After the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin sent Li Jing to lead the Western Route army to take advantage of the situation to continue to expand northward.

The Northeast is vast and sparsely populated, with high mountains and deep forests, and a long and cold winter, especially the Tatar people who are active in the basins of the Heilongjiang, Songhua and Ussuri rivers, are primitive and rude, and the folk customs are fierce, and they are not so obedient to the management of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin ordered the "God of the Army" Li Jing to lead the army to the Heishui Valley in the northeast to attack the Heishui tribe of the Tatar tribe who did not obey the management of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jing led 50,000 Tang. Army, take a boat along the Blackwater River to kill the rear lair of the Blackwater tribe in the north. Along the way, the Heishui tribes living along the Black Water were all affected by the Tang Dynasty. The army struck like a storm.

In this attack along the river, the resistance of the Yan tribe was still strong at first, but after Li Jing deliberately connived at Tang. After the bloody suppression and massacre of the army, the others who heard the wind and saw the Tang. The tribes, large and small villages on the ferocious side of the army, have honestly surrendered.

Li Jing had long expected this, the Black Water Turtle Alliance was a barbaric and backward fishing and hunting tribe, and it was useless to blindly talk to them about benevolence, righteousness and morality. Only after showing them the strength of the strong will they know fear.

Li Jing's order was simple, either surrender or perish. A soldier must not have the kindness of a woman.

Those who refused to submit were beheaded and the chiefs of the tribes were killed, and all the men and women of the tribes were taken prisoner and used as slaves.

Along the way, Li Jing's army slaughtered the Black Water Tribes one by one, and often Li Jing's army only attacked a few market towns along the coast, and the rest of the farther tribal villages and towns took the initiative to ask for surrender.

"The territory of the Heishui Basin is so far away from the Central Plains, is it worth going to great lengths to take him?"

On the deck of the warship, the Redwhisk asked. In her opinion, it was too remote and remote, and the climate was so cold that it was a primitive world. It's too expensive to run here.

Li Jing remembered that Xia Xue told him about the fertile land and rich mineral deposits in the Northeast, and said to his beloved wife Hongfunu: "This place is worth having, don't think that this place is barbaric, primitive and backward, but here is the most fertile black soil, although it is a little cold, but we have cotton, coal, and there is plenty of wood here, and cold protection is not a problem." As long as the indigenous tribes here can be conquered, some of them will be removed, and then they will be immigrated to Shibian, and there will be official auspices for development, Empress Changsun said that this place will eventually become a golden land and a granary outside the Guan. And running this place is not just about that. Our focus is on the Guannai, and now we are developing Liaodong, which is also a barrier in the Guannai. And the conquest and development of the Turquoise is actually for the strategic security of the entire Datang. Only when the Northeast is safe can the entire Kannai become our core area and become a real base camp. Only then can we advance to the west and south without worry, expand the territory, and lay a great foundation for future generations! ”

Although the Red Whisk Girl didn't understand everything, she heard that it was the Empress of the Eldest Sun who said it, so she nodded and said: "In this case, a sailor base should be built here to firmly guard the mouth of the black water." ”

"Well, the emperor and empress plan to build a main base in Haishen and station a fleet, and then build an advance base here at the mouth of the Heishui Sea to station a detachment fleet."

The abundant fishing and hunting resources in the Northeast region make Tang. The garrison of the army in the northeast was not so difficult. In layman's terms, the land of the Northeast, especially in the northern part of the Northeast, is really good to beat roe deer scoop fish, here, food is not the biggest difficulty, the only thing that restricts the troops is the cold, cold protection and how to march and fight in low temperature weather is the biggest difficulty. Fortunately, Datang and Angel Kingdom have vigorously developed the cultivation of cotton in recent years. The soldiers were equipped with many cotton and leather robes, so that even the soldiers from the Jianghuai land could withstand the cold of the northeast.

Under the stormy blow of the "God of War" Li Jing, the Black Water Warrior tribe completely surrendered.

In mid-June, after Li Jing successfully pacified the Ya tribe in the northeast, he returned to the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty with a full load. He was warmly and ceremoniously welcomed by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Empress Changsun, hundreds of civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of the Tang Dynasty, who had already returned in early April.

