Chapter 573: An Encounter on the Plains

"Yes, Uncle Four Emperors! You can't just let those guys go, can you? Li Ke also said, "These places were all brought down by our Datang himself, is it difficult to make such a handover?" ”

"What do you think, Boss?" Li Yuanba didn't pay attention to the two indignant little guys, but turned his head to look at Li Ji.

Li Ji frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Lord Wang, let's report this matter to Your Majesty!" Everything is better to wait for His Majesty's order! ”

"Uncle Li, when my father's order comes down, the daylilies are cold!" Li Su said a little anxiously: "Besides, my father led the army to personally conquer the five surnames and seven wang families!" Where is the spare time to clean up these two small countries? ”

"Xiao Qi is right!" Li Yuanba nodded and said, "The imperial brother ordered this king to be in charge of the Goguryeo war, so this king has the right to dispose of Silla and Baekje, who invaded Goguryeo. Boss, let's just tell us what you want! ”

Li Ji didn't know this, His Majesty was really lucky to this prince!

"In that case, Ben will tell me what he thinks!" Li Ji nodded slightly, and said: "Lord Wang, although our soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have already defeated Goguryeo, after all, because of the lack of manpower, we can't leave those realms to our own people to take over!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Ji turned his head to look at Wang Jun, the military advisor who was sitting next to Li Yuanba, and saw that he was also bowing slightly, so he continued:

"Even if we move against Silla and Baekje next, the result will still be the same as before. In my opinion, what we need to solve now is who will take over those places after they are knocked down, and how will they be managed? As long as this problem is solved, we will be able to let go of these Silla and Baekje thieves and soldiers, and after we have dealt with the affairs of Goguryeo. Then go to these two countries to settle accounts with them! ”

"What the chief manager said is very true!" Wang Jun nodded and said, "As long as this problem is solved, everything else is easy to say!" ”

"Good!" Li Yuanba attached great importance to the words of the two, "Next, let's discuss how to solve this problem!" ”

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There is never a free lunch in this world, and the two small countries of Silla and Baekje. Taking advantage of the time when the Tang Dynasty had no time to take care of him, he took advantage of the fire to loot and annex all the Goguryeo territories east of Pyongyang, which had already angered Li Yuanba stationed in Pyongyang and Li Ji, the governor of Liaodong Province.

Immediately afterwards, probably because Li Yuanba did not take measures against them, so that they were overwhelmed by the current victory.

In their opinion, Goguryeo, which used to behave in front of them and was unmatched, has always shown a condescending attitude, and often plundered these two small countries, even today. Turned into a dead thing to be slaughtered?

As a result, the commanders of the armies of these two small countries, as if they had been kicked in the head by a donkey, ordered the armies to rush towards the border west of Pyongyang.

They seem to have forgotten that the territory west of Pyongyang was not attacked by the Tang Dynasty, and that the local governments of Goguryeo, which were in their own hands, learned that the Tang Dynasty army had broken through Pyongyang and the imperial city. On the road when Li Ji's army came, they all chose to surrender on their own initiative.

Being able to occupy Goguryeo without bloodshed, Li Ji was naturally relaxed. Therefore, he did not embarrass these surrendered Goguryeo local governments, and second, after a few words of encouragement, he let the local Goguryeo government maintain the status quo.

Therefore, compared to the border east of Pyongyang City, the military forces on the border west of Pyongyang City did not have any losses, and Baekje and Silla wanted to take advantage. Definitely going to lose a lot!

Of course, there are also Datang's troops, which are not easy to mess with. Especially Li Yuanba's Shenwuwei army, but it has long been hungry. The thirst was unbearable, and at this time the army of Goguryeo rushed headlong. It's just death!

On the third day, the Silla and Baekje armies, overwhelmed by the victory, actually took action, and they divided their troops into two directions and chose to start an all-out attack on the vast territory west of Pyongyang City on the same day.

The beginning of the all-out assault of Silla and Baekje is also the beginning of their tragedy!

The unfortunate armies of Silla and Baekje encountered many Goguryeo people who were superior to them in terms of numbers and quality of soldiers.

The feud between these two Goguryeo was much more cruel and ferocious than that of the Tang people, and it was at least possible to live under the hands of the Tang people. But under the hands of these two family feuds, they will be tortured to death by them, even if they do not die under the butcher's knife of the Silla and Baekje people.

Therefore, whenever the armies of Silla and Baekje arrived at a place, they were met with desperate resistance from the Goguryeo soldiers, and the advance of the armies of the two countries was delayed indefinitely because of this.

And so, the rout began!

The combined army of the two countries to Goguryeo did not have 100,000, but also 80,000, so it can be said that they were dispatched in an outpouring of nests, and there were only 20,000 or 30,000 troops left in the entire country.

