The goose-feather-like heavy snow fell, but the palace was filled with steam and white mist.
The soldiers brought boiling hot water and poured buckets of it on the bluestone paving in the palace, and then used brushes to scrub away the dirty blood stains bit by bit. Under the freezing cold weather, the hot water splashed
When it reached the ground, it turned into mist, cooled rapidly and turned into ice. The soldiers quickly brushed it aside with brushes to prevent it from freezing.
The white snow covered up the crime, and the entire palace was filled with a strong smell of blood. The corpses of countless royal family members, chamberlains, and guards were randomly discarded and piled in the corners. Soldiers took them away one by one on carts and transported them outside the city.
buried.
The clan that had subjugated its country no longer had the fear and turmoil it had when it was alive. The royal children who were aloof and well-fed and well-dressed were treated like animals after their death, and their dignity was completely lost.
In the main hall, a minister was kneeling on the ground, trying his best to persuade Yeon Gaesumun to treat the royal family well, and at least give them respect after death...
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, 'the dead are the most important,' burying the corpses of the royal family at will will definitely chill the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the world, and will hinder the King from establishing his prestige and winning over people's hearts."
"Haha," Yeon Gaesumun, who was standing in front of the throne and letting the maid rearrange his crown, sneered and said disapprovingly: "The throne of the lone king relies on the prestige of the hearts of all people, and this prestige comes from the lone hand.
Military power also came from defeating the powerful Tang Dynasty, causing hundreds of thousands of troops to go on an expedition but only to be defeated, and even shot the emperor in the eye among thousands of troops! Treating the corpse of the royal family well? It is a joke! If it weren't for the Gao family's ignorance
How could the unjust and perverse actions lead to repeated attacks by the Han people, which caused countless damage to the city of Goguryeo and the death of hundreds of thousands of sons and daughters on the battlefield! Gu not only wanted to kill all the royal family of the Gao family, but also abandoned the corpses in the wilderness.
After being devoured by wild beasts, the treasure king's head is displayed to the public, and his head is hung on the Seven Star Gate, so that the soldiers and civilians across the country can watch. This is the end of a cowardly king!"
The minister was sweating profusely and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, you must not do it! Even though the King ascended the throne in compliance with the people's will and God's will, it is a rule to treat the former king who lost his country kindly, so as to show the magnanimity of the new king. If
If the king insists on doing this, won’t he allow the world to ridicule the king for his narrow-mindedness and violent methods?”
He thought that in every dynasty when kingship changed, the new king should leave some room for the previous dynasty. After all, there has never been an unbroken dynasty in the world. If the day comes when his own family falls, the successor can follow the example and follow the example.
Give yourself preferential treatment.
Now that you are so harshly criticizing and mistreating the Gao family, are you not afraid that others will follow your example and take revenge on you in the future?
All the knowledgeable people in Goguryeo were familiar with Confucianism and advocated the "golden mean". They believed that it is best to leave a fine line in everything and not to do anything wrong...
At this time, the crown was already neatly put on. Yeon Gaesumun shook the sleeves of his robe that were studded with gold threads. He sat on the throne with a golden sword, his palms whirling on the armrests, and laughed: "This is ridiculous! Man!
A lifetime is only a few tens of winters and summers. If you can enjoy yourself in time and show your ambitions when you are born in this world, it is enough. Could it be that like the First Emperor, even if the dragon controls the funeral sky, he will be extravagant, wait for death like a waiter, and dream of death?
Do you also want to have power in your hands and lead the world? Sitting on this throne alone is what everyone expects. You should work hard, work hard and sleep nightly, and seek the welfare of the people of the world. What about being narrow-minded? What about being violent? Living alone for one day will make you miserable.
He is the king of Goguryeo. If he dies alone and the sky collapses, he will not care where he is buried or what his descendants will be like!"
He acted arbitrarily throughout his life, without any control, and regarded morality and etiquette as nothing. Even though it was impossible for anyone to stop him from ascending to the throne of Goguryeo, he still raised a butcher knife against the Goguryeo royal family to avoid future troubles. How could he care about what others said?
?
Reputation and prestige are like an old woman's foot-binding cloth. Although it is of some use, it is just that. In fact, from the day he proclaimed himself Damolizhi and commanded the military and political power of Goguryeo,
, and no one ever said anything good about him.
But so what?
He is not living well and has finally ascended to the supreme throne as he wished. On the contrary, those who scolded him, hated him, and opposed him were all cut off by his ruthless hands, and the grass on their graves was already three feet high...
His prestige relies on the power in his hands and violent methods accumulated bit by bit. He doesn't care who speaks ill of him, as long as those people understand the price they will bear if they anger him.
