Chapter 932 The wild vision of the snake swallowing the whale
Under normal circumstances, Goryeo would have to directly confront the expanding Jin Dynasty, but the emergence of Chu Yi directly led to the destruction of the Jin Dynasty.
The direct consequence of the fall of the Jin Dynasty was that the pressure faced by Goryeo was greatly reduced. In addition, after Chu Yi overthrew the Jin Dynasty, his attention shifted to the Xixia and Tubo countries in the northwest. For Goryeo,
Such a small country did not take it to heart at all. It was under this situation that Goryeo expanded its territory crazily and even reached the banks of the Yalu River.
At this time, the Song Dynasty court finally slowly digested the territory of Dajin, and a large number of officials were sent to the local areas to complete the initial rule of the former Dajin territory.
It is conceivable that when the Song Dynasty began to complete its rule over the territory of the Jin Dynasty, Goryeo's little moves naturally could not be hidden from the eyes of the court.
Not long ago, the county magistrate of Anyi, a small town adjacent to the Yalu River, finally couldn't stand the harassment from the Koreans. After several months, a memorial arrived in Bianliang, the capital, and appeared on Zhao Gou's desk.
When Zhao Gou saw the report, he was quite angry. If the Song Dynasty is now the most powerful country in the world, no one can deny it, but there are still people who dare to harass the borders of the Song Dynasty, especially the Song Dynasty.
It was small border countries like Goryeo that harassed the borders of the Song Dynasty.
In Zhao Gou's view, if the Song Dynasty did not go to the trouble of Goryeo, Goryeo should be extremely lucky. Now Goryeo still dares to harass the Song Dynasty border.
Many people in the court and even the capital were speculating on which country Chu Yi would attack next. Zhao Gou was also secretly guessing, but he had no intention of interfering with Chu Yi's decision.
However, when he received the memorial from the official, Zhao Gou sent someone to invite Chu Yi, then handed the memorial to Chu Yi and asked Chu Yi if he could choose Goryeo as the next target of the conquest.
Not long after, news came out in the capital that General Manager Chu Yi was about to send troops to the northeast, aiming to destroy Goryeo, which was harassing the border areas of the Song Dynasty.
For Chu Yi, as long as he can get luck, he will have to go to any of the surrounding small countries. It is nothing more than a sequence. Now that Goryeo itself has given excuses to send troops,
So it is only natural that Korea should be chosen as the first target of sending troops.
This year the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming. Emperor Zhao Gou personally led all the officials and sent the general manager Chu Yi to send troops.
This time Chu Yi only sent out 50,000 soldiers and horses, of which 30,000 were new troops, Yishui cavalry.
If this were the case in the past, let alone 50,000 men and horses, even if it were twice as many, few people would dare to believe that they could destroy a country with so many men and horses.
No matter how small Goryeo is, it is still a country that has been inherited for hundreds of years, right? It has its own reasons for being able to exist for so many years.
But who gave Chu Yi the precedent of destroying countries such as Xixia, Xixia, and Tubo that could be called aggressive countries? Even powerful countries such as Xixia, Tubo, and Dajin were destroyed by Chu Yi, so it seems that Goryeo is not a problem.
ah.
As for the question of how many soldiers and horses Chu Yi brought, everyone subconsciously ignored it. Anyway, if Chu Yi is willing, there will be millions of soldiers and horses in the world. Isn't it just a matter of Chu Yi's words?
Besides, in the eyes of everyone, Goryeo is a small country. If Chu Yi personally takes action, then Goryeo is already looked up to. If he mobilizes a large number of troops and sends hundreds of thousands of troops, Goryeo will really be looked down upon.
Tens of thousands of cavalry troops went out to fight, and the momentum can be said to be extremely amazing. Especially the well-trained New Army officers and soldiers gave people a high-spirited and enthusiastic attitude. Many people who saw the New Army for the first time saw the tens of thousands
When the new army arrived, they were all stunned.
Not to mention seeing the common people and civil and military officials of the new army, even Zhao Gou looked straight at it. Although Zhao Gou didn't know much about soldiers and horses, and he didn't have any talent as a general, there was one thing he could tell.
of.
Elite soldiers, strong generals, old, weak, sick and disabled people, as long as they are not blind, how can they not see it?
And these new troops are the kind of soldiers and horses whose merits can be seen at a glance. Lin Chong, Luda and the others' training was not in vain.
With the military training methods given by Chu Yi, coupled with the execution ability of Lin Chong and Lu Da, and the fact that the soldiers are all strong and strong men, it is not difficult to train such a strong army.
Just when Chu Yi led tens of thousands of cavalry towards Goryeo with great force, Zhao Gou, who returned to the court, had already begun to order Zhang Shuye, Zongze and others to recruit officials and be ready to go to Goryeo to accept Goryeo's mission at any time.
