Chapter Twenty-Three: Driving the Wolf and Eating the Tiger

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Naturally, Duho is no exception. Xuanyuan Tian is not very old, but he is steady and sophisticated, and his every move is bold and straightforward, which makes people feel good, and also makes Du He believe his words.

Xuanyuan Tian's definition in Du He's heart at this moment: either a patriot who has been dormant in Goguryeo for many years, or a big liar with unparalleled deception.

Even if it's a liar, so what?

He is just a messenger, and whether he wants to receive it or not depends on Li Shimin's intentions.

Even if Xuanyuan Tian had evil intentions, as a civilian, he was dozens of meters away from Li Shimin, without any weapons, and wanted to cause any harm to Li Shimin, whose martial arts had reached the first-class level, in full view of everyone. Even peerless masters such as Xiang Yu can't do it.

If Xuanyuan Tian did not want to assassinate Li Shimin, but planned to use the conspiracy not to trap. It's okay, Datang is powerful in the world, doesn't it have its own intelligence network?

They have a lot of time to verify the suitability, if it is true, it is naturally a good thing, if Xuanyuan Tian has another ghost, why can't he just calculate it?

Du He is no longer a rookie in the political arena, and he also considers this matter from many aspects. Of course, this can't be said that he doesn't trust Xuanyuantian, but he is in a high position, and he needs to be cautious in everything, so as not to harm his family.

Du He entertained Xuanyuan Tian first, and at the same time asked Xuanyuan Tian in detail about Goguryeo's situation.

Xuanyuan Tianzhi said everything, and told Du He everything he knew.

Du He nodded again and again, almost as he imagined. Goguryeo's strength was limited, and the real difficulty was due to the climate. Historically, Li Shimin's conquest of Goguryeo was also affected by the climate and environment. In that battle, Li Shimin personally conquered and did not command the battle for many years, and the military level of the former supreme military commander of the Tang Dynasty was not unfamiliar. led the army of tigers and wolves of the Tang Dynasty, attacked the city all the way, broke the Liaodong City, Kegaimu City, Dingbei Sha City, and paraded the troops by the Yalu River in a grand manner.

In this expedition to Goguryeo, the Tang army conquered the ten cities of Xuansu, Hengshan, Gaimu, Momi, Liaodong, Baiyan, Beisha, Maigu, Yinshan, and Houhuang, and beheaded 40,000 people in the three major battles of Xincheng, Jian'an, and Zhujiao, but they only paid the price of 2,000 soldiers.

Such a record, compared with Yang Guang, it is a world of difference. But in the end, Li Shimin still retreated, and in the harsh environment, let Goguryeo's bridgehead fortress Anshi Fortress block the pace of advance. The battle line was too long, the consumption was too great, and the country could not be without a king, so Li Shimin had to retreat to the Central Plains with more than 3,000 Goguryeo officers and chieftains who had surrendered captively.

Although this battle hit Goguryeo hard, it recovered the homeland of Liaodong and returned the lost land to the embrace of China, which was a rare victory.

The arrogant Li Shimin could not accept this victory because he failed to destroy Goguryeo after all, and thought he had failed.

Now is a great opportunity, remember that in history, Yuangai Suwen directly relied on superior forces to kill the king of Goguryeo, King Rongliu, stabilized the situation of Goguryeo with iron and blood, gathered all the forces of Goguryeo, and turned into a stinky and hard stone to block the Tang army.

Perhaps because of the butterfly effect, King Rongliu unexpectedly survived with the help of Xuanyuanke, which made Goguryeo face a divided situation. With the help of Xuanyuan Ke internally, if it can be supplemented by the Tang Dynasty to destroy Goguryeo, it will not follow the old historical road.

Du He immediately entered the palace and met Li Shimin.

As he said, with his current status, as long as Li Shimin is not sleeping or discussing military affairs with the prime ministers, he can basically be seen at any time.

When Li Shimin heard Du He's narration, his eyes shot a brilliant light.

He understood the importance of the matter all too well.

Liaodong has belonged to the territory of China since the Warring States, Qin and Han dynasties, but because of the decline of the Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo took advantage of the situation and took Liaodong as its own.

The territorial consciousness of the Han people is much higher than that of any other ethnic group, and other ethnic groups can not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, but the Han people are different. Liaodong was a Chinese territory, yet it had always been ruled by Goguryeo, which was unbearable for any Han emperor.

Not to mention Li Shimin, the emperor with strong rule, on the side of the couch, how can he allow others to snore.

After Xue Yantuo in the north, if there is nothing, Li Shimin has already pointed his eyes to Goguryeo in the northeast. What the previous dynasty could not accomplish, he will do for him......

Li Shimin immediately met with Xuanyuan Tian and asked him in detail about the experience.

As Du He thought before, Li Shimin certainly has a great temperament, but he will definitely not be like Yang Guang, blindly messing around.

In the face of this opportunity, he did not plan to send troops, Li Shimin praised: "Ling Zu's sentiments, Ling I am moved...... It's just a 10,000-mile expedition, not something that can be decided casually. You go back and tell Ling Zu that you don't have to be impatient. It's been so many years, and it's not bad for this time. ”

Xuanyuan Tian already knew the reason from Du He, and he didn't say much, indicating that he understood.

Li Shimin smiled and ordered someone to take a Tang knife and give it to Xuanyuan Tian in recognition of their loyalty.

