The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 351 Betting on His Immortality
Tang Yin's visit to Yanshan Lord Li happened to be on the first day of the 13th year of Hongzhi.

This day was originally the day when Wu Xun, a civil servant of North Korea, went to congratulate Li on New Year's Day. Tang Yin, as the envoy of Ming Dynasty, entered the palace gate accompanied by Yin Bishang, Cheng Jun and others, and met Li in the Qinzheng Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace. myself.

Tang Yin's nominal mission was to canonize Li's eldest son as his son.

When Tang Yin came with a scepter in hand, even Li, who was invincible, could only stand up and greet him respectfully, and the etiquette of meeting Tang Yin and Li was not like a monarch or minister or a state envoy, but more like a meeting between courtiers.

And Li wants to salute Tang Yin first.

If the king of Ming Dynasty hadn't been so demanding, Li would have even kneeled down.

After Tang Yin personally read the canonized imperial edict, a banquet followed.

And Tang Yin's seat is next to Li, higher than all the ministers in North Korea.

Xu Jing had to sit next to Tang Yin, and he was on an equal footing with Yin Bishang, the other party's leading minister. This was Xu Jing's most glorious moment, and he never thought that he would be treated like this when he was the envoy of the Ming Dynasty.

"On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I came here to read out another decree, which is to send troops from the North Korean country to cooperate with the soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Town of the Ming Dynasty to pacify the land of Weijurchen in Jianzhou in one fell swoop. This is an edict from His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to you. .”

Tang Yin didn't talk nonsense either.

He had already delayed the time, and now he has to hurry up to make up for the time lost before, and let North Korea send troops as soon as possible.

The ministers present could basically understand Chinese. When they knew that Daming was going to let them send troops, the voices of opposition were very loud.

But when they came out to persuade Li not to send troops, they used their own language, as if they wanted to bully Tang Yin, who couldn't understand... Tang Yin really couldn't understand.

But Zhang Zhou obviously also had this concern, and specially equipped Tang Yin with an interpreter, and the interpreter saw that the other party's courtiers were agitated, and walked over from the position behind Tang Yin in front of the North Korean monarch, and said "simultaneously" in Tang Yin's ear. translate".

Tang Yin asked Li Dao: "Are you trying to resist the edict?"

The North Korean courtiers fell silent for an instant.

Li asked: "The Ming Dynasty sent troops to build the state guard, how many troops will it send?"

"When it comes to marching, His Majesty did not say it clearly, but His Majesty's intention is to let me, as an army supervisor, send troops with you and other soldiers and civilians. I will personally lead the troops, artillery, firecrackers, etc., and will cooperate. Let us send out troops as the vanguard." Tang Yin was able to be neither humble nor overbearing at such a time.

Yin Bishang, who was sitting opposite Xu Jing, asked: "Why didn't Ming send troops and North Korea cooperate, but we sent troops first?"

Tang Yin said: "It's a slap in the face."

Yin Bishang asked again: "What if Ming doesn't send troops after North Korea sends troops?"

Tang Yin didn't expect that Yin Bishang, who was talking to him in a friendly way yesterday, would appear so strong in court today.

Tang Yin's tone did not lose the wind in the slightest, and continued to use a domineering tone: "Since Daming has made a marching strategy, how can he betray a vassal state like yours? And the idea of ​​sending troops was not proposed by you North Korea? "

From Tang Yin's point of view, the North Koreans are a bit ignorant of flattery.

It is agreed that you will send troops first, and Da Ming will cooperate with you. Now, just because I am here to speak to you on behalf of the emperor of Da Ming, you dare to raise conditions with me?
Believe it or not...

Tang Yin pondered for a while, he had less than [-] people under his command, it seemed a little difficult to do something in North Korea.

Of course, he doesn't seem to need to get angry with the North Koreans, after all, his task is to supervise North Korea's dispatch of troops.

Yin Bishang said: "North Korea experienced disasters last year, so that the common people were destitute, and now they are unable to support a foreign war. Unless Ming Dynasty can allocate enough military rations, otherwise..."

"shut up!"

This time it was Li himself who couldn't listen anymore and stopped Yin Bishang's words.

Li was also very ashamed.

The king hasn't said a word yet, why do you officials like to express yourself so much?
Who said that fighting is the monopoly of the Ming emperor?

Doesn't the king of North Korea lose face?Don’t you really know who is the leader of North Korea’s main combat faction?
With Li's voice, the scene became quiet again.

Li Dao: "If North Korea wants to send troops, Daming will send troops to cooperate within a few days?"

Tang Yin said with certainty: "No more than ten days. The two sides are cooperating to dispatch troops, and there will be no delay."

