Tang Dynasty, my wife Wu Zetian

Chapter 397 The New Governor of the Tang Dynasty
Fuxin ordered someone to invite the official in and inquire about the situation at Xiongjin Port.

The official said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The Tang people have agreed to help and are leading their troops to Guangzhou."

Fuyu Quan snorted and said, "Even without the Tang army, I can still capture Gwangju."

Fu Xin smiled and said, "With the help of the Tang people, it will be more stable. It won't hurt to wait a few more days."

The official said, "By the way, Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has also sent an envoy to commend our Baekje monarch and his ministers."

Fu Xin laughed heartily and said, "It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is very pleased with us. Please invite the Tang envoy in immediately."

Soon, the Tang envoy arrived at the camp, took out a bright yellow scroll, and announced in a clear voice: "Fuyu Fuxin receives the order."

Fu Yu Fuxin was stunned for a moment. He had never been to Chang'an and didn't know how to accept the order.

Heichi Changzhi hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty, kneel down and listen to your orders." As he spoke, he knelt in front of the Tang envoy.

Buyeo Quan said: "How can a dignified King of Baekje kneel to others?"

Fu Xin knew it was not yet time to turn against the Tang Dynasty, so he quickly said, "Don't talk nonsense. We, Baekje, are a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. We should kneel and accept the title."

He stepped out of the line quickly and knelt down to listen to the order.

As the Tang envoy read out Li Zhi's order, Fu Xin and others' faces turned very ugly.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty only commended two people: Fuyu Fuxin and Heichi Changzhi.

Both of them were granted the title of Earl of Tang.

Strictly speaking, this is not surprising.

From the perspective of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Fu Xin's unstoppable success was all thanks to Heichi Changzhi's leadership.

However, Fuxin still felt uncomfortable.

The current situation in Baekje is no longer the same as it was before. He is the king of Baekje.

However, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty rewarded one of his generals together with him and gave him the same title, which was a humiliation to him.

Heichi Changzhi was the exact opposite of him and was very encouraged.

He felt that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was a fair emperor who could see who was truly meritorious, unlike Fu Xin, who forgot his old friends after gaining power and reused surrendered slaves.

When the Tang envoy finished reading, Heichi Changzhi said loudly: "Your Highness Heichi Changzhi, your Highness, expresses his gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor!"

The others were silent, so his voice sounded particularly harsh.

Heichi Changzhi suddenly felt something and turned around to see Fuxin looking at him coldly with murderous intent in his eyes.

Fu Xin quickly calmed down, thanked him with a smile, and asked the Tang envoy to go down and rest.

"General Black Tooth, you are tired too. Just rest in the camp."

When Heichi Changzhi left the king's tent, he found himself under house arrest.

The guards took him to a remote tent and guarded him outside, not allowing him to leave at will.

Early the next morning, someone came to convey Bok Shin's order, dismissing him from his position as General of the Auxiliary State and appointing him as the General of Gwangju County.

However, Gwangju was not even taken, so this was just a nominal position.

Heichi Changzhi felt sad in his heart, knowing that he was finished and that he might not be able to save his life.

Three days later, a commotion was heard outside the tent.

"Without the king's order, no one is allowed to take anyone away!"

"Asshole, this is the order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Even the King dares not disobey it. Who among you dares to stop it?"

The curtain was lifted and a woman strode in. It was Jin Yan.

"General Black Tooth, His Majesty has issued an order. Come with me to receive it!" she said hurriedly.

Heichi Changzhi was cheered up. He never expected that the person who came to rescue him was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!

Although he had never met the Tang emperor, he felt as if he had met a wise leader.

He followed Jin Yan and strode out of the tent, only to see two teams of soldiers confronting each other outside the tent.

Both teams of soldiers were wearing Tang Dynasty armor. One of them was Fu Xin's Guangming Army, and the other was the Tang Army.

The armor of the Tang army was all brand new, and the murderous aura of the soldiers was not comparable to that of Fu Xin's subordinates, who were just useless people.

The Army of Light did not dare to stop them at all.

The Tang army escorted Heichi Changzhi and Jin Yan all the way to the camp gate.

When they were fifty steps away from the camp gate, a group of people came from behind and surrounded them. The leader was Buyue Quan!
"Heichi Changzhi, do you want to betray Baekje and defect to the Tang Dynasty?" Buyeo Quan said sternly.

