Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Half a quarter of an hour later.

Under the escort of Xue Rengui and more than a hundred cavalrymen, Du He arrived at the main army camp unhindered.

The soldiers guarding the gate may not have seen Du He, but they all knew the god of war Xue Rengui with silver armor and white horse.

"Meet General Xue!"

As they walked in, the soldiers patrolling the camp saluted Xue Rengui one after another, their eyes full of admiration.

Xue Rengui felt very nervous when he saw that all the soldiers only bowed to him but not to Du He.

He also introduced Du He's identity to the soldiers over and over again.

Du He smiled and said, "Rengui, it seems that you have a good reputation in the army. Keep it up."

Xue Rengui quickly responded: "It is all thanks to Prince Consort Du's support that Rengui has achieved what he has today. I am extremely grateful."

Even as the two were talking, they had already arrived at the particularly tall central military tent.

Hou Junji and Li Ji, who had just come from the front line to observe the progress of building the earthen hill, reined in their horses and walked over from the front.

When they saw Du He coming, they quickly rode their horses to greet him.

Hou Junji said jokingly, "Hey, how come our Deputy Chief Steward Du has time to come over?"

"Were you asked by the prince to come and supervise our siege?"

Li Ji also joked, "Perhaps His Royal Highness the Crown Prince despises our incompetence and specially sent his think tank to come over and give us a plan to break the city."

Although the two military commanders were joking in their ridicule, they more or less had the same idea in their minds.

If they fail to capture Pyongyang when the cold winter comes this year, the prince will definitely attack their main generals.

After all, failing to destroy the imperial city of Goguryeo was equivalent to not conquering Goguryeo.

Du He smiled and replied, "Uncle Hou, Uncle Li, you two are the military gods of our Tang Dynasty. How dare I, your nephew, point fingers and make random comments?"

Du He was not being modest when he said this; he was thinking the same thing in his heart.

Among the generals of the Zhenguan period, if they were ranked according to their command abilities, Li Jing would undoubtedly be ranked first, Li Ji would be ranked second, and Hou Junji would also be in the top five.

"Hehe." Hou Junji chuckled twice, then said pointedly: "Nephew Du, how dare the Duke of Ying and I call ourselves military gods in front of you?"

"We can't think of your plan to use a catapult to throw the bodies of Xueyantuo soldiers into Pyongyang."

"If someone doesn't know, they would think you are Jia Wenhe's disciple, not Duke Wei's disciple."

If Li Jing, who was thousands of miles away, knew about the vicious plan to break the city proposed by Du He, his half-disciple, he would probably not be able to sleep well at night.

When Du He heard Hou Junji mention the strategy of using corpses to break into the city, he said with a smile.

"Uncles, I just said that casually. Just treat it as a loud fart."

Then Du He changed the subject.

"This time, my nephew is leading more than 10,000 cavalrymen southward, under the order of the Crown Prince to conquer Baekje."

"I came to see you two uncles this time because I want to learn about the situation in Baekje."

When they heard that Du He was going to lead the cavalry to destroy Baekje, Li Ji and Hou Junji's faces lit up.

In particular, Li Ji, after failing to capture Pyongyang after a long siege, thought of sending cavalry to attack Baekje first.

It is unexpected that Du He and the prince, who are thousands of miles away, can think of attacking Baekje first. This is really surprising.

Li Ji dismounted and said, "Nephew Du, there is a map of Baekje's territory in the tent. Let's go in and talk."

"it is good."

Du He quickly dismounted and asked Xue Rengui to go in and listen.

Both Du He and Li Chengqian attached great importance to the training of Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai, and would call them to sit in whenever there was a military meeting.

In the dental tent.

Li Ji pointed to the map of Baekje's territory and introduced it with a serious face.

"Nephew Du, there are more than 24 households in Baekje, with a population of about 120 million."

"Baekje originally had more than 6 soldiers, and recently recruited more than 5 more, totaling 5 troops."

"The fighting power of Baekje soldiers, like most of Goguryeo's soldiers, is not very strong."

"Moreover, the armor and weapons of their scholars are no match for our Tang army."

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty defeated Goguryeo and only Pyongyang City was left. The King of Baekje, Buyeo Uija, was frightened half to death and quickly ordered General Yunzhong to recruit 5 soldiers.

Due to years of war with Silla and Goguryeo, Baekje suffered heavy casualties among adult men.

Buyeo Ui-ji included all healthy men between the ages of 14 and 50 in the country in the recruitment scope, and was able to barely gather an army of 12.

The territory had finally doubled under his leadership. As long as he could hold on to it in the next few years, he would be able to annex Goguryeo in the future.

Although Buyeo Yiji's talents were average, he had a great ambition to expand the territory.

Li Ji pointed to several marked cities on the territory map and introduced them to Du He.

"Baekje's army of 12 soldiers includes 2 soldiers in the royal capital of Guba and 2 soldiers in the old capital of Ungjin in the north."

"There are five important cities, Daye City, Gusha City, De'an City, Jiuzhixia City and Daoxian City, each with 1 troops."

There was a pause.

Li Ji pointed to Jincheng again and said: "Baekje left 1 garrisons in Jincheng, the imperial capital of Silla."

"The remaining 2 troops are scattered in hundreds of other small cities."

Seeing that Li Ji knew the distribution of Baekje's troops very well, Du He felt ashamed of himself.

Although he held the title of deputy commander-in-chief of the march, he had never thought about gathering information about the enemy.

If Li Ji, Hou Junji and others had not been brought here, the battle would probably not have been so easy.

Du He also understood that the reason why Li Ji was able to win every battle against alien races was because of his strong intelligence gathering capabilities.

Because he had a grasp of the enemy's dynamics, Li Ji was able to anticipate the enemy and use the powerful mobility of the cavalry to quickly break through the enemy's weak points.

Du He said happily: "Uncle Li, now that I have the detailed information about Baekje's defense, I am more confident in attacking Baekje!"

Li Ji nodded and continued, "Baekje's fighting spirit is not as strong as Goguryeo's. As long as you take down Ungjin Castle, Daye Castle, and Gusa Castle, you can directly besiege Baekje's royal capital, Gyuba Castle."

"Perhaps Baekje King Buyeo Yi-ji will order the city gates to be opened and surrender!"

Du He asked doubtfully, "Uncle Li, does this battle arrangement have any deeper meaning?"

The combined garrison of Ungjin City, Daye City and Gusa City was only 4. Even if they were all annihilated, Baekje would still have 8 troops.

Hou Junji explained: "Baekje currently has only three capable generals."

"They are General Yunzhong stationed in Xiongjin City, Jiebaek stationed in Daye City, and Ni Zhiniu stationed in Gusa City. As long as we kill these three, Baekje will not be a concern."

Du He suddenly realized: "This is what the Tathagata is like!"