Chapter 684: Infernal Affairs (Second Update)

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Autumn is gone in a blink of an eye, and Yukyo ushered in the first snow after the beginning of winter.

The snow was blowing heavily, the gray tiles and yellow walls were painted white, and the avenues were buried with snow.

In the south of the city, hundreds of cavalry dressed in red armor led the way slowly, the rear carriage was dragged, and a carriage was surrounded by the three armies, slowly advancing.

In the carriage, the charcoal fire in the charcoal basin was slightly burning, and Li Chongjiu was closing his eyes to recuperate, with a stack of folds in his hand.

At this time, there were two light knocks outside the carriage, and the voice of Gao Sheng, the official of the inner court, came from outside: "Your Majesty, the imperial driver has arrived in Youjing." ”

Li Chongjiu opened his eyes when he heard this, and picked up the cotton curtain on the car window, the gate of the southern city of Youjing was already in front of him, the city wall was towering, and the eaves of the city tower were hanging low, revealing a sense of majesty.

Li Chongjiu said lightly: "Cancel the ceremony of welcoming hundreds of officials in Linshuo Palace, as well as the matter of offering captives, and discuss it at a later date." ”

"No, Your Majesty!" After Gao Sheng heard Li Chongjiu's instructions, he said loudly: "Get up!" ”

The gate of the southern city was opened with a bang, and in the midst of the snowfall in the city, Li Chongjiu led the pacification of Goguryeo, and the victorious army of Shandong returned to Youjing.

After the capture of Qingzhou City in Shandong Province a month ago, Li Chongjiu left Song Jingang to lead the army to defend it, while appeasing the people, recruiting troops, and training soldiers and horses on a large scale to deter Du Fuwei in Jianghuai.

This time, Zhao Guo collected a total of 65 counties in Shandong, Donglai County, Beihai County, Gaomi County, Langya County, Donghai County, Jibei County, and Qi County, with more than 300,000 households. Li Chongjiu ordered Song Jingang to recruit troops in Qingzhou, eliminate the weak and retain the strong, and also promoted Song Jingang to be the general of the imperial guard, and ordered him to select 10,000 people in the Qingzhou army from the third grade to enrich the imperial guard.

In this way, the number of the six guards of the Zhao Guofu army is all neat, and each guard is rated at 15,000 soldiers.

Wang Mahan, the general of the Yi Wei Army, Wu Gu Nai, the general of the Yi Wei Army, followed Li Chongjiu for the Imperial Forest Army.

The general of the Wuwei Army is Xue Wanche, the subordinate general Qin Qiong, and Luo Shixin are stationed in Youjing.

The general of the Xiao Guard Army is Wei Chi Gong. The subordinate general Xue Wanche is stationed in Taiyuan.

The general of the Tunwei Army is Xu Shiji, and his generals Su Dingfang, Tan Zong, and Li Yiman are stationed in Henan.

General Hou Weijun is Shan Xiongxin, and his subordinate general is Qi Ashu. Based in Luoyang.

The general of the Imperial Guard was Song Jingang, stationed in Shandong.

However, after a series of battles, the casualties of the Armed Guards and the Tunwei Army were not small, and they needed to rest and recuperate and replenish their troops. And the Imperial Guard. Hou Weijun has just been formed, and its combat effectiveness is not strong, and it also needs time to rest. However, this attack on Goguryeo also plundered a large amount of treasures and military rations, enriched the treasury of Zhao, and finally made up for the deficit of the year-long war.

Li Chongjiu counted the gains and losses. At this time, the car had arrived at Linshuo Palace.

"Your Majesty, it's time to Linshuo Palace."

Li Chongjiu frowned slightly and said: "I said that I only want to enter the city quietly when I return to Beijing this time, and I don't want to make a big move and alarm the officials and the people......"

"Your Majesty, Weichen really didn't order the hundred officials to come to greet you, it was the queen and the concubines who heard that Your Majesty had returned to the palace, so they came to greet her outside the palace."

When Li Chongjiu heard this, the anger on his face instantly vanished. At that moment, he lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage, but when he saw the palace gate, his queen and concubines were waiting there.

