Chapter 729: Going to Sea and Riding a Boat

If it is placed ten years later, then the general who destroyed Baekje is none other than General Su Dingfang, and I am afraid that few people can surpass Su Dingfang in his understanding of Baekje.

But now it doesn't work, Su Dingfang has just started his career from a down-and-out general, or borrowed Wang Ping'an's east wind, he can only be regarded as a middle-level general or above, such as the Eastern Expedition, he can't talk about leading the troops, at most he can only be the deputy of a certain general.

Of course, this time he is still the deputy of Wang Ping'an, but he is the deputy of Wang Ping'an, if you want to say that he understands Baekje, he is not as good as Wang Ping'an, and now Leng Ding hears that he wants him to lead an expedition with troops, or an expedition across the sea, he is not psychologically prepared at all, can he not be in a hurry!

Wang Ping'an saw him crying with a sad face, so he had to sigh and sigh, and said, "Don't hide it from Brother Su, I don't know where the capital of Baekje is." However, according to Master Ma, it is close to the sea, and as long as our army can successfully land, it will be able to enter the city on the same day. ”

Su Dingfang said: "The capital of the country is built by the sea? How is this possible! Why should it be built by the sea? ”

Wang Ping'an spread his hands and said, "How do I know, maybe it's the reason why the king loves seafood!" ”

Both of them had no choice but to ask someone to find an official of the military department, bring a map, and let the official explain the details.

The military department of the early Tang Dynasty was prepared for the map of Fanbang, and if Fanbang wanted to submit to the Tang Dynasty and recognize the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain, then when paying tribute, the first tribute would be the mountains and rivers of the country. Although Baekje is in violation of the yang and the yin, it has always recognized the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain, so he once donated a map, and it was recorded in the military department.

The military officials brought the map and pointed out the location of Baekje to Wang Ping'an and Su Dingfang. Baekje is not large in the south of Silla and east of Goguryeo, but it is larger than Silla, and it is considered to be the middle country among the three kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla.

When the previous king of Baekje conquered Goguryeo by Emperor Yang of Sui, he saw that if Goguryeo perished, then it would soon be Baekje's turn, so the previous king supported Goguryeo while being a vassal to the Sui Dynasty, which was regarded as a nominal submission to the Sui Dynasty, but in fact, this Baekje gave substantial help to Goguryeo, and it was a relationship of lip and tooth dependence.

Silla is the weakest of the three countries, and it is in danger of being annexed by Goguryeo and Baekje at any time, so in order to protect itself, Silla really submitted to the Sui Dynasty and contained Goguryeo and Baekje for the Sui Dynasty, but because the country was weak and far away from the Sui Dynasty, it could not get material support from the Sui Dynasty, so the containment of Goguryeo and Baekje was really limited.

After entering the Tang Dynasty, the situation in these three countries has not changed much, and the treatment of the Tang Dynasty is similar to that of the former Sui, with the same principles and policies.

After talking about the relationship between the three countries and the Tang Dynasty, the official of the Ministry of War pointed to the side of the map and said: "The capital of Baekje is called Sihyeon City, on the edge of the Xiongjin River, this city is said to have more than 100,000 people in it, which can be regarded as a relatively large capital city in Fanbang!" ”

"100,000? That's not much! Su Dingfang said with a frown.

Wang Ping'an asked, "Why did Baekje build the capital of the country by the sea, and if it was attacked, wouldn't the enemy army be able to attack the city directly, didn't their king understand this?" ”

The official of the military department said: "If you go back to the prince, it is the same reason to build the capital of the country by the sea and the river. In wartime, the sea is a natural danger, which can strengthen the defense, but when there is no war, it can go to the sea to do business, and the materials from other places can be transported to the national capital by water, reducing costs. ”

Wang Ping'an sighed and said, "Taking the sea as a natural danger is really courageous." ”

The military official said, "Moreover, the reinforcements of Baekje can come from the sea, so you must be careful when attacking Baekje." Baekje and the Wa Kingdom are related to each other, and if Baekje is attacked, Goguryeo may not send troops to support it, but the Wa Kingdom may send troops. But the reason for the Wa State to send troops will not be to help Baekje fight our Tang Dynasty, but only to help Baekje fight Silla, so if the prince once occupies Sihyeon City, it is best not to mention the matter of Silla to the envoy of the Wa State, so that the time for the Wa State to send troops across the sea will be delayed. ”

Wang Ping'an snorted and said, "What's the matter with this country, why do they want to send troops?" What kind of kinship do they have with Baekje? ”

The official of the military department thought for a while and said: "This is really not very clear, I think it is the kind of thing that is to be a relative, the sister and daughter of the two kings marry indiscriminately, everyone is cousins, and it is normal to help each other!" ”

Su Ding snorted and said, "What's the use of fart, kill as many as you want!" ”

