Chapter 36: The Goguryeo Monarchs
Dongguanseong, a small city in Goguryeo between Taebaeksan Mountain and Yalu Water. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The military rout, coupled with the rapid fall of Liaodong City, Buyeo City, Xuansu City, and other cities, caused the upper system of Goguryeo to suffer a purge from external forces. As a result, the lord of eastern Goguryeo, who was also the most powerful minister of Goguryeo, controlled the army that was once used to guard the Great Wall in his own territory.
As the head of the five major clans of Goguryeo, the Yuan clan mastered the most elite and powerful army in Goguryeo. Gao Jianwu, as the king of Goguryeo, was afraid and helpless at the same time.
With the erosion of the situation in Liaodong, the Goguryeo royal clan had to flee in embarrassment, and fled from Liaodong City to Dongguan City in one go. turned into more than 1,000 miles, and successfully relied on the back of the person who was once the most feared.
"Yuan Gaijin, the Tang soldiers are sharp, our army can't resist it, what should we do now?"
Gao Jianwu repeatedly wanted to surrender, but the clan did not stop him because he felt that he was losing face, but thought that the king was far-sighted and could bend and stretch.
However, at that time, Yuangaijin, who was consolidating the defense line of the Great Wall, had to because the Tang army attacked from two directions, and the northern Fuyu city Jinshan City was lost one after another, so he gave up fighting with the Tang army and retreated to Liaodong City.
Yuan Gaijin can not be said to be indecisive and undecisive, and at the same time that the Tang army occupied the west of Liaoshui, he ordered the strong wall to clear the wilderness. According to past experience, the Tang army would find it difficult to exert its combat strength in the muddy and poor logistics of the spring, and in the end it would have to be hard to wear out with the Goguryeo army backed by the country.
But what I never expected was that since the Tang army and the Sui army were different, the army of the Liao expedition led by Hou Junji, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was like an old ox plowing the ground, slowly and slowly fighting a hard village.
Just grinding, grinding and grinding, the Tang army's camp faced Liaodong City. At this time, it was the time when the Goguryeo people were dumbfounded and impatient.
However, Yuan Gaijin was still not worried at that time, since ancient times, ten times the strength of the army could besiege the city, the Tang army had tens of thousands of soldiers, and there were also a large number of Khitan and Wei Jing miscellaneous armies.
However, what Yuan Gaijin never expected was that the gates of Liaodong City collapsed so inexplicably. And then...... And then there was no then.
If it weren't for Gao Jianwu and him running fast, I'm afraid they would all have to stay in Liaodong City.
Yuan Gaijin's pride in the past, at this time, in the face of the unfamiliar Tang Army, he was a little at a loss. He couldn't figure out what the Tang army was doing, and what was worse was that the Tang army was not in a hurry to pursue Gao Jianwu, the king of Goguryeo. On the contrary, they scattered and rode around, arresting "fine works" everywhere, and these "fine works" were more than 100,000 ......
"Great King, the Han army is stationed on the north bank of the Yalu River, and the reason why it is stagnant is that the will of the Han emperor has not yet been issued. This time, the Han people sent troops, nominally for the Huangtou Murwei ......"
When Yuan Gaijin said this, he always felt that something was wrong, but Tang Jun's style was too surprising and too incomprehensible.
"The homeland of Silla has not yet been controlled, and now it is difficult to deal with it both internally and externally. Alas......"
Gao Jianwu sighed, and suddenly wanted to surrender again, and said to Yuan Gaijin, "Now that the emperor of the Han people, there are many people in Beihu who are called the Khans of the Heavens, so it is better to follow the example of the sages, and then call him a minister, and call him the 'King of Dung'." ”
Hearing that his king was so unambitious, even though he was a powerful minister, Yuan Gaijin still roared angrily, "Great King, the ancestors fought against the Han Emperor, and only then did they have the current foundation. How can you be willing to fall before you reach a desperate situation! In addition, there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians and hundreds of thousands of tigers. All over the world, do you know that the Tang Emperor is not the Sui Emperor? ! ”
Being sprayed and roared by his own courtiers, although Gao Jianwu was unhappy in his heart, he still said stupidly, "Lone just said it casually." ”
"With me Yuangai Suwen for a day, Goguryeo will never be a slave to the country!"
