Chapter 331 [Tang General 23]
In order to make their team more appealing, they sent people to Japan to welcome back the prince Fuyu Feng, who was a hostage there, and Japan wanted to maintain its influence on the Korean Peninsula.
He is also willing to help Buyeo Feng recover Baekje. All of a sudden, the restoration forces grew rapidly, and instead besieged Liu Renyuan's troops in Baekje City. The situation is critical,
Tang Gaozong immediately made a decision and appointed Liu Renliang as the inspector to lead Fangzhou to assassinate the history, lead Wang Wendu's subordinates, and levy Silla reinforcements to rescue. When Liu Renliang heard the news, he cheered, and he said proudly,
"It's the heavens that want to enrich my old man", before leaving, he made an oath, "I want to sweep away the East and award the Tang Dynasty to the sea", and fate finally showed a knowing smile to this sixty-year-old man.
Although Liu Renliang was a literati leading the troops, the army was strict and orderly, and the Baekje soldiers were numerous, but they were vulnerable. Dochen set up two fences at the mouth of the Xiongjin River (now Jinjiang River, South Korea).
Trying to block the attack of the Tang army's naval division, the Tang army and the Silla army joined forces to attack, and the Baekje army was suddenly defeated, "more than 10,000 people drowned", and Dochen lost two gates in a row
Unable to resist the Tang army's pursuit of victory, he had to shrink the battle line, withdraw from Baekje City, and lead his troops to retreat to Rencun City (in the western part of Baekje).
Liu Renliang and Liu Renyuan joined forces, and in view of the small number of Tang troops, the offensive was also temporarily stopped. At this time, there was infighting in the Baekje army, and Buyeo Fukushin killed the monk Dochen and annexed Dochen's men.
The monopoly of power and the king of Baekje, Fuyufeng, were also regarded as nothing, and he "lured the rebellion." It's getting stronger." Around the same time, Su Dingfang led a large army east to Goryeo.
Although he triumphed all the way, he failed to capture the city of Pyongyang. It was a heavy snow and cold day, and the weather was bad, and the Tang army decided to return to China, so that Liu Renliang and Liu Renyuan, who stayed in Baekje City, became a lone army all the way, and they also reached the crossroads.
Tang Gaozong issued an edict to Liu Renliang, asking them to withdraw their troops immediately or cross the sea and return to China. Or go to Silla to rest. Liu Renliang's eyes are like torches,
Sticking to his own opinion, in the above table to Tang Gaozong, he objectively analyzed the shape of the enemy and the enemy, believing that the only way to stick to Baekje is to stick to it.
Only then can Datang seize the initiative on the Korean Peninsula in its own hands. Tang Gaozong was persuaded by him, and the soldiers around him were also persuaded by him, and everyone was determined to do a great job on the Korean Peninsula with one heart and one mind.
Things were just as Liu Renliang had predicted. The Baekje army caught fire again, and Buyeo Feng killed Buyeo Fushin and became the veritable commander of the Baekje army, knowing that it would be difficult to support it alone. So they sent people to Japan and Goryeo to beg for help. Goryeo was afraid of the might of the Tang Dynasty and did not dare to send troops to help.
Japan, on the other hand, sees this as a great opportunity to get its hands on the Korean Peninsula. Sent 27,000 elite troops to intervene in the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The Japanese army captured several cities in Silla and marched from the sea to the old land of Baekje.
The Tang Dynasty reacted quickly. 7,000 soldiers and horses from Zi, Qing, Lai, and Haizhou were requisitioned, led by Sun Renshi, the general of the Right Weiwei, and went to Xiongjin to join forces with Liu Renliang and Liu Renyuan's troops, and the Tang army was strong.
They obeyed Liu Renliang's Jianyì, captured the thief and captured the king first, and stormed the old nest of the Baekje army, Zhouliucheng, which was in danger, and hurriedly asked the Japanese army for help, and more than 10,000 Japanese troops took sea ships and arrived at the mouth of the Baekje River, preparing to land and rush to the aid of the Baekje army.
