Chapter 315 The Queen Can Dance Too

In the Ganlu Hall, a map of the Korean Peninsula was pushed out.

Relying on the maps obtained from later generations, Li Shimin also drew several small local maps.

For example, the Liaodong map in front of him, with the maps of later generations as the base, marked the current counties and prefectures on it, and supplemented with the spheres of influence of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla.

After Li Jing looked at it carefully, he picked up the charcoal pencil and filled in the route of the Tang army's march with a few strokes.

Now they have gradually become accustomed to this kind of military map drawing method in later generations. A simple arrow can indicate the direction of the march, which is simple and clear.

After a look, Li Shimin made a fair judgment:

"If there is no Baekje rebellion, so many routes to march, it is barely acceptable."

Li Jing nodded. Although he felt that the army was too much, it was understandable if he tried to be safe and decisive in one battle.

Then Li Jing drew a few horizontal lines for the sphere of influence of Baekje with a few strokes, but only skipped Sabi City.

So the situation on the Korean Peninsula was simply presented.

Li Jing also marked an arrow pointing westward in the direction of Japan.

So Li Shimin could only sigh:

"The three-legged tripod has been broken, and it is so dangerous."

The situation on the Korean Peninsula was called a fragile balance by later generations, which was correct.

According to the information Li Shimin now has, although Goguryeo is powerful, it is not enough to annex Baekje and Silla.

The founder of Baekje fled from Goguryeo, so it can barely be regarded as a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, while Silla was founded by the natives of the Korean Peninsula.

Therefore, Baekje and Silla are also superficially united, and now it is known that Baekje is secretly connected with Japan, so Silla is probably not able to escape.

So Li Shimin frowned and had the urge to flip the table for the first time:

"There are many demons and monsters in a small area!"

But Li Jing kept writing. After recalling, he drew an arrow from the Liaodong battlefield to the west:

"Xue Rengui's three arrows also hit Tianshan at this time."

"At that time, the person who attacked with Xue Rengui was Xiao Siye, who was Su Lie's deputy general."

"So it seems that there should be a group of troops drawn from Liaodong to the north to quell the rebellion."

After Li Jing wrote a few strokes in succession, the situation in the entire northeast of the Tang Dynasty was completely presented to everyone.

So Li Shimin sighed even more:

"If Baekje... no, if this Xiongjin Governor's Office is stable..."

The words are not finished, but everyone knows the meaning.

If this Xiongjin Governor's Office can be stable inside and outside, it can support the Goguryeo battlefield in the north, cut off the claws of Japan in the east, and clamp down on Silla at the same time, the situation of the entire peninsula may be solved.

But now...

"This Japanese queen has obvious ambitions."

Li Shimin slammed the table and sneered:

"In my lifetime, I will definitely capture her and let her tell me in person her ambition to conquer China."

It doesn't matter if she is ambitious, he likes to fight this kind of people the most.

The most important thing is that she is a rare foreign queen.

It has to be said that Li Shimin's interest in Japan has increased more than one level now.

【A decree came down, and the white-collar Liu Rengui was re-employed.

And along with the decree, there was also a hand order from Li Yifu, who ordered Liu Renyuan, the defender of Sibi City, to find a reason to execute Liu Rengui by military law.

It has to be said that Li Yifu really loves Liu Rengui deeply, and he is like a shadow.

Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan sound like brothers, but in fact they have nothing to do with each other.

Liu Renyuan's ancestor was Liu Yuan, who founded the Former Zhao during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, also known as Han Zhao. After all, Xiongnu Liu is also Liu, so Xiongnu Han is also Han, nothing wrong with that.

Faced with the prime minister's remote request, Liu Renyuan was very speechless and simply ignored it.

After all, Xiongjin Dudufu was about to be in name only, and it was still fighting in the nest at this time? Can you have some ambition?

Liu Renyuan was once Li Shimin's personal guard. Historical records show that he had fought with wild beasts barehanded to protect the emperor, and he was upright. Although he was not able to oppose Li Yifu in the court, he was not interested in being a dog for Li Yifu, so he did not harm Liu Rengui.

And Silla next to it had an ambiguous attitude.

When it was beaten by Goguryeo and Baekje, Silla licked the Tang Dynasty as much as it could, but now that the Tang army came to the Korean Peninsula to help Silla settle the trouble, Silla became estranged from its Tang father.

Facing the life-and-death battle between the Tang army and the Baekje Restoration Army, Silla was the first to withdraw from the battlefield and watch coldly.

Facing Li Zhi's order to rescue the Tang army, the King of Silla sent hundreds of people to perfunctorily deal with it.

Su Dingfang ordered Silla to attack Goguryeo together according to the prior agreement. Although the King of Silla sent troops, this army would flee after every battle, and even asked the Tang army for rewards and food after the battle, which made Su Dingfang very angry, and the progress on the southern front was quite slow.

In another battle that was advancing at the same time, although Xue Rengui's three arrows to conquer Tianshan were very handsome, Xue Rengui's main general Zheng Rentai was light and reckless, causing more than 10,000 Tang army elite cavalry to be buried in the blizzard, which was still a big joke.

The Tiele Nine Surnames that had been dispersed by Xue Rengui showed a tendency to unite again, so Li Zhi urgently ordered Qibi Heli, who was from the Tiele Nine Surnames, to go and quell the rebellion.

Qibi Heli was the commander-in-chief of the northern front of the Goguryeo battlefield at that time. Before he was transferred, he led his troops to victory and had even reached the outskirts of Pyongyang. However, after receiving an imperial edict, Qibi Heli retreated, and Goguryeo breathed a sigh of relief.

