Chapter 554: The Beginning of Transformation
In this way, because of the filth of Goguryeo and Baekje, Silla, a country that was ruined by the concerted efforts of others, actually survived, and even showed signs of improvement.
But this is just an illusion, because although there is something dirty, Goguryeo and Baekje's determination to kill Silla is still unwavering, especially when Datang, a referee who can influence the battle situation with a word, has not spoken, Goguryeo and Baekje have to take the opportunity to resolutely kill Silla.
After all, the territory of the Northeast and the peninsula is so large, and the territory of three countries is not as large as the territory of two countries.
The letter of the Silla student was quickly sent to Li Shimin's desk, but Li Shimin threw it aside without even reading it, and the only fate waiting for this note was to be taken away, burned, burned, and there was no chance to file and store it.
Because, the war of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje was good for the Tang Dynasty, and it was of great benefit, and Li Shimin, who tasted the sweetness from the conquest and occupation, did not let the three countries of the Northeast and the Peninsula be safe.
It's good to count them all to be scrapped, so that Datang can easily clean up the mess and then include them in the territory.
In addition to these two big things, there are basically no major events in the twelve years of Zhenguan, well, the main thing is that those sultry people in the southwest are too capable of rebellion, and the rebellion is accustomed to the Tang monarchs.
Groups of three or five dare to pull the flag to rebel, and thousands of people are a large-scale uprising, and anyone who can hear such a thing every day will not think it is a thing.
In addition to these, another is that the invincible Tang Navy Division on the sea finally encountered an enemy that was of sufficient weight.
The Arabs from that part of the Persian Gulf and the Tang Dynasty sailors fought in the waters near the Persian Gulf in Tianzhu.
As early as the year before last, the little fat man Li Tai had already created artillery with the help of Wu Yuanqing's induction and inspiration and the help of the martial arts and royal craftsmen.
Although the power of black powder and solid cannonballs is not great, it is still an artifact-like existence at this time in Datang. This thing may not be very useful in field warfare, and it is bulky and inconvenient to transport, but it is still very useful when defending a city.
Of course, at sea is where this artillery can exert its power the most. Unlike sieges, the walls are so thick, and you don't know how many times you need to smash off a piece of wall skin. It's not like in a field battle, where you can only hit a straight line, and if the enemy's formation is scattered, you can't kill a few people with a single shot.
At sea, at this time are all wooden boats, where can withstand a few blows of gunpowder-boosted iron bumps.
Not to mention that except for the ships of the Tang Dynasty, which can only be built very large, the ships of any other country are not much bigger than the sampan.
Naval battles, water battles, before the advent of thermal weapons such as artillery and muskets, were all hand-to-hand combat. At most, it is necessary to wear long-range attack equipment such as bows and crossbows, catapults, etc. But the attack distance is not very far, and in the end you still have to jump to the gang in hand-to-hand combat.
Datang now has artillery, which can be said to be directly separated from other countries for several eras, if it weren't for the fact that the musket has not improved much over the years, the ignition and reloading are relatively slow, and the battlefield is still not as good as the bow and arrow, Li Taidu is ready to persuade his father to reload the army with some muskets.
The Tang Navy Division equipped with artillery, although the artillery attack distance was only less than three miles, it still pressed the Arab ships, and when the shot was accurate, it could be turned into an enemy ship after two or three cannons.
The final result is a complete victory for Datang, which goes without saying.
However, in the recital that came back, Liu Renyuan and Liu Renliang still used a non-negligible evaluation of the Arabs.
This means that the Arabs are still very powerful, and even if they are completely destroyed by us, we will not suffer any losses.
Why are there such contradictory things and evaluations?
The two recounted the battle in detail, and after reading the whole thing, it can be described in one word, that is, they are not afraid of death.
When the two sides met, the Datang Navy Division was a reorganized fleet composed of ten large Fu ships and dozens of small auxiliary ships, while the Arabs only had more than a dozen ships, and the largest was only similar to the largest auxiliary ship in the Datang fleet.
But it was such an ant-like existence that first provoked and attacked the elephant of Datang.
First, they sent an envoy to the Great Tang ship and rebuked them, telling the Great Tang to leave their seas, otherwise they would condemn the Great Tang on behalf of Allah.
After discovering that the Tang fleet ignored it, the Arabs took the initiative to attack.
It's just that they haven't been hit by the ships of the Tang Dynasty, and the first and largest ship was blown to pieces by the artillery commanded by Liu Renliang.
To other people, seeing this kind of divine power of heavenly punishment would have long since kneeled down and kowtowed, but these Arabs did not, shouting Allah in their mouths, shouting Allah and rushing towards the Tang fleet without stopping.
In the end, the whole army was wiped out, and there was no life left.
Fierce and not afraid of death, this is terrible, like a moth to a fire, knowing that it is death to attack, with such people, the country is not much smaller and weaker, not to mention that Arabia can now be said to be the most powerful country in the West.
In the west of Persia, which used to trade with the Tang Dynasty, countries like Dashi no longer exist. Persia was destroyed by the Arabs, the name of the Persians was originally the name of the Persians for a tribe of the original Arabia, so the people have now been integrated into the Arab Empire.
Of course, for the Tang Dynasty, the Arab Empire is still commensurate with the Great Food Country, but the Great Food Land has expanded and destroyed Persia.
Dashi has long had contacts with the Central Plains countries, but there has always been nothing special, in the eyes of the Chinese people is just a barbarian, how can he suddenly become so not afraid of death, especially the country has expanded a lot, and the very powerful Persia has been destroyed.
A few years ago, when he learned that Persia was destroyed, Li Shimin didn't feel anything, but with the naval battle of the sailors, as well as Liu Renliang and Liu Renyuan's detailed report, Li Shimin had to think about whether this big food would pose any threat to the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that Li Shimin is puzzled, why did there be such a sudden change?
If Wu Yuanqing was there, he would tell him that this is the power of religion, and it is also one of the reasons why Wu Yuanqing has always been very jealous and dislikes religion.
The transformation of the Great Cannibals, or Arabs, began in 610, a few years before the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and the sixth year of the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty.