When Li Ji, who had just crossed the Liaohe River, received the battle report, jumped out of his seat in shock, walked around the military tent several times, and finally raised the letter and shouted: "Alas, I really read him wrong!"

Of course, only Su Dawei is this.

On the front line of Liaodong, Li Ji made plans.

Dozens of famous generals from the Tang army, more than 100,000 troops advanced and attacked in groups and attacked in large numbers.

But none of this is as powerful as Su Dawei's battle.

Before this battle, Su Dawei held his troops and quietly accumulated the Datong River water and blocked the embankment and built a dam.

It took several months to accumulate the dam during the dry season and quietly divert the river.

When spring comes and flowers bloom and the water flows gradually becomes faster, the embankment will be suddenly dug.

The surging Datong River water instantly swallowed the Goguryeo Army's camp.

After dozens of miles of radius, all living beings turned into fish and turtles.

Since then, on the map, the direction of the Datong River has changed forever.

It is not surprising that the strategy of blocking water and building dams and flooding the Seven Armies is not surprising.

Qiqi did the opposite of Su Dawei, building a dam when the water was dry in winter, and made preparations several months in advance.

And he quietly concealed it from the Goguryeo people.

Finally, the flood plundered and wiped out the last elite army of Goguryeo in one battle.

At this time, Goguryeo had no more soldiers available.

I had to stay in the lonely city.

One month later, various Tang troops met and surrounded Pyongyang City.

At this time, Pyongyang had no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside.

In May, Gao Zang, the nominal king of Goguryeo, sent dozens of leaders to surrender to the Tang army with white banners.

Quan Nanjian still refused to guard the door.

Later, the Goguryeo general Xincheng secretly sent someone to contact the Tang army, and he acted as an insider. Five days later, Xincheng opened the city gate, the Tang army entered Pyongyang, captured Gao Zang, Quan Nanjian and others alive.

The people's hearts have been lost, and the general situation is over.

Goguryeo, which has dominated East Asia for hundreds of years, has since disappeared.

In a new era, the territory of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak at this moment.

It reaches the Korean Peninsula in the east, the Aral Sea in the west, the Hue area in Vietnam, and the Baikal Lake in Siberia in the north.

The territory is tens of thousands of miles.

In order to effectively manage such a large territory, the Tang Dynasty established six major prophets in the ancient Turks, Uighurs, Muhe, Tiele, Shiwei, Khitan, Liaodong and other places, respectively.

Recalling the past-

As early as the first year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin divided the world into ten roads including Guannei, Henan, Hedong, Hebei, Shannan, Longyou, Huainan, Jiangnan, Jiannan, and Lingnan.

In the 14th year of Zhenguan, a total of 360 prefectures were established across the country, with 1,557 counties under its jurisdiction.

There are more than 3 million households nationwide and the population is more than 12 million.

It was during the Li Zhichao and the third year of Longshuo.

There are roughly more than 3.9 million households in the country and the population is more than 16 million.

This is not the areas controlled by major prophets who have been newly included in the territory.

In terms of population, the Tang Dynasty had not reached its peak at this time.

But as Li Ji said to Su Dawei, with a population of more than 10 million, he has never seen such a vast territory.

The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty shines forever!

Rumble ~

The army headed to Pyongyang City.

Half of the inside and outside the city are fire, and half are soldiers waving their swords to shine and promote their martial arts.

Su Dawei stood at the top of the city, watching all this, silently speaking.

"Governor!"

When he heard someone calling him, Su Dawei turned his head and saw Liu Rengui, the governor of the Party, and strode to the top of the city with his hand on the handle of the knife.

This veteran is over 60 years old, with white hair dancing in the wind.

But the spirit is still strong and the eyes are bright and bright.

The white beard under the chin is stubbornly raised, looking extremely tough.

Liu Rengui was originally a civil servant and was known for his frankness and courage to speak out in the Taizong Dynasty.

Later, he was demoted because he dared to offend Changsun Wuji's party in the court.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

After Li Zhi took over the power, most of the old ministers were suspicious, and Liu Rengui, who was evil in Changsun Wuji, became Li Zhi's eyes instead.

Later, when the war was needed, Liu Rengui abandoned his literature and followed the military.

But he was a young child prodigy, a talented man of both civil and military affairs. He quickly figured out the military skills and commanded the battles, and was invincible.

Unfortunately, it just got better and offended Li Yifu and others.

He finally made a name for fighting in Baekje. He was over 60 years old and was almost at the peak of his body and energy.

There was a strange phenomenon in Li Zhi's dynasty, which was that a group of famous generals who promoted the prestige of the Tang Dynasty were all over the age of 60.

Like Su Dingfang, Cheng Zhijie, and Li Ji before.

The famous generals and vassal generals who Su Dawei knew were all over the age of 60, including Xiao Siye, Liu Boying, Cheng Mingzhen, Qi Bi Heli, and Ashinasheer.

In the early days of Emperor Gaozong's reign, it was precisely because of these veterans and famous generals that they supported the martial virtues of the Tang Dynasty.

This is the legacy left by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin for Li Zhi.

It was also the luck of the Tang Dynasty.

In ancient times, the lifespan of ancient people was far inferior to that of later generations. They were in their forties or fifties and could be called old age.

It would be a miracle that it would be able to carry a knife to fight when it was sixty or seventy years old.

And such miracles have been repeated in generals such as Li Shimin, Li Jing, Li Ji, Su Dingfang.

It is simply God blesses the Tang Dynasty.

If Su Dingfang or Li Ji fails to hold on, he will be ill in bed after sixty or die.

The history of the Tang Dynasty's foreign wars and destruction of the country was probably greatly rewritten.

However, time came to the third year of Longshuo, and the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo.

The glory of the old generation of famous generals is almost coming to an end.

Li Ji is over 70 years old this year.

After fighting the Goguryeo battle, Li Ji could no longer hold on.

It's time for him to live his life.

Su Dingfang is two years older than him, and is already seventy-two.

These two are grandfathers at the age of later generations.

What's more, at this time.

As these two famous generals who supported half of the Tang Dynasty grew old.

Among the Tang army generals, there was indeed a situation where there was a situation where there was no match for the young and yellow.

At least in recent years, no one in the Tang army has been able to replace Su Dingfang and Li Ji.

Be able to lead the overall situation and fight the national-level war where the few win the more.

When Su Dawei was distracted, Liu Rengui had already walked up to the city wall, stood beside him, and looked down.

At this time, the Tang army had just occupied Pyongyang City, and was counting the harvest and chasing fugitives. It was the most chaotic time.

No matter how much he calls himself a "teacher of benevolence and righteousness", in this ancient time, at the moment of breaking the city, he was inevitably confused.

What's more, in the Tang army, both Li Ji and the other generals acquiesced to the Tang army for a day to rob them to boost morale.

Now it is not as good as the Taizong period. If there is no robbery in war and no money is given to the soldiers, it means that these soldiers who have their own weapons, horses and dry food will go out to fight for several years and will suffer from bleeding and sweating.

If your life is not good and you die outside, your wife, children, and children in the Tang Dynasty will be in a difficult situation.

During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Li Jishang dared to give Li Shimin a direct advice, saying that the soldiers traveled thousands of miles away, braved arrows and stones, were not afraid of sacrifice, and fought bloody battles for the property promised by His Majesty.

If Your Majesty does not fulfill his promise, he will probably hurt the hearts of all the soldiers.

However, in Li Zhichao, few people dared to give such a direct advice.
To be continued...