Beijing refers to a high hill; Guan refers to a palace. The corpses of the victorious soldiers were laid out and a temple was built in Beijing, thinking that they were a place to hide the corpses. In fact, it was just to show off their martial arts. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's three expeditions to Goguryeo ended in failure. Not only did he lose his troops, but also his generals.
Hundreds of thousands of common people in the northeast were plundered by Goguryeo. As a witness to these events, Li Shimin had a great impact on him.
When Li Shimin was young, it was during the heyday of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, no one in the Sui Dynasty had any objections. As hereditary nobles and relatives of the emperor, the Li family was once a die-hard supporter of the Sui royal family. Li Shimin was also
As a minister of the Sui Dynasty, Education was loyal to the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty.
The decline of the Sui Dynasty in just over ten years is inseparable from the eastern expedition to Goguryeo. It can be said that if Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty did not conquer Goguryeo, the Sui Dynasty would never have perished. This is why Li Shimin
When it comes to the Eastern Expedition, the reason why all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty advised against it is because the Sui Dynasty, which was so powerful back then, failed to conquer Goguryeo. How could the Tang Dynasty, which was in desperate need of revitalization, defeat Goguryeo?
This is just an ordinary person's idea, but Li Shimin's idea is different.
In Li Shimin's mind, the conquest of Goguryeo was not as difficult as imagined. The reason why the Sui Dynasty failed in the conquest was directly related to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty's great achievements and arrogance and complacency. He did not need to have high military talent, as long as he could be normal
Even a little bit of fighting would not lead to a war that cannot be lost no matter what.
The dispute between the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo has been going on for a long time. As early as the time of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo took advantage of the fact that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was too busy to unify the north and the south and launched several small-scale attacks on the northeastern border of the Sui Dynasty. After King Yingyang of Goguryeo succeeded to the throne, the Sui Dynasty's special envoy
The Turks met Goguryeo's special envoy in the Turks. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty sent a letter to Goguryeo asking Goguryeo to terminate its alliance with the Turks, requesting Goguryeo to stop its successive incursions on the Sui border and surrender to the Sui Dynasty. Although King Yingyang of Goguryeo ostensibly accepted the proposal of the Sui Emperor.
An ultimatum was given, but the next year, King Yingyang and Sumo Mohe attacked the Sui Dynasty's Hsiaoqi Mansion on Jizhou Road.
In the 18th year of the founding of the Emperor, Gaoyuan, King of Yingyang of Goguryeo, "led an army of more than 10,000 Mohe troops to invade Liaoxi" and was repulsed by the Sui Dynasty. Goguryeo did not surrender, and still refused to obey the decree and pay tribute.
Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty could not bear it any longer. He appointed Han Wang Yang Liang and Wang Shiji as the marshals of the army and led 300,000 land and sea troops to attack Goguryeo. He appointed Shangshu Zuopu She Gao Jong as the chief historian of the Han Dynasty and Zhou Luohu as the general manager of the navy. However, this expedition did not go well. Yang
Due to heavy rains, transportation could not be continued, and the army lacked food and suffered from diseases. Zhou Luohu set out to sea from Donglai and headed for Pyongyang City, but was hit by a wind on the way and many ships were sunk. The Sui troops on both land and water had to return and died.
Eighty-nine out of ten.
Seeing the huge momentum of the Sui army, the King of Goguryeo was worried about the second conquest, so he apologized and called himself "Liaodong Shitushi Yuan". Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty saw that there was nothing he could do, so he had to stop the army and tolerated it.
But by the time of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, King Yingyang of Goguryeo went behind the back of the Sui Dynasty and sent envoys to secretly communicate with the Turks, hoping to attack the Sui Dynasty from both sides. At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was on a northern tour and stopped at the Turk Qimin Khan.
Min Khan did not dare to hide it and told Emperor Yang of Sui.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was very angry and asked someone to tell the Goguryeo envoys to let the King of Goguryeo come to see him. He asked him to follow the courtesy of a minister and make the pilgrimage on time. Then he would forget the blame and treat him the same as Qimin Khan. But King Yingyang of Goguryeo insisted on "not obeying".
Emperor Sui Yang began to make up his mind to conquer this disobedient neighboring country.
In the sixth year of the Great Era, the Sui Dynasty pacified Khitan, Tuyuhun and other neighboring countries, and its momentum reached its peak. Except for Goguryeo, the surrounding neighboring countries all expressed their surrender. Goguryeo became the only thorn in the side and flesh, and became the emperor of the Sui Dynasty.
The biggest stain on martial arts is that the conquest of Goguryeo was already imminent and had to be launched.
Pei Ju, the minister of Huangmen, understood the thoughts of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and persuaded Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to threaten the King of Goguryeo to join the court on the grounds that Goguryeo was originally a land granted by Jizi, and now he did not obey the court etiquette. As expected, Gao Yuan, King of Goguryeo Yingyang, did not comply.
The Lili gave Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty an excuse to conquer Goguryeo. The following year, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty officially issued an edict to conquer Goguryeo and mobilized the whole country, hoping to achieve victory in one battle.
