Chapter 886: March into Goryeo (4000 words)
Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.
Gu Yunting was preparing to go to war, and Shuyao personally put armor on him.
"Take good care of our son."
"good."
"I must let my son learn to call me dad as soon as possible."
"good."
"This time, I have to take the position of a prince."
My mother was too stingy in giving titles, and none of her three children was made a king.
How can the son of the second prince be as good as the son of the prince?
For the sake of my child's reputation when he grows up, I must take advantage of this opportunity.
Where he didn't notice, Shuyao rolled her eyes.
What kind of person is this? He is not willing to fight for the throne of emperor, but is willing to fight for the throne of prince, and he is so energetic.
Gu Yunting kissed Shuyao heavily in front of everyone and said, "I'm leaving."
Shuyao held the child and watched Gu Yunting leave.
Outside the palace, Gu Nanxi personally saw off 10,000 navy soldiers.
The female officials held trays with sachets on them.
The sachet contained a small packet of Yunzhou Baiyao, a talisman from Daxiangguo Temple, and a Qi-boosting pill.
The sachet itself is made of brocade, and a small sachet is worth one tael of silver.
Below the sachet, there was a cloth name tag the size of a thumb hanging with the name of each soldier written on it.
Ten thousand soldiers densely marched past the gate of the imperial palace, each holding their own sachet, which they hung around their waists with care.
When the army was ready to set off, Gu Nanxi stood on the wall and said loudly: "The journey is long and difficult, I wish you all a triumphant return!"
"I wish you all a triumphant return!" the female officials sang in unison.
The family members of the soldiers who came to see him off wiped their tears and said loudly: "Don't worry, I will definitely stay at home to take care of my parents and help the young."
"Go ahead with peace of mind, my son. In our Dayun Dynasty, no one will deliberately bully military families!"
"Brother, have a safe trip. Bring back a Korean maid to serve tea and water to my sister-in-law."
The people of Kyoto congratulated the soldiers one after another, and the soldiers won every battle and were honored with glory.
This trip to Goryeo is to enhance the prestige of our Great Yun nation and to intimidate the barbarians on the border so that they dare not act recklessly.
The soldiers embarked on this journey with a strong sense of faith.
On the boat, Song Shoujie was in high spirits and full of ambition.
As expected, I followed the right boss and had enough food to eat.
Look at the weapons configuration this time. In addition to a ship full of firearms and a ship full of incendiary bombs, it is also equipped with 1,000 crossbows.
These weapons alone can achieve long-range strikes and firepower coverage, leaving the common people of Goryeo helpless.
With so many weapons, a tie means a loss!
Song Shoujie and the navy were ready to fight, secretly vowing to give Goryeo a good beating.
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After Shuyao sent Gu Yunting away, she sat in the yard in a daze. When she came to her senses, she found that she was in tears.
Then, tears and worries flooded her mind like a tide, breaking through her psychological defenses. She rushed into the house, covered her mouth, buried her head in the quilt, and cried non-stop.
Gu Yunting, this annoying guy, always hangs around in front of me. I feel annoyed when I see him.
But when he left, the whole palace seemed so empty, as if he had taken away the hustle and bustle of the palace.
This was the first time they were separated since they got married, and they couldn't bear the pain of missing each other.
"Princess, the little prince is looking for you."
Shuyao took the child, forced a smile, and gently poked her son's little face with her finger: "Son, repeat after me, Daddy, Daddy... Have you learned it?"
The little prince is so young, just reached the age of growing teeth, drooling all over, and can only make sounds like "ah ah oh oh".
Seeing Shuyao's face covered with tears, he put his fragrant face in front of A Niang.
Kiss me, and don’t cry anymore after you’ve kissed me enough.
Shuyao hugged her son, tears streaming down her face.
In the Qinzheng Hall not far from them, Gu Nanxi held the pen for a long while without putting it down. Ink dripped onto the memorial, leaving a small ink spot.
Only then did Gu Nanxi come to his senses and hurried to make amends.
Lumei stepped forward to help, and whispered: "Your Majesty, would you like to take a day off and deal with government affairs tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrows are there?" Gu Nanxi cheered up, suppressed the worries in his heart, forced himself to concentrate, and annotated the memorials.
Gu Nanxi finished the work only when the moon was rising high in the sky. His efficiency that day was far lower than usual.
Her heart seemed to fly away with Gu Yunting and Gu Yunyan.
Lumei brought a basin of warm water and helped Gu Nanxi wash her hands.