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After the entire northeast region was under control, Tang Taizong Li Shimin heard Xia Xue say that there was a broader and more fertile land and rich oil, natural gas, and mineral resources in the north, so Li Shimin sent a force of more than 10,000 Tang people led by the generals Liu Zong and Sikong Jie. The army continued to expand northward, crossing Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake and the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia, which was called the "North Sea" during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and continued to advance northward into the vast Siberia.

By the time the troops first entered Siberia, it was already dark. There was not a little wind all day, cold, extreme cold; There were scattered snowflakes in the sky, and through the falling snowflakes, you could see the lilac and gray starry sky, and the cold air was even more pressing.

More than 10,000 Tang. Like a huge, multi-legged animal, they began to build dens and prepare food for themselves. Some of the soldiers scattered in groups, wading through knee-deep snow into the birch forest on the right side of the snowfield, and immediately heard the sound of knives and axes, the breaking of branches, and the sound of merry laughter; The other part of the soldiers took out the cauldron and grain and grass in the place where the carts and horses of the group were concentrated, and fed the horses.

Campfires are being lit everywhere for cooking, firewood is crackling, and the snow is melting. On the trampled snow of the camp shook everywhere Don. The figure of the soldiers.

The sound of knives and axes rang out in all directions. No orders were given, everything was ready. Brought in the firewood needed for the night. Tents were set up for the officers, cooking in cauldrons, and weapons and equipment were properly placed.

A fire was lit in the leeward place. The drums of the late roll call sounded, dinner was eaten, and preparations were made by the fire for the night—some were mending shoes and socks, some were drinking, and some were bashing their clothes and baking lice in their clothes. From time to time, there was a rough, cheerful burst of laughter.

"Hey, Ergou, what are you doing...... Where did you go? Did the wolf eat you? Go get some firewood. A red-faced soldier shouted, blinking his smoke-soaked eyes, and he didn't want to stay away from the fire. You, monkey, go get some firewood, too. The soldier turned to the other soldier and said. The red-faced man was neither a sergeant nor a private. But he was strong, and because of that, he was able to command soldiers who were physically weaker than him. The soldier, who was called the monkey, was thin and small, with a pointed nose, and stood up obediently, ready to carry out the order. At that moment, a slender, handsome young soldier approached the light of the fire with a large bundle of firewood.

"It's a send-off to be here!"

They split the wood, added it to the fire, blew it with their mouths, fanned it with the hem of their coats, and the flames crackled and burned. The soldiers moved closer to the fire and began to drink. The young and handsome soldier who had come with the firewood stamped his frozen feet on the spot quickly and rhythmically, as if dancing.

A fire burned red and translucent in the snow. The firelight illuminated the branches of the trees that had been bent by frost and snow.

"Oh, my mother, it's so cold in Siberia, it's good to have a fire......" he murmured leisurely, as if he were going to burp at every syllable.

The soldier, who was called the monkey, suddenly rose from the fire, and said in a thin, trembling voice: "The fat ones are thin, and the thin ones are dragging to death, and in my case, I have no strength at all, and my feet and hands are frostbitten." He turned to the medic and said, "I'm in pain, and my bones are falling apart......

"Come on, come on, monkey, you're too squeamish, which of us isn't in pain, which one doesn't have frostbite?" The military doctor said calmly.

The creep called Monkey stopped squeaking and the conversation continued.

"Look, the stars in the sky, how shining they are! You thought it was a canvas spread out. A soldier said, admiring the Milky Way in the sky.

"Brethren, this is a sign of a good year."

"You should add some firewood."

"It's strange that the back is warm, and the belly is freezing cold."

"Oh, that's amazing!"

"What are you squeezing, is the fire yours alone, or what? See...... See how your hands and feet are stretched. ”

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There was silence as the conversation stopped, and several people could be heard snoring; The rest of the people turned over and roasted the fire, sometimes talking a few words.

The huge camp, where countless fires crackled and burned, and the soldiers talked loudly, and there was a commotion, but now it was quiet, and the exuberant bonfires were fading and turning pale, so some people added wood to the fires to prevent them from being extinguished. A full moon hangs high in the clear sky. The forests and fields beyond the campsite were previously invisible, but now they are visible in the distance. Farther afield, beyond the forests and fields, the clear, erratic, endless horizon leads people into the distance.

