Yu Wenyun, who was accustomed to extravagant enjoyment in the East Palace, could not bear the torture of the past, so he put on Liu Pi, Zheng Yi, a group of eunuchs and servants, and many fine wines and delicacies, led his army to the west.
When the weather was fine, Prince Yu Wenyun would ride a horse and hunt with Zheng Yi on the grassland, admiring the unique scenery of Saibei. The smell in the air came to his face. The prince took a deep breath and said.
"I think that the old rogue emperor Liu Bang led 300,000 Han troops to intercept the Huns here. The poor bones by the Wuding River are like those in a spring boudoir dream."
If there was a windy and sandy weather, Yu Wenyun would not even leave the tent, but would drink and have fun with the ministers in the tent. He did not care at all about the approaching war with Tuyuhun.
Zheng Yi saw that the prince was in a good mood and said casually.
"Prince, you should be concerned about the recent war against Tuyuhun. Don't always think that playing around with national affairs is the prince's business."
Yu Wenyun glanced at Zheng Yi impatiently.
"Master Zheng, I'm not telling you, you just love to solve problems for my father. Don't let my father use you as a problem to solve in the end. There are countless generals in the country and the Dazhu Kingdom who have to fight, and it's not our turn to worry about it, right? ."
Seeing that Yu Wenyun had almost finished drinking, he continued to say to Liu Pi.
"Master Liu, we can't live without a woman on the grassland. We see that the daughter-in-law of the herdsman's house next door is quite big. Every time we see her, her dragon roots stand straight up uncontrollably."
Liu Pi was very good at watching people prepare dishes. At this moment, he understood what the prince meant. Before he could finish speaking, he led a group of guards and ran to the herdsman's tent next door to snatch the lady over.
When Yu Wenyun saw the woman being detained and walking towards him step by step, he hurried up and said majestically to his staff like a glutton seeing meat.
"You bastards, who asked you to tie her up? Untie her quickly. Why are you treating our beauty like this? Can you afford to pay for her if she is strangled? Our beauty's body is worth a lot of money. Get out of here."
The woman said a little timidly when she saw that no one was looking at the prince's malicious face.
"Prince, I am already in my mid-40s this year. I feel uncomfortable serving the prince."
Yu Wenyun tilted his neck back with a wicked smile and said.
"Look at how round and charming your ditch is. Is all the flesh growing on the ditch? If I take a bath with you, it will be an unforgettable experience."
Wang Gui, who had always disliked the prince, heard about this and couldn't bear it. He led his guards to surround the prince's tent.
"Yuwen Yun, your father is working hard to govern, but what about you? He is busy all the time, and you are a loser. You should change your name to Yuwen Prodigal."
Wang Gui made a gesture and the guards understood the intention and rushed into the tent to rescue the woman. Wang Gui ordered again.
"Smash all the wine jars that haven't been opened yet."
The prince walked out of the tent with his shirtless body cursing.
"Who do you think you are? Isn't it because my father saw that you were homeless in the capital and felt sorry for you, so he gave you a small official? Mr. Wang, you'd better remember what you did today."
"Prince, I would rather die for loyalty than seek glory by flattery. If you want to kill us, please do so."
After saying this, Wang Gui turned around and left, and after returning to Chang'an, he truthfully told the emperor Yu Wenyong all the misdeeds of the prince's group.
Emperor Yu Wenyong was furious after hearing this and immediately issued three edicts to order the prince and all the ministers to return to the court. After the group returned to Chang'an, Emperor Yu Wenyong directly dismissed Liu Pi and Zheng Yi from their official positions.
"You two were both bachelors of the Imperial Academy and were role models for candidates all over the world to follow. But now you two are ignorant and have no skills to teach the prince how to behave badly. What crime should you be charged with?"
In order to enable his son to succeed and rule the world, Yu Wenyong began to discipline him more strictly.
Seeing that the prince was disapproving, Yu Wenyong still smiled playfully and slapped Yu Wenyun on the big face with his backhand.
"From now on, you have to dress up and go to court every morning like the minister to participate in discussions. Even in the middle of winter and summer, you will not be able to stop for a moment."
Prince Yu Wenyun pouted and said in a childlike manner.
"Dad, do we still have a chance to guard Saibei? We don't mind the hard work, dad, just send us there again, we are already used to the life there."
