Chapter 91
The Korean Peninsula in the south of Liaodong was once ruled by the Goguryeo Kingdom for hundreds of years, and there is a period of time recorded in history, from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty.
During the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang Guang sent three expeditions to defeat Goguryeo, but all of them failed, and finally perished.
After the Sui Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty, from the time of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, to the reign of Li Zhi, Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, he also crusaded against Goguryeo, and in the middle of the seventh century AD, there was a civil strife in Goguryeo.
As a result, Tang Gaozong appointed Li Ji as the general manager of the Tang Liaodong Provincial March, commanding all the armies, and parting ways to attack Goguryeo.
Eventually, Goguryeo was defeated and Andong Protectorate was set up in Pyongyang to unify it.
He also appointed Xue Rengui, the general of the Right Weiwei, as the protector of Andong and led 20,000 troops to guard the entire Korean Peninsula.
After the destruction of the Goguryeo Kingdom, the nobles of the Goguryeo people, as well as most of the wealthy families and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people, were moved into various parts of the Central Plains and integrated into the various ethnic groups of the Central Plains.
Another part of the population remained in Liaodong and became subjects of the Balhae Kingdom, while the remaining small part was integrated into the Turks and Silla, and the concept of the Goguryeo people as a people completely disappeared into history.
Today, the Goryeo Kingdom on the Korean Peninsula has nothing to do with the Goguryeo people and is a descendant of the Silla people in the south.
Silla, the native native of the Korean Peninsula, once allied with the Tang Dynasty to attack Goguryeo.
At this time, they were not called Koreans, and if this title was based on the original world history, it would have to wait until hundreds of years later, when it was given by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.
With the increasing decline of the Tang Dynasty after the "Anshi Rebellion", Silla's rule also fell into crisis and also entered the troubled times.
It was about 200 years after the fall of Goguryeo, that is, about 100 years ago.
Wang's famous founder. The Korean Peninsula was unified and the Kingdom of Goryeo was established. Buddhism was adopted as the state religion, and its rule continues to this day.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Liao State by the Khitans. He had invaded Goryeo several times, fought several fierce battles, but could not win, and had to sign a contract with it, and never had the idea of fighting Goryeo again.
By the time Han Lie's Great Qianguo was established, Goryeo had been under peace for nearly a hundred years and had not experienced any particularly major wars.
Therefore, Goryeo's reaction was relatively slack, until Wu Xingyun sent troops to wipe out the remnants of the Liao army in Tokyo Province. After some of the defeated troops fled into the territory of Goryeo.
Only then did the Goryeo court come to its senses, and finally took action and began to organize an army to pursue these routs in the countryside, mountains and forests.
During this period, some Goryeo officers and soldiers jumped over the border and entered the Tokyo Provincial Territory when they were clearing the rout, but they did not know whether they were intentional or unintentional, and burned down the villages and towns on the two borders.
In fact, this is exactly how they tempted. For the Daqianguo, a new country that suddenly emerged, the Goryeo government and the opposition were quite unfamiliar.
The Goryeo people were a little surprised by the defeat of the Liao army, but they were not very surprised.
Because. Goryeo has always been aware of the situation of civil strife in Liao, and understands the internal weakness of the Liao people at this time.
Although certain rumors have been heard. It is said that the ** team of the great cadres is blessed by the gods and is unmatched. But the Koreans did not see it with their own eyes, and they only regarded it as the defeat and went mad. Not convinced.
Therefore, he secretly instructed and made this provocative move, wanting to see the attitude of the Great Qianguo towards the Goryeo Kingdom.
In a sense, the Koreans were hostile to the Great Qianguo.
Previously, there were quite a few Jurchen tribes in the area of Tokyo Province near the northeastern border of Goryeo, and they had been paying tribute to Goryeo.
However, Han Lie led his army to attack and plunder, and wiped out all these Jurchen tribes, some of which even held civil and military positions in the Goryeo Kingdom.
The Goryeo Kingdom has always regarded itself very highly, and the record of defeating the Liao State once made them feel that they are also a great power outside the Guanwai.
In the eyes of the Goryeo people, these measures of Han Lie were an affront to their dignity, and Han Lie's promotion of the Heavenly Saint Sect, the exclusion of other sects, and the special attack on Buddhism, made Goryeo more and more dissatisfied.
It was precisely because of the combination of these factors that Goryeo would provoke and offend Han Lie's great cadres.
However, the development of the situation was beyond the expectations of the government and the opposition in Goryeo, and they did not expect that the Great Qianguo would be so sensitive.
