Gao Jianwu was very frightened about the sudden dispatch of troops by the Tang Dynasty.
In fact, it can also be said that Gao Jianwu was very afraid of the country adjacent to the western territory of Goguryeo.
Especially after seeing that after his father, King Pingyang, and his brother, King Pingyang, angered the former Sui Emperor, that vast country sent millions of troops to attack Goguryeo three times.
Although they were all repelled in the end, Gao Jianwu understood deeply that the reason why he was able to repulse the former Sui soldiers several times was entirely due to the generosity of the former Sui emperor. As long as they shouted surrender, those former Sui generals would not continue to attack the city.
Fortunately, when Goguryeo was about to be destroyed, the internal rebellion of the former Sui Dynasty allowed Goguryeo to survive.
Today, in the country bordering their western territory of Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty still has a population dozens of times larger than that of Goguryeo.
If the former Sui emperor once again mobilizes the entire country's military forces to attack Goguryeo, Goguryeo will definitely not be able to stop it!
"Your Majesty, we should quickly dispatch troops to defend Jian'an, Xiongyue Mountain, and Jili City, and be on guard against the Tang army from sending troops from Shicheng, Xuecheng and other cities to march all the way in and capture our territory!"
Moli Zhiyuan Taizuo, who was standing on one side, said solemnly.
On the side, important ministers such as Da Dui Lu, eldest brother, eldest brother, junior brother, Yi Qi Sheshe, etc. also hurriedly expressed their opinions.
"Not only must we strictly guard against stone cities and cave cities, we must also strictly guard against the land of Liaodong. We can even build a city wall in the land of Liaodong!"
"Moreover, we need to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty and ask why the Tang Dynasty captured the city of Goguryeo for no reason?"
"Goguryeo is willing to make peace with the Tang Dynasty forever!"
"..."
"I wonder who among you can serve as my envoy from Goguryeo to the Tang Dynasty?"
Finally, after the discussion was completed, Gao Jianwu looked expectantly at the ministers below.
Upon hearing this, all the ministers' expressions changed slightly and they quickly lowered their heads.
They had also experienced three wars against Goguryeo in the previous Sui Dynasty, and they were still a little afraid of the Tang Dynasty established in the Sui Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, this mission to the Tang Dynasty is of great importance. In order to show my sincerity to Goguryeo, I need to use the royal blood as my envoy!"
After a while, Yuan Taizuo stood up and said.
"What do you mean?"
Gao Jianwu narrowed his eyes and asked slowly.
Gao Jianwu could not ignore the words of Yuan Taizuo, the most powerful minister in Goguryeo.
"Prince Gao Heng can be the chief envoy, and an important minister can be the deputy envoy. He can go to the Tang Dynasty in person and pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty!"
After lowering his head and thinking for a long time, Yuan Taizuo said slowly.
"Prince Gao Heng is the official envoy?"
Hearing this, Gao Jianwu and all the ministers were startled.
"Mo Lizhi, Prince Gao Heng is only fifteen years old. He has not even participated in the government affairs and has directly become an envoy. Is there something wrong?"
"Back to the king, at this time, the most suitable identity is Prince Gao Heng! As for the prince who has never participated in government affairs, he can send a deputy envoy to give the prince advice on matters to be discussed with the Tang Dynasty!"
Yuan Taizuo said.
All the important ministers nodded their heads.
Seeing this, even if Gao Jianwu was reluctant, he could only nod his head in agreement.
The next day, Goguryeo sent a team of envoys to set sail from Pyongyang to the Tang Dynasty.
at the same time.
In Qingzhou, after burying the bones of the former Sui soldiers brought back from Besha City, Li Xuan took Li Yuan, Li Chengqian and others to Chang'an.
This time, after being delayed in Qingzhou for so long, Li Xuan had long been homesick.
Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong, two experienced assassins, are in charge of the matter of Shicheng and Xecheng, so everything is absolutely foolproof.
