In the twenty-sixth year of Fengli, at the beginning of the year, under the power of Feng Kingdom, Yin Zhun had no choice but to surrender to Tang Yu. In the same month, Feng King Tang Yu officially ascended the throne. The history of the Haotian Empire ended and was replaced by the Feng Empire.
Compared with Tang Yin, Tang Yu himself prefers literature to martial arts, but his ambition is not inferior to Tang Yin. Moreover, the foundation laid by Tang Yin for him was great. The Feng Kingdom had strong soldiers and horses, numerous generals, and an elite army of more than one million.
After Tang Yu secured the throne, he began to use troops continuously against the countries surrounding the Feng Empire. Many foreign countries in the west bore the brunt and became the first targets of Feng Kingdom's attack.
The reason why Tang Yu attacked the western countries first was for several reasons. First of all, the western fan states pose the greatest threat to the Feng Kingdom, especially the fan states in the western border of Zhendi and Huandi. They are barbaric and unreasonable and have no integrity at all. They often invade the Feng Kingdom, plunder and kill the people on the border, and attack and annex these countries, making Fengguo's own safety can be guaranteed. Secondly, Tang Yu felt that his prestige was far less than that of his father. In the eyes of ministers and people, he was just a young master who was enjoying the success, even though he had become the emperor. Now, he urgently needed achievements to prove his ability and establish his prestige. Thirdly, Tang Yin left him too many generals who were too good. Tang Yu knew in his heart that these people only obeyed and were loyal to his father. Most of them respected him on the surface, but in fact they were serving him. Otherwise, launching a war can weaken their power, and may even cause them to die on the battlefield. In this way, everything will be settled, and I will have peace of mind in the future.
Out of these considerations, Tang Yu began to launch a protracted war with the outside world.
He sent three armies to expedition to the western countries. The first army was led by General Ziying, the second army was led by General Ren Fang, and the third army was led by General Buying.
The total strength of the three armies was one million. The war broke out in May of the twenty-sixth year of Fengli and lasted until the end of the twenty-sixth year. The war entered a stalemate.
In January of the twenty-seventh year of Fengli, Tang Yu appointed veteran general Nie Ze as his commander and sent the fourth army to reinforce the western battlefield.
Nie Ze can be said to be old and strong. At nearly seventy years old, he can still command the wind army with great strength and win consecutive battles.
The war lasted for more than three years. Under the strong attack of the four armies of the Feng Kingdom, the western states were destroyed one after another, and the remaining forces were forced to move westward. The Feng Kingdom successively annexed the land of seven western states in one go, making The territory of the Feng Empire expanded to more than twenty counties.
This battle was the famous First Conquest of the West in the early years of Feng Kingdom. The first war to conquer the West lasted for five years from the beginning to the end. The total number of casualties in the Feng Kingdom was no less than 400,000, and the national treasury was depleted by this war.
When the victorious armies of the Fourth Route Army returned to the DPRK, the veteran general Nie Ze died of illness on his way back to Beijing.
When Tang Yu saw Nie Ze¡¯s body being returned to the capital by the soldiers, Tang Yu also burst into tears. He named Nie Ze the Duke of Wu Ying and buried him with state rites.
The First Conquest of the West caused a lot of public dissatisfaction at the time. Various parts of the Feng Kingdom had experienced hundreds of years of war. People were already tired of wars and wanted to live a peaceful and stable life. They finally looked forward to the unification of the Feng Kingdom. The world, as a result, the war continues.
Although the evaluation of the first conquest of the West was not ideal at the time, and even caused many people to complain, saying that Tang Yu was so happy with his achievements that he wasted money and people, but in later generations, the evaluation of this war was extremely high, and it was believed that this war laid the foundation for the Feng Kingdom. In the peaceful and prosperous times of the west, the forced migration of the Fan people to the west also freed the people on the border from the pain of war.
After the end of the first conquest of the West, Tang Yu worked hard for a few years. These few years can be regarded as the years for Fengguo to recuperate, but Tang Yu was not satisfied. What he wanted was to build a bigger country. Create a great achievement greater than that of his father.
Thirty years later, Tang Yu, who was just twenty-three years old, once again pointed the finger of war at Tia.
In fact, Tia had surrendered to Feng State as early as the Tang Yin period and was willing to be a vassal state of Feng State. However, Tang Yu was not content with this. What he wanted was to incorporate Tia into Feng State and make it its vassal state. A county.
With Tia as the trigger, the Feng Kingdom once again sent troops to the west. This was the second war to conquer the west.
Regarding this war, there are great differences in the comments of later generations. Some people think that Tang Yu did the right thing and annexed Tia, which played a significant role in promoting the progress of Feng Country, while others think that the annexation of Tia This was a bitter pill for Feng Country to swallow. In the thousands of years since then, Tia's rebellion has continued uninterrupted, consuming a lot of manpower and financial resources from Feng Country. Overall, the gains outweighed the losses.
But no matter what, history will not change. The Second War to the West still ended with the final victory of the Feng Kingdom. The Feng Kingdom successfully annexed Tia and made it Tia County of the Feng Kingdom.
However, as some people think, Tia has never calmed down after being annexed by Feng Kingdom. Rebellions have occurred from time to time, and they have continued from ancient times to the present.
The second conquest of the West was very short, and it did not take more than a year. Because the battle went smoothly, Feng Guo suffered little damage, which suddenly made Tang Yu's ambitions swell again.
