Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

All the civil and military officials lowered their heads and frowned in thought. The hall suddenly became quiet.

Not long after, the calm and composed elder brother Cui Boyi stood up and spoke in a firm and powerful voice.

"King Shenwu, we must not change our orders overnight. We must hold it according to the scheduled time."

"Besides, the earthen hill built by the Tang army is only a dozen feet wide, and there are only thirty or forty people standing in the front row. As long as our soldiers block the front, no matter how the Tang army attacks day and night, it will be useless."

"If the king happens to encounter the Tang army attacking the city when he ascends the throne, the frightened people will definitely support the king even more!"

The information he knew was more accurate than Yeon Gaesomun. Now the people in the city basically opposed Yeon Gaesomun's ascension to the throne, and the voices were quite loud.

The intervention of the Tang army as an external force at this time would actually encourage the people to support Yeon Gaesomun's ascension to the throne.

The great envoy with a gleam in his eyes followed closely behind and also agreed.

"I and Brother Cui Boyi agree that Your Majesty can win the support of the people with a great victory."

"Let the people of Pyongyang know that we, Goguryeo, lost 175 cities under the leadership of King Go Jang."

"And under the leadership of King Shenwu, Goguryeo will gradually regain its lost territory!"

After hearing what the two counselors said, Yeon Gaesomun, who was originally worried, instantly showed a smile on his face.

I never thought that a bad thing would have a completely different result if I looked at it from a different angle.

Yeon Gaesomun stood up and said excitedly: "You two are right. In that case, the coronation ceremony will be held as scheduled!"

"The Divine Martial King is holy and wise!"

Civil and military officials all stood up and shouted loudly to Yeon Gaesomun.

The resounding shouts were like a wave, almost blowing the roof of the hall off.

After the shouting stopped, the great envoy, with a gleam in his eyes, spoke loudly with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Reporting to King Shenwu, King Gao Zang knows that he doesn't have much time left. In the last few days of his life, he completely indulged himself and had sex with several concubines in the harem day and night."

"Unfortunately, King Gao Zang is weak and unable to do it."

"He asked the eunuch to ask the old minister to send him more powerful medicine. I also ask the King of Shenwu to make the decision."

Thinking of King Gao Zang, who was pale and might be blown down by the wind at any time when he walked, a loud laugh suddenly broke out in the hall.

"Hahaha~"

"I didn't expect that Gao Zang, that sickly guy, would still have such thoughts when he was about to die!"

"If the Grand Envoy hadn't mentioned him, I would have thought Gao Zang had already died in a woman's belly."

The civil and military officials in the hall had no respect for Gao Zang, the nominal king, and all of them had sarcastic expressions on their faces.

Perhaps in their hearts, Gao Zang was not an emperor at all.

Yeon Gaesomun said nonchalantly, "Your Excellency, I have already said that you can make your own decisions on such trivial matters."

"After all, Gao Zang was supported by me, and he was quite obedient in the past. Please have someone send more medicine over."

The great envoy bowed respectfully and said, "I obey your command!"

Two hours later.

The great envoy asked a servant to bring two large baskets of medicine and personally handed them to the eunuch who was close to King Gao Zang, and whispered a few words to them.

Then the young eunuch carried the two baskets laboriously and walked slowly towards the harem.

Before he could walk far, a burly general with a swallow-like chin and a tiger-like head blocked the road ahead again.

He looked at the young eunuch with disdain and hooked his finger at him.

"Eunuch Zhao, bring the basket over here. I want to check it."

"As ordered."

After the young eunuch whispered, he quickly walked up to the burly general and put the basket down for him to inspect.

The burly general narrowed his eyes and stared at the young eunuch. Seeing that he was not panicked at all, he casually picked up the medicine in the basket and glanced at it.

He then threw the drugs back like trash and sneered.

"Eunuch Zhao, go back and tell Gao Zang, that sickly child, to take good care of him. In a few days, there will be no chance."

"Hahaha~"

After the burly general finished speaking, he threw his head back and laughed as he left.

Dozens of breaths passed.

"call!"

The young eunuch let out a long breath, his back was soaked with sweat.

He quickly picked up the basket and walked towards the palace where Gao Zang was at the fastest pace.

When Gao Zang saw his personal eunuch coming back, he asked anxiously, "Little Zhaozi, did the Grand Envoy have any instructions?"

Yeon Gaesomun will ascend the throne in 5 days, and he doesn't have much time left!

The young eunuch leaned over to Gao Zang's ear and said, "When the thief ascends the throne, the Tang army may attack the city, and then all the soldiers will focus on the north gate."

"We will then set fire to the harem and mess up the palace to attract the attention of those attending the coronation ceremony."

"The great envoy will take advantage of the chaos and bring the guards to open the South Gate and welcome the Tang army in!"

Upon hearing the plan made by the great envoy, King Gao Zang said with difficulty.

"There is no flint in the harem, so it may not be easy to light a fire."

"Even if we can set the screen on fire, the thousands of soldiers in the harem can quickly put out the fire!"

Although he was a puppet emperor, Yeon Gaesomun still sent thousands of personal guards to monitor him and prevent him from doing anything.

The young eunuch pointed at the basket and whispered excitedly, "My lord, there is flint and anointing oil in the basket."

"Great!"

Gao Zang exclaimed in a low voice with joy.

I didn't expect that the great envoy was so thoughtful and could even send in both the flint and the ointment.

Gao Zang gritted his teeth and said with hatred on his young face: "Yeon Gaesomun, the thief who stole the country, will pay with blood!"

...

A few days flew by.

Du He led 8 Tang cavalry and 5 Baekje infantry, and after several days of travel, they finally arrived outside Pyongyang.

Generals such as Hou Junji, Li Ji, Zhang Liang and Li Daozon, who had been waiting outside the tent in advance, reined in their horses and walked to Du He's side.

Hou Junji laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha, Du He, you guys came at the perfect time."

"The earthen hill has just been built, and you brought Baekje's 5 troops here. It looks like we can start the siege tomorrow!"

Li Ji also smiled and said: "We have been attacking Pyongyang for a long time but failed. But when Du He and Su Dingfang came, I instantly gained confidence."

"Haha~"

The generals around him laughed out loud, sweeping away the gloom of the past two months.

Du He clasped his fists towards them and said, "My fellow generals, you are all too modest. In your eyes, the small city of Pyongyang is nothing."

After some pleasantries.

Du He asked Hou Junji, "General Manager Hou, let these 5 Baekje infantrymen eat enough tonight so that they will have enough strength to fight to the death tomorrow."

"it is good!"

Hou Junji nodded.

Just then, a soldier came running over on a fast horse from the south gate of Pyongyang City.

After he got off the horse, he held a wet silk cloth and said.

"Reporting to the generals, I have found a large amount of silk cloth in the Taedong River, and the content written on them is all the same!"

Hou Junji said quickly: "Bring it here for me to see."

After taking the silk cloth, Hou Junji looked at it with a frown, and after a quick glance his eyes suddenly widened.

He whispered in astonishment to Li Ji, Du He and others.

"Tomorrow Yeon Gaesomun will hold his coronation ceremony. Is there an official in the city willing to be an insider? Please open the South Gate for us!"