Chapter 809: Five Counties of Northern Liaoning

Thank you for reminding me that the above Yizhi Wende was changed to Yuangai Suwen.

Liaodong City is a sad place for the Han people. When Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo, the 300,000 army was helpless. Under the city, the bones of the Sui army are strongholds, and there are still Goguryeo people who use the heads of the Great Sui soldiers to build the Beijing Guancun zĂ i.

Now Liaodong City is once again surrounded by the Han army.

Under the city, various siege towers, earthen platforms, and high walls are being built, and Zhou Zhou led 30,000 Zhao troops to surround Liaodong City.

The 30,000 Zhao army had no more than 35,000 Han soldiers, and the rest were mostly Khitan in the south, Ding Ling in Sinicization, Liaoxi Ya, and the people and horses of the various departments attached to the Ya.

In the past few years of conquest, these various departments attached to the Zhao State have long been accustomed to the way of fighting with the Zhao army. In addition to the fact that the weapons are much simpler than those of the Zhao army, they are no different from the Zhao army in terms of the configuration of the army master, the commander of the army, the building master, and other levels, as well as the combat methods.

Although the strength of the soldiers of Liaodong County under Zhou Zhou is far inferior to the 300,000 Sui troops who attacked Liao, these people have been fighting against Goguryeo in Liaodong for a long time and have rich experience. What's more, Yuangai Suwen returned to Pyongyang this time and took away a large number of elite soldiers of the Shunnu Tribe, which made Liaodong City, Wunushan City, and domestic cities in eastern Goguryeo fall into an empty army.

Therefore, today's Liaodong City has fallen into a situation of emptiness of troops, and now there is only Yuangai Suwen's younger brother, Yuanjing Land led 10,000 horses and garrisoned in Liaodong City.

Despite this, in the face of Liaodong Jiancheng, Zhou Zhou still did not dare to slack off, besieged Liaodong City, and attacked the city after building siege weapons. Zhao Jun's latest weapon, fire oil bombs, eight-tip cannons. It is displayed under the city.

The siege of the city is imminent.

on the other side. The troops of the slave elimination department will be distributed in Liaodong City. and when he was on the nearby Qianli Great Wall, in the north, Guo Xiaoke, Tudiji led the men and horses of the Songmo Metropolitan Protectorate, killed from the north, and forced Goguryeo to accompany the capital in the city.

The domestic city is near the Yalu River, which was originally the county seat built by the Han people in the four counties of Liaodong in the Han Dynasty, and later Gao Zhumeng established Goguryeo, so the capital was built here, although Goguryeo moved the capital several times since then. But it has always been an important town in Goguryeo.

Now Guo Xiaoke left all his foot soldiers south of Hadaling, and led 5,000 Khitan, Khitan, and Han army light cavalry, led by Khitan guides who were familiar with the local shape, and went straight into the Songliao Plain.

Near the plains, there are mostly the Yan tribes swaying between Dazhao and Goguryeo, the end of Su, and the Baishan tribe. When they saw Zhao Guo riding over the mountains and forests and descending from the sky, they were all very frightened. The beggar of the white mountain of the Ya Ya Si Yuxi was originally always the pawn of Yizhi Wende. But this time, when he heard the news of Zhao Guo's attack, he immediately changed his name to Zhao Guo's court and became the vanguard of Zhao's army.

Now within a day. More than a dozen of the troops came to descend in front of Guo Xiaoke's army, and they all expressed their willingness to lead the way. Send troops to help in the war, or provide food and baggage.

The tribes of the Yan Dynasty sent men and horses to join forces with Guo Xiaoke's army. The strength of the Zhao army gradually increased. Guo Xiaoke's 5,000 light horsemen marched unhindered between the white mountains and black waters, approaching the domestic city with lightning speed, directly bypassing the Great Wall of Goguryeo, which had been painstakingly defended for thousands of miles, and attacking the domestic city of Goguryeo's other capitals.

