The final dramatic result was: the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo four times, and Goguryeo was not destroyed, but he was overthrown and withdrew from the stage of history first. It can be seen that although Goguryeo is small, it is tenacious and treacherous.

The tasks that the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty did not complete fell on the shoulders of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, because in 643 AD, Li Shimin sent an envoy to Goguryeo failed to negotiate, which made Li Shimin very angry, so he decided to settle Goguryeo by force the following year. In 644 AD, Li Shimin learned the lesson of Yang Guangsan's failure to conquer Goguryeo, adopted the conscription mode of voluntary enlistment, and mobilized a total of 100,000 troops to wage war against Goguryeo.

In this way, on the one hand, it did not cause excessive burdens and negative effects on the common people, and on the other hand, the soldiers went out voluntarily, which also increased the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.

In addition, Li Shimin also personally came to the front line to offer condolences to the sick soldiers, which also made the cohesion and morale of the soldiers very high. Therefore, Li Shimin's victory in Goguryeo was still very good, although he did not destroy Goguryeo, but he broke through many cities, killed countless Goguryeo soldiers, captured countless men and women, and finally calmly withdrew his troops due to weather conditions, and returned with a full load.

Although later, Li Shimin did not launch a large-scale war against Goguryeo, but he adopted a strategy of not giving up, that is, deploying troops and allocating troops to constantly harass Goguryeo, influencing Goguryeo and preventing it from developing. This also created very favorable conditions for the destruction of Goguryeo during the "Two Saints Dynasty" period in the future.

In 660 AD, at this time the Tang Dynasty had entered the Tang Gaozong period, the Tang court sent Su Dingfang, Li Tao and other generals as commanders, commanding more than 100,000 troops, launching a war against Goguryeo, to 668 AD, the entire territory of Goguryeo was occupied by the Tang army, so far, Goguryeo annihilated, Goguryeo's nobles and people totaled hundreds of thousands of prisoners and moved to the interior.

Who was the emperor who destroyed Goguryeo?

Some people think it's Tang Gaozong, and some people think it's Wu Zetian. But judging from the time recorded in history, it should be Wu Zetian.

The reason is that the time of the army to destroy Goguryeo occurred in 660 AD, and it happened that in this year, Tang Gaozong's wind disease was so serious that he could not take care of himself, he was dizzy and dizzy, and he could only recuperate in bed, and Wu Zetian was responsible for all major affairs in the imperial court. In 661 AD, Li Zhi's condition improved and he wanted to conquer Goguryeo in person, but was stopped by Wu Zetian, which shows that the imperial court at that time was already controlled by Wu Zetian.

In 664 AD, Li Zhi was dissatisfied with Wu Zetian's monopoly on power, and wanted to unite with Prime Minister Shangguanyi to abolish Wu Zetian, but as a result, Shangguanyi was executed by Manmen.

Judging from various indications, since 660 A.D., when Li was seriously ill, the power of the imperial court has been gradually controlled by Wu Zetian. During this period, the military reports related to the war at the front, and even the military strategy, should have been presided over by Wu Zetian in the name of Li Zhi.

Therefore, it can be said that although the destruction of Goguryeo was during the reign of Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong, Li Zhi was unable to govern because of his illness, so the court orders were all issued in the name of Emperor Li Zhi, and the actual person who issued the order was Wu Zetian of the "Two Sages of the Dynasty".

Therefore, Goguryeo, which was not destroyed by the three emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties, should actually be destroyed by Wu Zetian.

So why was Goguryeo, which was not destroyed by the three emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties, but was destroyed by Wu Zetian?

On the whole, the reasons why the three emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties could not be destroyed are: the reasons for the failure of the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty are, first, a lack of understanding of the characteristics of the small Goguryeo state and its geographical situation, and second, a lack of correct deployment.

Especially Emperor Yang of Sui, although he conquered Goguryeo three times, his deployment was chaotic.

Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, learned the lessons of the Sui Dynasty in scheduling and deployment, and achieved remarkable results, but it was a pity that it was not destroyed due to weather conditions. However, these previous defeats or phased victories created conditions for Wu Zetian to destroy Goguryeo, and there was also a certain amount of civil strife within Goguryeo.

In addition, the commanders used during the Wu Zetian period were all more powerful, such as Su Dingfang, Liu Renliang, Pang Tongshan, especially Li Tao, this is a famous general who can enter and fight like a god, both civil and military, with soldiers like gods, and proficient in medicine, compiled the first pharmacopoeia in the history of the world "Tang Materia Medica", he is the first contributor to the destruction of Goguryeo

Because of various factors, it contributed to the most favorable form of destroying Goguryeo during the Tang Gaozong period.

If it were a different woman, Tang Gaozong would be dizzy and unable to manage the government, and I am afraid that the destruction of Goguryeo would not be so smooth.

It is precisely because this woman is not another woman, but Wu Zetian, a natural political wizard, a female politician with skills and ability, strong and courageous, so that she was able to support the imperial court when Tang Gaozong was seriously ill, so that the military orders could be carried out smoothly, the rear was stable, and the front troops fought with peace of mind, destroying Goguryeo in one go.

Wu Zetian's role cannot be ignored.

In the end, Ran Min still did not decide whether to send troops to rescue Goguryeo. Of course, this is not to say that Ran Min is indecisive, but that Ran Min's evil taste is at work!

In fact, Ran Min had already decided to intervene in Murong Xianbei's war against Goguryeo, but he still wanted to see if Tan Qian was crying Wei Ting, whether it was "sincere"

When the ministers went down, they still saw Tan Qian and Gao Yueru kneeling there, the snowflakes floated to the top of their heads, and they almost made them into snowmen, but they still didn't move, as if they were dead.

If it weren't for the fact that their mouths were still angry, everyone might have thought that these two were dead.

At this time, another guard came over with two blankets: "Princess Gao, Lord Tan, you better go back." At today's court meeting, the king and his ministers discussed the matter of saving Goguryeo again, but it was shelved again. This matter may not be resolved for a while, so you might as well go back first. ”

"No, we'll kneel here." Gao Yueru said stubbornly, "Take your blanket back!" Unless the King of Wei agrees to send troops to rescue Goguryeo, otherwise I, Gao Yueru, will kneel and die here, frozen to death at the gate of this palace, and will never accept your blankets, and will never go to the post house! ”

"This ......," the guard was a little embarrassed.

After a while, when the guard was gone, Tan Qian persuaded again: "Alas, princess, why are you so troubled? Why don't you go back first? It's good for the minister to kneel here alone, and I believe that King Wei will definitely be moved by the sincerity of the minister. ”

"No, I, Gao Yueru, do things, how can I give up halfway!" Gao Yueru's eyes were blazing.

Seeing Gao Yueru so strong, Tan Qian was really helpless, and sighed again.

If Ran Min is really hard-hearted, I'm afraid that it will be useless for them to kneel here.

So what is Ran Min doing at this time?

That's right, he was eating lunch with Dong Qiaoqiao around the stove.

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Chapter 0363: Three Expeditions to Goguryeo