"Let you continue to ruin the reputation of the Northern Zhou Empire? In the future, you will inherit the crown prince of the world. How dare your virtuous father to hand over the world to your hands? From today on, you should work hard and study hard. If your father hears about your bad reputation again, he will immediately depose you and make your younger brother the heir apparent."
Because the prince was addicted to alcohol, he often broke into the East Palace under the influence of alcohol and took advantage of this to talk to the prince again.
"The East Palace is where your mother and your father's women live. Why do you go there so often? Next time you dare to step into the East Palace, I will kill you."
Forced by the majesty of the father, the prince's absurd behavior was somewhat restrained. Although the Yuwen family was disturbed by many things such as the death of the biological mother's illness and the death of the prince's biological mother, they were still determined to carry out a series of system reforms in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
In July of the 4th year of Jiande, he personally led the Northern Sixth Army to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty eastward by force to achieve his desire to unify the north first.
The self-proclaimed {Soaring Eagle} Northern Wei Dynasty, Taizu Tuoba Gui's miserable management for more than 20 years, split into two brand-new countries, the Western Wei Dynasty and the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
The Western Wei Dynasty guarded the hinterland of Guanzhong and the southwest corner. In order to prevent the Eastern Wei Dynasty from dominating the eastern region east of the Yangtze River, the Emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty immediately summoned powerful ministers for discussion.
"The Western Wei and the Eastern Wei belong to the same family. Everyone knows that the Eastern Wei is strong and the Western Wei is weak, so we have to guard against it. Yuwentai is quite smart and is a good leader in leading troops. We want to worship Yuwentai as the general of Zhendong. Pay attention to the march of the Eastern Wei Dynasty."
In unison, the Emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty officially worshiped Yu Wentai as the General of Zhendong.
After serving as the supreme general for two years, Yuwentai felt that he was already full-fledged and began to have evil intentions. He took advantage of Xiaoxing Canyue and all his confidants to gather together.
"Didn't the Western Wei Dynasty make its neighbors laugh by letting an emperor rule the country? Although the emperor there has grown a lot this year, his thinking is still on the edge of infancy. Can he give you some favors after all these years of fighting for him on the battlefield? ?If one day he breaks out and settles old scores, why don't we all become his victims? Why not take advantage of the time when the time is right and I will lead a group of people to force the palace to depose him. You will support our family to become the emperor. By then, the list of names will be Everyone’s name will be written down on the table.”
After hearing this, everyone hesitated for a long time and then knelt down.
"The general is right. How can an emperor rule the country? Tomorrow we will follow the general into the palace and destroy that bitch who is still alive and nursing."
In this way, Yu Wentai led the guards to successfully remove the iron barrels surrounding the palace, and successfully captured the emperor and changed the country's name to Northern Zhou.
At the same time, the powerful officials of the Eastern Wei Dynasty in the Guanzhong area were unwilling to accept Yuwentai's self-reliance.
"Yu Wentai, a man who is only qualified to be a slave, dares to risk the world's notoriety to seize the kingdom of the Western Wei Dynasty, so why not do it for my Gao family."
After several days of ideological struggle, the Eastern Wei Dynasty was usurped by the Sinicized Xianbei Gao family and the country was renamed Northern Qi.
The Northern Qi Dynasty has always relied on its vast territory, fertile farmland, rich products, and the advantages of many soldiers and generals to completely ignore the Northern Zhou Empire.
"The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Empire were never well-trained. Yu Wenhu's death was equivalent to defeating the mainstay of the entire Northern Zhou court. Those remaining generals are just a bunch of idiots."
Gao Wei of the Northern Qi Dynasty did not care about state affairs and just enjoyed himself every day. He found a charming middle-aged woman as a pet from nowhere. Let her act like a dog and amuse the guests in the lobby.
As long as Gao Wei has a whim, no matter how much money he spends, he can spend half a year and completely wipe out all the money accumulated by his ancestors for many years. For this reason, Gao Wei got a nickname out of thin air, "Deficit Emperor"
Gao Wei continued to defeat the national destiny of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but Yuwen Yong worked hard to improve the employment and farming of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In just a few years, the Northern Zhou Dynasty at least caught up with the Northern Qi Dynasty by one level.
The strength and weakness of the two northern empires have been quietly tilted and reversed.
Yang Jian, who had been living at home for three years, was finally summoned by Yu Wenyong and the emperor issued an edict because he wanted to march against the Northern Qi Dynasty.
