Chapter 335: The Border Is Urgent, Who Has Datang Been Afraid of?
Two months ago, when Jieli in the north heard that the Tang Dynasty in the south was going to send troops to destroy the country, he convened the civil and military forces to discuss a countermeasure, that is, to actively seek foreign aid, and all countries bordering the Tang Dynasty that might have a war sent people to contact.
After the new Great Khan of the Western Turks saw Jieli's envoy, he directly killed the public, and the Western Turks traded well with the Tang Dynasty, and the people and horses gradually became stronger, how could they invade their friends?
This Western Turk Mohelu Khan is a complete pro-Tang faction, he personally fought against the Tang Xuanjia Army head-on, and was also educated by Li Yuanba with his own hands, it is estimated that he left a shadow in his heart, and he no longer dared to be hostile to the Tang Dynasty.
In Mo Helu's view, the Eastern Turks were self-defeating, and the Western Turks were innocently killed by the Tang Xuanjia Army 50,000 or 60,000 people, but in the end? Don't you swallow your anger and leave it alone? Others laugh at us that the Western Turks are weak, but after two years, the Western Turks are the richest country in the steppe, and Jieli is a fool!
The Hui in the north also said that it was impossible to send troops, and so was Gaochang in the west, and all countries that had trade with the Tang Dynasty tasted the sweetness of this trade, and no one wanted to break this situation of making a fortune in silence.
But just when Jieli was deeply disappointed, good news came back, allies had been found, and there were more than one side, one of which was Goguryeo in the east.
Goguryeo is located in the east of Youzhou in the Tang Dynasty, in the later generations of most of Liaoning and part of Jilin, North Korea's territory, the country's territory is not large, but the population is not a lot at all, a total of millions of people, and the founding of the country for hundreds of years, continue to learn the Central Plains culture, the national strength is extremely strong.
In the former Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Guang had a unique vision, believing that Goguryeo was a poisonous snake in the northeast of the Great Sui, a hidden danger, and it was necessary to destroy the country, so Yang Guang had three expeditions to Goguryeo.
Every time the army goes out, it is both land and water, the first great cause of eight years, the use of more than 1.1 million soldiers, more people to work more, there are two or three million people, countless money and food, it can be said that the conquest of Goguryeo is the northern expedition of the whole country, but in the end it was defeated under the city of Liaodong in Goguryeo.
The second great cause made a comeback in the ninth year and besieged Liaodong City, but Yang Xuangan took the opportunity to mutiny, and Yang Guang had to withdraw his troops to help; In the eleventh year of the third great cause, this was the last northern expedition, but because the Central Plains was full of wars, there were anti-Wang rebels everywhere, and finally had to negotiate and withdraw troops.
Three wars, between the two countries can be said to have formed a mortal enmity, although the Central Plains has changed dynasties, but many people in the Tang army are from the former Sui army, when countless robes died in the Northeast, such hatred is naturally not forgotten, not to mention that Goguryeo is also showing off its might, and built a 'Jingguan' outside the city of Liaodong, all of which are the corpses of the sons of the Han family in the Central Plains who died in Liaodong.
When the Turkic messengers went to ask for help, there were two factions within Goguryeo, the monarch Gao Jianwen was weak and unwilling to fight, but the powerful minister Yuan Gai Suwen had a unique vision and knew that he could not wait for the Tang Dynasty to remove the obstacles one by one, so he strongly advocated sending troops.
In the end, Goguryeo decided to send 100,000 troops to attack Youzhou in the north of the Tang Dynasty, and the first stop was Yingzhou City (now Chaoyang City, Liaoning), the easternmost part of Youzhou.
"Quick, light the beacon! Send a fast horse to report to the governor of Youzhou, the enemy attack, the Goguryeo enemy attack, see that the army array is about 100,000 people! The defender of Yingzhou was shocked, and immediately sent a group of the most elite horsemen to report the news, while he himself stood firmly on the eastern tower, preparing for the battle of defending the city.
Two days later, Youzhou received an urgent report and quickly sent an urgent report of 800 li to Chang'an, but before the messenger could send it for two days, the front came to report that Yingzhou had broken the city, so Youzhou sent an urgent report again.
In Chang'an City, a rapid sound of horses' hooves spread throughout the entire Vermilion Bird Street, accompanied by a trumpet!
"Great victory! Victory in the Northland! ”
It didn't take long for the people of Chang'an to boil, and the great victory in the north showed that the Tang Dynasty had won, didn't he say before that he was going to destroy the Eastern Turks to take revenge? It seems that the Eastern Turks are finished.
Li Er looked at Li Jing's military newspaper in his hand and laughed: "Okay! Good! Good! beheaded 30,000 and captured 170,000, such a record, the pharmacist deserves to be my Tang Dynasty military god! ”
"Report! Your Majesty, there is an urgent military report outside the palace! One of the guards shouted.
"Didn't you just get it? Is there anything good that can't be done? Very good, good things come one after another, good signs, pass! ”
Li Er put away the unfinished military newspaper and passed it on to the new messenger.
"Report, Your Majesty, Youzhou is in an emergency, Goguryeo's 100,000 army is in Koubian, the last general came to deliver the message ten days ago, at that time Yingzhou in the north was already in an emergency, and now I don't know what the battle situation is, please send someone to support quickly!"
"What?"
Li Er stepped forward in shock, snatched the urgent report in the messenger's hand and quickly looked at it, the more he looked at it, the cooler his heart became, there were only 3,000 defenders in Yingzhou, and there were 100,000 people in Goguryeo, and he could break through it in half a day, maybe now the army has come to Youzhou City!
"Come on, spread the King of Jin, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, the eldest grandson Wuji, Wei Zheng, and Gao Shilian urgently entered the palace to discuss matters, by the way, check if Bai Fan is in Chang'an, if he is there, go and pass it together!"
Half an hour later, everyone hurried to the council hall, Li Er's face was gloomy, he quickly finished the matter, and said: "Goguryeo's bold attack is extremely abnormal, now it seems that there must be some collusion with the Turkic Jieli, they really have a good plan, do you think that the Tang Dynasty can't fight on both sides?"
The medicine master's side has already won, and I will divide my troops to defend Goguryeo to the east, not only to keep Youzhou, but also to enter Goguryeo, not to kill people and loot as punishment! ”
After hearing this, everyone did not rush to express their position, and they all fell into deep thought.
After a short time, Du Ruhui opened his mouth and suggested: "Your Majesty, pure looting and killing has no meaning, it will only increase the hatred of the people of the enemy country towards us, so we can't increase the hearts of the people in Goguryeo like this."
As for Goguryeo, and let him be happy for a while, and wait until the results of this battle are stable, it is not too late for us to go back and clean him up. ”
"Good! Keming is arrogant!
That being the case, I have admonished you!
In short, the messenger is too slow to deliver orders, and I need you to send the eagle to the north to deliver a message to the army, so that they can go directly east from the grassland to rescue Youzhou! ”
Bai Fan saluted and promised, and when Li Ersheng's decree was written, he immediately went to find the eagle to deliver a message, four pregnant women in his family were about to give birth with big bellies, so it was inconvenient to live in the academy, and he had been living in Chang'an recently!
Li Er, who had arranged everything, took out Li Jing's secret letter with confidence and looked at it again, and when he saw the last rub, he got up and laughed: "Hahahaha!" Well, I really belong to the destiny of heaven, and the destiny of heaven returns! ”
But Li Er, who was laughing wildly, didn't know, how could the matter be so simple for him to solve?
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