Chapter 5 Severe
The public hall has spacious space and was changed from the original city lord's mansion.
Needless to say, the carved railings and painted buildings are exquisite.
On the back wall of the city lord's mansion, there are several Buddha statues carved against the wall, with incense burners below. When the incense is lit, the fragrance is wafting, like a dream.
Liu Renyuan naturally doesn’t understand those styles.
However, Wang Wendu liked this place very much during his lifetime, and said that Baekje is quite elegant and so on.
Unexpectedly, he died in office.
Su Dawei clasped his fists to Liu Renyuan and said, "I hope to hear the details."
"The coroner investigated, but the cause of death was not found. It was not poisoning, nor was there internal and external injuries."
"There shouldn't be an autopsy?"
“…”
Liu Renyuan looked at Su Dawei without saying a word.
The air suddenly became quiet.
Su Dawei immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing. Wang Wendu was the first general governor of Xiong Jin and a senior official in the court. Any coroner dared to have a corpse cut off his body.
He coughed twice awkwardly: "Since that's the case, he can only die suddenly."
The meaning of sudden death is that the cause of death cannot be found and abnormal death is not normal.
God knows whether he died of a sudden cardiovascular disease or was tampered with by someone.
This matter can only be doubted.
Liu Renyuan thought for a while and said, "I heard that Su Duwei had been a bad commander in Chang'an before, and seemed to be skilled in the name of punishment. Can you ask you to find out the cause of the death of the King of Governor?"
"It's time to check."
Su Dawei hesitated for a moment and said carefully: "No matter what, I think there is something more important to do now."
"What?"
"Xiong Governor's Office must change places."
When he said this, Liu Renyuan frowned and his eyes flashed fiercely: "What does Su Duwei's meaning mean?"
He originally looked at Su Dingfang's face and wanted Su Dawei to investigate the cause of Wang Wendu's death and give an explanation to the court.
The most important thing is not to let the court have any misunderstandings, thinking that they have any inappropriate thoughts about the position of governor Xiongjin.
At this time, Su Dawei actually proposed to move the Governor's Office. Wouldn't he put himself on a fire rack and roast it?
The vigilance in my heart suddenly aroused, and I doubted Su Dawei's intentions.
It's right that he is a straightforward warrior, but it doesn't mean he is not scheming.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to reach its current position.
"General Zuo Xiaoweilang listens to me and say in detail."
Su Dawei said carefully: "No matter why the Governor died, it doesn't matter now. What's important is that the Governor's sudden death cannot be hidden. It won't take long to know the news in Baekje. Those who hide in the dark and have ulterior motives will naturally seize this opportunity and take the opportunity to cause trouble."
"You mean, they want to get back..."
The last word was not said, but both of them knew what it meant.
Su Dawei nodded: "This is a inevitable thing. Your Majesty is thousands of miles away, so it is naturally impossible to know the situation here. General Manager Su left in a hurry and would not have expected that the current situation was so difficult. But you and I are guarding here, and we must not not avoid the crisis and prevent problems before it happens."
"Okay, even if what you said makes sense, I have already sent orders from all over the country to make them more vigilant. Why do you want to relocate the Governor's Office?"
Liu Renyuan seemed to be about to be convinced.
But it just seems.
If there is no reasonable reason, he will classify Su Dawei as a dangerous political enemy and will definitely be more prepared in the future.
Su Dawei took a deep breath: "General Zuo Xiaowei Lang, I wonder how many soldiers and horses are there in my Tang Dynasty now?"
"More than 10,000 people, plus seven thousand Silla people, there are only more than 20,000 people."
"Yes, there are ten thousand of them, here, in Xiongjin City, some of the remaining ones are scattered troops guarding various places, and the Silla people. Let's not talk about anything else, just argue about the military. General Zuo Xiaoweilang thought that with more than 20,000 people, could he defend Baekje?"
Liu Renyuan was silent immediately.
No matter how confident he has, he dare not say that with such a few people, he can defend these millions of people from Biaoji.
"In addition to the Tang army, there are also Silla people. We can recruit more Silla people's troops."
"That would be even more dangerous."
Su Dawei sneered: "We have too few troops and have to rely on the power of the Silla people. But we are a guest army and we want to make the decision in Baekje. Can the Silla people agree?"
"You mean?"
"If the Silla people are not as strong as us, it will be impossible to subdue Baekje.
If their strength is stronger than us, wouldn’t it be too much for the host?”
"This..." Liu Renyuan touched the black bearded man on his chin and pondered without saying a word.
He was not naive, he just wished that things would move in the beautiful direction he hoped.
But after Su Dawei reminded him, he also realized the danger.
Is it a famous general to place all hopes on the enemy and guests?
"What you said is reasonable, and I am convinced. So why is it for moving the governor's office?"
"As far as I know, the officials in Baekje City have basically not moved, and they still use their original personnel to manage. Our manpower is seriously insufficient. Except for ten thousand people guarding Xiongjin, the rest of the troops are scattered everywhere, and the troops are dispersed. This is very dangerous.
Originally, His Majesty's order was to establish the Five Governor's Office, but now it has only established the Xiongjin Governor's Office. Moreover, the Governor Wang died suddenly on duty shortly after he arrived. He didn't know when the reinforcements from his troops would come to Baekje to take turns.
In this situation, there will be no shortage of war fires everywhere in Baekje, and there will be no shortage of troops to restore the throne.
The only thing that we blamed us for fighting too quickly and getting too easy, and the large number of enemies and ambitioners in the dark were not eliminated.
They have enough strength to hang up with us.”
After a pause, after Liu Renyuan digested the content, Su Dawei continued: "For the sake of this, we should not attempt to conquer the entire Baekje area, but should reduce our troops and use the original Baekje capital Siri as a base.
