Noticing Li Yao's expression, Chen Kan continued to touch up the sword and said: "I have not concealed it from His Highness the Crown Prince. It is impossible for the army in the north to move under any circumstances. The war against Annan in the south of the Ming Dynasty has not yet ended, so the navy has not yet ended." There is no way to transfer.”
Li Rang looked pale. He could understand what Chen Kan said, but it was precisely because he could understand that he could not accept this fact.
"Could it be that God really wants to destroy North Korea?"
Chen Kan continued: "The only army that the Ming Dynasty can mobilize now is the three battalions of the imperial army stationed in the capital. I can write a letter and send it to your majesty 800 miles away, so that your majesty can immediately mobilize the troops to the north. Your Majesty, you don't have to be so pessimistic. .”
A sad smile appeared on Li Yao's face, and she suddenly seemed to have lost her soul.
It would be better for Chen Kan to write books in Nanjing than to go to Nanjing himself.
When Nanjing's troops arrive in Liaodong, North Korea will probably be gone too, right?
Looking at Li Yao's current appearance, Chen Kan showed a look of compassion on his face: "Your Highness, can you tell us in detail the history of the war between North Korea and the Jurchens? Why did the Jurchens suddenly invade North Korea when they were staying well in Liaodong? There must be some reason for this, right?"
Li Yao raised his head, the look of sorrow on his face was about to turn into water. Now he just wanted to call for reinforcements quickly, so he didn't have any thoughts to tell Chen Kan what happened.
He asked in a hoarse voice: "Master Hou, is there really no possibility of sending troops?"
Chen Kan shook his head: "The reason for this has been made very clear by me just now. I really have no troops to mobilize. Even if I have troops, mobilizing troops without His Majesty's decree is a serious crime of beheading."
After a pause, Chen Kan continued: "His Royal Highness, please understand that if His Highness the Crown Prince can tell me why the Jurchens suddenly invaded North Korea, although I can't send troops, I can still mediate and delay it for a while. .”
Li Yao shook her head and said bitterly: "I understand the good intentions of the Marquis, but I don't know why the Jurchens suddenly invaded our country. Since the Marquis cannot mobilize troops, I might as well go to Nanjing by myself."
"Master Marquis, I will take my leave at this point."
Li Yao stood up with a lonely face and was about to leave, but just as he was about to take a step, he suddenly found that Chen Kan had grabbed his sleeve.
"Do you have any other instructions from the Marquis?"
Chen Kan frowned and said: "The Crown Prince wants to go to Nanjing. Originally, I should not stop him, but I would like to ask, how can the Crown Prince get from Beijing to Nanjing in his current state?"
Li Yao's face stiffened, and then he said sadly and angrily: "Even if I go all the way to beg for food, I will definitely inform His Majesty the Ming Emperor about the Jurchens' evil deeds, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to make decisions for the innocent people who died in North Korea."
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Chen Kan sighed, and then said quietly: "The prince is not in a hurry to go to Nanjing at this time. I can write a letter to your majesty first, so that your majesty can prepare the military supplies for the army. As for the prince, you might as well recuperate in the prince's mansion first. In a few days, when the body recovers as before and when the army arrives in Beijing, the prince can return to the country with the army, or I will send a ship to send the prince south, and then it will be okay to go north with the army. "
After listening to Chen Kan's suggestion, Li Yao's expression suddenly changed.
This young prince really has his best interests at heart.
So, he was a little confused.
If he goes to Nanjing, even if he asks the Marquis to send a fast horse to send him south, it may not be faster than 800 miles.
If he stayed in Beijing to recuperate, it would not be impossible to wait for the army sent by the Ming Dynasty to arrive in Beijing, and then join them and return to the country.
After pondering for a moment, Li Yao nodded heavily: "In this way, Lord Lao will repair Nanjing as soon as possible and save our Korean people from hanging upside down."
Hearing Li Yao's agreement, Chen Kan suddenly turned from resentment to joy: "This is natural, this is natural, I will repair the book right away."
"Come here, take your Royal Highness to bathe and change clothes, and prepare for a banquet."
Chen Kan shouted loudly, and the servants of the Hou Mansion immediately became busy.
Chen Kan raised his hand to Li Yao and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I will write the memorial immediately and send it to Your Majesty as soon as possible."
A forced smile appeared on Li Yao's face: "In this case, Lord Lao will have to worry about it."
Chen Kan responded with a smile, then walked out of the side hall and walked towards the study.
When he came to the study, Chen Kan wrote down what happened today word for word and put it in an envelope. The key point was that Li Yao had been dragged by him to Beijing. Then he walked out of the room and called a personal guard to hand the envelope to him.
"Send the letter to His Majesty. Also, find an opportunity to destroy the credentials on the way. Be sure not to let the contents of the credentials spread."
Chen Kan's face was serious. The personal guard was also Chen Kan's confidant for many years, so he naturally knew what Chen Kan meant.
The scene of the two whispering happened to fall in the eyes of Li Yao, who had just finished bathing.
Li Yao saw with her own eyes that Chen Kan handed over his credentials and a letter to the soldier, and his heart suddenly fell to the ground.
This prince is really a good man.
Although he didn't ask for reinforcements, it was not bad to meet such a warm-hearted Marquis.
After taking a bath and changing clothes, Li Yao finally looked like a noble man. After Chen Kan handed over his personal guards, he came to Li Yao with a smile.
