It was late at night, and almost everyone had already slept, but, as the king of Goguryeo, Gao Jianwu couldn't sleep, lying on his own dragon bed, Gao Jianwu opened his eyes alone, no matter how he wanted to sleep, he just couldn't sleep, and his head was always echoing from the front line of the front line, and since he succeeded to the throne, this was the first time that he had the idea that everything was beyond his control.

Launching an attack on the Tang Dynasty or something, Gao Jianwu did not agree with it in his heart, his father once warned him before he died, although the Central Plains Dynasty is now very chaotic and weak, but you don't try to attack them, think about the Huns hundreds of years ago, the Central Plains is still in the divided era of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but they can still unite to drive the Huns away, that is their land, they can play as much as they want, but if others go, they will definitely be rejected by them, otherwise, Unless you think you have enough strength to kill all the resistants, then you can do whatever you want.

But Goguryeo does not have such strength, General Eulzhi Wende, who once turned the tide, is dead, no longer there, the former Sui Dynasty is gone, and the original chaotic Central Plains no longer exists, replaced by a powerful Tang Dynasty that made him tremble, attacking the Turks in the north, Sanmiao in the south, and conquering Tibet in the west, just one east away.

Not long ago, the Tang Dynasty launched a super battle of 200,000 people, on the grounds that the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo were wolf-hearted, attacked the Tang caravan and attacked and killed the Tang merchants, and with the goal of completely eliminating the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo, 200,000 iron-blooded heroes swore in Chang'an and marched north to the grassland. The sun and the moon change color!

You must know that before this, the most powerful counterattack of the Central Plains Dynasty against the grassland peoples was hundreds of years ago, and the strength of the strong Han army that built the backbone of the Han people hundreds of years ago launched the final decisive battle in Mobei was only 100,000 iron cavalry, and this time, Emperor Li Shimin directly dispatched 200,000 iron cavalry to the northern expedition to the grassland, which was the strongest battle in the history of the Central Plains agricultural civilization dynasty against the northern nomads.

The army of the Qiang Tang roared north, burning and looting all the way, it was simply the embodiment of evil ghosts, and the nomads felt it for the first time. Their roles were reversed. In the past, the Han people were sheep, they were wolves, and sheep were destined to be eaten by wolves. But now. Han Chinese are wolves. They are sheep, and they are destined to be eaten alive and flayed by the Han people.

After several unsuccessful attempts to send intercession documents and declarations of defeat, Ashina Ni and Yi Nan realized that war was inevitable. They also realized the determination of the Tang Dynasty this time and the strangeness of everything, and they organized an army to resist the invasion of the Tang Iron Cavalry as quickly as possible, but the result made them frightened, and after two general battles on two battlefields, the Western Turkic Corps and the Xue Yantuo Corps completely collapsed.

The long-standing Han luxury, however, the originally brave and warlike steppe warriors became corrupt and degenerate, the originally wealthy herdsmen no longer had herds of cattle, sheep and horses to feed and use for their soldiers, the originally shrewd and capable leaders who were as cunning as wild wolves became as sluggish and slow as pigs, and the steppe iron horsemen used uneven thin horses, rusty weapons and bows and arrows that broke at the stroke of a pull to face the well-prepared and well-equipped iron horses of the Tang Dynasty.

Almost just one of the two steppe corps that had once pressed on the heads of the Han people completely collapsed, and the next thing was massacre, pursuit, and re-plundering--His Majesty the Emperor ordered that the strong men of the steppe should not be killed more, and they must be captured alive, otherwise they must be severely punished.

Next, it's very simple, the 200,000 army is divided into zero, with the thousand-man team as the basic unit, sweeping around, setting fire to the place where the people gather, and then capturing men, women, and children to go south together, invite merit, and catch these living people are rewarded!

The grassland herdsmen, who had seen the Han people in the past, showed wolf-like green eyes, but finally saw in the eyes of the Han cavalry that they didn't seem to have used for a long time...... As a result, the grassland collapsed, the grassland completely collapsed, and the collapse and fall of the Western Turkic Empire and the Xue Yantuo Empire, which represented the most powerful grassland empires, showed that the civilization of the Tang Dynasty had been successfully conquered.

The speed of defeat and retreat, the speed of destruction, and the speed of surrender are all unprecedented, Ashina Ni was captured alive in the first month after the war, as for Yi Nan, I don't know where he is at present, I only know that he is running for his life, Ashina Ni Yu's first words after seeing his old friend Su Dingfang are: "His Majesty the Emperor will not kill me, right?" I surrender, I say, I say anything, just don't kill me! ”

Looking at the high-spirited Ashina mud who met for the first time fell to this point, Su Dingfang also felt that he was related, a man who was once as strong as a lion and tiger, but now he is as fearful and obedient as a sheep, and the appearance of this qiē, his second brother foresaw it as early as six years ago, Gentle Township is the hero's mound, finally, Suning Fang understood this truth, and every general who saw Ashina Ni understood this truth.

The rapid collapse of the grassland empire made Gao Jianwu feel frightened, on the one hand, he ordered people to strengthen the construction of the northwest frontier, and on the other hand, he also hoped to stabilize the current relationship with the Tang Dynasty, after all, in the previous decades, there was a very bad past between the two countries, although the Central Plains was not surnamed Li at that time, but now, the ruler of the Central Plains Empire, surnamed Li, his words and deeds, his mind, affect the movement of the entire continent.

Gao Jianwu eagerly hoped to get along with Datang and maintain relations, and even planned to destroy the Jingguan built by the skulls of former Sui soldiers in accordance with Datang's long-standing requirements, so as to show goodwill to Datang.

