At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there were three countries on the Korean Peninsula today, namely Goguryeo (also known as Goryeo) in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, Silla in the southeast, and Baekje in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula. Seeing that the Three Kingdoms were at war and peace, and enemies and friends were friends at times, they disturbed one after another, and fought for hundreds of years, each of which wanted to destroy the other side to unify the peninsula, but neither of them had the ability to destroy the other, and this was the "Three Kingdoms Era" in the history of Korea.

Among the three kingdoms, Goryeo was the most powerful, while Baekje and Silla were slightly weaker. At first, Silla allied with Goryeo against Baekje, but as soon as Baekje weakened, Goryeo power moved south and threatened Silla, so Silla formed an alliance with Baekje against Goryeo...... Because Silla is always opportunistic, he joined forces with Baekje to fight Goryeo for a while, and joined forces with Goryeo to fight Baekje for a while. How unreasonable!

Goryeo and Baekje finally came to their senses and began to join forces to fight Silla! Now it was Silla's turn to complain, and he went to the Tang Dynasty to cry to Taejong: "Goryeo and Baekje have attacked each other, lost dozens of cities, and the two countries have joined forces with the intention of destroying the ministers and sheji." I would like to send my courtiers, return to the great country, and beg for help. ”

When these three small countries were fighting, the Tang Dynasty, as the suzerain, did not fail to do anything, and sent envoys to the three countries several times to mediate, but Goryeo and Baekje always adopted a strategy of "being obedient on the outside, and hating each other on the inside" in the face of the mediation order from them - in layman's terms, it is one thing in front of the other and one behind the back, and the official saying is that the yang is the yin and the yin.

The three countries are all small powerhouses that cannot be defeated, but they can't withstand the toss of years of war, so they start looking for foreign aid. Foreign aid is important! Datang! Wa country! Choose one of the two!

The first confrontation between China and Japan took place without each other's knowledge. The two regional powers (the Wa kingdom thought they were powerful) were judged by three small vassal states, and the winning side would become foreign aid from Baekje or Silla or Goryeo. After repeated deliberations by the Baekje monarchs, in the end, they chose the Wa Kingdom as their foreign aid.

At this time, Goryeo and Baekje were allies, so. They also chose the Wa Kingdom as their foreign aid. And after repeated measurements by the Silla monarchs, in the end, they chose Datang as their foreign aid.

The fate of the three countries of Goryeo, Baekje, and Silla has been determined since then! Li Shimin's conspiracy began at the end of the Sui Dynasty, when Silla took advantage of the Great Sui to send a million-strong army to attack Goryeo. stabbed Goryeo in the back and seized the land of Goryeo within a radius of more than 500 miles.

Goryeo, which survived the pressure of the Sui State's million-strong army, took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains at the end of the Sui Dynasty and had no time to look eastward, and waved his troops south to attack Silla. The time came to 626 (the ninth year of Tang Gaozu Li Yuanwude). The two countries of Silla and Baekje sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to complain to the Tang Dynasty: Gao Jianwu (then the king of Goryeo) blocked the road from the land of our two countries, and we could not come in time to pay tribute.

As we all know, anyone who makes a small report to the teacher will not end well. Gao Jianwu heard that the two countries had jointly filed a lawsuit, and thought: You dare to sue me? Beat! Don't be angry! So they beat the two countries one by one.

The two countries couldn't resist it, so they complained to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yuan sent Zhu Zihao, a waiter, to Goryeo to do peace, Zhu Zihao said something to Gao Jianwu, we have no way to verify it today, anyway, this person is very capable of fooling. After he went back, Gao Jianwu "apologized" to Datang.

In 642 (the sixteenth year of Li Shimin's Zhenguan reign of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty), there was a split within the top leadership of the Goryeo Kingdom, and Gao Jianwu wanted to get rid of some powerful generals who were in danger of the throne, and the western lord (official position) of the Goryeo Kingdom, Yuan Gai Suwen, because of the greatest power and the most arrogant, became the first thorn in the head that Gao Jianwu wanted to get rid of.

So Gao Jianwu discussed with a group of ministers who were loyal to him to kill Gao Jianwu, but unfortunately the matter was revealed. Instead, he was killed by Yuangai Suwen, and the history books record that "they were killed, and more than 100 people died." Burn the warehouse, because of the gallop into the palace. Kill Jianwu. ”

After killing Gao Jianwu, Su Wen knew that he couldn't be the king, because at that time, it was legal to be the king of Goryeo only after the Tang Dynasty could be canonized, so he decided to help a puppet come to power, and finally chose Gao Jianwu's nephew Gao Zang, who was later the Goryeo Treasure King! Meantime. Su Wen awarded himself the title of Da Mo Lizhi (similar to the Tang Dynasty's Zhongshu Ling and the Military Department Shangshu, which is simply the prime minister and regent).

