Chapter 309: The Battle Clouds Rise Again

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Regarding Li Chongjiu, the assassin of Youzhou, the first question of King Jinpyeong of Silla was: "Is it really impossible for the current Sui court to dominate Middle-earth?" ”

Kongshan replied: "Returning to the king, it is exactly like this, I have been in Zhuojun and Bohai for several months, and I have investigated many times, and I have understood the current situation in Middle Earth, and the current Sui court is much worse than seven years ago. ”

King Zhenping nodded and said, "Then do you think this Li Chongjiu is really qualified to replace the Sui court and become an ally in the west of my Silla Kingdom and attack Goguryeo together?" ”

Kong Shan thought for a while and said: "If you look at the current power, Li Chongjiu is indeed much inferior to the original Sui Ting, but this person is only two years old, and he has risen on the grassland and forged ahead, which is really a rare hero in the Central Plains in recent years." Not now, but probably in the future. ”

King Zhenping nodded, looked at Master Xiashou Baoliang, folded his hands and asked, "What does the master think?" ”

Master Baoliang also bowed back and said, "Your Majesty, the poor monk thinks that the Sui court has now declined, and there is no strong force in Middle-earth, which can help us fight against Goguryeo's Austrian aid, and now maintain an alliance with Baekje to resist Goguryeo's southern invasion." ”

"Master," Jin Yuxin said, "but I have heard that King Wu of Goguryeo is a man of great ambition, and lately he has been currying favor with the Japanese people, and has sent the national teacher Guanle Buddhist Sutra and astronomical and geographical almanacs to the Wa Kingdom to pay tribute, and the Wa Kingdom seems to be interested in the land where I am. ”

Hearing Jin Yuxin say this, all the Silla magnates present frowned. The Wa Kingdom has always had the intention of expanding into Korea. In order to fight against Silla, Baekje dedicated the land of Ninna (Note 1) in the country, and the Wa people used it as a place to anchor ships.

Later, Silla Shin captured Renna and expelled the Japanese from the land. However, the Japanese people had never died of their involvement in the mainland, and they heard that the Japanese had been stationing heavy troops on the island across the sea, and they had the intention of crossing the sea again to conquer them, so Baekje and the Japanese people allied again, apparently planning to abandon the alliance of Silla.

Master Holiang said, "Great King, the poor monk thinks that with the current power of Silla, if he does not unite with Baekje, it will not be enough to fight Goguryeo, and if he becomes an enemy of Baekje again, then Silla will ...... day and night, please forgive the poor monk for speaking bluntly, I am afraid it will be very difficult." ”

At this time, Jin Chunqiu spoke: "What the master said is very true, but we can't guard against it, in case of the consequences of breaking the alliance, if there is such a day, how should I deal with it?" ”

"I see." King Zhenping nodded slightly.

Seeing that the king had made a decision, and all the ministers in the hall kowtowed together, King Zhenping stood up and said: "Although Goguryeo has consumed a lot of national strength in the fierce battle with the Sui court, it has also trained tens of thousands of elite soldiers capable of fighting. At present, the warrior king of Baekje is colluding with the Japanese people, and our alliance with Baekje can be broken at any time, and we must try our best to avoid this situation, but we must not prepare for it in advance. ”

"As the master said, Manbaeje, Goguryeo, and the Japanese joined forces to attack, and I think that Silla will die in less than a year. Ladies and gentlemen, if you do not face up to this fact, you are deceiving yourself. ”

Seeing that even King Zhenping said such words, all the ministers bowed down together, feeling the severity of the current situation.

"Of course, don't be too pessimistic, before that, I will try my best to maintain an alliance with Baekje, as long as Baekje does not fall to Goguryeo, our Silla will be fine, I think that even if the king of Baekje maintains an alliance with the Japanese people, he does not want to see the current three-legged alliance shattered, our Silla is destroyed, and the next one is Baekje. However, I decided that no matter what, for Youzhou Li Chongjiu, I must reach an alliance with him. When the time comes, this is where our last hope for Silla lies. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." All agreed in agreement.

"This time Li Chongjiu sent troops, how about the reward we promised him?" King Zhenping asked.

The foreword on the empty mountain said: "Li Chongjiu said that in addition to the sandalwood bow, which is not very needed, the ginseng and bezoar of his country are all high-quality things, and the more the better, as for the fruit of the horse, he asked for three hundred, and the best ones are stallions that can be bred." In addition, we need 300 warriors of the Hualang Army. ”

As soon as Kongshan finished speaking, Jin Yuxin said: "Your Majesty, the warriors of Hualang are loyal and brave men of their country, how can they be used by the Han people. At present, Goguryeo's strong army is pressing the border, and we need the strength of the Hwarang army to defend Jincheng. ”

As soon as Jin Yuxin's voice fell, Kong Shan said on this side: "Li Chongjiu promised that if the Hwarang warriors were seconded to him, before the end of the year, he would launch an offensive against Goguryeo that was not inferior to the beginning of the year. ”

King Zhenping showed a thoughtful look when he heard this.

Yuan Xiao also said at this time: "This Youzhou Assassin History has twice used troops against Goguryeo, the first time it broke through the cover of Mu City, nearly 10,000 Goguryeo defenders were annihilated, and the second time it broke Baiyan City, more than 10,000 Goguryeo reinforcements were destroyed, and now these two cities have been broken, and Liaodong City is open. ”

King Zhenping made a decision on the spot when he heard this.

Ten days later, the Silla Dangxiang Fortress (Note 2), which was the only outlet to the sea in the east of Silla, was always the place where the tribute road to the Great Sui was located.

The seagulls on the shore were constantly singing, and twenty large Silla ships were loaded on the shore.

