Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

Internal strife in Goguryeo!

Inside the Shougong Hall, where people were busy processing official documents from various departments and approving the progress of reform projects, an urgent report suddenly arrived from the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

This surprised Li Chengqian.

Upon reading the document, his expression changed instantly.

At this moment, Yu Shinan, the Crown Prince's tutor, and Li Gang, the Crown Prince's guardian, who were standing to Li Chengqian's left and right, also saw the contents of the urgent report.

Li Gang's eyes lit up instantly.

"Internal strife in Goguryeo? Wouldn't that mean our Great Tang's Yellow River irrigation system could take advantage of their chaos to harvest a large number of laborers?"

He said that the laborers of Goguryeo were far more useful than those wicked Buddhist monks who had committed crimes, or the death row inmates of the Tang Dynasty.

Even without much beatings or scolding from the overseers, as long as they have food to eat every day, they will diligently complete the tasks assigned to them.

Every so often, showing them the corpses of those who failed to escape would energize them, making them work even harder as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

Goguryeo slaves, everyone who used them said they were amazing!

Yu Shinan frowned and pondered.

"Your Highness, could this be the work of the remnants of the Five Clans and Seven Noble Families?"

Upon hearing the phrase "remnants of the five surnames and seven clans," Wang Qingyun, the Sima of Bingzhou and a member of the Taiyuan Wang clan present, showed a subtle change in expression.

Li Chengqian picked up another letter sealed with sealing wax and tore it open.

The above was clearly a compilation of information gathered by the Imperial Guards spies who had infiltrated Goguryeo.

It's a thick booklet, but there's almost nothing superfluous in it.

The story involves Mo Lizhi, Yeon Taejo, and Choi Min-sa, the attitudes of the various noble families of Goguryeo towards the Tang Dynasty and the King of Goguryeo, and the secret actions of the political enemies of the Yeon Gae clan who were deliberately suppressed.

This made the Tang Dynasty at this moment seem as if it had opened the eyes of God.

The entire story is so clear that it makes many people turn pale.

Some of the officials present changed color after reading the intelligence that Li Chengqian had sent over.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard has actually infiltrated Goguryeo to this extent?!

Everyone gasped in shock.

Looking at the intelligence in their hands, so detailed that it was as if they were right beside those Goguryeo nobles and officials, witnessing everything they did.

"Your Highness, there is internal strife in Goguryeo. The intelligence here is somewhat outdated. The intelligence says that the King of Goguryeo and Nayeon Taejo have already had their first armed conflict over a grain requisition."

"Considering the time it took for the intelligence to arrive... the situation in Goguryeo is probably even worse than described in the current intelligence."

Qianlou said this.

Li Chengqian nodded slightly.

"Your Highness, should we send troops? That Gao Jianwu was someone our Great Tang Dynasty promoted..."

Du He, who was in charge of escorting military equipment and managing military warehouses in Bingzhou, frowned and asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chengqian could clearly sense the excitement of Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang in the main hall.

The two men did not speak, but their eyes were filled with fervent admiration as they looked at Li Chengqian, who was sitting in the main seat.

The Six Commanders of the Eastern Palace have had enough rest lately.

"Has the King of Goguryeo sent any message requesting reinforcements?"

Qianlou shook his head: "Never!"

Li Chengqian sneered.

"Since our King of Goryeo is so confident, why should we worry about it? Let them fight however they want!"

Cheng Chumo's eyes widened: "Your Highness, are we just going to do nothing? This is the perfect opportunity to take over the entire Goguryeo Kingdom in one fell swoop!"

Li Chengqian sneered: "The best time?"

He glanced back at the huge geomantic map beside him, which represented the location of Goguryeo, a rich and vast black soil that he naturally longed for, but at present, the entire Tang Dynasty only had a small population.

Such a large piece of land, even if we take it, we can't control it.

"If I wanted to, any time would be the best time. Do you think that the cities of Goguryeo can stop me, or do you think that the Cheonghae Choi family who fled to Goguryeo can stop me?"

Li Chengqian shook his head and waved his hand.

He gestured for everyone to go about their business.

After everyone left, Cheng Chumo, who was the last to linger, was quickly approached by the Cheng brothers, Cheng Chuliang and Cheng Chumo.

Hehehe smiled.

“Your Highness, we know you definitely have something in mind. Look at us brothers, we’ve been training non-stop lately. If we don’t bleed soon, we’ll be ruined.”

"Yes, yes, Your Highness, if you have any plans, you must use us. We two brothers have been following you since Chang'an... hehehe."

Cheng Chumo looked sincere, while Cheng Chuliang went around to Li Chengqian's back and, like a lackey, started massaging Li Chengqian's shoulders.

"Alright, alright, stop!"

Surrounded by these two mini-versions of Cheng Yaojin, Li Chengqian suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable.

He rolled his eyes, seeing that the two of them had finally behaved themselves.

After a moment's hesitation, he finally spoke.

