In the ninety-sixth year, the anti-Songtsen Gampo alliance was established

In the first month of the ninth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang issued an edict to recruit troops and horses, and then attack Goguryeo.

In April of the ninth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang personally went to Liaodong, Yang Guang sent Yu Wenshu and the general Yang Yichen to march into Pyongyang, and Wang Rengong, the doctor of Zuo Guanglu, went out to help Yudao. Wang Rengong marched to Xincheng, tens of thousands of Goryeo soldiers refused to fight, Wang Rengong led a thousand elite cavalry to break through, the Goryeo soldiers were defeated and returned, and the Goryeo infant city was defended.

Just when Yang Guang was about to expand the results of the battle, news came from the rear. Yang Xuangan rebelled according to Liyang.

At this time, Yang Guang ordered a boycott and returned to his division to quell Yang Xuangan's rebellion. Although he successfully extinguished Yang Xuangan's rebellion, the opportunity to attack Goguryeo again was lost (the sky was cold). It can also be said that Goguryeo took a turn in front of the Ghost Gate Pass in the ninth year of the Great Cause.

Eulji Mundeok's fraudulent surrender is a strategy of replacing troops with water, which cannot be replicated, and Yuan Taizuo's strategy of raiding with dead soldiers in Pyongyang cannot be replicated either.

At the moment, the Tang Dynasty is sharpening its knives and preparing to sacrifice the blade of the king to Goguryeo, but Goguryeo is helpless. At the beginning of the third year of Kaiyuan, Yuansu Gavin had a flash of inspiration in his head, and thought that although Goguryeo could not replicate the first battle with the Sui Dynasty, it could replicate the second victory with the Sui Dynasty.

That is the flowering of the center and the subversion of Datang.

Yang Xuangan's rebellion was actually a very failed battle of central flowering, if Yang Mi proposed three strategies to Yang Xuangan at that time: "The best policy, take Jizhou directly with the main force." Blocked the Liaodong Sui army outside the pass, waiting for its food to collapse. The middle strategy is to quickly attack and occupy Chang'an, the capital division. Commanded the world and let Emperor Yang of Sui retreat without any basis. The next strategy is to attack Luoyang nearby. However, it is possible that the troops will be stopped under the fortified city and the troops will be lost.

Although Li Mi's three strategies are short, they have extensive and profound strategic connotations. He actually put forward the general strategic guidance for the destruction of the Sui Dynasty. However, Yang Xuangan took the last strategy and attacked Luoyang.

Therefore, Yang Xuangan failed. Although it failed, it allowed Goguryeo to escape.

Yuansu Gavin naturally did not consider the consequences of Li Yuanji's defeat, as long as Li Yuanji rebelled in the rear when Li Jiancheng sent troops to Goguryeo, regardless of success or failure.

Goguryeo was the winner.

Li Yuanji groaned: "Do you want to hear the truth? ”

Yuansu Gavin nodded and said, "Of course! ”

"There is no chance of success!" Li Yuanji looked at Yuansu Gavin and smiled: "Your idea is very good, it's just that there is no possibility of success at all." Although you are willing to give me the Sui prisoners of war, not to mention the price, the key is that these Sui prisoners of war are in your hands, I am afraid that they only have half a life left, can they win the Tang Army in Guanzhong? ”

Hearing this, Yuansu Gavin felt a burst of secret joy in his heart. At least, Li Yuanji's heart was moved. He has already succeeded more than half of this trip. Of course, from Goguryeo's standpoint, he hoped that Li Yuanji could mess things up, but he didn't want him to mess things up. It's best to lose both sides with Li Jiancheng.

Of course, this is an unrealistic fantasy.

