Phoenix Mountain, Wugu City.
Wugucheng is a mountain city built by the Goguryeo Kingdom on Phoenix Mountain.
It is connected to Baiyan City to the southwest and the Yalu River waterway to the southeast.
It can directly reach the hometown of the former Goguryeo Kingdom.
The abrupt rocks stand majestically in the autumn colors.
From low to high, the flat road gradually tilts up, and is paved with layers of stone walls.
There are both internal and external walls here.
There are two urn cities between the inner city and the outer city.
They can station more than a thousand troops and are easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Although it is not said that there is a danger that one man can guard against ten thousand men, it is not easy to break through these two barbicans.
There are many watchtowers on the city wall.
The role of the watchtower here is not only to observe the enemy situation in the distance, but also to serve as a warning.
During the day, when there was an enemy situation, beacon smoke was lit, and at night, beacon fires were also lit.
Most of the mountain cities in Liaodong are located on dangerous mountains, spacious valleys, and are located on major transportation routes.
With a wide distribution area, large number, large scale, complete construction regulations, unified technology, outstanding characteristics, and superb construction technology, these mountain cities were all built during the Goguryeo period.
At this time, countless flags were placed on the walls of Wugu City, drums and horns were shouting, and groups of soldiers were walking around from time to time.
The arrival of the Tang Dynasty's 50,000 forbidden troops broke the peace here.
In the lobby, Li Baozhen was sitting on the main seat, and Supervisor Han Zheng was sitting next to him.
Generals and officials were standing on the left and right below.
These people were whispering and talking in low voices.
The army has been here for more than ten days.
Why?
Why don't you cross the Yalu River and head south of the Datong River to prepare for the attack?
The Datong River flows through Pyongyang and other places.
The areas north of the Datong River and south of the Yalu River are still owned by the Tang Dynasty.
The generals believe that moving the army to this area will be beneficial to combat.
Li Baozhen looked at the generals and officials who were talking around and said: "You may be thinking that it has been ten days and a half since we arrived, why haven't we gone to Wangcheng River, that is, the area south of Datong River to prepare for war.
This is because we haven't arrived yet. allow Be prepared, after the Yalu River, the terrain will become more mountainous and valleys, with less flat land, and the passes of Silla Kingdom are basically built among high mountains and ridges, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Our imperial army was not good at fighting in this kind of terrain.
Chang'an time At that time, I had thought that if I wanted to fight in this area, I must have troops suitable for fighting in this area.
I heard that the Western Qin Dynasty had a special mountain army that specialized in fighting in the mountains, so I also prepared to go out.
Ten thousand soldiers were selected from the fifty thousand soldiers to form the Mountain Army.
This matter has been approved by the Prince Regent's Palace and the Ministry of War.
After several months of training, the Mountain Army's training has been quite effective.
However, the training has not yet been completed.
We have not yet completed the training.
It will take more than half a month” Supervisor Han Zheng asked: "Commander Li, I heard that recruits from Western Qin generally need to train for more than three years before being sent to the battlefield.
Your temporary mountain army has only been trained for less than three months.
Is it okay?"
Li Baozhen sighed: "The training time is a little shorter, and the formation of the army is indeed in a hurry, but it is better to embrace Buddhism temporarily than to do nothing, right?
Although this mountain army is not as good as the command of General Duan Xiushi of the Western Qin Dynasty."
Mountain Army, but it is still stronger than the ordinary Forbidden Army fighting here."
"The main role of the mountain army is to fight in dangerous places.
In the flat plains, ordinary forbidden troops must still be used to fight.
Generals and officials will wait for another half month.
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During this half month, you will train your sergeants and collect food, grass and baggage.
Be prepared for anything” The generals and officials clasped their fists and said yes.
Li Baozhen added: "The war between our Dynasty and Silla Kingdom was a hundred years ago.
People of our generation do not know much about the situation at that time, and they do not know much about the current situation and terrain of Silla Kingdom.
