Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

outside the hall.

Su Dingfang asked in a puzzled voice: "Prince Consort Du, why did Prince Yici agree to send all the soldiers to attack Liaodong City?"

Although King Yiji and others have become prisoners, they cannot be pushed too hard, otherwise they will refuse to cooperate even at death.

If all the people in Juba City were slaughtered, the soldiers and civilians of Baekje outside would unite and fight the Tang army to the death.

When the Tang army goes to clear these cities, the soldiers will suffer more casualties, which is really unnecessary.

Du He smiled and explained: "Confucius said, 'If you take the best, you will get something in the middle; if you take the middle, you will get something below; if you take the lowest, you will get nothing.'"

"I set the requirements very high at the beginning, and King Yiji would be devastated if he couldn't meet them. When I lowered them to the minimum standard, he would be grateful."

"This is human nature!"

If Du He had asked Baekje to send 5 troops at the beginning, King Uija and his men would definitely only agree to send to troops in the end, and they would be extremely reluctant in their hearts.

But Du He asked for 15 troops as soon as he opened his mouth. King Yici and his men's first thought was which cities they should go to to gather so many troops.

I will feel anxious and angry inside.

When Du He lowered his requirements and they could do it without any extra effort, they would agree readily.

Su Dingfang suddenly realized, "He who determines the best will get the best in the middle, and he who determines the best in the middle will get the worst. Prince Consort Du, I will learn from your teaching!"

He deserves to be the prince's most trusted person. Although Prince Consort Du usually does not show off his abilities, he is really capable.

If someone incompetent were to take over, I'm afraid he wouldn't have handled the situation as well as Prince Consort Du did.

Du He said to Su Dingfang: "General Su, the people in the city can be allowed to go home on their own. The 1 soldiers will disperse and settle them, and send soldiers to keep a close watch on them."

"As ordered!"

After Su Dingfang bowed, he quickly left the palace.

Although the armor and weapons of these 1 soldiers were confiscated, they were all strong men, and even a wooden stick could be intimidating.

After Su Dingfang left, Du He's personal guard Du Wu trotted over.

"Master, I have tidied up the side hall and can use it as the commander's tent."

Du He nodded and then strode over.

The news that Baekje has surrendered and that 5 troops will be sent north to assist in the attack on Pyongyang must be reported to Li Chengqian and Hou Junji as soon as possible.

More than half an hour later.

Du He handed the two sealed battle reports to Du Wu and told him, "Du Wu, take a few people with you and deliver the battle reports to Hou Junji and the Crown Prince as fast as you can."

"As ordered!"

Without any hesitation, Du Wu hid the battle report inside his clothes on his chest, then trotted out of the hall.

Another half hour passed.

Qin Huaidao walked in with a stack of imperial edicts. He put the edicts on the desk in front of Du He and said.

"Prince Consort Du, Prince Yici has brought 181 imperial edicts written by his subjects. Please review them."

Du He smiled and said, "King Yici is quite efficient in his work."

The contents of these 181 edicts are all the same. The first part states that Baekje has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the second part states that Baekje will assist the Tang army in attacking Pyongyang.

King Uiji ordered all the garrisons of each city to arrive at the city of Juba within 6 days.

Then he picked up more than ten imperial edicts and checked them, and found that there was no problem, Du He said in a low voice.

"Huai Dao, take your men to read all the imperial edicts. If the contents are consistent, have King Yi Ci arrange for people to deliver them to each city."

"promise!"

Qin Huaidao left quickly holding the imperial edict.

...

Two days later.

Du Wu, riding at full speed, delivered the battle report to Hou Junji.

"Reporting to General Hou, our master has led his troops to conquer Baekje. This is the battle report that the master asked me to give you."

"We conquered Baekje so quickly?" Hou Junji was shocked.

Their earthen hill had not yet been built, but they did not expect that Du He had already led his troops to destroy Baekje.

Du Wu nodded and said, "General Hou, the master has explained it all in the battle report, you will know it after reading it."

"I still have to deliver the battle report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Do you have anything I need to pass on to you?"

Thinking of Li Chengqian, Hou Junji couldn't help but shrink his neck.

A few days ago, the prince had sent his personal guards to urge them to quickly capture Pyongyang City, and also conveyed the news that the prince was very dissatisfied with them.

There has been no progress in the attack on Pyongyang City. If he tells the prince about the siege, the prince will definitely be unhappy.

Hou Junji shook his head and said, "Just send the battle report to the Crown Prince directly. If the Crown Prince doesn't ask about it, there's no need to tell him about our situation."

"As ordered."

Du Wu saluted respectfully and rode away quickly on his horse.

Half an hour later.

After Hou Junji sent someone to inform them, Li Ji, Zhang Liang, Li Daozon and others all knew that Du He had conquered Baekje.

Their faces were filled with complex expressions including shock, joy, envy, etc.

Inside the tent of the Tang army commander.

A group of generals gathered together.

Li Ji said with emotion: "Du He is truly a genius commander. He conquered Baekje in just half a month!"

"And he asked King Uija to send 5 troops north to assist us in attacking Pyongyang!"

"Once the earthen hill is built, we can send Baekje soldiers to attack the city!"

The battle report that Du He wrote to them clearly pointed out that all 5 Baekje soldiers should die outside Pyongyang.

Without these 5 soldiers, Baekje would be easier to deal with.

Hou Junji turned to Zhang Shigui and asked, "General Zhang, how long will it take to build the earthen hill?"

Zhang Shigui clasped his fists and reported: "General Manager Hou, it is expected to be completed in about half a month!"

There are big rivers on both sides of the north gate of Pyongyang, and under their feet is a flat alluvial plain. If they want to get soil, they have to dig from the hills several miles away.

Because the distance is quite far, a lot of time was wasted going back and forth.

Hou Junji said in a deep voice: "Half a month is too long. We must build the earthen hill within 10 days!"

According to Du He's prediction, Baekje's 5 troops would be able to reach Pyongyang within 10 days.

"As ordered!"

Zhang Shigui replied in a serious tone.

...

As time passed, more Baekje soldiers came to Juba Castle every day.

On the wall of the north gate.

Du He and Buyeo Yi Ci stood side by side, their eyes looking at the same place below the city.

I saw more than ten thousand Baekje soldiers who had just arrived, lined up in more than twenty long rows.

As they moved forward, they handed over their armor and weapons to the Tang army.

Du He asked softly, "King Yici, after the 1 soldiers who have come from Jincheng take off their armor, I will let them rest for a night and have someone take them to Pyongyang tomorrow!"

King Yici said with a heavy face, "Lord Tianjiang, isn't this a bit worrying?"

Seeing that Du He did not answer him, King Yi Ci had no choice but to speak with a smile.

"It's all up to Lord Tianjiang to decide!"

The servile King Yici felt vaguely regretful at this moment. If he had known that it would be so humiliating, he should not have surrendered to the Tang army at that time!