In the middle of the Great African Sichuan, the Tibetan Prime Minister Qinling and the famous Tang general Xue Rengui fought wits and courage, which determined that the two countries would reach a stalemate in the future over the ownership of the Tuyuhun old land in the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. www.biquge.info The Liaodong region in the northeast is covered with war clouds, whether it is Li Yu, the governor of the Tang Dynasty, or the leaders of the Goguryeo anti-Tang army, Jian Mucen and An Shun, are all preparing for war.

In July, Silla took the lead in dispatching a large army and captured the 82 cities of the Kumajin Prefecture, which had few major generals. The Silla generals "took sixty-three cities from Pinil, Munchung, the ministers, the righteous officials, and the heavenly officials, and migrated the Baekje people to the interior; Tiancun, Zhuzhi, etc., took the seven cities and beheaded two thousand; The officer and Wen Ying took 12 cities, defeated the soldiers, beheaded 7,000 ranks, and obtained a lot of war horses and weapons", a total of 82 cities were taken, accounting for almost half of the original city of Baekje.

When the news reached Anshi, Li Yu was a little surprised, but he could only be helpless about the loss of half of the territory of the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, and the Goguryeo rebels south of the Yalu River had not yet been resolved, and there were enough soldiers and horses to cross the sea to Baekje for reinforcements.

After the elimination of the remnants of the Goguryeo rebels in Liaodong, the Andong armies under the command of Li Yu repaired for several months, and the 24,000 Liaonan soldiers recruited met the requirements of a combatable soldier after months of training.

Li Yu organized these southern Liaoning Chinese soldiers into eight armies, each with 3,000 men. They are Pingyi, Zhendong, Poyu, Dangdi, Dingman, Tianshi, Flying Tiger, Jiaolong Eight Army. The officers above the commander level of each army are filled with low-level officers with military merits in the Ten Divine Beast Guards, and the homes of these officers are all in the interior of the Tang Dynasty, and they are the guards recruited by Li Yu's firm, and the possibility of rebellion is extremely low, which is enough to ensure the loyalty of the Eighth Army to Li Yu.

In the past few months, the major trading houses have sent all the guards that can be removed to Anshi, which is enough for 15,000 people, and if Li Yu wants to recruit soldiers from the trading houses, there will only be the victims who are gradually transported.

In addition to the children of the three Qins who are good at riding and archery, they are organized into the Beihai Iron Cavalry, and the remaining soldiers have finally organized the Ten Divine Beast Guards, which are the Pixiu, Gluttony, and Chaos Three Guards of the Five Guards of the Ten Divine Beast Guards.

In just half a year, Li Yu went from a large governor of Youzhou Metropolitan Mansion with 12,000 soldiers and horses to Yanyun and Beihai, the Ten Divine Beast Guards with a strength of 30,000 people, plus the 8th Chinese Army of Southern Liaoning with 24,000 people, and the total strength reached 66,000 people.

Now Li Yu's dominance in the northeast is no longer a problem, and with the latest report, among the Goguryeo rebels, there are only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under Gao Yanwu entrenched in the northeast city, and Anshun south of Yalu Water is only more than 40,000. Moreover, the two rebel armies were separated by hundreds of miles, and the city of Pyongyang was cut off by the mountains of the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, so they could not achieve the purpose of mutual support.

On the north bank of the Yalushui River, Bozhuo City, an important gateway to the domestic city, was in the hands of the Tang army, and the connection between the domestic city and Pyongyang was under the nose of the Tang army, and the connection between the rebels in the two places could be easily severed.

Raising an army of nearly 70,000 people, even the wealthy Li Yu suddenly felt unbearable, and Cui Xuan of the Prime Minister's Commercial Bank reported several times that the grain, grass, ordnance and army were tight, and if he could not expand his financial resources and increase the income of the commercial bank, he could only rely on the money and grain accumulated in the past three years to support one year at most, and he needed to consider it early.

Although the food shortage was a year later, Cui Xuan, as Li Yu's confidant, knew that it would be impossible for the army to maintain the current number after half a year, it would only increase and not decrease, and his calculation was based on the current number of soldiers.

Li Yu suddenly felt that he had spent hundreds of thousands of yuan in the past six months, and it is estimated that he will be able to exceed one million yuan by the end of this year. Although the six major commercial houses are very profitable, they are not as fast as Li Yu to spend money.

Seeing Li Yu sighing, Xin'er came over and asked with a smile: "Jun Xun is still having a headache about money and food?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Yu propped his head and thought about what else was not available in this era, but it could be manufactured with the current technology to make a lot of money, but there were too many thoughts during this time and he couldn't think of it for a while.

