The first thousand one hundred and eighth chapter B sacrifice
With the arrival of the Silla fleet, the problem of Tang army crossing the river was finally solved. At that time, Li Shimin immediately began to count the ships and then selected a team to prepare for crossing the river. Speaking of which, although there were many ships sent by Silla, except for the 300 larger ships, the rest were some small fishing boats, which were only a few people or a horse at a time.
So even if all the ships are activated, it will only take thousands of people to transport them at once. So Li Shimin planned to select a group of elite troops as the vanguard, and then form a formation on the banks of the river to prevent the Goguryeo people from attacking.
Then transport the second batch of troops. After the number of people is enough, a camp will be built by the river and a floating bridge will be built on the sea. Because the open space in front of the Bogoukou is too small, it is impossible to station a large army at all, and it is even difficult for the army to develop formation. Therefore, the camp of the army can only be on the river side, and it will not take a day or two to capture the Bogoukou, so it is necessary to build a floating bridge.
However, while the entire camp was busy crossing the river, Li Xiu was secretly observing the Silla people who came to support, especially the Silla ruling Yiji, which made him very interested because he felt that this person was very difficult.
"Mr. Concubine, I have sent someone to inquire about what you want to know!" Early this morning, Cen Wenben suddenly came to Li Xiu's tent and immediately spoke when he saw Li Xiu.
"That's great. Tell me what kind of person is that Yi Ji?" Li Xiu couldn't help but lit up when he heard Cen Wenben's words. Li Xiu wanted to understand the person Yi Ji and then learn about the ideas of the senior executives within Silla, so he asked Cen Wenben to inquire for him. After all, so many Silla people came on a ship, the Tang army would also provide some supplies, which gave Cen Wenben many opportunities to contact the Silla people.
"Hehe, it's really not easy to say that the identity of Yi Ji is not simple. His official position is in power. I originally thought it was a false position, but I didn't expect it to be a real position. As soon as the Queen of Silla as soon as she ascended the throne, she handed over Silla's internal affairs to him. Moreover, no one has been able to shake his position for more than ten years. The Queen has never doubted him, and even some secretly speculated that there is any ulterior motive between Yi Ji and Silla. After all, the Queen of Silla cannot get married." Cen Wenben said with a smile.
There are all kinds of people sent by Silla, and some of them are Silla merchants. Because their merchant ships were summoned, they came here together. Therefore, it is actually very easy to find out about the news from them. A little money or a little material, or even a pot of good wine, can make people take out everything from the other party’s mouth, so he can collect so much information in a short period of time.
"It turns out that he is one person, and above ten thousand people. No wonder this B-sacre gives people a very difficult feeling!" Li Xiu couldn't help but say in surprise after hearing Cen Wenben's words. Although he was concerned about Silla before, he mainly paid attention to Silla's movements about the Tang Dynasty or Goguryeo. He didn't know much about Silla's domestic affairs. After all, he has limited energy. It is already very good to think of Silla occasionally, and he has no time to pay attention to it.
"Why is the prince consort so interested in this B-sacre?" Cen Wenben also heard Li Xiu's words and couldn't help asking. In fact, he had wanted to ask this question before.
"Haha, when Your Majesty summoned this B Festival that day, Jing Ren, you were also present. What do you think of this B Festival at that time?" Li Xiu did not answer Cen Wenben positively at this time, but asked back.
"Is Yi Ji?" Cen Wenben recalled the situation that day after hearing this. After a while, he answered, "The Yi Ji performed very normally at that time. There seemed to be nothing outstanding. He even made a joke, which almost made His Majesty think that the big ship they brought was the big ship of our Tang Dynasty."
"Jingren, if you really think that's a joke, you'll probably be fooled by Silla!" Li Xiu sighed when he heard this. In fact, Cen Wenben cannot blame him for not paying attention, nor is it that Li Xiu is smarter than Cen Wenben. But because Li Xiu understands the history of later generations, he has always been extremely wary of Silla. However, the ministers such as Cen Wenben do not have his vigilance, so naturally they will not think about other places.
"The prince consort means..." Cen Wenben was stunned when he heard Li Xiu's words, then he was shocked and said again, "Is this Yi Ji a joke deliberately? If this is the case, the water in it will be deep!"
After all, Cen Wenben is the one who will be the prime minister in the future. When he heard Li Xiu's reminder, he immediately felt the unusualness. He was also a serious expression at the moment. As a serious official of a country, even if Silla is a small country, there is no need to make a joke in front of Li Shimin. The deeper he thinks, the more serious the expression on his face will be.
