Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 515
Jiangning.

On Jinling Mountain, it is condescending, overlooking Jiangning City.

Jiangning City is also known as Jinling City. King Wei of Chu established the name of the mountain and set up Jinling City.The situation here is critical as it faces the river and controls the Huaihe River.

"Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty established the capital here, and then the Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen of the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties successively established their capitals here, so it has the name of the capital of the Six Dynasties."

Wei Zheng said with a smile, "The one who established the capital here could be a peaceful and short-lived dynasty."

"Indeed."

"It is said that when Qin Shihuang visited the east, a warlock told him that there was kingly spirit in Jinling, so the first emperor was very worried, so he ordered the warlock to find a way to eliminate the kingly spirit. The warlock used two methods, one is to dig up Zijin Mountain, according to Fengshui In other words, Zijin Mountain is the source of royal energy. To deal with this situation, we must cut off the dragon veins and kill the tiger, so we must dig up Zijin Mountain."

"At the same time, this sorcerer also dug up many gold and jade treasures on Zijin Mountain, which are said to be able to suppress dragons and tigers."

"In the end, the warlock also asked someone to dig a Qinhuai River. It is said that the function of this river is to drain away the royal energy here."

Luo Cheng laughed at Wei Zheng's words.

Although it is said that Jinling was the capital of the six dynasties, and the six dynasties were not strong, it cannot be said that it was because the dragon spirit was cut off by Qin Shihuang.From a materialistic point of view, the general reason is that in ancient China, the culture and economy of the Yellow River Basin in the north were more advanced, with a larger population and naturally stronger military capabilities.

In ancient times, the south has always been a relatively backward place, and if you fall behind, you will be beaten. This is the same truth through the ages.Another one, the capital of Jinling, still lacks sufficient strategic depth. To defend Jinling, one must first defend the Jianghuai, and then the upper reaches of Jingxiang to the west.

In any case, Jiangling is located in the lower reaches, and is naturally weak in terms of defense.

What's more, in ancient times, cavalry was the strongest army in this era, and the south was naturally short of horses, so it was naturally difficult to compete.

Luo Cheng picked up a red stone, this kind of stone is actually the origin of Jinling, the mausoleum is a high mountain, gold, ancient gold sometimes refers to copper, Jinling is also called Zijin Mountain, because of the Zijin stone on this mountain, and This purple gold stone is actually copper ore.

Obviously, Zijin Mountain is a copper mine.

"Actually, Jinling is better than Liaodong." Wei Zheng said a word without thinking.

Luo Cheng chuckled, "Didn't you say that the dragon's veins are broken here, and the king's spirit is not enough?"

"Hahaha." Wei Zheng laughed loudly, "You really dare to think about anything."

"If you dare to say it, of course I dare to think about it. It's not a crime to think about it, is it?"

"It's a crime to think."

"But people have no long-term concerns, but near-term worries."

"Really plan to choose Liaodong?" Wei Zheng asked seriously.

"Although Jinling is a good place, well, it's really not enough, and we have no foundation here."

A coach and a Sima, the two of them said such rebellious words with some recklessness on the Zijin Mountain. If these words were heard and played to the emperor, both of them would not be able to escape the crime of treason.

But the two of them seemed to be chatting casually.

"Marshal, the imperial decree has arrived."

The emperor's decree spread to Jiangning.

Luo Cheng awarded honors to Shangzhu Kingdom, and bestowed three thousand mu of land.

Yu Juluo was awarded the prefect of Yuhang, Tu Wanxu was awarded the prefect of Wujun, Du Fuwei was awarded the captain of Danyang, and Fugong Er was awarded the captain of Xuancheng.

The prefect of Danyang was succeeded by Zhao Yuankai, the prime minister of Liyang County, who was the son of Zhao Fen, the prime minister during the Kaihuang period.

Shan Xiongxin, Cheng Yaojin, Xu Shiji, Pei Xingyan, etc. were all awarded the honor of guarding the army and entered the post of Huya Lang.

"There is a change in Liaodong. Your Majesty ordered Shangzhu Kingdom to immediately lead the anti-insurgency troops to Donglai and take a boat to Liaodong to take office." Angel said.

"Liaodong has changed, what happened?"

It turned out that when Yang Xuangan and Liu Yuanjin rebelled and became emperor one after another in the Sui Dynasty, the neighbors on the Goguryeo side did not stop.

