Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 183 Back to Cangzhou

The bamboo hat Weng took out a piece of leather paper from his arms, Xu Qing took a closer look, and it turned out to be a map.To Xu Qing's surprise, this map was seven or eight points similar to what Xu Qing saw in later generations.You must know that there is no remote sensing technology at this time, and the long distance is measured by a pair of legs. The bamboo hat is indeed an old man walking in this geographical circle.

Weng held the bamboo hat and looked at it, and said slowly: "The governor looks at this place, this is where the Goguryeo water army is located. Two days ago, when I was wandering around here, I found that there were ten to nine people in this water village. Eight!"

"Oh? Are you trying to say that they came to Bohai by sea?" Xu Qing thought to himself, Goguryeo came by sea for only a day or two, why hasn't there been any news of the invasion at this time.

"According to the information in the hands of the little old man, it is indeed so..."

Xu Qing was pacing back and forth, his thoughts fluctuating. At this moment, a rider flew up from a distance and shouted: "Urgent report! Urgent report! Mr. Xu!"

"Mr. Xu! There are thousands of Goguryeo people in Nanhai Mansion. Now that Nanhai Mansion has been captured, the king asked Mr. Xu to beware of a surprise attack by Goguryeo people!"

Nanhai Prefecture is the Liaodong Peninsula. It is named Nanhai Prefecture because it faces the sea in the south.At this time Xu Qing cursed in his heart: What a Goguryeo man, he dared to come!

But the man in the bamboo hat laughed: "Look, I'm right, right? Governor Xu, it's not too late to make up for it!"

"How is the situation in Nanhai Mansion?" Xu Qing asked with concern.

"The Goguryeo people plundered and left by boat."

Now Xu Qing is worried about two things. One is the condition of his own three big ships.When the ship stopped at the beginning, it stopped at Nanhai Prefecture. Although it was remote, Xu Qing was still worried that the ship would be discovered by Goguryeo people.If the boat was gone, he would have to go home by land. When he passed through Youzhou and passed through so many states and counties, the news that he led troops abroad without permission would definitely cause an uproar.

The second worry is whether the Goguryeo people will advance by land and water.If tens of thousands of people forcibly cross the Yalu River, Xu Qing can't guarantee that he can defend it. The key is that his group of state soldiers who can go home and hold their children in peace, this time... Sigh...

"The governor? The governor?"

"Oh..." The voice of the bamboo hat Weng brought Xu Qing back to reality, and Xu Qing asked, "What are your conditions?"

"The Bohai Sea and Silla take the Taedong River as the boundary, and draw the river to rule."

This condition means that the north of Pyongyang belongs to Balhae, and the south belongs to Silla.Xu Qing looked at the bamboo hat, and thought to himself, this Silla man seems to be a great man in the future, should you help him?When he first came to Liaodong, Xu Qing beat Goguryeo people like sticks, but now he helps sticks beat Goguryeo.

"Are you so confident that you can destroy Goguryeo?" Xu Qing asked back.Although the Goguryeo people have experienced a big defeat, their domestic army is still strong. It is still feasible to say that Bohai and Silla can contain it, but it seems a bit difficult to say that they can destroy their country.

"Uh, I'm [-]% sure..." Dou Liweng stretched out a hand.

"Only [-]%? I think it's less than [-]%..." Xu Qing waved his hand.

"If you don't try, how will you know? The destruction of Goguryeo is a great achievement for thousands of years!"

"No, I can let Balhae and Silla contain Goguryeo together. After ten or twenty years, maybe I can nibble him."

"Oh... well, well, as long as it can solve the danger of my country's subjugation in Silla, it will be fine..." The man with the hat suddenly turned into an old man again.

"Why don't you tell me about your plan?"

"Attack Hong Kong, burn grain!" Doulia Weng pointed to the map and said, "This is the granary of the Goguryeo people, and this is the port. As long as I, Silla, can bypass his land troops and attack his granary directly from the sea, we must Can succeed!"

"It's just a granary, so what if it's burned?"

"The governor doesn't know that this granary is the largest granary for the Goguryeo people. The 3 people who defended Silla Baekje and the people around the pass all depended on the food supply here." Doulia Weng said carefully: "We used to think Attacking, but there is no way to send a large number of troops, and small troops will not be effective..."

"Well, that's fine..." Xu Qing asked, "But now that the Goguryeo people's port is empty, why do you need Bo Hai for help?"

"Just to attract the attention of the Bohai people, we will be more successful, and the governor will see..." Doulia Weng continued pointing to the map: "Look here, this is a major grain-producing county for the Goguryeo people. If we can attack Break here, at least for five years, the Goguryeo people will have no power to send troops!"

"We can cooperate on this matter, and I don't want anyone else to know about that matter!"

Five years, that's not bad, Xu Qing nodded in agreement.After discussing the specific details, Xu Qing decided to take down the water village built by the Goguryeo people opposite, and control all of the Yalu River in the hands of Bohai.If they only hit the water village on the opposite side, they won't cause too many casualties, which is what Xu Qing hopes.

After taking down the water fortress, Xu Qing acted as a suspicious soldier by the Yalu River, attracting the attention of the Goguryeo people, and the Silla people attacked the granary.As for the raid on the major grain-producing county, it was left to Anhe to do it.