Xuanyuan Tian stepped back first.

Li Shimin laughed, stood up, and said excitedly: "Your kid is really my lucky star, and such good things have happened...... At least one year, at most two to three years, my Datang will definitely set foot in Goguryeo. ”

When Xuanyuan Tian was there, Li Shimin wanted to maintain the majesty of the king and never smiled. Now that he has retired, in the face of his own Du He, Li Shimin has returned to normalcy and expressed his joy.

This conquest of Goguryeo, Li Shimin thought in his heart, but he knew that the conquest of Goguryeo was more difficult than the conquest of Xue Yantuo.

Of course, this is not a difference in strength, but a difference in culture.

Xue Yantuo has 300,000 troops, which is indeed very powerful, but Li Shimin disdains it. Just because Xue Yantuo is a nomadic people, and when he fights against them, it is a field battle. In the field, the Tang Dynasty is not afraid of anyone, including the brave and warlike nomads.

However, Goguryeo is an agrarian people, they learn the culture of the Han and Tang dynasties, live in the city, defend against danger, and it is particularly difficult to fight.

The 10,000-mile expedition was an extremely difficult siege battle, and the climate was harsh.

All these factors are difficult to overcome.

According to Li Shimin's original plan, the Tang Dynasty needed to concentrate on development for five or six years before it could conquer Goguryeo. Now in just two or three years, the Tang Dynasty is enough to make Goguryeo a territory.

Du He replied with a smile: "It's all because of my father-in-law's blessing, and my son-in-law is just a little light." ”

Li Shimin also raised his head narcissistically, and said after a while: "How do you think this matter should be used?" ”

Du He said: "You don't need a son-in-law to show off, right...... Back then, when dealing with the Turks, the division of the father-in-law and the means of internal strife, but he played hula hula, where did he need the son-in-law to get an axe. ”

Li Shimin smiled knowingly.

Du He led Xuanyuan Tian out of the palace, and on the road, he asked about the situation in Anshi City.

Anseong Fortress is the only way to enter the hinterland of Goguryeo, and when Xuanyuan Tian came, he passed by this city and answered them one by one according to his memory.

Du He listened to the details and said in a deep voice: "This Anshi City will be the strongest barrier for my Tang Dynasty to attack Goguryeo, if the conditions allow, I hope you can move into Anshi City, and you will be able to make miraculous achievements at that time......."

Xuanyuan Tian is not proficient in the art of war, but he also knows Du He's military level, so he nodded without hesitation: "I will tell my grandfather about this." ”

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The next day, Li Shimin supported King Rongliu in the name of Tian Khan, and Xiushu strongly pointed at Yuangai Suwen, and committed the following crimes, which were extremely evil, and asked him to immediately restrain himself and ask for guilt.

Du He was a little puzzled when he saw Li Shimin's inexplicable move. But after some careful thinking, I suddenly had to admire Li Shimin's clever methods. With these few simple words, he has already been pushed to death by King Rongliu and Yuan Gai Suwen.

It seems that Li Shimin just doesn't care about expressing his opinion, but this "indifference" can have an incomparably huge chain reaction.

Yuangai Suwen is extremely ambitious, he has rebelled and embarked on the road of no return, so naturally he will not bind himself to the guilt as Li Shimin wishes. The influence of the Tang Dynasty was incomparably huge, and it was impossible for Yuangai Suwen not to be anxious about this public support for King Rongliu, let alone to continue to fight against King Rongliu.

The only thing he could do was to show goodwill to the Tang Dynasty and destroy King Rongliu before the Tang Dynasty sent troops to help King Rongliu.

Although King Rongliu is orthodox, his strength is far inferior to Yuangai Suwen. As soon as Yuangai Suwen sent troops, King Rongliu would inevitably turn to the Tang Dynasty, which had already declared its support for him.

In this way, the Tang Dynasty was able to wave horsewhips behind each other, letting them eat each other's dog-eat-dog, and let Goguryeo lose its national strength in the internal fighting. Datang took the opportunity to gather grain, grass and economy, and prepare for another expedition.

As for the existence of Xuanyuan Ke and Xuanyuan Tian, Li Shimin asked them to continue to lie dormant and wait for the opportunity.

As Li Shimin calculated, when he learned that the Tang Dynasty supported King Rongliu, Yuan Gai Suwen panicked. He didn't take King Rongliu in his eyes, and planned to clean up King Rongliu's forces first, and then send troops to Liaodong to unify Goguryeo. But King Rongliu has a relationship with the Tang Dynasty, and the meaning is very different.

The strength of the Tang Dynasty, coupled with the orthodox status of King Rongliu, was enough to overthrow him in one fell swoop.

Surrender, this is impossible.

King Rongliu wanted his life, and as soon as he surrendered, there was nothing left.

Yuangai Suwen saw that Li Shimin was only verbally supporting King Rongliu for the time being, and had no intention of sending troops. Immediately sent henchmen into the Tang Dynasty to express their surrender, and at the same time sent troops to Liaodong, intending to destroy the King of Rongliu after the Tang Dynasty did not act, so as to prevent the King of Rongliu from taking advantage of the power of the Tang Dynasty to sit big and turn defeat into victory.

King Rongliu also panicked when he learned that Yuangai Suwen had sent troops, in terms of strength, he was really not Yuangai Suwen's opponent, and he had no choice but to turn to the Tang Dynasty that supported him......