The Siqi River channel is convenient and convenient for our army to replenish supplies.
If so, we can also return to the sea..."
This is quite explicit.
This shows that Su Dawei is very optimistic about the next situation.
Liu Renyuan wanted to be angry and scolded, and looked up at Su Dawei, looking at the young Tang Dynasty captain with a serious face, his eyes were clean and pure, without any impurities.
He was slightly stunned, and his anger was slightly reduced.
After thinking about it carefully, I have to admit that what Su Dawei said makes sense.
"It is necessary to shrink troops and move to Siqian... Well, the other four governors' offices have not been built yet. Our team must not be in trouble. It is a good idea to stay in the old capital of Baekje to control the entire territory."
He stroked his black beard and paced back and forth a few steps.
"Do you think the Silla people really have a second heart?"
Liu Renyuan is still unwilling to believe it.
If the Silla people were as Su Dawei said, then the Tang army, which was less than 10,000 or 20,000 left in Baekje, would become an isolated army.
Being in an enemy country, even logistics food and grass need funding for Silla people.
Officials from all over Baekje still disobeyed the Tang Dynasty.
There are connections everywhere, and undercurrents are surging.
How can this situation not make people feel cold?
"Zuo Xiaowei Lang, I heard a message."
"What?"
"Previously, the Silla people, led by Kim Yu-shin, said they wanted to comfort our army and pay homage to the Governor, and raised a heavy gift to give it to the Governor. As a result, the Governor died suddenly on his post on the day of the gift. You said, among them..."
"What?!"
Liu Renyuan was excited and tore off a few of his thick black beards.
However, he didn't care about the pain and quickly asked: "What you said is true?"
This is the approximate distribution of power in the Xiongjin Governor's Office.
Previously, Su Dingfang, the chief manager of Shenqiu Dao, was in charge of Siqiu, remotely controlled all directions, and captured the military and political forces.
Su Dingfang had a large number of excellent generals under his command, which had no pressure on Baekje to implement military control.
In terms of intelligence, Su Dawei's Ducha Temple was provided for support.
So you can be clear about your eyes and face and do things very easily.
Liu Renyuan used to be the Shui Army, but now he is the military affairs of the Xiongjin Governor's Office.
After Su Dingfang left, Wang Wendu came over to serve as the governor of Xiongjin, which was to take charge of civil affairs.
This coordinated military and political aspects can ensure that the complete organization implements effective management of Baekje.
Therefore, Liu Renyuan, who mainly focused on military affairs, did not know the specific details of what happened in some cities.
He knew that the Silla people were going to work hard, but no one told him that the Silla people had contacted Wang Wendu and had prepared great gifts.
Wang Wendu died suddenly after accepting the gift from the Silla people. He was terrified to think about this matter carefully.
By the way, although Wang Wendu is said to be a little narrow-minded, he is actually a capable official.
In addition to being the governor of the navy, Wang Wendu showed his strengths during the reign of Emperor Taizong and was praised by Emperor Taizong.
People at that time once commented that Wang Wendu had the talent of becoming a general and a prime minister.
Therefore, there is no problem with this arrangement to govern Baekje with Wang Wendu.
Unfortunately, even the Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty would not have thought that Wang Wendu would have such a short life and would have died suddenly when he came to Baekje.
Su Dawei watched Liu Renyuan wander around the public hall, watching him keep pulling his beard, and was really worried that he would pull his beard to baldness.
However, he soon thought that the Chief Executive was so anxious to lead his army back to the Tang Dynasty. Apart from food and grass, he was determined to return on his expedition and wanted to offer prisoners to His Majesty. Is there no other reason?
Could it be that I knew that Wang Wendu was coming that I was in a hurry to leave?
In the last battle against the Western Turks, Wang Wendu and Su Dingfang were both deputy general managers under Cheng Zhijie. One of them was the main attacker and the other was negative. Su Dingfang didn't like Wang Wendu very much.
Although he never mentioned it.
But Su Dawei knew that Su Dingfang, who was a soldier and acted decisively, looked down on Wang Wendu's political priority and cunning and profound manners.
Shaking my head, I can only have doubts about this matter, but I should solve the current situation first.
"Su Dawei, is this news true?" Liu Renyuan stopped spinning around, grabbed a big beard in his hand, and asked Su Dawei cautiously.
“It’s true.”
"The King Governor was the Silla people who took action?"
"Uh, this is not certain. General Zuo Xiaowei Lang, we have no evidence, we can only say that time is a coincidence."
Su Dawei focused on clinging to the word "coincidence".
"Yes, coincidence." Liu Renyuan's voice was nasal, and he nodded.
He specializes in military affairs, but he is not ignorant of political affairs.
In the current situation, even if Wang Wendu is really a move by the Silla people, he must not turn against the Silla people and can only pretend not to know.
Otherwise, the Tang army will face enemies from Silla and Baekje here.
By then, these more than 10,000 Tang troops would really not be able to return to the Tang Dynasty.
"Su Dawei, what you said is very reasonable, so as you said, move Xiongjin Governor's Office to Siqian as soon as possible and control all parties remotely."
"General Zuo Xiaowei Lang, have you no longer discuss this matter with Commander Xue Du?"
Xu Duwei, whose name is Xue Shaoyi.
Liu Renyuan has two Zhechong Mansion troops under his command, and one Zhechong Mansion has more than 4,000 people.
Su Dawei and Xue Shaoyi each led a Zhechong Mansion and became the commander of the Zhechong Mansion.
There are more than 3,000 people, whom Liu Renyuan is leading directly.
Chapter completed!