Yuansu Gavin said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Qi, it seems that we want to go together!" ”

After a pause, Yuansu Gavin said: "There is a big island (Jeju Island) in the west of Mahan, and there is a small country on the island called Juhu State, whose people are short in stature, like to raise pigs and cattle, with a radius of 300 li and a mouth of about 4,000. ”

Li Yuanji waved his hand and said, "Tell me about your plan!" ”

Yuansu Gavin said with a smile: "For our Great Goguryeo, we only need to dispatch a partial division to easily conquer the state of Zhouhu, and we can allocate more than 50,000 prisoners of war of the Sui army, together with their blades and grain, to transport them to the island of Zhouhu. His Royal Highness the King of Qi can send henchmen to secretly go to the state of Hu to take over this army in advance. ”

Li Yuanji said: "And then? ”

Yuansu Gavin said noncommittally: "Then, we need His Royal Highness the King of Qi to fulfill our covenant, as long as Li Jiancheng sends troops to attack our Goguryeo, I hope that His Royal Highness the King of Qi can lead these 50,000 soldiers and horses to land from Lutai (today's Tianjin) and capture Jizhou, so as to cut off the army grain route built by Li!" ”

Of course, Li Yuanji knew that this was Li Mi's best policy to Yang Xuangan.

Goguryeo is a small country, with a population of more than 3.5 million, but it has an absolute quantitative gap with the Tang Dynasty. There is a huge gap in population, economy, and military equipment. In particular, the war horses are convenient, and the horse farms of the Tang Dynasty official camp have no less than 700,000 adult strong horses, while the people have more than one million war horses.

If Li Jiancheng is willing, he only needs grain and grass to keep up, and he can arm more than fifty cavalry. In this era, cavalry is like a tank in later generations, and it is no exaggeration to say that with 500,000 cavalry, Goguryeo has no way to resist at all.

If Goguryeo wants to catch up with the footsteps of the Tang Dynasty, it needs not only management, but also time. Others may not be able to see this clearly, but as the son of the great pair of Lu, it is impossible for Yuansu Gavin to see it clearly.

For them Goguryeo, the best situation is that there will be another rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty, with seventy-two roads of dust and smoke, and thirty-six roads against the king.

Goguryeo's development had reached a bottleneck, and even if it annexed Silla, Baekje, and Samhan in the south, there would be no way to close the gap between the two sides economically and militarily. However, if the Tang Dynasty was like the Sui Dynasty at the beginning, the world was in turmoil, and the Han people in Liaodong, Youzhou, and Pingzhou would flee to Goguryeo, and these Han people would bring new technologies in agriculture, alchemy, and convenient machining technology to Goguryeo.

In fact, choosing Li Yuanji was not the only choice of Goguryeo, and if Li Yuanji did not agree, they could also adopt an alternative plan and steal Du Fuwei out of Chang'an City.

It's just that Du Fuwei's weight is far inferior to Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji said: "Now is not the world of great contention, not the era of the heroes rising together and competing for the world!" ”

Yuansu Gavin said with a smile: "As long as His Highness is willing, Datang can become such a great era at any time!" ”

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In the Provincial Political Affairs Hall under the door, only Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and Li Jiancheng Junchen were left at this time.

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Jiancheng and said: "Your Majesty, if the minister draws on this edict, please ask Your Majesty to promise the minister three things!" ”

Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "Xuanling, please speak, don't say it's three, and I will agree to thirty." ”

Fang Xuanling said loudly: "First: In Your Majesty's imitation of the Sui system, you will open a branch to take scholars, and recruit the scholars in the world's Li Shu to enter the imperial court; Second: repair and cultivate, and exempt miscellaneous taxes. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded incessantly while listening.

Fang Xuanling continued: "Third: reorganize and train the army in the hands of all generals, eliminate those units with low combat effectiveness and lax discipline, dismiss those incompetent officers, and train an elite army in three months to half a year. ”

Fang Xuanling finished speaking, and silently looked at Li Jiancheng and waited for the result.

Li Jiancheng bowed deeply to Fang Xuanling, and agreed without hesitation: "Okay, do everything according to Xuanling's words, I promise, I promise everything!" ”

Wei Zheng continued: "Right now, just wait for when General Chen's good news will come!" ”

Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Zheng and said with a smile: "On the battlefield, it is changing rapidly, isn't Xuan Cheng worried about accidents?" ”

Li Jiancheng said: "There is no accident, General Chen has never disappointed me, has he?" ”

Under Li Jiancheng's order, the 12 Wei generals of Chang'an, in the name of dismantling, each reduced the number of soldiers ranging from one to two regiments, and these soldiers went to their military posts in name to return home.

In fact, he has been assigned to enter Jiannan Road for mountain training.

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Kang Yan lived in the city, an unexpected spring rain, pouring down from the cracks in the clouds, mixed with the puddle of dirty blood flowing wantonly, many Tibetan wounded soldiers soaked in this red blood trembling, wailing in pain, they couldn't hold on for long.

