The "Yingzhou Rebellion" in the last year of Wu Zhou made the situation in the northeast of the Tang Dynasty erosive and caused a series of bad chain reactions.

In addition to the expansion of the basic market by the Khitan and Xi people, there is another major event, that is, the rise of the Bohai State.

Of course, unlike the Khitan and Xi people's habit of flashing their knives at every turn, the rise of the Bohai State was quite peaceful. Well, for a long time, that kind of peace in the true sense of the word.

How did this matter come about, it has to start with the destruction of Goguryeo by Emperor Gaozong back then.

In 668 AD, Goguryeo was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, which ruled the lands controlled by Goguryeo in the northeast. At this time, some of the Sumo Tatar people, Baishan Tatar people and Goguryeo remnants were forcibly moved from the place of residence by the Tang Dynasty to the area of Yingzhou (now Chaoyang, Liaoning).

Since ancient times, Yingzhou has been the base of the Central Plains Dynasty to manage and control the various ethnic groups in the Northeast, and it is also the main passage for the ethnic groups in the Northeast to go south to the Central Plains.

At that time, there were not only the remnants of the Sumo Ya, the Baishan Ya, and the Goguryeo remnants living in the Yingzhou area, but also the Khitan and Xi ethnic groups who got rid of the Eastern Turks.

Because the Tang Dynasty generally "followed its local customs" to the ethnic groups attached to the interior and migrated internally, treated them well, granted official positions, and established policies such as the state and the government, the Yingzhou area generally maintained the situation of "pleasing Chinese customs, please be crowned".

However, in the later period of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, due to the improper management measures of the border ministers, the "Yingzhou Rebellion" was finally triggered.

At that time, the remnants of the Tatars and Goguryeo who had migrated to the Yingju area were also involved in the rebellion.

In the process of suppressing the rebellion, in order to divide the anti-Tang forces and disintegrate the rebels, Wu Zhou pardoned the sins of the Yan Ya, and named the chief of the Jin Ya, Qi Sibi Yu, as the Duke of Xuguo, and the beggar Zhongxiang of the Su Mo Ya as the Duke of Zhenguo.

However, Qi Si Biyu refused to accept it, and took advantage of the favorable opportunity when the power of the Tang Dynasty was weakened, Yingzhou was captured, and the hometown of the Yan Dynasty was empty, so he left the area of Yingzhou and crossed Liaoshui to the east. Later, after the Tang army united with the Turkic and Xi armies to suppress the rebellion, the Khitan general Li Kaigu was sent to lead his troops to pursue the Qisi Biyu and the Ya people, and the Qisi Biyu was killed, and the beggar Zhongxiang died.

The beggar Zhongxiang's son, Da Zuorong, led the Tatar and Goguryeo people to fight Li Kaigu in a great battle at Tianmen Ridge (in the western part of Liaoning). Da Zuorong united his troops to make good use of his troops and repelled Li Kaigu's pursuers.

At this time, the Turks rebelled against the Tang Dynasty again, and the Khitan re-attached themselves to the Turks and blocked the road from the Central Plains to the Northeast.

Da Zuorong took the opportunity to lead his tribesmen and the remnants of Goguryeo to march eastward, returning to the upper reaches of the Oro River (Mudanjiang) on the northeast slope of Taibai Mountain (Changbai Mountain), and built a city according to Dongmu Mountain (north of Dunhua), and did not participate in the Turkic war against the Tang Dynasty.

Soon after, Da Zuorong established himself as the king of Zhen, still called the Jin Dynasty, and the Bohai regime was formally established, opening the prelude to the Bohai Kingdom.

After Tang Zhongzong Li Xian was reinstated, in order to contain the Turks, he decided to ease the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Bohai Sea. The Tang Dynasty sent Zhang Xingqi, the servant of the imperial history, to Zhenguo to comfort him, and Da Zuorong gladly accepted. In order to show his friendship to the Tang Dynasty, Da Zuorong sent his second son Damen Yi to Chang'an with Zhang Xingqi to serve and was left as a guard.

In order to strengthen the strategy of the Northeast Frontier, the Tang Dynasty decided to send an envoy to officially canonize Da Zuorong. After that, Da Zuorong actively strengthened exchanges and cooperation with the Tang Dynasty, and during his reign of 22 years, he sent his sons or ministers to the Tang Dynasty six times to worship.