Since then, all the power of Goryeo has fallen into the hands of Su Wen, and the Tang Dynasty, in line with the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of the subject, still canonized Gao Zang as the king of Goryeo and the king of Liaodong County, and let him manage Goryeo, but the actual ruling power of Goryeo is not in the hands of Gao Zang, he is just a puppet, and the government is all controlled by Yuan Gai Suwen, who is an iron-fisted military dictator, and it is also recorded in the history books: "The beard is very great, the body is burly, and he wears five swords, and he dare not look up left and right."

As the actual ruler of Goryeo and a national hero in the history of North Korea, Yuangai Suwen went in and out of extremely beautiful places, and his subordinate officials had to lie on the ground when he got on and off the horse, so that he could step on the horse and get off the horse. Such a person, who is not fond of peace, and the representative of the hawks, is bent on destroying Silla in order to repay the hatred of the country that seized the city and lost the land, and under his pilot, the war plane of Goryeo rumbled towards Silla.

In 643, in the spirit of being responsible for the peace and stability of his subjects, Taejong sent Si Nong Cheng Xiang Li Xuan Award (note that Si Nong Cheng is an official name, and Xiang Li Xuan Award is a personal name) to Goryeo, so that Goryeo could call off his army and not attack Silla again. Here is a detail, from the official position of Xiang Li Xuan, you may be able to see the real secret behind Li Shimin's dispatch of the envoy. Si Nong: In ancient times, the official responsible for teaching farmers to grow was established in the Han Dynasty, and the official in charge of money and grain.

Cheng: The officer's deputy. Si Nongcheng, deputy to the Minister of Agriculture. As you can see, the diplomatic officials sent by Li Shimin to mediate disputes between countries were actually selected from the Ministry of Agriculture, and they were only a small deputy to the Minister of Agriculture. Therefore, it can be concluded that Tang Taizong did not want to really regulate the contradictions between the two countries.

Then why did he send an envoy to Goryeo again? There are only two mysteries: first, to show Silla and let Silla know that I am trying to reconcile the contradictions; Second, Yuangai Suwen is a violent person, and he will not listen to the words of a small secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Tang Dynasty and stop the war, and he will definitely refuse the Tang government's construction and find an excuse for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to Goryeo! I believe! I am the real purpose of Li Shimin's envoy! It's not for firefighting! What a bonus! After Hyun Prize arrived in Goryeo, he was received by Wongae Suwen.

Yuangai Suwen is a rough man. Ask directly: Agree to my conditions, and I will stop fighting! Xuan Award: What conditions do you want? Su Wen: Let Silla give me back the territory that I robbed me! Xuan Award: It's all in the past, don't pursue it.

Xuan Yu ignored Su Wen's reaction and continued: Say it again. What is the territory of your three countries, all of you and mine belong to my Datang, and my Datang has not spoken, what are you robbing and returning here? Su Wen: Then you can go back. Xuan Award: If you are obsessed, I will come to destroy you. (Next year, troops will be sent to attack the country.) Su Wen: Then you can fight.

Good! This is what Li Shimin wants! After returning from Goryeo. reported to Li Shimin about the attitude of Yuan Gai Suwen. Li Shimin was furious, he knew that this was the result of the Xuan Award envoy, but he didn't expect Yuangai Suwen to be so arrogant.

Troops must be sent to conquer Goryeo! But the conquest of Goryeo is not something that Li Shimin can do alone, he needs the support of a group of ministers, otherwise, he will go all the way to fight and no one at home will manage it.

So the angry Li Shimin decided to convene the Imperial Council immediately! Discuss the dispatch of troops to Goryeo. A group of founding ministers were present, Li Shimin: Yuangai Suwen killed the king I canonized, suppressed dissidents, and brutalized the people. This is the first sin; He also violated my mediation decree and wantonly invaded Silla, which was also a subject of our court, which was the second crime.

If this thief is not removed, what is the use of Datang? The first to stand up and speak was Chu Suiliang, who was a counselor at the time, and by the way, his predecessor was Wei Zheng. Now you know what this position is for, right?

You should be able to guess what he's about to say! Chu Suiliang: Although Yuangai Suwen killed Gao Jianwu, the current king of Goryeo is still from the Gao family, besides, although Gao Zang, who was supported by Su Wen, is a puppet. But I also got the canonization of your Emperor Taizong, and now it is justified and reasonable! Using this as an excuse to send troops will undermine the credibility of a great power.

