At the end of May of the 19th year of Zhenguan, the Tang army suffered the biggest setback since the attack on Liao, the eastern Goguryeo Gaosa Gaoyanshou, the southern Weisa Gao Huizhen combined forces, the 180,000 troops suddenly assaulted to the west of Liaodong City, the west gate was attacking the city of Pu King Li Taibu was beaten up, tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly attacked behind the Pu Wang army collapsed. [Eye-fast reading book new domain name., initials, previously registered accounts can still be used]

If it weren't for Qi Bi He Li, the stubborn loss of thinking and a few people led by Lu Fa to lead the cavalry to counterattack violently, Pu Wang Li Tai almost died in the chaos of the army, Rao is so, one day after the battle, Pu Wang's army still lost five or six out of ten, and the siege of Liaodong was suddenly unraveled.

Seeing that the 180,000 troops of Goguryeo were stationed at the north gate, the momentum was huge, the Tang army had been fighting for more than half a month, and the various departments were quite tired, leaving 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 cavalry to confront the Goguryeo army, Li Shimin had to lead the army to retreat to Gaizhou City to rest, and the 100,000 army slowly retreated.

Near Gaizhou City, also busy boiling Yingtian, so many troops, naturally impossible to all squeeze into Gaizhou City, more than 10,000 laborers, outside the city of a large military camp has been completed more than half, at the same time, a large number of pigs and sheep were gathered together, all kinds of rice and grain materials are also hoarded like a mountain.

A large number of soldiers moved into the wooden barracks one after another, and some even covered the roof of the barracks with tents, and saw that a large number of grain, grass, pigs, and sheep brought by the quartermaster were distributed to various regiments, and in the government army, there were still large baskets and baskets of fresh vegetables, and the soldiers were happily killing pigs and slaughtering sheep, and a large amount of fresh food was thrown into the cauldron to produce a rich aroma, and Li Shimin could not help but brush his beard with satisfaction.

"Zhang Jian, it's hard for you, on the one hand, you have to supervise the army to fight, so as not to have to work hard for the rear transfer, very good, very good!"

Two in a row are very good, which is already a high evaluation, accompanied by the side of the royal car, Zhang Jian knelt on the ground in fear, and argued: "Your Majesty, the ministers dare not be greedy, half of the food hoarded is prepared by the ministers, but the rest is prepared by King Shuo, those pigs and sheep, as well as eggs, melons and fruits, are all transferred by King Shuo nearby, not the work of the ministers." ”

"Oh? Jie'er is very capable. Raising his eyebrows, Li Shimin was really surprised, although he didn't know what Gaizhou was like before, but he was able to raise so many materials in such a short period of time, Li Jie's ability to collect and scrape can be regarded as a must, I'm afraid it is not an exaggeration to say that it is three feet high.

"Hehe, my ninth brother can't do business, but the left side of the door has made a mess of prosperity." On the other side of Li Shimin, there was a blue eye, and Li Tai, the king of Pu who was hanging gauze on his left shoulder, couldn't help but hum unconvinced when he listened to Li Shimin's commendation, but a sentence provoked Li Ji, Zhang Shigui, Liu Hongji and others to pout.

Can King Shuo do the right thing? Breaking through the Liao River and starting to wrap the current battle are all fought by others, on the other hand, you King Pu? Twice one defeat is like water, twice almost lost his life, and dare to laugh at others?

Of course, I can only think about this in my heart, Li Shimin has been supporting Pu Wangtai, and they will not be uncomfortable with this face-to-face.

"Green Sparrow!" Even Li Shimin himself couldn't hear this, and couldn't help but glare at him reproachfully, making Li Tai bow his head unwillingly.

"Your Majesty, the people of Gaizhou have come to greet you." On the side, the eunuch reminded in a whisper, which made Li Shimin turn around, and not far away, sure enough, a large group of fat people wearing Goguryeo costumes hurriedly greeted him, sorted out his clothes, and Li Shimin also rode forward in the style of a khan.

