Chapter 298: Li Yin's Attack

What Li Shiji did not expect was that the Queen of Silla could not sit still that night and sent her trusted female official to the Andong Protectorate to discuss with Li Shiji about living in Chang'an.

No wonder he could become king. It turns out he doesn’t care much about worldly opinions.

Facts have proved that if one is too obsessed with being an idol, he may not necessarily be a good monarch.

Of course, Li Shimin is different. He does care about the image of Tian Khan and has an idol burden. But although he looks embarrassed when he tries his best to maintain the image of Tian Khan, he is really handsome when he shows his archery skills to his eldest brother.

The conditions offered by the Tang Dynasty court were really generous, and the Queen of Silla could not find any reason to refuse.

After all, houses in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty are so expensive nowadays. If she wants to buy a house with such a large area in Chang'an, she will have to spend at least half of her personal savings.

After receiving a reply from the Queen of Silla, Lee Se-jeok passed the message to Lee Xiang.

"It seems that the King of Silla is very aware of the current situation." Li Xiang put the letter on the table and said to Xu Jingzong and Di Renjie with a smile.

"Your Highness's offer is too generous. It is not difficult for the King of Silla to refuse. Moreover, there are only two people left in the Holy Bone lineage, the King of Silla and Princess Jeondeok, both of whom are women." Xu Jingzong said with a smile: "Instead of fighting with the Tang Dynasty to the death, it is better to take advantage of the generous conditions offered by the Tang Dynasty and sell the land of Silla for a good price."

"No, we're not selling it." Li Xiang said slowly, "We're letting the Tang Dynasty take care of it."

"Yes, look at my mouth." Xu Jingzong patted his cheek lightly.

Hearing this, Li Xiang almost laughed out loud.

Hey man, is your next sentence going to be “a cup to whet your appetite”?
"The work of the inspector is also worthy of praise." Li Xiang reiterated: "In the letter, Duke Ying stated that before the King of Silla sent his confidant to deliver the message, the inspector had already informed Duke Ying of the King of Silla's performance after returning."

"This is our duty and we do not deserve such praise from Your Highness," Xu Jingzong said modestly.

"Too much modesty is just arrogance." Li Xiang smiled and pointed at Xu Jingzong, then said: "You did a good job. The inspectors should be deployed to the right places, such as the heart of the enemy country, to obtain important intelligence and transmit it back to the Tang Dynasty so that the Tang Dynasty can anticipate the enemy first."

"However, I do have some opinions on the issue of intelligence transmission. You might as well listen to them and see if there is any room for improvement." Li Xiang said with a smile again.

"Your Highness, please speak." Xu Jingzong and Di Renjie said together.

Li Xiang did not rush to speak. Instead, he stood up, took out ten books from the bookshelf, and placed them in a row on the table. Then he said to the two of them, "Have you seen these ten books?"

"I see." The two replied.

"These ten books are marked with Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui respectively according to the order of the Heavenly Stems," Li Xiang said, pointing to the ten books and then opening the fourth one: "For example, if you write the letter Ding on the letter header, it means that the code book to be used is the book marked 'Ding'."

"Then, we can encrypt according to the pages, columns, and sequences of the book—"

Seeing that the two of them didn't quite understand, Li Xiang said to them, "I just had nothing to do, so I wrote a coded letter. You might as well try to decipher it."

After saying that, Li Xiang took out the letter he had written.

"Fifty-three, two, fourteen..."

Di Renjie began to turn the pages one by one with a serious expression. Five minutes later, he finally translated the sentence.

"Your Highness, the meaning of your letter is, 'Isn't it a pleasure to learn and practice it from time to time? Is it not a joy to have friends coming from afar? Is it not a gentleman to not be angry when people don't know him?' Is that right?" There was surprise in his tone.

Li Xiang smiled and nodded.

Xu Jingzong immediately understood the epoch-making significance of this encryption method. He immediately said, "If this is true, information transmission will become even more secretive. Even if other scoundrels intercept the information, it will be difficult to decipher it..."

"Yes, even if they get it, they will just see a bunch of meaningless numbers." Di Renjie said happily.

"Your Highness is truly a man of great talent!" Xu Jingzong said with conviction.

Li Xiang: …

Lao Xu, why are you scolding me?
Great talent, you mean I am also a great talent, right? I have never been given the title of King of Liang, the one who was King of Liang was my sixth uncle...

Thinking of his sixth uncle Li Yin, Li Xiang also missed him a little.

