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Chapter 681 Infernal Affairs (Second Change)
Autumn is gone in a blink of an eye, and Youjing ushered in the first snow after winter.

There was heavy snow, the gray tiles and yellow walls were painted white, and the road was also buried by snow.

In the south of the city, hundreds of cavalry in red armor approached slowly, dragged by a carriage behind them, and a carriage surrounded by the three armies moved forward slowly.

In the carriage, the charcoal fire in the charcoal basin was slightly burning, and Li Chongjiu was resting with his eyes closed, with a stack of memorials in hand.

At this time, there were two taps outside the carriage, and the voice of the inner court official Gao Sheng came from outside: "Your Majesty, the imperial driver has arrived in Youjing."

Hearing this, Li Chongjiu opened his eyes and lifted the cotton curtain on the car window. The gate of the southern city of Youjing was in front of him.

Li Chongjiu said indifferently: "Cancellation of the welcome ceremony for officials at Linshuo Palace, and the matter of presenting the captives, we will discuss it at a later date."

"No, Your Majesty!" After hearing Li Chongjiu's order, Gao Sheng said loudly, "Get up!"

The gate of Nancheng opened with a bang. In the snow that filled the city, Li Chongjiu led the victorious army in Shandong to quell Goguryeo and returned to Youjing.

After breaking Qingzhou City in Shandong Province a month ago, Li Chongjiu left Song Jingang to lead the army to guard it. While appeasing the people, he recruited troops and trained his troops wantonly to deter Du Fuwei from Jianghuai.

This time, Zhao State acquired a total of 65 counties in Shandong, Donglai County, Beihai County, Gaomi County, Langya County, Donghai County, Jibei County, and Qi County, with more than 1 households.Li Chongjiu ordered Song Jingang to recruit troops in Qingzhou, weed out the weak and retain the strong, and promoted Song Jingang to be the general of the Imperial Guard Army.

In this way, the number of Zhao Guofu's six guards is all neat, and each guard is rated at 5000 soldiers.

General Wang Mahan of the Yiwei Army, and Wu Gunai, the general of his subordinates, and the Yiwei Army followed Li Chongjiu as the Imperial Forest Army.

The general of the Wuwei Army is Xue Wanche, the subordinate general Qin Qiong, and Luo Shixin are stationed in Youjing.

The general of the Xiaowei Army is Yu Chigong, and his general Xue Wanche is stationed in Taiyuan.

The general of the Tunwei Army is Xu Shiji, and the subordinate generals Su Dingfang, Tanzong, and Li Yiman are stationed in Henan.

The general of Hou Weijun is Shan Xiongxin, and his general Qi Ashu is stationed in Luoyang.

The general of the Imperial Guard Army is Song Jingang, who is stationed in Shandong.

However, after repeated battles, the Wuwei Army and the Tunwei Army suffered a lot of casualties, and they needed to rest and replenish their troops.As for the imperial guard army, the Hou Wei army has just been formed, and its combat effectiveness is not strong yet, so it needs time to rest.However, the attack on Goguryeo this time also plundered a large amount of treasures and military rations, which enriched Zhao's treasury, and finally made up for the shortfall of the one-year war.

Li Chongjiu was calculating gains and losses in his heart, and at this time the car driver had already arrived at Linshuo Palace.

"Your Majesty, we have arrived at Linshuo Palace."

Li Chongjiu frowned slightly and said: "I said that when I return to Beijing this time, I just want to enter the city quietly, and I don't want to make a big fuss, alarm the officials and the people..."

"Your Majesty, I did not order all the officials to come and greet me. It was the queen and concubines who heard that His Majesty had returned to the palace, so they came to greet me outside the palace."

The anger on Li Chongjiu's face instantly dissipated when he heard this, and he lifted the curtain to get out of the carriage, but saw that his queen and concubine were waiting there under the gate of the palace.

Li Chongjiu walked to the palace, and said to Yang Ehuang: "It's such a big snowy day, why did you come here to welcome me, and what to do if you're freezing?"