Jin Yan sneered, "General Buyeo, what do you mean by that? Is Baekje planning to break away from the Tang Dynasty and establish its own regime?"

Buyeo choked and shouted, "Even if the Tang Dynasty is the suzerain state, it has no right to come to my Baekje camp and take Baekje prisoners away!"

Heichi Changzhi said angrily: "Who do you say is the criminal?"

Buyeo Jeon said, "It's you! You've been colluding with Buyeo Yici for a long time, that's why we couldn't take Gwangju!"

When Heichi Changzhi saw Fuyu Quan, a surrendered slave, speaking nonsense, he was so angry that he couldn't speak and wished he could chop off his head with a knife.

A Tang general drew his sword and shouted sternly, "I am following the orders of General Jiang Ke to invite General Heichi Changzhi, General Fuyu Fuxin, and Princess Jinyan to my Tang army camp to receive my orders. Who dares to stop me?"

The Tang soldiers shouted in unison and drew their swords in unison, with astonishing power.

Seeing this situation, the surrounding Baekje troops retreated one after another with expressions of fear on their faces.

Jiang Ke led the Tang army to Guangzhou yesterday and set up camp near Fu Xin's tent.

Early this morning, he heard about Heichi Changzhi's experience and sent someone to invite Jin Yan, Heichi Changzhi and Buyeo Fuxin over, saying that he wanted to read out the new decree of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Because of the previous decree, Fu Xin was already dissatisfied with Li Zhi.

Moreover, Jiang Ke actually asked Jin Yan and Heichi Changzhi to go over.

He was afraid that the Tang Emperor would reward the two again, so he told the Tang people that the two were not in Guangzhou, and invited Jiang Ke to his tent to talk.

Without saying a word, Jiang Ke immediately sent a team of Tang troops to the Baekje camp, ready to take Jin Yan and Heichi Changzhi away directly.

The Baekje soldiers knew that the Tang army was an ally and were in awe of them, so they did not dare to stop them.

At this time, Fu Xin was standing in the corner of a tent in the distance, watching the situation change.

He was extremely dissatisfied with the Tang people's arrogance, so he did not show up.

When Buyeo Quan saw that he did not show up, he understood what he meant. He drew his sword and shouted, "Without the order of the King of Baekje, no one can take anyone away from the camp!"

The Baekje army also drew their swords, but their movements were scattered and chaotic, and they lacked the power and might of the Tang army.

As the two sides were facing each other, a scout came running from the camp gate and shouted to Fuyu Quan, "Zuo Ping, it's bad! The Tang army is coming towards us!"

Fu Yu was so shocked that he dropped the knife in his hand.

He dared to be so arrogant because he thought that the Tang Dynasty was their ally and needed them to deal with Goguryeo, so he dared to yell at the Tang army.

Who knew that Tangren had such a bad temper, starting to fight at the slightest disagreement, and not following any rules? How can we have fun like this?
Fuyu Fuxin could no longer hide and rushed over, shouting, "Our two countries are allies, don't damage the peace!"

Jin Yan snorted coldly, "Uncle Wang, are you finally willing to come out?"

Fuyu Fuxin gave her a hateful look, then bowed to the Tang general and said, "General, please take them away immediately. I will send someone to explain to General Jiang Ke later."

General Tang said no more and escorted the two men out of Fu Xin's military camp.

Looking up to the northwest, I saw that the Tang army was indeed approaching in a dark mass, like a black cloud, with a terrifying momentum.

The leader of the army was Jiang Ke. When he saw that Heichi Changzhi and Jin Yan were safe and sound, he immediately withdrew his troops back to the camp, invited the two into the tent, and read the imperial edict.

After hearing the emperor's latest decree, Heichi Changzhi was shocked and said, "This..."

Jiang Ke looked at him and said, "General Black Tooth, do you have any questions?"

Heichi Changzhi glanced at Jinyan, and after a long silence, he bowed and said, "I have no objection."

Jiang Ke said, "That's great. There should be quite a few of General Black Tooth's former subordinates in the Baekje army, right?"

Heichi Changzhi was very understanding and said, "I will send someone to contact them right away and ask them to abandon their evil ways and join the princess's army."

Jin Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, General Black Tooth, I will definitely treat them well."

On the other side, in Fu Xin's tent, he was about to send someone to inquire what the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had issued, but unexpectedly, the Tang people took the initiative to send someone over and tell him the content of the imperial edict.

