Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

"Okay, Aiqing's marksmanship is really amazing, this time I will go out with me!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

With Li Shimin's consent, Su Dingfang's eyes were extremely eager, and his uneasy heart was finally relieved. At this moment, he finally got rid of the treatment of being a cold shoulder.

"Okay, continue~"

Two days later—

After two days of selection, a group of elite soldiers were recruited, and Li Shimin went to Baekje this time.

This time the expedition did not make a big announcement to the world, but only informed the purpose of the personal expedition in the newspaper.

One is worrying about production, and the other is that the attack is sure to win, and there is no need to publicize it.

But even so, the news spread very quickly.

There were dense crowds on both sides of the river, on the trees, on the embankment, and even the people who were squeezed into the water, but fortunately it was summer.

Li Shimin walked out of the captain's room and nodded to the people on both sides of the river, causing bursts of cheers.

"Destroy Baekje and raise the country's prestige!"

"Destroy Baekje and raise the country's prestige!"

Amidst waves of sound, the warship sailed slowly to the north, leaving only a turbulent wave.

As time passed, the fleet in the field of vision became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared from the field of vision.

After 20 days of driving, the fleet finally arrived in Pyongyang after loading ammunition in Laiju on the way.

Anton Protectorate.

In the lobby, Li Shimin sat at the top, civil servants and generals sat on both sides, and in the middle was a huge sand table.

Civil officials and military generals gathered together to discuss the battle plan.

Chapter 209 The plan to attack Baekje

Changsun Wuji picked up a chess piece and landed it in Juba City below Pyongyang, looking up at everyone.

"The capital of Baekje is Jubacheng (now Han|||public|||zhou.)."

As he spoke, he planted five flag paths in the five directions of Juba City.

"There are four other cities (satellite cities for auxiliary rule) in Juba City, Gusha City in the middle, De'an City in the east, Zhixia City in the south, and Xiongjin City in the north."

He pointed to Pyongyang, then to Juba Fortress, and said, "We are only about 150 miles away from Pyongyang and Juba Fortress."

As soon as the words fell, Niu Jinda spoke directly.

"The battleship can travel sixty miles in one hour, so it only takes two hours to reach Naju Bacheng?"

Changsun Wuji shook his head.

"Pyongyang City, out of the Datong River into the sea, driving along the coast, you can enter the Xiongjin River (now Han|||Jin|| River), and along the Xiongjin River to the right, you can reach the outer city of Xiongjin.

It is a journey of more than [-] miles from Xiongjin City to Juba City. "

Li Shiji pointed at Xiongjin City: "So, Xiongjin must be heavily guarded?"

"In addition to Xiongjin, they can also station troops at the mouth of the Xiongjin River!" Li Daozong pointed to the mouth of the Xiongjin River.

"Jiangkou is not a problem." Niu Jinda shook the map and pointed at the Xiongjin River.

"We will definitely win the sea battle at the mouth of the Xiongjin River, but it is troublesome to attack Naju Bacheng from the shore in Xiongjin."

"So, we still need to find a pier on the river bank?" Li Shiji said cautiously: "So we still have to fight for the pier?"

"You can't wade through the river!?"

"Yeah yeah!"

The battleship was able to pass through the Xiongjin River Estuary, but it still needed to go ashore when it arrived at Xiongjin.

With the lessons learned from the Yalu River, no one dared to cross the river recklessly.

"That's true!" Li Shimin's eyes fell on Xiongjin City: "It doesn't matter if you fight for the pier slowly, I'm not in a hurry, let's continue."

"After arriving at Xiongjin City, it's a [-]-mile journey. The [-] miles are not far, nor are they short."

Changsun Wuji pointed to the distance between the two cities and said with a slight frown.

"It doesn't seem that far away, but the cannons and shells are too heavy."

"That's right, the last time I used a grain truck to transport it from the shore, the road was muddy, and it took more than half an hour to walk a few miles."

"And this time it's a full [-] miles, not to mention the road conditions, if we still use grain trucks, the soldiers will probably be exhausted and paralyzed for such a long journey."

Li Shimin nodded again and again.

Last time, no one expected that the road conditions would be so muddy, with all kinds of pits for grain trucks, but fortunately, it was only a few miles away.

But this time it was a full [-] miles, even if the road conditions were good, I am afraid that I would be too tired to push it over.

"How about using horses to transport the cannon this time?" Xue Rengui suggested.

Li Shimin raised his head and asked, "This is a good idea. How many horses are there in the Duhu Mansion?"

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Xue Rengui smiled and said: "The army of one million and the defeat at Shazhou, plus the house raids of the five tribes, there are countless horses."

"Okay, in this way, the final problem is also solved!"

"Yeah, it's just that the horses take up some space!"

"Hey, it's nothing to worry about, just drag the horse boat with iron cables."

A crowd of civil and military officials discussed a lot, and soon came up with a solution.

Li Shimin glanced at the civil servants and generals, and concluded.

"That's how it is, enter from the mouth of the Xiongjin River, the enemy at the mouth of the river, the lead ship will clear it with cannons, and pass directly.

After arriving in Xiongjin, quickly find a large pier.

The vanguard occupied the pier, and then the horse-boat docked, and the cannon was transported by horse to the city of Juba!

Go straight to Huanglong and destroy the country in one fell swoop! ! "

"Destroy the country in one fell swoop!!" All civil and military officials echoed.

Li Shimin smiled, and if there were no accidents, Baekje would be [-]% gone.

