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The smoke of gunpowder dissipated, and the army of Zhao State had all occupied Qingzhou City.

The morning breeze was blowing, and the air was full of autumn coldness, Li Chongjiu rode his horse into the south gate of Qingzhou City, but saw the bloody battle in the city vividly. Although the corpse has been dragged away, the blood on the walls and ground has not yet dried up.

Although Qingzhou City was captured, in the battle of taking the South Gate, the Zhao army lost as many as 1,200 people and more than 2,000 were wounded. Many of them were veterans of Li Chongjiu's southern expedition to the north.

Li Chongjiu rode out into the street, and the soldiers were resting along the street. There are also some wounded soldiers, who are being bandaged by the doctor. When these soldiers saw Li Chongjiu riding his horse past, they stood up one after another and saluted.

Li Chongjiu nodded slightly, raised his horsewhip in greeting, and the horse's hooves stepped on the dirt road, raising light dust.

"Your Majesty, this is the soldier who broke into the south gate last night, two thousand people, and now there are less than a thousand left." Xue Wanche said to Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu looked but saw that on the edge of the city wall, a row of soldiers were sparsely clinging to the edge of the wall, their robes were stained with blood, most of the soldiers were wearing bandages, and their bodies were also stained with blood. They looked at Li Chongjiu with a faint gaze, silent but without the slightest word.

Li Chongjiu reined the horse, turned over and jumped off the warhorse, and when the soldiers saw this scene, they all stood up with their weapons and said, "Your Majesty!" Then they hung their heads again.

"Your Majesty, our General Xu died in battle last night!" All the soldiers hung their heads.

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Soldiers, if it weren't for General Xu last night, how could I have broken through Qingzhou City." His blood will not be shed in vain, I decided to posthumously crown General Xu as the county prince, and the county prince will be buried with the gift of the county prince, his family is small, and the court will support them for a lifetime. ”

"Thank you." All the soldiers wept together.

Li Chongjiu looked at the soldiers and said, "Raise your heads!" ”

Li Chongjiu said: "Last night, you defeated the superior strength of the Qingzhou Army with a outnumbered army for a day and night, and you are the same as General Xu, you are all good. I will pay for all the fallen soldiers last night, and you I decided to award you a medal? ”

All the soldiers were puzzled when they heard Li Chongjiu's words.

Li Chongjiu said: "The so-called medal is to wear it alive and see it for others." When you die, bring it into the coffin, it is a sign of your honor. In addition to the medals, I will reward each of you soldiers with five yuan of money and 100 stone of rice, which may exempt one member of the family from servitude. In addition, this time the city is broken, but the families of the generals of the Qingzhou Army who resist will be rewarded to you as slaves! ”

Li Chongjiu's voice echoed in the wind.

A corner of Qingzhou City. A door was smashed open, and Sergeant Zhao rushed in outside the door. The women and children in the house were pushed out.

"What mistakes did we make and why did we do this to us."

The women and children wept and shouted.

Their homes were emptied one by one, and Zhao Jun's sharp iron spears were pointed at them, and they did not dare to resist in the slightest.

This scene is playing out all over Qingzhou City.

On the upper floor of the East Gate City, Xu Shiji. Zhang Xuansu and the others watched this scene.

"Your Majesty, you can finally use an iron fist to control these disobedient ministers." Xu Shiji said slowly.

Zhang Xuansu pinched his beard and said: "The way of the emperor is the inner and outer kings, who teach with the saints, and the royal way sanctions, so Confucianism rules the world." Teaching people to be benevolent and virtuous, and using the way of Legalism to achieve hegemony is terrifying. ”

As he spoke, the families of hundreds of Qingzhou Army generals in the city were taken to the east gate. They were driven here on their feet, shivering in the autumn wind.

Xu Shiji glanced at it, did not speak, but said to Zhang Xuansu: "Song Jingang said to me that he would protect Li Yiman, and hoped that His Majesty would forgive him for his crimes." What do you think of using him as a general? ”

Zhang Xuansu pinched his beard and said, "Gong Xu, don't you know?" It's not what I think, but what Li Yiman thinks? ”

Xu Shiji laughed and said: "His family is small, and he is about to be enslaved in the army, I don't know what he thinks, this person has a set of leading troops." I want him to join my garrison and strengthen his strength. ”

Zhang Xuansu said: "Then I want to congratulate Gong Xu, and I have received another love." ”

Xu Shiji sighed: "You see that Qingzhou City has finally been captured, and Shandong will be decided." What's next, you say? ”

Zhang Xuansu said: "It's really hard to say, now that Goguryeo has been broken, my opponents of Da Zhao, as well as Du Fuwei, Turkic, and Li Tang, are not easy to clean up." I think it depends on His Majesty's considerations. ”

While the two were discussing, another soldier suddenly came to announce: "General Xu, Zhang Shilang, Your Majesty Xià summoned two adults in the palace to discuss matters, saying that there is a war in the Liang Kingdom. ”

Xu Shiji and Zhang Xuansu glanced at each other when they heard this, and they all showed solemn expressions at the moment, and they all went downstairs together and rushed to the mansion.

At this moment, thousands of miles away, Gangneung City.

The Yangtze River outside Gangneung City rolls, the autumn rain falls, and the river is at high tide. As the tide poured in, the wreckage of the battleship and the corpses of the soldiers were washed along the river to the shore of Gangneung Castle.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers and civilians of Gangneung were all shocked.

At this moment in the city, the wind was beating the bamboo curtain outside the palace, and there were documents scattered under the table in the palace.

Xiao Mo sat with his hands hanging down, and there was no blood on his face.

His Royal Highness was full of ministers and military generals, and he was silent.

"You say, is there any other way to save Liang Guo? Save me? Xiao Miao's roar was still hovering in the hall, and the aftermath was endless.

But now the ministers are silent.

Cen Wenwen, the minister of the Liang State, took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the defeat of General Wen is that God does not bless the Liang Dynasty, and if you are exhausted, you will harm the city." Now while the city is not down, His Majesty can order the surrender to avoid the scourge of the chaotic army. ”

"Is that your idea?"

Cen Wenwen said: "Your Majesty's national situation has reached this point, even if you have the power to overwhelm the mountains and seas, it is difficult to return to the sky, it is better to make a decision as soon as possible, so as not to come to an end, this is the best policy." ”

"What do you mean?"

The ministers were silent.

Xiao Mo said angrily: "The widow raised you for thousands of miles, but at this time it is useless, just let me surrender, I would rather die at the hands of Li Yuan than be angry with you." ”

"Your Majesty is not allowed!"

As soon as Xiao Mo finished speaking, a person from the main hall here came quickly.

Xiao Mo couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped down the steps and said, "Your envoy is here, isn't there any good news, do you want to tell the widow?" ”

This person was none other than Ouyang Xun, the envoy of Zhao State.

Ouyang asked: "Since Emperor Zhao learned that Li Tang attacked Liang unreasonably, he was very angry, although there were not enough soldiers and horses, and the whip was beyond the reach, but he also ordered Xue Wanshu, who was stationed in Luoyang, and the second general Shan Xiongxin to lead the army to attack Xiangcheng County to aid His Majesty. ”

Xiao Miao's eyes almost burst into tears when he heard this, and he grabbed Ouyang Xun's hand and said gratefully: "Thank you so much Emperor Zhao, I don't know how to thank you." ”

Ouyang asked: "This is a matter within the division of my friends, but now that His Majesty lost the first battle, he thinks of surrendering, and in the opinion of the ministers, this is not enough." ”