So Guo Zhiyuan summoned all the team backbones and issued a mobilization order for the entire army, requiring the Xinxin Army to be ready to set off at any time. The team backbones looked at each other and were very puzzled by Guo Zhiyuan's order. Now they already know that the preparations that Guo Zhiyuan had made in secret over the years were not aimed at the court, but the newly rising Later Jin. But when did Guo Zhiyuan become so loyal to the court? It would be fine to take the initiative to pay, but he was rejected by the court and he was not giving up. Now he has issued a mobilization order for the entire army. What is going to be a big deal?

Guo Zhiyuan is relatively democratic to his subordinates, so Shen Junrong immediately stood up and questioned: "Sir, my subordinates really don't understand. Since the court has rejected the request for military service, why should I mobilize the entire army? Moreover, after reading the diary, the court dispatched nearly 200,000 troops this time, and the Jin army only had more than 60,000 troops. Even if the imperial army is incompetent, it is impossible to lose this battle? Besides, Dongbo is more than a thousand miles away from Liaodong. If Dongbo wants to send troops to Liaodong, it will cost a lot of military resources, so my subordinates are afraid that when we travel thousands of miles to Liaodong, the battle has been completed. Wouldn't it be a waste of military strength?..."

Zeng Qisheng, who was standing aside, had deeper concerns and stood up to persuade him: "Yes, sir, the court has rejected the sir's request for military service. If sir, it is to resist the order. Those ministers in the court who are hostile to the sir will definitely impeach the sir for ill-thinking. Why should sir do such a thankless thing?..."

Guo Zhiyuan didn't know how to explain to his subordinates. Before the battle started, he knew the result, which was thousands of miles away. This was too unreasonable, so he could only wave his hand and said, "You don't have to say anything anymore. I have decided. Just follow my instructions to prepare. And when did I say I'm going to Liaodong? I won't go to Liaodong, I'm going here!..." As he said that, Guo Zhiyuan walked to the huge map hanging in the conference hall and pointed a mark on the map.

"North Korea?!" Shen Junrong and others' eyes widened, and they felt that the Erzhang monk was confused.

Guo Zhiyuan nodded and smiled at Zeng Qisheng, "So I am not sending troops privately, but to strengthen trade between Dongfan and North Korea for friendly visits. Mr. Zeng doesn't have to worry about being impeached by the ministers in the court..."

Zeng Qisheng secretly thought that if you really have a friendly visit, would it take the entire army to mobilize? Besides, you are nominally just the prefect of Dongfan, so what qualifications are you to conduct a state visit on behalf of the court? However, he also knew that Guo Zhiyuan was just making an excuse for himself to make excuses for the court in the future. Anyway, this kind of thing that Guo Zhiyuan did was not the first time to steal the bell. As long as you don’t completely tear off the fig leaf between Dongfan and the court, wouldn’t it be okay to kill Qin Shou before? So Zeng Qisheng did not continue to be serious and smiled and said, “It turns out that lord has made a decision, but his subordinates are talking too much…”

Of course, Guo Zhiyuan knew that he was robbing the bell and smiled bitterly: "The court does not allow me to lead troops to fight, so I can only save the country in a curve..."

Li Guozhu and Sun Zhiyong and other young and strong sects in the new army were excited and took the initiative to ask for battle. Guo Zhiyuan patted Li Guozhu's shoulders, who was afraid that Guo Zhiyuan would not take him there, and laughed and said, "Don't worry, no one will leave you this time. By the way, you can notify your father and let him go to North Korea to meet with me. You father and son have a day to meet, right?..."

In the end, Guo Zhiyuan asked Shen Junrong to stay in Dongfan, and took Li Guozhu and Sun Zhiyong to lead 20,000 from the Xin army (including 5,000 newly trained cavalry) to North Korea. Guo Zhiyuan's sea routes could not alarm the court, but also save the long journey by land. However, there were more ships and supplies to be used. After all, it would take one or two months to go to North Korea by sea. It was not easy to prepare the supplies for so many people and horses.

This time when he went to North Korea, Guo Zhiyu dispatched twenty thousand stone class warships, ten thousand stone "big belly" transport ships, and twenty new warships. The lineup was very strong. Such a fleet with such a powerful lineup suddenly drove to North Korea, which really scared the Korean monarch and ministers. I wonder who the sacred was coming?!

Fortunately, Guo Zhiyuan had notified Li Dan to arrive in the North Korean capital Hanyang (now Seoul) before waiting for him to come and meet. After years of operation, Li Dan is now a veritable maritime hero, almost monopolizing the maritime trade business with Japan and North Korea, and is also quite influential in North Korea. He informed the news that Guo Zhiyuan was coming in advance, so it would not cause misunderstandings.

The Korean monarch and ministers did not pay much attention to Guo Zhiyuan's arrival. Isn't it just a small local magistrate to visit? At that time, just send a minister of equal rank to receive it. Although North Korea praised the Ming Dynasty, it was a vassal state, so there was no need to whisper to a mere fifth-rank prefect of the Ming Dynasty.

It was not until the Korean navy urgent investigation report that a powerful fleet with the character "Guo" was sailing towards the Korean waters. The North Korean king Lee Hui (the famous Guanghai Jun in North Korea's history) was shocked. He remembered the news that a minister had reported that a prefect named Guo was coming in the Ming Dynasty. He quickly asked the minister to go down to check what the origin of the prefect named Guo was. This investigation was not important. The result of the investigation really scared Li Hui. Guo Zhiyuan was clearly a demon king in the world! Even the Ming Dynasty court was made unlucky by him, and even the Japanese pirates who made North Korea's terrified talk were destroyed by him. What was the intention of such a demon king in the world who suddenly ran to North Korea?

This Li Hui was not an uninformed king. This can also be seen from his performance in the 1592 Japanese invasion of the Korean War (i.e., the War of Resistance against Japanese Aid Korea in the "Three Major Expeditions" of Wanli, which was called the Ionchen Japanese riots in Korean history). At that time, his father, the former Korean king, Xuanzu, was frightened by the aggressive Japanese Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army and left the people behind to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty. However, Li Hui stayed to supervise the country on behalf of his father and called on the Korean military and civilians to rise up to resist the Japanese invaders. Finally, with the help of the Ming army, he successfully defeated the Japanese invaders and preserved the Li family's position in Korea.

So Li Hui immediately realized that the matter was extraordinary and quickly asked the ministers to discuss, but the ministers also had different opinions. Some said that Guo Zhiyuan was just a local prefect and was not qualified to visit the vassal states on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. He should immediately protest to the Ming Dynasty and refuse Guo Zhiyuan's entry. Some experienced ministers said that Guo Zhiyuan was coming in a fierce manner, so he should not be angry easily. Instead, he should receive him with super high standards to win him over, so as not to cause unintentional disasters to the North Korean country!
Chapter completed!