Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2087 Emperor Wu of Han's Qilin Guardian, One of Asia's "Ten Great Generals"

The northern plateau has a living environment comparable to that of the southern barbarians.

Living on the plateau, they are almost completely isolated from the world. As a result, their culture is far behind in many aspects.

Of the four barbarian tribes, only the Southern Barbarians lagged behind at the beginning. The remaining Eastern Barbarians, Western Rong, and Northern Di each had their own unique cultural strengths compared to the Central Plains.

As for the southern barbarians and the plateau, that was a fundamental backwardness.

Even though the conditions were harsh for the southern barbarians at that time, they were at least relatively more united. They were also the least prone to internal strife in the entire land.

It's not that they have no internal conflicts at all, but they will keep these conflicts within a certain range and avoid direct confrontation.

However, the situation is different on the plateau. Not only are they backward and living in difficult conditions, but they are also in a state of severe division.

Furthermore, the resources on the plateau are extremely scarce.

However, it's not that it has no advantages at all.

The harsh living conditions in places like the southern barbarians or the plateau also forged the strong physiques of their warriors.

After all, those who are not physically strong simply cannot survive.

Compared to the population base of other places, the population density of this area is less than one-tenth of that of other places.

Like the Southern Barbarians, whose territory was vast and far beyond that of the imperial dynasty, but before Chi You led the Southern Barbarians out, they only had seven or eight million people, which was less than one-tenth of the population density of the imperial dynasty.

Among the southern barbarians, there emerged a great ruler like Chi You, who was wholeheartedly dedicated to leading the southern barbarians out of poverty, which led to the powerful Dali Kingdom we know today.

Songtsen Gampo on the plateau was almost like Chiyou of the southern barbarians, wholeheartedly leading the plateau to contact with the outside world. It is unknown what kind of changes Songtsen Gampo could bring to the plateau!

Chi You's timing was good; he had the easy target, the Great Wu.

Songtsen Gampo's timing was also excellent. To his southwest were three rival forces, including Nurhaci and the Northern Di, who were fighting each other to the death. At this point, these three forces were practically at each other's throats.

Their southeastern region is a notorious no-man's-land. Beyond this narrow strip of land lies Yelü Abaoji, who is currently fighting against the Sun Kingdom.

However, although the external conditions were favorable, Songtsen Gampo's internal conditions could not compare with those of Chiyou in his time.

However, in the history of Earth, Tibet was an indispensable and vast empire in the world at that time.

On the one hand, it existed for a long enough period of time. From August of the twelfth year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, when the Tubo Dynasty under the rule of Songtsen Gampo first challenged the Tang Dynasty at the city of Songzhou, until 842 AD when the last Tubo king, Langdarma, was assassinated and the Tubo Dynasty collapsed, Tubo was the most important political force in the region where East Asia and West Asia meet for more than two hundred years.

With a lifespan of over two hundred years, not only among regimes established by ethnic minorities, but even among regimes in the Central Plains, this lifespan ranks among the top, not inferior to that of unified empires.

Of course, at its peak, this country was indeed a powerful empire.

At its greatest extent, its territory bordered the Tang Dynasty to the east, with the Longshan Mountains as the boundary. The Hexi Corridor and Longyou were also swallowed up by it.

Its northern border extends all the way to the foothills of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia. It fought a series of bloody battles with the Tang Dynasty for control of Lingzhou, and even once encroached on the Ordos Plateau.
In the southeast, Nanzhao was made a vassal state and given the title "Zanpu Zhong". It also captured Weizhou in Jiannan, which constantly threatened the safety of the Chengdu Plain.

In the western part of its territory, besides completely dismantling the Tang Dynasty's rule over the tributary states in the Western Regions, represented by the Four Garrisons of Anxi, it also expanded into Central Asia, taking over all the former vassal states of the Tang Dynasty and engaging in long-term confrontation with the Abbasid Caliphate. In Arabic historical records, the "Tibetan Khan" and "Tibetan King" were a major headache for them.

To the south of the empire, although the Himalayas served as a natural barrier and the hot and humid climate of the Indian subcontinent was unsuitable for Tibetans to live in, historical records show that the Tubo Kingdom still sent troops to invade Central India at least twice, thrashing the local state and erecting iron pillars on the banks of the Ganges to mark its territorial boundaries.

During its zenith, Tibet's territory stretched for thousands of miles, attacking the Tang Dynasty in the east and resisting the Abbasid Caliphate in the west, making it one of the three major powers in Asia.

Throughout the two-hundred-year history of exchanges between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty, there were more than 190 battles recorded in historical documents, meaning that there was fighting almost every year.

In fact, at its peak, it even gave the Tang Dynasty a severe beating.

In the face of the mighty Tang Dynasty, which dominated the world at that time, and among all the countries, this was almost unique in that they fought against the Tang Dynasty to this extent.

In fact, from the Battle of Songzhou during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang until the Tianbao era of Emperor Xuanzong, the Tang and Tibetan states were basically at a balance of power, and Tibet did not gain an absolute strategic advantage.

