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Chapter VIII Four Kingdoms Flanking

Li Shimin suffered a lot and said so hard that he actually enjoyed this feeling. As he said, the Tang Dynasty's treasury was not surplus, but as Luo Shixin said, the Tang Dynasty developed very quickly and its economic income was very high. However, these high incomes made Li Shimin invest in places worth investing. It is precisely because of these investments that the Tang Dynasty could develop quickly and quickly.

The terrifying development speed of the Tang Dynasty also had a great impact on the surrounding foreign countries. The stronger the Tang Dynasty, the more peaceful they were and the more obedient they were.

Except for Tuyuhun, which involves its own interests, that is in conflict with the Tang Dynasty, no country does not have a good relationship with the Tang Dynasty.

Even Goguryeo, who had a great revenge with the Central Plains, continued to show goodwill to the Tang Dynasty and constantly improved their relationship.

Li Shimin kept thinking that their Liaodong was occupied by Goguryeo, but Liaodong was bitter and cold, and was not within the development scope of the Tang Dynasty. The current economy of the Tang Dynasty was already tight and it was not worthy of wars.

Spending manpower, financial resources and material resources to bring Liaodong back is of no benefit to the Tang Dynasty.

Good steel needs to be used on good blades. With Li Shimin's utilitarian heart, he would never do such a thankless thing at this time. When the Tang Dynasty became rich and the national treasury was enriched, he would take back Liaodong and destroy Goguryeo by the way.

At present, Li Shimin does not have the intention to get along with Goguryeo. Goguryeo is also tactful and has a good relationship with each other.

Li Shimin accidentally heard about the incident of Goguryeo Kinguan yesterday, and happened to meet Luo Shixin, so he asked. Among them, Luo Shixin was the only one who had actually been to Goguryeo.

Luo Shixin nodded silently. He had never seen Jingguan with his own eyes, but he had heard from those friends who still live on Changbai Mountain. Jingguan is their pain for the rest of their lives. It is precisely because of Jingguan that they choose to continue living in Changbai Mountain.

The so-called Jingguan is a high tomb made by showing off his martial arts, gathering enemy corpses and sealing the earth.

When Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo, he used military power far superior to Goguryeo and attacked the soft with stones. No matter how his inhumane command level was, he defeated Goguryeo. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed in battle, Goguryeo piled up hundreds of thousands of soldiers to show off the fact that they defeated the strong with the weak and defeated the Sui Dynasty.

How terrifying was the Jingguan built with hundreds of thousands of bones? It was also a great shame for the Han people.

"I have never seen Jingguan with my own eyes, but I heard the lost Sui soldiers in Changbai Mountain that Jingguan is a place where Goguryeo commemorates the achievements of his ancestors. The incense there is endless, so the purpose is naturally not to worship the corpses, but to pay attention to the great achievements of the saviors in their country. There are Yuanziyou who resisted the size of millions of Sui troops in Liaodong and Yizhi Wende, who broke through 300,000 Sui soldiers. According to what they said, Goguryeo would go to Jingguan to worship every time the ceremony came." Luo Shixin did not see it with his own eyes, but when he heard Zuo Tiancheng and the others say that the lungs would burst into anger. At that time, he thought that if he could lead troops to go to Goguryeo in the future, he would have to pay the corresponding price.

Even though this incident has been many years, when Li Shimin mentioned it, Luo Shixin still said indignantly: "The Sui Dynasty was defeated by Yang Guang's fool's blind command. A country that is a bit of a big deal is really considered to be a piece of material." Luo Shixin didn't have much disgust towards Yang Guang, but he really deserved the word "issum". It was because of his "excellent" performance that the situation of hitting stones with eggs turned into eggs and cracking stones.

Li Shimin nodded quietly and said, "The situation in the past is useless to investigate the details. Gao Jianwu, the king of Goguryeo, is still quite respectful to me, the Tang Dynasty. Later, I personally issued an order to let Gao Jianwu demolish Jingguan and send the corpses of those soldiers back to my Tang Dynasty. So that they can return to their hometowns and not wander in a foreign land."

Luo Shixin hurriedly praised: "Your Highness is kind. If this matter is done, it will become a good story after all."

Li Shimin also smiled complacently. Since he said this, he was very sure of the success of things. From Gao Jianwu's attitude towards the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin clearly realized that the other party was willing to rely on the Tang Dynasty and use the power of the Tang Dynasty to deal with the powerful Yuan clan. If you want others, you will naturally have to pay a certain price.

However, Li Shimin miscalculated this time.

Gao Jianwu received the order from Li Shimin and came to his confidant Yuzhi Houwu to discuss whether he should obey Li Shimin's words and demolish Jingguan.

The Yezhi Hou Wu had already lost confidence in Gao Jianwu's "weakness". Now that he really wanted to destroy Jingguan, he even despised him and strengthened his determination to fight Gao Jianwu.

Goguryeo had powerful ministers in control of military power, and Baekje outside and Japan supported. There were traitors inside, and there was no way out to retreat. When Gao Jianwu decided to demolish Jingguan, the Yuan clan launched a military coup. Yuan Daejo, the head of the Yuan clan, made a quick decision under the persuasion of his son Yuan Gaisuwen, and took the initiative to take the lead. On the grounds that the king was weak and incompetent, with the secret assistance of Baekje and Japan, he used thunder to kill Gao Jianwu and the ministers who supported him to deal with his own. Then he made Gao Jianwu's nephew Gao Baozang the king, which completely changed the situation in Goguryeo.

