The 96th Anti-Songtsen Gampo Alliance was established

In the first month of the ninth year of Daye, Yang Guang issued an edict to recruit troops and attack Goguryeo again.

In April of the ninth year of Daye, Yang Guang personally went to Liaodong. Yang Guang sent Yuwen Shu and the Supreme General Yang Yichen to march into Pyongyang. The left Guanglu Dafu Wang Rengong went out of Fuyu Road. Wang Rengong marched to Xincheng. Tens of thousands of Goryeo soldiers refused to fight. Wang Rengong led a thousand elite cavalry to defeat him. Goryeo soldiers were defeated and returned, and Goryeo Infant City was defended.

Just as Yang Guang was about to expand the results of the battle, news came from behind. Yang Xuangan rebelled according to Li Yang.

At this time, Yang Guang ordered the fight to stop and return to his army to quell the Yang Xuangan Rebellion. Although he successfully wiped out the Yang Xuangan Rebellion, he had lost the opportunity to attack Goguryeo again (the weather was cold and the earth was frozen). It can also be said that Goguryeo took a walk in front of the gate of hell in the ninth year of Daye.

The deceiving surrender of Yizhi Wende could not be replicated by the plan of water instead of soldiers, and the plan of Yuan Taizuo was in Pyongyang, and the strategy of raiding death soldiers could not be replicated by the strategy of raiding.

At present, the Tang Dynasty was sharpening its swords and preparing to use the blade of kings and domineering against Goguryeo, but Goguryeo was helpless. Just at the beginning of the third year of Kaiyuan, Yuan Su Gaiwen's head flashed with a flash of inspiration, thinking that although Goguryeo could not replicate the first battle with the Sui Dynasty, he could replicate the second victory with the Sui Dynasty.

That is the center blossoming and subverting the Tang Dynasty.

The Yang Xuangan Rebellion was actually a very failed central battle. If Yang Mi proposed three strategies to Yang Xuangan at that time: "The best strategy is to take Jizhou directly with the main force. Block the Sui army in Liaodong outside the pass, and wait for its food to collapse. The middle strategy is to quickly attack Chang'an, and order the world to leave Emperor Yang of Sui to retreat without any base. The worst strategy is to attack Luoyang nearby. However, it may stop the troops under the strong city and lose troops.

Although Li Mi’s three strategies were short, they had broad and profound strategic connotations. He actually proposed the strategic guidance for destroying the Sui Dynasty. However, Yang Xuangan took the worst strategy and attacked Luoyang.

Therefore, Yang Xuangan failed. Although he failed, Goguryeo escaped.

Yuan Su Gaiwen naturally did not consider the consequences of Li Yuanji's failure. As long as Li Yuanji rebelled in the rear when Li Jiancheng sent troops to Goguryeo, he would rebel in the rear, regardless of success or failure.

Goguryeo is a winner.

Li Yuanji pondered and said, "Do you want to hear the truth?"

Yuansu Gavin nodded and said, "Of course!"

"There is no chance of success!" Li Yuanji looked at Yuan Su Gaiwen and smiled: "Your idea is very good, but there is no chance of success at all. Although you are willing to give me the Sui army prisoners of war, don't mention the price at this time. The key is that these Sui army prisoners of war may only have half their lives left in your hands. Can they defeat the Tang army in Guanzhong?"

Hearing this, Yuan Su Gaiwen felt a secret joy. At least, Li Yuanji was moved. He had already made more than half of his trip. Of course, from the standpoint of Goguryeo, he hoped that Li Yuanji could mess up the matter, but he didn't want him to mess up too much. It would be better that he could lose both sides with Li Jiancheng.

Of course, this is an unrealistic fantasy.

Yuan Su Gaiwen smiled and said, "Your Highness, it seems that we have thought of going together!"

After a pause, Yuansugavin said: "There is a large island (Jeju Island) west of Mahan. There is a small country called Juhu Guo. The people of this country are short and like to raise pigs and cattle. They are 300 miles in radius and have a mouth of about 4,000."

Li Yuanji waved his hand and said, "Tell me about your plan!"

