Phoenix Mountain, Black Bone City.

Wugucheng is a mountain city built on Phoenix Mountain by the Goguryeo Kingdom, connecting Baiyan City in the southwest and the Yalu River waterway in the southeast, which can directly reach the hometown of the original Goguryeo Kingdom.

Abrupt rocks stand majestically in the autumn colors, from low to high, the flat road surface gradually warps, and layers of stone walls are paved, here there are both inner and outer walls.

There are two urn cities between the inner city and the outer city, which can garrison more than 1,000 soldiers, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although it is not said that there is a risk that a husband will be closed, it is not easy to break through these two urn cities.

There are several watchtowers on the city walls, and the purpose of the watchtowers here is not only to watch the enemy situation in the distance, but also to warn them. During the day, when there is an enemy, wolf smoke is lit, and at night a beacon fire is lit. Most of the mountain towns here in Liaodong are in the mountains and the valleys are spacious, and they are on the main traffic routes. Widely distributed, numerous, large-scale, complete building regulations, technically unified, prominently characterized, and superbly built, these mountain cities were all built during the Goguryeo period.

At this time, countless flags were planted on the wall of the Black Bone City, drums and horns were contending, and from time to time there was a team of armor soldiers walking around, and the arrival of the 50,000 forbidden troops of the Tang Dynasty broke the peace here.

In the lobby, Li Baozhen sat on the main seat, Han Zheng, the supervising army, sat on the side of the side, and the left and right sides below were full of generals and officials, these people whispered and discussed, the army has been here for more than ten days, why don't you cross the Yalu River and go to the south of the Datong River to prepare for the attack?

The Taedong River flows through Pyongyang and other places, and the areas north of the Taedong River and south of the Yalu River still belong to the Tang Dynasty, and the generals believe that moving the army to this area is conducive to warfare.

Li Baozhen looked at the generals and officials who were discussing left and right and said, "You may all be wondering why we have not prepared for war in the area south of the Wangcheng River (i.e., Datong River) since we arrived for ten days and a half months. This is because we are not ready, after the Yalu River, the terrain will become more mountainous and gorgeous, less flat, and the passes of Silla are basically built between the mountains and mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, our forbidden army is not good at fighting in this kind of terrain. When he was in Chang'an, he thought that if he wanted to fight in this area, he must have a type of troops suitable for fighting in this area, and he heard that there was a special mountain army in Western Qin, which was specially designed to fight in the mountains, so he also selected 10,000 people from the 50,000 soldiers who were ready to go out to form a mountain army, and this matter has been agreed by the regent's palace and the military department, after these months of drills, the exercises of the mountain army have been quite effective, but the drills have not yet been completed, and we still need more than half a month! ”

Han Zheng, the overseer, asked: "Marshal Li, this officer heard that recruits from Western Qin generally have to train for more than three years before they can be sent to the battlefield to fight, and the mountain army you temporarily formed has only been trained for less than three months, can it work?" ”

Li Baozhen sighed: "The time for the drill is shorter, and the army is indeed in a hurry, but it is much better to temporarily hug Buddhism than to do nothing, right?" Although this mountain army is not as good as the mountain army commanded by General Duan Xiushi of Western Qin, it is still stronger than the ordinary forbidden army fighting here! ”

"The main role of the mountain army is to fight in dangerous places, and in the flat plains, it is still necessary to use ordinary forbidden troops to fight! The generals and officials will wait for another half a month, and within this half a month, they will train the sergeants, collect grain and grass, and make all preparations! ”

The generals and officials clasped their fists and said yes.

Li Baozhen said: "The war between our dynasty and Silla was a hundred years ago, and our generation is not clear about the situation at that time, and we don't know much about the situation and terrain in Silla now, but the area north of the Wangseong River is still under the control of our country, and Pyongyang City is also under the control of our dynasty, and there are old people of Goguryeo and Baekje in Silla, we can find them as guides. I think there will be news in the near future. Now, please join the army, Liu Donglin, and tell you about the situation in Silla! ”

A middle-aged civil official stood up and arched his hand to everyone and said: "The king of Silla is called Kim Ganyun, he is twenty years old this year, but the authority is in the hands of the Empress Dowager Jin. After all, the Empress Dowager Kim has held power for many years, and her domestic power in Silla is huge, while Kim Ganyun's strength is weak, but she occupies the position of righteousness, so no one can help anyone now! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Donglin walked to the edge of the map, pointed to the map and introduced: "Silla has 80,000 soldiers and hundreds of generals. The country is divided into nine states, namely Hanzhou, Shuozhou, Mingzhou, Xiongzhou, Jeonju, Wuzhou, Yanzhou, Liangzhou, and Kangzhou. Among them, the first three states are the land of the original Goguryeo, and the middle three states are the land of the original Baekje State, and their original land is only the last three states! At present, Silla is intensively deploying troops, most of the troops are deployed in places where we may be fighting, respectively in Hanju, Shuoju, Xiongju, Jeonju and Wuju, and the other few troops are in the rear, we have not yet figured out the specific deployment situation of Silla, this needs to be investigated by scouts, if this time the Silla's sailors repeatedly attacked our fishing boats by some people in Silla on purpose, I believe we may get help in Silla! ”

Han Zheng, the overseer, asked, "Does Lord Liu mean that one of the Silla kings or the empress dowager Kim wants to use our country's hand to eradicate the other party?" ”

Liu Donglin said: "I can't rule out this possibility, but if this situation is true, then this is a good thing for us, which also shows that the secret instigator has lost his mind a little for the sake of power, and he has aroused our anger, aren't you afraid of luring the wolf into the house?" ”

Han Zheng smiled: "Who knows about this kind of thing? Since ancient times, there are no longer a few people who lose their minds due to the desire for profit, and those who are in high positions are also human beings, what can't they do for the sake of power? ”

At this time, a school captain walked in outside, and this school captain walked to the middle of the hall and bowed down to Li Baozhen and said: "Marshal Qiyu, General Chang, who is stationed in Pyongyang, sent someone to send a person, saying that this person is Kim Jingxin, the secret envoy of King Kim Ganyun of Silla!" ”

"Oh?" Li Baozhen, Han Zheng, Liu Donglin and others looked at each other, at this time, Silla actually sent a secret envoy, what kind of routine is this?

