Chapter 298 Hwarang Road
Just as Li Chongjiu was about to use troops to Goguryeo, he heard that two Silla envoys crossed the sea to Ji County, Zhuo County, under the order of the king.
Li Chongjiu thought to himself that although he was going to fight with Goguryeo, what was Silla doing here? However, Li Chongjiu knew that Silla and Goguryeo were always hostile.
Since Goguryeo moved its capital to Pyongyang, it has been implementing the strategic policy of defeating Silla and Baekje and unifying the imperial peninsula.
When Goguryeo attacked Silla in a hurry and almost destroyed the country. After that, Silla had no choice but to send sea ships to Sui for help, asking Sui to mediate. During the Sui period, Silla sent envoys to Sui for tribute. Therefore, in order to prevent Goguryeo from becoming a big deal, the emperors of the Sui Dynasty also had to conquer the old land in Liaodong. They fought against Goguryeo in a total of four northern expeditions, and also had requests to fulfill Silla.
After hearing the news, Li Chongjiu immediately set off from Huaihuang Town and went to Ji County, Zhuo County, and met with Wei Zheng at the county magistrate's mansion.
The Silla Envoy was two monks. Silla believed in Buddhism, so the monks had a high status in the country. In addition to the two monks, there were four young men. These four young men not only wore gorgeous clothes, but also had white powder on their faces, which surprised everyone.
Ji Chuan and other civil officials were secretly amused, thinking to himself, could King Silla think that Li Chongjiu is as fond as Long Yang, so he sent a beautiful boy to please him?
The first monk said, "I am a monk, who is the order of my lord, to come to pay homage to the envoy Li, on the order of my lord's true king."
Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Two people came across the sea and came a long way."
This is the truth. The sea route between Silla and Sui Dynasty is very dangerous. Undercurrents are surging, and it is easy to have the danger of capsizing when moving. Therefore, the two monks crossed the sea from Silla to Bohai County and landed in Bohai County, and it was indeed a hard work.
The monk named Kongshan smiled and said, "If you can complete my king's mission, it would be okay to work hard."
Now the gift list was presented at Kongshan, which was Silla's specialty, Sandal Bow, Ginseng, Beef, and Deep Off.
Li Chongjiu looked at the gift list and smiled slightly. He also knew that the ritual must be something for others, and said, "Your Lord has a heart. If I don't accept it, it will be disrespectful. Please thank you on my behalf."
When Kongshan saw Li Chongjiu accepting the gift, he was very happy and said, "This time I am on the order of my king. I really want to ask the envoy to the envoy. Goguryeo is a wolf-like man. He is very anxious to attack me. My king is a benevolent and righteous man, but he is unable to defeat his tiger and wolf. Therefore, he has been defeated for three consecutive times and even the capital of King Kyoto was surrounded. Therefore, I came to invite the envoy Li to send troops to the west, restrain Goguryeo, and help me Silla. My king said that Goguryeo has new tiger and wolf-like man, and he asked the envoy Li to support him because of his lips and teeth. "
It turned out that Kongshan did come to the Great Sui Dynasty under the order of the king, but it was not about Li Chongjiu, but about Emperor Yang of Sui, asking him to send troops to attack Liaodong again.
However, after coming to the land and landing in Bohai County, I realized that the Sui Dynasty was in chaos at this time, and the princes arose. Emperor Yang of Sui was far away in Jiangdu and could not protect himself. How could he send troops to attack Liaodong?
So Kongshan was very disappointed. He was going to return to Silla as a sea boat, but at this time he heard that Li Chongjiu, the governor of Youzhou, had once fought in Goguryeo, and defeated his troops. At that moment, Kongshan ignited hope again, thinking that since he came to the Sui Dynasty, he would have to try it anyway. So he went from Bohai County to Zhuo County Ji County to find Li Chongjiu.
Hearing Kongshan say this, although the ministers' faces remained silent, they were all laughing in their hearts. The fact that Li Chongjiu sent troops to Goguryeo has long been settled, and the Silla people came to the door at this time. This was not a coincidence. They really wanted to send pillows when they were sleeping.
Of course, you have to knock on him more benefits, otherwise you will be sorry for yourself.
Li Chongjiu did not agree immediately, but said he wanted to discuss it. This is normal. If the answer is too fast, the slap will be difficult to knock.
Kongshan heard Li Chongjiu's ambiguous answer and said immediately: "These four children are all Hualangs in China. They are ordered by my king to present them to Li Envoy."
All the ministers smiled at this moment, and even Wei Zheng couldn't help but smile. Seeing Li Chongjiu was like this.
Kongshan said immediately: "There were eight Hualangs coming this time, but they all the way from Bohai to Zhuo County. There were many thieves. They plundered our goods and resisted them. Four of them died on the road. Now they are the only ones left. Please rest assured that they are all warriors who blocked hundreds of wars."
When they heard that they came from Bohai County, the ministers looked at the four people with different eyes. You should know that from Zhuo County to Bohai County, local treacherous thieves rose everywhere, Luo Yi, Dou Jiande, Sui Dynasty official army, local trespasses, and four-level forces intertwined.
It is not easy for Silla Hualang to fight all the way. It may be exaggerated to be one as a hundred, but the word "warrior" is absolutely worthy of.
But Li Chongjiu suddenly remembered that this was the Hualang Dao of Silla. Hualang Dao sounded a bit strange today, but later Taekwondo was said to have originated from Hualang Dao.
