Xincheng, after more than ten days of marching, Li Jing's army finally arrived here. Since they returned from victory, the army's marching speed was not fast, otherwise it would have reached Dingyuan in more than ten days, instead of just arriving at Xincheng.
At this time, in the new city, the people lined the streets to welcome the arrival of the Tang army. This was not specially arranged by someone, but was organized spontaneously by the people.
The new city originally belonged to the Sui Dynasty, but after the defeat of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, it was occupied by the Gaoguli people, so most of the people in the city were Han Chinese. Except for the Gaoguli people who garrisoned, basically there were very few people here, so they became the Tang army After driving out the Gaoguli people, defeating the Gaoguli, and destroying them, the people of the new city were naturally very happy. After all, under the rule of Gaoguli, there was nowhere more stable than under the rule of the Han people.
Looking at the welcoming people lined up in the streets, Luo Zhang felt like a scholar would die for his confidant. If nothing else, just for these Han people, he felt that everything he did was worth it.
Under Li Jing's order, the army did not ask for anything from the people. Even if the people brought water and eggs they had saved to give to the Tang army, no one asked for them. This surprised Luo Zhang and expressed his displeasure with Li Jing. There is a new understanding of the strictness of running the army.
People are called military gods, not just for talk, but because of their ability.
Because what Li Jing did, almost a thousand years later, is exactly the same as what a certain person did. Isn't it the motto of a person not to take a stitch from the people?
Of course, there are not a few people who do this kind of thing. Cao Cao also did it. He once cut off his hair when his horse stepped on the rice field, and it became a good story for a while.
On the day when Luo Zhang and others entered the new city, in a house in the city, a group of more than a dozen people were gathering to eat meat and drink wine. These people did not go to welcome the Tang army, and they were not from the new city. They You have your own things to do when you come here.
After a few bowls of wine, a short man ran back from outside, picked up the wine on the table and drank it all in one gulp, then touched his mouth and said, "It's so damn exciting!"
"You've had a drink, stop inking, tell me what's going on outside? Did you find out where the artillery is?" An old man sitting at the front asked, stroking his beard.
"Mr. Du, I found out. I pretended to welcome the people of Tang Army and followed them. There were quite a lot of artillery, dozens of them. Each one was pulled by four horses. It looked quite heavy. There are wheels at the bottom. If there are no wheels, I won't be able to move them away. Now these artillery are placed in the barracks near the east gate of the new city, which used to be Gaoguli's barracks!" the short man said with foaming.
"Place it in the east gate barracks school grounds? Are you sure? You didn't miss it, did you?" Du Lao said in shock.
He came here this time under the entrustment of the Changsun family to steal a cannon. If he succeeds, he will receive a generous reward. Not to mention that he will have enough food and clothing for a lifetime, and he will not be able to use it up in several lifetimes. , which shows how much Changsun Wuji spent on this cannon.
Of course, Mr. Du is not all about money. He has to give away at least half of the money. In addition, Changsun Wuji also promised him to find him a 300-year-old wild ginseng. This thing cannot be bought with money. , he is getting older, if he can get a 300-year-old wild ginseng, it can at least help him extend his life for a few years.
Don’t underestimate a few years. If you tell a person who is about to die that he can live one more day on the condition that he donates his property, he will agree without hesitation. Compared with life, money is of no use. Only then can he Know the preciousness of life.
Therefore, being able to live for a few more years is self-evident for Du Lao. Otherwise, with his strength at the eighth level of the True Yuan Realm, how could he come out to do these things? No matter how much money he was given, he would have to consider it.
Hearing that Mr. Du didn't seem to believe what he said, the short man immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Du, if I'm wrong, just gouge out my eyes!"
The short man swore like this, so Mr. Du naturally believed what he said.
Immediately a map was spread out on the table. It was a map of the entire new city. It was extremely detailed. It was unknown whether Mr. Du got it or Changsun Wuji gave it to him.
Looking at the map, Mr. Du searched on it and soon found the location of the East Gate Campus.
After finding the east gate campus, Mr. Du gestured on the map again, as if checking the path to leave.
And if you steal the cannon, you must leave. The best way to leave is naturally the east gate.
However, Mr. Du's hand did not point at the east gate, but at a house located in the south of the city. There was nothing surprising there, there were only a few houses, but each house was very large.
What is drawn on the map is not just a house, but an independent house with many buildings.
