Chapter 290 [Conquering the World]

Emperor Taejong was full of words, he opened his mouth, and after destroying Goguryeo and Baekje, he gave me the land of Baekje to Silla. With Li Shimin's Jin Keyuyan, it is based on the law, and now everything I Jin Famin does is in accordance with the law! What's wrong?

This trick is too ruthless, if you don't admit it, it will be a big matter to say that you Datang implements hegemony and oppresses the weak, and it is a big matter to say that you don't recognize the first emperor and overthrow the established stability maintenance policy of the first emperor! Causing the Tang Dynasty to be discredited to the world, it is a rogue country with no trust, but it is fatal! After all, there are still so many unstable minority forces around,

If the big country has no faith and causes panic in the people, then the border of the Tang Dynasty will never be peaceful! Lee Semin's words are true, and Kim Famin's words are true. So what's the problem? At first glance, I was also frightened by Kim Famin's life-saving card.

Of course, it's just that when I first saw it, I pondered it later, it's not the same thing, Jin Famin is secretly changing the concept and confusing the public. Let's analyze Kim Famin's life-saving card in this way: Kim Famin is focusing everyone's attention on the tiny Korean Peninsula.

If we were to be caught in it, it would be a lot of words! When discussing the question of Baekje's ownership, we cannot ignore or omit the concept of sovereignty! Whether it is Baekje or Goguryeo, or even Silla, they are all vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, whose sovereignty cannot be autonomous.

This kind of vassal relationship is not only promoted by the national prestige of the Tang Dynasty and other suzerains of previous dynasties, but also by the willingness of the vassal states to voluntarily submit

The covenant demanded that Baekje and Silla "grow up to be a nation, each with no regrets, make peace with each other, and each inherit an edict and become a vassal forever", and vowed to abide by the covenant forever. □Ritual Wears Out".

The general idea is that if there is a breach of contract, the country will be ruined, and children and grandchildren will be cut off, and so on. Anyway, it's pretty ruthless! However, such a ruthless oath did not restrain Silla's wolf ambitions.

After the Covenant, the following years were peaceful. The Woongjin Prefecture (the hometown of Baekje) and the Jirim Prefecture (Silla) were also uneventful, and in the process of destroying Goguryeo, the two places cooperated with each other and sent troops to Goguryeo from the southern front.

After the two common enemies of Baekje and Goguryeo were destroyed, Silla began to move. Finally, in 670, he launched a full-scale invasion of the Tang Dynasty Xiongjin Governor's Mansion. As mentioned earlier. The Kumatsu Governor's Mansion is vulnerable. Lost 82 cities in one month.

It's not that Silla is too strong, it's that Xiongjin is too weak. How weak is it? During the ten years from 660 to 669, the hometown of Baekje experienced several wars in the Tang Dynasty's destruction of Baekje, the Restoration Movement, the Battle of Baekgangkou, and the dispatch of troops to Goguryeo

The strength has been greatly depleted, and it is impossible to recover in a short period of time. As for Silla, in all the wars, Tong Guò passively slacked off and preserved his strength. This is not my nonsense, in the destruction of Baekje by Su Dingfang and the destruction of Goguryeo by Yi Se-jong. All left evidence of Silla's passive slack. For the first time, "Jin Yuxin waited for Tang Ying,

While being strict zhòng consumption, there is hidden strength. However, even if Silla underestimates the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, he doesn't dare to underestimate the Tang Dynasty behind?

Dare to risk a full-scale development with the Tang Dynasty to invade the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion? Dare! Kim Famin really dares! Because he knows that now Datang can't help him. The main energy of the Tang Dynasty now is in the West - Tibet.

The main force of the Tang army was pinned down by Tubo on the border of Tang and Tibet in the west, and it was unable to reinforce the Baekje homeland war in the east on a large scale, which gave Kim Famin an opportunity to take advantage of.

At this time, the strength of the Tang Dynasty in the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion. There is no record in Chinese and foreign historical materials, not even in the approximate records such as "more than 10,000 or tens of thousands". Although there is no record, there are certainly not many Tang soldiers stationed in the Kumajin Governor's Mansion. First, the enemy nation has been destroyed. Now that we are recuperating, there is no need to leave too many troops behind; The two are supplemented by the Baekje Army.

