Chapter 348: The Deputy Chief of the March
In Qin Hao's heart, Baekje was far less reliable than Silla, and when the war between Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty started, there must be a force of his own on the peninsula to help contain or even sweep the tail, so he would fall to Silla so neatly.
To put it bluntly, it is just a national contradiction, Baekje and Goguryeo are of the same culture and the same species after all, and such an alliance is too unreliable, even if it is the last peaches, Baekje will be much easier to pick than Silla, which is also the reason why the civil and military capitals of the Manchu Dynasty are more supportive of his blatant eccentricity.
However, Qin Hao was at most thinking about the problem of eccentricity, but he didn't expect Da Niu to play such a trick.
After they returned to Dengzhou that day, they didn't see Sun Er's fleet return for a long time, and they immediately felt that something was wrong, and immediately ordered someone to check, and when the results were reported back, he was also embarrassed.
Now, there is no need to bother to make excuses, the Baekje defenders actually dared to brazenly attack and kill the Tang envoy, this is a provocation in the eyes of the majesty of the Heavenly Khan, and it is completely possible to declare war on him.
If Goguryeo does not participate, Baekje will not be able to withstand it and will lose the country, and when a pro-Tang force dominates the south of the Han River, Goguryeo will be attacked on both sides, and it will have to die unbearably, not to mention that Silla is now relying on smuggling to continuously export general coupons to their territory and even kidnap people, which has long been a thorn in Goguryeo's side.
The four-nation melee is about to begin.
Of course, if Datang doesn't like this reason, just say that Da Niu is not a messenger sent by Datang, and the nature of killing a captain and killing a messenger is completely different.
Maybe it's God's favor, Da Niu actually didn't die in the end, but he was carried back to Jincheng by Sun Er with eight arrows in his body, and he didn't die when he was carried back to Jincheng by Sun Er.
After two days of deliberation, the imperial court finally made a decision: fight.
So, the Tang Dynasty declared war on Baekje, and Silla, as a loyal dog leg of the Tang Dynasty, also declared war on Baekje, Baekje couldn't bear the pressure and went to Goguryeo for help, Goguryeo declared war on Silla again, and Datang declared war on Goguryeo again to protect his younger brother.
Well, at least that's the obvious reason.
Da Niu is such an ordinary school captain, and he can become the fuse of the Four Kingdoms War with his own life, at least it is not difficult to leave his name in history.
On the other hand, who will fight this battle has become a new headache for the imperial court.
200,000 Guanzhong government soldiers, 300,000 vassal troops, plus other government soldiers gathered in various places, add up to one million, such a large army, can be qualified to be the commander of this battle, except for Li Xiaogong, who has been raising fat all day long, it seems that only Li Jing is the only one.
But the imperial court didn't want to use Li Jing.
First, Li Jing is over sixty years old this year, which is already an absolute old age in ancient times, what if there is an accident on the battlefield.
What's going onγγγγγ Hehe.
It was the people who destroyed the Turks, and it was the people who destroyed the Tuguhun, and now they still use people to fight Goguryeo? Since ancient times, there has been no one who destroys the country with military merits, and everyone has already destroyed two in a row, if this destroys the third one, what reward will be given to others? Now that he is defending the country, wouldn't he be crowned king if he takes another step?
So in the civil and military affairs of the imperial court, the commander-in-chief was very tacitly avoided from Li Jing's body, some said Hou Junji, some said Li Tao, and even said that Li Xiaogong was reactivated, anyway, no one mentioned the Tang Dynasty's Hundred Battles Army God Wei Guogong.
Li Jing himself is also sensible, just right to get sick, it is said that he can't get out of bed now, Li Shimin was very heartbroken and took several ministers to visit his house, said a lot of nonsense without nutrition, shed a few tears, and also crowned a Luoyang governor, never mentioning the front-line war.
So, who can take on this responsibility?
Originally, in history, Li Tao was really alone in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan to conquer Xue Yantuo, and Hou Junji was the fourteenth year of Zhenguan to conquer Gaochang, at this time the two of them were far from growing up to be able to lead the army alone, and Goguryeo crossed the Northern Dynasty and Liao-Ning, Ji-Lin in later generations, and defeated Yang Guang's million-strong army three times, and it was the strongest country in the world except for the Tang Dynasty, and it was by no means comparable to Xue Yantuo and Gaochang.
So, in the end, when he couldn't find anyone, Li Shimin decided to go on a personal expedition.
Hearing this, Fang Xuanling and others naturally persuaded hard, this Li Shimin has a characteristic when he fights, that is, he likes to take the lead, every time he rushes into battle, he himself is always the first to rush, and when he retreats, he is the last, and the Xuanjia black cavalry is invincible, which has nothing to do with it.
In the past, when he was a great general, this was called courage and bravery, but now he is the emperor, God knows if his combat style has changed, if there is a mistake in this special thing, won't the sky fall?
In the end, Li Shimin had to make a guarantee that he would only stay in the Chinese army to fight in this battle, and would never be the vanguard himself, which finally persuaded the Manchu civil and military forces.
Li Shimin wanted Fang Xuanling to stay in prison, but Fang Xuanling would rather die than bear it, this is different from the original history of Taizong's personal conquest, Li Chengqian is not dead yet.
In the end, Li Shimin had no choice but to let Li Chengqian be in charge of the country, but he specially instructed that he should ask Fang Xuanling about all the major military affairs, and he could only make a decision after asking Fang Xuanling, and Li Chengqian was also very obedient and sensible and agreed, and bowed to Fang Xuanling with a teacher's courtesy.
Since then, Fang Xuanling can be regarded as tied to Li Chengqian's chariot, as long as there are no major problems in the prison this time, he, the crown prince, can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai.
Well, none of that matters.
Li Shimin dispatched troops and sent generals, divided the troops into two routes, the first route was Li Tao as the general manager of the march on the Liaodong Road, and led the soldiers and horses of the state out of Yingzhou, and Li Daozong was the deputy general manager of the march, recruiting several Hu troops out of Liuzhou.
The two took care of each other, guarded the horns, and went straight to the Great Wall of Liaoshui, which was the vanguard of the Tang Army.
The second way, he personally led the Guanzhong government soldiers, starting from Chang'an all the way north, this is the real main force of the Tang Army, and those old subordinates who fought the world such as Wei Chi Gongcheng and the like naturally followed together.
The third way is to recruit the Khitan, Jin and other foreign vassal armies to go south to Tongding.
The fourth road is interesting, and he actually ordered Niu Jinda to be the general manager of the Pyongyang Road march, and Qin Hao was the deputy to lead the Dengzhou Naval Division.
"Lao Tzu is a civil official! Civil Servant!! Not to mention the war, Lao Tzu has killed no more than two people in total! No, I haven't killed a few chickens! β
Okay, maybe it's because I'm afraid that Niu Jinda won't be able to control these sailors of the Qing Gang, and I'm just making a name for myself by his side?
Hehe, when Niu Jinda sent him to the big tent to discuss matters, Qin Hao ran out of electricity with a word.
"Zhenheng, you send my old cow to the back of Goguryeo's ass, you don't have to worry about the rest, you don't have to go ashore, where do you need reinforcements, act when you have the opportunity."
"Huh? Co-author, the two of us are still divided into two ways? β