This is the first large-scale mobilization of troops in the Tang Dynasty after solving the Turkic threat in the north.

This time, the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty came out one after another, followed Li Xin's side, conquered Goguryeo, and when the soldiers crossed the Yellow River, the news reached Goguryeo, and Goguryeo was shaken. You must know that the Tang Emperor was originally preparing to conquer Goguryeo at the beginning of the year, and Goguryeo was ready to surrender, but Yuangai Suwen led the army to do the opposite, contrary to the will of King Rongliu, not only resisted, but the army was killed all the way to the city of Lulongsai, which made the relationship between King Rongliu and Yuangai Suwen even more tense.

Now that the army has finally been killed, King Rongliu knows that this is the most critical battle to destroy the country, the Tang Emperor is personally conquest, and this Tang Emperor is different from others, especially Yang Guang of the previous dynasty, it is simply a world of difference. Before, an inertial action had no effect at all. In the south, the army with the Tang Emperor as the main force has been slaughtered towards the southern border.

This army, which has been active in Baekje and Silla for many years, has become familiar with the local life, and many of them have even married local women on the Silla side and become local members, and they want to occupy Goguryeo and protect everything they have in Silla.

In the face of these circumstances, although King Rongliu opposed Yuangai Suwen, he still gave him great power, requisitioned the army of the whole country, and fought to the death with the Tang Emperor. Of course, it would be best if the matter could be resolved peacefully.

After Li Xin's army dealt with the affairs of Zhuo County, he immediately led a large army towards Lulongsai, and Qin Qiong led the three armies to welcome Li Xin into Lulongsai, and this ancient fortress once again became the main place of battle for the army.

"Yuangai Suwen still has a status in the court, although he is not at odds with King Rongliu, but he still cooperates with His Majesty's personal expedition, and Goguryeo has sufficient grain and grass. The minister often saw large armies of grain and grass entering his army, and some of them were transported by land, but most of them came from the sea. Qin Qiong led the generals to escort Li Xin to Lu Longsai, pointed to the big camp in the distance and said: "The minister originally thought that they were on an expedition, and the grain and grass would definitely not be enough, but these days, the minister has given up this idea. ”

"No matter how great Goguryeo's ability is, his country is weak and poor, where can there be much food? This war is still fighting for national strength, compared to the powerful Tang Dynasty. Goguryeo is not our opponent at all. Wei Yuancheng said indifferently.

"What Lord Wei said is very true, Yuangai Suwen has had a good time in Goguryeo all these years, and I don't know how much grain was lost under Liaodong City in the previous dynasty, and it all fell into his hands." The eldest grandson Wuji sighed and said: "The Central Plains Dynasty has had several opportunities to destroy Goguryeo, but unfortunately, for various reasons, not only did Goguryeo be destroyed, but Goguryeo also got many benefits. ”

"Has Gasuwen been in the barracks all along?" Li Xin asked with a relaxed face.

"Your Majesty was not there before he came. It should be there now. Qin Qiong nodded and said, "The minister has made many arrangements for His Majesty's personal conquest, and some old and young people such as Baekje have joined Gai Suwen's army. Although the number of troops did not increase much, it still had a great impact on their morale. ”

"Any nation is considered to perish. There are always some people who want to return to the country. Bae In-gi said that in Baekje, there were often people attacking the barracks, attacking and killing our soldiers, and some people harassing their food routes. Even if we capture Goguryeo in the future, it will be difficult to control the whole of Goguryeo in our hands. Li Xin shook his head.

"Your Majesty. You see, there are also Goguryeo envoys there. Cheng Yanjin pointed to the distance and said: "These damn guys, they can't come to surrender, I still want to make more contributions!" ”

When everyone heard this, they scolded secretly in their hearts, if they could not fight, they would naturally not fight, and they didn't know how many generals like Cheng Yanjin there were, but the civil officials all thought that if they could, they wouldn't fight.

"It's Gai Suwen here." Li Xin also gradually saw the appearance of the comer, who was Yuangai Suwen, whom he had not seen for several years. Compared with before, Yuangai Suwen has matured a lot, and he has a beard on his face, but what has not changed is that he is still so arrogant and domineering.