After saying that, Yuan Gaijin clasped his fists and saluted, and left the palace of the king of Dongguan City with a pale face.
After he left, a minister dressed in white whispered: "King, the big man seems to be righteous, but he is really arrogant." When the Tang army had not yet arrived in Liaoshui, the great pair Lu Yan said that the construction of the Great Wall was a foolproof strategy, and the Liaoshui line was solid. The children of the Liang clan in Anshi City have many persuasions, hoping that they will set up a camp in Hexi, thinking that they will rely on it. Who would have thought that Liang Wanchun, the eldest son of the Liang family, would be whipped by him......"
Hearing the words of the white-clothed minister, Gao Jianwu said hatefully: "Although Lone has the intention to kill the thief, the Yuan Clan is strong, and Lone can compete with it." ”
The most important thing is that the five major clans of Goguryeo are actually the five major tribes in the original Buyeo tribal alliance. If you really want to talk about how overwhelming the power of the royal family is, I can't talk about it. Moreover, it is not only the Yuan clan that disagrees with the royal family, but also the Liang clan of Anshi City that the white-clothed minister just said.
Although Goguryeo was a regional tyrant, it also quickly learned the advanced culture of Middle-earth. However, Goguryeo still retains a large number of traces of its primitive society. Goguryeo was a special agrarian state with a feudal system but a tribal alliance, and if Baekje had not received the influence of Middle-earth civilization earlier, it would have been very likely to become a member of the Goguryeo tribal alliance.
"The king, what the king said about the Tang Dynasty is actually the best policy. The Tang Dynasty is a superior country, and we are a small state. At this moment, if you are called a minister, the king is still the king of Goryeo, you must know that if you stay for seven years, the king will be canonized by the Tang Emperor as the king of Liaodong County. ”
After speaking, the close minister lowered his voice even more, "The king is the Shangzhu State of the Tang Dynasty, and the seventh year of Wude is even more virtuous, and the name of the criminal department is conveyed to the Central Plains by the Shangshu of the Criminal Department. The Tang Emperor praised a lot, saying that the king was a generation of famous kings. Now that Liaodong is lost, if the king sends an envoy to call him a minister, the above statement about the Huangtou Muwei is the work of the powerful ministers of the weak state, and it is not the king's intention. The monarch is weak and the minister is strong, presumably the Tang Emperor will definitely feel the same way when he hears it. ”
They are all kings of a country, and theoretically, they will definitely not be able to stand this kind of thing where the monarch is weak and the minister is strong.
It's just that Gao Jianwu still whispered: "However, I am alone in Dongguan City, if my cronies leave the country, I am afraid that the Yuan clan will know." At that time, Yuan Gaijin was furious, and he was afraid of great changes. ”
"O king, if you send your own people, it is certainly risky. However, what if the king sent out not the Goguryeo people, but the Xianbei people of the Tatar people? ”
"Huh?" Gao Jianwu was stunned suddenly, "What do you mean?" ”
"Have you forgotten that in all the lands of Baekje, there are many merchants of the Devil's Spirit? Most of its guards are Tuyuhun people, but they are descendants of Xianbei. The so-called businessman can do anything as long as the price is right. ”
After hearing this, Gao Jianwu suddenly moved: "I'm just afraid of risks." ”
"God doesn't know the ghost, it's a little trick, how can you let the barbarians know what is going on?"
"Good!"
Gao Jianwu couldn't help but nod vigorously: "Okay!" ”
Then he turned around and said excitedly: "This matter, do it quickly, you must know that the Tang army is not far away, I am afraid that it will pursue again." ”
"The king can rest assured that this matter will be in order."
After that, the white-clothed ministers retired. (To be continued.) )