Li You, Hou Junji and Zhang Liang commanded the army from Luoyang through Zhengzhou, Huazhou, Jinanfu, Qingzhou, and Laizhou, and came to Dengzhou.

Dengzhou Assassin Shi Chengdong and the Minister of the Navy and the commander of the Tang Navy, Liu Renliang and others, greeted Li You and others.

At the reception banquet, Liu Renliang said: "Your Highness, without asking for instructions, the minister sent someone to inform Sima Jiong and asked them to temporarily withdraw from Baekje, and has already sent someone to pick them up for evacuation. ”

Gao Yong asked puzzledly, "Why is this?" We are about to march into Baekje, such a good bridgehead, why give up? ”

Everyone looked at Liu Renliang with some puzzlement.

Li You thought for a while, a cold sweat broke out on his head, and he said happily: "Oh, Liu Renliang, thanks to your thoughtful thinking, I am to blame for this matter, and I almost killed Sima Jiong and Cheng Chuliang."

Okay, well done, Liu Renliang, you deserve to be a handsome talent. ”

After saying that, he said to the misty crowd, "You guys don't know much about the situation in Baekje.

The imperial court wants to go east to Goguryeo, and the waterway goes straight to Baekje, such a big thing cannot be hidden, and there will definitely be Baekje or Goguryeo's fine work to pass the news to the king of Baekje. In this case, the king of Baekje will definitely take action against our Baekje garrison first.

Sima Jiong and the others only had a few thousand men and horses, and their backs were against the sea, and the situation was very critical, and they could easily be wiped out. Liu Renliang's disposition was appropriate.

I suggest that the first credit for this expedition to Baekje should be credited to Liu Renjing's head. ”

"I see, I agree." Everyone understood, and they all expressed their admiration for Liu Renliang's foresight.

Subsequently, Li You announced the list of members of the waterway command of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Li You is the commander, Hou Junji and Zhang Liang are the deputy marshals, Gao Yong is the army pioneer, Liu Renliang is the commander of the navy, and Cheng Dong is the grain and grass officer.

The battle plan was divided into two steps, the first step was to lead 167 ships of various naval vessels, marines, Sun Yongsheng and Xiang Donglei of the Eastern Expeditionary Army to destroy the entire navy of Baekje and occupy one or two large seaports.

In the second step, the rest of the army temporarily did adaptive training in Dengju, and then under the cover of the navy, landed in Baekje to fight.

At the same time, Wang Hyunceek led an envoy to Silla to negotiate with the queen of Silla about the capture of Baekje and Goguryeo.

Baekje.

It had just rained last night, and the sky was still gloomy.

On the wharf, the officials and people of the Governor's Mansion had already boarded the ship, and the troops were also boarding, and the people were silent and the atmosphere was somewhat depressing.

Cheng Chuliang looked at the familiar place that he had lived in for more than two years, but he was a little reluctant to leave.

Sima Jiong has put a lot of effort into this place, and he is very sad to leave like this.

Wang Jue, the deputy commander of the navy who came to meet them, persuaded: "Two lords, give up this place temporarily, and when His Royal Highness King Qi's army arrives, not only this place, but the entire Baekje will be ours." ”

Having said that, Cheng Chuliang was still unhappy in his heart. He pointed to the harbor and said, "It's really unpleasant to give up such a good place, why don't we set it on fire." ”

To expand this port, Cheng Chuliang personally participated in the construction, and he poured a lot of effort into it.

Sima Jiong was also reluctant, but he was the main person in charge, so he couldn't be rash. He gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it! Wang Dutong is right, it won't be long before we fight back, and then we have to rebuild, it will be too troublesome. ”

Cheng Chuliang said hatefully: "Then let's cheapen these Baekje people first." ”

Soon, all the Tang troops boarded the ship and sailed out of the port. According to the plan, they were going to Jeju Island.

Looking at the land that was gradually moving away, Sima Jiong and the others were stunned.

Wang Jue persuaded: "Two adults, don't look at it. Let's go, go to the cabin and drink. ”

Sima Jiong and Cheng Chuliang reluctantly followed Wang Jue and walked towards the cabin.

At this moment, the observation post on the mast suddenly shouted: "Look, my lord, the harbor is on fire." ”

Sima Jiong and the others looked back, and sure enough, they found that smoke was rising from the direction of the port. They took the binoculars and watched, and they saw the Baekje people setting fire to the pier.

