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Chapter 91 How could he completely give up on opening up and expanding territory for the Tang Dynasty?
Ming Dynasty, Hongwu 13th year.

Zhu Yuanzhang lamented: "The martial arts in the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty are beyond the reach of later generations."

You must know that practicing martial arts in the Tang Dynasty was not an inferior choice. As long as they had the ability, all civil servants and generals would study martial arts.

What they long for is to become generals and ministers, not only to govern the world, but also to go out and make achievements.

There are even some who would rather be a centurion than a scholar, but most people still prefer to join the army. This is also a major reason for the extremely high combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty.
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Song Dynasty, the second year of Shaosheng.

Zhao Xun also envied the Tang Dynasty and Li Shimin: It would be great if the Song Dynasty could be like this. If the generals could be like the army of the Tang Dynasty, strong and obedient, the situation of the Song Dynasty would not be reduced. Come to this point!
But even if he has a direction now, no matter how hard he tries, he may not be able to completely reverse the atmosphere of the Song Dynasty and lead the Song Dynasty to a prosperous age like the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty.

The atmosphere of the Song Dynasty has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. This is no longer something that his generation can reverse, and future generations must continue to persist!

[This time the Turks completely surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and many famous Turkic generals began to serve the Tang Dynasty. 】

[At the same time, the Tang Dynasty established many governor's offices in the Turkic areas to be responsible for local people's livelihood and military mobilization. The territory of the Tang Dynasty also expanded to more than [-] miles outside the Yinshan Mountains. 】

[However, this is not the end of Li Shimin, nor the end of the Tang Dynasty's expansion. On the contrary, this is just the beginning. 】

[In the eighth year of Zhenguan, Tuguhun once again plotted against the Central Plains. Of course, he may also want to curb the development of the Central Plains. 】

[Otherwise, according to the development trend of the Tang Dynasty, the army became strong in just a few years. If there is no rush to suppress it, it will become increasingly unstoppable in the future. 】

[In short, Tu Guhun came to the border again, and Li Shimin's response was always tough. He directly sent Li Jing, Li Daozong, Hou Junji and others to fight. They would not return if they won! 】

[The following year, Tuguhun was completely defeated by the Tang army. The leader, Fuyun Khan, fled into the desert and lost his people. He was later killed by his own men. His body was used as a surrender certificate in the hope of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty. 】

[Li Shimin then made Tuguhun a new king and completely made him a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. He paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year, including gold and silver, cattle, sheep, war horses and other livestock. 】

[In the 13th year of Zhenguan, King Gaochang could not control his ambition, thinking that the Tang Dynasty would not care about his small actions, so he intended to refuse to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and began to repeatedly invade the border. 】

[Thinking that he occupies a favorable location, he does not need to worry about the Tang Dynasty's army pressing down on the border. However, Li Shimin will strike hard at anyone who offends the majesty of the Tang Dynasty. 】

[Then he ordered Hou Junji, Xue Wanche and others to lead troops to attack Gaochang. In four years, the king of Gaochang died of illness, and his son Ju won the battle for imperial power]

[After taking office, it was too late to issue a decree. The first thing he did was to personally write a nearly [-]-word apology letter to the Tang Dynasty, expressing his willingness to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. 】

[The Tang Dynasty fought invincibly against foreign enemies, and finally allowed all countries in the Western Region to accept paying tribute to Chang'an every year. 】

[In the 19th year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin personally led six armies to attack Goguryeo. Later, the Tang army captured more than ten cities including Xuantu Hengshan, moved 3 people to live and work in peace and contentment in the Tang Dynasty, and beheaded more than 2000 Goguryeo troops. However, the Tang army only died less than [-] people. The disparity in strength between people is extremely terrifying. 】

[In the 21st year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin once again ordered Xue Wanche and others to lead troops to attack Goguryeo by water and land respectively. 】

[In the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Gu Shengan took the command, led his army across the sea, attacked Goguryeo by water, and finally won a great victory! 】

[In the 19th year of Zhenguan, Xue Yantuo rebelled. The following year, Li Shimin sent Tang troops to quell the rebellion. 】

[In the 20th year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty established the Anbei Protectorate in Mobei and the Shanyu Protectorate in Monan. 】【At this time, the territory of the Tang Dynasty reached a peak period, reaching Luofu Prefecture in the south, Xuanque Prefecture in the north, Anxi Prefecture in the west, and Gobe Prefecture in the east. Li Shimin himself also won the title of Khan of Heaven. 】

[There were a large number of foreign elements in the frontiers of the unified areas of the Tang Dynasty, and they were not excluded by Li Shimin. Under the leadership of Li Shimin, the Tang Dynasty was inclusive of all things, and completely integrated a large number of foreign ethnic groups into the Tang Dynasty, making them a part of the Tang Dynasty. . 】
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Sui Dynasty, the 18th year of the founding of the emperor.

At first I heard Li Shimin hitting this and that.

The nomads were attacked in the north, and the ethnic minorities were attacked in the south. For some reason, it felt like bullying a child!
But Yang Jian was still quite happy.

But when he saw that Li Shimin was going to conquer Goguryeo himself, Yang Jian couldn't help but think of the miraculous scene in which Yang Guangzhe sank into the sand. Fortunately, there were only a few words, and in the end Li Shimin completely defeated Goguryeo.

You must know that Goguryeo is not a weak country, and the combat effectiveness of the army during the Sui Dynasty was not necessarily much weaker than that of the Tang army.

Moreover, the Sui Dynasty at that time mobilized the power of the whole country. Even if the Tang Dynasty developed for a period of time, after all, it did not mobilize the power of the whole country, and the gap in military strength was not very large.

What is really amazing is that Li Shimin's military quality has not diminished, and the talented generals of the Tang Dynasty have appeared one after another.

Although Goguryeo is not weak, compared with the Tang Dynasty, it is in the sky and on the ground. It is completely incomparable and incomparable.

Even if they had the home field advantage, they could still be vulnerable in front of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Queen Dugu was keenly aware of a problem with time.

In the 11th year of Daye, Li Shimin was only 16 years old. According to the miracle, by the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin was probably already 51 years old.

At that time, Li Shimin was actually still planning foreign wars. Even if he didn't do it himself, it would be extremely laborious.

Moreover, after 22 years, Li Shimin's foreign campaigns also completely stopped.

According to Li Shimin's character as an emperor, how could he completely give up on opening up and expanding territory for the Tang Dynasty?
There must be irresistible external factors involved, such as lifespan! ——
Han Dynasty, the fourth year of Yuanshou.

Liu Che was already very excited, his eyes were full of confusion, and he was completely immersed in the grand and prosperous era of Li Shimin's expansion of territory.

There is a desire for war and territory in his blood, and he likes the title of his future Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty very much. If a man is a man, shouldn't he pay attention to the word "Martial" in his life?

Isn’t it just to expand the country’s territory?

Ever since the last story about Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, when he realized how big the world was, he was extremely eager to occupy more territory for the Han Dynasty. The wealth on the sea should belong to the Han Dynasty!
However, iron tools, horses, gunpowder and other technologies were still being carefully prepared. Even though the fleet was also rushing to develop new technologies, he was still helpless in a short period of time.

But even so, the big man must pay attention to these two aspects.

Even if the level of iron smelting in the Han Dynasty is not as high as that of the Tang Dynasty, it still needs to start researching hard and continue to manufacture weapons. In the future, it will start to be used for things other than the army, such as engineering construction, food production, etc.

(End of this chapter)