"Then, His Majesty the Ming Emperor, how much does North Korea need to send troops?" Li Dao said, "I can only send [-] troops to North Korea at the moment. This is the result of negotiation after assessing the situation."

It means that North Korea can send troops, but how much to send is up to us.

Tang Yinze followed Zhang Zhou's instructions and said without hesitation, "2 horses."

"This……"

Li was surprised.

Because when they discussed sending troops last year, they made a decision of sending [-] troops. This decision was only known among the upper-level officials, but now that Tang Yin can directly say this number, he instantly stared at the soldier Cao Juanshu Cheng Jun seemed to be blaming Cheng Jun for telling Yu Daming the top-secret news.

Tang Yindao: "I am the Duke of Lai, who has a great plan, and has formulated a comprehensive strategy. The Jianzhou Guard will not have any strength to resist."

Yin Bishang said coldly: "Then you, Daming, can send troops by yourself!"

Li stretched out his hand to interrupt Yin Bishang, and asked, "After the victory in this battle, will the land of Jianzhouwei be given to North Korea?"

Tang Yin said: "Jianzhouwei's territory will re-build fortresses to prevent the tribes in the north from rebelling, and it has nothing to do with you North Korea."

"Then we..."

In fact, Li also wanted to quarrel with the envoy Tang Yin.

We sent troops in accordance with the order of the Ming Emperor, but the question is what are the benefits after we send troops?
Tang Yin said coldly: "If the Ming Dynasty sends troops to Jianzhouwei, it cannot be destroyed, and the Jurchen tribe of Jianzhouwei moves eastward, which will definitely affect your stability. If you win this battle, you will no longer have to worry about foreign aggression, right? Is it a gift from Daming to you?"

"Guluguala..."

After hearing Tang Yin's words, there was a lot of discussion in the Palace of Qinzheng.

Of course, they are not talking in Chinese, but more like a small window private chat.

Xu Jing leaned over to Tang Yin's side, and said: "It seems that they have a lot of opinions on us. If they don't send troops, beware of their playing tricks."

"No." Tang Yin said, "Unless they plan to be against Da Ming, they should still be a little bit self-aware."

Tang Yin was right about this point.

No matter how much the North Korean monarchs and ministers disagreed with his words, they would not be able to do such a thing if they let North Korea go directly against the Ming Dynasty.

It is because they know that no matter in terms of national power or military power, they cannot compare with Daming. What's more terrible is that they can't even beat the Jianzhou Guards, and they need Daming to send troops. Now Daming is willing to help them solve the border troubles in the north. It is a great gift.

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The monarchs and ministers in North Korea started a discussion.

It was as if Tang Yin wasn't there.

This time they all followed Tang Yin's request and conducted conversations in Chinese. There were a few people from the old school of Xun who didn't understand Chinese, and they were equipped with translators when they came out, and they said every word for Tang Yin.

Li seemed to respect the minister's opinion very much. After listening for a while, he said to Tang Yin: "Tang Yin, you should have heard that North Korea is currently unable to provide enough food and grass to support [-] troops to send troops."

Tang Yin said: "There is no delay."

Li asked: "Then we first recruit [-] soldiers and horses, prepare food and grass, and then arrive at Ping'an Road, and then recruit [-] soldiers and horses from various places to transport food and grass to Ping'an Road. I wonder if it is feasible?"

This made it difficult for Tang Yin.

According to Zhang Zhou's instructions to him, this matter cannot be discussed.

If North Korea wants to send [-] troops, it must be [-], and it needs to be sent at one time... But now North Korea seems to be in a dilemma. Just now, in front of Tang Yin, Li Huan specifically asked Hu Cao about the distribution of grain and grass. The problem also clearly raised the difficulty of completing the supply of food and grass for [-] soldiers and horses.

Tang Yin said: "If the current rate of grain and grass requisition is used, how long will it take to collect grain, grass and troops?"

Li then asked his courtiers, and Jin Enling, who was judged by Hu Cao, came out and answered: "Six months, after the summer grain is put into storage. But if we send troops from different provinces and bring rations, they can all arrive in Ping'an in about a month." Road, and grain and grass can be supplied for about three months."

Tang Yin thought about it in his heart.

If this is the case, three months should be over.

If you can't finish the fight, then there's no need for this battle to continue...

He is also thinking, if what Zhang Bingkuan means is for me to cooperate with North Korea to complete the attack, then we can persist for ten days and a half months, as long as the Jianzhou Guard dispatches troops to the North Korean side, and the Shenyang Zhongwei sends troops. , my task is complete.

"it is good!"

Tang Yin immediately agreed.

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Tang Yin also didn't know where he got so much self-confidence, he wanted to promise Emperor Ming and Zhang Zhou that North Korea send troops in batches.

