Tang Dynasty: Taking the Empress Dowager to a brothel, Father Emperor, what a coincidence!

"Your Highness."

Li Jing walked to the map and pointed to the outer edge of Falling Eagle Mountain.

"Since the Silla people dared to besiege Zhijie, they must be wary of us coming to his rescue. They are using Zhijie as bait."

In my opinion, the most urgent task is to relieve the siege; we must not send the entire army into battle.

Five thousand elite cavalry can be mobilized, each with two horses, to march day and night. With the fighting strength of our Great Tang cavalry, it will not be difficult to tear a gap and rescue Zhijie while they are off guard. After the rescue, we must immediately cover the retreat and absolutely not get bogged down in the enemy's melee.

Li Jing's tactics were very sound; they were the best strategies he had summarized from a lifetime of battles.

Li Chengqian shook his head.

"Of course we must save them. But how can a mere five thousand people demonstrate the fury of our Great Tang?"

The barbarians of Silla are but a tiny, insignificant country, yet they dare to besiege my great general and kill my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian drew the horizontal sword from the table and thrust the blade directly into Jin Cheng.

"This is a declaration of war against the Tang Dynasty."

"Send word to my general! Fifty thousand troops, march forth!"

Everyone in the hall was somewhat shocked.

Fifty thousand troops?

My God, are you going to save people or destroy a country?

Li Jing hurriedly advised:

"Your Highness, please reconsider."

With 50,000 troops deployed, Pyongyang's defenses will surely be weak.

If the remnants of Goguryeo were to seize the opportunity to cause trouble, or if Baekje were to launch a surprise attack from behind, our army would be attacked from both sides, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Moreover, transporting supplies for a 50,000-strong army on a long march was an enormous challenge.

Since Silla has come prepared, they will surely fortify their defenses and scorched earth along the way. If we are tied down, our army will be in danger of running out of food in less than half a month.

This is a cardinal sin in military strategy.

Li Chengqian sneered:

"Who said we're going to fight a protracted war? We want a quick victory."

Li Chengqian looked at Li Jing.

"Didn't the Silla people want to play the siege and attack reinforcements strategy?"

They thought the Tang Dynasty was in a hurry to return to Chang'an and would at most send a few thousand men to rescue Duke Lu. They wanted to wipe out our reinforcements at Luoying Mountain so they could boast to the world that they had defeated the Tang Dynasty.

Then I'll surround them again. Let them learn their lesson.

Li Chengqian pointed to the terrain surrounding Luoying Mountain.

"They've committed all 50,000 to 60,000 of their main forces here. How many people are left in Jincheng? They're all old, weak, sick, and disabled."

With 50,000 troops, there's no need for any battle formations; just sweep through. Bomb any cities you encounter, and loot any granaries you find.

No provisions? Then take them from the Silla treasury. Take them from the granaries of the Silla nobles.

They used war to sustain war, and fought their way to Geumseong, where they twisted off the head of the Silla king and used it as a chamber pot.

"I'd like to see whether their city walls are harder, or the swords of the Tang Dynasty are harder."

The military officers inside the hall listened with great enthusiasm.

Fang Yi'ai thumped his chest and roared:

"Your Highness is right. Damn it."

"If those Silla dogs dare to touch Uncle Cheng, we'll dig up their ancestral graves. We'll put their Nationalist soldiers in dog cages."

After hearing Li Chengqian's plan, Cheng Chumo was completely dumbfounded.

To save his father, the crown prince actually launched a war to destroy the country.

What a blessing this is!

"Your Highness's kindness and virtue are beyond repayment, even if our Cheng family were to be shattered to pieces."

"I'll go be the vanguard right now. I'll lead the King of Silla back to Chang'an to guard the gates for Your Highness."

Cheng Chumo was so moved that he cried his eyes out, wiping all of it on Li Chengqian's trouser leg.

Li Chengqian kicked him away in disgust.

"Get out of here."

Stop wailing like that. Once your father is rescued, I will punish you and your father for your unauthorized actions.

Li Chengqian pointed to the door.

"A batch of newly improved extra-large palm-sized grenades has just been sent from Chang'an City. They've all been modified, and their power is more than twice that of the ones used to bomb Xuantu City."

You take some people to collect fifty pills.

"Once we reach Eagle Fall Mountain, set off the bombs. If that still doesn't save your father, you might as well slit your own throat and atone for your sins."

Cheng Chumo hurriedly said:

"Yes! I'm going right now. This time I'll definitely fry those Silla bastards into mincemeat."

Cheng Chumo got up and rushed out.

When Changsun Chong heard that Li Chengqian had actually asked Cheng Chumo to retrieve the palm thunder, he immediately became anxious.

"Your Highness! The artillery battalion is already starving and thirsty."

"The brothers weren't quite satisfied with bombing Pyongyang last time. This time, when we go to Silla, I guarantee we'll reduce their city walls to dust and raze their palace to the ground, without causing any trouble for the other brothers."

Fang Yi'ai also roared:

"The raiding squad requests to go into battle."

Although Silla is poor, every little bit helps. I guarantee I'll scrape Geumseong clean, leaving not a single paving stone, and even extract two ounces of sesame oil from the rat holes in their palace.

Looking at these boastful second-generation rich kids, Li Chengqian nodded in satisfaction.

This time, we've finally managed to train all these second-generation rich kids.

He looked at Changsun Chong and gave the instructions:

"Pass down the order: reduce all logistical supplies by half. Nothing that slows down the march is allowed."

Each soldier in the entire army was only given ten days' worth of rations.

"Go lightly equipped and advance at full speed. I will show the Silla people what a blitzkrieg is."

Li Jing felt a chill run down his spine when he heard Li Chengqian's arrangement.

This is a do-or-die situation.

If they cannot break through Silla's defenses within ten days, their 50,000-strong army will go hungry.

But seeing Li Chengqian's serious expression, Li Jing didn't say anything.

He was already prepared to take the fall for Li Chengqian.

At most, he would lead his troops to rescue 50,000 troops when they were stuck in the mud.

Wei Zheng then looked at Li Chengqian and exclaimed in admiration:

"Your Highness's actions are precisely the way of a king who educates all directions."

As Confucius said in the Analects, "Since you are here, make the best of it."

The Silla barbarians are ungrateful; we should use swift and decisive measures to defeat them, and then bury them properly, so they can fully experience the benevolence and righteousness of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jing, listening from the side, rolled his eyes.

This Wei troll has been brainwashed too much.

Li Chengqian looked towards Chang'an, his heart filled with joy.

Oh, my father.

Even if you were to issue me twelve imperial edicts now, I wouldn't take them back.

When a general is in the field, he may disobey some of the emperor's orders.

For the sake of the might of the Tang Dynasty, and for the sake of the life of the Duke of Tang.

I have no choice but to continue fighting on this peninsula with great difficulty.

Once I have pacified Silla and Baekje, I will incorporate the entire peninsula into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

I'd like to see how you, old man, manage to control me.

"The entire army is on high alert."

"Break camp at dawn tomorrow!"