Yuan Xiao walked across the deck and said to Jin Chunqiu, who was looking at the scenery from the bow of the ship, "Your Royal Highness, do you really want to go to Middle-earth?" ”

Jin Chunqiu smiled and stretched out his hand to stop Yuan Xiao's shoulder, without the slightest shelf of a superior.

Jin Chunqiu said: "Master Yuanxiao, you and I have been friends since childhood, and I won't hide it from you. I have gone to Middle-earth to take refuge. ”

Yuan Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Didn't the king say that as long as the alliance between Baekje and Silla is not broken, then the country will be fine." ”

Jin Chunqiu smiled and said, "Yuan Xiao, you are wrong, I took refuge not because of state affairs, but because of family affairs. ”

Yuan Xiao listened to it and understood that King Jinpyeong of Silla was now fifty years old, but he had no son under his knees.

And the throne of Silla must not be born from holy bones, which means that the throne can only be inherited by his daughter, and even if Jin Chunqiu is an adopted son, he can't be born as a true bone, and at this sensitive time, he chose to go to Middle-earth, obviously to get out of this crisis.

Jin Chunqiu immediately withdrew his gaze from the sparkling sea and said, "But then again, if the king is really sure to fight against Goguryeo, he will not send ten true disciples to Middle-earth with the ship. ”

Jin Chunqiu walked to the side of the ship and pointed to the sea, and said: "But this time the king really made a bloody investment, in the past, I only paid tribute to the Great Sui of Silla with three or four ships, but this time I sent twenty ships, if it is to thank Li Chongjiu, this gift is too much." ”

"yes." Yuan Xiao looked at the Hualang warriors who were on the boat one after another, and couldn't help nodding.

"Raise the sails!"

The Silla sailors began to shout slogans.

The waves began to lap against the black rocks, sprinkling golden light in the sun.

In April of the fourteenth year of the Great Cause, the princes of Silla, Kim Chunqiu, Khorasan, and Won Xiao led twenty ships from Dangxiang City of Silla to Balhae-gun.

Accompanied by 10 Silla nobles, more than 300 Silla sailors, 500 warriors of the Hwarang Army, and twice as many bezoars and ginseng as Lee Chong-gu expected, as well as 500 fruit stallions, the ship broke through the turbid waves of the Yellow Sea and sailed at full speed to Bohae-gun.

In the past few days, the number of fast horses traveling from Zhuo County to Yuyi Town has suddenly increased.

Li Chongjiu held a letter, which said that according to a secret letter from a general of the Gao Kaidao Department who was bribed by Lin Dangfeng, Gao Kaidao had reached an agreement with the Khitan Khan Dahe Duluo.

Soon after, General Dahe Duluo led the Khitan cavalry from Liaoxi to attack, Gao Kaidao, Luo Yi will respond, and the two armies will join together to plunder Zhuojun. And Gao Kaidao also contacted the three Xi tribes such as King Hu, Mo Hefu, and Qi Yan, and reached a tacit agreement that they would attack Li Chongjiu at the same time.

After getting this secret letter, Lin Dangfeng was shocked, and while verifying it, he sent someone to send Li Chongjiu to take a look.

After Li Chongjiu got the letter, he had just reached a peace agreement with the Turks in Yuyi Town.

This also starts from Li Chongjiu's offering of three hundred jars of newly brewed Huaihuang wine to the Tuli Khan, after this fine wine was dedicated to Tuli, the other party was happy after drinking this wine, and immediately dedicated this wine to Chuluo.

The nobles of Chuluo and the Turks were also very satisfied with this drink. The Turkic Khan took advantage of this limelight to lobby among the Turkic nobles, saying that the Han people were in the steppe, not only did they not pose a threat to the Turks, but they could provide wine for the winemakers and our Turks.

The Turkic nobles did not want to take advantage of the opportunity of foreign military use to monopolize power in their own hands, so they always opposed the use of troops to Huaihuang Town.

In the end, the Turkic Khan Chu Luo had to agree to postpone the use of troops against Huaihuang Town, and only three nobles from the Mude Xi Department, including Mu De Xi Ministry, and Mu De Xi Ministry, would go to Tieshan as a hostage of the Turks, and at the same time, Li Chongjiu must always provide Huaihuang wine for the Turkic nobles to enjoy.

There is no disagreement between either side. After reaching an agreement, the Turki Khan benefited the most, and after receiving a large number of weapons, war horses, cattle and sheep from Li Chongjiu, his power increased greatly, and he was also very happy at the moment, and gave Li Chongjiu 300 Turkic scimitars.

Huaihuang temporarily eased relations with the two Turkic khans. After Li Chongjiu learned about this, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, and the war clouds that had been pressing on the head of Huaihuang Town from the west finally dissipated.

But who knew that an agreement had just been reached with the Turks, but here the Khitan Eight Tribes, the Xi Three Tribes, and Luo Yi and Gao Kaidao formed an anti-Li Chongjiu Alliance, and put pressure on Li Chongjiu's Liaoxi from three directions from the east at the same time.

As far as Li Chongjiu knows, after two years, the Khitan Eighth Division has just recovered from the fiasco of Wuhou and Qinshui last year and has recovered its vitality.

And each of the three tribes of the Xi clan also has a force of more than 10,000 horses, as for Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao has no forces to attack now, but there is no problem in holding on for a while.

If the Khitan Eight Tribes come to attack, they can mobilize 100,000 troops. And if the Khitan sends troops to bear the brunt, it is likely to be Liaoxi, Anle County.

Note 1: South Korea believes that after World War II, Japan was looking for an excuse to occupy Korea, so it compiled evidence that Japan occupied Korea during the Asuka period.

However, judging from the comprehensive historical data, Ren Na is indeed correct.

Note 2: Today's Suwon City, South Korea. (To be continued.) )