Under the desperate resistance of the local official uniforms of Goguryeo, the 80,000 army was worn out alive, and the rest of the people, even if they were combined, were only about 25,000 people, and they were all stragglers, and the remnants of the army were defeated.

Of course, the people in Goguryeo also suffered heavy losses, and almost every local government was wiped out by half of them.

At the end of the day, Silla stopped attacking and chose to stagnate.

However, Baekje's commander, Sumani, was much more decisive than Silla's, and when he saw that the form was wrong, he finally recovered from the illusion of boundless victory, and he resolutely left some of his men behind, while he fled to Baekje with the rest of the army.

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At this time, Li Yuanba led the Shenmuwei army and the Pingliao army led by Li Ji to the stagnant territory of Silla.

After a little understanding of the current situation, Li Yuanba left Li Ji to deal with these Silla people, while Li Yuanba led the Shenmuwei army to chase all the way, and with the mobility of Shenmuwei, that is, in an hour or so, he caught up with more than 10,000 defeated troops in Baekje.

For these two small countries that dare to pick peaches, Li Yuanba is extremely angry in his heart.

Their Tang army went on an expedition and raided Goguryeo thousands of miles away, these two small countries could be good, they chose this time to attack Goguryeo, and it didn't take much military strength to occupy Goguryeo Liaodong for a long time, and it was really a callback time.

In pursuit along the way, Li Yuanba finally forced the Baekje army on a relatively vast plain.

More than 12,000 Baekje troops lined up, facing each other from the pursuing Shenmuwei army at a distance of about 500 zhang.

Looking at their appearance, it seems that if they want to have a glimmer of life, the only way to fight to the death is to fight to the death with the invading army.

After all, in terms of numbers, their army is more than 3,000 people than the Tang army on the opposite side, first of all, they have an advantage in numbers, and then those guys on the opposite side, the commander of Baekje has not seen it, but looking at their weapons and equipment, they really don't look like powerful people.

In this way, their odds seem to be much higher!

And what about the Shenwuwei army on the other side?

They didn't pay any attention to these remnants of Baekje's defeated generals. Even the Goguryeo army can't handle it, and if they want to do something to them, it's like sitting in a well and watching the sky.

At this moment, in front of the queue of the Shenwuwei army, there were twenty new artillery pieces lined up neatly, and the ammunition was placed next to the artillery in boxes. Looking at that posture, even if the entire city of Pyongyang is flattened, there is no problem!

Squinting his eyes and looking at the Baekje army more than a thousand feet away, Li Yuanba did not have the slightest expression on his face.

For these Baekje people who died, Li Yuanba didn't plan to let them live, only by destroying them all, could he let the small countries around him know that the Tang Dynasty was not something anyone could provoke!

"Fourth Emperor Uncle, let's kill it, shall we?" Li Su, who was dressed in a strong suit, looked like a militant, and his eyes were bigger than a bull's eye.

Li Ke frowned, glanced at Li Ke, and said, "Xiao Qi, listen to the orders of the Fourth Emperor Uncle, don't be impatient!" ”

"These Baekje thieves are arrogantly riding on our necks to and pee, can I not be in a hurry?" Li Su said a little irritablely.

"Uncle Four Emperors, they are moving!" Li Yun, who was observing the other party's situation, suddenly handed over the monocular in his hand to Li Yuanba.

"Knock knock!"

Li Yuanba took it and took a look, and found that the Baekje army on the opposite side was actually arranging a formation, accompanied by the sound of war drums that resounded through the void.

The Baekje army slowly approached in a neat formation, and every time the war drums were further attacked, the murderous aura on the battlefield was a little stronger, and when the opponent advanced a distance of about two hundred zhang, their momentum also reached its peak, and a great battle was finally about to begin.

"Drop the shells and prepare for the ignition!"

When the Baekje army entered the accurate range of the artillery and there would be no deviation in accuracy, Li Yuanba directly gave an order.

Several Shenwu guards, who had been waiting next to the artillery for a long time, adjusted their direction, loaded the shells, and lit the fuse...... This series of actions is so perfect, in one go!

"Boom!"

With a roar like thunder descending from the sky, black cannonballs the size of an adult's fist cut a perfect arc through the air and then slammed into the Baekje army.

"Boom!"

At the moment when those shells fell into the crowd, a thunderous explosion sounded again, and countless human bodies and the stumps and severed arms of war horses flew up, and the smoke and smoke were filled, and the extremely painful ** sound was connected into a piece.

The sudden attack of artillery, the Baekje people simply could not have imagined.

After all, anyone who suffers such an attack for the first time will feel extremely frightened, the sound of the cannon is too similar to the thunder, and the power caused by the cannonball at the moment of landing is quite large, such an attack is simply not man-made! (To be continued......)