Territory. But the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty took it for granted, which shows everyone's confidence in Chu Yi.
However, the upper echelons of the Goryeo Kingdom were in a situation of power struggle. Since the death of the previous generation Goryeo King Ruizong, Ruizhong's son Wang Kai, also known as Inzong, succeeded to the throne. However, Inzong was young, and his grandfather Li Ziqian assisted the government in the court.
The result was that if the main minister was strong, the power would be lost, and Renzong became Li Ziqian's puppet. In order to further control the power, Li Ziqian even married his two daughters to Renzong, thus achieving a deeper marriage between the Qingyuan Li family and the royal family.
He himself was named the Duke of the country, held great power, was in the position of an extremely popular minister, and reached the pinnacle of his life.
Li Ziqian controlled the power of Goryeo, and controlled the military power of Goryeo through his in-law Tuo Junjing, completing the control of military and political power. His power was so powerful that even Renzong took the initiative to offer to abdicate the king to Li Ziqian.
However, due to domestic public opinion, Li Ziqian did not accept it, but put Renzong under house arrest.
On this day, Li Ziqian hosted a banquet for his in-law Tuo Junjing in his extremely luxurious palace, which was comparable to a royal palace.
At this moment, Li Ziqian and Tuo Junjing had just joined forces to completely control the military and political power of Goryeo. They were in the honeymoon period, so the relationship between the two families was extremely close.
I saw Li Ziqian with a smile on his face, raised his glass to Tuo Junjing and said: "Come, today I specially celebrate my family. Once Anyi City is destroyed, we, Goryeo, will be able to gain a foothold on the other side of the river. As long as we continue to introduce
Going south will definitely make our territory of Korea bigger and bigger. This is all the result of my in-laws. In the future, I will definitely leave a name in history and shine in the history books."
As a famous Goryeo general, Tuo Junjing was quite reserved. Facing Li Ziqian's praise, Tuo Junjing smiled slightly and said: "My relatives are just joking. It's just a mere Anyi city that was breached in one day."
, there is no difficulty at all. At least it is much easier than in the past when Daikin was still around."
Li Ziqian nodded slightly. Although most of Goryeo's military power was in the hands of Tuo Junjing, this did not mean that Li Ziqian really believed in Tuo Junjing. At least the troops and horses in the royal city were in the hands of their Qingyuan Li family.
But Tuo Junjing only controls local troops and horses.
Looking at Tuo Junjing, Li Ziqian said: "Our spies came back with news that not long after the Song Dynasty destroyed the Jin Dynasty, it used troops against Xixia and Tubo. Judging from my relatives, how many troops did the Song Dynasty use against Tubo and Xixia?"
Chances of winning?"
Tuo Junjing stroked his beard and said with a confident look on his face: "It's not that I look down on that Chu Yi. If he had waited until the Song Dynasty had completely digested the Jin Dynasty before sending troops to the northwest, he might have had some chance of winning, but
Such hasty use of troops is a taboo among military strategists. I dare say that this time the Song Dynasty will face Xixia, and Tubo will definitely be defeated by its troops."
Seeing Tuo Junjing's confident look, Li Ziqian breathed a sigh of relief and said: "If that's the case, that would be great. As long as the Song Dynasty is defeated like this, it will definitely take several years to recover. Here,
During this period, we can seize the opportunity to slowly expand and occupy a large territory."
Li Ziqian said with some excitement: "It is best to let the Song Dynasty, Xixia and Tubo fight continuously and have no time to take care of the Northeast. When the Song Dynasty, Xixia and Tubo are both defeated, we, Goryeo, have risen in the northwest. Then
When the army goes south, it might be possible to take over the prosperous land of the Central Plains."
Tuo Junjing couldn't help but cough slightly to wake up Li Ziqian from his daydream. He noticed that Tuo Junjing looked at him a little strangely. Li Ziqian smiled awkwardly and said: "This is someone's goal. Although it seems
It’s ridiculous, but I firmly believe that as long as we persevere, we will realize it one day.”
Tuo Junjing looked at Li Ziqian noncommittally and said: "My in-laws have such great ambitions, and I fully support them. However, such great ambitions require a large number of soldiers and horses to realize. Now there are more than 100,000 soldiers in the border areas."
So many, more than one-third of them do not have standard weapons at all, so I am asking my relatives to allocate a batch of ordnance supplies."
Hearing this, Li Ziqian looked at Tuo Junjing with a look of embarrassment on his face and said: "My relatives also know that our country is weak and the people are scarce. The Ordnance Department has only managed to equip the central garrison with troops and horses despite the efforts of the Ordnance Department over the years.
