“That’s natural!” It’s really a good move that’s good for the country. If it were me, I would definitely agree!”
Qibi Heli nodded slightly but did not speak. He walked to the window and overlooked the wide streets below, countless houses, and the thick city wall at the top that could accommodate four horses running side by side. He suddenly said: "King Governor, do you know? Just because This battle, even if it is a thousand years later, your name will remain in the annals of history and be read and praised by countless people!"
Wang Wenzuo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "It's not just the next person who will leave his name in the history books, the two of them will definitely be included in it!"
"That's thanks to you, at least this time!" Qibi Heli smiled: "King Commander, thank you very much!"
Hearing Qibi Heli's second thank you, Wang Wenzuo was a little embarrassed. Before he could express his gratitude, Qibi Heli said to Xue Rengui: "General Xue, when you followed the late emperor to conquer Liaodong, you repeatedly performed extraordinary feats with your bravery. The late emperor once said: I have many old generals, and I am embarrassed to be sent to foreign countries. Whenever I want to outshine others and advance, there is no better person than Qing. I am not happy to have Liaodong now, but I am happy to have Qing. That was more than 20 years ago, and now You and I are getting old too, and when I see Governor Wang, I think of you back then!"
“What did the Duke say?” !」
"One arrow pierced through the fifth armor. General Xue is really the most important person in the world!" Wang Wenzuo was surprised. He had also heard of Xue Rengui's reputation as a good archer, but looking at him now, he could hardly be considered a top five. , it is really remarkable that he can still have such strength. Those who can leave their names in the history books in the cold weapon era are indeed non-human beings.
Seeing Wang Wenzuo so amazed, Xue Rengui was also a little proud, shook his head and said with a smile: "It's just an ordinary man's courage in the face of a conflict, it can't be compared with the strategic strategy of Governor Wang. I also heard about the last time you went back to Chang'an to form a polo team for the prince. You are indeed a great general. In ten years, the east side of the Tang Dynasty will depend on you!"
"Where, where!" Wang Wenzuo felt that the muscles on his face were sore from laughing. If he followed his original intention, now that all the serious things have been said, everyone would go back to their homes and busy themselves with their own things. Although there was a war, The battle is almost over, and the various things that I have to deal with are still piled up. I wish I could be the boss of three people, but it happens that both Xue Rengui and Qi Bi Heli are great big shots. No matter what I think in my heart, on the surface, Perfunctory work is still indispensable.
"I'm getting older!" Qibi Heli seemed to see Wang Wenzuo's thoughts. He yawned: "My muscles and bones are not as good as before. Governor Wang, please arrange a place for me and General Xue to rest first. Leave everything to tomorrow. Let’s talk again!”
"Yes!" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly called for someone and sent Qibi Heli and Xue Rengui out of the door. Finally, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "Pleasing to your boss is more tiring than fighting a fucking war!"
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The night was dark, without moonlight, but the sky was rare and clear.
"I'm Gaozang, the governor has summoned me!" He told the Tang army guard guarding the door. The guard snorted and let him pass.
There are so many stars in the sky! Gaozang counted while walking along the stone path, passing through pine and oak trees. When he was a child, his mother taught him astrology: he knew the names and locations of the twenty-eight constellations; he knew that corresponding to the emperor were the Three Yuans - Ziwei, Taiwei, Tianshi, and the twenty-eight constellations corresponding to the four directions, and the corresponding star officer, and countless stories. But now my mother has long since passed away, only the stars in the sky remain.昘
"This way!"
Gao Zang stopped. He noticed the lights on the pavilion not far away. He quickly picked up the front hem of his robe and ran over.
"I've been suffocating in the house all day, so I wanted to come out and get some air!" Wang Wenzuo picked up a date and pointed to the stone bench opposite the table: "Sit down and talk!"
"I don't dare!" Gao Zang crossed his arms and saluted, but stood beside the stone bench.
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"Today is just private, no need to be formal!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Besides, when you came to my camp pretending to be an envoy, you were very brave!"
"Concerned about family matters, it suddenly happened!" Gao Zang replied.
Wang Wenzuo was stunned when he heard this, and then he laughed and said: "What a care about family affairs, it suddenly happened! For a person like Brother Gao, even if he went to Chang'an, he would definitely have a good time!"
"Chang'an?" A trace of sadness appeared on Gao Zang's face: "Can't the Tang Dynasty allow just a few people to stay and guard the tombs of their ancestors? Even if there are hundreds of households in one county!"
