Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1143 The intention to go is decided

  Winter goes to spring and everything comes back to life.

  The thousand cherry trees in Cherry Island are in full bloom, and the falling flowers are colorful and beautiful, just like a fairyland on earth. The newlywed Qin Lang was also as happy as a fairy.

Although he still retained the title of Tongping Zhangshi, Qin Lang did not enter the Zhengshitang at all. Although the emperor had ordered that he could go to the Zhengshitang once every three to five days if he was not free, Qin Lang never went there once. .

  Although the emperor returned to Luoyang, after the beginning of the new year, all political affairs in the court and China were still handed over to the prince.

  The Liaodong war broke out again. With the unblocking of the Bohai Sea route, a large amount of materials began to be shipped to the front line of Liaodong, accompanied by several elite troops.

  Shi Niujin, head of the governor's office in the east of the town, took the title of general manager of the Pyongyang Road march, fully commanded the Liaodong battlefield, launched a spring offensive, blocked the Yalu River, and swept the entire territory of Liaodong. He used Black Bone City on the west bank of the Yalu River as his base camp to sweep the east.

  Cheng Mingzhen used Beisha City as his base camp and raided from southwest to northeast. Zhang Jian used Liaodong City as his base and also raided northeast.

   First sweep the countryside, cut off the connection between the various cities and villages, and prevent the Goguryeo people from spring farming.

  Liaodong, which had been abandoned for most of its agriculture under the economic trap of the Tang Dynasty for many years, is now even worse. It has lost the cheap food transported by sea.

  I used to think that life was rich and good, but now I suddenly fell into the ice cave.

  Those mines can no longer be mined, and even some local products such as ginseng cannot be sold to sea merchants, and the whole Liaodong is like a pool of stagnant water.

  All the Goguryeo people were forced to retreat in the mountain castles one by one, and finally survived a cold winter. Seeing the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, but the Tang army has already established a firm foothold here, occupying many major cities and towns, and dividing Liaodong.

  Leaving the strong mountain castle means that there is no safety at all, and will be captured by the mopping up Tang Qi at any time.

   And continue to hide in the mountain castle. Although the Tang army will not attack for the time being, there is no food to defend. Many fortresses survived this winter with great difficulty, and even some fortresses with insufficient food reserves had to keep driving some old and weak women and children out of the fortresses in the cold winter in order to save food.

  The poor people who were driven into the cold winter wilderness had nowhere to go. Although many of them were not from the fortress themselves, their village houses in the countryside had long been destroyed or occupied.

Even if they were not destroyed, those villages had no defensive ability at all. Facing the Tang Qi who were coming and going like the wind, they could only obediently capture them without a fight, and were driven to the nearby Tang Juncheng camp, and then waited to be sent to the seaside. Transshipment back to the Central Plains.

   Some people try to escape into the deep mountains and old forests, but they have no food and no shelter from the wind. How can they survive in the cold winter?

  So in the end, many people who were kicked out finally took the initiative to look for Tangying, just to be able to drink hot soup and have a shelter from the wind to sleep. Although they don't know where they will be taken in the end, at least they can survive for the time being.

  In March and April, this is the time when there is a shortage of people. Under normal circumstances, there will be many hungry people, but the Goguryeo people are already struggling.

  Goguryeo's food reserves in Liaodong are mainly concentrated in those big cities to prevent the Tang army. Generally, only a small amount of food is stored in small cities to prevent the Tang army from seizing food after breaking through the city. This was originally correct in military affairs, but now it has become the last straw that crushed these stubborn Goguryeo people.

  Niu Jinda's good news continued, and more and more fortresses, after a long time without food, chose to open the forts and surrender in desperation.

  There is no systematic resistance in the entire Liaodong City, they are just starving, and they can't stand it anymore.

  The war in Liaodong is going well, and the imperial court has also begun to immigrate to Liaodong.

  A preliminary plan has also been drawn up for the conferring of Liaodong by the new Lord Tian Juetian, and it will be implemented in the Liaodong area.

  But all of this has nothing to do with Qin Lang.

  He is now deaf to what is going on outside the window, and he only wants to enjoy the cherry blossoms at home.

  Cheng Yaojin returned to Liangzhou, Hexi, to sit in town. Su Dingfang now took over the post of Chief Governor of Yizhou Metropolitan Government.

Guo Xiaoke, who was also from Wagang, was appointed as the governor of Zhenxi, the governor of Xizhou and the envoy of Zhenxi Army. This was Li Ji's deputy. Great work, you have to seal the Zhu Kingdom.

   Since then, he has been serving as the governor in Hebei for more than ten years, and was transferred to the Western Regions a few years ago.

  The war in Liaodong has not stopped, and the imperial court is planning to solve Xue Yantuo in Mobei. As a result, the Western Regions are in turmoil again.

  After being defeated by the Tang army and fleeing to Zhaowu, Yugushe secretly colluded with the Western Turkic Khan and the Russian Ministry to attack Tong Russia. While Tong Russia was shooting and hunting outside, Tong Russia was chased and killed.

After killing Tongru, Yugushe officially established himself as Yipidulu Khan, and some Western Turkic tribes served him, and some of the former tribes of Tongrus sent people to Luoyang to meet the emperor, asking the Tang Dynasty to depose Yugushe and serve as the Western Turkic Khan. The Turks set up a new Khan.

  The Tang Dynasty conferred the title of Bobutqin, the son of the brothers of Dulu Khan Nishu and Shabola Lishi Khan Tonger, as Yibishabola Yehu Khan, and ordered him to inherit the Western Turkic East and West.

