The soldiers brought a Han general of the Bohai Navy to Guo Ziyi, bowed and saluted, "Yang Yan, a low-ranking officer, is the COFCO of the Bohai Navy. He came to contact the Tang army on the order of the commander-in-chief Ren Tianling. We are willing to surrender to the Tang army."
Guo Ziyi nodded, "Welcome the old Bohai Navy to return to the Tang Dynasty, but there are some ugly things I want to say beforehand. First, it is impossible for the Bohai Kingdom to recover, but the Tang Army will seek justice for the victims who were massacred in the Bohai Kingdom; secondly,
After the soldiers of the Bohai Kingdom surrendered, they would become the Tang Army. As the war ended, the soldiers would gradually disarm and return to their fields to rebuild their homes. The senior generals in the army would go to the Chang'an Martial Arts Hall to further their studies and become ministers of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Please tell General Ren that if you can accept the above three points, the Tang Army will accept the surrender of the Bohai Navy tomorrow morning."
Yang Yan nodded, "I understand, I will go back and tell you immediately."
Guo Ziyi smiled lightly, "One last point, if you don't accept my three plans and are unwilling to surrender, then don't fight the Tang army in the end and go to the north! One of the main purposes of our Northern Expedition is to recover for the Bohai Kingdom
It’s fair to say that if we start a fight with Bohai’s army instead, we will make everyone in the world laugh at us!”
Yang Yan bowed deeply, said goodbye in a hurry and left.
Zhang Dian gave a thumbs up and praised: "The last words of the old general are brilliant!"
Guo Ziyi smiled and said: "Actually, they have no choice. Give them a step up and at least preserve their meager dignity!"
Yang Yan rushed back to tell Ren Tianling and the generals about Guo Ziyi's request.
Ren Tianling sighed for a long time and said: "All the royal family have been killed, and it is no longer possible to talk about building the Bohai Kingdom. Everyone, let's be more pragmatic!"
Everyone was excited and said: "As long as we can avenge our parents, wives and children who were killed, we are all willing to serve as ministers of the Tang Dynasty!"
The parents, wives and children of these generals were all in the capital, including Ren Tianling's two sons and two daughters, and they all died under the sword of the Japanese army. If they had not been cut off from military rations, they would not have surrendered to the Khitan. At this time, there was hatred between the family and the country.
With thoughts welling up in their hearts, everyone unanimously accepted Guo Ziyi's three conditions.
The next morning, on the vast grassland, two groups faced each other. Groups of Bohai troops came towards the Tang army. They put their armor and weapons on the grass in the middle and walked bare-handed. They were then led to another empty area by the Tang army's cavalry.
On the ground, there were steamed broth and steamed buns. Each had a bowl of soup and two steamed buns. They all sat on the grass and ate.
Ren Tianling came forward with six generals, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said: "Ren Tianling, the humble old general of Bohai State, led his men to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and is willing to be the people of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
Guo Ziyi said quickly: "General Ren, please come up quickly. I believe that the Tang Dynasty will never let down the 60,000 soldiers!"
After accepting the surrender of 60,000 Bohai navy, the Tang army did not continue to go north. At this time, Guo Ziyi had received the news that the Khitan tribes had temporarily abandoned Songmo Prefecture and moved to the north.
Guo Ziyi temporarily led his army back to Liucheng.
The Khitan can be put at the end, waiting for the Tang army to pacify the Liaodong tribes, and then attack the Khitan at the end.
He immediately divided his troops into four groups and ordered Nan Jiyun to lead an army of 30,000 people to conquer Xinluo. He also ordered Zhang Dian to lead an army of 50,000 people to go south to conquer the Xi tribe. Ma Lin led an army of 50,000 people to continue to defend Liucheng County. Guo Ziyi led an army including Liuzhou.
A hundred thousand troops, including Wan Bohai's navy, marched towards Bohai Kingdom in a mighty manner.
In mid-April, a large amount of medicine was delivered to Huichuan City.
Li Sheng ordered Qu Huan to lead 20,000 troops to guard Huichuan City to defend against the Tibetan army's attack on Huichuan City. Li Sheng personally led 40,000 troops to cross the Lu River and enter Yaozhou.
Yaozhou was the name of the Tang Dynasty. In the early Tianbao period, Yaozhou was changed to Yunnan County, and its administrative seat was Anning City, which is next to today's Kunming.
The pattern is very clear. The Tang Dynasty established Yunnan County, the area under the jurisdiction of the imperial court was in the Dianchi Lake area, and the Nanzhao tribe was in Dali. In the ninth year of Tianbao, Yunnan Governor Zhang Qiantuo intensified ethnic conflicts, forced Nanzhao to rebel, conquered Anning City, and killed Zhang Qiantuo.
