Although the position of national teacher is extremely honorable, Yao Guangxiao does not really care about national teachers outside the Ming Dynasty.

But he must thoroughly implement the will of His Royal Highness Changsun.

He came to Goryeo for two main purposes.

The first thing is to control the powerful forces in Goryeo.

In fact, as far as the latent forces in Goryeo are concerned, many of them were originally Goryeo people, and they joined because they were persuaded by the British merchants.

But in the face of their country, these people's loyalty to the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce is not worth testing.

Second, there is the issue of Japanese pirates.

There are two routes to attack Japan. The first is the Ryukyu Kingdom, which is closer to Japan and easier to station troops.

And then there is the Goryeo side.

After Yao Guangxiao had a brief contact with the underground forces of the heroes in Goryeo, his first step was to target the Japanese pirates.

Yao Guangxiao knew very well that there was only one way to control these native Koreans and even create a confrontation with Lee Seong-gye.

That is to drag Goryeo into the quagmire of war and make the situation in Goryeo chaotic. Only then will there be hope.

Yao Guangxiao was very clear about His Royal Highness Changsun's intentions. The ultimate result was to turn Goryeo into a province of the Ming Dynasty.

However, they cannot resort to excessive military force to conquer. Goryeo's current attitude makes it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to justify its actions.

Moreover, Zhu Ying once told Yao Guangxiao in detail that because of Goryeo's support for the Ming Dynasty, his grandfather had no intention of attacking Goryeo.

Unless Goryeo voluntarily offers its country as a gift.

The Ming Dynasty could only accept it reluctantly.

After arriving in Kaesong, the capital of Goryeo, Yao Guangxiao stayed there for only three days before asking Lee Seong-gye for permission to clear out the rebellion of Japanese pirates along the coast.

Of course Lee Seong-gye didn't want to agree.

What is this? It’s ok for you to come here to be the national teacher, but you also want to command my soldiers?

You are a monk, how come you become a general and seize power?

However, just when Lee Seong-gye was about to refuse, regardless of the Ming Dynasty's face.

The ministers in the court began to agree one by one.

One or two would be fine, but almost 70% of the court officials stood up to support Yao Guangxiao in suppressing the Japanese.

Lee Seong-gye almost scared me to death.

Who is the one who rules Goryeo, or is everyone frightened by the Ming Dynasty?

Lee Seong-gye had no choice but to agree.

then.

Busan City, Goryeo coast.

One hundred thousand troops are stockpiled.

Yao Guangxiao sat at the first seat in the city hall, looking at more than a dozen generals below.

A total of 150,000 troops.

This was almost half of Goryeo's military force, and they were brought out by Yao Guangxiao in one breath.

In fact, there were only 50,000 originally.

How it became 150,000 was naturally due to the secret manipulation of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

The 150,000-strong army made Lee Seong-gye fully realize that Goryeo was not yet under his control.

"Reporting to the Imperial Master, all the people in the coastal areas have begun to be forcibly relocated. Among them, there are 1,200 Japanese pirates hiding. All of them have been captured. Please give instructions, Imperial Master."

A sturdy general reported to Yao Guangxiao.

But in this territory of Goryeo, Chinese is spoken.

Except for some generals who didn't understand, the rest of the people showed no abnormality in their expressions.

It seems that this is how it should be.

After hearing this, Yao Guangxiao nodded slightly and said, "God is merciful to life, and execution is too cruel."

"Now, across the Busan Strait, Tsushima Island has been occupied by Japanese pirates, and Japan has no ability to control them."

"Therefore, I think that in order to completely eliminate the root cause of the Japanese pirates, we should go to Tsushima Island to wipe them out. These pirates can just help with shipbuilding."

"What do you think?"

Yao Guangxiao acted quickly and directly mobilized troops without even taking care of logistics.

This means that the 150,000-strong army now only has food for half a month if Goryeo does not transport the food over within half a month.

An army of 150,000 would starve.

As the saying goes, food and fodder must be sent ahead before the army moves.

Yao Guangxiao's behavior actually violated a big taboo during a march.

But he didn't care at all.

Since you, Lee Seong-gye, did not send any grain, you really took advantage of Yao Guangxiao's intention.

By then... hehe.

Yao Guangxiao, who only cared about the will of heaven and not human nature, was really ruthless in this regard.

Moreover, this time, in order to fight against the Japanese pirates along the coast, Yao Guangxiao used a method similar to that of Zhu Di, namely, to fortify the cities and clear the fields.

They even drove away the Korean people in small villages and forced them to relocate.

After Yao Guangxiao finished speaking, many generals nodded: We will obey the orders of the national teacher.

Even the dozen or so Goryeo generals who could not understand Chinese translation nodded regardless.

"In that case, there is no need to say more. Find some guides, recruit all the people nearby, and build the ship with all our strength."

