Speaking of which, fighting is really not difficult.
Once you gain an advantage and still have a certain amount of strength, you can do it all at once.
After Li Chengqian and Li Ke gained an advantage, other armies of the Tang Dynasty also began to counterattack.
For a time, the Japanese army's front was continuously compressed.
From the beginning, it occupied one-third of Henan Road, and later it only occupied the two cities around Laizhou, Laidong and Laixi.
Nowadays, all the Japanese troops who have landed are basically gathered in these two cities.
Judging from the current power of the Tang Dynasty, it is only a matter of time to capture them.
If nothing else, let's just say that as the war progressed, the size of Li Chengqian's musketeers became larger and larger.
From 3,000 men and 3,000 rifles at the beginning, to 8,000 men and 8,000 rifles today, this is already a very terrifying number.
What's more, in addition, Li Chengqian's side also has countless skyfire thunders and cannonballs.
In this case, who else in the world can resist them?
Although the Japanese army also had firearms, they were just the most primitive firecrackers.
The range of the cannon was only two-thirds of the range of Datang's artillery fire.
With such a huge gap, how could they have a chance to make a comeback?
Next, Li Chengqian fought continuously all the way, and within ten days he pulled out all the checkpoints placed by the Japanese army around the two cities of Raidong and Raisi.
At this point, the Japanese army was completely in decline.
…
July of the eleventh year of Zhenguan.
It should be the time when farming is busy in the north and the scenery in the south is pleasant.
But because of this war, the atmosphere among the people of the entire Tang Dynasty became very depressed.
Of course, compared to the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese state had more internal affairs.
The Japanese country itself is a relatively complex country, and its internal power complexity is comparable to nomadic countries such as Xueyantuo and Western Turks.
If you pick up a general or a lieutenant at random, he might be a prince.
If you wander around casually, you might enter someone else's territory. Even the people who are calling the shots in the country are not the Japanese monarchs, let alone Japanese people.
Above the imperial court of Japan.
They saw Nakamura Tenji, the only eleven-year-old Japanese emperor, kneeling on the throne.
Although this guy is the emperor, he doesn't look like an emperor at all. His whole body and face are full of promise.
He even looked at the person in front of him with a bit of fear in his eyes.
At this moment, someone was speaking in the audience.
The man looked straight at Nakamura Tenzhi and said, "Your Majesty, now our army has been defeated in the Tang Dynasty and has lost countless soldiers."
"At this moment, it is no longer appropriate to continue waging war."
"I suggest that we withdraw the troops that have invaded the Tang Dynasty."
Nakamura Tenchi was about to speak, but suddenly stopped.
Then, he looked up at the man sitting directly in front of him and said, "Father, what do you think?"
"I don't think it's appropriate!"
The man said directly: "The war has already started, how can we just stop it?"
"Besides, we have been preparing for so many years, aren't we just going to counterattack the Tang Dynasty?"
"Suffering the slightest setback now is like giving up. Is the slogan that the king originally shouted in vain?"
The man stood up straight, turned to look at Nakamura Tenchi, and said, "I think that although Datang has blocked our offensive now."
"It has even started to launch a counterattack against our army."
"But this does not mean that we have failed, nor does it mean that we have fallen into decline."
"On the contrary, I also think that the Tang Dynasty is at the end of its war."
"Although they can win the war with us, the casualties they pay are also huge."
"Due to the double destruction of our muskets and artillery, nearly 70,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have died in our hands."
"In that case, what about this battle?
Can’t go on?”
After saying that, the man took two steps closer to Nakamura Tenchi and said, "What do you think? Your Majesty?"
"Well……"
"Since Yafu said this battle can be fought, then let's continue fighting."
At the end of the sentence, Nakamura Tenchi's voice was almost lost.
Obviously, he was extremely afraid of the person in front of him.
But for a monarch to be afraid of his own ministers is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.
Who would have thought that the emperor of Japan could be so virtuous?
But if Li Chengqian were to come over and see the man who made the decision in the Japanese country, he would definitely be shocked.
Because this person was none other than Gao Jianwu, who he had previously beaten away from Goguryeo.
Not only is this guy not dead, but he has already gained real power in the Japanese country, and even the emperor of the Japanese country has become a plaything in his hands.
At this time, the persuasive man continued to speak: "Your Majesty, this battle cannot be fought."
"Although the casualties on the Tang Dynasty's side were quite large, there were also many casualties on our side."
"Of the 150,000 soldiers sent out, less than 80,000 remain, and a full 70,000 died on the battlefield."
"This is a one-for-one battle and cannot be fought again."
"After all, how small is the total population of our country, Yamato? How can it be compared with the Tang Dynasty, which has a vast territory and abundant resources?"
After hearing this, he didn't wait for Nakamura Tenchi to speak.
Gao Jianwu on the side stepped forward and said, "Do you have the final say whether we can fight or not, or does the king have the final say?"
"Of course it is the king who has the final say."
The minister said directly.
"That being the case, the king just said that he wanted to fight, didn't you hear?"
Gao Jianwu narrowed his eyes and looked at each other.
"Of course I heard it."
"But you forced the king to say that, do you think I don't know?"
The minister immediately became angry and said to Gao Jianwu: "This is the Kingdom of Yamato, not your Goguryeo!" "Now that your Goguryeo has been destroyed, do you still plan to let Yamato follow the old path of your Goguryeo?"
"A conscientious person in Yamato will never allow you to do this..."
Hearing this, Gao Jianwu looked straight at the minister in front of him and said, "Are you talking to me?"
"if not?"
"Gao Jianwu, you dominate Chao Gang and poison Yamato."
"Others don't dare to scold you, but I dare!"
The minister simply threw the hat on his head to the ground, stood up straight, glared at Gao Jianwu and said: "You are a man who has subjugated his country. The late king took you in because of your pity."
"But how did you repay him?"
"Forced the late king to death and massacred the Soga clan, causing three years of turmoil in Yamato."
"Do you know how many innocent people died in the war?"
"Now, you are using force against the Tang Dynasty again, and you continue to fight even though you know you are losing."
"Are you willing to destroy the entire Yamato Kingdom?"
After hearing these words, Gao Jianwu smiled instead of being angry.
He even had no intention of continuing to talk to the minister.
He waved his hand to the outside and said: "Come here, pull this man down and quarter him into pieces!"
His voice was extremely calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
But the minister showed no intention of giving in.
He continued to roar at Gao Jianwu: "Gao Jianwu, sooner or later you will die by your own hands. I curse you, and you will never have a good death in your life."
"Pull it down, pull it down."
Gao Jianwu waved his hands randomly.
Just when the two guards were about to pull the minister down, Gao Jianwu suddenly said: "Remember to cut out his tongue before execution."
"yes……"
The two of them left after that.
Immediately afterwards, Gao Jianwu waved to Gao Jiancheng, who was kneeling in the hall, and said: "Jianjiancheng, call a few people to deal with his family..."