The Tang Dynasty conquered the Nanban and established the Nanban Prefecture!

The Tang Dynasty conquered the Indochina Peninsula and established Tiannan Prefecture!

Datang sent troops to the Western Regions and reopened the Western Regions Changshi Mansion!

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No other king in China has ever had such feats.

The famous ministers and good generals of the Tang Dynasty were full of emotions, and their lifelong wish was to follow a wise king and realize their ideal of governing the country and leveling the world. And Li Yi, the Emperor of Wude, used his wisdom to perceive the world and his far-sighted strategy to lead them to achieve it step by step.

However, when the Tang Dynasty slowly grew into a huge empire, there was inevitably a small flaw, that is, the country had not yet been truly unified.

The important ministers of the empire are desperate for true unity in their country at this moment. For they knew how much land they conquered and how great they ruled for the king. Without reunification in the country, there will be a big stain on their merits. At the same time, their ideals will also be crippled.

The same is true for Li Yi. After he defeated Shu Han, he continued to attack Nanban and Indochina Peninsula, because these places did not have much strength, and he just took advantage of the lack of power to grab territory, so as not to suddenly appear in the future A foreign king will consume more of his own strength.

And the Western Regions that sent troops to attack were ready to shoot and had to be sent. Fortunately, the monarch and ministers worked together to restore the Han people's rule over the Western Regions.

Emperor Wude Li Yi, like his subjects at this moment, was extremely eager for a unified China.

Therefore, after returning to Jicheng from Tiannan Prefecture at the end of last year, he did not think about any recuperation at all, but mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized, wanting to sweep Dongwu with a thunderous force and complete the real unification of the country.

When true unification arrived, Emperor Wude would hold the biggest celebration ever in his capital, the Celebration of Unification. And will be rewarded for meritorious deeds of civil servants, military generals, and soldiers who have made meritorious contributions in the previous battles of unifying the world.

Perhaps, it will be the most grand event in the history of China.

However, all this is just an expectation, and Li Yi still needs to fight the tenacious Soochow for the final battle.

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Soochow has the Yangtze River, the third longest river in the world and the largest river in Asia, as a natural barrier, which is also one of the most important reasons why Soochow can survive to this day.

In ancient times, people rarely had the ability to transform the environment on a large scale, so not anywhere on the Yangtze River moat was suitable for large-scale landing operations.

In addition, the land-based defense construction of Soochow for many years has been arranged like an iron barrel in the possible landing sites along the Yangtze River. It was necessary to break through the enemy's naval and land-based defenses before it could land.

And in a small area, the enemy's small ships, and the enemy's land-based catapults will give full play to their firepower superiority, while the big ships of the Datang Navy will not be able to give full play to their superiority.

Therefore, it is necessary to choose an open water area that is suitable for large ships to exert their power and suitable for landing.

After studying with the military advisors, Li Yi chose Liyang instead of Chibi like Cao Cao in another time and space. This is not to say that this place in Chibi is bad, but because this place is now in the interior of the Tang Dynasty, and it is far from the political center of Soochow.

In another time and space, when the Battle of Chibi broke out, Sun Quan's political center was still in Chaisang, which was relatively close to Chibi. But now that the political center of Soochow is Jianye, which is thousands of miles away from Chaisang, it is not appropriate to choose to cross the river from Chibi.

As a result, the 200,000 elites of the Tang Army gathered in Liyang, and these well-equipped, well-trained, and battle-hardened soldiers could sweep through the Tang Dynasty as long as they were put on the ground of Soochow through the ships of the Tang Navy.

The only thing that needs to be done now is to exterminate the Soochow naval army south of Liyang.

In May of the fifth year of Wude, Li Yi built a strong water village in Liyang, and mobilized three huge battleships with a displacement of 5,000 tons, namely Yanjing, the flagship of the Tang Navy, and the other two flagships of the three fleets, Chang'an and Luoyang, ten first-class warships with a displacement of 2,000 tons, fifty second-class warships with a displacement of 1,000 tons, two hundred third-class warships with a displacement of 500 tons, and about 1,000 fourth-class warships with a displacement of 100 tons.

It can be said that the four most powerful fleets of Datang, that is, the main forces of the three major naval fleets and the Yangtze River fleet, are all gathered here. The total strength of the naval army exceeded 50,000.

The strength of the army includes four standing infantry corps, three standing cavalry corps, and one cavalry corps of the Royal Forest Army, with a total of 200,000 troops.

The seven major military divisions of the Tang Dynasty, except for Sima Yi who was far away in the Western Regions, the remaining six people all appeared in the conquest of Eastern Wu, Liu Bowen and Xun You were in Changsha County, preparing to attack Eastern Wu by land with the Tang West Route Army, and the other four Xu Maogong, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Zhuge Liang followed Li Yi's side.

The Western Route Army includes the Eighth Army Corps and the Fourteenth Army Corps of the Tang Infantry Army, the Third Cavalry Army and the Eighth Army Corps, with Xu Da as the commander of the West Route Army, Tian Yu, Gao Changgong and Xue Rengui as deputy commanders, Liu Bowen and Xun You as military divisions, and Gao Lan, Li Yan, Guo Huai, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Cao Hong and other generals as generals.

