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Chapter 629 White Wolf City

Li Chongjiu guessed what Qu Yanran was thinking and said, "It's not that I don't want you."

Qu Yanran shook her head and said resolutely: "No, I will not enter the palace with you. I told the queen that Qu Yanran, who is a famous flower under the moon, is Qu Yanran, but Qu Yanran who entered the palace is not Qu Yanran. Yan Ran."

Li Chongjiu asked in surprise: "Are you going to spend your whole life under the moon?"

Qu Yanran looked at Li Chongjiu and nodded, "Your Majesty, I don't want to be your concubine, but I will wait for you in Luoyang and keep you clean, but I will not follow you into the palace. If possible, Your Majesty can come out of the palace to see I, I will wait for you anytime."
Li Chongjiu looked at Qu Yanran and said, "Okay, I promise you."

Qu Yanran burst into tears and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for allowing me to be willful."

Li Chongjiu said: "Everyone has their own ideas, I will not force it, the most important thing is to know what you like."

Luoyang Wharf three days later.

The five-toothed warship leaned quietly on the shore, and Zhao Jun's warships stood beside him, preparing to weigh anchor.

Under the yellow umbrella, Li Chongjiu stood on the pier in a dragon robe, surrounded by court guards guarding the pier.Xue Wanshu and Shan Xiongxin sent them off together.

Li Chongjiu nodded to the two of them and said: "This time I will return to Youjing for a short period of three months, and a long period of half a year. For the matter of Luoyang, I will ask you two first."

Xue Wanshu and Shan Xiongxin cupped their hands and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, with the two of us together, Li Tang's army will never want to take a step out of Tongguan."

Li Chongjiu said: "But if Li Yuan does not leave Tongguan, but instead sends troops to attack Xiao Xian, what will you do?"

Xue Wanshu and Shan Xiongxin looked at each other, Xue Wanshu said: "According to His Majesty's order, send troops to attack Xiangcheng County in the south."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "You just remember. What if the Tang army sends troops to attack Luoyang?"

Shan Xiong said: "Stick to the pass and wait for reinforcements from Youjing, or return to Luoyang after General Xu pacifies Shandong."

Li Chongjiu said: "Okay, you two just remember these two things. Although this is not the best policy, it is the way to seek stability. Make sure that Luoyang is in my hands."

After the two agreed together, Li Chongjiu boarded the boat and looked into the distance, but seeing many figures in the distance, Luoyang finally wanted to leave this time and return to Youjing.

In Bailang Mountain in Liaodong, when Li Chongjiu broke Khitan here, the traces of stone carvings on Bailang Mountain were still at the foot of the mountain.

But now a majestic city has been built in a dangerous place on White Wolf Mountain.After the completion of the White Wolf City, it became the seat of the Songmo Protectorate's Mansion. It was a tripartite rivalry with Yuyi Town and Huaihuang Town to the east, and became another important town outside the Great Wall of Zhao State.White Wolf City controls the Huershen Grassland far away, and has already become a strategically important location for Da Zhaoxin.

Now on the mountain road into the city, a young man is riding a horse, running full of excitement.The young man kept whipping his horse, with an expression of excitement on his face.

This person is Wang Shi, the only son of Wang Junkuo, who is only 16 years old this year.This time Li Chongjiu finally granted his request and let him come to Liaodong for training.

Now on the mountain road into the city, there are crowds of people, there are Mohe people carrying baskets and mountain goods, Dingling people pushing high carts, Khitan people with bald heads, and Xi people with braids on their heads.When Wang Shi was young, he went to Huaihuang Town where his father was stationed. Although there were many Hu people there, there were also a lot of Han people. Han people are rarely seen.

When he reached the gate of White Wolf City, Wang Shi just saw the Han army stationed in front of the gate.

Wang Shi raised his head, and there were cliffs on the left and right of White Wolf Mountain, and White Wolf City was built between the two mountains and cliffs.

Wang Shi had heard Li Chongjiu talk about the White Wolf City. This Bailang City is located between two mountains, so only the north and south walls were built.The north city wall is more than [-] steps long and [-] Zhang high, both inside and outside, while the south city wall is more than [-] steps long, [-] Zhang [-] high, and only the outside one.

The Mohe, Ding Ling, and Xi people were stationed in the south of the White Wolf City, while the Khitan tribes and Goguryeo were stationed in the north of the city.But Wang Shi thinks that the original plan is good, but with the trade going from south to north, who still abides by the division between north and south, many people of different ethnic groups live together.

When we arrived at the gate of the city, there was a long queue in front of them, all the people of Fanhan who wanted to enter the city.

Wang Shi jumped off his horse and said to his followers: "Remember, when you get here, you are not allowed to mention who my father is. If you leak the news, you will be driven back to Youjing."

The left and right followers are all servants of the Wang family, following the young master to join the army.Hearing what Wang Shi said, he agreed again and again.But after Wang Shi heard the promise, he kept looking into the city long ago, eagerly looking forward to his visit to White Wolf City this time.

After queuing for half an hour, Wang Shi was discussed. Wang Shi took out his badge, and casually complained to the guard captain, "Brother, why is it taking so long?"

The captain who guarded the city and checked personally looked at Wang Shi's badge and said, "Brother, the Khitans attacked the pass a few days ago, so of course we must be more careful."