"I worshiped Yang Jian as the former general and together with Guangning Marquis Xue Jiong led 30,000 naval troops from the Wei River into the Yellow River to attack the Qi army in the east. This is it!!!"
For the first time, Yang Jian did not bring Li Shun with him on this expedition. At this moment, Yang Jian was already the father of 5 sons, 5 daughters and 10 children.
Seeing the children growing up day by day, the family has to have a capable housekeeper. What makes Yang Jian even more uneasy is that after Li Shun returned to Yang Mansion from Wutai Mountain and recovered from a serious illness, he seemed to be a changed person. God's eyes also became hollow.
In addition, after the master quietly left Yang's house one night, Li Shun's sadness became more intense. He spent the whole day saying some incomprehensible and confusing words. Li Su's physical condition was generally in good condition. Yang Jian explained before leaving. .
"Brother, the court has ordered me to return. I will entrust you with the care of the family. When we return in triumph, your sister-in-law will arrange a marriage for you. Just do it. You can't live forever. For life."
Li Shun patted Yang Jian on the shoulder and said.
"Brother, I understand. Don't worry about family matters. We heard rumors that Gao Changgong is very skilled in martial arts. Gao Wei will definitely send Gao Changgong to fight. The art of war is changing rapidly. Swords are not long-sighted. Brother, you must be more careful."
On August Guimao Day of this year, the Northern Liu army, which was full of strength, entered the Northern Qi territory with overwhelming force. The 30,000 naval troops led by Yang Jian and Xue Jiong were invincible and defeated the Qi army at Heqiao.
When the battle between the two armies was in full swing, a young man wearing a double phoenix golden helmet, a dragon and phoenix golden armor, and a ferocious mask just attached to his handsome face rushed out from the crowd.
Yang Jian and he looked at each other for a while, but suddenly there was an inexplicable sense of oppression in their hearts and they heard the other party shouting.
"You guys, the thieves on the other side, can't even think of taking over this Golden Yong City. If you're not afraid of death, come up here with us."
Xue Jiong said with straight eyes.
"You little brat, you don't know the heights of the world. Don't think that I won't beat you if you are handsome."
Xue Jiongshan made a pair of iron rods embroidered with dragons and nicknamed "Invincible Iron Rods". They weighed a total of 220 kilograms and were forged from Xihai Bin iron for three years.
Xue Jiong couldn't help but say something. The snow-coloured horse under his crotch was clamped with his legs and he galloped forward. He was about to raise the stick to cover Gao Changgong's head when he heard a clanging sound and then looked at the iron rod in his hand. I don’t know when it flew out.
"Oh, this kid is really born with supernatural power. If we continue to fight with each other, it might be detrimental to me, so I'd better leave."
In the spirit of running away if he couldn't be beaten, Xue Jiong didn't even bother to pick up his weapons and quickly turned around and ran away without even looking back.
Seeing that the enemy's military flags were pulled down by Yang Jian, the morale of the emperor was greatly boosted. Emperor Yu Wenyong took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory and personally led 60,000 elites to attack the cities of Heyin and restrain the Northern Qi's advance. The emperor, who was overwhelmed with joy, suddenly fell ill and covered his chest with his hands. His eyes turned black.
When Gao Chuo, the governor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, saw that the emperor was ill, he attacked Yuwen Yong without saying a word. Yuwen Xiaobo's eyes were quick and he raised his gun to block it. Because Gao Chuo had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, his physical fitness was above average. Not only did he dodge, but also Yuwen Xiaobo's smoke cloud. He was stabbed to death with a halberd.
"What a guy! The Gao family of Northern Qi really deserves its reputation."
Just when the emperor was about to be surrounded, suddenly hundreds of barbed trolleys fell from a high place and were about to hit Gao Chuo. When I came out, I heard only a roar.
"The traitor of Northern Qi has come to accept his fate!"
When Gao Chuo turned around, he heard the sound of bones shattering. Xue Jiong hit Gao Chuo's head with a stick, and an iron pulley fell straight down, smashing Gao Chuo into a puddle of flesh in an instant.
After urgent consultations between Wang Gui and many of Yuwen Xiaobo's close ministers, they obtained Emperor Yuwen Yong's approval and issued an urgent order.
"Xue Jiong and Yang Jian led the Northern Sixty Army to stay, and the rest will withdraw to the capital and fight another day."
