Chapter 384: The First Year of Xianqing

Golden autumn.

The cool autumn wind blew, and the plains were full of busy Tuntian Tutuan Xiangyong.

The Zhili Mountain, which borders Silla, is now named Tangsan by the emperor, and this large mountain range in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula has now become the base camp of the Tang Andong Province's Eastern Expeditionary Naval Division.

Tens of thousands of sailors are fighting hard.

The sailor prepares for war, and the township is brave and tuntian.

Patches of tuntian fields have been demarcated, and the locations of the tunbao have been selected, and those villagers who have just divided the fields are working hard to build the tunbao.

Fifty townships are Yongyitun, and their families are also two or three hundred people. At this time, the one who cuts the tree cuts the tree, and the one who digs the foundation digs the foundation.

The tunpu is not very large, according to Li Xiao's drawings, a tunpu is actually very small. It is quite a sentry fortress, in fact, it is equivalent to a landlord's compound, with high walls, strong fort gates, and moats around it. The fort was mainly a staff storehouse, where the ordnance was stored, and a granary.

There are more than a dozen rooms, and there is a playground in the middle.

Only the villagers on duty lived in the fort, and the villagers who were not on duty lived outside the fort with their families.

Around the Tunpu, there are houses where Xiang Yong and his family live, which are more simply built, but the planning is relatively neat, and the courtyard is all the same, although it is a thatched-roof mud wall, it is still very spacious.

Build the fort first, and then house it first.

The use of a unified board building mode, first dig down the foundation, and then two sides of the board, insert willow or bamboo strips in the middle to make reinforcement, and then fill the soil and tamp, layer by layer of the upper base.

The speed was extremely fast, and Fifty Xiang Yong and their families, under the leadership of several Tunpu officers composed of veterans of the Eastern Expedition Water Division and the ruffians of the mercenary regiment, quickly took shape.

Autumn is cool and rainy, making it a good time to build a fort.

First build the fort wall, then dig a trench, and then build a cane house, a grain and grass warehouse, a war shed, a canteen, etc.

Almost all of these tun forts are set up along the road, and the surrounding area of the tun fort is the specially set out Xiangyong Tuntian.

The autumn harvest has passed, and only a short section of rice stubble is left in the field.

"When the shelves in the tunpu are erected, we can pause and turn to plowing these fields and sowing turnips and rape."

The weather in Obifang Prefecture is not bad, it is not too cold in winter, and there are not many that can be planted in winter, radish and rape are good choices.

White radishes and carrots are suitable for winter production, which can be used to feed the mules and horses of the Crusade Army, can also be used as vegetables, and can even be used as food.

Oilseed rape, on the other hand, can be used to extract oil.

"Don't you grow winter wheat?"

The climate in the south of Baekje is actually similar to that of the Ganghuai region, and it is possible to grow winter wheat, which is still in time for planting in this season and harvested in early summer next year.

"Plant, of course."

Radish and canola can only be used as fodder and vegetable and oil extraction, but wheat is a real grain.

"I've had people bring wheat seeds from Chang'an, and those wheat seeds can yield more."

"Then this autumn and winter's task is quite heavy, and we have to build forts and tuntian."

"It is definitely not enough to rely on six thousand townsmen, I have already ordered in the name of the history of the two states to summon the local people of the two states to help build forts and roads, and at the same time assist in autumn sowing."

Before the winter, the sailors had been preparing for battle.

And the townspeople and the people are racing against time to build forts and autumn ploughing.

From the west coast to the foot of Tangshan in the east, a total of 120 tunzhuang, 24 forts, 12 acropolis, and 6 military towns were built.

At the end of October, the autumn ploughing was completed, and the fields were basically planted with winter wheat or rape or radish.

In November, the construction of 120 tunzhuang and 24 forts was completed.

By the end of December, the construction of 12 acropolises and 6 military towns had been completed.

At the end of the month, the Chang'an News sent from Chang'an announced that next year's year name would be celebrated.

After the emperor succeeded to the throne, the era name Yonghui was used for six years, and now it has been changed to a new era name.

There is always a reason for changing the era name, such as a change of prime minister, or a more important change.

Li Xiao, who was far away in Baekje, looked at the newspaper, but he could roughly guess the reason for the emperor's change of yuan.

In the sixth year of Yonghui, Emperor Li Zhi can be said to be the happiest year.

This year, he finally drove the eldest grandson Wuji and other elders out of the court, and he did not encounter fierce resistance.