In fact, the most intuitive evidence is that if the Tang army is large, let alone Silla invaded 82 cities. Even if he borrowed a gut to let him fight, he didn't dare. Kim Famin is a monkey - the tiger is not at home, the monkey is the king.

After occupying the 82 cities of the Tang Xiongjin Governor's Mansion, Silla returned to China in August of that year! Weird? What's going on? - It turns out that the losses of Silla in this battle are also quite heavy!

The ministers, righteous officials, high-ranking officials, and Heungwon were all high-ranking generals of Silla, but after the great victory, they "deserved to die" and were finally "dismissed", indicating that Silla also suffered great losses in this battle. Although my forces are weak, and although my forces are scattered, I can still make you pay a heavy price! At the same time, there was one of the strictest military crises in Datang since the founding of the People's Republic of China - the defeat of Dafeichuan!

More than 50,000 troops of the Western Expeditionary Army commanded by Xue Rengui, the general of the Right Guard, encountered the main force of 400,000 Tibetans in Dafeichuan, and the whole army was annihilated, and only Xue Rengui and other high-ranking generals escaped and fled back. Tubo attacked Liangzhou immediately after the Battle of Dafeichuan, and the Tang Dynasty immediately appointed Jiang Ke, the left minister, as the general manager of the Liangzhou Road march to control Tubo (- "Zizhi Tongjian" volume 201).

The defeat of Dafeichuan was the first fiasco of the entire army since Tang Yi, and in order to protect the land of Guanzhong, Liangzhou Road inevitably needed to gather the main force of the Tang army; In addition, at that time, the Western Regions was also an important strategic point for Tang and Tibet to compete for, and heavy military groups had to be stationed.

At this time, the main forces of Datang had been pinned down on the western front. Therefore, it was impossible to send large reinforcements to the Kumatsu Prefecture on the Korean Peninsula on the eastern front.

So, after returning to Japan for four months to recuperate, Silla sent troops to the Xiongjin Prefecture again in the first month of 671 AD, but the scale of the army was not large, and only a sworn Tangji coalition army was sent to fight in the south of Xiongjin Castle. So where did the main force of Silla go?

went to the north, because a more threatening force came from the north, the Tang Dynasty's Warriors. If the Central Plains were not unified, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the border nationalities would hardly change, so this unit should not be underestimated.

As soon as the soldiers came, they directly surrounded the city of Tongue, and after several attacks, the soldiers did not conquer the city, so they retreated.

At this time, Silla attacked, pursued the retreating Tatar soldiers, and killed more than 300 people. At this time, Silla was really in full swing, and almost every battle was sure to be won! This question makes me very distressed, and some of you should also be more distressed, what happened to the Tang Army, which has always been invincible? Why did you lose ground one after another in the face of Silla, which was not strong in combat?

In fact, it is mainly a question of the comparison of forces. It is necessary to analyze the merits of the two armies in the several battles between Tang and Luo since 670! First, let's get to know the military structure and military power of Silla. Silla. In terms of military system, there are 6 stops (the Silla people call the battalion a stop, that is, 6 battalions) and 9 oath buildings (teams) and other 23 armies such as 3,000 buildings and five state oaths, which are divided into Chinese and foreign countries.

Among them, the mobile forces used for marching field battles are mainly six stops and nine oaths. So how many people are there in Silla's mobile force, that is, the six stops? According to historical records, the largest number of troops dispatched by Silla was 50,000 troops in Baekje in 660 AD, that is, in the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty, to cooperate with Su Dingfang. That expedition.

Including the Silla King Kim Chunqiu, the crown prince Kim Famin, and Daejiaogan (the highest official position below the King of Silla) Kim Yushin and other domestic military and political elites all went out with the army, so 50,000 people should be the largest mobile force that Silla can mobilize! (Including the other defensive armies, it is estimated that the strength of Silla should be 7 to 80,000 nations). And how many troops were the Tangji coalition forces in the Kumatsu Prefecture during the same period?

Liu Renyuan's troops, who were originally stationed in Xiongjin, have returned to China with Li Shixian's army, and the troops of the former Xiongjin Governor's Mansion are not many (about more than 10,000 people). Therefore, the number of Tang troops left behind should be several thousand. Even more strict was that the former prince of Baekje, Buyeo Long, the former governor of the Xiongjin Governorate, did not arrive in the Tang Dynasty for fear of Silla's plots, and the supreme governor of the Governorate was only a Sima at this time.

