Chapter 857: The Final Calculation
"Your Majesty, the coalition naval division has surrendered, and in this battle, more than 50,000 coalition sailors and more than 700 warships were captured, and our army won a complete victory!"
On the top of the mountain, Li Ji excitedly reported the good news to Li Er.
The victory in this battle is not only because of the rich results of this battle, but also means that most of the crisis in the Tang Dynasty has been resolved, and in the future, even if it can't take Goguryeo, the Tang army will not suffer heavy losses, and even if the worst result is, the Tang army can return to the dynasty by warship.
Li Er was also very happy, and he was also relieved that the crisis of the army was over.
"What's next?"
Li Yi looked at the sand table, finally thought about it, and then slowly spoke. "Your Majesty, you originally asked the Blood Qilin not only to turn the tide, but also to fight back. Now that the tide has been turned around, the rest is for the Jedi to strike back. β
"How to fight back?"
Li Jing stared at the sand table for a long time and didn't have a clue.
"It's very simple, order the navy to withdraw from the Yalu River, and then order the infantry and cavalry to attack the city of the bones with all their might."
"Huh?" Li Jing and Li Ji stared at the sand table for a while, and suddenly had a realization.
"You want to lead the Goguryeo army across the river?" Li Ji asked in surprise.
"Tut-tut, ginger is still old and spicy, it's really in one sentence!" Li Yi sincerely praised.
"What are you doing this for?"
"I don't mean anything else, it's just to drag down the Goguryeo army and buy time for the decapitation operation!"
"Huh? Decapitation operation? Li Jing suddenly exclaimed. You're going to attack Pyongyang City? β
"Yes, grandfather said it again!"
"How many of you have?" Li Ji frowned, the army here wants to drag down the Goguryeo army, and it is beyond the reach of the whip, since Li Yi said so, he must have been prepared.
"We don't have many people, even if we let the wolf warriors rush over, there are only less than three thousand."
"3,000 people want to attack Pyongyang City? It's simply not possible. β
After all, Pyongyang City is a royal city, even if hundreds of thousands of troops are excluded, there must still be about 100,000 troops in the royal city, plus Pyongyang's strong city walls, 3,000 people, it will not play a role at all.
"And what about explosives and 150,000 Silla soldiers?"
"That's not ...... Well? What did you say? Li Ji first categorically vetoed it, and then confirmed it again as if he didn't hear it clearly.
"I said, we still have explosives and 150,000 Silla soldiers."
"When did you convince the king of Silla?"
Li Er, who had been silent, finally opened his mouth and asked questions.
In fact, the reason why he trusts Li Yi so much is because Li Yi has told him all the plans, including the Silla soldiers, so he will let Li Yi "do nonsense". However, he was also curious about when Li Yi persuaded the king of Silla.
"Your Majesty, do you remember the secret agent I sent to the Three Northeast Kingdoms a few years ago?"
"You mean Lei Gang, Lu Zheng and Wu Ning?" Li Yi had reported these things to Li Er very clearly, and Li Er also attached great importance to this matter, so he always remembered it.
"Yes, it's the three of them, a month ago, the minister led the blood unicorn across the sea and found a large island near Baekje - Jeju Island. Later, the minister arranged the army on Jeju Island and smuggled a hundred people to the country of Silla, and after some twists and turns, we successfully infiltrated the royal city of Silla, Jinseong, and found Lei Gang hidden in a pharmacy through a code mark. From his mouth, he learned that after the three of them came here, they were divided into three, and one of them lurked in one country. The minister contacted the other two through Lei Gang, and also met the king of Silla through Lei Gang, and then, through the minister's incorruptible tongue, he finally persuaded the king of Silla to agree to send troops to Goguryeo.
Oh, and also, LΓΌ Zheng lurking in Baekje is also quite fruitful, he has secretly bought a Baekje prince, as long as there is civil strife in Baekje, there will be a struggle for the throne over there, and now that the Baekje army has failed, the minister estimates that Baekje is now in civil strife, at least it will not be involved in our attack on Goguryeo. As for Wu Ning's side, when we attack Pyongyang City, he will help. β
When Li Erthree heard this, they were all shocked.
For a long time, Li Ji took the lead in sighing. "In ancient times, Zhang Liang strategized and won thousands of miles away. Now there is Li Wenyong, the layout is strange and weird, and the decisive victory is invincible! β
Li Yi hurriedly stood up, not daring to say anything.
Li Er waved his hand.
"Since Mao Gong said so, you don't have to be modest, you deserve it!"
"This ......" Li Yi looked at Li Jing hesitantly, and nodded with satisfaction when he saw Li Jing.
Yu Mo gritted his teeth and said slowly: "Your Majesty, this is just the words of the minister's layout, the result is not yet known, what is the comment, wait for the day when the class master returns to the court, it is not too late to talk about it!" β
Li Er smiled. "Mao Gong, hear it, this kid will lead your army again, and everyone will do things to this point, you can't live up to other people's wonderful plans!"
Li Ji nodded confidently. "Your Majesty, rest assured, other ministers dare not say that there is no problem at all in dragging the Goguryeo army for ten days, whether this victory is defeated or not depends on whether the wolf warriors, the blood unicorn and the Silla soldiers can take Pyongyang City."
"Well, that's ......"
"Wait."
Li Yi suddenly spoke.
Li Er stopped and asked suspiciously. "What's wrong?"
"The minister wants to personally take the wolf warrior to Pyongyang."
"What? No way! Li Er categorically refused, Li Yi is now his minister, and he doesn't want Li Yi to have any accidents.
"Your Majesty, the Blood Qilin and the Wolf Warrior do not belong to the same team, they are all arrogant people, once they fight with each other, it is likely to be a big deal, among the generals, except for Wei Chen, no one can surrender them, so Wei Chen must go!"
Li Er hesitated for a moment, he also thought of the problem between the wolf warrior and the blood unicorn, the so-called Wen Wu first, Wu Wu second, both are special forces, it is inevitable to fight when they meet together, if there is no enough person to help, there may be an accident.
Li Er looked at Li Jing, and Li Jing nodded firmly in agreement.
"Your Majesty, Li Yi, as a minister, should open up territory and conquer the battlefield for Your Majesty!" Although Li Jing was also worried about Li Yi, Li Jing had never been ambiguous in the face of military affairs.
Seeing this, Li Er sighed, and finally agreed to Li Yi's suggestion.
That night, Li Yi took more than 1,000 wolf warriors across the Yalu River at night and went straight to Pyongyang.
And the next day, the Tang army attacked the Black Bone City with all its might, and the Black Bone City was instantly in danger.
The lord of the Black Bone City sent people to ask for help many times, and in the end, the Goguryeo army was really fooled and crossed the Yalu River to support, but was cut off by the Tang Dynasty navy that went and returned, and the two armies instantly fell into a crazy decisive battle.