Takahashi Taro came to Sinyu Port, but Li You went to Jinseong, the capital of Silla, to meet the Queen of Silla, and Sima Jiong received Takahashi Taro.

He said: "Takahashi Taro, my prince is out and will come back in a few days." Before leaving, he had already instructed me to receive you well. So be it, and I'll send you to your sister. ”

Soon, Zhou Qing was called, and Sima Jiong said: "Zhou Qing, during the absence of the prince, you are responsible for accompanying Taro Takahashi." He's our guest, don't slow him down. ”

Provisional Governor's Palace, guest house.

Zhou Qing knocked on the door, Kumiko Takahashi pushed the door open, and saw Taro Takahashi.

"Brother, why are you here?" Kumiko Takahashi said excitedly.

Takahashi Taro was also very excited and said, "Kumiko, are you okay?" ”

Zhou Qing saw this scene and said, "You brothers and sisters should catch up, I won't bother you." With that, he left.

Taro Takahashi entered the warehouse, closed the door casually, and the brother and sister embraced each other.

Lee Woo and Cheng Yanjin went to Jinseong, the capital of Silla, met with Queen Gindeman of Silla, talked about the situation on the Korean Peninsula, signed a joint defense and mutual protection and maritime trade agreement, and then left with Wang Hyunce, and were on their way back at the moment.

"Chang'an".

The wind is beautiful and the sea breeze is blowing. There was a table on the deck, where Li You, Cheng Yanjin, Zhang Guigui, Wang Xuance and others were drinking and chatting.

Wang Xuance said: "Lord Wang, this time our Tang army has made such a big effort, and it only got two counties, and the Silla people got four counties when they touched our light, and the minister felt a little lost." ”

Zhang Guigui said: "Yes, the people of Baekje have already been instigated by us, why don't you take the opportunity to destroy them?" ”

"Yes, my lord, the minister also doesn't understand." Cheng Yanjin said.

Although the Tang Dynasty had gained huge benefits this time, the generals still felt dissatisfied. Everyone looked at Li You, wondering what he thought.

Lee Woo said, "Do you think we will be able to destroy Baekje?" ”

Zhang Guigui said: "I don't think it's a problem. Xue Rengui killed 10,000 Baekje people in Yuansong City at once, and it was less than 100 miles away from Baekje's capital, Jubaseong, why did you let him stop? ”

Li You said: "Our strength plus the strength of the Silla people should be about the same as the defeat of Baekje, but how much can we have left after defeating these horses?"

The imperial court is not ready, even if we fight it, we can't manage it with such a little people.

Besides, we can't be wishful thinking, the Japanese slave country and the Baekje people have a close relationship, and Goguryeo is even more eyeing from the sidelines, they have a population of millions and hundreds of thousands of troops, what if they intervene? ”

"This?" No one thought of this layer.

Li You said: "The three countries on the Korean Peninsula are also a bit similar to the three countries, they contain each other.

Now we are joining forces with the Silla people to fight Baekje, and the Goguryeo people are sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, hoping that we will fight to the death. But if we were to destroy Baekje, the situation would be different.

Goguryeo borders the Tang Dynasty, they are the biggest threat to the Tang Dynasty, the Goguryeo people have always been enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible for them to watch the backyard catch fire.

If we forcibly destroy Baekje, we will definitely be attacked by the Goguryeo people, and with the little force we have in our hands, I am afraid that none of them will be able to go back.

The Silla people are unreliable, and I bet that if the Goguryeo people come over, they will definitely retreat and go back. ”

The strength of the Tang army was too small, otherwise it would not have been like this forever, and it would have carefully adopted guerrilla tactics.

Li You continued: "To put it mildly, we are just a few people, and it is already infinite to be able to achieve such great results. If we really fight with the Goguryeo people, we will not only have no merit, but will also become sinners of the imperial court. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone thought so.

In fact, in the plan agreed upon by Li You and Li Shimin, there are some things that cannot be told to Cheng Yanjin and others.

