After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, and conversing among peers, there was a difference in age, but with the two parties' good intentions, nothing went wrong.
After the dishes were removed, some light wine was obtained. After taking a sip, the head of the house felt a little tired. He had eaten too much wine and meat today, and the taste was not good. It was definitely a torture for him.
People who eat too much stir-fried vegetables will have a natural resistance to ordinary stewed dishes, unless they eat too much stir-fried vegetables and want to eat something light like they did in their previous lives.
The head of the Zhang family felt a slippery feeling all over. He took out a box from his arms. Inside the box was a cloth bag, and motioned for his hands to get it done.
His men were Polu soldiers, and he was no stranger to tea. Tea was not only a necessity for the upper class in Yuntong County, but also a good thing they could afford.
Under the puzzled looks of the two men, his men came over with three steaming cups.
The head of the Zhang family picked it up, shook his head, blew it, took a sip, and suddenly showed an expression of enjoyment on his face.
The other two people looked at each other and followed suit, but after finishing the drink, one of them had his tongue burnt, while the other frowned and secretly said it was so painful.
But not long after, the two started drinking tea while chatting.
The more he drank, the more energetic he became, and the more he drank, the thirstier he became. Unable to bear it any longer, Lasa asked directly.
"Brother Zhang, I wonder what this is? When I first took it into my mouth, I just felt it was bitter and unbearable. But after taking a few more sips, I found that this drink is very relieving and leaves a fragrant taste in my mouth after drinking it."
The head of the Zhang family smiled and said, "This is tea."
The two of them couldn't help but widen their eyes. Who doesn't know how to drink tea? However, they have never seen such tea before. They still drink it by brewing it. Since ancient times, tea has been boiled.
"I wonder where I can buy this tea."
"Hahaha, you can't buy this tea now, but if Master Lasa needs it, I can leave some for you when I leave."
The atmosphere between the three of them drinking tea was extremely ambiguous, but soon, with one sentence, the atmosphere was about to be broken.
"Brother Zhang traveled thousands of miles to visit relatives this time. Is there something unexpected in the royal city?"
The head of the Zhang family froze on the spot for an instant, but he immediately reacted, suppressed the panic in his heart with a powerful force, and covered up the embarrassment with a smile.
"Imperial City? What happened to the Imperial City?"
Since Li Sa got straight to the point, he had no intention of hiding it.
This shot hit the head of the Zhang family directly in the lungs. He frowned and said, "Master Li Sa, why do you ask this?"
Lasa got straight to the point and said, "Recently, I heard that many cities have changed their defenses, but do you also know what changing their defenses means to a city?"
"The battle in Haifeng has already diverted part of the main city's troops. If we are changing defenses, and if the soldiers we replace are good, let alone a group of new soldiers coming in, it would be better to recruit them on the spot."
The head of the Zhang family's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pretended not to care, waving his hands and saying, "Well, I just heard about it, I don't know whether it's true or not."
The two of them listened instantly.
The head of the Zhang family looked around and whispered immediately, "The attack on Haoqiu should have ended before winter, but I didn't expect that Haoqiu was already strong at the outside. The melee combat was too fast and almost collapsed at the first touch. There were not many tough battles. Alas~~~"
Lasa and the family heads of the collateral clan were a little confused and were immediately called stupid.
"Isn't it a good thing that things are going smoothly?"
The head of the Zhang family sighed and said, "Things must turn against each other at the extreme. This is a good thing, but after Haoqian was attacked, how to govern is a difficult problem. Just attacking 200,000 people is enough, but if we want to rule, do you think 200,000 people are enough?" ?”
"And they are elite soldiers. The more elite they are, the less they know how to govern the place. If the Haoqian people riot, all the achievements of our army will be wasted."
After Lasa was silent for a while, he murmured, "You mean, the defense change is for the elite soldiers to come and make adjustments to maintain sufficient rest for the effective forces."
The head of the Zhang family was confused. He didn't mean to say this, but if you think so, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with him.
Following Li Sa's words, the head of the Zhang family took advantage of the situation and said, "Due to logistical supplies and winter operations, the army there has become passive and slow in its work. In particular, some soldiers actually openly massacred the Haoqian people who had surrendered."
"This has had a great impact on the local area, even affecting our rule over them and the growth of local resistance forces, but it is useless to put the elites there, so..."
La Sa frowned and said, "Are you going to train troops?"
"But why do we need to train troops?"
The head of the Zhang family dipped some tea and wrote two words on the table. The two of them took a sharp look and took a deep breath.
What is clearly written on the case is [三汉]
I have to say that the Great Martial God King's appetite is a bit too big.
At this time, Li Sa breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect this to be the case, so switching defenses would make sense, but he still had a little doubt in his mind.
"We've been here for so many years, why can't we wait and accumulate national strength before going on an expedition?"
Lasa really couldn't understand why King Wushen was so intolerable.
