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Chapter 306 Battle Cloud Resurrection
Regarding Li Chongjiu, governor of Youzhou, the first question King Shinpei of Silla asked was: "It is really impossible for the current Sui court to rule the Middle Earth?"

Kong Shan replied: "Reporting to the King, it is exactly the case. I have been in Zhuo County and the Bohai Sea for several months. After many investigations, I have fully understood the current situation in the Middle Earth. The current Sui court is much worse than it was seven years ago."

King Zhenping nodded and said, "Then do you think that Li Chongjiu is indeed qualified to replace the Sui court and become our ally in the west of Silla Kingdom, and attack Goguryeo together?"

Kong Shan thought for a while and said: "Based on the current power, Li Chongjiu is indeed far inferior to the Sui court, but this person has risen on the grasslands and forged ahead in only two years. He is really a rare hero in the Central Plains in recent years. Now No, maybe in the future."

King Zhenping nodded, looked down at Master Baoliang, clasped his hands together and asked, "What do you think, Master?"

Master Baoliang also bowed ten times and said immediately: "Your Majesty, the poor monk thinks that the Sui court has fallen, and that there is no strong power in China. He can help us fight against Goguryeo's Austrian aid. For now, we will maintain our alliance with Baekje. To counter Goguryeo's southern invasion."

"Master," Jin Yuxin said, "but I heard that King Wu of Goguryeo is a man of great ambition. Recently, he has been courting the Japanese, and sent the Buddhist scriptures and astronomical and geographical almanacs of Guoshi Guanle to the Japanese country to offer them. The Japanese country also seems to be interested in me. that place."

Hearing what Jin Yuxin said, all the dignitaries of Silla present frowned.Wa has always had the intention of expanding to North Korea.In the past, in order to fight against Silla, Baekje dedicated the land of Renna (Note [-]) in the country to the Japanese as a place to park their ships.

Later, Silla Xinqi captured Imna and expelled the Japanese from the land.However, the Japanese have never died of their involvement in the mainland. I heard that the Japanese have been stationing heavy troops on the island across the sea, and they have the intention of crossing the sea to conquer again. Therefore, Baekje and the Japanese once again made an alliance. It is obvious that they intend to abandon the alliance of Silla. .

Master Baoliang said: "My lord, the poor monk thinks that the power of Silla is not enough to fight against Goguryeo if it does not unite with Baekje. , I am afraid it will be very difficult.”

At this time, Jin Chunqiu said: "What the master said is very true, but we should not be on our guard. What if Baiji breaks the alliance, if there is such a day, how should I deal with it?"

"I understand." King Zhenpei nodded slightly.

Seeing that the king had made a decision, all the ministers in the hall kowtowed together, King Zhenping stood up and said: "Although Goguryeo was in a fierce battle with the Sui court, it consumed a lot of national power, but at the same time it also trained tens of thousands of fighters. Elite soldiers. Right now, King Wu of Baekje is colluding with the Japanese, and our alliance with Baekje will be shattered at any time. We must try our best to avoid this situation, but we must not prepare early."

"As the master said, if Baekje, Goguryeo, and Japanese join forces to attack, I think Silla will perish in less than a year. Everyone, if you don't face up to this fact, you are deceiving yourself and others."

Seeing that even King Zhenping said such words, and all the officials bowed down together, they felt the seriousness of the current situation.

"Of course, don't be too pessimistic. Before that, I will try my best to maintain the alliance with Baekje. As long as Baekje does not fall to Goguryeo, we will be fine in Silla. I think that even if the king of Baekje maintains the alliance with the Wa I don’t want to see the current three-legged confrontation shattered. Our Silla is destroyed, and Baekje will be next. But I decided that no matter what, I must form an alliance with Youzhou Li Chongjiu. If it is a last resort, this It is the last hope of our Silla."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone agreed together.
"This time Li Chongjiu sent troops, how much do we promise him?" King Zhenping asked.

Kongshan said in the preface: "Li Chongjiu said that except for the sandalwood bow, which is not very necessary, the domestic ginseng and bezoar are all high-quality things. The more the better, as for the fruit horses, he wants [-] horses, preferably stallions. Breeding. In addition, we need three hundred Hwarang warriors."

As soon as Kongshan finished speaking, Jin Yuxin said: "Your Majesty, the Hwarang warriors are loyal and brave warriors in their own country. How can they be used by the Han people. Now Goguryeo's strong troops are overwhelming, and we just need the power of the Hwarang army to defend Jincheng. .”

As soon as Jin Yuxin finished speaking, Kongshan said: "Li Chongjiu promised that if the Hwarang warriors are seconded to him, before the end of the year, he will launch an offensive against Goguryeo that is not inferior to that at the beginning of the year."

King Zhenping showed a thoughtful expression when he heard the words.

Yuan Xiao also said at this time: "The governor of Youzhou used troops against Goguryeo twice. The first time he broke through Gaimou City and wiped out nearly ten thousand Goguryeo defenders, and the second time he broke through Baiyan City and wiped out more than ten thousand Goguryeo reinforcements. Now that the two cities have been destroyed and Liaodong City is opened, if the next time you use troops, the governor of Youzhou is likely to use troops against Liaodong City."

King Zhenping made a decision immediately after hearing this.
Ten days later, Dangxiang City of Silla (Note [-]), this city was the only mouth to the sea in the east of Silla, and it has always been the place of tribute to the Sui Dynasty.

The sound of seagulls on the coast continued, and twenty large Silla ships were loaded on the shore.

Yuan Xiao walked across the deck, and said to Jin Chunqiu who was looking at the scenery at the bow: "Your Highness, are you really going to Zhongtu?"