Yang Ehuang smiled gently, but did not speak.Shi Deyun's tone was a bit resentful: "Didn't your Majesty say that the conquest of Goguryeo will take as little as a month, and as much as [-] days will come back, but how do you know that it will take three months, Your Majesty, you are not joking."
Li Chongjiu heard what Shi Deyun said, smiled and said: "You have improved a lot in Chinese recently, who did you learn it from?"

"It was Madam Su who taught me."

Li Chongjiu was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and when he turned his head away, he saw Su Miao bowing her head to salute him.Li Chongjiu smiled gently and said: "You have been in the palace for a long time, are you still getting along with the concubines?"

Su Miao was wearing a small sleeved narrow gown, revealing her beautiful curves, and there was a touch of forehead yellow on her forehead, which was very eye-catching.I just heard her say: "The elder sisters are very kind to me. Although I haven't seen Your Majesty in the palace for several months, although my concubines miss you very much, it is better to learn from thousands of people than to see Your Majesty every day. Your Majesty will be delighted to capture Goguryeo and pacify Shandong."

These words made Li Chongjiu very happy, he couldn't help laughing, he helped Su Miao up, turned his head and saw Li Zhiwan standing there smiling, but didn't speak.

Li Chongjiu didn't need to guess, he also knew that Li Zhiwan was definitely jealous again.However, no matter how jealous Li Zhiwan was, she would not get angry in front of others, she knew how to be a wife, always maintain her majesty in front of outsiders, but she would definitely complain about herself in private.

But sometimes Li Chongjiu just likes to look at Li Zhiwan with a jealous and angry look on his face.

"Go back to the palace, I want to test Ying'er's homework."

"Your Majesty, you are tired after returning from the expedition, you should take a rest."

"No, I see that you don't feel tired at all. Tonight's family dinner, let's all have a good talk."

Three days later, Li Chongjiu held a prisoner offering ceremony in Youjing. Goguryeo king Gao Jianwu and the Goguryeo royal family tied their hands behind their backs and walked on the road in white clothes.Countless people in Youjing flocked to the streets to watch and witness this scene.

But seeing Zhao Jun's golden armored warriors leading the way, the Goguryeo people bowed their heads and walked.There are also countless Koguryo royal artifacts that were seized, and they were also displayed together, which opened the eyes of the common people.

When Yang Guang failed to conquer Goguryeo three times, the people of all counties fled when they heard that they were going to conquer Liao.After the siege of Yang Guang's Yanmen, under the pressure of the people, he ordered the termination of the conquest of Liao Dynasty, and the people breathed a sigh of relief.But the common people have regarded the conquest of Liaodong as a dead end, and sometimes when the news of the conquest of Liaodong came out, the entire village fled without a single person left.

Now Li Chongjiu only used 3 horses and [-] Silla reinforcements to cross the sea to break through the Goguryeo royal city and kill the Goguryeo emperor.

Seeing the King of Goguryeo, he was escorted and offered as a prisoner like an ordinary person. The people saw that Gao Jianwu hung his head, and he was no longer the majesty of a king, so they couldn't help being very disappointed.Thinking of the enmity in Liaodong, where countless children died in foreign lands, the common people couldn't help glaring at this man. If the soldiers on the side didn't stop him, they would have thrown bricks to kill Gao Jianwu.

"The Lord of Goguryeo is nothing more than that. It may not be so great."

"Why did our million-strong army fail to capture Liaodong?"

"Yeah, why can His Majesty be able to capture this king with one hand? Do what a million troops can't do?"

Among the crowd, Zuo Xianyou, who served Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou on a mission to the country of Zhao, looked at this scene expressionlessly with his sleeves wrapped around his sleeves.

