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 liked literature rather than martial arts, but his ambition was not inferior to Tang Yin. Moreover, the foundation Tang Yin laid for him was so good. The Feng Kingdom had strong soldiers and horses, and a cloud of generals, with more than a million elites.
army.
After Tang Yu secured the throne, he began to continuously use troops against the countries surrounding the Feng Empire. Many foreign countries in the west bore the brunt and became the first targets of the Feng Empire's attack.
Tang Yu had several purposes for attacking the western Fan states first. First of all, the western Fan states posed the greatest threat to the Feng Kingdom, especially the Fan states in the western border of Zhendi and Huandi. They were barbaric and unreasonable, had no integrity at all, and often invaded.
Feng Kingdom, plundering the border people, attacking and annexing these foreign countries, so that Feng Kingdom's own security can be guaranteed. Secondly, Tang Yu feels that his prestige is far inferior to that of his father. In the eyes of ministers and people, he is just a young man who enjoys the benefits.
, even though he has become the emperor, now he urgently needs 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 served him.
Their fathers will only be loyal to their own fathers. Most of them respect themselves on the surface, but in fact they are submissive and go against the rules. Starting a war can weaken their power and may even cause them to die on the battlefield. This will make them even more vulnerable.
Once it's over, you'll have peace of mind in the future.
Out of these considerations, Tang Yu began to launch a protracted war with foreign countries.
He sent three armies to expedition to the western states. 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 26th year of Fengli and lasted until the end of the 26th year. The war entered a stalemate.
In January of the twenty-seventh year of Fengli, Tang Yu again 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. He is nearly seventy years old and 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 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 the Feng Kingdom. The First Conquest of 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 also lost
Depleted by this war.
When the four armies were victorious and returned to the court, the old general Nie Ze died of illness on the way back to Beijing.
Tang Yu burst into tears when he saw Nie Ze's body being returned to the capital by the soldiers. He named Nie Ze the Duke of Wu Ying and buried him with state honors.
The first war to conquer the West caused a lot of public dissatisfaction at the time. Various parts of the Feng Kingdom have experienced hundreds of years of war. People have long been tired of wars and want to live a peaceful and stable life. They finally look forward to the unification of the Feng Kingdom.
All over the world, 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.
During the peaceful and prosperous times in the west, the forced migration of the Fan people to the west also freed the people on the border from the suffering of war.
After the end of the first conquest of the West, Tang Yu worked hard for a few years. These few years could be regarded as the years for Feng Kingdom 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.
After thirty years of experience, Tang Yu, who was just twenty-three years old, once again pointed the finger of war at Tia.
In fact, Tia had surrendered to the Feng Kingdom as early as the Tang Yin period and was willing to be a vassal state of the Feng Kingdom. However, Tang Yu was not content with this. What he wanted was to merge Tia into the Feng Kingdom 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 State, while other people think that the annexation of Tia
This was a bitter pill for the Feng Kingdom to swallow. In the thousands of years since then, Tia's rebellion has been uninterrupted, consuming a lot of manpower and financial resources from the Feng Kingdom. Overall, the gains outweighed the losses.
But no matter what, history will not change. The Second War to the West ended with the final victory of the Feng Kingdom. The Feng Kingdom successfully annexed Tia and made it the 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. Since the battle was fought smoothly, Feng Guo suffered little damage, which suddenly made Tang Yu's ambitions expand 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 Feng Empire and the Besa Empire was initiated by Tang Yu. After thirty-seven years of experience, Tang Yu, who turned 30, resolutely declared war on Besa despite the opposition of the officials in the court.
, and issued a nationwide mobilization order.
During Tang Yu's reign, there were three major wars between Feng State and Bessa. The first war occurred in the thirty-seventh year of Tang Yu's reign. Tang Yu appointed Ren Fang as commander, and General Bu Ying divided his troops into two groups to invade Bessa.
This battle lasted for more than two years. The battle was extremely difficult, and the soldiers at the front suffered countless casualties. According to Fengguo's own statistics, in two years, as many as seventy-six generals were killed, and the number of soldiers was
Hundreds of thousands were killed.
Of course, Feng Country suffered heavy losses, and Besa did not take advantage either. It also suffered huge casualties. It can be said that this battle was a disaster for both Feng Country and Besa.
Due to the unfavorable situation in the front and the slow advance, 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 caused most of Buying's troops to be killed and wounded, and even Buying himself died.
In front of the two armies.
Buying's death completely shattered the Feng Army's fighting spirit. In the following battle, 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 removed, and could no longer gain any advantage against the Besa Army.
Up to this point in the battle, the Feng army was at the end of its tether. Likewise, Besa was 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 was the First Fukai 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. The second Fengbei War was caused by the invasion of Besa army.
It broke out from the land of the three ceded counties.
Regarding this war, Tang Yu still appointed Ren Fang as commander and sent troops to resist the Bessa Army. It can also be seen from Tang Yu's continuous reuse of Ren Fang that from the time he took office to the present, he has always valued the Sichuan people more.
He believes that he has more Sichuan blood than Feng people, but the Sichuan people are relatively easier to control by him, while Feng people are too strong, and he has many concerns in his heart, and he does not dare to use Feng people too much.
The initial stage of the Second Fengbei War was not smooth. The battles between Rong Fang and the Besa Army had both winners and losers, and the war remained 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 Besa, but should return them to others, continue to have good relations with Besa, and maintain peace in the north.
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With the battle at the front unfavorable and the lack of domestic support, Tang Yu felt that his prestige was greatly affected. If he wanted to restore his prestige and face, he had to win this battle, and it had to be a quick and decisive 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 Bessa Army, other Sichuan people can still count on it.
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With no choice but to be suppressed, Tang Yu could only turn his attention back to General Feng Ren. However, Feng Ren had long been dissatisfied with his policy of always reusing the Sichuan people. Now he wants to use Feng Ren, but no one has responded.
In the end, Tang Yu could only lower his face and go to personally visit Xiao Muqing, the most virtuous and respected commander of the Feng Kingdom, and ask Xiao Muqing to take command and reinforce the northern battlefield.
Xiao Muqing was also deeply moved by Tang Yu's willingness to put aside his dignity and ask for his birth. The latter accepted Tang Yu's commission to personally command the Pingyuan Army and the Huben Army and went to the northern battlefield.
The Pingyuan Army is recognized as the ace army of the Feng Kingdom. Before the Pingyuan Army arrived at the front line, the soldiers at the front were already greatly boosted when they heard 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 once again sent envoys to Beijing to negotiate peace.
This peace negotiation allowed the two countries to live in peace for more than twenty 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.