Chapter 1108: B Sacrifice
With the arrival of the Silla fleet, the problem of crossing the river by the Tang army was finally solved, and Li Shimin immediately began to count the boats, and then select the team to prepare for crossing the river.
Therefore, even if all the ships were mobilized, they would only be able to transport a few thousand people at a time, so Li Shimin planned to select a group of elites as the vanguard first, and after crossing the river, they would form a formation on the bank of the river to stop the attack of the Goguryeos.
Then the second group of troops will be transported, and when the number of them is sufficient, a camp will be built by the river, and a pontoon bridge will be built on the sea, because the open space in front of the mouth of the ditch is too small to garrison the army, and it is difficult to even spread the formation of the army, so the camp of the army can only be on this side of the river, and it is not a matter of a day or two to build the mouth of the ditch, so it is necessary to build a pontoon bridge.
However, while the whole camp was busy crossing the river, Li Xiu was secretly observing these Silla people who came to support, especially the Silla ruler B, which made him very interested, because he felt that this person was not simple.
"Horse, I've already sent someone to inquire about everything you want to know!" Early this morning, Cen Wenwen suddenly came to Li Xiu's tent, and when he saw Li Xiu, he immediately spoke.
"That's great, tell me what kind of person that Otsusai is?" Li Xiu's eyes lit up when he heard Cen Wenwen's words and asked, Li Xiu wanted to understand the thoughts of the high-level leaders in Silla by understanding the person of Yi Sai, so he asked Cen Wenwen to help him inquire, after all, so many Silla people came by boat, and the Tang army would also provide some supplies, which gave Cen Wenwen many opportunities to contact with the Silla people.
"Hehe, speaking of the identity of the person who is a priest is really not simple, his official position is to govern, I thought it was a false position, but I didn't expect it to be a real position, as soon as Queen Silla ascended the throne, he handed over the internal affairs of Silla to him, and for more than ten years, no one has been able to shake his position, and the queen has never doubted him, and even some secretly speculated that there is an ulterior relationship between this B sacrifice and Queen Silla, after all, Queen Silla cannot be married." Cen Wenwen said with a smile at this time.
There were all kinds of people sent by Silla, some of them were Silla merchants, because their merchant ships were recruited, so they came here together, so it was actually very simple to ask for news from them, a little money or a little material, or even a pot of good wine, people could take out everything in the other person's mouth, so he was able to collect so much information in a short time.
"It turned out to be one person under and above ten thousand, no wonder this B sacrifice feels very simple!" Li Xiu couldn't help but say to himself in surprise after listening to Cen Wenwen's words, although he had paid attention to Silla before, he was mainly concerned about Silla's movements towards the Tang Dynasty or Goguryeo, and he didn't know much about Silla's domestic affairs, after all, his energy was limited, and it was already very good to think of Silla occasionally, and he didn't have time to pay too much attention to it.
"Why are the ponies so interested in this sacrifice?" Cen Wenwen also heard Li Xiu's self-talk, and couldn't help but ask at the moment, in fact, he wanted to ask this question before.
"Hehe, when His Majesty summoned this B sacrifice that day, Jingren was also present, what did you think of this B sacrifice at that time?" At this time, Li Xiu did not answer Cen Wenwen directly, but asked rhetorically.
"B sacrifice?" Cen Wenwen also recalled the situation of that day when he heard this, and only after a while did he reply, "At that time, the performance of the second sacrifice was also very normal, it didn't seem to be anything outstanding, and even made a joke that was not big or small, almost making Your Majesty think that the big ship they brought was the big ship of our Tang Dynasty." ”
"Kyungin, if you really think it's a joke, I'm afraid you'll fall for Silla!" Li Xiu sighed when he heard this, in fact, he couldn't blame Cen Wenwen for not paying attention, not to mention that Li Xiu was smarter than Cen Wenwen, but because Li Xiu knew the history of later generations, so he had always been extremely wary of Silla, but Cen Wenwen and these ministers did not have his vigilance, so naturally they would not think about other places.
"What does the horse mean to say......" Cen Wenwen was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then his expression was also shocked, and he said again, "Could it be that this second sacrifice is a joke made on purpose, if this is the case, then the water in it is deep!" ”
After all, Cen Wenwen is the person who will be the prime minister in the future, and when he heard Li Xiu's reminder, he immediately felt that it was unusual, and he also said with a serious expression at the moment, as an important minister of a country, even if Silla is a small country, there is no need to deliberately make a joke in front of Li Shimin, the more he thinks about it, the more serious the expression on his face becomes.