"Yes, in my opinion, Silla is deliberately showing weakness to us, and even deliberately greeting us, in order to dispel our guards. Now that we are focusing on Liaodong, they naturally dare not do anything, but if we wait until our eyes turn to other places, they can slowly erode the hometown of Goguryeo in Liaodong, and even become the second Goguryeo!" Li Xiu also asserted firmly that perhaps Silla did not have such a long-term plan, but in the original history, they did this, so Li Xiu could not be considered unjust to them.
"Hiss~" Cen Wenben couldn't help but gasp when he heard this. This time, the Tang Dynasty used more than 100,000 troops to attack Goguryeo, and there were countless civilians behind him, and they consumed countless materials. Even though the Tang Dynasty had strong national strength in recent years, it would take several years of rest to recover once for such a large-scale war, so he absolutely did not want to have another second.
"Mr. Concubine, since Silla has such ambitions, should we report to Your Majesty?" Cen Wenben quickly woke up from his shock and asked Li Xiu again. After all, such a big thing must be known to Li Shimin.
"Now Your Majesty is very happy that Silla is coming to support this matter. Moreover, it is just my guess and I can't provide any strong evidence. So I'm worried that Your Majesty may not believe it, so I'd better not tell Your Majesty about this matter for the time being. It's not too late to say it when you have the chance in the future!" Li Xiu said with a faint smile.
"When will we wait?" Cen Wenben frowned at this time. He was also very disgusted with Silla's secret plot against him.
"Don't worry, although Yi Ji was acting before, there was one thing he said was right, that is, Silla is indeed the weak country and the people of our Tang Dynasty. The primary school has led to their short-sightedness, and the weak people have made them greedy. Especially in the past, Goguryeo has taken a lot of advantages, so when Goguryeo is destroyed, some of his face will definitely be exposed. Then it will be the time for us to advise His Majesty!" Li Xiu said with a smile again.
If Li Xiu remembered correctly, when Yi Ji met Li Shimin that day, he once revealed a news that Silla also started to attack Goguryeo from the east. Although this was a good thing for the Tang Dynasty, what should be done after the Goguryeo territory captured by Silla be dealt with after the Goguryeo was destroyed?
This is a big problem. Logically speaking, the Tang Dynasty had such a large amount of manpower and material resources, and finally destroyed Goguryeo, so the entire Goguryeo territory would be dominated by the Tang Dynasty. However, after the Silla people occupied Goguryeo's territory, they would definitely not spit it out so easily. Even if Li Shimin didn't say it, they would definitely be unhappy. That was the time for Li Xiu and the others to make suggestions.
Cen Wenben was always very convinced by Li Xiu, so when he heard him say this, he nodded immediately. Then the two of them discussed some military affairs, and Cen Wenben said goodbye and left.
At the same time, above the city of Bogoukou, Quanga Suwen held a telescope that had flown out of the Tang army, looking at the dark and dark clouds on the river surface, and the expression on his face was as gloomy as the surface of the river.
"If these damn Silla people had known that they should have destroyed them directly!" Quan Nanjian next to him also pounded the city wall hard and roared. They didn't expect that the Silla people would actually put down the wrong things at this critical moment, and sent so many ships at once, which was almost covering the river.
"What's the use of just scolding? Let's be prepared immediately. With these ships, the Tang army can send an elite force across the river at any time. It depends on whether we can eliminate the first batch of Tang army!" Although Quan Gai Suwen was also very angry, he was still able to remain calm at this time. He had even expected the Tang army's plan.
"Yes!" Quan Nanjian also knew that this time was going to be bad, so he immediately agreed to order the army to prepare. However, while nervous, he felt a little excited, because they had not confronted the Tang army head-on before, so he also wanted to know if the Tang army was as powerful as the legendary one?
After Quan Nanjian left, Quan Gai Suwen was still standing on the top of the city and looking at the ships on the river. Originally, Goguryeo also had a powerful naval army, but the main force was destroyed by the Tang army before. The rest could not even protect themselves. They could only hide in some ports and had no strength to take the initiative. Therefore, Goguryeo's coastal areas almost seemed to be unprepared. Even the Sillas who were not seen by him before could enter and exit the Yalu River at will. When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel even more angry.
However, just as Quan Gai Suwen was looking at the Silla fleet on the river, he suddenly heard a very rapid footsteps from behind. When he turned his head, he found that Quan Nanjian, who had just left, ran over in panic, with his face pale. When he saw Quan Gai Suwen, he was about to shout, but strangely, he opened his mouth and did not dare to make a sound.
Chapter completed!