Marry Changle in Datang

Chapter 818 Thought!how!
Sima Yuntian is a senior staff member of Qin Wenyuan, so he understands the meaning of the prince, and the strategic significance of taking Koryo to the Northeast and even the entire Qin family's camp cannot be underestimated, so that the Qin family has made further progress in dealing with the pressure from the Tang Dynasty. Can attack, retreat and defend in an invincible position.

The generals gathered to discuss the strategy of attacking Goryeo based on Qin Wenyuan's will. The leaders of the various ethnic groups in the Northeast "Military-Political Joint Group" will naturally not object. Because the Qin family army is the main force in this battle, the ethnic groups in the Northeast are still at ease in developing the people's livelihood. Only the Khitan and the Turks mobilized [-] cavalry each to form an allied regiment with the "Songmo" defenders to deal with the threat from the Tang army on the front line of "Youzhou".

In the royal palace, Qin Wenyuan ordered the messenger to hear that Princess Gaoqin, who lived in the "Licheng" Xu Mansion, knew the news that his brother had been killed, so that he rushed to "Dragon City" with the Xu family's navy warship to discuss the succession of the Koryo throne. He reported to his father that a Qizhou Xu army took a boat from Dengzhou and stationed troops on the Koryo border by way of Silla, so that it and the Liaodong army formed a pincer attack on Koryo.

After everything was properly arranged, Qin Wenyuan issued a wartime military order, so that Luo Shiyi, Lu Qingling, Kili Sugu, Zhou Cang, Shang Fei, Su Jinwu, Chen Boss, Chen Laoer, Zhang Dabao and other generals would lead an army of [-] with him. Launched an operation, crossed the Yalu River in Liaodong to station troops on the east line of Koryo, while Zhang Dabao led the navy with dozens of warships to kill the Koryo navy and destroy the defense facilities along the coast of Koryo.

"Chen Boss and Chen Lao Er listen to the order! You two will each lead a thousand cavalry to defend the west bank of the Yalu River, and collect some civilian ships for backup."

"Zhang Dabao listened to the order! A dozen or so medium-sized warships of the water army entered the Yalu River to cover the army to fight across the river."

"Listen to Zhao Meng! You will lead two thousand cavalry to join Wu Ping's army and the Khitan and Turkic cavalry on the front line of Rao Le to form a defense against the defenders of Youzhou. If the Tang army provokes you, you should start the defense and report to the king immediately. know."

The generals will be ordered to return to the camp to arrange military arrangements.

Immediately, "Qi Wang's Mansion" issued an edict to prepare the army for war throughout the Northeast. When the "Youzhou" defenders heard the news, they rushed to report to Yan Wang Li You, and the memorial received by the Tang court Li Shimin was "Youzhou" A report on Xu Jun's preparations for the war against Koryo.

In the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin spoke to the generals Hou Junji, Li Daozong, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Xue Wanjun, and Li Xiaogong.

"My dear friends, Yan Wang Li You reported that Qin Wenyuan wanted to send an army to invade Goryeo. How much do you think Xu Tian will win in this battle? What are the advantages and disadvantages for the court?"

Hearing the emperor's questioning, all the ministers pondered for a while, and Li Daozong played first.

"The emperor and the ministers thought that the officials could secretly contact Gai Suwen in Gaoliyuan, and the imperial court increased troops in Youzhou and Pingyin. When Xu Tian attacked Gaoli, they could send the army to attack the Xu army in Pingzhou and Qizhou respectively. The momentum of the attack, at that time, the Koryo army will launch a countermeasure, so that Xu Tian can't take care of the head and tail, and the Qin army will be in chaos, and it is the time for the emperor to take back Qizhou and the northeast."

When Cheng Yaojin heard Li Daozong's words and saw the emperor's expression of approval, he couldn't help but angrily reprimanded him.

