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Volume Three Taihang Mountains Chapter 809 Five Counties in Northern Liaoning

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    Thanks to the book friend for reminding me, the above Ulji Mundeok was changed to Yeongaesomun.

    For the Han people, Liaodong City is a sad place.  When Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo, the 300,000-strong army was helpless in the city.  Under the city, there is a mound of corpses of Sui soldiers, and there is still a temple built by the Goguryeo people using the heads of Sui soldiers.

    Now Liaodong City is once again surrounded by Han troops.

    Various siege towers, earth platforms, and high walls are being built under the city. Zhou Zhou led 30,000 Zhao troops to surround Liaodong City.

    Among the 30,000 Zhao troops, there are no more than three to five thousand Han soldiers and horses. The rest are mostly from Khitan in the south, Dingling in Han Dynasty, Mohe in western Liaoning, and troops from various tribes in Mohe.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????These various troops attached to the Zhao State have long been accustomed to the way of cooperating with the Zhao army.  Except for the fact that the weapons are much simpler than those of the Zhao army, the configurations at all levels, such as the army leader, commander of the army, and building leader, as well as the fighting methods, are the same as those of the Zhao army.

    Although the current Liaodong troops under Zhou Zhou's command are far inferior to the 300,000 Sui troops who originally attacked Liao, these people have been fighting Goguryeo in Liaodong for a long time and have rich experience.  What's more, Yeon Gaesumun returned to Pyongyang this time and took away a large number of elite soldiers from the Shunnu tribe, leaving the Liaodong City, Wunyusan City, and Domestic City in the eastern part of Goguryeo empty of troops.

    So today, Liaodong City has fallen into a situation of empty troops. At present, only Yuan Gaisuwen's younger brother, Yuan Jingtu, leads 10,000 troops and is stationed in Liaodong City.

    Despite this, Zhou Zhou still did not dare to neglect when facing the fortified city of Liaodong. He surrounded Liaodong City heavily and waited for siege weapons to be built before attacking the city.  Zhao Jun's latest weapon is the kerosene bomb, the eight-shooter cannon.  Displayed under the city.

    The attack on the city is imminent.

    On the other side.  The slave-killing department will distribute all its troops in Liaodong City.  As well as the nearby Thousand Miles of Great Wall, in the north Guo Xiaoke and Tu Diji led the troops of the Songmo Protectorate to kill from the north and press into the inner city of Goguryeo's capital.

    The inner city is located near the Yalu River. It was originally a county town built by the Han people in the four eastern counties of Han and Liao Dynasties. Later, the Gao Dynasty established Goguryeo and built its capital here. After that, Goguryeo moved its capital several times.  But it has always been the center of Goguryeo.

    Now Guo Xiaoke left all his infantry to the south of Hadal Ridge, and led five thousand Mohe, Khitan, and Han army light cavalry, led by Khitan guides who were familiar with the local situation, straight into the Songliao Plain.

    Near the plain, there are mostly Mohe tribe, Sumo tribe and Baishan tribe, which are swinging between Da Zhao and Goguryeo.  The tribes of Mohe were very frightened when they saw Zhao Guo's light cavalry crossing the mountains and forests and falling from the sky.  Mohe Baeksan tribe begged Si Yuxi, who was originally a pawn of Ulji Mundeok.  But this time when he heard the news of Zhao's attack, he immediately changed his banner and defected to Zhao's court, becoming the vanguard of the Zhao army.

    Within the current day.  Dozens of Mohe tribes came to surrender in front of Guo Xiaoke's army, and they all expressed their willingness to lead the way.  Send troops to assist in the battle, or provide food and supplies.

    The tribes of Mohe sent troops to join forces with Guo Xiaoke's army.  The strength of Zhao's army gradually increased.  Guo Xiaoke's five thousand light cavalry marched unimpeded between the white mountains and black waters, approaching the inner city with lightning speed, directly bypassing the Thousand Miles of Great Wall that Goguryeo had worked hard to defend, and then attacked the inner city of Goguryeo's other capital.

