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When everyone heard Yuan Keli's answer, they all took a breath and their eyes sparkled.
There can be a few fools among people who can be cabinet ministers.
As the saying goes, Yuan Keli wakes up the dreamer with one word.
"Yes, Jiannu is experiencing a severe drought this year, and so are the Mongolian tribes. Otherwise, they would not be so persecuted. With our relationship with Jiannu, it is impossible to sell grain to them.
If you want to survive, there is only one way to attack North Korea and rob North Korea.
As the saying goes, the dead Taoist friends will not die the poor Taoists. As long as Jiannu and the Mongolian tribes can survive this year's severe drought, what does it matter whether the Korean people die or not? "
"If we go by this guess, the red flag stationed in Phoenix Fort may be a defense against Mao Wenlong's troops, or it may be a vanguard army attacking North Korea's Yiju from the Yalu River.
Jiannu had already attacked Uiju the year before last, and went straight to Pyongyang. If he attacked again, he would be familiar with the route.
The ultimate goal of the Mongolian tribes moving toward the northeast is Changbai Mountain, the origin of the Yalu River. They cross the Yalu River from Changbai Mountain and fight from north to south.
The two armies directly meet up in Pyongyang or Gushan, and then sweep toward the southeast. In this way, North Korea will have no ability to resist at all! "
"It's troublesome. The Jiannu have occupied the Northeast. If we want to support North Korea, besides taking the water route, we can only capture Guangning, Liaoyang and other cities along the way. Otherwise, the army will not be able to pass at all.
But it takes time to attack a city with a large number of sergeants. Even if we provide support, we won't be able to make it in time! "
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As everyone analyzed, their faces slowly became serious.
If the conjecture is true, Jiannu will have room for retreat and a granary. After a few years of rest, he might actually be able to make waves.
Chongzhen frowned, but sighed in his heart. History returned to its original trajectory, and it was several years ahead of schedule.
If he remembers correctly, Jiannu invaded North Korea twice. The first was in the first month of the seventh year of the Apocalypse. Amin led 30,000 cavalry across the Yalu River and attacked Yiju, an important town on the northern border of North Korea. With the cooperation of Yizhou, Yizhou fell.
Then the army fought all the way to Pyongyang, and the North Korean king escaped with his nobles, and then signed the Jiangdu Peace Agreement, which was known in history as the Dingmao Rebellion.
The second time was in the ninth year of Chongzhen. Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor after obtaining the jade seal of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and personally led an army into North Korea and fought all the way to the mountain city of Nanhan.
The Korean soldiers mutinied and Ganghwa Island fell. The king, wearing blue dyed clothes, knelt three times and kowtowed to Huang Taiji three times. From then on, Korea was completely reduced to a slave vassal state, known in history as the Battle of Bingja.
The complete fall of North Korea provided a large amount of economic and military support for the slaves to fight against the Ming Dynasty for several years.
After a while, Chongzhen came back to his senses and looked at everyone: "Tell me what to do if the speculation is true!"
Everyone looked at Yuan Keli, who said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, although the relationship between North Korea and us has dropped to the extreme after the Dingmao Rebellion,
But we can't care too much about the current situation, otherwise if Jiannu takes over North Korea and has a granary, it will be more troublesome in the future.
Therefore, I suggest that, first, notify the King of Korea immediately and ask him to transfer all the troops south of Pyongyang to Uiju. As long as Uiju is defended for three months, the plan to establish slaves will fail.
Second, Mao Wenlong of Pidao Island was ordered to pay close attention to the movements of the slaves. As long as the slaves crossed the Yalu River, they would harass them.
Third, he sent an order to Ningyuan and Yuan Chonghuan that as long as the Jiannu invaded Korea, they would take the initiative to attack without seeking any merit, as long as they could hold back the frontline sergeants from withdrawing to support the Jiannu.
Fourth, let the Guanning cavalry and the Hexi cavalry set off from Longjing Pass and attack the Mongolian tribes via Kara City.
