At the beginning of October in the third year of Tianyou of the Tang Dynasty (906 AD), more than 3,000 elite Huainan troops and 15,000 Baekje troops set up a position in a place called Tushan more than ten miles south of Kangzhou City and began to fight. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning of the battle, the Baekje army, which had an overwhelming superiority in strength, launched a fierce offensive, and they continued to attack under the supervision of their officers, trying to break the morale of the Huainan army in one fell swoop.

However, the battle-hardened Huainan army remained unmoved, and always formed a tight formation, relying on strong bows and crossbows to resist the attack of the Baekje army.

Looking at the soldiers on the battlefield who were constantly shot down by the enemy's arrow rain, Zhen Gaiqing's heart throbbed.

"The formation is so tight, the bow and arrows are so sharp, it seems that Park Yinghui and they are not unjustly defeated!" Under the banner of the Baekje Army, Zhen Gaiqing, who was standing solemnly on his horse, whispered to himself.

By this time, he had already determined that the enemy army in front of him was not the Silla people or the Taifeng people, let alone the Japanese people he thought before, but the army of King Wu of the Tang Dynasty who came across the sea!

Unlike Park Young-hui, who was of a lower level and knew less information, although the enemy army in front of him did not play their banner, Zhen Gaiqing still judged that they were from the Tang Dynasty, because he knew that the armies of the Silla people and the Tae-feudal Kingdom did not have such strong combat effectiveness, and although the army of the Japanese people was brave and good at fighting, they were more famous for their swift charges, rather than the strict formation of the enemy army in front of them.

What's more, the strong bow and crossbow itself is the symbol of the Tang army, and other armies, whether they are the Silla people, the Taifeng people, the Japanese people, or the Khitans in the north, they do not have such a strong long-range army.

In addition, he also learned that Taifeng had sent people to cross the sea to the Tang Dynasty to seek canonization, and not long ago, an envoy from King Wu of the Tang Dynasty visited Taifeng Kingdom, and this news made Zhen Gaiqing believe that the enemy army in front of him should be sent by the King of Wu.

"What did King Wu of the Tang Dynasty suddenly send troops to do here? Could it be that the people of the Thai feudal kingdom asked them to send troops? ”

Thinking that hundreds of years ago, the Silla people relied on the alliance with the Tang Dynasty to finally complete the unification of the peninsula, Zhen Gaiqing couldn't help but look a little dignified.

If this army was indeed sent by King Wu to unite with the Tai feudal state against them, then this is by no means good news.

Fortunately, the opponent's troops are not many, and I believe that in the face of absolute superiority in troops, even the army of King Wu of the Tang Dynasty is impossible to resist.

However, what he didn't expect was that the defense of the Huainan army was as solid as a rock, and after more than half an hour of fighting, the Baekje army was never able to break through the Huainan army's formation, and his soldiers were already a little tired.

"Pass the order, and all the departments will temporarily retire and recuperate, in order to fight again!" Seeing that the offensive was not going well, Zhen Gaiqing immediately ordered the troops to be temporarily withdrawn to rest.

However, just as the Baekje army began to retreat, the Huainan army, which had always maintained a defensive position, suddenly launched a fierce counterattack.

"Well, the enemy has finally moved, and the general thought they were going to defend forever!"

Seeing that the other party began to turn defense into attack, Zhen Gaiqing was not panicked, but overjoyed, because he felt that the enemy's formation and defense were strict before, just like a hard turtle shell that was difficult to break; And now that the enemy is counterattacking, there will definitely be a flaw in his formation, which will give him a chance to defeat the enemy.

However, Zhen Gaiqing was clearly overjoyed, and the Huainan army's counterattack not only came quickly and decisively, but they also used a new weapon that the Baekje people had never seen before: the flowering bomb.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

When several manpower-dropped flowering bombs exploded in the Baekje army, although the casualties caused to them were not large, the Baekje army, which was already demoralized due to the exhaustion of the long battle, immediately fell into chaos.

The loud bang from the explosion and the thick smoke that followed it terrified the Baekje soldiers who had seen this weapon for the first time.

At the beginning, both the well-trained Liangzhejiang army and the elite Liang army inevitably fell into panic and chaos when they faced the bombardment of this kind of flowering bomb for the first time, not to mention these Baekje troops who had basically not trained much.

What's more, when the Huainan army launched a counterattack, the Baekje people were already in retreat, and the retreat was originally prone to chaos.

Go down in flames!

Only more than half an hour had passed since the start of the battle, and the Baekje people, who had an absolute superiority in strength, completely collapsed, and Zhen Gaiqing fled the battlefield in a daze of panic, and he did not understand how his army was defeated from beginning to end.

And the victorious Huainan army unceremoniously followed the Baekje people all the way to chase and kill, never giving them the slightest chance to breathe.

Under the pursuit of the Huainan army, the Baekje people could not make an effective resistance at all, so they could only flee all the way to Kangju City.

