Time just flashed to the spring of the third year of Shangyuan (676). The shift in the historical line will continue to reflect its subsequent impact in the new year. First of all, because Prince Li Hong did not die in Hebi Palace in Luoyang as scheduled, it did not trigger the historical event of Gaozong's grief and change of Yuan Dynasty.
Secondly, there was a need for Silla to use troops. Xue Rengui, who was demoted to Daibei, was pardoned by Emperor Gaozong again and summoned back to the front of the Daisei Formation. In the original normal historical line, because King Kim Bo-min of Silla humbled himself and sued for peace, the troops that shrank from Goguryeo's homeland still remained south of the Taedong River;
This creates another consequence and bias. In the first year of the General Chapter (668), the Andong Protectorate was set up in Pyongyang, and the people of the Tang Dynasty and the local chiefs jointly governed the area. However, the Goguryeo survivors refused to accept the rule and rebelled year after year. Large-scale rebellions broke out many times from the first to the fourth year of Xianheng (670 to 673).
Although it was repeatedly defeated by the Tang army, the garrison gradually became exhausted; the Silla Kingdom, which was originally a relatively submissive vassal, took the opportunity to collude with and support the rebels of Goguryeo, and secretly eroded its borders for years. Therefore, there has been considerable opposition to the continuation of the war in the imperial court.
There were even voices advocating that the Goguryeo royal family should continue to control their homeland. Finally, on February 28, the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (676), the Tang court moved the Andong Protectorate to Liaodong City (today's Liaoyang, Liaoning), and Those who were dismissed from the Tang Dynasty and appointed as governors gradually made their territory self-governing by Koreans.
It can be regarded as giving up most of the direct rule over the hometown of Goguryeo south of the Yalu River; then, the Xiongjin Governor's Palace in the hometown of Baekje was moved to the ancient city of Jian'an (near Yingkou, Liaoning today). Those with Baekje household registration who originally moved to Xu, Yan and other prefectures were also ordered to move back to Jian'an.
Then, Gaozang, the last king of Goguryeo, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was appointed as the governor of Liaodong Prefecture, and was granted the title of King of Korea. He was sent back to Liaodong to collect the remaining Goguryeo people. Those who were in Goguryeo earlier in the states were sent back with Tibetan. He also appointed Sinongqing Fu Yulong as the governor of Xiongjin and granted him the title of King Fang. He also sent the remaining people of Baekji back to Anji.
However, this led to a series of chain reactions. First, Gaozang, the last king who returned to his hometown, was accused of secretly colluding with the largest local Tu force, Baishan Mohe, to plot a rebellion; he was exiled to Qiongzhou and died of illness there, following the return of the country. The tribesmen were disrupted and dispersed again.
Their people dispersed in Henan and Longyou prefectures, and only the poor stayed in Andong as a city. From then on, Goguryeo, as a short-lived regional power in the history of Northeast China, disappeared in the historical process of China. But this also further weakened the Tang Dynasty's control over the homeland of Goguryeo.
Buyulong, the son of the last King Uiji of Baekje, was even more unbearable; he had long been accustomed to living in Luoyang of the Tang Dynasty, and had settled down by marrying a wife and having children, and he had not even set foot on the land of the Ungjin Governor's Palace. After that, he stopped in Youzhou on the grounds of illness.
On the contrary, the Silla Kingdom, which had been prepared for a long time, specially formed the Baekje army and officials with the Baekje remnants; after the Governor of Ungjin, Liu Ingui, was ordered to form an alliance with the King of Silla, Xingbaimahui, to form an alliance with Ungjin City; through on-the-spot support In the form of a puppet regime, Baekje’s homeland was invaded in disguise.
After that, the Silla Kingdom repeated its old tricks, forming an army and appointing officials on the pretext of sending the Goguryeo survivors back home, and gradually encroached and invaded the old land of Goguryeo south of the Yalu River. But in this time and space, as the war continues, all of this probably has no chance of happening.
After more than a year of tug-of-war, although Silla still persisted in resisting, it also revealed the weakness of a small country with few people; especially when Jin Renwen, the king's brother supported by the Tang Dynasty, accompanied the reinforcements from Dengzhou followed the tide and arrived at the Ungjin Governor's Mansion in the southwest of the peninsula.
