Chapter 208 North Korea Strategy

In November of the 26th year of Hongwu, 60,000 Ming troops divided their troops into two groups to raid North Korea in the snow, crossing the Motianling Mountains and heading directly into the capital of North Korea Kaijing. The other route took sea routes and landed directly at the Ming Dynasty leased port north of Kaijing. In just three days, the 60,000 troops were approaching the capital. Li Chenggui, who had not received any warnings in advance, panicked. On the one hand, he sent envoys to negotiate, and on the other hand, he immediately organized a 50,000 direct guard responsible for guarding Kaijing. The situation was not good. The sent envoys were killed by the Ming army. The Ming army began to set up shells and bombard the city with great momentum. Three hundred cannons concentrated their firepower to slam the east wall. In just one night, the east wall collapsed.

At dawn, the Ming cavalry rushed into Kaijing. Li Chenggui ordered resistance. He opened the south gate and fled at the same time. Unfortunately, he was surrounded by the Ming army as soon as he left the south gate. Leonardo, the Korean king, became a prisoner of the Ming army less than a year and a half as soon as he officially ascended the throne. As the king was captured, the Korean army, which was fighting in the streets with the Ming army, had no will to resist and surrendered to the Ming army. Kaijing was officially occupied by the Ming army. Then, 30,000 troops advanced south again, swept across the Korean Peninsula like the autumn wind.

Three days later, the treasure ship of Liaodong General Li Weizheng arrived in Kaijing. He surrounded by a thousand personal guards and entered Kaijing.

Kaijing was the first time Li Weizheng came to Kaijing. This capital of the Goryeo Dynasty, which had been for hundreds of years, has been operating prosperous and developed. Its architectural style is very similar to the Central Plains in the Song Dynasty, and it can be compared with any medium-sized city in the Central Plains. The sound of horse hooves hit the stone-paved streets. One thousand soldiers walked in two rows of spears, with sharp swords and sharp flags. The streets were covered with Ming soldiers. Hundreds of thousands of Kaijing people were driven out to pay homage. The bodies after the street fighting had been transported away, blood was washed away, and half of the collapsed courtyard walls were temporarily covered with soil. The Ming soldiers also stopped harassing ordinary families and order began to recover.

Li Wei was riding on the horse and looking coldly at everything about this royal city. There was nothing to be proud of for occupying a country that had already surrendered in three days. Li Chenggui was just an ant that could be killed at any time. The key was to kill him? It did not depend on his mood, but on the timing. The timing was now. Zhu Yuanzhang was officially going to attack him. If he didn't go back, he could only have an excuse, that is, the Jurchens fought for land with the Han people under the provocation of North Korea. At the same time, North Korea took the opportunity to invade north again. Only under this premise did Zhu Yuanzhang helplessly. In fact, this strategy was that Li Wei was learning from An Lushan in the middle Tang Dynasty. The court wanted to transfer An Lushan several times. There were always Khitans and Xi people rebelled, and then An Lushan went to suppress, which forced the court to give up the idea of ​​transferring him.

Li Weizheng was the same today. Zhu Yuanzhang transferred him, and North Korea rebelled, and then he suppressed it. This conveyed a message to Zhu Yuanzhang: I will not come back. At worst, I will become king in North Korea. Anyway, my surname is Li. In this case, Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to force him again. Both sides knew it was true, but he also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would not give up so well. Just like he killed Lan Yu's family, he was not afraid of him rebelling at all. Zhu Yuanzhang's certain determination was still terrible, so he had to take another step back.

Behind Li Weizheng, there was a small carriage. In the carriage was a young and beautiful girl, who looked at her homeland sadly. This girl was Wang Shunji, the last Princess Changping of Goryeo back then, and the only Goryeo royal family who still lives in the world.

After Li Weizheng was demoted, she kept hiding in the Peking Pharmacy Bureau. It was not until Li Weizheng returned to Liaodong that she saw the light of day again. Li Weizheng kept her in the mansion, waiting for the opportunity. Now is the time to officially use her pawn.

