Chapter 396 Meeting

Guo Fu and Guo Ming rushed to Baekje City. In the distance, the setting sun was bloody, the land was thick with smoke from the war, and the bodies of soldiers who died in the battle were scattered everywhere under the city.

The entire Baekje City was a sea of ​​blood and corpses, like hell on earth. Abandoned weapons and broken flags could be seen everywhere. These were all left behind by the enemy when they retreated.

Guo Fu and Guo Ming came too quickly, so Buyeo Fuxin had to evacuate, and he didn't even have a chance to collect the bodies of his dead soldiers.

At the city gate, a siege vehicle was smashed to pieces by a boulder. There were more than a dozen corpses lying beside the vehicle. The strong smell of blood filled the air, and the blood dyed the ground dark brown.

On the top of the city wall, a banner with Tang characters embroidered in gold was fluttering in the wind.

Guo Fu and Guo Ming were both veterans of battle. From the corpses on the ground, they could infer how fierce the battle was.

The two looked at each other, waved their hands, and rode their horses and led their troops towards the royal city, ready to enter the city to meet Lang Jiang Liu Renyuan and convey the words of the governor Guo Daifeng.

A rider came out of the city gate and stopped in front of Guo Ming and Guo Fu. He saluted and said, "I am General Liu Quan. Nice to meet you two. I am glad to see you all."

"I am Guo Fu. This is my brother Guo Ming. May I ask where General Liu is now? My governor has something for me to pass on." Guo Fu replied.

"General Liu is in the city comforting the people and coordinating the overall situation. Please follow me." Liu Quan said, made a gesture of invitation, turned his horse around and rode side by side with Guo Fu and his brother.

"Enter the city!" Guo Fu waved his hand and rode side by side with Liu Quan into the city. The 10,000 soldiers and horses behind him also followed into the city.

Guo Ming arranged for the soldiers to help clean up the battlefield, while Guo Fu went alone with Liu Quan to see Liu Renyuan and convey Guo Daifeng's words.

Three days later, Guo Daifeng personally came to the royal city and met Liu Renyuan.

"General Guo, please come in person! With General Guo here, the rebellion in Baekje will be quelled in no time. I have been looking forward to the arrival of the General for a long time, and today I finally see him." Liu Renyuan greeted Guo Daifeng with a smile.

Guo Daifeng did not dare to be arrogant. After all, Liu Renyuan was an elder and a veteran. He was of the same generation as his father Guo Xiaoke. In private, he had to respectfully call him uncle.

"Mr. Liu, you are too polite. As a junior, I should come to visit you both for public and private reasons." Guo Daifeng bowed.

Liu Renyuan welcomed Guo Daifeng into the house, divided the guests and sat down, ordered people to serve Guo Daifeng tea, and used his own collection of fine tea to entertain Guo Daifeng.

No matter what, Guo Daifeng's efforts were still needed to suppress the rebels. His troops suffered heavy losses in the fierce offensive and defensive battles, and he did not even have 5,000 soldiers.

Naturally, they were not as good as the 20,000 soldiers under Guo Daifeng's command. If they wanted to suppress the rebels, they would not be able to do without Guo Daifeng's troops.

"My dear nephew, come and taste this tea. This is the good tea that His Majesty gave me. I usually don't want to drink it. Today you are here, and I don't have anything good to treat you. I will use this tea to treat you. I hope you don't mind." Liu Renyuan said.

"We are not in a hurry to drink this tea. I came here this time to serve as the governor of Xiongjin Governor's Office in accordance with His Majesty's imperial decree, to defend Baekje and ensure the peace and tranquility of the people of Baekje."

"Now, the rebels in Baekje are rampant. I, Guo Daifeng, cannot fail the expectations of the emperor. Only by suppressing the rebels can I live up to the emperor's grace. Please tell me about the situation of the rebels." Guo Daifeng said.

"My nephew is really young and promising. He is worthy of being a son of a general. He talked about business without even drinking a sip of tea." Liu Renyuan smiled.

Guo Daifeng naturally asked for information about the rebels, so that he would not have to waste his words. In the future, he would need to rely on Guo Daifeng's troops to deal with Fuxin and others in Buyeo.

"Mr. Liu, you flatter me! I am just doing my duty as a minister. Please tell me about the situation of the Baekje rebels first." Guo Daifeng said.

He couldn't wait to make achievements. If he could quickly put down the Baekje rebellion and present the rebels' heads to the emperor, it would be a great achievement, and it would be much easier to get promoted in the future.

"The current situation in Baekje is like this. Baekje Wu Wang Buyeo Zhang's nephew Buyeo Fuxin and a monk named Daochen are inciting rebellion in Zhouliu City."

"There are many responses in the western part of Baekje. Other places saw that Buyeo Fuxin was powerful and saw that our main force had withdrawn, so they took the opportunity to occupy the mountains and become kings." Liu Renyuan explained the incident and the current situation in Baekje, how many people there were in the rebel army, etc.

Guo Daifeng couldn't believe it after hearing it. Just relying on the identity of Buyeo Fuxin, the nephew of Baekje Wu Wang, he could actually have such a strong appeal. Even if he added a monk, it would be far from reaching such appeal.

Baekje's King Uija and his son were still alive. They were the legitimate kings of Baekje. It was incredible that someone could have such a powerful appeal when they were still alive.

"Listen to what you said, Lord Liu. Buyeo Bok-sin was just the nephew of the former king of Baekje. How could he have made the people of Baekje respond to the call and rebel against the Tang Dynasty in such a short time!" Guo Daifeng asked.

"Buyeo Bok-sin alone naturally did not have this ability. He had helpers. That's why he was able to call on the remaining people of Baekje to rebel." Liu Renyuan said.

"Excuse me for being blunt, Daochen is just a monk. Even with his help, the people of Baekje may not be able to respond to the call of the Fuyu Fuxin traitor so easily and quickly sweep the old land of Baekje." Guo Daifeng said.

He could not rely on Fuyu Fuxin and Daochen monks to have such great abilities. If they really had this ability, they would have come to the fore long ago, and there was no need to wait until now. If they really had this

ability and prestige, when Su Dingfang returned to the country, he would not have left Fuyu Fuxin and Daochen behind, but would have escorted them to Chang'an to present them to the emperor.

Therefore, Guo Daifeng guessed that there must be something he didn't know about, or someone behind them was instructing them.

"The two of them can't cause much trouble. According to the informant, this matter should be related to Japan." Liu Renyuan said. "

How can this matter be related to Japan? Japan has good diplomatic relations with our Tang Dynasty and has sent Tang envoys to Chang'an many times."

"Baekje is just a small country in a corner. How did it collude with Japan? What is their purpose?" Guo Daifeng asked puzzled.

"Since Baekje stopped paying homage to the Tang Dynasty, King Yiji sent one of his sons to Japan as a hostage, seeking Japan's protection and becoming an enemy of the Tang Dynasty."

"If my intelligence is correct, Buyeo Bok-sin and others will probably welcome Buyeo Feng, who is a hostage in Japan, back to be the king."

"Only an orthodox direct royal family member like Buyeo Feng can have such great power to make the Baekje survivors follow him."

"This time, Japan will probably get involved as well." Liu Renyuan said.

This is the result he deduced after collecting intelligence from many sources. If Buyeo Bok-sin wants to restore his country, he must have a king.

With Buyeo Yiji and his descendants all sent to Chang'an, Prince Buyeo Feng was undoubtedly the best candidate to rally the hearts of the Baekje survivors.