PFC Chapter 198: Eastern Conquest of Goguryeo
Chapter 198: Eastern Conquest of Goguryeo
There is still one month left before the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo. By then, it will be no problem to have an army of 20,000 heavily armored troops.
In addition, small cannons were used to bombard the Goguryeo city. Now I would like to ask the Goguryeo people, how would you respond?
The key now is to select warriors with strong physiques who can support high-intensity combat under heavy armor.
This is relatively simple, a month of high-nutrition meals, and there are still thousands of people who can't be picked! ?
Time passed quickly and everyone did their job.
Li Chengqian, however, was always paying attention to the time of the next time the system would travel through time.
But a month has passed, the army for the eastern expedition to Goguryeo has been prepared, but still no system prompt has been received.
On this day, the preparations were finally completed.
"The Emperor of the Great Tang ordered Li Jing to be the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong Road Army and lead an army of 50,000 to attack Goguryeo!"
The order to march eastward to Goguryeo was finally issued.
Li Shimin did not go with the army because he wanted to stay in Chang'an and stabilize the situation in the Tang Dynasty after the army set out.
But Li Chengqian, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, had no such concerns and directly followed the expedition.
Li Shimin was unhappy and said that if he was in the middle of a battle and the system prompted him to travel through time again, what if he couldn't catch up?
Li Chengqian said, if you can't catch up, then you can't catch up, who made you the emperor!
Li Shimin had no choice but to choose one person to stay.
Fortunately, Changsun Wuji, Pei Xingjian and others also stayed behind. At worst, they can just rush to the battlefield to meet up!
Four days later, the army went east through Tongguan and arrived in Luoyang.
Here they joined the 20,000 troops controlled by the aristocratic family, and after a day of rest, they continued to march north!
Along the way, they recruited 80,000 aristocratic family troops along the way.
Of course, these troops were nominally local troops of the Tang Dynasty, but they were under the control of generals appointed by aristocratic families.
The aristocratic families also knew that they were going to be cannon fodder on the battlefield. They wanted to resist and even rise up in rebellion.
But wherever the Tang army went, they would practice on-site the power of flintlock rifles and small steel cannons.
Under the intimidation of powerful firepower, the aristocratic families retreated.
You can resist, but ask yourself if you can withstand the bombardment of these little cannons.
And resisting you is defying your will and is rebellion!
No one wants to be the first to take action at a time like this.
So are we just going to be treated as cannon fodder?
No, after a blow you have to give someone a sweet reward.
Li Shimin issued an edict that after conquering Goguryeo, the interests within Goguryeo could be distributed to the aristocratic families.
Including the subsequent war against Japan, the interests of the aristocratic families were also in play.
To this end, Li Shimin also revealed the news that Japan had a large number of gold and silver mines, hoping to divert the attention of the aristocratic families overseas.
The aristocratic families were not stupid either. They knew that this was Li Shimin's strategy of driving the tiger to devour the wolf.
But in the current situation, the imperial court has a decisive advantage in military force. Even though they know that sending out a large army will weaken the power of the aristocratic families in the Central Plains, they can only accept it.
As for what specific benefits Li Shimin promised, the aristocratic families could probably guess.
It's nothing more than population and land, and the gold and silver mines on the Japanese islands.
Through this, the aristocratic families also understood Li Shimin's meaning.
Aristocratic family, the court allows you to continue to exist, but you are not allowed to abuse your power in the country.
If you want to continue living a life of luxury, you can go abroad to develop.
As for the Tang Dynasty mainland, haha, you can continue to stay, but you have to consider for yourself what the final outcome will be.
Are the noble families willing?
Of course they are unwilling, but they can only take one step at a time and see how the Qinghe Cui family’s contact with King Wu Li Ke goes.
But they will definitely not be the first to take the lead, so let the Cui family of Qinghe take the lead!
But is Qinghe Cui so stupid?
Aren’t they afraid of the power of the imperial court today?
Afraid, of course Qinghe Cui was afraid, scared to death!
The situation changed too quickly, the imperial court produced so many cannons overnight!
And those horrible flintlock rifles!
Things have completely exceeded Qinghe Cui's expectations.
With these unprecedented firearms, the imperial court had completely crushed the Shandong families in military strength.
Others don't want to be the first to stand out, and they don't want to do that either!
But they have already embarked on this path, and Li Ke has been convinced.
The arrow is on the string and has to be shot, the key is when to shoot?
Did Li Shimin and Li Chengqian know about the secret actions of Li Ke and Qinghe Cui?
At least they don’t know at this stage, but even if it happens, they are not afraid!
With the supplies provided by later generations, it would only take a short period of time for the imperial court to use Guanlong as its base camp, arm a powerful firearms unit, and challenge the entire world alone.
A mere vassal king of Shu, even with the support of Cui Clan of Qinghe, could not cause any trouble? !
A month later, the army finally arrived at the Liaodong border.
At this time, the size of the Eastern Expedition Army had reached 20, all of whom were elite soldiers from aristocratic families drawn from all over the place.
After being completely defeated by the Tang Dynasty some time ago, the Khitans offered 8,000 troops to accompany them as a token of their determination to follow the Tang Dynasty until death.
He also stated that he would never flirt with Goguryeo again and was determined to destroy Goguryeo.
The eighteen conquered grassland tribes, including the Xueyantuo, also sent out 30,000 cavalry to help in the battle.
This is the influence of the Tang Dynasty in the entire East Asian region.
Wherever the sword points, who dares to disobey!
But in history, even with so many troops, they still failed to conquer Goguryeo, which was entrenched in Northeast Asia.
This is the resilience of an agricultural country with a complete state apparatus and regime, and it is also the fundamental reason why the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains Empire, was determined to destroy Goguryeo.
Compared with the northern grasslands, Goguryeo, which has been established for more than 600 years, has become a major threat to the Central Plains Empire and must be eliminated as soon as possible!
Inside the army camp.
Li Jing sat high in the main seat, waiting for reports from all sides.
Li Chengqian sat at the bottom, closed his eyes and listened attentively.
He is a layman in large-scale troop operations, so the biggest help he can get at this time is for him not to get involved.
But you still have to learn.
So along the way, he always followed Li Jing and learned about knowledge such as marching and camping.
At this time, Li Jing read the report from Laizhou: "Your Highness, Liu Rengui, the general manager of the Laizhou army, reported that he has made preparations and can cross the sea and attack at any time."
Li Chengqian opened his eyes and said, "You are the commander-in-chief. You don't have to report everything to me. Just give the orders directly."
Li Jing nodded and said, "Send a message to Liu Rengui to cross the sea in three days and cooperate with our army to attack from the front and back."
The messenger went down.
Li Jing walked towards the map, a standard map modified from later times: "Your Highness, please look, this area is the first line of defense of Goguryeo, and it is crossed by several strong cities such as Gaimu, Liaodong, and Baiya. If we want to attract the main force of Goguryeo and buy time for Liu Rengui to launch a surprise attack, we can't take it quickly, and we must hide our strength."