Chapter 729 Going to sea and take a boat

If it was ten years later, then the general who destroyed Baekje was no one else, but General Su Dingfang, was probably very few of them who knew Baekje better than Su Dingfang.

But now it is not possible. Su Dingfang has just started to make a fortune since a down-and-out general, but still borrowed Wang Ping'an's east wind and could only be considered a middle-level general. A war like Dongzheng cannot be considered as a leader of a general. At most, he can only be the deputy of a general.

Of course, he was still the deputy this time, but he was Wang Ping'an's deputy. If you know Baekje, he was not as good as Wang Ping'an. Now, when Leng Ding heard that he was asking him to lead his troops to expedition or cross the sea to expedition, he was not mentally prepared at all. How could he not be anxious?

Seeing that he was crying, Wang Ping'an had to sigh and said, "I'm not sure where Baekje is, I don't know. However, I heard from Master Ma that it is close to the beach. As long as our army can successfully land, we can enter the city that day."

Su Dingfang said: "The capital of the country is built on the beach? How is this possible! Why is it built on the beach?"

Wang Ping'an spread his hands and said, "How could I know? Maybe it's because the king loves seafood!"

Both of them had no choice but to ask someone to find an official from the Ministry of War, bring a map, and ask the official to explain the details.

The Ministry of War in the early Tang Dynasty was prepared for the map of foreign countries. If the country wanted to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and recognize the Tang Dynasty as its sect leader, then when tribute, the first tribute would be the country's mountains and rivers. Although Baekje was slanderous, he also recognized the Tang Dynasty as its sect leader, so he once presented a map and was registered in the Ministry of War.

The officials of the Ministry of War took a map and pointed out the location of Baekje to Wang Ping'an and Su Dingfang. Baekje is located in the south of Silla and the east of Goguryeo. The territory is not large, but it is larger than Silla. It is considered a country in the middle among the three countries of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla.

When the previous kings of Baekje were conquering Goguryeo when Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo, they realized that if Goguryeo was destroyed, it would soon be Baekje's turn. Therefore, the previous kings of Baekje were both complacent and supported Goguryeo while supporting Goguryeo, which was considered to be both unoffensive, but they were only nominal surrender to the Sui Dynasty. In fact, Baekje gave substantial help to Goguryeo, and it was a relationship of dependence on lips and teeth.

Silla is the weakest among the three countries, and is at risk of being annexed by Goguryeo and Baekje at any time. Therefore, in order to protect itself, Silla truly surrendered to the Sui Dynasty and restrained Goguryeo and Baekje for the Sui Dynasty. However, because the country is weak and far away from the Sui Dynasty, it cannot get material support from the Sui Dynasty, so the restraint of Goguryeo and Baekje is really limited.

After entering the Tang Dynasty, the situation in these three countries did not change much. Treating the Tang Dynasty was similar to treating the former Sui Dynasty, with the same policies and policies.

After talking about the relationship between the three countries and the Tang Dynasty, the officials of the Ministry of War once again pointed to one side of the map and said: "The capital of Baekje is called Siqi City. On the edge of Xiongjin River, this city is said to have more than 100,000 people in it, which can be regarded as a relatively large capital among the foreign countries!"

"One hundred thousand people? Not many!" Su Dingfang said with a frown.

Wang Ping'an asked, "Why did Baekje build the capital on the beach? If it is attacked, wouldn't the enemy directly attack the city? Doesn't their king understand this?"

Officials from the Ministry of War said: "If you go back to the prince, it is the same as building the capital on the seaside. In wartime, taking the sea as a natural danger can strengthen the defense, but when there is no war, you can go out to sea to do business. Materials from other places can be carried out on water, reduce costs, and transported to the capital."

Wang Ping'an said, "It's really courageous to take the sea as a natural danger."

The official of the Ministry of War said: "And Baekje reinforcements can come from the sea. You must be careful when attacking Baekje. Baekje and Japan have relatives. If Baekje is attacked, Goguryeo may not send troops to support him, but Japan may send troops. But the reason for the Japanese to send troops is not to help Baekje attack our Tang Dynasty. It can only be based on the reason for helping Baekje to attack Silla. Therefore, if the prince and the prince occupy Siqi City, it is best not to mention Silla with the Japanese envoy, then the time for the Japanese to send troops across the sea will be delayed. If you get time, the danger will naturally be lifted as soon as the army arrives!"

Wang Ping'an spat and said, "What's the matter with Japan? Why do they send troops? What kind of clan relationship do they have with Baekje?"

The official of the Ministry of War thought about it and said, "I'm really not sure about this. I think it's just a marriage. The sisters and daughter of the two kings are married indiscriminately. Everyone is cousin. It's normal for them to help each other!"