The uninjured Tubo soldiers also stood in the rain, and the rain was wrapped in blood and poured into the ground in a straight line along the sleeves and trouser legs, and the faces that were once full of murder were now full of confusion.

It was a defeat of both sides, with nearly 2,000 soldiers of the Beiwei army in Kangyanju and more than 10,000 killed and wounded in the Tibetan army. Although it is said that the exchange ratio of the Beiwei army occupies an absolute upper hand, however, Liu Tong is not satisfied.

What made the Tubo people feel helpless the most was that all the wounds of the wounded soldiers emitted a disgusting stench, and the entire wounded barracks was even more stinky.

At such a great price, the Tubo people only consumed the yaks and war horses in Kangyanju City.

Those despicable guys relied on yaks and war horses to make countless Tibetan warriors die with hatred.

"What the hell!"

A Tibetan Dongpu poor man with a gloomy face, saluted Songtsen Gampo, and then took out a wet bamboo tube and presented it with both hands.

Songtsen Gampo weighed it, the weight was not light, Mo weighed about a catty, and was about to tear off the cotton cloth on the bamboo tube, Rudaren hurriedly stopped Songtsan Gampo.

However, Ru Daren was still a step slower.

Songtsen Gampo still ripped off the strip of cotton cloth, and he asked, "Is this what you want?" ”

As a result, Songtsen Gampo was almost stunned by the stench.

The Dongpu gritted his teeth and said, "This is it!" Those bastards took out this thing and threw it among us, and it exploded, a big piece of it! ”

In fact, this is just a primitive weapon of the Betrayal Army. Take the refined fierce fire oil, mixed with dung, as long as it is ignited, the fierce fire oil burns and explodes, this kind of hand can form a sea of fire within a radius of ten steps, and the most important thing is that this is a very flavorful weapon.

Not only did it exacerbate bacterial infections, but it was also a serious blow to the morale of the Tibetan people.

Dozens of tribal leaders gathered together, and they were eager to eat the rats in this encirclement. The thing is obvious, after the Subi Kingdom defected to the Tang Dynasty, the former subordinates were defeated and replaced with shotguns, and their combat effectiveness improved by leaps and bounds.

The scum of the Subi State is a great threat to the Tibetans. The Subian kingdom is familiar with everything in the snowfield, and is equipped with the most sophisticated weapons, and if they are not eliminated before they are soon known, the tribes living in the snowfield will not be able to live in peace.

For the future, they must chase and beat the water dogs, and if they are killed, they will have to stew and eat them in their stomachs to feel at ease! Sensing the danger, the tribes responded positively, and those sturdy Tubo men rode their horses one after another and gathered on Kang Yanju's side, and the strength of the Tubo army increased dramatically.

Subinajan was particularly distressed that her subordinates were rapidly decreasing. Although the Beiwei army lost less than 1,000 people, the Subi tribe lost more than 2,000 people, and at this time the Subi army was only more than 6,000 people, half of which was lost, and such heavy casualties made his heart drip blood. There are still 6,000 people in the Subi tribe in name, but in fact, most of them are widows and old people pulling a bunch of children, or two old people depend on each other, there are few complete families, and the young and strong are even more pitiful, without affecting the grazing and protecting the herds and tribes, the soldiers she can mobilize are only in the early 3,000s, and now nearly 1,000 people have been lost at once, and she has the heart to die.

If Chen Ying's banner is faintly visible from time to time, she even has the intention of surrendering Songtsen Gampo. In the eyes of Subenazhen, resistance at this time was meaningless, and although the city of Kangyanju had not been lost, there was not much left of the Subians.

In fact, it was not only her who was distressed, but Songtsen Gampo was also distressed.

It's just that Chen Ying's iron heart nested in the valley fifty miles away and did not come out, threatening the flank of the Tubo army from time to time, making him scramble.

Of course, Chen Ying didn't want to rescue Kang Yanju City, the key was that Chen Ying was no longer in the valley at this time, leaving only Chen Ying's banner, as well as Liu Renliang, who acted cheaply, and less than 3,000 men under his command.

