Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Hou Junji then waved to Pei Xingjian behind him, and when Pei Xingjian came to his side, Hou Junji whispered instructions.

"My dear son-in-law, follow me into the city to kill the enemy. I will help you gain more military merits."

"As ordered!"

Pei Xingjian bowed respectfully and said.

The war was about to end, and all the soldiers began to rush into Pyongyang City to grab military merit. As an ambitious person, Pei Xingjian certainly did not want to miss this opportunity.

And it is a great blessing for him to have such support from his father-in-law.

While they were talking, Li Ji had already led his personal guards into the city.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Du He jokingly said, "Uncle Hou, you can't be partial to one and ignore the other. How about giving my nephew some military merits as well?"

"The position of Minister of Industry is vacant now, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants me to take this position!"

Hou Junji glanced at Du He again, waved his hand and said, "Don't make trouble, kid. With your current military achievements, it will be no problem for you to be promoted to the next level."

"Besides, you have the support of the Crown Prince, who has a solid position. This position of Minister of Works is yours, and no one can take it away from you."

Du He not only offered many good strategies to break the city and destroy the enemy, but also led his troops to conquer Baekje within more than half a month.

The merit of destroying a country is greater than that of destroying a city.

With the support of Li Chengqian, the Crown Prince with a solid position, wouldn't it be easy to get the position of Minister of Works?

After Hou Junji finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to Du He. He turned around and waved to Pei Xingjian and the guards behind him.

"set off!"

After everyone left, only Du He and dozens of guards were left outside the north city gate.

Du He looked at the indestructible city in front of him, which was about to be taken down by them, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.

The guard asked Du He, "Master, do you need to go back to the tent to rest?"

Du He shook his head and said, "Just wait outside the city."

Everyone was busy destroying the land, and it would not be a good idea for him, the deputy commander-in-chief of the central army, to go back and rest.

Two hours later.

The sun gradually sets in the west, and the red sun is filled with a solemn and murderous atmosphere.

There was no more shouting and screaming in the city, only flames burning into the sky.

Xi Junmai, covered in blood, walked down the hill and came to Du He to report.

"Prince Consort Du, the war is over. Except for several thousand young women, all the other criminals in Pyongyang have been wiped out!"

"The army is now cleaning up the battlefield. We will probably have to continue resting outside the city tonight."

There are hundreds of thousands of corpses in Pyongyang, and it will take a short time to deal with them all. Plus, we have to count the military achievements, so I'm afraid we won't be able to finish the work tonight.

Du He nodded, then said softly: "Jun Mai, you are not hurt, right?"

Xi Junmai looked down at the dark red blood on the armor, then explained with a smile: "Prince Consort Du, this blood was left by the enemy. I am not injured."

"That's good."

Du He nodded with relief.

...

The next day.

The dawn is rising.

There was already jubilation in the Tang army camp.

Although the battle lasted for several hours yesterday, the soldiers were exhausted.

But now the war is over, and it won't be long before they can return to the court to receive their rewards. All the soldiers are very excited.

Inside the tent of the Tang army commander.

All those who held official positions above the rank of military commander were called over by Hou Junji.

Hou Junji held up a battle report and said, "Everyone, in yesterday's battle we wiped out 106080 Goguryeo enemy troops, beheaded the traitor Yeon Gaesomun, and 145 civil and military officials."

"We seized more than 6 sets of armor, more than 12 weapons of various types, more than 20 tons of grain, and an estimated million taels of gold and silver antiques..."

The city of Pyongyang was richer than any city in Goguryeo or Baekje. It took Hou Junji nearly a quarter of an hour to finish his recitation.

There was a pause.

Hou Junji continued: "In this battle, we suffered 2514 casualties, and 8 Baekje soldiers died!"

Hearing that their casualties were not high, all the generals in the tent smiled.

Li Daozong said with emotion: "If there were no 8 Baekje soldiers to wipe out more than Goguryeo soldiers, our Tang army would have suffered more than casualties if we had attacked all the way."

Li Ji nodded in agreement and said, "Deputy Chief Li is right. These 8 Baekje soldiers arrived just in time. This is all thanks to our Deputy Chief Du!"

Forehead...

When Du He heard Li Ji turn the topic to him, his expression paused slightly, and then a warm feeling arose in his heart.

Du He knew that Li Ji wanted to give some of the military credit to him.

Before Du He could speak, Zhang Liang's resentful voice rang out.

"General Wang Jun'e had better luck. He actually killed Yeon Gaesomun!"

"And Duke Hu is not bad either. He killed more than ten important officials of Goguryeo!"

Inside the tent, everyone turned their eyes to Wang Jun'e, their faces filled with envy, jealousy, admiration and other emotions.

Du He smiled and said, "General Wang and General Qin dared to lead 4500 infantrymen to attack the imperial city guarded by tens of thousands of Goguryeo elite soldiers."

"In addition to luck, their courage and strength are the reasons why they were able to achieve great success."

After hearing Du He's explanation, the other generals in the hall nodded in approval.

The Goguryeo defenders in the palace are big and strong, well-equipped, and have very strong fighting power. If we are not careful, we might be killed by them.

If you don't have extraordinary courage, you won't dare to take this risk easily.

Zhang Shigui said regretfully: "I don't know who the traitor in Goguryeo is. They actually burned down the entire palace. What a waste of these magnificent palaces!"

“It’s a pity indeed.”

Everyone nodded in response.

There was a huge melee in the palace, and hundreds of Goguryeo soldiers who opened the south gate were all killed by the defenders in the imperial city.

As a result, Hou Junji and Li Ji still don't know who the accomplice is.

Chat for a while.

Li Ji said to Hou Junji: "General Hou, we should send the battle report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as quickly as possible, and then the Crown Prince will report it to His Majesty."

"Before we return to the capital, Baekje and Goguryeo also need to be dealt with. We need your Highness the Crown Prince or your Majesty to give us advice on how to deal with them."

The good news of the end of the war needs to be reported to Li Chengqian and Li Shimin in advance.

In addition to dealing with the three new territories of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, enough time can be reserved for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel to discuss the issue of rewards.

The rewards for an army of 100,000 cannot be discussed in a day or two.

Hou Junji smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay!"

Then he sealed the battle report and shouted something outside the tent.

"Sixth son, come in."

After the personal guards came in, Hou Junji handed the battle report to him and gave instructions with a serious face.

"Hurry up and deliver the battle report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and ask His Royal Highness what to do with Goguryeo and Baekje!"

"As ordered!"

The guard bowed and quickly left the tent.