Eight hundred and forty-eighth chapter reaction of various forces
Goguryeo, which was regarded as the first target of the crusade, did not choose to pay tribute, and naturally those forces behind them would not do such a thing.
Anyway, they are not the first, so there is no need to worry if they pay tribute later.
Around Dali, almost all the forces focused part of their energy on Yanque Pass.
They wanted to see if this news was indeed false news released by the Dali government and it failed to achieve the expected results, then when the day came to send troops, how would Dali end this farce.
They don't mind seeing Dali being frustrated. Only in this way will the pressure be reduced even more when they invade Dali's borders.
As for the mobilization of the troops in Yanque Pass, they only regarded it as a matter of re-arranging the deployment of troops after two new cities were built on the grassland.
However, for this reason, although Goguryeo did not agree to pay tribute, it did not completely give up on this decision.
But the development of things was beyond everyone's expectation.
After several months of preparation, His Royal Highness Prince Yu actually led his troops to conquer the country in person.
The northern border of Dali has become increasingly prosperous in recent years, which everyone can see, but even if it hasn't, Dali's national strength is not as good as before, but it is still enough to support an expedition.
However, the various uprisings and popular resentments in Dali were the reasons why the imperial court was unable to divide its troops.
If there are extra troops in Northern Xinjiang, they are not used to suppress domestic riots, but they come out to attack a small country. What on earth do the Dali court and His Highness King Yu think?
But no matter how you think about it, Dali's dispatch of troops has become a reality, and what we need to consider now is how to deal with this matter.
The older tribute-paying faction once again had the upper hand and began to intensively prepare the envoys and tributes needed to pay tribute.
Although they say they should obey the authority in urgent matters, the Goguryeo people know that the Dali court attaches great importance to regulation. If there is a slight error in the number of missions and the amount of tributes, it will be more sinful to the Dali emperor than robbing a border pass.
Be big.
Therefore, before the mission even set off, the spies investigating Dali's army sent back new news.
Thirty thousand troops.
His Royal Highness, the fifth prince, Prince Yu, led an army of only 30,000 when he went on a personal expedition.
This number may be quite a lot among the forces that Dali calls a small nation, but it is not enough for the size of the Dali Dynasty.
In the Dali Dynasty, even the province with the smallest number of troops in the inner territory must have more than 30,000 troops stationed there.
In their imagination, if Dali wanted to send troops to fight them, it should at least be a hundred thousand troops to show Dali's reputation as a great kingdom.
Admittedly, when the Turks were wiped out two years ago, these forces already knew after receiving the news that the army in Dali Northern Xinjiang was more powerful than other places, but that only meant that the number of people was roughly the same.
In the court of Goguryeo, after learning that Dali's own army only had 30,000 soldiers, many people made mocking noises.
"Haha, it seems that Emperor Dali is a little anxious!"
"There is a saying in Dali, which is that you are pretending to be fat..."
"If thirty thousand people dare to attack us, it would be too arrogant, haha..."
"Now that we are here, Emperor Dali knows how powerful our Goguryeo is!"
"General Jin's guess is correct. With such a small number of troops, it seems that Dali's internal worries are indeed more serious than we imagined!"
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Therefore, the mission, which had just been prepared, was told that it did not need to leave when it was about to set off.
What Goguryeo was afraid of was the coming of Dali's 100,000-strong army, not the mere 30,000 soldiers.
Thirty thousand troops, even though this number is still a lot for forces like them, it will not make them feel desperate, and many people even feel that they can fight back.
When Emperor Xin led his own troops for the expedition, Goguryeo also began to organize its troops.
At the same time, the other forces looked like they were watching the show.
Dali and the others will definitely not help, but as for whether they should help Goguryeo?
That's also impossible.
As the forces living around Dali had all invaded Dali's borders, it was inevitable that there would be cooperation between the various forces, so they had a general understanding of Goguryeo's strength.
With only 30,000 people, it would be a little troublesome to solve it given Goguryeo's strength, but it was still within the scope of being able to solve it.
What they would rather see is that both the Dali army and Goguryeo would suffer losses.
They are both forces surrounding Dali. In addition to cooperation, they also have frictions with each other. At the same time, they also covet each other's land.
Although they are not as good as Dali, no one despises that their territory will be larger.
In fact, if it weren't for Dali's current internal worries and its long-standing tolerant policy, these small neighboring countries would have been included in Dali's territory long ago.
Even the wealthy Celestial Empire in Dali did not despise their poor land, so how could they despise each other.
Therefore, if the Dali army and Goguryeo can both lose, they can reap the benefits and divide Goguryeo.
And even if Goguryeo's vitality was not damaged, they would not be at a loss.
Although the number of 30,000 troops is not large for Dali, the defeat of a war can also cause a certain blow to Dali. By then, the morale of the border generals in Dali will be low, and they may be able to take advantage of the opportunity to rob Dali.
Plunder some.
And from beginning to end, they never thought about the possibility that Goguryeo would be captured by 30,000 troops.
If only 30,000 people could capture Goguryeo, they would have divided up Goguryeo's territory long ago. How could they wait until now?
But it's not like they did nothing.
They still understand the meaning of lip-death and teeth-cold. Whether Goguryeo was divided up by them or destroyed by Dali are two completely different meanings.
Of course, an army of 30,000 people cannot destroy Goguryeo, but what if this is a secret strategy to defeat Chen Cang?
What if Dali’s army is more than these 30,000 people?
Don't forget, the army led by King Yu set out from the northern border of Dali, not the border of Dali, which is directly adjacent to Goguryeo. If when the war is stalemate, another army from Dali suddenly comes out of the territory, then Goguryeo will
That's miserable.
Therefore, in order to create a "fair" environment, various forces have deployed their troops at the junction of the territory of Dali and Dali, in order to deter the Dali army close to the border, leaving them with no time to worry about other things and unable to support the outgoing army.
Obviously these forces did not know that the generals at the border gates were very unhappy with King Yu's actions because only King Yu had the right to send troops and chose to send troops on expeditions.
Unless Di Xin could achieve great success with his only 30,000 troops, or unless there was an order from the royal family, even if King Yu was defeated and died, they would just watch King Yu die and remain indifferent.