Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 286 Li Yuanji and Li Er threatened each other, and the fiefdom expanded again
"Haha! This is so satisfying! Li Er has finally given in to me. He knows how to handle things as they arise."

Zhuzhou Prefecture.

Li Yuanji was laughing heartily. At this moment, Li Yuanji looked extremely clear-headed and the smile on his face could not be stopped for a moment.

Li Yuanji took Li Er's letter and looked at it over and over again. Every time a while passed, he would pick it up and take a look at it, treating it as a rare treasure and couldn't let it go.

"This Li Er is still so concerned about his reputation. No one else can see the contents of this letter, and he is still so reserved. He says we are brothers, and that the matter between Baekje and Silla was just to help me. These are all excuses.

But as long as you give in, I will still give you this face. It is rare that you are willing to bow your head, but now it is not enough to just bow your head. Something else is needed."

Li Yuanji then began to frown and ponder. After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized, what else can Li Er come up with now?

Money and food? How much can Li Er give now? If he asks for too much, this man will probably fight him to death, because Li Er is so poor now.

Although Baekje and Silla had gained a fortune, they had also invested a lot. Now they had gained nothing and had no money at all. They were like paupers.

As for the rest, Li Yuanji didn't know what to ask for for a moment. He couldn't ask Li Er to cede land to him, right?
Thinking that Li Er would go crazy when he saw these conditions, Li Yuanji gave up decisively.

Then his eyes lit up, and Li Yuanji suddenly realized that he really needed something now, and he had not solved it yet.

"Yang Jianhe, pass the letter to Li Er."

Yang Jianhe hurried in, took the letter, and spoke solemnly.

"Your Majesty, the army reported back from the front that General Xue Wanche's advance has been delayed. Li Ji took advantage of the terrain and used Hou Junji, Xue Wanshu, and the joined forces of Cheng Yaojin as bait. He personally led 3,000 brave elite troops to charge into General Xue Wanche's camp.

Fortunately, General Liu Rengui's Marines were stationed in the camp at this time and cooperated with the camp army to repel Li Ji, but the attack was frustrated. "

Li Yuanji felt a headache after hearing this. Li Ji's 20,000 Tang troops, together with the Silla army, only had 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers. The Silla army was just a mob, and the real elite were actually the 20,000 Tang troops.

However, Xue Wanche had the 30,000 Type A troops he had brought with him, plus the 10,000 Type A troops that were already here, the 10,000 Type A troops that arrived later, and the 3,000 Type A troops of Liu Rengui.

Even with such a large army configuration, Li Ji was able to succeed again. Although he won in the end, Li Yuanji estimated that if it were not for the bravery of the army, Li Ji would have succeeded again this time.

Li Yuanji also realized that Xue Wanche was really no match for Li Ji. Even though he had an absolute advantage in the frontal attack, he was tricked by Li Ji.

No wonder in history, when the Tang Dynasty was conquering Tuyuhun, this guy and Xue Wanjun were almost killed by Tuyuhun. If Qibi Heli hadn't led his army to rescue them, this guy would have been killed. He really had the ability and was really brave, but he was far inferior to Li Ji.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuanji looked at Yang Jianhe.

"Send a message to Xue Wanche, telling him to be careful!

Also, you go and tell Liu Rengui to hand over the navy to the deputy general, and take 2,000 marines to replace Xue Wanche, with Xue Wanche as the deputy! "

Li Yuanji didn't care about changing generals at the last minute. No matter how good Liu Rengui was, at least his performance in history was better than Xue Wanche's. Although Liu Rengui had always been fighting naval and water battles, it didn't mean that he was bad at land battles.

Liu Rengui's command ability is also not low, and his strategy is not bad either. No matter what, he can't be worse than Xue Wanche as a commander.

“Also, tell the navy to be careful not to leak any information about Silla!”

He can let Li Er see the bad news, but he can't let Li Er see the good news.

If Li Er knew this news, he guaranteed that Li Er would definitely start to raise the price and his attitude would gradually become tougher.

Although he and Li Er were negotiating through letters, the outcome of their negotiations and the situation of the two parties on the battlefield would inevitably have an absolute impact on the negotiations.

Yang Jianhe was stunned for a moment, then went down to convey Li Yuanji's military order.

Just as Li Yuanji was deep in thought, a voice suddenly came.

"Brother-in-law, has Li Er replied? This time his army in Silla was blocked by us. He can't be so stubborn, right?"

