In July of the third year of Guangqi (887), Li Yi returned to Chang'an.

When Zhu Mei returned to his nest and Li Changfu died, his return journey was very smooth.

This later Emperor Xizong was first fortunate to Xichuan, and then to Fengxiang; In this process, there is the figure of the great eunuch Tian Lingzi everywhere, which leads to a lot of dissatisfaction with Tian Lingzi in the world's feudal towns.

After returning to Chang'an, Tian Lingzi was belittled by Li Yi.

As for Li Yi himself, he was also dissatisfied with the old eunuch, and the other party disregarded his trust.

Although Li Yi is a generation of faint gentlemen and likes to play, he can only run away with the old eunuch Tian Lingzi, and he is not even satisfied with playing, so he is naturally unhappy.

Moreover, at this time, Tian Lingzi has lost the support of the secretary and supervisor, and the general trend has gone, and he will never be the same again.

After Tian Lingzi lost power, he was placed in a position that was neither salty nor light; Li Yi, who lost Tian Lingzi, appointed Zhang Jun as the secretary of the military department; Kong Wei is the salt and iron transshipment envoy of all roads; Du Rangneng was promoted to Xiangyang County Prince; Yang Fugong was promoted to the Duke of Wei, the Tenth Army Guanrong Envoy and so on.

At this point, the wandering emperor Li Yi, the later Emperor Xizong, finally stabilized; However, he, who has always been pampered, also fell ill in bed this year.

In the same month, Geng Yi, the general of Heshuo, went out of Gubeikou and took advantage of the Khitan wolf plague to attack Huangshui and Tuhe River valley in one fell swoop.

Zhu Li, the second general of Heshuo, rushed thousands of miles to help, teamed up with Geng Yi, fought even a success, and rushed directly into Shangjing.

It was a battle, the Diera Department was captured in Yue Yelu Shilu, Yelu was killed in the chaos of the army, and the Khitan Sixth Courtyard Department was the male Pu Gu, and fled to the Bohai Sea.

Just as Heshuo's "surprise attack" had achieved huge results, the group was about to return home, and the loyal general of Heshuo, Wu Mourning, who was originally sitting in Sanggan, led his troops to arrive.

He received a message from the ghost guard, and heard that someone was going to Shangjing and planned to deal with Zhu Li; Only then did he instruct Liu Zhijun to sit in the Bohai Sea, and he himself went to Beijing to help Zhu Li.

No, when he arrived, the battle on this side was over.

However, the Heshuo army's plan to loot and leave was undoubtedly rejected.

Under the convergence of the three armies, Wu Mourning sat in the center, Geng Yi, Zhu Ya, Yue Yun, Jing Ming, Wang Chong and others attacked one by one, and carried out a sneak attack and broke through the Khitan Palace troops on the expedition outside.

Under the successive battles, in October, the Khitans, who were dominant in the area of Huangshui and Tuhe, and had the potential to swallow northern Xinjiang and unify the grassland, plummeted in strength, and were completely expelled from the area of Muye Mountain by the Heshuo army.

The land in the Huangshui and Tuhe River basins was firmly in the hands of the Heshuo army.

In later generations, the territory belonging to the Chinese nation, the Northeast region, completely returned to the control of the Tang Dynasty; As long as the Bohai Sea is taken again, the northeast of the Tang Dynasty, which belongs to the Han people in later generations, will be fully recovered.

Shangjing, which originally belonged to Yelu Shilu, was all occupied by the Heshuo army; In a gorgeous tent in the middle, Zhu Li and others gathered together.

Zhu Li, who had long since recovered as before, sat at the top, Wu Mourning was at the top of the left, and Guo Qizuo, Guo Chongtao, and those who came from Shuozhou were listed on the left.

The position on the right, the first person in order, is Wei Chi Jin in silver armor, this lady is still dressed as a general, and after handling the internal affairs of Shuozhou, she rushed over non-stop.

