When Li Tao, who had just crossed the Liaohe River on the front line in eastern Liaodong, received the battle report, he jumped up from his seat in shock, turned around several times in the military tent, and finally held up the letter and shouted: "Husband, I really didn't misread him!"
”This him, naturally, only Su Dawei.On the front line of eastern Liaoning, Li Tao was strategizing.Dozens of famous generals of the Tang Army and more than 100,000 troops attacked together and attacked in a big way.But all this is not as majestic as Su Dawei's battle.Before the war, Su Dawei did not move, quietly accumulated the water of the Datong River, and built a dam.It took months to impound the dam during the dry season and quietly divert the river.When the spring flowers bloom and the water flows rapidly, the embankment is suddenly dug up.The turbulent waters of the Datong River instantly engulfed the camp of the Goguryeo army.Dozens of miles in a radius, all living beings turned into fish and turtles.Since then, on the map, the flow direction of the Datong River has changed forever.It is not surprising that the scheme of damming the water and flooding the Seventh Army is not unusual.Qi Qiqi did the opposite in Su Dawei, building a dam when the winter was dry, and preparing months in advance.and quietly hid from the Goguryeo people.In the end, the flood raged, and the last elite army of Goguryeo was annihilated in World War I.At this time, Goguryeo had no more troops available.had to be trapped in a lonely city.A month later, the Tang armies of all stripes joined forces and besieged the city of Pyongyang.At this time, Pyongyang had no reinforcements from outside, and there was no food and grass inside.In May, Gozang, the titular king of Goguryeo, sent dozens of leaders to surrender to the Tang army with white flags.Quan Nanjian still refused to defend behind closed doors.Five days later, Xincheng opened the city gate, and the Tang army entered Pyongyang and captured Gozang, Quan Nanjian and others.The people's hearts have been lost, and the general trend has gone.Goguryeo, which had dominated East Asia for hundreds of years, has since died out.A new era, the territory of Datang, at this moment, reached its peak.It extends to the Korean Peninsula in the east, the Aral Sea in Central Asia in the west, Hue in Vietnam in the south, and Lake Baikal in Siberia in the north.Thousands of miles.In order to effectively manage such a large territory, the Tang Dynasty set up six metropolitan protectorates, namely Anxi, Anbei, Andong, Annan, Shan Yu, and Beiting, in the old Turkic, Hui, Jian, Tiele, Murowei, Khitan, and Liaodong.Recalling the past - as early as the first year of Zhenguan, Taizong Li Shimin divided the world into: Guannei, Henan, Hedong, Hebei, Shannan, Longyou, Huainan, Jiangnan, Jiannan, Lingnan and other ten provinces.In the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, there were 360 prefectures in the country, with 1,557 counties under its jurisdiction.There are more than 3 million households in the country, with a population of more than 12 million.In the Li Zhi Dynasty, the period of the third year of Longshuo.There are more than 3.9 million households in the country, with a population of more than 16 million.And that's not even counting the newly incorporated areas under the control of the Metropolitan Protectorate.In terms of population, the Tang Dynasty was not yet at its peak at this time.But just as Li Tao said to Su Dawei, with a population of more than 10 million, it is unprecedented to control such a vast territory.The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is glorious through the ages!
Rumble ~ The army marched to Pyongyang City.Inside and outside the city were half fire, and half were soldiers wielding swords and showing off their martial arts.Su Dawei stood at the head of the city, watching all this, silent."
Governor!"
Hearing someone shouting to himself, Su Dawei turned his head to look, and at a glance saw Liu Renliang, who was stabbing Shi with a square, and strode up to the city with his hand on the hilt.The veteran was over sixty years old, with a full head of gray hair, dancing in the wind.But his spirit is still strong, and his eyes are bright.The white whiskers under the chin are stubbornly cocked, and they look extremely tough.Liu Renliang was originally born as a Wenchen, and he has always been known for his outspokenness and courage in the Taizong Dynasty.Later, because he dared to admonish in the court, he offended the eldest grandson Wuji and his party, so he was demoted.Unexpectedly, it was a blessing in disguise.After Li Zhi seized power, most of the old ministers were suspicious, and Liu Renliang, who had hated the eldest grandson Wuji, entered Li Zhi's eyes instead.Later, when the war needed, Liu Renliang abandoned literature and joined the military.But he was a young prodigy, a talented man in both civil and military affairs, and he soon figured out the art of war, commanded the battle, and was invincible.It's a pity that just got better, and offended Li Yifu and others.I finally made a name for myself in the battle in Baekje, and I was already over sixty years old, long past the peak of one's body and energy.Li Zhi had a peculiar phenomenon in his dynasty, that is, a group of famous generals who promoted the prestige of the Tang Dynasty were all in their sixties.Like Su Dingfang, Cheng Zhijie, and Li Tao before.Liu Renyuan, Liu Renliang, who Su Dawei is familiar with, as well as Xiao Siye, Liu Boying, Cheng Mingzhen, Qi Bi He Li, Ashina Sheer, these famous generals, and vassal generals, all of them have passed the age of sixty ears.In the early period of the Gaozong Dynasty, it was precisely by relying on these veterans and famous generals that the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty were supported.This is the legacy left by Taizong Li Shimin for Li Zhi.It is also the luck of Datang.In ancient times, the life expectancy of the ancients was far inferior to that of later generations, forty or fifty years old, which can already be called an advanced age.At the age of sixty or seventy, it is a miracle that you can still carry a knife into battle.And such miracles have been staged again and again in the bodies of generals such as Li Shimin, Li Jing, Li Tao, and Su Dingfang.It's like God favors Datang.But Su Dingfang or Li Tao failed