But it seems that very suddenly, several oranges with great power in the court have asked themselves to take advantage of the great opportunity of the Tang Empire's northern expedition to the grassland to attack the Tang Empire, the reason is that the Tang Empire has shown his unparalleled military strength and strong ambition for foreign expansion, and their emperor His Majesty Li Shimin is a man with a strong desire to conquer and expand, he will not be satisfied with the elimination of the Western Turks and Xue Yantuo, and even this joy will not make him feel happy for a long time.

As early as a long time ago, everyone understood that a large part of the land we occupy now is the land that originally belonged to the Han people, which was called the four counties of Han at that time. Now it is the territory of Goguryeo, but the Han people never seem to have given up claiming these lands, Emperor Wen of Sui once conquered, Emperor Yang of Sui conquered three times, all in order to unify the universe, the Central Plains people believe that the last piece of land to unify the universe is in the northeast region under the rule of Goguryeo, which is the last piece of land in Huaxia Shenzhou.

From this, they came to the conclusion that if they did not unite with some surrounding tribes with strong military forces to jointly attack the Tang Empire at this time. Seize enough land and cities before he can react. Then when the Tang Empire solved the two steppe empires in the north, it was bound to point its troops to the Liaodong region, the territory of Goguryeo today, which is certain. Almost certainly.

That Li Shimin the Great also lived in the Sui Dynasty. He couldn't have been left untouched by this. The Sui Dynasty was defeated in three expeditions, leaving behind many regrets and hatreds, as the emperor of the Han people in the Central Plains. It is impossible for this Emperor Li Shimin to turn a blind eye to these hatreds, as long as he is not a fool......

Moreover, the north is cleared, the south is pacified, the west is opened, and the east is left, the shame of the former Han people, the shame of the Central Plains, the Tang Dynasty inherited the legal system of the Sui Dynasty, although it was denied, but for these shames, it was also inherited, it was impossible for Emperor Li Shimin not to think that this was also his own shame, and in order to prove that he was stronger than the emperor of the previous dynasty, he would definitely take Goguryeo to prove that he was the strongest emperor, stronger than Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui.

Therefore, before he takes the initiative to attack, we have to start first, taking advantage of the fact that their main force was transferred to the grassland and could not return to help, we launched an attack on Yingzhou with a large army, and after breaking through Yingzhou, we went all the way to Beiping, and after defeating Beiping, we can attack the fertile soil of North China and Shandong, that is our ultimate goal, with these places as the foundation, even if there are 100,000 troops to help, we can still resist and defend every step, that is their land and people, they dare not come too ruthlessly, But we can be different, we have to compete with the Tang Dynasty for hegemony in the Central Plains!

The one who said such a declaration of the main battle domineeringly, it was the current head of the Quan family, Quan Gai Suwen, this guy was more radical and tricky than his father, Gao Jianwu even felt that if he did not suppress his power, it was very likely that the throne of the Gao family would not be guaranteed, this war against the Tang Dynasty was like this, and it was actually when he had not yet expressed his position, the vast majority of voices in the Manchao Hall had already appeared, especially some powerful families.

He's wooing these families.

This is Gao Jianwu's first feeling.

He was a big threat to me.

This is Gao Jianwu's second feeling.

He had to be eliminated, definitely.

This is Gao Jianwu's final decision.

But, putting these aside, is there really a need to send troops to Datang? Since the Li Tang royal family settled in the Central Plains, it seems that the two countries did not have too many problems, and they did not even have contacts, since the Zhenguan era, the relationship between the two countries gradually broke the ice, and Chang'an, the capital of the Central Plains, also had the contribution of Goguryeo, which made Gao Jianwu very proud, and the situation was obviously not developing according to his ideas at that time.

Most importantly, Gao Jianwu himself felt that if the Tang army really won, would they set the next target for Goguryeo? This is a very likely speculation, and even, this is the case, Gao Jianwu also believes that if the Tang army really defeated the Grassland Empire, then the next target must be Goguryeo, which had thwarted the attacks of the Central Plains Dynasty several times, which would almost become the idea of the entire Central Plains Han people - to avenge their relatives who had died in battle.

When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty launched the war, he almost conscripted the people of Hebei and Shandong, and every household had people who died in battle, and every household had a blood feud with Goguryeo, as long as the Tang Dynasty guided it a little, the anger of the Han people in the Central Plains was enough to burn Goguryeo to the ground, and the current Tang Dynasty was not the original Sui Dynasty, and today's Goguryeo was not the original Goguryeo, Gao Jianwu was really not sure.

Under this premise, Gao Jianwu reluctantly agreed to the strategy of sending troops, and then, in order to contain and monitor Quangai Suwen, who was elected as commander-in-chief, Gao Jianwu appointed two of his relatives, Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen, to important positions.

At the beginning, the situation was very good, winning and marching steadily, most of Liaodong had been included in the bag of Goguryeo, Gao Jianwu could receive good news every day, he was very happy and proud of his decision, but just as he was intoxicated with his wise decision, a report of defeat was handed to him, which made him almost faint - Gao Yanshou lightly advanced the enemy, was defeated and captured, and the 20,000 people of the front army were annihilated.

From that moment on, Gao Jianwu felt that the situation had gradually left his control, and since then the war reports he received were either blocked by the Tang army or attacked by the Tang army, all in all, there was no good news, the army was stagnant, and there were battle losses every day, which made him feel distressed, those troops were loyal to him, from his father's time to today, in order to ensure the control of this army, Gao Jianwu even arranged many veteran generals who were loyal to him to be involved.

But......

Gao Jianwu sighed very depressedly, and the ominous feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger...... He even felt that the danger was around him, not far from him, but he didn't know what the danger was!

"Boom .................."

A loud bang, earth-shattering! (To be continued......)