"Prince Li, it's just a trick like you, Xu Tian's evil talent, don't even think about it, he already has a countermeasure, if Cheng's prediction is not bad, at this time, the Xu Jun in Qizhou and Pingzhou have already prepared a defensive strategy , will not, and will not give the imperial court the opportunity to use troops, but the Dengzhou Qin Army navy will send warships to transport large troops to Silla, forming a pincer attack on the Koryo army. How can the Koryo army cope with the imperial court? Soldiers, at that time Qin Wenyuan was desperate and burned jade and stone, Youzhou was in danger, and Pingyin's army was in danger!"

Qin Qiong took Cheng Yaojin's words and shouted loudly.

"Brother Tieniu's words are wrong! Why do you need to increase the prestige of the Qin family and destroy our morale in the Tang Dynasty? Qin Wenyuan is a monster, but Qin doesn't think that he will be invincible in the world. Prince Li suggested that Qin Qiong thinks it can be done."

"Your Majesty and my ministers request to lead the army to station on the front line of Pingyin, as the vanguard army to attack the Qi territory!"

Hearing Qin Qiong's words, Cheng Yaojin sighed again.

"Brother Qin is a great talent, but younger brother is not as good. That's all for now. If you insist on going your own way, then you can think about how it will end."

At this time, Li Xiaogong also stepped forward and said.

"I think General Cheng's words are reasonable, please think twice before acting!"

Li Shimin listened to the words of the ministers and remained silent.

This old emperor is eager to take advantage of Li Daozong's words and take this opportunity to send troops to take back Qizhou's military and political power, and eradicate the Xu family's threat to the Tang Dynasty. If you can't beat the tiger and arouse the power of the tiger, do you have the capital to turn the tide...

The emperors and ministers in the Taiji Palace were all caught in their own thoughts. After a long time, Li Shimin finally made a decision.

"I want to follow the example of a fisherman watching the fight between snipe and clam, and Qin Qiong is the commander of the Henan Road marching to control the soldiers and horses of several states. Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wan are both deputy commanders and lead [-] troops stationed in Pingyin County. With regard to the use of troops, the Ministry of War sent an order to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to increase troops on the front line of Youzhou, so that Li You, the King of Yan, strengthened the defense of the pass, and ordered the cavalry department to monitor the situation of Xu Jun and Koryo, and report it every day."

Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and Xue Wan all received the emperor's dictation to resign and went out of the palace. Cheng Yaojin ignored Qin Qiong's call and went back to the mansion alone instead of going to the barracks, which made Qin Qiong very unhappy.

If you want to talk about why this Qin Qiong is like this, it is because this guy thinks he is from a famous family, and he can't see the rising nobles like the Xu family without any background, but he doesn't want to think about the bleak scene when his grandfather and father were defeated, let alone Think about the down and out situation when you are out of power.

The so-called: "Hate people for being poor, resent people for being rich!" is the reflection of his current heart, and what he does can really be regarded as "harming others and benefiting oneself for nothing!"

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In December of the ninth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, just a few days after Princess Gaoqin arrived at the "Dragon City" King Qi's Mansion, Xu Tian led his army out of Liaocheng Prefecture and approached "Anshi" and "Anshi" on the border of Liaocheng Prefecture in Koryo State. The two cities of Beisha started the Battle of Koryo, which should have been conquered by Li Shimin himself in the 18th year of Zhenguan.

This may be the reason why Qin Wenyuan's travel caused some deviations in history, and the war between Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo was advanced by nine years.

At the beginning of the strategy, Qin Wenyuan sent [-] cavalry led by the Chen brothers with the assistance of Zhang Dabao's navy to occupy "Beisha City" as the frontier to attack Koryo, and then Luo Shixin and Lu Qingling led [-] Xu troops to the "An City" of Koryo. "Under the city, this move is Xu Tianwei's plan to attack and aid the heavy troops in the north of Koryo, in order to solve the dangerous situation of being threatened by the heavy troops in the north of the Koryo army when attacking the city of "Anshi".

Xu Jun's 15 troops launched an offensive outside the "Anshi" city. The defenders in the city launched a defensive posture and reported to the Koryo royal court to increase troops for rescue. [-] troops went to the rescue.

Qin Wenyuan had to scout to report the dispatch of the northern Koryo army, and laughed at the generals under his command.

