said: "Four thousand catties of silver!"
"Four thousand pounds?"
Guo An was also surprised, "Your Highness, is that sixty-four thousand taels?"
"Exactly!"
Zhu Di nodded excitedly, "The quality of those silver mines is extremely high, we must capture them!"
"However, the soldiers and generals who accompanied us in the attack on the Japanese country this time have also made great achievements. Each soldier will be rewarded with one hundred taels of treasure banknotes, and the rewards will be increased sequentially for small flags, general flags, hundreds of households, and thousands of households!
As for Guo Qing, we will also reward Guo Qing with five hundred taels of treasure banknotes! "
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An quickly thanked him, "Thank you, Your Highness, but can I exchange the five hundred taels of silver for three hundred taels of silver?"
"Um?"
Zhu Di glanced at Guo An with some confusion and said casually: "Since Guo Qing wants to change, then I'll follow Guo Qing's wishes!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Guo An thanked him again, and then said thoughtfully: "Your Highness, if you want to attack the Japanese country, our Yan Palace must send at least 10,000 troops.
As for grenades, incendiary bombs, and landmines, the gunpowder workshop needs to step up production from now on.
In addition, our Prince Yan's shipyard in Goryeo must also step up shipbuilding! "
"Um!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "It's a pity that our Yanshan Guard currently only has more than 28,000 soldiers. If we send 10,000 troops, the Goryeo Yan Kingdom can only leave 5,000 soldiers and horses."
Guo An said: "Your Highness, let Goryeo send 60,000 troops! As long as the troops of the Goryeo nobles are empty, there is no need to worry about the disloyalty of the Goryeo nobles."
"Can!"
Zhu Di also nodded slightly, "It is still winter to send troops. In the cold winter, those Japanese are wearing thin clothes and have no fighting power at all. Even the Koreans cannot defeat them."
Guo Andao said: "Then, we also need to knit some woolen hand clothes, foot clothes, and headgear again."
Zhu Di nodded again.
"Wei Chen will later issue an order that the woolen hand-clothes, footwear, and thread balls stored in the shops under Prince Yan's Mansion will no longer be sold!"
"Can!"
"Your Highness, we still need to prepare food..."
Guo An and Zhu Di chatted in detail for a while, and then Guo An breathed a sigh of relief.
Because, he was always talking and Zhu Di was nodding.
However, just when Guo An felt that the key tasks of Prince Yan's Mansion this year had been arranged, he was about to leave and hand them over to the scribes below.
Zhu Di suddenly spoke out: "The Prime Minister of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Taiwei Nai'er Buhua, Zhiyuan Alu Timur and other Yuan thieves dared to harass our Ming border many times while I was conquering the Japanese country.
The father was furious and ordered the king to prepare for war.
Soon, Duke Ying Fu Youde will arrive in Peiping with generals such as Zhao Yong, Cao Xing, Wang Bi, and Sun Ke. "
Guo An's face turned solemn, "Your Highness also wants to go on an expedition?"
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "I and the King of Jin are divided into two groups. We must cut off the heads of those who bit Yu Naerbuhua and others!"
Guo An quickly said: "Wei Chen, go prepare grenades, incendiary bombs and other bombs now!"
Zhu Di said: "Grenade only costs 10,000, and incendiary bombs only require 2,000 at most!"
"Wei Chen obeys the order!"
Soon, everyone in Prince Yan's mansion began to move again.
…
A few days later.
Duke Ying, Fu Youde, and a group of Wuhou arrived in Peiping.
Due to this expedition, Fu Youde and the other Wuhou were subject to the control of King Yan Zhu Di, so they all came to Yan King's Palace to pay homage to Zhu Di as soon as possible.
Afterwards, the training of the military horses began.
Hong twenty-three years, the twenty-first day of the first lunar month.
King Zhu Di of Yan was the general who conquered the captives, Duke Fu Youde of Ying State was the former general who conquered the captives, Nanxiong Marquis Zhao Yong was the deputy general on the left, and Huaiyuan Marquis Cao Xing was the deputy general on the right. They formed the east route army and marched north to Mobei.
At the same time, the King of Jin who was far away in Shanxi also took the horses trained by Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi to form the West Route Army to conquer Mobei.
This time, Guo An still did not go out with the army, but stayed in Beiping Mansion.
In order to prepare for the war against Japan.
Zhu Di led the army on the east route and all the way out of Gubeikou, a sentinel detective learned that Beiyuan Prime Minister Jie Zhi, Taiwei Nai'er Buhua, Zhiyuan Aru Timur and other residents were stationed in the capital.
After hearing this, Zhu Di, Fu Youde and others were immediately overjoyed and led the army directly.
However, not long after the march, heavy snow fell in the sky again.
Fu Youde and other generals were prepared to wait until the heavy snow stopped before marching.
However, Zhu Di believed that the heavy snowfall was a natural cover for his army on the east route. Nai'er Buhua and the other thieves must have never imagined that the Ming army would attack them at this time.
Moreover, all the troops are wearing gloves, footwear, and woolen hats, so it won't be too cold.
So the army took advantage of the heavy snow to speed up their advance, and arrived not far away from Yinyi. There was only a small sand moraine separated from Nai'er Buhua and other Yuan troops.
However, despite this, the Yuan soldiers were hiding in rooms or tents to keep warm and avoid the snow, without any notice.
Regarding this, Fu Youde and all the generals were full of joy, but also vaguely admired Zhu Di.
Subsequently.
The army pressed directly on the border. When the entire Yuan army saw the Ming soldiers and generals suddenly appearing around them, they were all frightened and panicked.
However, the prime minister of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Taiwei Nai'er Buhua, and Zhiyuan Alu Timur, these Northern Yuan ministers, were really good at running away.
In order to prevent these people from escaping again, Zhu Di sent Guantong, an old acquaintance of Nai'er Buhua, to persuade him to surrender.
Guantong was a subordinate of Naha before, and he still had many old acquaintances among these Beiyuan armies.
Therefore, he quickly entered Yidu easily.
at the same time.
Zhu Di, Fu Youde and others also began to arrange their troops, preparing to defeat the Beiyuan army in one fell swoop.
Just when Guantong and Nai'er were reminiscing about old times, they suddenly heard a loud thunder-like sound coming from the army camp outside the city.
Subsequently, the shouts of killing from the Beiyuan army outside the city shook the sky.
After a while, a close friend ran in with a look of embarrassment and told Nai'er Buhua that the weapons of the Ming army were too fierce and the camp outside the city was directly breached.
Hearing this, Nai'er Buhua, Jie Zhi, Alu Timur and other Northern Yuan ministers were immediately frightened and rushed out of the house, preparing to escape on horseback.
The whole movement was done in one go, very skillfully.
…
(End of chapter)
