Why did the former Sui lose to Goguryeo?

The people of Datang are asking, the celebrities of Datang are frantically consulting historical materials, and the officials of Datang are reflecting, as long as the generals of Datang are not in office, they will rush to the military department, and they need to find like-minded people to talk about their thoughts.

In the embassy area, there are a total of five embassies. These are all allies with the Tang Dynasty.

In the embassy area, the Hui envoys in Chang'an held a banquet and invited four neighbors to the banquet, not for drinking, but just to discuss the amazing news in the Tang Dynasty newspaper together.

Compared with the calm of these two places, the quiet in the welcome garden is terrifying.

The affairs of the Baekje envoy went smoothly, and he returned to Yingbin Garden with a smile on his face. But as soon as I entered my yard, I saw that everyone had gloomy faces.

A newspaper was delivered to him.

Datang Daily, the official newspaper of Datang, has only one topic printed on the front page.

Why did the former Sui lose to Goguryeo?

A person who can be an envoy at least has experience in officialdom, and he may fall into the trap of a more intelligent person, but he will not be unable to see the situation clearly.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo were only armistice, and did not really start peace talks.

Not to mention any covenants.

Thinking that something was not right, the Baekje envoy took the newspaper and went to the Goguryeo envoy.

There were six people sitting in the Goguryeo envoy's room, one was the Goguryeo envoy Cui Tai's brother, and the other was the deputy envoy. General Etoshi Wende. There is also a young scribe, Yuan Gai Suwen, who has a very high family status.

Then there was Gao Chang's envoy, and one of Gao Chang's accompanying generals.

Zuihou was alone, but he was an old scribe of the Western Turkic legations. When the Goguryeo envoy introduced him, he only said that this was a confidential scribe from the Western Turks, and he happened to come over to deliver materials and chat a few interesting stories in the newspaper.

Small talk, gossip about your eggs.

The envoys of Baekje really felt the urge to stuff the newspaper into the mouths of the Goguryeo envoys.

At this time, what qualifications does a Western Turkic scribe official have to sit here, and this person's identity is probably extremely unusual.

Who is this old scribe?

In fact, he was only in his forties. Just in the prime of life. This time I came to Chang'an to take a look at Chang'an secretly. His name is Ashina Niyi, a nobleman on the steppe, and a khan of the first department.

The last time the Western Turks came to history, there was a major event that was not done.

This time. Great Khan of the Western Turks. Once again, the Great Khan sent an envoy. He sent 10,000 catties of gold and 5,000 good horses. Once again, I was ready to make a request to Datang for peace.

The Western Turkic tribes did not dare to resist the overly conceited Tong Yehu, so they dressed up as an elderly scribe. Came to Chang'an together.

"In today's newspaper, this thing is weird!" Although the Baekje envoy was unhappy, his tone was still very calm, and after sitting down, he put the newspaper on the table at hand.

"How did I defeat the Great Sui in Goguryeo, does such a question still need to be discussed?" Otoshi Wende sneered.

"The former Sui is self-defeating." Yuan Gai Suwen said softly.

Although he is just a scribe, his family is shili, and he is a son-in-law, and his father's position at this time in Goguryeo is equivalent to the state minister of the Tang Dynasty, that is, Fang Xuanling's identity.

"Joke, I'm a great Goguryeo warrior, one against ten!"

"There are more than 30,000 garrisons in Liaocheng and Jian'an, plus 50,000 reinforcements. The Tang army is only 20,000 people, plus the soldiers and horses of the Yan and Khitan, there are less than 1,000 soldiers who fled back from the two cities, and the Tang Dynasty has nearly 70,000 more slaves from our Goryeo army, and more than 200,000 people. ”

Yuangai Suwen said word by word with a cold face.

"Okay, what's the point of discussing these past things, if you're interested, see what interesting articles there will be in the newspapers of Chang'an. The envoy just wants to know, what does Datang mean by doing this? ”

"They want to get some face back, so that they can put pressure on our Great Goguryeo during the negotiations!" Ulzhiwende's analysis is shared by most people. Even Yuangai Suwen also believes that this is the most likely.

The Goguryeo envoy asked again: "What should I do?" ”

"If other envoys have written articles, we can also write a copy. But what I'm more afraid of is not Datang's pressure. Instead, they analyzed the war between our Great Goguryeo and the Great Sui very seriously, and found out the weaknesses of both sides of the war, as well as the tactics against our Great Goguryeo. ”

Saying this, Yuan Gai Suwen stood up, and his tone was extremely heavy: "King Qin of the Tang Dynasty is a very terrible person!" ”

This is nonsense, at least that's what the envoys of Baekje thought.

The surrounding countries of the Tang Dynasty, the internal classes of the Tang Dynasty, who does not know that the Qin King of the Tang Dynasty is terrible.

That is, when the Khitan and the Tang Dynasty formed an alliance, they all openly added a clause that if the Qin King of the Tang Dynasty patrolled the border, as long as he approached the territory of the Khitan or the Yan Dynasty, there must be an official notice in advance, and there was also a time to stay, as well as the route of the parade.