Taking advantage of the absence of their army, they went straight to their home base, forcing them not to concentrate on attacking North Korea, and even withdrew their troops to return reinforcements. "
"I second the proposal!"
"So good!"
"I think it's feasible!"
Han Huang and three others agreed at the same time, and then saluted Chongzhen, bowing and saying: "Your Majesty, please judge!"
Chongzhen was silent. Yuan Keli's arrangement was very reasonable, forcing Jiannu to fight on three fronts and going straight to the nests of the Mongolian tribes. That was to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao.
But he had his own idea. He wanted the slaves to conquer Korea, and then the Ming Dynasty would send troops to conquer it, and by the way, the entire Korea would be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, not the relationship of a vassal state.
This is very different from the Ming Dynasty taking the initiative to attack the intact North Korea. After all, North Korea has been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years, and it is morally unjustifiable to attack them.
Secondly, the southernmost point of North Korea is only more than a hundred miles away from Tsushima Island in Fuso. In the future, sending troops to attack Fuso is the best route, but the premise is that North Korea can be completely integrated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Otherwise, the danger and uncertainty of attacking from the sea will be too great, and the entire fleet may sink into the sea at any time.
But if North Korea is occupied by Jiannu, it will be more difficult to attack Jiannu, because Jiannu has several cities, and they either don't attack them, or they capture them all at once.
Although there are many firearms in the Ming Dynasty, it cannot be said that these firearms such as fire guns, tiger crouching cannons, and Folang machine guns are completely ineffective against city sieges. It is good to keep one out of ten.
The best siege weapons are general cannons and Hongyi cannons, but they are too heavy and difficult to transport.
Even with these two things, more than a hundred red cannons would have to bombard them day and night for several days.
"If you can't make explosive bombs for the time being, then use trebuchets to launch thunderbolts. If a hundred are not enough, use a thousand. Every city in front of you will be razed to the ground!"
Thinking of this, Chongzhen looked at Yuan Keli and others, and expressed his thoughts. They were dumbfounded.
"Your Majesty, I think it is feasible. There is a reason why North Korea has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty since the founding of the country in the 25th year of Hongwu. There are the old forces of Goryeo causing trouble inside, and there are Fusang, Mongolia and others outside who are eyeing them, so they can only look to me, the Ming Dynasty, as their backer.
It sounds like surrender, but in fact it means taking advantage. Although they give us annual tribute, we also give them gifts.
There are also the three major campaigns of Wanli. Without us, they would have been destroyed long ago. Now that they have signed a peace agreement with Jiannu, they are our enemies! "
"What Mr. Han Ge said is absolutely true. Kill Fusang to eliminate the permanent troubles of Japanese pirates. History books are written by the victors."
"Your Majesty, I agree with this idea!"
Han Huang said softly: "But we must also implement the four suggestions just made by Mr. Yuan Ge. The first is to show the benevolence and righteousness of our suzerain country, and the second is to let them fight each other.
If Jiannu occupied Yizhou, then Mao Wenlong and Pi Dao would attack more violently, forcing them to retreat.
If not, then we will not be able to exert our efforts, which will consume the strength of both sides, and there will be less resistance when we recover in the future. "
"Can!"
Chongzhen nodded: "The cabinet drafts a decree and asks the Jin Yiwei to deliver the edict. On the North Korean side, wait until the Jin Yiwei completes the edict in Pidao before going directly. The speed must be fast. Tell Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong to keep it secret!"
"I obey the order!"
After the four people saluted, they exited Dongnuan Pavilion.
Looking at the few people who had withdrawn, Chongzhen shook his head, and the literati became ruthless. There were many more military generals, and they quietly wanted to trap the slaves and North Korea.
But this was far from enough. Thinking of this, Chongzhen looked at Li Ruolian who was waiting on the side: "Li Aiqing, I give you a top-secret mission."
