Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 558 Guardians of the North

Dahang City, later generations this city has a famous name - Dandong.

This city was built by Goguryeo people. The Sui and Tang dynasties conquered Goguryeo and fought fiercely in Dahang City. The Goguryeo defenders dragged out the army of the Central Plains by relying on Dahang City. Even the Sui and Tang Dynasties could not overcome it.

However, when the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, it bypassed Dahang City. Later, when Goguryeo was destroyed, Datang established the Andong Protectorate, and Dahang City also belonged to Datang.

Since the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, the Silla Kingdom has gradually extended its tentacles to Liaodong. At this time, the city built by the Silla people is not far from the Dahang City.

The Anton Protectorate's Mansion was under the jurisdiction of the Pinglu Army, but at this time Wang Xuanzhi did not have enough soldiers to supply the Andong Protectorate, so the current policy of the Andong Protectorate was to shrink to Liao City's defense.

However, Silla did not dare to start a war against Datang easily, so it just built a city on the border, trying to encroach on the territory of Datang.

And before Anlu Mountain invaded the Central Plains, it also took away most of the elite of the Andong Protectorate, and now there are only thirty veterans in Dahang City who are unwilling to abandon Dahang City.

Duan Chong is an old soldier. In terms of blood, Duan Chong can be regarded as a Goguryeo native.

But at this time he only recognizes that he is a Datang man!

For the Silla people who were building a city on the border, Duan Chong would wear the military uniform of the Tang brigade commander and hold the military flag of the Andong Governor's Mansion, riding around the border every day.

The partners all persuaded Duan Chong that it was too dangerous to do so. If the people of Silla made cold shots, Duan Chong might die on the border.

But Duan Chong didn't care about life and death. When the captain left, he entrusted Dahang City to himself, so he had to guard Dahang City well.

Duan Chong just thought that if he walks around the border with a military flag every day, the Silla people should not dare to make any changes, and that would be considered as defending Dahang City for a day.

It's been a year, but this year's winter is very cold, and the Yalu River still shows no signs of melting.

Today was another cloudy day, Duan Chong came to the stable under the snowflakes, and brought out the only war horse in Dahang City.

He touched the horse's mane with his hand, and muttered to himself: "Old man, can you hold on?"

Ma rubbed Duan Chong's face with his head, and Duan Chong let out a gentle laugh.

Duan Chong is already 50 years old, if he hadn't come to Dahang City to join the army, he should already be hugging his grandson in a warm room by now.

After serving in the army for thirty years, when Duan Chong's first wife died of a miscarriage, he was sent out as a soldier, and he couldn't go back to attend his wife's funeral.

After that, Duan Chong handed over the property to his nephew, and came to Dahang City alone.

Duan Chong has guarded Dahang City for 20 years, and he has become a brigade commander from the grassroots.

When An Lushan mobilized the army of the Protectorate of Andong, Duan Chong's old superior solemnly entrusted him with the Daxing City, asking him to swear to defend this border fortress.

The superiors and colleagues who followed An Lushan into the customs didn't know where the bones were buried, and Duan Chong didn't want to think whether Marshal An was a traitor of Tang Dynasty or a hero of Hedong.

The Jiedu Envoy of Pinglu Town changed three times a year, but no one cared about the border fortress of Dahang City.

No one still remembers that there are still [-] soldiers standing guard in this Daxing City.

Duan Chong froze his body, trying to warm his frozen legs and feet. Since he fell off the horse last time, Duan Chong's legs and feet have not been so agile.

He wobbled on the horse, and a middle-aged soldier with beards handed him the military flag. Duan Chong nodded slightly, and then rode away towards the Yalu River.

An Shougui, who built the city on the banks of the Yalu River, was the legitimate son of the An family of Silla, the regent family of Silla, who controlled the state affairs of Silla North Province.

An Shougui once studied in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty when he was young, and spent his youth in the prosperous city of Chang'an.

Later, he returned to Silla under the call of his ruling father, and now serves as the defense envoy of North Province, trying to accumulate credit for taking over the power of the family.

Across the Yalu River, An Shougui was waiting for the figure of the guard of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course An Shougui knew that there were only thirty defenders in Dahang City, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled.

There is only one war horse under Duan Chong's crotch, and most of the weapons are rusted.

An Shougui once studied in Chang'an, and he was deeply afraid of Datang's national power.

When the An Lushan Rebellion did not break out, just the defenders of the Andong Protectorate were enough to break through the entire North Silla Province.

Although due to the An Lushan rebellion, Datang transferred the elite from northern Xinjiang to enter the pass, An Shougui still did not want to be an enemy of Datang.

Even if Dahang City is occupied at this time, Silla will definitely lose more when the Tang Dynasty quells the civil strife in the future and raises teachers to question the crimes.

But An Shougui could only feel a deep sense of powerlessness. The ruler of Silla was young, and several ruling families in the royal court were fighting endlessly.

In order to cater to the increasingly strong political trend of "rebuilding Goguryeo" in Silla, An Jia also had to take the lead in launching this fortification movement.

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo dominated the peninsula, and Silla once married Goguryeo. Now the Silla royal family does have Goguryeo blood.

