Gao Su, the commander of the Northern Route Army of the Eastern Expedition to the Bohai Sea, has been secretly in contact with Da Shimu since the beginning, fighting with one hand and pulling with the other, the purpose is nothing more than to grab greater benefits from Bohai. Gao Senmiao rebelled, Gao Su and his 20,000 elites were wiped out in the territory of Fuyu Mansion, and the Bohai general Chen Wugong and Gao Senmiao took advantage of the situation to attack the territory of Bezhou, and the eight cities and sixteen villages that Gao Su painstakingly managed were uprooted.

Gao Senmiao's soldiers were trapped in Bezhou City, and at the moment of crisis, Gao Wen, the concubine who had always been despised by Gao Su, stepped forward, scattered all his family wealth, mobilized the people of the city to defend the city, and repelled Gao Senmiao's attack three times in a row.

Wang Jianqin, the governor of Liaodong, led a large army to aid Bezhou, and Gao Senmiao plundered away.

The defeat of the northern route frustrated the morale of the middle road, and Shixiong's 20,000-strong army was trapped in Tiezhou, unable to advance or retreat, and the situation was precarious. Shi Xianzhong's troops on the South Road fought steadily, but unfortunately met Li Zhuo, a famous general in the Bohai Sea, who implemented a cruel policy of clearing the wilderness and artificially created a tragic scene of no one within a radius of 2,000 miles.

After the Tang army entered Zhongjing Mansion, it walked thousands of miles, except for a small group of Bohai people's army, it could not see a village or town, could not see a single common people, could not get a grain of grain, and the policy of feeding the war with war was completely bankrupt, and the 10,000-strong army walked in the reckless and boundless primeval forest, and could only hunt wild animals and collect plant roots, stems and fruits for a living, because the water and soil were not adapted, the disease was prevalent, and the combat effectiveness took a sharp turn.

Fortunately, Shi Xianzhong was good at commanding troops, Guanshan was far away, and there was no communication, so Shi Xianzhong could only make a good proposition, change his strategy in time, go north to meet with Shixiong's department, change the flank middle route army to a joint army, and take Longquan Mansion in Beijing directly with superior forces.

At this time, Kim so-jong, who was wandering on the sea, returned to the peninsula with the support of the soldiers and civilians of Mingzhou and Sangju, gathered the remnants of the defeated army who were dissatisfied with Kim Do-an, swore an oath in the valley of the Sangju Courtyard, and the troops headed south towards Jincheng.

Kim Do-an became the king of Silla and the conflict with Park Hyuk-chul gradually escalated, at first he was fledgling, still able to endure, as the Silla soldiers returned one after another, Kim Do-an's royal army increased greatly, coupled with Kim so-jong's exile at sea, the rebellion of his relatives, Kim Do-an thought that the time had come to eradicate the old power of Silla and unify Silla.

Kim Do-an's aggressive momentum made Park Hyuk-chul feel very frightened, so he invited Kim so-jong to return to China to contain Kim Do-an, and under his instruction, the northern gateway of Kim Seongong was opened, so that Kim so-jong's coalition army broke through the natural danger of Hyunyue Cave in one fell swoop, and suddenly appeared in the north of Jinseong.

At the same time, Jeonju, Murju, and Kangju in the southwest of Silla also provoked a popular uprising at the behest of Park Hyuk-chul, and in order to avoid falling into the encirclement of Kim so-jong and Park Hyuk-chul, he asked for help from the Qing navy of veteran General Xue, abandoned the city and crossed the sea, turned west, and landed in Xiongju.

When the Tang Dynasty stationed in Pyongyang heard the news, he immediately led his troops south to reoccupy Hanzhou, echoing Kim Do-an.

The sudden change in the situation in Silla made the already troubled situation in the Balhae Sea even worse. Reinforcements who were originally preparing to open the Bohai Sea had to stay in Liaodong to guard against threats from the peninsula.

Li Mao, who was on vacation on the seaside, couldn't stay any longer, he rushed to Liaodong City overnight and convened a meeting of the generals of Liaodong.