I don’t know what my sixth uncle is doing now, how he is doing while drifting on the sea, and whether he has reached Japan.

But at this speed, if he had returned from the sea, we should have received news two months ago. He must have arrived in Japan by now?
He was right in his guess. Li Yin had officially landed in Japan more than a month ago.

According to the sea chart left by Li Xiang, he felt that he should have arrived at the long, worm-like island in the middle.

Contrary to what he imagined, Li Yin had never seen the Japanese in Chang'an City.

According to his idea, the Japanese should be similar to the people of the grassland, strong and tall. Otherwise, how could they dare to send troops to help the rebels in Silla?

However, when he arrived in Japan, he found that his imagination was shattered.

Can these Japanese people in front of us be four feet tall?
Along the way, Li Xiang did not make things difficult for the Japanese civilians. As a good King of Shu in the new era, he only liked hunting, and he was not keen on harming the people.

In this respect, they are much better than the few humanoids in the Zhu family.

What's more, in Li Yin's opinion, these Japanese civilians... are almost like monkeys.

Would you embarrass a group of monkeys who kowtow to you and wear clothes? Obviously not, he is just looking for something new.

After walking in Japan for two days, Li Yin encountered the first city.

It was a coincidence that the place where he landed was not far from Fujiwara-kyo, the current capital of Japan.

The so-called Fujiwara-kyo was the capital of Japan during the Asuka period, during the reigns of Emperor Jitō, Emperor Mommu, and Emperor Genmei. It was the first large capital in Japanese history. The city is centered on the high palace and is surrounded by the Yamato Three Mountains in a triangular shape.

Fujiwara-kyo covers an area of ​​2.1 kilometers from east to west and 3.2 kilometers from north to south. Fujiwara Palace is located in the center, covering an area of ​​about 925 meters from east to west and about 907 meters from north to south.

There are twelve main roads running from north to south in the city, and the east and west are divided into the left and right capitals with the poorly imitated "Suzaku Road" as the center.

According to history, Fujiwara-kyo should have been completed several decades later, but due to the butterfly effect, when Prince Shotoku came to power, the capital was moved from Asuka Kiyomihara to Fujiwara-kyo, which was built in imitation of Chang'an.

Li Yin sat on his horse with his hands on the awning, looked around and asked with a smile: "Is this the city we saw on the first day of our journey in Japan? It doesn't look that great..."

"Who said it wasn't, my king?" The guards beside him echoed, "A city like this doesn't even look as big as my hometown county."

"I think it should not be a main city, but a county seat." Another guard also said.

"Let's go and take a look." Li Yin squeezed his legs on the horse and walked in front of Fujiwara-kyo.

In front of Fujiwara-kyo, a team of Japanese soldiers were patrolling, riding on beautiful Japanese ponies. They looked more like a circus troupe than patrolling soldiers.

When Li Yan saw them, he couldn't help but burst out laughing. The guards around him couldn't hold back either. The guard just pointed at the group of people and laughed, "Your Majesty, look at them, they look like monkeys riding dogs..."

Monkey riding a dog?

Hearing this extremely derogatory adjective, everyone laughed even more happily.

In fact, it is not an exaggeration. Even the "Japanese Warring States Lu Bu" who was praised to the sky by the Warring States fans in later generations, and Honda Tadakatsu who was called "the first general of the Warring States Period" and "the Devil's Heihachi" was only about 1.4 meters tall.

If Lu Bu knew that he had become an adjective and was attached to such a person, he would probably be so angry that he would come to life on the spot.

The patrol team also heard the laughter here. They walked forward angrily, but when they saw the burly Tang man in front of them, their momentum was already half lost.

They didn't know where the other party came from, but they felt that as the garrison commander of Fujiwara-kyo, they should have some spirit and not lose face.

Thinking of this, the leading captain stepped forward and angrily asked Li Yin and others where they came from.

Li Yin and the others couldn't understand anything about the gibberish, but they could see that the other party was very angry.

There was someone in the team who knew a little about Japanese, so Li Yin turned around and asked him, "Liu Zude, what did he say?"

"He is asking where we are from and how we dare to trespass into Fujiwara-kyo." Liu Zude replied quickly.

Fujiwara-kyo?
Although Li Yin was a scoundrel, he was smart enough and he quickly grasped the key points of the conversation.

With a Beijing character...

Could it be that this is the capital of Japan?
Thinking of this, Li Yan raised his head again and looked at the city in front of him, which seemed to be smaller than his mother's palace...