    When Guo Xiaoke led 5,000 light cavalry and tens of thousands of Mohe soldiers to the city, there was chaos in the domestic city.

    The Goguryeo people were in a panic. There were only less than 3,000 troops in the domestic city, but most of the family members of the soldiers of the Xiaonu tribe lived in the domestic city.  When the Goguryeo soldiers saw the Mohe people in the city who had always been submissive to the Goguryeo people, they all rebelled and became servants of the Zhao army. Even the beggar Si Yuxi surrendered, and they suddenly had no intention of fighting.

    Guo Xiaoke ordered people to persuade him to surrender, but the Goguryeo people refused.  But this time the Zhao army pressed forward, and the domestic city was unable to resist, but Cui Ci, the defender in the city, was determined to resist.  Cui Ci is a Goguryeo of Han origin. He is the descendant of Cui Ao, the Pingzhou governor of the Cui family of Qinghe. Most of the people of the Cui family of Goguryeo today are the descendants of Cui Ao.

    Cui Ci has lived in Goguryeo for a long time, and his customs have long been the same as those of the Goguryeo people.  Now that the Zhao army was besieging the city, he actually decided to fight to the end and be loyal to Yuan Gaisu Wen.

    But at midnight, the monks in the city quietly opened the city gate and let Zhao Jun into the city.

    The State of Zhao has always been close to Buddhism. Not only was Li Chongjiu a disciple of the Shaolin Temple, he also sealed the Shaolin Temple as the Great Temple to Protect the Nation. The Buddhist temple was rebuilt in Zhouzhou, western Liaoning, making Longcheng in western Liaoning a well-known place for the promotion of Buddhism.

    Therefore, Goguryeo monks have always been very close to Zhao. This time Guo Xiaoke promised to the monks not to kill after breaking the city.  At that time, the Goguryeo monks decided to put Zhao Jun into the city.

    However, Guo Xiaoke later broke this promise. He trapped and killed Cui Ci and more than a hundred of his trusted soldiers in the north of the city. This cruel method made the Goguryeo people shudder.  FortunatelyXiao Ke only targeted Cui Ci, and none of the other people in the city killed him.

    To the south of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, after receiving Li Chongjiu¡¯s letter of state, immediately sent large armies to attack Goguryeo.

    The regent princess of Silla, Princess Deman, sent the overwhelming troops of Silla, led by Kim Kyung-shin, the first general of Silla, to attack Goguryeo in a mighty manner.

    The Silla army stretched as far as the eye could see on the plain. Kim Kyung-shin, who was not yet thirty years old, rode his horse and raised his whip, looking calmly at the plain north of the Han River.  Prince Jin Chunqiu of Silla stood aside as the royal supervisor.

    The Silla army was crossing the Han River, and in front of them was the southern border of Goguryeo.  Silla has been oppressing Goguryeo for decades, and today it can finally eliminate this old rival.

    Jin Chunqiu said to Jin Gengxin: "Judging from the current situation, Goguryeo is dead, but I don't understand. If we Silla worked so hard to help Zhao, will our future end be the same as Goguryeo?"

    Jin Gengxin said: "Your Highness, this is something that the princess should be concerned about. We, the generals, just need to figure out how to win this battle."

    Jin Chunqiu smiled, sighed and said: "There is no point in arguing. Li Chongjiu only mobilized one-tenth of the country's troops. With our Silla, Baekje can destroy Goguryeo. If we don't send troops,  Instead, we will offend Zhao, which is exactly what we don¡¯t dare to do, so this must be Princess Deman¡¯s last resort.¡±

    Jin Gengxin said: "Perhaps you can look at it from a different perspective. Princess Deman has sent Princess Shengman to Zhao. She hopes to marry Li Chongjiu as the princess of Goguryeo. Li Chongjiu also agreed in exchange for this.  As a condition for Silla to send troops, the two countries will be married to each other in the future. Even if Zhao's national strength is unprecedented, it may not come to attract our attention from Silla."

    Jin Chunqiu shook his head and said: "This is not necessarily the case. The marriage strategy is useful, but it is also very useless."

