Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

It was seen that Li Chengqian asked Du He's opinion first, and then answered Hou Junji's question.

Yan Lide, Cheng Huailiang and Yuchi Huan all had expressions of astonishment on their faces.

Does Du He mean so much to the prince?

As for Xi Junmai, Xue Rengui, Qin Huaidao and Pei Xingjian, they were not surprised.

A smile appeared on Hou Junji's face, and he clasped his fists towards Li Chengqian and said.

"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness. I will definitely help you conquer Goguryeo!"

"I will capture Huaiyuan City within three days!"

Hou Junji likes the feeling of holding all the power. Now that the prince has given him power, he can do his best.

After the ceremony, Hou Junji turned around to face everyone and began to make arrangements.

"Yan Lide, you need to build a floating bridge on the Liao River within two days that can accommodate the army!"

"Su Dingfang, after the pontoon bridge is built, you will lead your troops to serve as the vanguard and occupy the city wall to clear the way for the army!"

"Xi Junmai, Cheng Huailiang, Yuchi Huan, lead your troops and attack with this general!"

Hou Junji had made a detailed analysis of the generals under his command. Except for Su Dingfang, who was a reliable general, he did not trust the others.

Moreover, Cheng Huailiang, Yuchi Huan and Qin Huaidao all had ridiculously high status. If they accidentally died in Goguryeo.

After returning to Chang'an, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong, two old killers, would probably cause trouble for him.

"As ordered!"

Yan Lide and a group of marching generals responded in unison.

After the battle plan was issued, the army immediately got busy under the command of Hou Junji.

When the defender of Huaiyuan City saw the Tang army building a pontoon bridge, his face changed drastically with fear.

He quickly summoned all the archers in the army, and then shot at the Tang army engineers who were building a pontoon bridge on the river.

The Tang army also sent a large number of archers to fight back, making the archers in Huaiyuan City dare not approach and shoot.

Despite the various responses of the Tang army, Goguryeo's bows and arrows had no effect on the engineers building the pontoon bridge.

Although Goguryeo's bows and arrows did not cause any casualties, problems arose within the Tang army.

Two days passed, but Yan Lide still hadn't brought his men to build the pontoon bridge.

...

Inside the Tang army’s tent.

Hou Junji lost his temper and said, "I am so angry! Yan Lide delayed our important matter!"

"I wish I could chop him to pieces with one blow!"

It is now the dry season, the water level of the Liaoshui River has dropped a lot, and mudflats can be seen in many places.

Moreover, the place they chose to build the floating bridge had shallows for dozens of meters on both sides of the river, with only the middle section being slightly deep.

In addition, the engineers were not affected by the Goguryeo defenders. Unexpectedly, the chief architect Yan Lide could not even build a floating bridge.

Li Chengqian's face looked a little unhappy. The floating bridge had not been built yet. He had been anxious for the past two days.

However, only Yan Lide knew how to build a floating bridge across the river, so there was no point in him being anxious.

Du He stood up and said with a somewhat cold expression: "General Hou, call Yan Lide over."

"If we continue to drag our feet like this, I'm afraid the floating bridge won't be built in ten or eight days."

"And the fighter planes we waited so hard for were also delayed!"

Yan Wan, the eldest daughter of the great architect Yan Lide, was the princess consort of Prince of Wei Li Tai!

Du He suspected that Yan Lide, as his father-in-law, must have been instructed by Li Tai to deliberately delay the army's journey.

Hou Junji narrowed his eyes and then shouted to the guards standing outside the tent.

"Sixth son, go to the Liao River and call Yan Lide over!"

Half a quarter of an hour later, Yan Lide walked in with hurried steps.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chief Steward Hou."

Yan Lide bowed respectfully to Li Chengqian and Hou Junji.

As for Du He, his status as a royal consort was not enough to allow him to perform the ceremony.

Hou Junji asked in a deep voice: "Yan Lide, two days have passed, why hasn't the floating bridge been built yet?"

Faced with Hou Junji calling him by his name, Yan Lide was not angry. He frowned and said.

"General Manager Hou, the middle part of the Liao River is deep and the current is fast. The wood was washed away before it was fixed!"

"I have tried dozens of methods, but none of them worked."

"Maybe the Dragon King here doesn't want us to build a floating bridge here."

Hou Junji frowned tightly and said coldly, "Yan Lide, are you kidding me?"

"As a master architect, you can't even build a floating bridge over the Liao River, which is less than a hundred meters wide?"

"Emperor Yang of Sui built floating bridges on the Liao River during his three expeditions to Goguryeo. Did you deliberately delay the opportunity to fight?"

When marching and fighting, Hou Junji spoke more directly.

Faced with the dirty water thrown at him by Hou Junji, Yan Lide jumped up as if a sore spot had been hit.

"General Manager Hou, you can't slander me!"

"If you don't trust me, you can just arrange for someone else to build the floating bridge!"

Hearing Yan Lide's threat, Hou Junji said angrily: "You..."

The two great craftsmen sent by the imperial court, Jiang Que and Qiu Xingyan, followed Li Ji and his army and were responsible for building siege ladders and catapults.

There was only Yan Lide in their central army, and no one else had this ability.

Just when Hou Junji was at a loss, Du He stood up and bowed to Li Chengqian.

"Your Highness, since Master Yan said that the Dragon King doesn't want us to build a floating bridge, why don't we take Master Yan to offer sacrifice to the Dragon King!"

"In order to recover the homeland of Han and Jin and win this battle, I believe that Master Yan's act of sacrificing his life to the Dragon King will surely be praised by future generations!"

suck~

After hearing what Du He said, not only Yan Lide, but even Li Chengqian and Hou Junji were dumbfounded.

Yan Lide said with a dark face: "Prince Consort Du, what do you mean by this?"

"Are you planning to murder an official appointed by the imperial court?"

Du He shook his head and said, "Master Yan, the prince must win this expedition against Goguryeo."

"We will not allow any internal obstacles to hold us back."

"I'll give you one last chance. If you can't build a floating bridge before dusk, you can go down to the Liao River to feed the fish."

"For the sake of victory, I will take the blame!"

As Du He's bone-chilling voice fell, the tent instantly became silent.

At this moment, Yan Lide's rapid breathing sounded so clear.

madman!

Du He is an absolute lunatic!

Yan Lide's face turned blue and white, and his chest rose and fell violently.

If the person threatening him was Hou Junji, Yan Lide might have responded toughly.

But the person who spoke was Du He, this young man was really bold and reckless!

Now the central army is full of the prince's men. If Du He really tries to harm him, I'm afraid he will not be able to escape death.

A good man does not suffer immediate losses.

There was silence for a moment.

Yan Lide said with trembling teeth: "I will think of a way to build the floating bridge before dusk."

After saying this, he fled from the tent.