Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

If not for the fact that the Tang Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty had signed an agreement and the two sides had not resorted to fighting, the Great Zhou Dynasty had withdrawn from the quagmire and might have been able to expand its territory.

But this is fine. The two empires stopped fighting to accumulate strength, and then I can take advantage of this opportunity to directly capture the peninsula.

Yeon Gaesowen believed that as long as he captured the entire peninsula, maritime trade with the Tang Dynasty would be fully opened.

It is much more convenient when purchasing firearms, and the interaction between the two parties can be taken to a new level.

When the time comes, as long as the Tang Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty start a war again, I will be able to take the opportunity to stab each other from behind and gain huge benefits from it.

But what he didn't expect was that before he even took action on the peninsula, the peninsula would be invaded first.

What's even more disgusting is that not only did the opponent take over the entire peninsula, but now they even want to take the initiative to attack him. How can he endure this?

Fortunately, now that the peninsula has taken the initiative to declare war on him, he can directly kill it without having to find a reason. This gives Yeon Gaesumun some comfort.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party didn't know whether he had a convulsion or was playing tricks on himself. Early this morning, the scouts at the front received news that the other party was preparing to cross the river.

But one morning has passed, not to mention crossing the river, not even a leaf has been put into the river on the other side, and now the soldiers who were waiting to cross the river have been withdrawn. Isn't this just a joke?

Could it be that the other party got the news in advance and knew that there were dozens of artillery pieces on their side, so they backed down?

You know, very few people knew about his purchase of artillery from Datang.

Moreover, the artillery was delivered overnight last night, so even fewer people knew about it.

But even so, the other party still knew so clearly, and at the critical moment, he actually stopped crossing the river.

Thinking of this, veins popped up on Yeon Gaesumun's forehead.

On the spot, he ordered all those who knew the information to be imprisoned and tortured, and the person who leaked the secret must be found out no matter what.

Li Junxian didn't know that because Chu Mo was two days late, all the ministers under Yuan Gaisuwen were in a state of panic.

You know, only a limited number of ministers knew that Goguryeo formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty and spent a lot of money to purchase firearms.

And all of these people are Yeon Gaesumun’s confidants.

The other party now imprisoned them all at once. Not only did they cut off one of their arms, but it also made people panic.

However, after a day and night of torture, all the insiders claimed that they were wronged, and no one confessed that they had surrendered to the enemy or been bribed.

This made Yeon Gaesumun's anger reach its peak all of a sudden, and he immediately ordered that all the family members of these officials be imprisoned to prepare for the flag sacrifice.

However, when there was still no movement from Li Junxian's side the next day, and there was no sign of launching an attack, Yuengai Suwen believed with the persuasion of several important ministers that the other party knew that he had formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty. Things, let alone artillery.

The other party must have had some internal problems, so they canceled the attack.

When he learned the truth, he was so angry that he trembled all over.

But the mistake was made, and now is not the time to regret it.

Immediately, he simply refused to do anything and directly ordered that all the officials who had been wronged by him and their families be pulled to the school grounds and killed in front of the entire army to sacrifice the flag.

When he thought about it, since he had been wronged by him, he would definitely have resentment in his heart.

Instead of keeping a group of people around who are ready to eat the master at any time, it would be better to just kill a hundred of them.

After such an incident, Yeon Gaesumun, the demon who committed regicide and rebellion, became more and more elusive in the hearts of the courtiers, and people's fear of her became more intense.

After killing all these ministers and their families, Yeon Gaesumun did not want to wait any longer, and directly gave the order to take the initiative and launch an attack on Li Junxian on the other side.

Li Junxian was not surprised at all when he heard that Yuengai Suwen took the initiative to attack.

After all, before he came, he had already found out who the other party was and his determination to annex the peninsula.

Now he didn't take the initiative to attack, but the other party took the initiative to come to his door, which made him somewhat happy.

Immediately, he ordered the miscellaneous armies composed of Japan, Baekje and Silla to conduct the first round of defense, wanting to see the combat effectiveness of the Goguryeo soldiers.

With a trumpet blowing, Yeon Gaesumun took command of the central army and personally directed the soldiers to cross the river.

He directly recruited all the surrounding boats that could be launched into the water and had them connected with iron ropes. Then he connected a large number of iron ropes to the stern of the boat to fix it to the shore.

Then a large amount of wood was brought in. After the fleet in front moved forward, the wood was thrown into the water, fixed with ropes, and tied to the ship and the iron ropes on both sides.

Not long after, a wide pontoon was formed as the fleet moved forward.

Li Junxian looked at the floating bridge erected by Yuan Gaisuwen, and the corner of his mouth curled up.

When Yeon Gaesumun's fleet docked and a large number of soldiers rushed off the ship, Li Junxian waved his hand.

In an instant, hundreds of artillery pieces that had been deployed fired simultaneously, and half of the artillery pieces were aimed at the soldiers on the opposite side who were about to step onto the pontoon bridge and head to the other side.

Half of the artillery was aimed at the soldiers who had landed.

The huge roar resounded throughout the entire Datong River, frightening Yeon Gaesumun, who had already secured the victory and the presence of the old god, he jumped up from his seat, rushed out of the camp, and shouted to the guards outside:

"What happened? Didn't I say that artillery is our trump card and no one is allowed to use it until the last moment?"

The guards had no idea what was happening ahead, so they could only wait for the shipment to arrive, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, a scout rushed over and shouted:

"Prince Regent, something serious has happened. The thieves on the opposite side have a large number of artillery in their hands. They bombarded our outpost camp, and all the pioneer officers and generals were martyred."

Hearing that all the vanguard officers and others were killed in the battle, Yeon Gaesowun looked at the scouts with a ferocious expression and shouted:

"Then who is commanding the front lines now?"

The scout was stunned for a moment and did not dare to reply.

Can he tell the other party that the front line is now leaderless, and under the enemy's artillery attack, the people are all scattered and are busy running for their lives?

Seeing that the scout didn't speak, Yeon Gaesumun roughly guessed something.

He turned around and shouted to the messenger beside him:

"Give me the military order to pull out those 20 artillery pieces and fire them back hard."

After saying that, he immediately got on a war horse and shouted at the generals who had just arrived:

"Let the Chinese army move forward, gather up the soldiers in the vanguard, and be prepared to forcibly cross the river."