Even the allies are afraid, let alone the enemy.

The only thing that smells another flavor from this sentence is muddy.

In his ears, the phrase represented a hint. In the steppe, there are many khans, but for example, the Western Turks have a great khan, and this great khan is the leader of all the tribes.

The Great Khan of the Eastern Turks, Jieli Khan, is now imprisoned in the city of Chang'an.

There is no longer a Great Khan in the Eastern Turks.

And the terrible thing about King Qin of the Tang Dynasty is that he seems to want the Tang Dynasty to become the khan of all the states in the world, and anyone who is not convinced will be beaten until you are convinced.

The Turkic War was not mentioned.

Now the entire Eastern Turkic tribes are living without looking at the face of the Tang Dynasty. In the war of the three peninsulas, the Tang Dynasty came forward to mediate, but Goguryeo did not listen to the mediation and was directly defeated in two cities, in the name of a lesson, but it was a bridgehead for the Tang Dynasty to send troops to Goguryeo in the future.

"I'm old and I'm not involved in government affairs, so I still need attention. Retire! "Ni Yu was ready to leave, he did not see the possibility of an alliance in the Goguryeo, Gochang, and Baekje people, not because of sincerity, but because these three countries were too stupid.

The Goguryeo envoy personally sent it outside, and he knew the identity of the mud. Outside the door, he said: "If it is possible, I, Goguryeo, would like to get 10,000 horses." ”

"There are horses, but how to send them to Goguryeo?" Ni asked rhetorically.

"If I make an alliance between Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty, there will be no problem with transportation by Tang merchants!"

"At that time, 10,000 horses will not be a problem, and it will not be too late to negotiate the price." After giving a bow, he left this courtyard with his men, and the place where the Western Turks lived was only ten minutes' walk away, but it was very close.

Ni Yu left and returned to his courtyard, and the young man beside him asked softly, "Making such a deal with the Goguryeo people will not do my Western Turks any benefit. ”

"If you don't have a chance to trade, it's you, strive to enter the Tang Royal Academy. In Chang'an, you can learn things that you can't learn in a lifetime on the grassland, if you want to become a king, you must first know what a king is, there is no force, you are just a general, or even just a soldier! ”

The young man listened to the words.

In the living room of the Goguryeo envoy, the Goguryeo envoy's face sank: "We, Goguryeo, must form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty in exchange for at least three years." ”

The Gaochang envoy also said: "We Gaochang must also form an alliance, the Tang army is stationed in Yiwu, if it is not for Tuyuhun to support behind, I am afraid that Gaochang City will be occupied by the Yiwu people, they have given up their dignity, if it goes further, as long as they let the Tang Dynasty help send troops, Tuyuhun is also afraid!" ”

"Read the newspaper and see if you can find any opportunities!" The proposal of the Goguryeo envoy was still very good.

"I should go to the market to buy the previous newspapers, I heard that many rich and noble families in Chang'an have newspaper rooms, especially the official newspaper of Datang Daily, and Chang'an Daily, the first newspaper of the people, will be completely collected and can be read at any time." Obviously, Yuangai Suwen has learned in great detail.

The Goguryeo envoy waved his hand: "You go and get a gift worth a hundred yuan, and then a hundred gold leaves, go!" ”

Goguryeo's gold leaf was considered an aristocratic currency, and it was made of whitish 60% gold, a very small piece like a willow leaf. In Goguryeo, such a gold leaf can buy about thirty buckets of grain.

Based on the price of Goguryeo, and then converting the price of rice in the Tang Dynasty, it is almost the value of more than 500 Wen.

In Chang'an, such gold leaf is not considered a currency, but it can be traded.

Yuangai Suwen went out, he also wanted to have some exchanges with the celebrities in Chang'an, especially in the Royal Academy, there are countless outstanding young people who are taking exams, and being able to listen to the lectures of celebrities here must be an opportunity to learn.

First of all, I went to Honglu Temple to inquire, and in that rich place, you can see a full set of newspapers.

The person in charge of Honglu Temple was extremely surprised by this problem, but when he thought that the other party was from Goguryeo, he still opened his mouth to explain: "In the place of Chang'an's former West City, a new Hongwen Hall will be built. There are book stacks, study rooms, study rooms, book tea rooms, etc. There are more than 30,000 books there, and there is also a newspaper area, which has kept 100 copies of all newspapers since the newspaper was issued. ”

"I don't know how much deposit is needed, but what is the study for?"

"The minimum deposit is 100 Wen, C, etc. Newspapers and books can be borrowed. The highest deposit is 800 yuan, which is the first class. You can borrow unique books, famous stickers, and famous paintings to watch. The study room is for the guests to copy a single book, or to copy the famous painting calligraphy, the cost is extremely high, a day to 60 yuan, the need for paper and ink printing, etc., but also to charge separately. ”

Listen to what the official on duty of Honglu Temple said.

Yuangai Suwen is really very admired and envious.

You must know that in Goguryeo, if you want to see a single book, a famous painting, etc., you can only ask the master of calligraphy and painting. Sometimes, after asking for a few years, you may not be able to get permission. (To be continued......)