Chapter 39: The Choice of Silla and the Wa Kingdom
Taishan Fengzen ended perfectly, even the assassination was done so perfectly, all according to the original plan, after hearing the sound of the falling boulder, the people of the Hundred Cavalry Division immediately took action to arrest Chi Linhua and other remnants of the party who had been in ambush next to the cliff for a long time, and they didn't even have time to react, so they were escorted to the prison of Linpu County under a black hood.
The royal guards were indeed royal guards, and when the boulder fell, no one ran away in panic, but the first thing those guards thought of was to protect His Majesty.
Li Er's carriage was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and Zhai Changsun, the chief of the royal guard and the commander of the Xuanjia Army, arranged the work of the Imperial Forest Army in an orderly manner, personally commanded 800 people to guard His Majesty's chariot, and then sent 350 cavalry to quickly go up the mountain to capture the assassins.
In the end, his worksheet was immediately highly praised by Li Er, not only promoted to one level, but also rewarded him with fifty taels of gold, which can be said to be fame and fortune.
This assassination, for those assassins who came from Goryeo, can be said to be a failure, but for Li Er, this assassination can be said to be a great success, the reporters who have been prepared for a long time began to hype up the thrill of this assassination in the newspaper, the main title of the latest issue of the Nanshan Academy's "Datang News" is four blood-red characters "Majesty Xià Assassination", and the newspaper pointed out that the assassination behind the assassination is the four countries of the Oriental Islands.
Li Er was assassinated when Taishan sealed the Zen, and the world shook for a while, and countless scholars were ready to sacrifice their lives for His Majesty, and they must teach a lesson to the four small countries on the eastern island, so that they know the consequences of daring to offend the Tang Dynasty.
Li Er also obeyed the will of the people of the world and came down from Mount Tai. Just make a statement. Ordered Li Ji, the military department of Youzhou, to lead 10,000 city management garrisons. Crossing the Yalu River, using the latest steam tanks and artillery developed by the academy, attacking the city all the way, attacking the city when encountering the city, and arresting people when encountered, in short, there is no need to give any face to the four countries of the eastern island, since they dare to send someone to assassinate themselves, they must be prepared to bear their own anger.
Soldiers are fast. It seems that in less than ten days, Li Ji's army crossed the Yalu River and launched a fierce attack on Pyongyang, the capital of Goryeo.
The other team, the navy led by Zhang Liang, drove the latest warships of the Tang Dynasty from the Bohai Sea to Baekje, and on the 21st, launched an attack on Mahanseong, the capital of Baekje.
Nowadays, Datang's foreign war is becoming more and more like an exercise. Ten years ago, the soldiers came to the city and signed a humiliating treaty. In just ten years, everything that happened during the period of dispersing the treasury money in exchange for peace, and now taking the initiative to start a war, not fearing the mountains and roads, and also teaching a lesson to the small country that despises itself, seems to be like a miracle and a beautiful dream.
The front was full of successes, and the Tang people seemed to be accustomed to such a record, and in the face of the invincible chengguan garrison, no one could organize their footsteps, and on the 22nd, the city of Pyongyang was broken; On the 23rd, the city of Mahan was broken; On the 25th, the four cities of Goryeo were taken down, announcing the destruction of the country, Li Ji captured more than 53,000 Goryeo civilians and soldiers, all of whom were transported back to the Tang Dynasty by sea, and on the 26th, the nineteen cities of Baekje were broken, and the destruction of the country was announced, and Zhang Liang led his troops to capture more than 124,000 people, and was waiting for the sea ships to be transported back to China in Baekje.
In just five days, the news of the destruction of the two small countries was spread all over the country, and the people of the Tang Dynasty once again refreshed their understanding of the strength and prosperity of the country in which they lived.
After a short rest, the military headquarters led by Li Jisuo did not stop, but crossed the mountains and rivers behind Pyongyang City and went straight to Silla, wanting to solve this vassal state of the Tang Dynasty by the way.
