The strong folk customs in Liaodong have always been well-known throughout history. Coupled with the huge temperature difference between day and night, high-altitude wine, which is becoming more and more popular in various parts of the Central Plains, is even more popular here, and has even become a daily necessity for the people here. Taste.
A large number of high-quality and low-quality high-altitude wines are like water here, but I have to admit that only in this area with a huge temperature difference between day and night, drinking high-altitude wine is the most refreshing.
After drinking a glass of high-altitude wine, my whole body immediately became warm. The large pieces of mutton were taken out of the steaming copper pot, and I felt the heart-burning feeling of high-altitude wine in my stomach. In a short time, I was full of food. Sweat profusely.
Brother Li Ku of Songmo Dudu Mansion has great respect for Li Hong. Perhaps because his surname was given by Li Tang, Brother Li Ku even regards himself as a real Li family and will not answer any questions raised by Li Hong. They all know everything they know and speak everything they know.
The Shiwei and Mohe tribes were close to the Juyan Governor's Mansion. Whenever a war broke out in Liaodong, the Juyan Governor's Mansion and the Dingxiang Governor's Mansion would gather a large number of troops to stand ready to prevent Shiwei or Mohe from secretly colluding with Goguryeo to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.
Brother Li Ku obviously had frequent trade contacts with Shiwei and Mohe, and he knew a lot about the two major tribes. After three glasses of wine, he started to talk.
Relying on the Tang Dynasty as their big backer, Li Hong was surprised that whether it was Dingxiang Governor's Mansion, Juyan or Songmo Governor's Mansion, they would visit Shiwei and Mohe from time to time in winter. People's women, cattle, sheep, etc. are often snatched away by them.
Especially Mohe, because it is located between Baishan Mountain and Blackwater, it has been visited many times by them. According to Brother Li Ku, there are several women in his house now who he robbed from the leaders of other small tribes. Concubine.
Li Hong was frightened when he heard this, and frowned in deep thought. Could it be that Shi Wei and Mohe, who he thought were powerful, were really as powerful as Li Kuge said
So after repeated questioning, Brother Li Ku became speechless. He only mentioned that Shiwei and Mohe were near Songmo and Juyan. The Black Water Department and so on are unknown.
After listening to the explanation from the governor of Songmo Dudu Mansion, I realized that Brother Li Ku's words are not inferior to his strong character. However, the deeper they go into Shiwei or Mohe, the more they will encounter. It is a powerful combat force, so they only dare to harass others on the border and truly enter their hinterland. They have never dared to go there alone.
And they, that is, they play nice with others at the border, and sometimes they even exchange some items in a friendly manner, including the women who are tired of Brother Li Ku's play, and they may be in trouble with Shiwei and Mohebu. When the leader of the small tribe was drinking, he would randomly grab them and throw them to each other.
Li Hong shook his head repeatedly after hearing this, but he also firmed up his thoughts. After the war on the Korean Peninsula was over, he had to lead his troops to Shiwei and Mohe to see how powerful the Jurchens were. place.
When the banquet was about to end, Brother Li Ku was already sweating profusely from drinking. Coupled with Li Hong's easy-going temperament, he always smiled at him, so after drinking, Brother Li Ku opened his arms and opened his mouth. The black heart-protecting hair on his chest leaked out, and he swore allegiance, saying that he would rush to Anshi City with Li Hong early tomorrow morning to help His Majesty the Emperor attack the city.
Li Hong shook his head and ignored him. He bluntly said that he was tired and told him to get out of here. He wanted to rest.
Only then did Brother Li Ku realize that he seemed to be a little too enthusiastic. Looking at His Highness the Crown Prince, who was drinking almost as much as him, with a calm face and no hint of excitement, Brother Li Ku felt a little sorry and apologized openly. Then, he left.
After a while, he appeared again, but this time there was an extra... eagle on his arm
"Your Highness, this is my favorite seaweed. Your highness is here today. I have nothing to honor you, so I will give you this seaweed." Brother Li Ku's face is full of beard and even has glitter on it. Drinks, he said with a look of reluctance.
"Haitongqing?"
"Yes, Your Highness, this is indeed Governor Li's favorite sea green. In Brother Li Ku's eyes, this sea blue is more important than women." Songmo Governor explained to Li Hong.
"Then I'll accept it." Li Hong was not polite. He discovered that this seaweed was really good. Its two claws as white as jade were enough to show that this was the best seaweed, not to mention that it was also the best. The body of the bird, which is completely snow-white and nearly one meter long, is enough to prove that this sea turtle is two or three years old and is about to reach adulthood.
No wonder Brother Li Ku's eyes flashed with reluctance again. Finally, he carefully untied the leather sheath on his arm and handed it to Li Hong along with Hai Dongqing.
Li Hong took the Haidongqing that flapped its wings a few times, smiled and waved to Brother Li Ku, and without even saying thank you, he began to stroke the bird's head of the Haidongqing.
