General, no, there is an abnormal movement in the Tang Army. According to our spies, the Don Army is being assembled! ”

Silla, Songak Castle.

When the Bow Descendants received the news from Pyongyang, they hurried to report it.

Although the Tang army conquered Pyongyang, Haeju, and Hwangju, the majority ethnic groups here were still Goguryeo and Silla, and the Tang people accounted for only a small part.

So it's easy for the Gong descendants to plant spies in the Pyongyang Governor's Palace.

However, the military operations of the Tang Dynasty in Silla were not much hindrance, because in the eyes of the upper-class powerful families or lower-class people in Silla, the Tang Dynasty was the suzerainty, and there was little resistance to the people who became the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, the civil strife in Silla over the years has made the people miserable, and it may be better to become the people of the Tang Dynasty, which is why after the establishment of the Pyongyang Governorate, there was not much resistance from the people of Silla.

"What? Gather your army and prepare for battle. ”

Hearing that the Tang army was coming to attack, the bow descendants were so frightened that they couldn't do it.

Before, the Tang army defeated his army of seven or eight thousand with less victories, but now if the Tang army attacks in a big way, he can't hold it.

"General, we should stick to it. In the field battle, we were defeated by the Tang army, and we had to hold on to the city, and as long as the Tang army could not attack for a long time, it would retreat on its own. Someone immediately suggested.

Gong thought about it, it seemed to be a good way, the Tang army was an expedition, as long as it could not be attacked for a long time, the Tang army, which lacked food and grass, would naturally retreat.

Just when the Bow Descendants were facing a great enemy, they waited for several days and did not see the Tang Army go south to attack them, which made the Bow Descendants wonder if the spies had sent the wrong news.

"Are you sure the spies came to report that the Tang Army had a military move?" The Bow Descendants asked the men.

"That's what the spies said, and the spies in Haizhou and Huangzhou also said so, it's not wrong." His subordinates were also puzzled.

Is the Tang army just for show, not to attack them?

"What about the Tang soldiers? Why haven't you come yet? The Bow Spawn was getting impatient, too.

No one could answer the question of the Bow Descendants, because none of his men knew what was going on.

A few days later, after the new news came, the Gong descendants were very surprised.

Because the Tang army of the Pyongyang Governor's Mansion did not intend to attack them at all, but instead captured Anju City in the South Sea Province of the Bohai State.

"Is it true that the Tang Dynasty set up the Pyongyang Governor's Mansion just for the Bohai Kingdom?" Someone speculated.

"Probably!"

"If Datang is for the Bohai Kingdom, then we will be safe. The Bohai Kingdom is powerful, with hundreds of thousands of troops, and it is a prosperous country in the east of the sea, and the Tang Dynasty is facing the Bohai Kingdom, so there is no time to take care of us. ”

Knowing that Datang's target was actually the Bohai Kingdom, the subordinates of the Gong descendants became happy, and their tone of voice was much more relaxed. After all, it is really sad to have such an enemy as Datang, but it is a pity that Haizhou, Huangzhou and Pyongyang are gone.

Fortunately, these places are not rich places in Silla, and many years ago they also belonged to the jurisdiction of the Andong Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, although everyone felt that it was a pity, they did not say that they wanted to grab it back or anything.

"Pass the order, don't provoke the Tang people in the rest of the time. Concentrate on attacking the Silla royal family and recover what the Tang people lost from the Silla royal family. The Bow Spawn thought about it and made a decision.

"General, isn't it time for you to consider becoming king? Zhen Xuan was a commoner and became kings, and he was canonized by the Tang Dynasty. The general is a noble son, a natural emperor, so he can't be pressed by Zhen Xuan and his ilk. ”

"The last general also suggested that the general should be the king, if he can get the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, replace the Silla royal family, and destroy Baekje Zhen Xuan, then the entire land of Silla will be the general's jurisdiction."

For a while, everyone persuaded each other that if the Gong descendants became kings, they would be able to get great benefits, and they would naturally be willing to support them.

In fact, after Zhen Xuan became the queen, the Gong descendants had an idea, but they always felt that the time was not ripe. Now that the voices of his subordinates are getting louder and louder, he naturally has to put the matter of becoming king on the agenda.

Just when the Gong descendants were relieved, Yang Shihou, who was far to the north, led the army to conquer Anzhou City.

To be honest, I was a bit lucky to conquer Anzhou.

Because the main ethnic group here is the Goguryeo people, not the main ethnic group of the Bohai State--- the Jin people, let alone the Tang people.

