Rebirth of Tang Dynasty as a dad

The surrounding small countries have scarce resources and backward handicrafts, and are worrying about not being able to buy things, so they are very happy about this move, including Goguryeo. They originally planned to make trouble for Beisha City, but with the development of trade, they tasted the sweetness. Not only did Goguryeo not make trouble , and also strongly supported his own businessmen to go to Beisha City to do business.

In Beisha City, with the passage of time, more and more goods were hoarded by Datang. It was not a big city, but it was filled up in half a year.

There are the most daily necessities here, followed by the high-quality white salt produced by Datang Jing, and about [-]% of the rice and grain shipped from the south sea. These seemingly ordinary things have been planned for a long time by the Du Family Chamber of Commerce. Goguryeo is in short supply of supplies.

Especially the white salt, in this era when the production capacity of salt is extremely low, salt and iron can be said to be a strategic material that is more expensive than food.

Of course, since Datang had the salt-making technique given by Du Shaoqing, there was no such problem, but the salt-iron technology is the top secret, and it is not available in other countries, and there is still a shortage of salt.

One day, when a businessman in Beisha City was passing through the city gate, he came across a truck accidentally overturned by Du's Chamber of Commerce, and a batch of shining swords and weapons rolled out of it, which was even more eye-catching than real money.

However, this scene was quickly covered up by the delivery guy. Few people saw this, and at the same time declared that the car was just ordinary cargo.

But is it really ordinary goods?We have all seen that it is a sophisticated weapon, isn't this an attempt to hide it.

In the days that followed, similar scenes continued to appear. Some people saw a large amount of copper money being transported, some saw a large amount of grain being transported, and some saw salt being transported, etc. There were even rumors that there were almost no daily necessities in Beisha City. It is full of the whole city, which is enough for the whole Goguryeo to eat for five years without lack of salt.

The news gradually spread to the Goguryeo palace, and the big pair Lu Yuangaisu was nervous, what did the Tang want to do?Ship salt and iron in large quantities to Beisha City?It's not iron ingots but weapons, and it's also secretly transporting food. Is the next step going to increase troops?This is to stab us Goguryeo.

He quickly convened his confidant Wu to discuss countermeasures and how to deal with it.

Some irritable ministers said: "To Lu, it is said that the whole city is filled with goods in Beisha city, it's like a large amount of treasures are placed in front of our house, who would not be tempted to see it?

Otherwise, we sent troops to snatch it back. Among other things, just the salt in it can be used as our Goguryeo income for ten years. "

"Take it back? We, Gao Guli, are not robbers. The Beisha City now belongs to the Tang Dynasty. If we openly rob it, the Tang Dynasty will inevitably raise troops to take revenge. Who will resist then? Are you going?" Someone retorted loudly.

The looters stopped talking, but someone suggested that let the soldiers and horses take off their military uniforms and pretend to be robbers, and they would be ignored by colleagues as if they were fools. Tens of thousands of robbers appeared in your Goguryeo territory?Is Datang a fool?So easy to cheat?

Another person said: "Since the opening of Beisha City as a trading port, our Koguryo merchants have become active immediately. The goods in Beisha City are all things that the people lack. The goods that used to be priceless have become common.

It can be said that this city has greatly prospered the economy of our Goguryeo. If we do something to Beisha City, it will be tantamount to killing a chicken and taking its eggs. Even if we get a little wealth by chance, it will not be of any benefit in the long run. "

What this man said makes people think deeply. It was not easy for the people of Goguryeo to earn some money. Cutting off this trade route in less than a year is indeed not the right way to govern the country.

"That's right, the city of Beisha cannot be moved. With this city, a lot of goods from Datang are transported from the sea, and then pass through our borders to be sold to the tribes in the north. We are fattened by the high toll tax. For the city-state troops along the way, if Beisha City is gone, these benefits will be gone immediately." A general also objected.

Gradually, everyone stopped arguing and turned to Lu Yuan Gaisu. Obviously, the side that recklessly attacked the city was persuaded that it was appropriate to keep Beisha City in this way for a long time.

Yuan Gai Su, who was sitting at the top of the table, said nothing. Of course he knew that the opening of a treaty port would be of great benefit to his country, but he understood the ambitions of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty better than that of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty 20 years ago. Daye Emperor is small, even far beyond, as can be seen from the Great Tang's attack on the Eastern Turks.

He gave his intelligence officer a wink, and the other party took out a copy of the data and handed it over, and at the same time said loudly to the officials: "Everyone, everyone seems to have forgotten that it is not what we actively want to do, but what is happening in Beisha City now. An anomaly was discovered, which alerted us.

Beisha City is a good trading port, and it is uneasy to do business in a stable manner. Why did it start hoarding arms and food?Will Datang export and sell these things to us in Goguryeo? "

So, the other party is hoarding military supplies, and is it time to attack us?

Everyone took a deep breath. Since the dynasty failed to conquer Goguryeo 20 years ago, it has been quiet for 20 years. Neighboring countries, big or small, dare not take the initiative to invade Goguryeo. It is difficult for Datang to make a comeback. Set foot on the old road of the Sui Dynasty?

Goguryeo general Uljide pondered and said: "Dear Lu, there may be something strange at this time. Beisha City is located by the sea, and the Tang Dynasty occupied it. It is just a dry city, and even the garrison is pitifully small, not to mention their navy is weak. , so from a military point of view, it is impossible for Beisha City to become a springboard to attack our Goguryeo.”

Yuan Gaisu nodded and said: "This matter is exactly what I have doubts about, but Datang never does useless things, it must be their conspiracy again."

