Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 1159
Wang Shi broke the enemy's capital, and the victory news entered Beijing at night.

In this ordinary night when tens of thousands of households were sleeping, the British government was boiling.

The great achievement of smashing the enemy's capital city and splashing the heavens was taken by the old man.

What the emperors of two dynasties and three generations failed to accomplish, finally fulfilled the long-cherished wish of the previous emperors in the hands of Li Ji.

Decades of feud has snowed today.

After Butler Wu yelled loudly, all the lanterns and torches in the Duke's Mansion were lit, and all the servants and maidservants in the mansion rushed out, cheering happily.

Li Qinzai stared at the military newspaper and read it carefully several times, paying attention to every word. After reading it, he looked at Butler Wu.

"Just these few words? The above didn't say how to break the city. Are you trying to kill me?" Li Qinzai said anxiously.

Butler Wu said with a smile: "The messenger who delivered the letter is in the Taiji Palace, reporting victory to His Majesty. His Majesty will not be able to sleep at this moment. Maybe the messenger will not be able to leave the palace until after dawn. The old man has already sent someone to wait outside the palace gate." , after the envoy leaves the palace, he will be invited to the mansion to give Wu Shaolang a detailed account of the military situation."

Li Qinzai hummed, read the military newspaper several times, and then burst into laughter.

"Decree, a banquet is held in the mansion. The whole family, servant girls and servants are all at the table. Let's close the door and have a good celebration. I wish grandpa every success in defeating Goguryeo!"

The Duke's Mansion immediately let out another loud cheer.

Li Siwen and Li Cui's cloaked clothes came out in a hurry. After learning about the Koguryo Military News, Li Siwen, who was usually serious, inactive and meticulous, suddenly jumped three feet high like a child.

"Haha, hahahaha! Good, good! Father is indeed a treasured sword, and the merits of destroying the country should be fully understood! Listen to my son, hold a banquet, hold a banquet! The whole house will come to the table!"

Li Cuishi next to him was also so happy that he didn't know what to do. Seeing Li Qinzai standing beside him, Li Cuishi happily slapped Li Qinzai staggeringly.

Li Cui, who was overjoyed, hurried forward to appease his son, and Li Qinzai sighed.

The mother slapped her, and she didn't have any temper at all.

The whole family held a banquet in the mansion in the middle of the night, and the whole mansion, from the master to the servants, ate and drank happily, until dawn, and the banquet did not end.

At the hour of Chen, the messenger who delivered the military report finally left the palace, and was invited into the Duke's Mansion by the long-awaited Li family.

Seeing that the courier was full of exhaustion, Li Qin ordered people to bring drinks and food. After the courier had a full meal, he detailed the detailed military situation of Goguryeo.

From a strategic plan point of view, Wang Shi’s attack on Pyongyang City was delayed. When Li Qinzai left Goguryeo, Li Ji was already preparing to attack Pyongyang. Long overdue.

The reason for the delay is very real.

Because the weather is getting colder, there is no cotton this year, and naturally there is no padded jacket to keep out the cold. Goguryeo is a bitterly cold place in the north, and many soldiers can't stand the cold.

Before Li Ji was about to order the attack on Pyongyang, there were many deserters in the army.

There was no way around it. The soldiers were too cold, and some of them couldn't resist the cold. If they didn't run, they would just freeze to death. The desire to survive finally overcame the fear of military law.

As a result, among the nearly [-] king's divisions, there were deserters every day. At the worst time, thousands of people in the army fled collectively.

Li Ji found that the desertion phenomenon was getting worse and worse. He was always cautious in using troops, so he decisively ordered to stop attacking Pyongyang and began to rectify the army.

A messenger was sent to send a letter to Yingzhou in the Tang Dynasty, ordering Yingzhou to send winter clothes to keep out the cold, and soldiers were sent to the mountains to cut wood for warmth, and the army urgently purchased charcoal from outside.

Li Ji took all measures to keep out the cold, which boosted the crumbling morale of the army.

Such a delay lasted nearly two months, and Li Ji gave the order to attack Pyongyang when the morale of the soldiers finally recovered.

The process of defeating Pyongyang was not too tortuous, but to Li Qinzai's surprise, Liu Ah Si and his special operations team made the first contribution to defeating the enemy's capital this time.

Before the army attacked head-on, Liu Ahsi's special warfare team, together with the surrendered Goguryeo battalion general Mo Enjun, put on Goguryeo civilian clothes and sneaked into Pyongyang City, and then the special warfare team dispersed in the city.

These guys are really vicious, they actually put medicine in the wells of the whole city. After three days of medicine, the wells in the whole city were harmed by them.