"It's the Tang Dynasty in the city?" Yuangai Suwen looked at Li Xin under the cover of Huang Luo's umbrella, his face was unexpectedly calm, and he didn't have any dissatisfaction, his sister is still in Li Xin's hands, according to Li Xin's urine, what happened, don't say it, but now he is extremely calm, which shows what the city's government has reached.

"Gai Suwen, you and I have met again, I don't know what you have to say?" Li Xin stood tall, looked down at Gai Suwen and said, "There is nothing to say between you and me? ”

"Li Xin, I let go of the 3,500 people who were captured by us, how about you let me go back to Liaodong?" Gai Suwen looked at Li Xin, although one was on the city wall and the other was under the city wall, Gai Suwen could still see Li Xin's appearance clearly, although as time went by, Li Xin had entered middle age, but he was still the same as back then, with a majestic posture and a majestic body, which added a bit of imperial appearance.

"Okay!" Li Xin nodded without thinking about it, and said: "You let go of the people of this dynasty, I will let you go back to Liaodong, and the matter between you and me will not be resolved until Liaodong." ”

Needless to say, these 3,500 people were captured by Gai Suwen when he attacked Liaodong, maybe there were more than these people at the beginning, but now there are only so many people left.

"Your Majesty." The eldest grandson Wuji said with some worry: "If we attack Liaodong, our battle line will be lengthened, the turnover of grain and grass will be inconvenient, and if we don't do it, it will form the appearance of the Yang Guang period back then." Once the war is unfavorable, the longer the time drags on, the colder the weather will become, which is not good for the war situation! ”

"Your Majesty, now that the situation is so good, Your Majesty can't be careless." Qin Qiong was also a little worried. He was afraid that Li Xin would be triumphant at the moment, and he didn't take the Goguryeo army in his eyes, so he couldn't help but remind.

"Although they want to stretch our front, this is our territory in itself, wouldn't it be great if we could recover it without spending a single soldier?" Li Xin shook his head and said, "Actually, there are not many soldiers and horses in this big camp, otherwise, Gai Suwen would not have made such a request like us." ”

"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is really bold." Gai Suwen looked at Li Xin and smiled in his heart. said loudly: "Li Xin, since this is the case, I will wait for you in Liaodong City." Gai Suwen turned his horse's head and led the soldiers around him back to his camp.

After half a ring, I saw thousands of Tang people in shabby clothes being driven over by Goguryeo soldiers, these people were ragged, yellow and thin, and only skin and bones were left, and everyone on the city wall looked gloomy.

"First place these people outside the pass, and then send troops to arrange for them to be stationed around Zhuo County." Li Xin instructed Qin Qiong beside him and said, "Let Wei Siyan garrison Lu Longsai." Luo Shixin was the vanguard, and two days later he went to Liaodong along the official road, and all the passes and cities along the way were carefully investigated, and no half of the Goguryeo people appeared in the land of my Tang Dynasty. These Liaodong people retreated at this time, I am afraid that they wanted to wait for an opportunity to attack our grain route. I believe that in this vast land, there are still many cavalry hiding in the shadows, and they are always thinking of attacking our grain routes. ”

Li Xinke was not confused, and he didn't know how far it was from Lulongsai to Liaodong, and even farther from Pyongyang. The Goguryeo people just wanted to use such a place to consume their own grain routes, and between these white mountains and black waters, I don't know how many enemies there were, they were all hiding in the shadows. Learn what you were like back then, and try to use all kinds of means to deal with yourself.

"Your Majesty, no matter how powerful the enemy is, how many intrigues and tricks there are. As long as we take one step at a time, we will definitely be able to solve these hateful Goguryeo people. Cheng Yanjin said loudly: "If they want to attack the grain road, they must be ambushed in the mountains and forests." There are definitely not many people and horses, Your Majesty, we can turn over the entire land of Liaodong with a thousand people per team and see where those rats are drilling. ”

"Did you see it, the enemy's courage is really not small, and they dare to withdraw their troops under our noses, are they fearless? Or is there something else to rely on? When it was evening, the Goguryeo people actually withdrew their troops under the nose of Li Xin.