At this time, it was August of the third year of Longshuo (663 AD) of Tang Gaozong, and the Japanese army met the Tang Navy Division led by Liu Renliang at the mouth of the Baijiang River, and was forced to accept the fate of the annihilation of the whole army.
At that time, there were more than 7,000 Datang naval divisions and 170 warships, and more than 10,000 Japanese troops and more than 1,000 warships. The battleships of the Tang Dynasty were tall and sturdy, and they were well made, far from being comparable to the Japanese broken ships.
The Tang Army's sailors sandwiched the Japanese army's broken ships in the middle, set fire to the wind, and for a while, the smoke rose to the sky, the sea was red, the Tang Army's arrows were like rain, the Japanese army was defeated, and countless people were choked and drowned.
The Japanese general Pak Ichi Tian Laijin was besieged and killed by the Tang army. Seeing that the general trend had gone, the Baekje prince Buyeo Zhongsheng and Buyeo Zhongzhi in Zhou Liucheng had to lead the people to surrender to the Tang army, and the whereabouts of the Baekje king Buyeo Feng were unknown.
His sword became a trophy of the Don army. This huge naval battle deeply shook the whole of Japan, and Japan built four fortifications in the country to prevent the Tang Dynasty from attacking.
No more troops were used on the Korean Peninsula. Japan sent a group of Tang envoys and students to the Tang Dynasty, whether it was the Tang Dynasty's clothing or the Tang Dynasty's rules and regulations, all of them were copied home, and the overall Tang Dynasty made Japan a country that could not be distinguished from the Tang Dynasty.
After the Battle of Baekgang Estuary, the Baekje cities were once again annexed, but only Chi Shouxin, who was in charge of the city, insisted on not surrendering.
The leaders of the Baekje Rebels, Sha Zha Xiangru and Hei Tooth Changzhi, surrendered to the Tang Army again under the inspiration of Tang Junqiu's innocence. Prior to this, they had gathered to respond to the blessings of Buyeo and gathered in the mountains and forests.
Fought against the Don Army many times. This time, Liu Renliang decided to send Shazha Xiangru and Heiya Changzhi to pacify Ren Cuncheng, but was resolutely opposed by Sun Renshi, and he expressed his attitude.
"I can't trust them", Liu Renliang patiently persuaded him, "I see that Shazha is similar and black-toothed Changzhi are loyal and resourceful people, grateful people who are grateful for the picture, and I know that the current shape is that those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me die.
They will not let go of the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and there is no need to doubt their loyalty", Sun Renshi approved of Liu Renliang's idea,
So the Tang army distributed food and weapons to the Black Tooth Changzhi Division, and divided the troops to help, and soon captured Ren Cuncheng, Chi Shouxin abandoned his wife and children, and the wolf bèi fled to Goryeo.
The whole of Baekje was once again pacified by the Tang army, forming a flanking attack on Goryeo. When it was done, Liu Renyuan and Sun Renshi returned to China to resume their lives, while Liu Renliang stayed behind to guard Baekje.
After the Baekje War, the people's livelihood withered and all kinds of waste were waiting to be rebuilt, Liu Renliang fully showed his business skills, made the local production impressive, and soon presented a post-war scene of living and working in peace and contentment. Of course, Liu Renliang will not forget his original intention of sticking to Baekje.
He led the army to the fields, accumulated grain and grass, trained the soldiers, rain or shine, and prepared for the next step against Goryeo. Without Yoo In-joe's foresight, a few years later, Goryeo repeated the fate of Baekje.
Liu Ren is willing to return to the capital. Tang Gaozong asked him, "Please do you play before and after Baekje." Organized and eloquent. It's very much in line with my heart, you are a military general, how can you be so talented", Liu Ren is willing to answer truthfully,
"This is all Liu Renliang's handiwork", he didn't want to plunder the beauty of people, Tang Gaozong's dragon heart was happy, and Liu Renliang was promoted to six official ranks.