Various degrees of vacillation and chaos also occurred in Silla; the rebellion of Baekje survivors, originally secretly encouraged and supported by Silla, also died down. Also because the late Goguryeo king Quanzang was not released, the vassal settlement in Baishan Mohe in his hometown was not involved in the rebellion as expected.
Under the leadership of Xue Rengui, the former Andong governor who returned, they formed an army of 20,000 cavalry around the city. Not only did they once again defeat the rebellion of the Goguryeo survivors in the Yalu River Basin, they also crossed the unfrozen Daedong River and many city fortresses from Pyongyang City. They went deep into the hinterland of Silla Kingdom and started looting.
Although Silla in this time and space is called a country, it actually retains quite a few remnants of the original clans; the nobles and powerful people in the country are powerful. Even the royal family of Silla, the lineage leader, is only the most powerful branch among the many great chiefs with surnames who rely on the bone system to maintain their ties.
The number of standing troops in peacetime is no more than seven or eight thousand. When encountering an invasion by a foreign enemy or sending troops to fight, the private troops of the city lords, noble surnames and powerful chiefs from all over the country are recruited. Therefore, judging from the military reports sent back from the front, as long as the losses reach a certain level, it will be a matter of time for the Silla Kingdom to change hands.
Then, when the time came to the third month of the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (676), Tubo sent troops to invade Shan (now Ledu, Qinghai), Kuo (now west of Jianzha, Qinghai), He (now west of Dongxiang Autonomous County, Gansu), Fang The normal historical events in the four states of (now Gansu) broke out as scheduled.
On the 17th, Emperor Gaozong ordered Luozhou Mu Zhou Wangxian (known as Zhongzong) to be the marshal of the march on Taozhou Road, and led the Minister of Industry Liu Shenli and other twelve generals, and the governor of Bingzhou Wang Lun (known as Ruizong) to march on the Liangzhou Road Marshal, led the Zuowei General Qibi Heli, Honglu Qing Xiao Siye and other troops to attack Tibet.
Among them, Li Dan, the prime minister, had just changed his name to Li Lun; the meaning of this is obvious. You must know that the last time the prince stayed in the capital to supervise the country, while the kings led troops to fight outside, it was during the reign of Emperor Gaozu Wude. Later, a series of things happened where brothers, friends, and brothers were respectful, and fathers were kind and sons were filial.
However, the two kings of Zhou and Xiang had not yet made the trip. Because they had received warnings from private channels and partial support and advance preparations, Linghu Zhitong, the general of Zhonglang, the Zuojian gatekeeper who was stationed in the local area, succeeded simply by relying on the garrison soldiers recruited from Xing, Feng and other states. Resist it. The two kings also took advantage of the situation and returned to Luodu from Mianchi.
Despite this, some of the soldiers and horses that had been gathered did not disperse; instead, they lined up in the outer gardens and other places, allowing the kings to conduct inspections and drills on behalf of the Holy One; and the grain and civilians mobilized from all over the world did not stop either. Obviously it was needed to conquer Tubo in the future.
In addition, among the soldiers and horses gathered from the Eastern Capital, some related people who had contacted and communicated in advance, and various messages sent back one after another, all prove one thing. Perhaps on this time and space line, the Second Great Feichuan Battle, which will be a turning point two years later, will be advanced because of this.
Immediately afterwards, after the third time the Queen of Heaven came to the East Palace to compile books and journals, she proposed that the task of compiling books and compiling records was very heavy, which made the prince very worried and nervous. Therefore, in order to maintain the health of the body, we should select talented people from all over the world to enrich the inner court of the East Palace and share their work.
Zhang Da'an (the son of Tan Guogong Zhang Gongjin), a bachelor of the Hongwen Museum, was appointed as the prince's concubine Zuo, and Liu Nayan, a bachelor, was appointed as the prince's horse washer; together with Luozhou Sihu Ge Xiyuan, Zhishi Xu Shuya, Cheng Xuanyi, and Dr. Shi Zangzhu, he lectured on scriptures Zhou Baoxian and others were assigned to the command of Prince Li Hong.
The original crown prince, Zuo Shuzi, and the provincial minister (right prime minister) Zhang Wenguan were separated from the East Palace due to old age and illness. However, they continued to retain the title of prime minister and assistant prince of the Eastern Capital. The title of supervising the country can be regarded as a kind of court game.
