Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 348 Liaodong and Goryeo

Liaoyang Province, Liaoyang City.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Nahachu, who was promoted to Left Chancellor of Liaoyang Province for his meritorious service in suppressing the Red Turban Rebellion, angrily rebuked his generals.

"Where did the Ming army come from?"

"Prime Minister," a terrified general reported, "it really is the Ming army, right outside the city!"

"Could it be a scout?" Naha asked doubtfully. "A mere scout has scared you like this?"

"Not a scout!"

The general was in a panic: "Tens of thousands of Ming soldiers, stretching as far as the eye can see!"

"Nonsense!" Nahachu, furious, strode towards the door. "None of the post stations and beacon towers along the official road are issuing any warnings. Did the Ming army fly here?"

"Disrupting morale, let's see how I punish you!"

They made their way to the top of the city wall.

Looking out over the seemingly endless Ming army in the open fields outside the city, Nahachu was completely lost in thought.

"impossible."

He rubbed his eyes hard and looked again. "Where did so many Ming soldiers come from?!"

Nahachu couldn't understand how so many Ming soldiers had arrived at the city walls so quietly.

This unscientific!

The Ming army outside the city numbered approximately 100,000.

Considering the distance between Dadu and Liaoyang, at least twice the number of laborers would be needed to transport supplies and provisions.

In other words, hundreds of thousands of Han Chinese traveled north to the city.

All the people at the numerous post stations, beacon towers, cities, and villages along the way were dead.

If there were even one person breathing, they wouldn't be blind.

While Nahachu was still in shock, the Ming army had already begun their attack on the city.

Lin Dao personally drove the excavator, which was fitted with steel plates, forward with a rumble.

They drove up to the moat, stopped, and dug up soil to fill the riverbed.

Xu Da, who was ordered to command the battle, ordered the musketeers to move forward and provide cover fire.

Amidst the clanging and banging of gunfire, smoke filled the air, obscuring visibility.

The defending Yuan army used all available weapons, including ballistae, to fight back.

But when it lands on a thick steel plate, it's just a loud thud.

The huge excavator can scoop up dozens of cubic meters of material with a single scoop.

It didn't take too long to fill in a large section of the passage.

Lin Dao even had the leisure to flatten the channels filled by the bottom of the shovel.

Reverse the car.

The musketeers responsible for providing cover fire also retreated.

The volunteer suicide squad members, wearing gas masks and fireproof suits, with shields on their backs, pushed heavy modified carts over.

The large vehicle is equipped with thick steel plates on its roof, allowing it to move forward resolutely despite any attacks.

After passing through the filled section of the moat, we approached the base of the city wall.

Thunderstone logs, bottles of molten gold, and even kerosene rained down, but were all blocked by the large steel plate.

Once the fuse was lit, the suicide squad members, who had previously been fearless in the face of death, immediately turned and ran.

Previously, they risked their lives for meritorious service.

Now, we're building our future on our own two legs.

If you return alive, you'll earn military merit.

The defenders on the city wall sensed the danger and even brought out a basket to lower people down, intending to push the cart away.

The Yuan soldiers crawled under the steel plate and found a huge iron box.

Strange hissing sounds could be heard coming from inside.

They tried their best to push the cart into the moat, but the cart was too heavy and they couldn't move it at all.

The Yuan soldiers called to the city wall, and some more men came down to help.

But the next moment~
Boom~~~
At the foot of the city wall of Liaoyang, a bright little sun shines.

The terrifying explosion was like a giant hammer smashing into the earth, and the shockwave knocked the fleeing suicide squad members to the ground.

Thick smoke billowed hundreds of meters into the air.

Various pieces of debris flew everywhere, scattered far and wide like rain.

This is not black powder; it's mining explosives that Lin Dao brought from the modern world for use in mining!
After an unknown amount of time, the smoke gradually dissipated, and the collapsed city wall came into view of the Ming army.

Xu Da bowed to Lin Dao and asked for instructions.

"Okay."

Lin Dao nodded and said, "After entering the city, follow the rules."

The Red Turban Army soldiers stormed into the city.

Just like the Yuan army's previous massacre of the Red Turban Army during the Northern Expedition, they massacred the Yuan army.

Of the three routes of the Red Turban Army's Northern Expedition, the one that suffered the most was the Red Turban Army that reached Liaodong.

The Red Turban Army along this route was almost completely wiped out by the combined forces of the Yuan army and the Goryeo troops.

Now, it's Lin Dao's turn to avenge them.

Historically, Nahachu annihilated the Red Turban Army in Liaodong, killing countless people.

After the Ming Dynasty was established, tens of thousands of Ming soldiers were killed or wounded.

In the end, however, he managed to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to surrender, and peacefully died of illness.

The wronged souls of the Red Turban Army may well seek revenge against Zhu De.

At least in Lindao, Nahachu has absolutely no hope of survival.

Tens of thousands of Red Turban Army soldiers stormed into the city.

They were well-equipped, in high spirits, experienced in battle, and worked together seamlessly.

They slaughtered all the Yuan soldiers inside the city.

Yuan soldiers who attempted to escape out of the city were dealt with by Ming soldiers who blocked them outside.

As dusk fell, the fighting within the city gradually subsided.

When Lin Dao rode into the city, the heads of Nahachu and other Mongol civil and military officials were already placed in front of him.

"Zhao Yong".

Lin Dao summoned his general and said, "I hereby appoint you as the garrison commander of Liaodong and order you to lead troops to pacify the four borders."

"Dispose of all the Mongols, Semu people, and Jurchens."

"As for the people of the other tribes, they can be captured and sent to labor camps as laborers."