Thinking of the accident, Li Shimin turned his gaze to Xue Rengui and asked, "Did Aiqing ever send that spy to get news about Baekje Yici?"

Xue Rengui also looked embarrassed: "Your Majesty, I got some news through Boy Quan."

Speaking of inquiring about news, it was really difficult. All the people I brought with me were born and raised in Tang Dynasty.

Although Tangren and Baekje have the same written language, they do not understand their spoken language, and this opening can tell them through.

And Korea and Baekje are neighboring countries, so I can only let Quan boys send a few people who understand.

It's just that the news he got was too outrageous, and Xue Rengui didn't know whether it was true or not.

As soon as the words fell, Niu Jinda questioned: "Boss Quan? Is this person reliable?"

"Hey, don't worry about whether he is reliable or not, just talk and listen first."

Li Shimin also nodded, and he didn't have much hope for inquiring about this kind of hole card: "Let's hear it, what news have we found out."

"Yes, one of them is, I heard that all the eight major families of Baekje participated in the war, and two of them are famous in Baekje.

One is that Nagui is General Guishi Fuxin. I heard that this person has made great military achievements and won the eight cities of Silla, and his reputation is extremely high. "

As soon as the words fell, a kind of civilian and military general nodded and discussed.

"Being able to take down the eight cities of Silla, this person is probably someone with some ability." Li Daozong paid a little attention to it.

"Barely eight cities, it's not enough to see in front of us!!" Niu Jinda waved his hand, this little credit is nothing.

"That's right, the younger generation Su Dingfang has captured the ruler of a country!!"

"···"

"Cough!" Li Shimin interrupted everyone's evaluation and signaled Xue Rengui to continue.

"In addition, there is a monk named Dao Chen, who is a living Buddha in the hearts of Baekje people. He has great supernatural powers. He is an evil ghost to the people and us. He wants the people to help us..."

Xue Rengui suppressed a smile when he spoke.

"Haha, living Buddha? I'm afraid it's not stupid to believe in Buddha. How can there be any living Buddha in this world!!" Niu Jinda laughed out loud after hearing this.

The corner of Li Shimin's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he said very speechlessly: "Do the people of Baekje believe this, and how many people dare to come to help?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the entire Baekje nation is here to help!!" Xue Rengui looked dumbfounded as he said that.

"Haha, are Baekje people so stupid?" Niu Jinda laughed so hard that he almost covered his stomach.

"No way, people believe this kind of nonsense?" Li Daozong sneered.

Li Daozong was very speechless. He thought that Quan Gaijin's saying that he came out of the water was outrageous.

Unexpectedly, there is an even more outrageous thing here, directly saying that he is a living Buddha, and mobilizing the people of the whole country to start a war.

And people all over the country still think that this is all right, which is really outrageous.

"No!!" Li Shiji frowned and took a deep breath.

"If the news is true, then what we are facing is not the Baekje army? What's more, there are so many women and children??"

As he said that, he looked at Li Shimin, after all, he has been implementing benevolent government and punishing the thieves.

"Common people? What are common people? Whoever picks up a knife can be called a common man?" Niu Jinda retorted directly.

Li Shimin looked at Li Shiji and said, "Don't worry, I'm not an unreasonable person!"

"If you say so, wouldn't the enemy army be countless?" Li Daozong said with a frown.

"Even if there are more, it's just a mob. In front of us, they are all like chicken tiles."

Niu Jinda waved his hand, this is not a problem at all, no matter how many people there are, can they beat the elite with cannons?

"Then what news?" Li Shimin asked.

"There is another piece of news. It is rumored that King Wu of Baekje had a baby name called Shudong. He became king by planting sweet potatoes. He also heard that the production capacity of sweet potatoes per mu is [-] catties, and he can grow two seasons a year!!"

Xue Rengui's voice gradually decreased as he spoke, apparently he himself did not believe that there was such a terrifying amount of grain in the world.

"No way, what does Potato Boy do?"

"How is this possible? As an old cow who has never farmed?"

"That's right, the yield of chestnut rice is only two stones (330 catties), and the five thousand catties is probably ten times more!"

"It must be false, the boy from that spring must have found out the false news."

Both civil servants and military generals think it's fake, although they don't have to farm the fields themselves.

But each of them is a big landowner with thousands of acres of fertile land, and they are very clear about the yield and harvest in the field.

And Li Shimin is the one who has to cultivate in person during the Farming and Animal Husbandry Festival, and he also knows the yield clearly.

But at this moment, Li Shimin thought of cotton in his mind.

Cotton, which was originally only used to weave cloth and make clothes, can be turned into explosives after treatment, which has shocking power.

Maybe this sweet potato is as magical a crop as cotton.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin raised his head and asked solemnly: "Have you ever obtained sweet potatoes? Do you know how to plant them?"

Hearing Li Shimin's tone, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Did Li Shimin really believe it?

Xue Rengui replied in a bit of bewilderment: "Your Majesty, the sweet potato is the military ration of Baekje, and the officials were very strict and did not get it."

Li Shimin expressed his understanding, it is already very good to be able to find out so much information, and if he wants to steal other people's military rations, then don't even think about it.

"Forget it, forget it, wait for me to take down Baekje and go see for myself!!"

"Your Majesty, don't you really believe that there is such food?" Niu Jinda asked Li Shimin with his eyes widened.

Listening to Niu Jinda's question, all civil servants and generals looked at Li Shimin together.

Li Shimin cast a glance at Niu Jinda and said, "The world is full of wonders. Half a month ago, I heard that there are mountains of gold and silver in this world."