Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 439 Goguryeo Incident

After Guo Xiaoke submitted the letter to the imperial court, the next step was his various achievements in the confrontation with the Western Turks.

He led two thousand light cavalry to attack from the black bones and chased to Ye Suo Mountain, where he surrendered the dense soldiers, and then returned in triumph.

Of course, these are small victories, which let Western Turks understand that Datang is not like Tocharian, and can be easily defeated by Western Turks.

So after knowing that the Tang army was not easy to mess with, the Turks did not fight Guo Xiaoke in the Western Regions. They felt that it was not easy to win here, so they gave up the attack and continued to engage in small-scale friction with Guo Xiaoke, especially starting a proxy war with the countries of the Western Regions.

Therefore, Guo Xiaoke firmly guarded the gate of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, and guarded the Silk Road from Chang'an to Gaochang. As for the further regions, the merchants needed to have sufficient martial arts.

The imperial court originally wanted to send troops to support, but seeing that Guo Xiaoke could hold the Western Regions by himself, he didn't say anything about support.

After all, the imperial court's eyes are now on Goguryeo, rather than wanting to further open up the Western Regions.

At the same time, the expelled Tocharians also encountered Songtsan Gampo during their retreat.

Songtsen Gampo, adhering to the idea of ​​wanting to strengthen Tubo, naturally wanted to swallow this group of Tucharians.

But don't look at these Tocharians being killed by the East Turks, but they still have a bit of a foundation, especially the idealistic system of gods and Buddhas passed down by the Tocharians, which made Songtsan Gampo very greedy.

And I don't know why, Tubo and Tucharo seem to have a lot of common language.

Although they were not very familiar with each other at the beginning, there was even a bit of vigilance and hostility between them.

But when Tocharo Yehu watched the Tubo army training, the slogan he shouted was "Princess, Princess, Princess Shang!"

Tocharo Yehu couldn't help asking Songtsan Gampo, "When you train soldiers, do you also call them princesses?"

"What is it?" Songtsan Gampo was puzzled, but faced with his past stains, he answered generously:

"We begged Datang to marry the princess to us, but the Tang people didn't agree. I planned to marry by force, but Tang general Wang Xuance led thousands of Tang Dynasty elites and a group of miscellaneous Qiang, and defeated my 30 Tubo army. It almost fell into the hands of Tang Jun.

In order for me to remember this shame, and even more so that Tubo can honor the princess of the Tang Dynasty in the future, this slogan will be used in future military training. "

"Our Tocharo once wanted to marry the princess of the Han Dynasty when he was the Da Yuezhi, but was also defeated by a Han general named Ban Chao.

Later, our Da Yue clan set up Guishuang with one heart and one mind to avenge shame, and became the overlord of one side, so we wanted to propose marriage to the big man! "

Ye Hu of Tochara began to recall the magnificent family history of the Da Yue Clan.

"Then, the big man agreed?" Songtsan Gampo asked curiously.

"The big man is gone, and a small kingdom called Wei is receiving us." Tocharo Yehu looked angry,
"Hey... the news spread back to the country. We know that the big Han princess is gone. Some people followed the idiots in the south, some people followed the Sassanian, and some like me went north to find their roots. In short, the whole country is gone. collapsed!"

Songtsan Gampo couldn't understand at all that the whole country would collapse if the princess who was a big man disappeared.

Are you Da Yuezhi crazy, are the upper echelons of the Guishuang Empire brain-dead, can you not live without the princess of the Han family? !
Of course, the situation at that time was a bit complicated. Simply put, Sasanian represented by Ardashir was invading, the Brahmins in the south were splitting, the core force of the Da Yuezhi wanted to return to the clan land, and even the Zoroastrians were invading. Noisy.

At that time, King Guishuang sent an envoy to Dahan, hoping to get a princess of the Han family to suppress domestic conflicts.

As a result, when the envoy came back, he said that the big Han was occupied by a small country called Wei, and the most important thing was that the big Han princess was gone!

Then Guishuang split on the spot after receiving the news.

The goal that the whole country has been striving for for 200 years is gone, so what do you want this country to do?

Some people took refuge in Ardashir, some chose to join the religion, some chose to return to the north, and some followed the Brahmins to become Kshatriyas.

Ardashir of Sasan entered Guishuang, and he was trying to find out what was going on in the most difficult Hindu Kush mountain range in the world.

As a result, as soon as I came, the Zoroastrians and the Da Yue clan all voted inexplicably.