The head of the Zhang family glanced at him angrily, with a strong look of hatred in his eyes.
"Lord Li Sa, why don't you understand? Haoqian has been destroyed, won't Sanhan take action?"
I have to say that the head of the Zhang family is really good at breaking up, but he did tell a big lie unintentionally.
Due to weather problems and Yang Qian's intervention, Sanhan only knew about the battle of Haoqiang, but not the final result.
And Sanhan is not worried at all. After all, they have played so many games back and forth, so it can’t be anything interesting.
After all, the three Koreas have always advanced and retreated together, come and beat me if you have the ability~~~~!
That's right, Samhan was such a mean person, so Goguryeo usually beat him to death when he caught him.
Although he has always been beaten to death, the feeling of beating him up is still very addictive to the King of War.
Lasa was stunned, and couldn't help but nodded, and said, "As expected of the Great Martial God King, he has even calculated this point. When the time comes, even if we don't fight, as long as we station heavy troops on the border, we will only come to Sanhan to seek punishment."
The head of the Zhang family nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, not to mention a lot of soldiers were mobilized here, and a lot of soldiers were also mobilized on the borders of the three Koreas."
"The three Koreas dare not attack because it is winter now, and I don't know how many troops have been deployed at the border. But if we find out, it will be troublesome after all."
La Sa raised his hands to the head of the Zhang family and said, "Thank you for clearing up the confusion, then I'll feel relieved."
The head of the Zhang family lightly covered his lips with his hand and said, "Since everyone is so familiar with her, I will tell you another piece of good news."
La Sa couldn't help but stretch his ears, but the head of the Zhang family didn't say anything. Instead, he looked at him expectantly.
Li Sa was not a fool. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, please don't worry. If the Zhang family is with me, nothing will happen to you."
The old man was instantly moved to tears.
The head of the Zhang family pushed an old man hard: You old man, stop being so sick, your nose is full of snot! ! !
After the head of the Zhang family pushed the old man away, he coughed lightly and said, "When we set off, the elite army was already ready to go. It is estimated that they will arrive in a few days."
"An army? A lot?"
Li Sa's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was in turmoil. To put it bluntly, he wanted elite soldiers to defend the city, but he didn't realize that the guards in the city were all new recruits. It was difficult to even defend the city, let alone field operations.
The Goguryeo people are ferocious, but no matter how ferocious they are, it is useless for the new recruits to rely solely on their enthusiasm. Field battles require military formations.
Defending the city requires strong willpower and physical strength, otherwise you will be attacked if you cannot survive the opponent.
But these arrogant and powerful generals all came down from the Haoqian battlefield. If there were too many of them, it would be difficult for me to control them.
The head of the Zhang family smiled and said, "I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, these armies are not all yours. After all, Liaodong City and other small cities have to change their defenses."
Li Sa instantly grabbed the arm of the head of the Zhang family, suddenly feeling a little rude, and immediately let go.
"Then, the responsibility of leadership..."
"There is no leader and no guest."
"Thank you!"
For Laisa, this is joyful news. No one wants to have a group of disobedient soldiers, but everyone likes to have a strong force under them.
At a banquet, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves and went to bed after eating and drinking.
A few days later.
A common man pulled several empty carriages and headed outside.
Although it is winter and there is less communication between cities, people still have to go outside. After all, the food in the city cannot feed everyone.
This is Goguryeo. If it were the Central Plains, in winter, the exchanges between cities would be at least more frequent than here.
It's not that they don't want to communicate, but Goguryeo has many mountains and transportation is inconvenient. Although Liaodong County is a plain, there are rivers crisscrossing it. Generally speaking, no one will go to other cities unless there is something urgent.
People go to farms outside the city, and they can also plant crops in winter.
So the guards were not surprised, and since these were new recruits, they didn't know how to look at people, so they just let them out.
After the common man arrived outside, he abandoned the carriage aside, covered it with grass, and then rode his horse towards Jiashi City like crazy.
The Lord's Mansion of Jiashi City.
"bass!"
Ran Jing stood up directly and said excitedly, "The head of the Zhang family has gained the trust of Laisa in Xuantu City? Are you sure?"
"Sure."
The soldier immediately took out a letter written by the head of the Zhang family and handed it to Ran Jing. Because it involved the Zhang family, the matter was handled confidentially and the power of the Tianshou Division was not used.
"Okay, you can bring some grain and grass to ship back, and I will authorize you to use the Tianshou Division's communication channels, but you cannot tell the Zhang family. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
"promise!"
Ran Jing immediately began to gather soldiers. Xuantu City was very large and it would take at least two to thirty thousand people to pacify it. Only after it was pacified could the soldiers be gradually mobilized.
In order not to scare Laisa in Xuantu City, she decided to go with 10,000 troops first and wait for them to be controlled before entering.
Some people died, but not completely...