The chaotic situation that Silla has fallen into today is related to Li Mao's erroneous layout at the beginning, but now is not the time to review and reflect, the most important thing now is to stabilize the situation on the Silla Peninsula and keep Liaodong out of the matter, otherwise Liaodong will be in chaos, and the situation in the Bohai Sea will be even more out of control, and it is very likely to lead to a situation of complete collapse.

Li Mao immediately made a decision, instructed Ma He to move his troops east to occupy Xiongzhou to help Kim Doan gain a firm foothold in Xiongzhou, and ordered Veteran Xue to join Cheyi to occupy Wuzhou, announce the truth about Park Hyuk-chul and the Tang army's expulsion of Kim so-jong, and ignite the fire of the Silla civil war.

This is Li Mao's wishful thinking, in fact, as early as when Jin Xiuzong was still wandering at sea, Da Shimu, the king of Bohai, had already sent someone to get in touch with him, and the two secretly made an alliance to meet in the north and south to act together, disrupting Li Mao's plan, making him difficult to care, and finally achieving the goal of Silla and Bohai getting rid of Li Mao at the same time and being independent.

Therefore, after Lee Mao released the evidence of Park Hyuk-chul's collaboration with the enemy and treason, Kim so-jong did not speak out against him, but took the initiative to stand up and defend Park Hyuk-chul, claiming that the so-called evidence was fabricated by Lee Mao and did not match the facts. He sent an envoy to negotiate with Park Hyuk-chul, promising that after Silla**, Jeonju would be set aside as a fief of the Park family, and the king of Silla would only retain nominal rule, and the whole state would be autonomous, and the Park family could not only collect taxes within the administration, but even retain a private army.

Park Hyuk-chul did not accept Kim so-jong's preferential treatment, but only asked Kim so-jong to pardon the sins of the descendants of the Park family and his subordinates for participating in the civil strife after regaining control of Silla, and vowed never to pursue it, and as for himself, whether in life or after death, he could make sacrifices for the country, and he did not hesitate to be ruined.

Kim so-jong and Park Hyuk-chul did not collide as expected, but joined forces to attack Woongju and Hanju. The change in the situation was completely unexpected by Li Mao, and Ma Hedong was caught off guard.

The main force of Ma Hedong's garrison army was transferred to the east to conquer the Bohai Sea, and there were only 6,000 people left, and many of them were old and weak, and they were at an absolute disadvantage in the face of the mighty offensive of the Silla coalition army, and Kim Doan retreated without a fight, and his morale was low.

Li Mao was worried and said to Wang Jian: "Is this move of Silla too stinky for me, or is the opponent too clever, how can I end up in such a situation?" ”

Wang Jian said: "As far as I know, the environment of the peninsula is harsh, the civilization is ignorant, the government is brutal, and the people are struggling to survive, so the small people here have developed a storm-like character. After years of internal strife, the country is poor and the people are exhausted, the people's minds are determined, Kim Doan returned from the Tang Dynasty, which was already unpopular, and after taking office, he was busy fighting for power and profit, unable to give hope to the people, and it is not surprising that he was rejected by the people. ”

Li Mao smiled bitterly: "You still forgot to say the most important thing, that is, my mistake." I was too impatient, too light on the enemy, if I didn't accept Park Hyuk-chul's surrender, waved my troops south, and directly destroyed Kim so-jong, how could I be defeated today? Or leave the army in Silla to clear the remnants of the enemy and pacify it for a few more days, and Kim Do-an will not be defeated so quickly. ”

Wang Jian said: "The domestic chaos has appeared, and it is imminent to stabilize Liaodong, so this is not a mistake." ”

Li Mao sighed: "It may be excusable, but a mistake is a mistake, and it is my fault." He added: "I want to divide Pyongyang and Hanju into one country, support Kim Do-an to continue to be the king, and serve as a buffer for Liaodong and Silla, what do you think?" ”

Wang Jian said: "I think it is feasible, now we must try our best to avoid a direct conflict between Liaodong and Silla, once we are on fire, we will have to fall into it." With this puppet state, Liaodong can advance or retreat, and the initiative is mine. ”

After gaining Wang Jian's support, Li Mao ordered Kim Doan to retreat north to Pyongyang City, and Ma Hedong presided over the military affairs of Hanju and Xiongzhou, transferred the wavering Silla sergeants back to Liaodong for training, and sent Ma Xiong'an to the south to stabilize the Hanzhou line, resulting in a situation of confrontation between the north and the south. After Kim Do-an arrived in Pyongyang City, he built a hundred officials, declared that Kim so-jong was sent by the Japanese envoy to return to the country to enslave the people of Silla, was a puppet, a puppet, a puppet, and called on the world to fight against him.