The relationship between Datang and Bohai has entered a honeymoon period.

But the good times didn't last long.

In the seventh year of Kaiyuan, after the death of Da Zuorong, his eldest son Da Wuyi succeeded to the throne, during the reign of Da Wuyi, he fought against Heishui in the north, attacked Silla in the south, knotted Khitan in the west, hired Japan in the east, and resisted the Tang Dynasty, laying a broad territorial foundation for the formation of the prosperous state of Haidong.

At this time, the Bohai State can be described as ambitious and ready to move.

Then Li Longji's riotous operation came.

After the establishment of the Bohai regime, the power of the Heishui Tatar in the north of the country also developed rapidly.

In the fourteenth year of Kaiyuan, Li Longji issued an edict to set up the Heishui Prefecture Governor's Mansion in the largest tribe of Heishui Indigo and took its leader as the governor, so that Heishui Indigo achieved the same political status as Bohai. In fact, it is giving eye medicine to the great martial arts.

At this time, the great martial arts completely broke out, thinking that Datang was cooperating with the Black Water Spirit. So he ignored the dissuasion of the gate art and attacked the black water art, but the final results were limited, and he also fought with the gate art, which became a fire and water.

After the infighting between Dawuyi and Damen Art, Dawuyi fled to the Tang Dynasty to seek refuge, and Dawuyi repeatedly negotiated with Tang to kill Damen Art without success, and the contradiction between Bohai and Datang escalated.

In the following year, in order to improve the unfavorable situation of being surrounded by the Tang Dynasty, Heishui Jin, Silla and other countries, Dawuyi sent an embassy headed by Gao Renyi to Dongying on the one hand to form an alliance with it. On the other hand, it strengthened ties with the Khitan.

In the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, after the great martial arts united Dongying in the east and the Khitan in the west, they unexpectedly launched a war against the Tang Dynasty by land and water.

The waterway, led by the general Zhang Wenxiu, crossed the sea at the mouth of the Yalu River and attacked Dengzhou, an important port city of the Tang Dynasty in the northern part of the Shandong Peninsula; Lu Lu personally led the great martial arts, entered the area of Madu Mountain in eastern Hebei, and the slaughter of the city and the fall of the city can be described as immeasurable for a time.

Although this move was severely attacked by the Tang Dynasty and Silla, and the offensive of the Balhae Kingdom was neutralized, the Great Martial Arts still maintained the territory occupied this time.

In all fairness, the Great Martial Arts achieved their strategic goals, but this kind of play was indeed too dangerous, and the Goguryeo "Pearl and Jade in the Front" that was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and the Bohai Kingdom had objections to the expansion strategy of the Great Martial Arts.

In view of the great opposition, as a last resort, Da Wuyi took the initiative to withdraw his troops, returned the Tang army prisoners of war, eased relations with the Tang Dynasty, and sent people to Chang'an to send Li Longji a "guilty sheet".

The Tang Dynasty was at war with Tibet at this time, and in order to avoid a war on multiple fronts, Li Longji also pinched his nose and admitted it from the overall situation.

Although the war was no longer fought, Liangzi was finally concluded, and the Bohai State changed from the original "friendly force" to "unruly", which has continued to this day.

Come out and mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back.

Da Wuyi felt that he was fine, and Li Longji felt that the matter had passed, but some people didn't think so.

……

It had just snowed that day, and a cavalry of about 2,000 men had arrived less than five miles outside Xianzhou, the capital of the Bohai Kingdom. They wore the uniforms of the border army of the Bohai State, one man and two horses. They are not wearing armor, and they all look poorly equipped.

After eight hundred miles of running, they were all sleepy, but their hearts were beating faster with excitement!

"The commander is clever, the lord of the Bohai Kingdom, Da Wuyi, is seriously ill, and his son Da Qinmao wants to inherit the throne, and has ordered the border army to return to the capital in case of accidents. We wiped out the border army, and passed through the cities all the way, but no one interrogated. ”

Zhang Xun, who was beside Fang Youde, excitedly intervened in the salute, and said to the festival marshal who was looking at the distance with a calm face, admiring in his heart.

