In a private room on the third floor, several scholars were gathering together to chat and drink, they were all well-dressed, obviously from a famous family, and a tall scholar in the middle, called Lu Han, was the nephew of Lu Chu of Luoyang Xiangguo, from the Fanyang Lu family.

The other three are from the Choi family and the Li family, the two grandsons of Chojun Taishou Choi Hongsheng, the brothers Cui Guangping and Cui Guanglin, and Lee Zhaoxi, from the Zhao County Li family.

Through hundreds of years of marriage, the relationship between several major families in Hebei has long been intertwined, and they exchange their children to go to each other's homes to learn and study, so that the friendship between the younger generation is also extraordinarily deep.

Like the older generation of Lu Qingyuan, Li Qingming, Cui Yuanhan and others have begun to get ahead, and after a few years, the younger generation of children has also come out, these four are all seventeen or eighteen years old, but they are all gentle and elegant, young and old, and have the demeanor of children of a family.

At this time, Li Zhaoxi walked in from outside the house, closed the door and said with a smile: "It's our navy that has gone to attack the Liaodong Peninsula, so it has caused a lot of excitement." ”

"I see!"

Lu Han smiled: "This is good news! Most likely, our war with Goguryeo is about to begin. ”

The three people next to him couldn't help but be stunned, Cui Guangping asked, "Why did Brother Lu say this?" ”

"I heard the head of the family say that Goguryeo began to move again after the death of the Son of Heaven in Jiangdu, more than a hundred years ago, they took advantage of the Central Plains to fall into war and annexed Lelang County and Liaodong County, and now seeing the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they want to repeat their old tricks and take the opportunity to annex Liaodong, of course the King of Qi will not let their conspiracy succeed, and attacking the Liaodong Peninsula is our counterattack."

"That's a good thing! At the beginning, he saw that he was going to capture Pyongyang City, but the Son of Heaven gave up again, and he killed so many people in the battle, but he didn't get anything, which makes people angry when he thinks about it. ”

"This is also a helpless thing, the Great Sui is already weak, can not control Goguryeo, in the end can only cheapen Silla, this time I estimate that it is only to seize the Liaodong Peninsula, in fact, it is not bad to seize the Liaodong Peninsula, as long as our naval army is strong, we can be stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula to monitor Pyongyang."

Next to him, Li Zhaoxi was a little worried and said: "Although we signed an armistice agreement with the Tang Army, if we fall into a war with Goguryeo, the Tang Army will definitely take advantage of the situation again, and I don't think a paper agreement will have any constraints on them." ”

Lu Han smiled, "I also asked Brother Qingyuan this question yesterday, he said that the Tang army is currently facing the threat of Xue Ju, Li Rail, Liang Shidu and Liu Wu at the same time in the north and west, and there is no time to take care of Hebei anymore, in fact, if it is not Goguryeo ready to move, we will take the opportunity to capture and annex the state, since the armistice agreement has been signed, in fact, it is to solve the worries of each other." ”

The three of them nodded yes at the same time, and at this time, Cui Guanglin smiled and said: "Did Brother Qingyuan talk about the imperial examination, Brother Lu said something inside!" ”

Lu Han took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "There is a little bit of the inside story!" ”

The three of them immediately pricked up their ears and surrounded them together

The atmosphere in the lobby was also very lively, and a scholar said loudly: "Brother Jia is well-informed, tell us a little bit of news about this imperial examination!" ”

Everyone shouted: "Brother Jia, say a few words!" ”

Jia Huan drank a few glasses of wine, and was infected by everyone's enthusiasm, so he nodded and said: "I did hear some news, it should be true, I won't tell you what I hearsay." ”

The lobby on the second floor suddenly became silent, and many scholars on the first and third floors also ran one after another, crowding the staircase, pricking up their ears to listen to Jia Huan's news.

Jia Huan cleared his throat and said: "Everyone also knows that most of the officials in the imperial court are from major families, and there are many things in the army, a total of only one hundred and twenty jinshi are admitted, if you have to take care of the major families, the quota is not enough at all, give this, you will offend that, so in the end, the court discussed the plan, and the king of Qi made the decision, this imperial examination all used the method of fame, everyone competed fairly, and finally the meritocracy, it is estimated that the specific examination will be announced in a few days, whether it is a famous son or a son of a poor family, Everyone is the same, relying on their own talents to learn and fight. ”

These words made many children of small families excited, and they asked, "Master Jia, is the news true?" ”

"The message is absolutely reliable!"

