A knife in love

Chapter 2351
Li Qiufeng sighed at this point, and continued: "Looking at the history of the Central Plains for thousands of years, whenever the court and the people are united, foreign races dare not invade. I don't know how to win the Central Plains, but in the end, I can only be wiped out, the country is destroyed. But once there is civil strife in the Central Plains, the court and the people are incompatible, and the barbarians take advantage of the situation. Even if there are big rivers and the Great Wall, they can't stop the barbarian army Invasion, and finally Jinxiu Jiangshan was trampled, countless people were killed and injured. When the Tang Dynasty was strong, the Japanese pirates were beaten to the ground, and they dared not attack the land again. Unexpectedly, the king of the Fusang Kingdom heard that the Sui Dynasty collapsed , the Tang Dynasty became the lord of the Central Plains, and thought that the early establishment of the Tang Dynasty meant that the country was weak and the soldiers were exhausted, so they could take the opportunity to reap some benefits.

"The king of Fusang covets the beautiful country of the Central Plains, and has made a grand plan to seize the Central Plains. It just so happens that Dongyi has a civil strife, and Fusang, under the banner of helping Dongyi to quell the chaos, will immediately They sent a large army to invade Dongyi Kingdom, determined to occupy Dongyi Kingdom first, and then use Dongyi Kingdom as a springboard to capture the Tang Dynasty. Fusang people are cruel, cunning, and extremely greedy. After entering Dongyi Kingdom, the army burned, killed, looted, and did everything They are more cruel than robbers. The kings and ministers of Dongyi Kingdom did not intend to ask Fusang Kingdom to help quell the chaos. Seeing that the Fusang people were so cruel, they were upset and sent envoys to sneak into the Central Plains, asking Datang to send troops to expel Fusang Kingdom soldiers and horses.

"The Tang Dynasty didn't take Fusang Kingdom seriously at all. He just couldn't bear to lose his life, so he sent envoys to persuade the soldiers and horses of Fusang Kingdom to withdraw from Dongyi Kingdom, so as to avoid more casualties in the battlefield. Unexpectedly, the monarchs and ministers of Fusang Kingdom didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and they didn't listen to the king at all. The envoys of the Tang Dynasty persuaded them not only to keep their soldiers and horses in Dongyi, but also threatened the envoys of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Tang Gaozong was in power, and most of the veterans who accompanied Tang Taizong Li Shimin to fight the world had died. The civil servant Liu Rengui led the troops to Liaodong to conquer the Fusang army who had occupied Dongyi. As a result, the Tang army defeated the Fusang army at Baijiangkou and almost wiped out the enemy army. Only then did the Fusang monarchs know Tang was so powerful that he was so frightened that he hurriedly wrote to Emperor Gaozong of Tang to ask for peace.

"The Battle of Baijiangkou was a battle that was related to the fate of the country for the Fusang Kingdom, but it was of no importance to the Tang Dynasty. Although Liu Rengui was rewarded for this battle, he didn't think it was worth showing off. It can be seen The Tang Dynasty and the Fusang Kingdom are one high and the other low, and there are clouds and mud. The Japanese pirates who fled to the overseas islands were even more frightened when they heard that the Fusang Kingdom’s army was defeated at Baijiangkou, and they never dared to go to land to make trouble.

"Later, An Lushan and Shi Siming rebelled, and the Tang Dynasty weakened. The Japanese pirates hiding on the deserted island took the opportunity to make a comeback and plundered the southeast coast, becoming the confidant of the Central Plains Dynasty. However, the court of Fusang Kingdom no longer dared to underestimate the Central Plains Shangguo. Even after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, when the Central Plains were in turmoil and the world was in chaos, they did not dare to send soldiers and horses to harass the Central Plains. After the founding of this dynasty, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong worked hard to govern. There was a change. The Japanese pirates didn’t know how powerful Ming was at the beginning, and thought they could be allowed to plunder money and kill the people just like they did in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers were so brave that they defeated the Japanese pirates, so they had to flee to a deserted island overseas to wait. opportunity.

"Until after the battle of Tumu Fort, the Oirat army marched south to besiege the capital. At that time, most of the elite soldiers and generals of the imperial court had died in Tumu Fort. King Ma Qin, who was stationed in Shanxi, also transferred the Beiwa army from various places to the capital to deal with the Oirat army. Later, the Oirat army retreated, and the imperial court reorganized the defenders of the capital. Most of the soldiers who can fight in the army stayed in the capital. Although this was a helpless move, it is an indisputable fact that the Japanese army has weakened since then. What's more terrible is that after the battle of Tumubao, the imperial court thought that the Tartars were a serious threat , the Japanese pirates are just a disease of ringworm and scabies. From then on, all the elite soldiers and fierce generals were sent to garrison all the passes in the north, and the defense along the southeast coast was empty. It turned out that as long as they heard the horns of the Japanese pirates and saw the flags of the Japanese pirates, the officers and soldiers would flee in fear, and they would not dare to fight the Japanese pirates at all."

When Li Qiufeng said this, Xu Yingyang thought to himself, no wonder Master Yang valued him so much, he never expected that this person is not only strong in martial arts, but also has extraordinary knowledge.There are indeed quite a few outstanding people in the Nansi, but those who are knowledgeable are often not high in martial arts, and those with high martial arts are a bit vulgar and illiterate.People like Li Baihu who are both civil and military are really rare.

Xu Yingyang didn't know that although Li Qiufeng's martial arts were not weak, when he was on duty in Jinyiwei, he often went to the case files to read the files. It was because he was ordered by Liu Kang to find clues from these files. Investigating whether Jin Yiwei colluded with Dongchang would be detrimental to the officials during the reign of Emperor Zhengde.As for many important military and state affairs, Li Qiufeng was not very interested. When he saw those files, he would often glance them over and not keep them in mind.However, after reading a lot of case files, many things naturally remained in my mind.Later, he rebelled against Jin Yiwei and returned to Sichuan to live in seclusion with his master. Only then did he feel that he had read too little to become a master, and from then on he read more books to increase his knowledge.His master is a learned man who is well versed in world affairs, and Li Qiufeng often thinks hard about things that he can't understand. As long as his master gives a few pointers, he will understand immediately.Li Qiufeng had long planned to go to Fusang, so he attached great importance to the rise of the Japanese pirates. After Master explained, he was so clear about the origin of the Japanese pirates.

Hearing what Li Qiufeng said, Wang Xiaoyu tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said: "No matter how powerful the Japanese pirates are, they are nothing more than robbers. In the final analysis, officers and soldiers are useless. When they bully the people, they show their teeth and claws. When encountering Japanese pirates, they can only run away. .”

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "Miss Wang, if you think so, you are wrong. The Japanese pirates who are harassing the southeast coast now are different from those in the Tang Dynasty. Although Fusang Kingdom is only a small country, it is just a big banner to make a tiger Pi, I read a few Chinese classics, and thought I got the essence of our Han people governing the country, and also learned from the Central Plains to divide the princes. However, the princes and kings of Fusang Kingdom are not called kings, but are called daimyo. Fusang people are ignorant. The Central Plains Shangguo enfeoffed the feudal vassals, which is tantamount to imitating the East. I don’t know that this move can easily lead to civil strife. Fusang people are cunning and greedy. After those ministers became famous, they wanted to be emperors. The Lord of Fusang pays attention to them. Those defeated daimyos often have their entire families killed, and many of their subordinates have escaped. However, the land of Fusang is cramped, and it is difficult for these bereaved dogs to hide. In order to survive, they had to flee to the sea and join the Japanese army middle."

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