The same thing was said by Kim so-jong in Jincheng, where he revealed that Kim Do-an was a puppet of the Tang Dynasty, a demon, a vampire, and a bastard who was supported by Li Mao to enslave the peninsula and extract the fat and ointment of the people of Silla, and called on all the people to fight against him. When the two kings were fighting in the south and the north, the combined forces of Ma Hedong, Ma Xiong'an and Silla had already exchanged hands in the southern part of Hanju, and the two Ma coalition forces broke the Silla army, killing more than 10,000 enemies, and killing the Silla people when they heard the word "horse".

However, the main forces of the Second Horse Coalition Army were trapped in the Bohai Sea, and the total number of troops was less than 10,000, and it was difficult to continue to move south, so they could only retreat to Hanzhou and stabilize the front. After that, Gui Zhisheng's slave army was transferred to the front line, and was reduced to pieces in Sangju and Jeonju, and the people who killed them were panicked, and the Marines of General Xue kept harassing the southern coast, and the offensive of the Silla people was finally contained.

Li Mao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and ordered Fang Chuang and Lu Zhen, who were stationed in Liaozhou, to continue eastward to rescue the Eastern Expeditionary Army that was stuck in the quagmire. Ten days later, bad news came: Fang Chuang was attacked by a barbarian tribe when he was inspecting the terrain in Changling Mansion, and he was killed.

Li Mao was sad and indignant and wanted to conquer the Bohai Sea in person, and Chang Mucang and Wang Jian persuaded him to stop. Li Mao hurriedly transferred Ma Hedong to take over Fang Chuang's department, and Ma Hedong was about to leave, when the Silla army suddenly launched a new offensive, and 30,000 troops and horses suddenly invaded the territory of Xiongzhou, forcing Ma Hedong to divide his troops to gallop to aid the defenders of Xiongzhou.

At this point, Li Mao knew that Bohai and Silla had a tacit understanding in advance, and there was a very efficient line of communication between the two countries. Li Maoqiang ordered the right carriage to cut off this dark line, and when Qin Fengmian was on the Bohai front, Tian Qian was ordered to rush to Liaodong and personally command the digging of this dark line.

More than 20,000 people in the Fang Chuang Department were leaderless, stranded in the territory of Changling Mansion, and their morale was weakening day by day, Li Mao was distressed, and was ready to transfer Zhu Jiu to take over the command, and considering that Zhu Jiu had no experience in commanding large-scale infantry operations, he wanted to use Yan Qin to preside over the Eastern Expedition, but Yan Qin was still in the territory of Chengde, and it took time to go back and forth, and when Yan Qin invaded Wang Ting, he fought viciously with the Chengde army repeatedly, killed too many people, and had a bad reputation.

Li Mao summoned him to Liaodong City to meet.

Li Mao is ten years old, although he is a famous general at home, he is a scholar, elegant and graceful, heroic, the two have been at odds before, Li Mao looks down on Li Mao's wild road background, Li Mao laughed at Li Mao planted in the hands of Wang Tingcuo, despised each other, beware of each other, and it was inevitably a little embarrassing to see each other at this moment.

