Li You is only responsible for deciding strategic matters, and as for how to fight, he has Cheng Yanjin, Liu Renliang and Xue Rengui to consider.

In Li You's barn, Li You, Zhang Guigui, Magpie and White Tiger were playing cards, and Zhang Guigui said: "Brother You, it's not interesting for me to be idle all day, let me also go ashore to fight." ”

Li You said: "If you want to go, it's okay, I'll talk to Xue Rengui, and give you an army to go ashore and have a good time." However, don't be greedy for merit, and you can't go deep into the depths of Baekje after you go ashore. Also, you are in charge of commanding, don't rush to the front. If you can agree to these conditions, let you go. Otherwise, you can play with me here. ”

Zhang Guigui raised a hand and swore an oath: "I promise, the depth after going ashore will not exceed ten miles, okay?" ”

Li You said; "Five miles, you are not allowed to exceed this range."

Zhang Guigui said in his heart: "Five miles, maybe you can't even see a village." However, he didn't refute Li You, anyway, after going ashore, he just watched it himself. He said, "Okay, I got it." ”

Li You received: "I will ask Zhou Qing to send you a special combat team member, who is responsible for protecting you until your safety." ”

Zhang Guigui was very grateful for Li You's concern, and he said, "Brother You, I'll be careful." ”

At this time, Cheng Yanjin, Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang came. Cheng Yanjin said: "Your Highness, the battle plan has been formulated. ”

Li You said: "Just talk about it. ”

"According to the reconnaissance, all the warships of the Baekje people entered shallow water areas such as islands, reefs and rivers at the mouth of the sea, where the terrain is complicated, which is not conducive to the operation of our army's warships. Therefore, according to the number of enemy warships, several detachments were formed to monitor the enemy's warships on the sea, and all enemy warships that dared to come out were destroyed, and at the same time, a group of three warships was formed to form a patrol to destroy the Baekje warships scattered in other places. In addition, a detachment was organized to cover transport ships and escort the land landing operation. ”

Lee Woo said: "You have deployed well, a complete blockade of the Baekje sea, not only to destroy the Baekje warships, but also to capture or sink any other ships, as long as they meet, in short, no Baekje ships are allowed to appear on the sea." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Renliang said happily.

Ancient people's warships, merchant ships, and fishing boats did not have strict boundaries and were sometimes difficult to identify. If there are restrictions, it will cause certain problems for the operation of the navy. With this order from Li You, it was much easier to block the coast.

Xue Rengui said: "Lord, since the people of Baekje have decided to resist to the end, they will definitely be ready to prevent our army from landing on land. There are a total of 73 locations suitable for landing operations, and it is impossible for them to have so many troops deployed in each of them. Chen's deployment was that the landing operation would be divided into two phases, with the first division of the four corps into eight combat units, and the navy would choose a random landing operation site by taking advantage of the mobility of General Liu's navy. Attack everywhere and go ashore to strike at the Baekje people.

The troops entered the land depth of no more than 10 li, and if they encountered an area heavily defended by the Baekje people, they immediately boarded ships and evacuated.

In the second stage, after the Baekje people became familiar with the operational characteristics of our army, their forces would be more dispersed to counter the small landing force of our army.

At this time, our army concentrated its main force, chose a place to land, and entered a place far away from the land depth, dealing a heavy blow to the Baekje people.

Li You said: "Good idea. The mission of your army is not to destroy the Baekje army, but to destroy them as much as possible. All towns and villages were burned, young men were killed, young and beautiful women were brought back, and other women, the elderly, and children were kept as little as possible. Loot property that is easy to carry, and destroy everything that cannot be taken away.

"This?" Xue Rengui and Liu Renliang were both a little surprised. Because in the past, when fighting in the grasslands or the Western Regions, Li You did not advocate killing or injuring civilians, so they did not understand why Li You said this.

Li You said: "You don't understand, these Baekje people and those Japanese slave people are different from those countries in the Western Regions, and they are also different from those countries on the grassland. They are the most shameless, the most capricious, the most vicious and ruthless people. It is useless to use probation against them. Strike at them mercilessly, with the most severe means until they are afraid. Only in this way will they surrender to you from the bottom of their hearts.

You let it go until they can't bear it anymore and come to negotiate.