When Guo Xiaoke led 5,000 light cavalry and tens of thousands of soldiers to arrive at the city, the domestic city was suddenly in chaos.

The Goguryeo people were in a hurry, and there were only less than 3,000 people in the domestic city, but most of the families of the slave-eliminating soldiers lived in the domestic city. When the Goguryeo soldiers saw that the Tatar people in the city had always bowed down to the Goguryeo people, they all rebelled and became servants of the Zhao army.

Guo Xiaoke ordered people to persuade him to surrender, but the Goguryeo people did not obey. But this time, the Zhao army pressed the border, and the domestic city was powerless to resist, but Cui Ci, the defender of the city, intended to resist stubbornly. Cui Ci is a Han Goguryeo native, he is from the Qinghe Cui clan after the Pingzhou assassin Shi Cui Yu, in the Goguryeo Cui clan people, today is also mostly after Cui Yu.

Cui Ci has lived in Goguryeo for a long time, and he has long been the same as the customs of the Goguryeo people. Now that the army of Zhao is besieging the city, he actually decided to resist to the end and be loyal to Yuangai Suwen.

But in the middle of the night, the monks in the city quietly opened the city gate and let the Zhao army enter the city.

Zhao Guo has always been close to Buddhism, Li Chongjiu was a disciple of Shaolin Temple before, not to mention, but also sealed Shaolin Temple as a great temple to protect the country, and rebuilt the Buddhist temple in Zhouzhou, Liaoxi, making Liaoxi Longcheng a well-known place for Buddhism to be promoted.

Therefore, the Goguryeo monks have always been very close to the Zhao State, and this time Guo Xiaoke promised the monks that after the city was broken, he would not open the killing ring. At that moment, the Goguryeo monks decided to put the Zhao army into the city.

However, Guo Xiaoke violated this promise afterwards, and he killed more than 100 people of Cui Ci and his cronies in the north of the city, a cruel method that made the Goguryeo people shudder. Fortunately, Guo Xiaoke only targeted Cui Ci, and the other people in the city did not kill him.

To the south of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla sent large armies to attack Goguryeo after receiving the letter from Lee Chong-kyu.

Princess Regent of Silla, Princess Deman sent troops from Silla to conquer the country, led by Kim Gengxin, the first general of Silla, and slaughtered Goguryeo.

On the plains, the Silla army stretched as far as the eye could see, and Kim Geng-shin, who was not yet thirty years old, rode his horse and whipped, and looked calmly at the plains north of the Han River. The prince of Silla, Kim Chunqiu, was on the side as the royal family supervisor.

The Silla army was crossing the Han River, and in front of them was the southern border of Goguryeo. Silla had been oppressed by Goguryeo for decades, and today it is finally able to eliminate this old rival.

Jin Chunqiu said to Jin Geng: "Judging from the current situation, Goguryeo is dead, but I don't understand, our Silla has worked so hard to help Zhao State, will the fate in the future be the same as Goguryeo?" ”

Jin Gengxin said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this is something that the princess should care about, and we as generals only need to think about how to win this battle." ”

Jin Chunqiu smiled, sighed and said: "There is no point in arguing, Li Chongjiu only mobilized one-tenth of the country's troops, plus our Silla, Baekje can destroy Goguryeo." If we don't send troops, we will offend Da Zhao, and this is exactly what we don't dare, this is the intention of Princess Deman as a last resort. ”

Jin Gengxin said: "Maybe you can look at it from a different perspective." Princess Deman has already sent Princess Shengman to Zhao Kingdom. I hope to marry Lee Chong-gu as a Goguryeo princess. Lee Chong-gu also agreed, in exchange for a condition for Silla to send troops. In the future, the two countries will be each other's in-laws. At that time, even if the national power of Zhao is unprecedented, he may not come to hit the attention of our Silla. ”

Jin Chunqiu shook his head and said: "This is not necessarily, the policy of harmony is useful, but it is also very useless." ”

