Chapter Forty-Eight: Unification of the Japanese Slaves

The smoke was everywhere, the billowing yellow dust shrouded the remnant sun of the sky, and the frightened birds and finches circled in the sky and refused to return to their nests. The thick smell of blood permeated the land, attracting wild dogs to roam around the battlefield. Broken blades, mottled bloodstains, and gunpowder smoke that has not yet dissipated, this is a desolate battlefield. Only crows quacked in the sky over the battlefield, and the ownerless horses searched for their masters on the battlefield, and the neighing of the sound was heard far and wide, but no one responded.

A wild dog pulled a severed arm from the battlefield and gnawed it in the grass on the edge of the battlefield, and the rest of the wild dogs swarmed up and competed with it. Suddenly, in a corner of the battlefield, a battle between beasts began, and the fresh flesh attracted them, and in their fanged mouths, drops of birth water remained, and the bites between each other became more intense.

The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and the mighty troops, dressed in light rattan armor and spears gleaming in their hands, marched towards this desolate battlefield, and did not allow a single enemy to survive. During this time, they have developed an iron heart, and they will not hesitate to slash down anyone who falls to the ground, whether it is an old man or a child, because only the dead are in their eyes without the slightest threat. Countless people were forcibly conscripted, and almost all of the young and strong were killed in the frontier, leaving only the old men and drooping children, who were now also the targets of the ruler's conscription. As long as you can wield a weapon, you are a qualified soldier.

"Your Highness. Now that this Japanese slave country is almost completely in our hands, what should we do next? "Xue Wanche has already arrived in the country of Japanese slaves. Bringing similar recruits trained on Crescent Island into this battlefield, this is their real capital. Those Japanese slaves are just cannon fodder, Li Kuan is a standard emperor, and he will never really take these Japanese slaves to fight the world. Therefore, these Han soldiers need to grow up in time.

"After taking this Beihai-Dao, there will be only one force left in the entire Japanese slave country, and it is good to leave it to Chen Tuan to take care of, religion is sometimes indeed a good means to control the country." Li Kuan said indifferently, for the Japanese slave country at this time, he couldn't mention the slightest rule**, and the towering Tang Dynasty made him not interested. What's more, this country, which he hated in his memory, just wanted these war-worthy armies of this country to help him fight the Goryeo that had always been ready to move.

"So what's Your Highness going to do next?" Since Xue Wanche followed Li Kuan, although he has also experienced a lot of things, he still can't see through this young prince, many times Li Kuan makes decisions like he is at peace with the situation, thinking of what is what, thinking of one out is one out, without the slightest plan. There are many wonderful opportunities in his opinion, but Li Kuan just doesn't reach out to seize them. A lot of seemingly unnecessary sacrifices, this prince just made a desperate decision. But no matter where this guy goes, no matter what he does, there will always be a more acceptable result. This is also what Xue Wanche has always felt magical, allowing him to follow Li Kuan all the way to the present, even if he desperately abandoned Datang and ran overseas a few months ago. He also came without hesitation.

"Next, it's time to rectify the Japanese slave country. Leave this matter to Chen Tuan, as well as those people from the Chamber of Commerce. These people have two brushes for these things. Li Kuan said that he didn't care what the kingdom would be like under the rule of these hermit schools, all he wanted was a temporary mercenary. As long as the Japanese slave kingdom and Goryeo fought a lose-lose war, he would follow him and see a bargain, and as for what happened after that, he never thought about it. His personality is like this, whether he has no ambitions, or he doesn't care about the big picture, in short, he is not prepared to change anything.

Chang'an City, a prosperous fire tree and silver flower came to an end, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, so that countless Chang'an people unforgettable, that a visual feast shining in the air, that a beautiful face that captivates the country and the city, are all fairies in the sky. Only a few people knew that this qiē was actually made by a person who had already left the Tang Dynasty, and they all sighed in their hearts, it turned out that this guy had always had great hidden strength in Chang'an City, which made some people deeply uneasy.

"Someone...... Did you find out who set off those firecrackers? "A gorgeous mansion, the eldest grandson Wuji is annoyed, he didn't expect that the guy who originally thought that there was no threat at all still has such a force in Chang'an City, which makes him feel so uneasy, especially when one of the fireworks points is still not far behind his house, in the area of the high-ranking official's mansion all around, he unknowingly set off such conspicuous fireworks, what is the situation? What if instead of lighting a firework, a group of assassins suddenly attacked?