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Of course, later people blamed Zhang Qiantuo, thinking that he was greedy and lustful and forced the Nanzhao king Geluofeng to rebel.
In fact, history is not that simple. In the final analysis, it is still a struggle for interests. Nanzhao is becoming more and more powerful, with an increasing population, and a huge demand for salt. However, the salt wells in Yunnan are controlled by the imperial court, which obtains profits through salt sales.
The benefits were huge, but in Nanzhao's view, this was the imperial court's exploitation of them, and the conflicts between the two sides deepened day by day.
At this time, Tubo reached in and encouraged and supported Nanzhao behind the scenes. It was with the support of Tubo that Nanzhao Wang Geluofeng raised an army to rebel on the pretext that his wife and daughter had been humiliated.
Without the support of Tubo, how could a small southwestern tribe dare to confront the huge Tang Empire?
In the final analysis, the Nanzhao issue is still the struggle between Tang Dynasty and Tubo for the southwest region.
When the Tang army entered the Nongdong Jiedu Prefecture, they were already close to the hinterland of Nanzhao. The Nongdong Jiedu Prefecture is today's Chuxiong area, and the most important county is Yaocheng County, now called Nondong City.
Nongdong Jiedufu is the east gate of Yangjumei City, the capital of Nanzhao. It was led by the army general Meng Chengjin.
Meng Chengjin was the brother of King Geluofeng of Nanzhao. He led an army of 10,000 to guard Nongdong City.
In fact, after the Tang army occupied Huichuan City, Nanzhao carried out strategic contraction. Of course, this is also Nanzhao's consistent strategy, and it has been tried and true. Once the Tang army went south, they concentrated all their troops near Yangjumei City.
Then he used superior force to fight a decisive battle with the Tang army from afar, and at the same time asked Tibet to send troops to attack Huichuan City, cutting off the Tang army's logistics center and retreat route.
Finally, the hot and humid climate and the difficult terrain were used to tire the Tang army. Once the Tang army's morale fluctuated, morale was low, and their bodies were exhausted, the Nanzhao army began a decisive battle with the Tang army.
Meng Chengjin was also responsible for another important task, which was to lure the enemy deep and lead the main force of the Tang army into the Yangjume area with complex terrain and heavy troop concentrations.
That afternoon, the Tang Army arrived at Nongdong City. The weather here was indeed very hot and humid. Although it was only April, every soldier was covered in sweat. Fortunately, every soldier had a moist heat patch on his belly button and replenished water in time.
, the body can adapt to the climate here, and each person is also equipped with a mugwort bag to prevent mosquitoes, which is quite effective.
Nongdong City is also known as Yao'an County in later generations. It is surrounded by high mountains on all sides and a vast plateau basin in the middle. The county seat is located beside a river and is surrounded by endless rice fields.
Forty thousand troops and thirty thousand camels were stationed in an open field.
Li Sheng looked at Nongdong City from a distance. It looked like a county town in the Central Plains, but it was a bit old.
The official road passes through the city, and the county seat must be captured before continuing westward.
The city was full of defenders. According to the scouts, there were about 10,000 defenders in the county.
"Send the order, the whole army will rest where they are and attack the city at night!"
The Tang Army now has five large trebuchets, but they need to be temporarily assembled.
The soldiers fetched water to boil water and buried pots to make rice. The camels also lay on the ground to rest, chewing succulent leaves in their mouths.
On the top of the city, Meng Chengjin watched the Tang army several miles away. He was very vigilant. His grandnephew Luo Dong had already escaped from Huichuan Mansion through a detour and brought some important information about the Tang army.
The Tang army was good at attacking with fire. Huichuan Mansion was burned down by countless rockets fired by the Tang army. This frightened Meng Chengjin. He first ordered all the people in the city to evacuate, and all kinds of supplies were also evacuated.
Once the Tang army started a fire attack, his troops had to withdraw quickly.
"General, according to the spies' report, the enemy did not carry siege weapons!" a subordinate reported.
Meng Chengjin nodded, that's right, the opponent must be attacking with fire.
He immediately said to his deputy general Yang Maosheng: "You can lead the eight thousand troops to retreat first, and I will lead the two thousand troops to retreat last!"
Yang Maosheng said quickly: "The army will withdraw first, and I will lead a thousand men to defend the city!"
Meng Chengjin was just talking. He was a general and a member of the royal family, so of course he should go first.
He then warned: "Our mission is to lure the enemy deep. Don't be brave and don't delay. The Tang army will retreat as soon as they fire rockets!"
"I understand the humble position!"
Meng Chengjin immediately led nine thousand troops to evacuate quickly.
Soon, Li Sheng got the news from the scouts that the main force of the enemy army had retreated. He sneered and said to General Han Qiu: "Arrange the brothers to shoot an arrow message into the city and order all the troops in the city to retreat before dark, otherwise none of them will be killed."