Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

The combat capability of Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai is really strong.

The Gusha City they attacked was farther away than the Daye City that Su Dingfang led his troops to attack. Unexpectedly, they completed the mission first.

Du He then said to Du Wu, "Send people to wait at the four city gates. If Su Dingfang sends someone to deliver a battle report, bring it to me as soon as possible."

"As ordered!"

After Du Wu left, Du He picked up the military book and read it again.

Half an hour later.

Suddenly, Du Wu's excited shout was heard outside the gate.

"Master, General Su has captured Daye City!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Du Wu rushed in with the battle report.

Du Heteng stood up from the cushion, took the battle report, and quickly opened it to read.

"11085 enemies were annihilated, and Su Dingfang killed General Jiebaek of Baekje with his spear!"

Seeing the good news at the beginning, Du He's mood instantly became excited.

Unexpectedly, these three battles were so easy to win. We captured three cities in two days and killed more than 4 enemies in total.

Du He said happily: "Du Wu Yanmo, I want to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Hou Junji and the others about this good news."

"Yes, sir."

Du Wu ran to grind the ink skillfully.

...

While Du He and his men were killing people everywhere in Baekje, Li Ji and Hou Junji and their men made no progress at all.

In the past few days, they have been shooting a large number of letters of surrender into the four walls of Pyongyang with bows and arrows, and have also sent soldiers to risk their lives to shout under the walls for three days.

In addition, they accelerated the construction of the earthen hill, hoping to cause great psychological pressure on the Goguryeo soldiers and civilians in the city and increase the determination of those who wanted to surrender in the city.

But the city of Pyongyang is like an abyss with no bottom in sight, and there is no sound at all when stones are thrown into it.

For this reason, Hou Junji and Zhang Liang, the two generals on the march, ordered the entire army to attack the city for a whole day, but in the end they still failed to climb the city wall.

Not only did their siege fail, they were also mocked by the defenders of Pyongyang with drums and gongs.

Not to mention the generals of the Tang army, even the soldiers were filled with anger.

Outside Pyongyang.

Inside the tent of the Tang army commander.

Li Ji, Hou Junji, Zhang Lianghe, Li Daozon and others were sitting together with serious expressions on their faces.

They were discussing a new plan to break into the city, but the discussion came to a deadlock because the three military commanders had different opinions.

Everyone remained silent at this moment, and the atmosphere was terribly depressing.

At this moment, the voice of the guard suddenly came from outside the tent.

"Report, Deputy Chief Du sent someone to deliver the battle report!"

Hou Junji said with a slightly excited tone: "Please invite him in!"

"promise!"

Not long after, a spirited young soldier walked in with his head held high.

"Greetings, generals. The above is the war report written by Deputy Chief Du. Please read it."

Hou Junji walked directly to the guards, took the battle report, and quickly spread it out.

After a while.

Hou Junji exclaimed in surprise: "Du He has already captured Xiongjin City, Daye City and Gusa City, annihilated a total of 41927 enemies, and killed three generals of Baekje!"

what!

Conquer three cities in such a short time?

And killed the three great generals of Baekje?

Li Ji, Zhang Liang, Li Daozon and others hurried to Hou Junji's side and checked the battle report with wide eyes.

After seeing the detailed battle process above, they were all stunned.

Zhang Liang said in disbelief: "Du He is really too bold!"

"They actually used a blitzkrieg to send a cavalry company across more than ten cities to attack two strategically important cities!"

"Besides, under their sudden attack, before Baekje could react, all three cities had already fallen!"

Then a hint of shame appeared on his surprised face.

A few days ago, he learned from Li Ji that Du He only brought more than 10,000 cavalry to attack Baekje, and did not carry any siege equipment.

Zhang Liang also said in front of everyone that Du He and his men would return empty-handed.

I didn't expect to slap him in the face so soon.

Li Ji said with emotion: "Du He is indeed one of the best disciples of Duke Weiguo. He is well versed in the art of war: swift as the wind, slow as the forest, aggressive as fire, and immovable as a mountain!"

"He achieved such a great victory for the first time leading the army alone, while we, a bunch of generals with many years of military experience, couldn't even take down Pyongyang. It's really shameful!"

When Li Ji mentioned Pyongyang City, which was harder than a turtle shell, everyone fell silent again.

If Du He conquered Baekje but they had not yet taken Pyongyang, they would definitely be laughed at if the news got out.

The soldier who delivered the battle report noticed that the atmosphere was wrong and he whispered.

"Generals, I still have to deliver the battle report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so I will take my leave first."

After he saluted to the generals in the tent, he slipped out quickly.

"Cough cough~"

Li Ji coughed twice.

After drawing everyone's attention, Li Ji said in a deep voice.

"Everyone, we can't be impatient now. The soldiers in Pyongyang are under the control of Yeon Gaesomun. Even if King Go Jang and his men have the cooperation of Xin, they still need to find the right time."

"We don't need to do anything unnecessary now. Once the earthen hill is built, if the people in the city refuse to cooperate, we will storm!"

Without Li Chengqian, the commander-in-chief of the entire army, the disadvantages of having too many generals were exposed.

Hou Junji and Zhang Liang tend to be impatient and excited. Take yesterday's siege for example, they were only thinking about storming the city to vent their anger, and no matter how Li Ji tried to dissuade them, it was useless.

Li Ji believed that the more critical the moment, the less anxious we should be, and we needed to find the right opportunity for the people in the Time City.

Once the people in the city know that the Tang army cannot break the city, their willingness to resist will greatly increase, and the strategy of disintegrating the Pyongyang defenders from within will lose its effect.

There was silence for a moment.

Hou Junji and Zhang Liang nodded and said, "Okay!"

Since the three generals were in agreement, the opinions of other generals were not that important.

"Whoo~"

Li Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

...

Pyongyang City.

In the magnificent hall.

The atmosphere inside was the same as that of the Tang army's tent, equally quiet and somewhat depressing.

Yeon Gaesomun's sharp eyes kept scanning the ministers.

The ministers who were stared at by him felt their hair stand on end and the muscles on their faces trembled uncontrollably.

Yeon Gaesomun slowly said, "My dear ministers, what do you think of the surrender letter that the Tang army has thrown in these days?"

An armored general was the first to speak up: "Mo Lizhi, the Tang army must be at their wits' end and have resorted to this strategy of sowing discord!"

"In my opinion, the Tang army will withdraw soon."

The other generals echoed.

Yeon Gaesomun just nodded slightly to these generals who were loyal to him.

His eyes suddenly fell on the elderly civil official standing in front of him with a gleam in his eyes.

Yeon Gaesomun said with a gloomy face: "Your Excellency, you have been very busy during this period!"

"This king has always been willing to accept good advice. Tell me what you think!"