First, Yuan Gai Suwen, the son of Yuan Taizuo, assembled tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Fuyu River, and declared that he would go south to the inner city.After discussing with Eulji Mun-deok, the king of the domestic city, Gao Jianwu, appointed Yuangai Suwenjia as an official and announced him to the capital.

Yuan Gai Su Wen really came, but he came with [-] troops, and he was stationed [-] miles outside the inner city.

So outside the domestic city, one hundred thousand Goguryeo troops confronted each other.

Yuan Gai and Su Wen entered the capital according to the imperial edict, and then the two sides negotiated for a long time.

In the end, it was reported that Yuan Taizuo was about to die of illness. Yuan Taizuo said that he had a last wish at the end of his life. He wanted the king to agree to let Yuan Gaisuwen inherit the positions of Lord Dongfang and Mo Lizhi.

The king agreed on the surface, but secretly he was already contacting the various tribes of Mohe, hoping that when the Mohe army arrived, he would first execute Yuan's father, and then surrender the eastern army.

Unexpectedly, Yuan's father and son had already planned.

Under the guise of inviting Xie En to a banquet, they invited the king, Eulji and other ministers to the mansion for a banquet, and then suddenly killed more than a hundred ministers and nobles of the royal party at the banquet, and killed Ulchi Wendeok and the king. Gao Jianwu.

Then Yuan Tae-joo usurped the throne and became the king, and the name of the country was changed to Joseon.

Yuan Taizuo is still ruthless, and here he strikes first, mutiny kills the royal party, and kills the king.Then he actually entered the Forbidden Army camp alone, and persuaded all the generals of the Imperial Guard with his words.

Originally, the swords were on the verge of breaking out, and the war was imminent, but Yuan Taizuo changed the dynasty because of hundreds of dead soldiers and soldiers.

After the Yuan family usurped the throne, he sent people to appease the Mohe tribes in the north, and sent people to the Sui Dynasty. He put on a very low profile, asked the Sui Dynasty for canonization, and claimed to be willing to be a permanent vassal.

When the news reached Luoyang, Yang Guang was shocked.

Of course, Yuanshi refused to establish Korea as a country.

Yang Guang was determined to destroy Goguryeo and set up prefectures and counties, how could he allow Yuan Taizuo to pick peaches halfway.In view of the fact that there must be chaos in Goguryeo, Yang Guang asked Luo Cheng to return to Liaodong immediately.

He is also preparing for the third Eastern Expedition. Before the start of the Eastern Expedition, the fierce general Luo Cheng will be in charge of guarding Liaodong.

"Your Majesty said that Jiangdu County Prime Minister Shichong will take over the area in the south of the Yangtze River, and he will also be fully responsible for the rebel army's emigration to Liaodong."

Wang Ziming couldn't help but asked, "What about the rewards for the counter-rebellion soldiers? Those money and silk rewards that His Majesty promised earlier?"

"Hasn't Your Majesty already conferred honors on the soldiers, and even promoted the meritorious soldiers?" The official smiled reluctantly.

As soon as these words came out, many generals looked ugly.

Luo Cheng waved his hand, and everyone shut up.

"Luo Cheng accepts the order, please return to Beijing to express your kindness to me and all the officers and men."

Perhaps it was because he felt a little embarrassed to break the promise, but the emperor gave honorary officers relatively generously. Almost all the officers were awarded honorary titles, and many soldiers who performed extremely well also received honorary officers.

In addition, the emperor also showed special "care" for those counter-insurgency soldiers who had not been awarded honors, and each of them specially awarded [-] acres of land in Liaodong.

As soon as the messenger left, a group of generals immediately surrounded him, "Marshal, how can you be convinced?"

"This is an imperial decree, there is no bargaining, do you still want to make a mutiny?"

"But it can't be like this?"

"Forget it, anyway, I never expect any rewards to come down. We also captured a lot during the suppression of the rebellion. Let's take them out and share them with the soldiers. Let the brothers get ready and set off for the north tomorrow."

After the decree was passed on, there were indeed complaints in the barracks. It was okay not to make a promise, but if the promise was not fulfilled, everyone was unhappy.Fortunately, Luo Cheng's prestige is high, after a few military orders, no one will do anything extravagant.

"The soldiers are dissatisfied with the emperor." Wei Zheng said.

"As it should, there is no surprise."

Wei Zheng hehe, "For the commander in chief, this is actually a good thing."

"Don't talk about that, get ready, we go to Liaodong, we don't need to go back to Luoyang first, even if the soldiers haven't returned to their hometown for a long time, I guess they are even more dissatisfied."

(End of this chapter)