    Jin Gengxin said: "Whether it is useful or not, Her Royal Highness hopes to use this method of marriage to exchange for Silla's peace for decades. And this matter is very happy for Princess Shengman. It is better than marrying  It is different from other barbarians. The current Great Zhao is the most powerful empire in the world, and the culture of Great Zhao is far superior to our Silla and Goguryeo. So Princess Shengman joins the royal family of the Zhao Kingdom. For our Princess Shengman  Said it was a dream come true.¡±

    Jin Chunqiu didn't say anything. He remembered how he used Princess Shengman to get close to Li Chongjiu, but he found out.  But Li Chongjiu will not target Princess Shengman because of this in the future. For Li Chongjiu, the marriage is just a cover. No matter what he does to Princess Shengman in the future, one woman can get 50,000 Silla troops to work for him.  This is a very good deal.

    "The Silla people married the princess into the Zhao royal family and sent troops to help Zhao fight the war. This transaction seemed to be a very loss-making deal, and there was no loss to Zhao at all.  Although the exchange between the two seems unfair.  But for the comparison of the national strength of the two countries, it is too normal.

    Now that Zhao has wiped out the Turks, it has shown its power to sweep all directions.  In addition to attacking Goguryeo, in the south.  Both the east and the north were using troops at the same time.  Silla now does not dare to offend Zhao Guo at all.  So Princess Deman wanted to use this method to keep Silla safe for decades. When the Zhao Kingdom was at its peak, she could have a place to stay in this land surrounded by three seas.

    Just as the Silla army was advancing, the combined fleets of Baekje and Zhao were sailing in from the Jishui River and heading straight for Pyongyang.

    Cheng Mingzhen's navy, after setting off from Dengzhou, first replenished supplies in Dangxiang City, Silla, and then joined forces with the Baekje navy who arrived.  Now Dangxiang City has almost become an overseas enclave of Zhao State. The Zhao fleet is anchored here, and there is no need to even notify Silla.

    After resting in Dangxiang City, Cheng Mingzhen's combined fleet immediately entered Xishui.

    At that time, Li Chongjiu led the navy up from the Yi River, invaded Pyongyang, defeated Goguryeo, and finally captured the Goguryeo royal family alive.  Now Cheng Mingzhen and Zhao Xin led the Zhao Kingdom and the Baekje Navy to cross the river from here again. It can be said that they are familiar with the road and are advancing by water with the 50,000-strong army on the Silla land.

    After Cheng Mingzhen's army entered the river, Yeon Gaesumun looked down from the top of Pyongyang City and saw the Zhao fleet arrayed across the river. The huge ships were almost waiting for the Pyongyang city wall, and the densely packed shooting poles on both sides.  , even crossbows, pose a powerful threat to Pyongyang City.

    Yeon Gaesumun was okay, but the Goguryeo soldiers under his command were reminded of the last time Goguryeo was defeated, and the last time Zhao Jun also attacked Pyongyang from here.

    And Yeon Gaesumun didn¡¯t expect Zhao Guo¡¯s counterattack to be so fast and swift, leaving him no chance to prepare.

    ¡°When he killed Gojang, the treasure king supported by Ulji Mundeok, the Goguryeo god of war Ulji Mundeok alsoAfter being captured, Yuengai Suwen was full of ambition and decided to proclaim himself emperor. However, this dream of being emperor only took a few days, and Zhao Jun's navy attacked the city of Pyongyang.

    Yeon Gaesumun spent all his wealth and 30,000 Goguryeo troops to defend Pyongyang City and fight the allied forces of Silla, Zhao and Baekje.

    Yeongaesomunnai was the first general in Goguryeo after being hailed as Ulji Munde. His soldiers in the Suppression Department were all elite warriors who could fight in a hundred battles.  But no matter how elite the army is, it is difficult to resist big events.

    The armies of the two sides fought continuously for many days. Whether it was the famous general Jin Gengxin who had experienced hundreds of battles, or the Zhao general Cheng Mingzhen, they were not inferior to Yeon Gaesumun in the slightest.  What's more, the Zhao coalition still has an absolute military advantage.

