The Hebei defense line that Liu Rengong, the newly promoted Liaodong County Prince, tried his best to maintain was still not stable. In the battle of Laoyadi, Lulong's army was defeated miserably and was beheaded by Xuanwu's army numerous times. Liu Rengong fled north to Fanyang and barely regained his footing after meeting with Liu Shouguang. However,
At this moment, Lulong Prefecture has lost more than half of it.
When the news of the total collapse of the Lulong Army's Hebei camp reached Bohai Kingdom and went to Beijing, Li Chengzhong could no longer hold back. He immediately prepared to set off on the hour and return to Yingzhou with the army, and told Feng Dao and Jiang Miao who were staying in Yingzhou,
Zhou Kan and others wrote a letter asking them to issue a general mobilization order immediately. There was a fire in the backyard, and it was useless no matter how well he fought in the Bohai Sea. In fact, it was not only Yingzhou that issued a general mobilization order, but all the major forces of the Lulong Army took action.
: The brothers of the Gao family, Wang Jingrou and his wife, Li Juncao and his son, Zhao Yuande, Zhao Yan, etc. immediately gathered their troops and marched to Fan Yang, preparing for a final desperate battle with the Xuanwu Army under Fan Yang City.
Fortunately, new news came immediately afterwards, saying that the Xuanwu Army issued King Qin's call, and the army marched westward to Chang'an and withdrew from Hebei. This move of the Xuanwu Army was tantamount to saving the Lulong Army that was about to collapse, so Li Chengzhong did not need to
He returned to Yingzhou, because he was under the pressure of the powerful people of Bohai State to stay.
In fact, the Bohai dignitaries very much regretted that Governor Li of Yingzhou had taken away about 30% of the property in the treasury. The reason why they almost fully complied with Yingzhou's requirements to provide various compensations was because of the strength of Yingzhou's army.
, there is another reason that causes them even more headaches - the civil strife in Silla.
Silla was founded earlier than Bohai, but their real ability to become the masters of the peninsula was postponed until the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the peninsula was actually ruled by three countries - Silla, Goguryeo and Baekje.
There have been endless wars between the three countries. Silla was stronger among them, so they launched a war to unify the peninsula. But unfortunately, Goguryeo and Baekje formed an alliance, so the war developed to a later stage, and Silla was almost at the end of the war.
The point of collapse.
But Silla is lucky, because they have been working hard to move closer to the Tang Dynasty. Starting from Queen Seondeok, the first queen of Silla, this country has been actively interacting with the Tang Dynasty, comprehensively learning and imitating the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty
and system, compared with Goguryeo and Baekje, their surrender to the Tang Dynasty was far more pious. On the contrary, its two neighboring countries often showed a pathological pride and rebelliousness towards the Tang Dynasty.
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Decades of hard work by the kings of Silla finally came to fruition. The Tang Dynasty finally sent troops under Silla's urgent request for help. The Tang army was so brave in its heyday, and the situation was reversed as soon as it took action. In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozong's reign, the Tang army
Baekje was destroyed. Three years later, the Japanese troops who came to interfere in the political situation of the peninsula were annihilated at the mouth of the Baekchon River. Five years later, Goguryeo was destroyed again. The Tang Dynasty established five governor's offices including Xiongjin in the hometown of Baekje, and Pyongyang, the hometown of Goguryeo.
The Andong Protectorate was established, with nine governors under its jurisdiction. In the next half century, it achieved de facto military occupation of the entire peninsula and military support for Silla.
Well, in fact, it is more appropriate to say that it is more appropriate to restore the homeland of the Han family, because this land was the official state capital under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains long before the Han Dynasty. At that time, in the administrative divisions of the Central Plains court, this land belonged to the previous
The four counties of Han Dynasty, headed by Lelang County.
After the Silla Kingdom was completely stable and showed its loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, in the 23rd year of Kaiyuan, Emperor Xuanzong assigned the south of the Datong River (Datong River) to Silla, and Silla officially unified the peninsula.
, as the Tang Dynasty gradually withdrew from Liaodong, Silla took over the area north of the Zhujiang River and bordered the Bohai Kingdom.
Any kingdom that has experienced a long period of peace will inevitably experience problems of one kind or another. Silla's problems are even more serious than those of Bohai. The country is divided by warlords, peasant uprisings are frequent, and all kinds of unrest are getting more and more intense. Finally, a major change occurred last year.
The local garrison general Zhenxuan declared the founding of the country in the hometown of Baekje, declared a vassal state to Silla, and separated from Silla. At the same time, the Jin Gong people in Kaesong took up the banner of reviving Goguryeo, occupying the vast area north of the Xujiang River, and the peninsula entered again
a divided situation.
The internal chaos of any country will inevitably profoundly affect the situation of its neighboring countries. As the only land neighbor to Silla, Balhae has also been greatly impacted by such chaos. The most superficial impacts are..., lingering between the two countries.
Tens of thousands of refugees near the Mishui border, the apparent instability of the Heishui and Tieli tribes in Balhae, and the impact of Silla's civil strife on the Balhae government.
