Late Tang

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Yue Lizhi was only 12 years old, but she didn't cry, let alone shed half a tear.Although Yue Lizhi is young, she was born to be a princess on the grassland.She is a member of Diela Yelu's family. Although her father is dead, her cousin is still a Yili Jin from Dadie Lie Mansion.The three Yelv Shilu brothers looked at this young sister and reminded themselves that in order to get closer to the alliance with Bohai, they gave their sisters to Da Weizhen to marry their relatives.

When they bid her farewell at the foot of Buyeo Castle, she was riding a white horse and smiling slightly.Although she will stay in a foreign country from now on, this girl knows how to deal with it. She is brave and strong beyond her peers.In the end, it was Yeluzaci who had a close relationship with Yue Lizhi who couldn't help crying, and it was Yue Lizhi who comforted him.

Yue Lizhi is very beautiful, she is tall and slender, her legs are slender and tight in sheepskin breeches, her waist is full, and her chest has begun to bulge.He has a rosy face and one of the seven most common hairstyles for Khitan women.

The hair from the forehead to the edge of the ears is shaved, and the rest of the unshaven long hair is tied together with a rope on the top of the head. In addition, a small lock of long hair is separated on the left side, braided, wrapped around the forehead and then coiled. Turn your head back, press it on the hair bundle on the top of your head, tie it together, and let the long hair behind the ears and the back of the head hang down behind you.

Da Weizhen stood on the gate tower of Fuyu City, overlooking the farewell ceremony below the city.

If it wasn't for the persuasion of the accompanying scholar Liu Xilu and the Imperial Guard General Gao Huaisheng, Da Weiyu would never have been willing to marry a 12-year-old Khitan girl.Even if it's not the princess, but just the side concubine, he still has 12 dissatisfaction in his heart.That Khitan woman's hairstyle made him extremely dissatisfied.The shaved forehead and the edge of the ear temples made his little concubine look so weird.

And her dowry maids had even uglier hairstyles.

There is a maid whose hairstyle is to keep a bunch of long hair in the middle of the head, comb it into a bun, and stand upright on the top of the head. The hair around the bun is shaved to form a hair ring on both sides of the top of the head. Two locks of long hair on the forehead hang down on the temples. .

Another one has a lock of long hair in the center of the skull and on both sides of the forehead, and the rest of the hair is shaved off.The long hair on the top of the skull is tied with colored ribbons, and the two locks of long hair hanging on the back of the head and the front of the forehead are tied into a bun on the ear side, decorated with gold flowers.

What's more, all the hair was cut very short, and she kept a small cut like a nun.

In addition, the hair on the top of the head is cut short, so that the hair around the head hangs down, the hair on the front of the forehead is cut evenly at the eyebrows, and the hair on the temples, the sides of the head, and the back of the head are cut evenly at the lower edge of the ears.

Among the seven hairstyles, the only one that caught his eye was a ten-year-old Khitan maid. It was rare for her to keep all her hair and comb it back. place.

However, in the eyes of the Prince of Bohai, who imitated various customs such as clothing and etiquette in the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan women are simply a group of uncivilized barbarians.They don't know how to recite poems or make fuss, and they don't know how to draw eyebrows and paint red. They can only ride horses.

However, the reasons given by the Grand Scholar and General Gao also made him understand that the alliance with the Khitan was very important in order to deal with the Tang army.It is of great significance to their alliance to agree to the marriage request of the Diel tribe and accept their women.After defeating the Tang people in the future, they can join hands with the Khitan people again to eradicate the arrogant Goguryeo people in one fell swoop and take Liaodong back.

Even the mighty Han in Middle-earth and the prosperous Tang Dynasty have always maintained peace with the surrounding foreigners.A small clan like Khitan also married several princesses of the Tang Dynasty.Lei Weixuan sighed and shook his head. It would be great if the one sent here was not a Khitan woman with a shaved head, but a princess from the Li and Tang royal families of Middle Earth.

Li Jing under Jian'an City didn't know that the Khitan Deira tribe, Liaodong Goguryeo people and Balhae had signed an alliance agreement under Fuyu City to jointly deal with him.What's more, after surrendering a Gao Dexin, there is actually another Gao Degui who has restored the Goguryeo Kingdom and claimed to be the King of Goguryeo.

Li Jing is now ready to storm Jian'an and then capture Anshi Prefecture.Before the Khitan people fully reacted, they fought a blitz and took control of the northwest of the Liaodong Peninsula with lightning speed.First cut off the channel for the Khitan people to go south. In this way, the entire east bank of the Liao River will only be Goguryeo people.

Capture Jian'an and An City, the first phase of the entire Northern Expedition will be considered a success.

Then Li Jing can keep the Khitan out, and have time to calmly seize the area controlled by the Goguryeo people in the northeast of the Liaodong Peninsula.Taking the entire Liaodong Peninsula is Li Jing's goal in the second stage.

Dahang City, Bo Diao City, Black Bone City...

To the east of the Liaohe River, to the west of the Yalu River, to the south of the Wugu River, and the entire Liaodong Peninsula, Li Jing wants to take down one mountain city after another, and complete the occupation of the Liaodong Peninsula before the end of the year.

So far, Li Jing has made preparations and arrangements.

He ordered Zhao Ji, a Nengzhan veteran, to lead the Feixiong army to advance quickly to the Dashiqiao, intercepting the reinforcements from Anshi at the same time.Li Jing immediately asked Gao Zhaokang to lead his [-] Korean troops to attack the three gates of Jian'an City at the same time as soon as it got dark.