Then the special operations team began to secretly assassinate the generals and officials of Goguryeo, set fire to government offices and residential buildings, kidnap the family members of senior officials and generals, and secretly posted inciting and demagogic notices in the city in the middle of the night, etc.

What's even more exaggerated is that there are temples in the capital of Pyongyang, and Liu Ah Si's group of scourges actually sneaked into the temple to beat the monks...

I don't know who the monk provoked, but he was beaten up several times by Liu Ahsi and the others.

The special operations team sneaked into Pyongyang for three days. During these three days, what they did was unconscionable and outrageous.

Li Qinzai once told them the combat philosophy of the Special Forces, but never expected that this group of scourges would not only carry forward the philosophy, but intensify it.

As the creator of the concept of special warfare, Li Qinzai really didn't know whether to be comforted or pretend not to know them...

However, although the special operations team has no personnel, the effect is very powerful.

The city of Pyongyang was ravaged by them and fell into an atmosphere of depression and panic. For a while, everyone felt insecure and suspicious of each other.

The city defense army is arresting people everywhere in the city, trying to find out this group of scourges, but the scourges are trained, of course they will not be caught so easily, on the contrary they have caught many innocent people, regardless of their guilt or innocence When it arrives, it will be cut.

The army besieged the city outside, and the people in the city panicked. The military and civilians became more and more dissatisfied with the backlog of Goguryeo royal officials.

At this time, Li Ji ordered the king's division to attack the city. After five days of defense of Pyongyang, the soldiers and people in the city became more and more panicked.

So in a quiet night, the generals and sergeants guarding the city gate quietly opened the city gate, and a monk named "Xincheng" walked out of the city gate, expressing his intention to surrender to the Tang army on behalf of the army and people in the city.

The city of Pyongyang was broken like this.

How much this monk, who represented the army and the people of the city, suffered at the hands of Liu Ahsi is unknown. He almost wept to express his surrender to Li Ji.

He was a monk who had nothing to do with the world, but he was forced to fall into the world of mortals and meddle in the war between the two countries. If he didn't meddle, he would not be able to keep him, as Liu Ahsi said.

After listening to the messenger's narration, Li Qinzai was dumbfounded and remained silent for a long time.

Liu Ah Si, he was such an honest and honest child by his side, how did he become so virtuous?
Could it be that after leaving Li Qinzai, Liu Ahsi released his nature and completely freed himself?
Even Li Qinzai was embarrassed to do the immoral things he did in Pyongyang, for fear of hurting peace.

In short, the city of Pyongyang was broken, and the only fly in the ointment was that the ruler Quan Nanjian and the royal family saw that the outer city was broken, so the whole family ran away.

It doesn't matter, Li Qinzai believes that Quan Nanjian can't run far.

Except for Goguryeo, the Haidong Peninsula is basically the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Even if they fled across the sea, Sun Renshi's navy is not a vegetarian, and should have blocked the coast. The navy sealed off the sea route, and Quan Nanjian couldn't escape at all.

It should be just around the corner to be captured alive by Tang Jun.

It's fine if others run away, Quan Nanjian can't run away, Li Zhi is still waiting to tie him up and send him to Chang'an, and offer prisoners to the Taimiao during the Chinese New Year this year.

After hearing the story of breaking Pyongyang City, Li Qinzai was finally satisfied, generously rewarded the messenger with two pieces of money, and ordered the housekeeper to arrange a room for him to rest.

Next, the Duke's Mansion will open its doors to welcome guests again.

The retribution of Goguryeo's victory has spread throughout Chang'an, and the famous generals and dignitaries in the city must not sit still.

Yinggong Li Ji has made such a great contribution, and he can't justify it if he doesn't come to congratulate him.

Sure enough, half an hour later, the butler came to report, and the two prime ministers on the left and right came to the door.

Then came Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin, and many civil servants and generals from the court to congratulate him.

Li Ji was fighting abroad, and only Li Siwen, Li Qinzai and his son were responsible for hospitality.

The father and son were sweating profusely, and finally dealt with the congratulatory guests, when suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums outside the gate of the mansion.

Li Qinzai ordered the housekeeper to open the door, and suddenly found that there was already a sea of ​​people outside the door.

Countless plainly dressed merchants and officials gathered outside the gate, and when they saw the door of the mansion calling, they bowed to the mansion gate one after another.

"Congratulations to Yinggong Li for his immortal achievements, which will shine through the ages."

"The hero is magnificent!"

Although they were ordinary people, the Li family father and son did not dare to neglect, so they all bowed to the people outside the door to return the salute, and could not afford to bow for a long time.

(End of this chapter)