"Wait a minute, you said there are tens of thousands of refugees wandering near the muddy water? How many are there?" Li Chengzhong's eyes lit up.
Qianniuwei General Yang Xuanen, who was complaining, did not hear the implication of Li Chengzhong's words, and still kept mumbling: "Captain, there are tens of thousands of people. Looking at it, they are so densely packed that I can't tell how many people there are. If it weren't for
A certain Qianniu Guard elite is stationed there, and these refugees have already rushed into the country. I am afraid that Nanhai Mansion, Yalu Mansion, and even Longyuan Mansion and Xiande Mansion will be destroyed thousands of miles away."
In order to deepen Li Chengzhong's impression of the horrific situation of the "rotten place" among the refugees, Prime Minister Pei Ting added: "Captain, in order to stabilize the refugees in Silla, the Balhae Kingdom spends thousands of koku of food every month, which does not include the garrison and the people who transport food.
The expense is really a big burden. What’s more serious is that the existence of these refugees has affected the stability of several prefectures in the south. Many large households and ordinary people have moved north because of fear."
"I need the detailed number of refugees." Li Chengzhong was noncommittal and simply made a request.
In addition to the panic caused by the refugee flow, the prisoner king's brother Da Fengyi and the prime minister Pei Ting were more concerned about the domestic political situation.
Pei Ting said: "This time Zhu Chengming launched an attack on the royal family. He was largely inspired by the civil strife in Silla, especially the Jin family. It is said that he has close ties with Jin Gongyi, the violent leader who occupies the north. As far as Pei knows, Zhu Chengming was in
Under the instigation of the Kim family, a preliminary agreement was reached with the leader, and it seemed that they were going to use each other as aid to create the Northern and Southern Dynasties."
The great feudal descendant sighed: "It used to be a good country, but now it has been tortured to the point of dying. When the king came to the throne, a certain person went to Chang'an to ask for the imperial edict. In Chang'an, he met Jin Cheng, who was also the minister of Honglu Temple in the Silla Kingdom.
Lie, there was a dispute with him at that time over the ranking of seats in the imperial court... In the past two years, Silla has been asking for help from the Tang Dynasty, but has never received a response. Speaking of which, it is quite disappointing...
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General Li Yuanguang of Jinwu Guard also felt deeply about this: "In a certain family town in Tokyo, the Black Water Department and the Iron Force Department have been very unstable in recent years. They have a lot to do with these damn Silla mobs, and they also suffered from them.
of bewitchment.”
Li Chengzhong began to become interested in the civil strife in Silla, especially the situation in northern Silla bordering the Bohai Sea. He asked about the rebellion in northern Silla.
Yang's Shizhen Nanhai Prefecture borders Silla, so we have a relatively detailed understanding of it.
"The rebellion in the north of Silla began ten years ago. The bandit commander Yang Ji pulled up a team and called himself the 'General of Gangwon Province'. They attacked the city and captured the territory, and defeated the Silla officers and soldiers. However, this man did not have any great talents or strategies.
After a certain situation, they stopped their offensive and began to enjoy the bells and cauldrons. So in the past ten years, Silla has been able to barely survive. But since last year...well...it is now the first month, it should be since
Starting from the year before last, a rogue monk joined Liang Ji's rebel army, and the situation changed."
"Monk?" Li Chengzhong suddenly thought of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, and couldn't help but became more interested: "What's his name?"
"This monk didn't have a name at first, but he was very good at deceiving people. He claimed to be a descendant of the Kim family of the royal family of Silla, and said that he was the son of King Xian'an and the grandfather of the current King Hyogong of Silla. Hehe, it's really ridiculous. So.
His subordinates named him Jin Yi - a descendant of the Jin family. He also said that he had been avoiding the pursuit of the Jin family for many years, so he once took his mother's Gong family as his surname, so some people called him
Jin Gongyi. Later he changed his story, saying that he was actually a descendant of the old Goguryeo royal family, and that he wanted to restore the glory and splendor of Goguryeo... I really couldn't understand that even his own ancestors could be changed over and over again. Such an unfilial villain,
It actually has a high prestige among the people of Silla..." Yang Xuanen sighed.
Pei Ting frowned and said: "Pei has paid attention to this problem. In fact, he changed it over and over again just to have people follow him, but the effect was not very good. Few people thought about Goguryeo, which had been gone for hundreds of years. After he
Therefore, the prestige among the people does not actually lie in his surname. This Jin Yi, um, or Gong Yi, or Jin Gong Yi, no matter what he is called, he claims to be the Maitreya Buddha who came to the world. On weekdays, he likes to pretend to be gods and ghosts, wearing a
Wearing a golden robe and wearing a square robe, he said that he was sending the Buddha's light to the world to save the common people, and he created many Buddhist relics, so the people believed it to be true. In fact, this man was particularly cruel. Whenever he conquered a place, he would massacre the city. Therefore, his subordinates were extremely cruel.