"Jun Xun, we are fighting alone in Liaodong, it can be said that we didn't ask the court for a grain or a ring, why don't we report some soldiers to go up and ask the court for some grain?"

"Hey!" Li Yu smiled bitterly and had another headache, he privately recruited 60,000 soldiers, and was impeached by the imperial history to become a male according to Liaodong, with bad intentions, and it was difficult for him to explain clearly. It was only a matter of time before the imperial court learned the general situation of his soldiers and horses, and it was a problem how to explain it to his eldest father when he returned to Beijing. So far, Li Yu has not asked the court for food and support, and he is a little afraid that the officials sent by the imperial court will send him to Liaodong, so he can delay it.

Not to mention the huge army under his command, it is difficult to say that he has privately replaced most of the prefectures and counties in Liaodong with his own people.

What's more, in the past few months, Li Yu relied on the fact that he was the Grand Protector of the Andong Metropolitan Governorate and could appoint and dismiss local officials on his own, and constantly went to the four governors of the Governor's Mansion, which was still served by Goguryeo, and promoted his subordinate officials and a large number of diners recruited in the past three years to officials.

If the court officials came to Liaodong and Li Yu packed the ticket, these Goguryeo people would definitely make their own little reports behind their backs.

Li Yu could imagine that after his eldest father and mother knew what they had done in Liaodong, they looked at their suspicious eyes.

Xin'er could also see the worry in Jun Xun's heart from Li Yu's suspicious face, and said with relief: "The imperial court learned that what Jun Jun did in Liaodong was a matter of time or time, and avoiding worries will not solve the problem. What's more, the imperial court did not come to the will, and sent Gao Kan, the general of the left prison gate, as the head of the march of Dongzhou Road, and Li Jinxing, the general of the right leading army, to lead the army to help; Did Si Ping Taichang Uncle Yang Fang Sui come to appease the remnants of Goryeo? After a few months, they are almost here, and Xun Jun can't hide it, so it is better to explain to the court openly, so as not to hide it secretly and finally be discovered, and no one will believe it even if Xun Jun has tens of millions of legitimate reasons. It is better to be in a passive and unfavorable situation when it is discovered, and it is better to take the initiative first, and even if there are dissenting and skeptical people, we will have enough reasons and courage to refute it. This move can also solve the problem of food for some soldiers and horses. ”

Li Yu, who was in a state of numbness, was moved by Xin'er, and the difference between active and passive was too great. If I take the initiative to give feedback to the imperial court, black can also be said to be white, after all, the ministers and eldest father in the court do not know the truth about Liaodong. At that time, I will raise a large number of troops by myself, and the reason for promoting and installing myself as the magistrate of Liaodong is not up to me. As long as he doesn't do anything out of line, no one who is not long-sighted will come to Liaodong to investigate the real situation.

"Xin'er, how do I report to the imperial court about the defeat of the soldiers?"

Regarding the appointment of a large number of Chinese as magistrates in Liaodong, Li Yu still had no intention of defeating. Because this article did not worry about becoming the target of impeachment by others, the Andong Imperial Court, which was established after the destruction of Goguryeo during the reign of the general jang, allowed the Dadu Protector to appoint and dismiss local officials on his own. Although many of the Goguryeo officials appointed by the imperial court were replaced by Chinese, Li Yu had an excuse to use these Goguryeo rebellions to justify his move. What's more, many ministers in the imperial court are not very capable, and they do not belong to high-ranking and powerful people, and they are in deputy positions in various central departments. But the Huayi thought in their minds is very serious, and when they are held accountable by their eldest father, they will directly move out those Goguryeo officials who participated in the rebellion to the death, and they must be able to get the support of many officials in the DPRK and China.

Xin'er had a pretty smile on her face, and sat directly next to Li Yu with a turn of posture, her mischievous fingers gently swept over Li Yu's creamy face and smiled: "Jun Xun can report a part of the soldiers to the imperial court in batches, and the number of soldiers reported each time is between 10,000 and thousands more than the last time, and urgently tell the imperial court that the severity of the situation in Anton requires a large number of soldiers to suppress the rebellion of the Goguryeo people, anyway, the more severe it is, the better." In this way, the court does not doubt him, and it will be much smoother for Jun Jun to ask for food, and there is no need to worry too much about someone taking the opportunity to impeach Jun Jun for raising troops and horses to support his own self-respect. ”