I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 527: Attack on the Goguryeo Capital

On the surface.

At this moment, everyone is loyal to Li Zheng.

But in the West and overseas, people's hearts are hard to predict.

Li Zheng would naturally have a hidden trick up his sleeve to deal with things that had not happened yet.

"emperor."

"Do you have anything else to say?" Liu Sheng walked up to Li Zheng and asked respectfully.

"It's no use for me to explain now."

"Once we are at sea, at the Western Ocean, my instructions are useless. Plans cannot keep up with the changes."

"It all depends on your own judgment of the situation."

"You two should discuss it with each other." Li Zheng said to them.

"I understand."

Liu Sheng and Du Zhenlun bowed.

"I am here to see you off."

"I hope that when you return one day, you can bring me a big surprise." Li Zheng smiled.

"We will never let the emperor down." The two men said firmly immediately.

"Go."

Li Zheng waved his hand.

Liu Sheng and Du Zhenlun looked at Li Zheng respectfully, and then looked at everything in the Jingzhou Port of the Tang Dynasty. They didn't know when they would return from this voyage to the West.

Under Li Zheng's gaze.

Come on board at your leisure.

The soldiers boarded the ship.

Liu Sheng and Du Zhenlun also boarded the largest warship.

More than a hundred warships raised their sails in an orderly manner and rowed towards the distant Yangtze River. The ships were loaded with many specialties of the Tang Dynasty as well as Li Zheng's ambitions, and they sailed down the Yangtze River and into the sea.

Go to the West again.

This process will continue.

"emperor."

"Not to mention that these 7,000 soldiers are all elite, the hundreds of cannons on these more than 100 warships alone are enough to easily destroy an army of tens of thousands of people."

"This fleet is like a battleship combination."

Beside Li Zheng.

Kaiji said with a smile.

As the Minister of Works, he also came with Li Zheng, and he was very clear about the firepower deployment on the warship.

"It took two years to build the first treasure ship. How long will it take for the second and third ones?" Li Zheng turned his head and asked Kaiji.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured."

"With the experience gained from building the first ship, it will take less time to build the second and third ships."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty." Kaiji immediately replied with a fist salute.

"A dozen ordinary warships are not as good as this treasure ship. In the future, my Tang Dynasty must have at least ten treasure ships of this kind."

"The world is big."

"If we rely solely on land plundering, our Tang Dynasty will not be able to rule the world in a hundred years, but if we take the sea route, the time will be shortened."

"I will use the cannons on the warships to blast open the gates of foreign countries, plunder their wealth, and plunder their resources." Li Zheng said without concealing his ambition.

in the past.

Didn’t those foreign races use cannons to blast open the door to the country of Yanhuang?
Land ceding and compensation?

Then Li Zheng did the same.

Use cannons to blast open their borders, force them to cede territory and pay compensation, and then gradually nibble away at them.

This is Li Zheng’s ambition.

but.

Food should be eaten bite by bite, and things should be done step by step. What Li Zheng has to do now is to conquer all the areas surrounding the Tang Dynasty, and then conquer the distant places.

That's his ambition.

"I will fully support the Emperor's decision."

"All weapons manufactured by the Ministry of Industry will become the sharp blades of the Tang Dynasty."

Kaiji said with great excitement.

In this world, Kaiji, as a Confucian, is no longer a corrupt scholar after being influenced by Li Zheng.

Kaiji was naturally looking forward to plundering the wealth of foreign countries and ethnic groups.

Corrupt scholars have long lost their living space in Li Zheng's Tang Dynasty.

"Whatever the Ministry of Industry wants, I will give it to you."

"We will focus on manufacturing the Shenwu cannon, as well as cannonballs and flintlock rifles."

“The more the merrier.”

Li Zheng said "Oh" to Kaiji with anticipation in his eyes.

Time flies.

soon.

More than five months have passed.

Soon it was July of the first year of Jianwu.

For the entire Tang Dynasty, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he continued to implement benevolent policies towards the people.

Moreover, with the promotion of two new crops, the entire Tang Dynasty ushered in a new era.

During the promotion of these two crops, there was not much resistance. The imperial court also gave the people two options to obtain crop seeds. One was to increase taxes by 10% per year, and the other was to use money to purchase grain seeds.

The Tang Dynasty was vast.

Moreover, Li Zheng's prestige is sufficient, and countless people are full of faith in Li Zheng. When the new crops come out, naturally countless people will choose them. Of course, there are also many people who do not choose them because they do not believe that the yield can be so high.

All of this will take time to establish.

Goguryeo.

capital.

The final battle has arrived.

Fifty powerful cannons were aimed at the capital of Goguryeo.

There is also the Tang army that has gathered. Although it does not have the 100,000 troops that went out to fight, it still has 50,000 to 60,000 troops.

To deal with the hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen of the Turks in the past, this army of tens of thousands was really no match for them. But to deal with a small country like Goguryeo, which had suffered heavy losses from civil strife, these troops were enough. Under the crazy offensive of the Tang Dynasty for nearly half a year, they used strong armies to capture cities while sending Li Chengfang as an envoy to collect surrenders.

In addition to the capital of Goguryeo, there were a few other cities.

The rest of Goguryeo's territories have been controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and now it can be said that the capital of Goguryeo has been completely surrounded.

They no longer have the chance to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.

"Big brother."

"You are no match for the Tang army."

"If you surrender now, you can still survive."

Li Chengfang arrived at the foot of the city and shouted to the people on the city wall.

In the city.

Li Chenglong's face turned pale.

For him, he was losing battle after battle, and only had 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers under his command.

Faced with the powerful Tang army, there was no power to contend with it.

All this was brought by Li Chengfang.

After all, from the surface, the future rise and fall of Goguryeo depends on Li Chengfang.

He is about to lose.

"Li Chengfang."

"You bastard."

"Do you know what you did?"

"Tang State, wolfish ambitions."

"They call themselves the Celestial Empire, yet they covet my territory and land."

"Even if you defeat me with the help of the Tang army, can you really become the king of Goguryeo?"

"You will become a puppet and remain a puppet until you die."

"Are you worthy of our ancestors by doing this?" Li Chenglong cursed angrily.

Faced with this scolding.

Li Chenglong's face also became very ugly.

He had already been a puppet, and a puppet without any control over his own affairs. He did not even have the chance to betray the Tang Dynasty. Once he betrayed, the result would be death in endless pain.

Not only him, but also many officials under his command were force-fed the Three Corpses Brain Pill.

in the future.

This kind of elixir will continue to be used as the Tang Dynasty continues its conquests, because it is indeed very effective in controlling the enemy.

"A puppet may be a puppet, but at least it won't die."

(End of this chapter)