Jin Gengxin said: "Whether it is useful or not, Her Royal Highness the princess hopes to exchange this kind of friendly method for decades of peace in Silla." And this matter is very happy for Princess Shengman, which is different from marrying other wilderness. At present, Dazhao is the most powerful empire in the world, and the culture of Dazhao is far above that of Silla and Goguryeo. Therefore, Princess Shengman's joining the royal family of Zhao is something that we Princess Shengman can't ask for. ”

Jin Chunqiu didn't speak, he remembered that he used Princess Shengman to get close to Li Chongjiu, but he saw through it for him. But Li Chongjiu will not target Princess Shengman because of this in the future, for Li Chongjiu, the marriage is just a cover, no matter what he does to Princess Shengman in the future, a woman can be exchanged for 50,000 Silla troops to work hard for him. It's a good deal.

And the Silla people married the princess into the royal family of Zhao State, and also sent troops to help Zhao State fight, this transaction seems to be very loss-making, and there is no loss for Zhao State at all. Although the exchange of the two may seem unfair. But for the comparison of the national strength of the two countries, it is too normal.

At present, after Da Zhao eliminated the Turks, he has shown a trend of sweeping in all directions. In addition to attacking Goguryeo, in the south. Both the east and the north were using troops at the same time. Silla didn't dare to offend Zhao Guo at all now. Therefore, Princess Deman wants to use this means to keep Silla safe for decades, and when the Great Zhao Kingdom is in full swing, there can be a place to stay in this place surrounded by the three seas.

Just as the Silla army was advancing, the combined fleets of Baekje and Cho were sailing in from Hunshui to Pyongyang.

Cheng Mingzhen's sailors, after setting out from Dengju, first replenished supplies in the Silla Dangxiang City, and then joined forces with the Baekje sailors who rushed in. Now Dangxiang City has almost become an overseas enclave of Zhao, and the fleet of the Zhao army is anchored here, and there is no need to even inform Silla.

After Cheng Mingzhen's combined fleet rested in Dangxiang City, it entered the muddy water at the moment.

In that year, Li Chongjiu led the sailors to go up from the river, invaded Pyongyang and broke Goguryeo, and finally captured the Goguryeo royal family. Now Cheng Mingzhen and Zhao Xin led Zhao Guo and Baekje Sailors to cross the river from here again, which can be described as a familiar road, and the 50,000 troops on the land of Silla are advancing by water.

After Cheng Mingzhen's army entered the city, Yuangai Suwen looked down from the head of Pyongyang City, but saw that the Zhao army fleet was lying across the river, and the huge ships that were almost waiting with the Pyongyang city wall, as well as the dense slapping rods and crossbows on both sides, all posed a powerful threat to Pyongyang City.

Yuangai Suwen is fine, but the Goguryeo soldiers under his command remembered the last time the Goguryeo state was broken, and the last time the Zhao army also attacked Pyongyang from here.

And Yuangai Suwen didn't expect Zhao Guo's counterattack to be so fast and so fast, and he didn't leave any chance to prepare for himself.

When he killed the treasure king Gaozang who was supported by Eulji Wendeok, and after Eulji Wendeok, the god of war in Goguryeo that day, was also captured, Yuangai Suwen was full of ambition and decided to be the emperor, but this emperor's dream was only a few days later, and the sailors of the Zhao army attacked the city of Pyongyang.

Yuangai Suwen took out all his family resources, 30,000 horses from Goguryeo, and held Pyongyang City under the fortress to fight a decisive battle with the combined forces of Silla, Zhao and Baekje.

Yuangai Suwennai was the first general of Goguryeo to be known as the queen of Eulji Wendeok, and his soldiers of the slave elimination department were all elite divisions of a hundred battles. But no matter how elite the legion is, it is difficult to resist the big thing.

