The two thousand cavalrymen escorted the Korean envoy into Korea that very day.
Pan Yu, urgently summoned into the army, served as the vanguard and was responsible for taking the Korean envoy ahead.
Even now, the Korean envoy was still dazed. He had entered the Ming Dynasty under his king's orders to seek aid. By his calculations, it would take at least three days to travel from Jianzhou Guard to the capital, and once His Majesty made up his mind, it would take another half a month at the very least before troops could be dispatched. Yet he had met the Liaodong commander-in-chief that very day and borrowed troops that very day?
The Korean envoy was a little panicked, afraid that the Liaodong commander-in-chief had acted on his own authority. Whatever his purpose, it would be bad if the emperor misunderstood Korea and their king.
But he was on horseback and found no chance to speak. Only after night fell and the army halted to rest did he stagger over to Pan Yu and cautiously ask, "General, has my king's request to borrow troops been reported to His Majesty? My king has always served the emperor with utmost respect and never dared overstep his bounds..."
Pan Yu reassured him, "The Korean king's respectful service to the emperor is known throughout the court and the land. Therefore, when His Majesty first learned that the Japanese people had invaded Korea, he was exceedingly furious."
Pan Yu praised the Korean king again and again, saying that Korea depended on the Ming Dynasty, while the Korean king had always served his sovereign as a subject. Now that Korea faced disaster, the emperor cherished his people and would certainly seek justice for the Korean king and his people.
The Korean envoy stood stunned for a