The word "side by side" king of the Tang Dynasty

After a year of training, the 600,000-strong army was fully integrated, and the national treasury was filled again, enough to support a full-scale counterattack.

This time there were no worries. After the beginning of spring, Li Changqing announced a crusade against Gaoguli and mobilized 300,000 troops to suppress the situation.

The other 300,000 troops went on an expedition to the Persian Empire, and were led by Li Jing himself.

This time, launching a two-front war against two major countries at the same time is undoubtedly extremely confident in its own strength.

It is worth mentioning that Li Changqing did not recruit civilians for his troops this time, but there were still many young men who volunteered to join the army to participate in the crusade.

After being rejected, many people volunteered to join the army in private uniforms, saying,"I don't ask for rewards from Your Majesty, but I am willing to serve the Tang Dynasty!"

During the Sui Dynasty, when a war broke out and civilians were required to recruit soldiers, many people refused to be drafted. He cut off his limbs; but now that Li Changqing has not launched a military conscription, so many people have volunteered to join the army.

If you raise ten, you will get a hundred, and if you raise a hundred, you will get a thousand. Those who failed to receive the reward sighed in anger at Yuyi.

Such strange phenomena all illustrate the people of the Tang Dynasty today's sense of identification with the Tang Dynasty and their loyalty to Li Changqing.

Moreover, in this war, Li Changqing invested a large number of talents from the Royal Military Academy. Only the real battlefield can hone talents who can take on big responsibilities. No matter how much knowledge you learn in the academy, it is just talk on paper.

Li Changqing didn't want to have a few generals like Zhao Kuo under his command.

However, to be on the safe side, he put most of his young generals into the battle against Gaogouli, because compared with the Persian Empire, Gaogouli was relatively weak and could just serve as the backbone of these young talents of the Tang Dynasty. Whetstone.

Only a small number of them were put into the Persian front. These were all promising for their talents and talents, and were personally taught and led by Li Jing.

The Tang Dynasty had been silent for a year. At first, all the countries were relieved, thinking that the Tang Dynasty would not retaliate against them, but now they suddenly received such a surprise.

Before Gaogouli could react, the Tang Dynasty's 300,000-strong army was already approaching the border. The entire Gaogouli, from the emperor to the common people, panicked. Many people fled Gaogouli with their families and their families, and finally It was only under the suppression of the army sent by Emperor Gaoguli that the country was stabilized.

But how long can this last?

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Gaoguli, Imperial Palace

"Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty's 300,000-strong army has now crossed the Liao River. The troops are divided into three groups and are attacking our three cities of Jian'an, Beisha, and Gaimou. Now the war is in danger!"

In the main hall, Goguryeo general Gu Shengan said to the King of Goryeo anxiously, his tone full of worry.

Gushengan was one of the only famous generals in Goguryeo. He was extremely talented and was known as the King of Goryeo. God.

The failure of Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goguryeo was closely related to him.

In history, Li Shimin's failure in his expedition to Goguryeo was also related to him.

"The Tang army has already crossed the Liao River and begun to attack the three cities?!"

The King of Goryeo was shocked and said in a low voice, his tone full of shock.

Jian'an City, Beisha City and Gaimou City are the most important border gates of Goguryeo. They are similar to the gateways of a country. Once they are broken, then think again. It will be even more difficult to fight back, and the domestic situation in Gaoguli will suddenly fall into an unfavorable situation!

"That's it. Your Majesty, please order me to lead the army to resist. These three cities must not be lost!"

Gu Shengan said sincerely, clasping his fists, and his tone was extremely anxious. Hearing this, the King of Goryeo shook his head repeatedly and refused:"It would be better for the general to stay behind and open the capital. If there is no general to take charge, the king will really have trouble sleeping and eating. General Jin and An are involved in the border war. The general is responsible and should be fine."

The General An and General Jin mentioned by the King of Goryeo are the other two famous generals in Goguryeo. They have now been sent to guard the border to resist the Tang army.

After the failure of the last attack on the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo's domestic military strength The losses were huge. The available troops now were less than 300,000, and many of them were forcibly recruited within this year.

Using these 300,000 rabble to resist the elite army of the Tang Dynasty, Gu Shen felt that it was unrealistic even if he thought about it!

"His Majesty! General An and General Jin do not have enough troops, so let the last general lead the 100,000 defenders of the royal capital to rush to support!"

Gu Shengan asked for orders again. He found out that this time the leader of the Tang Dynasty's expedition against Gaogouli was the famous general Su Dingfang. This was a famous general who was much more famous than him!

But no matter how Gu Shengan asked, , the King of Goryeo always refused to allow him to lead troops to support.

In his opinion, the safety of the royal capital was the most important, and there were 200,000 soldiers at the border. Why couldn't they withstand the Tang army? Didn't the Tang army rely on several people at the beginning? Can a hundred thousand troops withstand a million coalition forces?

After trying to persuade him to no avail, Gu Shengan sighed deeply, resigned to the King of Korea and left the hall. After leaving the palace,

Gu Shengan turned around and looked at the majestic In the palace, my heart is full of sadness.

When the national crisis is facing, the King of Goryeo only cares about his own safety as an emperor. When the people face the national disaster, they do not think of uniting to resist foreign enemies, but fleeing the country.

Such a country is really on the verge of destruction. It's on the edge, it's already rotten.

"Even if you give me 500,000 troops, I may not be able to stop the Tang cavalry, let alone the two of them commanding 200,000 miscellaneous troops?"

The ancient god said to himself sadly, turned around and left in despair.

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The direction of the war was just as Gu Shengan had predicted. Under the attack of the Tang army, the three border cities were declared to have been captured before they could hold on for a day.

Two famous Gogouli generals also died tragically among the rebels. The 200,000 defenders were slaughtered and 150,000 were slaughtered, leaving only 50,000 surrendered prisoners.

The breach of these three portals was like a signal. The Tang army marched straight in. There were almost no defenders in the city behind. The army attacked several cities one after another, and it was like entering an uninhabited land.

This severe situation finally frightened the King of Korea, so he asked Gu Shengan to lead a hundred thousand elite soldiers to stop him, and continued to recruit troops from among the people.

However, his behavior can only cause greater dissatisfaction and resistance among the people, which is tantamount to drinking a dove to quench thirst.