The restaurant cheered again, the scholars added food and wine to celebrate, and the shopkeeper of the wine shop was so happy that his mouth couldn't close his mouth, why didn't there be more good news?

Just when Zhongdu was becoming more and more lively day by day, on the Bohai Sea, hundreds of large warships were sailing on the sea with the help of the east wind, and the Sui army had been preparing for several months, just waiting for the east wind to arrive.

This time, the Sui army dispatched more than 300 warships and 23,000 sailor soldiers, and the new sailor lord will lead the army to Hu'er, which is the third time that Laihu'er has attacked the Liaodong Peninsula, and this time, they will completely occupy the Liaodong Peninsula.

On the first transoceanic boat, Laihuer stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the distant looming land, from the Shandong Peninsula to the Liaodong Peninsula is not far away, the nearest is in Donglai County, only one day and one night of the voyage can be reached, the first two expeditions to the Liaodong Peninsula are from Donglai County, although this time is from Beihai County, but it is only half a day's voyage.

Judging from the situation grasped by the scouts before, although Goguryeo has increased troops to the Liaodong Peninsula, the total number is not much, about 8,000 people, mainly distributed in the two places of Beixu City and Huilong Town, and a lot of people have also been relocated, due to the rush of time, the people who have returned are not very many, only more than 10,000 people, mainly concentrated in the north of the Liaodong Peninsula, the southern region is still dominated by the army, followed by a very small number of hunters.

At this time, Wu Yingqin, the chief historian, walked up to Hu'er and asked in a low voice, "Where is the old general going to go ashore from?" ”

Lai Hu'er said with a smile: "I have been thinking about this problem for a long time, if I use a big boat to go ashore, there are only two places in Beifu City and Huilong Town, I estimate that Goguryeo has deployed heavy troops in these two places, but if you use a small boat to go ashore, it will be much more flexible, and there are at least seven or eight places where you can land." ”

"Do these old generals of the landing land know about it?"

Lai Hu'er nodded, "In the third Goguryeo Campaign, we also occupied the city of Beilu first, at that time, I landed from a gap about ten miles south of Huilong Town, and sent 6,000 people overnight by small boat, I still remember the location of the gap very clearly, there is a tree king, a towering ancient tree, after walking one hundred and fifty steps ashore, you can see the path leading to the city of Beilu and Huilong Town. ”

Wu Yingqin looked at the sky, it was almost dusk, and he couldn't help laughing: "It seems that the old general has already planned." ”

Lai Hu'er smiled, "This time, I asked each big ship to bring at least two small boats, just to let the small boat land, let's wait for General Wang's news!" ”

The general Wang mentioned by Laihu'er is Wang Renshou, the fourth guard of the water army, Wang Renshou, who is about 30 years old, a native of Donglai County, has been serving in the Great Sui Water Army, and is an old subordinate of Laihu'er.

He followed Laihu'er to participate in three Goguryeo battles, and was promoted to the rank of general of Xiongwulang, but he also participated in the Xuanwumen petition incident when he was in the capital, and was arrested and dismissed from prison after being dismissed, and finally released and disbanded with the army, and returned to his hometown without a result.

He was Zhang Xuan who joined the Qingzhou Army when he attacked Zuo Xiaoyou of Donglai County, and was promoted from brigade commander to captain, and from captain to Lang general in Jianghuai, and made great contributions when attacking Meng Haigong, and at the same time Zhang Xuan also knew his identity, so he was exceptionally promoted to Xiongwu Lang General, and was appointed as Hu Ben Lang General after the army restructuring, with 5,000 soldiers under his command.

Although Wang Renshou fought bravely and had sufficient qualifications, Zhang Xuan still did not appoint him as the chief general of the navy, because Wang Renshou was too ruthless and slaughtered prisoners of war too ruthlessly, which made Zhang Xuan dislike, so he lost the opportunity to be promoted to the chief general of the navy.

Wang Renshou had captured the Liaodong Peninsula in a small boat during the Third Goguryeo Campaign, and he also knew where the gap in Laihu'er was for the landing was.

In the night, more than a dozen small boats carrying 300 soldiers gradually approached the shore, and behind them there were hundreds of small boats, full of Wang Renshou's 5,000 subordinates, and on a small boat in front, Wang Renshou stared at a towering tree in the distance, which was where they landed a few years ago.

There are many reefs on the shore in this area, and the big ships can't dock, but the small boats can sail over the reefs and get closer to the shore, under the cover of the night, more than a dozen small boats are moving closer to the shore step by step, and on the small boat, the hearts of all the soldiers are hanging, is there an ambush of Goguryeo soldiers on the shore? (To be continued.) )