Regarding the governor of Youzhou, Li Chongjiu, King Shin-ping of Silla, the first question was: "The Sui court is really impossible now. Is it in dominating Middle Earth?"

Kongshan replied, "Report to the king, this is the case. I was in Zhuo County, Bohai for several months, and I have been deeply aware of the current situation in Zhongtu. The Sui court is much worse than before seven years."

King Zhenping nodded and said, "Do you think this Li Chongjiu is indeed qualified to replace Sui Ting and become an ally in the west of my Silla Kingdom, and attack Goguryeo together?"

Kongshan thought about it and said, "If we are in terms of current power, Li Chongjiu is indeed not as good as the Sui court at that time, but this person has only been two years ago. Since he has risen on the grassland and is determined to make progress, he is really a rare hero in the Central Plains in recent years. If he can't do it now, he may be able to do it in the future."

King Zhenping nodded, looked down at Master Baoliang, clasped his hands together and asked, "What do the master think?"

Master Baoliang also put his bow together and said, "Your Majesty, I think the Sui court has fallen now and there is no powerful force in Zhongdi. We can fight against Goguryeo's aid for us, and we will maintain an alliance with Baekje to fight against Goguryeo's southern invasion."

"Master," Kim Yu-shin said, "But I heard that King Goguryeo was a man of great ambition. Recently, he has been pleased with the Japanese, and sent the national teacher to Guanle Buddhist scriptures and astronomy and geography to Japan to contribute. Japan seems to have intended to be where I am."

After hearing what Kim Yu-shin said, the powerful people present frowned. Japan has always had the intention to expand to North Korea. Previously, Baekje dedicated the land of Renna (Note 1) in order to fight Silla, and the Japanese were used as a place to moor ships.

Later, Silla Xinqi captured Renna and drove the Japanese out of the land. However, the Japanese were always determined to be in conflict with the mainland. I heard that the Japanese had been stationing heavy troops on the island opposite the sea. They wanted to cross the sea to conquer again, so Baekje and the Japanese joined forces again. Obviously, they had plans to abandon Silla's alliance.

Master Baoliang said, "Master, I think that if Silla's power is not in contact with Baekje, it is not enough to fight against Goguryeo. If he is enemies with Baekje again, then Silla... Please forgive me for saying it bluntly, it may be very difficult."

At this time, Jin Chunqiu spoke, "What the master said is very much. But we should not beware of it. What if the consequences of the Baiji breaking the alliance, if there really is such a day, how should I deal with it?"

"I understand." King Zhenping nodded slightly.

Seeing that the king had made a decision, all the ministers in the hall kowtowed together, King Zhenping stood up and said, "Although Goguryeo was experiencing a lot of national strength in the fierce battle with the Sui court, he also trained tens of thousands of elite soldiers to fight. At present, King Wu of Baekje colluded with the Japanese, and our alliance with Baekje was destroyed at any time. We must try our best to avoid this, but we must not prepare early."

"As the master said, if Baekje, Goguryeo and the Japanese join forces to attack, I think Silla will destroy the country if it is less than a year of support. If you don't face this fact, you will be deceiving yourself."

Seeing that even King Zhenping said this, all the ministers bowed to each other. I felt that the current situation was so serious.

"Of course, don't be too pessimistic. Before this, I will try my best to maintain an alliance with Baekje. As long as Baekje does not fall to Goguryeo, we will not have any trouble with Silla. I think even if the Baekje king maintains an alliance with the Japanese, he does not want to see the current three-legged tripod staves being destroyed. If we are destroyed, we will be the next one, Baekje. But I decided that no matter what, for Li Chongji of Youzhou, we must reach an alliance with him. If it is absolutely necessary, this is the last hope for our Silla."

"Yes, the king." Everyone agreed.

"This time Li Chongjiu sent troops, how will we agree to his reward?" King Zhenping asked.

On Kongshan, the preface said: "Li Chongjiu said that except for the objects of sandal bows, there is no need for them, the ginseng and oxen in our country are all of the best things. The more they are, the better. As for the reason, he needs 300 horses to be bribed. It is also necessary for us 300 warriors of Hualang Army."

As soon as Kongshan finished speaking, Kim Yu-shin said, "The King, the Warriors of Hualang are loyal and brave men in their country. How could they use the Han people? At present, the strong troops of Goguryeo are approaching, and we just need the strength of the Hualang army to protect Jincheng."

As soon as Kim Yu-shin finished speaking, Kongshan said, "Li Chong-jiu promised that if he seconded the Warriors of Hualang to him, he would launch an offensive against Goguryeo before the end of the year."

King Zhenping showed a deep thought when he heard this.

Yuan Xiao also said at this time: "The governor of Youzhou used troops to Goguryeo twice. The first time he broke the city of Gaimu, and the last time he broke the Goguryeo city, and the second time he broke the Baiyan City and the more than 10,000 reinforcements to Goguryeo. Now the two cities have been broken, and the Liaodong city has opened. If the next time he uses troops, the governor of Youzhou is likely to use troops to Liaodong city."

King Zhenping made a decision immediately after hearing this.

Ten days later, Silla Dangxiang City (Note 2), this city was the only sea outlet east of Silla, and it was always the tribute road to the Great Sui Dynasty.

There were constant sounds of seagulls on the coast, and twenty large Silla ships were loaded on the shore.

Yuanxiao walked over the deck and said to Jin Chunqiu, who was looking at the scenery at the bow of the boat, saying, "Your Highness, do you really want to go to Middle Earth?"

