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Chapter 556 Lessons
"Your Majesty, Li Yang has arrived."

Li Chongjiu nodded when he heard the words, and walked out of the cabin, there was a gentle breeze on the river.

Looking from the top of the five-yad ship, the clouds and mists on the Dagu Mountain in the distance are blocked, and the yellow city outline of Liyang City at the foot of the mountain is inlaid in the mountain.On the official road from the city to the ferry, tens of thousands of civilians came towards the ferry in rooster carts and four-wheeled ox carts carrying military rations.

On land, Xu Shiji and Wang Mahan each led [-] soldiers to set up camp on the shore, only to see faint flags and heavy halberds.

Zhao Jun's warships coming from Yongji Canal stopped at Liyang Ferry one after another.

Only one Liyang Ferry could not dock thousands of warships of the Zhao army, so some warships were divided and moored at Baima Ferry in Qi County on the opposite bank.

But see the water armies on both sides of the strait, with large ships and giant ships as the city, and small boats shuttle back and forth.The Yellow River was rolling, and the naval forces on both sides of the Zhao Kingdom actually blocked the entire Yellow River.

Seeing this scene, Li Chongjiu felt very comforted in his heart.

And under the five-toothed ship, a small boat was slowly sailing in.

Sitting on the boat were Qin Qiong, Wang Bo, Yu Shinan, and Wang Xuanying, as well as several soldiers who were rowing the oars.

Qin Qiong was wounded, his right arm was bandaged, and his complexion was not good. Yu Shinan silently looked at the Yellow River, showing a thoughtful expression. But Bo has been fidgeting all the time.

Looking at the majestic five-toothed ship and its future fate, Wang Bo has always been very worried. He remembered the same scene when he was chased by Zhang Xutuo's Qi County officers and soldiers.

The future is uncertain, life and death are unknown, maybe the head will fall to the ground in the next moment.Why bother, I knew that before the fall of Hulaoguan City, I would not have to sacrifice my life, so why bother to come back here again.

But Wang Bo couldn't help himself. When he saw the huge fleet of Zhao army on both sides of the strait, he knew that his choice of surrendering Zhao was the best.

Qi County on the opposite bank is his base camp. Zhao Jun goes south from Yongji Canal, crosses the Yellow River from Liyangdu, and must land at Baimadu. At that time, he himself will bear the brunt of surrendering Zhao Guo or defending against Zhao Jun to the end. Wang Bo is not out of the way. This third way out.

Wang Bo boarded the five-yad warship anxiously, when he saw a man in yellow military uniform standing on the deck, surrounded by officials and generals of the Zhao army, surrounded him like stars holding the moon.

Wang Bo knew that the other party must be Li Chongjiu, Wang Bo secretly looked at him, but saw that the other party was only in his twenties, a round younger than himself, but now he was the overlord.

I think Li Shimin's age is about the same as Li Chongjiu, but Li Shimin relied on the power of the Tang Dynasty to have what he is today, and Li Chongjiu started from scratch, and Wang Bo can't help admiring him.

On the other hand, Wang Xuanying was also looking at Li Chongjiu, thinking that this person, his father, and Li Yuan, the Chuluo Khan of the Turks, were the most powerful people in the world.But now that the Hulao has been lost, this person is Luoyang, the last hope of Zheng Guo.

After the four people paid homage to Li Chongjiu, Wang Xuanying insisted that he was the prince of Zheng Guo, but he only bowed and did not kneel down.Seeing that the other party was at this time, and still holding on to airs, General Zhao Jun couldn't help snorting.

However, Du Yan and eldest grandson Anshi, who were among Zhao Guo's courtiers, came up together and paid homage to Wang Xuanying, Wang Xuanying nodded casually, obviously very arrogant.

At this time, Wang Bo suddenly kowtowed and said, "The guilty minister Wang Bo, I implore Your Majesty to grant you death."

"Marquis Licheng, what is the crime?"

"The guilty minister fought fiercely with the Tang army for three days and three nights at Hulao Pass. Li Shimin personally led an army to raid him. In the end, he lost. "

Li Chongjiu didn't speak, and Zhao Jun's generals couldn't help being surprised, but Wang Shichong's envoy Du Yan and Changsun Anshi, who came with the army, were even more pale and pale.

Speaking of this, Wang Xuanying, Yu Shinan, and Qin Qiong all showed expressions of remorse.

Yu Shinan said: "Your Majesty, in Hulao City, there are only about [-] remnants of the Zheng Army. When the Marquis of Licheng led his army to arrive, the Crown Prince of Zheng Guo refused to let our army enter the city, and lost the opportunity. When the Tang Army attacked the city, Sima Shen During the Yue rebellion, at the time of crisis, Marquis Licheng led his troops into Hulao Pass and fought in the street of the Tang Army, while General Qin attacked from the side. The two armies fought fiercely in Hulao Pass for three days and three nights, and finally Li Shimin led Qingqi from Luoyang to attack. Finally, I can't hold the tiger prison until now, so I'm really ashamed to give it up to the Tang army."

