"This is an addition," Li Sihai spit out the dried pomegranate seeds, and said as if nothing happened, "It's just a test of the Koreans." He leaned over and whispered to Zhao Xingde and laughed, "It seems that the monarchs and ministers of the Goryeo Kingdom are indeed afraid that we will take advantage of the victory to attack. Captain Zhao, I made a proposal from Nikkei Slightly Goryeo the day before yesterday, you think about it again, these soft bones, maybe as long as Chen Bingcheng is down, he will bend his knees and beg to surrender. After saying that, he peeled a handful of pomegranate seeds and put them in his mouth.

Zhao Xingde frowned, ignored him and diverted the topic, and continued to ask: "What is Captain Li going to do with these fifty pairs of sect singers?" ”

Li Sihai spit out the pomegranate seeds. "What else can we do?" He peeled off a handful and handed it to Zhao Xingde, before he smiled, "The so-called 'eyebrows snatch the daylily color, and the red dress is jealous of the pomegranate flower." 'The singers of the Goryeo Sect are well-known all over the world, not only with a thin waist and long body, but also with white and greasy skin, and they have taught singing and dancing since childhood, and all of them are good at color and art. Mo said that in a border place like Liaodong, even a prosperous place like Jinling and Chang'an is worth a lot of money. Brother Zhao, last time I asked you if you had a roster of prostitutes, and you said no, now it's okay, fifty pairs of real Korean singers will give you a foundation first, and then add the newly registered prostitutes to it in the future. ”

"Brother Li is kind, and Zhao is grateful for his insensitivity. These fifty pairs of singers should be sent to your Yueyang Island. ”

"That's not going to work." Li Sihai shook his head and said, "Yueyang Island is a small place, and there are heavy military aircraft everywhere, and there is no place to place the music hall. ”

"Is it possible to come to the far city?" Zhao Xingde didn't have a good airway.

"Exactly, this far city is guarded at the mouth of the Yalu River, and there are many businessmen coming and going from the south to the north. The local industry is prosperous, if there is not even a Qinglou teaching workshop, it will be a joke. The brothers drift outside all year round, and there is also a place to vent their anger. I may warn you that this matter of love between men and women is not under the authority of the captain. Li Sihai laughed, his white teeth stained with red pomegranate juice.

"Forcing Liang to be a prostitute, please forgive Zhao for not being able to obey his fate." Thinking of the "prosperous and prostitute" scene in the future of his territory, Zhao Xingde's face fell.

"How could Brother Zhao think of forcing Liang to become a prostitute, and how could Li do this act of burning the piano and cooking the crane," Li Sihai sighed twice, "Brother Zhao is afraid that he rarely sets foot in the Qinglou, these singers are in the music hall, whether she sells her body or not, it is all out of her own will." If you can make a living by playing the piano and discussing poetry, pouring wine and laughing, dancing, and singing a little song, that is not bad, and if you have enough money to redeem yourself, you can redeem yourself yourself. Whether you can fold into a beauty or not, each depends on his ability, but he can't use it. All the rules are in accordance with the 'self-abiding city law', Brother Zhao, what do you think? He squinted at Zhao Xingde and said with a smile, "Brother Zhao is a righteous gentleman, but you can't let others follow the same path as you." Brother Zhao, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are observed, there will be no fugitives. Even if you can forcibly ban all the Qinglou Music Halls. is the so-called full of warmth and silver desire, holding back a bunch of hypocrites, full of benevolence and morality with you in front of people, and then specializing in stealing chickens and dogs. ”

No matter how sternly Zhao Xingde objected, Li Sihai could always speak up, and finally the two reached an agreement, the Shuizhai Wharf located on the bank of the Yalu River was temporarily under the jurisdiction of the fourth battalion of Chengying, and the Leguan prostitution building was built here, and other places were leased to businessmen to operate. The mountain fort, which was still a mile away from the wharf, was under the jurisdiction of the 8th Battalion of Chengying, and Zhao Xingde planned to build a strong military fortress here, and then install large-caliber artillery to block the Yalu River.

After the matter was discussed, Li Sihai joked: "In addition to singing and dancing to entertain people, these teachers and singers can't do anything about farming and weaving, if they are hungry and hungry, I'm afraid one or two steamed buns can have a body." It is not a violation of the rules of 'self-discipline'. Zhao Xingde's face was slightly cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Thank you Brother Li for reminding them, the eighth battalion gives them one liter of five he's rations every day, which can be regarded as the remuneration for performing singing and dancing on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month." Li Sihai smiled and sighed: "Since Brother Zhao is so merciful and cherishes the jade, Li has thanked Brother Zhao on behalf of these girls." His face suddenly became a little strange, "It's just that if it spreads and gossips, saying that Brother Zhao alone has raised fifty pairs of singers, I'm afraid that Brother Zhao's reputation will be damaged." ”

Zhao Xingde said coldly: "Those who are clean are self-purifying, and they don't bother Brother Li." After saying that, he picked up the teacup and sent it off.

Li Sihai smiled slightly, got up and said goodbye. He was sure that although he was called "voluntary", as soon as this case was opened, there would naturally be prostitutes who sold their bodies. What is even more satisfying to him is that the gentleman can deceive him, using this music hall Qinglou as an introduction, Chengying the fourth battalion grabbed food, and obtained the jurisdiction of the Shuizhai Wharf from the eighth battalion. However, Zhao Xingde was willing to have a tarnished reputation, and he also walked straight with his heart, which was beyond his expectations.