Jin Chunqiu chuckled, stretched out his hand to stop Yuan Xiao's shoulder, showing no pretensions of a superior.

Jin Chunqiu said: "Master Yuan Xiao, you and I have known each other since we were young, and I will not hide it from you. I am going to Middle Earth to take refuge."

Yuan Xiao was taken aback, and immediately said: "Didn't your majesty say that as long as the alliance between Baekje and Silla is not broken, then the country will be fine."

Jin Chunqiu smiled and said: "Yuan Xiao, you are wrong. I took refuge not because of state affairs, but because of family affairs."

After hearing this, Yuan Xiao immediately understood that King Jinpyeong of Silla is now fifty years old, but he has no son under his knees.

And the Silla throne must be born from a sacred bone, which means that only his daughter can inherit the throne. Even if Jin Chunqiu is an adopted son, he cannot be born from a real bone. At this sensitive time, he chose to go to Middle Earth , obviously wanting to withdraw from this crisis.

Jin Chunqiu then withdrew his eyes from the sparkling sea, and said: "However, if the king is really sure to fight against Goguryeo, he will not send ten real disciples to go to the middle land with the boat."

Jin Chunqiu went to the ship's side and pointed to the sea, saying: "But this time, the king really paid for it. In the past, I only sent three or four ships to the Silla Dynasty to pay tribute to the Sui Dynasty, but this time I sent twenty ships. If it is to thank Li Chongjiu, this gift is too much."

"Yes." Yuan Xiao couldn't help but nodded as he watched the Hwarang warriors boarding the boat one after another.

"Raise the sails!"

Silla sailors began to shout slogans.

Haitao began to slap the black rock, shining golden light under the sunlight.

In April of the 14th year of Daye, Silla princes Kim Chunchu, Kongsan, and Wonhyo set off from Silla Danghangseong with [-] ships and headed for Balhae County.

Along with the ship were ten genuine sons of the nobles of Silla, more than [-] sailors of Silla, [-] warriors of the Hwarang Army, twice as many bezoars and ginseng as Li Chongjiu expected, and [-] stallions. The ship broke through the turbid waves of the Yellow Sea and headed for Bohai County at full speed.

In the past few days, the number of fast horses traveling from Zhuojun to Yuyi Town has suddenly increased.

Li Chongjiu held a letter, which stated that according to a secret letter from a general of the Gao Kaidao Department bought by Lin Dangfeng, Gao Kaidao had reached an agreement with the Khitan Khan Dahe Duoluo.

General Dahe Duoluo led the Khitan cavalry to enter from the west of Liaoxi soon after, and Gao cleared the way. General Luo Yi supported them. After the two armies met, they went to Zhuojun to plunder.In addition, Gao Kaidao also contacted the three tribes of the Xi clan, including the king of disgrace, Mohefu, and Qizhen, and reached a tacit agreement that they would attack Li Chongjiu at the same time.

After receiving the secret letter, Lin Dangfeng was shocked, and while verifying it, he sent someone to Li Chongjiu to have a look.

After Li Chongjiu received the letter, Yuyi Town on his side had just stabilized and reached a peace agreement with the Turkic side.

It starts with Li Chongjiu presenting three hundred altars of newly brewed Huaihuang wine to Tuli Khan. After offering this fine wine to Tuli, the other party was overjoyed after drinking the wine, and immediately presented the wine to Chu Luo .

The nobles of Chuluo and Turks were also very satisfied after drinking this wine.Turkic Khan took advantage of this limelight to lobby among the Turkic nobles, saying that the Han people living on the grasslands not only did not pose a threat to the Turkic people, but could instead provide fine wine for winemakers and us Turkic people.

The Turkic nobles didn't want Chuluo to use the opportunity of using troops abroad to monopolize all the power in their own hands, so they also objected to Chuluo to use troops in Huaihuang Town.

In the end, Luo, the Turkic Khan, had no choice but to agree to suspend the use of troops against Huaihuang Town. Only Shi Dexibu, Shi Defeng and other three nobles from Shidexibu would go to Tieshan as Turkic hostages. Provide Huaihuang wine for the Turkic nobles to enjoy continuously.

Neither side disputed this.After the agreement was reached, Tuli Khan made the most profits. After receiving Li Chongjiu's large number of weapons, horses, cattle and sheep, his power increased greatly. He was very happy at the moment and gave Li Chongjiu [-] Turkic scimitars in return.

Huaihuang Town temporarily eased the relationship with the two Turkic Khans.After Li Chongjiu found out about this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The battle cloud that had been pressing down on Huaihuang Town from the west finally dissipated.

But how did they know that they had just reached an agreement with the Turks, but here the Eight Khitan Clans, the Three Clans of the Xi Clan, Luo Yi, and Gao Kaidao formed an anti-Li Chongjiu alliance to put pressure on Li Chongjiu's Liaoxi from three directions at the same time.

As far as Li Chongjiu knew, after two years, the Eighth Clan of Khitan had just recovered from last year's disastrous defeat of Wuhou Qinshui and regained their vitality.

And each of the three tribes of the Xi Clan has more than [-] riders. As for Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao has no forces to attack for the time being, but it is no problem to stick to it for a while.

If the Khitan Eight Divisions attack with all their strength, they can mobilize an army of [-].And if the Khitan sends troops to bear the brunt, it is likely to be Liaoxi, Anle County.

Note [-]: Whether Imna existed in ancient times is controversial. South Korea believes that after World War II, Japan sought an excuse to invade and occupy North Korea, so it compiled evidence that Japan had occupied part of North Korea in the Asuka era.

However, based on historical data, Ren Na is indeed correct.

Note [-]: It is Suwon City, South Korea today.

(End of this chapter)