Chapter 20: Sword Mou Cen Rebellion
Jian Mu Cen was a former Goguryeo general, who was unwilling to die after the fall of Goguryeo and hated the Tang Dynasty's rule over Goguryeo. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Since the main force of the Tang army withdrew from Goguryeo, Jian Mucen has been planning to revive Goguryeo and drive the Tang army out of Goguryeo.
After assassinating several Han officials sent by the Tang Dynasty and pro-Tang Fa'an monks on the south bank of the Daedong River, he was wanted and arrested by the Tang army stationed in Andong.
Perhaps God really gave Jian Mucen a chance to oppose the Tang Dynasty, and on the way to Silla, he actually met An Shun, the grandson of the former Goguryeo Treasure King.
In the first year of Zongzhang, after Goguryeo was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, most of its domestic nobles and wealthy families were forcibly moved to various parts of the Tang Dynasty for scattered resettlement.
As the grandson of the Goguryeo treasure king who was captured and escorted to Chang'an, I really don't know how this An Shun slipped out from under the noses of the Tang army.
Jian Mu Cen, who had been thinking about the restoration of the country in his heart, was extremely excited when he met An Shun, and he was simply happy to fall from the sky.
To revive Goguryeo, it is necessary to have a person with a noble status and sufficient appeal to stand up and call on the people of Goguryeo to rise up against the occupation of the Tang State.
However, most of the original Goguryeo nobles from the king to the wealthy families were taken away by the Tang army, and those who stayed behind and escaped by luck were small people with little weight, which is also the reason why Jian Mou Cen wanted to oppose the Tang Dynasty but couldn't pull the team, and finally could only escape from Goguryeo safely.
Now with An Shun, the identity of the grandson of the Treasure King can be said to be the most noble person in Goguryeo at present. In the case that all the direct bloodlines of the royal descendants were taken away, his royal collateral bloodlines naturally had the qualifications to inherit the throne, and he could also call on the people of Goguryeo to rise up against the Tang Dynasty, and he could also incorporate various anti-Tang rebels.
"God is glad I am Goguryeo! Let the minister meet His Royal Highness, I Goguryeo expelled the Tang dog and returned to the country, hahaha......" Jian Mou Cen knelt down in front of An Shun with a plop, grabbed the corner of An Shun's clothes with both hands and cried and laughed.
When the Tang army captured Pyongyang and began to take away the homes of the powerful and wealthy of Goguryeo, Ahn Shun sought an opportunity to escape. For more than a year, he has been hiding everywhere and often does not have enough to eat. Ben planned to flee to Silla and seek refuge in Silla as the grandson of the Treasure King.
Unexpectedly, on the road, he could meet a Goguryeo loyal minister, An Shun was instantly moved, squatted down and hugged Jian Mu Cen and cried bitterly.
"I didn't expect that after I lost the country, I would still meet a loyal minister like you in this wilderness, if everyone is a loyal person like you, a general, why did I Goguryeo fall to this point today, ah, ah......"
An Shun's howl of pain released the suppressed fear and loneliness in his heart, his relatives, and his children were all taken away by the Tang people, and the world was separated from each other. In the two years after the death of Goguryeo, who still recognized him as a prince and grandson.
"Your Highness doesn't have to be too sad, God let the ministers meet His Highness, this is to let the ministers assist His Highness in recovering Goguryeo, and recovering the mountains and rivers of Goguryeo."
Jian Mu Cen held An Shun, who was crying bitterly, pointed to the sky and swore sharply: "As long as I, Jian Mu Cen is alive for one day, I will help His Royal Highness ascend to the Great Treasure and lead the people to recover the rivers and mountains of Goguryeo." ”
An Shun wiped away his tears and said: "With the general's oath of loyalty, I, Goguryeo, will definitely be able to expel the Tang people and restore the rivers and mountains!" ”
The two had a common goal, and with the banner of Anshun, they gave up their plan to vote for Silla and decided to stay in Goguryeo to call on the people who were dissatisfied with the rule of the Tang State to rise up against the Tang Dynasty.
Jian Mucen constantly sent people to all parts of the former Goguryeo to preach that An Shun, the grandson of the treasure king, was still there, and An Shun should be jointly elected as the new king of Goguryeo, and led the army and people to expel the Tang people and restore Goguryeo.
At the same time, he contacted the anti-Tang rebels everywhere and instigated the local people to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty.