"They only have 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it seems that they have been moving for a long time." Luo Shixin glanced at Qin Qiong, his face was not good-looking, there were only 10,000 horses in the camp in front of him, according to Qin Qiong's ability, he should have known, but only now did he discover this problem, and it was only discovered when Li Xin's army arrived, it was undoubtedly a dereliction of duty.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's no wonder General Qin looks at this matter, Gai Suwen is afraid that the soldiers and horses in the camp are broken into pieces, scattered throughout the land of Liaodong, waiting for us to attack, he will definitely harass our grain routes, such an army, overnight, can scatter hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in all directions, if you want to find it, it is very difficult." The eldest grandson Wuji said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is also proof that Gai Suwen is ready to use the long official road of Liaodong to attack our grain route." Wei Yuancheng's face was complicated, he thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that our first task is not to attack Liaodong, but to find those Goguryeo hiding in the land of Liaodong, and attack them separately, and when we reach the city of Liaodong, maybe Gai Suwen will only have tens of thousands of troops around him." Where do you need His Majesty to take his own hands. ”

Li Xin glanced at Wei Yuancheng and didn't speak, then swept around, and said: "How vast the land of Liaodong is, just in line with the time of my cavalry attack, not too much, each team of two thousand people, the army is divided into twenty teams of men and horses, led by the generals, I lead the rest of the soldiers and horses to take the official road, and wait to protect the Chinese army, each team is ten miles apart, and march to Liaodong together. From Lu Longsai to me all the way to Liaodong City. ”

"Goguryeo thought that it was still back then, when Yang Guang ordered the army to attack, and the order he gave to each army was to surrender, so once the enemy along the way was defeated, he would pretend to surrender, and when he came to his senses, he would definitely attack again, this time His Majesty's holy decree was different, for these Goguryeo troops, the minister thought that he could not sympathize." The eldest grandson Wuji applauded loudly and said, "You should kill them all, and let him also see the power of my Tang Dynasty soldiers." ”

"The current Goguryeo is no longer the Goguryeo of the past, although the national strength of Goguryeo was not as good as that of the Great Sui, but it was also in its heyday, the current Goguryeo, except for some grain and grass obtained from Yang Guang back then, he himself does not have any savings, there used to be a Baekje, and now that Baekje has been captured by us, his allies are gone, and without allies, what can he compete with us?" Li Xin is still a little proud.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister has killed not a single piece of armor of these Goguryeo troops." Qin Qiong felt a little embarrassed, she was sitting in Lu Longsai, but she didn't even notice it, which made people see the joke.

"Qin is deadlocked, take charge of the imperial camp, and the rest of the generals will go out!" Li Xin said very calmly: "My request is to drive out all the Goguryeo people in the land of Liaodong, kill all those who do not surrender, stay behind those who surrender, and repair the official roads in Liaodong, and when we seize Goguryeo, all the men in Goguryeo will stay to build roads and mine, and the women of Goguryeo will be rewarded to meritorious soldiers as slaves and maids." Everything in Goguryeo's culture must be eradicated, so that after hundreds of years, they will know that they are the people of the Tang Dynasty, and there has never been a Goguryeo nation in the world. Baekje is the place we conquered, and we will continue to do so in the future, and Silla can slow down a bit. ”

"I understand." Wei Yuancheng was shocked in his heart, and after listening to everyone, he could only nod, Li Xin's mind is simply to completely destroy the civilization of Goguryeo, according to Li Xin's design, maybe hundreds of years later, there is really no nation like Goguryeo.

The next day, Li Xin personally led the army out of Lulongsai, the 100,000 army was divided into two major parts, let Wei Yuancheng supervise the transportation of grain and grass in Lulongsai, Li Xin himself led 60,000 troops along the official road towards Liaodong City to kill, and the remaining Luo Shixin, Cheng Yanjin and others each led 2,000 cavalry, on the one hand, to protect the Chinese army, and the important thing is to search for the people and horses left in the land of Liaodong in Goguryeo.

Sure enough, the army only advanced for more than ten miles, and news came one after another, Gai Suwen really ambushed a lot of soldiers and horses along the way, but what Gai Suwen didn't expect was that Li Xin would see through his plan, not only ordered the army to set off immediately, chased after Gai Suwen's tail, and killed Liaodong, but also let the armies of all walks of life scatter and break through, Gai Suwen's army was not the opponent of these Tang Dynasty troops at all, and they were broken for a while, and the army suffered countless casualties. (To be continued.) )