Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

The explanation of this section of the city wall is naturally recorded as the first time that gunpowder was used on a large scale in war in the Tang Dynasty, because it officially appeared as a weapon in the army of the Tang Dynasty. It was indeed this time against Goguryeo. It just started to be publicized to the outside world.

There is nothing wrong with recording it here.

Leaving Liaoyang City, Li Ke's next goal was Tongyang Castle. This was not a very big town, and even in the current Tang Dynasty, its scale was not large.

But because it retains the most important battle of the Tang Dynasty to destroy Goguryeo, the Battle of Tongyangbao, it has been mentioned repeatedly in the history books of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Tongyangbao still retains the remains of the Tongyangbao war.

Although Li Ke guessed that the battlefield ruins were most likely rebuilt or built later. After all, there were no major battles at that time, so it is difficult to preserve battlefield ruins.

After all, this is not the age of guns and artillery. A city was bombarded into ruins by artillery, and battlefield ruins can be left behind. The battlefield ruins in the cold weapon era can only tell you that this is where the war took place.

When he arrived at the place, Li Ke knew what the battlefield site was. In fact, it was like what he thought, which was to encircle the small town of Tongyang Castle. The walls of this small town must have been rebuilt many times later. , made of rammed earth according to the most primitive method.

However, there are still a few large, rusty crossbow arrows stuck on the city wall, which are also used as battlefield relics.

Although Li Ke has read detailed reports about what is really going on here, he has never been there.

"Tongyangbao battlefield site: It was an ambush site where [-] soldiers of the Tang Dynasty surrounded Goguryeo and supported the Liaodong front-line battlefield. It was the largest complete ambush battle in history and the battle ended with zero casualties for the attackers. It is also information Another form of fighting and crushing.”

"General Li Shiji, as the main commander of the Tang Army at that time, completed the command of this battle. The Datang Army at that time was ambushing in the surrounding mountains, because the Datang Army completely controlled all the information on the entire battlefield with the tactics of breaking it into parts in the early stage. Initiative.”

"The contact between Goguryeo's rear and front was completely lost, and Goguryeo could not just sit back and watch the Liaodong front line collapse completely, and could only take risks and advance."

"In the end, this battle led to the birth of this battle. In this battle, several commendable figures were born. As the most important commander of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shiji, as well as the cavalry generals, Qibi Heli and others, not to mention, Heroes also appeared on the Goguryeo side.”

"Among them, Hudar, the main leading general of Goguryeo at that time, was the main one."

"Hudar: The date of birth is unknown and he died in the 26th year of the Tang Dynasty. He was a member of the Goryeo tribe. He was born in the Xi tribe of nomads and later became a general of Goguryeo. During the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Goguryeo, he made important contributions to promote ethnic integration and national unification. contribute."

"He decisively chose to surrender for the sake of the lives of [-] ordinary Goryeo soldiers and to prevent their sacrifices from being in vain. However, after all the ordinary soldiers surrendered safely and made sure that the Tang Dynasty would treat them peacefully, he chose to commit suicide to save his body. The glory of a soldier and a Goguryeo general."

"There may be no right or wrong in war, but he did not let ordinary soldiers use their lives to fulfill his glory, and he did not let ordinary soldiers use their lives to bear the mistakes of Goguryeo's top officials and the emperor."

There is also a statue of Hudar on the battlefield of Tongyangbao. Li Ke looked at the introduction under the statue and found that the writing was quite good. Of course, there must have been some beautification, but it didn't matter.

The choices made by Hudar are indeed worthy of some beautification of him. As long as these news are conducive to the unity of the Tang Dynasty.

Opposite Hudar, there was a statue of a man riding a horse. Li Ke walked over and took a look, only to find that it was actually a statue of an ordinary soldier.

"Liu San: He was just an ordinary lieutenant during the Tang Dynasty's attack on Goguryeo. He single-handedly faced Goguryeo's [-]-strong army without changing his expression. He also pointed out the location of the Tang Dynasty's siege weapon, the city-breaking thunder. It greatly shocked and shaken the morale of Goguryeo soldiers, and had an important impact on the subsequent surrender of Goguryeo general Hudar."

"This statue was created by a Goguryeo soldier who had a certain foundation in painting at that time. He personally saw the image of Liu San on the front line and then drew it based on his own memory."

"He said that at that time he didn't understand why the other party dared to approach them alone, but he understood it after Goguryeo surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and after he became a common citizen of the Tang Dynasty for a few years."

"Because behind him was the entire Tang Dynasty, which was the most powerful country in the world at that time. Also supporting him were his inner beliefs. Because of these, he had the courage to face tens of thousands of soldiers without fear."

After watching the entire battlefield, Li Ke felt a little helpless. It could be seen that the local government had made a lot of efforts to develop the economy and tourism industry.

In short, these things can be said in one sentence, try to enrich the content of the battlefield and the content of this scenic spot.

It doesn't matter whether some things are far-fetched or not. Anyway, anything recorded in history books can be found.

For most people traveling here, they actually don't bother to check whether these scenic spots are really handed down from ancient times.

As long as they feel that these are handed down, that's fine.

In fact, it is not these sites, relics, etc. that can be passed down. The core that can really be passed down is culture. Culture is the most important component of a civilization.

If culture is lost, even if a relic is given to you here, you won’t know how to introduce it, and you won’t have much information about it.

For example, the pyramid standing there is still there, which can be called a miracle in human history, but its descendants have lost all the culture related to it.

The language, customs, etc. are completely different, and even many ancient languages ​​have been lost. When these things are gone, even if the ruins are shocking, they will have no meaning, and many people will not even go there. Protect it, love it.

Perhaps this is the true meaning of a civilization.

And now the Tang Dynasty is a splendid civilization, a civilization that has been handed down.

But in Li Ke's mind, there is another civilization that has been passed down.

Yesterday, Li Ke had already thought of what he was going to do. It was actually very simple. He was going to write a book titled "If there is no Holy Sect in this world".

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ps: I may take a day off tomorrow. I need to take my mother to Tongji, Wuhan tomorrow. She has lumbar stenosis, which compresses the sciatic nerve and causes pain all the time, including back pain and leg pain.Inner Mongolia is still a little worse in this regard. Let’s see if there are any new technologies here and whether surgery can be eliminated.