Li Chongjiu walked to the palace and said to Emperor Yang E: "On such a snowy day, why did you come here to greet me, what should I do if I freeze?" ”

Yang Ehuang smiled gently, but did not speak. Room Deyun's tone was a little resentful: "Your Majesty didn't say it. This expedition to Goguryeo will be less than a month, and at most 40 days will be back, but how do you know that if you go for three months, Your Majesty will be gone. You don't have any jokes. ”

Li Chongjiu heard what Mu Deyun said, and smiled: "You have grown a lot of Chinese recently, who did you learn from?" ”

"It was Su Niangniang who taught me."

Li Chongjiu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and when he turned his head, he saw Su Miao bowing his head to him. Li Chongjiu smiled gently: "You have been in the palace for a long time, are you still used to getting along with the concubines?" ”

Su Miao was wearing a small-sleeved narrow shirt on her upper body, revealing her beautiful curves, and a touch of forehead yellow on her forehead was particularly eye-catching. I only listened to her words: "Several sisters are very good to me, although I haven't seen my majesty in the palace for several months, and although my concubines miss me very much, instead of seeing my majesty every day, it is better to capture Goguryeo from thousands of people and pacify Shandong." ”

Li Chongjiu was very happy with these words, and couldn't help laughing, he helped Su Miao up, turned his head, and saw Li Zhiwan, who was also standing there with a smile, but did not speak.

Li Chongjiu didn't have to guess, he knew that Li Zhiwan was definitely jealous again. However, Li Zhiwan is jealous no matter what, but she can't do it in front of others, she knows how to be a wife, and she always retains her majesty in front of outsiders, but she will definitely complain to herself in private.

But sometimes Li Chongjiu just likes to look at Li Zhiwan, and he looks jealous and angry with himself.

"Let's go back to the palace, I want to take the school exam for the eagle's homework."

"Your Majesty, you're tired after coming back from the expedition, so let's take a rest."

"No, I see that you are no longer tired, tonight's family dinner, everyone has a good talk."

Three days later, Li Chongjiu held a ceremony to sacrifice prisoners in Youjing, and the Goguryeo king Gao Jianwu and the Goguryeo royal family tied their hands behind their backs, dressed in white, and walked on the avenue. Hundreds of people in Youjing flocked to the streets to watch and catch a glimpse of this scene.

But seeing the golden-armored warriors of the Zhao army leading the way, the Goguryeo people drooped down. There are also countless seized Goguryeo royal artifacts, which are also displayed together, which is an eye-opener for the people.

In that year, Yang Guang's third expedition to Goguryeo failed, and the people of various counties heard that they were going to conquer Liao, and they all fled. After the siege of Yang Guangyanmen, under the pressure of the people, he ordered to terminate the conquest of Liao, and the people breathed a sigh of relief. However, the people have regarded the conquest of Liaodong as a dead end, and sometimes as soon as the news of the conquest of Liaodong comes out, the entire village has fled without a single person.

Now, with only 30,000 horses and 10,000 Silla reinforcements, Li Chongjiu crossed the sea to break through the royal city of Goguryeo and conquered the emperor of Goguryeo.

Seeing the king of Goguryeo, he was escorted and sacrificed as an ordinary person, and the people couldn't help but be disappointed when they saw Gao Jianwu hanging his head and completely losing the majesty of a lord. Thinking of the hatred of Liaodong, countless children died in a foreign land, the people couldn't help but look at this person angrily, if it wasn't for the soldiers on the side to stop him, he would have thrown bricks and stoned Gao Jianwu to death.

"The lord of Goguryeo is nothing more than that. Not necessarily so. ”

"Why didn't we capture Liaodong with a million-strong army in the first place?"

"Yes, why can His Majesty be able to capture this king with his hands in his hands. What can an army of millions not do? ”

In the crowd, Zuo Xianyou, who was on the side of Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou, who was on a mission to envoy Zhao Guo, caged his sleeves and watched this scene expressionlessly.