Tang Dynasty. Five days after the army entered Siberia, it suddenly snowed heavily, and the snow flakes flew all over the sky, so that the heavens and the earth dissolved into a white one. The wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier, the visibility is already less than 100 meters, everywhere is white, and the wind is not slowing down, but blowing more and more.

Ten thousand Tang. In this snowstorm, the army got lost and walked for many days, and the world was covered in silver everywhere, and there was no reference on the earth, and there was no edge in sight, and I didn't know where they were now.

The worst thing is that there is not much food to carry, this ten thousand Tang. The army's food has become the biggest problem, if it has been such bad weather, after the food carried is eaten, then ten thousand Tang. The army is likely to starve to death in Siberia.

Liu Zong asked Sikong Jie to burn the charcoal fire, and heated the wine for everyone to ward off the cold, and when everyone entered the tent, they all cursed such a bad weather.

But the next day, the heavy snowstorm did not stop, this wind and snow continued to fall for three days, three days later, when Liu Zong sent people out to look for food, the four fields were covered in silver, there was no reference on the earth, and there was no edge in sight, and the protruding icebergs and ice cubes could be seen everywhere.

The Tang soldiers who were looking for food went out for a long time, and did not come back until the evening, reporting that they had searched for more than ten miles in the vicinity, and only found one sea beast prey, and Liu Zong saw that the so-called sea beast was actually a seal, indicating that their current location was close to the sea, and it seemed that the marching route was very offset. But finally there was a harvest, so Liu Zong comforted everyone, and when the weather was better, he personally took people out hunting.

Looking at the faces of the Tang soldiers who were so cold that their noses were flushed, Liu Zong knew that this task of finding food might be a little too arduous! You can only wait until the temperature warms up a little before going out hunting.

And so the long wait for the snowfield began.

After five days of waiting, the weather finally improved, the wind stopped, the snow stopped, and the sun came out.

Liu Zong then went out hunting with more than a thousand people, and this time he must not return empty-handed.

In order to make it easier to walk, Liu Zong also found someone to make a few sleds, because there was no animal power to pull them, so they had to be dragged by people, but this speed was also very fast, and a lot of materials and weapons were put on the sleds to pull away.

As everyone struggled to pull the sled out of an ice cave, the observer suddenly excitedly reported: "Prey! There is prey! Just behind the ice mound ahead, there were at least eighty or so sea beasts! ”

Everyone who heard the news was very excited, and finally there was something to eat, and the seal meat last time made many people very addicted to it.

Liu Zong led more than a thousand Tang. The army quietly approached the ice mound, seals are very sensitive animals, there must be a large ice cave where they haunt, and if they encounter danger, they will quickly burrow into the ice cave and dive into the sea to avoid danger.

The Tang soldiers who were ambushed behind the ice mound slowly aimed their bows and arrows at the group of seals frolicking around the ice cave, and Liu Zong took a look and found that there were as many as eighty-six.

The black and brown fur of the seals glistened in the sun, and the fat and muscular bodies showed that each seal here weighed hundreds of pounds, and after the plan was made, the Tang soldiers fired their bows and crossbows in unison, first shooting a few seals next to the ice cave, hindering those seals who wanted to escape back to the ice cave, and then concentrating their fire to shoot all the seals on the periphery.

The ground was full of seal corpses, blood flowed all over the ground, and all the Tang soldiers ran out cheering, these tens of thousands of catties of seal meat were enough for everyone to eat for several days! Everyone went to move the carcass of the seal, and the largest of them was eight or nine hundred pounds!

The observer seemed to see something dangerous, and waved violently at Liu Zong in front, Liu Zong immediately became alert, and before he could give the order, an earth-shattering roar suddenly came!

A huge white bear suddenly appeared in front of everyone, it had already been ambushed and ready to hunt seals, but in the middle of the road, a group of hateful humans suddenly appeared, and the prey was snatched by others in its own hunting ground, its anger can be imagined!

The sudden appearance of this white bear immediately shocked the Tang soldiers, this guy is too big! The tonnage and size of the white bear are very scary! The two eyeballs on the huge head are like two light bulbs! And now there is a fierce light, and the body like a hill is more than three people tall when it stands up!