In fact, Goguryeo and Silla are not exactly of the same blood, and their cultures are also very different. However, after the collapse of Goguryeo and Baekje, the Silla people who occupied the entire peninsula gradually regarded themselves as the heirs of Goguryeo.

Goguryeo in its most prosperous period was a powerful regime that occupied the entire Liaodong and even threatened Youzhou.

After the revival of Goguryeoism in the royal court of Silla, An Shougui could only obey the orders of his family and build a city on the bank of the Yalu River, hoping to seize the opportunity to seize Dahang City.

An Shougui also heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the lonely brigade commander of the Tang army wearing a red cloak appearing on the white snow field.

As long as these soldiers are still in Dahang City, then An Shougui can report back to his ruling father that there are still Tang troops in Dahang City.

He can continue to "confront" the Tang army in Dahang City on the banks of the Yalu River without invading Datang's land.

An Shougui was also full of admiration for this veteran of the Tang Dynasty. An Shougui would never stick to the Dahang City, let alone patrol the border every day against the wind and snow, just to frighten the enemy on the other side.

Duan Chong's legs were numb from the cold, and the speed of the old horse was getting slower and slower. It only took two hours to complete this section of the road last year, but now it takes three hours to complete it.

Riding on horseback, Duan Chong looked at the newly built city by the Silla people opposite.

These peninsula people are really stickmen in the wild mountains. Datang just had a little trouble, and they dared to build a city on the bank of the Yalu River.

If it was a few years ago, I am afraid that the Tang army would have invaded the capital of Silla and escorted the king of Silla to the chairman for questioning!

A tinge of sadness filled Duan Chong. Silla people like clowns dared to build a city on the banks of the Yalu River. Is Datang really going to give up Dahang City?
Duan Chong patrolled around in the snow alone. Every day when he patrolled, the Silla people in the opposite camp would come out of the barracks and look at Duan Chong across the Yalu River.

Duan Chong also enjoyed this feeling, as if he was not patrolling in front of the enemy, but inspecting his own troops.

Finally finished the journey, Duan Chong rode his old horse towards Dahang City, and finally held on for another day.

Suddenly, Duan Chong heard the neighing of the horse.

He immediately got off the old horse and put his ear on the ground, it really was the sound of a war horse!
Duan Chong looked back at the Yalu River, but there was no movement from the Silla people.

Oops, could it be that the Silla people took a detour to attack Dahang City?
Duan Chong became nervous, and he quickly rode his horse and ran towards Dahang City. At this time, Duan Chong only had one thought, that is to live and die with Dahang City!

When Duan Chong ran to the foot of Dahang City, he only saw a mighty army already at the foot of the city.

Duan Chong's eyes darkened, as expected he had reached his limit, could he no longer hold on?

Wait, why is this army all red cloaks? Isn't this the style of the Tang Army?

Duan Chong continued to ride his horse, and finally rushed to the outside of Dahang City. He saw the style of the armor on the opposite side at close range, and saw the weapons and military flags on the opposite side. It really was the Tang army!
Duan Chong burst into tears, he finally got the reinforcements!

Duan Chong rushed to the front of the Tang army on horseback, only to hear a young general at the head shout to Dahang City:
"Shi Pangju, Chief of the Pinglu Army's Jiedu Mansion, under the order of King Jiedu Commander-in-Chief, to take over Dahang City! Open the door quickly!"

The defenders in the city shouted: "My brigade commander is patrolling outside, please wait for the brigade commander to come back and then open the city gate!"

Just when Pang Ju's patience had reached its limit, Duan Chong rushed over on his old horse, knelt down on the ground, and said in tears:
"Datang! The Jiedu Envoy has not forgotten Dahang City!"

After saying this, Duan Chong cried so much that he was about to faint, and Pang Ju quickly asked someone to comfort Duan Chong.

Only then did Duan Chong say: "Pang Changshi, the lower official has lost his temper, can you show the lower official the commander-in-chief of the Jiedu envoy's mansion?"

Pang Ju took out the commander-in-chief he had asked for from Wang Xuanzhi before the expedition, and after checking, Duan Chong immediately shouted to the inside of the city: "Open the gate, hurry up and open the city gate!"

Pang Ju followed Duan Chong and led his men into Dahang City.

Although the city is dilapidated, Duan Chong and his men have maintained it well, and it doesn't look like an abandoned city.

Pang Ju came to Dahang City this time to build a shipyard on the seashore, provide supplies for the Bohai State transport ships sailing around the peninsula, and install artillery on the ships.

So Pang Ju used his relationship to ask Wang Xuanzhi for an errand to patrol the border, and came to Dahang City.

Dandong is also a famous seaport in later generations, and it is a natural harbor with deep water and few hidden reefs.

Pang Ju led [-] player soldiers who sneaked into Pinglu Town and took over the Anton Governor's Mansion under the guise of Wang Xuanzhi.

It's just that Pang Ju didn't expect that there were still thirty veterans in Dahang City who stood firm on the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty.

After listening to Duan Chong's words, he learned that Silla actually built a city on the banks of the Yalu River, Pang Ju beat the case and said:
"It's unreasonable! You must teach Bangzi a lesson!"

(End of this chapter)