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Chapter 669
Ten days after the capture of Pyongyang, Li Chongjiu did not return to Youjing immediately, but lived in Dangxiang City.

The battleship needs to be repaired, and the soldiers also need to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. The Silla women in Dangxiang City are most fond of the victorious Zhao soldiers.Silla was originally a country where the defense between men and women was not strict, and the soldiers of Zhao Jun were unavoidably a little distracted.However, Zhao Jun's military discipline is very strict, and they are not allowed to have any relationship with the women in the city, and a lot of kindness was wasted in time and space.

During this period, Princess Rodman also visited Li Chongjiu from time to time.Princess Deman is more than 30 years old. Compared with her younger sister, Princess Shengman, she has a different style.From the perspective of future generations, she is a real wife.

However, Li Chongjiu is not very interested in Princess Deman. Even if the other party is more charming, look at one of her ex-husbands and three current husbands.Li Chongjiu felt that it was better.Unexpectedly, the more Li Chongjiu refused, the more resentful Princess Deman's eyes became.Li Chongjiu can only laugh at this.

After living in Dangxiang City for ten days, Li Chongjiu saw that it was almost time, and finally boarded the battleship again and left Dangxiang City.
In the past ten or so days, Li Chongjiu has not returned to Youjing at this moment, but the news of Zhao Jun's victory has passed through the Clippers and reported to Youjing immediately.This time, Pyongyang was captured and King Goguryeo was captured, which shocked all the people. After the shock, the people rushed to tell each other, and the whole Youjing fell into a carnival.

In the city of Youjing, the scholars of Guozijian immediately submitted a proposal of congratulatory night tour to Cui Junsu, the new government office, asking Youjing to open the curfew.Cui Junsu took office as a new official, and he didn't know the details, not to mention that he was always a prudent person, so he refused the scholar's request without even thinking about it.

But when Cui Junsu didn't expect it, he really underestimated the power of the Imperial Academy scholars.These scholars saw that Mr. Cui's mansion was unkind, so they went to the Yamen of Youjing Mansion to protest together.The Guozijian made troubles, and even the students from the counties and counties also joined in.In a word, everyone must do this.

When Wang Gui and Wei Zhengdu wrote a letter to Cui Junsu to ask about this matter.Only then did Cui Junsu understand how powerful these Imperial Supervisors are.As the shepherd of Youjing, Cui Jun was not as tough as Wei Zheng. He immediately changed his attitude and personally interviewed the scholars of the Imperial Academy to show his closeness to the people, and promised to open the curfew in all the squares of Youjing tomorrow.

After receiving the promise, the scholars of the Imperial Academy were very happy, and immediately organized a grand night tour in Youjing to congratulate.This is also the first time that Youjing has a curfew in other seasons besides the Shangyuan Festival.

Although it was a matter of celebration, for Cui Junsu, he was afraid to be careless. All the soldiers of the patrolling soldiers and horses in the city canceled their vacations and dispatched overnight.Cui Junsu also transferred two thousand soldiers from the county into the city to maintain order.

That night, the city of Youjing was brightly lit.Under the melting moonlight, the market place was bustling with excitement, and the restaurants were already ready to open all night long.

Situ Qiu, the captain of the city patrolling soldier Ma Si, was patrolling the streets on horseback, and all he saw were people in celebration.Men, women, old and young are all walking with a group of people, traveling in the dark, the most eye-catching among the people are those scholars who are dressed in green skirts and swords and walk proudly. From their faces, we can see that Zhao Guo is now in full swing. .

Situ Qiu gave some instructions to his subordinates, telling them to take good care of these scholars.

These scholars will be the pillars of Zhao Guo in the future, but they have not entered the officialdom and have not acquired the habit of dealing with affairs in the officialdom. At this time, they are young and vigorous, and they are most prone to impulsive accidents.Situ Qiu still remembered the last battle to defend Youjing, these scholars actually took up their swords and wanted to fight the Turkic people.And this time, in order to celebrate the night tour, he dared to make a wish in front of Youjing Mansion, which is really unimaginable.

Now the scholars sang in unison.

Don't you see, the Han Dynasty ended the army, and the weak crown was tied to the captives to ask for long tassels.Don't you see, Ban Dingyuan, Jueyu Qingqi urges Zhanyun.A man should be in serious danger, how can he let Confucianism miss his life.Kuang Nai's national prestige is like a pile of eggs, the feathers are fighting and galloping, the singing is floating, and the scholars are generously stepping forward.

This poem that Li Chongjiu wrote occasionally in the past was very popular to be sung, not only the scholars of the Imperial Academy had to sing it once a day during morning exercises, even the army also sang it.

Don't you see, the Han Dynasty ended the army, and the weak crown was tied to the captives to ask for long tassels.Don't you see, Ban Dingyuan, Jueyu Qingqi urges Zhanyun.Situ Qiu yelled these two sentences, and a sense of pride surged out of his chest.

To reproduce the majesty of the strong Han Dynasty, the emperors of the Sui Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty all had such lofty ambitions.At that time, Situ Qiu's father went out with Yang Sugong and defeated the Turkic soldiers. This matter became his life's talk and glory.However, after Yang Guang's three campaigns against Goguryeo failed, Da Sui's ambition to reproduce the martial arts of Emperor Qin and Han Wu became a laughing stock instead.

But now when the loud battle song was sung, Situ Qiu's eyes were a little moist. At the same time, he wondered what was going on. He was Li Tang's secret agent who infiltrated the Great Zhao, so he couldn't help cheering for Zhao's victory. Let's celebrate.

