A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 891 Ten Years of Agreement

Dengzhou Pier,

It was packed with people, huge crowds of people.

Qin Qiong was still wearing half-body armor and was looking up at him.

The ship is coming,

The fleet enters the port and berths at the pier.

"Why is my adoptive father wearing half-body armor?" Huaiyu got off the boat and saw Qin Qiong's appearance, and greeted him with a smile.

Qin Qiong slapped his adopted son hard on the shoulder, "You ran away to Liaodong without saying a word. I'm worried that if something happens to you, I'm planning to bring someone over to help you."

"I just went for a walk to make my adoptive father worried."

"Just come back. Is everything going well?"

"Well, we landed at night, then quietly entered the village, picked up the people and came back."

With that said, Huaiyu asked the veterans to come down to meet Qin Qiong.

More than two hundred veterans disembarked with their families.

Dong Teng stepped off the pallet and stepped onto Dengzhou Pier.

After twenty-two years, he set foot on the land of the Central Plains again. At this moment, Dong Teng burst into tears and knelt on the ground, crying bitterly.

"I never thought that I, Dong Teng, would be able to return to my homeland in my lifetime."

Lao Dong's whole family, his wife, concubines, children and grandchildren stood behind. They didn't feel that deeply, but they felt very excited.

Qin Qiong came up and helped Dong Teng up. "It's good to come back." The tiger general was also moved by this scene and his eyes were wet. He was once a member of Zhengliao. Old Dong reminded him of the time when he was under Lai Hu'er. , remembering that he later returned to Qi County to attend the funeral because of his mother’s death.

Afterwards, bandits were everywhere in the Central Plains. Zhang Xutuo came to ask him to suppress the bandits.

If those things hadn't happened, maybe he would have stayed under Laihuer's tent and followed him across the sea several times to conquer Liaodong. Maybe he might have died early in the battle in Liaodong, or he might have been captured like Lao Dong and left behind in Goguryeo, where he would have married. Take a stray girl as your wife and bear children.

Old Dong was helped up, and Huaiyu introduced to him that this was the Duke of Qi.

Hearing this illustrious name, Old Dong felt a little uneasy. He was the most famous war general and door god in the Tang Dynasty. He was especially powerful. He had served as prime minister, and now he is the most important official in the Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division and the crown prince. Taifu, hereditary Dengzhou.

He was a soldier recruited by the previous dynasty from the Liao Dynasty or a prisoner. He had been in Goguryeo for more than 20 years. Now that he is back, the Central Plains has already changed its court. How will the Tang Dynasty treat them?

"You are all sons of the Han family, and the court will definitely take good care of you."

Dengzhou held a grand and warm welcome ceremony.

Kill pigs and sheep,

A banquet was held to welcome the wind.

More than 200 veterans have become the protagonists of Dengzhou today. They and their restless families also received warm hospitality.

Qin Qiong raised a glass to celebrate them, "Welcome home!"

The veterans were all in tears. Some of these people, like Dong Teng, were doing well, and some were in poverty.

In fact, many people are still a little confused.

They were woken up in the middle of the night in the village, and then told them that Tang Dynasty was coming to take them home. Mr. Wu personally came to pick them up, and then they boarded the boat and crossed the sea to Dengzhou.

The Goguryeo people from the same village who had been suppressing them also came, but they were tied up and led there.

I always feel like I'm dreaming,

But now it's all so real and beautiful.

The autumn sunshine is so bright and feels so warm on the body.

Go home,

Back to Dengzhou,

Although they have not returned to their hometowns yet, the two big shots, Qin Qiong and Wu Huaiyu, have said that after registration here, people will be sent to their hometowns to contact them. They will rest in peace here first, and they can be sent back to their hometowns once the contact is completed.

Of course, if they are willing to stay in Dengzhou and register, they can also be allocated fields and land. If they are willing to go to Lingnan with Wu Xianggong, they can also be allocated more land.