Once he was a subject of the court, he was dragged out to parade in the streets, offering captives to the Taimiao, and the dignity of being a king was gone.The emperor of Zhao State said so, and he wanted to warn the world, what would happen if he became an enemy of Zhao State.At the same time, it also stimulates the morale of the people, and shows his martial arts to the people of Zhao Guo, Zuo Xianyou said to himself.

Zuo Xianyou thought about it, it was really a mistake for King Wu to bet everything on Li Tang, he didn't expect Zhao Guo to pacify Shandong so quickly.Now that Zhao Jun has incorporated the Qingzhou Army, between Chen Bing Peng and Xu, King Wu is a little nervous now, isn't it too late?

Zuo Xianyou shook his head, thinking that he would go here as an envoy to Zhao Guo, and at the same time bear the mission of Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou, and at the same time, he would also communicate with Zhao Guoxi.He felt like his head was getting bigger.At this time, there is no such thing as Infernal Affairs, but wandering among many people at the same time really makes him tired.

When I arrived at the Zhao Guo Honghe Pavilion, Pei Ju, the Minister of Honghe Temple, received Zuo Xianyou.

Pei Ju's reputation was like a thunderbolt to Zuo Xianyou. When he was Yang Guang's favored minister, he was someone who could rejuvenate the country with one word and destroy the country with one word.

Pei Ju smiled very kindly, which made Zuo Xianyou feel a little less nervous.Pei Ju said to Zuo Xianyou: "Your Majesty, I can't come here in person because I have something to do, so let the old man entertain the envoy well, as a landlord. If the envoy wants to visit Youjing, I will arrange it for you." Officials from Honglu Temple accompanied you there."

Zuo Xianyou smiled wryly and said: "I come to Youjing as a matter of urgency, how dare I go for a casual visit, I just ask to see His Majesty Zhao Guo immediately."

After hearing this, Pei Ju said indifferently: "Your Majesty has explained, and what your envoy said is the same as what the old man said? By the way, did you see the scene where the king of Koguryo sacrificed his captives to the Taimiao today?"

"I see." Zuo Xianyou replied with sweat dripping from his forehead, and he felt that the two were not serious negotiating opponents in front of Pei Ju.

Pei Ju smiled and said: "The noble envoy can go back and tell King Wu about this scene."

Zuo Xianyou twitched cheekily, and laughed twice, thinking that after Zhao Guoping landed in Shandong, the next step would be to really go to Jianghuai?Deliberately arranging himself to go to Youjing for a day in the Taimiao Temple, just to watch this scene by himself.

Zuo Xianyou said: "Since Mr. Pei can take full responsibility for this matter, then I will tell you the truth. Back then, your lord had a tacit understanding with the King of Wu. With the Huaihe River as the boundary, the two families would not invade each other. Now Song Jingang led his troops to station in the Between Peng and Xu, I don't know why?"

Pei Ju smiled and said: "Your envoy misunderstood. General Song, Chen Bing, and Peng Xu wanted to guard against Li, Tang, and Xuzhou governor Wang Shibian, not because it was not good for Jianghuai. Your envoy also opened up the skylight to speak frankly. You haven't done anything in recent years. Take less money from the court of our Zhao country, shouldn't you sometimes think about it for our Zhao country?"

Zuo Xianyou looked embarrassed, and shortened his body a bit in front of Pei Ji, and said: "Pei Gong can say, in fact, a certain came here this time, and he was ordered by his uncle."

"Is it Fu Gongyou?"
"Exactly, Uncle Fu assisted King Wu in the uprising and brought down the Jianghuai Army, but he has always been very dissatisfied with King Wu's surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Uncle Fu said that he hoped to replace King Wu and become the leader of the Jianghuai Army. I hope Zhao Guo can help one or two."

Pei Ju couldn't help but showed great interest and asked: "I remember that Fu Gongyou and Wu Wang are close friends, so they are against Wu Wang."

Zuo Xianyou saw Pei Ju Xiang asked with a smile and said: "One moment, another moment, being able to share adversity when conquering the world does not mean that we will be able to share wealth and honor in the future."

(End of this chapter)