Hearing the voice, Li Yuanji opened his eyes and saw Yang Cheng already in front of him. He was immediately helpless.

"I have replied, but what are you doing here? Didn't I ask you to go back and deal with the affairs of Dongzhou Prefecture?
Now that no one is watching over Dongzhou Prefecture, those Japanese with ideas may make another move. You should go back and deal with all the Japanese who show up first."

Hearing this, Yang Cheng's expression became obviously depressed.

"Brother-in-law, I'm just about to go back to take care of my business and say goodbye to you.

Brother-in-law, now that things here are over, you won’t go back directly, right?

I have already had people start digging for the silver mine. I will take you there to see it. In addition to the silver mine, we have also discovered a copper mine. As for the gold mine, we are still searching for it, but as long as it exists, we will definitely find it."

Li Yuanji waved helplessly.

“Okay, I get it. Once things here are over, I’ll go find you at the state capital.

You should go there now. From now on, your main focus will be on developing Dongzhou Prefecture. There must be no problem with Baekje and Silla now.

Afterwards, you will have to develop the business between the two places and Dongzhou Prefecture, including business exchanges with Goguryeo and the Tang Dynasty.

I will let others handle the intelligence and specific businesses. Your task is to develop Dongzhou Prefecture.

I won’t say more. I’ll talk to you about it later. Now you can go down.”

Li Yuanji was really having a headache. If he didn't chase Yang Cheng away, this man would really stay with him.

He was really speechless. When he was not around, Yang Cheng showed maturity and stability. Every time he was in front of him, he was the same as when he first met Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng had no choice but to do as he was told and retreat. Even though he was very reluctant, he had no choice.

Li Er from Dengzhou, after receiving Li Yuanji's latest letter, his face suddenly became extremely gloomy.

"What is he thinking about? He still wants to ask me for 30,000 war horses. Should I go and rob them for him?

How could he say that? That's 30,000 war horses. It's easy for him to say that. He is dreaming if he wants me to give them to him! Don't even think about it!"

This time, what Li Yuanji asked for was war horses. In Li Yuanji's eyes, now that Baekje and Silla were taken, the only things left were Goguryeo and the grasslands in the north, where cavalry would be of great use.

But within his fiefdom, war horses were scarce. There were only a few that were brought with him originally. Although there were also breeding horses, the ones bred did not seem to be very good, and even so, the number was not large.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yuanji asked Li Er to bring some war horses so that the cavalry could be used whether in Tubo and the Western Regions, or in Goguryeo and the grasslands.

There was no need for it before because the terrain was all mountainous and cavalry was of little use. But in the future, there will be a demand for cavalry.

Li Junxian, who was standing by, twitched his lips when he heard this. It's not that it's impossible to provide 30,000 war horses, but giving out so many would make the current Tang Dynasty very annoyed. More importantly, giving out so many war horses would enhance Li Yuanji's strength. Li Er only said a few words, but Li Junxian felt that Li Er was very well-mannered.

“Your Majesty, the King of Qi’s condition is indeed a bit excessive, but Duke Cao and his men are still in Silla, so we cannot ignore them.

I think that based on this request, we can cut half of it and give it to the King of Qi. At the same time, we can tell the King of Qi that if it doesn’t work, then we can just go to war. I believe the King of Qi doesn’t want to see that result either.”

When Li Er heard this, he immediately glared at Li Junxian.

"Cut it in half? Give him fifteen thousand? What are you thinking? Give him five thousand horses, eight thousand at most.

You go and draft the letter now, and the maximum number you can give is this. If he doesn't want to, then I don't care about Li Ji in Silla, just tell him to get ready to welcome my million-strong army!

Just tell him directly that if you don't want me to live like this, then no one else can live like this. Even if I bear eternal infamy for this, I will accept it!"

Li Er is very angry now, he is really angry. At this moment he suddenly hopes that Li Yuanji will not agree to it, and then he gathers a large army to find Li Yuanji for a full-scale battle.

As for the consequences of this, he doesn't want to care about them. He doesn't care if people oppose him or scold him. He must get rid of his anger first.

Li Er had never suffered such a great deal of humiliation in his life before he became emperor. Now that he has become the emperor and the number one person in the world, he has to suffer humiliation instead. Li Er really cannot accept it.

At the beginning, he endured it again and again just to take revenge later. Now he endured it again, but Li Yuanji was still so greedy that he suddenly didn't want to endure it anymore.