As for the Baekje army, Baekje has been engaged in a tug-of-war with Silla all the year round, and its strength should be comparable to Silla's, but considering that Silla's territory is larger than Baekje's, Baekje's military strength should also be less than Silla's, around 60,000. However, in the Tang Annihilation of Baekje War, the Baekje army had lost 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the remaining were only about 20,000. The Tangji coalition army is estimated to be more than 20,000 people.

Considering the combat effectiveness factor, it is not small compared to Silla, but there are many cities, and once they are scattered, they are even more lonely, and the dragons have no leader, so they are easy to be broken by each one! The above is the comparison of Tang Luo's strength in the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion at this time, which I analyzed!

Could it be that the Tang Dynasty wants to give up the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion? No, although the troops are stretched, Datang still sent reinforcements. However, there is no record of this in the historical materials of China, North Korea and South Korea. Don't be confused, my attitude is not to tell nonsense.

Because I have the evidence. This evidence comes from the records of the historical records of the Wa Kingdom. The Wa Kingdom has always been very concerned about the shape of the peninsula, and a little information appears in their historical materials.

"In the first month of the tenth year of Tianzhi (i.e., 671 AD), Xinhai. Baekje Town sent Liu Renyuan to send Li Shouzhen and others to the table", Tianzhi Ji and Liu Renyuan failed to rush to the front line in time because of the "missed date" when the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, and was exiled to Yaozhou by the Tang Dynasty on the charge of "conquest of Goguryeo stay".

"Benevolence and the will, in the later stage, the call should be punished. Amnesty Yaozhou; A sinful body who was exiled to a remote area suddenly appeared in Baekje. It shows that Datang has reactivated this person and sent him to support the Xiongjin Governor's Mansion. The Silla army that fell south of Xiongjin Castle in the first month of 671 should have been planted in the hands of Liu Renyuan! Well, now the situation of Tangluo in the south of the peninsula is basically obvious. Datang, commander Liu Renyuan, with more than 20,000 troops; Silla, commander Kim Famin, more than 50,000 troops;

Kim Famin is still self-aware. Liu Renyuan, who had fought alongside him, still knew a lot about his military capabilities - this is not a good stubble, not easy to mess with. So Kim Famin adopted a new strategy - harassment war and sabotage war.

The so-called harassment war is that when the time is not ripe, no longer send troops on a large scale, but instead of continuous harassment tactics, while exhausting the Tang army, it also buys ample time for itself to accumulate strength again and consolidate the existing achievements!

The so-called sabotage war was to destroy the agriculture of the Kumajin Prefecture and drag down the Tang army economically. This was done by sending troops to trample on Baekje's fields and destroy Baekje's agricultural crops.

The strength of the Tang army was reduced to a certain extent, and Kim Famin saw that the time had come, so he sent troops to the Governor's Mansion of Xiongjin again, and fought with the Tangji coalition army in Shicheng, this battle, the Silla army won, and the Silla army "beheaded 5,300 ranks, won two Baekje generals, and six Tang Guoyi. ”

Jin Famin won, however, he will soon regret it, because his victory won him not honor, but the reinforcements of the Tang Dynasty - Xue Rengui, the first fierce general of the Gaozong Dynasty! "Zhao Rengui is the head of Jilin Road to guide him", from this identity, we can understand Xue Rengui's helplessness! In the previous expeditions of the Tang Dynasty, if it was a heavy military operation, the identity of the commander of the army would be the general manager of a certain march, with a strength of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, such as Su Dingfang who led the army to Baekje in the fifth year of Xianqing. He is the chief of the Shenqiu Road marching army, with a strength of 100,000. And if the scale of the expedition is not large, or the strength of the other party is very weak, the identity of the commander of the army is only the commander of the march of a certain road. Its strength ranged from thousands to tens of thousands, such as Liang Jishou in the third year of Xianheng who led the army to crusade against the rebels, and was the head of the Yaozhou Road march, with only 5,300 troops.

Considering that the strategic center of gravity of Datang at this time was on the Western Front, and Xue Rengui's identity was the chief rather than the general manager. It can be seen that its strength is limited. This explains why Xue Rengui did not use force to directly solve Silla!