Gu Nanxi smiled bitterly and said, "Lumei, am I getting old? I actually want my children to stay with me more."
It's really strange. When I was in Yunzhou, I talked all over the world with the children, but I didn't seem to be so sentimental.
The family had been reunited for several months, enjoying the happiness of family life, but they were actually unable to adapt to the separation.
Lu Mei comforted him in a gentle voice: "How can you say you are old? It's obvious that the conditions were not good enough before. Every separation was for a better reunion. Now that the world is peaceful and people are at peace, reunion is the mainstream."
Are people at peace?
"That's right, I'm still too impatient. Take your time and don't rush. There are still things I can't finish, but there are still children, grandchildren, and generations to come. One day, it will be completed!"
Gu Nanxi stood at the door. The Qinzheng Hall was the highest palace in the entire imperial palace.
She looked up and took in the entire view.
Gu Xuanming stayed by her side silently, sending his most sincere wishes to his second brother who was going to the war.
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"In August, there will be terrible hurricanes on the sea. According to people from Liaodong, winter comes early there, and the temperature drops before October. When it is the coldest, it can freeze a person's ears off."
Song Shoujie peeled an orange himself and handed the other one to Gu Yunting.
"The Ministry of War prepared canned fruit for us, saying we should eat one can every seven days. Hey, I think they are worrying too much. We have elite soldiers and strong generals. We can capture the city of Goryeo as soon as we land. On land, we can eat everything."
Gu Yunting poured cold water on him: "Have you forgotten that Gaoli is very poor?"
Song Shoujie's expression froze. He couldn't be that poor, could he? !
When it comes to war, what I like most is to fight to support the war.
If Goryeo was really that poor, wouldn't that be a huge test for Dayun's logistical supply capabilities?
Because this was just a preliminary test, the Privy Council planned to complete this matter within three months.
In this way, you can avoid the cold winter in the Yalu River area.
Guo Kai and his team are still at the Yalu River, confronting Goryeo. If it drags on until winter, it will be too much of a test for Guo Kai and his team.
Judging from the experience of previous dynasties, Emperor Taizong of Tang failed in his three expeditions to Goguryeo because of the lack of timing.
They arrived in Goguryeo in May every time, planning to conquer Goguryeo within three months, but they ended up being defeated.
Goryeo was smaller in area than Goguryeo, but for the sake of caution, the Privy Council did not want to drag the war into the winter.
The sea breeze was howling and the warships were sailing against the waves.
Gu Yuting stood on the deck. He enjoyed watching the warship cut through the waves and sail on the crest of the waves, pulled by the surging sails.
The battleship was shaking violently, but his feet did not move at all.
Suddenly, the sailor standing on the mast waved the flag and discovered an unknown fleet ahead.
Gu Yunting frowned. This was originally the sea area of Da Zhou. After Kyoto was occupied, this became the sea area of Dayun.
Who dares to sail in the Dayun Sea?
Especially this fleet, with a total of ten ships, these are definitely not ordinary fishing boats.
The fishermen's boats are small and they won't risk their lives to go deep here.
“Go and take a look!”
When the other side saw dozens of Dayun warships rushing towards them, they were immediately frightened and fled in all directions.
This made Gu Yunting even more curious. Who were they? Were they pirates?
Perhaps in order to speed up the ship, the other party kept throwing cargo into the sea.
Gu Yunting narrowed his eyes, and then his expression changed drastically.
No, it’s not throwing objects, it’s throwing people!
"Go check it out."
The warship raised a secondary sail again and the speed of the ship increased sharply.
The cannons on the warships were aimed at each other.
Gu Yunting thought about it and decided not to use cannons first, but to use ship crossbows instead.
The Dayun warship was chasing the unidentified fleet in front at high speed.
When passing by the sea area where people were thrown just now, they saw those people being hit hard by huge waves more than three feet high like dumplings.
Gu Yunting shook his head. There was a high probability that these people would not survive.
Even if someone survived by chance, he would not send anyone to rescue them.
When the wind is strong and the waves are high, if a small boat is sent to rescue people, the small boat may be torn to pieces by the waves. If you are even more unlucky, the small boat may collide with a large ship or be swept away by the waves created by the large ship.
This behavior is too dangerous.
The Dayun Navy made its first appearance, and the soldiers were a little too excited. They accidentally sank three ships.
The remaining seven ships were taken under control.
The sailors pounced on the ship like tigers and wolves and subdued everyone on board in no time.
"General Gu, General Song, we found a large number of women on the ship."
