Li Chengqian was surrounded by water on all sides of this place, and there were three cities to rely on, and he adopted the Huairou policy to let hundreds of thousands of people here live and work in peace and contentment.

Soon after Li Shen left, the grain arrived, and Li Chengqian gathered the people, distributed the land, and let the people cultivate it.

Moreover, every household began to register and make a register, and distributed grain according to household registration, and under the offensive of Li Chengqian's propaganda, many people on the other side of the river knew about this time, and spread the word of 10 to 100.

A lot of people have been smuggled in and want to join in.

Li Chengqian did not refuse to come, anyway, there is a lot of land here, as long as he can smuggle in, he will cultivate the land, and he will also be provided with food every month.

Today, more than 300,000 people have gathered here.

"Your Highness, the number of people we have here is still increasing, and if this goes on like this, the food is fine, but the land is not enough." The newly assigned county order came to report.

"That can't drive away the people, these people will be my Tang people in the future, even if they are willing to feed their palace." Li Chengqian said.

"Report~~~ His Royal Highness King Ji is back."

"Old Ten is back?" Li Chengqian stood up and hurriedly walked out. I saw Li Shen get out of the carriage and walk towards him.

"Haha, I miss my eldest brother for many days, how are you doing here."

Seeing Li Shen, Li Chengqian was also very happy.

"Tenth brother, I thought you wouldn't come back. Gentle Township Hero Mound, the eldest brother thought that you fell into it and couldn't extricate yourself. Li Chengqian also quipped.

"What are these words, the eldest brother is still on the front line, how can the younger brother not come back. How can the younger brother be a person who is greedy for pleasure, for the sake of Aya, for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, the younger brother died with his liver and brain. ”

Li Shen heard Li Chengqian's words and immediately said righteously.

"Haha, yes, yes, King Ji is really righteous, come into the big tent to speak." Li Chengqian laughed. 、

After the two sat down, Li Chengqian asked;

"Tenth brother, what do you want to ask Aye when you come back this time?"

Li Shen hurriedly said,

"I didn't ask for it, but the court changed its strategy, and after a while, the court will send an additional 200,000 troops, (tomato novel free viewing)

Trying to occupy half of the Treasure King's territory as soon as possible, forcing the Treasure King to move east and cross the Yalu River, if so, he entered the territory of Yuangai Suwen,

He has an army of 200,000 in his hands, and he will definitely fight with Yuangai Suwen. And we sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, waiting for the final harvest. ”

Li Shen told Li Chengqian about the court's plan.

After listening to this, Li Chengqian nodded, he felt that this was the best ending, and it was about to be winter.

When winter comes, they will generally not fight, in which case the non-combat attrition will increase.

They have cities, and they don't worry that their armies won't have a place to stay.

"Big brother, you see, there are a total of five cities in this area, Xuansu, Guiduan, Gaimu, Jiaji, Baiyan,

Xuanwu and Guiduan are on the other side of the river, and Guiduan, Gaimu, and the corpse are no longer controlled by the Treasure King.

Therefore, as long as we cross the Liaoshui branch and take the Xuanwu Guiduan, the other three cities will not be worried. Li Shen pointed to the map and said.

Li Chengqian looked at Li Shen, why did his younger brother just come back and want to fight?

"Tenth brother, we will discuss this matter with the generals tomorrow, and today the eldest brother will give you the wind and dust." Li Chengqian said to Li Shen.

Li Shen knew that this matter must be discussed by the soldiers, so he didn't say more, but nodded in agreement.

Early the next morning, Li Shen also got up very early, and he was going to discuss the attack with everyone today.

Walking into the big tent, everyone saluted Li Shen, and Li Shen nodded and sat in his original position.

"Generals, yesterday the county decree told the palace that there are too many people here now, and there will soon be no land to cultivate.

And yesterday it was already said that the imperial court would send 200,000 troops to join us, what do you think? ”

"Your Highness, there are not many places and there is only one solution, which is to go on an expedition, so the minister suggested going on an expedition." Li Tao said.

The others also chimed in, saying that they could only increase the land by going on a campaign.

Li Chengqian glanced at Li Shen and hoped that Li Shen would also express his opinion.

"Big brother, I also think that going out on the expedition is the best way to solve the land. My plan is this, first take Xuanwu Guiduan, and then send people to persuade those three rebel armies to surrender,

Then he waved his army south to deal with the nail Liaodong City that had been staying here. ”

What Li Shen said is similar to what he said yesterday.

"Xuanwu and Guiduan are now guarding the river embankment, and it is not easy for us to think about it, and the casualties will be too great if we force it to cross." Li Daozong interjected.

"It's okay Uncle Huang, I brought four hot air balloons this time, and a lot of stone grease water, if it doesn't work, we will burn the river embankment."

In order to be able to return to Chang'an as soon as possible, Li Shen did his best, and took out all the good things.

Li Chengqian saw that everyone else agreed, so he ordered;

"Since this is the case, then give an order, divide the troops to cross the river by two routes, and capture Xuansu and Guiduan. In the direction of Xincheng, General Zhang led 50,000 horses, General Ashina, and General Li Simo as deputies to cooperate in attacking Guiduan.

Hengshan was led by General Li Tao, General Qi He Li, and General Qiu was the deputy general, leading 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack Xuansu. ”

"The last general commands" After everyone received the order, they all went down to prepare.

"Tenth brother, then we still need your hot air balloon cooperation tomorrow, we are on an expedition to minimize losses."

Li Chengqian explained to Li Shen again.

"Don't worry, big brother, capture these five cities within twenty days." Li Shen reassured.

On the second day, the two armies marched, Li Shen and Li Chengqian followed Li Tao to the front line, because Hengshan was relatively close, so they arrived at the branch of the Liao River in less than half a day.

At this moment, the other side of the river, as not long ago, has prepared fortifications to block the Tang army, but this time there are not many troops, and the visual estimate is at most 20,000 people.

Li Tao ordered to collect materials and prepare to build a pontoon bridge, and Li Shen asked the guards to raise three hot air balloons, and the other side also saw this behemoth.

I didn't know what it was for, but when the three hot gases drifted towards them, the Goguryeo soldiers began to stir.

The hot air balloon rose relatively high this time, a hundred zhang high, and people were already very small when viewed from above.

Just when the Goguryeo soldiers didn't understand what these three things were, the guards above had already lit the fire oil bombs, and three hot air balloons were thrown down along the river embankment one after another.

"Bang~~~~" The oil bomb is actually made of ordinary clay pots, and when it is thrown down so high, it suddenly falls apart, and the oil splashes everywhere, and then it is deflagration.

"Ah~~~Ah~~~"

There were screams one after another, as long as there was a little spark, it would be troublesome to extinguish, and some soldiers who were on fire ran wildly because of the pain.

Some soldiers jumped into the river because they were covered in fire, and by the time they came up, they had no breath.

At this time, the generals of Datang finally saw what is called air strike and what is called air-to-ground combat mode.

(The Goguryeo War King will write more concisely, not adding more mud and water, and strive to return to Chang'an as soon as possible, and this king is not a person with water characters.) So don't carry it. ）