Niu Jinda was so confident that he trapped Eulji Mundeok in the palace of Ansi City like a wild beast in a cage.
The reason is very simple, just to survive.
Li Jing said that Ulji Mundeok must be sacrificed with the blood of his heart in front of Najinggwan Temple.
The domestic city has been laid, and the stone monument is being built. Conquering the domestic city does not make Li Jing feel any pressure at all. Li Jing, who was sitting in front of the telegraph machine, received the surrender of the domestic city before he could issue a second order.
The telegram allowed four well-equipped legions with superb combat capabilities to fail to exert their powerful power.
The war in Liaodong is over. The next step is to consolidate the territory and clean up all restless forces.
Li Jing went to Dandong City and wanted to check the defense in person.
Niu Jindal took his men and set off overnight to Gianan City. Eulji Mundeok left it to his trusted generals to continue the siege. It was impossible for Eulji Mundeok to escape. If he wanted to commit suicide, he would have committed suicide long ago.
Already.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Yuanchang, who was like a savage, led his men to continue looking for the mining area that Li Yuanxing mentioned before dawn.
Li Yuanxing, on the other hand, was neatly dressed and sitting on the wall of Jian'an City.
It was the Ximen Tower, and Li Yuanxing kept looking west.
"Your Highness, General Niu has already taken people to check the situation of the troops that have surrendered in Goguryeo. It is expected that the troops will be complete in half an hour, and the morning meals have been distributed."
Li Yuanxing did not talk about Goguryeo's surrender, but said: "Isn't there any news from Suzhou?"
"When I return to Your Highness, a timely telegram is sent every day. The border market has not yet opened, and only one businessman from Tuyuhun, who deals in medicinal materials and fur goods, has arrived in Suzhou. The scouts did not find any movement within a hundred miles.
"Lu Maofeng answered very seriously.
"Do they know about the war in Liaodong?" Li Yuanxing asked rhetorically.
"Your Highness, it will take at least thirteen days to ride a horse from here to Tuyuhundoma City. This is our Tang Dynasty's military cavalry. Foreign messengers cannot run so fast in the Tang Dynasty. Even if they set off from Chang'an, it will take them twenty
Only genius can send the news back. Chang'an City in Liaodong has not officially reported it, so how can they know?"
What Lu Maofeng said makes sense.
Some things cannot be just guessed. The speed of the messenger can be calculated.
"That's all. Divide into four teams and follow my instructions to dig gold and crystals. Those three marked spots, you can't make a mistake with the ones you have!"
"Your Highness is joking. Not to mention knowing that there is gold there, even if His Highness points to a random place, they will not remember it wrong." Lu Maofeng laughed along with him, earning some face for his subordinates.
Li Yuanxing stood up: "Secret order to Hezhou Su Dingfang to prepare for level two combat!"
According to the Tang War Readiness Order, the first level of combat readiness means that troops can be dispatched within half an hour. This is the level for starting a war at any time.
Level 2 combat readiness means that war can begin within twelve hours.
The three-pole war preparation means that a natural war can be fought within five days.
You must know that ancient wars required many factors, such as ordnance, food, grass, horses, etc. Even modern troops cannot say that they have already sent out troops for a war, and they also need sufficient logistical preparations.
After Lu Maofeng recorded Li Yuanxing's order, Li Yuanxing added: "Send a telegram to Li Shangshu and say that I have asked. If Tuyuhun does not move this year, can he attack Gaochang? What else is needed to destroy Gaochang? Let him make a plan!"
"Yes!" Lu Maofeng bowed and retreated.
On the other side, Niu Jinda has finished ordering his troops and started serving breakfast.
Each person has a roujiamo. This is not the small size of modern times, but it is larger than the standard large bun. It is a four-inch diameter and half-inch thick dough bun with chopped pork inside. Each
Personally, I will give you another cup of goat milk.
Goguryeo people eat twice a day, even during wartime.
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Goguryeo officers had never eaten such good food. White flour pancakes were worth two ounces of meat. Coupled with a cup of goat's milk, this was a Goguryeo general-level diet.
Everyone in Goguryeo believed that they might go on a far journey today, but they just didn’t know where they would go.
They left the camp lightly armed, without weapons, and only dozens of large vehicles following them, which made these Goguryeo people more and more confused. But they were surrendering, and they were not allowed to make free choices. Even the surrendered officers did not dare to ask questions, but only knew to carry out the orders.
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When one of the groups of about 8,000 people arrived at a valley, there were already 500 soldiers wearing Tang military uniforms camping here, but no one was wearing armor. They were all cloth uniforms.
"dig!"
Simple, one word command.
What to dig? No one knows, just know the order is to dig.
A thousand people were sent to guard the surroundings, of which 300 were Tang soldiers and 700 were Goguryeo soldiers. These were all selected with good martial arts skills and equipped with weapons to guard the surroundings. The rest were given tools and let them start.
dig.
Li Yuanxing calculated the location and compared it with the terrain of later generations.
Li Yuanxing, who was sitting in the tent, was still reading the introduction about this small mining area. According to later information, it read: The deposit is large in scale, the crystal quality is very good, the hydrogeological conditions are simple (no groundwater), and the surrounding rock
It is stable and suitable for open-pit mining; but it is far away from main roads, the terrain is high and steep, glaciers are widespread, and the climate is cold.
Is there any place in the Northeast that is not cold?
It is not a strange sight to see glaciers in the mountains in April. There are many mountains where the glaciers in June have not melted.
Li Yuanxing did not go out, but was studying in the tent. It would take at least two days to clear the surface and dig deeper before he could see the crystal. As for what color it was, there was no record in Li Yuanxing's information. This was just gambling on luck.
The two princesses and their maids are still learning relevant secretarial knowledge.
"Your Highness, Your Highness!" Lu Maofeng shouted outside the tent.
Li Yuanxing put down his book and walked outside. Because Wang Yuyan and the other women were in the tent, Lu Maofeng definitely couldn't come in.
As soon as he opened the tent door, Li Yuanxing was stunned.
Is this luck?
It seems that my luck has been quite good in the past few months. If I go to the sea, I can get super-quality abalone, and if I go into the mountains, I can get crystals.
Lu Maofeng still had a rough crystal in his hand, and the soil on it had not been cleaned. But it was huge, almost the size of a volleyball in later generations. After cleaning the impurities, Li Yuanxing believed that it would be about ten centimeters in diameter, but he didn't know.
What is the texture and color?
While Lu Maofeng arranged for people to clean and knock off some impurities attached to the crystal, Wang Yuyan and others also came out of the tent. Looking at the crystal again, they couldn't help but shake their heads.
This is a piece of citrine. The color cannot be said, it is definitely bright enough, but there are countless thin stripes like silk inside the crystal, which is not as beautiful as the pure color crystal.
Li Yuanxing signaled to stop polishing and held the crystal in his hand. After careful observation, Li Yuanxing said: "This is a white crystal. The color of the filaments inside makes people misunderstand that it is a piece of citrine. Anyway,
, this is also the first piece dug out, I will bring it to the cabinet master tonight as a souvenir!"
Is it valuable?
Li Yuanxing really didn't know. Anyway, this was a piece of crystal, and it was also the first piece dug out after the Liaodong War.
There is absolutely no problem in making it as a souvenir.
Just as he was talking, a sergeant ran over with a piece of real amethyst wrapped in his cloth.
"Your Highness, it was found in a cave. Our miners are studying how to continue digging down the cave. There should be better quality. This piece is sent to Your Highness for review!"
The amethyst is about the size of two adult fists and has an irregular shape. Looking at the exposed part towards the light, it is pure and indeed of the highest quality. After Li Yuanxing saw it, he motioned to Wang Yuyan and others to come and take a look.
, after seeing it, Wang Yuyan said: "Your Highness, after polishing it will definitely be of top quality and you should be rewarded!"
"Then reward me!" Li Yuanxing responded calmly.
Wang Yuyan added: "His Royal Highness returned to heaven to bring gifts to the Supreme Wise Emperor. The piece just now was a souvenir, and this piece is barely a gift. I ordered extra meals tonight to make them work harder. At least one box has been dug out, otherwise
Just bringing two pieces, Yu Yan thinks it’s not respectful enough!”
"There will definitely be whole pieces dug out in the evening. Those that are connected in large quantities may weigh hundreds of kilograms!"
The crystal cluster Li Yuanxing mentioned is one that is connected into one piece and has hundreds of large and small crystals connected together.
That night, Li Yuanxing brought quite a lot. Among them was a white spar cluster, about forty centimeters long, thirty centimeters wide, and nearly thirty centimeters high. There was also a piece about half the size of the crystal cluster.
Large and small purple crystal clusters, as well as a crystal cave that looked like a round stone but was accidentally broken, was one meter high.
With these and the original two pieces, Li Yuanxing returned to modern times that night.
Li Lanshan has already gone to bed. She is tired easily when she is pregnant, and she has been busy dealing with sticks. Li Yuanxing, on the other hand, seems relatively relaxed. In addition to going to the film and television company every two days to shoot some scenes related to him, commercially
Neither the cabinet master nor Li Lanshan let Li Yuanxing worry about the matter.
Li Yuanxing didn't have the heart to disturb Li Lanshan and just pushed a few rattan boxes to the corner.
On the contrary, the two pieces he was holding in his hand were placed conveniently.
Until dawn, Li Lanshan brought breakfast to the bedside. After waking Li Yuanxing, Li Lanshan actually said: "Serve the prince for breakfast!"
It took a long time for Li Yuanxing, who was confused, to realize that he was living in modern times, because the word "Prince" did not exist in the Tang Dynasty, and it was only in the late Ming Dynasty that the title "Master" came into being.
"How much is this breakfast worth?" Li Yuanxing asked subconsciously.
As the old saying goes, if you flatter yourself for nothing, you will be deceived!
"What is your identity, Li Yuanxing? You brought back some of these deceptive things. The weight is definitely enough. The largest piece weighs several hundred kilograms. But is that thing worthy of your identity? That is the largest piece in the crystal cluster.
It’s the size of a fist, and it’s still my fist.”
What is written on Li Lanshan's face is dissatisfaction. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)