Wang Shunji is eighteen years old this year and is already a fully mature and beautiful woman. Her mood is so ups and downs at this time, with a mixed taste. The joy of returning to her homeland, the sadness of losing her homeland and her relatives, and the people's forgetfulness of Goryeo made her feel even more bitter. She had passed two farmers on the road, and was still willing to return to Goryeo? The answer was a confused look on her face, as if Goryeo was already a very distant thing.

What made Wang Shunji melancholy and difficult to smile was his attitude towards him, either lukewarm or hot, neither near nor far away. When he was happy, he could pick her up and kiss her on the face like a couple, and say sweet words to make her happy, but he was unhappy. He walked past her like he didn't see her. For example, now, they were walking with each other for two days, sitting on the same boat, but he didn't even look at her.

Wang Shunji looked at Li Wei's high back, and she leaned her face on her arms and sighed sadly. Sometimes, she wished she was not a Goryeo princess, but an ordinary Han girl, who was his sister like Qianqian, or his close-fitting little girl. How great it would be.

A middle-aged man was riding a horse next to Wang Shunji's carriage. He was Cui Ping, the old minister of Goryeo who brought Wang Shunji out of Goryeo. Cui Ping was the younger brother of Cui Ying, the important minister of Goryeo who once had the same power as Li Chenggui. He was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue of Goryeo. After breaking up with Wang Shunji in Penglai, he went to the Northern Yuan Dynasty, trying to get the support of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and restore the country again. After all, his brother Cui Ying was a stubborn supporter of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Unexpectedly, he stayed in the Northern Yuan Dynasty for two years, but finally waited for the demise of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. He fled back to the Central Plains and went to Shandong to find Li Weizheng again. Only then did he learn that Li Weizheng had arrived in Liaodong and killed Li Chenggui's northern invasion. This made Cui Ping very happy. He immediately defected to Li Weizheng and became a clerk of his. This time he came with the army to help the princess take over the old minister of Goryeo.

"Princess, don't worry! Li Chenggui has not been usurping the country for a long time, and there are still a large number of old ministers in the country who are loyal to Goryeo. At that time, everyone fled among the people. Only the princess raised her arms and shouted, "Goryeo restored the country!" I think there will be a large number of people to respond. As for the people, as long as we protect their vital interests, such as land, they will not care who will win the world."

Wang Shunji sighed quietly, "Uncle Cui, if I think about these things, I will have a headache. I want to find a good search. It is best to find a Goryeo royal family to be the king. I really don't want to do these things."

Cui Ping grinned, how could she not do it? Li Wei was raising her for so many years and wanted her to be the Queen of Goryeo. He also sighed. The so-called Queen of Goryeo is just a puppet of Li Weizheng.

At this time, a cavalryman stepped forward and said, "Mr. Cui, General General, please invite him."

Cui Ping did not dare to neglect and quickly urged the horses and cavalry to go up. In fact, from a certain perspective, he was more slack than Wang Shunji. He once served as Li Weizheng's document and received a salary. He had completely regarded himself as Li Weizheng's subordinate.

Cui Ping came to Li Wei and bowed and said, "Sir, do you have something to come to me?"

Li Weizheng smiled politely and said, "From now on, I should call you Cui Zhongshu."

Cui Ping was stunned and he was overjoyed. The meaning of Li Weizheng's words was to officially sign him as the Zhongshu Ling of the New Goryeo Kingdom. Along the way, he discussed with Li Weizheng how to rebuild Goryeo and said a lot, but Li Weizheng never told him what role he would play in the new dynasty. Now he was officially notified that he was the first prime minister of Goryeo and the Zhongshu Ling.

"Thank you for your cultivation, I am grateful."

