In this case, the common practice is to surrender to avoid death, and those who do not surrender will be killed.

What is the difference between these two methods?

Surrender to avoid death, and those who do not surrender will be killed, which will force the vast majority of people to surrender, but these people who are forced to surrender, they only give in temporarily, and they will rebel as soon as they have the opportunity.

Sima Jiu took a different approach, although he was also forced to surrender, but those who stayed behind made their choice after careful consideration.

Since they have made this choice, they have been rejected by their original group, and they have cut off their own way back.

In this case, the vast majority of people will follow the newly joined group and share the same fate.

Sima Jiong said: "You don't have to worry, I will also give you a day to think about it, and tomorrow morning, you can make a choice." I still say the same thing, fate is your own choice, willing to go, willing to stay and listen to the respect. ”

After speaking, Sima Jiong and the others left the meeting hall.

Li You, the king of Qi, has always treated war with politics as the mainstay, supplemented by military affairs. Sima Jiong has followed Li You for many years and is one of the generals who can best understand Li You's intentions.

The rulers of Baekje and Silla were both Buyeo nobles, and the political systems of the two countries were completely different.

Baekje was a state founded by the Buyeo people, who originally lived in ancient northeastern China, in the southwestern part of the Korean Peninsula, and relied on eight major clans: the Sha clan, the Yan clan, the Ji clan, the Xie clan, the Jin clan, the Guo clan, the Mu clan, and the clan.

As an aristocratic class, these eight families do not communicate with the local Koreans, but only oppress and manage them, not to mention things like intermarriage, and even the language is not understood. So much so that the nobles spoke Buyeo and the common people spoke Korean. The contradiction between the aristocracy and the common people was extremely deep, and the ruling class was not supported by the common people.

This laid the foundation for the Tang Dynasty's rapid dismantling of Baekje's rule.

In contrast, the rulers of Silla were relatively close to the people, the official language of Silla was Korean, and the relationship between the nobility and the common people was relatively harmonious.

Sima Jiong was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat, and issued a lot of orders for An Min in a row.

Sima Jiong was very politically minded, he followed Li You as a military judge in the Western Regions and the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and this time he attacked Gwangju, he strictly ordered in advance not to disturb the people. After entering the city, he immediately formed the Flying Tiger Army into a law enforcement team.

Then, the people were opened and grained, and military doctors were sent to diagnose and treat the wounded and sick of the common people.

This series of measures was welcomed by the general public and quickly stabilized the situation in Gwangju City.

Sima Jiong convened a series of forums for all strata in the city, ensuring that after they joined the Tang Dynasty, they would be treated fairly, and according to the political system of the Tang Dynasty, the treatment of most of them would be greatly improved.

Cheng Chuliang came to the captured Baekje officers and soldiers and carried out heart-to-heart talks.

In the former Baekje military camp, 12,000 captured Baekje officers and soldiers were divided into four brigades and held political mobilization meetings.

Cheng Chuliang personally participated in one of the meetings.

Since the reorganization of the army, the Tang Army has set up many political workers, and these political workers must learn not only to do the ideological work of the soldiers, but also to learn to do the work of disintegrating the enemy army.

At the meeting, the political captain of the First Army presided over the meeting, who first preached to the officers and soldiers about the situation of the Tang Dynasty's army pressing the border, and then began to talk about the internal organization of the Tang army.

When the hundreds of officers and soldiers heard that the soldiers of the Tang Army were treated with weapons and equipment, salaries, and food, which were several times higher than their treatment in the Baekje army, they were all very envious.

Since they were taken prisoner, their food has been much better than before. The soldiers of the Tang Army told them that the Tang Army usually had this food standard.

Then, soldiers of different nationalities in the Tang Army came out to talk about their feelings in the Tang Army. Among them were soldiers from dozens of countries and nationalities, including the Baekje people, such as Tuyuhun, Dashi, Persia, Persia, Pakistan, Turo, Turkic, Annam, and Tianzhu, and they showed up to show that in the Tang army, people of any nationality would be treated and respected fairly.

Most of the Baekje soldiers were local Koreans, and the senior officers among them were Buyeo. Those officers treated ordinary soldiers as inappropriate at all, and arbitrarily bullied and insulted them.

In contrast, the soldiers of Baekje became interested in joining the Tang army.

At this time, the Baekje soldiers, who had already done their work in advance, stood up and took the lead in asking to join the Tang Army, and the soldiers responded one after another.

In the end, most of the Baekje soldiers joined the Don army.

Early the next morning, the officials of Baekje also made their choice.

Yan Changhan has now completely understood that Baekje will definitely not be able to keep it. This guy himself is a wallhead, and he took the lead in expressing his willingness to surrender to the Tang Dynasty to serve the Tang Dynasty. The other officials, except for three who said that their families were out of town and wanted to leave Gwangju City. But they promised never to be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and they wrote a guarantee on the spot.

The rest of the officials surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

These officials are also smart people, and they understand that there is about to change the dynasty here, and they should seize this opportunity to show their loyalty to the Tang Dynasty people so that they can be treated well in the future.

With their cooperation, the entire Jeolla Province, which occupied 1/5 of the territory of Baekje, was soon subordinated to the Tang Dynasty.

Five days later, the Gwangju Governor's Office.

In the conference hall, Sima Jiongzhu presided over a joint meeting of the military and the government.

Yan Changhan first reported on the work of the local government, and the law and order situation in the entire Jeolla Province was good, and officials at all levels had sworn allegiance to the Tang Dynasty.

Then, he said, "In order to speed up the Tang Dynasty's takeover of Baekje, I have sent messengers to do the work of the governor of Gusha Fortress and Jiuzhi Lower Fortress, so that they will surrender to the Tang Dynasty. ”

The capital of Baekje is called Juba Fortress, also called Gomaseong. In addition, there are five separate capitals, which are also five important military towns, the middle is called Gusha Castle, the east is Gwangju Castle, the south is called Kuchishia Castle, the west is called Teoseonjo, and the north is called Kumjin Castle.

Yan Changhan also said that he wrote a letter to his queen sister, asking him to persuade King Wu to surrender.

Cheng Chuliang reported on military work.

He said excitedly, "My lords, after mobilization, the number of Baekje people who have joined the Tang Army in the entire Jeolla Province region has reached more than 60,000, and there are still strong men from all over the country who continue to come to take refuge, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the number of people can reach 100,000." ”

It seems that the unpopularity of the Baekje ruling group has reached a very serious level.

A bolder decision was made at the meeting, and the army was divided into two routes, one was to lead an army of 50,000 by Cheng Chuliang, and attack the lower city of Jiuzhi in the south from the land. On the other way, more than 20,000 people landed from the mouth of the Baijiang River under the escort of Wang Jue's navy, and the two roads would attack the capital of Baekje. u