Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 30 Memories
A bitter smile appeared on Liu Renyuan's lips: "Sanlang, do you know when my first expedition was?"

"Subordinates don't know!"

"That happened in the 18th year of Zhenguan (AD 644)!" Liu Renyuan walked to the window, looked at the heavy snow outside the window, and fell into the memory: "My father's official to General You Xiaowei, relying on the shade of the door, I have been with you all the time." When he became an official, he was able to hold a sword and guard beside the late emperor. We heard that the late emperor wanted to personally lead the army, conquer Goguryeo, and avenge the grievances of his father and brother for the Chinese children. In February of the following year, when we came to Liaoze, we found that there was a vast expanse of white and endless swamp lake. The late emperor ordered all the troops to leave their luggage, dig soil, cut trees and build earth beams. I remember walking in Liaoze for seven days. The skeletons looked at each other and were all over the field. The late emperor ordered the corpses to be taken in and transported back to China for burial—" Having said this, Liu Renyuan lowered his head, covered his eyes with thick palms, and twitched his shoulders slightly.

Hearing this, Wang Wenzuo also understood.The "first emperor" Liu Renyuan mentioned was Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and the bones in Liaoze were the Chinese children who were buried in Liaoze when Emperor Sui Yang conquered Goryeo decades ago. At that time, the population of China was only 6000 to [-] million. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty mobilized millions of troops, and most of them were buried in Liaodong. Since the core forces of the Sui Army and the Tang Army were the children of Guanzhong, it can be said that almost all the soldiers of the Tang Army who accompanied Emperor Taizong's Eastern Expedition at that time had fathers and brothers. Died in the Battle of Liao Dynasty. Looking back at the time when I saw the bones of my relatives exposed in the wilderness for decades but no one buried them, even Liu Renyuan, such a strong man, couldn't help crying.

"The first emperor is kind-hearted, and he is indeed the son of a Bodhisattva!"

"Yes!" Liu Renyuan wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes: "By the way, where did I just talk?"

"You just said that when you crossed Liaoze, you saw many bones. The late emperor ordered them to be transported back to the country for burial!"

"Oh! After crossing Liaoze, the first emperor ordered the destruction of Heliang to strengthen the hearts of the soldiers. First he broke Liaodong City and killed thousands of Goguryeo thieves. After that, he broke through more than ten cities in a row, and the soldiers reached Anshi City. The Goguryeo thieves came to aid with an all-powerful army. The first emperor set up an ambush to send out surprise troops, smashed the reinforcements, and captured tens of thousands of prisoners. The city was strong and the soldiers were strong, and they were unable to attack again and again. They were delayed for a long time. When the weather became cold and the food in the army was exhausted, the late emperor had to withdraw his troops. When the troops were withdrawn to cross the Liao Dynasty, the Liao River happened to rise, and the original earthen beams were washed away. We had to Instead of refurbishment, in order to buy time, the first emperor even took out his mount to carry firewood bundles. When crossing Liaoze, heavy snow fell from the sky, and many robes and clothes were wet. There was no way to warm up in the lake, and many of them were frozen to death. Yes, His Majesty also specially issued an edict to ask the prefectures and counties to light a bonfire at the entrance of Liaoze for the soldiers to warm up. This saved the lives of most people, but many of the horses froze to death. A hundred thousand horses went out and only eight returned. thousand."

Speaking of this, Liu Renyuan raised his left sleeve: "Look, these two fingers were cut off due to frostbite on the return journey across Liaoze!"

Wang Wenzuo took a closer look, and sure enough, the ring finger and the last finger of Liu Renyuan's left hand were gone.Although Liu Renyuan's words just now were only a few words, but his ambition to avenge his father and brother and build meritorious deeds when he crossed Liaoze, the joy of defeating the enemy's city after crossing Liao, the anxiety of Goguryeo's all-powerful troops to help, and the emperor Taizong's plan to set up an ambush to defeat the enemy. The pride, the helplessness of having to retreat in the end, and the sadness of losing a comrade in arms in the wind and snow when returning to the Liao Dynasty, are all vivid and vivid, as if they are reflected in front of your eyes.

"I wish I could have been born more than ten years earlier, so that I could follow the late emperor across the Liao Dynasty and kill thieves side by side with the general!"

"Okay, okay!" Liu Renyuan laughed, "Sanlang, you are a talented person with both wisdom and courage. If the late emperor saw him, he would definitely like it! Hey, when the late emperor sent his army to attack Liao, how many young heroes prepared their own horses In front of the army, I don't ask for rewards, but I just want to die for the emperor and avenge my father and brother! It's a pity that this kind of heroic appearance is rare today!"

"General, I don't know if I should say something or not!"

"Saburo just speak up!"

"At the beginning when the first emperor ordered his troops to attack Anshi City, why didn't he surround it with partial divisions, and the rest drove straight in and attacked his confidantes?"

Liu Renyuan looked at Wang Wenzuo in surprise: "At that time, Goguryeo surrendered generals to offer advice. Yan'an City was small and strong, and the generals were brave and popular. People fight on their own. It is rare to break the city. It is better to take reinforcements to break the new one. People's hearts are shaken. Going out of the way and breaking the black bone city, crossing the Yalu River, and approaching Pyongyang. The late emperor also thought it was true, but it was a pity that the eldest grandson Wuji said at the time that the emperor personally conquered it. Empress Dowager often regrets it too! Unexpectedly, you would secretly cooperate with the late emperor!"

"The general is absurd!" Wang Wenzuo lowered his head: "But what Changsun Wuji said is also reasonable, and what I said is just an afterthought!"

"Afterwards Zhuge Liang? The comparison of Sanlang is very clever!" Liu Renyuan laughed: "So you understand why I said that I will return in vain when I see the heavy snow, right? This Liaoze lies between Liaodong and the Central Plains The space is more dangerous than the vast sea, once it snows heavily, the army will have no way to advance or retreat, and can only be captured with nothing. With the martial arts of the former emperor, even if they return without success, let alone the generals?"

"So, isn't it worse here?"

"Yes, we are in the heart of thieves, no matter how poor the Goguryeo people are, as long as the army returns to the army, they will fully support the Baekje people, otherwise they can escape this time, but there will be no guarantee for the next time! "

"Then what about next year, the year after? Can Datang go out to fight again?"

"Next year? The next year?" Liu Renyuan smiled wryly: "One soldier fights, ten people transfer, and a hundred people farm and weave! In order to supply the 30 troops, thousands of sails race in the Yongji Canal, and hundreds of boats compete for the stream. One million. For this mission, the emperor has ordered that the Jianghuai and Hebei taxes need not be transferred to Guanzhong, and all of them will be shipped to Youzhou. Do you know what this means? Guanzhong can only rely on grain from Hedong and Henan. During the spring famine, the emperor has to bring With the harem and all officials going to Luoyang for food, the soldiers in Beiting and Anxi had to save money. Do you think it will be possible to raise troops like this for several years in a row? The people can carry a boat or capsize it. The lessons learned from the Sui Dynasty are not far away! "

When he left the Duhu Mansion, Wang Wenzuo walked heavily, and Liu Renyuan's last words echoed in his ears.As a traveler, no matter how much knowledge he acquires from the books and the Internet of later generations, those are just lines of words and numbers, but what Liu Renyuan sees are bloody facts.Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goryeo three times, leaving behind not only the unburied bones of Liaoze, but also the land of the Central Plains, which is full of thorns and few villages. All these are constantly alerting the meat eaters in the early Tang Dynasty—— - The Lord cannot be angry and provoke a teacher.

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