After hearing this, Fu Xin couldn't believe his ears. "Say it again?"

Fuyu Quan said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty established the Xiongjin Military Governor's Office in Baekje and appointed that bitch Jin Yan as the military governor, but he made you and Heichi Changzhi the deputy military governors!"

Fu Xin cursed angrily, "Do they think that with just one decree, they can put that woman above me?"

Fu Yuquan said: "Your Majesty, the Tang people are too arrogant. We can refuse to recognize this decree!"

Fu Xin took a few deep breaths, slowly calmed himself down, and asked, "If I asked you to lead the troops to attack the Tang Dynasty camp, would you be confident?"

Fu Yuquan, who had been shouting incessantly just now, turned pale upon hearing this and shouted, "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive! There are 10,000 Tang troops there!"

Fu Xin angrily said, "We have over 50,000 men. If we fight five against one, can't we win?"

Fu Yuquan hurriedly said: "Even if we win, the Tang people still have reinforcements!"

Fu Xin snorted coldly, "As long as we can defeat the Tang army, we will definitely gain the trust of Goguryeo, and they will send troops to help us."

Fu Yuquan advised again: "But if we fight the Tang people, what if Yici suddenly launches a surprise attack?"

Fu Xin was stunned for a moment and fell silent.

Buyeo Jeon continued, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much about it. Everyone in Baekje knows that you are the King of Baekje and you don't care about the Tang people's enthronement."

Fu Xin forced a smile and said, "That's true. The Tang people think that by supporting a puppet, they can fight against me. It's simply wishful thinking!"

Buyeo Quan said: "The most important thing right now is to capture Gwangju as soon as possible, unify Baekje, and then slowly deal with Jinyan!"

Fu Xin said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that the Tang army will join us in the fight, and then they will take it first."

At this time, a soldier came to report that Jin Yan, in his capacity as the governor of Xiongjin, had delivered an order.

Fu Xin was very angry when he saw that she had gotten into the role so quickly and really regarded herself as a superior. He ordered the people sent by Jin Yan to be driven away.

Fu Yuquan advised, "Your Majesty, we cannot break off relations with the Tang people just yet. It would be better to listen to what Jin Yan has to say and then make a plan."

Fu Xin followed his advice and summoned the messenger sent by Jin Yan to ask for orders.

The messenger said, "The governor has ordered the deputy governor of Buyeo to send troops immediately to attack Gwangju!"

Fu Xin's eyes flashed and he winked at Fu Yuquan.

Fu Yuquan nodded and said to the envoy, "Please tell Governor Jinyan that my deputy governor has been informed."

The envoy bowed and left.

Fu Yuquan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that the Tang people do not want to attack Gwangju on their own. This is a good opportunity for us to seize the initiative."

Fu Xin said in a deep voice, "Zuo Ping, I will give you command of all the troops. You must capture Gwangju as soon as possible!"

Fu Yuquan said solemnly: "Yes!"

The next morning, Buyeo Jeon led the Baekje army and prepared to attack the north gate of Gwangju.

As a result, before they could take any action, someone came to report that several troops originally belonging to Heichi Changzhi had defected to the Tang army camp last night.

Buyeo Jeon was furious and immediately beat the drum to gather his generals and enforce military discipline. However, the Baekje army did not submit to him as a surrendered general.

A group of generals challenged him in public, which almost led to a mutiny!

After learning about this, Buyeo Boksin had no choice but to come in person to appease the enemy. He also told Buyeo Jeon that the priority was to capture Gwangju and not to enforce military discipline for the time being.

Fuyu Quan had no choice but to put the matter aside and led his men to attack the north gate of Gwangju.

However, the soldiers' morale was low and after fighting for a whole morning, they were unable to even reach the city wall.

His army was in chaos, and another group of people took advantage of the chaos to escape to the Tang army camp and defected to Heichi Changzhi.

At this time, Fu Xin finally realized that he had made a huge mistake.

The military command abilities of Fuyu Quan and Heichi Changzhi are worlds apart.

At this point, he had no way out and could only lead the army personally to attack Gwangju.

He obviously overestimated his military capabilities. After three days of attack, he still couldn't even climb the city wall.

Moreover, his soldiers kept fleeing and ran to the Tang army.

At this time, he received even worse news.

