In the 44th year of the Celestial Calendar, Emperor Tianxuandu took the opportunity of the civil strife of the Goguryeo Dynasty in the northeast to raise his adjustable troops, with 200,000 elite troops of the Celestial Dynasty as the main force, and 60,000 Beiting soldiers from the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate to respond to the expedition to Goguryeo.

In the early stage of the war, Goguryeo turned the whole country into soldiers, step by step, and stubbornly resisted the 200,000 male soldiers of the Celestial Empire. In the past few months, the two sides have won and lost each other, and the whole battle situation is in a stalemate.

The shrewd new king of Goryeo, Gao Jian, knew that the war was so stalemate, and it would be detrimental to his side for a long time, after all, Goguryeo, the land of projectiles, was not enough to fight a protracted war with the vast territory and the powerful Celestial Empire, and the whole dynasty was not working together.

Unwilling, he secretly sent his imperial brother Gao Lian to disguise himself and bring the relics of Zhenguo to Futu across the Celestial Empire to arrive in Tubo, in order to offer treasure to the king of Tubo, and ask Tubo to send troops to the Western Regions and attack the Celestial Empire with its east and west, so as to relieve the danger of the Celestial Empire's troops besieging Goryeo.

The king of the Tubo royal court was young, and was regent by the powerful minister Ling Zanpu, and stationed 100,000 troops in the south of the Anxi Protectorate, showing a momentum of preparation.

At present, the royal court is divided into two factions. The main battle side is the young Zhuang faction headed by Ling Zangpu's eldest son Ling You, and the main and the party are based on the two dynasties elder Jehovah and other old ministers as the backbone, since the Celestial Empire used troops in Goguryeo, the two sides are evenly matched, and they have not been able to fight for a final result.

The regent Ling Zampu looked indifferent and unfathomable, and he did not tend to the Shaozhuang faction because of the relationship between father and son, he has always been left and right and muddy, and never expressed his position.

Only Ling You, the eldest son of Lingzanlu of the main battle faction, seemed to see his father's intention of not being in a hurry to express his position, and he looked at the palace on a large mountain not far behind the royal court, which was the symbol of the highest military force in Tibet.

King Agaliming, the national teacher of Tibet, was in retreat in the Daluo Palace on Bisi Mountain, and his exit from the customs was within this month.

Ling Zanpu's concerns are not unreasonable. The war between the two countries involves all aspects, and it is by no means as simple as the two armies fighting each other. Without the Tubo royal court where the Tubo national teacher Agali Ming King was in charge, relying only on the 20,000 red-clothed guards guarding both sides of the royal court, with the experience of the Celestial Empire's "Legend of Martial Arts" Xue Qianxun, it was indeed difficult to resist the thunderous blow of the Celestial Empire's grandmaster-level masters such as Ding Yifang.

If the Tubo royal court sent troops, he did not dare to guarantee whether the Celestial Empire would invite the general Ding Fang to come to Luo Some City to destroy him, the regent who was in the limelight.

The third brother of the king of Goryeo, Gao Lian, took the treasure of Zhenguo Futu relics to wade through mountains and rivers to further enhance the arrogance of the main battle faction, and Ling Zanpu also secretly coveted the legendary Futu relics, the situation seems to be more and more favorable to the main battle side, Ling Zanpu's close attendants are even more rumored, after the temptation of Goguryeo's national treasure, Tubo is afraid that he will use troops against the Celestial Empire before the national teacher Agali Ming King is out of the customs.

Being in the Tubo royal court is not stupid, these are just some groundless news, when Tubo did not really use troops against the Celestial Empire, he hid the Futu relics tightly, and anyone in Tubo who wanted to watch the relics was rejected by him.

At this time, Gao Lian, who was worried, was standing on a grassy hillside not far from the royal court, looking at the northeast void, and was worried about whether Goguryeo's national fortune would survive or die in the future.

A long sigh came from behind Gao Lian, and he was shocked, and turned to look over.

Lingyou, who was dressed in a gorgeous costume, walked over with his arms in his arms, standing side by side with Gao Lian, looking at the blue grassland in the distance.

"You shouldn't have come." After a moment of silence, Lingyou spoke, his voice low and powerful.

"Why? If I don't come, in a year or two, my Goguryeo will become a dependency of the Celestial Empire, and hundreds of thousands of my subjects will become slaves of the country. Gao Lian spoke angrily, as if he was secretly lamenting that the country was small and the people were weak, and the way of heaven was unfair.