    A few days later, Yeon Gaesomun was defeated by the coalition forces of the two countries and could only retreat to Pyongyang City.

    Yeon Gaesomun held on for a month, but then news of the invasion of the Inner City reached Pyongyang City one after another. After Guo Xiaoke captured the Inner City, he led his army to escort the families of the soldiers of the Slavery Department in the Inner City and arrived at Pyongyang City.

    These family members shouted to the top of the city, asking the soldiers of the Xiaonu tribe to surrender.  When the soldiers saw their parents and relatives being arrested, they all cried bitterly on the top of the city with their heads in their hands.

    Seeing this, Yeon Gaesumun knew that the king's heart was gone and that his power was gone, so he committed suicide with a horizontal sword at the top of the city, and a generation of heroes died.  As soon as Yeon Gaesumun died, more than 50,000 soldiers and civilians in the city surrendered.

    The kingdom of Goguryeo was destroyed.

    Just when Li Chongjiu ordered to attack Li Tang, the war in the direction of Goguryeo only lasted three months. Guo Xiaoke, Cheng Mingzhen, Zhou Zhou, and Zhao Xin led their troops to break through Goguryeo and surrendered the entire territory for hundreds of miles.  They all returned to Zhao, and the enemy chief Yuan Gaisu Wen gave them the title.

    When the news came, the whole country of Zhao celebrated.  Zhao had been winning consecutive battles for several years, and the people were immersed in the country's victory.

    As the emperor, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but be very happy at this moment. He held a banquet in the palace to celebrate with all the officials.  The captured Goguryeo King Gao Jianmu at the banquet actually shed tears when he heard that the Goguryeo kingdom was destroyed and Yeon Gaesumun committed suicide.

    Afterwards, Li Chongjiu adopted the opinions of the Imperial Academy officials and decided not to establish a Protectorate, but to implement the system of prefectures and counties in Goguryeo and restore the four Han prefectures that had been established when the Han Dynasty conquered Goguryeo.

    The four newly established counties all adopted the old names of the Han Dynasty. To the east of Liaoxi and Liaodong counties, from west to east, there are Lelang County, Xuantu County, Zhenfan County, and Lintun County respectively. The other two counties are in Pyongyang.  Then set up Daifang County, a total of five counties, which will be called the five counties of northern Liaoning in later generations.

    Under the rule of the five counties, there are 560,000 households and more than 100 cities.

    Li Chongjiu immediately decided to move more than 200,000 Goguryeo nobles to Han Dynasty and settle them in Deng, Liao and Peiping.  And another 50,000 households were moved to five counties in northern Liaoning.  In addition, the sinicization of Khitan, the sinicization of Mohe, and the sinicization of Dexi tribes all had a population of more than 100,000, and they also fully enriched the five counties.

    Farmers resettled and did not like to migrate, but for businessmen, they were home all over the world. Zhao State's merchants and farmers were both involved, and doing business had become a fashionable thing. Therefore, the development of the five counties in northern Liaoning started a new era of pioneering and enterprising businessmen of Zhao State.  Heart.  In addition, nomadic tribes also like to migrate, so the five counties in northern Liaoning are populated by merchants, herdsmen, and people who have become Chinese.

    In order to stabilize the local situation, Li Chongjiu ordered Guo Xiaoke to lead 20,000 troops to station in Liaodong, Pyongyang, and three cities in the country to guard northern Liaoning, and then set up a naval base camp in Pyongyang.

    So far, Goguryeo and the Eastern Turks have completely perished under the iron heel of Zhao.

    As for Silla and Baekje, they were trembling with fear. Li Chongjiu knew that the two countries were not in harmony, so he stayed there to contain each other and save them from plotting their homeland of Goguryeo.  As soon as Goguryeo was destroyed, the Japanese and Tamra kingdoms on the seaside quickly sent envoys to Zhao to pay tribute. It was already a few months later, so let¡¯s not mention it for now.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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