Late Tang

Liaodong in May seems to have entered early summer directly from winter without spring.

The mountain flowers are in full bloom, and wild flowers are everywhere.The situation in the entire Liaodong has also completely changed. From the upper reaches of the Sanhan Peninsula to the Hushan City on the Yalu River, and from the mouth of the Yalu River to the south of the mouth of the Liaoshui River, all of them are now under the jurisdiction of the Anton Dadu Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.Jinzhou, Jizhou, Jianzhou, Anzhou, Xiuzhou, Qingzhou, Pingzhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Li Jing sits in the land of Kyushu.

During Li Jing's spring offensive, the Goguryeo Kingdom lost a large area of ​​land, while the Balhae Kingdom lost a large number of soldiers and horses.In the battle between Lijiabao and Qianshan, Bohai lost more than [-] soldiers and horses, and Goguryeo lost more than [-] soldiers and horses.

Not all of the [-] soldiers and horses lost by the Bohai Kingdom were killed in battle, and [-] were captured.After capturing the entire Liaodong Peninsula, Li Jing did not take advantage of the momentum to go northward, but re-entered a defensive posture.At the same time, dozens of guerrilla cavalry were sent into the north of Liaozhong and Bohai to harass them. At the same time, Li Jing sent a mission to Bohai to meet in Nanjing City, Yalu Prefecture.

The people of Bohai attached great importance to this negotiation, and sent Prince Da Weizhen from Buyeo to Nanjing to personally take charge of the negotiation.World War I lost 50 soldiers and horses, and lost more than 2 shi of grain and more than 1 horses. This was a heavy blow to Bohai.What made them even more uneasy was that Li Jing won such a brilliant victory without paying much loss.It is said that Li Jing captured the entire peninsula and Pyongyang, and the total casualties were less than [-].Ten thousand to one hundred thousand, thinking of this number, Bohai King Daxuanxi sat in the palace of Longquan Mansion, and even the wine in the glass was tasteless.

The mission sent by Li Jing took Jing Xiang as the envoy with full authority.

Negotiations were unequal from the very beginning. Although they were negotiating on the territory of Bohai, Jing Xiang was aggressive and menacing.That way, it looks like you are here to fight, not to negotiate.

Jingxiang directly put forward the conditions to Da Weijun, that Bohai State immediately withdraw from the alliance with Goguryeo and Khitan, and at the same time, withdraw all the soldiers and horses in Goguryeo.At the same time, Bohai Kingdom returned the land west of the domestic city to Datang, which included Hengzhou and Zhengzhou in the current Yalu Prefecture of Bohai Kingdom, Hezhou in Changling Prefecture, and Xianzhou in Fuyu Prefecture.At the same time, the Bohai State had to pay the price for this light start of the war. It needed to compensate the Tang army for 50 horses, [-] cows, [-] sheep, and [-] young and strong slaves.

Upon hearing this request, Da Weizhen almost flipped the table.

This is no negotiation, this is simply bullshit.

Although the Bohai Kingdom was defeated, it was only for a while.Bohai still has nearly 30 troops, a population of more than 500 million, and more than 100 counties.And they didn't fight the Tang army alone, they were also allies of the Goguryeo and Khitan people, and even brought the Silla people to fight against the Tang Dynasty.

Da Weizhen flung his sleeves and walked away, Jing Xiang was unmoved.The first day of the negotiation broke up unhappy, and the next morning, Da Weizhen was still going to hang out with the Tang envoy.Unexpectedly, the guard general Gao Huaisheng rushed into the house in a hurry.

"Your Highness, the Tang Mission is already packing up and preparing to return!"

"What?" Da Weizhen couldn't believe it, how could the Tang envoy return without saying a word.Don't they understand what negotiation is? They offered such absurd price, wouldn't they allow themselves to pay back the price? "This is impossible. Li Jing is facing the alliance of three companies alone. He must want us to withdraw more than we do."

Gao Huaisheng smiled wryly, "Maybe, they don't care much about us."

Li Jing defeated [-] Bohai and Goguryeo soldiers so easily, and the soldiers of the two countries were simply vulnerable in the eyes of Tang Jun.

"Then let's give these damned, arrogant Tang Jun a good look, and make them regret until their intestines turn green. Let's mobilize the army again and show them how powerful the Bohai Navy is!" Da Weizhen seemed to be trampled on the tail Jumped up like a cat, growling with an ugly face.

Gao Huaisheng despised the prince in his heart. After this battle, the King of Bohai in Shangjing would not have the slightest courage to fight Tang Jun.Now that Tang Jun has shown his awareness of reconciliation and is willing to reconcile with Bohai, the King of Bohai can't wait to sign a good contract with Tang Jun.Gao Huaisheng, the king of Bohai Sea, is very clear about his personality. He is conceited in reality, conceited, conceited, incessantly scheming, he cherishes his life when he does great things, and forgets his life when he sees small gains.

Previously, some people in the Bohai court thought that the Tang army's entry into Liaodong would threaten Bohai, so Daxuanxi immediately wanted to go to war with the Tang army.Bringing Khitan together, in fact, the purpose is to listen to the strategy of driving away tigers and wolves said by some officials in the court. They want to take advantage of this battle to cause both Goguryeo and the Tang army to lose, so that Bohai can profit from it and regain control of Liaodong.But as a result, in less than a year, the Bohai Kingdom lost [-] soldiers and horses.

