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Chapter 756
In fact, this statement has no basis at all.

The reason why Li Shimin wants to fight Goguryeo is because Goguryeo is too strong and has seriously threatened Datang.

As we all know, Emperor Sui Yang conquered Goguryeo three times, Li Shimin fought once, Li Zhi fought three times, and the Sui and Tang dynasties fought six times and used as many as several million troops before finally destroying Goguryeo. The strength of Goguryeo is evident.

In fact, what many people don't know is that during the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty had already fought a battle with Goguryeo.

In 598, Liaoxi of the Central Plains was invaded by Goguryeo. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, sent 30 troops to attack the country in two directions in a rage, intending to kick their lair down.It's a pity that the timing of sending troops was wrong. It just happened to be the rainy season, food and grass could not be supplied, and there was an epidemic. Not only did they not kick off the opponent, but they lost a lot of troops.However, Goguryeo was also frightened, and quickly sent someone to apologize to Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty saw that the other party had a good attitude, so he withdrew his troops.

The Sui Wendi written in history is not very good, because the Sui Dynasty was replaced after only two generations remained. Yang Guang was the king of subjugation, and later generations will naturally not be polite when writing about this dynasty.

Although Yang Guang was overjoyed, he couldn't say anything about cleaning up Goguryeo.He sent troops three times, but failed to attack. In the end, he was killed by the country.When Yang Guang used the power of the whole country to attack Goguryeo for the last time, Goguryeo also collapsed. Seeing that Goguryeo was about to be defeated, Goguryeo sent people to pretend to surrender, and tricked Yang Guang to go back home.As soon as the pre-war crisis was resolved, Goguryeo began to take the opportunity to invade again.Because this country integrates nomadism and farming, the threat to the Central Plains is too great.If Yang Guang's strategy was wrong, how could the two generations of monarchs of the Tang Dynasty continue his approach?But even though his decision was correct, after three conquests, not only failed to solve the external threat, but caused continuous internal strife, and finally ruined the country.The Sui Dynasty is no longer there, but the threat of Goguryeo still exists. Even if you pay a huge price, you can only continue to fight until it disappears.

After Li Yuan came to power, Goguryeo took the initiative to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yuan also adopted a soft policy and released the country's prisoners.Although there are frequent exchanges between the two countries, everyone knows that there will be a big war in the end.Goguryeo did not hesitate to spend a huge price to build the Great Wall on the border. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin naturally could not tolerate the existence of Goguryeo. In order to fight the war, the two generations of emperors continued to strengthen their national power. fulfilled this historical mission.

After two generations of father and son, Goguryeo was finally destroyed.This so difficult bone was finally gnawed down by the Tang Dynasty, and the regime of Goguryeo completely disappeared in history, and has never been traced since then.

So on the issue of dealing with Goguryeo, Lin Xuan supported Li Shimin.

Li Shimin has been invincible in all his battles in his life, but he encountered 'Waterloo' in the Battle of Goguryeo.

It cannot be said that Li Shimin's personal conquest of Goguryeo was considered a defeat, but that he failed to achieve the set goal.

The reason for Li Shimin's failure was that many of Goguryeo's cities were built against mountains, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, Goguryeo had 60 soldiers and horses, and the resistance was tenacious.

Although Li Shimin was in a bad position in the early stage, the weather in Goguryeo was very cold in winter, and he was dragged into winter by Goguryeo, so Li Shimin had to retreat.

Now Datang has cotton, which can solve the problem of cold weather, and the magic arm crossbow is also very useful when attacking the city. The combination of the two may really have a chance to wipe out Goguryeo in one fell swoop.

Of course, these are all things to say, the most important thing right now is to solve the problem of Western Turks.

Three days after Lin Xuan signed in at the beginning of the month, he finally received a letter from Chang'an that Datang had sent troops.

In June of the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin, on the grounds that the Western Turks plundered the border of the Tang Dynasty last year, named Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County, as the general manager of the Yili Road March, commanding the Chinese army, Hou Junji and Cheng Yaojin as deputy generals, and crusading the Western Turks from the North. He also ordered the British Duke Li Ji to command the right army, and Yu Chigong as the deputy general to attack the Western Turks from the South Road.

Chai Shao, the son-in-law of Huo Guogong, the governor of Huazhou, was appointed as the marching officer of Dingxiang Road, commanding an army of [-] troops, and Chen Bing Shuofang City, deterring Xue Yantuo.

A total of 15 cavalry and 25 infantry were dispatched, making a total of [-] troops.

Outside the city of Chang'an, banners and flags were unfurled, covering the sky and the sun.

After the army was assembled, Li Shimin boarded the altar and began the complicated sacrifice.

In ancient times, the army went to war, not to say that it went to war. Before going out, it was necessary to gather the army for sacrifices and oaths.

The emperors and generals all knew that sacrifices could not affect the battle situation, and the sacrifices held before the expedition were basically a formality. If so, why were they so keen on sacrifices?
This is because the ancients were relatively superstitious. Although the emperors and generals did not believe in sacrifices, the ordinary soldiers did.In troubled times, the people have nothing to return to, and those heroes who ruled one side are all heroes. To put it bluntly, they are the kind of people who take advantage of the chaos in the world to separate one side, commit chaos, and make the troubled times even more chaotic. .

These people's names are not right, it is difficult to guarantee that the soldiers under him will sincerely support themselves, and it is difficult to convince the soldiers that it is reasonable to fight for him, so before the war, in order to unite the hearts of the people, they used sacrifices to mobilize.For example, after Chen Sheng and Wu Guang killed the officers of the Qin Dynasty who supervised them, they hijacked [-] garrison soldiers to revolt. After that, they set up an altar for sacrifice and used the heads of the two officers as sacrifices.After the sacrifice, Chen Sheng gave a speech and shouted the slogan "Princes, generals and generals should be kind".

The same is true for foreign wars. Fighting will kill people, so most soldiers are unwilling to fight.
In order to make the soldiers on one side feel that they obey the destiny, they need to hold sacrifices to pull the "heaven" and "earth" to their side.

After the sacrifice was completed, Li Shimin stood on the high platform and looked at the soldiers who could not see the end. He felt his blood surging. Through the trumpet handed over by Li Junxian, he said loudly: "Since ancient times, the Chinese are precious, and the barbarians are cheap. I only love them as one. The Western Turks have repeatedly committed crimes against us in the Tang Dynasty, and their crimes are too numerous to write down..."

What Li Shimin meant was that the rulers since ancient times have all valued the Han people in the Central Plains and despised those ethnic minorities, but I treat them equally.

However, the Western Turks don't know what to do, and they always come to trouble me, Datang, so now I have to deal with them.

Li Shimin also counted the massacres committed by the Western Turks on the border of the Tang Dynasty in recent years, which successfully aroused the fighting spirit of the soldiers in the front row.

Although there is a loudspeaker, only the front part can hear Li Shimin's shouting, and the rear needs the messenger to ride on the horse and repeat Li Shimin's words.

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he paused and shouted: "Do you think we should fight?"

"Battle! Fight! Fight!"

The soldiers in the front row shouted, and the soldiers in the back didn't know what was going on, and when they saw the shouting in front, they also shouted. This continued, and it didn't take long for the deafening shouts to be heard in a uniform and deafening manner.

(End of this chapter)