Losing the only natural danger, the Guishuang Empire, which was barely considered as a whole, collapsed directly, and Ardashir won inexplicably.

The stories here, to be honest, are only recorded by Ye Hu of Tochara or some respected elders.

The only imprint left now should be that the Tocharian soldiers occasionally yelled something like "princess" during training.

It's just that even Tocharo's own soldiers may not understand the real meaning expressed here.

Songtsan Gampo looked at Tocharo's lackluster look, and said,

"The Han people have risen again. The country they are now building is called Tang. Don't you want to take the princess of the Han Dynasty? The princess of Shang Datang is the same.

Since you are descendants of the Great Yue Clan, it is enough to comfort your ancestors by honoring Princess Datang with us.

At least you did what they didn't do at the beginning! "

"The Great Tang is strong? Isn't it a small country entrenched in the Central Plains?" Tocharo Yehu couldn't help asking curiously.

"They are too strong!" Songtsan Gambo smiled wryly, "Since the founding of the Great Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions were opened up in the west, the Eastern Turks were destroyed in the north, and the barbarians were subdued in the south. I am afraid that the big Han people back then may not have such strength.

I, Tubo, was defeated by a side general of Datang, and I worked hard to defeat Datang in the future, forcing Datang to let us be Princess Shang.

How about it, do you want to join this great cause together! "

Tocharo Yehu listened to Songtsan Gampo's words, always felt that there were problems everywhere.

But he also seemed to want to see what the Han princess that his ancestors had longed for was like. It would be impossible for him to realize it with the appearance of the defeated Tocharian remnants.

As for Tubo's words, others don't know, but this Songtsan Gampo seems to be very bold.

Tucharuo Yehu looked at Songtsan and preached, "I will believe you just once, thank you Zanpu for taking you in."

No matter what the process is like, at least the remnants of the Tocharian tribe have actively integrated into the large collective of Tubo.

More importantly, the idealistic system of gods and Buddhas they brought complements the problems of the Tubo nation's lack of foundation, which leads to a low level of system and relatively poor compatibility. It can be said that Tubo at this moment is basically eager state of flying.

It's just that Songtsan Gampo is very clear that even if he absorbs Tochara, it is not enough.

After all, even if Tucharo's joining solved the problems in the Tubo system, he still couldn't beat Wang Xuance's steel.

At least without any special skills, the only thing that can fight against steel is steel. I must have many skilled craftsmen and enough iron ore, and I want to build an army according to the Tang army.

Of course, Tubo, who was taught a lesson by Datang, is trying to lick its wounds to restore its national strength, and after several years of peace, the main goal of Datang, Goguryeo, is finally not peaceful.

To be honest, it is difficult to say how the Tang Dynasty sent Hou Junji to destroy Gaochang, and how it affected other surrounding countries, but for Goguryeo, it was quite shocking.

Gao Jianwu, who heard the news, decisively strengthened the construction of the city on the border of the Tang Dynasty. He was deeply afraid that the Tang Dynasty would come and he would become the second Gaochang.

But in fact, because Xue Yantuo jumped up, Datang went to beat Xue Yantuo first, and had no time to pay attention to Goguryeo.

This makes Gao Jianwu can't help but relax, but without the pressure from the outside world, the conflict between Gao Jianwu and Yuan Gai Suwen became more and more acute.

Originally, Gao Jianwu planned to discuss with his ministers to kill Yuan Gai Suwen, but some of the ministers who discussed with him had defected to Yuan Gai Suwen, so the result is naturally predictable.

Yuan Gai Suwen immediately summoned his soldiers and horses, saying that he was going to conduct an inspection, and organized a sumptuous reception, inviting all the ministers to watch it together.

Gao Jianwu felt that this matter had nothing to do with him, and these Korean ministers thought that since everyone had gone, it was impossible for Yuan Gai Suwen to go crazy and kill so many people.

Gao Jianwu and these ministers of Goguryeo have never experienced the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties after the Five Husbands and Chaos. Naturally, they would not have imagined that some people in this world are as cruel as lunatics.

Yuan Gai Suwen demonstrated the correct process of the Hongmen Banquet on the spot, and directly ordered the soldiers to hack this group of ministers to death.

Then, taking the oath of the corpses of these ministers, he led his soldiers directly into the palace, and chopped Gao Jianwu with his own hands.

In the end, another child from the Gao family was replaced as king, and he became Mo Lizhi himself. He was probably the prime minister who also served as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and began to fully control the regime of Goguryeo.