Wang Ping'an hummed, and said secretly in his heart: "Even if the Wa Kingdom sends reinforcements over, it's useless, it's the Tang Dynasty now, and it's not the late Qing Dynasty, if they dare to come, come and kill one by one, come and kill a pair, stay when you come, don't go back!" ”

The matter of leading the troops to the expedition is a foregone conclusion, no matter how much you think about it, Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said very imposingly: "In this way, I will lead the troops to the east, this is a big deal, and I hope that all my colleagues in the military department will help me a lot, and when I return triumphantly, I will be thanked!" ”

The official of the military department smiled and said: "This is natural, the prince is the number one celebrity in this dynasty, we usually don't have a chance to tie up, now you have to go on the expedition, if the officials don't help again, then don't you want to eat the food at the yamen in the future." Don't worry, Prince! ”

Wang Ping'an and Su Dingfang asked a lot of questions about Baekje, and the officials of the military department answered them one by one, and also took out a spare map, circled it and dotted it, gave Wang Ping'an advice, and helped him formulate a battle plan.

After being busy for a few days, Wang Ping'an entered the palace and participated in the proceedings.

At the beginning of the new dynasty, it was the time when the courtiers changed their blood, once the son of heaven and a courtier, the old emperor looked at the ministers who were pleasing to the eye, the new emperor did not necessarily look pleasing to the eye, and the new emperor looked at the pleasing person, the eldest grandson Wuji did not necessarily look pleasing to the eye, if you want to promote the pleasing person, then you have to let the unpleasing person move the place!

Fortunately, Wang Ping'an belongs to the kind of person that the new emperor and the eldest grandson Wuji both look at and pleasing to the eye, and in order to let Wang Ping'an "willingly" attack Baekje, the eldest grandson Wuji specially proposed to Li Zhi that he would upgrade Wang Ping'an's title by one level, from the county duke to the county duke!

Of course, Li Zhi agreed, and promoted Wang Ping'an's title to the Duke of Zheliu County, and even took Zheliu County to a level and became a state!

first rewarded Wang Ping'an, and then Li Zhi sent Wang Ping'an to "return" to Gyeongju, and gathered all the envoys sent by the Wa State to the Tang Dynasty to study like a seal, and asked them to learn the way of Confucius and Mencius.

As the military official said, once a war breaks out in Baekje, Goguryeo may not necessarily support Baekje, but Baekje's clan country, the Wa Kingdom, is very likely to send troops to support.

Don't think that the relationship between cousin and cousin is unreliable, in ancient times, this relationship was often stronger than any alliance on paper. Why is the covenant written on paper? That's to tear it, but the relationship is different, the bones are broken and the tendons are still connected, who can guarantee that the cousin won't go crazy when he hears that his cousin was cut off? In case you blow some pillow wind, blow your cousin-in-law unconscious, and send troops out to stir up a meal, although Datang is not afraid of this kind of small trouble, but after all, it is also trouble, the less trouble, the better!

The raid on Baekje is a military secret, and there is no need to keep it secret from the military department, but for the Tang envoys from the Wa State, it is still necessary to keep it secret, and letting them concentrate on studying is equivalent to house arrest, lest they run back to report the news, and it doesn't matter if they report it to the Wa State or not, if it is reported to Baekje, wouldn't it be equivalent to letting Baekje prepare in advance!

Wang Ping'an received the holy decree and pretended to leave Chang'an and return to Gyeongju, but as soon as he left the city, he took the northeast and rushed to Laizhou. The elite Tang army that raided Baekje will assemble there in Laiju and board ships to go to sea.

On the other hand, Li Zhi also passed down a holy decree and ordered the Turkic soldiers of Zheliu to assemble and rush to Yingzhou to crusade against Li Ke. As for the matter of the Turkic army's expedition, it was the opposite of the raid on Baekje, and it was carried out with great fanfare, for fear that Goguryeo would not know. Li Zhi also ordered people to write a letter of state, denouncing Goguryeo as a state of dung, and asking them to immediately withdraw from Liaodong City and return the land of Liaodong to the Tang Dynasty.

As for the Tang Emperor's scolding of Goguryeo as a state of dung, it is not that the Central Empire likes to call Fanbang like this, but that Goguryeo once called itself dung when he was a vassal to the former Sui, which was said by the king of Goguryeo himself, not that others scolded them like this!

The Tang court's high-profile deal with Yingzhou attracted Goguryeo's attention, and Wang Ping'an took Su Dingfang and a group of guards to Laizhou after more than ten days.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Laizhou was not a military powerhouse, but Laizhou was facing Baekje, and it was best to board the ship from here, and behind Laizhou was Qingzhou, there was the Qingzhou Governor's Office, and there were more than 20,000 soldiers stationed in the government, and the Qingzhou soldiers have always dared to fight, whether in ancient or modern times, they are an army with extremely strong combat effectiveness. In this raid on Baekje, the Qingzhou soldiers went to sea to fight!