"Two months from now, I want to see 60,000 troops crossing the Busan Strait and landing on Tsushima Island."

Yao Guangxiao's voice became extremely serious at this moment.

Now it is July, which means in September, he will directly attack Tsushima Island.

This... is really too fierce.

No scruples at all.

What about people's livelihood, preparation, food preparation.

I don't care about anything, I just come over and start working.

The generals below looked at each other in bewilderment.

After being soldiers for so many years, this was the first time they had seen a commander like this.

More than a dozen Goryeo generals seemed to sense the subtle atmosphere and hurriedly asked the person next to them what the national teacher had just said.

After the explanation, more than a dozen Koreans arrived and there was an uproar and exclaimed.

One of them, who had a higher status, stood up, clasped his fists, and then started talking to Yao Guangxiao in a barrage of words.

"What did he say!" Yao Guangxiao asked the general next to him with an expressionless face.

"Master, what he meant is that we can't fight like this. It's not easy to capture Tsushima Island. If something goes wrong, who will be responsible?"

"Their soldiers will not be willing to follow us across the Busan Strait. Please think twice, Imperial Master."

After hearing this explanation, Yao Guangxiao looked at the Goryeo general coldly.

When the Goryeo generals saw that the national teacher was looking at them, they started chattering a lot.

The general next to Yao Guangxiao was about to translate when Yao Guangxiao gently waved his hand to interrupt him.

Then he said, "If you can't even understand what I'm saying, how can you have any insights?"

"Such words are really misleading. My friends, take back the seal of this general, dismiss him from his post and investigate him. I will observe according to your observations."

"This person seems to be very friendly with the Japanese pirates. It is very likely that he is in cahoots with the Japanese pirates on Cat Island. We should first take him to the prison and interrogate him."

As soon as Yao Guangxiao finished speaking, thousands of strong men came and lifted up the Goryeo general.

The Goryeo general, still looking puzzled, began to explain loudly.

"Quack!"

Yao Guangxiao scolded him, and the strongmen on both sides slapped him several times, and the men suddenly became quiet.

"Everyone, do you have any other opinions on this matter?"

"I am only a monk, and I still don't know much about war. Please don't be too modest. If there is anything wrong, just tell me directly."

Yao Guangxiao said with a kind look.

But in the minds of all the generals on the Goryeo side, this is not Buddha at all, it is clearly the devil.

While in Goryeo, Yao Guangxiao no longer disguised himself, and his true nature began to gradually reveal itself.

The lives of the Goryeo people have nothing to do with me.

With an army of 150,000, are you afraid that you can’t take over a small island like Tsushima?

As for how many people would die, Yao Guangxiao didn't know.

He only knew that no matter how many people died, they had to take over the pair of Falkland Islands.

Only in this way can we fulfill the instructions of His Royal Highness Chang Sun.

As for the garrison on Tsushima Island, it is obvious that Japan will not sit idly by, and a tug-of-war between Goryeo and Japan could easily arise.

"Since the generals have no other opinions, let's do this over there."

Yao Guangxiao made the final decision.

…

At this time, the Ming Dynasty border.

An extremely luxurious carriage drove into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The decoration of this carriage is completely different from the style of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not even a Mongolian style.

The style seems far away.

The cavalrymen guarding the carriage looked obviously different. They were Turks, a mixed race of yellow and white. If you look into it in detail, they were quite similar to Mongolians.

This is an envoy from the Timurid Empire.

Starting from the 20th year of Hongwu, Timur hoped to establish a military alliance with the Ming Dynasty to jointly resist the rule of the Mongols. He sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty many times to form an alliance and establish diplomatic relations.

At this moment, the Timurid Empire can already be called an empire.

From the 21st year of Hongwu to the 23rd year of Hongwu, it was only three years.

The Timurid Empire had conquered Khwarezm, Afghanistan, and subdued the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

During this period, he made several expeditions to the west and conquered the entire Persia.

Since the 25th year of Hongwu, the Golden Horde Khan Tokhtomishi was defeated in the battles of Kundurcha Valley and Tielek River, and the army is heading north to sweep away the Golden Horde.

This time, the envoys came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact they came to find out the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

The decoration of the carriage was exclusive to the royal family of the Timurid Empire.

Sitting in the carriage was Pir Mahma, the grandson of Emir Timur, the ruler of the Timurid Empire.

At this moment, Timur sent the prince of the empire here, and the meaning was very obvious.

The Golden Horde was no longer able to stop the Timurid Empire's army. It was clear that if the grassland was conquered by the Timurid Empire, there would be no buffer between the Timurid Empire and the Ming Dynasty.

This is indeed the case in history.

Twelve years later, the Timurid Empire mobilized an army of 1.3 million to march eastward to attack the Ming Dynasty.