"Still hard-mouthed?" The fat Goguryeo man snorted coldly. This guy looks to be in his twenties, wearing an official uniform and a beautiful jade hanging from his waist, and he knows at a glance that he is a Goguryeo nobleman with status. But this guy is not very good-looking, with short eyebrows, small eyes, and a nose, a big mouth full of yellow teeth, plus the weather is very hot, and his face is full of oil and sweat, and he looks very disgusting.

"Official, we are serious merchants of the Tang Dynasty, this time we are returning to Dengzhou from Xinluola, I really don't know who you are looking for?" The smiling tiger still said with a smile on his face, as soon as they were caught, they were severely beaten, and when they were interrogated, they were beaten a lot, and now their clothes are broken, and their bodies are even more scarred, especially where they were whipped with blood, which is criss-crossed with bloodstains, which looks very terrifying.

"Call me until they tell the truth!" When the fat nobleman saw the smile of the smiling tiger, he felt angry in his heart, and immediately roared loudly, and when several shirtless Goguryeo soldiers next to him heard this, they immediately pulled out the whip of the cowhide from the basin of water, and slashed the head and face of the two smiling tigers who were tied up.

The water in the basin is all seawater, and a whip can not only open the skin of the beating, but also enter the wound, which makes people even more painful. Therefore, the smiling tiger and the one-eyed shark were beaten and screamed again and again, and even the short-tempered one-eyed shark scolded loudly, but refused to say a word of begging for mercy.

Seeing the two of them so hard, the fat nobleman couldn't help but feel deflated, could it be that he chased him from Pyongyang to Beisha City, and in the end he was still escaped by that damn guy?

"Yuan-sama. We interrogated all the Silla slaves on board. It is certain that the man did go to the ship, but where the man went is never known. Just then, a sergeant leader came in and reported to the fat nobleman.

This fat man known as Lord Yuan, his background is extremely prominent, his name is Yuan Jingwu, his father is the late Goguryeo Moli Zhiyuan Taizuo, and his brother is the famous Yuan Gai Suwen, because he avoided the suspicion of Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Datang generally changed to Quangai Suwen. Although Yuan Taizuo was dead, and the title of Mo Lizhi was not passed on to his eldest son, Yuan Gai Suwen, but Yuan Gai Suwen inherited his position as the Great Commander of Lu, and is still in charge of the military and political power of Goguryeo. Therefore, the Yuan clan is still the first high gate of Goguryeo.

"How's the interrogation going?" Yuan Jingwu didn't have much hope for those slaves, and he had already received definite news, that person had never come down since he got on the boat of the two people in front of him, but they searched the entire team and couldn't find it, so they could only torture the people on the ship to extract confessions, hoping to get some useful information.

"My lord, these ships are Datang's slave hunting team, and all of them are outlaws. The effect of torture is not very obvious, and it will take at least a few days to ask something? The sergeant leader replied respectfully.

"Humph! If there is no one to recruit, then kill a few every once in a while, I don't believe that these Tang people will not recruit? Yuan Jingwu said viciously, that person is very important, and he must not be allowed to run away.

"Adults, never! These are Tang people, if we kill the people of Datang without authorization, I am afraid that it will anger Datang, and if they send troops to attack, then our small Beisha City will not be able to resist it. "Hear Yuan Jingwu's words. A person next to him, who had been silent, immediately shouted to stop him.

This man was an armor-clad military general named An Giro, the general of the Beisha Fortress Naval Army, who commanded 20,000 Goguryeo naval troops. However, since Yuan Jingwu arrived here a few days ago in the name of chasing down important criminals, he has temporarily taken over the 20,000 sailors. Completely elevate him. However, he didn't dare to complain, after all, the Yuan family was powerful in Goguryeo. Not to mention that he is a small naval general, even if he is the king of Rongliu, he is afraid of their Yuan family.

"Hmph, General An is too worried, but a few merchants, with the habits of the Tang people, will never meet my Goguryeo sword soldiers for this matter, at most they will send a verbal reprimand." Although Yuan Jingwu is ugly, he is quite talented, and he is deeply respected by his brother Yuan Gai Suwen, otherwise he would not have entrusted the matter of arresting that important person to him.

After hearing this, An Yiluo scolded in his heart, although he was set aside, but the navy was still nominally responsible for him, if he angered the Tang Dynasty because of this matter, the first unlucky thing was his Beisha City Naval Army, if the Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack, even if it could be repulsed, but it was not a trivial matter to provoke a dispute between the two countries.