Haidongqing is very understanding of human nature. It was rare in the previous life. It is comparable to giant pandas. After the age of three, it is enough to fight with adult foxes and even capture them.
The most important thing is that, whether it is Brother Li Ku who is a Khitan, or the people of the tribes such as Mohe or Shiwei, Haidongqing exists as a god-like totem in their hearts, so other aspects of Haidongqing are The identity and meaning can be described as completely noble.
Brother Li Ku gave Li Hong a top-quality Haidongqing, which was obviously full of respect and loyalty.
Li Hong will naturally not be polite. If he doesn't accept this, I'm afraid Brother Li Ku will think that he doesn't respect him, right? Although his face is full of reluctance, is it for Hai Dongqing, not for himself
The first gain after arriving in Liaodong was naturally very satisfying to Li Hong. Early the next morning, Xue Rengui had already ran back from the front. With only three hundred elite soldiers, he came to welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to Anshi City.
Under the watch of brother Li Ku, the governor of Songmo Dudufu and other officials, Li Hong led a thousand cavalry and Xue Rengui and set off again, striving to reach Anshi City when night fell today.
Although the number of the thousand cavalry wearing armor and Xue Rengui's 300 men was not large, the momentum they displayed still made the governor of Songmo Dudu Mansion feel proud, and Brother Li Ku opened his eyes even more. Judging from his many years of experience on horseback, these thousand people are definitely comparable to His Majesty's Jinwu Guards.
Its combat power is even stronger than them, right? Just look at their tactic of staying as still as a loose horse on horseback. Even the best warriors of their clan sitting on horseback are nothing more than that.
But how many such elite soldiers and generals can the Dahe clan have? Xiao Jiujiu, who had always been in Brother Li Ku's heart, couldn't help but look at the Tang cavalry raising a cloud of smoke and began to waver.
Along the way, except for a brief rest at noon, Li Hong led Xue Rengui on the road all the time.
From Anxi to Liaodong, Xue Rengui looked excited and high-spirited to fight with Li Hong again.
When passing through every town donated by the Tang Dynasty, we could still occasionally see the huge gaps left by some explosives that destroyed the city.
Due to time constraints, Li Hong did not enter each occupied city in turn, but selectively passed through two cities.
After Xue Rengui's introduction, Li Hong learned that the only people left in these two cities were the old, weak, sick and disabled. Because they were unwilling to submit to the Tang Dynasty or be moved by the Tang Dynasty, they stayed here.
The conditions in the two cities were basically the same. They were like empty cities. There were only some indifferent and godless people in ragged clothes, with numb expressions on their faces as they watched from the fence as they passed through the center of the city. There was no reaction at all. nothing.
In the capture of these seven or eight cities, Datang's casualties were perfectly controlled at around 2,000 people, and the flattery was only 8,000 farts. To Datang, these were nothing at all.
What makes Li Hong puzzled is why he couldn't capture Anshi City when he arrived? Could it be that Anshi City is an iron wall? Even the explosives can't blow up the city
Xue Rengui smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly. His tone was full of bitterness and he said: "Your Highness, you don't know something. It is true that Anshi City is an important military town in Goguryeo. It can be regarded as a big city, and its walls can be said to be unbreakable."
"Is it so strong that even explosives can't do anything about it?" The war horse galloped on the road, but it did not affect the two people's conversation at all.
"There was a heavy rain, which wetted all the explosives secretly buried overnight and made them useless..."
"Then continue to bury it. Has Anshi City begun to take precautions? Even if it is a precaution, it is impossible for you to find no chance for more than ten or twenty days in a row, right?" Li Hong interrupted in confusion, right? Xue Rengui continued to ask.
"What His Highness said is absolutely true, and I also thought so. We have encountered this kind of situation in Anxi. Although this kind of situation is rare in Anxi, when we exploded the clouds, we tried to wrap them with oil paper... "
"Let's get straight to the point." Li Hong felt that there might be some factors here that generals like Xue Rengui and others could not control.
Sure enough, Xue Rengui, who was galloping on horseback, smiled bitterly again and said: "Taishi Order of the Taishi Bureau, Ge Xiyuan, after the explosives failed to work on the second day, the ministers and others unanimously requested your Majesty to try again, but Ge Xiyuan thought that, This is God's prohibition against His Majesty. Otherwise, why would it start raining the next day? This thing is harmful to the heaven and should not be used again. It will damage His Majesty's grace."
"So you are blocked at the foot of Anshi City, unable to move forward? How many siege battles have you fought? How was the situation?" Li Hong frowned. As expected, just as Bai Chun told him, Ge Xiyuan, the magic stick, started to hold him back. .
The same goes for Li Chunfeng. After you resign, can't you introduce a reliable person to serve as Taishi Ling? Introducing such a fake magic stick as the Taishi Ling really made Datang uncomfortable.
(End of chapter)