Appointed as the Obifang Prefecture Thorn History. And build a mansion for Liu Renliang in Chang'an to commend Liu Renliang's great achievements. When the important ministers of the court, Shangguanyi also praised Liu Renliang and Liu Renyuan for their behavior, "Renliang can be loyal when he is deposed, and he can promote virtue by being benevolent and temperate, which can be described as a gentleman."
Liu Renliang was good at understanding the monarch's heart and figuring out the holy will, and the above table stated a series of difficulties of the Tang army in Baekje, and the emperor obeyed his words and solved them one by one. Since then, Liu Renliang has become one of Tang Gaozong's most trusted and close ministers.
In the second year of Lin De (665 AD), Tang Gaozong went to Mount Tai to seal Chan, and Liu Renliang brought envoys from Silla, Baekje, Tamna, and Japan. It added the greatest glory to the sacrificial activities of the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Gaozong was very happy and promoted Liu Renliang to the rank of Grand Sixian.
Later, he also served as the left middle guard of the prince of the school, and was a male in Lecheng County. According to common sense. After becoming a pivotal courtier, Liu Renliang was in a position to settle accounts with those who had framed him. Yuan Yishi naturally could not escape.
However, Liu Renliang is old and sophisticated, and he wants to rely on this matter to let all his colleagues see his broad-mindedness, so he invited Yuan Yishi to make an outstanding show. On the banquet, he poured his wine glass and told Yuan Yishi, "If the benevolent track remembers the things of the past, there is such a thing".
After taking power, he promoted Yuan Yishi to Zhan Shicheng and recommended Yuan Yishi to be Si Yuan's doctor, and everyone at the time admired Liu Renliang's revenge for virtue and grievances, and Tang Gaozong also had a great impression of Liu Renliang, and repeatedly entrusted him with important tasks.
In the first year of Qianfeng (666 AD), Goryeo Molizhi Quan Gai Suwen died, and his eldest son Quan boy inherited the position of Mo Lizhi, and Quan boy's younger brother Quan Nanjian and Quan Nan did not accept this arrangement, and sent troops to attack Quan boy, Quan boy could not resist, so he sent his son Quan Xiancheng to the Tang Dynasty to beg for help. The Tang Dynasty waited for the golden opportunity of Goryeo's civil strife, and of course it refused to miss it, and the imperial court appointed Li Tao as the chief of the march of Liaodong Province to control the armies and lead several provinces to attack Goryeo.
Liu Renliang served as the deputy governor of Liaodong Province, and later changed to the pacification ambassador of Xiongjin Province, fully assisting Li Tao in his thunderous offensive.
In the winter of the first year of the general chapter of Tang Gaozong (668 AD), Goryeo perished and was incorporated into the territory of the Tang Empire.
With 20,000 troops stationed there, the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate managed the old territories of Goryeo and Baekje, and the pattern of Northeast Asia was re-established in the 7th century. The Tang Dynasty leveled Silla's two old enemies,
Occupying three-quarters of the land of the Korean Peninsula, Silla was a big country, and even took in the anti-Tang forces and encroached on the land that had been incorporated into the Tang Dynasty.
Writing a brief introduction about Wang Xiaojie, I feel that he lost more battles than won battles in his life, and finally died unexpectedly, and there is still a distance from the title of famous general.
Wang Xiaojie (?-697) was a general of the Tang Dynasty. Jingzhao Xinfeng (now Lintong, Shaanxi) people. In the second year of Yifeng (677), Tubo attacked Liangzhou (now Wuwei, Gansu).
In the first month of the third year (678), Tang Gaozong ordered Li Jingxuan to be the governor of Shanzhou (now Ledu, Qinghai) on behalf of Liu Renliang in Taohe, and recruited troops in Guannei and Hedong to attack Tibet. When Wang Xiaojie was the deputy director,
Liu Xianli, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, led the westward journey. In September, the Tang army and Tubo fought in Dafeichuan, Qinghai, and the Tang army was defeated.