Goguryeo is a foreign country, and all the people in the country are the Hu people who are illiterate. The Han people have long understood the character of these people who are "fearful of power but not moral" and call them "Yidi", treating them like animals. They
Why bother showing your kind and generous side?
Kindness is sometimes not a good thing. People who are kind can be bullied...
When the ministers in the palace saw Yeon Gaesumun's surly expression, they no longer dared to persuade him. If they talked too much and offended this person, they would call the imperial guards and kill them all without blinking an eye.
In the massacre in Pingrang City, it was not just the Gao royal family that suffered, but the tyrant, who had always been close to the royal family, had no reason or guilt to kill them all.
The mass graves outside the city are probably filled with corpses now...
Yuan Gaisu Wen was satisfied with his ambition, Pingrang City was impregnable, the Tang army had already retreated, and he headed straight for the Yalu River. The imminent crisis had been resolved, and he ascended the throne again. His long-cherished wish was fulfilled.
I felt very happy in my chest and abdomen. Just when I was about to issue the decree and clean up the mess, I saw the general Jian Moucen hurriedly entered the palace.
"Your Majesty, things are going badly. The navy of the Tang Army has already attacked outside the city. The general sent cavalry to intercept it and was completely wiped out by them. Now they are preparing to attack the city!"
Everyone in the palace was shocked.
Didn't the entire Tang army retreat? Where did this naval force appear?
Yuan Gaisuwen said calmly: "The navy of the Tang Dynasty is indeed invincible on the sea, but when it comes to land warfare, is it possible that it can be stronger than the hundreds of thousands of troops commanded by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty? There is no need to make a fuss."
Hundreds of thousands of Tang troops besieged Pingrang City for two months without defeat. How could a mere navy be stronger than an army of hundreds of thousands?
Jian Moucen was stunned for a moment, and then said with a grimace: "Your Majesty, all the troops in the city have left the city to pursue the Tang army. The troops in the city are currently empty, only numbering more than ten thousand... The Tang navy has always been powerful in combat, and it is still
Please make preparations in advance."
Only then did Yuengai Suwen remember that he had abided by his agreement with Changsun Wuji. When Changsun Wuji made the Tang army retreat, he sent troops to pursue the Tang army and slow down the return of hundreds of thousands of Tang soldiers.
He felt a little depressed. All the Tang troops had already evacuated, so he felt that he had no worries and sent out all the troops in the city to participate in the pursuit. But who would have thought that this navy actually disobeyed orders and acted against them?
What a ghost...
However, he was just depressed and did not take the Tang Dynasty Navy to heart. He ordered: "Immediately close the city gates tightly, all troops go to the city to defend, and at the same time, gather manpower, slaves, private soldiers, and even prisoners in the prisons in each house."
, open the warehouse in 'Little Chang'an' and distribute weapons and armor. Then quickly report to the army outside the city and order them to return to Pingrang City to aid."
The navy of the Tang Dynasty only had tens of thousands of people. Pingrang City relied on the strong city to defend even the offensive of hundreds of thousands of people. How could it fail in front of the navy? Mobilize all the forces in the city to participate in defending the city, and then pursue the Tang army outside the city.
With quick help, the crisis can be resolved.
Jian Moucen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise. The navy of the Tang Army must have been unwilling to abandon the feat of destroying the city and destroying the country, so they disobeyed the order and attacked rashly. With your Majesty in charge, I will definitely teach him whether he comes or goes!"
Yuan Gaisuwen stroked his beard and laughed, and when he was about to speak, he heard a muffled sound that shook the beams on the main hall, and the dust accumulated on the beams for many years fluttered down. Then, these muffled sounds were heard together, and for a while
It was deafening, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and all the kings and ministers in the palace turned pale with shock.
Yeon Gaesumun immediately thought of the Tang army's firearms, whose power could indeed cause mountains to collapse and the earth to break apart. He stood up in shock and shouted loudly: "Go and see what happened!"
Before Jian Moucen and others could go out, they saw a imperial guard flying inside, prostrated themselves on the ground in front of Yuan Gaisu Wen, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, the Tang army attacked the city with artillery, and countless shells passed over it.
The city wall fell into the city, and the cannonballs were filled with flammable materials. Wherever they hit, fires were set ablaze, and water could not be quenched!"
Yuan Gaesumun strode outside the palace gate, looked up at the heavy snow, and then looked at the fire and smoke rising into the sky in the west. His heart suddenly twitched, and he asked in a hissing voice: "Where did the Tang army's artillery shells fall?"
Chang'an'?"
"Exactly! Right now, the fire in 'Little Chang'an' is raging into the sky, and all the warehouses are on fire!"
"Wow! The Tang thief is cunning and wants to ruin my life!"