Chen Ying had already led other officers and soldiers of the Anxi Army, a total of more than 10,000 men and horses, and Guo Xiaoke's troops to arrive at Naqu City, the base of the original Beiwei Army.

Entering the snow field, Chen Ying found that the hook and sickle lancer raid he was best at had lost his place to play. The terrain here is narrow and there are very few plains. Moreover, the officers and men of the Anxi Army had an uncomfortable reaction to some extent, although their combat effectiveness could be maintained, they could not launch group assault tactics like the Western Regions.

Seeing this, Chen Ying decided to change his tactics.

After arriving in Naqu City, Chen Ying sent the remaining troops of the Beiwei Army and messengers familiar with the Tubo language to contact the leaders of the Tubo tribe.

"We must now find out the attitude of the Tibetans, if they decide to stand on the side of Songtsen Gampo, then we will strike first and destroy them first." Chen Ying said.

"Will they be on our side?" Hearing Chen Ying's words, Ma Zhou hesitated for a moment and said, "Compared to Songtsen Gampo, we are outsiders. My suggestion is that instead of giving them time to organize, just wipe them out! ”

Ma Zhou's idea was simple.

Thinking about it from another perspective, if he were from the position of the Tibetans, he would also choose Songtsen Gampo to unite, drive out Chen Ying and other invaders first, and then discuss the ownership of this land. At this time, there is no point in reaching out to them, but it will make them prepared. The best choice is to take advantage of the fact that when Songtsen Gampo led an army of more than 100,000 to besiege Kangyanju, the rear was empty, and they directly swept away the tribes in their rear.

However, Chen Ying's opinion is the opposite of him.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend! This place has been isolated and scattered for too long! Chen Ying looked at Ma Zhou and said: "For most of the tribal leaders, the unification of Tubo means that there is a ruler on their heads, and the heads of each tribe have established their own rules, and now someone has come forward to claim the sovereignty of this land, and it is you, what would you think?" ”

From loose tribes to a unified state, it is actually very difficult.

Qin Shi Huang united the divided countries together. However, the remnants of the six countries in Guanzhong, they still leveraged the foundation of the Great Qin Empire. What tyranny at the end of Qin, what harsh government is fiercer than a tiger, and what is overdue should be beheaded, in fact, it was confirmed by the unearthed Yunmengjian, this is all a lie.

The truth of history is that the Qin State unified the world and abolished the feudal and hereditary system, which violated the interests of the nobles of the six countries.

Now, Songtsen Gampo uses iron and blood to temporarily unite the Tibetan tribes, perhaps succumbing to Songtsen Gampo's martial arts, or obscenity, in short, the most dissatisfied with Songtsen Gampo is precisely the Tubo leaders whose interests have been violated.

Just half a month later, Naqu City welcomed a group of special guests. Representatives of the Amdobu, Zaduobu, and Quduobu tribes.

In fact, there were more tribes in Tibet than Chen Ying had imagined.

In just half a month, more than 160 representatives of the Tubo tribes arrived in Nagqu, and even more of them had not yet arrived due to the distance.

After these delegates came to Nagqu City, Chen Ying asked people to prepare a large number of delicacies for these delegates, as well as smooth silk, tea, fine porcelain, and mellow liquor.

Chen Ying did not detour with the leaders or representatives of these Tubo tribes, and directly asked the tongue people to tell the representatives of various tribes that now Datang has decided to teach this Songtsan Gampo, who is disrespectful to Datang and does not know the height of the sky, if you are willing to form an alliance with Datang, you will enjoy your original tribal privileges, pay vassals to Datang, pay tithes to Datang, and Datang will open the trade of salt, silk, tea, and grain to the allied tribes.

If he was willing to become a slave of Songtsen Gampo and send the young and strong people in the clan to Songtsen Gampo to die, Chen Ying said that he would have nothing to say.

Ma Zhou thought that Chen Ying would be in the dust, but to his surprise, almost all the tribes formed an alliance with blood and established an anti-Songtsen Gampo alliance.

Chen Ying honored his acknowledgment and started trading with the Tibetan tribes, and the salt, cloth, and grain, which were in great short supply in the Tibetan tribes, were traded with the Tibetan tribes.

At the same time as the transaction, an anti-Songtsen Gampo army composed of young men and women from various tribes, armed by Chen Ying, began to march towards Songbang Fort (i.e., Lhasa).