Zhu Yunwen's life was ultimately destined; he had blocked all his escape routes, and was destined to grow old alone in that terrible room with his fate.
Now let's talk about Zhu Yunwen.
He decided to handle the matter of subjugating Goryeo himself this time. After all, the king of Goryeo had already been killed.
However, conquering Goryeo would still require some effort.
The Goryeo court was clearly not willing to be easily subdued by the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen decided to lead an army of 200,000 and 10,000 musketeers directly into Goryeo to suppress the people and ministers of Goryeo by force.
Only in this way can we exert the greatest potential for deterrence and achieve our goals very smoothly.
So, a few days later, Zhu Yunwen arrived in the north and took over the 200,000-strong army under Fu Youde and the 10,000 musketeers he had previously acquired.
And with these soldiers, they marched directly towards Goryeo.
Meanwhile, in Goryeo, the second son of King Yi Seong-gye had already ascended the throne.
He was both happy and worried. He never expected that this good thing would happen to him so quickly, and that he would so soon succeed in becoming the King of Goryeo.
The worrying thing is that the Ming Dynasty has now declared that it will incorporate Goryeo into its territory.
This can be considered the biggest crisis ever faced by the Goryeo Kingdom.
Yi Seong-gye's second son was named Yi Bang-gwa, and he was now the second monarch of the Goryeo Kingdom, or rather, the new dynasty established by them, the Yi family.
He was thinking that it would be best to preserve the Goryeo Kingdom and his own throne.
Therefore, he began to prepare for a large-scale mobilization, sending soldiers from all over the country to the border to prepare to resist the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
However, his call to action had little effect.
The reason is simple: many Goryeo soldiers felt that Goryeo's power was waning and that it was no match for the Ming Dynasty.
So it's better not to resist.
Anyway, resistance seems pointless. Although this idea is wrong, it has to be said that the reality is indeed this cruel.
So despite Li Fangguo's efforts to mobilize, very few soldiers were actually able to be mobilized; they could barely muster tens of thousands.
However, Li Chenggui's son, Li Fangguo, remained very optimistic, because he had no choice but to be optimistic given the current situation.
Furthermore, he was very confident that if the Ming Dynasty came to Goryeo and fought against the Goryeo soldiers, although the Goryeo soldiers might not be a match for them, one was on the offensive and the other was on the defensive, and defense is often much simpler than offense.
Therefore, Li Fangguo believed that Goryeo still had a chance to hold on, as long as Goryeo could persist for a period of time and make the Ming Dynasty realize that conquering Goryeo was not such an easy task.
Perhaps the Ming Dynasty will give up!
At this time, Li Fangguo apologized to the Ming Dynasty, hoping to gain their forgiveness.
After all, all those foolish things he did before were done by his father, and he could win the favor of the Ming Dynasty by confessing his father's sins.
Perhaps they could save the Kingdom of Goryeo.
He had made up his mind; now it was time to execute it. The first step was to put up a fight, because only by possessing a certain level of strength could he have the right to negotiate with the other side.
Therefore, the 70,000 soldiers he urgently assembled with the strength of the entire nation were stationed at the border to prepare for an attack on the Ming Dynasty and to defend it to the death.
However, he underestimated the strength of the Ming Dynasty even more than his father.
Just when he thought that the soldiers of Goryeo would be able to hold out for a long time in any defensive situation,
But less than half a day later, he received news that was very difficult for him to accept.
The Ming Dynasty had already breached the border city, and countless of the 70,000 Goryeo soldiers had been killed or wounded, with most of them taken prisoner.
Li Fangguo was shocked and incredulous when he heard the news. In his view, 70,000 soldiers should have been able to hold off 110,000 troops without any difficulty in defense.
Generally speaking, when attacking a city, the number of attacking soldiers usually needs to be much greater than the number of defending soldiers to achieve an overwhelming effect.
However, the Ming Dynasty's soldiers, though not many more numerous, were able to breach the border defenses of Goryeo in such a short time, which Li Fangguo found hard to accept.
But he quickly calmed down, then sneered and said:
"How difficult it is to conquer a country! My Goryeo Kingdom is not Annam. The people there live in poverty and have been oppressed by Annam for many years."
Therefore, it's perfectly normal that the people of Annam had no objections when it was taken over by the Ming Dynasty. But my Goryeo Kingdom is located in the east, and it can be considered a large country no matter what.
The people there still felt a strong sense of belonging and would certainly not allow Goryeo to be destroyed. Therefore, they would never tolerate Goryeo being directly governed by the Ming Dynasty.
They would never want to become subjects of the Ming Dynasty, so these people will definitely rise up in resistance and unite to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.
As long as these people have their country in their hearts, we haven't lost. We still have the right to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty!
Li Fangguo spoke with great confidence, but the officials below the stage had no idea where his confidence came from.
Let's set aside whether the people of Goryeo have any sense of belonging or whether they are so resistant to the Ming Dynasty.
But these officials knew that under these circumstances, they actually no longer harbored much resentment towards the Ming Dynasty.
Because they have no other choice, most officials have already thought of their way out in the current situation.
That is, if the Ming army invaded, they would surrender immediately and submit to the Ming.
So what sense of belonging do they have? What sense of national pride or patriotism do they have?
Furthermore, for so many years, they have submitted to the dynasties in the Chinese region, and have always regarded the Ming Dynasty as their master.
Now that our master wants to take direct control of this place, it doesn't seem so strange, does it?
At least that's what many officials present thought.
After all, the kings of Goryeo throughout history needed imperial decrees from the emperors of China to be recognized as legitimate rulers and thus be considered to have gained legitimacy.
This shows that the officials of Goryeo actually considered themselves subjects of the Ming Dynasty.
The common people actually shared this sentiment, so when Li Fangguo uttered those ridiculous remarks, an official immediately rushed forward to report:
"Your Majesty, the Ming army has successfully entered Goryeo. Wherever the Ming prince passes, the people of Goryeo line the streets to welcome him. In some places, the people even cooperated to open the city gates to welcome the Ming army."
Upon hearing this, Li Fangguo's expression immediately changed.
This is fucking unexpected.
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