Later generations praised the Qingzhou soldiers, as evidenced by poems: as soon as the cloud ladder hit the city, the rockets shot endlessly. Who can die in battle? The most pitiful soldier is Qingzhou!

Wang Ping'an secretly arrived in Laizhou, and immediately sent someone to find the general of the Qingzhou Governor's Office, took out the holy decree, and told him that he was going to raid Baekje.

When the governor of Qingzhou saw this holy decree, he unexpectedly patted his chest and shouted: "Crossing the sea to fight, a trivial matter, our Qingzhou soldiers have always dared to fight, famous all over the world, they are not afraid of death, are they still afraid of taking a boat?" Let me be a pioneer officer for the prince, let's go to sea together and do Baekje! ”

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said: "Don't worry, you are the official who guards the place, if you leave, something will happen at sea, then Qingzhou is such a big place, can't you mess around, you still stay here, besides, the holy decree didn't say to let you go on the expedition, you said yes?" If you go to war privately, it will be bad, and the emperor will blame you! ”

"That's just as well. But if I don't fight, I won't feel comfortable! "Qingzhou is in charge, but he just said that if he really let him follow Wang Ping'an to cross the sea to fight, then he will have to find an excuse not to go!

The governor of Qingzhou said: "I will prepare the boats and soldiers for crossing the sea for the prince, and it will be completed in five days." We have ready-made ships, our Qingzhou naval army is not the first in the world, but the fourth and fifth can always be ranked, one or two thousand warships are not enough, but there is no shortage of merchant ships, and they will definitely be able to make it up within five days. However, if the soldiers want to drive from Qingzhou to here, it will take some time, and they have to settle the soldiers' homes first, plus board the ship, I am afraid that they will have to wait for another three days. That's eight days...... Ten days, it's better to have more time, and within ten days, I will be able to send the prince on the ship and lead the troops to sea! ”

Seeing that he promised happily, Wang Ping'an thought: "Shandong Dahan, it's bold!" He asked, "Lord Steward, will the haste of dispatching troops this time affect the combat effectiveness of the generals?" This is a sea-crossing operation, what if the generals don't want to go? ”

The head manager of Qingzhou snorted, his face showed displeasure, and said, "Prince, I don't like to listen to you when you talk like this!" Our Qingzhou soldiers don't have the idea of cowardice, I just said that I am not even afraid of death, are you still afraid of taking a boat? Thinking about the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao ...... The prince knows who Cao Cao is, right? ”

Wang Ping'an said: "I know, I know this historical story, the chief manager doesn't need to tell me, I'll just read the book." It's just that I don't know which general you want to send to assist me in the expedition? ”

If you want to lead the Qingzhou soldiers to cross the sea to fight, you must have Qingzhou officers, Wang Ping'an can command the whole army, Su Dingfang can lead the army, but the specific battle has to be commanded by the officers of the people's own government.

The governor of Qingzhou smiled: "Who to send?" Of course, I have to send my own people, I will send my son out and follow the prince on the expedition, so that you can rest assured, don't be afraid that the soldiers and generals will be disobedient, let them fight how they want! ”

"Thank you, Lady Steward!" Wang Ping'an is very grateful, this chief steward is really enough for his sons, brothers in war, father and son soldiers, he is willing to send his son out to follow him, it is really interesting enough, the holy decree does not specify who to send, just say that it is cheap.

The governor of Qingzhou said goodbye and left, and went to prepare for various matters to go to sea. This master is really good, what he says counts, otherwise he wouldn't be able to be a big official who guards a place, and in a few decades, he will be the same person as the temperance envoy, can he do it without any real ability!

On the ninth day, the sea ships were all concentrated in Laiju, there were more than 400 of them, and there was no need for so many ships, but because the expedition was full of cavalry and war horses occupied the place, there were more ships, and there was at least a month's worth of grain and grass to prepare, not only at sea to eat, but when they arrived in Baekje, if they could not get food on the spot, they would have to bring enough by themselves.

10,000 Qingzhou soldiers also gathered in Laizhou, led by the generals, waiting at the dock, just waiting for Wang Ping'an's order, and then boarded the ship for an expedition.

The governor of Qingzhou personally brought a young general, introduced him to Wang Ping'an, and said: "This is a dog, the second in the family, because my daughter-in-law's family has no male to break the incense, this second child followed his mother's surname and inherited the incense of his grandfather's family." Therefore, the second son of my family is surnamed Xue, and his name is Xue Ren......"

Wang Ping'an was taken aback and said, "No, he must not be called Xue Rengui!" ”

The head of Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, and said: "I didn't say that his name is Xue Rengui, the second eldest of my family is named Xue Renyi, and he is the number one archer in Qingzhou!" ”