After Li Xiaojiu learned that Yuan Gai Suwen was dead, Yuan Nan asked for help from him, and after the news that the British army had swept away the Japanese state, he felt the importance and urgency of pacifying Goguryeo, so he appointed Li Ji as the chief of the march of Liaodong Province, and concurrently served as the pacification ambassador, commanding the Tang army on the Liaodong front, and presiding over the last battle against Goguryeo.Xue Rengui, who was the vanguard of the Tang army, defeated the Goguryeo people in Jinshan, and then went to attack other cities.His generals thought he had too few troops and opposed the attack.Xue Rengui didn't think that he couldn't fight if he had few soldiers, he just looked at how he used it.So, he himself went into battle and led his soldiers to attack.As a result, Xue Rengui defeated them, killing and capturing more than 10,000 Goguryeo soldiers, and the city was captured in this way.The leaders of dozens of other cities saw that the troops led by Xue Rengui were so brave, and they all obediently asked to surrender.The imperial history of the army was ordered to return to Chang'an from Liaodong, and Li Zhi asked him how the military situation in Liaodong was?
Yushi said that Goguryeo would definitely be pacified.Li Zhi was very happy after hearing this, and asked him why he was so confident that Goguryeo would be pacified?
Yushi replied that the reason why Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty failed to succeed in his expedition to the east was because the Sui army itself was not in good spirits, and they all resented each other.The reason why the first emperor's crusade was unsuccessful was because there was no contradiction within Goguryeo, and now Goguryeo's power is not only very weak, but also since Su Wen's death, the ministers in the court have dictatorship, and the brothers have attacked each other, plus Goguryeo has been suffering from famine, and the people's hearts are not aligned.Therefore, this is the best time to attack Goguryeo, and it will definitely succeed in pacifying Goguryeo.Among the generals who pacified Goguryeo, Xue Rengui was one of the few, and it can be said that no one could compete with him except Li Ji, and he was very strict in governing the army, punishing mistakes and rewarding meritorious service.Under the leadership of two famous generals, Li Ji and Xue Rengui, the Tang army won one victory after another, captured many cities, and captured many Goguryeo soldiers.After Li Ji, as the commander, personally led the main force to conquer Xincheng, an important town in Goguryeo's Liaodong, all the men and horses made peace with his army.They conquered everything along the way and reached the Yalu River.The Goguryeo soldiers resisted vigorously, but Li Ji's army fought bravely, and the Goguryeo army was defeated and fled.Li Ji took the opportunity to pursue for hundreds of miles, and when the other cities saw this formation, they either abandoned the city and fled, or surrendered.In the end, Goguryeo's Wang Gao Bao had no choice but to hold the white flag and surrender, and Li Ji was very polite to him and did not hold him responsible.Yuan Nanjian still led the soldiers to resist stubbornly, and continued to let the soldiers fight.But every time he returned with a big defeat, Yuan Nanjian entrusted the military to the monk Xincheng to deal with, but Xincheng secretly let people find Li Ji and asked Li Ji to let him do the internal response, Li Ji was of course very happy.A few days later, Shinjo opened the gates and let Li Ji's army enter.Yuan Nanjian knew that the situation was not good, so he prepared to commit suicide.But it didn't succeed, and was finally captured by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and since then Goguryeo has been completely pacified.Originally, if Yuan boy and his younger brother could trust each other, it wouldn't have become like this, but there is no regret medicine in the world, and just like that, Goguryeo, the tyrannical Northeast Asian tyrant, perished like this.The Tang army destroyed Goguryeo, and obtained five Goguryeo departments, 176 cities, and more than 697,000 households, and then divided it into nine prefectures, 42 prefectures, and 100 counties, and set up the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate to be responsible for the unified management of the entire Goguryeo old land.After Li Ji's triumphant return to the court, Li Zhi asked Li Jixian to hold a prisoner offering ceremony for Goguryeo King Gao Baobao and Quan Nanjian and others at Zhaoling (Li Er's mausoleum).After the ceremony, Li Ji "had a military appearance and played a triumphant song", entered Beijing as a whole army, and held a prisoner dedication ceremony again in Taimiao.In December of this year, Li Zhi personally visited the Hanyuan Hall and held a ceremony to capture him.Subsequently, Li Zhi sacrificed to heaven in the southern suburbs, thus announcing the pacification of Goguryeo, and Li Ji served as the sub-sacrifice.The henchman Goguryeo is gone, Li Zhi's eyes looked at the west side of the map, he looked at the huge British land dyed red, and his heart was uncomfortable, Li Zhi looked at the map, and found that Li Lu did not move, he had no room to gnaw, the Western Regions were operated by Li Lu like an iron cylinder, the Tang army attacked Gaochang from Guazhou and Ganzhou many times, but they were all defeated by the British army, just when he was a little worried, the Tang Empress Wu Xu walked in with Li Zhi's son Li Lun, "Jiulang, you see, Lun'er has changed his teeth....."