"Oh?" Wang Shi became excited when he heard this, "Didn't General Xue go deep into the grassland for thousands of miles last time and drive away all the Khitan people? Why did he come back again?"

The captain who guarded the city gave him an angry look and said: "Can't you come back if you drive away? You are really ignorant. In addition to the Khitan people, there are also Mohe people in the Huoershen Grassland. Some subdue us and some Goguryeo. They Goguryeo just doesn't want us to live in peace, as long as the Khitans come to contain the Liaodong flank, it will be difficult for us to cross the Liao River and attack Goguryeo's homeland."

"I see, but it's great to have a fight." Wang Shi laughed.

The captain who guarded the city shook his head and said: "What a weirdo, you are so excited to fight, and you are still a newly transferred captain, so you don't have to go to the barracks first, and report to the secretary of the Duhu Mansion to join the army."

"Okay."

Seeing the other party hurried on their way, the Shoucheng Captain shouted: "Wait a minute."

"What else is there, brother?"
"Do you know how to get to the Protectorate's Mansion?"

"I don't know."

"I don't know. You're still in such a hurry. You're an idiot at this time. Forget it. I'll send a subordinate to report with you to the Duhu Mansion."

When Wang Shichu came to White Wolf City, he saw everything fresh.

The soldiers who led the way for Wang Shi casually introduced: "This city was completed at the end of last year. At that time, there was no Songmo Protectorate. Now it has become a place of governance. The security in the city is different from that of ordinary border cities. Your White Wolf City There are two cities in the north and the south, six squares in the north city, and eight squares in the south city. Even the walls of the squares are repaired according to the standards of ordinary county walls. This Shangguan, let me remind you, if you are not on duty at night, don’t go out indiscriminately, otherwise you will be on the street. When encountering a patrolling armored cavalry, without a waist card, they will be killed without asking."
Wang Shi took a breath and said, "Military laws are so strict, but the armored cavalry patrolling the city in Youjing are not like this."

"That's right, there are no Khitans in Youjing who are causing trouble." The soldier pointed to the front for Wang Shi, but he saw a group of armored cavalry patrolling the city slowly approaching the street. It's all covered with iron.A team of twelve cavalry each exudes a tough air, obviously an elite division.

The soldier said to Wang Shi: "These armored cavalry are all elite cavalry from the Duhufu. There are only [-] cavalry, but each of them is a warrior who has survived a hundred deaths. Riding is the most powerful, well, the Duhu Mansion is here."

When they arrived at the gate of Duhu Mansion, they were guarded by Duhu's own soldiers. After Wang Shi handed over his waist card, he immediately let him go.

"Your name is Wang Shi, and you were serving in the Tingwei Army before. This... This is a good place. There are so many people who can't get in. Why did you get sent here?" After reading Wang Shi's resume, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

Wang Shi lowered his head and let out a sigh, pretending to be low-key on purpose and said: "It's not because I offended the Shangguan that I was sent here as a last resort."

Wang Shi made up his reasons long ago, and when he heard about joining the army, he said with emotion: "Yes, brother, you are telling the truth. This is clearly a promotion and a demotion. There is such a set of right and wrong in officialdom. But don’t be discouraged, although our Capital Protectorate is remote, the soldiers here are likely to make great achievements in battle. Go back when you get promoted in the future, and look at the faces of those people.”

After hearing this, Wang Shi secretly asked excitedly: "Brother is well said, then can I request to join the city patrol armor cavalry as a school captain? I heard that this army is an elite army."

The recorder joined the army and said in disbelief: "How can this be done? My Songmo Protectorate Mansion only has a standing army of 200, and a lieutenant can command [-] people. After all, there are only a few vacancies."

After hearing this, Wang Shi smiled honestly and said: "It's okay, it doesn't matter even if you are not patrolling the city, as long as there is a battle, it will be fine."

"Let me take a look. By the way, brother, you, Wang Shi, I remember. Your official position has already been arranged. Wait a minute, I found it. Yes, it is Captain Tuntian."

"What?" Wang Shi's face changed when he heard that, "Captain Tuntian, want me to farm? Why didn't I know, there is no such thing in the transfer order."

"That's right, the transfer order didn't say that, but a few days ago, the Ministry of War came with a document, asking you to be the captain of Tuntian, in charge of the military settlement of Goguryeo's troops in the south of the city." "There can be no mistake, there is also the seal of the Minister of War on it."

Wang Shi sat down on the chair with a plop when he heard this, and murmured, "How is this possible, I was tricked this time."

The recorder joined the army nodded and said: "Yes, the water here is very deep. He, brother, the person you offended this time has a lot of background. Not only have you been transferred out of the court guards, but also for fear that you will make military exploits on the front line. , I even arranged for you to be the captain of Tuntian, although there is no risk in this position, but how can it be possible to make military exploits by supervising those Goguryeo military households to farm all day long?"

"Brother, you have been fooled by you this time. Tell me, who did you offend? It's really extraordinary to be able to invite the Minister of the Ministry of War."

Of course Wang Shi knew that Li Chongjiu was arranging everything behind this.

"I want to see the Chief Protector!" Wang Shi finally roared out this sentence.

(End of this chapter)