In November of the second year of Longshuo, the Tang Dynasty launched another attack on Goguryeo.In terms of timing, this is not a very good window of timing.Liaodong is very cold, and it is the middle of winter, which will be a great test for the officers and men of the Tang Army.But historically, starting a war at such a time does not seem to be a big problem for Li Zhichao.As early as December of the fifth year of Xianqing, Li Zhi sent Qibi He Li, Su Dingfang, Liu Boying, and Cheng Mingzhen to lead the army to attack Goguryeo.In the first year of Longshuo, the imperial court also recruited soldiers from 67 states in Henan, North and South and Huainan, with more than 44,000 people, to go to Pyongyang and Gongfang to camp.With Hongluqing Xiao Siye as the head of the march of the Fuyu Road, he led the Hui and other troops to Pyongyang.If you look at it this way, this year's battle against Goguryeo is still a month ahead of schedule, which is great good news for the officers and men of the Tang Army.Even the meaning in Li Zhi's edict has the flavor of entering Pyongyang City to celebrate the Yuan Festival.In the words of later generations, it is to break Goguryeo and go to Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, for the New Year.In this regard, although the generals above the Tang Army did not dare to speak out, the middle and lower-level soldiers were already complaining.Not to mention November, even if it is October, in the white mountains and black waters of Liaodong, it may suddenly cool down, the lake surface freezes, and it is possible to freeze people's fingers.In this case, troops are still used.Is it true that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are all beaten with iron, not flesh and blood?
For this reason, Su Dawei asked Li Tao privately, and the news he got was that Li Zhi did not want to delay the agricultural time, so he calculated that this time would have the least loss on agriculture.Minimal losses......
Su Dawei didn't remember what kind of surprised expression he had at that time.But after returning to his camp, the generals around him almost cursed.In particular, those middle- and lower-class generals who came from the grassroots level are themselves small landlords and small peasant households, and their families have land and property, and when they do not serve in the military, they will also go home to do farm work.The imperial court was too shrewd this time.It is true that it does not affect the agricultural time.But the problem is that it affects the morale of the soldiers of the expedition to Liaodong.On such a cold day, ghosts are willing to fight.Besides, there is no reward for fighting now, so what are you trying to do with this life-saving thing?
There is no reward for winning the battle, let alone those who die in battle.In the past, the imperial court also sent special people to condole, and gave extremely high courtesies and bereavement benefits.No fart now.Su Dawei also tried his best to fight for this matter, Li Tao, the general manager of the march.As a result, Li Tao didn't say anything, nor did he make a promise, but just glanced at him and told Su Dawei: "This is an order, and it cannot be violated, but you can follow the old example of the old man." ”Old example?
Read between the lines.Su Dawei went back and flipped through the file, checked it, and learned that Brother Li Tao was very good at leading troops.In the past, during the Taizong period, the Tang army had a principle in warfare, that is, if you don't grab some money when you go out, you will lose money.If I hit you, you don't pay for some mental damages, it's rude.That's how military spending is saved.Not only is it a war to feed the war, but it is also a soldier who can really make a lot of money by fighting a war.For example, during the fight against the Eastern Turks, Li Jing captured hundreds of thousands of livestock, but Li Jing's troops captured 50,000 prisoners without catching any of them.Fighting Xue Yantuo, Li Tao captured more than 50,000 people, and there was not a single livestock.It's too much to say if you don't have one.The only answer was that Li Tao seized the valuable livestock and divided it with the soldiers.Therefore, when Liu Renliang wrote to Li Zhi, he said that during the Zhenguan period, Taizong was willing to give money to the officials, and the soldiers died in battle, and the imperial court would send envoys to mourn and pay tribute to the officials.When fighting Goguryeo, all the soldiers were awarded the first rank.Every battle must be won, the expedition time is short, and it also enjoys great war dividends, who doesn't like such a boss.Shouting the Khan, that's sincere.Not only the Tang people loved it, but even those foreign generals who followed Li Shimin were also grateful, and they were grateful to Tian Khan for leading everyone to make a fortune and live a good life.It was recorded in the Taizong Dynasty from time to time that every time the imperial court conscripted troops, it would be a hundred and thousand, and a thousand would be thousands.This is all based on facts.For the people of the Tang Dynasty, being a soldier is equivalent to going out of the city to do odd jobs in their spare time.Follow the court, go out for a few months, and when you come back, you will hold a few sheep and get rich and become well-off.It takes a short time, has a high chance of getting rich, and the risk factor is low.It's a big victory when you go back, follow behind and chase the enemy's butt and chop, and then catch sheep and horses all over the mountains.This kind of good thing, who doesn't want to participate.But Li Zhichao, by the time of Longshuo, this thing could no longer be done.Joining the army and fighting is no longer a good thing, but a drudgery to lose your head.Su Dawei made these things clear, and then linked it to Li Tao's sentence of "following the old man's old example", isn't this to learn from him to distribute the captured war materials to the soldiers in order to maintain morale?
But what is special, this can be done during the Zhenguan period, can it still be done now?
This is a competition with Emperor Li Zhi.Li Tao's hint made it clear that morale should be maintained, and you should do things, but the pot will not help you carry it, you will resist it yourself."
Old fox!"
