Chapter 493: The enemy changes and I change
"Your Majesty, no, the Tang army captured Xinyou Port, and our navy lost 6 warships."
"Your Majesty, the Tang army has bloody baptized Gancheng Town. More than 00 people were killed or injured by our people, and more than 80 women were abducted."
"Your Majesty, the Tang army set up a Jingguan in Gaoying Town."
"Your Majesty, Tang Jun is here..."
A minister cried, "Now, a merchant ship in my mansion has been sunk by the Tang army, and my wife's sister has been kidnapped by the Tang army. Woo woo, please help your Majesty to save them."
"If you have enough, shut up." Wu Wangfu Yu Zhang said with a slight face and shouted loudly.
The palace suddenly became quiet, and only the minister couldn't help sobbing a few times.
King Wu pondered for a while, took a deep breath, and said, "What do you all have any opinions?"
The Prime Minister (the official name is hard to remember, and the official name equivalent to that of the Tang Dynasty) said: "Your Majesty, this is not a solution. Why don't we agree to their conditions?"
The Minister of Revenue said: "Your Majesty, I have checked it. In recent years, the weather has been good, and the national treasury has had a great surplus. Even if the expenses required by the Tang Dynasty people were paid, the impact on the entire court is not too great. However, if the conditions of the Tang Dynasty people were not agreed to, the losses caused will be far more than the costs required by the Tang Dynasty people. I suggest that the conditions required by the Tang Dynasty people were agreed to."
General Fu Yuhuai said, "Your Majesty, no, the Tang Dynasty has caused such great losses to us. If we surrender like this, how can we explain to our subjects?"
The Minister of Rites said: "General, what can I do if I don't surrender? Can you kill the people of the Tang Dynasty?"
A general said, "Your Majesty, you must not agree to this matter. Among the people who went to Dengzhou, Tang Dynasty to participate in the robbery, many of them were officers and soldiers of our Baekje country. Handing them over would seriously affect our morale. The people of the Tang Dynasty were so cruel that our soldiers and civilians were very indignant. If they surrendered to the people of the Tang Dynasty, it would damage His Majesty's majesty."
"Your Majesty, I agree with the conditions for agreeing to the people of the Tang Dynasty."
"Your Majesty, I object."
The two factions argue endlessly.
Wu Wangfu Yu Zhang is a cruel person. After careful consideration, he said: "The Tang Dynasty bullies me too much, and I must not surrender to them. From now on, I will never show mercy if anyone dares to surrender to the Tang Dynasty."
As he said that, he drew out his sword and cut off a corner on several tables with one sword. The move he used was from Sun Quan's math during the Battle of Red Cliff in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He had read the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" bought from the Tang Dynasty people and liked this book very much.
The general said: "Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty people rely on their warships to invade our seashores at will, which is indeed difficult to deal with. I have an idea to force them to withdraw their troops."
King Wu said, "What are your good plans? Let's hear it."
The general said: "There is one thing in common among so many incidents that the people of the Tang Dynasty harassed our country by wantonly, that is, they dare not go deep into the depths of our Baekje country because they have few troops and dare not go deep into our mainland. The supplies they carry are limited, and it is impossible for them to stay at sea for a long time.
My advice is to implement a strong wall and clear the fields on the coast and force the Tang army to fight deep into my depth. As long as he dares to enter my deep hinterland, I can concentrate my army to encircle and annihilate them. If they annihilate the main force of their army, they will inevitably retreat. If they dare not go deep into our hinterland and cannot get the food and grass from our Baekje country to replenish it, they will automatically retreat."
Ministers were talking a lot because Baekje is a coastal country and there are many places they are prosperous on the beach. If they implement solid walls and clear fields, the losses will be greatly affected.
Wu Wangfu Yu Zhang thought about it again and again and made up his mind decisively. He said: "My Baekje country is a heroic country and must not surrender to the people of the Tang Dynasty. I decided to implement a strong wall and clear the country."
"I will obey the order." The ministers said together.
The landing and robbery battles for three consecutive days have achieved great results. Li You and others were full of confidence and were waiting for King Wu Yu Zhang to come and ask for peace.