Yuansu Gaiwen smiled and said, "For our Great Goguryeo, we only need to dispatch a partial army to easily conquer the state of Hu. We can allocate more than 50,000 Sui army prisoners of war, together with their weapons and food to the state of Hu. His Highness, the King of Qi, can send his confidants to the state of Hu and take over this army in advance."

Li Yuanji said: "What about?"

Yuan Su Gaiwen said unanimously: "Then, His Highness of the King of Qi is needed to fulfill our alliance. As long as Li Jiancheng sends troops to attack our Goguryeo, I hope His Highness of the King of Qi can lead these 50,000 troops from Lutai (Today's Tianjin) to capture Jizhou, so as to eliminate Li Jiancheng's army food route!"

Of course, Li Yuanji knew that this was the best plan that Li Mi offered to Yang Xuangan.

Goguryeo is a small country. Although it has a population of more than 3.5 million, it has an absolute magnitude gap with the Tang Dynasty. There are huge gaps in population, economy, and military equipment. Especially the convenience of war horses, the official horse farm of the Tang Dynasty has no less than 700,000 adult strong horses, while the people own more than one million war horses.

If Li Jiancheng was willing, he only needed food and grass to keep up, and he could arm more than fifty cavalry. In this era, cavalry was like tanks in later generations. It is no exaggeration to say that Goguryeo had no way to resist 500,000 cavalry.

If Goguryeo wants to catch up with the Tang people, it needs not only management, but also time. Others may not be able to see this clearly, but Yuan Su Gaiwen, the son of Datong Lu, cannot see it clearly.

For them, Goguryeo, the best situation was to have another rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty, with seventy-two dust and smoke, and thirty-six rebellions against the king.

The development of Goguryeo has reached a bottleneck. Even if Silla, Baekje and the three Koreans in the south will not be able to narrow the economic and military gap between the two sides. However, if the Tang Dynasty was like the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the Han people in Liaodong and Youzhou and Pingzhou would flee to Goguryeo. These Han people would bring new agricultural technologies, alchemy and convenient mechanical processing technology to Goguryeo. As long as one goes up and down, it would be okay for Goguryeo to eventually tie the gap with the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, choosing Li Yuanji was not the only choice for Goguryeo. If Li Yuanji did not agree, they could also take an alternative plan to steal Du Fuwei out of Chang'an City.

However, Du Fuwei's weight is far less than that of Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji said: "It is not a time of great struggle, not an era of heroes rising together and competing for the world!"

Yuan Su Gaiwen smiled and said, "As long as your highness is willing, the Tang Dynasty can become such a great era at any time!"

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At this time, only Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Li Jiancheng were left.

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Jiancheng and said, "Your Majesty, if I write this edict, please agree to me for three things!"

Li Jiancheng hurriedly said, "Xuanling, please tell me, don't say three, I agree to thirty."

Fang Xuanling said loudly: "First: Your Majesty imitated the Sui system to open a vocational school to recruit scholars, and recruited scholars from all over the world to enter the court; second: repair farming and construction, and exempt miscellaneous taxes."

Li Jiancheng nodded constantly while listening.

Fang Xuanling continued: "Third: reorganize and train all the troops in the hands of the generals, eliminate those troops with low combat effectiveness and relaxed discipline, and dismiss those incompetent officers. It takes three months to half a year to train an elite soldier."

Fang Xuanling finished speaking and looked at Li Jiancheng silently waiting for the result.

Li Jiancheng bowed deeply to Fang Xuanling, agreed without hesitation and said, "Okay, do everything as Xuanling said, I agree, I agree!"

Wei Zheng continued: "At present, we are just waiting for General Chen's good news to come!"

Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Zheng and smiled and said, "On the battlefield, there are ever-changing changes. Isn't Xuan Chengzhu worried about any accidents?"

Li Jiancheng said: "No surprise, General Chen has never let me down, has he?"

Under Li Jiancheng's order, the generals of the 12 Guards of Chang'an reduced the soldiers from one to two regiments in the name of abolition, and these soldiers went to the military post to return home in the name of abolition.

In fact, he has been assigned to Jiannan Road for mountain training.

