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Chapter 243 Triumph
Three days after the Battle of Gaimu City, the rainy season was over, and the entire Liaodong fell into the muggy heat of summer.

Thousands of Goguryeo iron cavalry rode through, and the Liang River, which had been dyed bright red, rushed to the foot of Gaimu City. Countless crows heard the voice of people, and flew up into the sky with a bang, circling like a black cloud hovering above their heads.The air is full of rancid smell, which cannot be dispelled even under the sun.

With five knives on his back and riding a tall horse, Jusa Yuan Gaisuwen in the west of Goguryeo led a total of [-] reinforcements from Liaodong City, Beisha City, and Goguryeo Mohe warriors to Liangshuixia.Yuan Gai Suwen suddenly jumped off his horse. On the river bank of Liangshui, densely packed arrow feathers stung the ground, growing like weeds on the edge of a field. Ge is everywhere.

Goguryeo's most proud elite cavalry was trapped in the Liangshui River. The corpse of the war horse was stranded in the shallows. The broken horns and iron pockets exposed a corner on the water.

Flies were attached to the corpse, and a wild dog squatted by the river unscrupulously nibbling on half a human hand. Yuan Gai Suwen suddenly pulled out a knife from behind and threw it at the wild dog.Just hear a woo!The wild dog was stabbed in the forehead and died instantly.

Yuan Gai Suwen turned around suddenly, his face was livid, behind him were the Liangshui and the plains full of corpses, and Gaimu city that was razed to the ground and burned to rotten tiles.Aside from Damoda, the last Goguryeo generals all lowered their heads.

Yuan Gai Suwen said in a deep voice: "Gaimu City has an army of [-], how could it be possible to fall in one day. It only takes three days, three days, and my plan to lure the enemy can be realized. The [-] troops attack back and forth. The city is the burial place of the Han people!"

The Chinese general Cui Ci on the side said: "The defender has a strong city but does not stick to it, but goes out to fight in the field. Obviously, he has been tricked by the Han people to lure the enemy. I heard that although Li Chongjiu has established the country on the grassland for less than two years, he Regardless of the Xi tribe, Liaoxi Mohe, the Han people are all under his banner, and they have won consecutive battles. This man is not easy and will be our strong enemy in the future."

But Yuan Jingtu 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. Later, he took the whole county of Shanggu through tricks. It can be seen that his use of troops is nothing more than that. If he hits him head-on, he will definitely not be our Dagoryeo opponent."

Yuan Gai Su Wen waved his hands and said: "So what if Song Jingang defeated Li Chongjiu, he didn't lose Shanggu County in the end. The winner and the loser, Li Chongjiu is good at using tricks, today's lesson must be firmly remembered by us."

Cui Ci glanced at Yuan Gai Suwen appreciatively, thinking that this Western Xisa, although young, has a mind that is not inferior to that of his father.However, Cui Ci frowned and said: "But this time the failure of crossing the Liaoshui, I am afraid that it will give the lord of the court an excuse to attack us in front of the king. And against Lu, lord Ulji also hopes that we can pacify Baekje first. Silla, if he uses troops against the Sui again, I'm afraid he won't speak for us this time."

Yuan Gai Suwen narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and said: "You don't know that the king is dying soon, I'm afraid I don't have time to take care of our affairs right now."
Just when Yuangai Suwen was furious at the edge of Liangshui, Li Chongjiu had already led the army, together with the rescued Han people, released [-] Goguryeo civilian captives, [-] shi of grain, and countless captured weapons. Liaoshui, return to western Liaoning.

The army returned in triumph, and the soldiers of the Han army sang victory songs.The wind is flying, the flags are flying, the horns are blowing, and the singing of knives and guns echoes on the banks of the Liaoshui River.The Xi clan, Liaoxi Mohe, and Dingling clan on the side felt the melody was powerful, so they also sang in time.

The news of the army's return had already been known to Wen Yanbo who was guarding the Liao River day and night, waiting for the news.At the moment of the Liaoshui River ferry, Wen Yanbo and all the civil servants are waiting here.

The sound of thousands of soldiers singing triumphantly wafted from far away. Wen Yanbo saw the high morale of the army, the Goguryeo prisoners escorted beside him, and the carts loaded continuously, and finally confirmed the news of the army's victory.

Wen Yanbo, who was originally from the Wen family in Taiyuan and a son of a noble family, although he did not have the prejudice of discriminating against poor families, he finally felt condescending.Although Li Chongjiu managed Huaihuang Town well, it was not enough to awe him. He firmly believed that he could manage Huaihuang Town well.But today, watching the scene where Li Chongjiu led the army to break through Gaimu City, rescued the fallen people, and defeated the Goguryeo army and returned in victory, there was no last trace of doubt in my heart.

No matter how prosperous the world is, if there is no powerful force to protect it, everything will be nothing.Li Chongjiu was able to achieve this great victory in the midst of difficulties, which shows his bravery.

When Li Chongjiu Khan's big banner fluttered by the Liao River, Wen Yanbo immediately led the military officials behind him and went forward, bowed and saluted beside the road, and said: "Congratulations to Shijun who defeated Dongyi and returned victorious. It is really a blessing to be humbled to be an official under your command!"

Li Chongjiu couldn't help being startled when he heard Wen Yanbo's words immediately.The Han people have always held the distinction between Huaxia and Barbarians since ancient times. The world is divided into five parts, with Huaxia in the middle, and then divided into four barbarians.At that time, all countries regarded themselves as orthodox and regarded other countries as barbarians.For example, when the north and the south were separated, each held orthodoxy. The Southern Dynasty called the Northern Dynasty "Suolu", while the Northern Dynasty called the Northern Dynasty "Daoyi".

