Chapter 603: The ruler and the minister meet(1/2)
Soon, the official documents and edicts sent from the domestic city to Anshicheng were delivered to Li Shimin.
In fact, there are not many reports, after all, the distance is relatively long and there are not so many official documents to be sent.
But…what is certain is that the domestic city was indeed captured.
The attack of the Tiense Army was very fast. After Incheon quickly defeated the elite Goguryeo, he rushed north and almost stopped for a day.
It's just the details of the battle, but I don't know anything.
After Li Shimin saw it, he handed it to Li Jing: "I have many questions in it. You are also a veteran. Come and see, how did the Tiance Army fight?"
Li Jing had long wanted to know the details of this battle.
Because the battle went too smoothly, it was far beyond his imagination.
This is a 20,000 troops to deal with the Goguryeo army, which is known as 200,000 troops.
This is nothing, mainly... the Tiance Army is sieging the city and siege.
Even though the Tiance Army was the elite among the elite, it was something that I could not even imagine if I could destroy a great country like Goguryeo in half a month.
Li Jing's plan was to spend a year raising elites. He already thought that this plan was already very bold.
So he looked down at some of the words coming from the domestic city.
But he and Li Shimin looked at each other and became more confused as they looked at him, and looked confused, and said, "It's so strange. There are too many details in it, which makes no sense. For example... Why did Goguryeo take the initiative to attack and press all his elites in Incheon? From this point of view, Goguryeo people have made frequent tricks. But... Are Goguryeo really so stupid?"
He shook his head and sighed.
Li Shimin said: "Yes, this is what I am puzzled about. Although I like to find the enemy's flaws and attack when fighting. This is called hitting a snake and hitting seven inches, but the enemy is so stupid that he deliberately gave up his own right time and place. Even a three-year-old child is not as good as that."
"No matter what," Li Shimin was in a good mood and finally completed a great achievement: "This time, Zhengtai also opened my eyes. You are here, leading the army to surrender and abdicate. Within three months, you will stabilize the entire Liaodong. I will leave it to you here."
Li Jing said in his heart that although the old minister had not chewed the bones, if I could not do this well in order to recruit surrender and rebel, he would be ashamed of being a general. He hurriedly said: "I will do my best and will not make any mistakes again."
After saying goodbye to Li Shimin, Li Jing couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little bit old, hey... he is still old after all, and a new generation is better than an old one. Although sometimes he is a little dissatisfied,... after thinking about it, he is just better than himself.
The waves in the Yangtze River push the waves in the front, and the waves in the front are beaten to death on the beach.
The next day...
Li Shimin had already set off quickly with a team of guards.
In fact, there were still many defeated soldiers between the domestic city and Anshi city at this time, and I don’t know if there were any stubborn Goguryeo people along the way. This trip was a bit risky.
But this time, Li Shimin was a wild horse that was released, and no one could stop him. He was wearing the armor of a military general, and there were three hundred iron guards behind him. Zhang Qian also accompanied him and selected a group of the best horses and forced him out of Anshicheng, but no one could stop him.
Changsun Wuji also rode a horse and chased him out. There were not many opportunities to accompany His Majesty at this time, so he would not miss this opportunity.
And... the domestic city is not far from Incheon, and he wants to see his son.
When Changsun Wuji thought of his son, he threw countless plots out of the sky and couldn't help but burst into tears.
My son has been in Baekje for many years.
For so many years, the father and son have never met.
Although he always said in his letters that he was doing well.
But where is Incheon? It's just a wild place. No matter how good it is, it can compare to half of the finger when he was in Chang'an.
This kid was ruined by Chen Zhengtai, and his mind was full of ideas for making achievements. He mostly slept on firewood and tried his best to overcome difficulties. But he didn't know that our Changsun family was all based on nepotism and was trying harder.
Li Shimin was in a good mood. Seeing that Changsun Wuji was willing to accompany him, he was very excited. He passed by but didn't see many scattered soldiers and braved his way along the official road of Goguryeo. He arrived near the domestic city in just five days.
Near this domestic city is a rare plain in the northern part of the Three Koreans. Here, the number of villages and towns began to increase.
But... everything was calm, and even a lot of business trips began to increase on the road.
Li Shimin did not ask someone to report in advance, but continued to move forward, but he discovered some strange phenomena.
He was wearing armor and took a group of guards by. The people along the way were not afraid, but instead made their way respectfully, and then saluted to him and his group in awe.
"It's strange." Li Shimin became more and more confused, especially the closer he was to the domestic city, the more obvious this situation became.
Logically speaking, this is a new conquest. Even if you do not encounter resistance, the attitudes of the people you meet are mostly filled with resentment.
But these people obviously did not show this.
Li Shimin is also a person who is good at observing. Although he is afraid, he also respects him from the eyes of these military and civilians.
Li Shimin said: "When I came here, I felt like I was in Chang'an. The people were very docile and had no fear."
Changsun Wuji immediately said, "Your Majesty is kind and loves others, and he is so arrogant. I think your Majesty must have convinced these people."
Li Shimin glared at him: "Don't say that I don't believe these nonsense words, are you... believe it?"
"Finish." Changsun Wuji did not hesitate and did not blink.
Li Shimin: “…”
Li Shimin then shook his head: "Let's go, see Chen Zhengtai first."