The retreat of the coach left a gap on the northern front of the Tang Army. Yeon Gaesumun, who shot Erfeng in the eyes every day in the Bangzi TV series, seized the opportunity and surrounded and annihilated the Tang Army with superior force. The army of disciples and thirteen of their own children fought to the death and died for the country.

The northern route suffered setbacks, the southern route was not going smoothly, Silla had evil intentions, the Japanese were eyeing it, and the Baekje Restoration Army was still working hard to cause trouble. It can be said that the Korean Peninsula has become a mess in the northwest of Shanxi.

At the beginning of the war, Gaozong was ambitious, but such a rotten situation had exhausted Gaozong physically and mentally. Coupled with the heavy snowfall, it became natural to withdraw his troops.

Not only that, King Gojong of Baekje did not intend to take it anymore, and ordered Liu Ingui not to hold on, but to retreat to Silla Kingdom and discuss with the King of Silla how to withdraw his troops.

But Liu Rengui felt that before the Tang army came, the Korean Peninsula was a tripartite force. After the Tang army left Baekje to restore the country, the Korean Peninsula was still a tripartite force. Didn't our Tang army come here in vain?

So Liu Rengui insisted on not retreating, and then wrote a long letter to reassure Gaozong again.

Liu Rengui's opinion is very simple, just stick to it and wait for changes, and he really can't trust the King of Silla.

The other party's plan of competing with snipe and clam for profit was so loud that it hit his face.

Liu Rengui's judgment was soon fulfilled: Japan sent troops. 】

Kong Ming sighed:

"A embankment of a thousand feet will be destroyed by the burrows of ants. A room of a hundred feet will be burned by the smoke of the gaps."

"Gaozong's harsh reduction of military merit has caused the situation in Baekje to deteriorate."

"Zheng Rentai's greed for power and rashness allowed Goguryeo to take a breather."

Shaking his head, Kong Ming was not sure whether Su Dingfang, who refused to return, regretted the plundering of Sixian City.

Although there are various excuses to defend it,...the destruction of Baekje is to open up territory and expand territory. It is to make its people become Han people. If they don't return to their hearts, how can we talk about opening up territory and territory?

Thinking of this, Kong Ming looked at Zhang Fei with admiration:

After arriving in Yongliang, I was able to quickly notice the conflict between Han and Qiang. Yide was different from before!

"That's how it works."

Zhang Fei on the other side was shocked, patted Military Advisor Pang on the shoulder and said:

"Goguryeo actually defeated three emperors in a row?"

Pang Tong frowned and touched his shoulders, thought about it carefully, and sighed:

"I thought the army was going to accomplish ten years of work in one battle."

"As a result, the military situation was not monitored before the war, and troubles continued during the war. Generals were dispatched when the battle was in full swing."

"Yide said before that Li Zhi's biggest problem is that he is occasionally irrational. Now it seems that this is indeed the case."

“Think of the beginning and the end, don’t care about the beginning and the end.”

Speaking of this, Pang Tong felt a little regretful:

"If Su Dingfang, the leader of the army, could exercise restraint, and if Emperor Gaozong could be more cautious in selecting General Pingbei Hu, maybe..."

Pang Tong couldn't help but imagine that if the Tang Dynasty could decide this war and not waste manpower on the Korean peninsula, maybe the history of the Tang Dynasty would be different?

Kong Ming doesn’t think so. Behind the seemingly accidental situation, there are actually a series of frequent problems.

The shortage of military merit, the unmatched virtue of the noble sons, the lack of strategic vision of the current emperor, etc.

Kong Ming feels that almost every issue can be discussed in a long article and serve as a warning to those who come after him.

But after writing a few strokes, Kong Ming realized that the Tang Dynasty did not take the mistakes of the Han Dynasty as a warning.

After holding the pen for a while, Kong Ming sighed and put the pen down again.

It is unrealistic to just expect future generations to learn from it, because Tang has already explained this problem.

If you want to solve the problem fundamentally, Light Curtain has said it many times before:

"If you don't advance, you will retreat. That's the normal course of things."

Engineering, arithmetic, medicine, and calligraphy all need to be advanced, which is what later generations often call progress.

At this moment, Kong Ming felt that he saw the problem more clearly.

Liu Bei on the side touched his chin, recalling Liu Renyuan's resume, and felt quite strange in his heart.

Are the Xiongnu Han also Han? No, since we already respect Han, we are Han, not Xiongnu.

Those who live in barbarians and respect China are called Huaxia.

…

Li Shimin sighed, feeling that he was really anxious watching this battle situation.

He had just defeated Baekje and was about to attack Goguryeo. He thought it was too rash to advance.

The four armies were advancing by land and water, and he thought he had recruited too many troops.

The wartime transfer led to Pang Xiaotai's death. He wanted to get directly into the light curtain and push his son away: Can he command? Let me come!

But in the end, Li Shimin didn't forget that this was his prince. Didn't he teach him everything?

At this moment, Li Shimin felt again that it was really difficult to teach his son.

But at least some things were done well. Li Shimin glanced at Liu Rengui.

For example, he can enable guilty ministers, and he can also accept advice with knowledge.

At this moment, he thought of Feng Changqing during the Xuanzong period. In comparison, the prince's performance should have been pretty good, right?

I'm late today due to work reasons, sorry.

And this issue mainly talks about navigation and science, so it’s front-loaded, so try not to delay.