Hearing that Wang Xuan should not let Qin Qiong and Wang Bo enter the city, Li Chongjiu glared at each other immediately.

Even Qin Qiong said: "Damn it, if Li Shimin didn't arrive at the end, Chai Shao, Li Junxian, how could Hulao Pass be lost! Your Majesty, please send me another [-] soldiers and horses to Lao Qin, and I will take it down if I die!" Hulao is here."

After Qin Qiong finished speaking, Ji Chuan said coldly at the side: "If Li Shimin personally supervises the formation in Hulao, then even if General Qin has 2 troops, he still can't take Hulao!"

"What did you say?" Qin Qiong was so angry that his beard curled up and said, "If you can't take down the tiger prison, Qin is willing to be a military order, please allow your majesty."

"It is indeed not the best opportunity to attack Hulao Pass right now." Li Chongjiu said softly.

Qin Qiong was just taken aback, while Wang Xuanying and the others were the ones who made the most noise, their faces all turned pale.

"Your Majesty!" Du Yan lowered his head and looked at Li Chongjiu in panic. At the beginning, he remembered Li Chongjiu's three conditions, but he didn't expect that at this point, Hulao Pass would still be broken by Li Tang.Du Yan just wanted to say something to ask for help.

But Wang Xuanying couldn't wait to say: "Son of Zhao, now you have the land of Zhao and Wei, thanks to my father who resisted Li Tang's army in Henan for you, if once my Zheng country is destroyed, you will be the next Zhao. At this moment , can't you see how powerful it is?"

Just as Wang Xuan finished speaking, there was a snap.Li Chongjiu actually covered Wang Xuanying's left face with his palm.

"Does the prince hurt?" Li Chongjiu asked softly.

"You hit me unexpectedly, I am Prince Zheng."

As soon as the words fell, Li Chongjiu covered Wang Xuanying's right face with his palm again, but this time Wang Xuanying vomited blood, and two molars fell out.The eldest grandson, Anshi, just wanted to dissuade him, but was firmly held down by several Zhao Guo guards.

Li Chongjiu looked at Wang Xuanying and said: "I, Li Chongjiu, have today, thanks to the generals of the ministers and workers who raised their heads to conquer the world for me. It has nothing to do with your Wang family. Instead, you lost the tiger prison and ruined my great affairs. It's not enough to kill you ten times, you think that the mere identity of the prince of Zheng Guo is in my eyes."

Wang Xuanying saw that Li Chong's nine eyes were like sharp swords, and immediately shook his head: "Your Majesty, I am young and ignorant, your lord does not care about villains, don't care about me!"

Seeing that Wang Xuanying was submissive, Changsun An Shi quickly said: "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince already knew his mistake, why should the two alliances hurt their peace because of this matter, Zheng Guo's life and death depend on Your Majesty's thoughts."

"Yes, yes, yes." Wang Xuanying nodded hastily.

Du Yan also begged: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. Tang soldiers have besieged Luoyang for three months, and there is no rice to eat in Luoyang City. A piece of silk is only worth three liters of millet, and ten pieces of cloth can't buy a liter of salt." , Clothes and treasures are as cheap as mustard. The officials in the city can’t even eat the chaff. If your majesty doesn’t help, Luoyang will perish.”

Li Chongjiu looked at the eldest grandson Anshi, and Du Yan asked with a glance: "Did I ever say that I would withdraw my troops?"

Du Yan and eldest grandson Anshi looked at each other, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Marquis of Licheng!" Li Chongjiu looked at Wang Bo.

Seeing Li Chongjiu and even Wang Xuanying slapped so mercilessly, Wang Boben thought to himself that I was dead.But Li Chongjiu said: "In the battle of Hulao, although you didn't keep Hulao, you did your best, and I am very pleased. Now I add you as the Duke of Qi County, and serve Zhao Guo well."

Wang Bo didn't expect this turn of events, so he knelt down and kowtowed: "I thank your majesty for not killing me, and I am willing to do my best."

Li Chongjiu nodded with a smile.

At this time, Xue Wan said: "If our army wants to enter Luoyang, we must go through Chenggao Road. If we don't break through the Hulao Pass, we will not be able to enter Luoyang. But now the Tang army is guarding Hulao Pass, and Li Shimin is personally in charge. I think we will attack Hulao Pass by force." Prison, I'm afraid it's not easy."

"Xue Qing, what's your opinion?" Li Chongjiu asked.

Xue Wan said: "Instead of fighting the Tang army under the tiger prison, it is better to lead troops to attack Hanoi, approach Pujin, and threaten Guanzhong. This is also the best policy."

Xue Wanshu's words were echoed by many Zhao Guochens.

(End of this chapter)