Yuan Wanqing became famous, not only saved the Tang Dynasty's sailors, but also made the Tang army not delay the military situation. More importantly, he was appreciated by Li Shiji! If that's the end of it, I'm certainly not interested in saying it, and the key highlight is later.

Before the highlights appear, let's first get to know this clutch poetry master Yuan Wanqing. The year of his life is unknown, and his life is only preserved in the "New Tang Dynasty Literature and Art Biography", but the limited historical materials tell us that this person is "good at literature, Min Wenci", and also left a popular theoretical monograph "The Essentials of Music Books".

I really don't have much interest in reading what this book is about, but in ancient times, being able to leave a monograph shows that this person is either talented or talented! Let's first take a look at what a clutch poem is. Acrostic poems refer to poems written in the word splitting method, which is a kind of miscellaneous poems, which was originally a kind of word play in ancient times.

Here, it was actually used by our Guo Beifeng in military passwords, which is the first of its kind! A more representative clutch poem is the Tang Dynasty poet Pi Rixiu's "Late Autumn Yin": Donggao smoke and rain return to the ploughing day, eliminating the Xuanguan hand mower. The fire is full of wine and poetry in the mouth, and people today have no plan to do anything.

The day and the exemption are late, the grass and the fire are the autumn, and the mouth and the present are the groans, which together are the "late autumn groans", which is probably what it looks like.

Li Shiji found that Yuan Wanqing was a talent, so he handed him an extremely important thing and wrote "檄高 (sentence) Liwen".

The text is very important, and if it is written well, it can not only improve your morale and win the hearts of the people, but also suppress the enemy's momentum! It is an opportunity to be appreciated by the chief manager, and I have to show myself well.

In order to increase the deterrent effect of the text on Goguryeo, he added a sentence in the text, "I don't know the danger of guarding the duck".

This text has had an effect, but it is a negative effect. Yuan Nanjian was more interesting, and after seeing the text, he replied to Li Shiji, "Listen to your fate!" And quickly sent troops to occupy the dangerous places along the Yalu River, and the guide zhì "Tang soldiers are not allowed to cross!" ”。

Dumbfounded. Not only Yuan Wanqing was dumbfounded, but Li Shiji was also dumbfounded, and Tang Jun was also dumbfounded! Upon learning of this, the emperor was furious. exiled Yuan Wanqing to Lingnan. However, I believe that Yuan Wanqing's original intention was to ridicule Yuan Nanjian for not understanding military affairs and definitely not collaborating with the enemy. The blame can only be blamed on him for being too conceited.

(Unexpectedly, the story of a clutch poem.) Wrote so much. I hope it's not too wordy. ）

Third Road: The Southern Front Army gathers This Third Route Army is not one, but the general name of multiple troops, in total: Liu Renyuan, the head of the Biliedao Marching Army; the head of the march of Haigu Road; Liu Ren, the head of the march of the Hunjiang Road; King Kim Famin of Silla; The above armies entered the southern part of Goguryeo from the direction of Baekje and Silla respectively, and the goal was the same: Pyongyang! Since the main forces of the Goguryeo defense were concentrated in the northern region, the Southern Front advanced to the outskirts of Pyongyang without much fighting.

The Southern Front Army had a good harvest, and a total of two counties and twelve cities surrendered along the way! There is nothing else to write about for the time being.

Since there is nothing to write about in the Southern Front, then let's go back and see how the Tang Army is doing on the Northern Road! Li Shiji - sweeping thousands of armies like a sweep!

Goguryeo, its death can be waited for! February of the first year of the general chapter (668 AD). Seven months before the death of Goguryeo. Li Shiji was supposed to be the heaviest blocking task, but he did not encounter any decent resistance along the way, and after the Battle of Xincheng, he conquered 16 cities all the way to Xue Heshui (also known as Sahe Shui, about near present-day Dandong, Liaoning) near the Yalu River.

Here, Yuan Nanjian helped Li Shiji realize the value of his blockade. At that time, Xue Rengui led his troops to attack Fuyu City, and Yuan Nanjian couldn't sit still, so he sent as many as 50,000 heavy troops to the rescue.

150,000 troops were annihilated. Why did Yuan Nanjian send troops to rescue Fuyu City? I analyze two reasons: first, containment. rescued Buyeo City, always maintained a certain scale of troops in the rear of the Tang Army, and contained the Tang Army from moving south to Pyongyang; Second. Foreign aid.

The fall of Buyeo City is a small matter, even if the entire Buyeo River region surrenders to the Tang Dynasty, the key is that from then on, Goguryeo will be cut off from its allies, and there will be no external rescue.

Therefore, Buyeo City will be saved! Qibi He Li, Xue Rengui and others defeated the 150,000 Goguryeo army for the safety of the back of Li Shiji's head; For the safety of Qibi He Li, Xue Rengui and others, Li Shiji must also defeat the 50,000 reinforcements of Goguryeo; The 20,000 Tang army and the 50,000 Goguryeo army met at Saga Water. History: "Together. Broke it and captured more than 30,000 people! ”

Of these, 5,000 were beheaded and 30,000 were taken prisoner. Goguryeo once again proved its incompetence, it was too difficult for it, and again and again told the world: Goguryeo is incompetent! This was already the law of Goguryeo before its death. What are the laws? It's a sure thing! It can't be changed.

