Lao Li Yuan is gone, and the funeral is clear all over the world, not only all parts of Datang have to pay tribute, but even countless small countries around them have to mourn, although Datang does not need the little tribute they take out, but this is always a heart.

Everyone knows in their hearts that there may be no benefit to mourning, but there will definitely be disadvantages if you don't go, especially in the case of the strong rise of Datang, the disadvantages are even greater.

As a result, dozens of small countries around the Tang Dynasty sent envoys on the road to Chang'an to offer condolences, and even Goguryeo, which was being attacked by the Tang Dynasty, was no exception.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is a critical period for the war with the Tang Dynasty, and the matter of condolences can be avoided, right?" Eulji Mundeok, an old general of Goguryeo, is famous for defeating Yang Guangdong's expedition and belongs to the famous general of Goguryeo.

This old guy is now in his 60s, but there is a lack of successors for the younger generation in China, and in the face of the aggressive Li Chengqian, he can only let this old guy go out of the mountain and take on the support task this time.

"Old General Wende, I don't want to send people, but this is a courtesy, and it must not be missing, otherwise it won't make people think that I am stingy!" Gao Zangwu sighed, of course he didn't want to send someone to Datang at this time, as a loser, no matter how he sent someone to Datang at this time, there was a kind of wagging tail and begging for mercy in it.

But now it is no longer a question of whether he will send people or not, and in the face of Li Chengqian, who is attacking head-on, and Silla and Baekje, who are attacking the hinterland of Goguryeo from the other direction, Gozang Wu has no choice but to bow his head.

Although he was tough with Yizhi Wende, it still couldn't change his central idea that he needed to send someone to the Tang Dynasty this time.

The prince of the Tang Dynasty is not so easy to deal with, although Gao Zangwu has not had an in-depth understanding of Li Chengqian, but intuitively he thinks that this expedition does not seem to achieve the desired results, and may even be wiped out!

He didn't know where Quangai Suwen and Yizhi Wende and others got their confidence from, and why they thought that as long as the troops drove to Yalu Water, they would definitely be able to defeat the Tang Prince.

I don't know where they got their confidence, thinking that after defeating the Tang Prince, they still have the ability to return to the division within ten days to defeat the two neighbors who want to take advantage.

"Your Majesty, there is something strange about this matter, the minister thinks that it should not be believed!" As an old qualified general, a general who had defeated the Great Sui Dynasty, Yizhi Wende naturally had a sense of arrogance and self-confidence, looking at the dissipated Gao Zangwu: "The Emperor Taishang of the Tang Dynasty has just been dead for nine days, how can there be news delivered to us!" ”

"Your Majesty, the prince of the Tang Dynasty is scheming, and he has to guard against it, God knows if this is the ecstasy smoke he released to lure us into being fooled!" Izumi Gai Suwen took over Eji Wende's words on the side.

It's just that as soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted everyone's sideways, is this still human words?

Even if the prince of the Tang Dynasty is scheming, he doesn't dare to make trouble with his grandfather, right? Unless he doesn't want to be this prince anymore. No, even if Li Chengqian doesn't want to be the crown prince anymore, he won't joke about this kind of thing.

So Lao Li Yuan must have died, and the day was indeed nine days ago, but I don't know what method Datang used to deliver the news to them in only six days.

Yes, it took six days for the Datang to deliver the news, because the other three days were delayed by Goguryeo itself, and it took three days for their letter to be delivered from Goguryeo's Chang'an City to Gozang Wu.

So what really made the Goguryeo people incomprehensible was the way of Datang's message transmission, according to the speed of this message delivery, in their opinion, what happened in Liaodong was likely to be transmitted back to Datang Chang'an in four to five days, and the news of Datang Chang'an could also be sent back to Liaodong in such a long time.

What does this mean? Anyone who fights a war knows that time is of the essence. If it takes ten days to make the news go back and forth between Liaodong and Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, then there is no difference between Li Chengqian's personal expedition and Li Er's personal expedition.

You must know that transportation was not so developed in ancient times, and even if it was an urgent message of eight hundred miles, it was not enough to send it from the front line to the rear camp without three or two days.

Ten days ......, and it's completely incomprehensible.

Goguryeo, which is located in a corner, did not know that the current communication method of the Tang Dynasty has been completely changed, and the carrier pigeon has replaced the messenger, and the main difference in the delivery of information according to its importance is the color of the bamboo pipe on the pigeon's feet.

It was precisely because of this that Datang was able to spread the news of Lao Li Yuan's death to every corner of the country within five days, and at the same time, in a very short time, the news was delivered to the surrounding vassal countries.

"Your Majesty, according to the ministers, it is more important for us to rush to Yalu Water as soon as possible, and we can completely treat the condolence as if we don't know, just say that we haven't received the news."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that now is not a good time to go to Datang, and we are now in a critical period for employing people, how can we send people to Chang'an in Datang?"

On the question of whether to go to the Tang Dynasty to mourn, a group of Goguryeo ministers debated for half a night, and finally agreed that if Li Chengqian's army stopped attacking and entered a state of rest, then it would be nothing to send people to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty to mourn.

If it is the other way around, Li Chengqian did not stop the attack, then there is no need to say anything, just take out the knife and open the film, it is completely meaningless to go to Datang, even if you send someone over, it is estimated that before the mission arrives, the battle here will be over.

In Yalushui, hundreds of miles away from Goguryeo's reinforcements, Li Chengqian changed into a linen suit, and all entertainment activities such as playing chess were canceled, and instead he squatted in front of the sand table all day long to study the offensive strategy.

Li Daozong stayed in the back and had nothing to do, and in the past few days, he also ran to his camp from the rear by sending him news, just in time for Li Chengqian's plan to flood Goguryeo reinforcements.

As a general of a hundred battles, how could he not be interested in such a thing? Therefore, Li Daozong, as Li Chengqian's uncle, was obliged to take on the post of military advisor.

When did the troops get on the boat, when did the upstream open the dam, the route of the march after the dam was opened, the whereabouts of the 'Sea Wolf' after completing the mission, and the action strategy of the Liaodong Army after repelling the Goguryeo reinforcements...... And so on and so forth.

Every case needs to be carefully arranged, after all, this is an extraordinary period, and the death of Lao Li has made the situation in the entire Tang Dynasty seem a little chaotic, if Li Chengqian is a little negligent at this time, it is very likely to be pushed to the forefront again.

(End of chapter)