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Chapter 520
After the three envoys of Zheng Guo sent away, Li Chongjiu also decided to lead his army back to the north.

From Youzhou, to Yinma Yellow River, to Lian Mie Xia, Xu Guoguo, this battle lasted for more than three months from the dispatch of troops in mid-August to the return of troops in mid-November. The 12 Zhao army went south, fought away from home for so long, and traveled thousands of miles. It was difficult to attack cities and villages, and there were not a few reductions in the number of ministries. It can really be said that the veterans of the master are tired.

Even if there is no Turkic threat to Youjing, if Li Chongjiu reluctantly raises his teacher to cross the Yellow River to fight Li Tang at this time, the chances of winning may not be great.

Wang Shichong is a traitorous hero. He fought Li Mi several times and ended in disastrous defeat, but he still persisted until the moment he turned defeat into victory, which shows the tenacity of this person.

In history, Wang Shichong defended Luoyang and refused Li Shimin for half a year. In order to attack the solid Luoyang palace, Li Shimin mobilized a cannon weighing fifty catties and threw two hundred paces of flying stones. Shooting five hundred steps and eight crossbows, the result should be that the city was not broken. Seeing that the city could not be broken, the generals of the Tang army begged Li Shimin for a teacher, but Li Shimin refused.

In this time and space, although history is no longer following the original track, it is expected that Wang Shichong's performance should not be so bad.

Li Chongjiu made up his mind to return to Youjing, but he didn't relax about the arrangement in Hebei.

After the Battle of Qinshui, Yu Wenhua and the remnants surrendered nearly ten thousand soldiers, and after the Yongnian City was broken, the Xia army surrendered more than ten thousand.

The remnants of Yu Wenhuaji are elites based on the foundation of the Xiaoguo Army.Because after the 30 elite government troops were defeated in Liaodong, Emperor Sui Yang used the method of recruiting brave soldiers to conquer Liaodong for the second time, with the standard equipment of the imperial army.

During the change of Jiangdu, Yang Guang took 10,000+ Xiaoguo troops to take refuge in Jiangdu, but most of the Xiaoguo troops were from Guanzhong, and they were homesick.

Houyu Wenhua led one hundred thousand Xiaoguo troops to the north, and fought against Li Mi in Tongshan.In this battle, the hundreds of thousands of Wagang troops were almost defeated, and Li Mi himself was injured by Liu Ya, but in the end Yuhuahua and Ying failed to capture the Liyang warehouse, resulting in the depletion of food, and the Xiaoguo army collapsed on its own.

Out of the 2 Xiaoguo troops that Jiangdu had joined at the beginning, only [-] people fled to Wei County with Yu Wenhua.The Wagang Army was also severely damaged after this battle, and many of the powerful soldiers and horses died. After that, Li Mi hurriedly faced Wang Shichong, but was defeated, which led to the destruction of the Wagang Army.

The Xia army in Yongnian City was also the soldier who followed Liu Heita. Since ancient times, the Hebei people have their father's party as their clan, and there are many large clans living together, so they are very close relatives.Most of Liu Heikai's Xia army is his fellow Hebei fellow, and they are extremely powerful in fighting foreign enemies. Zhao Jun has also suffered a lot in his hands.

Li Chongjiu ordered Xu Shiji to lead [-] Zhao troops to station in Mingzhou. The soldiers led Xiaoguo's army. Adapted as Fubing.

Except for Wang Mahan's [-] Zhao troops stationed in Weijun.

For the four generals who surrendered under Liu Heitai's command, Li Wenxiang, Li Deyi, Zhuge Dewei, and Wang Xiaohu, Li Chongjiu was removed from the post of the four-man marching chief, and Li Wenxiang was the governor of Wuyang County. For the country soldiers.

Li Deyi is the governor of Bohai County, Zhuge Dewei is the governor of Pingyuan County, Wang Xiaohu is the captain of Qinghe County, and all his troops are organized into township soldiers. .

And Wang Bo, who announced the return of Qi County to Zhao, also sent envoys to pay homage to Li Chongjiu yesterday, congratulating Li Chongjiu on breaking the Xu and Xia countries and sweeping Hebei.Different from Xu Guo's envoy's purpose, Wang Bo's envoy asked Li Chongjiu for a reward very straightforwardly, which is the benefit of this surrender.

Li Chongjiu immediately named Wang Bo the Marquis of Zouping and the Governor of Gaqi County. Of course, Li Chongjiu would not even give Wang Bo a penny for such a sloppy mess.However, he still saved enough face. At the same time, Li Chongjiu sent envoys to the princes of Shandong such as Xu Yuanlang, Meng Rang, and Qi Gongshun, hoping that they would follow the general trend and return to Zhao.

After doing this, Li Chongjiu immediately ordered [-] prairie cavalry to rush overland to Yanmen and Shanggu, while General Qin Qiong led [-] cavalry and three Zheng Guo envoys to Liyang. Baima City rushed to Hulao.

As for Li Chongjiu himself, leading the more than [-] Zhao troops in this southern expedition, they boarded the ship in Daming and prepared to return to Youjing from Yongji Canal northward.

At the Daming Wharf, thousands of sails were like clouds, and the triumphant soldiers of Zhao Jun boarded the ship from the wharf.

Li Chongjiu stood on the bank, Li Wenxiang, the new governor of Wuyang County, Cui Junsu, governor of Qinghe County, and Wang Xiaohu, the governor of Qinghe County, all came to see him off.

Qinghe County is where the Cui family of Qinghe is prestige. Although the Cui family of Qinghe has spread branches and leaves in the world, there are still big houses, small houses, Qingzhou houses, and the children of Cui's Nanzu house in Qinghe.Among the more than 20 counties in Hebei, Qinghe County has the largest population and the largest number of households. At its peak, there were as many as 30 households, which was nearly three times that of Zhuo County.