It's just a small provocation, Han Lie actually didn't say a word, and directly led the army to attack, and he didn't even send a messenger to ask about the process.
The Goryeo Kingdom has been sinicized for a long time, and the domestic system and regulations have been greatly influenced by the Tang Dynasty, and the capital is in Kaesongfu, and the remaining land is divided into five provinces and two realms.
Including Yanggwang-do, Gyeongsang-do, Jeolla-do, Jiaoju-do, Seohaedo, Dongjie, and Beijie.
The two areas that are close to Tokyo Road are the East Boundary and the North Boundary.
Han Yeol led the 30,000 Heavenly Saint Army to attack, undeclared war, and went straight into the northern border of Goryeo, invincible, and in less than three days, he besieged Goryeo Seogyong, that is, Pyongyang City.
When the army arrived at the foot of Pyongyang, it was nearly noon, and the Chinese army's tent had just been planted, and Han Lie pushed down the curtain and walked in.
Behind Han Lie, Ah Zi, who was dressed in military uniform, followed and obeyed orders, and generally did not bring women to march and fight, but she is now a female general, so she is different.
After entering the account, Ah Zi hurriedly trotted forward and set up the Mazha seat, allowing Han Lie to take a seat.
After Han Lie sat upright, Ah Zi coughed lightly, ran to the entrance, grabbed the curtain, and a group of generals rushed in.
Among them, the leaders are Zhang Long and Wang Hu, they are both Han Lie's registered disciples, and they have served as the hall master of the Iron Monarch Mansion for a long time, and at this time, they were promoted to generals and commanded the Heavenly Saint Army.
Zhang and Wang followed behind, and the first one was Wan Yan Aguda, but at this time, Wan Yan's name had been changed to the name of the Han people, and his original surname was taken as Yan.
Wanyan Aguta also changed its name, called Yan Gu, if nothing else, as long as it is under the rule of the Great Qianguo, there will never be any Wanyan Jurchen Department.
Parallel with Yan Gu is the leader of the Han people in the north who broke the Liao army, captured Huanglong Mansion, and cleared the Tokyo Province, and is also a famous defective general in history - Guo Yaoshi.
Historically, this person would have made his fortune ten years later because of the rebellion of the Bohai people, and led the "Changsheng Army" to change its flag in the Liao, Song, and Jin Kingdoms.
After some contact with Pharmacist Guo, Han Lie saw that this person had a cunning and capricious temperament. But he is very knowledgeable about current affairs and ambitious.
At this time. Guo Yaoshi was originally a Han gang that mingled in Liaodong, after Han Lie broke through the Huanglong Mansion. He cut down a few gang leaders who were still interested in Liao, and directly led the gang to take refuge.
After figuring out this, after a little consideration, Han Lie still used this person, in his opinion.
No matter how Guo Yaoshi in history became a three-surnamed domestic slave with two swords, but under his subordinates, the only way out is to be a good dog that can be used.
There's no need to worry about anything else, if not. With a little means, he could take his life, and Han Lie believed that after seeing his ability, Pharmacist Guo would definitely make the right choice.
All the generals entered the account, first saluted Han Lie on the throne, and then went to Mazha and sat down in turn according to their identities below.
Wait for Guo Yaoshi's ass to just touch Maza. Han Lie immediately ordered: "After setting up camp, immediately bury the pot and make food, let the soldiers rest well, and watch my signal." Be ready to attack and siege the city at any time. ”
Hearing this, the generals immediately sang in unison, and Han Lie nodded Zhang Long and Wang Hu again. said: "The two of you are in command of the Breaking Front Battalion and the Wurui Battalion as the vanguard, and you must do your best to get to the city." ”
Stand up. Zhang Long and Wang Hu bowed down and took the military order. He replied, "Yes, my lord." ”
After clearing the entire Tokyo Dao, Han Lie asked Wang Yuyan and the others to sort out and select the martial arts cheats he had collected before.
Subsequently, the martial arts applicable to the battlefield were summarized, compiled into a book, and taught within the Heavenly Saint Army.
The Breaking Front Battalion and the Wurui Battalion are the first batch of elite soldiers specially selected from the army to receive martial arts teaching.
The soldiers of these two battalions, everyone's talent can be regarded as good, coupled with Han Lie's training for several months, he quickly mastered the internal strength, and a lot of good seedlings emerged from them.
This attack on Goryeo was their first official expedition, and in the previous several encounters, the Goryeo people were immediately defeated, and they were all small fights.
And this Pyongyang city is the real touchstone, and Han Yeol wants to prove his ideas in this battle.