After returning, even Xu Jing was a little worried and said: "It was agreed to send [-] soldiers and horses, but now they are only willing to send [-] soldiers and horses, and they said to dispatch another [-] soldiers, are you sure they can be transferred in time?"

Tang Yin asked: "How many troops can the Jianzhou Guard dispatch?"

"This……"

Xu Jing couldn't answer either.

How many troops does Jianzhou Guard have, where does he know where to go?
Just when Tang Yin asked his followers to light the candles, Liu Guitong reported at the door: "My lords, the Joseon sent envoys here, saying that they are the Jiedu envoy of Ping'an Road, whose surname is Pu."

Xu Jingdao: "Should be here to discuss sending troops?"

"Ah."

Tang Yin opened the door and walked out, "Take me to see you."

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In the adjacent hall.

A North Korean official in his thirties who looked very young appeared in front of Tang Yin. When Tang Yin saw this person, he suddenly felt that this person did not seem like someone who could fight on the battlefield at all, but rather like... a badass.

Tang Yin also didn't know why he had such a view on this person.

"Pu Yuanzong, my lord, was ordered by my lord to be the envoy of Ping'an Dao soldiers and horses. He specially cooperated with the envoy to go to Ping'an Dao to coordinate the dispatch of troops."

The other party reported himself.

When Tang Yin heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "You are Pu Yuanzong?"

This caught the other party by surprise.

Pu Yuanzong looked around, and asked in surprise: "Why did the superior ask this question? Could it be that the superior...knows it?"

"I know, I heard that you are very loyal to North Korea." Of course Tang Yin didn't know it before, but Zhang Zhou gave him the "tips" that mentioned this person emphatically.

Park Yuanzong, as the key figure of the future "Jongjong anyway", is also the representative of the young and strong faction in North Korea.

At this time, Park Yuanzong was actually disgusted by Li, so he was dispatched to Ping'an Road, a "border town" in North Korea in the 13th year of Hongzhi, to serve as a military envoy, but this was a series of political activities of Park Yuanzong later , conditions are created.

Of course Pu Yuanzong didn't think that Tang Yin really knew him, he only thought that Tang Yin was speaking politely, and he said: "I will definitely do my best to cooperate with the job assignments."

Tang Yin said: "You're wrong, I'm not your leader, I'm only responsible for cooperating with you. I don't bring many people with me, and I still have to rely on your troops at critical times."

Just as he was talking, Tang Yin thought of something, and asked, "It is agreed to dispatch five thousand soldiers and horses, but can the soldiers and horses be dispatched tomorrow?"

Park Yuanzong said: "Gyeonggi Province will send [-] soldiers and horses to cooperate, all of which are the most elite cavalry in North Korea. At the same time, Pingan Province will dispatch [-] soldiers and horses to cooperate..."

Xu Jing widened his eyes and said, "Are you kidding me? We agreed to send five thousand troops, but only one thousand?"

Tang Yin didn't force it, he raised his hand and said: "As long as the troops can be dispatched in time. I will dispatch troops tomorrow morning."

"On business, are you too anxious?" Pu Yuanzong felt that Tang Yin was a little out of tune.

When it comes to sending troops, I don't want to wait for a moment.

Tang Yin said: "This is an order from His Majesty Daming, there is no delay, will you lead the army tomorrow?"

"It's not my subordinate." Pu Yuanzong said, "It's Li Kejun, Marshal of Soldiers and Horses."

Tang Yin frowned and said, "Why didn't your soldier Cao judge Shu Chengjun?"

Pu Yuanzong didn't know how to answer.

Tang Yin's problem is based on the tips Tang Yin gave him, because before Li wanted to send troops to build the state guard, he decided to let Cheng Jun be the coach and Li Kejun as the deputy commander, but now that he has Tang Yin coming, it seems that Li They all changed their minds... only let the originally appointed deputy coach be the coach.

"Are you the deputy commander?" Tang Yin knew that it was not for Pu Yuanzong to criticize their monarch casually, so he asked again.

Pu Yuanzong said: "No, the candidate for the deputy commander has not yet been decided. I'm just the envoy of Ping'an Taoist soldiers and horses, who is responsible for obeying orders in front of the superior."

Only then did Tang Yin know that Daming had sent him to supervise North Korea's march, and North Korea had sent someone to supervise him.

It is tantamount to saying... Mutual supervision.

"Then we must dispatch troops tomorrow, without delay!" Tang Yin was also anxious.

Always talking about "urgently", it seems that even Park Yuanzong can see that Tang Yin is just a soft persimmon, the kind who can't achieve great things at all.