Zhao Yong immediately bowed and said, "I accept the order!"

Sweeping away Liaodong was just a side effect. Lin Dao's real target this time was the Koreans.

When fighting broke out in the Central Plains, they would come and get involved, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of Red Turban soldiers.

Since Lin Dao is the Ming King of the Red Turban Army, he should avenge them!
After resting, the army set off one by one towards Goryeo.

Goryeo refers to the Goryeo Kingdom in the Southern Continent.

Because its founder was Wang Geon, it is also known as Wang's Goryeo.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the country was in great chaos.

With the help of its suzerain state, Silla unified the central and southern parts of Korea, but then fell into chaos.

At that time, warlords rose up in various places, and Wang Jian was one of them.

In order to enhance her own reputation, Wang deliberately flattered herself.

They claimed that their ancestor was Emperor Suzong of Tang, who traveled incognito to Goryeo and had a secret rendezvous with a woman named Chenyi, who gave birth to the Wang ancestor.

The Koreans themselves take these mythological stories in TV dramas seriously, claiming to be descendants of the Tang Dynasty empress.

In fact, the Wang family was just an ordinary local landlord and powerful family in Kaicheng.

Wang Geon defeated various warlords, seized the central and southern regions of Korea, and established the Goryeo Kingdom.

From the late Tang Dynasty onwards, Goryeo consistently adhered to the national policy of serving powerful nations.

They will serve as dogs to whoever is the strongest in the Central Plains.

For over four hundred years, it has spent almost all of its time serving as a lackey to different powerful figures.

They served as dogs for the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, Northern Song, Khitan, Jin, and finally the Mongol Yuan dynasties.

Their most loyal master was the Mongol Yuan dynasty.

Because the King of Goryeo married a princess from the Mongol Yuan dynasty, they considered it a great honor for him, and thus they themselves became nobles of the Mongol Yuan.

Just as hundreds of years later, they regarded their master, the United States, as their bodyguard.

"Goryeo?"

Lin Dao shook his neck. "For so many years, I've been stealing land from the Central Plains, all the way to Changbai Mountain."

"This old Zhu actually bestowed a national title upon you? He must be out of his mind."

"I'm not buying it!"

"Yi Seong-gye, you will never have the chance to be the king of Joseon."

Although Yi Seong-gye's surname was Yi, he was actually a Mongol.

His father was the Darughachi of Shuangcheng.

Darughachi has always been a Mongol.

After the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty, the father and son sought refuge in Goryeo.

Afterwards, Goryeo launched a military campaign against the Ming Dynasty, with Yi Seong-gye leading the expedition.

He knew that provoking the mighty Ming Dynasty was like throwing an egg against a rock.

So they launched a coup, seized the throne of the Wang dynasty's Goryeo, and established the Joseon dynasty, which lasted until modern times before finally falling into extinction.

Lin Daoben didn't care about such a small area.

After all, the entire Goryeo Kingdom combined is not as large as a single province in the Central Plains.

But this location is very important.

Their opponent was Japan!

There's not much more to say about Japan; just do it.

Goryeo was merely a springboard for Lin Dao's attack on Japan.

The Ming army, needing no logistical support, marched forward in a mighty procession.

Drones, engineering vehicles, and explosives were all used together.

They swept through all the Goryeo cities and troops along the way with overwhelming force.

The Ming army advanced at a speed unprecedented in this era, reaching the gates of Gaegyeong (Kaesong).

Just as preparations were being made to attack the city, the gates of Gaegyeong were opened.

A group of Goryeo civil and military officials, bound with the Goryeo king and royal family, came to the camp to surrender.

There is nothing we can do about this.

The Ming army was incredibly skilled in combat.

Along the way, there were many cities, whether they were large cities so fortified that they were called the strongest cities in the world (as the Koreans called themselves) or military cities with many garrison troops.

Before the Ming army, they all became like fallen leaves in autumn, swept away in an instant.

The battle reports coming back from Kaesong showed that no city could hold out for more than a day!

This ferocious fighting power greatly stimulated the civil and military officials of Goryeo.

When the King of Goryeo roared that he would live and die with Gaegyeong and fight the Ming army to the death, his civil and military officials were determined to survive.

After some coordination, they kidnapped the King of Goryeo and members of the royal family, and then left the city to surrender.

After all, the Central Plains is a land of etiquette; surely they wouldn't kill those who surrendered willingly.

That doesn't make sense.

"Your surrender."

Lin Dao greeted everyone and said, "I agree."

Upon hearing this, the people of Goryeo all showed expressions of joy.

He managed to save his life.

"Pooh!"

At this moment, the bound King Jeon of Goryeo raised his head and roared, "The Great Yuan will not let you go!"

Inside the tent, all was silent.

Everyone looked at him as if he were a madman.

What's wrong with you right now, in this environment? What's with your crazy behavior?

"Dayuan?"

Lin Dao looked enlightened and said, "Oh~"

“You are the son-in-law of the Yuan Dynasty, and you are indeed loyal.”

"It's a good dog."

His gaze swept over the group of Goryeo civil and military officials. "Where is Yi Seong-gye?"

Among the crowd, a young soldier was taken aback at first, then hurriedly stepped forward to give a deep salute.

"This humble servant, Yi Seong-gye, pays his respects to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty."

"You take the lead," Lin Dao gestured to the King of Goryeo. "All of you who have surrendered, come at me together and deal with this so-called King of Goryeo and his royal family."

“You all do it yourselves, each of you make one cut.”

"Anyone who hasn't made a move, cut them all down."

(End of this chapter)