Under Wei Chijian, Zhu Li, Geng Yi, Yi Jiangnan and others knelt in turn; As for Qian Muran, Wen Lan, Sunshine and others, they were standing behind Yu Chijin respectfully at this moment, and they looked like their parents were coming.

Apparently, the group was having a critical meeting.

After defeating the Khitans and occupying all the territories in the Huangshui and Tuhe River valleys, how to gain a foothold in this place is a crucial matter, and the meeting obviously discussed this issue.

"This place is empty for thousands of miles, full of weeds, if you want to defend this place, the best way is to build a city." Guo Chongtao looked around at the crowd and suggested to Zhu Li.

"Founding a city? Mr. Chongtao, do you know that it is so easy to build a majestic city? Wei Chijin glanced at Guo Chongtao, a little dissatisfied.

As the saying goes, if you don't know the price of firewood and rice, maybe Zhu Li doesn't know much about Heshuo's finances, but Wei Chijian, who has been dealing with Heshuo's government affairs during this time, is deeply touched.

Over the years, except for sending troops to Hedong once, Heshuo has actually been recuperating and earning, and financially, there is indeed a surplus; However, once a city is built in Shangjing, those surplus wealth will be wiped out in an instant.

Not only that, but it may not be enough; Building a city in Shangjing is by no means a small city, and the problem can be solved.

At least a large number of fortified cities need to be built, and the construction of cities is not achieved overnight; Once Guo Chongtao's proposal is adopted by Zhu Li, this is a hole that is not satisfied, and Wei Chijian, who is the master of the house, is of course unwilling to compromise easily.

"In the entire Central Plains, the erection of any heroic city is by no means an overnight achievement, it will take countless years of repair, reinforcement, widening, and countless baptisms of blood and fire before it can stand."

"Building a city, with our current strength, if we do it reluctantly, it will inevitably drag down the entire Heshuo." Wei Chi Jin argued with reason and was very serious.

Regarding Wei Chijian's worries, although Guo Chongtao understood, he still insisted: "What the lady said, we all understand; However, the Di people have the advantage of horses and strong bows, and if there is no strong city to rely on, it will be difficult for our army to hold here. ”

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The two said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, and for a while, it was difficult to hold each other.

Looking at this scene, Zhu Li suddenly turned his head to look at Guo Qizuo, frowned, and said, "Sir, what do you see?" ”

As soon as Zhu Li spoke, Guo Chongtao and Wei Chijin also stopped arguing and looked at Guo Qizuo together; When Guo Qizuo heard this, he was indifferent, and said: "General, now that General Gao Yuan has recovered Pingzhou, and the second general has also taken Yingzhou, as long as we rely on the strong city and stick to the territory, the people of Forgive Nadi will not be able to capture it." ”

"Why does the general have to occupy this barren land?"

Barren land, the Northeast of later generations, in the eyes of Guo Qizuo now, turned out to be a barren land; When Zhu Li thought about it, he smiled bitterly.

However, standing in the other party's position, Zhu Li can also understand why the other party said so; The beacon fire in the Tang Dynasty is continuous, and there is constant competition between the feudal towns and the heroes.

In this troubled era, instead of actively accumulating strength in order to go south to the Central Plains and compete with the deer, Zhu Li wanted to seize the place where the Khitan dwelled, which was definitely a matter of sacrificing the basics in the eyes of the people at the time.

Guo Qizuo's question is also inevitable.

Hearing Guo Qizuo's words, Zhu Li's expression was solemn, and he said righteously: "Let's not talk about the land of Shangjing, is it the barren land that Mr. said; This land alone was originally the territory of my Central Plains Dynasty, and I, Zhu Li, have the responsibility to include it in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Every inch of land, there will be blood, my descendants of Yan and Huang, do not seek to plunder everywhere, only seek the land left to us by our ancestors, and not lose an inch of land."