"It seems that Brother Zhao is a true gentleman." He smiled dumbly, and Shi Shiran left. "The two countries are fighting, isn't it you robbing me, I'll rob you. Money, money, food, women, land. Captain Zhao went to the bachelor's mansion to teach, this kind of heart, fighting in the army can be regarded as extremely interesting. ”

A shadow hung overhead, and Li Sihai raised his head, only to see a concave earthen wall towering. This earthen wall is one zhang high and one hundred and twenty zhang long, and half encloses the southeast corner of Kaizhou City. The earth mountain is about sixty steps away from the Kaizhou city wall, although the earth wall is not as strong as the city wall, and it is two feet shorter than the city wall. However, the archers of the Han army stood on the stairs behind the earthen wall and fired arrows, which not only made it difficult to be shot by arrows at the head of the city, but also relied on the advantage of numbers to return fire at the Khitan soldiers who fired arrows at the head of the city. The artillery of the Xia State camp was erected on the artillery fort in Lixu, which was far from the city, and it was clearly concentrated on bombarding the southeast corner of Kaizhou City. Since the siege of the city entered a stalemate, only in the southeast corner of the city of Kaizhou, more than 1,000 Khitan soldiers have been killed and wounded. The battlements and war sheds in the southeast corner of Kaizhou have long been destroyed by artillery. As long as the city is breached a little, it will shake the whole line. Therefore, although the Khitan defenders were distressed by the losses of their subordinates, they could not give up this southeast corner of the city, which was constantly devouring the lives of the defenders.

Although the Han army under the city of Kaizhou claimed to have 30,000 elite soldiers, the real veterans were only more than 4,000. As soon as the Han army began to use the method of ants to attack the city, there were heavy casualties, and the owners of the villages who cherished the soldiers began to blame each other. Since designing the Suzhou Guancheng for the Han army, Zhao Xingde has gradually become very interested in the way of building the city. Seeing that tens of thousands of Han troops had nothing to do outside the city of Kaizhou, he strongly suggested that the method of building fortifications should be used to reduce the casualties of the soldiers. As a punitive measure, the Han army camps that could not keep up with the progress requirements were formed into siege camps. This method could not be fairer, so the Han army, who was afraid of death, braved the scorching sun and began to race against time to build various civil fortifications outside the city.

Ding Zhuang, who did not have his turn to besiege the city, did his main military duties every day was to dig trenches and build chest walls. Nowadays, the plain outside the city of Kaizhou is not only dug into ravines, but also with various low walls and fortresses. The Han soldiers were still able to jump around in the middle of these boring fortifications they had built with their own hands, which was a nightmare for the Khitan cavalry, who were accustomed to galloping and rushing. Trenches crisscrossed the outside of the city, making it difficult for the Khitan cavalry to go out of the city to counterattack. The low breastwork conceals the Han soldiers who are walking on their waists in the trench, and with the cover of some dead branches and leaves, it is no longer clear that the Khitan at the head of the city can see the movements of the Han army outside the city. This concave earthen wall is the most labor-intensive, but it is also the most effective after it is completed. Guarding this corner of Kaizhou City, the Khitan soldiers could only hide in various temporarily reinforced battlements and city caves. Whenever the Han army beat drums to attack the city, they came out of the hideout. Every time the city was attacked, the Liao soldiers defending the city were killed and wounded by the artillery arrows of the besieging side. If it weren't for the unwillingness of the Han army to suffer too much damage to themselves, and Wang Heng's determination to attack the city was not resolute enough, I am afraid that this Kaizhou city would have been captured long ago.

Not far from Li Sihai, more than 1,000 Han soldiers were carrying a ladder and approaching the southeast corner of Kaizhou City. At first, the distance was far away, and the Khitan army at the head of the city didn't bother to take care of them. When the Han soldiers approached the city wall within 100 paces and prepared to set up a ladder to attack the city, the Khitan soldiers reluctantly leaned out from behind the battlements and shot arrows at the city, throwing things like sasswood, rolling stones, and gold juice. The number of Han troops besieging the city was not large, and they were greedy for life and afraid of death, so they slowly approached the city wall one by one, and threw the ladder without being hurt much, and scattered in a hurry. The officers in the back hurriedly beat the drums again, and sent their own troops to wave their swords and prevent them from retreating. These Han soldiers had to move again and step by step towards the city wall. However, even their inexorable siege action made even the Khitan soldiers who were tired of defending the city unable to remove the city wall, so they could only grit their teeth and stare behind the battlements of the city wall.

I only heard the sound of "boom-boom-boom-" several artillery sounds, which was the gunner centurion using a clairvoyant mirror to find that the Khitan soldiers had gathered to defend the city, and commanded the Xia army artillery group to concentrate on firing at the southeast corner of the city. At this time, the archers of the Han army on the top of the mountain also opened their bows and shot arrows, and the top archers in the 30,000 Han army were only more than 2,000 people, and Wang Hengzhi was reluctant to use them to attack the city. These archers were also extremely desperate for their lives, and every time they released an arrow, they had to carefully squat behind the earthen wall and observe for a long time, and when the Khitan arrows rained out, they suddenly leaned out and shot towards the city. Many archers lost their lives in such counter-fires. However, the construction of various fortifications outside the city of Kaiju almost never stopped, and the height of the earthen walls under the feet of the Han archers increased every day. Ding Zhuang took soil from outside the city and rammed mud bricks with a length of one foot, half a foot wide and a thickness of three inches, which were used to thicken the foundation of this earthen wall and pile up its height. As long as the Liao court has endured not to relieve the siege of the state, one day, the height of this earthen wall will exceed the city wall, the Han army will be condescending, and the Khitan soldiers on the city will have nowhere to hide.

"It's just a waste of money and labor, using such a stupid way to attack the city, is it smart or a fool." Li Sihai looked at the earthen wall that was becoming more and more grandiose and muttered thoughtfully.