Although the Tibetan military genius Lun Qinling was indeed very capable, he inflicted heavy losses on the Tang army at places such as Dafeichuan, Chengfengling, and Hushan, killing hundreds of thousands of Tang soldiers. Tang history records that "his corpses were as high as the sky."

However, for a country as large as the Tang Dynasty, the defeat of a single city or region was not enough to cripple it.

This can be seen from the fact that the Four Garrisons of Anxi in the Western Regions were repeatedly abolished and rebuilt in the early Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was not entirely powerless to fight back. During the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, Tang generals Wang Xiaojie, Lou Shide, and Heichi Changzhi all caused the Tibetan army a lot of trouble.

Especially after Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, the Kaiyuan era brought about a rapid increase in the national strength of the Tang Dynasty. In the border war with Tibet, the Tang Dynasty began to turn the tide. Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, and Geshu Han achieved many victories. In particular, Geshu Han's victory in capturing Shibao City is enough to show that in the early years of Tianbao, the Tang Dynasty had already established a strong position in the Hexi Corridor.

However, the outbreak of the An Lushan Rebellion reversed the situation between the two countries, and for a considerable period afterward, the Tang Dynasty could only lie on the ground and be beaten.

The people that Songtsen Gampo brought with him were not just the meritorious officials who helped him rise to power; they were the essence of Tibet.

It was thanks to these people who laid the foundation that Tibet was able to develop into a vast empire.

These people represent the essence of an era.

"Ding, the sixth balanced character, Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, with Command 82, Martial Prowess 78, Intelligence 96, Politics 101, and Charisma 102."

Implanted identity: Son of Liu Bei and Wu Su, younger brother of Liu Xiu.

Accompanying: Wei Zifu, Huo Guang, Zhang Anshi, Han Zeng, Zhao Chongguo, Wei Xiang, Bing Ji, Du Yannian, Liu De, Liangqiu He, Xiao Wangzhi, Su Wu, Li Guang, Zhu Fu Yan, and Dong Zhongshu.

Liu Bei is about to take off even more!

His Zhaolie Mansion was already thriving, and he didn't even have to worry about the next generation!
Moreover, this means more than just not having to worry anymore!
Either Liu Xiu or Liu Che could have secured a very stable position for the next generation.

Undoubtedly, regardless of whether it was Liu Xiu or Liu Che, whoever became the third ruler of Dayu, under normal circumstances, Dayu would not have been bad, given the abilities of these two individuals.

Moreover, compared to Liu Bei, Liu Yu was becoming increasingly less competitive.

With his two sons possessing similar abilities, the question of who would be the next ruler of the empire, and the merits of the third generation, while not necessarily the primary consideration, would certainly have been a factor in Liu Bang's decision to some extent. In fact, Liu Bang's support for Liu Yu was considerable.

Not only was he granted the right to establish his own government, giving him the same rights as Liu Bei, but even Long Ju, who had been kidnapped by his own father, was transferred to his Xingwu Prince's Mansion.

Firstly, he wanted Liu Yu to help him solve this problem; secondly, he wanted to give Liu Yu a henchman.

After that, even the task of rebuilding the Longteng Legion with the brothers Long Ya and Long Jiu was handed over to Liu Yu.

After all, although Liu Bang had been secretly supporting Liu Yu all along, the gap between the Xingwu Prince's Mansion and the Zhaolie Prince's Mansion not only did not narrow, but continued to widen.

Liu Bang wanted to balance the power of his two sons, but even as emperor, he couldn't be too blatant.

Liu Bei's Zhaolie Prince's Mansion was not only powerful, but it began to affect his imperial power. Moreover, Liu Bei's reputation was too good. If Liu Bang went too far, he would not only fail to achieve his goal, but it would also bring negative consequences to himself.

After all, from any perspective, Liu Bei's son was qualified, even extremely outstanding, and had no faults whatsoever.

Driven by the instinct of a monarch, Liu Bang sought to maintain a balance and eliminate any forces that might threaten his imperial power.

However, all of this is contingent on not affecting the development of Daewoo.

Therefore, Liu Bang could only adopt a more moderate approach. Going too far would inevitably affect the current momentum of Daewoo's development.

Today, Daewoo's development is still inseparable from the Zhaolie Prince's Mansion. Most of Daewoo's most valiant and skilled generals came from the Zhaolie Prince's Mansion.

However, no matter how powerful Liu Che was, with his implanted identity, he was still just a newborn baby, not even a year old.

By the time he grows up, even twenty years would be too little.

However, he brought out his core team, and all eleven meritorious officials of the Qilin Pavilion were outstanding. At that time, the only thing missing from the list of prominent figures in the Han Dynasty was the "Twin Pillars of the Han."

In the third year of Ganlu, Emperor Xuan of Han, the restorer of the Western Han Dynasty, recalled the meritorious ministers who had assisted him in the past after the Xiongnu surrendered. He ordered portraits of eleven meritorious ministers to be painted in the Qilin Pavilion as a memorial and commendation. Later generations often mentioned them together with the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai and the Twenty-Four Meritorious Ministers of Lingyan Pavilion. Poems such as "His merits were painted in the Qilin Pavilion" and "Whose Qilin Pavilion is this?" have been passed down, as they are considered the highest honor for a minister.