Dong Teng drank ale, his face flushed. Although he came in a hurry and left behind the family property he had built for more than 20 years in Qingnipu, he did not feel any regret at all.

"Aye, drink less, don't get drunk." Asang advised.

"Yeah, I'm glad. It's okay to be drunk today."

The veterans took turns to toast Qin Qionghuaiyu and the others to thank them.

Asang toasted with Lao Dong. Huaiyu looked at Asang who was blushing and said, "If you need anything, just ask."

"Thank you, Prime Minister Wu."

After he stepped back, Old Dong looked at his daughter and said, "Ms. Wu seems to treat you differently."

Asang blushed and said nothing. Old Dong laughed a few times and said nothing more.

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After the lively banquet, Huaiyu accompanied Qin Qiong back to the Dengzhou Yamen, and truthfully told the story of the whole incident.

Including pirates.

"It's not impossible for you to arrange it this way for those pirates." Qin Qiong nodded, "But is it really necessary?"

"Let's just call it a day," Huaiyu chuckled. Qin Qiong nodded. Sooner or later, the imperial court would conquer Goguryeo. How could he allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the bed? Goguryeo, which had existed for seven hundred years, had posed a considerable threat to the Tang Dynasty.

But for a while, Datang didn't have the energy to deal with them.

"Anyway, these pirates don't need to be raised by the court. Cooperation will be of some use after all. I will return to Lingnan soon, and they will be handed over to the Qizhou Governor's Office."

"Ah."

They are just a group of small vassal pirates. Moreover, their scope of activities is outside the Tang Dynasty, so this matter can be arranged locally. They can register with Qin Qiong and leave it to Penglai Navy to contact them at ordinary times.

"Those veterans, hey." Speaking of them, Qin Qiong was also very emotional. The court actually knew the existence of these people, but after all, the relationship between Datang and Goguryeo was there, and some things were not easy to deal with.

"Take your time. Now the court wants the Goguryeo people to return these Sui soldiers with a decree. That is impossible." Huaiyu said, "However, I will write to the court and send an envoy to Goguryeo to ask for restraint. The corpses of the soldiers who conquered the Liao Dynasty were brought back to the Central Plains for burial, especially the Jingguan built by the Goguryeo people. They must be destroyed and the corpses collected and returned."

"Can the Goguryeo people agree?"

"Exchange of terms, such as increasing mutual trade with them, etc. If they are unwilling, then put a little pressure on them, for example, show some support for Silla and Baekje, whether it is to strengthen trade or to give them selling points Ships and weapons, I’m afraid the Goguryeo people will be nervous.”

Qin Qiong appreciated his proposal, "Well, this is indeed a good proposal."

Huaiyu added, "In fact, those veterans can also be redeemed by the Goguryeo people."

The court paying for redemption is also a way. Of course, the funds in this area may be limited and can only be redeemed in batches. However, we can also contact the veterans’ families and relatives to provide a channel for redemption.

In this way, the court and the family can always redeem more.

Although you can't redeem people at once, you can redeem them a little bit, and here you can also use pirates to snatch some people back.

The Turks, Xue Yantuo, and Tuyuhun have not yet been resolved, and the imperial court is now unable to start another war in Liaodong.

"Within ten years, the imperial court will definitely send troops to Liaodong. By then we can bring back more veterans, or we can exchange Goguryeo prisoners for them to come back."

Qin Qiong did not support the idea of ​​​​this ten-year period. He felt that although the Tang Dynasty had recovered quickly in recent years, it had experienced the Sui Rebellion after all. When the Sui Dynasty was in its heyday during the Daye Period, it could not defeat Goguryeo without even defeating it. The Tang Dynasty must be very cautious when sending troops.

If you attack rashly, you will be afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Sui Dynasty.

"Father, believe me, in ten years, at most, the Tang Dynasty will be able to show its sword to Goguryeo."

"And if we, the Tang Dynasty, conquer Goguryeo again, we will never make the same mistakes as the Sui Dynasty, and we will definitely win."

"Don't underestimate the enemy." Qin Qiong said.