"Jie Shuai, we attacked the Bohai Kingdom without an edict this time, will the saint blame?"

Not long after entering Youzhou Jiedu Mansion, Yan Gaoqing, who participated in the military operation for the first time, asked cautiously.

Fang Youde pulled out his sword, patted Yan Gaoqing's shoulder with the scabbard and said, "Those who offend me as a strong man will be punished even if they are far away." After returning to Youzhou, you can directly write a letter to the sage to explain this matter, and Ben Shuai will never stop you.

Ben Shuai sits upright, does not greed for military salaries, does not abuse soldiers, and everything he does is the glory of my Tang Dynasty. If you don't want to participate, you can go back to Youzhou City now, and I won't punish you. ”

Hearing this, Yan Gaoqing hurriedly surrendered his hand and confessed: "The commander misunderstood, the last general just thinks that the Lord of the Bohai Sea is not guilty, and we are very morally passive in this move......

"In the twentieth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Great Martial Arts united Dongying to rebel with the Khitan, killing my people and destroying my city, is this called innocence? Your family has learned from the origins, learned to be rich and rich, and told Ben Shuai whether this is innocent! ”

Fang Youde looked at Yan Gaoqing and asked rhetorically, not angry and arrogant, imposing!

Yan Gaoqing complained in his heart, even the saints don't care about things, what do you care about! That incident happened a few years ago, and it has long been turned over!

"Great martial arts, I haven't been convicted by my Datang yet! It is inconvenient for the saint to seek justice, so this section is handsome to be a wicked person and speak for the saint. ”

Fang Youde said loudly.

Now Yan Gaoqing has nothing to say, if he talks more, he is afraid that he will be chopped up by his colleagues.

The atmosphere in Youzhou Jiedu Mansion is very weird, everyone wants to make contributions, and their eyes are red. On the first day he and his brother Yan Zhenqing arrived here, they were called by Fang Youde to "lecture", saying that the Youzhou Jiedu Mansion is selfless and selfless, and only talks about righteousness and informality.

What else do you say, shameless people who only have self-interest in their hearts, get out of here as soon as possible.

Yan Gaoqing and Yan Zhenqing secretly observed, shocked in their hearts. Fang Youde's prestige in Youzhou City is so high that it has reached the point of responding to every call.

Fang Youde ordered a raid on the capital of the Bohai Kingdom, but there was no imperial edict, and the soldiers of the border army had no objection, and then they directly obeyed his orders and followed!

Thanks to this person, he is talking about righteousness every day, if the other party has bad intentions, it will really happen to Youzhou!

"Marshal, we are all cavalry, how can we enter the city?"

Zhang Xun asked suspiciously, he didn't have any problem with coming here to do things, the problem was how to enter the city.

"Light the wolf smoke, and the gate artist will open the gate for us. Among the subjects of the Bohai Kingdom, there are too many people who are dissatisfied with the great martial arts, and they have always lived in fear, for fear that one day the soldiers and horses of my Tang Dynasty will slaughter Xianzhou City.

As long as we don't kill indiscriminately after entering the city, they won't make trouble. ”

Fang Youde looked indifferent.

"But what if those people can't open the door?"

Zhang Xun's heart is as thin as silk, but he doesn't dare to put his life on luck.

"Hmph, forget it if you don't open it."

Fang Youde snorted coldly and did not explain.

In fact, Fang Youde has a lot of confidence, and his adventures are all based on accurate intelligence.

There is definite news that can be verified, saying that Da Wuyi is now sick in bed and unable to govern, even to the point of choking at any time.

Now the people in the capital of Bohai are panicking, and everyone is thinking about the next lord.

Who would set their sights outside the capital, at this juncture, it is not unusual for anything to happen in the city!

The cronies of Damen Art are ready for a coup d'état, and what is missing is a strong external force to "make a final decision".

In fact, Damen Art had secretly come to Yingzhou from Luoyang before, waiting for Fang Youde's good news. This matter should have been approved by Li Longji...... But this saint is now with Yang Yuhuan, and the two of them are soaking happily in the hot springs in the Huaqing Palace, where can they take care of the outdated Bohai nobleman of the Damen Art.

The letter sent by Fang Youde, Gao Lishi directly approved it after reading it. He knew Fang Youde's ability very well, and wanted to use this matter to sell it well.