The east and south of Feng Country are all covered by the sea, and there is no room for expansion. The fan states in the west have all been annexed by Feng Country. Next, Tang Yu's eyes gradually moved north, aiming at Besa, which borders Feng Country to the north. empire.
The war between the Wind Empire and the Besa Empire was initiated by Tang Yu. After thirty-seven years of experience, Tang Yu, who turned thirty, resolutely declared war on Besa and issued a nationwide mobilization order, regardless of the opposition of the court officials.
During Tang Yu's time, there were three major wars between Feng State and Bessa. The first war occurred in the thirty-seventh year. Tang Yu appointed Ren Fang and Bu Ying as commanders, and divided his troops into two groups to invade Bessa.
This battle lasted for more than two years. The battle was extremely difficult. The casualties of the soldiers at the front were countless. According to Fengguo's own statistics, in two years, as many as 76 generals were killed in the battle. Hundreds of thousands were killed.
Of course, Fengguo suffered heavy losses, and Besa did not take advantage, and suffered heavy casualties. It can be said that this battle is a disaster for both Feng Kingdom and Bessa.
Because the battle ahead was unfavorable and the advance was slow, Tang Yu appointed two generals, Liang Qi and Qi Heng, to go out to assist the northern battlefield.
As a result, the joining of Liang Qi and Qi Heng failed to reverse the stalemate situation of the war. Instead, the Feng army fought a huge defeat near the capital of Besa. This battle resulted in the casualties of most of Buying's troops, and even Buying himself died. In front of the two armies.
Bu Ying¡¯s death completely shattered the Feng Army¡¯s fighting spirit. In the following war, the Feng Army was almost unwilling to fight. The soldiers only wanted to return to their hometown as soon as possible.
The Feng Army, which had lost its fighting spirit, was like a tiger whose teeth and claws had been pulled out. It could no longer gain any advantage against the Besa Army.
By now, the Feng army was at the end of its tether. Besa was also exhausted. The king of Besa sent an envoy to Shangjing to ask for peace from Tang Yu.
During the peace talks between the two parties, Tang Yu's attitude remained tough, and finally forced Besa to cede the land of three counties to Feng State, which brought the war to an end.
This is the first Fengbei War.
The second Fengbei War was instigated by Besa. After the land was ceded to the three counties of Feng Kingdom, Besa's country has always regarded this matter as a great shame and humiliation. The second Fengbei War was caused by the invasion of Besa's army. It broke out from the land of the three ceded counties.
For this war, Tang Yu still appointed Ren Fang as commander-in-chief and sent troops to resist Besa's army. It can also be seen from Tang Yu's continuous re-appointment of Ren Fang that from the time he took office to the present, he has always valued Sichuan people more. It is not that he thinks that his Sichuan people have more blood than Feng people, but that Sichuan people are relatively more It is easy to be controlled by him, but Feng Ren is too strong, and he has many concerns in his heart, so he does not dare to use Feng Ren too much.
The initial stage of the Second Fengbei War was not smooth. Ren Fang and the Besa Army each had their own victory or defeat in the battle, and the war has always been in a stalemate.
At this time, people in the Feng Kingdom generally did not support this war. They believed that the Feng Kingdom should not have occupied the three counties of Bessa, but should return them to others, continue to have good relations with Bessa, and maintain peace in the north. .
With the battle at the front unfavorable and the lack of domestic support, Tang Yu felt that his prestige had been greatly affected. If he wanted to restore his prestige and face, he had to win this battle, and it had to be a quick victory.
It is impossible to rely on the Sichuan people to win a big victory. Ren Fang can be regarded as the best general among the Sichuan people, but even if he is tied with the Besa Army, other Sichuan people can still count on it. ?
Being forced and helpless, Tang Yu could only turn his attention back to General Feng Ren. It's just that Feng Ren has long been dissatisfied with his policy of reusing Sichuan people. Now he wants to use Feng Ren, but no one has responded.
In the end, Tang Yu could only lose face and go to personally visit Feng Kingdom's most respected commander, Xiao Muqing, and ask Xiao Muqing to take command and reinforce the northern battlefield.
Tang Yu was willing to put aside his dignity and ask for his own birth, which moved Xiao Muqing. The latter accepted Tang Yu's appointment to personally command the Pingyuan Army and the Huben Army and went to the northern battlefield.
The Pingyuan Army is the recognized ace army of the Feng Kingdom. Before the Pingyuan Army arrived at the front line, the soldiers at the front were already boosted by the news that the Pingyuan Army was coming for reinforcements.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to boost the morale of the soldiers, Ren Fang won three beautiful victories in a row, defeating the edge of Bessa's army.
In fact, by the time Xiao Muqing led the Pingyuan Army and the Huben Army to the three northern counties, the Feng Army led by Ren Fang already had a huge advantage, and his arrival was more like picking up the slack.
There was no suspense about the ensuing war. Xiao Muqing and Ren Fang joined forces and not only repelled the invading Besa army, but also counterattacked the three northern counties and invaded Besa territory again. Finally, King Besa sent envoys to Beijing again to negotiate peace.
This peace negotiation allowed the two countries to live in peace for more than 20 years. It was not until Tang Yu was middle-aged that he launched the third war against Besa.
Tang Yu did not fight this war for himself, but for his son Tang Zan.
Tang Zan is Tang Yu's second son. Among his children, Tang Yu's favorite is Tang Zan. He has the intention of abolishing the eldest and establishing the young, so the third war against Besa is entirely to accumulate wealth for Tang Zan. A battle of merit.