"You are skilled in mounted combat and infantry combat, but you seem to know absolutely nothing about naval warfare, do you?"

Before he could finish speaking, Cheng Chumo eagerly raised his hand.

"Your Highness, I am indeed not skilled in naval warfare, but I can learn!"

Cheng Chuliang nodded hurriedly, "Yes, Your Highness, we can learn! We are not afraid of hardship, but with all this training lately and no battles, we've all become listless."

"hehe"

Li Chengqian chuckled softly.

He was very satisfied with the attitude of the two men. The new policy had only been in effect for a little over a year, and naturally, many of the things he proposed were not understood or clear to the officials of the Tang Dynasty.

If you don't understand, learn it!

These are the essential qualities needed to make a name for oneself and get promoted in the officialdom of Bingzhou Circuit today.

If one hesitates and looks back, Li Chengqian will dislike them.

"In that case, I'm sending you to Dengzhou. My third brother, the Prince of Han, is already training his naval forces there. You'll be starting from scratch, so you'll need to put in a lot more effort..."

As he spoke, he seemed worried that these two simpletons would be defeated by difficulties, and hesitated for a moment.

"The navy is just the beginning of our Great Tang's conquest of the sea and the surrounding countries. In the future, we will build a navy. You have all witnessed the new army's fighting style. In the future, our Great Tang will make extensive use of firearms."

"As long as you two brothers can stand out in the navy and gain a foothold through your own abilities... I guarantee that each of you will be a duke in the future!"

"hiss!!!"

What a bull looks like when it's provoked is exactly what the Cheng brothers, Chumo and Chuliang, look like right now.

You have no joke!

The prince is also a king!

The two exchanged a glance and swallowed hard.

One person, one duke!

They didn't even need to inherit their father's title of Duke of Lu. They earned their titles through their own abilities, which sounded prestigious. How would future historians evaluate these two brothers?

"I am willing to die for His Highness the Crown Prince!!!"

Goguryeo.

Just as Qianlou had said, the flames of war had already been completely ignited between Gao Jianwu and Yuan Taizuo when the first urgent intelligence from the Embroidered Uniform Guard reached Taiyuan Prefecture.

"Archers! Fire!!!"

"Whoosh! Swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

A rain of arrows from "pay-to-win players" poured down from above in an instant, right there in the mountains.

With secret intelligence support and the orders of Prince Li Ke of Han, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, spread throughout Goguryeo, acted like kneading dough, always managing to inflict significant losses on Yeon Taejo's side at just the right moment.

This will also cause some losses for Gao Jianwu's side.

Amidst the sounds of impact.

With the assistance of archers in the rear, the Goryeo soldiers who rushed to the city gate began a fierce assault on it.

The massive impact beam struck again and again.

Despite the reinforced city gates, they soon began to crumble.

With a loud crash, accompanied by the screams of the soldiers guarding the city behind the gate, the city gate was completely breached.

"Kill! Follow me and charge in!!!"

"Execute the traitor Yuan Taizuo!"

Empire.

Although he had not yet officially proclaimed himself king, with the support of his subordinates, Yeon Tae-jo, no matter how unwilling he was to act so hastily, finally sat on the throne that originally belonged to Go Geon-mu.

However, the lively and exciting atmosphere that had filled the hall was now gone.

Everyone stared in silence at the battle report in their hands.

Yuan Taizuo's expression was gloomy. His excellent composure prevented him from getting angry on the spot, but his gloomy face was equally oppressive.

Yeon Gaesomun looked at the battle report, then slammed his fist on the table next to him with a bang.

"Father, how is it possible that Gao Jianwu could have predicted almost every move we made? He couldn't possibly have such abilities!"

"If it wasn't for the Tang Dynasty's help, then there must be a traitor among us!"

While uttering the word "spy," Yeon Gaesomun's gaze was unabashedly fixed on Choi Min-sa and the others who were also present.

Alas, this is what it means to live under someone else's roof.

Cui Minshi stepped forward with his hands clasped in greeting.

"It is understandable that the general suspects us."

His gaze fell upon Yeon Taejo, who sat upon the throne, his expression respectful.

“Master Yuan, we are willing to relinquish our duties as the defenders of Donghu City. From this day forward, whenever we leave our clan’s territory, we will be subject to your surveillance.”

As soon as these words came out.

Yuan Taizu hurriedly waved his hand and glared at his son with annoyance.

“The Choi family head and the others are indeed not from our Goguryeo, but now that they have come to our Goguryeo, we must accept them. Moreover... anyone present could be a traitor, but they alone would not.”

"The Crown Prince of Tang will never let them go. If begging for mercy were effective, they wouldn't have come to Goguryeo in the first place."

That sounded a little harsh.

However, this was exactly the answer that Cui Minshi and his colleagues were waiting for.

Yeon Tae-jo believed he had grasped their weakness, but weren't they also taking risks to seek opportunities?

If Goguryeo hadn't fallen into chaos, how could they have had the opportunity to... substitute one thing for another?