Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

In the 26th year of the Tang Dynasty, on March [-]st, the court meeting.

Goguryeo envoys Xu Yuwen and Huo Zisan'er were summoned by Tang Emperor Li Shimin.

Although the two were puzzled, they still attended the court meeting as soon as possible.

Then they got the resolution announced by Fang Xuanling, Minister of the Tang Dynasty, at the court meeting.

"Today there is the Tang Dynasty's vassal state, Koryo, who is bullying its superiors, disrespecting the obligations of the vassal state, wantonly attacking other vassal states of the Tang Dynasty, and disrupting the border order. Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty issued an ultimatum to Koryo. After the envoys arrived in Koryo, the whole country surrendered immediately. , and together with the nobles of Goryeo moved to Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty to live, and the whole country of Goryeo was merged into the Tang Dynasty, if there is any hesitation, don't say it is unpredictable."

Fang Xuanling's words were simple and straightforward, but Xu Yuwen and Huo Zisan'er's faces turned pale when they heard it!Recently, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the entire Tang court has been busy, and the sixteen guards of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty have all left Chang'an. Although they thought it was strange at first, the sixteen guards of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty had left Chang'an many times before. train.

They didn't think much about it, but now with this order they understood that Datang was going to use troops against Goguryeo.

The two wanted to say something, but they also knew that they had no right to make any decisions on behalf of Gao Li, and all they could do was to leave Chang'an as soon as possible and then rush back to Gao Li.

After arranging for the two to leave, the rest of Datang also unfolded in an orderly manner.

To be honest, there is no need for Datang to be anxious about the battle with Goguryeo. It can be said that it is most appropriate to advance steadily. Anyway, Datang is not in a hurry. It is also steadily approaching the border.

But the pressure of Goguryeo is different from that of Tang Dynasty. A considerable part of the fields on the border between the two countries belong to Goguryeo, and the food produced by these fields is also very important to Goguryeo.

As long as Datang can advance steadily and nibble away a little bit, Goguryeo will undoubtedly lose.

What's more, unlike the Tang Dynasty's dealing with Goguryeo in history, the Tang Dynasty in history couldn't afford to delay it, but now Datang can even delay here for three to five years without any problem.

However, Goguryeo cannot station so many soldiers on the border for a long time. Although Goguryeo is not the same as the military system of the Tang Dynasty, it implements a military-political integration system, which means that the local administrative officials are also the highest local military officials.

Although the soldiers of Goguryeo are not in the Fubing system, they have some similarities. There are some professional soldiers in Goguryeo, which are recruited, but there are also a large number of soldiers who will receive military training and then serve as soldiers in wartime.

This is a bit like nomads, which is inseparable from the integration of nomads near Goguryeo.

And Goguryeo's unique military system also allows them to guarantee sufficient combat effectiveness, but long-term combat is unlikely.

Because of long-term fighting, Goguryeo itself has many mountains and less cultivated land. During the Han Dynasty, Goguryeo was in a state of food shortage for a long time.

However, with the decline of the Han Dynasty and the chaos of the Central Plains Dynasty, Goguryeo took the opportunity to acquire a large number of Han people in the Central Plains, and also obtained a lot of metallurgical technology from the Central Plains. After the development of ironmaking technology, Goguryeo’s farm tools were greatly improved. Only then did enough land be reclaimed to feed a larger population.

Now Goguryeo has a total population of about 400 million people. In a state of emergency, it can even draw out nearly 60 troops comparable to Datang, and they are not bad at all in terms of weapons and equipment.

Of course, compared with the previous Datang, it is naturally incomparable with the current Datang.

In addition, compared with the historical Datang, apart from weapons and equipment, there is another most important point that the current Datang is facing not only Goryeo in this period.

The Tang Dynasty in history sent troops in the 18th year of Zhenguan, and officially attacked Goguryeo in the 19th year of Zhenguan. So during this period, what else did the Tang Dynasty do?Datang also destroyed Xue Yantuo, who was also in the north, from the 19th to the 20th year of Zhenguan.

In other words, when Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo in person, he not only faced Goguryeo, but also faced Xue Yantuo in the north. By the way, even Xue Yantuo was wiped out.

Although it is said that Xue Yantuo's combat effectiveness dropped sharply due to the death of Yi Shiyinan at that time, but at that time the Tang Dynasty was also fighting with Goguryeo in full swing, from which we can see how powerful the Tang Dynasty was at that time.

It can be said that the Tang Dynasty in history seemed to have the largest land area during the Gaozong period, but in fact the Tang Dynasty had the strongest combat effectiveness during the Zhenguan period.

But what about Datang now?The entire Xue Yantuo, Shiwei, and Khitan are no longer a drag on the Tang Dynasty, but have become the garrison of the Tang Dynasty.This is not good news for Goguryeo.

It's just that there is a saying that is good, the hemp rope always breaks at the smallest point, and the house leaks when it rains all night.

At the same time when the Tang Dynasty formally declared war on the envoys of Goguryeo, Monobe Village, who was far away in the country of Wa, looked coldly at the city that had fallen into madness in front of him.

The entire city has been completely surrounded, and tragic roars, flames, thick smoke, and screams soared into the sky in the entire city.

But Monobe Murashita did not change his face. This is the last madness of the traditional aristocratic forces of the Japanese country. For more than a year, the existence of Monobe still sacrificed 5000 people even though it had the absolute logistical supplies of the Tang Dynasty. Many soldiers, although he still has 2 soldiers under his command.

This is because more and more Wa people took the initiative to join the army under Monobe Village.

Because these Japanese people also realized who is the one who really liberated them. In the territories occupied by Monobe Village, they are ruled by the people of Datang, the official documents executed are the official documents of Datang, and the officials say the same. Tang Hua.

The point is that the policy implemented is also Datang's policy.

After Monobe Murashita exterminated all the nobles and released all the slaves and civilians attached to the nobles, these people did not stand on the side of the nobles, but the Tang policy brought by Monobe Murashita brought them It's an unprecedented experience.

Monobe Murashita never cared about them, ignored them, and did not make any demands on them, but this kind of behavior, on the contrary, hit the strong psychology of the Japanese people. In their view, Monobe Murashita is really His Royal Highness King Qin sent them to save them, since His Royal Highness King Qin sent them, so naturally there is no need to ignore them.

Under such circumstances, the soldiers of Monobe Village died in battle, and when there were fewer and fewer people, more and more Japanese civilians took the initiative to join the army of Monobe Village yesterday.