However, since it was occupied by the Bohai State, it was included in the Nanhai Prefecture of the Bohai State and was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the Nanhai Prefecture.

Nanhai Province originally governed three states, but after Anzhou was included, it became four states.

At present, Nanhai Mansion is served as the governor by Da Xuanming, a member of the Bohai royal family, and is also the prince of the Bohai Kingdom.

Although the king of Bohai accepted the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, he did not serve the Tang Dynasty internally, but had his own nickname and year name, and was even honored as "emperor" and "saint", and the monarch's wife was also honored as "queen", and internal and foreign affairs were handled by the king independently.

Da Xuanming knew from his name that he was the same generation as the previous King of Bohai, Da Xuanxi, and was Da Xuanxi's cousin.

In addition to his own title and the governor of Nanhai Prefecture, Da Xuanming also served as the political affairs of Zuo Pingzhang of Xuanzhao Province of Bohai State, and also inspected the Shangshu of the Ministry of Wisdom and the General of Zuo Xiongwei.

The Xuanzhao Province of the Bohai State is equivalent to the Menxia Province before the Tang Dynasty, and Zuo Pingzhang's political affairs are equivalent to the second-in-command Menxia Province of the Tang Dynasty.

As for the Ministry of Wisdom, it is equivalent to the current combination of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War of the Tang Dynasty, and it has great power.

General Zuo Xiongwei is the same as the general of the forbidden army of the Tang Dynasty, but the general of the Bohai State Guard Army at this time is the same as the general of the forbidden army of the Tang Dynasty before Li Ye succeeded to the throne, but he is only a fictitious position and has no real power.

The Bohai State can be said to be deeply influenced by the Tang Dynasty, and the sixteen guards of the forbidden army of the Tang Dynasty were set up: the left and right Mengben, Xiong Wei, and Zheng Wei, the south and left and right guards, and the north and left and right guards, a total of ten guards, which are regarded as standing troops and local standing armies.

In addition to the Ten Guards, the Bohai State also set up its own forbidden army, namely the Left and Right Shence Army and the One Hundred and Twenty Divisions of the Left and Right Three Armies, which was the Central Army.

Different from today's Tang Dynasty, it is the same as the early Tang Dynasty, with the government military system as the mainstay, and the local government is also based on the Zhichong Mansion as the basic military unit.

This shows how deeply the Bohai Kingdom was deeply influenced by the Tang Dynasty.

Da Xuanming served as the governor of Nanhai Province for nearly twenty years, and his rule in Nanhai Province can be described as deep-rooted, with tens of thousands of troops, and even the King of Bohai cannot be mobilized.

However, these tens of thousands of troops, directly under the mobilization of Da Xuanming, are only 10,000 troops stationed in the city of Vaud, where Nanjing is located.

The rest of the army was under the control of his heirs, as well as other generals or local magnates.

The control of Anzhou is the weakest.

However, Anzhou is a big city, and it is unrealistic to ignore it, so ten years ago, he appointed one of his sons as the assassin of Anzhou, and went to the post with a thousand elite soldiers.

However, Anzhou is dominated by Goguryeo people, plus the territory that previously belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and there are many wealthy families in the territory, and the presence of the Yan people in Anzhou is not as good as that of those local wealthy families of the Tang people.

In addition, Da Xuanming's son is not a good bird, and he can be said to have made people angry in Anzhou, if it weren't for the support of the army, he would have been driven out of Anzhou a long time ago.

It happened that the Pyongyang Governor's Office suddenly sent troops, and under the instigation of Jinyiwei, these wealthy families who did not submit to the management of the Bohai State took the opportunity to attack.

Under the attack from inside and outside, Anzhou was quickly broken by Yang Shihou.

For the appearance of the Tang army, the Goguryeo Hao clan was a little caught off guard, and in the chaos, the armed forces under their command were killed by the Tang army Thousands of people, but the Tang Hao clan there was excited.

The return of the Tang Heavenly Master to Anzhou is good news for these people.

Previously, they were all pressed by the Goguryeo and the Tatar people, and now the army of the Tang Dynasty has captured Anju. In order to consolidate the occupation of Anzhou, Datang will definitely reuse these Tang wealthy families, then these wealthy families will naturally be able to suppress the first two and become the top families in Anzhou.

However, after capturing Anzhou, Yang Shihou did not stop attacking, but instead waved his troops eastward, taking advantage of the fact that Bohai State did not know, to attack Jiaozhou.