Yanagi knew he had hit a polar bear! The polar bear itself is bigger than the average black bear and brown bear, let alone such an adult giant bear! The white bear stood up on its hind legs and let out another roar, and Liu Zong knew that it was about to attack, so he shouted at the Tang soldiers: "Be careful! ”

After all, the Tang soldiers were well-trained, and in the face of danger, the panic was also temporary, and they immediately formed a battle formation, raising their bows or crossbows to aim at the white bear! Liu Zong knew that if the white bear lowered his front paws and began to rush over, and then shot arrows at that time, the white bear's fat fur and body fat were enough to resist the shooting of crossbow arrows, and the Tang soldiers might be miserable at that time!

He immediately shouted to Sikong Jie beside him: "Shoot the arrow quickly, shoot it at the heart!" ”

"Whoosh!" With a bang, Sikong Jie had already raised his crossbow and fired it as soon as Liu Zong's words fell! The huge white bear was suddenly stunned, and a crossbow arrow was suddenly inserted into his heart, and the accompanying severe pain made the giant bear roar in the sky again, and this time the roar shook everyone's eardrums!

"Quick, quick, shoot at its heart!" Liu Zong urged loudly.

Sikong Jie's arrow is equivalent to a signal, all the Tang soldiers in the giant bear roared at the same time, immediately shot arrows at the same time, the bowstring sound sounded intensively, the white bear's huge xiong mouth provided a good target for the Tang soldiers, for a time was shot blood splashed, this is an excellent opportunity, if you shoot at the head and other parts of the body, it is likely to not kill it, but such a dense shot in its soft heart, even the fierce giant bear can not bear it!

The huge white bear fell to the ground with a bang! Splashes of snow are flying everywhere! The blood eroded the ice and snow on the ground, and the white bear's gray-brown eyes gradually lost their lustre, and it didn't understand until it died, why a king like himself was killed by such a small human like a reptile in front of him!

It was not a simple matter to transport this giant bear back, in addition to this giant bear, there were eighty-six dead seals, and this hunt was enough for the Siberian Don. The army provided tens of thousands of catties of fresh meat, which can be described as a huge harvest, especially the huge white bear skin, which is a good thing, and it is preserved as intact, and the wound on Xiong's mouth can be ignored when peeling.

The Tang soldiers made several trips back and forth to transport the meat back, and in the evening the whole of Siberia Tang. More than 10,000 people in the army can feast on plump seal and white bear meat! Everyone's interest was very high.

After the temperature warmed up slightly, some of the snow began to melt.

As the saying goes, snow is not cold, but snow is cold! Snow and ice absorb a lot of heat as they melt. All Siberian Don. The army was all huddled in the tent to roast the fire, it was too cold! When I slept at night, I could hear the tent around the tent "Rattle!" That's the sound of the ice melting when it melts.

A few days later, the weather cleared and the temperature warmed up slightly. The army continued its march into the heart of Siberia, and after an arduous trek and search, the Don. The army finally discovered and conquered the local indigenous tribes in Siberia, and finally incorporated the vast Siberian region into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

After controlling the Northeast and Siberia, Li Shimin and Xia Xue formulated a series of plans to develop the Greater Northeast and Siberia, and formulated many incentives to attract Guannai people to the Northeast. The ancients had deep feelings for the land and attached great importance to it, so Li Shimin and Xia Xue issued a decree that if the family was willing to move to the northeast, the state would reward 50 acres of land according to the capitation, and also provide free cattle, farm tools, grain seeds, etc., free rent for three years, issue land certificates, and future generations can inherit the land. In addition, more than 100,000 people were transferred from the inland auxiliary corps to set up large-scale military reclamation farms in northeast China and Siberia for five years, and the state provided tractors, farm tools, grain seeds, and so on, and provided funds for the construction of farm houses and heating facilities, and clothing and daily necessities were all provided by the state. These farm-producing corps can bring their families and daughters, and the children they give birth to will automatically become part of the military farms, and the families who are willing to stay forever will be given heavy rewards. Many companies have also been set up to go to the Northeast, Siberia to mine resources such as minerals, coal and oil.