The armies on both sides fought a decisive battle for many days, whether it was the famous general Jin Gengxin, who had experienced a hundred battles, or Cheng Mingzhen, the general of Zhao State, they were not inferior to Yuan Gai Suwen. What's more, the Zhao coalition army still has an absolute superiority in strength.

A few days later, Yongay Suwen was defeated by the combined forces of the two countries and had to retreat to Pyongyang City.

After capturing the domestic city, Guo Xiaoke led the army to escort the families of the soldiers of the slave elimination department in the domestic city to Pyongyang, and arrived at the city of Pyongyang.

These family members shouted to the head of the city from below, telling the slave soldiers to surrender. When those soldiers saw their parents and relatives being arrested, they all hugged their heads and wept bitterly in the city.

Seeing this, Yuangai Suwen knew that the king's heart had been dispersed and his general trend had gone, so he committed suicide with a horizontal sword at the head of the city, and a generation of heroes was killed. As soon as Yuangai Suwen died, more than 50,000 soldiers and civilians in the city surrendered.

The state of Goguryeo was destroyed.

Just when Li Chongjiu ordered to attack Li Tang, the battle in the direction of Goguryeo only lasted for three months, Guo Xiaoke, Cheng Mingzhen, Zhou Zhou, and Zhao Xin led their men and horses to break through Goguryeo, and the whole territory was subdued, and all the land of hundreds of miles was returned to Zhao, and the enemy chief Yuan Gai Suwen was given the head.

When the news came, Zhao Guo celebrated all over the country. Da Zhao has won successive battles for several years, and the people are intoxicated with the victory of the country.

As the emperor, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be very happy at this moment, and held a banquet in the palace to celebrate with hundreds of officials. When the captured Goguryeo king Gao Jianwu heard that the Goguryeo Kingdom was destroyed and that Yuangai Suwen committed suicide, he actually wept in the court.

Afterwards, Li Chongjiu adopted the advice expressed by the Zhusheng of the Guozijian and did not set up a capital protectorate, but implemented the system of counties and counties in Goguryeo, and restored the four counties of the Han Dynasty when the Han Dynasty leveled Goguryeo.

The newly established four counties, all using the old name of the Han Dynasty, in the west of Liaoning, east of the two counties of Liaodong, from west to east, respectively, set up Lelang County, Xuansu County, Zhenfan County, Lintun County, in addition to the establishment of Obifang County in Pyongyang, a total of five counties, which is called the five counties of Liaobei for later generations.

Under the rule of the five counties, there are 560,000 households and more than 100 cities.

Li Chongjiu immediately decided to move more than 200,000 people of the Goguryeo Hao clan to the Han region and settle them in Deng, Liao, and Beiping. Another 50,000 households were relocated to five counties in northern Liaoning. In addition, the population of the Sinicization Khitan, the Sinicization of the Yan and the Sinicization Room is more than 100,000, and it is also full of the five counties.

Farmers relocate to the land, do not like to migrate, but for the merchants, but the four seas are home, Zhao business and agriculture at the same time, business has become a fashionable thing, so the five counties of northern Liaoning opened up, the new Zhao businessmen pioneering and enterprising heart. In addition, the nomadic tribes also like to migrate, so enrich the five counties of northern Liao, mostly merchants, herdsmen, and people from the Sinicization of foreign fans.

In order to stabilize the local situation, Li Chongjiu ordered Guo Xiaoke to lead 20,000 horses and horses to garrison Liaodong, Pyongyang, and three cities in China, to guard northern Liaobei, and then set up a naval base camp in Pyongyang.

At this point, Goguryeo, like the Eastern Turks, completely perished under the iron hooves of Great Zhao.

As for Silla, the two kingdoms of Baekje were trembling, and Lee Chong-gu knew that the two countries were not in harmony, so staying there to contain each other also saved them from plotting against Goguryeo's homeland. As soon as Goguryeo was destroyed, the seaside Wa State and the Tamna State hurriedly sent envoys to the Zhao State to pay tribute, which was a few months later, and it was not mentioned for the time being. (To be continued......)