"I understand. Although I am not good at writing, I am willing to give it a try." Hu Yin frowned solemnly at first, as if he felt something was wrong, but after hearing what he said, he smiled and became serious again. "But your Majesty, let's not talk about this matter. Your Majesty vowed before that 'it's time to get the news and take action', and before that he asked the King of Qin to suppress Yanjing. Was he counting on Goryeo and Eastern Mongolia to join forces to dig out the retreat of the Jurchens? Eastern Mongolia should be waiting for the Goryeo people according to your intention, but when will the Goryeo people move? Do they really dare to move?"
"Uh..." Zhao Jiu was a little dazed, but he finally gritted his teeth. "I think that according to the national conditions of Goryeo, they will definitely send troops, it's just a matter of a few days. Hu Qing, you should know that even if we are not counted, the Pyongyang Yangban in Goryeo has always advocated going to war with the Jin Kingdom, and although the leader of the Kaesong Yangban, Jin Bushi, does not advocate war, he is a man who understands the situation and has brains, so after the Battle of Huolu, there is absolutely no reason for them to be afraid or unwilling to send troops... I'm afraid that the Pyongyang Yangban and the Kaesong Yangban are going to fight each other, so it's delayed for a while... Let's wait a moment."
Hu Yin did not argue... because he knew very well that his family was indeed not as professional as Zhao Guanjia's.
Let’s stop talking about gossip and just talk about Goryeo.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with Zhao Jiu's judgment.
Whether in another time and space or at the present time, Goryeo's diplomatic stance towards the Jin Dynasty has always been divided. Not to mention the mainstream great powerism, the fierce attitude towards going to war with the Jurchens has always existed, and the forces holding this attitude are very powerful in Goryeo.
The reason is simple.
First of all, the two sides were neighbors and had frequent interactions and knew each other well. Even earlier, when the Jurchens had not yet risen, the Koreans helped the Japanese defeat and deal with the Jurchen pirates who had fled from the north to Kyushu Island, and took this opportunity to greatly enhance the diplomatic relations between Japan and Goryeo.
Therefore, whether from a cultural or military perspective, the Koreans had a sense of psychological superiority over the Jurchens.
This led to them developing a sense of shame similar to the Jingkang Shame of the Song Dynasty after they were defeated during the rise of the Jurchens and then surrendered to them.
The literati, military officers, and even the common people all had the desire and emotion to go to war.
Secondly, after the rise of the Jurchens, in order to maintain stability in the rear, they fought a local war with Goryeo very early on, seizing part of the territory east of the Yalu River and northwest of Goryeo to establish their advantage.
The so-called partial territory, of course, seemed ridiculous to the Jurchens who later swallowed up the vast territory, but for Goryeo, especially the gentry and landlord class in Pyongyang, Xijing in the northwest, it was undoubtedly a blood feud like cutting off flesh... Just think about it, for the Pyongyang yangban who occupied all the wealth in the northern half of the country, losing one-third of the territory would be equivalent to cutting off one-third of their own property. How could they not hate it?
In fact, in another time and space, because of these things, coupled with the tradition of internal fighting, the pro-war Pyongyang Yangban simply used the excuse of "attacking Jin" to directly cause a split and rebellion with the Kaesong Yangban.
Back to the present, this emotion was due to the shock of the powerful military force displayed by the Jin Kingdom. Secondly, the so-called lack of wealth and interests was compensated by the Song-Jin re-export trade during the Jianyan period, so Goryeo has maintained neutrality until now.
But now I have to say it again, no matter what happened, when the result of the Battle of Huolu was passed on to Goryeo, coupled with the harsh diplomatic attitude of Emperor Zhao before the war, Goryeo, which already had a strong pro-war faction and whose ruler was the inventor of "big powerism", had no reason to remain neutral.
So why did the Koreans react so slowly?
Apart from anything else, the first thing was that he was stopped on his way back home at sea.
Time goes back to the beginning of this month. The battle of Huolu was decided on February 3rd. On February 5th, the Imperial Cavalry and Tian Shizhong's troops jointly pursued the enemy to the vicinity of Hejian. Before the tenth day, Yue Fei's troops advanced to Baosai (Baoding). By that time, they had received a large stack of "edicts" from Emperor Zhao, and there was no longer any doubt about the so-called "merchant group" arranged by Goryeo in Cangzhou.
However, the Song Dynasty's Imperial Navy and the Jin Dynasty's Navy had been fighting at sea, and no one dared to sail out in the Bohai Bay without permission!
This situation continued until five days ago, when Jin heard that Zhao Guanjia's army was advancing eastward and the Song army was likely to come from land, so Li Qi, deputy commander of the Jin navy, hastily abandoned the Cangzhou navy and headed north. The Song Imperial Camp Navy also advanced the battlefield northward to the Qingzhou area (today's southern Tianjin), and the sea route was finally restored.
Therefore, coupled with the wrong wind direction on the road, the Koreans did not arrive in Kaifeng until the morning of that day when Han Shizhong, the editor of the novel by Emperor Zhao, arrived.
However, as soon as they returned to Kaesong, they were immediately summoned by Kim Bu-sik, the regent of Goryeo who had personally arranged this matter.
"You've worked hard, go down and take a rest!"
Unexpectedly, faced with such earth-shattering news, Jin Bushi, who had read the imperial edicts, did not have any intention of asking for verification. He just nodded slightly and let these people rest early. His expression was calm and his demeanor remained unchanged, as if he had expected a similar result.
After the members of the 'merchant group' left, Kim Bu-sik showed no sign of losing his composure... The Goryeo Prime Minister just sat there with his eyes closed for a moment, then suddenly stood up, called his servants, and immediately set off for the palace.
Kaesong was the capital city carefully built after the founding of Goryeo. It had a circumference of nearly 30,000 steps and 22 gates, and was roughly the same size as Heian-kyo in Japan. Just from the regulations of the capital, we can tell that Goryeo and Japan were indeed traditional powerful countries in East Asia. Their culture, economy, and military were typical civilization heights outside of China.
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