Gao Baozang is just a puppet. The Yuan clan successfully controlled the power of Goguryeo with the political foundation laid by Yuan Ziyou.

Yuan Daejo Gan is a bit moderate, and all matters of big and small are decided by Yuan Gaisuwen.

Yuan Gaisuwen was not old, but he was young and energetic, and had a newborn calf, and was particularly radical. He kept refusing Li Shimin's request. He was still celebrating the general trend in Beijing on the day Gao Baozang ascended the throne, and slapped Li Shimin in the face.

When the news spread to the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's beard was so angry that he muttered that he wanted to send troops to attack Goguryeo and let Yuan Gaisuwen know that he was powerful.

Luo Shixin could not have imagined that the situation would change suddenly, and understood Li Shimin's reaction: This guy was looking for a way for him, and Yuan Gai Suwen slapped him in the face. If he was indifferent, it would be detrimental to his face, and he could only have a show.

Sure enough, all the civil and military officials learned about Li Shimin's intentions and persuaded them one after another.

Li Shimin also agreed "reluctantly" here.

Luo Shixin could understand that Goguryeo is indeed a difficult country to deal with. Not to mention Yang Guang, even if he was Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian, who had a 300,000 army, wouldn’t he be disappointed in Goguryeo? Not to mention Yang Guang’s several million army...

Anyone with a little vision can analyze that the Tang Dynasty may not be unable to win when sending troops to fight Goguryeo, but it is just that the gain is not worth the loss.

However, the development of the situation became increasingly uncontrollable...

Li Shimin endured his anger and hid his anger in his heart, waiting for it to erupt in the future. Before he could settle the score with Goguryeo, Goguryeo had already led his troops from Liaodong to Youzhou, causing considerable losses to Youzhou.

Things in Goguryeo were not over, and Tuyuhun actually plagued Gansu again. The sea to the east was Baekje. Japanese navy came across the sea. They forced landed in Dengzhou and swept the surrounding area.

Duan Zhixuan was present in Gansu, but he was not affected much. Youzhou is the border line of the Tang Dynasty, and there are still troops to garrison the border line. They also successfully blocked the invasion of Goguryeo.

Only in the Dengzhou area, because of Baekje, the Japanese coalition forces came across the sea, caught off guard and suffered considerable losses.

The Tang Dynasty, which was thriving and planning to recuperate, was attacked by four surrounding countries. The whole country was immediately in an uproar and the country was shocked...

In response to this situation, Li Shimin held many emergency meetings to discuss the matter.

On this day, Li Shimin once again summoned important military personnel to discuss the current situation together.

"No..." Li Jing looked at the details that had been delivered to Chang'an and saw the tricks. In the face of Li Jing's shocking military level, all conspiracies and tricks were not hidden. He said: "There are huge problems in the number of casualties and the way of fighting!"

"This Tuyuhun is a descendant of the Xianbei Murong. It is a grassland nation. It is a tribe that is good at riding and shooting. Their army has extremely high mobility and is not inferior to the Turks and Tielle who come and go like the wind. However, they are different from the nomadic peoples. Although they have been infected by a lot of culture in the Central Plains and Western Regions over the years, they have gradually given up their nomadic life and are mainly farmed. They can be self-sufficient and do not need to rely on plunder for a living. They are enemies of our Tang Dynasty because of the Silk Road. In theory, even if they attack, there is no reason to choose Gansu, but Liangzhou generation. They are always making a situation that threatens the Hexi Corridor, so that the merchants who come and go to the east and west feel that the Hexi Corridor is unsafe, so they change to the Qinghai Road. Unless he has the idea of ​​attacking Gansu, there is no reason.

By sending troops to Gansu," he said, "There is no intention to attack Gansu in terms of fighting style or tactics. The king of Tuyuhun can take advantage of the situation to use Qinghai Road to develop and rise Tuyuhun. The ability should not be underestimated and not be stupid. There is also Goguryeo. They sent troops inexplicably to attack the weakest part of our Youzhou. Our border troops mobilized a large number of rescues. The other party left immediately without any entanglement, just ate a tail. There was no sign of what they wanted... Then Baekje and Yamato... They came across the sea and caught us off guard. However, after the local government troops organized counterattacks, they disappeared again. The four countries had similar styles of fighting, and the purpose was obvious."

Li Shimin's face was solemn.

Fang Xuanling said: "They are going to drag us down and let us fight on three sides, and we are exhausted from beginning to end, and we are exhausted, just like Sun Wu and Chu's accident."

"They are flaws that I have taken a flaw in the subsequent weakness of my Tang Dynasty!" Luo Shixin thought about the bitterness that Li Shimin vomited some time ago, and thought to himself: This move is also ruthless, and he is completely focused on the weaknesses of the Tang Dynasty.

"Since they have already set up their formation, then fight!" Luo Shixin said at this time: "If you destroy them, you will not be able to make any conspiracies." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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