Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 368 The Situation in the Northeast

15 soldiers from prefectures in the Sanhe area are gathering in Huatai (Hua County, Henan Province), and Gao Cheng is not lacking in preparations for war. Even when Wen Zisheng was dispatched to Nanliang, there were already eight missions separately. Among them, six missions went to Rouran, Turkic, Tuyuhun, Kumoxi, Khitan, and Goguryeo to appease them and prevent them from causing chaos behind their backs during their own conquests.

The other two missions took ships to the Korean peninsula to facilitate the joint northern expedition of Silla and Baekje to Goguryeo.

There is no conflict between Xiao Gao Wang comforting Goguryeo and instigating Silla and Baekje, and setting fire to their backyards.

Today's Korean peninsula presents a situation of three kingdoms. Silla and Baekje stand side by side in the southern part of the peninsula, forming a state of Wu and Shu, while Goguryeo in the north covers the Han River basin and its north according to the situation of Cao Wei.

But Goguryeo's territory is not limited to the north-central part of the Korean peninsula.

In 38 BC, Zhu Meng, the concubine son of King Fuyu, led his people to the south and established the Goguryeo regime in Goguryeo County (Xinbin, Liaoning), Xuantu County in the Western Han Dynasty, and became a border state of the Han Dynasty.

The reason why it is said that the Gao family in Bohai is a big dye tank, and the Goguryeo people contributed the most. Since Emperor Xiaowen, the Gao family in Bohai has made a fortune, and there are many people who belong to Goguryeo. He also called himself the Gao family of Bohai, and his father Gao Bin is now serving as an admonishing doctor in the Northern Qi court.

It has been 586 years since the founding of Goguryeo. Before the turmoil at the end of Jin Dynasty, Goguryeo had already conquered many surrounding feudal states, encroached on the homeland of the Han Dynasty, and expanded its territory aggressively while the Five Hus were fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains. Liaohe faces Liaozhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty, occupies most of the Korean Peninsula to the south, deters Silla and Baekje, borders the Sea of ​​Japan to the east, and borders Mohe to the north.

It is speculated by later generations that before Emperor Sui Yang's Northern Expedition, Goguryeo had a standing army of 60.

It should be noted that under Gao Cheng's current rule, there are only 26 cavalry soldiers, 40 navy troops, 71 state and county soldiers, and a total of [-] standing troops.

King Xiaogao didn't believe it at first, but according to the investigation and statistics of Li Yuan, the head of the Sibei Yamen over the years, it also roughly supports this figure. Now there are 40 standing troops in the Goguryeo Kingdom. For 60 years, after 60 years of development, especially when the climate is warming up, it is not impossible to increase the standing army by 20.

After the cold period at the end of the Han Dynasty, especially from the [-]th century AD, the climate gradually warmed up. By the middle of the [-]th century, it has entered a warm period, and domestic grain production in Koguryo has increased. However, the peak of this warm period will not be until the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. During the period, no matter how much Xiao Gao Wang tried to maintain his health, he might never see that day.

Thanks to climate warming, there are few frost disasters in Hebei today. When the six towns rebelled in Hebei, it happened to coincide with the frost and drought, and they had to survive.

The current prosperity of the Northern Qi Dynasty is due to Gao Cheng. Of course, we should also be thankful that he was in a good time. He was really thrown into the extreme Little Ice Age at the end of the Ming Dynasty. He might be able to do better than Chongzhen, but let him create a In the prosperity of the people and the country's prosperity, if only farming is emphasized, it is really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Goguryeo's ambitions don't need to be elaborated too much. From the closure of a county to the current territory of thousands of miles, they are not a conservative country like Nanliang.

Gao Cheng always hesitated, once he raised his troops to the south, whether Zhang Liang's [-] Liao soldiers could guard the west of Liao for him. economy, making it like the alliance of Shu and Wu, and the northern expedition to Goguryeo.

