Chapter 645: After the War (I)

"Mother~Mother~, call Mother, son!" Miao Yuan urged while playing with his son's little hand.

"The child has just been born, and if you want him to be called a mother, you have to wait at least ten months later, so don't waste your efforts!" Li Zhang also smiled bitterly at this time, since having a child, Li Zhang found that all of Miao Yuan's attention was on the child, which made him feel indifferent.

"Can my son be like everyone else?" Miao Yuan immediately glanced at Li Zhang, and then lowered his head to tease his son, which made Li Zhang smile helplessly, it is estimated that in the eyes of every mother, her son is different, right?

"By the way, my mother may be suspicious of us." At this moment, Miao Yuan suddenly thought of something again, and said immediately.

"What do you mean, how could Concubine Du know about us?" Li Zhang couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard this, only Zhao Zhen knew about Miaoyuan's child, but Zhao Zhen would definitely not tell anyone, not even Empress Dowager Li, let alone Concubine Du.

"Two days ago, I sent the palace maid to send something to my mother, but my mother left the palace maid to ask questions, and specifically mentioned you, with my understanding of her, she should have guessed something, after all, I haven't entered the palace for so long, and my mother will definitely be worried, plus we are so close, my mother doesn't suspect it?" Miao Yuan sighed at this time.

Li Zhang also felt that it made sense after hearing this, but then he smiled and said: "If you know, you will know, anyway, you have a child This kind of thing can be hidden for a while, and you can't hide it for a lifetime, Concubine Du will know sooner or later, in addition, I think that Concubine Du is really a little lonely living in the palace, so it is better to ask His Majesty to take Concubine Du out of the palace, so that we can also take care of it nearby, what do you think?" ”

Miao Yuan's eyes lit up when she heard Li Zhang's words, in fact, she had long wanted to take Concubine Du out of the palace, according to the rules of the palace, after the death of the emperor, a woman's concubine can go out of the palace with her children to retire, but Miao Yuan has never married, and Concubine Du is used to living in the palace, so she has never left the palace.

"But...... If my mother lives with me, then the relationship between us ......" But soon Miao Yuan said with some difficulty, if Concubine Du lived in the mansion, she would definitely know about her and Li Zhang.

"It's okay, anyway, this kind of thing can't be hidden for too long, I will explain to her personally after Concubine Du comes, if she is angry, then let her beat me!" Li Zhang said very seriously.

"Go, go, go! My mother won't beat anyone! Miao Yuan couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this, but Li Zhang's words also reassured her a lot, speaking of which, after she gave birth, although there were many people around to take care of her, Li Zhang came more often, but sometimes she still felt a little powerless, especially after giving birth, she felt that her energy was much worse, if her mother was here, she could help her.

It's the beginning of the month, according to the rules set by Aori, he can't stay overnight here in Miaoyuan, so after chatting with Miaoyuan for a while, Miaoyuan quickly became sleepy, so Li Zhang coaxed her to sleep, and then returned home to rest, Aori has long been used to this situation, originally she was worried that Miaoyuan would threaten her status as an eldest woman, but at least now it seems that Miaoyuan has no other thoughts, so she slowly put her mind at ease.

Early the next morning, the news of the victory at Gubeikou spread, and the entire capital fell into a carnival again, although the Song people were ecstatic to take the sixteen states of Yanyun before, but at that time, the Great Song Dynasty took advantage of the civil strife in Liao and the opportunity of empty troops to recapture Yanyun, so many people were worried about the counterattack of Liao.

But now all the worries are gone, the Song army and the Liao army have been carrying it head-on for two months, not only holding the Gubeikou, but also succeeding in the final counterattack, not only killing nearly 10,000 Liao troops, but also capturing more than 20,000 people, and even the Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen can only flee in a hurry, this kind of record has never been seen since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, after all, since the time of Emperor Taizu, there is no good result for the Liao State, and even in the Yuanyuan Alliance, it can only be sacrificed to the Liao State for peace.

However, this battle between Yanyun and Gubeikou swept away the decline of the Great Song Dynasty, and the most important thing is that these two battles suddenly improved the morale of the Song people, and when facing the Liao people in the future, they will not feel that the dwarves are inferior, which is also one of the most important influences.

It is precisely because these two battles are so important, so when the news spread, the entire capital fell into a carnival again, Zhao Zhen was not stingy, and once again announced that there was no curfew for three days, and at the same time, the royal street was also full of banquets again, and many wealthy merchants also joined in this carnival, and set up a banquet at the door of their homes to entertain passers-by, and finally attracted the villagers near the capital, and the flow of people in the entire capital increased several times at once.

But now the weather is cold, if the drunk falls asleep on the ground, he will definitely be frozen into a dead body the next day, so the Kaifeng Mansion Yamen also has to organize a large number of manpower, every day in the streets and alleys to pick up drunks, and then pull them to the prison, although the prison is smelly and dirty, but at least not to freeze to death, and the next day these drunks have to have some money to get out, otherwise they will be locked up for a few more days.

Just when the capital fell into a carnival, the Gubeikou side also began the finishing touches of the battle, the Liao army collapsed for thousands of miles, and finally fled to a place called Leicheng in the northeast before stopping, and there was too far away from Gubeikou, Liu Ping was worried that the lone army would have problems in depth, so he collected the troops in time, and then began to count the battlefield, in addition to the Liao army that was killed and captured, a large number of materials were also captured, such as weapons and armor, but there was no food and grass.

Now that the supplies and prisoners of war have been sent to the south of Gubeikou, those prisoners of war will definitely be used to rebuild the Great Wall, with the end of this war, the Great Wall will be completely rebuilt, and the supplies in the rear have begun to be transported to this side, and these prisoners of war are the best coolies.

In addition to prisoners of war, Han Qi also requisitioned a lot of people, and these people are mainly Khitans, you must know that although the sixteen states of Yanyun are dominated by Han people, there are not a few Khitans, especially many Khitan nobles like the climate in the south, so many of them moved here, and these Khitans have a lot of land in their hands, and they have not sucked blood from the Han people before.

In the past, for the stability of the sixteen states of Yanyun, Han Qi did not move these Khitan nobles for the time being, but now that Yelu Zong is really defeated, he has no such concerns, and the most important thing is that these Khitans have too much land in their hands, if they are not used, the rule of the Great Song Dynasty here will be unstable in the future.