Yugu She thought that he would be able to kill him first and play later, and get the canonization of Datang. Seeing that Datang ignored the fait accompli and refused to establish him, he also started to make persistent efforts, and soon put Yibi, who was newly established by Datang Sabola Yehu Khan was also defeated and killed.

Then he tore up the agreement signed by Nishi Khan with Datang, sent his troops across the Tianshan Mountains, infiltrated his forces into Kucha, Yanqi and other countries, and at the same time sent troops to attack Tocharo, killing Tocharo Yehu , Annexed its land, and conquered the nine countries of Zhaowu, Kangju, Mi, and Shi in the Western Regions.

In order to force Datang to recognize the status of his Western Turkic Khan, Yugushi began to block the Silk Road, detain the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, send troops to attack the Tang garrison in the countries south of the Tianshan Mountains, and even married Yanqi and other kings and princes to win them over Let's fight against Tang together.

  The situation in the Western Regions was turbulent, and the imperial court had to start adjusting its strategy, again delaying the use of troops against Mobei, and began to use troops against the Western Regions first.

Originally, Li Shimin planned to use Hou Junji and Zhang Liang as partners to lead the Western Regions and take charge of the wars in the Western Regions. However, this was firmly opposed by Changsun Wuji, and his political ally Chu Suiliang also spoke out together, so that the emperor finally chose Guo Xiaoke is a fierce general.

  The strategy of the imperial court this time is to use Cheng Yaojin, a general who has just made great achievements in Liaodong, to sit in Hexi, and then Guo Xiaoke will lead Hou Junji, Zhang Shigui, Xue Wanche, Li Heli and other fierce generals to attack the Western Regions.

  Not only must Yugu set up his hand extending to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, but also further strengthen the garrison and reclamation in the Western Regions, and completely suppress the anti-Tang forces in Yanqi and other countries that have already wavered.

In addition, it is necessary to formally enter the north of the Tianshan Mountains and continue to attack the Zhaowu area. It is necessary to take down the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms, and at the same time bring the Tuguluo area under control. In the Tocharian area, Jimi Prefecture should also be established.

  Before sending troops, Datang conferred the title of a new Western Turkic Khan, and the son of the former Khan was named Yibi Shekui Khan.

  The official reason for the Tang army to send troops was to support Yibi Shekui Khan to put down the Western Turkic rebellion.

  Guo Xiaoke took command, and before leaving Luoyang, he asked for permission to attack Yanqi. The reason was that King Long Tuqizhi of Yanqi had joined forces with Yugushe, and he married his daughter to Yugushe's general Ashina Qulidi. Yanqi is located in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, close to Qiemo and Gaochang. If Yanqi is not captured first, the rear of the Western Expeditionary Army will be unstable.

   Conquering Yanqi can also deter Qiucha. If Qiucha still does not repent, then they can take advantage of the victory to conquer Qiucha again, and the emperor allows the use of troops.

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   "What does Duke Wei mean?"

  Changsun Wuji rarely came to visit. Qin Lang's reply to his former ally and now father-in-law was also very simple, saying that he was impatient with common affairs and wanted to return to the fief to enjoy life with peace of mind.

   Changsun Wuji obviously couldn't accept this answer, and didn't believe it at all.

  Thirty-two years old, talk about retirement?

   "Saburo is really willing?"

   "Why don't you give up?"

The eldest grandson held the teacup, feeling a little regretful, "Didn't Sanlang think about the future of the Qin family? Because of Qin Zhongwu's prime of life, you are now the head of the Qin family. Although the Qin family has a good momentum now, the foundation is weak after all. You Now that you are the prime minister of the court, you can naturally maintain the Qin family, and even lead the Qin family to a further step, but if you abandon your post now and stay away from the center of the court, even if it may not have much impact in three to five years, but in time After a long time, it will be completely different."

   "The tea is cold!"

Changsun Wuji tried his best to persuade him. Qin Lang is a very good political ally, and now the two are in the relationship of Weng and son-in-law. They used to work well together, especially when he discovered that Qin Lang is capable, so he didn't like him. Fighting for power, so he hoped that Qin Lang would not leave and stay in the court to help him.

  The eldest grandson's desire for power is very strong, especially after he overwhelmed Fang Xuanling in the past few years and became the head of the court, he did not want to give up this position.

   In the struggle for power, if you do not advance, you will retreat.

  After Empress Changsun died of illness, Changsun lost a powerful ally in the palace. Although the crown prince is now in a stable position and is a major asset to him, Qin Lang is also irreplaceable.

   Qin Lang was not at all moved by Changsun Wuji's persuasion to keep him.

   Depending on where you are, what you see is also different.

  Changsun Wuji is still in the middle of the situation, so what he thinks about is how to stabilize his position as prime minister, how to maintain the power of the eldest grandson's family, and even go further. But Qin Lang, after all, is a time traveler, although the Crown Prince Chengqian has stabilized his position, it is unlikely that there will be any changes.

  However, he still believes that even if Cheng Qian inherits the throne instead of Li Zhi in the future, some things will not change in the new dynasty.

Because this involves the most core conflict of interests, it is very difficult for the new ruler to tolerate veterans taking power, even if it is his own uncle or teacher. Once it is torn apart, it will only become more vicious. .

The emperor looked young, but the sores on his back last year had reminded Qin Lang that the emperor's health was actually not good. In history, Li Shimin only lived to be fifty years old. Now it seems that he can't escape this catastrophe, and the time left is not enough. If there are too many, he must make arrangements early.

  The sooner you get out, the better. You can't wait until Li Shimin is about to die. At that time, it will be difficult for him to get out.

  It would have been a good thing to get on the horse and send him off for another ride, but I was afraid that good people would not be rewarded.

  Being prepared for danger in times of peace, you have to make an early decision.

  (end of this chapter)