Being orthodox, then there is a natural justification for using troops against the barbarians who do not accept the kingship. For the Confucianists who have always paid attention to the famous teachers, there is no excuse for such an army.Even the barbarians in the four directions have this point. When Goguryeo was under Haotaiwang, Goguryeo's territory reached its largest, and it also had the ambition of being with the Central Plains and called the Northern and Southern Dynasties.As for the Japanese, although they are limited to the island country, they still want to have a tribe called barbarians to fight from generation to generation to show that they are orthodox.Later, the highest position in the Wu family was called General Zhengyi.

When Wen Yanbo said this, it was as if he regarded Li Chongjiu as the orthodox Han people and could conquer the barbarians. At the same time, he also euphemistically expressed his hope that Li Chongjiu would inherit the Han Dynasty and rule the world one day.

A word can rejuvenate a country, and a word can tell aspirations. Li Chongjiu recalled that the reason why Tangzong of the Han Dynasty was called the prosperity of martial arts in history was better than the founding ancestors of the previous dynasties because they defeated the surrounding Siyi. rather than domestically.In such a great era, if you don't go south and north, conquer the barbarians, and make some great achievements, wouldn't you live up to your life.

Li Chongjiu got off his horse and helped Wen Yanbo up, saying: "Wen Sima has worked so hard, I understand."

Wen Yanbo looked at the people of Tongding Town who were weeping with joy and returned to their hometown behind him, and took another step closer, saying: "It is really a benevolent king's heart to make you save the people from fire and water."

Li Chongjiu thought to himself, could it be that Wen Yanbo was implying that he proclaimed himself emperor.

The army crossed the Liao River and returned to Huaiyuan Town to station.Because Tongding Town had become a dead city, Li Chongjiu decided to give it up and resettled the rescued more than 3000 people in Huaiyuan Town.In addition, the [-] defenders of Huaiyuan Town were obviously insufficient. Li Chongjiu decided to promote Wu Gunai as the town general of Huaiyuan Town, and asked him to lead [-] Mohe and Dingling warriors to station in the city.However, 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 [-] Han troops to station in Liucheng.Some of the fifteen hundred soldiers were soldiers from the original Liucheng, and some were soldiers from Shanggu County.And Tudiji is in the west of Liaoning, and the new city built is almost completed, and Dinglingbu Cui Xu also plans to follow the example of Tudiji and build a new city. In this way, Liaoxi County, plus Huaiyuan Town, have four cities that form the corners of each other. Art, Gao Kaidao, Goguryeo united to attack, and they are not afraid.

After the situation in western Liaoning is properly arranged, the next step is to reward the three armies.A total of [-] shi of military rations were seized from Gaimu City, of which [-] were taken from Tongding Town by the Koryo occupiers, and now they all fall into the hands of Li Chongjiu.Li Chongjiu decided to divide the Dingling clan into [-] shi, Liaoxi Mohe into [-] shi, and place the remaining [-] shi in Huaiyuan Town and Liucheng for military rations.

Li Chongjiu still kept half of the [-] armors seized from Goguryeo, while the remaining Xiren shared [-] armors, and Mohe and Ding Ling shared [-] armors.The rest of the gold, silver and copper coins obtained from breaking the city are also divided in the same way.

In the end, it was the disposal of 300 Goguryeo prisoners of war. Many generals advised Li Chongjiu to kill them all to avenge his children.However, Li Chongjiu did not agree, and just killed more than [-] Goguryeo generals who had gone through Tongding Town and caused bloody cases.As for the prisoners of war, they were selected by Mohe, Ding Ling, and Xi Ren as servants. As for the remaining ten thousand people selected by the three departments, they were going to be sold to Turks, Tiele, or other forces on the grassland.

Xi Ren, Ding Ling, and Mohe three clans went through some disputes, and finally got what they needed, and everyone was happy in the end.The next day the army left Huaiyuan Town and returned to western Liaoning with the prisoners of war. When they passed Yiwulu Mountain, they decided to enter the temple to offer sacrifices.

When Li Chongjiu brought Wen Yanbo, Yang Linfu, the Han army, generals of the three tribes, and three hundred soldiers into the mountain temple.Miao Zhu had already brought all his disciples down the mountain to meet him.

"Congratulations to the envoy with a happy face, and he returned victorious! The poor Taoist prays for the prefect every day in front of Duke Guangning, and today his wish is finally fulfilled."

The imperial court granted the mountain god of Beizhen the Duke of Guangning. Of course, no one knows whether the temple celebrations are true or not. Therefore, the generals sneered at this remark. Victory, so to speak, is all thanks to you."

Miao Zhu was at a loss for words for a while, and said with a smile: "General, don't get angry, don't get angry."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Thank you, Daoist, I am here to sacrifice Zhenshan."

When the temple wished to see it, he said with great joy: "It is really a joy for the temple to make you so sincere."

Li Chongjiu led the generals to sacrifice to the doctor Wu Lushan at the ceremony of Shaolong.There is a cloud in the Book of Rites, the sacrifice of the princes, the sacrifice of cattle, is called Tailao; the sacrifice of the doctor, the sacrifice of sheep, is called Shaolao.After the sacrifice, Li Chongjiu offered the surrounding [-] hectares of land to the Beizhen Temple and never paid taxes.The Miao Zhu suddenly laughed from ear to ear.

(End of this chapter)