"'Those who offend me as a strong man, although they are far away, will be punished', this sentence is the mind and courage that my Han people should have; the northern pursuit of the Khitan is just to take back the land that the ancestors once occupied, is there a more important reason than this?"

"Those of us who are alive, since we are rampant in the world, we must not let our younger generations point to our backbone and say: When they were in power, that land was robbed by foreign races."

This sentence Zhu Li said very firmly and undoubtedly; Everyone in the position saw his determination to occupy this land.

"Okay, hahaha." Before Zhu Li's words fell, Wu Mourning, who was sitting at the top, praised loudly.

"I have backbone, at least I mourn, I didn't see the wrong person; You are my only disciple, and I hope that you are also my greatest pride in this life. ”

With the master's approval, Zhu Li saluted Wu Mourning with a serious face; Perhaps, in his heart, although he is not sure whether he can become the proudest disciple of the other party, he can at least guarantee that he will never let the other party lose face.

His remark, although a bit exaggerated and unrealistic.

In the words of later generations, this is the bookish anger, this is the arrogance of the indignant youth.

However, if the Chinese nation does not have those high-spirited scholars and those passionate and indignant youths, the whole nation will lose much of its generosity and tragedy.

The generals who spoke at the table were high-spirited and refreshed; Even Wen Lan and Sunshine, the two yellow-haired girls who had not grown up, looked excited, and tried hard to straighten their little breasts like a washboard, as if they had been greatly encouraged.

Guo Qizuo was silent about Zhu Li's response, but he was relieved from the bottom of his heart, because he is also Han and he also has great patriotic sentiments.

But Guo Chongtao looked longing, as if he was proud of himself to serve under such a virtuous general.

Even Qian Muran, Qing Zhen and others, who had the blood of foreign races flowing on their bodies, listened to Zhu Li's words, and they also looked at each other with a green look in their eyes, as for what they were thinking in their hearts, it was not enough to be an outsider.

"The general said well, as a Han Chinese, don't leave regrets when you live; It can't bring humiliation to the younger generations. Regarding Zhu Li's reply, which is not the answer, Guo Qizuo can be regarded as approving it; This is not a reason for the reason that conquered him.

Although Guo Qizuo is an ancient, compared with many people in later generations, his love for the nation is definitely much higher.

In later generations, many people died, and they were scolded as traitors and traitors, leaving a stench for thousands of years; Isn't the culture of the nation and the loveliness of the nation worthy of being loved and supported by anyone who has the blood of the nation in their bodies?

We are a member of the Chinese nation, we also have our own character and integrity, and we also have our own pride, why should we be traitors and lackeys?

We don't need to worship foreign countries, as long as we straighten our backbones and work hard to strengthen our nation, the heavenly kingdom will always be the heavenly kingdom.

Throughout China, up and down for 5,000 years, what happened to those traitors, and what happened to those traitors?

If a good person doesn't do it, he wants to be a dog for others and add someone's ass, not only will he not die a good death, but his children and grandchildren will be scolded by others.

Of course, these are not the most important, the most important thing is that such a person has lost his qualification as a son and daughter of China, and a person like shit is naturally not worthy of respect from others.

As a member of Huaxia, you must straighten your waist and do your duty in a dignified manner; Men, do your best to fight for your family and country; Daughters, too, should not let the women have their eyebrows, and guard the family house for their own nation and husband.

Since he recognized Zhu Li's words, Guo Qizuo naturally would not be stingy with his advice, only to see him bow his hand to Zhu Li again and say: "General, if you want to defend here, you don't have to build a city, we can also open the river." ”

"Open the river?" For his suggestion, not only Zhu Li was puzzled, but others were also shocked.