The departure of Damen Art did not cause any waves, in Li Longji's eyes, this is a fish belly with no use value, Gao Lishi knows very well who Li Longji is, and he didn't send Shu Yue to Huaqing Palace at all.

This time, the Tang army rushed from Yingzhou to break the enemy's capital in one fell swoop and support the gate art that had always been friendly with the Tang Dynasty to come to power. Whether this salted fish can turn over depends on Fang Youde's ability.

After Damen Art came to power, as long as he changed his hostile strategy with Datang and returned to his father's old policy of friendship with Datang, he would easily win support. After all, no one in the Bohai Kingdom will feel that Datang's board is very comfortable on their bodies.

The Tang army's arrest of the perpetrators who committed crimes many years ago and brought them back to Chang'an for trial will greatly enhance the prestige and majesty of the frontier and deter the northeastern provinces.

Since then, the security environment of Datang in the Northeast can return to before the Yingzhou Rebellion.

As for the people of the gate art, in case they don't cooperate well...... So what does it matter, the Tang army has one person and two horses, just retreat all the way to Yingzhou. Anyway, now that the rotation of the monarch of the Bohai Kingdom is imminent, it is too late to fight for power and profit, who will find the trouble of the Tang Dynasty at this juncture and send troops to pursue it?

When he returned to Yingzhou, he could directly chop off the unreliable door art, and Fang Youde did not have any psychological pressure on him.

"Light the wolf smoke!"

Fang Youde ordered in a deep voice.

After about a stick of incense, wolf smoke also burned in Xianzhou City! This is a signal that the gates of the city are open!

"Blow the trumpet, enter the city and go straight to the palace!"

Fang Youde pulled out his saber and pointed to the capital of the Bohai Kingdom in front of him and said.

"Woo! Woo! Woo! ”

The desolate horn sounded, and the cavalry of the Tang army rushed straight to Xianzhou City like sharp arrows off the string.

When the city gate was near, Zhang Xun and the others who rushed in front found that the city gate was wide open, and the non-commissioned soldiers of the Bohai State Forbidden Army with white cloth tied to their arms were panicking to call them into the city as soon as possible. After the cavalry of the Tang Army entered the city, a large number of forbidden troops of the Bohai Kingdom, who were supposed to be loyal to their duties, actually threw down their soldiers and squatted on the ground as if they had made an appointment!

Yan Gaoqing rode a horse and sprinted with the cavalry, looking at the ridiculous scene in front of him, he instantly understood what Fang Youde meant by what he said before.

Those who commit me as a strong man will be punished even if they are far away!

This is not just talk.

Respond to all calls, and it is not by mouth to say big things.

That's because you really have to rely on the knife in your hand to cut a way, so that someone will listen to you well.

……

"What is this?"

Outside the woods near the East Post Station of Chang'an City, Fang Chongyong inexplicably took a bow-like object handed to him by Wang Zhonghei and asked suspiciously.

There is a holster in the middle of the "bow" string, which is a little dented in the middle, as if it were a projectile.

This string is very leathery and has no elasticity. On the contrary, the bow itself is recurved, and the elasticity is very good.

"This is the favorite of the young people of Wuling in Chang'an, the slingshot. If you don't know how to play a slingshot, this group won't accept you. ”

Wang Zhongsi patted Fang Chongyong's shoulder and said with a smile.

"Moreover, it is accurate, and the force of pulling away will not hurt your arm. Do you want to give it a try? ”

The smile on Wang Zhongsi's face was very large.

"Can you teach me what Udo is, I think it's more interesting than this."

Fang Chongyong touched his head embarrassedly and said.

What kind of Chang'an Gentleman Youth League, he can't look down on those people!

After the chaos, these are the five scum of the war who deliver vegetables!

"I knew you'd pick this."

Wang Zhongsi took out a plain style "rope" from the package straddling the horse, handed it to Fang Chongyong and said:

"The Tibetans have many strengths, and there is nothing to be ashamed of in learning their methods. I was not mistaken.

Take this root, it's ...... Killed the Tibetans. ”

Wang Zhongsi actually learned from the Tubo people to fight Wuduo!

Fang Chongyong was shocked in his heart, this kind of thinking of learning the enemy's strengths in the war is really the way to win!