In September, the Zhou army, which was eager to fight, once again sent out troops with great force. Although it did not achieve the expected goal of annihilating the Northern Qi Dynasty, it gained very valuable experience in defeating the enemy. Yang Jian led more than 1,000 men to capture five cities in the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Yang Jian, who had been recuperating at home for six or seven years, had a sharp increase in combat effectiveness and received a practical training. He became more and more eager to try. After another year of training, on Ding Chou Day, the fifth year of Jiande, Yuwen Yong's disease had disappeared and his whole body was radiant again. Wearing military uniforms and leading the ministers, he held a grand sacrifice in the Noon Hall to pray for good omens of the Eastern Expedition.
At noon in October in winter, Yu Wenyong once again personally led the Sixth Army to attack Qi and appointed him for this purpose.
"King Yu Wensheng of Yue is the general manager of the first left army, Duke Yu Wenliang of Qi is the general manager of the second right army, Xiaozuka Zai Yuwen Xiaobo is the general manager of the third right army, Yang Jian is the deputy commander of the left and right armies, Yu Wenxian and Yu Wenchun are the forward generals."
Gao Wei, the young master of the Northern Qi Dynasty, not only failed to be vigilant for the invasion of the Northern Zhou Dynasty a year ago, but instead laughed and cursed with his favorite girl in the hall.
"Gao Chuo, the governor of the country, has been killed in battle. Please stop playing around all day long. You should always pay attention to the developments in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses have food and grass, they must be prepared for a tough battle."
Young Master Qi Gao Wei said disdainfully.
"Tch, the little Northern Zhou Dynasty is nothing to worry about. The poor country and the people can destroy him at any time if we have enough fun. Let me ask you now, have the Northern Zhou army invaded? Just eat carrots and don't worry about it. Let's play music and continue dancing."
Gao Changgong left the palace with a look of despair on his face and sighed softly.
"Forget it, my brother can't be saved. Although Yuwen Hu is dead, there are still many famous generals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty like Yang Jian. The mediocre master has no idea what the generals of the Zhou army are capable of."
The second time Gao Wei received military information about the Northern Zhou invasion again, he calmly took hundreds of concubines to hunt in the Hexi Corridor.
Emperor Yu Wenyong once again personally led 90,000 elite soldiers and good generals to set up a battle formation of more than 20 miles long from east to west in Fenshui. He rode on a horse and patrolled the formation. Everywhere he went, he called out the name of the general and lectured. .
"It was not easy for my ancestors to conquer the Northern Zhou Dynasty back then. From a land area as big as a palm, it took five generations of my bloodshed to gain the strength we have today. The Xianbei people destroyed the Han ancestral temples and harmed the Han people without morality. Soldiers, your achievements today are I will forever be engraved under the dragon robe and will never be forgotten, and I will attack Northern Qi when I give the order."
The general who was called did not expect that the emperor would remember his name, and he was greatly encouraged. The whole army only hoped to win the battle and repay the emperor's kindness. They all shouted one after another.
"I am willing to go through fire and water to extinguish the Northern Qi Dynasty for the sake of the Holy Spirit."
During the march, Emperor Yu Wenyong found that a soldier's shoes had disappeared. He was marching barefoot in a team of hundreds of people. Seeing this, Yu Wenyong quickly took off his leather shoes and said.
"This pair of leather shoes was sewn by the Queen herself. It's impossible for someone like you to have no shoes to wear."
Not long after, another barefoot soldier Yu Wenyong was found in the team. He immediately took out a pair of extra shoes from the caravan and asked the young general to put them on. The young general had enjoyed such treatment and pushed him with both hands, but he still refused to accept it.
"You are an infantryman, how can you march and fight without shoes? Aren't we still wearing cloth socks? Besides, we are riding on horses, which is no better than you on foot."
Yuwen Xiaobo said from the side.
"Why don't you put on your boots quickly and thank the emperor for your kindness?"
The soldiers burst into tears of gratitude after putting on the boots given by the emperor. This spread among the army, which greatly boosted the morale of the Zhou army. In the battle, the Northern Zhou army became more and more brave as they fought, and all armies sang triumphant songs.
At the same time, the Northern Qi army quickly fell apart. The discarded military supplies and weapons were piled up like mountains stretching for hundreds of miles. It took Yu Wenyong only 4 months to improve the combat capabilities of the Northern Zhou army by two levels. The Northern Qi Dynasty was almost destroyed. The Zhou Dynasty army even attacked all the way to the gate of Ye City.