Facing the puzzled eyes of everyone, the first strategist of Heshuo said aloud with a calm face: "As Chongtao said, what foreign races rely on is nothing more than fast horses and strong bows. ”

"For galloping horses, the walls can keep them out; The same is true for wide river channels. ”

"Qilaotu Mountain, there is a water source, and the source of the Tuhe River is the Bald Mountain located there; If the water source of Qilaotu Mountain is diverted, it flows into the sea in the south, and between the mountains and the sea, a river channel extending in all directions can be greatly restricted. ”

"Divert water to dig rivers, build dams on both banks, as long as a few more big rivers are dug and intertwined with each other, the benefits of the horses that the Di people rely on can no longer pose a fatal threat to us."

When Zhu Li heard this, his eyes lit up, this is indeed a good way, but before he could open his mouth to applaud, Wei Chijin said: "Although Sir's method is good, digging the river is also not an overnight thing. ”

"The manpower and material resources needed to dig the river are also immeasurable, and we can't afford it with our current finances."

Facing Wei Chijian's doubts, Guo Qizuo still looked calm, and said indifferently: "Don't worry, lady, since your subordinates dare to offer this strategy, there must be a way to solve these problems." ”

"Digging rivers is mainly about manpower and food; Manpower, what we have is. ”

"Yes?" When Wei Chijin heard this, he looked puzzled.

"Yes, this time the general attacked Beijing, and we collected a large number of prisoners of war; Since ancient times, it is ominous to kill prisoners, and we cannot kill all these prisoners of war. ”

"But if we feed them for nothing, we can't afford it; Once they are released, they will return to the tribe and serve as the strength of the Khitans. ”

"Therefore, these prisoners of war are used to dig rivers, and it is the best thing for people to use them."

"If you use prisoners of war to dig rivers, aren't you afraid that they will riot?" Upon hearing that Guo Qizuo planned to use prisoners of war to dig the river, Wei Chijin finally understood the other party's plan; But then she asked a new question.

The defeated prisoners are not ordinary people, let them dig the river, naturally they must be equipped with tools, those shovels and other tools, once they are distributed to the other party's hands, these prisoners of war will immediately become very dangerous, this is Wei Chijian's worry.

"The subordinates know what the lady is worried about, if we let these prisoners of war dig the river, we will inevitably detain the other party's family members and threaten them so that they don't dare to move, one of them."

"Second, we will not let them work in vain, as long as they work with all their heart, for a period of three years, and at the end of the period, they will be restored to their freedom, and secondly."

"As for the third, we can let the relatives of the prisoners of war, these old and weak women and children, go to the wasteland; In this way, not only can they be able to support themselves, but the surplus food can also be supplied to the captives who dig the river. ”

"With this arrangement, the problems of manpower and food have all been solved, what else does the lady have to worry about?"

"Okay, that's it." When Zhu Li heard this, this time he didn't wait for Yu Chi Jin to speak, he immediately clapped his hand.

The reason for going north this time was naturally to rescue her sister Zhu Ning'er; However, he never expected that the entire Khitan clan would be turned upside down.

Gaosu was on the western front, holding back the Uighurs; Yang Zaixing was in the middle of the road, coercing Tatars, Xi people and other alien races, so that they did not dare to move; Wu Mourning led Liu Zhijun and stuck the Ya people to death, and the entire Khitan clan immediately fell into an isolated and helpless situation.

Secondly, the wolf guard, which began to be cultivated three years ago, can be regarded as a great display of power this time; They not only lured out the division of the army of the Shulu Palace, but also dragged the other party outside, so that Geng Yi and Zhu Ya won the results of the battle in Beijing.

However, it's a pity that the old guy ran away.

That old guy is definitely a dangerous person, not only is his cultivation extremely high, but he is also very ruthless and decisive.

At the beginning, as soon as the other party was injured, he immediately abandoned Yelu Shilu and others; Even to Mu Chen, the old guy didn't say hello, and immediately fled.

It was precisely because of the other party's behavior that Yelu Shilu and the others fell into Zhu Li's hands without any resistance.

However, since he woke up, Zhu Li learned that Wang Yueyao was captured by the black-robed Li Gong because he rescued himself, which made him uneasy.