It was this idea that ruined the good situation of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Yuan Hongsi, the general manager of Youzhou, to build 300 ships at Donglai Haikou. The specified date was very tight. In order to complete the task, the officials supervised the shipbuilding craftsmen working in the water day and night.
, barely dared to rest. Due to being soaked in water for a long time, maggots grew on the craftsmen from the waist down, and countless people died. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also issued an edict to assemble soldiers and horses from all over the world, no matter how far north or south they are, they must all gather together.
In Zhuo County, not only the people and money were wasted, but a large number of soldiers and horses gathered, the chaos was not controlled well, and the surrounding people complained.
After gathering the troops from all over the world, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also recruited 10,000 sailors, 30,000 crossbowmen from the south of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and 30,000 crossbowmen from the Lingnan platoon. He also ordered 50,000 military chariots built in Henan, Huainan, and Jiangnan to be sent there.
Gaoyang was used to load clothes, armor, curtains, and levy civilians to supply military supplies. In the autumn of the seventh year of Daye, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty levied civilians south of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River and shipped rice from warehouses in Liyang and Luokou to Zhuojun. The ships traveled more than a thousand miles from each other.
, carrying soldiers and attack equipment, hundreds of thousands of people were traveling on the road for a long time, crowding the road day and night, sleeping with the dead, and filling the road with stinking filth. Before the war started, Emperor Sui Yang had already disrupted the world.
There were a lot of complaints.
In this battle, the Sui army mobilized a total of more than one million main battle troops, which is the highest in history. The Tang Dynasty now claims to have one million troops, but in fact, it is not enough. But at that time, Sui Yang
Even though the emperor was full of complaints, he actually mobilized so many people. Including the civilians who transported food and grass for the army, the number of people who indirectly participated in the war exceeded five million.
How many people did Goguryeo have in total? Five million people participated in the war. Even if one person spits at the mouth, the Goguryeo people can be drowned. In Li Shimin's view, this is a war that cannot be lost no matter how hard it is fought, even if it involves getting a dog.
The battle can be won by taking command. This is indeed the case, but unfortunately, Emperor Sui Yang also thought so.
Since I can't lose no matter how hard I fight, why can't I show my magnanimity as a master of kings and a great nation? So a battle for national destiny turned into a 'hype' for Emperor Sui Yang's brilliant martial arts.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty decided to take charge of the expedition himself!
When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty decided to go on a personal expedition, there was no objection from the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. They also felt that although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had a little trouble with this battle and there were some complaints among the people, a great victory would be enough to make up for all these complaints.
The emperor wanted to show off his martial arts, so just let him do it. So there was a lot of flattery both inside and outside the court. Emperor Sui Yang listened to these words and became more and more "coquettish".
He divided the army of more than one million into three lines, the left and right armies. In addition to the center army, the left and right armies were divided into twelve lines and set up a formation. In order to "equally share the battle merits", Emperor Sui Yang assigned each line a designated number.
They planned to meet up in Pyongyang after completing their respective tasks. However, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty came, King Yingyang of Goguryeo went behind the back of the Sui Dynasty and sent envoys to secretly communicate with the Turks, hoping to attack the Sui Dynasty from both sides. At that time, the Sui Dynasty was
The emperor visited the north and stopped at the residence of the Turkic Qimin Khan. Qimin Khan did not dare to conceal the matter and told Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was very angry and asked someone to tell the Goguryeo envoys to let the King of Goguryeo come to see him. He asked him to follow the courtesy of a minister and make the pilgrimage on time. Then he would forget the blame and treat him the same as Qimin Khan. But King Yingyang of Goguryeo insisted on "not obeying".
Emperor Sui Yang began to make up his mind to conquer this disobedient neighboring country.
In the sixth year of the Great Era, the Sui Dynasty pacified Khitan, Tuyuhun and other neighboring countries, and its momentum reached its peak. Except for Goguryeo, the surrounding neighboring countries all expressed their surrender. Goguryeo became the only thorn in the side and flesh, and became the emperor of the Sui Dynasty.
The biggest stain on martial arts is that the conquest of Goguryeo was already imminent and had to be launched.
Pei Ju, the minister of Huangmen, understood the thoughts of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and persuaded Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to threaten the King of Goguryeo to join the court on the grounds that Goguryeo was originally a land granted by Jizi, and now he did not obey the court etiquette. As expected, Gao Yuan, King of Goguryeo Yingyang, did not comply.
The Lili gave Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty an excuse to conquer Goguryeo. The following year, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty officially issued an edict to conquer Goguryeo and mobilized the whole country, hoping to achieve victory in one battle.
It was this idea that ruined the good situation of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Yuan Hongsi, the general manager of Youzhou, to build 300 ships at Donglai Haikou. The specified date was very tight. In order to complete the task, the officials supervised the shipbuilding craftsmen working in the water day and night.
, barely dared to rest. Due to being soaked in water for a long time, maggots grew on the craftsmen from the waist down, and countless people died. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also issued an edict to assemble soldiers and horses from all over the world, no matter how far north or south they are, they must all gather together.
