Chapter 71 Li Shimin prepares to recruit in person "But others don't know, and maybe what they want is that heavenly book?"
Sun Simiao said: "Your Highness, you won't know how powerful a tonic your appearance is for those who have fallen into despair, but you were either by the side of the Son of Heaven before, or among the ten thousand armies, they couldn't attack you, and now that they finally got a glimpse of the emptiness of Lingnan's defense, they couldn't let go of such a good opportunity." ” "Then let them come, just come, let this king see what they are capable of, and dare to plot against this king."
Li Zhen sneered, the purpose of this group of people was already clear: "I didn't expect that in these years, there are really many bold people, and they actually planned it on my head for the so-called opportunity to become an immortal."
Don't say I don't have it, and even if I do, it's something they can touch. ” Li Zhen also figured it out, things have happened, the welcome ceremony of the nine corpses has begun, the first smiling corpse has appeared, then there is no possibility of interrupting this etiquette, since this is the case, then he will enjoy it with peace of mind, and when all the nine corpses appear, it will be time for the main lord to appear, and then he will settle accounts with them.
However, Li Zhen is not afraid of them, if this group of people were really so powerful, they would not hide in the shadows and pretend to be ghosts.
"Just let me take a good look, what qualifications do they have to dare to challenge this king?"
The sneer at the corner of Li Zhen's mouth became more and more hideous: "Zhaowu Jiu surname, this king hasn't gone to their trouble yet, they dare to find this king's bad luck, well, it's really good, when this matter is over, then Zhaowu Jiu surname, for their stupidity, let's bury it." ” Zhaowu Jiu is a force located in Central Asia, there are a total of nine countries, this force does not seem to be a strong force, in fact, this force is indeed not very strong.
Among the countries of the Western Regions where there are many princes, the strength of the nine surnames of Zhaowu can only be regarded as first-class, and compared with Gaochang Tuyuhun, which was not destroyed before, it is still a step behind.
However, such a small power group has been doing a greedy thing - they are actually plotting against the Tang Dynasty.
What's even worse is that they almost succeeded.
One hundred years later, the two leaders of the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan and Shi Siming, were the people of An Guo and Shi Guo in Zhaowujiu.
In order to suppress the Anshi Rebellion, all parts of the Tang Dynasty formed their own armed forces, laying the groundwork for the future of the Tang Dynasty in the late years of the Tang Dynasty, and the warlords separating the territory, which eventually led to the demise of the Tang Dynasty.
Although he has come to this era, guiding Datang to embark on a different path, the future has been completely rewritten.
However, what he changed was only the fate of the Tang Dynasty, but he did not change the calculation of the Zhaowu nine surnames to plan the Tang Dynasty, if they were allowed to live, even if there was no An Lushan Shi Siming, there would be Kang Lu rewarding Mi Siming or Cao Lushan He Siming coming out to continue the cholera Datang.
So whether it is for the revenge of the Tang Dynasty in the previous life, or for the future of the current Datang, Li Zhen will not let go of the surname Zhaowujiu.
Not only Zhaowu Jiu, but all the forces that threaten Datang or attack Datang, Li Zhen will not let go, and has already done it.
The first is Tubo, now that Tibet has been taken by the Tang Dynasty, there will never be a Tubo army attacking Chang'an and looting Chang'an City in the future.
Tubo was only the first, and then Linyi, a small country that had also made the Tang Dynasty suffer a lot of losses in history, and even lost the land of Luzhou.
These two have been resolved, and among the opponents who have not been resolved, there are also the nine surnames of Zhaowu, the Black Cloth Dashi, Goguryeo, the Wa Kingdom, the Western Turks, the Khitan, the Silla, and the Baekje......
None of them can escape.
However, now Li Zhen is preparing to attack Tianzhu and dominate the South Seas, so the war in the north cannot be taken care of for the time being.
But according to the information that Li Zhen received, those alien races in the north may not need to do it themselves—perhaps after so many years of recuperation, they have accumulated enough war resources; It may also be that Goguryeo mobilized military horses on the border some time ago, which brought a lot of trouble to the already chaotic Tang Dynasty; or was stimulated by Li Zhen's efforts to conquer the South Seas, open up thousands of miles for the Tang Dynasty, and make great contributions; Or maybe it's something else.
In short, Li Shimin had already begun to prepare for the beginning of spring in the coming year, that is, in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, and not long after his birthday, he drove his army north to conquer Goguryeo, and the shame of the defeat of the Sui Dynasty in Goguryeo.
It is said that the preliminary preparations have been prepared, a large number of materials have been transported to Yingzhou, and some of the elites have also secretly opened and moved in the direction of Yingzhou.
For the sake of insurance, Li Jing also left Chang'an and went to the Turkic capital to lead the Turkic garrison to echo Li Shimin.
Once the war was unfavorable, or the war between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo fell into a state of anxiety, then he immediately waved his army eastward and gave Goguryeo a ruthless blow from the side.
There is also the Dengzhou fleet, with the development of shipping, Li Shimin has realized the importance of the navy, so the Dengzhou fleet will also participate in this war, escorting Henan Province and part of the Hebei Province army from the sea, directly from Goguryeo back stabbing knives, it is best to conquer Pingrang City in one battle.
Then the army immediately returned to the east, killed Silla (also a very disgusting country, fought several battles with the Tang Dynasty, and annexed the homeland of Khan Lelang and Obibang south of the Daedong River, which originally belonged to the Tang Dynasty), forced Baekje to surrender, and unified the Goryeo Peninsula.
This battle was two years earlier than in history, but although it was two years ahead of time, today's Datang is completely different from the historical Datang, and that time in history left regrets - it can only be regarded as regrets, not failures, it can only be said that the strategic goals have not been achieved.
In the first battle in history, the Tang Dynasty only lost 2,000 people, but the harvest of Goguryeo's head exceeded 40,000 (normally, the number of kills must exceed the number of beheadings), and more than a dozen cities were also laid, although they were all abandoned in the end, but the population of the Tang Dynasty did not let go of any of them, and robbed more than 70,000 Goguryeo people to return to the Tang Dynasty.
So no matter what you say, the Tang Dynasty has made money, and it is still a big profit, if such a war comes a few more times, Goguryeo will collapse sooner or later.
After returning to Chang'an, the ministers suggested that the Goguryeo faction attack and harass, so that the people of the country were tired of coping with it, and delaying the agricultural time, so that Goguryeo could collapse due to food shortage in a few years, Taizong took this suggestion, and sent generals to harass Goguryeo many times, and fought more than 100 small battles, forcing the king of Goguryeo to send his son to Changa to apologize, and then he gave up.