Chapter 1826 Who Will Tell Otsuka Yoshio?

Qin Huaiyu pondered for a moment, raised his head and stared at the melee scene on the battlefield, and said calmly: "Continue to hold on to the position and stabilize the morale of the army. The situation is currently chaotic. We cannot determine the true intentions between Japan and Yeon Gaesumun, nor do we know what they are. Meaning. We cannot be swayed by their internal strife and must remain calm and vigilant.”

After a moment of silence, Qin Huaiyu continued to say: "Let our soldiers strengthen their vigilance and never be careless. At the same time, strengthen the investigation, be sure to obtain more intelligence, and clarify the true intentions between Waguo and Yeon Gaesumun. . This way we can better respond to changes in the situation.”

"General, with the situation like this, they shouldn't have any other problems, right?" a general said worriedly.

The general's statement is certainly reasonable. The three parties on the other side of the river have been killed in dust and blood. How could it be a conspiracy?

But Qin Huaiyu had to be cautious.

Even if there is only one chance in ten thousand, he absolutely cannot make a mistake here.

Because if something goes wrong, the entire army will be wiped out.

It would be fine if they died, but if Zhao Chen suffered as well, then they would not be able to rest in peace even if they died.

"Although there is no problem on the surface, it is better for us to be careful. Our task is to defend Yangcheng. We will talk about the other things later. Furthermore, if Waguo and Yeongaesumun really put on a show for us, once If we take action, their attack will be like thunder, so what we have to do is to hold on until reinforcements arrive."

"No one is allowed to cross the river without my order."

"Yes!" After hearing what Qin Huaiyu said, the other generals did not dare to have other thoughts at this moment.

He just looked at the bloodied enemy soldiers in front of him with fear.

…

The battle lasted from morning to evening. Standing on the city tower of Rangcheng, one could smell a strong smell of blood coming from a distance.

On the other side of the river in the distance, there were already corpses strewn across the field, and everything was devastated.

The corpses of countless Goguryeo soldiers and Japanese soldiers fell sideways on the road, which made people feel the indescribable tragedy.

Otsuka Yoshio was riding on horseback, looking at the corpses of Goguryeo soldiers that could be seen everywhere on the ground, with a scornful smile on his face.

Yeon Gaesomun was a man of great reputation in Goguryeo, and he was a very popular minister. He probably never expected that he would be beaten like this today.

After taking care of Yeon Gaesumun, no one would dare to compete with him for Silla.

In addition, the border troops of the Tang Dynasty were fighting to the death with Cheng Yaojin's troops, and the city in front of him was in the pocket of Yoshio Otsuka.

After capturing Baekje, they defeated Yeon Gaesumun's troops, then wiped out the Tang border troops, annexed Silla, and sent troops to the Tang border.

When the time comes, who in the Japanese court can be on an equal footing with me?

Thinking of this, Yoshio Otsuka couldn't hide his inner excitement.

"How are the casualty statistics?" Otsuka Yoshio looked at the general on the side.

"Sir, the casualties have been preliminary calculated. In addition to the captured Goguryeo prisoners, a total of more than 45,000 people under Yeon Gaesumun's command were annihilated. Including the prisoners, Yeon Gaesumun lost nearly 60,000 horses."

"There are countless other supplies of food, grass, baggage, weapons and horses."

"And our Japanese soldiers only lost less than 5,000 people."

"Sir, great victory

ah! "The general and Otsuka Yoshio reported the results of the battle, with flattering looks on their faces.

How could he still not understand now that Otsuka Yoshio, who defeated Yeon Gaesumun's army, could easily capture Jangseong and the entire Silla.

In this way, in the entire Japanese country, whose military industry can compare with his?

At that time, Otsuka Yoshio will truly be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.

"If this battle report reaches our Japanese court, it will definitely cause an uproar. At that time, besides His Majesty the Emperor, you, my lord, are the number one person in the Japanese court. Maybe, no, you will definitely be knighted. "The general then flattered Otsuka Yoshio.

Otsuka Yoshio's face was bright, and his fingers kept tapping the back of his other hand out of excitement.

"Send the order and ask Li Boming to gather the Baekje troops and prepare to attack Yangcheng with me early tomorrow morning." Otsuka Yoshio couldn't wait any longer at this moment.

He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Rangcheng in one fell swoop, then go straight to the capital of Silla, capture Zhao Chen, and occupy the entire Silla.

"Yes!" The general responded immediately.

…

Li Boming soon received the order from Otsuka Yoshio.

At this moment, he had just changed his clothes.

If he hadn't seen the piles of corpses outside with his own eyes, he would never have believed that Yeon Gaesumun actually rushed out of him.

Faced with the obstruction of their own soldiers and the pursuit of the Japanese army, Yeon Gaesumun's army forced its way out of the own army's formation.

Li Boming turned pale when he saw the statistics of the number of killed soldiers in his hand.

An army of 100,000 people was killed by 30,000 people by Yeon Gaesumun’s army.

This was still the result of a pincer attack between the Japanese army behind and our own army.

If the Baekje army faced Yeon Gaesumun's army alone, I'm afraid that their 100,000-strong army would be killed.

And now, he received news from Yoshio Otsuka that he would attack Rangcheng tomorrow morning.

This made Li Boming worried.

Now that Yeon Gaesumun's army had been beaten away, there was no one to compete with Otsuka Yoshio for Silla, but there was no cannon fodder standing in front of him.

Tomorrow they said they would attack the city together, and I was afraid that at that time, my Baekje army would be forced to rush to the front like Yeon Gaesomun's army.

But Li Boming didn't have the courage of Yeon Gaesomun to really turn against Otsuka Yoshinam.

Even if he knew that he would be used as a gun, he had to obey.

Let the people sent by Otsuka Yoshinam go back and report to Otsuka Yoshinam that he would reorganize the troops and attack the city with the Japanese army tomorrow morning, and Li Boming called his generals.

"Tomorrow we will attack the city, and there are still 30,000 or 40,000 Tang border troops in Yangcheng, and they are defending the city, we..." Knowing that the city will be attacked tomorrow, some Baekje generals were worried.

"Yes, General, should we discuss with Lord Otsuka Yoshio and wait a little longer? Maybe the Tang border troops will be pulled out to fight with their own people?"

"Yes, the Tang people are fighting fiercely, and there is no need for us to provoke them at this time."

"Who will tell Otsuka Yoshio?" Li Boming looked at the generals in front of him expressionlessly.

After these words came out, the generals who were still speaking confidently just now were no longer active.