After the Battle of Saheshui, Li Shiji conquered Daxingcheng (now Dandong, Liaoning) by the way. Daxing City, the last city on the north bank of the Yalu River! In April of the first year of the general chapter (668 AD), five months before the death of Goguryeo. Chang'an, the comet is seen in the five cars, and the right minister Xu Jingzong said: "The comet sees the northeast, and Goguryeo will be destroyed."

- "History of the Three Kingdoms", Goguryeo Benji. This is pure nonsense, and we definitely don't believe it today, when technology is so advanced. In ancient times when superstition and stars were admired, our emperor Comrade Li Zhi did not believe it, which is really commendable: "I am not virtuous, and I see it in the sky, how can I blame Xiaoyi!"

...... "Well, this is just a small episode. Let's get down to business. The commanders of the Tang army in the north of Goguryeo have gathered in Daxingcheng. After conquering Daxing City, Li Shiji ordered the army to rest for a while, and during this period, Qibi He Li, Xue Rengui and other governors led their troops to arrive here one after another, and joined forces in one place.

Ahead is the Yalu River natural insurance! The next thing is so simple that I can't think of a better way to put it when I think about it.

In short, the situation of "the Tang army is like a broken bamboo, Goguryeo is vulnerable, and the wind asks for surrender" is very clear.

There is no need to make a second time, just use the historical materials: "(The Tang Army) entered the Yalu fence, Goguryeo sent troops to resist the battle, accumulated and fought hard, broke it, chased for more than 200 miles, pulled out and humiliated Yicheng (now Yongrou County, North Korea), and the cities fled and surrendered one after another. ”

(The specific marching route can refer to my hand-drawn sketch of Tang annihilation of Goguryeo on January 19) to conquer the city of Huyi, and there is no obstacle all the way ahead, which is Pyongyang! Li Shiqi sent Qi He Li to lead the army to set off first, and how many troops did Qi Qi He Li bring?

Both the old and new Tang books are recorded as 500,000! I've always been skeptical of this number. First of all, there are only records in the old and new Tang books in Chinese and foreign historical materials that he led 500,000 troops. The evidence is insufficient! Secondly, how late is it to kill chickens!

Let's not delve into this, not to mention the time-consuming and labor-intensive, it is difficult to verify! Even if it is verified. I can't believe it! In July of the first year of the general chapter (668 AD), one month before the death of Goguryeo.

Snake Water Revenge! Snake Water, also known as Snake River in Korean historical materials, is an important place that Khibi He Li must pass through to enter Pyongyang.

Six years ago, Pang Xiaotai, the head of the Baizhou Thorn History and the Wofu Road March, died here with 13 sons and 5,000 Guangxi soldiers. It was the only battle in which the entire system was annihilated since the Tang army conquered and harassed Goguryeo, and it was also the only time that the Tang Dynasty was defeated.

Of course, there are many subjective and objective factors, but for the heroic Tang Army, this is still an unacceptable shame. The dead are gone, and the martyrs are gone! Revenge!

Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, not to mention that only six years have passed! On July 16, when Khibi Ho Li and his troops reached Snake Water, an allied army joined the camp - the first part of the Silla army led by Kim Mun-ying, the commander of the march of Bereb Prefecture from Silla.

Snake water is the last line of defense to protect Pyongyang, and Yuan Nanjian must fight to the death. There is a chance to turn the situation around. Historical records do not leave the scale of the troops invested in this battle, but Goguryeo should not have many troops.

Since the Tang army entered the territory of Goguryeo, the combat strength of Goguryeo has been as high as 230,000 in the annals of history, plus tens of thousands of cities that have been conquered and surrendered, with a total of nearly 30 cities, with a total strength of at least 300,000!

This was close to the limit for Goguryeo at this time. Che Bi He Li is a bit bad. It's time to let Silla watch xiàn for a while. At the beginning of the war, Chebi He Li let the Silla soldiers rush to the front, and the history records that "the Silla soldiers and horses are the only forwards".

There is a brigade of Tang soldiers in the back. The Silla soldiers and horses were "mighty" and broke the Goguryeo army! After the Battle of Snake Water Revenge, Khibi Holi led his troops to Pyongyang and surrounded the water.

September of the first year of the General Chapter (668 AD). Goguryeo is dying soon! Li Shiji, Xue Rengui, Qibi He Li and other Tang land and water armies arrived in Pyongyang one after another. At this time, the most powerful elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have gathered in Pyongyang City! Kim Fa-min, Kim Yu-shin, Kim In-wen and other Silla armies also arrived in Pyongyang one after another.

At this time, Silla's most powerful soldiers also gathered in Pyongyang City! In order to destroy Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty and Silla showed all their sincerity! And what about Goguryeo? Shouldn't something be done in the face of such heavy sincerity?