"Master, I can't find anything, all the people around there have been searched three feet into the ground, but there is no clue left! Should the scope of the search be expanded? A butler-like subordinate asked the eldest grandson Wuji for instructions.

"How to expand? What kind of people are living around? Who will let you search? "The eldest grandson Wuji is quite helpless, the people who live in this area are the top officials of the Tang Dynasty, and none of them are much worse than his eldest grandson Wuji, who will give you face and let you search your own mansion?

"Where's Jiuxianju? Or is it dead like before? "Since Li Kuan left the Tang Dynasty, the original flourishing Jiuxianju has become low-key, although it is still a market, but in the eyes of the group of people above the court, it is just an ordinary restaurant, and the Jiuxianju without the background will think about these high-ranking officials every month, although they did not take out real money, but the aged wine sent out is also very valuable. In addition, although Li Kuan is gone, he still maintains a fixed prince, and none of these people will be aggressive.

"Jiuxianju is still the same as before during this time, except for normal business accidents, there is no slightest change, our people are completely in control of the restaurant, no matter how many people eat, what dishes they eat, these can be investigated clearly!" The butler replied.

"So have any suspicious people been in and out lately?" The eldest grandson Wuji felt that the greatest possibility was in this wine immortal residence.

"This one doesn't ...... The people who came and went were all the people of Chang'an City, and there were some merchants, and there were no suspicious people! "It seems that they have reached a dead end, and there is no clue at all.

At the same time, in the Changle Princess's Mansion in Chang'an City, although Li Lizhen lived in the Zhaoguo Mansion after marrying the eldest grandson Chong, the Princess's Mansion was still built, after all, this is the prestige of the royal family. Li Lizhi leaned against a window, looking at the scorching sun in the sky, slightly in a daze. She thought that what she had done was for the sake of the person who had always loved her, but the result was completely different from what she had imagined.

"Why? Why can't you let it go? What are you so stubbornly guarding? Second brother, my sister also wants you to have a happy life, don't carry all the qiē by yourself, but why do you still hold all the qiē on yourself without saying a word? Let it go! You're scarred enough! Li Lizhi has unconsciously shed two lines of tears, she doesn't understand, she really doesn't understand why once contaminated with power, everyone has changed, for the stability of the country, the father and the queen mother can agree to the uncle's marriage proposal, for the longevity of the family, the uncle and cousin who have spoiled themselves since childhood can plan again and again, and even completely ignore their own thoughts and feelings. Now that they have got their wish, they are like a chess piece, arranged by them to go down step by step, without the slightest idea of their own.

Only that person, he cares about himself, and is willing to pay for himself regardless of everything, but he is injured again and again, and he is defeated by reality again and again, and he feels distressed! There are no relatives in heaven, as long as there are enough chips, there is nothing that cannot be abandoned! Li Li's quality has been seen through, so she is so sad, but unconsciously she has also changed, in her current position, she has actually learned to be hypocritical, and has learned to hide her thoughts. If that person saw it, would he ignore him?

The tears had dried, leaving only two shallow traces in the autumn wind, a qiē that no one had seen, as if it had never happened.

Standing on the floating corpse mountain, the autumn wind dyed the maple leaves red, countless Japanese slaves stood on this desolate land, they were all ragged, their eyes were blank, because they were defeated, now their identity is captive, standing here waiting for an unknown fate, the Japanese slave country from a state of fragmentation, unified, but the victor does not seem to be any Japanese slave, the final victor is a never-before-heard of Aum Shinrikyo force, in the final period of the war surfaced, picking the final fruits of victory. This qiē makes these losers unacceptable, but now they are unable to return to the sky, and the dust has settled, maybe in their hearts they are still thinking that if they can not die this time, they will make a comeback, but no one can think that what awaits them is another ending.

"All the captives are here?" Li Kuan asked, he took a look, and there were actually tens of thousands of people here. It seems that the population of the Japanese slave country is actually quite large, and these are basically not captured on the battlefield, because those who dare to pick up weapons to resist are all ordered by Li Kuan to be killed, and now these people have surrendered, so they have a small life standing here. These guys who are greedy for life and afraid of death, although there are many of them, are also the best cannon fodder! (To be continued......)