Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Yuan Jingtu's fearless words made the generals who were clamoring to go to war all shout excitedly.

"How is avoiding a fight any different from being a coward?"

"If the Xueyantuo and Mohe allies knew about this, they would think that there was no one in Goguryeo!"

"Our 15-man army is fully capable of driving the Tang army away!"

It has to be said that ignorance is bliss.

Seeing this bunch of brainless warriors still jumping up and down, Cui Boyi was so angry that his chest heaved up and down violently.

Fortunately, the other civil officials stood up to support him, and they spoke sarcastically to the group of military generals.

"How shameless! It took several months to attack Silla, where only the imperial city remained."

"If I remember correctly, you lost more than 3 soldiers in total, right?"

"You still dare to look down on the powerful Tang army?"

"Yes!"

Although these civil officials were weak and powerless, their mouths were like knives, and every word they said cut deeply into the hearts of these military generals.

Yuan Jingtu and his subordinates were hit in the sore spot, and their faces were as black as the bottom of a pot.

Yeon Gaesomun looked at the inconsistent opinions of his civil and military ministers, and the analysis of Choi Bo-yi's elder brother also made sense, so he didn't know how to make a decision for a moment.

His thick, short brows were also tightly furrowed.

Just as the two groups were in a stalemate, the eunuch guarding the door of the hall walked in with his head lowered. He bowed respectfully to Yeon Gaesomun.

"Report to Damolizhi that Baekje King Buyeo Yici has sent an envoy to request an audience!"

Yeon Gaesomun said in a deep voice: "Bring in the Baekje envoy."

"As ordered!"

The eunuch responded, then turned around, lowered his head and walked out quickly.

It didn't take long.

A middle-aged envoy, dressed like a Han Chinese, walked in with his head lowered, led by a eunuch.

Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje learned the advanced culture of the Central Plains, and their clothing, food, housing, transportation and etiquette were basically the same as those of the Han people.

The middle-aged envoy first bowed slightly to King Go Zang, then turned around and bowed to Yeon Gaesomun.

"Reporting to Damolizhi, our King Yici has great news to share with you. This is the imperial edict written by King Yici."

King Uija of Buyeo Uija was born in the same year as Lee Shimin, and he inherited the throne after his father, King Buyeo Jang of Baekje, passed away in the 15th year of Zhenguan.

In total, he served as the crown prince for nearly thirty years.

If Li Chengqian had heard the story of Buyeo Yici, he probably wouldn't have been so anxious to succeed to the throne.

The eunuch took the imperial seal from the Baekje envoy and respectfully handed it to Yeon Gaesomun.

Yeon Gaesomun violently pulled the imperial seal away and took the thin imperial seal in one hand to examine it.

"what!"

As soon as he saw the first few lines, Yeon Gaesomun suddenly shouted.

His lazy body suddenly sat up straight.

Seeing Yeon Gaesomun's huge reaction, everyone in the hall focused their attention on him.

The Baekje envoy smiled, as if he knew in advance that Yeon Gaesomun would be surprised.

Yuan Jingtu asked curiously, "Da Molizhi, what on earth did King Yici write that surprised you so much?"

He is an extremely brave eldest brother who never changes his expression even in the face of big problems.

I didn't expect that a letter from the imperial edict of Baekje would make my eldest brother lose his composure like this.

Yeon Gaesomun did not answer immediately, but read the imperial edict carefully with a serious face.

After a cup of tea.

Yeon Gaesomun said in a complicated tone: "Baekje has defeated Silla!"

"Generals Kim Yu-sin, An-cheon, and Kim Won-sul of Silla were killed, and King Seondeok Kim Deok-man hanged himself!"

what!

Did Baekje defeat Silla so quickly?

Upon hearing the news, all the civil and military officials were stunned.

Especially the great general Yuan Jingtu, his mouth opened so wide in surprise that two eggs could be easily stuffed in.

How could Silla, which he couldn't defeat even with his 10 elite troops, be easily defeated by Baekje?

Feeling the questioning looks from Cui Boyi's elder brother and other civil servants, Yuan Jingtu felt as if he had been slapped dozens of times from a distance, and his face was burning with pain.

It’s so embarrassing!

Now not only Yeon Jingtu is embarrassed, but even Yeon Gaesomun is very regretful.

According to their original plan, they wanted Baekje to fight with Silla and consume a large number of military forces of both countries.

After they drove away the Tang army, they would march south to take down Baekje and Silla together.

Who would have thought that the weak Baekje could have captured the impregnable Jincheng without making any noise!

Goguryeo paid the price of sacrificing tens of thousands of soldiers and captured most of the Silla cities, which thus became Baekje's wedding dress.

It's too late to regret!

Yeon Gaesomun asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "How did you Baekje defeat Silla?"

The messenger smiled and said, "After our tens of thousands of troops surrounded Jincheng, we began to discuss siege tactics."

"Because several generals disagreed, we besieged Jincheng for more than a month and did not launch any siege operations."

"I didn't expect that a few days ago, thousands of defenders in Jincheng secretly left the city and attacked our food supplies at night."

"Fortunately, our people discovered it in time, and after a bloody battle, they wiped out these thousands of enemy troops."

"Two days later, the other enemy troops in the city also left the city due to lack of food and launched a final battle with us. In the end, they were all annihilated by us!"

Upon hearing the words of the Baekje envoy, the hall fell into deathly silence.

Yuan Jingtu was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Why didn't they hold out for another month?

Yeon Gaesomun was so angry that his face turned blue. He wished he could let Yeon Jeongdo lead the army to conquer Silla and Baekje right away.

When he thought of the powerful enemy of the Tang army, Yeon Gaesomun instantly suppressed his anger.

His expression changed several times, and then he spoke to the Baekje envoy.

"Go back and tell King Uija that we in Goguryeo keep our word. Once you capture the imperial city of Silla, all of Silla's territory will belong to you, Baekje!"

"Thank you, Damo Lizhi!"

The Baekje envoy responded happily.

Before he went on the diplomatic mission to Goguryeo, King Uija and a group of civil and military ministers had already discussed it. Now that Goguryeo was half-crippled by the Tang army, they would definitely not dare to go back on their word.

It was for these reasons that he dared to say these words deliberately.

It was Goguryeo who always loved to attack Baekje for no reason. Now that they have made Goguryeo angry, they feel very happy.

Yeon Gaesomun continued, "Go back and tell King Uija to mobilize 2 troops to the north to fight against the Tang army with us."

The Baekje envoy smiled and said, "Damolizhi, we have just conquered Silla, and it will take some time to digest this large new territory."

"But our King Uija said that Baekje and Goguryeo are one, and he will definitely not stand idly by."

Hearing the messenger's refusal, Yeon Gaesomun clenched his fists tightly and endless murderous intent surged in his heart.

a long time.

Yeon Gaesomun gritted his teeth and said, “Okay!”