Li Mao asked how to solve the battle situation in the Bohai Sea, and Li Yu replied sincerely: "The Bohai Sea, the prosperous country in the east of the sea, the land that stretches for thousands of miles, if you care about the gains and losses of one city and one village, when will you be able to seek peace?" Although the country is large, there are only five foundations, and Shangjing is the most, just like the five pillars of the top beam, and if you take Shangjing, you will cut down the thickest and strongest pillar, and the trend of collapse is in front of you. ”

Li Mao exclaimed: "Yuan Zhi means to send a large army all the way to Beijing?" ”

Li Yu said: "At least you can take a risk." ”

Li Mao said: "Yuan Zhi is willing to lead the Eastern Crusade? Tens of thousands of troops are trapped in the Bohai Sea, seeing that the autumn solstice and winter are coming, if it continues to be consumed, Liaodong will not be protected, and Youzhou will be in danger. ”

Li Yu smiled and said: "I came here to invite Yingdong to the east, but I don't know if the Taibao can trust me?" ”

Li Mao said: "It's Li Mao who is narrow-minded and can't tolerate people, so that Yuan Zhi wasted his life, the sin lies with Li Mao, and I apologize to you." I also hope that Yuan Zhi will ignore his past suspicions and save me from Liaodong. ”

Li Yu said: "It's not my intention to save Liaodong, I'm here to save Liaodong of the Tang Dynasty." Recently, I heard that General Fang Chuang was unfortunately martyred, and asked the Taibao to hand over 20,000 Chengde Jian'er to me, and grant me the right to be cheap, and I can pass on the good news after a month. ”

Li Mao was overjoyed, that is, he worshiped Li Yu as the deputy commander of the Eastern Expedition, commanded 20,000 people in Fang Chuang's department, and wanted to send 800 people to strengthen Li Yu's authority, Li Yu shook his head and said: "Thousands of miles away from home, lonely in the enemy's territory, what you want is to be concentric." If you want to win the heart of a soldier, you must compare your heart with your heart, exchange your heart for your heart, go out with a heart, change your heart back, and you can't coerce by force. ”

Only took more than 10 people with his relatives to take office with the seal letter, and after five days of rectification, the army marched eastward, and there was no news after three days.

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With the support of Shi Xianzhong and Lu Zhen, Shi Xiong stabilized his position, advanced to attack Tiezhou, and then went down to Zhongjing, crossed the river and confronted the main force of the Bohai Sea at Chongshan.

The commander of the Bohai Navy, Dayun Rong, had high bases and deep trenches, avoiding without fighting, and Shi Xiong repeatedly failed to challenge, and tens of thousands of troops could not move forward.

Shi Xiong discussed with Shi Xianzhong and Lu Zhen: "If you continue to hold on to each other for a long time, sooner or later you will be dragged to death by the Bohai people, I want to lead an elite army to take the forest path to attack Shangjing by surprise, and force the Bohai army to return to the rescue. ”

Lu Zhen said: "The northern forests are full of barbarians, these people are bewitched by the King of Bohai and specifically oppose us. ”

Shi Xiong said: "I also know that there are many difficulties, but I can't sit still like this, right?" ”

Shi Xianzhong said: "Such a big event, I still need to inform President Chang to know." Shi Xiong waved his hand and said: "Have you found that since our Eastern Crusade, we have been subject to others step by step, why is this?" Qin Fengmian used to brag that he knew that King Bohai slept with that concubine at night, but now he was so anxious that he didn't dare to say anything. That's why, the right compartment makes people blind and deaf, and it doesn't work at all! I suspect that there are spies among them, and these people are helping Da Shimu to spy on us, and in turn blocking our ears and eyes to death. I'm going to be unaware, so that he won't know. ”

Lu Zhen said: "The general will not be subject to the order of the monarch outside, and I support Shi Daring." Seeing that Shi Xianzhong was still a little hesitant, he persuaded: "Seeing that autumn is about to begin, the winter of the Bohai Sea will turn into ice, and if we can't win in another month, we will all be finished." ”

Shi Xianzhong said: "It's not that I don't dare, it's just that Shi Daring is not in the barracks, and he can't hide it for a few days, and he will still be noticed by others when the time comes." ”

Lu Zhen said: "This is a trouble, alas, I have a plan." I don't know if Brother Daring agreed. ”

Shi Xiong said: "It's all here, if there is anything to promise or not, you say, I will agree." ”

Lu Zhen grinned and shouted, "Look at the fight." "Shi Xiong's nosebleed for a long time.

(Chongqing Bookstore)