Qiao Bin said: "In this situation, it is unrealistic for our navy to make contributions alone, why don't we join forces with those guys and go to Gwangju?" "This guy just loves to take risks.

This proposal hit Wang Jue's heart, he came to Sima Jiong and Cheng Chuliang with a wine glass, and said: "Two generals, I have an idea, I don't know if you dare to do it?" ”

Sima Jiong, Cheng Chuliang and others were on the rise, and they were a little unhappy when they heard Wang Jue speak like this.

Sima Jiong said: "General Wang, what are you talking about?" What do you say, what don't you dare? ”

Wang Jue said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi's army has arrived, why should we give His Highness a decent meeting gift?"

I don't think we're just holding this port. Let's just knock Gwangju down. How, dare to go? ”

Gwangju is located 180 miles east of Baekje and is one of the five major military towns in Baekje.

Sima Jiong said with some embarrassment: "There are more than 20,000 Baekje troops in Gwangju, and once the fight starts, there will be no less than 20,000 reinforcements from the surrounding areas. ”

Cheng Chuliang didn't speak, thinking about the possibility of attacking Gwangju.

Wang Jue said: "You have 5,000 people, our navy has 1,000 marines, and 5,000 soldiers, let's join forces together, is it enough?" We still have a lot of fierce fire oil on our ship, and we can't use it for naval battles, so I'll use it for you, how about it? ”

The soldiers Wang Jue said were the soldiers used by the navy to jump gang battles, and naval battles were mainly completed by boarding the opponent's ships.

At this time, Sima Jiong was moved, and he asked, "General Cheng, what do you think?" ”

Without waiting for Cheng Chuliang to speak, Wang Jue said: "By the way, it won't be long before there will be 3,000 people on Jeju Island." Plus them, that's enough. ”

In fact, it will take at least ten days for these people to come here, and they can't be counted on for the time being. Wang Jue was just encouraging Sima Jiong and the others to strengthen their confidence.

Cheng Chuliang still didn't speak.

Wang Jue continued: "General Cheng, our navy is under the command of your army, how about it? We have 3,000 horses on board the transport, and they will all be handed over to you, will we do this time?"

Cheng Chuliang made up his mind and said, "Okay, just do it." ”

He analyzed: "It is said that our troops are still insufficient, but the people of Baekje can't imagine that we dare to attack Gwangju, so if we launch a surprise attack, they will definitely be caught off guard." ”

"Okay, that's it. I propose that General Cheng Chuliang take full responsibility for the command of this battle. Sima Jiong said.

"I'm for it." Wang Jue said excitedly.

Qiao Bin said: "I agree. ”

Liu Anjin and Shen Ming said together: "I agree." ”

The matter was settled, and Cheng Chuliang decided to prepare during the day today and tomorrow, and set off tomorrow evening to attack Gwangju City.

After the celebration banquet, Sima Jiong did not leave the banquet hall, and he ordered that in a side hall next to the banquet hall, the captured Baekje generals were entertained.

Sima Jiong was very friendly, and after chatting with them for a while, he said, "Tomorrow, I will be all." Let you go back. ”

The Fang generals of Baekje looked at Sima Jiong in disbelief, and they couldn't believe what he was saying.

Sima Jiong smiled: "What I said is true. As you have heard, our Tang Dynasty army will soon come to attack Baekje, and it won't be long before Baekje will cease to exist.

You may not believe what I said, but if you think about it, my Datang navy is unmatched by you. You can see the power of the army today, and we only have a few thousand men.

You can imagine that a large number of our Datang fleets and a large number of soldiers and horses came to Baekje, how did you resist?

Now, I will give you two choices, one is to surrender to the Tang Dynasty now, and serve the Tang army in the future, and establish a meritorious cause for the Tang army to pacify Baekje. In the future, you will be the heroes of the Tang Dynasty, and you will have a place in the newly established Tang Dynasty government or army here in Baekje, and you will continue to enjoy the glory and wealth.

Another option is to continue to be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and when the Tang Dynasty destroys Baekje, you can imagine what will happen to you.

That's one in the sky and the other in the ground.

As the saying goes: those who know the times are handsome!

For your own glory and wealth, and for the sake of your families, I hope you can make the right choice.

Alright, now you can go back and rest, and you can make a decision tomorrow morning. It is to go or to stay and listen to it. ”

Sima Jiong has followed Li You, the king of Qi, for so many years, and he is very familiar with the routines of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and war must not only rely on military force, but also be supplemented by political means.

The reason why Sima Jiong did this was, on the one hand, to mobilize some Baekje people to serve the Tang army.

On the other hand, he put these prisoners back so that they could pass on the message. After being attacked by the Tang army, these frightened birds will definitely spread the news of the Tang army's terror, which will play a great role in causing panic among the military and civilian residents of Baekje and disintegrating their morale.

In addition, he also said that the Tang army would insist on holding this port and wait for the main force of the Tang army to arrive, so that the defenders of Gwangju would not think that the Tang army would return to raid Gwangju.

On the vast sea, Liu Renliang led the Tang army fleet straight to Baekje.

On this day, Liu Renliang met a messenger sent by Wang Jue, and when he heard that Sima Jiong and the others not only did not accept his suggestion to evacuate Baekje, but returned to the shore to hold on, he couldn't help but worry about them. On the one hand, he sent people to Dengzhou to report to His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and on the other hand, he ordered the fleet to move forward at full speed. Go to the rescue of Sima Jiong and others.

Soon after, Li You received a report from Yoo In-rail, and began to worry about Sima Jiong and others, and he ordered the acceptance of the troops' adaptive training, and all the troops that passed the assessment immediately boarded the ship and headed for Baekje.

In this way, the large-scale attack on Baekje began in a hurry.

Baekje Base Governor's Office.

Early the next morning, Sima Jiong invited the Baekje generals over and asked them to make a choice, and as a result, some of the generals, including the general of the Baekje unified army, asked to go back, and some officials chose to stay. In the end, 3,785 Baekje people remained and joined the Tang army.

In the afternoon of that day, the detachment of the Flying Tiger Army, which had remained here, under the guidance of some Baekje people who had newly joined the Tang Army, cleared out the Baekje spies heading to Guangzhou in advance to ensure that the army's departure would not reveal its intentions.

In the evening, Cheng Chuliang, Liu Anjin, Shen Ming, Qiao Bin and others led 9,000 Tang troops and 1,500 Baekje people on horseback to Gwangju.