"Shaokang had Tian Yicheng and only had one brigade of soldiers, but he was able to revive the ancestral business. This is a good story since ancient times!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile:
After hearing what Wang Wenzuo said, Gao Zang quickly fell to the ground to plead guilty. The Shaokang mentioned by Wang Wenzuo was the legendary sixth generation monarch of the Xia Dynasty. His uncle Taikang was betrayed by Hou Yi, the leader of the Dongyi Youqiong clan, and Shaokang's father was also killed. Killed by Hou Yi. Shaokang fled to Yu State, which only had a land area of ten miles and a population of only 500 people. However, under Shaokang's painstaking management, he finally defeated the enemy and revitalized the Xia Dynasty. Wang Wenzuo said this obviously alluding to the possibility of re-establishing Goguryeo if Gao Zang stayed in Liaodong. If Gao Zang continued to talk, his life would be difficult to save.
"Please get up!" Wang Wenzuo stretched out his hand and said, "It's not that I don't keep my promise, it's just that you are in a place of suspicion. If you don't act cautiously, you may not be able to save your life!"
"This boy has no virtue and cannot uphold the inheritance of his ancestors. He deserves to die! Now that there is no one to attend the ancestral mausoleum, how dare we talk about anything else?"
"You can rest assured about this. I will definitely speak for you in front of the British Lord and arrange for people to guard the tomb of your ancestors. How about fifty households guarding the tomb? That's a lot! Back then, Mr. Wei Wuji only had five households!"
Hearing this, Gao Zang knew there was nothing he could do, so he had to kowtow and thank him, then stood up and sat down. He was in a disturbed mood at this time, and his answers were not as sure as before. Wang Wenzuo seemed not to notice, and was just joking. After about half an hour, he was allowed to leave.昘
"Wenzong, do you think he will go to Chang'an honestly?" Wang Wenzuo suddenly asked.
"The dragon came ashore, and the goshawk's wings were broken. Even though Gao Zang was a hero, what could he do in such a situation?" Cao Wenzong sighed.
"Yes!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "Others regard Chang'an as heaven and earth, but for heroes, what's the difference between it and a prison?"
As Wang Wenzuo's personal bodyguard, Cao Wenzong can be said to be one of the people who knows him best in the world. He knew that the other person was talking about Gao Zang, but what he was thinking about was himself. He hesitated for a moment and said: "As a subordinate. From what we can see, the situation in Liaodong is such that the imperial court cannot stay away from Lang Jun for a day!"
"Really?" Wang Wenzuo smiled and said, "Then I'll lend you some good words!"
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On July 3, 668 AD, the general manager of the march of Liaodong Road comforted the ambassador, and the British Duke Li Ji led the main force of the Tang army to Pyongyang. The army's line stretched for more than forty miles, and the flags were fluttering like clouds. It was a cloudy day, but the armor of countless soldiers reflected light. But the sky was reflected like a clear sky, and later generations said, "The prosperity of Chinese masters and disciples has never been seen in ancient times!"
Goguryeo King Gaozang, Quanyuan Nanjian, Quanyuan Nanchan and other ministers all surrendered with white flags, and rehearsed the previous surrender ceremony in front of Wang Wenzuo.
"Old Shen, this Gaozang is really unlucky!" Cui Hongdu lowered his voice and said, "He surrendered once with his upper body naked in front of Sanlang and his hands tied behind his back. He will have to do it again when the chief executive comes!"
"What can we do? The British prince is the ambassador of comfort!" Shen Faseng said while watching the play again and again: "Normally, his surrender to Saburo is not counted. Of course, we have to do it again here!"
"So you have to come back to Chang'an in front of the emperor again?" Cui Hongdu asked.
"Of course, you will be victorious in the Imperial Ancestral Temple by offering prisoners! The destruction of Baekje was already done in the past, but the destruction of Goguryeo this time will only be more grand!" Shen Faseng said with a smile: "I guess the emperor will also reward the ministers, and the people of Chang'an will have big breasts for three days!"
"Definitely, Goguryeo is the great enemy of the two dynasties!" Cui Hongdu was talking enthusiastically, and suddenly he shouted: "Hey, hey! What's the chaos? Is there an assassination attempt?"
"It's not an assassination, they started fighting themselves!" Master Shen said, "How did this happen? Come on, pull them away!"
