Chapter 394 Arrival at Baekje
In Su Dingfang's view, as long as the Baekje King and others are in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, other small fish and shrimps can't make any waves.
But he didn't know that Baekje is now being stirred up by the small fish and shrimps he thought of. He didn't know that there is a big fish that can stir up the wind and rain, returning to Baekje from the other side of the sea.
Li Chengqian didn't tell Su Dingfang about these things. Even if he told them now, it would be useless. The rebellion has already happened in Baekje.
In history, it was this Buyeo Fuxin and Daochen who welcomed Buyeo Feng back as king and stirred up the situation in Baekje. With Buyeo Feng as a banner, the people of Baekje could be united.
In history, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi sent Wang Wendu to serve as the governor of Xiongjin Military Governor's Office. No one expected that Wang Wendu would suddenly die of illness on the way, leaving Wang Wendu's troops without a leader.
In addition, Liu Renyuan fought alone and could not command Wang Wendu's troops. This led to a large-scale rebellion in Baekje after Buyeofeng returned, and Baekje's restoration of the country was huge.
This is also one of the reasons why Li Chengqian changed to Guo Daifeng.
Now we can only hope that Guo Daifeng can quell the rebellion after arriving in Baekje. After all, he went there with 20,000 troops.
As long as he can cooperate well with Liu Renyuan, it will not be a problem to quell the rebellion in Baekje.
As long as Zhouliu City is captured, Buyeo Feng will be prevented from returning to Baekje. Without Buyeo Feng in Baekje, the scattered rebels will soon be wiped out.
What a pity! Li Chengqian was destined to be disappointed. After Guo Daifeng, who was proud of his reputation as a general, learned about Buyeo Feng, he did not cooperate with Liu Renyuan to eliminate the remaining forces of Baekje, but waited for Buyeo Feng to return to Baekje.
"Duke Xing, you have worked hard! You have traveled all the way, so go back and rest first! We will still need to rely on Duke Xing to attack Goguryeo in the future." Li Chengqian said. "
I obey your order!" Su Dingfang saluted with his hands crossed and turned to leave.
"You go to the Zuozang Office in person, take out the property I gave to the Duke of Xing, and send it to the Duke of Xing's house." Li Chengqian looked at Su Dingfang's old back and said to Wang Quan. "
Does everyone have anything to say?" Wang Quan asked.
"I don't have anything to say. You just need to send the property to the Duke of Xing's house. This is my reward for the Duke of Xing's contribution to the destruction of Baiji." Li Chengqian said.
"I understand!" Wang Quan saluted and retreated.
At the Baiji Port, warships sailed into the port, and soldiers wearing helmets and armor and holding sharp blades disembarked and landed.
Then they began to assemble on the shore and set up a defensive formation to prevent the enemy from suddenly rushing out and attacking them.
Although this is the Tang army's occupied area, when they were at sea, they heard that the Baekje survivors were in rebellion and most of the area had been occupied by the rebels.
Even Liu Renyuan, the general who guarded Baekje, was now surrounded by the rebels and was waiting for their rescue.
After the soldiers on the warships in front landed, the warships left the port to make room for the ships behind.
After all the soldiers were lined up at the port, Guo Daifeng rode on his horse and said nothing, not even a word to boost morale, and led the army straight to the Xiongjin Governor's Office.
Guo Daifeng had no idea what the situation was in the old land of Baekje. What he had to do now was to capture Xiongjin and use it as a base for the Tang army.
"Order the cavalry to follow me and rush to Xiongjin. Also send someone to find out the situation in Baekje Royal City and whether Liu Renyuan is alive or dead." Guo Daifeng ordered. "
General! Isn't it risky for us to attack Xiongjin so rashly? We don't know the situation there, whether the enemy has occupied Xiongjin, and how many troops are stationed there." said Lieutenant General Guo Fu.
"Yes! General! The soldiers have been drifting on the sea for so long, and their bodies are not used to it. Most of the horses are also exhausted. It's better to send someone to find out first." Lieutenant General Guo Ming said.
"The rebels are all besieging the royal city. Even if Xiongjin is captured by the rebels, there will definitely not be many people left. Now is the time for our army to take Xiongjin back unexpectedly."
"If our army stays here to rest, it will be easy to be attacked by the enemy. Now our army needs a city to rest, and Liu Renyuan is also waiting for our army's rescue."
"Capturing Xiongjin is not only for our soldiers to have a place to live, but also to attract the attention of the rebels and reduce the pressure on Liu Renyuan."
"No need to say anything else, the cavalry can still move and follow me, you should follow, and don't delay too long." Guo Daifeng said.
"Yes!" Everyone responded.
Guo Daifeng led his cavalry and headed straight for the Xiongjin River. Other generals followed Guo Daifeng with their infantry and headed for the Xiongjin River.
Guo Daifeng led his cavalry to the foot of Xiongjin City and saw that the flag of the Tang Dynasty was still hanging on the city wall. He knew that Xiongjin City had not been captured by the rebels.
"Listen, people on the city wall, open the city gate quickly. General Guo Daifeng, the governor of Xiongjin, has arrived!" A cavalryman rode forward and shouted at Guo Daifeng's signal.
"Hold the flag!" Guo Daifeng said to the cavalry behind him, looking at the Xiongjin City in front of him.
The cavalry took the order and immediately raised the flag representing the Tang army and Guo Daifeng's identity so that the defenders on the city wall could see it clearly.
"Yes, it's our Tang army. The governor has arrived! Open the city gate quickly." The Xiongjin defenders cheered after confirming.
The city gate slowly opened, Guo Daifeng led the cavalry into the city, and was warmly welcomed by the people in the city. Later, other generals also led the infantry to Xiongjin City and joined Guo Daifeng.
Immediately, Guo Daifeng arranged the city defense. He decided to rest in Xiongjin City for one night and send troops to rescue Liu Renyuan tomorrow.
The news that the Tang army had arrived soon reached the ears of monk Daochen.
Daochen, who originally planned to seize Xiongjin, immediately changed his mind and did not go to Xiongjin to avoid encountering the Tang army. Daochen had few soldiers and generals, and he led them to seize the city because there were not many Tang soldiers guarding Xiongjin.
Now that he knew that the Tang reinforcements were coming, he turned to contact the Baekje general Shazha Xiangru, who was a brave and resourceful general and had a close personal relationship with Daochen.
Daochen learned that after the main force of the Tang army withdrew from Baekje, Shazha Xiangru recruited Baekje's dead to occupy strategic locations and fight against the Tang army in Baekje. Daochen
wanted to pull Shazha Xiangru to serve under him, so that he would have the strength to compete with Buyeo Bok-sin.
On the surface, Buyeo Bok-sin and Daochen were equal, jointly controlling the power of Baekje and waiting for Prince Buyeo Feng to return and succeed.
In fact, Buyeo Bok-sin had never given up on the throne. As he recovered more territories, his prestige and military exploits increased, and his ambitions grew.
Daochen was afraid that when Prince Buyeo Feng returned to the country, he would be nothing more than a puppet in the hands of Buyeo Fuxin, which was not what he wanted to see.
Daochen felt deeply threatened by Buyeo Fuxin. In order to maintain his power, he must have a capable and good general under him.
Shazha Xiangru was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. After learning that Guo Daifeng led a large army to attack Xiongjin City, Daochen ordered without hesitation to turn around and meet Shazha Xiangru.