Chapter 94: The Silla War Renews The Situation Changes
Regarding whether to take back the cities that were eaten by Goguryeo, Silla is roughly divided into two factions. One faction is the "main war faction" headed by King Jindeman of Silla, including Kim Yushin, Kim Shuxuan, Kim Chunqiu and others. The other faction is
It is the 'Jinhe pie' of Jinguo Rice.
From Jin Guofan's point of view, it was already very good to protect Silla from being destroyed, so why bother provoking Goguryeo?
"We have just finished conquering Baekje. We are short of food and grass in the country, and Baekje is watching us. If we start a conflict with Goguryeo at this time, wouldn't it give Baekje a chance to make a comeback? I still think we should negotiate a peace first, and then we can regain our strength after we regain our strength.
It's not too late for the city, so why send troops directly to the north now? Isn't this looking for death?" Jin Guofan said.
There were quite a few people from the Lord He faction, and they were all nobles who were afraid of death. After Jin Guofan spoke, they immediately agreed.
Seeing that Jin Guofan and others were so afraid of death, Jin Shuxuan despised him very much, but he would not say it directly.
Jin Yuxin said in a deep voice: "We must fight. If we don't fight, it will give Goguryeo the impression that we Silla people are afraid of death and trouble. In this way, once Goguryeo unites with Baekje in the future, will we continue to take back the lost land?
We must fight, and fight bloody, so that the people of Goguryeo and Baekje can see clearly that we, Silla, are not made of clay, and whoever dares to provoke us, Silla, must be prepared to pay the price!"
"I agree!" Jin Chunqiu said: "King Gewen, I know you are worried that once we go to war with Goguryeo, Baekje will come back. But please don't worry about this. Baekje just withdrew its troops not long ago, and now it has no strength to invade us again. And Goguryeo
Seemingly powerful, Yeon Gae So-moon and Gao Jian-mu are in conflict with each other.
, as long as we lead our troops northward, whether we fight or not, it will put great pressure on Gao Jianwu, and he will have to retreat if he doesn't retreat. Because once he fights with us, we can completely drag him to death, as long as he dares to let the army go south.
To fight with us, we can contact Yeon Gaesumun immediately and make it difficult for Gao Jianwu to take care of him!"
Kinderman said: "That's right, that's right."
"Your Majesty, you?" Jin Guofan was dumbfounded. How could Kinderman support Jin Chunqiu?
Kinderman looked at him and said: "I think what the general and others said is very reasonable. If we blindly avoid it, we will only give Goguryeo and Baekje unscrupulous bullying."
"Your Majesty is wise." Jin Shuxuan said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. We don't need the whole army to go north this time. We only need to mobilize the elite. Goguryeo doesn't have many troops going south this time. We don't need many troops. We will
We can defeat them. As for Baekje, I will let General Amcheon defend himself."
Kinderman nodded, "Then do as you say."
"As you command!"
Jin Guofan's face swelled with anger and he hummed: "I hope you won't mess things up."
Jin Chunqiu said: "King Ge Wen, I think we need to send another envoy to the Tang Dynasty to ask for help. Goguryeo has always been at odds with the Tang Dynasty. This time Goguryeo went south without authorization and invaded our land. As long as the Tang Emperor sends someone to rebuke Gao Jianwu, it will
It’s a great help to us.”
Jin Guofan didn't like war, but he liked peace. When he heard Jin Chunqiu say this, he immediately said: "Leave this matter to me."
Three days later, Jin Yuxin and Jin Chunqiu led 20,000 people to the north, vowing to take back the lost territory.
Gao Jianwu was not surprised by this. He did not retreat immediately, but ordered the Silla army to continue fighting and pulling. In addition, he sent someone to inform King Buyeojang of Baekje, asking him to immediately send troops to attack Silla.
Fuyu Zhang swore to the envoy that he would send troops immediately. After the envoy left, he called for Prince Fuyu Yiji.
"Do you think we should take the opportunity to send troops to attack Silla?"
Fuyu Yiji shook his head and refused, "It's not the time yet. Although we hope to see a war between Goguryeo and Silla, Goguryeo and Silla have not invested a lot of troops, and we have just withdrawn our troops and need to gather supplies. We need to mobilize troops at this time.
It is not wise. In addition, I have received accurate information that Changchuan has led heavy troops to guard against us in the Jitong area. If we send troops at this time, it will only reduce the pressure on Goguryeo, and it will not do us any good."
Fuyu Zhang nodded and asked: "Then we don't do anything?"
"No, we still have to show off. Send people to Jitong to put pressure on Silla. My idea is that after Silla and Goguryeo are over, we will send troops again, leaving Silla without any chance to breathe.
Completely wear them out!"
"Okay, just do as you say!"
"yes."
Soon after, Baekje once again mobilized troops and appeared in the Jitong area, which put great pressure on Silla. Many leaders and factions even accused Jin Shuxuan of seeking death. Jin Shuxuan was very angry, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only say this
The news was passed to Jin Yuxin and Jin Chunqiu.
After Jin Yuxin and Jin Chunqiu got the news, they discussed it with each other and came to the final conclusion that they didn't care about anything!
Yes, they all believed that Baekje wanted to watch Silla and Goguryeo fight to the death and would not help Goguryeo at this time. However, they still wanted Jin Shuxuan to guard against Baekje's sudden attack.
When Jin Guofan learned that Baekje was coming back, he immediately went to Kinderman to complain.
"Your Majesty, you saw it. I told you not to have a conflict with Goguryeo at this time. Baekje is coming soon. What do you think we should do?"
Kinderman comforted him: "Don't worry, General Changchuan is on guard. King Gewen, blind defense will not make the enemy retreat. Only by being appropriately tough can the enemy be afraid. If we let Goguryeo eat this time,
Northern land, then Goguryeo will make further progress next time."
Jin Guofan thought for a while and sighed: "That's all, you, Your Majesty, make your own decision."
He found that this king had many ideas and was not a woman who knew nothing. In the face of the serious problem of Baekje, Jin Guofan had no idea of seizing power. He didn’t know whether Silla could survive, so what was the use of seizing power?
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Furthermore, the military power was in the hands of Jin Shuxuan, Jin Yuxin and his son. He was in charge of internal affairs and really had no choice but to take action.
Seeing Jin Guofan's disappointed expression, Kinderman tried to comfort Jin Guofan with some kind words.
In fact, Kinderman is also very helpless. Once the war breaks out, she has to rely on Jin Shuxuan and others, but she also needs Jin Guofan to check and balance Jin Shuxuan. Balance is not so easy to achieve.
After several months of development, the situation in the three countries on the peninsula has taken on a very strange shape. Before, Baekje attacked Silla, and Goguryeo took advantage of the fire to plunder. Now, Silla and Goguryeo are attacking each other, and Baekje is watching from the side.
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At this time, the first batch of Silla envoys, after going through many difficulties and dangers, finally arrived in Chang'an in July of the eighth year of Zhenguan.
Along the way, the Silla envoy had a very difficult journey. Because this time it was not a war between Baekje and Silla, but a joint attack between Baekje and Goguryeo on Silla. Therefore, the Silla envoy needed to
Avoid the troops of Goguryeo and Baekje.
They did not know that the war situation had turned. They only knew that if they could seek the protection of the Tang Dynasty emperor, Silla would definitely be able to turn the crisis around.
Silla was besieged by Goguryeo and Baekje. If they wanted to be safe and sound, they could only pray to the Emperor of the Tang Empire to intervene. Otherwise, they could not imagine how things would develop.