However, Zhang Wenguan, who was relatively the most valued and close to the East Palace among the ministers, although he lost the reputation to continue to participate in the internal affairs of the East Palace and to legitimately cover up his actions, he also secretly obtained a small condition: let Zhan Shifu Youcheng Di Huaiying was also the Prime Minister of Dali Temple.
However, compared to the upcoming war against Tibet, another related news seems a bit calm. Even Ashina Duzhi, the ten-surnamed Khan of the Western Turks, who was united by the Tubo Prime Minister Lun Qinling, also responded to the attack on the four towns of Anxi in the direction of the Western Regions.
But it was no surprise that when he went down after receiving the order to collect various ministries, he met Pei Xingjian, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was ordered to escort the Prince of Persia, Belus, to the river to gather the old troops and wait for an opportunity to return to the country, and five thousand soldiers and horses who were accompanying him. ; But in this time and space the number is doubled again.
Mainly under the sponsorship of the Han merchant groups in the east and west cities, a large number of Yi Cong and Jian'er were recruited to join this westbound team on the pretext of opening up trade routes and providing escorts; although they Their combat effectiveness may not be comparable to that of well-trained imperial masters.
However, by waving flags and shouting, they succeeded in intimidating the vassals within the Anxi Protectorate. Moreover, when crossing the Mohe Yanqi Desert this time, we did not encounter sandstorm weather with flying sand and rocks, and successfully arrived at Ershi City, which is rich in water and grass.
Therefore, when he was resupplying and repairing in Xizhou and receiving envoys from the vassals, Pei Xingjian recruited a thousand athletes skilled in bow and horse on the spot to serve as pioneers and guides. On the grassland, he summoned the chiefs and chiefs near the four towns of Qiuci, Khotan, Shule and Suiye on the pretext of hunting.
Tens of thousands of young and strong men were recruited to follow him; therefore, after receiving the news, Khan Ashina Duzhi and Tutun Li Zhebei, the supervisor of the state in power, all stopped making rash moves. However, under the cover of hunting on the spot, Pei Xingjian secretly advanced hundreds of miles with light troops.
As they approached with a bit in their mouths, Ashina Duzhi was several miles away from the winter camp where the king's tent was located, and they were alerted and attacked with great fanfare. Ashina Duzhi hurriedly responded to the challenge and was completely defeated, along with his wives, concubines, children, relatives and tribes. Hundreds of thousands of cattle and horses were captured on the spot.
Then, Pei Xingjian used the captured royal tent talisman deeds/order arrows to summon the princes and chiefs of the ten Turkic tribes, and captured them all when they came to pay homage. The only Tutun/Deputy Khan of the Supervisory State who did not come, Li Zhepei, the leader of the Chebi Shi tribe, did not even dare to accept the challenge and led his troops to the west.
Then, on the bank of Rehai (Issyk-Kul Lake), they were intercepted by the Tang army from Suiye City; most of the troops collapsed and dispersed, leaving behind countless cattle, horses and children; I didn't know where I ended up. The ten surnamed Western Turks entrenched in the four towns of Anxi to the east of Congling and the governor of Beiting collapsed.
Therefore, in order to celebrate their achievements, the soldiers of the four towns erected special monuments outside Suiye City to record their corresponding achievements. In fact, just a few months later, after the exact news reached Chang'an, thousands of princes and chiefs, including Ashina Duzhi, were already on their way to escort the prisoners to the capital.
Facts have proved that Pei Xingjian, who has more resources and troops, can obviously do better than he did in another historical time and space; therefore, now inspired by the victory and results, he has led his army on the pretext of pursuing Li Zhepu's troops. Start crossing Congling (Pamir Plateau) to reach the river;
Instead of returning to the place because the soldiers were generally sick and homesick, as in another historical line; let the escorted Persian King Sunni Sunni face the almost unattainable dream of national restoration on his own; and then go through The repeated setbacks completely disappeared from the stage of history.
Because the process of sending troops this time also received strong sponsorship and support from the accompanying merchant groups; it is said that they have secretly issued a very generous private reward for this purpose... just to persuade this Tang Dynasty army to go abroad. , can reach the land in the river safely.