"Yuan Gai Su Wen made a plan, Kili Su Gu, Zhou Cang, Shang Fei, Su Jinwu and other generals followed the king and led the army to set up an ambush on the way of Gao Yanshou's march, and ordered Luo Shixin and Lu Qingling to deploy suspicious soldiers to besiege the city and lead some cavalry to respond."

The generals ordered that Kili Sugu lead [-] cavalry as the left wing, Shang Fei and Su Jinwu led [-] cavalry as the right wing, Xu Tian led Zhou Cang as the ambush with hundreds of guards and [-] infantry, and launched an attack on the Koryo army. The strategy of cutting and exterminating.

Most of the Koryo troops who rescued "Anshi" were infantry, and the number of cavalry was no more than [-].

When the forward [-] infantry of the Koryo Army passed through the Qin Army's ambush, the leading general had not yet figured out the situation of the enemy and us, and Luo Shiyi, who had been supported by the Xu Army's rear, set up an ambush and wiped out [-] cavalry. At this time, the main force of Koryo The army was completely unaware of the annihilation of the vanguard army, and fell into the ambush circle of Xu Jun while advancing rapidly.

Zhou Cang led his personal guards to cover the [-] infantry of the Xu Army. The snipers killed the leading generals of the Koryo Army, causing the Koryo Army to lose its command and fall into chaos. The [-] infantry of the Xu Army caused a momentum of tens of thousands In the same year, Gao Yanshou, the leader of the Koryo Army, misrepresented the situation and caused the army to divide and attack, which happened to be Qin Wenyuan's plan to cut and wipe out.

However, seeing the red signal bomb exploding at high altitude, the cavalry on the left and right wings of the Qin army attacked all over the mountains and fields, and the sound of horseshoes resounded the earth. Gao Yanshou, who didn't know how many troops the Xu army had devoted to this battle, shouted, and was eager to shrink his troops to form a resistance to the Xu army. However, the chaos on the battlefield and the fact that many officials and assistants at all levels were killed, how can we make orders flow smoothly.

Goryeo's soldiers lost sight of their generals and fell into confusion.

Gao Yanshou had no choice but to lead thousands of relatives to leave the battlefield to flee for his life. Gao Huizhen and the 15 troops were put in danger. Bringing out thousands of cavalry and fleeing for their lives, almost the entire army was destroyed.

In this campaign, Qin Wenyuan, with a mere [-] troops as the main force, used strategies such as division and outflanking, suspicious troops, etc., and captured more than [-] troops of the Koryo army with thunderous momentum. When the news spread, the whole country of Koryo was shocked.

After this battle, the people in the "Yellow City" and "Silver City" along the Yalu River in Goryeo were afraid that the Qin army would take advantage of the victory to attack Goryeo, so the people moved their families to avoid the war, leaving the two places empty.

After Qin Wenyuan defeated the heavy troops of Goryeo in the north, he ordered the army to rest for two months to deal with the prisoners of war in Goryeo.

At the beginning of March in the tenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, he would lead his army to attack the city of "Anshi" in this way.

The Qin army lined up dozens of siege artillery in the "Anshi" city. At the beginning of the attack, Luo Shixin got Xu Tian's order to draw a bow and shoot arrows and carry a letter of persuasion to shoot into the tower. Live and die with the city.

Seeing that the Koryo defenders did not listen to the persuasion to surrender, but were arrogant, Xu Tian issued an order to siege the city.

Dozens of cannons fired in unison, the earth trembled like thunder resounded through the sky, the city wall and rocks flew in the flames, the city gate was like torn pieces of paper under the impact of the shells, and the rolling logs that the Koryo army relied on to defend the city were on the towers. , boiling water, rockets, etc. not only did not work, but were blown up in the air waves of Xu Jun's artillery fire and flew around, which hurt many defenders in the city.

When had the Koryo army ever seen such a sharp siege weapon? After resisting for a while, they forgot their bold words of vowing to live and die with the city. The trembling people, where there is still the shadow of the defenders.

