What is the next plan? Qin Huaiyu is not the only one who cares about this issue.
When Cheng Chumo and Li Ke heard Qin Huaiyu ask Zhao Chen about this thing, they also looked at Zhao Chen.
Although Huizhen has been caught by them now, and will soon be executed.
But this war is far from over.
The mission they received, or what they ultimately wanted to accomplish, was to capture Goguryeo and capture Yeongaesomun.
This is also related to the bet between Zhao Chen and the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Only after completing this ultimate goal can they return to Chang'an safely and without worries.
Seeing that the three of them were looking at him with piercing eyes, Zhao Chen also put down the chopsticks in his hands.
There was silence for a moment, and then he said: "Yeon Gaesumun should have received the news that Huizhen was captured by us in the past few days."
"Coupled with Hou Junji's defection again, Yeon Gaesumun should be particularly nervous this time."
"Based on what I know about him, he should send an envoy to Chang'an to question our intentions for this attack."
"Then the Manchu civil and military forces will put pressure on us."
"But this won't affect our next plan."
"Now that the battle has started, we and Goguryeo can only survive. As long as we don't get the emperor's order, then we can just do our own thing."
"Next, Yeon Gaesumun should personally lead the army to resist our army's attack."
"I'm afraid there will be a decisive battle outside the battlefield. After Huizhen is executed, Li Ke, please pass on my order and ask Su Dingfang to mobilize the army to come to assist."
"At the Ministry of War, I will also send people to ask for weapons and food, and the confrontation will probably last for a long time outside Shacheng."
Zhao Chen briefly explained the next plan to a few people.
No matter what the situation is now, at least you have to wait until the army supporting Su Wen arrives before you can make a proper response.
Of course, it would have saved a lot of trouble if Yeon Gaesomun had been hiding in the capital of Goguryeo.
However, Yeon Gaesumun was not a fool, and he would not choose to sit back and wait for death in the capital of Goguryeo.
Coming to Shacheng to confront Zhao Chen's army was a necessary decision made by Yeon Gaesumun.
"Doesn't that mean we won't be able to go back for a long time!" Li Ke seemed a little disappointed.
He had previously thought that Zhao Chen would directly lead an army to attack Goguryeo.
Taking the initiative to launch an attack will definitely take a lot less time than waiting here for the arrival of Yeon Gaesumun's army.
And if you have been marching and fighting, time will pass much faster than sitting here waiting.
"We will definitely not be able to go back for the time being. After taking Goguryeo, the northeastern part of the Tang Dynasty will be completely quiet. Then we can rest in Chang'an as long as we want." Zhao Chen and Li Ke said.
Zhao Chen himself misses his family in Chang'an, but the most important thing right now is to capture Goguryeo.
Everything else can only be put aside temporarily.
"Then I will kill Huizhen tomorrow, will you come over?" Qin Huaiyu and Zhao Chen asked.
"I won't go there. There are still some things to deal with in the Yamen. You should send more people to decorate the execution ground to prevent people from Yuan Gaisuwen from causing trouble during the execution." Zhao Chen shook his head.
There is nothing interesting about beheading Huizhen.
Moreover, he still needs to face Yeon Gaesumun's army to press the situation, and Zhao Chen himself still has many things to arrange.
For the time being, I can’t afford to look at those meaningless things.
Qin Huaiyu nodded, he knew that Zhao Chen did not have nothing to do. The entire Shacheng and the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had to worry about Zhao Chen himself.
"Okay, let's have one last drink and wish us success in advance." Zhao Chen raised his glass and said to everyone.
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It’s been the fifth day since the news of Hye Jin’s accident reached Yeon Gae So Moon.
Yeon Gaesumun looked at the information in his hand and felt dizzy for a while, almost falling to the ground.
Yeon Gaesumun never imagined that he would hand over 50,000 troops to Hye Jin.
In the end, less than 10,000 people came back.
Yuan Gaisuwen found it even more difficult to understand why Hou Junji betrayed him, and why he was not good to Hou Junji.
He actually wanted to surrender to Zhao Chen.
Even now, Yuengai Suwen still can't understand that Zhao Chen really let Hou Junji go.
Don't they have a life-and-death feud? Shouldn't Qin Huaiyu hate Hou Jun to the core?
But just like that, Zhao Chen actually let Hou Junji pass through Shacheng safely.
It's not like Yuan Gaisuwen never thought that this was a deal between Zhao Chen and Hou Junji.
But Yuan Gaisuwen couldn't convince himself how Zhao Chen could agree to Hou Junji.
"Commander, when we got the news, General Huizhen had been captured by the Tang army."
"They said they would behead General Hye-jin the next day. Now it has been three days, I'm afraid..." said the soldier who reported the news to Yeon Gaesoo-moon.
Now that so much time has passed, they just said they didn't want to, and Huizhen had already been executed by the Tang army.
He still couldn't figure out whether Huizhen's brain was missing something.
He gave him 50,000 soldiers and horses, but he was defeated by Zhao Chen time and time again.
Even if there was any conspiracy between Hou Junji and Zhao Chen, Huizhen was not aware of it at all.
Now that the situation is like this, he, Yeon Gaesumun, doesn’t even know what to say.
Considering that his own strength was insufficient and he would probably suffer heavy losses, even if Huizhen was not dead, he would never let him go if he returned to her.
"Go quickly and call all the ministers in the court to the palace to discuss the next matter. Anyone who dares not to come will be arrested and imprisoned directly." Yeon Gaesumun said to the soldiers at the door.
The soldiers responded and left.
An hour later, the capital of Goguryeo, the main hall.
All the officials from Goguryeo, big and small, came here. Looking at the empty hall in front of them, everyone was a little surprised.
But not everyone is kept in the dark.
Some people have heard about Huizhen's accident on the front line.
In addition, Yeon Gaesumun suddenly summoned everyone here this time, and many people also felt confident.
"Today's meeting is probably going to cause a big mess!" a Goguryeo official said.
"Why do you say that?" Someone next to you asked strangely.
"I heard some news about the front line this morning, saying that General Huizhen was captured by General Qin Huaiyu of the Tang Dynasty."
"The King of Han of the Tang Dynasty ordered preparations to be executed for Huizhen. It has been several days since today. General Huizhen should be dead!" the Goguryeo official explained slowly.
When the others heard what he said, their expressions immediately changed.
Huizhen led 50,000 Goguryeo troops and horses. How long had it passed? Why was he himself captured by the Tang army?
How is this possible?
Although the Goguryeo officials did not believe it, many of them thought that they were suddenly summoned here by people sent by Yeon Gaesumun.
I already understand it in my heart.
Thinking that Huizhen's 50,000-strong army was wiped out in less than a month, and even Huizhen was captured and executed by the Tang army.