However, since Wangchengjiang River, The northern region is still under the control of our country, and the city of Pyongyang is also under the control of our country.
Moreover, there are old people from Goguryeo and Baekje in Silla.
We can ask them to serve as guides.
I have sent scouts to sneak into Silla to explore the terrain and liaison officers from Goguryeo and Baekje.
I think there will be some in the near future.
The news has come.
Now please join the army, Liu Donglin, to tell you about the situation in Silla Kingdom."
A middle-aged civil servant stood up and bowed his hands to everyone and said: "The king of Silla Kingdom is called Jin Ganyun.
He is twenty years old this year, but the power is in the hands of the Queen Mother Jin.
In recent years, Jin Ganyun has wanted to rule personally, but the Queen Mother has no control over it."
The authority is not let go, so the mother and the son On the surface, they appear to be harmonious, but in reality they turn against each other and fight for power.
After all, the Queen Mother Jin has been in power for many years and has a huge influence in Silla, while Jin Ganyun is weak but has a great reputation, so there is nothing anyone can do now. who" Having said this, Liu Donglin walked to the map, pointed at the map and introduced: "Silla has 80,000 soldiers and hundreds of generals.
The country is divided into nine states, namely Hanzhou, Shuozhou, Mingzhou, Xiongzhou, Jeonju, Muju, Seju, Yangju and Kangju were the former lands captured by Goguryeo, the middle three were the former Baekje Kingdom, and only the latter three were their original lands and were now in the Silla Kingdom.
Troops are being deployed intensively, Most of the troops are deployed in places where we are likely to fight, namely in Hanzhou, Shuozhou, Xiongzhou, Jeonju and Wuzhou.
A small number of other troops are in the rear.
We have not yet figured out the specific deployment situation of Silla Kingdom. , this requires scouts to investigate.
If the repeated attacks on our fishing boats by Silla naval ships were deliberately done by some people in Silla, I believe we may get help from Silla. " Supervisor Han Zheng asked: "Master Liu means that either the King of Silla or the Queen Mother Kim wants to use our country's help to eradicate the other party."
Liu Donglin said: "This possibility cannot be ruled out, but if this situation is true, then it is a good thing for us.
It also shows that the person who secretly accused us has lost his mind for the sake of power.
He has aroused our anger. , aren’t you afraid of attracting wolves into your house?”
Han Zheng smiled and said: "Who knows about this kind of thing?
Since ancient times, there are not a few people who have lost their minds because of greed.
People in high positions are also human beings.
They can do anything for power."
At this time, a captain walked in from outside.
The captain walked to the middle of the lobby and bowed to Li Baozhen and said: "Commander Qi, General Chang stationed in Pyongyang sent someone to send someone, saying that this person is King Jinganyun of Silla.
"Secret Envoy Jin Jingxin" "Oh" Li Baozhen, Han Zheng, Liu Donglin and others looked at each other.
At this time, Silla Kingdom actually sent a secret envoy.
What kind of trick is this?
Han Zheng immediately asked: "What is the official position of Jin Jingxin?"
The captain replied: "It seems that the official is living in Yifang."
Everyone was stunned for a while, "What kind of bullshit official position is this?"
Liu Donglin knew the situation in Silla relatively well.
He said: "It is equivalent to a first-grade official.
The official system of Silla country is divided into seventeen grades.
This Yishan is the first grade, also called Yunjiaogan.
In short, it is very difficult to pronounce.
In addition to the seventeenth-level official positions in Silla, there are also nobles, called the upper and higher classes.
The royal power of Silla fell aside, and a parliament composed of eight upper and higher classes decided national affairs.
This parliament was closely related to the Roman Empire.
The Senate during the period was almost the same.”
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As the Western Qin Dynasty built a bridge of communication between the East and the West, more and more officials and scholars of the Tang Dynasty began to study and understand the history of the West.
Many people present also knew the historical situation of the Western Roman Empire.
This is not enough. strange.
