The main reason why Jincheng was able to be conquered so quickly was because the Silla people were already frightened.

In the past few years, Ma Ling has killed people in the west and Li Jing has killed people in the east, and they are extremely ruthless to foreign races, and they have completely lost the consciousness of the teachers of the kings in the past. When the Tang Dynasty had not yet touched Silla, people in Silla were already panicking, and many powerful Silla nobles in Jincheng were thinking about their future fate.

Silla was also a ceremonial country steeped in Confucian culture, and many nobles were well-read and knowledgeable. With the extermination of several powerful barbarian tribes in Liaodong one after another, they felt that the situation was extremely bad.

From the beginning of Goguryeo, the reason why it was able to compete with the Central Plains Dynasty was that the Central Plains Dynasty had always regarded itself as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and the army also regarded itself as a benevolent and righteous army, rarely killing and not eating the enemy. For the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains, the people of Liaodong were also their people, not their enemies. Therefore, when Emperor Yang invaded Goguryeo with a million-strong army, he allowed Goguryeo to surrender several times, and finally returned with a feather. Since entering the Tang Dynasty, generals such as Su Dingfang, Cheng Mingzhen, Liu Renliang, Liu Rengong, and Xue Rengui have led troops to attack these 3,000 miles of rivers and mountains, and they also regard themselves as kings. This is actually the reason why Silla was able to occupy a large area of land south of the Taedong River.

However, even so, the Silla people were reluctant to get too close to the Tang Dynasty, as did the Bohai Kingdom, another large country in Liaodong, known as the prosperous state of Haidong, after all, the Central Plains was too powerful for them.

The reason why Silla can exist, and even win and lose in the confrontation with the Tang Dynasty, is actually because of the benevolence of the Tang people. Over the years, however, what they have seen and heard is completely different.

In the west, Ma Lu expanded his territory and killed more people than Dingkou in Silla, which was far away after all, and on the Liaodong side, Li Jing completely exterminated the unruly Khitan and Baitou Xi. In order to get rid of the remnants of the Khitan and Xi people, he even issued a cruel order to buy skulls with a lot of money, which attracted a large number of Tatars and Goguryeo people to form a team into the mountains to hunt down the Khitan and Xi people. Recently, Li Jing slaughtered Mur Wei again, and his methods were just as brutal. For the Silla people, when the Tang people became more cruel than the barbarians, instead of the original benevolent and righteous teachers. Then Silla has no possibility of existence.

If the army of the Central Plains Dynasty was so brutal from the beginning, then Liaodong was officially included in the territory of the Central Plains as early as the former Sui Dynasty.

For them, surrender is the only way out. In their view, the people of Silla were different from the Khitans and Xi people after all, and they surrendered or could be forgiven, just like the great cannibals in the Far West. When Ma Lan conquered the Great Food, the resisters directly slaughtered the city, but those who surrendered were forgiven.

Later, Li Jing captured the Bohai Sea, which shocked the Silla people even more. However, Li Jing did not massacre the remnants of Goguryeo in the Bohai Sea, but only killed the Bohae royal family, which relieved the Silla nobles. After Li Jing's army crossed the Taedong River, they forced the Silla king Kim Famin to cede half of the country, and found that they could not satisfy Li Jing's appetite, and at this time, they knew that Silla was finished. And when Li Jing's army suddenly appeared outside the royal capital under the cover of wind and snow, several of the largest Silla nobles seized the last chance. The army of the king of Silla is still resisting, and they have already opened the gates of the city. Bring Li Jing's army into the city.

The final result was naturally to the satisfaction of these Silla nobles, and the unlucky ones were only the royal family, and they were all rewarded. And their families and property have also been preserved. The nobles were extremely high in Silla and had great influence after they surrendered. Jincheng has no effective resistance force, and the flat land everywhere is just around the corner.

The nobles who read poetry and books also knew that Li Jing was not the real son of the Tang Dynasty, and even understood that Li Jing would eventually fall, but then nothing, since the Tang Empire had made changes. It is no longer the docile appearance of the past, then the destruction of Silla is a foregone conclusion, and it is impossible to change anything. As for the future, when Li Jing is about to fall, they will surrender again, which is nothing.

Li Jing also understood their thoughts, but Li Jing didn't care anymore. Ever since he knew that Ma Lan had become the governor of Moxi, he had seen these things very openly.

In the final analysis, his capture of Silla was actually just an addition to his military achievements, and there was no way to change his fate.

Li Jing, who had entered the time of the sage, looked at the two little princesses of Silla kneeling in front of him, and he had no interest, and after the other little princess diligently cleaned him up with her incense tongue, he waved his hand and ordered the two to go away.