Just as Shen Faseng said, the scene was already in chaos. Quan Yuan Nan was allowed to participate in the ceremony with a cane while his leg injury was still recovering. There was only one person between him and Gao Zang - Quan Yuan Nan. , from the beginning, his eyes were fixed on Gao Zang's back, just like a hyena staring at its prey. When the procession reached the generals of the Tang army headed by Li Ji, and when they knelt down and worshiped as ceremonially as the ceremonial officer next to them chanted, he suddenly pounced on Gao Zang from behind, first hit Gao Zang on the back of the head with his cane, and then hit him on the back of the head. He pressed down on the ground, picked up a stone and started hitting it hard. In the chaos, the soldiers of the Tang Army on both sides thought that someone was about to assassinate them, so they rushed to block their own generals behind them. It was only after a while that they realized something was wrong, and rushed forward to separate the two men. Only then did they realize that Gao Zang's head had been broken. Blood was flowing across his brain, his breath was weak, and he was unconscious.
"You idiots!" Xue Rengui flushed with anger, pointing at the captain on duty and yelling: "You actually caused such a thing in front of the chief manager? Fortunately, he is not an assassin. What if he is an assassin?"
"The last general deserves to die!" The captain on duty kowtowed as if he was pounding garlic: "My subordinates have already searched them all before, and no one has an inch of armor on them. It's just because the guy from Quanyuan Mansion has an arrow in his thigh. He was injured and couldn't walk, so he was given a cane!"
"Can't a cane kill someone?"
"Okay!" Li Ji stopped Xue Rengui's yelling and said to the captain: "Bring that Quanyuan man here, I have something to ask him!"
"Follow the order!" The school captain hurriedly retreated as if he had received an amnesty. After a while, he brought Quanyuan Man over. He looked at Li Ji and others, snorted coldly and stood without kneeling, with a stubborn look on his face. .
"Kneel down!" shouted the captain on the side.昘
"That's all!" Li Ji waved his hand: "He has done such a thing and already considers himself a dead person. Quanyuan Nanzang, why did you kill Gao Zang?"
Quanyuan Nanzhan looked at Li Ji's words and replied proudly: "Whoever defeats me will come and ask me!"
"Oh?" Li Ji smiled and said, "Then he asked you and you answered?" He pointed at Xue Rengui.
"He just happened to catch me!" Izumi Yuannan said: "I was already defeated by then!"
"That makes sense!" Li Ji turned to Wang Wenzuo: "Captain Wang, I'm afraid you have to ask this guy!"
Wang Wenzuo secretly thought something was wrong, so he had to step forward and said, "I am Wang Wenzuo. Are you willing to answer my questions to you?"
Quan Yuan looked Wang Wenzuo up and down and nodded: "Although you relied on luck to defeat Pyongyang City, you did defeat our brothers. If you have any questions, please ask!"
"Why do you want to kill him!" Wang Wenzuo pointed to Gao Zang lying on the ground: "After all, he is your king, right? If you kill him, wouldn't it be regicide?"
"King?" Mr. Quanyuan said with a smile: "Goguryeo has no king who opens the city to beg for surrender. If I kill him, I can only kill a dog's ear. How can I talk about regicide?"
"Let's put this aside for now. Did you kill him for the purpose of dedicating the city?"
"That's right!" Mr. Quanyuan nodded: "I just wish I didn't kill him earlier. Also, I heard that when he presented the city, he begged for a state to guard the ancestral temple. Although I don't know if you will agree to his request. But if you agree, wouldn’t it mean that we go to Chang’an to be prisoners while he stays here and becomes king? Absolutely not!”
Wang Wenzuo asked a few more questions and felt that there was nothing more to ask, so he turned back to Li Ji. Li Ji nodded as if nothing had happened, indicating that the surrender ceremony would continue. Although the following ceremony followed the talismans step by step, everyone was agitated by this sudden change, and the original solemn and festive atmosphere had long since disappeared.
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"What? Are you going to move the people of Goguryeo back to the country?"
Not only Wang Wenzuo, but most of the people in the field showed surprised expressions. Yes, it was a fundamental practice of the Tang Dynasty to forcibly move its soldiers and people back to the country to fill county and county household registrations after the country was destroyed. The Tang Dynasty also did this after it destroyed Baekje, but today is different from the past.
After the destruction of Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty had no visible enemies in Liaodong, the Korean Peninsula, and even the Japanese Islands. It was fully capable of holding on to this place. Forcibly relocating local people was tantamount to forcibly creating factors of instability.
"You have all seen what happened today!" Li Ji said: "The people of Goguryeo are still in disgrace. If the army retreats, there will be more troubles. Governor Wang, you will not forget what happened in Baekje, right?"
When Li Ji called his name, Wang Wenzuo had no choice but to respond: "The general manager said yes, but who do you plan to move?"
"The powerful clan, the craftsmen, the people, the civil and military generals, and the military households have all been relocated!"
"Then what's left here? Aren't there only savages left who farm?" Wang Wenzuo cursed.