The young master of Qi, Gao Wei, paid a heavy price for his ignorance. When he saw that the Northern Zhou movement was serious, he sent three urgent messages to Gao Changgong to return to Qi to serve.
Gao Changgong was in poor health recently, but he did not dare to disobey the holy order. He could only put on that ferocious mask again and faced the Northern Zhou army in a stalemate at the gate of Yedu for many days. Gao Changgong saw Xue Jiong killing his brother with an iron pulley. Lai cursed angrily.
"You were the one who killed my brother with the pulley, right? You're a deadbeat, old thief."
Yang Jian rushed out from behind with a Panlong sword and ran straight towards Gao Changgong. He saw the sword coming down on his head. Gao Changgong dodged and shot back at Yang Jian. Yang Jian was so relieved.
"Oh, this fake girl really does have two tricks."
Yang Jian was afraid that continuing to fight would delay the soldiers' siege time, so he could only use the most powerful skill of the Panlong sword technique to cut through thousands of troops with a horizontal sword. He returned it to Gao Changgong's body, only to see him surge up in one breath and shrink his shoulders to hold it. The horse quickly fled towards the city.
The war lasted for four months, and the Northern Zhou army captured Yedu, the capital of Northern Qi.
In February, Emperor Yu Wenyong asked Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian to lead the army to attack the Northern Qi Dynasty again and captured Jizhou City in one fell swoop. From then on, all the officers and soldiers in the various towns of the Northern Qi Dynasty surrendered. Guandong was declared pacified and merged into the Northern Zhou Dynasty. There were 55 states, 162 counties, 368 counties, and a population of 25 million.
After the class teacher returned to the court, Yu Wenyong felt happy and began to discuss his merits and reward him.
"He worshiped Yang Jian as the general of Dazhu Kingdom and also served as the general manager of Dingzhou."
Four months after the pacification of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Wang Gui, who had become the Duke of South Korea, brought up the old matter again to Yu Wenyong.
"Your Majesty, I think that Yang Jian's city is deep and he is a serious problem for Zhou's confidants. It is very dangerous for you to let Yang Jian hold a heavy army."
Yuwen Yong's trust in Wang Gui goes without saying that many people adopt his suggestions on major national affairs. But this time Wang Gui's words once again revealed the meaning of disparaging Yang Jian, but Yu Wenyong did not follow his advice.
"The two wars last year and this year have been witnessed by everyone. Yang Jian is not only superb in martial arts, he can also lead the way and contribute to our great Zhou Dynasty. He is not just an ordinary man's bravery and strategy, but also has extraordinary abilities. He can often see the enemy's flaws and kill the enemy with one blow. , Now even the Duke of Qi admires Yang Jian so much. Why do you bring up the old words again if you love me?"
"There is no doubt that Yang Jian knows how to fight and is capable. Your Majesty, the hearts of the people are now at war. We have destroyed Northern Qi in one fell swoop. It is inevitable that someone will cause rebellion."
Yu Wenyong continued.
"Being on guard against others is indeed indispensable. In the future, I will not only conquer the Chen Dynasty in the south, but also always be on guard against the Turks in the north. This requires the use of troops. Have you ever thought that famous generals like Li Mu, Wei Chi, Wei Xiaokuan and so on in the Northern Zhou Army are in their twilight years? Although Aiqing and Yuwen Xiaobo are powerful, they lack the hard skills to lead an army into battle. Your strategic experience and prestige alone are not enough to command operations, especially hard battles. A useful and rare general like Yang Jian can still be used in the army. How many people should be selected? Even if Yang Jian is really disloyal, let me wait until I have completed my great achievements before making a decision."
After Wang Gui heard what Yu Wenyong said, his doubts about Yang Jian disappeared.
The conversation between the emperor and Wang Gui had just ended. On the day when Yang Jian led his army to Dingzhou, the North Gate of Dingzhou, which had not been opened for many years, was opened to welcome the new emperor. This incident did not attract people's attention locally at first.
Because Yang Jian had previous experience as the governor of Suizhou, he would improve the method of dealing with individual mutual guarantees in Suizhou. He first sent an invitation to each mutual guarantee owner, treated them with good wine, meat, and good words, asking them to hand over their respective rights. Mutual protection troops.
