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Chapter 630 Goryeo

Jin Mingde is a well-known warrior in the Longwu Army. He is seven feet tall, with broad shoulders and a protruding belly. He is good at using a three-pronged fork weighing twenty catties. It is said that he can kill a bull with one blow.

This person was the leader of Cui Zhongxian's servants in the early years. One day, political enemies in the court gathered more than a hundred monks and soldiers in an attempt to ambush Cui Zhongxian, but was swept away by Jin Mingde with a three-pronged fork, killing more than ten people, and all the other monks and soldiers flight.

Because of this feat, Jin Mingde was continuously promoted by Cui Zhongxian in the following ten years, and became the deputy general of the Longwu Army in one breath.

In Korea, servants and the like have always been untouchables.Ordinary people who want to become officials must check their household registration. Only eight generations of ancestors who have not been involved in untouchables can take office.The officials above the common people are divided into two classes, civil and military, and they have been shadowed for generations.Therefore, among the scholars, the common people, there are layers upwards, and the ranks are very strict, like a moat in the sky.

This Jin Mingde was able to start from a servant and become a general of the Longwu Army. He broke many iron laws passed down through generations during his promotion, so he was inevitably looked at by the two classes and secretly ridiculed for being inappropriate.But Cui Xiangbiao was so powerful that he managed it, which also contributed to Jin Mingde's arrogance.

Since taking office, Jin Mingde, the deputy general of the Longwu Army, has always regarded his status as similar to that of the chief general Cui Junwen.

Cui Junwen didn't complain about this.

In recent years, the integration of Cui Xiangtang's court is getting closer day by day. Even his younger brother Cui Zhongcui and his former ally Park Jincai have not let go, so that his own forces can be as solid as a monolith.

His scramble and infiltration of the king's second army and six guards was also promoted in several ways at the same time.A scholar-bureaucrat like Gyeongju Cui went to the upper class, and a lowly warrior like Jin Mingde went to the lower class. It can be said that they all lead to the same goal, so don't worry too much about it.

Thinking about it from another angle, with Cui Xiang's aggressive personality, if Jin Mingde hadn't been the lieutenant general, how could he be completely at ease with the Longwu Army?If he was worried about the Longwu Army, the Longwu Army would have to go to Qingsai, Pinglu and other cities to fight against the Khitans like other soldiers and horses of the imperial court, that would be really bad luck!
It would be better to welcome the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin as it is now.

It is said that the Kingdom of Jin has been fighting continuously for the past few years, the Tatars in the north rebelled, and the rest of the Khitans in the east also raised troops and rebelled here one after another, so that the Jurchens were devastated.When our side confronted the group of Khitan fugitives earlier, we captured the prisoners and questioned them. It turns out that the state affairs of the Jurchens have now fallen into the hands of a man.

They also said that the man was extremely fierce and difficult to deal with.

It seems that although the Jurchen's national power has declined to the extreme, the Khitan people have not seen a revival.Isn't this a good opportunity for Goryeo to rise?
Therefore, Cui Xiang ordered the Longwu army to select fine cavalry and take the initiative to cross the border between the Kingdom of Jin and Korea to meet the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin.This move was meant to be a bit of a test and a bit of a demonstration, at least to try the quality of the envoy and make some preparations for future achievements.

On a certain day, if Cui Xiang arranges the Kaijing court properly, and when the arrow is on the line, he can go north to expand the territory and win meritorious deeds sufficient for Zen generations.

Although this Jin Mingde doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, he is also capable of vigor.After a while, he confronted the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin. If he can subdue the other party, I, Cui Junwen, will take the credit;As long as I humbly apologize and punish Jin Mingde severely, I think I can make the envoys of the Shang Kingdom feel at ease.

At that moment, Cui Junwen smiled slightly, raised his hand and pointed forward: "Look, General Jin, further ahead, there is the governor's office of Posu Road in the Kingdom of Jin. This large open plain on both sides of the Yalu River has been the place of our Koryo for thousands of years. It is under the jurisdiction of Baozhou Road in the country. The first fifteen miles is the Laiyuan City of Koryo, and not far to the north is our Kaiyuan City of Koryo."

"It turns out that these places belong to our Koryo Kingdom."