After the Qin army entered the city to pacify the people, Princess Gaoqin of Yamen called the nobles of Koryo in the city to appease and appoint them, so that they could restore the chaos in the city of "Anshi" as soon as possible, and at the same time sent a campaign to the whole country of Koryo to crusade Yuangai Suwen for usurping the throne. crime.

Qin Wenyuan occupied the "Anshi" city, so that all the territory under the jurisdiction of Koryo along the Yalu River and bordering Liaodong fell under the occupation of the Xu army, opening the door to attack the Koryo king's city "Liujing".

In the royal court of Koryo, Yuan Gai Suwen learned that "Anshi" was occupied by Xu Jun and Princess Gaoqin issued a call for crusade. In a rage, he beheaded several generals who had fled back, scaring the puppet king Gaozang so much that he didn't dare to panic.

After the guy calmed down, he sent envoys to Baekje and Datang to ask for help, in order to make the Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty put pressure on Xu Tian to return the "Anshi" city and Baekje's strategy of sending troops to strengthen the defense of the capital.

Just when Xu Tian lined up his troops along the "Yalu River" and the army was eyeing the Koryo royal city, the Tang court and the Baekje royal court respectively received letters from Yuan Gai Suwen asking for advice.

In the royal court of Baekje, King Uija and Prince Fuyulong of Baekje called the generals to discuss Goryeo's request for help.

King Yici of Baekje Fu Yuzhang said to the ministers.

"Gao Liyuan Gai Suwen sent envoys to ask me to send troops to defend Xu's army. What suggestions do you have?"

From time to time, Jie Bo, the leading general of Baekje, said.

"Now the Qin army has tens of thousands of soldiers crossing the sea and landing in Silla Jincheng. The troops currently stationed at the mouth of the Ungjin River and the North Han Mountain line are confronting our army. If we use troops to aid Goryeo at this time, I am afraid that Xu Jun will be angry with hundreds of people. Ji, so that the Dengzhou navy increased its troops at Baijiangkou to form a pincer attack on Baekje, and Xinluo always had the heart to annex Baekje. If it jointly attacked Sibi City with the Xu army, Baekje was in danger, and the officials thought it was not as good as Let the army stand still and prevent Xu Jun who is stationed in Silla from going out to North Han Mountain and Northeast Qin Jun to attack Goryeo. This is already helping Goryeo, what does your majesty think?"

"Ah! Koryo and Baekje have always been countries with diplomatic relations, and both are prosperous. Now that there are troubles, Xu Jun is strong, and Silla and I are feuding. In order to protect Baekje from the suffering of war, we will bear it for the time being and wait for the envoys of Goryeo. Go to the Tang Dynasty and see how the Emperor Tang restrains the Northeast Xu Army, and I will play by ear."

Let’s say that after the Tang court received a memorial from the Koryo state denouncing Qin Wenyuan for forcibly occupying “Anshi” and asking the court to make Xu Jun retreat, Li Shimin called the ministers of the court to discuss matters in the Taiji Hall.

Shi, Li Jing, and Qin Shiji were not in the court, and the Tang army lacked leading generals. Li Shimin had to rely heavily on military officials headed by the Minister of War, Hou Junji.

Civil and military personnel gathered in the Tai Chi Hall, Li Shimin spoke.

"Qin Wenyuan has already occupied the two cities of Gaoli'an City and Beisha with his army. Now the whole army wants to attack the Gaoli King City. After the city is destroyed, Gao Qin, the concubine of Xu Tian, ​​the Princess of Gaoli County, will surely succeed to the throne, making the Xu family monopolize Gaoli. At that time, The Northeast will be integrated with Goryeo, and the Xu family's influence has already exceeded my control, so tell me how to make Xu Tian obey the imperial court and give up the invasion of Goryeo."

All the ministers were shocked when they heard the news that Qin Wenyuan occupied the two cities of "Anshi" and "Beisha", and they couldn't believe it. Thinking that the former Sui Emperor Yang Guang had many generals and conquered Koryo several times without losing troops. God can do such a great job with only a mere military force in the Northeast. Leaving aside the rift between this guy and Li Shimin, he is really angry for the Han army who died in Koryo.

(End of this chapter)