In fact. Chu Suiliang knew that the above rhetoric alone could not convince Li Shimin, and what he was really worried about was what he said next: "Today is to cross the sea to expedition to Xiaoyi, if you refer to Kejie, it is okay." In case of a fall, it will hurt the prestige and lose hope. ”

In other words. It's okay to win, if you lose, it will damage my Datang face! Moreover, now Li Shimin is angry and makes the decision to conquer Goryeo, which is extremely unwise (if he is more angry, his safety is unpredictable).

If you want to send troops to Goryeo, you can wait until you are calm and then sit down and discuss it. Li Shimin didn't refute, just quietly looked at the ministers around him, and finally his eyes fell on a group of military generals. Li Shimin is the master who immediately fights the world and kills his brother to force his father to seize the throne, and there must be a group of generals as enthusiastic as him to stand up and speak for him.

Li Shiji, the secretary of the military department and the British duke, stood up to refute Chu Suiliang: In the past, Xue Yantuo invaded my Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty planned to send troops to destroy him, but he was vetoed by your predecessor Wei Zheng, and only then did Xue Yantuo grow stronger, and now it has become a disaster for my Tang Dynasty.

Seeing this, Li Shimin glanced at Chu Suiliang's words and added: "That's true, this is all Wei Zheng's fault, I regretted it soon after listening to his words, but I can't go back, I'm afraid that everyone will think that I can't listen to the advice!" (Yes.)

This is the loss of sincerity, I regret it and do not want to speak, and I am afraid that it will be a good plan. It can be seen that the emperor who is high up also has times when he is aggrieved. People can say: scolding you against you, that's good for you, I hope you can be a good emperor, and I hope that my Tang Dynasty will prosper. What can you do with people? I can only listen to it with a smiling face! For Chu Suiliang, this is a fact, he can't refute it, he thought, just go, you said this, I can't stop it, otherwise one day Goryeo will grow stronger and threaten my northeastern border of the Tang Dynasty, then I will be to blame.

Chu Suiliang just convinced himself, but he heard an earth-shattering thunderbolt again! "I want to take the royal expedition!" Chu Suiliang is blind! Goryeo, more than 5,000 miles away from Chang'an, and to attack Goryeo, you must pass through the boundless swamp (historical name: Liaoze) in the Liaohe River valley in the northeast, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the former Sui State died in this place, extremely dangerous. Besides, the newly appointed crown prince Li Zhi is still very naïve, has no experience in handling state affairs, and the border areas are not too peaceful. What's more important is that a small Goryeo can't afford Li Shimin to be in danger with the dignity of the Ninety-Five.

Chu Suiliang said all the worries and worries in his heart in front of Li Shimin, and the purpose was one - you can go to Goryeo, but you can't go! Li Shimin had made up his mind, ignored the opposition of Chu Suiliang and other ministers, and got up to leave. He has something more important - pre-war preparations!

Lingyan Pavilion's most "Tang Xing," in modern times, is known as a famous general, Ying, Wei Ergong, Cheng Lingyan's most. "Wei, that is, Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo! Ying, that is, the British Gong Li Shiyun! Let's first understand Li Shixian's resume: Name: Li Shixian's original name: Xu Shiji (later Gaozu Li Yuan gave his national surname as Li) Year of birth and death: 594 A.D. - 669 Life experience: At the age of 17, he joined the army and took refuge in Zhai Rang in Wagangzhai, and lived a life of swords and swords, blood and rain; At the age of 23, the official was the general of Zuo Wuwei, and he was named the Duke of Donghai County; At the age of 24, he took refuge in Li Shimin, served as the general of the Right Wuhou, and was named the Duke of Cao Guo (everyone thinks about it, what were you doing when you were 24 years old, I was 24 years old, and I just walked out of college);

32 years old, governor of the state; 47 years old, the secretary of the military department; 49 years old, Tejin (has a special status than other princes), Prince Zhan Shi, and Tongzhongshu Sanpin (who has crossed this step is the prime minister); …… Major merit: this ...... It's so much that I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it in a few pages. Then I'll keep it simple: the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty, such as Wang Shichong, Yu Wenhua, Liu Heimin, Xu Yuanlang, Fu Gongyi, etc., were all defeated by his subordinates!

This is at home and abroad, and there are many of them, so I'll just say two: war with the Turks, and the Turks "send envoys to ask for peace"! In the battle with Xue Yantuo, only 3,000 light cavalry chased Xue Yantuo's 80,000 elite cavalry and fled, and finally did not run away, a prince was killed, a leader was captured, and more than 50,000 people were captured...... Now Li Shiyun is 51 years old! It's been three years since I've stepped on a warhorse.

For this conquest of Goryeo, I am an active main battle faction, for the Tang Dynasty, in order to trust my emperor, I carry the handsome flag! Today, I will once again raise my saber and use my experience and wisdom, my strategy and courage to lead this army into that unknown country! Walk towards the battlefield that has devoured hundreds of thousands of Chinese children! (To be continued.) )