And this news soon spread to the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou, reported the matter, and Pei Zhuang, the governor of Bozhou, asked to attack Goryeo.
For a time, the entire imperial court was in turmoil, and no matter what happened in the Western Regions, Goguryeo was the most important thing.

It can be said that Yuangai Suwen's rampant behavior must have caused great turmoil in the political arena and people's hearts of the entire Goguryeo.

There must be a large number of people in the five parts of Goguryeo who are absolutely unwilling to watch Yuan Gai Suwen take advantage of the trend.

"Saint, now my Tang Dynasty must seize this opportunity to defeat Goguryeo and unify China's territory!"

Li Chengqian was extremely excited in the Taiji Palace at this time, as if he was going to be the commander in chief in the next second.

Li Tai watched coldly from the sidelines and didn't say a word. He just felt that Li Chengqian usually chooses to keep silent, especially when it comes to this kind of military affairs. Li Chengqian has never been involved. Why is he so excited today? So strange.

"It seems that you have been close to Hou Junji these few days, and you have gained some experience. I have to say that this is indeed a good opportunity!" Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh when he heard Li Chengqian's words.

But Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and said, "Qingque, what about you, what do you think?!"

"Aye, I object to sending troops at this time!" Li Tai said calmly.

"Qingque, you usually encourage the saints to attack Goguryeo, so you built Tianjin, and you encouraged the Datang Navy in Laizhou.

Now that there is an accident in Goguryeo, people's hearts are finally fluctuating, and you have missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in vain! "

Li Chengqian looked at Li Tai with a sneer, and then said, "I don't know if you say you, Mr. Ye, are fond of dragons, or if you mean it!"

"Brother, you are so good at hating, you can know that I established Tianjin, and even proposed to establish the Datang Navy early on, so you know how long I have been planning for this day.

But I don't know which court lady you're hanging out with when I'm planning! "Li Tai was not polite to Li Chengqian at all!

"Saint, it's disrespectful to play in front of the Qingque Palace, it's an insult to the eyes and ears!" Li Chengqian resolutely complained to Li Shimin.

"Okay, okay! Let's talk about business now!" Li Shimin waved his hand,

"Qingque, tell me your reasons. Over the years, you have made so many preparations for the conquest of Goguryeo, I believe you are not one to hesitate."

"Thank you!" Li Tai said respectfully when he heard Li Shimin's words, "The first is that the teacher came from no name.

Now that the king of Goguryeo has been slaughtered and Quangai Suwen is in power, it is Goguryeo's family affair after all. Our Tang Dynasty is a big country, so how can we directly attack Goguryeo because of this.

No matter what, we have to wait until the Goguryeo royal family begged us to send troops to quell the chaos, or Silla came to say that his way to visit our country was blocked.

Of course, take ten thousand steps back, we have a Han who got lost on the border of Goguryeo, let us send troops to check it out! "

"Don't be joking, who would believe this kind of reason!" Li Shimin yelled at Li Tai.

But the officials present listened to Li Tai's words, especially Li Jing and Li Shiji nodded.

At first they thought that the king of Wei, who had always been the most deviant, suddenly became pedantic, but now listening to Li Tai's words, the officials present understood that the first reason of King Wei was just a simple buffer.

After all, it is not difficult for Datang to find a reason to become famous as a teacher.

But Li Tai continued, "As for the second reason, the timing is wrong!"

"The timing is wrong?!" Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Chengqian sarcastically said, "Why is such a good timing!"

Li Tai glanced at Li Chengqian and said, "Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must be investigated!"

Don't worry about what you said next, what has anything to do with this passage, but if you add this sentence when discussing war, anyone who has read Sun Tzu's Art of War will more or less feel that what you said is very reasonable.

After Li Tai finished reciting this sentence, he said slowly, "It's not that the situation in Goguryeo is wrong, but the situation in Tang Dynasty is wrong."

Hearing Li Tai say this, Li Chengqian only felt his back tense, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

However, Li Tai continued, "It's winter now, and my Tang Dynasty implements the military system.

If soldiers are recruited to attack in winter, then next year's spring plowing will inevitably be affected, and the impact of spring plowing will weaken the national strength.

Although I don't think Datang will lose, but after all, we must minimize the disadvantages as much as possible. "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Cen Wenwen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It's great that Wei Wang's IQ is still online. With him standing up to the crown prince, it won't be too conspicuous if I wait for others to object.

(End of this chapter)