"His Royal Highness, I am urgently reporting that I have sent someone to Nanjing. A reply will arrive in a few days. During these days, Your Highness can stay at the Marquis Mansion with peace of mind and wait for the reply from Nanjing."
A touch of emotion appeared on Li Yao's face, and after a moment, big tears rolled down.
Choking with sobs, he said: "If our country, North Korea, can survive this crisis, we, the royal family of the Li family, are willing to enshrine a monument of longevity in the ancestral temple for Lord Marquis. Lord Hou is a nobleman of our country. I am here to thank tens of millions of people of North Korea." Lord Marquis."
After saying that, Li Yao wanted to salute Chen Kan again.
Chen Kan hurriedly rushed to him and supported him to prevent him from bowing down.
A hint of sullenness appeared on his face at the right time: "What did His Highness say? I have long said that North Korea and Ming Dynasty are as close as one family, and the King and His Majesty have been friends of life and death since they were young. Saying so can make a difference in life." separated."
Li Yao wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked at Chen Kan gratefully: "No matter what, the people of North Korea will definitely remember the kindness of Lord Marquis."
Chen Kan patted his shoulder: "Your Majesty, you are so polite. How can I, Chen Kan, be so virtuous? How can I be so virtuous? I won't go into details. The prince has finally come to the Ming Dynasty. I should do my best to serve as a landlord. Just now." I have ordered my servants to prepare a small amount of wine, and I also ask the prince to move, please."
Chen Kan's actions and words were all refreshing, especially for Li Yao, who had just passed through enemy-occupied territory. She felt that she had never received such courtesy in her life.
Li Yao was immediately flattered and said: "Master Marquis, please go first."
"Then let's go together."
Chen Kan didn't show too much humility and immediately kept up with Li Yao.
Of course, only Chen Kan and Li Yao ate this meal.
As soon as he walked into the dining hall, Chen Kan heard Li Yao's stomach growling a few times.
Li Yao was a little embarrassed, and then explained: "To be honest with the Marquis, all my followers were killed by the Jurchens, and the food, grass and property they carried with them were also robbed by the Jurchens. I was lucky enough to escape with my life and came to Beijing. I haven’t had a proper meal in a long time.”
Hearing this, Chen Kan immediately became indignant and cursed: "What a group of Jurchen barbarians, they even dared to plunder the tributes of the Ming Dynasty. Don't worry, Your Highness, when our Ming army arrives in Liaodong, we will definitely capture the Jurchens." An entire clan must be destroyed to satisfy the hatred in the heart of the prince.”
A touch of emotion appeared on Li Yao's face again: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your understanding."
"It doesn't matter, since I haven't had a serious meal for a long time, it's time to taste the flavor of my Ming Dynasty."
"Your Highness, please!"
"Master Marquis, please."
Li Yao must have been really hungry. As soon as Chen Kan signaled that he could use his chopsticks, he started to eat like a storm.
Chen Kan didn't eat much. He poured a glass of rice wine and drank it slowly, toasting Li Yao again from time to time.
Although it is just a meal for two people, it does have some meaning for the host and the guest to enjoy themselves.
After three glasses of wine, Li Yao became drunk.
The whole person fell onto the plate, leaving Chen Kan stunned.
He had no choice but to ask his servants to drag him to the guest room to rest.
Then Chen Kan walked back to his study to prepare for Liaodong.
To be honest, Chen Kan was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that Xu Su and Meng Ge Suhan let the North Korean envoys into the Ming Dynasty.
He had already warned them when he received North Korea's request for help.
If he hadn't been able to deceive him today, I'm afraid Zhu Di would have been in a dilemma.
And his plan is likely to fail because of the North Korean envoy's request for help.
There is no way, now that Ming Dynasty has become the suzerain, there are some things that cannot be left alone.
If Ming Dynasty receives news of North Korea's request for help and ignores it, it will undoubtedly chill the hearts of neighboring countries.
Before Zheng He established a foothold in Nanyang, Ming still needed to maintain its dignity as a suzerain.
After returning to the study and sitting down, Chen Kan pondered for a moment, then turned to the left and started writing a letter.
Half a year later, the situation in Liaodong has reached a fever pitch, and the Haixi Jurchens were successfully forced to the peninsula by Xu Su's strategy.
It seemed that everything was going according to plan, but Chen Kan felt that the progress was still too slow.
So what he wants Xu Su and Meng Ge Suhan to do now is to speed up the progress, preferably to force the Haixi Jurchens to continue marching towards Seoul.
Even if the Haixi Jurchens cannot be forced to move forward, they must at least be able to integrate the Jurchens' power in a short period of time and quickly occupy the entire peninsula.
Otherwise, documents asking for help from North Korea would sooner or later be placed on Zhu Di's desk.
Within two months, Chen Kan gave a deadline. Within two months, regardless of whether Xu Su and Mengge Suhan could merge with the Jianzhou Jurchens, they would need to send troops to cooperate with the Haixi Jurchens to annihilate all of North Korea.
After writing the document and thinking about it for a while, Chen Kan prepared enough supplies for Xu Su and Meng Ge Suhan to arm a thousand people.
It’s just that this time it can no longer be delivered in the form of armor and swords, but only in food.
Otherwise, a large amount of military equipment from the Ming Dynasty suddenly appeared in the hands of Meng Ge Suhan, which made people realize that it was difficult to explain the Ming Dynasty.
