Although Shi Lei and his men advanced quickly and took one Goguryeo city after another, their battle had to be temporarily ended before the arrival of the winter of the new year. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 It's not that they are facing a fortified city that they can't gnaw on like in history, but because the battle line is too long, and it takes too much manpower and material resources to maintain the supply line, and in addition, they have to leave enough manpower to maintain the order of the territory they have just won.

Datang is not only to lay down these territories in name only, but to really control these areas and turn everything here into their own use, so they will definitely not be able to finish the battle, but slowly take root in the local area.

In addition, of course, it is also considered that after more than a year of uninterrupted fighting and rushing, the feeling of homesickness in the army has gradually become stronger, and it is time for these meritorious soldiers to return to Datang and enjoy the honor that should belong to them.

After the completion of the defense handover, Shi Lei can finally lead the team back to his home after more than a year of absence. In addition to his family, he was naturally greeted with all kinds of glory and real rich rewards.

In this series of battles, Xiongxiong, the leader of the Tatar clan, who also had a glorious record, was cordially received by Li Chengqian, and fully affirmed their firm behavior of leading the party and the courage to act as a pioneer daredevil. Of course, it is indispensable to hope that they will continue to make persistent efforts to cause more trouble for the Goguryeo regime, which is still breathing.

For this reason, Li Chengqian did not hesitate to carve out more territory, and also supported more materials to the Ya tribe, but these places were all a bit chicken for the Tang Dynasty, or areas that were still in a tug-of-war, and some were simply still in the hands of the Goguryeo people, anyway, there was also the intention of encouraging them to continue to fight with the Goguryeo side.

After a period of rest, after a few years, Shi Lei set off with his men and horses again, the goal is still Goguryeo, and it is time to get back the remaining less than half of the territory.

This time, Shi Lei came prepared, and tried to completely defeat Goguryeo at one time, even with the support of the Japanese state, Shi Lei also had absolute confidence and gave them all the strength.

Since Shi Lei put the big octopus that grew into a sea monster in the coastal zone of the Wa Kingdom, although the Wa Kingdom can't say that the sails can't go to the sea, anyway, the big ships that want to run towards the Tang Dynasty have basically been poisoned by this monster. Therefore, the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty never succeeded, and the technical level of the Wa Kingdom was therefore very stagnant.

Coupled with the huge trade deficit, they have no superior products of their own, and can only passively become the ATM of the Datang maritime merchants led by the Shi family, and it can even be said that it is a money printing factory. Although the Tang Dynasty officials were later involved, the plundering of the Japanese State became even more unscrupulous.

The rulers of the Japanese state are not all fools who see profit and forget righteousness, but there are still some people who see the hidden evils and have always wanted to find an opportunity to redeem the decline in this regard.

The battle between Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty gave these arrogant Japanese people an opportunity, making them feel that as long as they had the help of their huge warships, Goguryeo would definitely be able to defeat the Tang Empire, which was an increasing threat to neighboring countries.

It's a pity that they think a little too highly of themselves, and the navy of Datang quickly taught them a vivid lesson.

And Shi Lei also transferred the big octopus that has grown even bigger and has completely turned into a terrifying sea monster, the tentacles alone are more than fifty meters long, the power is huge, and under the attack of its big tentacles, the warship of the Wa Kingdom can easily capsize and sink.

There are also many swordfish and swordfish deliberately cultivated by Shi Lei, which kept hitting the bottom of the warships of the Wa State like torpedoes, and the fleet of the Wa State lost more than half of them before they had time to engage the Tang Navy.

When the Tang Navy arrives, and then kill the few remaining resisters, the only thing to consider is whether their own warships are enough to fish up all the Japanese sailors who are constantly fluttering in the water, or whether there is a need to fish them out.

Most of these poor guys were stupid by the behemoths that attacked them, and some of them simply went crazy, constantly attacking their companions around them, and by the time Tang Jun made up his mind to save people, there were not many people left to survive.

Anyway, this navy, which was once the pride of the Japanese state, has been removed from history in this way, and I believe that after such a bloody lesson, the Japanese country will know how to maintain due reverence for the Tang Dynasty, the heavenly kingdom.

Shi Lei's land forces were still one-sided in the battle against Goguryeo, destroying the forces that dared to resist.

The nails planted before Shi Lei's arrangement, while shouting the slogan "oppose the ministers, resist tyranny", launched a desperate raid on Quansu Gavin at any cost, and after successfully killing the de facto Goguryeo ruler, the unified situation of Goguryeo, which had been maintained under his high-pressure rule, immediately fell apart.

In the subsequent battles, it was often where Shi Lei's soldiers went, the other party pretended to resist, and then went out of the city to surrender, or some simply welcomed the arrival of the Tang Heavenly Army, probably because they had been yearning for the wealth of the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and they were also looking forward to living a good life like the Tang people.