They organized the Eastern Expeditionary Army this time, ostensibly to fight the Japanese slave state, and the ultimate goal was Goguryeo. If the Tang Dynasty directly attacked Goguryeo, the Japanese slave state would definitely support Goguryeo, which is one of the reasons why Emperor Yang of Sui failed to attack Goguryeo.

To fight Goguryeo, it is necessary to eliminate the worries of the Japanese slave state. However, the strength of the Japanese slave kingdom was too strong to really go to war with them.

Therefore, Li You played a series of tricks that made everyone scratch their heads.

In the first step, he claimed that he wanted to fight the Japanese slave state and force the Japanese slave state to protect itself, and he took the opportunity to attack Baekje, which had a close relationship with the Japanese slave state, and established naval bases in Baekje and Jeju Island, using the naval advantage to cut off the connection between the Japanese slave state and Baekje, and thus cut off the connection between the Japanese slave state and Goguryeo on the land of the Korean Peninsula.

To achieve this goal, he made full use of the delicate relationship between Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje to win over the Silla people and keep the Baekje people to block the Goguryeo influence on the naval base.

In the second step, the Japanese slave state was a strong country after all, and the Korean Peninsula had a vast sea area, and it was impossible to completely cut off their ties with Goguryeo by relying on the navy alone, and once the war started, they could even support the Goguryeo people to send troops to Baekje and destroy the naval base of the Tang army.

Therefore, in order to solve the problem from the fundamentals, it is still necessary to weaken the strength of the Japanese slave state.

To achieve this goal, the Tang army could not directly send troops to attack the Japanese slave state, and in the case of no land routes, relying only on long-distance transportation by the navy would not work, and it was very likely to suffer defeat.

Even if the war was won now, the Tang Dynasty did not have so many people to emigrate, and it was impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to be stationed there for a long time, and it was impossible to effectively rule there. In order to truly destroy the Japanese slave state, it is necessary to occupy and consolidate the Korean Peninsula.

It's not that we don't fight the Japanese slave countries, but that we have to have an order.

Therefore, to weaken the Japanese slave state, it is necessary to outwit it, and the best way is to let the Japanese slave internal unrest.

As the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs. The contradiction between the Takahashi family and the ruling nobles of the Japanese slave country is the rift on the egg.

Li You decided to grasp this contradiction and pry open the crack on the egg of the Japanese slave country, so that the maggots inside would deteriorate.

Provisional Governor's Palace.

These days, Takahashi Taro and Takahashi Kumiko, accompanied by Zhou Qing, visited the warships of the Tang Army, and the drills of the army's infantry and cavalry were also open to them, and Xue Rengui and others even had a competition with Takahashi.

Only then did Takahashi Taro know that when they were pirates, they didn't really meet the elite of the Tang Army, otherwise, they wouldn't have been arrogant for months. It is no wonder that the Baekje people were beaten so badly and gave in to the Tang people.

Guest house.

Takahashi Kumiko asked, "Brother, I don't think we can beat the Tang Dynasty, so I agreed to the conditions they proposed." ”

Takahashi Taro said with a depressed expression: "These Tang Dynasty people are indeed powerful, and we really can't deal with their methods of dealing with the Baekje people." ”

Takahashi Kumiko said: "Brother, during this time, His Royal Highness the King of Qi has taken care of me, I was thinking, can I ask him to help us?" If he is willing to help, are we still afraid of the people who fly birds? ”

Fujiwarakyo, the capital of the Uno Kingdom, is located in a place called Asuka.

Takahashi asked, "Does he like you?" ”

Kumiko Takahashi shook her head and said, "I don't know." She really didn't know that although Li You took good care of her in life, the two didn't have much interaction in private.

Takahashi Taro asked, "Kumiko, you ask him if we can cooperate with him in other ways if we agree to his conditions." ”

Takahashi Kumiko said, "Okay, when he comes back, I'll go test it first." ”

On this day, Li You returned to the Provisional Governor's Mansion.

Takahashi Taro finally met Li You, the king of Qi, and although he knew the language of Li You's U Kingdom from Takahashi Kumiko, he was secretly surprised when Li You spoke the U Chinese with the Kyushu dialect.

What surprised him even more, and even a little depressed, was not this.