Chapter 244: Triumphant Return

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Three days after the battle of Gaimu City, the rainy season had passed, and the entire Liaodong was plunged into the sultry heat and humidity of summer.

Thousands of Goguryeo iron horsemen stepped over the Liang River, which had been dyed red, and when they arrived at the foot of Gaimu City, countless crows heard the human voice and flew into the sky with a bang, like a black cloud hovering overhead. The air was filled with a rancid smell that could not be dispelled even by the sun.

Carrying five swords on his back and riding a tall horse, Gai Suwen of the western part of Goguryeo, led a total of 30,000 reinforcements from Liaodong City, Beisha City, and Goguryeo Ya Warriors, and arrived under Liangshui. Yuangai Suwen Huoran jumped off the horse, on the river beach of Liangshui, the arrow feathers stung on the ground densely, like the grass on the edge of the field, Liangshui was cut off by the corpse, almost cut off the stream, the dead war horse, the broken spear Ge was everywhere.

Goguryeo's proudest iron cavalry elite was trapped in the Yangshui River, the corpse of the war horse was stranded in the shallows, the broken horn iron pocket exposed a corner on the water, and the warriors below were hit by several arrows, facing the sky.

Flies attached to the carcass, a wild dog crouched unscrupulously by the river and gnawed on half of the human hand, Yuan Gai Suwen suddenly pulled out a knife from behind his back and threw it at the wild dog. Just listen to the whine! The wild dog was stabbed in the forehead and killed instantly.

Yuangai Suwen turned around suddenly, his face was pale, and behind him were Liangshui and Plains, which were covered with corpses, and Gaimu City, which had been razed to the ground and burned to rotten tiles. On the side, the big Moda, the last Goguryeo generals all hung their heads.

Yuan Gai Suwen said in a deep voice: "Gaimu City has a large army of 10,000, how can it fall in one day. It only takes three days, three days, my plan to lure the enemy can be realized, 30,000 troops are flanked before and after, and this Gaimu City is the burial place of the Han people! ”

Cui Ci, a Han general on the side, said: "The defenders have a strong city but do not stick to it, but they go out of the city to fight, which is obviously a plan to lure the enemy by the Han people." I heard that although this Li Chongjiu has been established on the grassland for less than two years, no matter Xi Bu, Liaoxi Yao, and the Han people are all under his banner, and they have won battles and victories, this person is not simple, and he will be our fierce opponent in the south. ”

And Yuan Pure Land said: "Brother, I don't think there is any need to be afraid of this person, when Li Chongjiu attacked Shanggu, he was not defeated by Song Jingang, and later used a strategy to seize the entire county of Shanggu County." It can be seen that he uses his troops like this, and if he attacks him in a dignified manner, he will definitely be our opponent of Great Goryeo. ”

Yuangai Suwen waved his hand and said: "What if Song Jingang defeated Li Chongjiu, in the end, he didn't lose Shanggu County. Becoming a king or defeating a villain, Li Chongjiu is good at using tricks, and we must keep in mind today's lesson. ”

Cui Ci glanced at Yuangai Suwen appreciatively, thinking that although this western Gasa was young, his mind was not below his father's. However, Cui Ci frowned and said: "But this time the failure of the Liaoshui attack will give the Lord of the Dynasty and the Central Government an excuse to attack us in front of the king." As for Da to Lu, Lord Ulji also hopes that we can pacify Baekje and Silla first, and then use troops against Sui, I'm afraid he won't speak for us this time. ”

Yuan Gai Suwen's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he said: "You don't know that the king is about to die, I'm afraid I don't have time to take care of our affairs now." ”

Just when Yuangai Suwen was angry at the Liangshui side, Li Chongjiu had already led a large army, and the rescued Han people, freed 30,000 Goguryeo prisoners, as well as 100,000 stone of grain, and countless captured weapons and armor, and returned to Liaoshui with a full load to cross Liaoshui and return to Liaoxi.