He wanted to see if it was feasible to train an army with all the martial arts masters in the whole brigade, and whether it was worth it for him to waste that effort and consume those resources.
Delivering the military order to Zhang Long and Wang Hu, Han Lie walked out of the middle tent, looked at the city of Pyongyang not far away, and turned around and ordered: "After the city is broken, the sword will not be retracted, and the soldiers can plunder for three days and three nights, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”
This order was not given by Han Lie in anger for a while, but it had been decided a long time ago.
The Goryeo people are different from the Hu people of Tokyo Province, whether it is the Jurchens, the Bohai people, the Xi people, the Murowei people, the Tieli people and so on, they are not really naturalized in civilization and are basically in a primitive state.
Zhuhu has no history of their own, lacks writing, and has almost no inheritance of civilization, so Han Lie can forcibly sinicize them and directly erase their blood origins.
Then, if these Hu people are directly integrated into the Han people, as long as this policy is pursued for a long time, then there is no need to worry about any problems in the future.
But the Goryeo people are different, the Goryeo people have been in contact with the Central Plains for a long time in the hundreds of years before, and they have long been sinicized, but they have developed a civilization attribute of their own and have their own sense of identity.
Historically, Goryeo has been conquered many times, but it has not been assimilated and disappeared, and it has survived until the modern society thousands of years later.
Han Yeol went to Goryeo, not wanting to treat them as a vassal state, but to completely subjugate them and bring the Korean Peninsula under his direct rule.
Therefore, Han Lie could not deal with Goryeo like he did with ordinary Hu people, and he had to use some special means.
Burning its canons, slaughtering its people, and completely destroying the foundation of the Goryeo civilization from top to bottom is the strategy that Han Lie set after thinking about it for a long time.
Anyway, with the Han people as the backing, even after the Korean Peninsula is completely turned upside down, it can still be relocated, and there is no fear of abandoning this area.
Before entering the country, Han Lie issued a slaughter order in the name of the supreme main god "Heavenly Emperor" worshiped by the Heavenly Saint Sect at the expedition ceremony.
A Goryeo man who is taller than a saber, kill! Goryeo women who can't give birth, kill! Goryeo nobles, kill! Goryeo Reader, Kill! All the books owned by the Koreans, except for the Han books, burned!
For the entire Goryeo nation, Han Lie only needs to leave the ignorant children who are still babbling and the ignorant women, and the rest will be slaughtered!
At the same time, the killing that resulted in this way could also allow Han Lieshun to start cultivating the third five elements of the "Dayan Five Elements True Method" - the "Gengjin Scroll".
Gengjin is evil, it belongs to the West, and the main killing Dao!
With the help of the great Qian's national potential, Han Lie practiced the "Innate Five Elements of Wutu" very smoothly, and the next one was the turn of the "Gengjin of the Innate Five Elements".
And to practice this method, using the army to launch a massacre is the easiest and fastest way.
A few hours later, in front of Pyongyang, the sunset had just lowered the horizon, and the afterglow of the setting sun had not yet receded.
Han Lie held the Black Sutra of the Undead in his hand and chanted the incantation above, and from the black clouds, a buzzing muffled voice soon sounded.
In the city, from the army to the common people, all the Goryeo people looked up at the black clouds with anxiety, and their hearts were beating.
Not long after, under the horrified gaze of the whole city, the black clouds in the sky turned into swarms of locusts, and immediately flapped their wings and invaded the city.
Immediately after, Han Lie put away the Black Sutra of the Undead, used his mana, and pressed his hands on the ground, the earth suddenly began to tremble, and a huge crack spread rapidly from under his palm towards the Pyongyang city wall.
Click, click! A clear sound rang out in front of the two armies, and the crack reached the base of the wall.
Time and space seemed to freeze for a moment, and then, with a huge uproar, the section of the city wall that was approached by the crack collapsed, and a gap of about three zhang wide appeared.
In the formation of the Heavenly Saint Army, a cannon rang out in an instant, and under the leadership of the second battalion of Po Feng and Wu Rui, the army pressed towards the gap.
Under such a miracle, the morale of the Heavenly Saint Army was like a rainbow, and the Goryeo people immediately withered, and the resistance that they barely organized behind the wall was broken through by the Breaker Battalion a moment later.
Zhang Long held a long steel knife, one by one, and split the bodies of more than ten Goryeo soldiers one after another, and was the first to rush into the city, and there was no suspense in the battle.
Soon, Pyongyang fell, blood and fire broke out, and with Han Lie's order, the Heavenly Saint Army dispersed, strangling the remnants of the Goryeo army everywhere, while completing the order to break the city without sealing the sword. (To be continued......)