But what surprised Li Ji a little was that when the Chengguan army had not yet arrived at the city of Silla, he met the Queen of Silla wearing the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty's four products Jieyu, holding the national seal, and surrendering to the Tang Dynasty with hundreds of civil and military officials, Princess Deseon, the lord of Silla, privately showed Li Ji her private relationship with the Tang Emperor, and expressed her willingness to lead her people to join the Tang Dynasty, and settle in the Tang Dynasty. Send a spy back to Youzhou to inquire about the meaning of His Majesty, and he is making the next move.
Li Ji slowed down his pace, but the navy led by Zhang Liang did not mean to stop, he did not have the slightest worry about the Wa State that had been unknown to the Tang regime, and His Majesty had made it clear before the expedition that the most important thing in this expedition to the four eastern countries was to take the Wa State, because according to intelligence, the Wa State seemed to have a large silver ore vein on the boundary of Qingchuan and Songdao counties, and if it could be taken there, it would be a great achievement. If this expedition can produce a good record, it must be able to rank in front of the row when ranking according to merit......
The cold wind is bleak, the earth is heavy, the weather in December is already freezing in the Wa country, but on a city wall, it seems that everyone does not feel the cold, they are wearing armor, their faces are nervous, and the heat they exhale makes their faces flush unconsciously.
On a high platform in the city wall, a woman in a flaming red cotton jacket was staring into the distance, and next to her stood a young boy.
"Queen Mother, it's so cold here, what are we doing here, I want to go back." Although the young man was dressed very thickly, his exposed hands were red from the cold.
"My son, you always say that you yearn for the Tang Dynasty, do you know what the Tang people are like?" The woman standing on the high place didn't seem to feel the cold, and asked lightly.
The young man hurriedly said: "Of course I know, the Tang people all wear black hats and long shirts with narrow sleeves...... Before he could finish speaking, the woman interrupted him, "My son, the queen mother didn't ask the Tang people described in your book, the emperor asked, do you know what the real Tang people look like?" Do you know what their supposedly invincible army looks like? ”
When the woman had finished speaking, she waited for the young man's answer.
"This ......" The young man held back for a long time, and finally had to say: "Erchen really doesn't know ......"
The woman smiled slightly and said, "Wait a minute, the queen mother will let you see how powerful the Tang people are, and see what kind of weapon your father created for them!" ”……
It can be said that if you take this city, the cities in the Japanese country will be open to you, so Zhang Liang is already gearing up for the black stone city in front of him, and he can't wait to open this city gate with artillery.
"The gunners are ready to lay artillery positions! In an hour's time, I'm going to see our artillery fucking blast the city ahead! Zhang Liang led the troops more casually, joking at the officer in charge of artillery.
"General, isn't it an hour to lay out the artillery position, and the brothers will add two boiled eggs for dinner today?" The officer in charge of the artillery also replied with a smile.
"Fuck it, you kid thinks it's beautiful, give you two hours, if you can take down the city in front of you, I'll add two boiled eggs to you tonight!" Zhang Liang waved his hand and said proudly.
"Good!" The crowd cheered in unison, and the artillery positions that were familiar with the roads began to be laid in two or three miles from the border cities of the Japanese Kingdom......
"Mother, what are those people doing?" On the city wall, the young man looked at a group of busy Tang soldiers in the distance and asked curiously.
At this time, the royal maiden did not answer him, but raised her hand and said to the guards on the side: "Raise the white flag!" Open the gates! Come out of town with me! ”
"Queen Mother!" The boy suddenly became a little panicked, he didn't know what his queen mother wanted to do.
The woman turned her head to her son and smiled slightly: "The queen mother knows that you don't want to inherit the Wa Kingdom, now you can do what you want, I will take you, find your father in Datang, and let him settle you, after all, you are also his biological bloodline............
"Newspaper!! ~Checkmate! The city gate in front was wide open, and the Japanese soldiers defending the city held high the white flag, as if they were about to surrender! A herald soldier rushed to report.
Zhang Liang was supervising the artillery position at the moment, and when he heard that the defenders of the Japanese State had surrendered, he immediately laughed and said, "Okay, good!" Just catch all the work, pull it back to Chang'an, and sell it all to the construction site! ”…… (To be continued......)