Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 977 Plan ahead
After leaving Feng County, the Tang army continued to march towards Silla.

On the way, Li Ji found Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, we will reach the territory of Silla after ten more days of walking, but the reason why Silla dares to be so confident is because their terrain is relatively good, and a Liao River separates our two countries. If you want to attack Silla, you must first cross the Liao River."

Li Ji told Li Shimin about this situation, and Qin Tian and others next to him naturally knew this too.

"Aiqing is right. Liaoshui has added a natural barrier to Silla. It is not an easy task to attack Silla. So I wonder if you, Aiqing, have a way to cross Liaoshui? "

Everyone looked at each other, at this time, Cheng Yaojin said: "Your Majesty, it's just crossing the river. If there is any difficulty, we can just get some boats."

To cross the river, a boat must be used, Cheng Yaojin thought it was too easy, he didn't understand why Li Shimin still asked.

And just after Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, all the people couldn't help curling their lips.

"Lu Guogong, do you really think the Liaoshui is easy to cross? The narrowest part of the Liaoshui is about two or three hundred meters, and the wide one may be five or six hundred meters. It is indeed possible to cross it by boat, but do you think Will the National Assembly of Silla let us cross easily?"

"That's right, Silla now probably knows that our Tang army is going to attack them, so they must have sent troops to wait for us in Liaoshui."

"As long as they suppress with sharp arrows, do you think it will be easy for us to cross the river?"

"The most important thing is that we don't have any particularly powerful ships yet."

"........."

Everyone talked in a hurry, and soon made Cheng Yaojin feel a little ashamed.

Because he soon discovered that things were really not as simple as he thought.

If Silla sent troops to wait for them on the other side, even if the river was not very wide and they had enough boats, it would not be easy for them to cross the Liao River.

Because the Liaoshui was too wide, their Tang God Crossbows on the bank could not shoot the enemy, so they could not suppress the enemy on the bank.

But if you cross the river by boat and let the archers stay on the boat, let alone their accuracy, as long as they appear within the enemy's shooting range, they will become the enemy's target.

You know, sharp arrows are very fast, and the way to avoid sharp arrows is to be faster than sharp arrows.

It is for this reason that sharp arrows do little harm to cavalry.

But the speed of the ships is too slow, and the enemy can easily shoot them as targets.

In this way, even if they can cross the Liao River, the casualties must be heavy.

And their purpose is not just to cross the Liao River, but to destroy the Silla Kingdom.

A small Liaohe became a problem that they had to face before they attacked Silla.

When everyone was saying the same thing, Li Shimin said: "Everyone is right, so do you have any countermeasures?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, but they couldn't think of a way to deal with it for a while.

But at this time, Li Ji said: "My lord, no matter what, ships are definitely indispensable. I think that the most urgent thing is to send people to Liaocheng first to collect ships in Liaocheng. After our army arrives, we can Less delay."

Liao City is the closest city in Tang Dynasty to Silla Kingdom. If you want to raise ships, you can only start from Liao City, and as far as Li Ji knows, there are many rivers around Liao City, which also makes the expected navigation industry relatively Developed, there must be ships, and even finding some large ships is not a problem.

With a boat, and then crossing the Liao River, there will naturally be less trouble.

After Li Ji finished speaking, Li Shimin felt that it made sense.

"In this case, let Qin Tian take the first step and rush to Liao City to raise ships, but remember, in addition to raising ships, you must also find a way to see how to cross the Liao River."

Li Shimin handed over such a difficult task to Qin Tian. Qin Tian smiled wryly, but still quickly agreed.

After agreeing in this way, Qin Tian took his mad demon army and rushed directly to Liao City. He also went with Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin.

They felt that it was too boring to follow the army, and it was more interesting to follow Qin Tian to Liaocheng.

The speed of five thousand soldiers and horses was much faster than the speed of one hundred thousand troops. After a few days, they had already arrived in Liaocheng.

Liaocheng is a border city of the Tang Dynasty. Generally speaking, border towns are not very prosperous, but Liaocheng is an exception.

The water conservancy around Liao City is well developed, and there are many surrounding countries, such as Silla, Mohe, etc., and even some small overseas countries often pass by here.

For these reasons, many merchants from Datang will come here to trade.

The trade exchanges of merchants have driven the prosperity of Liaocheng, and the bustle here is no worse than some cities in Datang.

When Qin Tian came to Liao City with his troops, there were already people waiting at the gate of the city.

This man is the governor of Liaocheng, named Cao Binbin. He guards Liaocheng and has three thousand Tang troops in his hands.

After Qin Tian rushed over, Cao Binbin greeted him.

"My lord, I have been waiting for a long time."

Cao Binbin is tall and tall, with a straight face, and his tone of voice is a bit too cold, giving people the feeling that he is doing business.

"Lord Cao, I am ordered by the Holy Majesty to come to Liao City first. I need Lord Cao's help in the future."

"Young master, don't worry, the lower officials dare not neglect the matter arranged by the Holy One."

After exchanging a few pleasantries like this, Qin Tian, ​​Cao Binbin and others entered Liao City.

In Liaocheng, all kinds of traders come and go, and they don't seem to be very worried about the upcoming war.

"Lord Cao, the people here seem to be very peaceful. Don't they know that our Great Tang will soon have a war with Silla?" Qin Tian asked curiously.

Cao Binbin said: "My lord, of course they know that the Tang Dynasty is going to have a war with Silla, but they don't care about it. For them, war is sometimes a business opportunity. Most of the people here are businessmen and people who farm the land. On the contrary, it is good."

Liaocheng is a commercial city developed because of various water conservancy. If there are many merchants in a city, all kinds of trade will naturally prosper, and merchants want to make profits. Sometimes, they prefer to take risks to do something.

Soon, Datang's 10 soldiers and horses will arrive. The needs of [-] people are not a small amount. They are naturally unwilling to let go of this business opportunity.

After listening to Cao Binbin's explanation, Qin Tian showed a slight smile. He always thought that he was also a businessman, but now it seems that he is obviously not very qualified as a businessman.

At least compared with these businessmen in Liaocheng, Qin Tian's adventurous spirit is obviously much weaker.

(End of this chapter)