"See His Majesty the Heavenly Khan!" More than 30 big fat people, under the leadership of the adviser Di Huaiying, the captain of the military police Li Yiliu, and the magnanimous set bowed on both sides of the road, and their mouths were full of majesty, but they were not unkind, Li Shimin nodded slightly with the demeanor of a leader, and said enthusiastically: "Zhongqing is flat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, the ministers have prepared a banquet in the newly built Xiqin Tower, please move." After standing up, leading Ke Shouli and Shao Mucheng to step forward again, Di Renjie bowed very respectfully, and once again made Li Shimin and Long Yan nodded happily: "In this way, it will be Yiyiqing." ”

The barracks are still a short road away from Gaizhou City, the royal driver is wearing a Huangluo umbrella cover, all the way slowly swaying towards Gaizhou City, the road under his feet is a cement road, clean and smooth, there are large crops on both sides of the road, wheat and rice have been pulled out at this time, the farmhouses on both sides of the field are also newly built, and occasionally you can see farmers working hard in the field to remove weeds and search for voles.

The rest of the people didn't pay attention, all this was too ordinary, only Li Shimin kept looking left and right as he walked, nodding thoughtfully.

Although it is a plain city, Gaimu City is still a little slope, and when he arrived at the front of the city, Li Shimin still kept looking ahead, so that Di Renjie, who was leading the walk, had no choice but to turn back to his senses and said, "Your Majesty, it's here." ”

"This, this is Gaimu City?" Without waiting for Li Shimin to come back to his senses, Li Ji was the first to exclaim, looking from a distance, the wall of Gaimu City built of stones is still the same as the majestic, but just by the city wall, there are almost several more markets in the same area, and there are lively shouts everywhere, and people come and go in the market, and the river is endless.

Listening to Li Ji's surprised voice, Li Shimin also turned his head in confusion, looked at the prosperous scene, and turned his head in surprise and asked, "Mao Gong, didn't you have this before?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it is indeed not, and the minister is also puzzled."

While speaking, the eyes of the monarch and ministers all converged on Di Renjie, which made Di Renjie very proud, and explained quite proudly: "Your Majesty, the king of my family has attracted a lot of merchants from the Central Plains, and Gaizhou City is small and can't meet the needs of some workshops, so a southern city was built outside the city, and the hotel that will pick up the wind for Your Majesty is also among them." ”

"Hehe, Jiulang is really the God of Wealth in the world, Zhongqing's family, let's go, go and see the exotic customs of Goguryeo, don't waste Jiulang's hard work, haha, drive!"

Raising the whip to urge the horse, Li Shimin ran briskly to the forefront, and other Wenchen generals hurriedly followed, only Li Tai reacted slowly, and scolded the lowly businessman in a low voice, and King Pu also hurriedly beat the horse and followed.

In the Xiqin Building, there are already full of delicacies, chickens, ducks, fish and dogs, everything, there are dancers on the first floor dancing with steel pipes, provoking a group of young officers to cheer and cheer, the second floor is clear to hear, but the Tang Dynasty is open, and Li Shimin who listened to it only laughed, with a comfortable Taishi chair, a chicken stewed mushroom unique to the Northeast, and the ancestor of Chinese cabbage specially transplanted by Li Jie from the south of the Yangtze River, a large leaf vegetable stewed blood sausage pork similar to cauliflower, and a characteristic Goguryeo song and dance in front of him, A reception banquet was also eaten, and Li Shimin was quite satisfied.

"This is Keqing's family, right?" followed by a group of ministers and staggered, during which Li Shimin suddenly raised his sleeves in the direction of his hand with great interest, this time it was good, the red-faced Ke Shouli almost didn't make a mess, and he was in a hurry to bow down during the banquet, and his embarrassed appearance made the ministers laugh.

Even Li Shimin couldn't help it, he put down his sleeves with a smile and said: "Ke Aiqing doesn't have to be excited, I just have some things to ask, I led the army to crusade against the rebels, but it brought a lot of inconvenience to the fathers and elders of Gaizhou City, can the people still live?" ”

"Your Majesty Xie cares, the people are living very well, thanks to His Royal Highness King Shuo, brought the king of the Central Plains, now according to the production method released by King Shuo, whether animal husbandry or agriculture, are currently operating well, the people have surplus food, clothes can keep out the cold, are living very well, although this year's tax burden is a bit heavy, but to support the day Khan on behalf of the thief, it is also the responsibility of our Gaizhou people."