Of course, the Hualang Dao does not only include these. According to the records of the Three Kingdoms Historians, the so-called Hualang is a virtuous assistant and loyal ministers who have been praised from then on. Good generals and brave soldiers are born from this. His purpose is to serve the king with loyalty, serve parents with filial piety, and serve friends with trust. He has no retreat at the battle and has a choice to kill himself. Later, Japan occupied North Korea, and even used the Hualang Dao instead of Bushido, and went to the countryside to brainwash the local army.
But no matter what, these four people are now the elites of Silla. It seems that the Silla King meant to send them to Li Chongjiu to experience it.
Thinking of such a warrior available, Li Chongjiu was so happy that he asked another monk's name. It turned out that he was stunned by the method name Yuan Xiao. Li Chongjiu asked him about his common surname. When he talked about Xue, Li Chongjiu confirmed that he was a celebrity in Silla.
As we all know, modern Taekwondo black belts are divided into nine sections, of which seven to nine sections are honors, and are generally not awarded to people. For example, the highest rank, the nine sections of the black belt are called heaven and earth, and the eight sections of the black belt are called Tanjun, which is the first ancestor of the Koreans, and the six sections of the black belt are called Yuanxiao.
It can be seen that its status in the minds of North Koreans today.
Moreover, the other party was a master monk from Silla in history, founded the Haidong Sect, and the other party also married the princess of Silla King. Later, he gave birth to a son Xue Cong, who united the Tang Dynasty for Silla, destroyed Baekje and Goguryeo, and made great contributions to the communication between them.
If it weren't for hearing the other party's name, Li Chongjiu would have seen who the low-key monk Yuanxiao? Now he has a few words to test it. It's really the man in history. At that moment, Li Chongjiu knew what he meant to leave behind the other party.
Later, Li Chongjiu suggested to Kongshan that it would be fine if Li Chongjiu attacked Goguryeo, but it was definitely not a free fee. Silla needed to provide benefits to Zhuo County.
Kongshan immediately agreed, and finally the two sides reached a promise that Silla would provide three ships of oxen and ginseng as a reward for Li Chongjiu's troops this time, and Li Chongjiu must send more than 10,000 troops to Goguryeo to restrain the other party.
Li Chongjiu said yes, but one more must be added, and Silla would provide another 300 Hualangs as his personal guard. Kongshan hesitated for a moment, and Yan said that if he could win against Goguryeo in this battle, he would make this request to King Silla.
Li Chongjiu agreed immediately. After Kongshan and Yuanxiao received Li Chongjiu's promise, they were very happy at the moment.
When Kongshan asked Li Chongjiu when he could send troops, Kongshan flattered and said in his heart that he was looking forward to seeing the style of Li Chongjiu's army. You must know that they had just defeated the Gaimu City in Goguryeo, otherwise the Silla people would not have found Li Chongjiu.
Xia Kongshan was very nervous about whether he could send troops within half a year. If it delayed for a long time, he was afraid that he would not be able to explain to King Silla...
When Li Chongjiu heard this question, he looked embarrassed. Only Kongshan said with great understanding that if it doesn't work within half a year, it's OK for a year, but time can't be delayed anymore. Now Silla has been defeated by Goguryeo and has been defeated several cities in a row.
Seeing the two of them looking begging, Li Chongjiu answered them seriously, and the army was already on the way.
Kongshan and Yuanxiao were both surprised and thought to themselves, this is not a lie, how can this Han man do things at a speed? He answered the request three days ago and could send troops today.
Then Kongshan and Yuanxiao followed Li Chongjiu to the bottom of Jixian County. Looking at the cavalry who were ready to go under the city, they were so surprised that they could not speak.
Kongshan pointed at the city first, and the first row of people and horses were covered with iron armor, wearing felt shirts and iron-faced iron armored cavalry, and asked with shock, "Eunuch Li, is this your troops?"
Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "It's not bad, my armored cavalry."
Kongshan then turned his head and pointed to the armored cavalry with his upper body, holding a long bow and arrow, and was behind the Maru cavalry, and asked, "Then is this?"
Li Chongjiu replied: "This is my war cavalry, called the Tuk Cavalry."
Seeing that Li Chongjiu's cavalry was well-equipped, Kongshan couldn't help but be shocked. Even the Imperial Guard of the Silla royal family did not have such equipment.
"So this?"
"The Wansheng Army is composed of strong children from all races in the grassland. It is good at riding and shooting horses and can fight to the death."
"So this?"
"It's the Xi clan's raft on the grassland, with five thousand riders, one man and two bows, each with superb shooting skills."
"Then this?"
"Well, it's my Han army soldiers from Shanggu and Zhuo County, both equipped with strong crossbows and hard bows and modao, with five thousand people."
Kongshan was no longer able to speak, and the Hualangs on the side also widened their eyes. In fact, Li Chongjiu also had the intention of proclaiming troops to show off his military parade, telling the Silla people that their strength was very strong.
Then there were Ding Ling's army and the sudden scattered Marine infantry. Kongshan didn't expect that Li Chongjiu would gather so many tribes of troops. What prestige is required. Finally Kongshan roughly estimated that there were actually 20,000 troops under Jixian County, which was far beyond his expectations.
"So this?"
"This is me..."
"No, what I'm talking about is why everyone in the military soldiers under the command of the Lord carry a sack?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the generals, including Li Chongjiu, all their faces turned red.
"Is it something...oh, please forgive me for saying too much."
Chapter completed!