Chapter 411: The Imperial Expedition

Compared with Chang'an City, Pyongyang City can be regarded as a state city in Sanju at best. The layout of Pyongyang City is also modeled after Chang'an City, with vertical and horizontal streets and distinct squares, like a chessboard. The Goguryeo Palace is located in the northern part of the city of Pyongyang. Surrounding the Imperial Palace was the office of various functional institutions of Goguryeo. Among these buildings, there is a tall and majestic attic. This is where the mansion of Nayongai Suwen is located. Taking out the high pavilion is the viewing tower in Yuangai Suwen's house.

Every day, a steady stream of Goryeo officials traveled between the office and the Wongae Suwen residence. And Na Yuan Gai Su Wen usually decided on state affairs, and it was also in his own home, not in the palace.

Goguryeo's monarch treasure, King Gozang, was completely ignored by the domestic courtiers.

In the Goguryeo Imperial Palace, Gao Zang, who was white and chubby, with a pair of inverted eyebrows, was blindfolded, laughing and chasing with a group of palace maids. Whenever he stretched out his hand to grab a palace maid beside him, he would let out a burst of laughter, pull the black cloth covering his eyes, and unceremoniously knead it with a pair of fat hands. And the palace maids around turned a blind eye to this and were accustomed to it.

In the entire Goguryeo palace, there were few male guards, except for Gong E, who were thin eunuchs.

This was arranged by Yuangai Suwen. In this regard, the Treasure King is also helpless.

An old man with gray hair stepped into the Treasure King's playground. When the palace maids saw that the old man was here, they stopped playing and looked at the old man.

The old man was dressed in the clothes of an inquirement, with a white face and gray hair, but he was an old eunuch.

This old eunuch was an old eunuch in the palace when he was the king of Liurong. When Yuangai Suwen rebelled, the old eunuch opened the palace gate as soon as possible, thus saving his life. Now this old eunuch was sent by Yuangai Suwen to monitor King Gaozang's every move.

The old eunuch waved his hand from afar, and those palace ladies suddenly recovered and frolicked around King Gaozang again. For a moment, bursts of laughter echoed in the Goryeo Palace.

The old eunuch turned around, looked at the towering attic outside the palace from afar, turned his head, looked at the blindfolded King Gao Zao, who was chasing Gong'e, couldn't help but sigh softly, and turned to leave.

"What? Our lord is still so playful? ”

This is a small castle in Silla. Since Yuangai Suwen personally led the army to attack Silla, in just a few months, three cities have been breached in a row. Now this one has only recently been breached.

After listening to the soldiers around him introduce the situation in Pyongyang, this Yuan Gai Suwen asked.

The pro-soldier knelt on the ground, and did not dare to raise his head, but said in a deep voice: "If you go back to the Great Mo Branch, your lord likes to have fun so much!" ”

This Da Mo Lizhi is a self-appointed official position after Yuangai Suwen killed the monarch and established the new lord.

Hearing this, Yuan Gai Suwen stood up and showed a smile: "Your Excellency can have fun, that's also very good!" As he spoke, he walked outside, "The city that was fought yesterday should be taken a good look at today, this is our city!" ”

This Yuan Gai Suwen said that this is true, but it is also true. These cities belonged not only to Goryeo now, but also to Goryeo a few decades ago.

Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty raised millions of soldiers and conquered Goryeo three times. In the face of the army of the Central Plains Empire, the Goguryeo concentrated all their forces in the north to resist the Sui army, while the cities in the south behind him were captured by Silla. It took up 500 miles of land in Goguryeo.

When the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple read Li Shimin's edict and asked Goguryeo to withdraw its troops from Silla, Nayeongai Suwen arrogantly said that if Silla could not return the 500 li of land occupied since the end of the Sui Dynasty, it would be impossible to stop the attack. When Shaoqing of Honglu Temple heard this, he smiled coldly, and said with a sneer: "The past can be traced!" As for the cities of Liaodong, they are all Chinese counties, and China still doesn't say it, how can Goryeo have to seek its homeland? ”

The implication is that if Goguryeo insists on recovering the land occupied by Silla, then I, the Tang Dynasty, will reclaim the land of Liaodong. However, at this time, Yuangai Suwen couldn't listen to the words of the Tang envoy at all. The edict was received, but the troops were not withdrawn from Silla.

This Goguryeo was established in the Eastern Han Dynasty, taking advantage of the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties during the period of chaos in the Central Plains, defeating the powerful landlords of Liaodong and seizing the entire Liaodong region. When the Sui Dynasty unified the Central Plains again, the rule of the emperor, and the national strength gradually strengthened, the Yang Emperor of the Sui Dynasty Yang Guang planned to seize the land of Liaodong, but unfortunately the success was lost, and millions of Han men were buried in vain.

Out of the house, this Yuan Gai Suwen was about to walk to the barracks. However, he had not gone far when he saw a fast horse galloping from the other side of the street.