In 668 AD, the first year of the General Chapter of the Tang Dynasty, the twenty-seventh year of the Treasure King of Goguryeo, September 21. A total of 98 people, the 28th king of Goguryeo, Gao Bao, led the male property and the minister of civil and military affairs to go out of the city and surrender with white flags!

Li Shiji "treats him with courtesy"! Goguryeo died in 705! Goguryeo King Gao Bao went out of the city and surrendered with a group of civil and military ministers. However, Da Mo left Zhiyuan Nanjian still held on to the city and continued to resist the Tang Luo coalition army.

This is a doubt, the actual ruler of Goguryeo at that time was Yuan Nanjian, without his permission, it would be impossible to open the city gate again, and let Gao Bao bring so many ministers out of the city and surrender!

There are only two possibilities: first, Yuan Nanchan recognized the form of Goguryeo's inevitable death, and secretly went out of the city with his brother Yuan Nan Jian and Gao Bao.

Second, Yuan Nanjian's plan to delay the army, Yuan Nanjian deliberately let Gao Bao and others out of the city to delay time.

The second is unlikely, because at that time, the Tang-Luo coalition army had already surrounded the city of Pyongyang, and there were so many troops in Pyongyang that the morale was so low that it would not increase or decrease, and the strategy of delaying the army was useless. Another purpose of the delaying tactic is to delay time and hold on to help.

However, at that time, except for Pyongyang City, Goguryeo basically surrendered or fled or was conquered by the Tang army, and there were no reinforcements to call in the country; What about foreign aid?

After all, Goguryeo was still allied with the Wa Kingdom and the Empire. Five years ago, in the battle of Baekje's Baekgang Estuary, it had already been beaten out of the psychological shadow, and now it is busy building fortifications all over the country. Turbulence?

The passage between Goguryeo and the Jin Ya has been completely blocked by the Tang army, and even if the Jin Ya has the heart to save it, it is impossible to parachute in.

So the most likely is the first one, the abyss male birth! In the TV series "Yuan Gai Suwen" filmed in South Korea, the fall of Pyongyang is described as follows: After the eldest brother Yuan boy fell into Pyongyang under siege, he sneaked into the city alone to find the third brother Yuan boy, and persuaded Yuan to secretly open the city gate on the grounds of protecting the lives and property of the people of Pyongyang, and let the Tang army enter the city.

According to historical records, Yuan Nan did go out of the city, but he only surrendered, not the so-called internal and external cooperation.

However, "the inside should be combined with the outside, and the Tang army should be allowed to enter the city" is true, but it is not done by Yuan Nan, but by someone else. I'll talk about that later.

Yuan Nan knew that this time Datang was playing real and hating. stunned Goguryeo to the point that there was only a lonely city left. It is only a matter of time before the city is broken, it is better to surrender as soon as possible and find a good way out.

It turned out later that Yuan Nan did the right thing, and after being escorted back to Chang'an, the Tang Emperor Li Zhi gave him the title of Si Zai Shaoqing.

Although he is only in charge of affairs with no real power, such as sacrifices, court meetings, and wine banquets, he is a high-ranking cadre from the fourth grade. From our point of view, the Yuan Nansan is a handsome person who knows the times, but from the perspective of the two Koreas, the Yuan Nansan is a timid and cowardly aristocrat and a capitulation faction.

Okay, let's go back and see what kind of trouble Yuan Nanjian is going to make, there is no morale inside, no reinforcements outside, and he wants to defy the sky?

I have to say that Yuan Nanjian is a true loyal! Although he inherited his father's autocratic and arbitrary dictatorial behavior, although he drove away his eldest brother and killed his own nephew.

However, this is only Goguryeo's internal affairs and family affairs. In the face of Datang, I have been working hard, knowing that I will hit the stone with an egg, but I still keep attacking; I knew I had no chance of winning, but I still didn't give up! The grasshopper shakes the tree, especially sighing!

The mantis arm is a car, and the courage is commendable! The most painful thing is that the ending has been decided, but we are still struggling to try to change the ending! In my Tang opinion, Yuan Nanjian is stubborn, but for North Korea, he is really a hero!

In the face of hundreds of thousands of Tang Luo coalition troops, Yuan Nanjian decided to fight to the death! Shi Zai: "(Male Construction) refused to defend behind closed doors, and frequently sent troops to fight", but the result was "all defeated"! The attack had no effect except to increase casualties, so Yuan Nanjian held on to the city.

Yuan Nanjian is also a human being, needs to rest, and needs helpers. So he found a cronie to help him defend together, and this cronie was a monk named Xincheng. He trusted the monk, but the monk took advantage of his trust - "(Xincheng) secretly sent people (Li Shi) to accumulate, please respond internally." ”

On the fifth day after the surrender of the king of Goguryeo, Shinseong, a close confidant of Yuan Nanjian, opened the city gate as promised and let the Tangluo coalition army enter the city. Li Shiji, like Qibi He Li, was not authentic, and handed over the most glorious task of attacking the city to the Silla army. (To be continued.) )