Chapter 65 The Battle of Goguryeo
Liu Rengui has been reading classics and history since childhood, and he is quite disdainful of the Japanese people who are backward in the outside world.
But after thinking about it, he said, "These barbarians are afraid of their power but do not have virtue. We should beat them up at once, otherwise when we have the chance, we will be afraid that they will repeat and cause trouble for us."
"Good statement."
Su Dawei's eyes lit up.
He slapped: "I think so too. I heard that it is only a few dozen miles from Silla to Tsushima Island and then to the Japanese Kyushu Island."
"Governor, you want to..."
"I want to conquer the Japanese."
If Su Dawei looked at him with a deep meaning, he smiled and said, "The King of the Japanese and Baekje are blood-related relatives. I am the governor in charge of Baekje for His Majesty. I have to guard against these Japanese people causing trouble behind their backs. What does General Liu think?"
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In 661 AD, in April of the first year of Longshuo in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Zhi gathered five armies and marched towards Goguryeo on both water and land.
All the way, Su Dingfang was the chief general of Pyongyang Road, and Prime Minister Ren Yaxiang was the chief general of Pyongyang Road. He led the navy to cross the Yellow Sea from Chengshan Mountain and attacked Pyongyang from south to north.
The Wujiang River is the Datong River in later generations.
Along the way, Qibi Heli was the chief general of Liaotongdao, and led the army to set off from Liaodong, crossing the Yalu River and attacking Pyongyang from north to south.
Su Dingfang and Ren Yaxiang made great progress.
In July, he defeated the Goguryeo army in the Wujiang River, and then won many battles and repeatedly, chasing the Goguryeo army for more than 200 miles, and surrounded Pyongyang.
However, there was a problem with Qibian Heli along the way.
On this side, Goguryeo was led by Quan Gai Suwen's son, Quan boy, and the formation of heavy troops on the Yalu River.
And Qibing Heli just seemed to be the type of Mongolian navy in later generations.
Although he was brave and good at fighting, he fought Tuyuhun on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in this life, destroyed Gaochang Kingdom in the desert of the Western Regions, and pacified Xueyantuo on the Mongolian grasslands, but he never fought a water battle.
When I looked at Yalu River, my eyes were completely dark.
The two sides had been stalemate by the Yalu River for nearly two months, and Qiheli had no choice.
Fortunately, the snow this year came earlier than in the past.
At the end of the ninth lunar calendar, a thick layer of ice and snow had formed on the Yalu River.
Qi Bi Heli was overjoyed and led the army to beat drums while stepping on the ice and attack the Goguryeo army.
The boy from Quan didn't look like a man at all. When he saw Tang Jun coming, he left behind tens of thousands of elite soldiers and ran faster than rabbits.
Qi Bi Heli killed the Goguryeo people crying and calling their parents, throwing their arms and abandoning their armor.
He kept chasing behind for dozens of miles, killing 30,000 people, and capturing all the Goguryeo army except the Quan boy. Only then did he return to the camp to rest with satisfaction.
The next day, Qi Zhu Heli was energetic and prepared to continue to do a big fight.
But an accident happened.
The Uighur boss Bi Su Du launched a rebellion at this time.
Although the Tang Dynasty had sent Xue Rengui to quell the rebellion, in order to ensure the safety of the rear and prevent the Uighurs from attacking Qi Bi Heli from behind.
Li Zhi still had to give Qi Heli an order to withdraw his troops.
Because from the map, the Uighurs are on the top of Liaodong.
The strategy of attacking Goguryeo on both sides of the Tang Dynasty suddenly turned into a single fight.
However, Li Zhi and Su Dingfang still did not want to give up. While giving orders to Qiheli to withdraw troops, Li Zhi ordered Silla to help Su Dingfang's army.
But at this time, the second black swan appeared again.
It was at this time that the old Wang Jin Chunqiu of Silla died.
September Qibing Heli was still preparing for withdrawal, and news of Jin Chunqiu's death came.
As for the new king who succeeded the throne...
According to the original history, Jin Famin should have taken over and become the new King of Silla.
But history has turned a corner here.
In Silla, except for Kim Chunqiu, another Kim In-tae suddenly appeared.
Relying on his contributions to Zhouliu City and Baijiang City, he assisted the Tang army in making contributions and received support from the Xiongjin Governor's Office in Baekje.