Right now, Li Chongjiu let Cui Junsu, who was born in the Qinghe Cui family, be the shepherd of Qingzhou County. He also intended to win over and appease the Qingzhou Cui family. Conquering Hebei, the foundation is too weak, we must be gentle with the local tyrants, so as not to rebound.

And the Qinghe Cui clan's children, who have always been proud, came to the daimyo to send Li Chongjiu back to Youjing. In addition to expressing Qinghe Cui clan's gratitude, they also had another intention.Cui Junsu immediately recommended several heroes of the clan to Li Chongjiu, and Li Chongjiu knew it well, and at the moment he paid homage to officials one by one and transferred them to Youjing for employment.

When it was time to board the boat, Li Wenxiang arrived late, and Li Chongjiu knew there must be a reason, so he asked, "Why did you delay, Mr. Li?"

Li Wenxiang said to Li Chongjiu: "The humble official came to present a generous gift to King Zhao."

After Li Wenxiang made a move, dozens of people were kidnapped by Wuhuada. Half of them were young and strong, men, women, old and young.Li Wenxiang pointed to these people and said: "They are the remnants of Dou Jiande. They are hidden among the people and secretly forged weapons. These people were discovered by my subordinates, and they were specially captured and presented to King Zhao for disposal."

Li Chongjiu heard the words and walked closer, but saw a woman glaring at him, but her face was vaguely familiar.

Li Chongjiu said to the soldiers beside him, "Take out the sackcloth from this woman's mouth."

After the woman took out the sackcloth from her mouth, Li Chongjiu asked, "Could it be an old friend?"

The woman sneered and said, "I didn't expect King Zhao to know me."

"Dou Xianniang." Hearing her voice, Li Chongjiu suddenly understood.

Li Wenxiang was surprised when he heard this, and said: "It's actually Dou Jiande's daughter." His subordinates didn't notice for a moment, and let such a big fish mix with a group of small fish and shrimp.

Dou Xianniang looked up to the sky and said: "King Zhao, today I fall into your hands, you will be killed or cut, so please listen to me."

Li Chongjiu waved his hand, signaling to everyone not to be nervous, and immediately said: "Xia Kingdom has been destroyed, and this land in Hebei belongs to Zhao You, why do you have to do something to block the traffic?"

Dou Xianniang said: "This Hebei was originally my Dou family..."

"Wrong, your Hebei originally belonged to the Great Sui Dynasty," Li Chongjiu said decisively, "Now the Great Sui Dynasty is destroyed, and all the heroes are rising together. No one is ahead of the other. He has won his destiny alone. Dou Gong's defeat to me is just a winner and a loser. .”

Dou Xianniang said: "What a winner and loser, now you are the king, and my father and I are already the bandits, you can say whatever you like."

Li Chongjiu said: "How can I stop the world's Youyou's mouth, it's a waste of words to talk to you, Xue Shilang."

"No." Xue Wanshu took a step forward.

"How should these people be dealt with?"

Xue Wan said: "At present, Fangjing in Hebei Province, these people are the remnants of the Xia Kingdom, but if you read that they did not cause chaos, they can be exempted from the death penalty, and they will be sentenced to three thousand miles."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Alright, the grievances and grievances between me and your father, Dou Xianniang, are over. Duke Dou is now the Marquis of Leshou, spending his twilight years in Yuyi Town, and I will pardon your mother, Mrs. Cao." Now, why not pardon you alone. Right now, I will let you go to Yuyi Town to reunite with your family. As for the others, they will all be sent to Liaodong for three years, and they will return to their original places after five years."

Dou Xianniang froze in place when she heard this.

"Your Majesty, you can sail now."

Li Chongjiu nodded and took a step forward.

"Zhao..." Dou Xianniang wanted to speak, but swallowed the words when they reached her lips, but she saw that Li Chongjiu boarded Zhao Jun's warship without looking back.

The soldiers of Zhao Jun stepped forward to untie the ropes of Dou Xianniang and her subordinates from their bodies, and Li Chongjiu watched this scene in the cabin.Xue Wanshu said to Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty, why don't you know that you have met Dou Jiande's daughter once?"

Li Chongjiu said: "At that time Gu hadn't taken over Youjing yet, it seemed that we met in Feihu County, in the fort of Zhao Wansan, governor of Shanggu County, at that time she was going to kill us with a knife and forced Zhao Wansan to surrender Dou Jiande, this woman If you have a strong temper, you can be regarded as having some courage."

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said so clearly, Xue Wanshu clearly remembered the scene at that time. Seeing that there was no one around, he took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that Dou Jiande once gave Luo Cheng a chance to win Zhuojun. Luo Cheng made a marriage contract with his daughter, but it seems that the day of Luo Cheng's death in battle has not yet come, and the two are not married, so this girl is still an unmarried woman. Will the king send this girl to serve in the palace, or Send it directly outside the palace to be resettled, so as not to let the queen know."

Li Chongjiu turned his head and looked at Xue Wanshu and couldn't help but laugh.

The battleship had already weighed anchor, the hull was shaking slightly, and there was a breeze on the river, Li Chongjiu said flatly: "No need."

Xue Wanche misunderstood what he meant. In fact, Li Chongjiu just wanted to say that this woman's temperament only reminded him of Li Zhiwan a few years ago.
Many things are like the accumulation of sediment under the river. When the wind is calm and the sea is calm, he lies quietly at the bottom of the river.

Time has changed, Li Yuan back then is now the lord of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Chongjiu has now completed the great cause of unifying Hebei, feeling that it is only a blink of an eye that years have passed, and when the events of yesterday are recalled, they are still in front of our eyes.

(End of this chapter)