Hearing his mother-in-law's voice, Li Zhi turned his head and hugged his eighth son from Wu Xu's hand, "Hahaha, do you miss your father?"
”As he spoke, he used his unshaven face to make his little face laugh, causing his son to giggle."
Jiulang, if you ask him, he won't answer, just seven months old, where can he speak??"
Wu Xu glanced at his man with flattering eyes, and then took over his son, "Jiulang, this Goguryeo is all gone, why do you still look unhappy?"
”"Hey, Xu Niang, look, look, this is the map that Dai Zhide brought to me after he came back from Broken Leaves....."
Li Zhi pushed the map in front of Wu Xu, "According to Dai Zhide, under the rule of the British, there are many people, and according to his estimates, the people ruled by the British-rebel should be in the ....... of 10 million households.""
Hey, 10 million households....."
Looking at the large patch of crimson on the map, Wu Xu also gasped, "Jiulang, as far as the concubine knows, our Datang is only five million households at the moment, right?"
”"We have seven million ......households in Datang," Li Zhi smiled and shook his head, "But this is just a superficial number, no way, I can't be the same as Yingyi, and I can't make a black hand against the big clans, and there are no fugitives and private slaves on their side......"
The Tang Dynasty in this time and space, because of Li Lu's chaotic entry, the population of the Tang Dynasty was much higher than that of the original time and space, but the problem of the Tang Dynasty was not reduced because of the few high-yield food crops brought by Li Lu, on the contrary, the powerful landlords represented by the Li Tang royal family and the five surnames and Qiwang became more greedy, As a result, there are a large number of runaways, and the runaways will not be included in the official household registration.There is also the fact that the Tang Dynasty did not advocate family separation, and it was common for three generations and four generations to live together.If it is not separated, it will be counted as one household.The average number of people in this household is eight.But these eight people are just the most ordinary people.Whoever has a little money must take a concubine.Therefore, a household in the Tang Dynasty can be counted according to fifteen people, and it can be counted according to twenty people.In addition, slaves and maids are lowly and are not counted as a population, nor are they recorded as the population of a household.Li Zhi, as the emperor, knew this, after talking with Dai Zhide, he suddenly envied Li Lu, although he did not recognize Li Lu's throne, but he was very envious of the power in Li Lu's hands, in Britain, there are also big clans, but all of them are prostrate at the feet of Li Lu, as far as he knows, Li Lu's census is even counted as house slaves, just this point, Li Zhi feels that he is not as good as that bastard brother-in-law."
Jiulang, don't you feel a little overwhelmed in the face of Ying Rebellion?"
Wu Xu was very smart, she could see what her man was worried about at once, "Have you forgotten that Murong Nuo Gebo still has a son named Murong Zhong in Chang'an?"
”Murong Zhong is the son of Murong Nuo Gebo and Princess Honghua, when Xue Qinling broke through Tuyuhun before, these two were captured alive by the British army, and then sent to the coast of the Caspian Sea, and their proton Murong Zhong, who stayed in Chang'an, completely lost contact with their father and mother."
Murong Zhong?
Xu Niang, are you saying that we can use Murong Zhong's identity to make some trouble?
”Li Zhi looked like he suddenly realized, "Oh, Xu Niang, you are really my red-faced military advisor, hahaha, with Murong Zhong here, then I have the righteousness of restoring the country in my hands......"
Li Zhi immediately understood what his mother-in-law meant, that is, since Goguryeo is finished, then you can concentrate on fighting with Li Lu, this Murong Zhong can just be used to make a fuss, Li Zhi thinks that those remnants of Tuyuhun will definitely welcome their former king back to restore the country.That's right, Li Zhi and Li Xiaojiu are ready to stir up trouble.