Chapter 671: Wu Yuanqing's obsession
Previously, the Tang Dynasty only fought against the Goguryeo revival forces supported by Silla, and did not directly declare war with Silla, an ally of many years. However, in 674, Tang Gojong made a complete break with King Munmu of Silla, installed King Munmu's younger brother Kim In-wen as the monarch of Silla, and sent Yoo In-ghan to lead troops to attack Silla. In February 675, after Liu Renliang defeated the Silla army at the Battle of Ada City and the Battle of Qichongseong, Kim Famin sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to apologize for his crimes in order to maintain his vested interests and avoid doom.
In 675, Li Jinxing led the Tatar people who had defected to the Tang Dynasty to attack Silla's Shihyeon Fortress, Chimu Fortress, and Maixiao Fortress, all of which were victorious. In April, the Tang Dynasty sent troops to help, and Silla surrendered to Baicheng. At this time, the relict of Goguryeo, Jian Mucen, led the crowd to oppose the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Gaozong took Gao Kan as the head of the march of Dongzhou Road, and Li Jinxing sent troops to the head of the march of Yanshan Road.
After years of war, Silla was exhausted. In the case of the return of the main force of Liu Renliang, Silla was still unable to completely repel the left-behind Tang army of Li Jinxing and Xue Rengui with the strength of the whole country. Kim Famin may have realized that the Tang army could not withdraw from the Korean Peninsula through war, so after the battle of Mai Xiaocheng, he sent emissaries to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty and apologize.
If you can't beat it, you will admit defeat and apologize, and the Silla people know that the Tang Dynasty is generous and easy to forgive, so it is very slippery to play this set.
And because the strategic focus of the Tang Dynasty has shifted to the western front, Tubo has become its main opponent, and Liu Renliang, Xue Rengui, Li Jinxing and other commanders of the Eastern Expedition have all been transferred to the west to guard against Tibet. It is difficult for the Tang Dynasty to send the main army to the east to fight against Silla, and it is impossible to subdue Silla by using the method of partial division and strategy. Therefore, in the face of Silla's request for apology, the Tang Dynasty also accepted.
After all, compared to Tubo, compared to Western Xinjiang, the stick is much more insignificant, so let it go like a fart, anyway, it is still a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty can't look down on it, so it's gone.
However, the war did not stop there.
Silla is a white-eyed wolf, a snake, it is not dead if it does not eat what it wants to eat in its mouth, even if it admits defeat on the surface, it is a lie, the Chinese are always kind and forgetful, and always can't remember this.
In 676, Xue Ingui led his troops across the Yellow Sea to support the Kumjin Prefecture and fought against Silla at Sofuri Prefecture, and the two sides fought another battle. Then, because of the problem of Tubo and the problem of the northwest, the Tang Dynasty raised troops again, and took the initiative to retreat, moving the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate from Pyongyang to the ancient city of Liaodong, and the Xiongjin Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was moved from Sixuan to the ancient city of Jian'an.
After the Andong Governorate withdrew from Pyongyang, the Tang Dynasty set up the Andong Governorate in Pyongyang to maintain its rule over Goguryeo's homeland.
By this time, Silla had fulfilled its ambition and ate all of its hometown of Baekje and Goguryeo south of the Taedong River.
The Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo and Baekje, occupied the peninsula for almost seven or eight years, and then in the blink of an eye, Silla turned against the Tang Dynasty, and then occupied seven or eight years before Silla took advantage of the Tang Dynasty's attention to turn to the northwest to deal with the Tibetan and immaculate other countries to rob the fruits of victory.
But what happened in history, and Silla still existed at that time, and belonged to an independent state.
But now the entire peninsula, whether Goguryeo, Baekje or Silla, has been wiped out by the Tang Dynasty, and the army has also been destroyed and scattered.
At the same time, there are no enemies who dare to blow up in the north, south or west, Wu Yuanqing does not think that the Tang Dynasty, which is surrounded by foreign enemies, will be overturned by the handful of remnants of the Three Kingdoms on the peninsula, and the rebellion can only pull up a few hundred people to overturn.