If those Goguryeo people in the city dare to be dishonest, they will be honest by just beheading them!
Ten days later.
Li Xuan returned to Lijiazhuang.
As soon as we entered Zhuangzi, we went straight to the second floor of the main house.
Under Zi Yun's service, he washed himself thoroughly and then walked in front of Cui Mi and Li Chenglu.
Li Chenglu, who is already four months old, has gradually begun to open up a little. He is not as dark and ugly as when he was just born. Moreover, his whole body has begun to turn his head and look around curiously.
Perhaps because he didn't recognize Li Xuan, Li Chenglu burst into tears when he looked at the big face that suddenly appeared in front of him.
Seeing this, Li Xuan laughed.
Later, with Cui Mi's coaxing, Li Chenglu started to stop crying.
However, after a while, he remembered something and subconsciously turned his head to look at Li Xuan curiously.
I looked twice and cried again...
Seeing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but look helpless.
"Don't be upset, Sanlang. Chenglu just looks a little strange to you. After two days, you will get familiar with it and you won't cry anymore!" Cui Mi said with a smile.
"Don't worry, Mi'er, how can this king be such a stingy person?"
Li Xuan didn't care.
Immediately, he couldn't help but reached out and poked Li Chenglu's little fleshy face.
Cui Mi: "..."
at night.
After calming down, Cui Mi couldn't help but said: "Sanlang, I have arrived at the Jin Palace. It has been more than a year and you haven't even had a concubine. If you don't want to find those women outside, just take Ziyun in too."
For the room!"
"It's not urgent!"
Li Xuan chuckled and said slowly.
Hearing this, Cui Mi subconsciously opened his mouth and wanted to say something else.
However, Li Xuan had already taken the lead and captured the city, making Cui Mi tense up and stop what he was about to say.
"Zi Yun is still young, let's talk about it in a year or two!"
"Leave it to Saburo~"
After returning to Lijiazhuang, Li Xuan stayed on the second floor of the main house for several days, enjoying the warmth of his wife and children.
As for Li Chengqian, Fang Yizhi and others, they were directly detained at home by Aye, and they reported in detail everything that happened with Li Xuan in Qingzhou.
After hearing that the giant steel ship could travel five hundred miles a day, everyone was filled with excitement.
After that, he discovered Jingguan, then returned to Qingzhou, led his troops to board Beisha City, defeated the defenders of Beisha City in one fell swoop, captured Beisha City... captured Stone City, Cave City... and a series of other things.
However, Li Chengqian, Fang Yizhi and others only wandered around Beisha City before being sent back to Qingzhou by Li Xuan, Li Yuan and others. The following events were all told by the personal guards or Xue Rengui.
Therefore, when told to Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others, it is more exciting than the real situation.
In less than a few days, King Li Xuanba of the Jin Dynasty captured Goguryeo's Beisha City and Xeng City. The incident in Shicheng was spread throughout Chang'an City by a group of extremely exaggerated stories, and spread to all parts of the Tang Dynasty with Chang'an City as the center.
At the same time, a group of Goguryeo envoys walked into Chang'an City while looking around curiously.
"Deputy Envoy Minglin, how could the Tang Dynasty be so prosperous, and how could such smooth and smooth roads be built so far?"
"Deputy Envoy Ming Lin, the Tang Dynasty actually had such crystal clear glass objects, and they were openly installed on the windows of these shops..."
"The streets of the capital of the Tang Dynasty are so wide, and there are such wide carriages..."
"Deputy Envoy Minglin..."
After entering Chang'an City, Prince Gao Heng of Goguryeo was dazzled by what he saw. The prosperity and various strange things in Chang'an City made him even more amazed.
Not only had he never seen these novel objects in Pyongyang, he had never even heard of them.
The deputy envoy Ming Lin Youyuan also looked surprised.
As the great envoy of Goguryeo, he also sent an envoy to Tang Dynasty on the order of the king more than ten years ago.
However, he never expected that the Tang Dynasty would become so prosperous in just over ten years!