"You're welcome. Assist the princess in governing Goryeo, so that I can have a stable rear. One day in the future, I will let Goryeo officially establish its country. At that time, I will no longer interfere in Goryeo's internal affairs. This is my promise."

"Thank you for your kindness. Although you are relieved, you can use all the staff, food and supplies of Goryeo, but your subordinates beg you to kill Li Chenggui and don't give him a chance to turn over."

Li Weizheng smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, I know it in my heart."

He suddenly glanced at the princess's car behind him and asked in a low voice: "How is she feeling? Are you excited about her upcoming reinstatement?"

Cui Ping shook his head and sighed, "Sir, please advise her! She doesn't want to be the Queen of Goryeo. She just told me that she was going to find other Goryeo royal family members to be kings!"

"Oh! She is so depressed?" Li Wei was slowly falling into deep thought.

Li Chenggui was imprisoned in a stone house next to the palace. It turned out to be a place for feeding horses. It was temporarily set up as a prison cell. The room was still filled with the smell of horses. Li Chenggui's crown was taken off, his yellow robe was stripped off, his hair was spread out, he was wearing a white dress, his feet were tied with shackles as thick as his fingers, and a huge iron lock on it, and was locked in a large wooden cage two meters square.

Ironically, this horse house was where Li Chenggui once imprisoned the King of Goryeo, and this shackles were his own drawings, tailored for the King of Goryeo, and everything was returned to him again.

He had been scolding for three days, his voice was hoarse and he couldn't say a word. At the same time, he had been on a hunger strike for two days and asked for improved treatment. At this moment, he was lying in a corner and sleeping in a drowsy manner. He was dreaming that he was playing games with the palace maids in the back garden like before, grabbed one, laughed and executed the Dharma on the spot. Suddenly, a beautiful tiger rushed over and he wanted to escape, but the palace maids clamped him and he couldn't stand up.

Li Chenggui was suddenly awakened, and then he realized that his right index finger was stuck in the iron ring of shackles and could not be pulled out. He raised his arm and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his clothes. He suddenly saw a group of people standing outside the cage, including two men and one woman, the man was the general of the Yuanmingjun. He had never seen it before, but the woman looked familiar. The woman slowly approached and stared at him with great grief and anger. Li Chenggui recognized it all at once. Isn’t this woman the Princess Changping who has been missing for many years? At that time, his subordinates reported that he was dead, but the corpse was not seen, which made him always care about her. Now she is not dead.

"You are, Changping?" he asked with a trembling voice.

"Evil thief!" Wang Shunji pointed at him and cursed angrily: "You killed my father and humiliated my mother to death. I didn't expect that you will have today, and your death date has arrived."

Li Chenggui looked at Wang Shunji, then looked at the Ming general with a cold look behind her. He suddenly woke up and pointed to the officer and said word by word: "You are Li Weizheng!"

"Yes, I'm."

Li Weizheng also slowly walked forward, looking at him with pity and sneered: "Do you know what mistake you made? You shouldn't be the queen and don't come to see me. You disappointed me, so you will be today."

"Li Weizheng, I understand what you mean. You want Wang Shunji to be a puppet."

After saying that, Li Chenggui rushed to the wooden cage. He was extremely excited and shook his shackles and shouted to Wang Shunji: "Princess Changping, I am a family feud with you. I can let you kill me to vent my hatred, but you must not become Li Weizheng's puppet. He is a wolf. He will eat our Goryeo!"

Li Weizheng smiled softly and said, "Princess Changping and I only have to cooperate, and there are no puppets. As for you, I really don't want you to survive."

He suddenly turned around and ordered: "Come, kill this person on the spot! His family will not be kept, and all of them will be executed. I will pass on the orders and order the painter to draw an image of how Li Chenggui persecuted the royal family of Goryeo and posted it all over the country."

After Li Wei was giving the order, he said to Wang Shunji: "Shunji, let's go! People are going to kill here, let's leave."
Chapter completed!