With Su Dingfang, a famous general, and 5,000 elite soldiers and horses, even if Cheng Chumo and them all stayed in Qizhou instead of running back to Laizhou, Liu Renliang and Liu Renyuan did not return to the water division, even if the water division did not forget Liaodong and the peninsula to inspect, Wu Yuanqing did not think that there could be any problems on the peninsula, and Su Dingfang could not solve it.
Regarding Wu Yuanqing's doubts, Liu Renyuan shook his head with a smile and explained: "If we only deal with the remaining remnants of Baekje Silla and others, there is no need for us to worry, but now Su Dingfang should pay attention not only to Baekje Silla, but we are not going to look at them when we go back, but there are more important things for us to sit in."
"Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla have all been destroyed, what else is there to all of you to sit in and pay attention to?" Wu Yuanqing frowned, and as soon as the question came out, Wu Yuanqing patted his head and understood: "Is it the Wa Kingdom?" Is it a change in the country of the Japanese state?"
"That's right, it's the chief who wants to kill the past Wa Kingdom in your heart." Liu Renliang said with a smile. Wu Yuanqing's obsession Cheng Chumo, Wei Chi Baolin naturally knew it for a long time, and Liu Renyuan and Liu Renliang, who were recommended by Wu Yuanqing to the water division, and then served as the deputy chief for a period of time under Wu Yuanqing, also knew the obsession of the former boss very well, when attacking Baekje, the Japanese State also took a fleet of hundreds of ships to reinforce Baekje, and the Tang Dynasty was caught off guard, but after the two sides collided at the mouth of the Xiongjin River, Wu Yuanqing directly ordered the Japanese fleet to be wiped out.
That time was not because Baekje and Goguryeo had not yet been defeated, and Cheng Chumo and Su Dingfang had changed their battle plans without authorization, which led to the fact that the progress was not smooth, Wu Yuanqing was ready to take it to the Wa Kingdom at that time.
That's why Liu Renliang joked that it was Wu Yuanqing who wanted to kill the change in the Japanese country.
"The year before last, it was when you left us and ran back to Chang'an, when Emperor Shu Ming of the Wa Kingdom died, and then Su I Ezo supported a woman to become the emperor of the Wa Kingdom." Liu Ren is willing to say.
"Well, I know, after the news reached Chang'an, it also caused a big discussion." Wu Yuanqing nodded and said, a woman is the emperor, even if it is the Japanese and the Tang Dynasty, but the people, scholars, and officials of the Tang Dynasty have been discussing it for a while, and they have ridiculed the Japanese people.
"Because the female emperor is supported by Soga Ezo, and the Soga family is the most powerful person in the Wa Kingdom, and Soga Ezo is a powerful minister, so he doesn't take this female emperor in his eyes at all. Not only did he violate the etiquette system and entertain the envoys of the North Vietnamese Ezo tributary in his own house, but he also built an ancestral temple in Katsuragi High Palace, and he also made people dance the Hachiyu dance that only the emperor can watch. He even requisitioned the private tribes of various royal and wealthy families in the country to build two mausoleums, one for himself and one for his son. It can be said that in the more than a year since the female emperor ascended the throne, Soga Ezo has caused a lot of resentment among the people, and all the noble and wealthy families also hate him."
Liu Renyuan said this, Liu Renliang grabbed the conversation and said: "These are not counted, just when Hou Ye you wrote to us to let us come to Qizhou, news came from the Wa Kingdom, Su I Ezo on the grounds of serious illness, without the permission of the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom, privately granted his son Su I into the deer minister and the purple crown, and granted the second son the position of the minister who originally belonged to the Monobe clan, this purple crown is a product in the Wa Kingdom, the right to grant it is in the emperor, Su I Ezo usurped the imperial power, and the contempt for the imperial power was completely undisguised. We estimate that the conflict between the Soga family and the emperor and the magnates is probably not far off. At this time, it is really inappropriate to leave only Su Dingfang over there, it is better for us to go back and guard, in case the opportunity is good, maybe we will directly fight over and destroy them."
"Okay, great, then let's get here today, hurry up, you guys will leave early tomorrow, go back early and don't delay the fighter."