After listening to Liu Donglin's introduction, all the generals and officials suddenly realized.
Li Baozhen looked at the supervisor Han Zheng and asked: "Master Han, what do you think about meeting this secret envoy?"
Han Zheng twirled his beard and said, "Let's meet and listen to what this Jin Jingxin has to say.
Maybe his arrival will make things more interesting."
Li Baozhen nodded and said immediately: "Okay, let's meet this Jin Jingxin person and bring Jin Jingxin with him."
Silla Kingdom has been a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty for more than a hundred years.
In these years, Silla Kingdom has learned a lot from the Tang Dynasty in terms of culture.
The official uniforms are almost the same as those of the Tang Dynasty.
The official system is also based on the official system of the Tang Dynasty.
Jin Jingxin, dressed as a first-class official of the Silla Kingdom, bent down and walked to the middle of the hall with low eyebrows, bowed to Li Baozhen, raised his hands and saluted: "His Majesty the King of Silla, Jin Jingxin, has met General Li of the Tang Dynasty and all the generals."
Han Zheng's face turned serious and he scolded him coldly: "Jin Jingxin, I think you are out of your mind.
Only the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty can call you His Majesty, and the little King of Silla dares to call you Your Majesty.
You are so bold.
Come here, give me the title."
Drag it out and chop it up.”
Jin Jingxin was so frightened that his legs weakened, and he knelt on the ground, big beads of sweat dripping from his forehead, and he quickly begged for mercy: "Sir, please calm down, please calm down!
I don’t understand the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty and don’t know etiquette.
Please forgive me for my ignorance.
Please forgive me.
I will study hard in the future and never dare to make such a mistake again."
The generals couldn't help but laugh secretly when they looked at Jin Jingxin's appearance.
Li Baozhen suppressed his laughter and said to smooth things over: "Master Han, the people of this small foreign country don't understand etiquette, so let's not argue with him."
Han Zheng did not dwell on this matter anymore and asked: "Jin Jingxin, it was Jin Qianyun who sent you here."
Jin Jingxin said quickly: "Yes, my king sent a villain here."
"Why did Jin Qianyun send you here?
Are you going to be like Jin Jinmin a hundred years ago, who sent people to Chang'an to plead guilty, but at the same time sent troops to attack our Tang army?"
Jin Jingxin was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is aware of this, but villains don't dare.
My king sent villains here to apologize to the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't dare to send troops to attack the heavenly soldiers."
Han Zheng sneered, "Humph, why did Jin Qianyun send you to plead guilty?"
Jin Jingxin said quickly: "In the past few years, our navy has often attacked the Chinese fishermen's boats, causing many casualties.
However, this was definitely not instigated by our king.
Although my king is the king of the country, he is still young, and all the power in the country lies with him."
The Queen Mother and the Council of Nobles controlled , the Queen Mother and the nobles in the Noble Council had long wanted to continue to expand northward, but they were worried about the strength of the Chinese Empire, so they secretly ordered naval ships to attack the Chinese fishing boats in order to test the bottom line and strength of the Chinese Empire.
Secretly with the Council of Nobles Instigated, but my king believed that as the leader of the Silla Kingdom, he could only watch them anger the Celestial Dynasty and could do nothing to make him guilty, so he sent a special villain to come to Tang Dynasty to plead guilty.
My king wanted to eradicate the queen mother and the noble party, but he was not strong enough.
Today's dynasty When the army arrives, my king is willing to secretly coordinate and assist the Chinese army in annihilating the Queen Mother and the noble party.
However, my king hopes that after the Queen Mother and the noble party are wiped out, the Chinese government will hand over these people to my king.
My king is willing to be loyal to the Chinese government forever and serve as the ruler of the Chinese government. vassal state" Li Baozhen and Han Zheng looked at each other, and Li Baozhen said: "It turns out that this is the reason.
I want to report this matter to the court.
You can stay here for the time being.
When the court has news, I will inform you."
"Thank you, General, thank you, General":