In Zhuo County, not only the people and money were wasted, but a large number of soldiers and horses gathered, the chaos was not controlled well, and the surrounding people complained.
After gathering the troops from all over the world, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also recruited 10,000 sailors, 30,000 crossbowmen from the south of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and 30,000 crossbowmen from the Lingnan platoon. He also ordered 50,000 military chariots built in Henan, Huainan, and Jiangnan to be sent there.
Gaoyang was used to load clothes, armor, curtains, and levy civilians to supply military supplies. In the autumn of the seventh year of Daye, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty levied civilians south of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River and shipped rice from warehouses in Liyang and Luokou to Zhuojun. The ships traveled more than a thousand miles from each other.
, carrying soldiers and attack equipment, hundreds of thousands of people were traveling on the road for a long time, crowding the road day and night, sleeping with the dead, and filling the road with stinking filth. Before the war started, Emperor Sui Yang had already disrupted the world.
There were a lot of complaints.
In this battle, the Sui army mobilized a total of more than one million main battle troops, which is the highest in history. The Tang Dynasty now claims to have one million troops, but in fact, it is not enough. But at that time, Sui Yang
Even though the emperor was full of complaints, he actually mobilized so many people. Including the civilians who transported food and grass for the army, the number of people who indirectly participated in the war exceeded five million.
How many people did Goguryeo have in total? Five million people participated in the war. Even if one person spits at the mouth, the Goguryeo people can be drowned. In Li Shimin's view, this is a war that cannot be lost no matter how hard it is fought, even if it involves getting a dog.
The battle can be won by taking command. This is indeed the case, but unfortunately, Emperor Sui Yang also thought so.
Since I can't lose no matter how hard I fight, why can't I show my magnanimity as a master of kings and a great nation? So a battle for national destiny turned into a 'hype' for Emperor Sui Yang's brilliant martial arts.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty decided to take charge of the expedition himself!
When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty decided to go on a personal expedition, there was no objection from the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. They also felt that although Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had a little trouble with this battle and there were some complaints among the people, a great victory would be enough to make up for all these complaints.
The emperor wanted to show off his martial arts, so just let him do it. So there was a lot of flattery both inside and outside the court. Emperor Sui Yang listened to these words and became more and more "coquettish".
He divided the army of more than one million into three lines, the left and right armies. In addition to the center army, the left and right armies were divided into twelve lines and set up a formation. In order to "equally share the battle merits", Emperor Sui Yang assigned each line a designated number.
They planned to meet up in Pyongyang after completing their respective tasks. However, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty came, King Yingyang of Goguryeo went behind the back of the Sui Dynasty and sent envoys to secretly communicate with the Turks, hoping to attack the Sui Dynasty from both sides. At that time, the Sui Dynasty was
The emperor visited the north and stopped at the residence of the Turkic Qimin Khan. Qimin Khan did not dare to conceal the matter and told Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was very angry and asked someone to tell the Goguryeo envoys to let the King of Goguryeo come to see him. He asked him to follow the courtesy of a minister and make the pilgrimage on time. Then he would forget the blame and treat him the same as Qimin Khan. But King Yingyang of Goguryeo insisted on "not obeying".
Emperor Sui Yang began to make up his mind to conquer this disobedient neighboring country.
In the sixth year of the Great Era, the Sui Dynasty pacified Khitan, Tuyuhun and other neighboring countries, and its momentum reached its peak. Except for Goguryeo, the surrounding neighboring countries all expressed their surrender. Goguryeo became the only thorn in the side and flesh, and became the emperor of the Sui Dynasty.
The biggest stain on martial arts is that the conquest of Goguryeo was already imminent and had to be launched.
Pei Ju, the minister of Huangmen, understood the thoughts of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and persuaded Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to threaten the King of Goguryeo to join the court on the grounds that Goguryeo was originally a land granted by Jizi, and now he did not obey the court etiquette. As expected, Gao Yuan, King of Goguryeo Yingyang, did not comply.
The Lili gave Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty an excuse to conquer Goguryeo. The following year, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty officially issued an edict to conquer Goguryeo and mobilized the whole country, hoping to achieve victory in one battle.
It was this idea that ruined the good situation of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Yuan Hongsi, the general manager of Youzhou, to build 300 ships at Donglai Haikou. The specified date was very tight. In order to complete the task, the officials supervised the shipbuilding craftsmen working in the water day and night.
, barely dared to rest. Due to being soaked in water for a long time, maggots grew on the craftsmen from the waist down, and countless people died. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also issued an edict to assemble soldiers and horses from all over the world, no matter how far north or south they are, they must all gather together.
In Zhuo County, not only the people and money were wasted, but a large number of soldiers and horses gathered, the chaos was not controlled well, and the surrounding people complained.
After gathering the troops from all over the world, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also recruited 10,000 sailors, 30,000 crossbowmen from the south of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and 30,000 crossbowmen from the south of the Yangtze River.