It’s just neat”
Tuo Junjing was not surprised at all by Li Ziqian's refusal. This was not the first time Li Ziqian had declined like this. Who among you didn't know who it was? Part of what Li Ziqian said was indeed true, but although Gao Li was weaker,
But it is not as exaggerated as Li Ziqian said.
At least as far as he knew, Li Ziqian could raise tens of thousands of troops and weapons if he was willing. The reason why Li Ziqian said that was simply because he wanted to limit the military power in his hands.
In order to oust Renzong and Wang Kai and deal with the ministers in the court who were loyal to the royal family, the two of them joined forces and completely combined military and political aspects to complete the erosion of the royal family and the suppression of the ministers in the court.
At that time, the two of them were very close and cooperated flawlessly. It was also at that time that Tuo Junjing gradually mastered the local troops except the capital's garrison.
It was also the completion of the evasion of Renzong. The relationship between the two was obviously no longer as harmonious as before. At least Li Ziqian began to hinder him in terms of food, wages, ordnance and other materials, and even the tens of thousands of soldiers recruited by Tuo Junjing.
Horses are not even equipped with weapons now.
As if he felt that it was unreasonable for him to hold Tuo Junjing in this way, Li Ziqian coughed lightly and said: "Let's do this, I will think of a way to try to allocate 3,000 ordnance and supplies for you. If there is more, you will really need it."
It’s time.”
Tuo Junjing sighed slightly and said: "Since the court is in such difficulty, then we have to worry about the in-laws."
Li Ziqian waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. The border situation still requires my parents to take charge of it personally. I don't know how long they plan to stay when they return to Beijing and when they will return to the army."
Tuo Junjing knew very well that Li Ziqian was worried that he would stay in the capital for too long, so he almost drove him away. However, now that Li Ziqian is in great power, Tuo Junjing has no intention of competing with Li Ziqian, so he pondered for a while.
: "The main purpose of returning to Beijing this time is to raise ordnance supplies for the soldiers. As long as my in-laws can raise some supplies, I can return to the military camp at any time to take charge."
Li Ziqian stroked his beard and looked at Tuo Junjing with admiration and said: "The border area cannot be separated from the in-laws. In this case, I have given an order to first transfer some ordnance supplies from the Royal City Guard to the in-laws' use. The border military is the most important thing.
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Just as the two were playing their own tricks, there was a burst of rapid footsteps, and a figure was seen walking quickly. When he saw Li Ziqian and Tuo Junjing, the person saluted Li Ziqian and Tuo Junjing:
"I have met my father, my father-in-law."
As the eldest son of Li Ziqian, Li Fang married Tuo Junjing's daughter, which can be said to be a bridge between the two families.
After glancing at Li Fang, Li Ziqian nodded slightly and said, "My son is in a hurry, but what's the matter?"
Li Fang glanced at Tuo Junjing first, but hesitated for a moment and said to the two of them: "Father, father-in-law, just now, we received news from our spies in the Central Plains. Chu Yi conquered Xixia and Tubo, and destroyed Xixia in one sentence.
, the two kingdoms of Tubo have already returned to the DPRK."
Because of the distance, there is obviously a strong delay in news. There are only two heavenly beings in Goryeo, Tuo Junjing and the ancestor of the Li family. Considering that there may be a powerful heavenly being in the royal family, it is full of calculations.
There are only two or three heavenly beings in Korea.
In this case, in Goryeo, one is a Grandmaster. A Grandmaster-level existence is also a powerful person. He is superior. It is obviously impossible for such a powerful person to serve as a messenger to convey messages.
Therefore, if the spies deployed by Goryeo in the Central Plains wanted to send the news back to Goryeo, it would obviously take a long time on the road. Therefore, it is possible that the Song Dynasty had already sent troops here, but the news received by Goryeo was still there.
a few months ago.
Li Ziqian stood up suddenly and even knocked over the table in front of him. Tea spilled on the floor. Li Ziqian's eyes widened and he stared at Li Fang in disbelief and said, "What did you say?"
Obviously Li Ziqian was stunned by the sudden news. Not to mention Li Ziqian, even Tuo Junjing was dumbfounded. Just now, he had sworn to Li Ziqian that the Song Dynasty would conquer Xixia.
Tubo will definitely be defeated.
As a result, after only a short time, Li Fang actually brought the news that Xixia and Tubo were destroyed by the Song Dynasty. How could this not shock Tuo Tuo Junjing deeply?
Tuo Junjing's hand that was stroking his beard suddenly shook, and several strands of his beard were pulled off. Regardless of the pain, Tuo Junjing stared at Li Fang and said, "Xianxiang, is the news true?"
Li Fang smiled bitterly and nodded: "The news is true."
Tuo Junjing sat down on the stone pier, with a look of disbelief on his face, and murmured: "How is this possible? How is this possible? Those are the two great powers of Tubo and Xixia, how could they lose just because they said they were defeated?