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Kangyan lived in the city, and an unexpected spring rain poured down from the cracks of the clouds, mixed with the bulge of dirty blood flowing wildly. Many Tubo soldiers were shaking in the red dirty blood and wailing in pain. They couldn't hold on for long.

The uninjured Tubo soldiers also stood in the rain, wrapped in blood and followed their sleeves, and their trousers were swaying straight into lines. The faces that were once full of murderous aura were now full of confusion.

This was a defeat of both sides. Nearly 2,000 soldiers of the Beiwei Army who lived in Kang Yan's city were injured, while more than 10,000 were killed or injured in the Tubo army. Although the exchange ratio of the Beiwei Army had an absolute advantage, Liu Tong was not satisfied.

What made the Tubo people feel most helpless was that all the wounded soldiers emitted a disgusting odor on their wounds, and the entire wounded camp was even more stinky.

After paying countless such great prices, the Tubo people only consumed the yaks and war horses in Kangyanju City.

Those despicable guys relied on yaks and war horses to kill countless Tubo warriors with hatred.

"What a hell!"

A Tubo Dongpuqiong bowed to Songtsen Gumbu with a gloomy face, then took out a wet bamboo tube and presented it with both hands.

Songzan Garland weighed it and it was not light enough, so it weighed about one pound. Just as he was about to tear open the cotton cloth on the bamboo tube, Ru Daren hurriedly stopped Songzan Garland.

However, Ru Daren was still one step slower.

Songtsen Gumbu still pulled open the cotton strip and asked, "Is this the thing?"

As a result, Songtsen Gampo almost fainted by the stinky smell.

The Dongpuqiong gritted his teeth and said, "It's this thing! Those bastards took out this thing and threw it into the middle of us, and it exploded, blowing a lot of pieces!"

In fact, this is just a primitive weapon of the Beiwei Army. It uses refined tincture oil mixed with feces. Once it is lit, the fierce tincture oil burns and explodes. This kind of hand can form a sea of ​​fire within a radius of ten steps. The most important thing is that it is a very delicious weapon.

Not only does it aggravate bacterial infection, it also has a serious blow to the morale of the Tubo people.

Dozens of tribe leaders surrounded them, and they wanted to eat the rats surrounded by them alive. The matter was obvious. After Su Biguo surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, his former defeated generals replaced the cannons, and his combat effectiveness improved by leaps and bounds.

The scum of Subi country poses a huge threat to the Tubo people. Subi country is familiar with everything in the snow field and is equipped with the most exquisite weapons. If they are not eliminated as soon as possible, the tribes living in the snow field will not be able to live in peace.

For the future, they must chase and beat the dogs in the water. If they are beaten to death, they must stew and eat them into their stomachs before they can feel at ease! The tribes who felt the danger responded positively, and those strong Tubo men rode on war horses and gathered towards Kang Yanju. The Tubo army's strength increased sharply.

What Subinazhen felt particularly distressed was that her troops were decreasing rapidly. Although the Beiwei Army lost less than a thousand people, the Subi army suffered more than two thousand people. At this time, the Subi army had only more than 6,000 people, half of which were lost. Such heavy casualties made his heart bleeding. There were still six thousand people in the Subi tribe, but in fact, most of them were widows and elderly people pulling a bunch of children, or two old people depended on each other for their lives. There were not many complete families, and there were even fewer young and strong people. Without affecting the herds and protection of herds and tribes, the soldiers she could mobilize were only more than 3,000. Now nearly a thousand people have been lost at once, and she has the desire to die.

If Chen Ying's banner was vaguely visible from time to time, she even had the intention to surrender to Songtsen Gampo. In Subinazhen's eyes, resistance at this time was meaningless. Although this Kangyanju City was not lost, there were not many Subi people left.

In fact, it is not only her who feels sorry for her, but Songtsen Gampo is also feeling sorry for her.

However, Chen Ying was heartbroken in the valley fifty miles away and did not come out. He occasionally threatened the flanks of the Tubo army, causing him to be in a hurry.

Of course, Chen Ying did not want to rescue Kang Yanju City. The key is that Chen Ying was no longer in the valley at this time, and only Chen Ying's banner, Liu Rengui, who was acting cheaply, and less than 3,000 troops under his command.