"It used to be in the early years, but now... not for the time being."

Cui Junwen continued: "At that time, our Kingdom of Koryo unified the three Koreas and made Bohai surrender. It has thousands of miles of territory in the north. It can be called a big country that has never been seen in ancient and modern times. However, the Khitan became strong first, forcing our country to surrender the six states in the east of the Yangtze River. , and set up the Great Wall as a barrier. Later, the Jurchens rose up..."

"The Jurchens are the Kingdom of Jin."

"Yes!" Cui Junwen nodded again and again: "General Jin, do you know that the ancestor of the Jurchen was named Hanpu, and he was a Korean, so all the Jurchen tribes are offshoots of my Koryo Kingdom. However, they are wild and unruly, and they bully us instead. Our country has repeatedly raised troops to fight with us. From this, the Jin Kingdom has Posu Road, Holan Road, Supin Road, and Huliyi Road. If the Koryo Kingdom wants to restore its homeland, it must start step by step from now on! "

Speaking of this, Cui Junwen patted Jin Mingde's shoulder vigorously: "I have raised my troops here, and I am going to rely on the general's bravery to show my Koryo's invincible aura!"

"I will handle it."

Jin Mingde raised his hand and tapped the armor on his chest to show his strength: "Look at the abandoned fields and scattered people around here. The Kingdom of Jin has weakened. I'm not afraid of them!"

"it is good!"

Cui Junwen applauded again and again.

Jin Mingde is right, there is really nothing to be afraid of.

I heard that the Jurchens in the Central Plains were in short supply of cavalry after they were defeated by the Black Tartars, and I heard from the merchants of the Song State gathered in Kaijing that the Jurchens from all over the Northeast sold a large number of war horses to the Song State in order to make money.The cavalry of the Longwu Army who came with me this time are all elite, with a total of three hundred cavalry.With this power, who is afraid of coming?
If you want to fight a war seriously, of course you can't.But it's easy if you just have to shake your prestige in front of the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin.At least, it was much easier than those colleagues who fought against the Khitans.

At this time, the front team of cavalry came to report: "General, we have met the Jurchens' envoy!"

"How many men do they have?"

"Twenty or so riders. I'm resting at the slope water ring five miles ahead. They asked me to bring the envoy's silver medal as proof, and hand it over to the general for inspection!"

Cui Junwen inspected the silver medal: "It turned out to be a doctor from the left and right department."

He looked at Jin Mingde.

Jin Mingde raised his chest and urged the horse: "I'll take a hundred riders and arrest them!"

"Ahem, please come, please. General Jin, you have to say so."

Cui Junwen hastily explained his words, Jin Mingde laughed, waved his hand, and led the cavalry away in a clamor.

The cavalry was galloping like the wind, and in a short while they reached the water ring on the sloping land mentioned by the front team. Sure enough, there were more than [-] people. They tied their horses in the forest and let them eat grass. Felt blankets were spread under several big trees, as if they were having a lunch break.

Jin Mingde galloped forward, let the horse's hooves kick out smoke and dust, choking the group of people seated on the carpet to cough repeatedly.

"Are you all the envoys of the Shang Kingdom? General Jin Mingde of the Longwu Army of the Koryo Kingdom is here to welcome you! Please come with me, the envoys of the Shang Kingdom!" Jin Mingde shouted loudly.The interpreter at the side also shouted.

Li Yun waved his hand, and through the smoke and dust, he looked at the Korean man with a beard on his horse.

"This place is the speedway of the Dajin Kingdom. Even if you want to welcome her, there is no reason for you to go deep into the territory of the Dajin Kingdom without authorization."

Jin Mingde laughed loudly: "Envoy of the Shang Kingdom, we heard that in recent years there have been constant fighting in the territory of the Shang Kingdom and it is very dangerous, so we specially greeted them farther away. We are familiar with these places. Don't worry, the envoy of the Shang Kingdom has us Now, there is no need to worry about the safety along the way! Let’s go, let’s go, let’s hit the road now!”

"So that's the case, but I'm bothering your country's soldiers."

Li Yun nodded, and said calmly: "It's good to have someone guarding you. But, General Jin, don't worry, just wait for a while."

(End of this chapter)