Gao Cheng was overjoyed when he heard the words, so in addition to the other six routes, he added two missions to Silla and Baekje.

The powers of Goguryeo, Turks, and Kumoxi in the Northeast are distributed from east to west. Goguryeo is located in the east, Kumoxi is located in the west, and Khitan is sandwiched between the two. It borders on the east of Liaozhou across the Yanshan Mountains to the south.

In the early years, Ge Rong caused disasters in Hebei, and the subsequent Hebei uprising led by Liu Lingzhu caused many people in northern Hebei to flee to the Northeast.

It's just that the Khitan is still in the tribal stage and has not yet formed a tribal alliance. Its members are divided into Xiwandan, He Dahe, Fufuyu, Yuling, Rilian, Pijie, Li, and Tuliu. Yubu and other eight tribes were united, and their strength was not inferior to that of Kumoxi in the west, but after all, they were just a mess. According to historical records, it was not until the early Tang Dynasty that the eight Khitan tribes had a common alliance chief.

Most of the Liao soldiers under Zhang Liang had conflicts with the Khitans. Gao Cheng especially strictly ordered him not to cross the Liao River, and took the initiative to conflict with the Goguryeo Kingdom.

Even though Khitan's interior is too scattered, and the physical communication has been persistent for many years, Gao Cheng still has no intention of giving up comforting, after all, the more chaotic the interior, the easier it is to win over.

As for the last branch of the three forces in the Northeast, Kumoxi is adjacent to Youzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty and the eastern part of Liaozhou in the south, Rouran in the west, and Khitan in the east. In Shide, the main tribe of Shuhe is the most powerful, and its tribal leader is revered as the chief of the alliance.

Because the Kumoxi people faced the military pressure of the Northern Qi and Rouran, they were the most obedient among the three. Gao Cheng proclaimed the emperor and founded the country, and the chief of Kumoxi sent envoys to pay tribute. His attitude was not disrespectful. People, quite sure.

As for Rouran and Turkic, there is no need to worry too much. Since Turkic annexed [-] households in Gaoche Yubu, Rouran has become alert, and it is absolutely impossible to ignore Turkic and come to trouble her son-in-law.

The same principle applies to the Turks. Gao Cheng had a secret marriage contract with the Turkic leader Ashina Tumen's daughter. The reason why he didn't reveal it to the world was that the Turks didn't want to arouse Rouran's deeper wariness, and the second was because Gao Cheng didn't want to let Rouran. Then I found myself on two boats.

This time, among the envoys from the six routes, apart from Kumoxi, Silla, and Baekje, the only ones who really shouldered the heavy responsibility were Tuyuhun Kingdom.

It has been seven years since Gaocheng's west tour and Tuyuhun formed an alliance. The two sides have traded on the border, and each has what it needs. Except for disputes between the people during trade, there has never been a border dispute. It stands to reason that they should sit back and relax.

But Gao Cheng knew that Yu Wentai was not Zhang Shicheng, and he was definitely not someone who would just wait to die. If he went south to Xiaoliang, Yu Wentai would definitely go north and try to recover Guanlong. From the perspective of military strength, without Tuyuhun's help, there is absolutely no chance of success.

After all, regardless of the danger of Longshan, the three generals Wang Sizheng, Hu Luguang, and Pan Le are by no means mediocre. In terms of closeness, among the three, although Wang Sizheng has the name of the head of the country, he still trusts Hu Luguang, but Gao Cheng still presided over the battle of Guanlong with Wang Sizheng, the master of tower defense, and determined the strategy of attacking from the east and defending from the west.

As long as Tuyuhun is appeased with benefits, Guanlong guards against danger, just like Sima Yi killed Zhuge Wuhou, Yuwentai doesn't need to worry too much even if he violates the border.

　The next chapter is the big chapter, it will be very late, before twelve o'clock, and there will be another chapter in the early morning.

　　Thanks to the book friends who lived up to Shaohua and Fengxue Lanling for their rewards one by one.

　　
　
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