Su Ding snorted and said, "What's the use of it? Kill as much as you come!"

Wang Ping'an nodded and said in his heart: "Even if Japan sends reinforcements over, it's useless. It's the Tang Dynasty now, not the late Qing Dynasty. If they dare to come, they will kill one, kill one, and kill one pair. If they come, stay and don't go back!"

The matter of leading troops to the expedition is a foregone conclusion, and it is useless to think about it any more. Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said with great momentum: "In this way, I will lead the army to the east. This is a big event. I hope all my colleagues in the Ministry of War will help you. When I return triumphantly, I will thank you very much!"

The official of the Ministry of War smiled and said, "This is naturally. The prince is the most popular person in this dynasty. We usually don't have the chance to curry favor with each other. Now you are going to go to war. If the officials don't give their strength to help, then will you still want to eat the food at the yamen in the future. Prince, don't worry!"

Wang Ping'an and Su Dingfang asked a lot of questions about Baekje. The officials of the Ministry of War answered them one by one. They also took out a backup map and circled them on them to give Wang Ping'an advice and help him formulate a combat plan.

After several days of busyness, Wang Ping'an entered the palace to participate in the meeting.

The new dynasty was first established, and it was the time when the court officials were changed. One day, the emperor and the other day, the old emperor looked at the ministers who liked him. The new emperor might not be happy. However, the new emperor looked at the people who liked him, Changsun Wuji might not be happy. If you want to promote the people who liked him, you have to let the dislikes move the place!

Fortunately, Wang Ping'an belongs to the kind of person who both the new emperor and Changsun Wuji like. In order to allow Wang Ping'an to attack Baekje "willful", Changsun Wuji specially advised Li Zhi to upgrade Wang Ping'an's title to county duke!

Li Zhi of course agreed to promote Wang Ping'an's title to Duke of Zheliu County, and also promoted Zheliu County to a higher level and become a state!

He first rewarded Wang Ping'an, and then Li Zhi sent Wang Ping'an to "turn" to Qingzhou, and gathered all the envoys sent by the Tang Dynasty sent by Japan to study like a seal, asking them to learn the ways of Confucius and Mencius.

As the official of the Ministry of War said, once a war broke out in Baekje, Goguryeo may not necessarily support Baekje, but Baekje's clan country is very likely to send troops to support. What officials of the Ministry of War can think of, Changsun Wuji and the others can naturally think of it.

Don’t think that the relationship between cousin is unreliable. In ancient times, such relationships were often stronger than any alliance on paper. Why did the covenant be written on paper? That was to tear it down, but the relationship between relatives was different. The bones were broken and the tendons were connected. Who can guarantee that my cousin would not go crazy when she heard that her cousin was cut off? If a little pillow wind blows her cousin’s wife faint and sends soldiers to stir up the meal, although the Tang Dynasty was not afraid of such a small trouble, it was also a trouble after all. The less trouble, the better!

The raid on Baekje is a military secret and does not need to be kept confidential from the Ministry of War, but it still needs to be kept confidential from the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty from Japan. Letting them study in a concentrated manner is equivalent to house arrest, so that they will not run back to report the news. It doesn’t matter whether they report it to Japan or not. If it is reported to Baekje, wouldn’t it mean that Baekje had prepared in advance!

Wang Ping'an received the imperial edict and pretended to leave Chang'an and return to Qingzhou. However, as soon as he left the city, he took the northeast and rushed to Laizhou. The elite Tang Dynasty troops who raided Baekje will gather in Laizhou and boarded the ship to sea.

On the other hand, Li Zhi issued an imperial edict, ordering the Turkic soldiers of Zheliu to gather and rush to Yingzhou to attack Li Ke. The matter of the Turkic soldiers going to fight was exactly the opposite of the raid on Baekje, and they carried out with great fanfare, fearing that Goguryeo would not know. Li Zhi also ordered people to write a letter of the country, denying Goguryeo as a country of dirt, and asking them to withdraw from Liaodong City immediately and surrender the land of Liaodong to the Tang Dynasty.

As for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo was called a country of dung, it was not that the central empire liked to call it a foreign country, but that when Goguryeo once praised the former Sui Dynasty, he called himself a manure. This was what the King of Goguryeo said himself, and it was not that others scolded them like this!

The Tang Dynasty's court's high-profile counter-attack on Yingzhou was attracted by Goguryeo's attention. Wang Ping'an, with Su Dingfang and a group of guards, arrived in Laizhou for more than ten days.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Laizhou was not considered a military territorial area, but Laizhou faced Baekje. It was the best place to board the ship from here. Behind Laizhou is Qingzhou, with Qingzhou General Administration, with more than 20,000 soldiers stationed in the palace. Moreover, Qingzhou soldiers have always dared to fight. Whether in ancient or modern times, they are an extremely powerful army. This time, this raid on Baekje, Qingzhou soldiers went to sea to fight!

