Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 138

Yang Yanzhang seemed indifferent to Di Renjie's scolding. After all, he could be scolded by a famous person through the ages. Others who wanted to be scolded were not as lucky as him.

However, Yang Yanzhang was still very insistent on stabilizing the defense line of the Western Zhou Dynasty first. After all, he was also a person who had studied history.

Wu Zetian looked at Yang Yanzhang with obvious disappointment in his eyes: "Yang Aiqing, I know that you have made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty, but your military experience is still too shallow. This time, just listen to Di Aiqing. .”

What he said was obviously a satire on Yang Yanzhang for pretending to understand.

But Yang Yanzhang was not angry, but instead cupped his hands and said: "I obey your order, but Your Majesty, the Japanese pirates are cunning. If we send troops to Xizhou Mansion, the Japanese pirates are likely to set up an ambush in Xizhou Mansion. By then, the army will be deeply trapped in the enemy camp. The consequences will be It’s unimaginable.”

Di Renjie said: "Of course I know this, but it is precisely because of the cunning of the Japanese pirates that we have to let them know how powerful they are. If we don't teach them a lesson, such things will happen endlessly in the future."

Yang Yanzhang sighed and stopped admonishing.

Because he had already expected that if he was persuading, the emperor would probably suspect whether he had ulterior motives.

"In this case, Wei Chen is willing to lead his troops to guard Xizhou Mansion to prevent Japanese pirates." Yang Yanzhang said with clasped fists.

Wu Zetian nodded.

Di Renjie and Yang Yanzhang are irreplaceable important ministers to the Tang Dynasty, so she still appreciates Yang Yanzhang's willingness to guard Xizhou Mansion.

As for other civil and military officials, they all expressed their willingness to go to Xizhou Mansion.

It's not that they want to fight, it's just that once something like this happens, it must be dealt with.

Therefore, they are willing to go to Xizhou Prefecture to prevent Japanese pirates from taking the opportunity to cause chaos and cause innocent casualties.

"it is good!"

Wu Zetian nodded with satisfaction.

After the ministers exited the hall, Yang Yanzhang found Di Renjie and asked: "Prime Minister Di, the grievances between the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese pirates have been accumulated for many years. The hatred has long been overwhelming. This time the Japanese pirates captured the Kingdom of Chenla, it must be more than that, and it is even very possible. It’s a conspiracy against our Tang Dynasty, why don’t you remind the Queen Mother and tell Her Majesty to be careful?”

"Do you think His Majesty is a foolish king?" Di Renjie said lightly.

Yang Yanzhang was speechless. Of course he knew that what he just said went beyond the rules. Wu Zetian was not a mediocre monarch. On the contrary, she was very good at governing the country and was wiser than him.

What he said was completely teasing the Sacred Heart.

Di Renjie shook his head when he saw this and said: "You are wrong. Your Majesty will not make any fatal mistakes. On the contrary, every decision is wise."

"Since it was the Queen Mother who made the decision, there are reasons for it, so don't worry unfounded."

"As for His Majesty not allowing us to surround and kill the Japanese pirates, it is actually very simple. This plan itself was formulated to surround and kill the Japanese pirates, so we do not need to waste our troops to surround and kill the Japanese pirates."

Yang Yanzhang suddenly realized that no wonder Di Renjie was unwilling to send troops to stabilize the defense line of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

It has to be said that Datang moved very quickly. In just three days, it had deployed troops and horses for the expedition, ready to attack the Japanese pirates at any time.

Also during this period, the Japanese pirates' offensive intensified, capturing many cities in Zhenla, and began to attack the territory of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Constantly harassing people in major cities.

However, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty did not sit back and wait for death. Instead, it sent envoys to ask for help from the countries in East Asia.

A fierce naval battle began.

The Japanese pirates were very powerful, but the Eastern Zhou Dynasty had been preserving its vitality these days, so relying on its geographical advantage, it still managed to hold off the Japanese pirates.

The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce, and it was impossible to tell the winner for a while.

……"boom!"

Wu Zetian slapped the table hard and said angrily: "Damn Japanese pirates."

Di Renjie said: "Queen Mother, these Japanese pirates are too arrogant. They not only rob property, but also kill brutally. If the Japanese pirates are allowed to continue, I am afraid they will eventually threaten our Datang."

"I hope Liu Rengui can make a triumphant return."

The Tang Dynasty had already sent troops, and now that the situation was over, all Wu Zetian and the others could do was to place their hopes on Liu Rengui.

On the other side, Liu Rengui set off with 10 troops.

There was an endless line of carriages and horses behind them that were responsible for supplying these people.

For 10 horses, the number of supply drivers often reaches 30.

Coupled with some auxiliary troops, the number reached 50.

In this way, these 50 people, led by Liu Rengui, set off towards the Kingdom of Chenla in a mighty manner.

At this time, the Chenla Kingdom had been completely occupied by Japanese pirates.

Under the fierce attack of the Japanese pirates, the royal family of Chenla was slaughtered with almost no room for resistance, and the entire Chenla became a paradise for Japanese pirates.

At this time, the Kingdom of Chenla had become a paradise for Japanese pirates, and the base camp of Japanese pirates had also become one of the most important strongholds of Japanese pirates.

"Report! Report to your lord, the spies are here to report that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is only two days away from our Zhenla."

In a cave somewhere in the capital of the Kingdom of Chenla, the leader of the Japanese pirates, Matsudaira Yoshizhin, stood up immediately after receiving the news.

Matsudaira Yoshima, the leader of the Japanese pirates, was famous among the Japanese pirates. He once commanded an army of 20 Japanese pirates and traveled across Southeast Asia, bringing the Japanese pirates' strength to its peak and no one dared to offend him.

Later, he was defeated in a battle between Japanese pirates and the Tang Dynasty. He was forced to flee to Silla, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.

But Matsudaira Yizhen was not reconciled at all and always wanted to make a comeback.

However, although the Japanese pirates were brave and good at fighting, they were not arrogant enough to think that they could provoke the Tang Dynasty.

So he has been patient and waiting for the opportunity.

This time, the Japanese pirates suddenly attacked Chenla, which was also secretly directed by Matsudaira Yoshizane.

After he obtained Datang's strategic layout from Datang, he immediately started his own plan according to what he had planned before.

Now that Chenla had fallen, his plan had succeeded.

However, he did not dare to take it lightly, and immediately summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

These days, the Japanese pirates have captured a total of Chenla people, but these people are basically ordinary people, and the real noble families have not been arrested.

The captured Zila people were tortured by the Japanese pirates and told him about the situation of the Tang army.

So these Japanese pirates knew that their next opponent was the Tang Empire.

Matsudaira Yoshizhen thought for a long time and said: "Now the Japanese pirate army is already in Dongzhou Mansion, only three hundred miles away from us. And we don't have many soldiers and horses here. Once they come over, we can't stop them at all. So now we The only thing we can do is delay them as much as possible.”

"What should we do?" asked a warrior.

(End of this chapter)