Gu Yunting did not allow these women and the people originally on the ship to board the warship, but instead sent out the navy to take over the ship.
Song Shoujie: "It is a civilian ship from Goryeo."
The sailors on the ship were chattering in Korean.
There were still some women on each boat who had not been thrown off in time. Those women were huddled together with their upper bodies naked.
This scene made the Yunzhou sailors feel embarrassed.
Song Shoujie looked at Gu Yunting: "General Gu, what should we do now?"
It's a brave suggestion at one moment, and it feels good at one moment, but it ends up in the crematorium after the fight.
They are going to Goryeo to fight. They can't take these seven ships and the captives with them, right?
Gu Yunting scratched his head awkwardly. He was used to being a bully in the southern waters and wanted to fight pirates whenever he saw them.
Isn't this just a matter of convenience? He just hit me.
"Ahem, let's first ask about these people's situation."
Judging from the behavior of these ships and the women on board, there is a high probability that they are slave traders dealing in slaves.
Sure enough, the result was the same.
These teams belonged to the Liu family of Yongzhou in Goryeo, and most of the people on the boats were Goryeo women.
The class system in Goryeo was even stricter than that in the Central Plains.
Both Dayun and Dazhou had abolished slavery long ago.
Wealthy nobles and wealthy families who wanted to hire servants had to sign a contract and pay wages.
But in Goryeo, the slavery system was still retained, and the daughters of slaves were still slaves.
Even if a slave gave birth to the master's child, the child was still a slave.
Slaves were not considered human beings, but only the property of the owner. Since Korean women were easy to sell in the Zhou Dynasty, many Korean nobles would find ways to turn commoners into slaves.
For example, lending at high interest rates, raising taxes, or even kidnapping.
Gu Yuting frowned: "Are there any people from Dayun?"
"No, but we found several women from the Great Zhou Dynasty."
This is really strange. Goryeo and Da Zhou have such a good relationship, how dare they molest Da Zhou women?
Song Shoujie volunteered to go and see what was going on.
These women were half-naked and looked very miserable.
As soon as they saw Song Shoujie, they cried, "General, please be kind and send us back to Da Zhou. We were originally fishermen near Quanzhou. When we went out to sea to fish, we encountered Japanese pirates and sold our goods to Goryeo."
"Japanese pirates?! Quanzhou?! Are you from the Great Zhou Navy just here to eat and do nothing?"
Well……
The women looked at each other, and finally a woman who was more courageous asked cautiously, "Excuse me, who is the general?"
Song Shoujie raised his head high and said proudly: "We are the Dayun Navy."
ah?!
Does Yunzhou have a navy?
Their reactions deeply hurt Song Shoujie: "Of course Dayun has a navy! Have you been abducted for a long time? Do you know that Jingdu has been occupied by our Dayun? Your Majesty has established the Dayun Dynasty with Jingdu as the capital?"
!!!
The women stared in horror. What?! Kyoto was occupied?!
Will anyone come to rescue them?
Why is my life so miserable? I finally escaped from the Koreans, but ended up in the hands of the Dayun Dynasty.
"What?! We in Dayun Dynasty have a law that prohibits human trafficking. Why do you look like your father has died?"
The brave woman swallowed her saliva and asked softly, "Excuse me, General, will you let us go home?"
Song Shoujie said decisively: "No!"
The women looked desperate.
You can easily guess what will happen to women who fall into the camp.
Don’t say that Dayun’s military discipline is strict, they are all men.
Besides, a general is not subject to the orders of the emperor when he is away from home. Would the Emperor of Yun Dynasty punish them just because they slept with a few women of Da Zhou?
Song Shoujie didn't know that they had the wrong idea. Seeing that they were really pitiful, he patiently explained.
"We have military orders. If we let you go, what if your whereabouts are exposed?!"
So that's how it is.
The brave woman asked again: "May I ask how the general will deal with us?"
“I haven’t thought about it yet.”
The women's hearts were hanging high. They looked at each other and volunteered.
"General, we can help the soldiers with washing and cooking. We grew up by the sea and will not hold you back."
"Yes, General, you can give us a ship and we will follow you. If you tell us to go east, we will never go west. When the soldiers return victorious, you can take us to Dayun or Dazhou. I only hope that you can save my life."
Just be alive, as long as you are alive, it doesn't matter whether you are in Dayun or in Dazhou.
"I can't make the decision on this matter. I'll go ask the general."
After Song Shoujie left the cabin, he had the women interrogated again to make sure that they were telling the truth and there was no deception. Only then did he report to Gu Yunting.
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