The main force of the Eastern Route Army includes the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Infantry Corps, the 2nd, 9th, and 10th Cavalry Corps, and the 1st Cavalry Corps of the Royal Forest Army. Li Yi personally served as the commander-in-chief, with Tai Shici, Chang Yuchun, Li Jing, Gao Shun, Zhang He, Yuwen Chengdu, and Lu Wenlong as the deputy commanders, Xu Maogong, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Zhuge Liang as military advisors, and Li Cunxiao, Gao Chong, Dian Wei, Lu Yi, Zhang Yan, Zhai Yu, and Guan Ping as generals.

In terms of the water army, Yu Dayou, Zhang Shijie, Gan Ning, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and other generals are among them.

The Tang army was at its peak, and there were countless famous ministers and good generals. The people of the whole country are paying attention to this last battle, and they believe that Emperor Wude will definitely achieve another brilliant victory, the victory of the united war.

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Unlike the high morale of the Tang Dynasty, the palace hall of Jianye, the capital of Eastern Wu, has become a mess.

"Li Yi is here! 400,000 troops, what to do, what to do! Sun Quan put his hands behind his back, his blue eyes were full of panic, and he shook his purple hair, walking up and down in front of the throne.

300,000 Tang Army Army, 50,000 Navy Army, plus the people who accompanied the army, the number of the entire army definitely exceeded 1 million.

Millions of heroes cross the river!

Although Jianye was already a little hot in May, Sun Quan felt a chill to the bone.

Below the main hall, the officials of Dongwu whispered and talked about it.

"Has your family moved?"

"I didn't have time yet, I thought that Emperor Wude would definitely have to recuperate for a year or two, but I didn't expect him to send troops in this turn......"

"Then quickly transfer the family property to Yi ......"

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"Say it!"

At this time, a roar came, it turned out that Sun Quan did not get a reply, and said angrily in anxiety.

"Your Majesty is angry...... "The hundred officials hurriedly bowed down.

Sun Quan became even more irritable, and said in his heart that you people are good at making money and transferring family property. Am I going to watch the loss of my inheritance?

At this time, it was Prime Minister Zhang Zhao who came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Metropolitan Governor has already made sufficient defenses in Niuzhu, and the soldiers in the border strongholds are waiting for him. Even the Tang Army's naval army has an absolute advantage, and it cannot break through our army's Yangtze River defense line. Your Majesty, you also personally inspected it last month, and you must ...... It's going to be foolproof. ”

The metropolitan governor in Zhang Zhao's mouth is actually Lu Xun. Since Zhou Yu led his army north last year and was captured after a failed attack on Jicheng, the capital of Tang, the post of general of Eastern Wu has been vacant. Originally, Sun Quan intended to let Lu Xun replace Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu's prestige in Eastern Wu was too high, and this appointment was never approved.

In the end, Sun Quan saved the country by curvy and appointed Lu Xun as the governor of the three armies of Eastern Wu, and actually commanded the various armies of Eastern Wu. Although he does not have the name of a general, he exercises the authority of a general.

Sun Quan nodded when he heard this, a little relieved.

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Niuzhu is a place where the north and the south are fighting for in Chinese history. The name is due to the fact that there is a hole in the southwest of the Sanyuan Cave of Quarry Rock, which is unfathomable.

Folklore, in ancient times, this hole came out of the golden bull. Therefore, the quarry rock is also called the cow Zhu rock. This area is generally known as Niuzhu.

It is one of the three major rocks of the Yangtze River, and the situation is very dangerous.

Tang Li Bai has "The gate of heaven was interrupted, and the Chu River was opened, and the clear water flowed eastward to this time." The green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite each other, and the lonely sail comes by the sun". Xie Shang, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the West, built a city here and garrisoned it. The Hebao Mountain in the northeast of the Quarry Park in later generations was the place where Xie Shang trained his troops.

In history, when Xie Shangyue was boating at night, the autumn wind was sluggish, and the river was surging, and he heard Yuan Hong reciting his own "Song Epic" on the boat, and he couldn't help himself. Li Bai was immersed in the situation, and said in "Night Park Niu Zhu Nostalgia": "Empty Memories of General Xie", which is about this historical event.

In fact, everyone has already seen that Niu Zhu will be the main direction of attack of the Tang Army. If you keep Niu Zhu, you will keep the country of Wu. Therefore, Sun Quan also sent all his forces and generals to strengthen Niu Zhu's defenses.

Niu Zhu, Dongwu Water Village.

Lu Xun, the governor of the three armies of Eastern Wu, mobilized all his forces to come here, and there were a total of 50 building ships, 50 fighting ships, 100 ships, and countless other small ships. Soochow also had many spare ships that were not put to use because of the lack of manpower.

There are 1,000 warriors on the ship, which is 50,000. Fifty fighting ships, each with five hundred people, that's twenty-five thousand. A hundred ships, each with three hundred, that's thirty thousand. More than 100,000 troops.

The water village of Dongwu is also very large, occupying more than ten miles of water along the river, completely blocking the landing point behind it. The shore was covered with trebuchets, as if the artillery positions of later generations were aimed in the direction of the enemy.

At this time, Lu Xun led the generals of Eastern Wu Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin, Lu Meng, Ding Feng, and Zhu Huan to sit on a fighting ship and inspect the entire water village.

Lü Meng and Zhu Huan were the only two generals who escaped from Zhou Yu's army, and they returned to Soochow under the help of Zhou Tai, who was cruising at sea.

The plank roads nailed out of the water surface by wooden stakes in the water village are staggered, and people who are not familiar with them cannot sail in the village. There are also dense arrow towers, and the soldiers are in high spirits, and they have no fear of the upcoming big battle.