Su Dawei had no other way than to scold a few times in his stomach.That's what the condition is.The battle still has to be fought.The only good news is that Quangai Suwen is indeed dead.The bones were cold.Goguryeo tried its best to cover it up, but it couldn't be concealed after all.The second year of Longshuo in the Tang Dynasty.Goguryeo Quan Gai Suwen died, and the eldest son, Quan Nan, succeeded Mo Lizhi.Quan Nanjian took the opportunity to show the boys to go on patrol, and he left himself not to leave the branch, and jointly sent troops with Quan Nan to fight against Quan boys.The boy escaped and stationed in another city, so that his son Quan Xiancheng went to the Tang Dynasty for help.In October, the imperial court appointed the general of the Right Xiaowei, Qi Bi He Li, as the pacification ambassador of Liaodong Province, and led the troops to save the spring boys.Appointed Izumi Xiancheng as the general of the Right Martial Guard and served as a guide.Commonly known as the Belt and Road Party.He also appointed Pang Tongshan, the general of the Right Jin Wuwei, and Gao Kan, the governor of Yingzhou, as the head of the march, and ordered Su Dawei, the governor of Baekje Xiongjin, to send troops to jointly attack Goguryeo.In November, Pang Tongshan defeated the Goguryeo army, and Quan Nan led his troops to join Pang Tongshan.Li Zhi issued an edict appointing Quan Nannan as the governor of Tejin and Liaodong, and the pacification ambassador of Pyongyang Province, and the title of Xuansu County Duke.In winter, December, Li Tao appeared in the army as the chief of the march of Liaodong Road.In addition, Li Tao appointed Su Dawei, the governor of Xiongjin, as the deputy chief of the march, to attack Goryeo.Pang Tongshan and Qi Bi He Li were still the commanders of the march and pacified the ambassadors.The commanders of the land and water armies and the grain envoys Dou Yiji, Dugu Qingyun, Guo Beifeng, and Liu Renliang, who led the Fang Assassin History, were all under the command of Li Tao and Su Dawei.The trend of history is very different from what Su Dawei is familiar with.Originally, Li Tao went to Goguryeo to conquer Goguryeo, which should have been in the Qianfeng period (after 666 AD), but now it is only the second year of Longshuo, and all this has happened.The death of Quangai Suwen was also a few years earlier than the original history.And Su Dawei's name actually appeared among the senior generals of the Tang Dynasty's expedition to Goguryeo.There is no record in the history books.It can be said that Su Dawei has been in the army for several years, from the scout team in the army when he conquered the Western Turks to the vanguard under Su Dingfang.When he arrived in Baekje, he was active as an intelligence chief.Later, he assisted Su Dingfang and Liu Renyuan to stabilize the situation in Baekje.Until Wang Wendu died violently, he was appointed to become the acting governor.to extinguish the Baekje rebellion, capture Fuyufeng and others in the first battle, and command Liu Renliang, who was in white at the time, in Baijiang, to break the Japanese army.In the end, because of his merits, he was awarded the post of governor of Xiongjin.This time, Li Tao conquered Goguryeo and recruited him as the deputy chief of the march.Su Dawei went from a grassroots general in the army to a personal triple jump and jumped to the rank of a senior general of the Tang Army.War is the best opportunity for promotion.Danger and opportunity coexist.Su Dawei is not clear now, whether it is because of his arrival that the butterfly effect caused by his arrival has changed these histories.But in the midst of it, he didn't have time to think about those philosophical questions.All your energy should be used to deal with the chaos in front of you.Izumi Gai Suwen is dead.His three sons were in civil strife.However, the tiger will not fall, and Goguryeo's national strength is still very strong.It will not be easy to annex this small East Asian hegemon.At this time, because of the chaos within Goguryeo, the entire battlefield situation became more and more confusing.In Su Dawei's words, it is "the world is in chaos, and the situation is good".The more chaotic the situation on the peninsula, the more dispersed the forces become.The more favorable it is for the Don Army to fight away.In these two months, the offensive of the Tang army was very fierce, and Li Tao personally led the troops and took 16 cities.He Li, the general of Jin Wuwei, Pang Tongshan, the governor of Yingzhou, Gao Kan and others, also had their own gains.On his side, Su Dawei led more than 2,000 Tang soldiers, led 10,000 Silla servants, and conscripted 10,000 Japanese servants, marched from Baekje, and coerced the Goguryeo Dadong River line.In the past two months, only three cities have been captured.This progress is not fast, but because the Taedong River is further passed, it is Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo.Therefore, Su Dawei's side, with a partial division, withstood the fiercest resistance of the Goguryeo people.It is reported that Quannanjian has mobilized 80,000 reinforcements to deploy defenses along the river.and Li Tao's army, which invaded in the direction of Liaodong, mobilized 120,000 soldiers and horses.Li Tao not only had the main force of the 100,000 Tang Army, but also the 50,000 horses of Qibi He Li and Pang Tongshan and others.In such a comparison, Su Dawei can be said to have made great contributions.With an army of 20,000 servants, it was able to attract so many soldiers and horses from Goguryeo.Although the situation is good, Su Dawei has changed his normal use of troops, and he did not rush forward with light horses, on the contrary, he was very cautious in the use of troops this time, and he acted step by step.Of course, this point also made his generals very puzzled, but Su Dawei did not explain, and the generals could only follow the order.Although it was a servant army, half of Su Dawei's soldiers and horses were recruited from the Japanese state, and after "revolutionary transformation", they were better than ordinary government soldiers in terms of ideology and military discipline.The night was shrouded, and Su Dawei sat upright in his handsome tent.The tent door was slightly opened, and the northwest wind poured in from the outside faintly carried a trace of the fishy smell of Datong River water."
Governor."
Someone outside the tent said in a slightly jerky Tang language: "The last general Xinyou Saburo asks to see him." ”"Come in."
Su Dawei raised his head, and the soldiers outside the tent opened the curtain.I saw a figure flashing, and the thin Shinemon came in with small steps, and saluted Su Dawei first.His movements are a little clumsy, and he is not as skilled as the Tang people.However, in the past six months, his speaking and etiquette have greatly improved, and he is similar to the real Tang people."
What?"
Su Dawei cast an inquiring glance at him.()