The two little princesses bowed their heads and kneeled down the steps, but they didn't dare to go far, kneeling in the hall and looking extremely deferential. After a while, an old monk with a compassionate face slowly walked in, and saw that the expressions of the two defenseless little princesses did not change in the slightest, and arched his hand towards Li Jing and said, "Meet the general." ”

Li Jing frowned and said, "Huichao, do you want to die?" ”

The old monk lowered his eyebrows and said: "The old monk doesn't want to die, but it is the general who wants to die." ”

"Bold!" Li Jing's face turned pale, "Monk! Don't think that if we have a little friendship, I won't dare to kill you! ”

"A general is a general, and that one in Chang'an is Your Majesty. It was for the little friendship that day that the monk came from Chang'an to see the general. ”

Li Jing snorted, slowly sat up straight, stared at the old monk and said, "For the sake of the old friendship, I will spare you this time." Say, you came from Chang'an to see me, what's the matter? ”

When he did not join the Longwu Army, he was famous for his literary talents, and his collection of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism was all excellent, and he also dabbled in Buddhism. This Hui Chao is a famous monk in Chang'an, during the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he crossed the quicksand to Tianzhu in the west, returned to Chang'an a few years later, brought back a lot of Buddhist scriptures, and also wrote a volume of "To the Five Tianzhu Records" handed down, the rhetoric is beautiful, and a large number of customs and customs of Moxi and Tianzhu are recorded, and the reputation is extremely prominent. Li Jing also had some dealings with this Huichao at that time, and later broke off contact after joining the Longwu Army, but now he is seen here again.

Hui Chao is extremely famous in Chang'an, but he is a native of Silla. However, he did not return to Silla after traveling west to seek Buddhism, but lived in Chang'an, and was only in his early fifties, but he looked much older, which had a lot to do with his trip to Tianzhu.

Hui Chao lowered his eyebrows and said: "The general is self-reliant here, and the line of Prince Zhang Huai in Chang'an City is empty, and the general's mother is also implicated." Before the monk came here, he had already put the general's mother into the ground. The ability is limited, and you can't do more, don't blame the general. ”

Li Jing's face instantly darkened, and he nodded lightly: "Thank you." ”

Hui Chao said that his mother, Li Jing naturally couldn't let the two naked little girls kneel here anymore, and after waving their hands, several Silla Palace people came out from behind the pillars, quickly dressed the two little princesses, and hurriedly retreated.

"It's all old people, it's nothing." Hui Chao looked at Li Jing, "General, today's situation seems to be prosperous, but a catastrophe is coming soon, I don't know what the general is going to do?" ”

In the face of this old man, Li Jing couldn't pretend to be forced, and said with a wry smile: "The matter has come to this, what else can I do?" It's nothing more than a song every day, the taste of doing whatever you want, always taste it, and fight to the death in the coming day. ”

Hui Chao said: "So, the general still understands it in his heart. ”

Li Jing smiled bitterly, he was originally a person with strict self-discipline, in the past few years, he has led troops in Liaodong, learned from Ma Lu to indulge his subordinates to abuse foreign races, but he has not done anything personally, and he rarely approaches women, and when he was on the grassland, the Turkic woman made him extremely excited, but in the end he killed him with a hard heart. In the past few days, he has done whatever he wants in the Silla royal palace, and the concubines and daughters of the king of Silla have been ruined by him, from the half-aged in their thirties and forties, to the little girls who have not yet reached the end of their lives, all of whom have become his crotch ministers. In the past, it would not have been like this, but for him it was the last madness. Of course, he has already established himself as an emperor, and he is also qualified to do so, he just wants to prove that he is indeed a generation of emperors through such a move, and that's it. However, in his heart, fear is naturally indispensable.

"Now that the general himself understands, the monk has a few words he wants to talk to the old man. The mandate of heaven cannot be violated, and the general is not the son of heaven. There are some things that need to be prepared in advance, so as not to burn the jade in the future. ”

Li Jing stared at Hui Chao for a while, and then said, "Monk, just say whatever you want." Do you think I—think I still have a way to live? ”

Hui Chao said: "If you prepare early, there will naturally be some." ”

"Where's the way to live?"

"East."

Li Jing smiled bitterly and said, "East? To the east of Jincheng is the sea, I am a land general, what to do on the sea, is it possible that I want to be a pirate? ”

Hui Chao lowered his eyebrows: "Further east." ”

"A little further east? You say - Fuso? Li Jing sat up straight and stared at Hui Chaodao.

Hui Chao nodded: "Before next spring, the general still has less than three months to prepare." Three months is almost enough. ”

Li Jing's eyes flickered, and his expression changed sharply.

I have to say that this Silla monk's suggestion made him extremely moved.

To the east of Jincheng is the sea, and to the east is Fusang.

It is also a big country, and it is enough to be a place to stay. If you can gain a firm foothold in Fusang, you probably don't have to worry about Datang's pursuit.

Hui Chaowei lowered his head and did not speak again. Li Jing pondered in his heart for a long time, and his eyes gradually became bright.

The clumsy and short Fusang people, but rich in silver, which was extremely lacking in the Tang Dynasty, occupied such places, not only avoided the disaster of killing, but also became the hero of the party.

The plan in his heart has been decided, squinting at the old monk below, Li Jing laughed: "What a disaster!" Huichao, what kind of compassionate person are you, a monk! You came here from Chang'an, do you want me to kill the Fusang people? Ha ha! ”

Hui Chao sighed lightly: "If the general doesn't leave, when the army comes to attack in the spring, it will be the Silla people who will die." A monk is a monk, but a monk is still a Silla after all......"

…… (To be continued......)