Specifically, Su Dawei secretly expressed behind his back that he supported Kim In-tae as King Silla.
Originally, after Jin Chunqiu's death, the position of Silla King fell on Jin Famin without any suspense.
But now, this matter is in lingering.
Kim Famin and Kim In-tae are both legitimate sons.
Both of them did not give in.
The good Silla is vaguely split into two factions.
Apart from Silla's affairs, Su Dingfang's unlucky affairs came one after another.
Because there were no reinforcements, Su Dingfang had to be trapped at the city of Pyongyang due to insufficient troops.
After the weather enters winter, the northwest wind blew continuously.
Above the Yellow Sea, there are huge winds and waves.
The grain transport ships of the Tang Dynasty suffered unprecedented tests.
The Tang army besieged the Pyongyang City of Goguryeo and fell into a huge crisis of food shortage.
Li Zhi hurriedly ordered Silla and Xiongjin Governor's Office to raise food and grass for Su Dingfang Army.
Su Dawei also collected food and grass in time to allocate food and grass to slightly alleviate the Tang army's urgent needs.
But Silla has lost its chain again.
It was delayed until February of the second year of Longshuo, but the food and supplies were not transported.
This incident made Su Dingfang very angry.
It was raining all night long. Just as the morale of the Tang army was getting lower and lower, Ren Yaxiang, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and the chief general of the Jinjiang Road, died of illness in the army, which made the morale of the army increasingly unstable.
The Goguryeo people quickly found out the news, seized the opportunity, and launched a counterattack against the Tang army.
On Su Dingfang's side, Goguryeo people dare not mess with each other.
This Tang Dynasty military god has already been hit with a psychological shadow.
The persimmon is soft and the main attack direction of Goguryeo is Ren Yaxiang's troops.
In this battle, Quan Gai Suwen forced his sick body and concentrated his troops to launch a fierce charge against Pang Xiaotai, the general manager of Wojudao, who was stationed on the snake water.
Faced with the sudden appearance of the enemy, Pang Xiaotai was not afraid at all, shouting to kill the thief. After a bloody battle, he finally blocked the first attack of Gao's army.
But heavy snow fell and the temperature dropped sharply.
Pang Xiaotai and his more than 5,000 Tang troops all came from Lingnan, namely Guangdong and Guangxi in later generations.
Faced with lack of food and clothing and rapid freezing, the Tang army's combat power dropped rapidly.
The Goguryeo people were overjoyed and immediately launched the second and third charges.
In the end, the Tang army's Pang Xiaotai tribe was outnumbered, with more than 5,000 people all killed in battle.
At the last moment, Pang Xiaotai's personal soldiers advised him to retreat quickly and leave the green mountains there, not to worry about the lack of firewood.
But Pang Xiaotai shouted: "I have served the country for two generations. After being favored, Goryeo will never be destroyed. Now, the five thousand children in the countryside will die in battle. How can I survive by myself?"
After saying that, he raised his big sword and rushed towards Gao Jun with his thirteen sons.
Both father and son died heroically.
When he died, Pang Xiaotai was 62 years old.
When that's the time, a blizzard fell from the sky.
The bloody battlefield was covered with snow. Looking around, the bodies of the Tang army soldiers were covered with snow, like snow-white monuments.
They always stand in distant foreign lands.
The soldiers were tired, the food was insufficient, the general died, the weather was heavy snow, and all kinds of unfavorable factors gathered together.
The God of War in the Tang Dynasty was also regretful.
Finally, Su Dingfang sighed helplessly to the sky, lifted the siege of Pyongyang, and returned to China.
At this time, Su Dingfang did not expect that he would never have the chance to enter Liaodong again after parting.
A year later, the northwest of the Tang Dynasty was in a hurry.
Tuyuhun was annexed by Tubo, and a series of evil consequences finally broke out.
Tubo was ready to rub his hands and showed his sharp fangs against the Tang Dynasty.
Li Zhi ordered the 72-year-old Su Dingfang to take charge of the northwest and control the troops to prepare for Tubo.
Four years later, this veteran who destroyed the Turks, promoted Baekje, and conquered Goguryeo finally realized his dream of wrapping his body.
Leave in the desolate northwest land.
Chapter completed!