Chang'an City, East Palace.

After the crown prince Li Su returned from the court, he met with three waves of people in the morning. After sending off the last wave of guests, it was already noon.

When he returned to the back house, he found that the ladies were not there, so he asked; "What about the princesses?"

One of the maids said, "They are all with the princess of Narcissus." ”

Li Su was very curious, I don't know what they are doing with Narcissus? So I walked over and had a look. Arriving at the door of Princess Narcissus' room, he was stopped by a maid.

The maid said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, please wait a moment. The princesses are praying. ”

Now Li Su is even more curious. Princess Narcissus is religious, and it is normal for her to pray. But what are the other princesses doing inside?

Ten minutes later, the princesses came out one after another. When they saw Li Su, they all came up to greet him affectionately.

Li Su asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Seeing Li Su'er's puzzled appearance, Princess Narcissus said, "I am praying for my brother and begging the gods to bless him with safety.

Sister Lady was on the front line, and my sisters feared for her safety, so they prayed with me. ”

For their deep sisterhood, Li Su was very moved in his heart. But he was a little worried. If the princesses are all religious, it won't be fun.

Li Su said: "Narcissus has been religious since childhood, so you don't need it." ”

The clouds knew what was going on in his mind. She smiled: "Husband, no, don't worry!" When I was on the grassland, I also worshipped the gods. We were just concerned about Sister Narcissus, and we felt a little curious, so we prayed with Narcissus.

Besides, the scriptures of Sister Narcissus are all in Persian, and we can't learn them. ”

When it comes to Wu Cong, Li Su really misses her a little bit in his heart. Wu Cong is a natural stunner who can bring great satisfaction to Li Su.

This time, the art troupe was organized to the front line to condole, and the other princesses either had children or were pregnant. Otherwise, Li Su was reluctant to let Wu Cong, who had just been married, leave him.

He said in his heart: "Lao Tzu has done his best for the Tang Dynasty." Even his new wife was sent to the front. This is the only time, and I will never do such a stupid thing in the future. ”

In addition, the Tang envoy Wang Xuance, who followed Baekje's army from Daejeon, and the progress was quite smooth at the beginning. Soon they occupied the line of Wochuan, Wolyan-ri and Wenshan-ri.

However, after arriving in Cheongju, they encountered stubborn resistance from the Goguryeo army. The king of Baekje was unwilling to compete with the Goguryeo people, so he began to grind foreign labor.

Regarding the mind of the king of Baekje, Wang Xuance's heart is like a mirror. He knew that it was useless for him to urge, but it was his duty. He was like a routine, urging twice in three days.

For Wang Xuanze, it is of course better for Baekje's people to continue to attack, even if it is not bad to maintain the status quo. As long as the Baekje army assumed the posture of attacking Goguryeo, it would be able to contain a considerable part of Goguryeo's army. The purpose of responding to the Eastern Expeditionary Army has been achieved.

On this day, Wang Xuance came to the headquarters of the king of Baekje and unexpectedly saw the figure of the general of the Baekje naval army.

Although Wang Xuance was not from a military background, he once taught himself military books and war books, and he had a certain sensitivity to military strategy.

A question occurred to him. Hou Junji's troops relied on the naval army to land at the mouth of the Datong River, in other words, the naval army was the only retreat of the Tang army.

If the Goguryeo people concentrated the forces of the naval army and defeated the naval army of the Tang army, it would be equivalent to cutting off the retreat of Hou Junji's army.

Although the naval force of the Tang Dynasty is strong, after all, it is only a part of the navy that came to North Korea. And the naval power of Goguryeo is also very powerful.

Due to its geographical location, Silla is located on the northern side of the Korean Peninsula, and they cannot count on the navy. The only one who can directly support the Datang Navy is the Hundred Sailors.

Therefore, Wang Xuance came to the king of Baekje, Fuyu Yici, and asked the Baekje navy to send troops to support the Tang navy.

Fuyu Yici said: "Your Excellency, when the three of us agreed to send troops to Goguryeo, we did not agree that the navy would also be dispatched. ”

Wang Xuance said: "Since Baekje and Goguryeo have entered a state of war, is there any difference between dispatching an army and a navy? ”

Wang Xuance argued with Fuyu Yici for a long time, but Fuyu Yici just didn't agree.

Wang Xuance finally said: "On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I promise that as long as your country sends a naval army and conquers Goguryeo, I will give you an extra part of the territory. ”

In the end, the king of Baekje reluctantly agreed, and the Baekje navy supported the Tang Dynasty's naval forces. In front of Wang Xuance, Fuyu Yici sent someone to call the general of the navy and said to him: "You immediately organize the navy of the whole country, attack the navy of Goguryeo, and cooperate with the navy of the Tang Dynasty to fight." ”

Wang Xuance was very satisfied, so he took his leave and left.

After Wang Xuance left, the general of Baekje's navy said to Buyeo Yoshitsu: "Your Majesty, the strength of our Baekje's navy is not comparable to the strength of Goguryeo's navy. Even with the addition of the Tang army's navy that reached the mouth of the Datong River, it could only tie with the southern Goguryeo navy at most. The stakes are enormous. “

Fuyu Yici smiled: "Who told you to fight the Goguryeo people?" You will take your navy to make a show, contain the Goguryeo navy, and it can be regarded as supporting the Tang Dynasty. ”

What Wang Xuance could think of, the Goguryeo people and the generals of the Tang Dynasty also thought of it.

Wang Baosheng, the general of the Tang Dynasty's navy, knew the strength of the Goguryeo navy very well. The naval army of Goguryeo was divided into the southern naval army and

Northern Naval Army.

Due to the distance between Silla and Baekje, Goguryeo's northern naval forces could not participate in the war. The Tang navy brought by Wang Baosheng had 750 warships, and it was not a problem to deal with the southern navy of Goguryeo.

Therefore, he had the courage to stop the warship in the area of the Datong River estuary.

After Quangai Suwen learned that the Tang army had landed at the mouth of the Datong River, his first thought was to deal with the Tang Dynasty's naval army. Otherwise, the Tang army could use the naval army to transfer troops at any time, and the siege of the Tang army organized by him would be difficult to be effective.

After much deliberation, Izumi Suwen finally came up with a bold plan.

After receiving the order of Quangae Suwen, the northern naval army of Goguryeo took advantage of the darkness to leave the Kuyanri military port and set off quietly.

The city of Nampo was surrounded on all sides by the Goguryeo people.

To the east of Nampo Fortress, there were 50,000 Goguryeo troops, but they were basically decorations. The lower reaches of the Datong River have a wide water surface and turbulent currents, making it difficult to cross the river in normal times, not to mention the huge Tang Army fleet on the river. Therefore, the Goguryeo people can only look at the river and sigh.

On the north and south sides of Nanpu City, the terrain is complex, and the army is not easy to deploy, so the wide terrain in the west of the city has become the main battlefield for offensive and defensive operations.

Hou Junji's strategic vision is really good.

Nampo was only 50 kilometers from Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, and the Tang army could launch an attack on Pyongyang from Nampo at any time. Hou Junji controlled Nanpu, so that the Goguryeo people were like bones in the throat and thorns in the back, and they had to fight desperately.

The Goguryeo people were desperate, and the Tang army had no choice but to fight hard, and the battle was extremely fierce.