When the ministers of Sibi City heard about the enthronement of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, they all sent people to the Tang camp to express their loyalty to Jin Yan!

Fuxin was shocked. For a moment, he didn't know whether to return to Sabi City to stabilize the court or continue attacking Gwangju City.

Finally, after discussing with his generals, he decided to evacuate Gwangju, stabilize the rear first, and then discuss other matters.

On the third day after Fuxin led his army out of Gwangju, he received another piece of bad news.

The Tang army took only one day to capture Gwangju City and captured Buyeo Yici alive.

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"Did it really only take one day?" Li Zhi asked in surprise.

This is the Linhu Palace and the Water Viewing Platform. It is now March and the news of Baekje has been passed back to Chang'an.

Wang Jishan replied, "Yes, they attacked the city at chen in the morning and captured the north gate and the city wall at noon. Around shen in the afternoon, they captured Buyeo Yici alive, and the rest of the Baekje army surrendered."

After hearing this, Li Zhi said, "It seems that the military strength of the Baekje people is not as strong as that of the Japanese."

Wang Jishan said, "Your Majesty, I have heard from Jin Yan that the city was captured so smoothly not because the Baekje army was too weak, but because of General Jiang Ke's strategy."

Li Zhi asked, "What strategy?"

Wang Jishan said, "When Fuxin attacked the north gate of Gwangju, Heichi Changzhi asked for orders to attack the west gate, but was rejected by General Jiang."

Li Zhi said: "Oh?"

Wang Jishan said, "During Fuxin's assault on Gwangju, General Jiang Ke ordered the Tang army to remain stationary and even dressed them in Baekje uniforms."

Li Zhi's eyes flashed: "Go on."

Wang Jishan said, "After Fuxin withdrew, General Jiang Ke personally led the Tang army, disguised as Baekje troops, and stormed the city gates. The Baekje people in the city were caught off guard, and within an hour, our army had breached the city walls."

Li Zhi asked, "He wants Yici to think that the troops attacking the city are Fuxin's again?"

Wang Jishan said, "That's right. Our army's strength is vastly different from Bok-sin's. General Jiang pretended to be weak, misleading the Baekje and catching them off guard."

Simply put, Fu Xin's army was too weak, so Jiang Ke deliberately let him attack first while he himself kept his troops in place to paralyze the Baekje army in the city.

After Fuxin withdrew, he disguised himself as Fuxin's troops and attacked the city.

The defenders were accustomed to Fu Xin's low-intensity sieges and were naturally careless. As a result, they were suddenly confronted by the fierce Tang army and had no time to react before they were attacked on the city walls.

Jiang Ke's battle seemed easy, but in fact it was a psychological warfare.

Wang Jishan said, "Your Majesty, our army captured Gwangju in one day. Our army is now at its peak. All the commanderies from all over Baekje have pledged their allegiance to us. Should we now seize the opportunity and destroy Bok-sin?"

Li Zhi raised his hand and said, "No, tell Jiang Ke to retreat to Xiongjin Port. Jin Yan and Heichi Changzhi will stay in Guangzhou to accumulate strength and wait for orders."

"Yes." Wang Jishan whispered.

Li Zhi glanced at him and said, "You must be very confused."

Wang Jishan said, "Your Majesty must have a reason for making such an arrangement."

Li Zhi said slowly: "I made this arrangement because of the food supply in Yingzhou and Laizhou."

Wang Jishan was stunned and asked, "Is there not enough food and grass?"

Li Zhi said: "There have been too many wars in the past six months, and the food previously stored in the two states is almost gone."

"Furthermore, I have issued an edict to stop the transportation of grain and fodder during this year's spring plowing to avoid affecting the spring plowing."

Although Li Zhi abolished corvee labor, he retained military service, and the army had the right to summon the people to transport food and fodder for them.

In the past two years, a lot of manpower has been consumed in requisitioning food and fodder. Last year, a drought occurred, and the grain reserves in the national reserves have been greatly reduced.

Although we have received war compensation from Japan, grain production remains unchanged. We need to slow down and give the coastal people a break.

After hearing this, Wang Jishan bowed and said, "I understand. It's good to take a break for now. It's a good opportunity for Jin Yan to establish a foundation."

Li Zhi said, "Fu Xin is currently our appointed Vice Governor. We need a legitimate reason to launch our attack. Please plan this matter."

Wang Jishan bowed and said, "I obey your command."

(End of this chapter)