Chapter 452 The Iron-Blooded Emperor
The incident in Chang'an City has naturally spread to the front line. Li Shimin has already shown such iron-bloodedness. If Li Xiang still has various scruples, it would be a bit unreasonable.
However, some things are easy to say, but difficult to do. For example, right now, the water of the Datong River is rushing down, and Goguryeo has burned all the ships, hoping that it will freeze in winter, but it is still early!
Li Xiang also rode his horse and took a look at the riverside. He did not show much embarrassment to the Goguryeo Li Xiang on the opposite side, but it is not suitable to cross the river now. The land north of the Goguryeo River has just been occupied. We must actually use this land. Just put it in your mouth.
"The Generalissimo of Zhengdong was promoted."
With the roar of his own soldiers, the huge drums all around sounded.
In addition to all the generals in the army, there are many ordinary soldiers standing around. There is an important thing today, that is, there is revenge and injustice. The soldiers and officials of Goryeo were arrested for ten Tens of thousands, some of them will be sent to Chang'an, but some of them we have to judge for him today.
"Reporting to the Generalissimo, during the last month of suppression, we captured a total of 112,000 Korean soldiers and 319,000 civilians of various types. Currently, all of them are under our jurisdiction, and there are also five One hundred and seventy-one officials, one hundred and nineteen of whom were guilty.”
Niu Jinda did nothing else for a while. He took the list and started arresting people in the area north of the Datong River.
The basis for judging their guilt and innocence is whether they have killed people from the Tang Dynasty for no reason. Some of them killed prisoners of war in the last war, and some of them killed our Han people in peacetime. In short, if you are tied up here, then There must be something going on, and there is solid evidence.
"What's the harvest?"
Li Xiang looked at the large group of people next to him. These were officials from the Goryeo Kingdom. Some of them were tied together in several groups, and some were tied together alone. When they were arrested, they were also Their house was confiscated. It cost millions of dollars to get here from Chang'an City, and the daily expenses are astronomical. We have to get it back from them.
"Reporting to Your Highness, most of these people's property has been shipped back to Goguryeo. They have not received a large amount of valuable items in their mansions. The total currently totals 500,000 guan."
Hearing this number, some of the people present were not very happy. When we defeated Tuyuhun, we gained much more than we do now. I didn’t expect Goguryeo to be so poor. Of course, we can’t say that they were poor, mainly because they were early. After hearing the news, all the gold and silver were transported back to the south of Goguryeo.
"Torture these people until they die. I must get all the good things out of them. I don't care about their lives. These people dared to kill our prisoners of the Tang Dynasty. They died today." We can’t leave their whole corpses, all those who have died will be thrown outside the camp and left to be bitten by wild dogs.”
Li Xiang glanced at the Goguryeo officials in the distance, and felt angry in his heart.
At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty launched a million-strong army. In the end, he was defeated and retreated, and tens of thousands of people were captured by Goguryeo. These people lived in Goguryeo for more than ten years and finally died of fatigue, although they were all soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. , but in the final analysis, I am still a good son of the Han people. Now that we are back, can we tolerate people like you? Can we live a good life?
After Li Xiang finished speaking, one hundred and nineteen officials were dragged down directly. Wooden stakes had been set up in the nearby military camp. After tying them up, our people began to use force on them. , Anyway, His Highness has given the order to beat him to death. You guys just pray that you can die a little more comfortably!
The screams coming from the side made the remaining Goguryeo people tremble. Although they thought they would be defeated, they never thought it would be so miserable, nor did they think they would lose so quickly.
Also, they think it’s okay if they lose. The Tang Dynasty values benevolence and righteousness. Even if they lose, they won’t pursue anything against them. As long as we surrender, the Tang Dynasty will not make it difficult for us. After all, We used to kill soldiers from the Sui Dynasty. We were not on the same side as them. But I didn’t expect that Li Xiang didn’t care about this. Regardless of whether they were soldiers from the Tang Dynasty or the Sui Dynasty, as long as there is blood on your hands, I will take yours. Life will come back.
After Li Xiang finished speaking, he walked out of the tent. All the soldiers stood up straight in an instant. It was the marshal who led them to show their majesty and swept across the entire land north of the Datong River in just half a month. This was Great credit, Li Xiang also established his position in the army.
Li Xiang pulled out his sword and pointed it at the dark crowd in the distance, where there were hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo residents.
"If you have a prick on your face, you will be a slave forever. The world's amnesty has nothing to do with you!"
Li Xiang's face showed resoluteness. In just one sentence, the fate of hundreds of thousands of people was decided. If you want to take a closer look, it is not just the fate of hundreds of thousands of them, but also their descendants. , all people will be slaves for life.
"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"
Niu Jinda and Su Dingfang stood on both sides of Li Xiang and shouted these four words together.
"Long live the Tang Dynasty! Your Highness Shenwu!"
More than 200,000 soldiers shouted together, shaking the surrounding mountains. Tears flowed from the eyes of many soldiers. Their ancestors once attacked here, but their ancestors were unlucky and lost their lives here. Today, they finally I can avenge my ancestors.
"From today on, our Tang army will fight to the death with Goguryeo and never make peace."
Not far from where Li Xiang was standing was the place where Goguryeo built the Jingguan, which was built using the heads of tens of thousands of Han people.
Although no traces can be seen now, all the soldiers know where this place is. Li Xiang chose to hold the oath-taking meeting here so that everyone can remember the lessons of blood. Although the country of Goguryeo is not big, it is They have committed such a tragedy against us Han people, so they must pay for it with blood.
"Fight to the death and never make peace."
Listening to the shouts of the two hundred thousand soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo residents were also frightened. They had long known how powerful the Central Plains Dynasty was, but they were unwilling to bow their heads. Both Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Taizong of Tang had already given You have received their courtesy, but because of your temporary greed, today you are waiting to be slaves for generations!
