Cheng Yanjin was also not very satisfied with the original tactics, he said: "This is good, when will you be able to hurt the people of Baekje with a small fight like before?" If you want to fight, you will fight a big battle, knock out the main force of the Baekje people, and force them to surrender as soon as possible. ”

This is also the opinion of the public.

Li You said: "Since everyone agrees, I also agree. General Cheng and Xue Rengui are responsible for formulating the specific operational arrangements. ”

"Your Highness, your ministers obey." Cheng Yanjin and Xue Rengui stood up together and arched their hands.

Li You said: "Xue Rengui, you still have 9,000 people in your hands now, I have an idea, you make a battle plan, don't just make it according to 9,000 people, my opinion is to hand over the 2,500 marines to you." When necessary, I will hand over the combat soldiers of the navy to you, and there will be a lot of them. ”

In addition to the technical soldiers who operate the battleship, most of the naval warships are combat soldiers, including personnel who operate large weapons such as trebuchets, crossbowmen and ordinary soldiers who fight in gangs.

Liu Renliang immediately said: "General Xue, the combat soldiers on the open sea fleet can be transferred to 5,000 people when necessary, and they will be under your command. ”

Xue Rengui said: "General Xie Liu's strong support. ”

Li You said: "Since it has been decided to fight a big battle, I will send someone to inform Wang Xuance and ask the Silla Kingdom to send troops immediately to contain the power of the Baekje people." ”

Xue Rengui said happily: "Lord Wang, this will make the minister more sure." ”

Cheng Yanjin said: "Your Highness, since it has been decided. The minister gave the order to disembark the troops who had already boarded the ship and return to the barracks on the shore. ”

Li You said: "Okay, how to deploy it, you can see how to do it." ”

The capital of Silla, Geumseong, the royal palace.

Queen Kindman of Silla received Wang Hyunce, and she asked, "Lord Tang Envoy, do you have anything to do today?" ”

Wang Xuance said: "Your Majesty, when will your Silla Kingdom send troops?" "Except for selling 50,000 loads of grain and 1,000 war horses to the Tang army, Silla still did not send troops to attack Baekje.

They are still waiting to see what the result of the contest between the Tang Dynasty and the hundred people will be.

Kindman said: "The general has reported to me that our army is assembling and heading to the border, and all kinds of supplies are being delivered to the border. When the preparations are complete, they will immediately launch an attack on the Baekje people. ”

Wang Xuance said: "Today, the prince of my family sent someone, and he said that if you Silla people are in trouble, you don't need to send troops. The prince of my family is going to ask His Majesty the Tang Emperor for instructions to send an additional 50,000 troops to destroy the Baekje Kingdom. ”

"This?" Jindeman didn't know whether what Wang Xuance said was true or false for a while, and hesitated a little.

She said, "Please go to the guest room to rest for a while, and I will discuss it with the general before giving you an answer." ”

After Wang Xuance left, the queen called the generals to discuss with the ministers. She told everyone what Wang Xuance said, and asked, "What does the Tang Dynasty envoy mean?" ”

The general said, "Your Majesty, the minister is trying to report to you. The minister has just received news that the Tang Dynasty people fought a battle with the Baekje people not long ago, and they annihilated 5,000 cavalry of the Baekje people in one battle. ”

"What? The people of the Tang Dynasty all came by boat, and they should all be infantry, how could they defeat the cavalry of the Baekje people? A general said.

"Yes, why are the people of the Tang Dynasty so powerful." The ministers said.

The prime minister said, "Oh, it's not good. The Tang Dynasty people won the battle against the Baekje people, and they must have seen that the Baekje people's combat effectiveness was so poor, and they had the intention of destroying the Baekje people.

They thought they were more capable of destroying Baekje themselves, and they were afraid that we would get a piece of the pie, so they didn't let us participate. ”

The general said, "Your Majesty, the minister's opinion is the same as that of the prime minister. Chen Ke personally visited the army of the Tang Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness was too strong. However, they were able to defeat half of the cavalry of the Baekje people with infantry, which was still beyond the minister's expectations. ”

Everyone is gossiping, and they basically agree with the prime minister's opinion.

When the prime minister saw that everyone agreed with his opinion, he felt that his thinking was reasonable. He gave full play to his imagination and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that our Silla Kingdom should send troops as soon as possible, otherwise, if Baekje is occupied by the Tang Dynasty, it will not be a good thing to have such a big power by our side." If they attack our Silla idea, what can we do? ”

Hearing this, the queen was taken aback. She said: "We can't let the Tang Dynasty people occupy Baekje, we must quickly send troops to attack Baekje, and take advantage of the Tang Dynasty and Baekje people to occupy some of Baekje's territory." ”

The ministers said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise. ”

The queen said, "Prime Minister, you and the general will negotiate with the Tang Dynasty. Let's just say that the agreement we signed with the Tang Dynasty people must be observed, and Silla immediately sent troops. ”

Subsequently, the queen met with Wang Xuance.

She said: "Your Excellency Tang Envoy, not long ago, our country and your Tang Dynasty have signed an agreement, and neither side can go back on its word. I, the Silla Kingdom, will abide by the agreement and immediately send troops to Baekje, and I hope that you, the Tang Dynasty, will also abide by the agreement. ”

Wang Xuance said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister can't be the master of this matter. Otherwise, you send someone to meet His Royal Highness the King of Qi with the foreign ministers. ”

The queen said, "Okay, the general wants to command the battle, then please ask the prime minister to come with you to meet your Royal Highness King Qi." ”

In the evening of the same day, 50,000 Silla people crossed the border, took a county town of the Baekje people that night, and surrounded a major town of the Baekje people the next day.

On this day, Xue Rengui led 6,000 Tang cavalry and drove into the hinterland of the Baekje people.

5 days later, Baekje Palace.

The general Fu Yuhuai said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Tang Army suddenly attacked the army I sent to Xinyougang, and our army lost a full 10,000 people. ”

"What?" There was an uproar in the main hall.

Wu Wangfu Yu Zhang's originally ruddy face became iron blue and pale, and he wanted to cry without tears.

The bad news has come one after another these days, first with the loss of 5,000 cavalry, then with the Silla capturing four of their cities, and now with the loss of 10,000 infantry, these blows are too great.

You must know that the Baekje people are a small country after all, and the military force that can be mobilized is only 100,000 people, of which no more than 30,000 elite troops, and these 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry are the elite troops of Baekje.

If this continues, Baekje will soon be out of soldiers, and the loss of the country will be an inevitable end.

The prime minister said: "The minister has the courage to propose this time, please ask Your Majesty to agree to the conditions of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Yes, yes, just agree to the conditions of the Tang Dynasty." The ministers said one after another.

The general Fuyu Huai also has no confidence, and he is no longer as arrogant as before. He was silent, waiting for King Wu's decision.

Wu Wangfu Yu Zhang really couldn't imagine that it would end like this, and he now regrets that he didn't agree to the conditions of the Tang Dynasty. Now the losses caused have far exceeded the conditions put forward by the Tang Dynasty.

He finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Lone decided to accept the conditions of the Tang Dynasty people, and the prime minister will negotiate with the Tang Dynasty people.

Soon after, after negotiations, the Baekje people agreed to the conditions proposed by the Tang people:

Ceded two coastal counties in the southeast of Jeolla Province, recognized Jeju Island as owned by the Tang Dynasty, and compensated 10 million yuan for the war expenses.

In this war, the Silla people also got four counties of land, which can be described as content. Her Majesty specially invited Her Royal Highness King Qi to visit the Silla Palace.

On this day, Takahashi Taro came to Shinyuko and asked to see Li You. 8)