He was very eager for Chen Zhengtai to explain to himself.
A few days ago, he was worried every day. Thinking of the "good thing" that Chen Zhengtai did, he actually reselled armor, and he was worried. There were not many people in this world who trusted him completely, and Chen Zhengtai was one. If Chen Zhengtai dared to deceive the emperor and commit the most unforgivable crime, Li Shimin consciously said that no one in this world would be trusted.
For example, Zhang Qian and Changsun Wuji around him.
When they were about to approach the domestic city, they arrived at a market. At this time, they were hungry and thirsty, and the dry food they brought along the way was gone. Li Shimin dismounted and said, "Let's go find some water and drink some water on the way."
Everyone followed closely, and they were about to arrive at a tea stall.
Not only are these people not afraid of them, but a few young children followed them happily, jumping and shouting: "Come on the Han army, come on the Han army."
Some people were as usual, and there were many, and they quietly peeked at them, but no one left.
Li Shimin arrived at the tea stall and touched his sleeves, without any money...
I was a little embarrassed for a moment. I turned around and wanted to find Zhang Qian. The guy at the tea stall was surprised and said, "A few heroes are thirsty, tea... I have it here, I don't have money, come... come, please sit down."
Li Shimin was speechless for a moment, but he still sat down. Zhang Qian took it out very smartly and found that he had only taken out a few IOUs.
The IOU...is obviously uncirculated in Goguryeo.
There is no copper coins.
But this guy was attentive to pour tea.
Li Shimin said: "I'm working hard, how far is this place from the domestic city?"
The guy was very talkative: "It's probably just a few miles away. I see that the heroes are not heavenly soldiers from the city in China, but from the north?"
Li Shimin took a sip of tea and moistened his throat. He felt much more comfortable and said, "It's from Liaodong."
At this time, Goguryeo was also popular in Chinese, but the accent was different.
However, as long as the speaking speed is slower, each other will still understand it.
The guy was surprised and said, "Unexpectedly, the north has also recovered. This is great, great, is it Anshicheng?"
Li Shimin looked speechless. Which country do these people come from?
Li Shimin nodded again.
The guy was so excited that he went to find a cake unique to Goguryeo and invited Li Shimin to eat it.
Li Shimin was not polite either. He ate in a few bites, puffed his cheeks and couldn't help but say, "The domestic city is already stationed by the Tiance Army?"
"Tiance Army?" The guy thought for a while, and seemed to be calling him Tience Army, so he nodded: "Yes... thanks to them, if it weren't for them, we little people would have no way to survive."
Li Shimin said suspiciously: "Why is this?"
"You don't know... I was waiting here before, and life was worse than death. King Goguryeo, no, Gao Jianwu was levied heavily and Latin everywhere, do you know? Even the old man who was nearly fifty years old had to take him away. If he refused to go, he would fight. If there were cattle and horses at home, they would be robbed, and the children who were ten years old in the family were also forced to collect. In addition... In a year, there were more than a dozen taxes added, and money was required everywhere. People all came to ask for food all day... As long as I said, I was just a friend, and I was taken to the country to raise horses. If there was an enemy coming, I would go to defend my country. It would be fine, but the Tang army would treat him in the future. If there was a slight disobedience, he would fight, and he would be injured all over his body and not give medicine. They also said all day long that when the Han army came, he would kill me.
So we have to teach us to obey. But who knows that when the heavenly soldiers arrive, they will open warehouses and release all the hard labor, and those who go home will also pay travel expenses. I heard... I also said that I would exchange land, exchange land from other places with the land of our aristocratic tribes and nobles in Goguryeo. One acre of land here, one acre of five cents there, and the land exchanged will be distributed to farm for the landless people. Tell me, is this avenue of people punishing the people? Hey... What's more, our Goguryeo... which one is not a Han? The heavenly soldiers said, since the pre-Qin period, we were Lelang of the Han Dynasty and the people of Xuantu County, but after that, they were stolen. I thought about it carefully, my surname was Li, and I also had the same surname as the Emperor of Tang, both of them. Isn't that the same surname as the Emperor of Tang, I have the same surname as the Han people. Isn't that the same as what I said?"
Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this.
Suddenly I felt like I was back home.
For a moment, he didn't know what to say, and Li Shimin grinned and said, "My surname is also Li."
"Ah." The guy said in surprise: "In this way, we may be the same ancestor."
Li Shimin: “…”
Zhang Qian couldn't help but say, "No, no, definitely not."
The guy was a little regretful: "Not five hundred years ago, and a thousand years ago, in short... I can't write two Li Lai in one stroke. Do you think so?"
Li Shimin was a little embarrassed and said for a long time: "It makes sense."
The guy immediately said, "Drink this tea at will. Although I am a small business, when I was garrisoning the domestic city, the Tiance Army gave me some food and paid some travel expenses to return to my hometown. I was grateful and just thought it was because I owed the debt of the Heavenly Soldiers and deserved to pay it back."
Others also watched from afar, and some people laughed.
After eating tea, Li Shimin and others still found a way to ask Changsun Wuji to take a jade pendant and put it here to pay for the tea money.
Changsun Wuji looked heartbroken. This jade pendant... is always valuable... from the ancestors...
Of course, he didn't dare to refuse and obediently placed the jade pendant on the table.
Li Shimin and others hurriedly got on the horse.
To be continued...