"Father, Goguryeo is considered a big country. If the Tang Dynasty conquers Goguryeo, it can win as long as it doesn't make a single mistake."

"Oh?"

"We can't think about destroying the country with one blow. We can only have a protracted war against Goguryeo, and we must win over Silla or Baekje as allies on the peninsula, open up multiple fronts, and station heavy troops in Liaodong to squeeze out the Goguryeo people." . Then we will open up the second and third battlefields in Silla or Baekje. Instead of just attacking Pyongyang directly with the navy, we must establish a solid base south of Goguryeo and be able to fight for a long time.

Furthermore, the navy should strengthen and harass along the coastline.

There is another key point. Starting from Dengzhou, Beisha in southern Liaoning must be captured at the beginning of the war. With Beisha, a strong and dangerous mountain city barrier, it can not only threaten Liaodong City and other flanks, but also stabilize Liaodong. The peninsula is convenient for the Tang Dynasty to build ports in Qingnipu and Duli..."

Wu Huaiyu stated his plan to conquer Liao. It was not Yang Guang's strategy of using the whole country to conquer Liao with millions of masters and trying to destroy the country with one blow, but to make a long-term plan and attack more points, especially to recruit new recruits. An ally like Luo.

Qin Qiong was surprised,

"Your strategy is quite good. I have conquered the Liao Dynasty. Goguryeo is full of mountain cities, which are very dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, if you bypass these dangerous mountain cities and go straight to Pyongyang, it will be difficult to sustain the logistics. At that time, the Sui army was so powerful The division also attacked Pyongyang City, but was ambushed and defeated.

However, Yu Wenshu and others led the nine-route army of 300,000 people straight towards Pyongyang. The Goguryeo people deliberately let them go deep, but in the end they attacked halfway across and were ambushed on all sides. The Sui army's 300,000 troops were ambushed and had no food and grass supplies. In the end, they only Thousands of people fled back, and countless Sui soldiers were taken prisoner. "

Goguryeo was not a nomadic tribe like the Turks and Tuyuhun, so the way of fighting had to change.

"Let those pirates come up first,"

"When they find out some coastal information, the navy of Penglai Military Town can also disguise themselves as pirates and fish in troubled waters. Even our powerful families in the Tang Dynasty, if they have this idea, can also send them to plunder License, let them also raid and rob Goguryeo ships and coastal areas..."

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "I remember your method. Before the Sui Dynasty conquered Nanchen, it was also done in the same way. They stationed troops on the front line and then continued to harass and destroy production. Especially at harvest time, they sent troops to seize the crops and sent spies to set fire to the enemy's rear. Warehouses, etc. This is a strategy to tire the enemy.

Over the past few years, the enemy's borders have become empty and tired. "

Huaiyu nodded, "This is actually a commonly used method in war. It is mainly used in confrontations. Even if we still have ten years before the war against Goguryeo, if we continue to harass in these ten years, we will wait until the war starts in ten years. At that time, not only will the coast of Goguryeo be very weak, but the reality and reality will also be known to us, and we will even have a forward who is very familiar with the Goguryeo border!"

"Okay, don't worry and go to Lingnan. I'm in Shandong and will catch this matter."

Qin Qiong is a general with ten thousand enemies. He is not only fierce, but also very strategic. When Zhang Xutuo conquered Lu Mingyue, he and Luo Shixin played a big game. The two armies faced off for many days, and then Zhang Xutuo Tuo pretended to have enough food and supplies to retreat, but Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin stayed behind secretly with a small group of elites, waiting for Lu Mingyue to lead the army to pursue Zhang Xutuo.

However, they secretly went around and raided Lu Mingyue's camp.

In the end, Lu Mingyue, who claimed to have an army of 400,000, was burned down by Qin Qiongluo Shi and others, and then Zhang Xutuo killed him again. In the end, Lu Mingyue was defeated.

Qin Qiong, who had been recuperating for many years, suddenly became excited.

(End of this chapter)