"Yes, in my opinion, Silla is deliberately showing weakness to us, and even deliberately bending to flatter, in order to dispel our vigilance, now our attention is on Liaodong, they naturally dare not do anything, but if we wait until our eyes turn to other places, they can slowly encroach on the Goguryeo homeland of Liaodong, and even become the second Goguryeo!" Li Xiu also categorically asserted that maybe Silla didn't have such a long-term plan, but in the original history, they did just that, so Li Xiu couldn't be regarded as wronging them by saying this.
"Hiss~" Cen Wenwen couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, this time Datang used more than 100,000 troops in order to attack Goguryeo, and there were countless people in the rear, and the materials consumed were countless, even if Datang had strong national strength over the years, but in such a large-scale war, it would take several years of recuperation to recover, so he definitely didn't want to have a second time.
"Horse, since Silla has such ambitions, should we report it to Your Majesty?" Cen Wenwen quickly woke up from the shock, and immediately asked Li Xiu again for instructions, after all, such a big matter must also be known to Li Shimin.
"Now Your Majesty is very happy that Silla has come to support, and the above is just my speculation, and I can't come up with any strong evidence at all, so I'm worried that Your Majesty may not believe it, so don't tell Your Majesty about this matter for the time being, and it's not too late to talk about it when you have the opportunity in the future!" Li Xiu said with a light smile at this time.
"When will that be?" Cen Wenwen frowned at this time and said, he was also very disgusted by Silla's secret calculation of his own side.
"Don't worry, although he was acting before the second festival, there is one sentence that he said correctly, that is, Silla is indeed a small country and the people are weak compared to our Tang Dynasty, the national small school causes them to be short-sighted, and the weak people make them greedy, especially when Goguryeo has taken a lot of advantage before, so when Goguryeo is destroyed, some faces will definitely be exposed, and then it will be time for us to advise Your Majesty!" Li Xiu smiled again.
If Li Xiu is not mistaken, when he met Li Shimin that day, he once revealed a piece of news, that is, Silla also began to attack Goguryeo from the east, although this was a good thing for the Tang Dynasty, but after the destruction of Goguryeo, what should be done with the Goguryeo territory conquered by Silla?
This is a big problem, it stands to reason that the Tang Dynasty has produced such a lot of manpower and material resources, and it was not easy to destroy Goguryeo, so the entire territory of Goguryeo must be controlled by the Tang Dynasty, but after the Silla people occupy the territory of Goguryeo, they will definitely not spit it out so easily, and even if Li Shimin doesn't say it, he will definitely not be very happy in his heart, and then it is time for Li Xiu and them to speak.
Cen Wenwen has always been very convinced of Li Xiu, so when he heard him say this, he also nodded at the moment, and then the two discussed some military affairs, and Cen Wenwen said goodbye and left.
At the same time, above the head of Bogoukou City, Quan Gai Suwen held a telescope that had fallen out of the Tang Army, looking at the ships on the river that were black and pressed like dark clouds, and the look on his face was as gloomy as the surface of the river.
"These damn Silla people knew they should have been killed in the first place!" Quan Nanjian next to him also slammed the city wall at this time, and roared angrily, they didn't expect that the Silla people would fall into the well at this critical moment, and send so many ships at one time, it was almost to cover the river.
"What's the use of just scolding, immediately make people ready, with these boats, the Tang army can send an elite army across the river at any time, and then it will be up to us to see if we can destroy the first batch of Tang troops!" Although Quan Gai Suwen was also very angry, he was still able to remain calm at this time, and even he had already anticipated Tang Jun's plan.
"Yes!" Quan Nanjian also knew that this time it was going to be bad, so he immediately agreed to go down and order the army to prepare, but in addition to being nervous, he also felt a little excited, because they had not confronted Tang Jun head-on before, so he also wanted to know if Tang Jun was as powerful as the legend?
Originally, they Goguryeo also had a strong naval army, but they were wiped out by the Tang army before, and the rest couldn't even protect themselves, so they could only retreat in some ports, and they didn't have the strength to take the initiative at all, so the coast of Goguryeo was almost undefended, and even the Silla people who were not looked at by him before could enter and exit the Yalu River at will.
However, when Quangai Suwen was looking at the Silla fleet on the river, he suddenly heard a very rapid footsteps behind him, and when he turned his head, he found that Quangai Nanjian, who had just left, was running over in a panic, and his face was also white, and he just wanted to shout when he saw Quangai Suwen, but strangely, he opened his mouth and didn't dare to make a sound.