For three days, Xu Qing made a raft, collected fishing boats, stowed 1000 people as an ambush, and forced 1000 people to cross the river.Gao Cong was shocked, and hurriedly dispatched troops and generals, and Anhe was dispatched to destroy the large grain-producing county and burn all the grain.The next day, Koguryo harbor was occupied by Silla, the granary was burned, and more than 3 soldiers were in urgent need of rations.

On the other side of the Yalu River, Xu Qing half-hardly and half-softly drove some Goguryeo people who were not too "Goguryeo" to the Bohai Sea, and arranged to live around the town's border fort.

At this time, Duan Hongchen came with good news.When the Goguryeo people went ashore to plunder again, they were dragged back by the local soldiers and civilians. Duan Hongchen personally led the army to conquer and defeated his army.

Three days later, the Goguryeo people sued for peace, paid money and ceded the land, and the thirty miles south of Yalu belonged to the Bohai Sea.

Duan Hongchen agreed, and asked the Goguryeo people to return all the Bohai people captured a few years ago.Peace between the two countries.The Goguryeo people took the time to drive the Silla people out, and they were relieved, but the national prestige was gone.A few days later, Gao Yuan, the king of Goguryeo, collapsed, and Gao Cong officially ascended the throne.The letter of reprimand came to Bohai, calling himself "brother" and treating Bohai as his brother country.Silla people also condemned the letter of state to come here, and formed an alliance with Balhae.

From Silla to the Dahe clan, these Liaodong countries are stepping up to restore their national strength, and in the next three years, they can be regarded as peaceful.

In the townside castle, Xu Qing, Xu Qi, Duan Hongchen, and Huang Shimei sat together.

Xu Qing took a plump and juicy pear, rubbed it on his clothes and bit it down, then said: "In a few days, it will be August [-]th again, I have to go back early..."

Duan Hongchen understood, and said to Xu Qi: "If you want to go with him, then go..."

Xu Qi lowered her head and fiddled with her hair. Xu Qing knew that she was reluctant, so she said, "Duan Hongchen, I have a plan, do you want to hear it?"

"Oh?"

"I want to open a sea caravan between Cangzhou and Bohai. The two places are close, and the sea route is very fast. When Xu Qi wants to go back to Bohai, he can go back to Bohai. If he wants to go to my place, he can go to my place." Xu Qingdao : "And the most important thing is that after the opening of the sea route, Bohai can easily get products from the Central Plains, and I can also get cheap grassland goods in Cangzhou. As a transfer point, Bohai will definitely bring money and food, and we can get what we need."

Duan Hongchen and Xu Qi's eyes lit up immediately.Huang Shimei smiled and said: "Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce can open a branch in Bohai, and then the caravan outside the Great Wall will be available for us."

"This method is not bad..."

The three of them agreed, and Duan Hongchen gave Xu Qing several large ships that he had snatched from the Goguryeo people.A ship for sheep, a ship for cattle, a ship for horses, a ship for dried meat and dairy products, and a ship for furs.There are quite a few ships full, with extremely deep drafts, and they set off from the Bohai Sea and headed east.

Xu Qing was worried about the three ships found by the Goguryeo people, but they didn't.Three large ships carried two thousand homesick people and one thousand clay pots.

Except for the horses, Xu Qing gave all the cattle and sheep to the state soldiers who came to Bohai.Everything that comes out is a cow, a sheep, and a pile of dried meat.Wounded, two copies.For those who sacrificed, three copies were given to the family members.

People cannot be resurrected after death, so Xu Qing can only make up for his "selfish" dispatch of troops this time in material terms.

Cangzhou:

"Xueer, are you thinking about him again?" Seeing Xun Xueer staring at Xu Xiaoqing in a daze, Xiaoyue knew she was thinking about Xu Qing.

"Xiaoyue..." Xun Xueer smiled: "You don't want to?"

"I don't want to, what's good about him?" Xiaoyue said stubbornly, but her face was full of spring, which had already exposed her inner thoughts.

"Hehehe..." Xun Xueer said, "I have a feeling that he is already on his way home."

"Mind connection?" Xiaoyue didn't believe it, but said enviously of Xun Xueer.

"No, because tomorrow is the [-]th day." Xun Xueer smiled: "Xu Lang said that on the [-]th day, the whole family should be reunited. I believe he will do it."

After finishing speaking, Xiaoyue and Xun Xueer held their chins together and looked at the very full moon in the sky.

Chang'an:

"Oh? You said that the person behind that organization is Xu Qing?"

The person who spoke was Li Shimin.

"That's right, and the identity of this person is too suspicious, as if he jumped out of a rock."

The person who spoke was also a person Xu Qing recognized, and if Xu Qing saw it, he would definitely be shocked.This person is Ouyang Zhendong.

"How?" Li Shimin asked.

"In the fourth year of Wude, this person was brought into the army by an old soldier, and he entered the holy eye with the method of making ice with saltpeter. ...And that organization called Underworld, seems to have appeared out of thin air..."

"Okay, okay, you go down first..." Li Shimin rubbed his head, he also recognized Xu Qing, so he thought Xu Qing was just a person with many wonderful ideas.The method of making ice with saltpeter, horseshoes, and fried rice... Later, this Xu Qing had another "Wenzong" identity, which surprised him greatly.But now, Xu Qing has another identity as the leader of the dark forces. Such a person has not been able to find out his specific identity.

Li Shimin was beating drums in his heart, Xu Qing's identity is not simple, maybe someone did it on purpose.

"Is it the elder brother, or the old man?"

(End of this chapter)