"Oh no! Don't leave the branch, it's not good! The person who came quickly dismounted, knelt in front of Yuangai Suwen, and said urgently.

"What's the matter, so flustered!" Yuangai Suwen couldn't help but look slightly angry when he saw the look of the person who came.

The person who came knew this Yuan Gai Suwen's temper, and he didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Da Mo is out of the branch, Datang seems to be going to move seriously this time!" This is the intelligence gathered by our intelligence officers! ”

Yuangai Suwen opened the information and looked at it, and his face couldn't help but change slightly.

It is written that the number of troops assembled by Datang in Chang'an is estimated to be nearly 150,000, and a series of personnel appointments are also written. Through these, Yuangai Suwen deduced at a glance that Datang was preparing for a big battle. And who fights? This is already obvious.

Seeing this, Yuan Gai Suwen's face couldn't help but change slightly.

But he was a scheming and ruthless person, his face quickly recovered, and he said coldly: "In the past, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty attacked my Goguryeo three times with a million army, and he was not defeated by my army, but he lost a lot of soldiers!" This time, the Tang Dynasty wants to fight with me Goguryeo with more than 100,000 people, which is really beyond my strength! ”

Hearing Yuan Gai Suwen say such words, the face of the person who reported the news improved slightly. Since their Da Mo is so confident, it means that they can really defeat Datang this time.

However, when everyone left, and Yuangai Suwen stood alone in the middle of the field, his face sank.

With his hands behind his back, he paced over and over again in the field, thinking hard about how to deal with it.

Just as Yuangai Suwen was pacing, thinking about how to deal with it, Li Shimin was also pacing in the hall with his hands behind his back.

At today's court meeting, Li Shimin proposed that he wanted to drive the expedition in person. As soon as the words fell, they were unanimously refuted by all the ministers, whether they were civil ministers or military generals.

Li Shimin said: "Since I joined the army at the age of sixteen, I have fought no less than 100 battles. As for the art of war, I am also quite confident. Today's conquest of Goryeo and 150,000 elite soldiers, what else do you Aiqing have to worry about? ”

When the ministers heard this, they were silent. However, some generals who have been fighting side by side with Li Shimin for a long time can't help but bow slightly.

At this time, Chu Suiliang came out and said: "But Your Majesty, this victory or defeat is not yet known." It's okay to win, but if you lose, it's not good for the country and your majesty! ”

As soon as these words fell, Li Ji retorted: "Last time, Your Majesty planned to follow and pursue and eliminate the invading Xue Yantuo Department, but Wei Zheng was persuaded hard. If he really did that at that time, Xue Yantuo wouldn't even want to go back to his hometown with a horse. Now that they have relieved themselves and often come to harass us, I feel sorry when I think of it! If His Majesty had been in the army at that time, judged the situation and insisted on his own opinion, then that would not have happened! ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately bowed his head and said: "This is indeed Wei Zheng's fault, I regretted it at the time, but in order to set an example for everyone to speak out, I didn't show this meaning!" ”

Although Li Shimin said this, there are still many ministers who raise objections. However, there is some truth in the reasoning. For example, some people say that Li Shimin drove to Liaodong, what should be the state affairs? Li Shimin ordered the crown prince to supervise the country, and at the same time left a large number of capable officials such as Fang Xuanling as assistants. Others also talked about what to do in case of an attack by the Western Turks? Li Shimin said that with the Anxi Protectorate here, the Western Turks did not dare to attack, but in order to prevent accidents, the Qilian Mountain camp was ready to attack at any time.

After dealing with these issues, there are still some officials who oppose it. Li Shimin said: "In ancient times, Yao Shun, no matter how holy he was, he would not farm in winter; Ordinary farmers will reap the harvest when they sow seeds in the spring, because they are in accordance with the weather season. Goryeo Yuan Gai Suwen implements tyranny, and the common people stretch their necks to see when we will come to the rescue, this is the time of day. There are so many objections, but none of them talk about this. Rest assured, this time you will win! ”

After listening to Li Shimin's words, those ministers who spoke out against them were silent.

As a result, Li Shimin's personal conquest of Goryeo has become a foregone conclusion.

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At that time, there were three countries on the Korean Peninsula, Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje. At this time, whether it was Emperor Yang of Sui's three expeditions to Goryeo, or Goryeo in Li Shimin's mouth, he was referring to Goguryeo. It also became Go's Goryeo. Historically, Li Shimin failed to destroy Goguryeo, but his son Li Zhi completed this mission. After the fall of Goryeo, the Tang army and the Silla coalition destroyed Baekje, and Silla unified the Korean Peninsula from then on. After the reunification, it was renamed Goryeo, also known as Lee's Goryeo. This Lee Goryeo is the ancestor of the current stick! Xiao Ban explains a little bit here!