Chapter 54: Baekje Messenger

"He's finely injured!" Li Chengqian looked at the Baekje envoy and said.

"His wounds were severe, but they were not fatal, and his companions had died for him, and then ours were there to protect him, so he was fine." Cheng Wu said.

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, he was afraid that the stick in front of him would be seriously injured and would die, and he didn't know who to find out the situation.

Killing the envoy from Fanbang near the Tang Dynasty soldiers is a very bad incident, no matter what the other party's purpose is, Li Chengqian can't sit idly by for the sake of the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Highness! The Baekje envoy asks to meet His Majesty! said that there was something important to report to His Majesty, and the minister did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so he came to report to His Highness. The imperial doctor came to Li Chengqian and said.

"Exactly! The widow also asked him something, bring him over, and the widow asked. Li Chengqian said.

Cheng Wuting immediately stepped forward to bring the envoy of Baekje to Li Chengqian.

"I am an envoy from King Yici of Baekje, and I have important matters to report to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty." The Baekje envoy spoke fluent Chinese.

"Tell me anything important, and I'll pass it on to Your Majesty, but before that, I have one more thing to ask you." Li Chengqian said.

"Who are you?" The Baekje envoy looked Li Chengqian up and down, and he didn't know who the person in front of him was.

Li Chengqian was wearing nothing more than an ordinary silk thing, and people who didn't know Li Chengqian, judging from his dress, thought that he was the son of a certain dignitary.

"Bold! The noble man in front of you is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, if you dare to look at it with your eyes, see if I don't dig it out. Cheng Wuting scolded.

The Baekje envoys were shocked! Ordinary knelt down on the ground and said: "Baekje Minister Park Kechang pays a visit to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"Tell me what happened first, let you come to Chang'an to report to Your Majesty, and also, who are the people who want to kill you?" Li Chengqian asked.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Goguryeo colluded with Silla to block the way for my Baekje to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty and sent troops to attack my Baekje. ”

"The people who pursued me were people sent by Goguryeo and Silla, and they were afraid that I would borrow reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty, so they intercepted and killed me halfway."

"I didn't dare to take the big road, so I had to take the small road all the way to Chang'an, who knew that they still found out, and then I was murdered, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness's guards and this general to come, I'm afraid I would have died under their knives." Baekje messenger said.

"Nonsense, Silla is attached to my Tang Dynasty and is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, how can it be possible to act against Baekje, which is also dependent on the Tang Dynasty, and how can it be possible to unite with Goguryeo." Cheng Wu said, after all, Silla and Baekje were both small states that belonged to the Tang Dynasty, so it was naturally impossible for him to believe that Silla would unite Goguryeo, which was hostile to the Tang Dynasty.

But Li Chengqian believed that the wolf ambition of Silla had long wanted to destroy Baekje and Goguryeo and unify the peninsula.

However, the strength of Silla alone could not destroy its two neighbors, so Silla attached itself to the Tang Dynasty and borrowed the hands of the Tang Dynasty to destroy Baekje and Goguryeo.

And when the main army of the Tang Dynasty was transferred to other places to fight, it annexed the old lands of Baekje and Goguryeo, and completed the great cause of unifying the peninsula.

Then, the small country of Silla admitted its mistake to the Tang Dynasty in a false way! The Tang Dynasty had to deal with Tibet at that time, and Tang Gaozong saw that Silla had a good attitude in admitting his mistakes, so he no longer pursued the matter.

"What you say is true?" Li Chengqian said.

"Yes! The foreign ministers dare not deceive His Royal Highness the Prince! Park Kechang said sincerely.

"The widow believes in you! Goguryeo and Silla were also too presumptuous! The widow will join them in front of his father and send troops to destroy them. Li Chengqian said.

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!" Baekje messengers are grateful! Baekje was finally saved, and he lived up to the trust of King Baekje.

At this time, Xue Rengui and Wang Fangyi just returned from hunting.

"Let's go, go back to the palace!" Seeing Xue Rengui and the others coming back, Li Chengqian beckoned everyone back to the palace, where is he still in the mood to hunt now.

As soon as he returned to the palace, Li Chengqian asked people to settle the Baekje envoy first, and he personally went to see His Majesty Li Er, and reported the encounter with the Baekje envoy to His Majesty Li Er.

Li Er was also furious when he heard this! The damned Goguryeo actually dared to stop Baekje from entering the palace for him, even if he threatened, it would be difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart if he didn't destroy Goguryeo!

Li Er felt that the whole thing was done by Goguryeo, and Silla was only deceived by Goguryeo before he would do anything to Baekje.

But everyone knows that this is Li Er's wishful thinking, and the grievances between Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo have long been not a matter of one or two days.

What's more, Baekje once captured more than forty cities in Silla, and now that he has a chance to take them back, how could Silla let them go.

Lee Seung-gan preferred that Silla take the initiative to unite with Goguryeo and attack Baekje, rather than Goguryeo tricking Silla into attacking Baekje.

"Your Majesty! Now is the time of winter, and it is even colder in the north, and if you recruit the soldiers of the world now, you have not yet reached Goguryeo, and I am afraid that most of them have already frozen to death, in that case, what will you do to crusade against Goguryeo. Chu Suiliang did not approve of Li Er's attack on Goguryeo.

"Goguryeo is so rampant! If I don't take my Datang in my eyes, I dare to openly intercept the Baekje mission that pays tribute to the Datang, if I don't send troops, won't I let the people of the world laugh at me Datang is a big country, and I am actually afraid of a small country! Li Er said aggressively.

Even if Goguryeo is not destroyed, Goguryeo must be beaten down and let him know who is the boss, so as not to let such a small country run the morrow.

When Li Chengqian saw this, he knew that it was time for him to go out, and now was indeed not suitable for sending troops to the peninsula.

"Father! Erchen thinks what Dr. Chu said is reasonable! We are not ready now, and if we hastily raise troops to attack Goguryeo, the gains outweigh the losses! Please think twice! ”

Li Er's face was gloomy, the prince didn't face him, but colluded with Chu Suiliang, it was really hateful! But after thinking about it, what the prince said is not unreasonable.

"Then tell me! What should I do? Li Er asked.

Li Chengqian looked up and saw Li Er's gloomy face, swallowed his saliva, and suddenly felt a lot of pressure, if he didn't say it well, he was afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat.

"Father! We can first send a minister to Pyongyang to warn Goguryeo and let Goguryeo withdraw its troops and stop attacking Baekje, otherwise our Tang Dynasty will send troops to attack Goguryeo. ”

"At the same time, in order to prevent Goguryeo from refusing! I, the Tang Dynasty, should prepare for an attack on Goguryeo, and only then will we send troops to attack Goguryeo in the coming year. Li Chengqian said.

Li Er felt that the prince's suggestion was very good! In this way, the problem of the soldiers surviving the winter can be solved, and time can be freed up to prepare, so that the attack on Goguryeo will have a better chance of victory.