Li Chengqian was surrounded by water on all sides and supported by three cities. He adopted a gentle policy to allow hundreds of thousands of people to live and work in peace and contentment.
Shortly after Li Sheng left, the grain arrived. Li Chengqian gathered the people and distributed the land for them to cultivate.
Moreover, each household began to register and distribute food according to their household registration. Under Li Chengqian's propaganda offensive, many people on the other side of the river knew about this event, and spread the news to others.
Many people came here smuggled in and wanted to join in,
Li Chengqian refused to refuse anyone who came, since there was a lot of land here anyway, and anyone who could sneak over would be cultivated on the land and provided with food every month.
Now more than 300,000 people have gathered here.
"Your Highness, the number of people here is still increasing. If things continue like this, the food will be good, but the land will not be enough." The newly assigned county magistrate came over to report.
"That won't drive away the people. These people will be my subjects of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and I am willing to support them even if it means supporting them." Li Chengqian said.
"Report~~His Royal Highness Prince Ji is back."
"Lao Shi is back?" Li Chengqian stood up and hurried out. He saw Li Shen getting off the carriage and walking towards him.
"Haha, big brother, I miss you so much after not seeing you for a long time. How are you doing here?"
Li Chengqian was also very happy to see Li Shen.
"Tenth brother, I thought you wouldn't come back. At the Tomb of Heroes in Wenwen Township, my eldest brother thought you fell in and couldn't extricate yourself." Li Chengqian also joked.
"What are you talking about? The eldest brother is still on the front line, how can the younger brother not come back? Isn't the younger brother a person who is greedy for pleasure? For the sake of Aye and the Tang Dynasty, the younger brother died in a mess."
Li Shen heard Li Chengqian's words and immediately spoke righteously.
"Haha, yes, yes, King Ji is indeed a righteous man. He came into the tent to talk." Li Chengqian laughed. ,
After the two sat down, Li Chengqian asked;
"Tenth brother, do you have any instructions for Aye when you come back this time?"
Li Shen hurriedly said,
"Did you tell me, but the imperial court has changed its strategy. In a while, the imperial court will send an additional 200,000 troops. (Watch Tomato novels for free)
Strive to occupy half of the territory of the King of Treasures as soon as possible and force the King of Treasures to move eastward and cross the Yalu River. If so, he will enter the territory of Yeon Gaesumun.
He has an army of 200,000 in his hands, and he will definitely fight Yeon Gae Suwen to death. And we just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, waiting for the final harvest. "
Li Shen told Li Chengqian the court's plan.
After listening, Li Chengqian nodded. He felt that this was the best ending. Winter was coming soon.
There is generally no fighting when winter comes, in which case non-combat attrition will increase.
They have a city and don't worry about having no place to station their army.
"Brother, look, there are five cities in this area, Xuantu, Guiduan, Gaimou, Jiashi, and Baiyan.
Xuan Tu and Gui Duan are on the other side of the river, and Gui Duan, Gai Mou, and Jia Shi are no longer controlled by the Treasure King.
Therefore, as long as we cross the Liao River branch and take Xuantu Guiduan, the other three cities will not be a concern. Li Shen pointed at the map and said.
Li Chengqian looked at Li Shen, why did his brother just come back and go to war?
"Tenth brother, we will discuss this matter with the generals tomorrow. Today, my eldest brother will take care of you." Li Chengqian said to Li Shen.
Li Shen knew that this matter must be discussed by all the soldiers, so he didn't say more and nodded in agreement.
Li Shen also got up very early the next morning. He was going to discuss the attack with everyone today.
Entering the big tent, everyone saluted Li Shen, and Li Shen sat down in his original position.
"Generals, yesterday the county magistrate told me that there are too many people here and there will soon be no land to cultivate.
Moreover, it was said yesterday that the imperial court would send 200,000 troops to join us. What do you think? "
"Your Highness, there is not much space and there is only one solution, which is to go on an expedition, so I suggest that we go on an expedition." Li Ji said.
Others also echoed, saying that only by going to war can we increase the land.
Li Chengqian glanced at Li Shen, hoping that Li Shen would also express his opinion.
"Brother, I also think that going to war is the best way to solve the problem of the land. My plan is this, first capture Xuantu Guiduan, and then send people to persuade the three rebels to surrender.
Then he sent his troops south to deal with the nail Liaodong City that had been staying here. "
What Li Shen said was similar to what he said yesterday.
"Xuantu and Guiduan are guarding the river embankment now. It will not be easy for us to cross. If we force the crossing, the casualties will be too great." Li Daozong interjected.
"It doesn't matter, Uncle Emperor. I brought four more hot air balloons this time, and a lot of lime water. If it doesn't work, we will burn the river embankment."
In order to return to Chang'an as soon as possible, Li Shen tried his best and took out all the good things.
Seeing that everyone else agreed, Li Chengqian ordered;
"In this case, let us send an order to divide the troops into two groups to cross the river and capture Xuantu and Guiduan. In the direction of the new city, General Zhang will lead 50,000 troops, and General Ashina and General Li Simo will act as deputies to attack Guiduan.
Hengshan was led by General Li Ji, General Qibi Heli, and General Qiu as deputy generals. They led 50,000 troops to attack Xuan Tu. "
"The general takes the order." After receiving the order, everyone went down to prepare.
"Tenth brother, we will need your hot air balloon to cooperate tomorrow. We are going on an expedition and we must try to reduce losses as much as possible."
Li Chengqian told Li Shen again.
"Don't worry, brother, we will capture these five cities within twenty days." Li Shen promised.
The two armies moved forward on the second day. Li Shen and Li Chengqian followed Li Ji to the front line. Because Hengshan was relatively close, they arrived at the branch of the Liaohe River in less than half a day.
At this moment, the other side of the river has prepared fortifications to block the Tang army, just like not long ago. However, this time the number of troops is not large, only 20,000 at most.
Li Ji ordered the collection of materials to build a pontoon bridge, while Li Shen asked his guards to raise three hot air balloons. This behemoth was also seen on the other side.
They just didn't know what it was for, but when the three hot air floated towards them, the Goguryeo soldiers started to make a commotion.
The hot air balloon rose higher this time, about a hundred feet high. Looking down from the top, people were already very small.
Just when the Goguryeo soldiers didn't understand what these three things were, the guards above had already lit the kerosene bombs, and three hot air balloons were dropped one after another along the river embankment.
"Bang~~~~" The kerosene bomb was actually made of an ordinary earthenware pot. When it was thrown from such a height, it immediately fell into pieces, and the kerosene splashed everywhere, and then exploded.
"Ah~~~Ah~~~"
A burst of screams came one after another. As long as there was a little spark, it was difficult to extinguish it. Some soldiers who were on fire ran around randomly because of the pain.
Some soldiers jumped into the river because they were covered with fire. When they came up, they had no breath.
At this time, the generals of the Tang Dynasty finally saw what air strikes were and what air-to-ground combat mode was.
(I will write about the battle in Goguryeo relatively concisely, without any fuss, and strive to return to Chang'an as soon as possible. I am not a person with the word "water" in the first place. So don't bear it.)