As soon as Yuan Jingwu's words fell, suddenly a guard hurriedly rushed in from outside, and reported in a loud voice: "Lord Qiqi, the warships patrolling outside have come to report that they have found a large number of Tang Army warships heading towards our Beisha City, please make a decision quickly!" ”

Hearing the guard's report, Yuan Jingwu's face immediately turned like a piece of pig's liver, and An Yiluo next to him was even more frightened into a cold sweat, but after all, he was a general with heavy troops, and he quickly recovered his true colors as a martial artist, seeing that Yuan Jingwu had not yet woken up from the shock, he immediately ordered the guard who reported the news on his behalf: "Go and order the whole army to gather on the ship and prepare to go to sea to meet the enemy!" ”

An Yiluo's cry also woke Yuan Jingwu up, and when he saw his guards standing in place, hesitating to listen to An Jialuo's words, he roared angrily: "What are you doing there, go and do what General An ordered!" ”

At this time, the guards immediately turned around and ran, and after a while, the horn of assembly sounded in the military camp, and at this time, Yuan Jingwu said to An Yiluo with an embarrassed face: "General An, Jingwu is young and invincible, and he actually caused this catastrophe on impulse, but now the situation is critical, please ignore the past suspicions, and lead my Goguryeo army to repel the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Yuan Jingwu is very self-aware, although he is conceited and talented, and even led troops, he is no stranger to martial arts, but he used to command on land, but he did not have any experience in naval warfare, so if you want to resist the Tang army, you have to rely on the general An in front of you.

"Your Excellency is polite, you and I are both dedicated to serving the country, and in such a critical situation, everything else must be put aside, and everything is important to national affairs!" An Yiluo is also a loyal person for the country, although he was also worried about personal gains and losses before, but since the incident has happened, he has now made the repulsion of the Tang army the first priority in his heart.

"Okay, General An is really a brave and loyal person!" As soon as Yuan Jingwu saw that the other party agreed, he immediately praised loudly with great joy.

And just when the whole army of Goguryeo was ready, and under the command of An Giro, they went out to sea to line up and prepare to meet the enemy, Li Su and his ships also arrived at the sea outside Beisha City, and the ships of the two armies together exceeded 1,000, which would cover almost the entire sea.

Li Su's merchant ships were originally in the forefront, but at this time they were overtaken by Liu Ju's warships, blocking them behind, after all, the two armies are opposite, anything can happen, let Li Su they are in front of the battle, what should they do if they encounter danger? However, Li Ju didn't want to stay behind, so he took a small boat to Liu Ju's boat, but he didn't leave, and Liu Ju had no choice but to agree to him stay.

"Send someone to inform the other party's commander-in-chief, and General Ben wants to talk to him personally!" Liu Ju saw that the opponent's army was neat, and couldn't help nodding secretly, although the battle was not chaotic, it seemed that the commander of the naval army in Beisha City still had some ability.

According to Liu Ju's order, a chariot and ship immediately sailed out of Li Su's side, this kind of chariot and ship is fast, but it is not big in size, and it has no combat power, so it is generally used as a liaison between various warships. The chariot and ship sailed into the front of Goguryeo's formation, and passed Liu Ju's words to the other party, and the other party's commander, An Yiluo, also agreed, and the two sides agreed to meet in small boats, and no more than ten people on small boats.

After a while, the small boats of both sides sailed out of their respective formations, until the sea between the two armies, this was stopped five zhang apart, among which Liu Ju took a small car boat, in addition to him and the soldiers who operated the boat, there was also Li Su who was a dead beggar to come with him, although Liu Ju and others said bitterly, but in the end Li Su still insisted on coming, on the grounds that he was the assassin of Dengzhou, and asked the other party for the people of Dengzhou who were detained, so naturally he had to come forward. And An Yiluo's side is a kind of four-pulp boat, and in addition to him on the boat, that Yuan Jingwu is also there.

"General Liu, I, Goguryeo, have always been friendly with the Tang Dynasty, why did you invade my sea border with a large army for no reason today?" As soon as the two ships met, Angelo immediately shouted a loud reprimand. Although he knew the reason, he couldn't lose his momentum first.

"Hmph, General An, you Goguryeo detained my Tang people for no reason, and now you even accuse me of committing a border in the Tang Dynasty, what a sharp mouth!" Liu Ju said coldly, the two of them are located across the sea, although they have never met before, but they have long heard of each other, so they do not seem strange when they meet.

"General Liu's words are wrong, it is obvious that your maritime merchants of the Tang Dynasty are shielding our country's key criminals, and they refuse to hand them over, so we will arrest them, everything is done according to the law, and there is nothing wrong with it." When Yuan Jingwu heard this, he immediately stood up and retorted.

"Phew! You arrested the person, now you can say whatever you want, and even if my people of the Tang Dynasty break the law, everything will be handed over to me Datang to deal with, where can you get your little Goguryeo Hu? As soon as he heard Yuan Jingwu's words, Li Su immediately jumped out and shouted.

Hearing Li Su's tough words, An Yiluo and Yuan Jingwu both turned pale and asked, "Dare to ask Your Excellency?" (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )