The smoke filled the air and the clouds blocked out the sun, which lasted until dawn. The rebels in Changshan City were finally wiped out.

Those who were not eliminated had already started their second escape with Shi Siming.

The dark wind blew up, and the yellow sand rolled up the charred flags. In the vast sand and rocks, the smoking wood gave off a disgusting stench.

Pieces of ruins one after another, fragmented like broken eaves and broken walls, made Li Jiuzhou couldn't help but think of the poem: "The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is springy with deep vegetation."

Changshan is an important town in Hebei Province. Since the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Changshan has been turned into a battlefield several times, with the tragic situation of "hiding the wilderness".

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Looking at the dilapidated houses destroyed by the war, and the corpses that died along the way, being dragged and carried away by the people, Li Jiuzhou looked up at the sky, feeling sad for a while, and couldn't help but sigh, this damn troubled world

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If An Lushan hadn't rebelled and launched the Anshi Rebellion in order to satisfy his dream of being emperor, how could the people of the world have fallen into such dire straits.

They were originally a group of ordinary people, farming steadily every day to make a living, living a down-to-earth life with no worries about food and clothing. However, due to the war, they soon became a group of homeless people.

Home can be returned to, people separated by life and death.

Scenes like this in Changshan occur many times across the country.

Even Luoyang, which used to be extremely prosperous in the past, was in dilapidated condition after the war, and the people were displaced.

Guo Ziyi on the side also sighed: "I wonder if An Lushan and Shi Siming would feel a little bit guilty in their hearts when they saw such a scene."

"Of course they won't!" This conversation made Li Jiuzhou a little annoyed, "They are a group of beasts in human skins. For their own selfish desires, how can they care about the life and death of others."

As he said this, he couldn't help but hit a pillar next to him with his hand. With such an angry knock, the pillar suddenly broke apart with a pop.

What particularly angered Li Jiuzhou was that even Li Longji, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, didn't seem to care much about the lives of his people.

The question is whether I should say this to Guo Ziyi.

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If I tell him, I'm afraid it will affect his loyalty to the monarch.

If you don't tell him, Guo Ziyi will be the one who governs the country in the future, and it is always not good to prevent him from seeing clearly Li Longji's strengths and weaknesses.

But if you think about it carefully, Li Longji won't be able to hold on much longer. The Tang Dynasty will soon change hands. If the prince takes over, the situation may be much better.

Thinking of this, Li Jiuzhou swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

On the contrary, Guo Ziyi said with tears and snot in her nose: "If this rebellion can be put down in the future, we must let the people of the world live a good life."

Well, since he has this idea, there is no need to say anything more to him.

Li Jiuzhou sighed in his heart and needed to end this rebellion as soon as possible.

"It's really sad to see people in such a state of desolation." After a while, Li Jiuzhou sighed.

Guo Ziyi lowered his eyes and said: "All we can do now is to fight the enemy bravely and end this war as soon as possible."

Li Jiuzhou was startled. He half-finished a sentence, narrowed his eyes slightly, hesitated for a while and then said: "Is it true that we can only watch the people like this?"

Guo Ziyi's expression remained unchanged and she whispered: "The only way to end the war is with war."

Li Jiuzhou took a deep breath, a sense of absurdity surged in his heart, and the awe-inspiring justice in his heart began to waver.

"No, I have to do something for them." Li Jiuzhou said and turned to leave.

Guo Ziyi didn't know what he was going to do, so she hurried to follow him.

Half a day later, people were attracted to the most open square in Changshan City and gathered around.

Li Jiuzhou stood in the center of the square with a group of soldiers and a group of soldiers with bruises and injuries all over their bodies.

On the back are many wine jars and wine bowls.

Li Jiuzhou looked up at the sky.

The sky is not spectacular, except for the sun that seems to rise but not rise and the sea of ​​clouds, there is nothing visible.

Li Jiuzhou murmured: "It is said that the souls of the dead will go to heaven and watch us from the sky."

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Everyone then raised their heads to look at the sky, even the common people who didn't know what was going on.

The sun shone through the clouds, and Li Jiuzhou began to mutter silently.

Some people who knew it had already begun to feel sad, and they were reciting the kind of eulogy that is used at a funeral.

After chanting for a long time, Li Jiuzhou shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Full of wine."

Several soldiers opened the wine jar at the back and filled dozens of wine bowls.

Li Jiuzhou picked up a bowl and said loudly: "This bowl of wine is to commemorate the fallen soldiers and civilians. May they rest in peace in heaven and bless us to kill all the rebels as soon as possible."

The soldiers behind him also stopped drinking.

Li Jiuzhou slowly sprinkled the wine on the ground to pay homage to those who died.

The soldiers followed his actions.

Everyone present was in tears.

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1For a while, the people shouted "Okay!"

They don't know how to express their feelings at this time, whether they are sad, sad, or angry.

So it can only be expressed with a simple word "good".

No one knows whether Li Jiuzhou did it deliberately for the common people to see, or whether he sincerely mourned those who died.

There was no ceremony. After a simple condolence, Li Jiuzhou announced in public: "Releasing those imprisoned by the rebels, treating their families favorably, taking out the money in Changshan's treasury and distributing it to the people."

As soon as he finished his announcement, the people cheered in unison.

After such a war, when everyone's face is filled with frustration and sadness, it is not easy to make people cheer.

At this moment, Li Jiuzhou didn't like to accept people's praises like a hero, so he hurried back to the camp.

Before long, many people had gathered outside the camp.

Most of them are young and middle-aged people. They come to join the army. Everyone is willing to join Shuofang's army and go into battle to kill the enemy, whether it is to avenge their relatives or to gain blood and humiliation. Even the soldiers can't stop their voices.

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This is naturally a good thing for Li Jiuzhou. After several big battles, Shuofang's army also lost a lot of soldiers, and now it is a time when they are short of men.

So they asked people not to stop them, and set up a recruitment office outside the camp to recruit these new soldiers.

There is an endless stream of people signing up, and there are huge crowds of people. Most of these people have been abused by the rebels. They have seen the true face of the rebels. They have suddenly woken up and know that it is not enough to just sit and wait for death. When dealing with evildoers, you must retaliate in kind. In the war years

, the best way to live a peaceful life is to kill all the rebels.
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