Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Seeing the high morale of the young marching generals, Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction.

Military spirit is available!

Li Chengqian smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Generals, go back and have a good rest first. After you have gathered your strength, you can tackle the tough bone of Baiyan City!"

"promise!"

Hou Junji, Su Dingfang and a group of military generals left the tent one after another.

After everyone else left, Li Chengqian turned to look at Du He and asked expectantly.

"Du He, do you think our 2 troops can capture Baiyan City in one day?"

In addition to the 2 central troops, the army that marched north to attack Baiyan City also included the remaining 7 foreign troops under Zhang Jian.

Du He frowned and said, "Baiyan City is a mountain city built on a hill. Except for the relatively flat slope on the west side, the other three sides are steep cliffs."

"In addition, Goguryeo also built a stone wall about three meters high along the hilltop terrain."

"This impregnable mountain fortress is not so easy to break through."

Before convening the combat meeting, Du He, Hou Junji and others carefully inspected the terrain of Baiyan City.

The only breakthrough point of this city is the southwest gate, and in order to rush from the foot of the mountain to the bottom of the gate, one has to climb a slope of hundreds of meters.

This hillside terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Moreover, the defenders of Baiyan City had already cut down all the grass and trees on the slope mountain in advance.

As long as the defenders prepare enough boulders and rolling logs, it will be difficult for the attackers to rush forward.

After hearing Du He's words that damaged morale, Li Chengqian's confident mentality of winning disappeared.

He asked somewhat dejectedly: "Du He, do you think we can't capture Baiyan City?"

Du He shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, we can definitely take down Baiyan City, but we can't use brute force to attack. We must use the appropriate siege method."

"Because the reinforcements from Goguryeo are coming with more than 5 people, and there is a bloody battle waiting for us later, we can't afford to suffer too many losses in the siege!"

In addition to those who stayed behind to defend the city, there were also many Tang soldiers who were injured or killed in the battle.

Take Zhang Jian's troops for example. At the beginning, they had 2 soldiers. After several battles, more than 6 people were killed, more than 4 were injured, and 3 were stationed in Jian'an City. Now there are only 7 soldiers left.

When the number of soldiers is reduced to a certain extent, personal bravery will become insignificant in the melee of tens of thousands of troops.

Li Chengqian nodded in agreement: "That makes sense!"

He pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth and continued, "Du He, as my military advisor, I'll leave it to you to figure out how to break the city!"

After saying this, his mood suddenly became relaxed.

"Forehead..."

Looking at Li Chengqian who was giving up, a black line appeared on Du He's forehead.

Why is something going wrong now?

When going to the war, Du He was determined to act as two mascots with Li Chengqian.

Leave the battle to the big guys like Hou Junji and Li Ji, and they just need to take advantage of the situation.

But now Li Chengqian, the sixth child, is doing a good job as a mascot, and he seems to be using his brain and working hard all the time.

At this moment, Hou Junji, who had just left, walked back into the tent.

he exclaimed excitedly.

"Your Highness, Du He, good news!"

No one knew what good news Hou Junji was going to tell her, but it was the first time Du He saw his face flush with excitement.

Even though he annihilated tens of thousands of elite troops in Anshi City and captured the solid Liaodong City, Hou Junji was not so excited.

"What good news?"

Du He and Li Chengqian asked in unison in confusion.

With the war imminent, what good news can there be?

Could it be that they found a secret passage that could easily lead to the city's destruction?

Just as the two were confused, Hou Junji walked up quickly, handed a secret report in his hand to Li Chengqian, and said in a trembling voice.

"Sun Daiyin, the Lord of Baiyan City, has sent his confidant to surrender!"

"what!"

Du He and Li Chengqian stood up in surprise.

Is there such a good thing as pie in the sky?

Li Chengqian quickly took the secret report and looked excited, while Du He also walked over with doubts.

The secret report was written very briefly, and at the end was the seal of the mayor of Baiyan City.

Li Chengqian said happily: "I didn't expect that Sun Daiyin, the Lord of Baiyan City, was so sensible. Facing the might of our army, he surrendered knowing that he was no match for us!"

He then said to Hou Junji: "General Hou, quickly invite in the people sent by Sun Daiyin to surrender!"

Li Chengqian was now overwhelmed by the huge surprise, and his mind was full of accepting the surrender of Baiyan City.

Hou Junji nodded, then walked to the entrance of the tent and shouted, "Bring the people here!"

Soon, several Tang army soldiers walked in quickly with a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar.

As soon as the middle-aged man entered the tent, he immediately knelt down and bowed to Li Chengqian, saying, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Chengqian waved his hands and asked knowingly, "Why did Sun Daiyin ask you to come here?"

The middle-aged man knelt on the ground and said, "Our General Sun saw that your army was like a heavenly army, invincible wherever it went, so he did not dare to have the slightest intention of resistance."

"I also heard that the Tang army would treat those who surrendered voluntarily with favor, so General Sun sent me to surrender."

Li Chengqian nodded slightly, then looked at the middle-aged man and said.

"Did your City Lord Sun tell us how to surrender?"

The middle-aged man looked around in the tent and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, only 30% of the generals in the city are willing to surrender with General Sun."

"General Sun plans to send people to persuade the neutral generals to surrender within two days."

"Two days later at midnight, we will light three fires on the top of the mountain as a signal and open the west gate to let the heavenly army enter the city!"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Li Chengqian glanced at Du He and found that he was frowning in thought, so he turned his gaze to Hou Junji not far away.

Feeling Li Chengqian's gaze, Hou Junji nodded in understanding, then frowned and spoke in a deep voice.

"Two days is too long. If General Sun is sincere, why don't you open the city gates and surrender tomorrow night?"

The middle-aged man knelt down and turned around. He said to Hou Junji with difficulty: "Tomorrow, the generals who are determined to resist will guard the west gate, and the day after tomorrow, those who are willing to surrender will be on duty."

"If the general is in a hurry, why don't we surrender at 3:30 p.m. the day after tomorrow?"

"When the time comes, we will hoist the banner of the Heavenly Army on the top of the mountain as a signal, and open the city gates for the Heavenly Army!"

As the middle-aged man finished speaking, there was silence in the tent for a moment.

Hou Junji nodded slightly to Li Chengqian, indicating that he agreed with the time he said.

Li Chengqian looked at Du He again and found that he was still lowering his head, so he turned to look at the middle-aged man and said.

"I agree!"

"Go back and tell Sun Daiyin that as long as you lead your troops to surrender, I will not make things difficult for you!"

After he finished speaking, Li Chengqian ordered his guards, "Bring a military flag over here and have him take it back."

"promise!"

The guard turned around and ran out of the tent.