Do not be afraid, but slay them as hungry wolves. Anything that goes wrong is up to me to take responsibility. ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "Your Highness is right, think about how those pirates dealt with the people of our Datang, they even killed women, the elderly and children. If they are allowed to do evil, we will not be allowed to take revenge? ”

"Yes, my lord, the ministers understand."

Cheng Yanjin said: "The operational deployment has been decided, when will the action begin?" Please give your order. ”

Lee Woo said, "You guys came just in time, I made a delicious meal for the Baekje people today. Let's taste it first, and then you can get moving. ”

Dinner began, and Li You, Cheng Yanjin, Liu Renliang, Xue Rengui, Wang Jue, Wang Guoxiang, Cheng Chuliang, Sima Jiong and others attended the banquet.

On the table are ginseng chicken soup, roast whole chicken, grilled pork chops, beef soup and rice, legendary red chicken cake, refreshing noodles and after-dinner refreshments, as well as fruit wine and fragrant wine.

Li You specially introduced fruit wine and fragrant wine. The people of Baekje call the sake made by adding flower petals or spices "fragrant sake", and the sake made from fruits is called "fruit sake". Wine made from flower petals or fruit has a beautiful color and a mellow taste. "Flavored wine" mostly uses azaleas, chrysanthemums, and lotus leaves; Fruit wine generally uses sour fruits such as grapefruit, papaya, etc.

After tasting it for a while, the people generally felt that the Baekje people's food was not to their liking. Cheng Yanjin said: "Fruit wine, fragrant wine and fragrant green wine of the Japanese slave people, the taste is light, compared to our 'Chang'an Chun', it is not a little worse." ”

Zhang Guigui said: "Brother You, you always say that the people regard food as the sky and regard themselves as foodies. But I don't think it's good for you to eat in a different way like this, because everyone's taste has their own preferences and habits, and the food in other places is generally just suitable for their locals, which is not necessarily the best enjoyment for a foodie.

I think it's best to pick out a certain number of food varieties that you think you like the most, and keep digging deeper and improving them. ”

Baihu said: "I don't agree with you, the prince is the most particular about food, every time you go to change the taste and try it, what's wrong?" It's a big deal that you don't eat well, and if you don't eat it in the future, you just don't eat it. ”

Liu Renliang said: "I agree with the opinion of the white tiger, no matter how good the dish is, if you don't eat it differently, it will be unappetizing." ”

Zhang Guigui retorted: "You guys are all taken out of context, and I didn't say just a few dishes." Didn't I say a certain amount? This can be a lot, dozens or hundreds. ”

The magpie supported her husband Baihu's opinion, and she said: "The slave also thinks that my Baihu has a point......

Sima Jiong said: "I agree with Zhang Gongzi's opinion......"

The arguments were raging, and they didn't care at all about the upcoming big war.

At the end of the dinner, Sima Jiong asked to see Li You alone, and he said: "Your Highness, the minister is very worried that the practice of the Eastern Expeditionary Army will cause criticism from some ministers in the imperial court. ”

Li You smiled: "Don't think about it so much, war, it's normal to be cruel to the enemy, isn't it like this from ancient times to the present?" ”

Sima Jiong said: "However, the military discipline of our Tang Army clearly stipulates that when fighting against the enemy, it is not allowed to kill civilians at will. ”

Li You smiled and said, "That's it, you are a military judge, and you have your duties." In order not to embarrass you, I will send someone to imprison you, and I will bear all the responsibility. ”

Sima Jiong was just kind, he didn't want the prince to get into unnecessary trouble. He hurriedly said, "Lord Wang, what did you say?" You are as kind to the minister, and the minister is willing to bear everything with you. ”

Li You patted him approvingly on the shoulder. said: "Good brother. ”

Sima Jiong was greatly moved in his heart, and said in his heart: "Even if I give up my life, I can't let the prince bear the responsibility for violating discipline, if something really happens, I will bear the responsibility for poor supervision alone." ”

Night fell, and under the cool sea breeze, the majestic sail battleships puffed up their sails and sailed towards their predetermined combat positions.

On a transport ship, Zhang Guigui stood on the ship's floor, looking at the dark shore, his heart full of desire to fight. Behind him and on the deck below, the officers and men of the Third Army, composed of thousands of Lizhou soldiers, were also excited, and their young faces showed nervous and excited expressions.

The transport ship stopped, the yachts and sampans were lowered, and Zhang Guigui and the soldiers boarded the sampans along the soft ladder and rowed towards the shore of the black hole.