Before, I always thought that Xue Rengui was just a brave and fearless general, who would only charge into battle, but I found that it was just my personal prejudice! The full text has more than 1,000 words,

The format is basically to discuss the friendly relations between the two countries in the past at the beginning, and the middle theme is to accuse Kim Famin of his disobedience, and finally ask Kim Famin to correct his mistakes and be a good courtier. Then we will selectively take a look at this "Gao Jin Fa Min Book".

First. For Jin Famin's analysis of the current form: "Now that the strong Kou has been cleared, the enemy has lost the country, the warriors and horses are jade, and the king is also there, and the heart should be unswerving, China and foreign countries complement each other, and the dissolution will be dissolved" Second, Jin Famin's actions are not subordinate: "Now the king goes to the foundation of peace, is tired of the usual policy, and is far from the destiny of heaven." Now abandon his father's words, insult the sky, and bully his neighbors" Third, Jin Famin's greed: "From your own selfish desires."

Greedy for heaven and merit" Fourth, Xue Rengui's warning: "Disobey the king's order, be disloyal; Betraying one's father's heart is not filial piety. One body and two names, how can you be at peace? If Jin Famin didn't listen to the admonition, Xue Rengui also said the consequences: "General Gao (Gao Kan)'s Han cavalry." Li Jinxing's Fan Soldier (靺鞨兵), Wu Chuyi Ge (Tang Dynasty Water Division), secluded and evil, clouds on all sides, the ark went down, built a garrison according to the danger, cultivated the land,

This king's anointing blindness (doubtful, should be anointed) also. "The gist of it is: if you don't listen to the greeting, the high-minded Tang cavalry, Li Jinxing's Jin Ya soldiers, and the Tang Dynasty sailors will attack from all sides, build cities according to dangers, and open fields to garrison troops, and at that time Silla will be dead and irretrievable! .

Of course, we know that Datang is unable to carry out such a large-scale military operation at this time, Xue Rengui is mainly intimidating, anyway, there is a tiger in Datang behind him, and it is not too much to intimidate! This is similar to what Xiang Li Xuan said to Yuangai Suwen back then, "Send troops to attack the country next year."

When it was over, Xue Rengui let out a sigh: "Woohoo, I used to be loyal and righteous, but now I am a rebel." "Of course, this coaxing and intimidating letter also leaves some room for Jin Famin, after all, the purpose of the book is to surrender without a fight, not to provoke trouble, this purpose,

Xue Rengui still has a better grasp of it.

I, Xue Rengui, am a celebrity next to the emperor (I am a great accompaniment), and I will present it to the saint on your behalf! This bull braggathing is already a guilty body, and there is no "long-cherished accompaniment".

First, Jin Famin's trap, after Jin Famin received Xue Rengui's letter of inquiry, he strictly followed Xue Rengui's requirements to refute himself, and counted his own merits and grievances to prove that he had no ghosts in his heart, and he sat upright and upright! No ghosts?

The helpless Xue Rengui Jin Famin is vigorously carrying out his great cause, and the movement is quite big! However, in Datang's view, this is just a beam-jumping clown daydreaming and performing a clumsy performance.

Emperor Gaozong understood that even if this was a clumsy performance of the clown, he could not fail to act, no matter how difficult the country was, no matter how insufficient the troops were, they must also be suppressed, otherwise, raising tigers would be a problem!

The emperor sent a second group of reinforcements, and the commander was Xue Rengui! That's right, it's Xue Rengui, who doesn't have any titles like the general of the right guard, because Xue Rengui is a white-clothed body in this matter. All his officials were dismissed because of the defeat of Dafeichuan.

That's kind of interesting. The commanders of the two groups of reinforcements sent by the Tang Emperor are all "white-clothed", and to put it bluntly, they are all guilty people!

So in the eyes of the Tang Emperor, what level is Jin Famin, let's guess for yourself! Jin Famin, don't be afraid, Xue Rengui changed his past style this time, and didn't rush all the way like a bulldozer.

Instead, he saluted first and then sent a letter to Jin Famin, counting Jin Famin's disobedience, hoping that Jin Famin would know his mistakes and change them, and abide by the way of his ministers. That's weird.

As analyzed earlier, Xue Rengui is an out-and-out murderous maniac, in his eyes, it seems that only swords and guns are the only magic weapons to control the enemy, but today he is playing Wendou, which does not conform to his consistent style. This is not surprising.

We can see the clues from Xue Rengui's identity at this time. Xue Rengui sent troops this time, and his identity was only the head of the Jilin Road march (to be continued.) )