to hold on, and he was sick in bed after sixty, or died of illness.The history of the Tang Dynasty's foreign conquests and annihilation of the country is afraid that it will be greatly rewritten.However, the time came to Longshuo for three years, with the Tang Dynasty conquering Goguryeo.The glory of the older generation of famous generals is coming to an end.Li Tao is over 70 years old this year.After the battle of Goguryeo, Li Tao could no longer support it.It's time for him to retire too.Su Dingfang was two years older than him, and he was already seventy-two.The age of these two people, even in the future generations, is grandparents.Not to mention at this time.As these two famous generals who support half of the Tang Dynasty get old.Among the generals of the Tang Army, there will indeed be a situation of lack of success.At least in recent years, there has not been anyone in the Tang Army who can take over the positions of Su Dingfang and Li Tao.can dominate the overall situation and fight the kind of national destruction war where fewer victories are more.When Su Dawei was distracted, Liu Renliang had already walked up to the city, stood beside him, and looked down.At this time, the Tang army had just occupied the city of Pyongyang, was counting the harvest, and was chasing the fugitives, which was the most chaotic time.No matter how much he claims to be a "teacher of benevolence and righteousness", at this time in ancient times, at the moment of breaking the city, chaos was inevitable.What's more, in the Tang army, whether it was Li Tao or the rest of the generals, they all acquiesced to the Tang army's looting for a day to boost morale.Now is not the time of Taizong, if the war does not come to plunder, and does not give some money to the soldiers, it means that these government soldiers who have their own weapons, horses, and dry food may go out to fight for several years, shed blood and sweat, and may not receive anything.If your life is not good and you die outside, your wife and children in Datang will be in embarrassment.During the Taizong Dynasty, Li Tao still dared to admonish Li Shimin directly, saying that the soldiers traveled thousands of miles, braved arrows and stones, were not afraid of sacrifice, and fought bloody battles for the property promised by His Majesty.If Your Majesty does not fulfill his promise, I am afraid that it will hurt the hearts of all the soldiers.But in the Li Zhi Dynasty, few people dared to give such a direct advice.The most daring is Liu Renliang's time.In the book, Li Zhi counted the events in the army.Unfortunately, there was no response.A person like Li Tao, who is good at making a living, will not take the risk to give advice.But he is a famous general who has worked all the way from the bottom, and he knows the suffering of soldiers.You can't let the soldiers suffer too much, but you can't refute Your Majesty's intentions.Sandwiched in the middle, this battle is difficult.Under such conditions, Goguryeo, the overlord of Liaodong, was finally eliminated, and it can be said that there was a great element of luck.If it weren't for Quan Gai Suwen dead, if it wasn't for Quan Nan building their brother fire and coaxing inside.If it weren't for the Belt and Road Party.If it weren't for Su Dawei's coal in Datong, 80,000 Goguryeo troops would be flooded with water at one time.The final outcome is hard to predict.The art of war is cloudy, and ten rules surround it.The combined strength of the Tang army did not exceed 200,000.And if Goguryeo City still has 80,000 soldiers.Even if Li Tao led the army to besiege the city, it may not be able to crack the hard shell of Pyongyang City.Didn't Su Dingfang also besiege Pyongyang before?
In the end, it is not helpless against this fortified city.had to dismiss the troops.Su Dawei drowned 80,000 people in Goguryeo in the first battle, and dealt a fatal blow to the city of Pyongyang in terms of military morale.At that time, standing at the head of Pyongyang, you could see with your own eyes the 80,000 Goguryeo elites who were engulfed by the flood.That kind of spiritual shock is by no means something that can be described by any pen and ink.Therefore, after receiving the battle report, Li Tao was pleasantly surprised.With his intuition from years of fighting, he smelled a decisive fighter.…… The cry seemed to come from far away.The stench of some kind of burnt meat rose in the wind.Black and white embers fall from the sky.Liu Renliang came back to his senses, glanced at the city, looked at the two different worlds inside and outside the city, sighed slightly, and turned to Su Dawei."
Su Dudu, what are you thinking?""
Liu Tingshi, you see, inside and outside the besieged city, some people cry, and some people laugh."
Liu Renliang looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Su Dudu can't get used to the plundering of the Tang army?"
”"Yes and no."
Su Dawei shook his head: "Looting is not justice, but I am not a person with a habit of cleanliness, since I am the governor of the Tang Dynasty, I must stand in the position of the Tang Dynasty." ”After a pause, he continued: "His hero, my enemy, since he is the hero of the Tang Dynasty, then he can only sacrifice the enemy." ”Liu Renliang nodded: "It's good that you can think so." ”He is over sixty years old, has seen many honors and disgraces in the world, and may have sympathy for the Goguryeo people, but from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty, he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong.Just looking at Su Dawei standing at the head of the city, he didn't seem to be happy, worried about what psychological burden he had.Thinking of this, Su Dawei smiled bitterly at him, as if he had seen through his thoughts: "Liu Tingshi doesn't have to worry, I think of me Su Dawei, release water to flood 80,000 people in Goguryeo, how can a butcher like me who has his hands stained with human life qualified to be a moral saint."
Just ask for a clear conscience. ”"What a clear conscience."
Liu Renliang was slightly moved: "I'm as old as Su Dudu, but I don't have such a sober state of mind. ”"Liu Tingshi, you still say that I am cold-blooded.""
Don't dare, don't dare."
Liu Renliang smiled embarrassedly, seeing that Su Dawei had no hesitation on his face, he was joking, so he relieved himself."
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