When Luo Guanjun and Hwarang Dao soldiers heard that they were fighting with his subordinates, they were very afraid..."
In the eyes of the powerful people of the Bohai Kingdom, this Jin Gong descendant is a disaster like a snake and a scorpion. They are all worried about such a person gradually gaining power in neighboring Silla. Therefore, Li Chengzhong already understands what these people in front of him are afraid of.
What's wrong - if this person really establishes a country in the south, it will undoubtedly be a huge threat to Bohai.
"So, do you think Datang should send troops?" Li Chengzhong asked.
"We must send troops or Silla will be destroyed"
"I hope the governor will consider the people here and restore the peace and prosperity of Silla. After all, Silla is also a vassal of the Tang Dynasty."
"Captain, since Wang Shi has arrived at the Bohai Sea, why not eliminate this hidden danger for the Tang Dynasty? This will ensure peace in Liaodong for another hundred years."
Li Chengzhong actually had plans to send troops. Although it is not easy to conquer the country with a large army, there will be a lot of sweetness after success. It is really unreasonable not to take this opportunity to gain more. A country like Silla has claimed vassal status of the Tang Dynasty for nearly 300 years.
If the country really perished in 1999, it would have dealt a huge blow to the Tang Dynasty vassal system. Especially the rebel leader actually wanted to build another Goguryeo, and had already used the banner of "Goryeo" - in order to distinguish it from Goguryeo.
They removed the word "sentence". Li Chengzhong knew that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Goguryeo was very hostile to the Tang Dynasty. The demise of the Sui Dynasty was largely caused by the failure of the three conquests of Goguryeo. Therefore, he was very hostile to the Tang Dynasty.
The name "Goguryeo" is very disgusting.
It was not until we traveled to this era that the problem that had puzzled Li Chengzhong in the past - the origin of the stick in later generations - was solved. In fact, this problem was not a problem in this era because no one regarded him as a problem. Li Chengzhong has already Knowing that the Goguryeo of the past and the Goryeo of later generations were completely unrelated concepts, the Goguryeo people of that time had no blood relationship with the Bangzi of later generations. Combining the knowledge of later generations, Li Chengzhong discovered that the ancestors of Bangzi originated from the southern part of the peninsula. When several villages formed what was called the Sanhan Village Alliance, most of the peninsula had been under the control of the Central Plains for a long time.
The reason why Pei Ting knew the name "Sanhan" was because when the village alliance was first established, they requested to claim vassal status from the Han Dynasty. However, they later found out that their request was an extravagant wish because their land was under the jurisdiction of Lelang and other four Han counties at that time. The territory of the Han Dynasty could at most be mixed with the "ethnic autonomy" status of Jiyizhou. If it were forcibly declared a vassal, it would be a rebellion. Later, during the war in the Central Plains, this village alliance developed and established Silla and Baekje. Therefore, in reality, The ancestors of Shangbangzi should be Silla and Baekje. Baekje has long since perished, and Silla, second only to Bohai in terms of loyalty to the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, Silla's loyalty was not innate to them, but was fought out by the Tang army. After the Tang Dynasty helped Silla destroy its mortal enemies Goguryeo and Baekje, it did not withdraw its troops from the old places of Baekje and Goguryeo, which made the Silla people very upset. Satisfied - they had just been freed from the crisis, but they immediately forgot that without the Tang Dynasty, they would have been in ruins. So the unconvinced Silla people began to incite the remnants of the original Goguryeo and Baekje royal families to violence, and at the same time attacked the Tang Dynasty. Proposing to send troops to help "quell the rebellion", Xue Rengui began to use troops against Silla. The victory or defeat of Xue Rengui's troops has always been a mystery. Even Pei Ting, who has studied historical materials more deeply, did not know, but no matter what, the Tang Dynasty has always ruled It is an indisputable fact that it held the peninsula for fifty years. It was not until the Kaiyuan period that the Tang Dynasty was involved in too much energy on the western front, and it took the initiative to cede the south of the Xujiang River to Silla.
Therefore, the Goguryeo people have nothing to do with Bangzi. In fact, like the Turks, Molu people, and Khitan people around them, they belong to the ethnic groups outside the customs under the control of the Central Plains. The difference is that they have longer time and determination to resist the central government than other surrounding ethnic groups. They came strong. Of course, they also received different treatment from the Central Plains - they were directly destroyed by the Tang Dynasty
Therefore, Li Chengzhong was very disgusted with this local vassal state that had always been within the vassal system of the Central Plains court, but had always been in conflict with the central government. He was also very disgusted with this Jin Gong descendant who claimed to revive Goguryeo.
"You can send troops, but I hope you can help from the side. Of course, the Tang Dynasty will not let you send troops in vain. I heard that the north of the Xujiang River was not Silla's territory before Kaiyuan, so, um..."
The uncertain words aroused the enthusiasm of the Bohai dignitaries. Everyone's eyes flashed green, they looked at each other, and then said in unison: "I am willing to obey the commander-in-chief's orders."