At the same time, this year, he finally abolished the queen Wang family, whom he had always disliked, and also established the Wu family as Concubine Chen.

Coupled with the smooth progress of the Eastern Expedition and the completion of the Daming Palace, the emperor was very satisfied.

Although there was a major drought last year, it finally passed and there was no bigger chaos.

So in the new year, the emperor changed the Yuan Xianqing.

The first year of Xianqing, the first day of the first month.

The emperor canonized Concubine Wu as empress.

On the same day, the emperor deposed the crown prince Li Zhong as the crown prince, changed his title to the king of Joseon, and appointed him as the governor of Wuzhen Prefecture.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor decreed that Li Hong, the son of Concubine Wuchen, should be crowned as the crown prince.

It was on the same day.

On the same day, deputy marshals Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang led 40,000 Tang Dynasty to launch a spring offensive against Baekje with 40,000 troops and 60,000 Silla soldiers and horses.

Xue Rengui broke Longhua City, and Su Dingfang broke Gulu City.

Cheng Biting Jin besieged the city under the city of Liaodong to send reinforcements, besieged and annihilated more than 18,000 horsemen of the Goguryeo and the Ya Ya coalition army, severely damaged the Goguryeo people, and forced them to retreat into the mountain cities and dare not come out.

The Goguryeo people were too busy to take care of themselves and could no longer afford to send a large army south to support Baekje.

The Tang Silla coalition led by Su Lie and Xue Li was even more unstoppable, and they were invincible.

At the beginning of February, the 100,000-strong allied army of Xue Ingui, Su Dingfang, and Silla Prince Kim Famin broke through the Baekje army at Xiongjinkou and conquered the capital city, destroying the main force of the Baekje army, beheading more than 10,000 ranks, and pulling out its royal city.

The king of Baekje, Fuyu Yici, and the crown prince Fuyu Long, fled in panic and fled into a small city in the north to take refuge, and were surrounded by Su Xue's army.

Buyeo Yoshiki's second son, Buyeo Tai, took advantage of his father's and brother's flight and established himself as king in Baekje City.

In the midst of this chaos, Zhao Zhiman led Li Xiao's mercenary group to infiltrate Baekje City in disguise one step earlier, and he took the initiative to find Fuyu Wensi, the grandson of Fuyu Yici.

"You're a Tanger?"

Zhao Zhiman nodded, "I am the envoy of the Tang Andong Dao, the envoy of pacification, the envoy of observation, the envoy of regimental training, the envoy of Yingtian, the envoy of Wuzhen Prefecture and the envoy of Li Xiao, the assassin of Fangzhou, and I was ordered to come to see Wang Sun secretly. ”

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

"Why don't you listen to me first?" Zhao Chiman's Baekje dialect is ordinary, but the expression is still very clear, "In my opinion, in fact, His Royal Highness Wang Sun is now also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, but I am afraid that he will not live for three days." ”

"Bold!" One of the guards shouted with his sword drawn.

Fuyu Wensi stopped his subordinates, "You tell me your reason." ”

"Your Royal Highness, now that the king of Buyeo and the crown prince are still there, your uncle Wang has set himself up as king. But now the Goguryeo people in the north are too busy to take care of themselves, and my Tang Dynasty and Silla soldiers and horses are no longer stoppable, whether it is the king and prince of Buyeo, or your prince and grandson, they are just mantis arms as a car. ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if my Tang soldiers and horses retreat, does Wang Bu think that your prince and grandson can still let you live? I'm afraid that one day when my Tang army really retreats, your prince and grandson will kill you first. ”

Zhao Zhiman's words are to the point, how can Fuyu Wensi not understand the truth.

But at the beginning, the king of Fuyu and the crown prince personally went to Xiongjin City to supervise the war, but now they are trapped in the small city of Beibei, and his uncle Wang took the opportunity to establish himself as the king, and his prince and grandson are the most dangerous.

"So what should I do?"

"Only now, the destruction of the country in Baekje is inevitable, the general trend is irreversible, and only those who know the times can still save their lives. Why didn't Wang Sun descend to Tang? If you can help my Tang Dynasty take this city without a fight, this is a great achievement, not only to save your life, but also to protect the life of your father and ancestors, although Baekje is dead in the future, you can also move to Chang'an City and enjoy wealth and prosperity. ”

"Wang Sun, think about it!" Zhao Zhiman said slowly.