Soon after, Li Shimin promulgated the decree of the imperial commander to conquer Goguryeo, and the crown prince Li Chengqian was in charge of the country.

Wei Chigong, Zhang Shigui, Niu Jinda, and Xue Wanche went out with the army. Liu Renliang led the navy to the expedition.

Tang Taizong ordered Zhang Liang to be the chief of the Pyongyang Provincial March, Zuo Nan to be the deputy general of the Pyongyang Provincial March, and Ran Rende, Liu Yingxing, Zhang Wengan, Pang Xiaotai, and Cheng Mingzhen to be the general managers.

The specific arrangement was that Liu Renliang led the Navy's North Sea Fleet to accompany the army, escorted Ran Rende, Liu Yingxing, Zhang Wengan, Pang Xiaotai, and Cheng Mingzhen as commanders-in-chief, and led 43,000 troops to set off from Laizhou on the navy's transport ship and cross the Yellow Sea to Pyongyang.

At the same time, with Li Shichang as the general manager of the Liaodong Provincial March, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, as the deputy general of the Liaodong Provincial March, and Zhang Shigui, Zhang Jian, Ashina Michai, Jiang Xingben, and Wu Heimin as the general manager of the march, led 160,000 troops to march from the land to Liaodong.

This expedition to Goguryeo was three years ahead of schedule, and the number of troops was 100,000 more than in history.

Gegemu City.

When he returned to the General's Palace, he met Adnan and the others, and he would send someone to Damascus to ask for instructions from the Caliph in accordance with the terms agreed with Li You.

Pei Dilan, Adnan and the others really don't want to fight with the Tang Dynasty now, and they are ready to retreat to Ashgabat City, the capital of Turo, in the northwest.

A few days later, Li You sent someone to come, led by Hao Junjie, who escorted 50,000 loads of grain and 100 loads of salt to the big cannibal.

Pei Dilan was very happy, because the salt he asked Li You for an extra time, and they were very face-saving, so they sent it so quickly.

Pei Dilan was also very trustworthy, settled the money for Hao Junjie, and sent someone to escort them across the border.

That's not all, but also asked Hao Junjie to bring Li You a Persian gilt silver plate.

This silver plate is 4.1 cm high, 18 cm in diameter, 1.4 cm high and 4.5 cm in diameter, this hunting pattern is a common ornament in the Persian Sassanid Dynasty, and its composition is typical of the Persian Sassanid art style, which belongs to the royal silver plate used by the royal family.

Hammered and made, the theme is prominent in the picture, similar to relief, with a three-dimensional sense. The main motif is a hunting figure. Standing in the center of the hunting picture is a middle-aged man with an Iranian face and a beard. It appears that a round hat covers the hair on the head. The hunter holds a spear in both hands, and three wild boars roam the reeds in front of him and behind him. The demeanor of the hunting figure is very serene, and the slight feeling is calm, which is also a favorite image in Sassanid art. At that time, the aristocracy believed that composure and serenity were a noble and courageous state of mind, so their faces did not show expressions such as nervousness, excitement, anger, or force.

This kind of silver plate Li You had seen in the Shanxi Provincial Museum in his previous life, and it was priceless.

Li You showed it to Hamid, and he said that this Persian gilt silver plate was made 50 years ago, a total of four sides, when Persia submitted to the Byzantine Empire in order to pay tribute to the Byzantine Empire. After being sent to Rome, the whereabouts of these Persian gilt silver plates are unknown.

This Persian gilt silver plate was seized from the Greek royal family and appears to have been given to the Greek crown by the Byzantine emperor.

This Persian gilt silver plate is currently worth at least 10,000 tain.

"Well, yes, that's pretty much the talk." Li You said with a smile.

Hamid said: "It seems that the problem on the side of the big cannibals is not big. ”

Li You shook his head and said, "I hope so." ”

Xue Rengui said: "Your Majesty, Lord Wang, the minister still thinks it is safe to fight. ”

Li You nodded silently.

Xue Rengui is reasonable, the peace he talked about is not reliable, only by relying on strength, fighting a big cannibal and suffering heavy losses, and understanding that fighting with the Tang Dynasty will cost a huge price.

Hamid also understands this truth, but at present, the main force of the Tang Army has not yet arrived, and danger may occur at any time. He secretly prayed that the Great Cannibal would not attack at this time.

Next, Li You and others listened to Abu Hassan's briefing on the situation of various ethnic groups in Angot Province.

The ruling model of the Persian Empire is to set up provinces in the occupied areas, send governors to manage, and basically serve as city guards in the areas under management, basically by the heads of various tribes, implement religious freedom, and collect lighter taxes, which encounters less resistance, looser management, and large-scale wars, and the potential for war is also small, which is one of the important reasons why the Persians can't defeat the big cannibalism.

This management model of the Persians brought certain difficulties to the takeover of the Tang Dynasty. In this region, the Han population base is too small to implement the county system as in the interior.

Li You and others decided to temporarily follow the management model of the Persian Empire, encourage people from the interior to come here to do business and live, gradually increase the population base of the Han nationality, implement intermarriage, and gradually implement ethnic integration.

In the future conquests in South and Southeast Asia, in order to settle the occupied areas as soon as possible, the Persian management model was a good choice.

On this day, I finally waited for another good news.

Xue Yantuo's 10,000 cavalry, led by Ashina Hongliang's son Ashina Kuncang, came to Kabul City.

Now, with 20,000 cavalry and an army of the Flying Tiger Army in his hands, plus the 3,000 Iron Guards in Hamid's hands and the 7,000 Persian troops in the Governor's Palace, he finally has some confidence.

It's April 10th, and there's only 12 days left until the takeover meeting.

The Great Cannibal is still silent.

In the backyard of the Governor's Palace, Umar, dressed in the uniform of the Tang Army, and his soldiers sat in the courtyard, babbling, learning Chinese from the interpreter.

They had now been incorporated into Li You's guard, and White Tiger had not arranged for them to do things for the time being, and let them solve the problem of language communication first.

At this time, Xue Rengui, Gao Tong, Hou Cheng, Li Tongshan, Li Tongshan's adjutant general and others walked in with a group of young officers.

Umar and the others quickly stood up and saluted the generals.

Qualcomm said: "You don't have to be formal, we're here to learn." ”

Li You believes that it is also possible to deal with the big cannibals, requiring the generals to learn simple conversations, which will be used on the battlefield. Those who followed them were selected officers from the various units, and they were to learn simple battlefield shouts and then go back to teach the troops.

Gegemu City, General's Palace.

Early that morning, Peidilan had just gotten up and was washing his face, when Adnan sent someone to report it: "Your Royal Highness, General Mohammer, the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, has sent someone, and General Adnan has asked you to come over to discuss the matter." ”

Mohammer, the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, brought an unexpected situation: when the military commander of the Great Food Empire, Khaled, encountered the heavy armored cavalry of the Franks when attacking the Franks, and suffered heavy losses, and he urgently mobilized 70,000 horses of the Southern Expeditionary Army to participate in the Frankish campaign.

Due to the transfer of part of the main force, the defense of the Southern Expeditionary Army on the Eastern Front was weakened, and it was attacked by the Persian army of the Hamid Division, and the situation was somewhat unfavorable.

Mohamer hoped that the Eastern Expeditionary Army would march into Kabul as soon as possible to relieve the pressure on the Eastern Front of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

Adnan asked, "Your Highness, what do you think we should do?" ”