Han Zheng immediately asked, "What is Jin Jingxin's official position?" ”

The lieutenant replied, "It seems to be an official residence."

Everyone was stunned for a while, "What kind of bullshit official position is this?" ”

Liu Donglin has a better understanding of the situation in Silla, and he said: "It is equivalent to a first-class official." The official system of Silla is divided into 17 classes, and this Yi Biao is the first class, also called Yunjiaogan, in short, it is very difficult to pronounce it. In addition to the seventeenth rank, there were also nobles in Silla, called the upper class and the first class, and the Silla king was next to the power, and the council composed of eight high and large ranks decided on state affairs, and this parliament was similar to the senate during the Roman Empire! ”

As the Western Qin Dynasty built a bridge between the East and the West, more and more Tang officials and scholars began to learn and understand the history of the West, and it is not surprising that many of the people present also knew the history of the Western Roman Empire.

After listening to Liu Donglin's introduction, the generals and officials suddenly realized.

Li Baozhen looked at Han Zheng, the prison guard, and asked, "Lord Han, what do you think?" Would you like to meet this secret envoy? ”

Han Zheng touched his beard and twisted it, and said, "Let's meet, listen to what this Jin Jingxin has to say, maybe his arrival will make things more interesting!" ”

Li Baozhen nodded, and immediately said: "Okay, just meet this Jin Jingxin!" Come on, bring Jin Jingxin! ”

Silla has been a subject of the Tang Dynasty for more than 100 years, and over the years, Silla has learned a lot from the Tang Dynasty in terms of culture, and the official uniform is almost the same as the official uniform of the Tang Dynasty, and the official system is also established by borrowing from the official system of the Tang Dynasty.

Kim Kyung-shin was dressed in the official palace of the first rank of the Silla Kingdom, bent over and walked to the middle of the hall with his eyebrows bowed, bowed to Li Baozhen, and bowed: "His Majesty the King of Silla, the envoy Kim Kyung-shin has seen General Li and the generals of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Han Zheng's face turned pale, and he scolded coldly: "Jin Jingxin, I think you are dizzy, only the emperor of the Tang Dynasty can be called Your Majesty, and the little King of Silla can also dare to call your majesty, it is really bold!" Come on, drag it out and cut it down for the official! ”

Jin Jingxin was so frightened that his legs weakened, he knelt on the ground, the beads of sweat on his forehead dripped down, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "My lord, I am angry, I am angry!" Silla is a small and remote country, although the villain is added to the Yili, but does not understand the Tang Dynasty etiquette, do not know the etiquette, but also ask the adults to forgive the ignorance of the villain, please forgive the adult, the villain will study hard in the future, never dare to make such a mistake again! ”

The generals couldn't help but laugh secretly when they looked at Jin Jingxin's appearance, Li Baozhen couldn't help laughing, and said in a round game: "Lord Han, the people of this small foreign country don't know how to pay respects, so let's not worry about him generally!" ”

Han Zheng didn't hold on to this matter anymore, and asked, "Jin Jingxin, did Jin Ganyun send you?" ”

Jin Jingxin hurriedly said: "Yes, it was my king who sent the villain here!" ”

"What did Jin Ganyun send you for? Wouldn't it be like Jin Famin a hundred years ago, while sending people to Chang'an to plead guilty, he sent troops to attack our Tang army, right? ”

Jin Jingxin was frightened, and hurriedly said: "Adult Mingjian, villains don't dare, my king sent villains to ask Datang for guilt, but he didn't dare to send troops to attack the heavenly soldiers!" ”

Han Zheng sneered, "Hmph, why did Jin Ganyun send you to ask for guilt?" ”

Jin Jingxin hurriedly said: "In the past few years, our sailors have often attacked the boats of the fishermen of the Celestial Empire, causing many casualties, but this is definitely not the instigation of my king, although my king is the lord of the country, but he is still young, and all the authority in the country is controlled by the queen mother and the noble council, the queen mother and the lords of the noble council have long wanted to continue to expand to the north, but they are worried that the Celestial Empire is strong, so they secretly instructed the sailor ships to attack the fishing boats of the Celestial Empire, in order to test the bottom line and strength of the Celestial Empire." Although this matter is secretly instructed by the Queen Mother and the Council of Nobles, my king thinks that as the lord of Silla, he can only watch them anger the Celestial Empire and be unable to do anything is guilty, so he sent a villain to ask the Tang Dynasty for guilt, my king has the heart to eradicate the Queen Mother and the noble party, but the strength is not good, such as the arrival of the Korean army today, my king is willing to secretly respond, assist the Celestial Empire army to exterminate the Empress Dowager and the noble party, but my king hopes to exterminate the Empress Dowager and the noble party, the Celestial Dynasty will hand over these people to my king for disposal, and my king is willing to be loyal to the Celestial Empire forever, Be a vassal of the Celestial Empire! ”

Li Baozhen and Han Zheng glanced at each other, and Li Baozhen said: "It turns out that this is still the reason, this matter is to be reported to the court, you stay here for the time being, and after the court has news, the marshal will notify you!" ”

"Thank you, General, thank you, General!"