The process of unification of Goguryeo was naturally much faster, and after the son of Quansu Gavin led the last resistance force to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, the entire Goguryeo completely fell into the hands of the Tang Dynasty and became the Andong Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.

Considering Shi Lei's huge reputation in the local area, he is definitely the existence of the great demon king in the entire Goguryeo, so Li Chengqian ignored Shi Lei's resignation and ignored Shi Lei's reasons for not understanding management, and firmly appointed him as the first protector of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate.

Fortunately, Shi Lei did not lack a rich ruling brain, and it was good for him to continue to be a personal stamp, the ordinary people of Goguryeo were afraid of him, and the people of the Ya tribe were actually his staunchest supporters, so during his tenure, the situation in Goguryeo quickly stabilized.

After several years of war, the local people also yearn for a peaceful life, and Shi Lei has brought a lot of things that are beneficial to them, more advanced planting technology, more business opportunities, and indeed made qualitative changes in their lives, and these changes are visible and tangible, so they slowly recognized Datang and themselves as a member of Datang, and gradually established it.

With the good performance of this term, Shi Lei was more and more reused by Li Chengqian. For a long time in the future, Shi Lei can be seen fighting for the Tang Dynasty.

However, at his insistence, he has never been the coach, just as the most powerful ace general, but with his assistance, Datang gradually unearthed Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang.

And Shi Lei also gave full play to his own advantages, in addition to his invincible bravery and extraordinary battlefield intuition, as well as the many nails he buried, now they have developed after so many years of hard work, and there is a foil between each other, each of them is not small, and they have great influence in the local area.

With these people as the leading party, and they also volunteered to act as Datang's daredevils, Shi Lei's offensive is always invincible. And what is rewarded to them is naturally greater territory and greater power.

After this period of conquest, the Wa Kingdom completely surrendered to the Tang Empire and became another protectorate, which was necessary for the island's silver mountains and other minerals, because in foreign trade, the demand for precious metal equivalents such as silver was increasing.

Especially in the Western Regions with Gaochang as the center, there are also more and more city-states gathered under the wings of the Tang Dynasty, and the foreign trade of the Tang Dynasty has of course made great progress.

The surrounding countries or nations that can threaten Datang have also been beaten and broken apart or beaten to the ground during this time.

The grassland has become the back garden of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tubo Empire on the plateau, although it is struggling to maintain the unity on the surface, has actually been surging, and the major tribes are also listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement, and the new Zampu is detached, and this plateau empire, which was originally a great threat to the Tang Dynasty, will not regain its original glory, and may collapse at any time.

Under the rule of Li Chengqian, in Shi Lei's crusade to the east and west, the Tang Dynasty finally became an incomparably huge empire with the largest area in history, covering almost the entire Asia, and the national strength was even stronger.

In addition to developing the south, which is becoming more and more valuable, the empire has gradually begun to develop the sea, in addition to asking the sea for food, it is also developing the Maritime Silk Road, and is also gradually increasing its dominance and influence over the countries of the South Seas.

The growing strength of the Tang Dynasty is naturally indispensable to Shi Lei's contributions, and Li Chengqian also understands this, so in just over ten years, Shi Lei has not only achieved the pinnacle position of a military general, but his title has also become the top prince. If he hadn't insisted on resigning, he would probably be a figure now.

But Shi Lei has always understood the truth that prosperity must decline, and now that the Shi family has really reached its peak, he just resigned from a position such as the secretary of the military department, and he can only temporarily reduce Li Chengqian's suspicion of the Shi family.

Therefore, after confirming the stability of Datang and the children of Shi Jue's generation can also be independent, Shi Lei made up his mind that it was time to make a promise to Li Shimin at the beginning, and chose to retreat bravely.

After begging Li Chengqian to retire many times, Shi Lei simply took his three wives, who still looked like young women in their thirties, boarded his own top new fleet, and rushed to the vast sea, and never heard from him.

And Shi Jue and they also separated according to Shi Lei's final request. As the eldest son, Shi Jue naturally inherited the property of Chang'an and Shi Lei's title, and the youngest son of Shi Lei and Cheng Chuyue returned to his hometown in Yazhou, which can be regarded as the last retreat for the Shi family to retain their bloodline.

The other sons were responsible for the plateau, grassland, northeast and southeast directions of the industry, each with a large family business, in the mutual help at the same time, there are also all kinds of competition, since then it can be regarded as a self-contained system.

Of course, Shi Lei also prepared a lot of backhands for his own flesh and blood, such as the latest and youngest batch of Shi family guards after his transformation, which can completely ensure that all branches of the Shi family will have unparalleled private force for decades.

And Shi Lei, who only left his many legends in Datang, with his wife and closest people, is sitting on the huge flagship, rushing to the American continent, which is still ruled by Indians with the same skin color, and starting a new journey of exploration and exploration!

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