There are one thousand Khitan soldiers in Jian'an City, and another thirty thousand common people.Since the Khitan people refused to surrender, it would definitely take a lot of damage to storm such a dangerous and solid mountain city.Li Jing has always avoided such tough battles, but now, since the Goguryeo people are sent to the field, Li Jing will not have so many worries.

Although Gao Zhaokang looked reluctant, but since the Korean Army was established, they have been allowed to accompany the army.Sooner or later, they would have to be sent to the battlefield. Although there was suspicion of taking the opportunity to consume them, Li Jing didn't care much about Gao Zhaokang's thoughts.

If Gao Zhaokang is not even willing to fight like this, then he is not rushing to surrender at all.That being the case, Li Jing doesn't have to care too much about his thoughts.

Mountain cities are difficult to fight, especially important mountain cities like Jian'an City are even more difficult to fight.

However, difficulty is relative. Jian'an City has the advantages of a mountain city, but Li Jing has advantages in numbers and ordnance.

To deal with mountain cities, Li Jing has Fuyuan crossbows and lathe crossbows, as well as catapults, general cannons, cloud carts, archery towers, and even gunpowder bags, gunpowder cans, and rockets.However, although these devices are strong, they are difficult to transport.The town [***] was advancing rapidly, and it took less than a month from the capture of Langu Mountain City to the defeat of Jian'an City.The main road in southern Liaoning has only been repaired to Langu City, and now it is about [-] miles from Langu City to Jili City, and from Jili City to Jian'an City.Although not seemingly long, the infantry marched for four to five days and the cavalry for two to three days.

It is possible to transport these heavy equipment, but it is difficult to travel because of the narrow road, which is several times that of the army marching lightly.

Li Jing has already attacked all the way to Jian'an City, but the supply team has just arrived at Shuangcheng.

Cannons, heavy crossbows and gunpowder will not be available for a while, Li Jing can only rely on his superiority in strength to capture Jian'an City.

"Commander, the North Korean army's attack strength is not enough, they are passive and idle!"

Lin Wu, who was watching the battle at the foot of the mountain, watched the Goguryeo people attack for a long time before rushing to the camp at the foot of the mountain.

For the Goguryeo people, Lin Wu has never had a good face.In his opinion, there is no need to get a North Korean army out, just send Gao Dexin, father and son, and others to Dengzhou, and put them under residential surveillance.After all, these people cannot be trusted in the first place, and it is undoubtedly a wrong decision to let them control the army now.

Li Jing nodded, Lin Wu's idea made some sense.Li Jing was really too kind to these Goguryeo people, so that they couldn't even distinguish between priorities and the situation.It is necessary to give preferential treatment to Goguryeo people, but there must be a limit to everything, and a degree of leniency is what is needed.

"You said, what should I do?"

A ruthless look flashed in Gai Yu's eyes, "It's not enough to have rain and dew, but there must be thunder, both kind and powerful, to make these Goguryeo people feel awed. I suggest that the Goguryeo people be temporarily removed, and then directly put the front Kill all the people in the capital to shock the army!"

Killing all of them directly, instead of beheading a few former army officers who failed to attack, the power of deterrence will be much greater.

However, only 5000 out of [-] people were killed, and Li Jing still felt that he was too gentle with these Goguryeo people.Since you want to show your prestige, you have to be stricter.

Li Jing closed his eyes and pondered.

He thought that in the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su was the most severe in commanding troops.When encountering a difficult opponent, he once sent hundreds of people into battle, but was defeated.Yang Su beheaded everyone in front of the formation.Then he sent out a thousand people, and the thousand people were defeated again, and those who returned were all killed.In the end, Yang Su sent troops comparable to the enemy to attack, and the battle was successful.Everyone takes the lead bravely, and no one is afraid to move forward.

Although Yang Su's move was a bit harsher, it actually conformed to the art of war in the book of war that put one's death to one's death.Completely cut off the other thoughts of these soldiers and inspired everyone's desperate heart, so that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is terrible.

After a while, Li Jing said slowly: "Since Goguryeo is so slack in fighting, let them also be afraid. Pass down the order to execute all the people in the previous attack just now on the spot, and then let Gao Zhaokang lead the army to attack again. Directly Tell him, if I can't attack again this time, then I will implement the law of ten draws."

Hearing such an order, Li Liang, Lin Wu and other generals could not help but take a deep breath.This ten-thousand draw is quite cruel, it doesn't matter who slackens the fight, in short, if the requirements are not met, everyone draws lots to decide, and finally executes 5000% of the soldiers according to the eleventh draw. If [-] people practiced the law of [-] strokes, they would have to execute [-] people at a time.This is not death at the hands of opponents, but death at the hands of one's own teammates.In particular, even those who fight with their hearts may be executed, and even officers and soldiers have the same chance.

"All the soldiers who will be executed will be handed over to Gao Zhaokang and other officers above the command of the Korean Army to personally behead them, and they will be publicly executed in front of the entire Korean Army. Then, the second round of attacks will begin immediately!" Li Jing said in a cold voice.The Goguryeo people still have to use it, but they have to be in awe. This time, Li Jing's cruel order is to make them remember it thoroughly, so that they will be in awe in their hearts, and they can't have other thoughts.

"As I said, I will give preferential treatment to all the Goguryeo people who surrendered, but first of all, he must be sincere. Since some people dare to passively slack off, then I will not be polite to them. Lin Junzhu, you personally lead the Jiejun If you dare to mutiny, defect, or flee, you will be killed immediately on the spot!"

"Here!"

A killing intent rose on Lin Wu's face, he turned and left. (To be continued.)