Chen Ying had led other Anxi soldiers, a total of more than 10,000 troops, and Guo Xiaoke's troops arrived at Naqu City, the base of the former Beiwei Army.

Entering the snow field, Chen Ying realized that the raid of the hook and sickle lances, whom he was best at, had lost his place to play. The terrain here is narrow and there are very few plains. Moreover, the soldiers of the Anxi Army had some uncomfortable reactions. Although their combat effectiveness could be maintained, they could not launch group assault tactics like the Western Regions.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ying decided to change his tactics.

After arriving at Naqu City, Chen Ying sent the remaining troops of the Beiwei Army and messengers who were familiar with the Tubo language to contact the leaders of the Tubo tribe.

"We must now understand the attitude of Tubo. If they decide to stand on Songtsen Gampo, then we will take the initiative and destroy them first." Chen Ying said.

"Will they stand on our side?" Hearing Chen Ying's words, Ma Zhou hesitated for a moment and said, "We are outsiders than Songtsen Gampo. My suggestion is that instead of giving them time to organize, it is better to destroy them directly!"

Ma Zhou’s idea is very simple.

Thinking from the perspective of others, if he stood in the position of the Tubo people, he would choose Songtsen Gampo to join forces, first drive away Chen Ying and other invaders, and then discuss the ownership of the land. It would make them prepare for this at this time. The best choice is to take advantage of the fact that Songtsen Gampo led tens of thousands of troops to besiege Kang Yanju, and the rear was empty and they would directly wipe out the tribes behind them.

However, Chen Ying's view is exactly the opposite of him.

"The enemy is a friend! This place has been scattered independently for too long!" Chen Ying looked at Ma Zhou and said, "For most tribal leaders, a unified Tubo means that a ruler appears on their heads. The heads of each tribe have established their own rules. Now someone has come forward again to demand the sovereignty of this land. If it were you, what would you think?"

It is actually very difficult to form a unified country from a loose tribe.

Qin Shihuang unified the divided countries together. However, the remnants of the six countries in Guanzhong still leveraged the foundation of the Qin Empire. What are the tyranny of the late Qin Dynasty, what are the harsh policies that are more powerful than tigers, and what are the more than deadlines, are actually confirmed by Yunmengjian unearthed, which are all lies.

The truth of history is that Qin unified the world and abolished the fiefdom and hereditary system, which violated the interests of the nobles of the six countries. They adopted the method of internal and external cooperation to ruin Qin.

Now, Songtsen Gampo uses his iron blood to temporarily unite the Tubo tribes, perhaps surrendering to Songtsen Gampo's martial arts or his power. In short, the one who is most dissatisfied with Songtsen Gampo is precisely the leaders of the Tubo tribes whose interests were violated.

Just half a month later, Naqu City welcomed a group of special guests, representatives of Andobu, Zaduobu and Quduobu tribe.

In fact, the Tubo tribes were more than Chen Ying imagined.

In just half a month, there were more than 160 representatives of Tubo tribes who arrived in Nagqu. Among them, due to the distance being too far, there were more tribes that had not yet arrived.

After these representatives came to Nagqu City, Chen Ying asked someone to prepare a lot of delicacies for these representatives, as well as silky silk, tea, exquisite porcelain, and mellow white wine.

Chen Ying did not go around the corner with these Tubo tribe leaders or representatives, and directly asked the tongue to tell the representatives of each tribe that the Tang Dynasty has decided to teach Songtsen Gampo, who is disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty and is ignorant of the world. If you are willing to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, you will enjoy your original tribal privileges, surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and pay tithes taxes to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty will open up the transactions of salt, silk, tea, and grain for all tribes.

If he was willing to become a slave to Songtsen Gampo and send the young and strong tribe to Songtsen Gampo to death, Chen Ying said that he would have nothing to say.

Ma Zhou thought Chen Ying would be disappointed, but to his surprise, almost all tribes were all bloody and established the anti-Songtsen Gampo Alliance.

Chen Ying confessed that he had traded with the Tubo tribes, and the salt, cloth, and food, which were in short supply, was traded with the Tubo tribes.
Chapter completed!