The army returned triumphantly, and the soldiers of the Han army sang a victory song. The wind is flying and the flag is flying, and the song of the big horn blowing the sword and gun echoes on the bank of the Liaoshui River. The Xi clan on the side, Liaoxi Yao, and Ding Ling felt that the tune was majestic when they heard it, and they also sang it with a beat.

The news of the return of the army had long been known to Wen Yanbo, who had been guarding the Liaoshui day and night, waiting for the news. At the current ferry on the bank of the Liaoshui River, Wen Yanbo took all the scribes to greet him.

The sound of thousands of soldiers singing in triumph floated from afar, and Wen Yanbo saw that the morale of the army was high, and the Goguryeo prisoners of war were escorted beside him, as well as the carts loaded continuously, and finally confirmed the news of the great victory of the army.

Wen Yanbo, who was originally a son of the Wen clan and the scholar clan in Taiyuan, although he did not have the prejudice of discriminating against the poor, he finally had a sense of condescension. Although Li Chongjiu governed Huaihuang Town well, this was not enough to make him heartfelt awe, and he was convinced that he would be able to govern Huaihuang Town well if he was replaced. But today, watching the scene of Li Chongjiu leading the army to break through Gaimu City, rescue the fallen people, and defeat the Goguryeo army and return victorious, there is no last doubt in my heart.

No matter how prosperous the era is, if there is no strong force to protect it, it will be empty. Li Chongjiu's ability to achieve this great victory in the midst of difficulties shows his courage.

When Li Chongjiu's Khan Daxu was fluttering on the edge of the Liaoshui, Wen Yanbo immediately led the military officials behind him to step forward, bowed and saluted beside the road: "He made the king break through the Dongyi, returned victorious, and was able to be an official under the command of the envoy, which is really a humble blessing!" ”

Li Chongjiu immediately heard Wen Yanbo's words and couldn't help but be stunned. Since ancient times, the Han people have always held the distinction of Huayi, and the world is divided into five points, with Huaxia in the middle, and then divided into four Yi. At that time, all countries regarded themselves as orthodox and regarded other countries as barbarians. For example, when the north and the south were divided, each held orthodoxy, and the southern dynasty called the northern dynasty 'Suolu', and the northern dynasty guide dynasty was 'Daoyi'.

For Confucianism, which has always paid attention to the famous teachers, there is no need for excuses to raise troops at all. This point is even the barbarians of the four directions, Goguryeo in the good king, Goguryeo territory reached the maximum, for a time there was also the Central Plains, and called the ambition of the two dynasties of the north and south. As for the Japanese, although they are confined to the island country, they also want to make a Ezo tribe to be called barbarians to crusade from generation to generation, in order to show that they are orthodox. Later, the highest position of power in the samurai family was called the Great General of Zhengyi.

Wen Yanbo said this, as if he regarded Li Chongjiu as orthodox and could conquer the four Yi, and at the same time euphemistically expressed his hope that Li Chongjiu, one day, would inherit the Han dynasty and rule the world.

Li Chongjiu recalled that in history, the reason why the Han Wu and Tang Sects were called the prosperity of martial arts was better than the founding ancestors of the previous dynasties, because they defeated the surrounding Siyi, rather than the domination of the country. In such a big era, if you don't fight in the south and the north, conquer the four provinces, and make a great cause, wouldn't you have lived up to this life.

Li Chongjiu dismounted and helped Wen Yanbo up, and said: "Wen Sima is working hard, I have understood. ”

Wen Yanbo looked at the people of Tongding Town, who had returned to their hometown behind him, crying with joy, and took a step closer, and said: "It is really benevolent to enable you to save the people from fire and water. ”

Li Chongjiu said in his heart, it could be that Wen Yanbo was hinting that he was the emperor.