Especially those city guards who were not captured by the Tang army in the original Goguryeo, they still have a complete and well-trained army in their hands, and there is no shortage of ordnance, armor, food and grass. If you can raise troops, you can gather tens of thousands of elite tax troops in a short period of time.
When Li Yu ambushed the tens of thousands of troops of Gao Yanwu and Sha Lu in Da'an Mountain, the old land of the former Goguryeo south of Liaodong was surging.
When the remnants of Goguryeo learned that An Sun, the grandson of the Treasure King, was still alive and still in Goguryeo, and called on everyone to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty. The Goju people in various places, who were already dissatisfied with the rule of the Tang Dynasty, were excited, and they took up their weapons and gathered in Zaining County, where Anshun was located.
Those former Goguryeo city guards who had only surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and were not deprived of their military rights by the Tang Dynasty and transferred away from their original places quietly sent an army of fine taxes to submit to Anshun. In less than two months, the garrison in Zaining County had an army of 30,000 under An Shun and Jian Mu Cen, and there were many more troops and rebels on the way.
A few days after Xue Ne and Li Shangdan captured the black bones, the soldiers and horses gathered in Zaining County in April reached 50,000 people.
On the school field outside the city, Jian Mu Cen looked at the tens of thousands of troops, and his heart was full of pride, he can now command tens of thousands of troops to fight on the battlefield, and he is no longer the little person who could not control his own destiny in the past, let alone influence the country's decision-making.
An Shun sat in the position of the coach, looking at the tens of thousands of soldiers in the audience, his face turned red with excitement, and his hands tightly grasped the chair to control his excited heart.
This is an experience that even my grandfather has never had, and I, An Shun, am not sitting in this seat today as a puppet of the Yuangai Suwen family like my grandfather.
Jian Mucen stepped forward and stood in front of the school general's platform, and announced loudly in front of the soldiers: "The Tang people will destroy my country, seize my land, plunder my people, and force the treasure king to tour the west." How can we, the great men of Goguryeo, watch the Tang people behave recklessly in our homeland? ”
"Since the Tang Dynasty invaded Goguryeo, they have killed hundreds of thousands of our soldiers and civilians, ruined the country, plundered hundreds of thousands of our people and a large amount of wealth, and made the country abandoned. We were hungry and cold in this wasted land, but the Tang people also sent Han officials to force us to pay taxes, so that we had no livelihood. Soldiers, do you think we should expel the Tang people and restore Goguryeo? ”
"Expelle the Tang people and recover Goguryeo!"
"Expelling the Tang people and recovering the ...... Goguryeo"
Jian Mucen's passionate and heart-wrenching speech mobilized the emotions of tens of thousands of soldiers in the audience. Everyone shouted with a deep hatred of hostility to the Tang State and vowed to expel the Tang people, as if everyone had an unforgettable hatred for the Tang Dynasty.
Jian Mu Cen's hand pressed down, and the soldiers of the whole army gradually quieted down.
Jian Mucen pulled up An Shun, who was stunned by the roar of tens of thousands of troops sitting on his seat, and said to the generals in the audience: "He is An Shun, the grandson of the Treasure King, and now the royal blood relatives have all been taken away by the Tang State, An Shun is the only royal blood relative who escaped the Tang army's captivity, and he is also the only person who is now qualified to inherit the throne of Goguryeo and lead the army to expel the Tang people and restore Goguryeo." ”
"Today, my sword Mu Cen is Feng An Shun as my king of Goguryeo, and I will assist the king in recovering the rivers and mountains of Goguryeo with all my life!" Jian Mu Cen turned around and knelt at An Shun's feet, arched his hands, his voice was loud, and his face was humble to announce the establishment of An Shun as king today.
The tens of thousands of troops in the audience are just to oppose the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, they need a figure with status to lead them together, and An Shun just meets this condition.
After the announcement of Jian Mu Cen, tens of thousands of soldiers knelt down to An Shun without objection and respected him as the new king of Goguryeo.
After establishing Ansun as the king of Goguryeo at Chongpanseongseong, Jaeyeong-gun, he sent messengers to Silla to demand that Silla recognize his legal status and receive assistance from Silla.
At the same time, Pyongyang, the capital protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, was greatly frightened when he learned the news, and sent a messenger to report to the imperial court that Mou Cen had gathered tens of thousands of troops to establish An Shun as the king and rebelled, and asked the imperial court to send troops and horses to reinforce Andong and encircle and suppress the rebels.