Jin Chunqiu smiled and reached out to block Yuan Xiao's shoulder, without any airs of a superior.

Jin Chunqiu said, "Master Yuanxiao, you and I have been together since childhood, and I will not hide it from you. I went to Middle-earth to take refuge."

Yuan Xiao was stunned and said immediately: "The king said that as long as Baekje and Silla alliance are not broken, then the country will be fine."

Jin Chunqiu smiled and said, "Yuanxiao, you are wrong. My refuge is not because of state affairs, but family affairs."

After hearing this, Yuan Xiao understood that Silla Zhenping Wang was fifty years old, but he had no son under his knees.

The Silla throne must not be born from a holy bone, which means that only his daughter can inherit the throne. Even if Jin Chunqiu is adopted, he cannot be born from a true bone. At this time, he chose to go to Middle Earth, obviously to withdraw from this crisis.

Jin Chunqiu then took his eyes back from the shimmering sea and said, "But then, if the king was really sure to fight against Goguryeo, he would not have sent ten true children to take the boat to Middle Earth."

Jin Chunqiu walked to the side of the ship and pointed at the sea, saying, "But this time the king really invested a lot. In the past, I paid only three or four ships to the Sui Dynasty. But this time I sent twenty ships. If I said I would like to thank Li Chongjiu, this ceremony would be too much."

"Yes." Yuan Xiao looked at the Hualang Warrior who had been on board one after another and nodded.

"Rise the sail!"

The Shira sailors began to shout slogans.

The sea waves began to slap the black rocks, sprinkling thousands of golden lights under the sunlight.

In April of the 14th year of Daye, Silla Prince Jin Chunqiu, Kongshan, Yuan Xiao led twenty ships from Silla Dangxiang City to Bohai County.

There were ten children of Silla powerful men with real bones, more than 300 Silla sailors, 500 Hualang soldiers, as well as beef yellow, ginseng, and 500 fruit stallions that were twice as expected by Li Chongjiu. The ship broke through the turbid waves of the Yellow Sea and drove to Bohai County at full speed.

In the past few days, the number of fast horses traveling from Zhuo County to Yuyi Town suddenly increased.

Li Chongjiu held a letter with a secret letter from a Gao Kaidao general who had bought Lin Dangfeng. Gao Kaidao had reached an agreement with Khitan Khan Dahe Duluo.

Not long after, General Dahe Duluo led the Khitan cavalry from western Liaoning. Gao Kaidao and Luo Yi supported him. After the two armies met, they robbed Zhuo County. In addition, Gao Kaidao also contacted the Xi tribes of the King of Xihe, Mohefu, and Qige, and reached a tacit understanding. They would attack Li Chongji at the same time.

After receiving this secret letter, Lin Dangfeng was shocked. While verifying, he sent someone to send Li Chongjiu to see it.

After Li Chongjiu received the letter, Yu Yuyi Town had just reached a peaceful agreement with the Turks.

This starts with Li Chongjiu's newly brewed three hundred jars of Huaihuang wine to Tuli Khan. After giving this wine to Tuli, the other party was very happy after drinking it, and immediately presented it to Chuluo.

Chuluo and the nobles of the Turks were also very satisfied with this wine. The Khan of Tuli used this limelight to lobby among the nobles of the Turks, saying that the Han people were on the grasslands, not only did they not threaten the Turks, but could instead provide fine wine to the winemakers and us Turks.

The Turkic nobles did not want Chu Luo to take advantage of the opportunity to use troops to take over all their power in their hands, so they also opposed Chu Luo's use of troops to Xiang Huaihuang Town.

In the end, the Turkic Khan Chuluo had to agree and temporarily suspended the use of troops in Huaihuang Town. Only three nobles from Shide Xi's tribe, including Shidefeng, would go to Tieshan as hostages of the Turks. At the same time, Li Chongjiu must always provide Huaihuang wine for Turks to enjoy.

Neither side objected to this. After reaching the agreement, Tuli Khan made the most profits. After receiving a large number of weapons, horses, cattle and sheep from Li Chongjiu, his power increased greatly. He was very happy at the moment and gave Li Chongjiu three hundred Turkic scimitars.

Huaihuang Town temporarily eased the relationship with the two Turkic Khans. After Li Chongjiu learned about this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The Zhan Yun, which had been pressing over Huaihuang Town from the west, finally dissipated.

But I didn't know that the agreement had just been reached with the Turks, but here the Eight Khitan tribes, the Three Xi tribes, Luo Yi, and Gao Kaidao formed the anti-Li Chongjiu alliance, and put pressure on Li Chongjiu's Liaoxi at the same time from the three directions to the east.

As far as Li Chongjiu knows, after two years, the eight Khitan tribes had just recovered from the disastrous defeat of Wuhou Qinshui last year and recovered their vitality.

Each of the three tribes of the Xi tribe also has more than 10,000 cavalry forces. As for Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao has no force to attack yet, but there is no problem in holding on for the time being.

If the eight Khitan tribes work hard to attack, they can mobilize 100,000 troops. And if the Khitans send troops first, it is likely that they will be in western Liaoning and Anle County.

Note 1: There is controversy over whether Renna existed in ancient times. South Korea believes that it was the evidence that Japan had occupied a part of North Korea after World War II in order to find an excuse to invade North Korea.

However, according to the historical data, Ren Na is indeed correct.
Chapter completed!