It turned out that the Baekje people knew that the Tang army had a powerful navy, and they had few warships of their own, and it was of little use to them to leave this port. They were worried that this port would be used by the Tang army in the future, so the first thing they had to do was to destroy it.

Sima Jiong and Cheng Chuliang's hearts were dripping blood, and they were suddenly furious.

Sima Jiong asked, "Wang Dutong, how many marines do you have?" ”

Wang Jue said: "There are 1,200 people. ”

Sima Jiong said: "It's enough, we have two armies of 5,000 men and horses, and we will fight back tonight to recapture the port base." ”

Cheng Chuliang also said: "Yes, call back." ”

"This?" The order Wang Jue received was to safely escort Sima Jiong and the others away, and he really didn't think about fighting the Baekje people.

He said, "Without the order of the Shangguan, will there be a problem in doing this?" ”

Sima Jiong said: "Shangguan notified us to evacuate because he cared about us and avoided us from suffering losses. But we can't just look out for ourselves.

Commander Wang, you are also a person who has fought with His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and His Royal Highness has always advocated that his subordinates should have the spirit of initiative.

I think that Baekje is a very important military base, and it is very beneficial for the landing operation of the large army. Therefore, I think it is important to keep this base as much as possible. ”

Wang Jue asked, "Even if we take it back, how long can we hold it?" ”

Cheng Chuliang said: "You can hold it for as long as you can, you can't hold it, let's get on the boat and leave." ”

Sima Jiong said: "Yes, even if we can't hold it, we can still contain their forces if we threaten the Baekje people here." ”

Seeing that Wang Jue was still hesitating, Sima Jiong said: "Commander Wang, if you can really defend this port base, it will definitely be a great merit to conquer Baekje, don't you want to try?" ”

Speaking of this, Wang Jue was also a little tempted. He pondered: "There should be no problem in fighting a battle, even if you can't hold it, you will retreat to the sea, the navy of the Baekje people is not worried, and the risk of this battle should not be great."

If it is really as they say, it will be a great achievement to defend this port base. ”

After thinking about it, he said, "If you want to fight, I will support you, but let's talk about it first, and after you go ashore, you must not fall in love with the war, and if there are too many Baekje people, you will immediately return to the ship." ”

Seeing that Wang Jue agreed, Sima Jiong and Cheng Chuliang were very happy, and the three of them immediately formulated a battle plan.

The three of them agreed to first continue to transport personnel other than the army to Jeju Island, and mobilize men and horses from Jeju Island to participate in the attack on Baekje. At the same time, he sent people to Dengzhou to report the battle plan to Liu Renliang.

After the battle plan was formulated, the fleet continued to sail to the deep sea.

An hour later, with the exception of the ships transporting non-combatants, the other fleets stopped, waiting for night to fall and kill a rifle.

Night fell, the wind rose on the sea, there were more than 4 degrees, the battle flags rattled, and the sails of the sail battleships swelled like bows.

"Let's go." With Wang Jue's order, the fleet sailed towards the land of Baekje like an arrow from the string.

The people of Baekje hated the Tang Dynasty who had occupied their territory for two years, and wanted to drive the Tang army away. However, they were afraid of the strength of the Tang Dynasty, especially the incomparably powerful navy of the Tang Dynasty, so they never dared to march to the port base of the Tang Dynasty.

Not long ago, the king of Baekje, King Muwangfu, Yu Zhang, received news that the Tang Dynasty was going to march into Baekje, so he ordered to recapture the territory occupied by the Tang people.

However, before they could finish mobilizing their men, the Tang Dynasty people took the initiative to leave.

Seeing that the Tang Dynasty had left, the local garrison commander of Baekje sent 1,500 men to take over the Tang Dynasty port base, and at the same time sent someone to report the news of the Tang Dynasty's departure to Yu Zhang, the king of Wu.

The commander of the Baekje people sent to take over was equivalent to a commander of a thousand soldiers, and yesterday morning, he saw with his own eyes the fleet of the Tang Dynasty people disappear into the vast sea. It is believed that the people of the Tang Dynasty were afraid of being annihilated, so they took the initiative to leave. He never dreamed that the Tang Dynasty would kill a horse pistol.

The night was dark, and the Governor's Mansion was silent.

Suddenly, the commander was awakened by shouting.

"Oh no, the Tang Dynasty people are fighting back." There was a commotion outside.