Later generations praised the Qingzhou soldiers, and there was a poem to prove it: As soon as the ladder was put on the city wall, the rocket shot endlessly. If you ask who could die in battle? The most miserable soldiers was Qingzhou!

Wang Ping'an secretly arrived in Laizhou and immediately sent someone to find a general from the Qingzhou General Administration, took out the imperial edict, and told him about the raid on Baekje.

When the Qingzhou General Manager saw this imperial edict, he unexpectedly slapped his chest and shouted: "Working across the sea, there is a small matter. Our Qingzhou soldiers have always dared to fight. They are famous all over the world. They are not afraid of death. Are they still afraid of taking a boat? Let me be a vanguard for the prince and let us go out to sea together and do Baekje!"

Wang Ping'an quickly said, "Don't, you are a magistrate in the guarding area. If you leave, something will happen on the sea? If Qingzhou is so big, you can't mess around? You should stay here. Besides, the imperial edict did not say that you were asked to go to war. You said, right? If you go to war privately, it would be bad, and the emperor would blame you!"

"That's true. But if I don't fight, I'll feel uncomfortable!" Qingzhou General Manager, but he just said that if he really asked him to cross the sea with Wang Ping'an, he would have to make excuses not to go!

The Qingzhou General Manager said again: "I have prepared all the ships and soldiers for the prince and the prince. It will be done in five days. We are all ready-made. Our Qingzhou naval army is not the best in the world, but the fourth and fifth can always line up. One or two thousand warships cannot be collected, but there is no shortage of merchant ships. We will definitely be able to get it in five days. But it takes some time for soldiers to drive from Qingzhou to get here. We have to settle the soldiers' homes first, and then board the boat, so we will have to wait for another three days. In total, it is eight days... It's better to have more time. Within ten days, I will definitely be able to send the prince onto the boat and lead the troops to the sea!"

Seeing that he agreed readily, Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "The big man from Shandong is just generous!" He asked: "Master General, will the hasty sending troops this time affect the combat power of the soldiers and generals? This is a battle across the sea. What if the soldiers and generals are unwilling to go?"

The Qingzhou general manager yelled, with an unhappy expression on his face and said, "Prince, I don't like to hear you say this anymore! Our Qingzhou soldiers did not say this. I just said that I am not afraid of death, are you still afraid of taking a boat? I remember that during the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao..., did the prince know who Cao Cao was?"

Wang Ping'an said: "I know, I don't have to tell me about this historical story. I just read the book. I just don't know which general the General Manager wants to send to assist me in the war?"

If you want to lead Qingzhou soldiers across the sea to fight, you must have the officers from Qingzhou. Wang Ping'an can lead the entire army, and Su Dingfang can lead the troops to fight, but the specific battle will be achieved by the command of the officers of the original mansion.

The Qingzhou General Manager smiled and said, "Who should I send my own people? Of course, I will send my son out and follow the prince to fight, so that you can rest assured, and don't be afraid that the soldiers and generals will be disobedient. They will fight as much as they ask them to fight!"

"Thank you, Lord General!" Wang Ping'an thanked him. This Lord General General is really a man, a brother in war, and a father and son soldier. He was willing to send his son out to follow him. It was really good. The imperial edict did not specify who to send, but just said that he would do it cheaply.

The Qingzhou general manager said goodbye and left to prepare for all matters of going to sea. This general manager is indeed very good. He keeps his word, otherwise he would not be a high-ranking official guarding the land. In a few decades, he is a person like a military governor. Can he do it without any real skills?

On the ninth day, all the sea ships were concentrated in Laizhou, with more than 400 ships. There were no need for so many ships, but since the expedition was all cavalry and war horses occupied the space, there were only more ships. There were also food and grass for at least one month. Not only did they have to eat at sea, but when they arrived in Baekje, if they could not get the food on the spot, they could only bring enough food by themselves.

Ten thousand Qingzhou soldiers also gathered in Laizhou, led by the generals and waited at the dock. They boarded the ship for an expedition just after Wang Ping'an's order.

The Qingzhou General Manager personally brought a young player and introduced him to Wang Ping'an, saying, "This is a dog son, the second child at home. Because there is no male child in my wife's house, the incense is cut off, so the second child follows his mother's surname and inherits the incense from his grandfather's family. Therefore, my second son's surname is Xue, and his name is Xue Ren..."

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

The Qingzhou General Manager was stunned and said, "I didn't say that his name is Xue Rengui. My second son is Xue Renyi. He is the number one archer in Qingzhou!"
Chapter completed!