And when they finally fled to the city and prepared to enter the city, the Huainan army that was pursuing them also arrived here, and in the chaos, the Huainan army actually took the opportunity to seize the city gate of Connecticut.

After learning that the 15,000 troops led by Zhen Gaiqing had been easily defeated by the enemy, and now the enemy army had entered the city, they did not dare to stay and fled directly to the city gate.

As a result, Kangju, an important city located between Baekje and Silla and with a large amount of money and grain, fell into the hands of the Huainan army so easily!

"It's developed! Such an important city must have a lot of money and food stored in it! Before entering the city, the Huainan generals cheered loudly.

This battle was a little more difficult to win than the previous one, but overall it was quite smooth, except for some damage when the enemy was on the defensive in order to exhaust the enemy at the beginning, and then waited until the flowering bullet sounded, and then the rapid pursuit was carried out all the way, and the whole process went smoothly.

Of course, Li Chengding also knew that without the help of the flowering bomb, it would not be so easy for them to defeat the enemy army.

And now, there are not many flowering bombs they brought that can still be used, and it is not enough to even fight another battle, so it is the best choice to accept it when it is good.

After occupying Connecticut, the Huainan army unceremoniously looted the money and grain stored in the city, but because there were too many looted things, the Huainan army could not carry it at all, so the people in the city unexpectedly escaped the catastrophe.

"With the lessons of this battle, presumably as long as the Baekje lord didn't get dizzy, he wouldn't easily fight our army again, right?"

Standing on the head of the city of Kangju, looking at the panicked people of Baekje under the city, Li Chengding thought to himself.

The purpose of their war with the Baekje people was only to boost the morale of the soldiers and loot to replenish supplies, and after defeating the Baekje people's vanguard, these two goals were basically achieved, and then the reason why they chose to continue to fight with the Baekje people was because they felt that the Baekje people were easy to deal with, so they wanted to complete the task of intimidating the Baekje people by the way.

Soon after, Li Chengding selected a few of the captured Baekje officers and generals and released them back, so that they could convey the decree of King Wu of the Tang Dynasty to Zhen Xuan.

"From now on, Tamna Island is the territory of my Tang Dynasty King Wu, and has no relationship with Silla, Baekje, Taifeng and other countries. Today's battle is just a lesson for you in advance, if the lord of Baekje wants to covet our territory, His Royal Highness King Wu will definitely send a large army to come to crusade, although it is far away, it will be punished! Li Chengding made a simple and domineering statement.

A few days later, a peace envoy sent by the Baekje people arrived in a hurry.

Just as Li Chengding expected, the people of Baekje were inexplicably beaten, and even Kangzhou, a heavy place where a large amount of money and grain had been hoarded, fell into the hands of the enemy.

However, after calming down, he gave up this idea, after all, the situation on the Silla Peninsula is complicated now, and the two countries of Silla and Taefeng are now eyeing Baekje, and Zhen Xuan does not want to offend a strong enemy in this situation.

And from the news I got before, it can be seen that the strength of the army of the Tang Dynasty King Wu is indeed very strong, and it is obviously not easy to match.

Since the original purpose of the other party's coming here was only to have nothing to do with Tamna Island, and not to have any idea about their Baekje territory, then let them occupy Tamna Island.

What's more, the Tang Dynasty was originally the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, if the other party was in a weak state, it would be forgotten, and now the other party is strong, and can even cross the sea to make an expedition to their Silla Peninsula, so it is the best choice to endure this breath.

Not only that, while Zhen Xuan endured the evil anger in his heart, he also thought of seeking canonization from King Wu in order to obtain the name of orthodoxy.

After all, in this era, for these small countries outside of China, it is an extremely important thing to have the canonization of the Tang Dynasty and the canonization of the Tang Dynasty.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the Thai feudal state sent envoys to seek canonization from Qian Biao, the king of Yue, by sea, and its purpose was this.

And Zhen Xuan also thought about sending an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to seek canonization, but it was not put into practice for various reasons; Now that the army of King Wu of the Tang Dynasty has arrived here, it is the best choice to seek canonization from them.

"Zhen Xuan sent a messenger to seek canonization?" After hearing the news, Li Chengding was immediately happy.

Asserting power in a foreign land and forcing the enemy country to surrender is obviously a great achievement, how can there be no reason not to agree? Li Chengding immediately agreed to the other party's request on behalf of King Wu, but he asked them to send an envoy to Guangling, after all, this kind of major event is not something that Li Chengding can accomplish privately.

A few days later, the Huainan army moved away the large amount of money and grain that could be removed from the city of Kangju, and left the rest to the Baekje people, who had already succumbed, and then sailed away by boat.

As for the captured captives, some of the stronger ones were taken away to be used as coolies in preparation for the future construction of the city on Tamna Island, and the rest of the old and weak were released directly.

Since then, Huainan's expedition finally ended in a complete victory.