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Chapter 679 Domineering
After the smoke cleared, Zhao Guo's army had completely occupied Qingzhou City.

The morning breeze was blowing, and the air was filled with autumnal coldness. Li Chongjiu rode his horse into the south gate of Qingzhou City, but he could vividly see the bloody battle in the city.Although the corpse had been dragged away, the blood that covered the walls and the ground had not yet dried up.

Although Qingzhou City was captured, Zhao Jun killed as many as 1000 to [-] people and injured more than [-] people in the battle to capture the South Gate.Many of them are veterans who followed Li Chongjiu in the Southern and Northern Wars.

Li Chongjiu rode to the street, where the soldiers were resting along the street.There are also some wounded soldiers who are being bandaged by doctors.When these soldiers saw Li Chongjiu galloping past on horseback, they all stood up and gave military salutes.

Li Chongjiu nodded slightly, and raised his whip to pay tribute. The horse's hooves stepped on the dirt road, raising light dust.

"Your Majesty, these are the soldiers who stormed into the south gate last night. There are 2000 soldiers, and now there are less than [-] left." Xue Wanche said to Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu looked around but saw a row of soldiers leaning against the wall sparsely, their battle robes were stained with blood, most of the soldiers were wearing bandages, and their bodies were also stained with blood.They looked at Li Chongjiu with indifferent eyes, but they were silent but didn't say a word.

Li Chongjiu reined in the reins, turned over and jumped off the horse. Seeing this scene, the soldiers all stood up holding their weapons and said, "Your Majesty!" Then they lowered their heads again.

"Your Majesty, our General Xu died in battle last night!" All the soldiers lowered their heads.

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Soldiers, if it weren't for General Xu last night, how could I have broken through Qingzhou City. His blood will not be shed in vain. I decided to make General Xu the Duke of the county. He was buried with the ceremony of the Duke of the county. His family is small, The imperial court will support them for a lifetime."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the soldiers said together with tears.

Li Chongjiu looked at the soldiers and said: "You all raise your heads!"

Li Chongjiu said: "Last night, you fought against the Qingzhou Army's superior force with a small army for a whole day and night. You are as good as General Xu. I will pay for all the soldiers who died last night, and you decided to award you medals?"

All the soldiers were puzzled after hearing Li Chongjiu's words.

Li Chongjiu said: "The so-called medal is to be worn by others while alive, and to be brought into the coffin when you are dead. Labor for one person. In addition, if you break the city this time, as long as the family members of the generals of the Qingzhou Army resist, I will reward you as slaves!"

Li Chongjiu's voice echoed in the wind.

In a corner of Qingzhou City, the gate of a mansion was smashed open, and Zhao Jun soldiers rushed in from outside the gate.All the women and children in the mansion were pushed out.

"What did we do wrong and why were we treated like this."

The women and children shouted in tears.

Their homes were emptied one by one, and Zhao Jun's sharp iron spears pointed at them, and they dared not resist in the slightest.

This scene was staged everywhere in Qingzhou City.

On the east gate tower, Xu Shiji and Zhang Xuansu watched this scene.

"Your Majesty, I have finally used an iron fist to restrain these disobedient ministers." Xu Shiji said slowly.

Zhang Xuansu pinched his beard and said: "The way of an emperor is to be a sage inside and a king outside. The sages teach and the king punishes. Therefore, Confucianism governs the world, teaches people to benevolent and moral, and legalism is the way to be a real king. Only then can people be feared. "

While speaking, hundreds of family members of Qingzhou army generals in the city were taken to the east gate.They were driven here in bare feet, shivering in the autumn wind.

Xu Shiji took a look, but said nothing to Zhang Xuansu: "Song Jingang told me that he would recommend Li Yiman, and hoped that His Majesty would pardon his crimes and use him as a general. What do you think?"

Zhang Xuansu pinched his beard and said: "Grand Xu, don't you know? It's not what I think, but what Li Yiman thinks?"

Xu Shiji laughed and said: "His family is small, and he will soon be enslaved by the army. I can't help what he thinks. This man has a way of leading the army. I want him to join our guard army to strengthen his strength."

Zhang Xuansu said: "Then congratulations to Xu Gong, you have received another favorite general."

Xu Shiji sighed and said: "Look, Qingzhou City has finally been captured, Shandong will be passed down, how do you think the next step will evolve?"

Zhang Xuansu said: "It's really hard to say. Now Goguryeo has been broken. My opponents of Zhao, as well as Du Fuwei, Turkic, and Li Tang, are not easy to deal with. I think it depends on your majesty's consideration."

While the two were discussing, another soldier came to report suddenly: "General Xu, Zhang Shilang, Your Majesty summoned two adults to discuss matters in the government office, saying that there is news of the war in Liang Kingdom."

Xu Shiji and Zhang Xuansu looked at each other after hearing this, and they all showed solemn expressions, and they went downstairs together and rushed to the government office.

At this moment, thousands of miles away, Jiangling City.

Outside the city of Jiangling, the Yangtze River was rolling, the autumn rain was falling, and the tide was rising on the river.As the tide flooded in, the wreckage of the battleship and the corpses of soldiers were washed along the river to the bank of Jiangling City.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers and civilians in Jiangling were all shocked.

At this moment in the city, the gust of wind was rattling against the bamboo curtains outside the palace, and documents were scattered all over the floor under the tables in the hall.

In the hall, Xiao Xian sat with hands down, with no color on his face.

His Highness, all the ministers and generals were silent.

"You say, is there any other way to save Liang Guo? Save me?" Xiao Xian's angry roar just now was still hovering in the hall, and the lingering sound continued.

But now all the ministers are silent.

Cen Wenwen, the Minister of Liang Guo, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the defeat of General Wen is because the heavens did not bless the Liang Dynasty. If we wait until we do our best, the whole city will be destroyed. Now, while the city is not under, Your Majesty can order you to surrender, so as to avoid the disaster caused by chaos." .”

"Is this your clever strategy?"

Cen Wenwen said: "Your Majesty's national power has reached this point. Even if there is an overwhelming force, it will be difficult to recover. It is better to make a decision early, so as to avoid the imminent situation. This is the best policy."

"What do you mean?"

All the ministers were silent.

Xiao Xian said angrily: "The widow has supported you for thousands of miles, but it is useless at this time. Forget it, I simply surrendered. I would rather die at the hands of Li Yuan than be pissed off by you."

"Your Majesty can't!"

Just as Xiao Xian finished speaking, a person from the main hall came quickly.

Xiao Xian couldn't help being overjoyed when he saw it, he hurriedly went down the steps and said: "Your envoy is here, do you have some good news, do you want to tell the widow?"

This person is Ouyang Xun, the envoy of Zhao State.

Ouyang asked: "Since His Majesty Emperor Zhao learned that Li Tang attacked Liang Guo unreasonably, he was very angry. Although he was short of soldiers and horses, he was beyond his reach, but he also ordered the two generals Xue Wanshu and Shan Xiongxin who were stationed in Luoyang to attack Xiangcheng County. His Majesty."

Hearing this, Xiao Xian almost had tears in his eyes, grabbed Ouyang Xun's hand and said gratefully: "Thank you so much Emperor Zhao, I don't know how to thank you."

Ouyang asked: "This is a matter of my friend's duty. It's just that your Majesty has lost the next battle and wants to surrender. In my humble opinion, this is not advisable."

(End of this chapter)