"Yang Jian is not someone to be trifled with."
At this moment, all the mutual protectors knew Yang Jian's character, so everyone followed suit and handed over their own troops. The large mutual protector had 5,000 soldiers and the younger ones also had hundreds. Yang Jian distributed the old ones among them, who were in poor health, to the fields, disarmed them, and let the young ones return to their fields. The strong ones act as their own guards.
Yang Jian then mobilized the industrial and commercial owners in the city to raise funds to refresh shop fronts and renovate the roads in the city. Yang Jian also strictly restrained his army.
"You are not allowed to trespass into people's homes. Anyone who dares to disturb the people will be killed. People are not as helpful as guards."
As soon as these three orders were issued, the orderly appearance of Dingzhou city took on a new look. It not only eliminated the citizens' doubts about the occupiers, but also gave Yang Jian a very good reputation.
Weizhou, to the west of Dingzhou, was afraid of the invasion of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so it closed the west city gate. Gaoyang, the subordinate of the Northern Qi Dynasty who was in power, raised the issue in the court.
"In order to facilitate citizens' trade and increase Qi's tax revenue, please reopen the west gate."
Gao Yang was afraid of the Northern Zhou siege from the west, so he refused directly and made excuses.
"The gate to the west will be opened by a saint."
When Yang Jian's troops invaded Dingzhou, his troops did not know that Northern Qi had established a rule not to open the west gate. The newly entered troops opened the long-closed west gate for the convenience of eating, drinking and having fun.
When the people of Dingzhou saw this dramatic scene, they regarded Yang Jian as the saint who opened the city gate for the first time, and word spread among the people that he was a miracle.
"Yang Jian led his troops to the outside of Dingzhou City, waved his whip and pointed at the west gate, which had not been opened for many years, and the saint descended from heaven to open it at the right time."
This rumor spread like wildfire and even reached the ears of Emperor Yuwen Yong. He suddenly remembered the previous speeches between Wang Gui and Yuwen Xiaobo. The emperor who originally believed in Yang Jian became doubtful.
As the hostile forces in the DPRK continued to slander Yang Jian, Emperor Yu Wenyong issued an imperial edict and transferred Yang Jian to southern Yanzhou and resumed his old post as governor.
What worried Yang Jian was not how long he had been working in Dingzhou, but the suspicion of the Holy Emperor that followed him again. At this time, Pang Huang, who was the governor of Changzhou, came to see Yang Jian off.
Pang Huang suddenly said while walking.
"The land of Yandai needs more elite soldiers. With Gong's current prestige, if he wants to conquer the world with his momentum, it will not be a problem."
Yang Jian's face changed drastically when he heard this.
"Why do you say this, dear brother?"
He quickly grabbed Pang Huang's hand.
"In the future, you and I must be careful in what we say and do. Don't dare to blurt out any frivolous words."
After this incident, Yang Jian became calmer. A few days later, he very calmly took only a few followers with him and went to Nan Yanzhou to become the governor.
The first thing Yu Wenyong did after defeating the Northern Qi Dynasty was to reiterate the simplicity and order in order to warn future generations that he should set an example first.
"People's livelihood in the Northern Qi Dynasty is in decline, and the economy is plummeting. Now we have to demolish those luxurious palaces to control the world's dragon veins and open a silk trade road for the people. I admire this."
Yuwen Yong went privately in disguise and took all the removed signage materials from house to house in a baggage truck and gave them to the poor people and called them to gather under the city. Yuwen Yong stood in the square in the city and escorted the soldiers on the road.
"Folks, the Northern Qi State is no longer a state and will never exist. Please don't hate our Northern Zhou Army for invading your comfortable home. We believe that you must have been greatly oppressed in the Qi State, but you dare to be angry but dare not speak out. Since our Northern Zhou Army has occupied this place, you are my subjects. From now on, you can farm as much as possible and find employment. Our Northern Zhou Empire needs talents.",
At first, the people did not believe Zhou Jun's military regulations, thinking that after the city was broken, no humans and animals would be left alive. Unexpectedly, the scene was completely different from what they imagined. The people shouted one after another.
"Long live the Holy One, long live the Empire. We are willing to be the common people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty from now on. If there is any difficulty in the Empire in the future, the people of our city will definitely protect the Holy One to repay the grace of today's rebirth."