The army crossed the Liaoshui and returned to Huaiyuan Town to station. Because Tongding Town has become a dead city, Li Chongjiu decided to give it up and place the rescued more than 3,000 people in Huaiyuan Town. In addition, the 800 defenders of Huaiyuan Town were obviously insufficient, and Li Chongjiu decided to promote Wugunai to the general of Huaiyuan Town, and let him lead 700 soldiers to garrison the city. Liaodong County was temporarily abolished, and Huaiyuan Town was placed in Liaoxi County.

And Li Chongjiu of Liaoxi County decided to let Yang Linfu be the county guard, and Zhao Que'er led 1,500 Han troops to be stationed in Liucheng. Some of these 1,500 soldiers were soldiers from the original Liucheng, and some were soldiers from Shanggu County. And Tudiji is in western Liaoning, and the new city built is almost completed, and Ding Lingbu Cui Xu also plans to follow Tudiji's example to build a new city, so that Liaoxi County, plus Huaiyuan Town, has four cities, each other is horns, as long as it is not Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao, Goguryeo joint attack, is not afraid.

After arranging the situation in western Liaoning, the following is to reward the three armies. A total of 100,000 stone military rations were seized from Gaimu City, of which 50,000 were captured by Goryeo in Tongding Town, and now they are all in the hands of Li Chongjiu. Li Chongjiu decided to divide the Ding Ling clan into 10,000 stones, the Liaoxi Yan clan into 30,000 stones, and the remaining 60,000 in Huaiyuan Town and Liucheng respectively to prepare military rations.

Of the 2,000 armors seized from Goguryeo, Li Chongjiu still kept half of them, while the remaining Xi people divided 500 armors, and Ding Lingtong divided 500 armors. The rest of the gold, silver, and bronze coins obtained by the destruction of the city were divided in the same way.

In the end, 30,000 Goguryeo prisoners of war were disposed of, and many generals persuaded Li Chongjiu to kill them all to avenge his children. However, Li Chongjiu did not agree, and only killed more than 300 Goguryeo generals who had gone on an expedition to Tongding Town and caused bloodshed. As for the prisoners of war, they were selected as slaves by the three tribes of Yan Yan, Ding Ling, and Xi Ren, and the remaining more than 10,000 people were selected by the three departments to be sold to the Turks, Tiele, or other forces on the steppe.

After some disputes, the three clans of Xi Ren, Ding Ling, and Yan Ya finally took what they needed, and they were all happy. The next day, the army left Huaiyuan Town, returned to Liaoxi with prisoners of war, and decided to enter the temple to worship when passing through Yiwulu Mountain.

When Li Chongjiu took Wen Yanbo, Yang Linfu, the Han army, the generals of the three clans, and three hundred armor soldiers into the mountain temple. Miao Zhu had already taken all his disciples down the mountain to greet him.

"Congratulations to the spring breeze on your face, and you will return victorious! Poor Dao is here every day in front of the Duke of Quang Ninh for the Taishou to pray, and today he finally achieved his wish. ”

The imperial court sealed the mountain god of Beizhen as the Duke of Guangning, and of course no one knew whether the temple wished for truth or falsehood, so this statement was sneered, and Wang Mahan said directly: "A certain sacrifice of life and death accompanied Taishou to win the hard battle, so it is all your credit." ”

Miao Zhu was speechless for a while, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, don't be angry." ”

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "Thank you, Daoist, I'm here to worship Zhenshan." ”

Miao Zhu said with great joy at first sight: "It is really the joy of this temple to make you so sincere." ”

Li Chongjiu led the generals to pay tribute to the young prison and sacrifice to the doctor Wu Lu Mountain. There are clouds in the Book of Rites, the sacrifices of the princes, the cattle, and the prison; The sacrifice of the doctor, the sheep, is called the young prison. After the sacrifice, Li Chongjiu dedicated the Beizhen Temple with 100 hectares of surrounding fields, and never paid taxes. Na Miaozhu suddenly smiled from ear to ear.