Seeing Tang Jun so brave and tough, Da Xuanxi immediately backed down, and after a defeat, he couldn't wait to reconcile.Reconciling with Tang Jun at this time is not just stretching his neck to be slaughtered, but also killing people as he wants.Gao Huaisheng felt that even if he wanted to reconcile with Tang Jun, he should go out and fight Tang Jun again. Even if he couldn't win, he had to fight back.Only when the swords and guns in their hands are sharp enough will they have more bargaining chips at the negotiating table.

It's a pity that Da Xuanxi will never fight again.

This negotiation, from the very beginning, was doomed to an end.

Da Weixuan became angry for a while, and finally had no choice but to rush to the gate of the city with people, and invited the Tang delegation back.

As a result, the Bohai people are completely at a disadvantage on the negotiating table.

During the negotiations between the two sides, the Bohai side was completely overwhelmed, and was a little bit tougher on the conditions proposed by the envoy Tang. Jing Xiang immediately terminated the negotiation and returned.Time and time again, Da Weizhen had to give in.

After talking for a full month, Jingxiang finally took the initiative to make a concession. Bohai will move the inner city of the Yalu River to the north along the Xinkai River, cross the muddy water, and reach the source of the Fuer River. The west of this line belongs to Datang Anton Dadu Protectorate.Including Domestic City, Wandu City, Wangboling Pass, Ba Dynasty Mountain City and other 23 city passes, including [-] mountain cities, four passes and four flat cities.It is equivalent to a part of Hengzhou, a small part of Zhengzhou and a small part of Hezhou.

At the same time, the Anton Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty will withdraw the Flying Eagle Army that has already fought near Nanjing and Xijing to the west of the newly demarcated line.In addition, the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate will also release 23 prisoners of war in Bohai State in batches.In addition, the Bohai people in the [-] pass cities to the east of the newly demarcated border can be moved back to the territory of Bohai State voluntarily.However, it is only limited to the Mohe people in Bohai Sea. Others such as Han, Goguryeo, Turkic, Khitan, Shiwei, and Tatar are not included in the relocation.

The Bohai people need to pay military compensation to the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate, including 100 horses, [-] cattle, [-] sheep, and [-] million shi of food.

At the same time, the two parties signed a peace treaty, and Bohai and Datang's Da'an Dong Dufu took the newly demarcated border as the line and would not interfere with each other.The Balhae Kingdom withdrew from the alliance with Goguryeo and the Khitan people, and no more soldiers could cross the border.The Tang army also withdrew all the soldiers and horses that entered the territory of Bohai Sea, and no soldiers and horses were allowed to invade illegally from then on.

This time the negotiation lasted for a month. Although Tang Fang made a big concession in the end, it was only when they opened their mouths like a lion at the beginning.Although he made concessions now, he still cut off a large piece of land in Bohai Sea in the end. The 23 city passes, especially the domestic city is a plain city, relying on each other with Wandu mountain city.

Both the domestic city and Wandu city have been the political, economic and cultural centers of Goguryeo.Since then, the domestic city has been regarded as the "other capital" and listed as one of the three capitals of Goguryeo.After the coalition forces of the Tang Dynasty and Silla defeated Goguryeo, the inner city became the garrison of Gewuzhou, the protectorate of Andong in the Tang Dynasty.During the period of the Bohai Kingdom, it was Huanzhou under the jurisdiction of Xijing.

It has always been a military, economic and cultural center, and it is an important channel connecting the Korean peninsula.

The Tang army cut away 23 cities including the domestic city, and forcibly left at least two-thirds of the people, at least 10 people.

In addition, the war indemnity is also quite huge, 100 horses, [-] cattle, [-] sheep, plus [-] million shi of grain.

Da Weiyu really wanted to refuse on the spot, but he was worried that in the end the Tang envoy would once again show the gesture of terminating the negotiation.What's more important is that during the previous negotiation period, his father Daxuanxi had already sent a political officer Zuo Pingzhang from Shangjing to participate in the negotiations. Zhang Zhengshi is the plenipotentiary representative of the King of Bohai.

Da Weiyu was unwilling to agree to the final conditions offered by Tang Ren, but Zuo Pingzhang Zhengshi was worried that Tang Jun would really terminate the negotiation, and finally nodded in haste to agree to Tang Ren's request.

The negotiations did not stop for a day, and the guerrilla cavalry of the Tang army continued to move around for a day. Assemble soldiers and horses.

The envoy of the king of Bohai was very worried, not knowing when the people of Tang would start war against Bohai again.

And during this time, the King of Bohai kept sending envoys to come here every now and then, urging them to reach an agreement with Tang Jun as soon as possible.Seeing that the Tang people finally made a big concession, the representative of King Bohai was very worried that if they disagreed, these Tang people would really stop negotiating. This harsh agreement was reached with Jing Xiang.

After the initial agreement was reached, the two sides quickly sent the agreement back to the rear for consideration.

Soon, Li Jing and Da Xuanxi agreed to the agreement and signed their respective names and seals.The agreement was quickly sent back to Bohai Nanjing, and the two countries exchanged the agreement, and the entire agreement was concluded.

The next day, the two sides immediately launched operations.

Bohai began to hand over the 23 city passes in the agreement to the Tang army, and Li Jing also ordered the recall of the guerrilla battalions of Liu Shouqian's Flying Eagle Army. 23 The people in the city also began to retreat to Bohai one after another. Zhen [***] returned the first batch of captives to Bohai State under the domestic city, and Bohai also paid the first batch of indemnities to the Tang army. (To be continued.)