At worst, the Tang Dynasty would be destroyed, at worst, the mountains and rivers would be shattered, at worst, the whole country would be devastated. He didn't want to care about it anymore.

Li Junxian looked at the extremely furious Li Er and did not dare to delay and immediately began to draft the letter. As for the conditions, Li Junxian did not write five thousand horses, but directly wrote eight thousand war horses.

He had already seen that at this moment, Li Er had no intention of negotiating at all. Once the letter was sent out, as long as Li Yuanji disagreed, Li Er would really do it and fight Li Yuanji at all costs to decide the outcome.

He was well aware of Li Er's frustration. He had only been on the throne for a year, but he had endured it many times. After all, Li Er was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

After carefully preparing it, he handed it to Li Er. Li Er looked at it for a few seconds and then threw it to Li Junxian without saying a word. Li Junxian immediately went downstairs to deliver the message.

In Silla, in front of the two armies, in Li Yuanji's military camp, Liu Rengui and Xue Wanche were gathering together.

"General Xue, I must obey the king's order. I hope General Xue can cooperate."

Liu Rengui was also helpless. He actually didn't really want to command this battle. If it was at the beginning, he would have been really interested, but he really didn't want to suddenly replace Xue Wanche. However, this was Li Yuanji's royal order.

When he knew the real reason why he replaced Xue Wanche, Liu Rengui did not retreat at all. In Liu Rengui's opinion, Xue Wanche was indeed careless, and Li Ji had accurately found a loophole, which was not small.

A group of 3,000 brave elite soldiers suddenly rushed to the camp. This was of extraordinary significance.

Xue Wanche did not look at Liu Rengui. He lowered his head, clenched his fists, and his face showed regret, self-blame, and unwillingness. At this moment, Xue Wanche hated himself for being so incompetent.

Listening to Liu Rengui's words, Xue Wanche raised his head and looked at Liu Rengui with red eyes.

"This time I was not as skilled as others, and it was indeed my carelessness that allowed Li Ji to find such an opportunity. I have nothing to say.

I will absolutely obey the king's arrangements. After the war, I will personally go to the king to apologize!

But in the following battles, General Liu, can you let me lead the army alone and let me personally charge forward? "

Xue Wanche was really unwilling to accept the outcome. Everything was going so smoothly and he had such a big advantage. He just couldn't understand how Li Ji could seize this fleeting opportunity so accurately.

When Liu Rengui heard this, he laughed.

"General Xue, although the king asked me to come, he didn't ask you to go back. Let's teach Li Ji a lesson together. This time, I brought two more cannons to give Li Ji a good blow!"

When Xue Wanche heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and the two of them immediately began to plot.

Li Yuanji was waiting for Li Er's reply, and it wasn't long before the reply came.

"This Li Er really knows how to do business. I asked for 30,000 war horses, but he directly replied with 8,000. He even threatened me that if I didn't agree, he would fight me. Yang Jianhe, tell me, is this the attitude of begging?"

After reading the letter, Li Yuanji could not help but complain. He knew that Li Er would definitely not really give him 30,000 horses. But no matter what, even if he cut it in half, he would still have 15,000 horses. But Li Er cut it in half again.

Yang Jianhe's mouth twitched at the side. At this moment, he particularly agreed with Li Yuanji's complaints.

"How about asking him to add a little more?"

Li Yuanji immediately shook his head.

"Forget it. Even if we can add more, it looks like there will only be one or two thousand horses. We don't have the time to continue arguing with him. Let him withdraw his army as soon as possible. We will occupy Baekje and Silla first.

Write a letter and tell Li Er that these 8,000 horses must be good horses, and 2,000 of them must be stallions. If you dare to pass inferior horses off as good ones, then there is nothing else to say. Let’s fight!”

Threatening people?
Who wouldn't be confused? He is no longer the same person he was before. Even if he still can't beat Li Er, Li Er can't easily beat him either.

Can Li Er have an army of one million?

It's as if he's nothing. If you piss him off, he can mobilize a million troops without regard for the consequences. Who's afraid of whom?

This time, when Li Er received the letter, he did not make a fuss and agreed directly. The two sides quickly determined the time. Li Yuanji's navy gave up the sea passage, and the Tang Dynasty navy went to meet Li Ji and others as well as the army.

However, at this moment, news of Liu Rengui's victory came.

"What! Liu Rengui's battle caused Li Ji to lose nearly half of his troops?"

(End of this chapter)