Lingyou chuckled, and secretly sighed in his heart that Gao Lian was stunned by the Celestial Empire army, and said: "The authorities are confused, no matter whether Tubo sends troops to the Western Regions or not, it will be difficult to stop the demise of Goguryeo in two years at the latest. ”

Gao Lian shook his head and disagreed, and defended: "As long as Tubo sends more than 200,000 troops, it will be difficult to resist the Anxi Protectorate, which has less than 60,000 troops. After taking Anxi, 200,000 lions will be forced to defend the capital of the capital division with the momentum of breaking the enemy, and the 60,000 Beiting soldiers will be forced to go south to defend the Gyeonggi heavy land. Although the Celestial Empire has been afraid of the Celestial Empire over the years, he may not dare to really attack the 200,000 army, but the Celestial Empire's army will eventually have some scruples, and in this case, my Goguryeo opportunity will come. ”

Gao Lian's analysis is not unreasonable, but he ignores one point, that is, the internal strife in the Goryeo royal court has consumed the fundamentals, and the top and bottom are not united, and it will be difficult to reach the 200,000 elite troops of the Celestial Empire.

Ling You said coldly: "You underestimate the Celestial Empire too much. Although there are only 60,000 Anxi soldiers, they are enough to resist our 200,000 Tubo army for more than a month, and there are 80,000 Yulin troops of the Celestial Empire and 60,000 iron cavalry in Yizhou, Liangzhou and Yizhou, and these hundreds of thousands of elite troops can rush to the aid of Anxi at will. In other words, the Celestial Empire had already made all preparations for my Tubo to send troops to the Western Regions before setting out on the expedition. ”

Gao Lian was silent in thought, as if he was secretly digesting Lingyou's words.

Lingyou was blown by the cold wind on the plateau, coughed for a while, and said: "The current Goryeo royal court is very consumed by the civil strife, which makes the Celestial Dynasty determined to destroy Goguryeo. Otherwise, if you unite and join hands with the strength of the whole country to hold the 260,000 troops of the Celestial Empire, and I Tubo will do my best to raise 400,000 lions, the vitality of the Celestial Empire will be greatly damaged, and it will be another situation. ”

After Lingyou finished speaking, he sighed again, as if he was dissatisfied with the favorable time, place and people of the Celestial Empire.

Gao Lian's heart gradually became desperate, and he asked with a puzzled face: "Why do you want to say this to me, aren't you afraid that even if you send troops according to the agreement, I will not hand over the Futu relics." ”

Ling You smiled contemptuously and said disdainfully: "Although my cultivation is not bad, because most of my time is spent on studying the formation of the army, it is difficult for me to reach the top ten masters of the martial arts list after all. Therefore, the Futu relics are of no use to me, and they are of no great use to me to open up the territory of Tibet. ”

In fact, Ling You's words only said the first half of the sentence, but did not say the second half.

Although the Futu relics were not of great use to him and his father Ling Zangpu, they were of great use to such a supreme master as the national teacher King Agaliming, and it was possible to use it to cultivate to the next level. This is a good thing for Tibet, but the strange thing is that King Agaliming is the uncle of the new king of Tibet, which is different from his father as a regent of the opposite sex, but a real royal lineage.

His father Ling Zanpu is resourceful and capable, and he has secretly become a high-ranking town lord, but now the new lord is young and the conflict has not intensified. After waiting for five years and ten years, waiting for the new master to become an adult, with the assistance of the national teacher King Agalimin, it is very likely that he will take his own father or his own sacrificial sword. The current King Agaliming has become a god in Tibet, and if he uses the Futu relics to go to the next level, he and his father will only be afraid of a worse fate in the future, so he came to see Gao Lian with selfish intentions and said something that should never be said in his position.

The last glimmer of hope in Gao Lian's heart was finally shattered, he suddenly knelt on his knees, hugged his head to the sky and sighed, "Heaven is dead to me Gaoli, what can I do?" How? In the middle of the long breath, the black hair on his head rose with the wind, and the tears were vertical and horizontal, like madness.

Behind this scene, Lingyou sighed secretly.

The previous king of Goryeo had three sons, the eldest son Gao Nan, the second son is now the king of Goryeo Gao Jian, and the third son is Gao Lian. Among these three, Gao Liang is the most outstanding, and his wit is superior. However, the world makes people, the previous king of Goryeo died without leaving a will, and the high-ranking and powerful Gao Nan and Gao Jian fought for the throne, and finally Gao Jian narrowly won the king, and the defeated Gao Nan fled to the Celestial Empire to borrow troops. The youngest, powerless and powerless Gao Lian finally had to rely on Gao Jian. If Gao Lian was the king at that time, it would have been extremely difficult for the Celestial Empire to overthrow Goguryeo.

Ling You tightened the cloak on his body, and said before leaving: "Gao Lian, you can do it yourself." However, after a month, whether or not you send troops, it will be extremely difficult for you to get out of this plateau without leaving the Futu relics. ”

(End of chapter)