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According to Tang Yin's request, North Korea assembled a thousand soldiers on the second day of the Lunar New Year... It was agreed that it was all cavalry, but when Tang Yin saw this group of troops near dusk, he found that the number of cavalry was not even one-third less than.

Li Kejun appeared in front of Tang Yin.

Tang Yin asked: "Why not cavalry?"

Li Kejun said: "Forgive me, the envoy Tang. After the disaster in North Korea, the horses died seriously and the supply of fodder was insufficient... If you want to ensure that the soldiers and horses can be used, you can only dispatch so many cavalry... But the envoy can rest assured that we still have special Fifty carriages were prepared to transport firecrackers, crossbows, etc. In fact, there are a large number of magical firearms stored in Ping'an Road, and there is basically enough food and grass."

Hearing this, Tang Yin felt that he had boarded a thief's boat.

Xu Jing, who was on the side, also came over and whispered in his ear: "Are the North Koreans fooling us? If that's the case, why do we have to come all the way to Hanyang City? Why don't we just issue orders in Ping'an Road?"

Tang Yin was also a little speechless.

"On a mission, are you going to send troops? If you don't leave, the city gate will be closed."

But at this time, Pu Yuanzong came to urge him.

Tang Yin asked: "If you send troops from here, how many days will it take to reach Ping'an Road?"

When Li Kejun heard this, he couldn't help frowning. He felt that Tang Yin didn't have much actual combat experience.

When you come here by yourself, how many days will you not be able to count by yourself?

Besides, the Dao of Ping An is not small, where exactly are you talking about the Dao of Ping An?How can one answer such an unclear question?

Park Yuanzong came over and said: "If you want to go to the junction with Jianzhou Guard, it will take about six or seven days if you travel fast. There are many mountain roads in North Korea, unlike the Central Plains of Ming Dynasty, where the terrain is flat."

He also wanted to compliment Daming on his "job job", but was glared at by Li Kejun.

Apparently, in the eyes of Li Kejun, who is a main fighter and a close friend of the emperor, Park Yuanzong is not even a fart.

Tang Yin said: "That's the way, hurry up and send troops to the border of Ping'an Road within five days."

Li Kejun said: "It's okay for those who ride horses, but not for those who walk... Maybe Da Ming will give us some horses, I don't know if..."

Tang Yin couldn't help being anxious when he heard this.

The envoys from Daming who followed Tang Yin all rode on horseback, and more than half of them were one person and two horses. This was for the convenience of transporting artillery, rations, tents, firearms, weapons, etc. Now the Koreans even used their horses. idea! ?

"march!"

Tang Yin didn't even bother to pay attention to Li Kejun's proposal. For him, now he had to go to the edge of Ping'an Road all night and night to complete the task entrusted by Zhang Zhou.

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Just when Tang Yin led his [-] Ming soldiers and horses to cooperate with the Korean [-] soldiers and horses, they were marching towards Ping'an Road.

At this time, Zhang Zhou had already brought people to Yongping Mansion, and completed the preparations for the mining of Yongping Mansion in two days.

Lin Ting, who came with Tang Yin, was a little speechless to Zhang Zhou. He said, "Bingkuan, you are a little crazy. You have only been here for two days, and you found out where the mine is? There are desolate and uninhabited mountains all around you. How did you find it?"

Zhu Feng said with a look of lovelessness on his side: "Is there any need to ask? Immortals are not called for nothing."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It's still Zhijie, you know me."

Zhu Feng asked: "Now it's the 13th year of Hongzhi, didn't you agree to send troops to Liaodong? If you go this way, you may not arrive in a month or two."

"Don't worry, don't worry." Zhang Zhou looked relaxed and indifferent.

Lin Ting was also puzzled and asked: "Didn't you mean to attack the west? After North Korea sent troops, Daming should cooperate in time."

"I'm only talking about cooperation, who said we need to cooperate in time?" Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "North Korea launched this war in order to eliminate the threat from their border areas. The plundering is also going to North Korea or the north, and now it is clearing up the border troubles for them, if they don’t do it, who will do it?”

"But Bohu..."

Lin Ting suddenly thought of poor Tang Yin, the two of them went to the Xuan Mansion together, they were comrades in the same trench, they were Scholars in the same year, and they both lived under Zhang Zhou's subordinates.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Don't worry, he shouldn't be able to die. Find a city fortification, just to give those barbarians of the Jianzhou Guard a little sweetness. Otherwise, why would they put all their troops on the Eastern Front?"

"should?"

Lin Ting realized instantly.

Not only did Zhang Zhou want to trick Tang Yin into traveling long distances to North Korea, but he also wanted to bet on Tang Yin's life.

Bet he doesn't die.

(End of this chapter)