Once he was a captive, he was pulled out to parade through the streets, and he sacrificed the Taimiao as a prisoner, and the dignity of the king was gone. When the emperor of Zhao said this, he wanted to warn the world about the fate of being an enemy of Zhao. At the same time, it also stimulates the morale of the people and shows his martial arts to the people of Zhao State, Zuo Xianyou said to himself.

Zuo Xianyou thought about it, it was really a mistake for King Wu to bet all the bets on Li Tang, he didn't expect Zhao Guo to pacify Shandong so quickly. At present, Zhao Jun has incorporated the Qingzhou Army, Chen Bingpeng, and Xu, and King Wu is a little nervous, isn't it too late.

Zuo Xianyou shook his head, thinking of coming here to envoy Zhao Guo, and at the same time carrying the mission of Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou, and at the same time, he also had dealings with Zhao Guo. He felt like his head was going to get bigger. At this time, there was no such thing as Infernal Affairs, but it was really tiring for him to travel among many people at the same time.

When I arrived at the Zhao Guo Honglu Pavilion, it was Pei Ju of Honglu Temple who received Zuo Xianyou.

Pei Ju's reputation is like thunder for Zuo Xianyou, when this person was Yang Guang's favored minister, he was a person who could prosper the country with one word and destroy the country with one word.

Pei Ju smiled very kindly, but Zuo Xianyou's nervousness was not a little less. Pei Ju said to Zuo Xianyou: "Your Majesty, you can't withdraw if you have something, so you can't come in person, so let the old man entertain the noble envoy well, and do the friendship of the landlord, if the noble envoy comes to Youjing if there is anything you want to play, the old man will arrange for the officials of Honglu Temple to accompany you." ”

Zuo Xianyou smiled bitterly: "I came to Youjing, it is a hundred thousand urgent matters, how dare I go to play casually, I only ask to see His Majesty Zhao Guo immediately." ”

Pei Ju listened and said lightly: "Your Majesty has explained, what does your envoy have to say the same thing as the old man?" By the way, have you seen the scene of the King of Goguryeo offering prisoners to the Taimiao Temple today? ”

"See." Zuo Xianyou was slightly sweating on his forehead, and in front of Pei Ju, he felt that the two of them were not a heavyweight negotiation opponent at all, and replied.

Pei Ju smiled and said, "Then the noble envoy can go back to tell King Wu about this scene." ”

Zuo Xianyou's cheeks jumped, and he laughed dryly, thinking to himself that after Zhao Guoping Shandong, the next step was to really go to Jianghuai? deliberately arranged for himself to go to Youjing on the day of the sacrifice of the Taimiao, not just to watch this scene by himself.

Zuo Xianyou said: "Since Pei Gong can be fully responsible for this matter, then I will tell the truth, at the beginning, your lord and King Wu had a tacit understanding, with the Huai River as the boundary, the two families did not invade each other, and now Song Jingang led people and horses to stay between Peng and Xu, I don't know why?" ”

Pei Ju said with a smile: "Your envoy misunderstood, the Song general Chen Bing Peng Xu is to guard against Wang Shibi, the governor of Xuzhou in Li Tang, not to be unfavorable to Jianghuai. Your envoy also opened the skylight and said brightly, in the past few years, you have not received less money from our Zhao court, should you sometimes think about our Zhao country? ”

Zuo Xianyou looked embarrassed, and his body was a little shorter in front of Pei Lian, and said: "Pei Gonghao said, in fact, he came this time, and he was also ordered by the assistant uncle. ”

"Is it Fu Gongyou?"

"Exactly, Fu Bo assisted King Wu in the uprising and defeated the Jianghuai Army in the world today, but he has always been very dissatisfied with King Wu's surrender to Tang. Therefore, Fu Bo said that he hoped to replace King Wu and become the leader of the Jianghuai Army, and hoped that Zhao Guo could help one or two. ”

Pei Ju couldn't help but show great interest when he heard this, and asked: "I remember that Fu Gongyou and King Wu are friends with each other, so why don't you oppose King Wu." ”

Zuo Xianyou saw Pei Ju inquiring and said with a smile: "At this time and that time, when you fight the world, you can share hardships, it doesn't mean that you can share wealth and prosperity in the future." ”