A few days ago, he was rewarded by his boss for passing the news of Li Chongjiu's army crossing the sea to conquer Goguryeo to Chang'an one step earlier than other fine works.But when he thought about it, Li Yuan, who was in Chang'an now, would not be happy when he heard the news that Li Chongjiu had broken Goguryeo.

However, Ashina, who was drinking in a restaurant across the street from Situ Qiu, had a different mood.Ashina Duobi is the younger brother of Chuluo Khan, a figure set up by the Turkic Mohe Duo to control the festival.This time he came to Youjing to follow his elder brother's wishes, to discuss with Zhao Ting about next year's trade.

Ashina Duobi drank mulled wine alone, the lamb liver and roast goose on the table did not move, and near his table were all Zhao people talking and laughing loudly.Once the curfew is lifted, all the seats in the restaurant are full of common people. If there was no curfew in the past, people outside the workshop would hurry back to their own workshop, and there would not be too many diners in the restaurant.

But now that the curfew order has been lifted, countless people from Zhao took to the streets to celebrate. Taking advantage of this happy event, it is inevitable for everyone to eat and drink.

"Han people like to enjoy themselves so much. If there is any happy event, they have to eat to celebrate it." A guard beside Ashina said dissatisfiedly.

Ashina heard it aggressively and said: "Isn't it the same for us Turkic people today? We have long lost the courage of our ancestors to build a country bravely. In the past few years, the Zhao people have opened up trade. In the past, we had to bleed and fight hard to snatch it from the Han people." The things that come here can be easily obtained. Just like a wolf, if someone feeds him meat every day and does not need to hunt, then his teeth will be blunt, his sense of smell will not be sensitive, his running will no longer be fast, and he will gradually become a wolf. dog."

Ashina said aggressively and several guards showed hatred.

This time, Goguryeo, which secretly communicated with the Turks, was hit hard by the Zhao State, which made the Turks passive.Originally, in Zhao Deyan's proposal to Chuluo Khan, the two countries, Turkic and Goguryeo, were to clamp Youjing firmly on the left and right in a pincer shape.Contain Zhao Guo, so that Li Chongjiu dare not lead his army south easily.

Now that Goguryeo was broken, Khitan was beaten like a dog by Guo Xiaoke in the Huoershen Grassland, and fled to Hanhai (now Hulunbuir Lake).As for Bai Yu and the three tribes of the Xi Clan, they are even more afraid to say anything now.
The allies are constantly being broken, and the Turks are becoming more and more isolated on the grasslands, but the Turkic high-level officials are not vigilant.Many noble heads even coveted the life in Huaihuang Town and Yuyi Town, and secretly bought houses in the two places to enjoy a luxurious life.And many Turkic tribesmen saw the profits from the trade, and organized caravans to go back and forth between the Great Wall and Youjing.Many of the caravans were led by various ministries and made a lot of profits from them.

Under such circumstances, if the Turks and Dazhao go to war together, these assets will undoubtedly be in vain.The Turkic people will return to the kind of days when they live by plundering.Therefore, whenever Khan Chuluo mentioned the Southern Expedition at the meeting, he would meet with fierce opposition from the leaders of various ministries. This kind of opposition was unprecedented. The meaning of the chiefs.

Zhao Deyan also sighed because of this, in the Qin and Han Dynasties, it took millions of troops and countless money and food to conquer the grassland, but Li Chongjiu did it in only ten years.

Ashina sighed bitterly at the decline of the Turks, looking at the people in Youjing who were wandering outside the street at night, those people from Zhao who were full of talk and high spirits, he couldn't help feeling gloomy in his heart.If things go on like this, the fangs and sharp claws of the Turkic people will degenerate because they no longer hunt, and once that day comes, Zhao Guo can take back all that was given to the Turkic people at any time.

At that time, will the Turkic people without sharp teeth and claws be able to beat the Han people?

boom!
boom!
There was a sudden noise of gongs and drums in the outer periphery. It turned out that Zhao people picked up bamboo tubes, filled them with nitrate and so on, and ignited them to explode.The bang made the mules and horses scream uneasy, but the common people enjoyed this moment extraordinarily. Among the hundred opera performers parading through the streets, the children clapped their hands and sang songs, as if it was a festival.

Ashina's mind was full of worries, and at this moment Zhao people were immersed in the joy of Zhao Guoda defeating Goguryeo.From the emperor to the people of Zhao State, the national power is booming.

The bow of the warship splits the waves and sails on the vast sea. Zhao Zi's battle flag is fluttering, and hundreds of large ships are advancing with full sail, with their bows facing west.A black coastline can be seen in the distance.

At this moment, Li Chongjiu was on the deck, looking into the distance.When the waves hit, the waves splashed from the bow and fell on the deck like rain.

Li Chongjiu's cloak was slightly wet, and there was a strong salty smell on his body.

"Your Majesty, Dengzhou is already ahead."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "I know, pass on the order, the fleet will advance along the coast and dock at Ye County, Donglai County."

"Ye County? Didn't you go to Sanchakou estuary and land back to Youjing?" Cheng Mingzhen asked in surprise.

Li Chongjiu said with a slight smile: "That's right, everyone thought that I would finish defeating Goguryeo and return to Youjing, but they would never have thought that I did not go to Youjing, but led an army to land in Ye County, together with Xu Shiji and Song Jingang Let's attack the Tang army in Shandong together!"

(End of this chapter)