"Perhaps, they just want to sneak attack by surprise? After all, the hoarding of weapons and food is a top secret. We inadvertently discovered it. Datang didn't know that the news had been leaked." Someone speculated.

Sneak attack?Where to sneak attack?By their navy?

All kinds of questions appeared in the minds of the officials, and there were many discussions in the court.

Yuan Gaisu pressed the crowd and said loudly: "We don't know how Datang will do it, but one thing is absolutely true, that is, Datang will never die, and will never sit back and watch Goguryeo become stronger day by day.

Although there are many benefits to the business in Beisha City, there are still rumors that Datang took the opportunity to steal money from us and suck the blood of a poor and weak country like Goguryeo.

Others speculated that Datang saw us getting richer and richer, and this wealth was also brought by them. They did this on purpose, waiting for the opportunity to fatten us up, so that we could be slaughtered and annexed directly. "

What? ? ?

Yuan Gaisu's words struck everyone's hearts like a hammer blow. This kind of thing is too absurd and terrible.

"In a word, Datang has bad intentions for us, so we must be prepared.

No matter what they are planning to mobilize their armaments and supplies, if they want to break the situation, then just destroy their preparations. Beisha City is our territory, and it is only natural to regain it.

As for the war against Tang Dynasty?Since they will face each other sooner or later, it is better to repent at this time, or later when Datang raises the butcher's knife. "

Yuan Gaisu was a natural leader, and what he said was impeccable, and Goguryeo's court was erupting in an instant. No one wanted to see their country swallowed by other countries. At that time, everyone was a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and they were all prisoners.

Ulchidok said stubbornly: "Goguryeo is a big country in the east. The Sui Dynasty was so powerful 20 years ago, isn't it still rejected by us? Now the Tang country in the west has only been established for 20 years, and its national strength is not as good as that of the previous Sui Dynasty. Want to destroy my Goguryeo, idiotic dream!"

"Okay, since that's the case, General Ulji will dispatch troops and travel westward in secret. Taking advantage of Datang's unpreparedness, he will take Beisha City in one fell swoop, eat all the supplies, cut off their reinforcements from the sea, and then leave people to defend. The general will turn north Go up to Liaodong City and sit in town, in case Datang gathers an army to attack and take revenge."

Yuan Gaisu made a plan and prepared to strike first, and after the court meeting was over, he even secretly discussed with a few of his confidant generals that if he could withstand the wave of Tang's revenge, then with the support of all the materials in Beisha City, Gao Guli could take advantage of the trend Draw out tens of thousands of troops to sweep Baekje and Silla in the east, and only then can the peninsula be unified to become a real power in the east.

If you can't do this, you will never be able to support the powerful Tang Dynasty, and you will be destroyed sooner or later.

There is a way to go up to the strategy of fighting with soldiers, followed by fighting with each other, and fighting again.

The planning in the temple is the key to victory or defeat. What Gao Guli saw was exactly what Datang wanted him to see. Gao Guli's ruler and ministers who did not know the truth made a misjudgment, but their actions were in the hands of Datang. It was the bait deliberately given out by Sudingfang Duhe and the others in Fuyu City. Only when Goguryeo swallowed this bait would the Tang side have a reason to send troops, and at the same time there was a reason to borrow troops from other countries.

A few days later, Beisha City fell and returned to the hands of the Goguryeo people.

All of this seemed to happen very suddenly, but it was as if both sides had planned it. The attacking side acted with restraint and a large army raided, and the battle was resolved quickly.

On the defensive side, more than a thousand soldiers on the top of Beisha City, when they saw the Koguryo army roaring, they began to warn, then closed the east gate, and defended symbolically by throwing arrows and falling rocks, and soon quietly left. The West City Gate slipped away and went straight to the pier.

There was a trading transport ship parked on the west coast of Beisha City, which turned into a troop carrier and picked up all the soldiers of Datang. During the entire defensive battle of Beisha City, none of the soldiers of Datang lost the city.

After seeing the results of the battle, Uljiduk was stunned, what's going on?When did the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty become like fleeing?What about their bravery?Isn't it said that they are the best soldiers in the world?

"No, I've been tricked! Get out of the city quickly, and send someone to check the goods in the city. If there is any abnormality, come quickly."

Before the Ulchid Army Order was finished, there was a roar in the city, shaking the city walls a little.

All the Goguryeo soldiers had their minds blank, and looked blankly at the source of the sound, only to see a black smoke and fire, and soon it was like the autumn wind blowing the fallen leaves. The fire was accompanied by the sea breeze, and the entire Beisha City became a sea of ​​​​flames.

Ulchiduk was dumbfounded, and fled with his soldiers in a hurry, but even though the evacuation was quick, Goguryeo still lost [-] soldiers and horses in vain in the fire burning the city, and they were all elites. It hurts so much.

"Hurry up and tell the big opponent Lu, our army was caught in a trick, and the battle lost [-], Beisha City was burned, and nothing was gained. Based on this, it is speculated that everything is a conspiracy by the Tang people, deliberately setting up a trap to lure us.

But they will never stop here for no reason. This is just the beginning. In order to prevent the invasion of the Tang Dynasty, we will continue to garrison Liaodong City. "

The deputy general next to him looked at the ruins in front of him and asked, "General, what should happen to Beisha City? Should we continue to send people to garrison it?"

"A land of ruins has no value.

Just send a thousand-man team to station at the pier to prevent the opponent's soft-footed navy from coming ashore to attack us. The war is coming, and we don't have too many troops to put in such useless places. "

Ulchidok is a good general who can fight tough battles, but his contempt for the Datang Navy made him regret it in the subsequent wars.