Li Jingxuan did not dare to save the army, and Liu Xianli and Wang Xiaojie were captured. Tubo Zanpu Du Songzan saw Wang Xiaojie, and saluted him with his father's resemblance to him, so as to avoid death and return to the Tang Dynasty. When Wu Zetian was the general, he served as the general of the right eagle Yangwei.
Because I have been in Tibet for a long time, I am familiar with it. In the first year of longevity (692), he served as the commander of the Wuwei army, and the general of the left Wuwei, Ashina Zhongjie, led the troops to attack Tubo, in October, Kefu Qiuzi, Khotan, Shule, Xiaye and other four towns, which were placed in Qiuci Anxi Protectorate, with 30,000 Han soldiers to defend the town. Worship the general of the Left Guard with military merits.
In the following year, he was promoted to the official book of Xia, and the three products of Luantai of the same Fengge, and the man of Qingyuan. In the first year of Yanzai (694), he became the head of the Hanhai Road march. In the early years of Zhengsheng, he served as the head of Shuo Fangdao, and he was prominent for a while.
In March of the first year of Long Live Dengfeng (696), he served as the chief governor of Subian Province, and led the deputy governor Lou Shide and the Tubo generals to fight in the Surokhan Mountain, and the Tang army was defeated and dismissed. In May of the same year (696), the Khitan leaders Li Quanzhong and Sun Wanrong rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and Wu Zetian edicted Wang Xiaojie and Bai Yiqi as the governors of Qingbian Province.
Commanded 180,000 troops to attack the Khitan. When the Tang army encountered the enemy in the stone valley of the East Gorge, he led the elite soldiers as the vanguard, rushed out of the valley, and set up a phalanx to face the enemy. At this time, Su Honghui, the commander of the rear army, fled in fear of the enemy, and Wang Xiaojie lost his backup.
The lone army went deep and was defeated by the enemy, Wang Xiaojie fell into the valley and died, and the whole army was destroyed. Wu Zetian heard about it and posthumously presented it as the Xia Guanshangshu and the title of Geng Guogong.
In 648, the Chinese general Ashina Sheer went west, captured the king of the Qiuci Kingdom, Baihe Libu, attacked Yanqi, and killed the Longxue Po Ana, which was originally located in the Anxi Governor's Mansion in Xizhou, and then advanced westward, and moved to Qiuci should also be written
Ashina Sheer's life achievements are brilliant, he is a person in love, enough to assume the title of a famous general, so I will write him as a famous general.
Tang Gaozong appointed Liu Renliang as the governor of Jilindao, and appointed Wei Weiqing Li Bi and the right leading general Li Jinxing as the deputy governor, and flew across the Gunlu River (in the west of Gyeongju) in the second year of Shangyuan (675 AD) to break through the important town of Silla Qichongseong (north of Jinseong).
At the same time, the Silla army also landed in the southern border of Silla, and cooperated with the hurricane operation of the Tang army.
The king of Silla sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to plead guilty, groveling, asking for Tang Gaozong's forgiveness, making generous contributions, and begging the Tang Dynasty to raise his noble hand.
Tang Gojong pardoned the king of Silla, and later, the Tang Dynasty and Silla demarcated the border line between the two sides with the Taedong River south of Pyongyang, acquiescing to Silla's status on the Korean Peninsula.
After Liu Renliang returned to the court, he was promoted to duke for merit, and the three sons and nephews were all awarded the title of Shangzhu State.
The people of Liu Renliang's hometown also felt that their faces were bright, and called Liu Renliang's place of residence "Lecheng Township Sanzhuli".
In the second year of the Shangyuan Dynasty, Liu Renliang became the left servant of Shangshu, and the three products under the door of the same Zhongshu were the same, and he was also a guest of the prince, and was still responsible for supervising the history of the country.
There is an anecdote in "The Strange Compilation of National History", which illustrates Liu Renliang's high prestige at that time. At that time, Liu Renliang was the left servant to shoot, and Dai Zhide was the right servant to shoot, and everyone respected Liu Renliang and despised Dai Zhide. (To be continued......)