Ke Shouli said something really emotional, and there is really a bit of emotion in it, with Li Jie's commercial credit, it can be said that Gaizhou has brought a lot of big businessmen, long-term war isolation, a lot of Goguryeo goods such as medicinal materials, such as gold plating, in the Central Plains are in demand goods, at this time the water of the Liao River also began to rise, with Dengzhou Laizhou Port, the merchant ships going upstream also brought convenience.

With the flow of people, there is prosperity, and prosperity makes the life of these original Goguryeo nobles more extravagant, most of them are realistic, live more comfortably, and of course support the regime of the Tang Dynasty, or Li Jie's regime.

This remark surprised Li Shimin, originally he thought that to raise such a large amount of military rations, Li Jie would not be able to collect the mourning of Gaizhou, but he didn't expect it to be, looking around at the Goguryeo nobles who were accompanying below, Li Shimin smiled and nodded, and after rewarding something, he waved his sleeves to let Ke Shouli go back, and raised his wine glass to talk and laugh with many ministers.

Only the nearest eldest grandson Wuji's heart jumped suddenly, he knew his brother-in-law too well, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who had been staring at Li Shimin, could obviously see that after Li Shimin heard the statements of the Goguryeo nobles below, the first expression on his face was definitely stunned and worried, but he covered it up very well, and if it wasn't for a clever person, he couldn't see it at all.

Why? What did Li Jie, this bastard boy, do to worry His Majesty? The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but bow his head slightly in doubt.

The banquet ended like this in a lively atmosphere, and until the end of the banquet, Li Shimin was full of majestic and benevolent smiles, so that the eldest grandson Wuji never thought it through.

Although the unbuilt southern city is more spacious, but there is no city wall protection, after the banquet, Li Shimin still set up the temporary palace in the Gaizhou Governor's Mansion, where to deal with the reorganization and rest of the army, so that two days have passed.

In the office yamen of Gaizhou, holding a war report, the eldest grandson Wuji walked briskly with some annoyance, just received the battle report of the Black Bone City, Li Jie Zhang Liang played a little kitten that was greasy but could not hide the eldest grandson fox, compared the war materials The eldest grandson Wuji saw that something was wrong with the Black Bone City.

The innermost part of the Governor's Mansion, once restrained and courteous, the office study used by Li Jie has now become a temporary imperial study, several palace people are carefully guarding the door, maybe they are too familiar, seeing the eldest grandson Wuji coming, several palace people are all whispering in unison, none of them thought to report inside, and the eldest grandson Wuji himself didn't care, and walked straight in.

"There's so much potential for development!"

didn't wait to enter the house, Li Shimin's emotion in the study suddenly made the eldest grandson Wuji stunned, pinched the fold and stopped there, and walked into the study after thinking for a while.

"Meet Your Majesty."

It is true that he trusts this brother-in-law too much, and Li Shimin is not surprised at all by the sudden appearance of the eldest grandson Wuji, he just threw the album in his hand aside, and replied kindly: "Oh, it's an auxiliary machine, what?" Zhang Liang's army has arrived? ”

"Zhang Liang's army is still half a day away, but the battle report of this black bone city, the minister thinks it is inappropriate, Your Majesty, please look here, ......"

"What's wrong?"

The eldest grandson Wuji suddenly paused, which made Li Shimin raise his eyebrows and ask in confusion, his heart jumped, the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly withdrew his gaze, opened the recital and talked about what he felt was inappropriate, and Li Shimin carefully described the time of almost half a pillar of incense, and after Li Shimin decided to send officials to verify, the eldest grandson Wuji retreated.

Along the way, inadvertently, the back of this royal celebrity was wet, what Li Shimin saw just now was Li Jie's Tuntian book for Gaizhou, if you didn't know in advance, it was nothing, but Li Jie was angry with the eldest grandson Wuji before, and now what Li Shimin is afraid of, the eldest grandson Wuji can see it clearly.

"You have to hurry up and talk to Li Jie, this bastard boy!" Muttering in a low voice, the eldest grandson Wuji walked quickly all the way out of the Governor's Mansion.