Now, Emperor Wu of Han has brought out all eleven meritorious officials from the Qilin Pavilion at once, which can be said to represent the essence of an era, and can be described as possessing both literary and military talents.

However, it's unknown how many people will end up like Liu Che in the Great Yu Dynasty.

Speaking of the generals Liu Xiu brought with him, although several of them were in Dayu with him, the oldest were only teenagers and the youngest were only a few years old.

"Ding, the seventh balanced individual, Yi Sun-sin, with a command 97, martial prowess 89, intelligence 82, politics 68, and charisma 95."

Implanted identity: Yelü Abaoji, a renowned general of the Dongyi Li clan, was preparing to train a new army and greatly expand his naval forces to counter the Japanese navy. Yi Sun-sin was one of the key figures in this effort.

It is said that in later generations on Earth, Yi Sun-sin has been hailed by Koreans as a mythical figure, being touted as one of the top ten generals in Asia, on par with figures like Han Xin and Genghis Khan.

However, this attribute doesn't do justice to his reputation...

However, ignoring his poor command of cavalry and infantry regiments, and considering only his naval command abilities, he was indeed a renowned general.

In the Battle of Okpo, Yi Sun-sin led the Korean navy in a fierce battle against the Japanese navy for several days, annihilating more than forty enemy ships and thus securing the first victory in the Imjin War.

In the Battle of Sacheon, Yi Sun-sin led his troops to annihilate 12 Japanese ships.

Later, Yi Sun-sin led his army to a great victory against the Japanese army near Hansan Island, sinking 48 Japanese ships and achieving the famous Hansan Island Victory.

After the outbreak of the Second Korean Rebellion, the Joseon navy, without Yi Sun-sin, failed to continue its previous success. They suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Japanese navy in the Battle of Chilcheon-yang, with not only the deaths of their naval commanders such as Won Gyun and Yi Eok-gi, but also the loss of more than a hundred warships, a near total annihilation.

Left with no other option, the King of Joseon had to reinstate Yi Sun-sin, appointing him to command the Joseon navy.

Although Yi Sun-sin was reinstated, his situation was no longer what it used to be. After the disastrous defeat at Chilcheon-ryong, Yi Sun-sin now had only 12 damaged ships and a little over 100 men, and was simply not capable of confronting the Japanese navy head-on.

In the subsequent Battle of Myeongnyang, Yi Sun-sin faced an absolute disadvantage with only about 10 warships on his side, while the Japanese had more than 300 warships.

He led the Korean navy to a brilliant victory against overwhelming odds, destroying more than 30 Japanese warships and escaping unscathed, a feat known as the Myeongnyang Victory.

The Battle of Myeongnyang was a desperate last stand for the Joseon Navy, which was at its lowest point at the time. Its impact was even greater than that of the previous victories at Okpo and Hansan Island.

Judging from Yi Sun-sin's naval battle record, he was undoubtedly a famous general, especially in terms of tactical command ability, which was truly commendable.

However, looking at Yi Sun-sin's career as a general, his highlight was undoubtedly during the Imjin War and the Jeongyu Rebellion. As the commander of the Korean navy, he led the Korean navy to fight the Japanese navy to a standstill, becoming the only bright spot for the Korean side in that war.

Although Yi Sun-sin and his Joseon navy fought brilliantly, they could not reverse the defeat and could only engage in guerrilla warfare at sea, barely surviving.

In fact, it was the neighboring Ming Dynasty that truly helped Korea turn the tide back then.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty was the suzerain state of Korea. Seeing its little brother being bullied by Japan, it did not hesitate to send troops across the Yalu River with great fanfare to stand up for Korea and fight Japan head-on.

The Ming Dynasty at that time was not the later late Qing Dynasty, and Japan had not yet carried out the Meiji Restoration. The military strength of the two sides was not on the same level at all. Therefore, after entering Korea, the Ming army put a lot of pressure on the Japanese army, and successively won major victories in Pyongyang and Byeokjegwan, causing the Japanese army to retreat step by step and eventually having no choice but to withdraw its troops and negotiate peace.

After the peace talks failed, the Japanese army invaded Korea again. Once again, the Ming army intervened and defeated the Japanese army in places like Jiksan and Ulsan, helping Korea avoid national subjugation once more.

In that battle, naval operations played only a supporting role; the decisive factor in the war was the land battlefield.

Therefore, although Yi Sun-sin's Korean navy achieved good results, it was not enough to have a significant impact on the overall war situation; it served more as a morale booster.

Finally, even on the naval battlefield, Yi Sun-sin's achievements were relatively limited.

Although he led his troops to victory against the Japanese army many times, he never had a decisive victory, including the Battle of Myeongnyang, which was the highlight of his life.

"Ding, balancing the last person, Jiang..."

(End of this chapter)