This... this shouldn't be the case? The capital?
Li Yin was a little skeptical. If this "Fujiwara-kyo" is the capital...it's so small; if it's not the capital, why does it have the word "King" in it?

Could it be that the customs of Japan are different from those of our Tang Dynasty?

"Ask him, is this the capital of Japan?" Li Yin asked Liu Zude to confirm again.

Liu Zude and the patrol team chattered for a while, then raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is indeed the capital of Japan, and its name is Fujiwara-kyo. It was just moved here this year."

"This year?" Li Yin was happy. No wonder the city wall gave him a new feeling. Then he said to Liu Zude, "Tell them that we are from the Tang Dynasty."

You also come from the Eastern Tang Dynasty, right?

Song Zude quickly translated Li Yin's words. After learning that the other party was from the Tang Dynasty, the patrol team immediately took up a fighting stance.

“￥%@#￥%@!”

The captain shouted something, and before Li Yin could figure out what he was saying, he saw the other party pointing their weapons at them.

The result is obvious. From height and weight to weapons and equipment, and training, these guards of the Prince of Shu's Palace completely crushed this patrol team.

The Japanese were like lambs facing a tiger in front of the Tang people. They had no ability to resist at all.

After the battle, Li Yin felt a little bored and shook off the blood on his knife. He turned around and asked Liu Zude, "Zude, what did they say just now? What about the sky, the black card, and the boarding?"

He had a good memory and even memorized all the pronunciations.

Liu Zude said with a complicated expression: "No, my king, it doesn't mean 'Hei Ka', it means 'Long live His Majesty Tian Huang'..."

"Oh, that's what happened." Li Yin looked up at Fujiwara Kyo who was so close, and laughed: "Come on, follow me into the city. I want to see who gave him the courage to call himself the emperor - is he worthy of being called the same as Fuxi?"

Since the troops from the country were transferred to Silla last month, the defense of Fujiwara-kyo was also stretched to its limits.

In fact, such a small city can't accommodate too many people.

Li Yin rode on his horse, charging ahead as if he was hunting, and led the cavalry behind him to rush into the city while the Japanese had no time to react.

By the time the Japanese reacted, it was too late. Li Yin had already led his men into the palace.

In the Japanese palace, Prince Naka no Oe was still discussing the next step of the advance with Soga no Iruka, but he did not expect that there was such a commotion outside.

He stood up and looked outside the hall with displeasure.

However, what he didn't expect was that a tall and strong figure rushed in. The man was riding a tall horse that he had never seen in his life. He was like a deserted person and no one could be his match.

Li Yin was really happy. Under the excellent matching mechanism of the Japanese region, he, a man over 1.70 meters tall, could also be called a fierce general.

What's more, he is not only tall, but also likes hunting. He has developed good strength early on, so it is not a problem for him to control these Japanese people.

"You... who are you?" Prince Nakadaxiong subconsciously spoke in Chinese.

Hearing that the other party could speak Chinese, Li Yin raised his eyebrows.

He really didn't expect that after staying in Japan for such a long time, there would be people who could speak Chinese?

"I am the King of Shu of the Tang Dynasty. Who are you?" Li Yin raised his head and said arrogantly.

Upon hearing that the other party was the Prince of Shu of the Tang Dynasty, Prince Zhongdaxiong swallowed his saliva.

He really didn't expect that the Heavenly Khan would send his own son to conquer Japan.

Since they have sent their sons, the main force of the Tang army must have landed in Japan.

Considering the current weakness of the country's defense, Prince Naka no Oe no longer had the will to resist.

"I am Prince Katsuragi of Japan." Prince Nakano Oe answered honestly.

Katsuragi is his real name.

The horse that Li Yin was riding was still hesitating left and right. He reached out to grab the reins and looked down at the prince Ge Cheng.

"Can you speak Chinese?"

"Yes, I can speak Chinese. This is the trend in Japan." Prince Naka no Oe lowered his head and replied, "Learning Chinese is a task that every member of the Japanese royal family has been taught since childhood."

Li Yin was quite satisfied when he heard this.

He turned around and asked Liu Zude, "Go, catch a tongue and ask if this guy is some kind of Katsuragi."

(It’s not the CPU, I said it wrong, it’s the memory and the motherboard. Now I can’t use 6400hz, I can only downclock to 5200, otherwise it won’t pass the inspection. I’m so annoyed with MSI! Stupid!!!)
(End of this chapter)