Unexpectedly, from the fourth day, the landing Tang army had found nothing, and all the Baekje people near the seaside evacuated. The landing troops of the Tang army's Second Army encountered a counterattack from the Baekje army, killing and injuring more than 100 people.
On the "Yangzhou", Li You and others held a combat meeting.
Cheng Yaojin said: "These Baekje people are really a little trick, and they can't do anything to them at the moment."
Wang Guoxiang was also a little depressed and said, "Your Highness, why don't we enter their inland river, where the population is densely populated, where they can hide?"
Liu Rengui said: "It's not appropriate. Their inland waterway is narrow. If we go in and people get a few wrecks to block the waterway, we can't even evacuate it."
"It's not a solution to continue like this. Our food cannot be supported for so long. We don't have much food at all. You have captured so many prisoners. With so many mouths, the food becomes even more nervous." Zhang Baogui said. He was always worried that everyone would not execute Li You's order to kill prisoners.
Li You said: "Who has any countermeasures for this situation now?"
Xue Rengui said, "Prince, what a big deal." Li You's usual optimistic attitude always inspires everyone. Xue Rengui admires him very much and even learns his catchphrase.
Li You smiled and said, "Yes, what a big deal."
Xue Rengui said: "Prince, we can raid from the sea, and the depth we can enter is very small, but we can go ashore. We brought 800 war horses, and 000 war horses were seized from Jeju Island. With so many cavalry, where can he hide in the Baekje people?"
"Hahaha, why did I forget this?" Cheng Yaojin smiled.
After discussion, Li You and others drove the main force into Xinyou Port, and Xue Rengui led the army to land and establish camps. The Navy continued to blockade the sea areas of Baekje, and Wang Jue led some transport fleets to Jeju Island to transport war horses and grain.
The capital of Baekje is located in Bacheng.
"Your Majesty, no, Guangzhou County was attacked by Tang army cavalry and suffered heavy losses."
"Your Majesty, Xinhe Town was looted by the Tang cavalry."
Bad news follows one after another.
The prime minister said, "Your Majesty, our territory is so large. The people of the Tang Dynasty had cavalry troops. It is useless to clear the field." He said this, and he did not dare to continue. Because Yu Zhang, the husband of King Wu, had a word first, who would dare to surrender to the Tang army would have to be beheaded. However, everyone could understand the subtext in his words.
General Fuyu Huai was not discouraged. He said: "It's not that the solid walls and clear the field is useless. On the contrary, this shows that the solid walls and clear the field play a huge role. After the Tang army occupied Xinyou Port, their troops were concentrated there and they could not invade other places. We can concentrate our troops to fight against it."
Wu Wangfu Yu Zhang nodded and said, "Yes, forcing the Tang army to concentrate in one direction is a great victory. General, you immediately mobilize the army to Xinyou Port to annihilate the Tang army that landed."
Not long after, General Fuyuhuai mobilized 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to move towards Xinyougang.
Silla capital Jincheng.
On that day, when Wang Xuance came back from traveling, the official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Silla came to him and said, "Sir Tang, His Majesty the Queen of My Family has summoned you. Please come here to see you."
Wang Xuance touched his head and said, "Oh, I suddenly had a headache and I can't go." As he said that, he walked to the edge of the bed, took off his shoes and lay on the bed.
Officials from the Foreign Ministry of Silla knew that he was angry because for so many days, Her Majesty the Queen had been pretending to be sick and not seeing him. He advised: "Sir Tang, it is rare that Her Majesty the Queen of My Family summoned you. You should go over quickly and not make Her Majesty the Queen of My Family unhappy."
Wang Xuance said, "Didn't you see me sick?" Then he closed his eyes and stopped paying attention to Silla's foreign ministry officials. He was confident that the reason why Silla Queen Jindeman summoned him was because His Highness King Qi wiped out the main naval force of Baekje and blocked the waters of Baekje. His powerful military power had already shocked Silla's monarch and ministers.
Wang Xuance now must take a handful and knock out the arrogance of the Silla people.
Chapter completed!