Along the bluestone road out of Gaizhou City, Li Jie led the little white-faced Scar Liu, all the way ruggedly followed the Goguryeo noble military attache to climb the mountain behind the city with difficulty, not to mention, sitting on the rugged mountain road, Li Jie and others rode the Turkic high-headed horse really did not have a short fruit to get off the horse and walk smoothly, but was left behind, and Li Jie was also looking at it with flickering eyes.

It can be regarded as climbing to the halfway up the mountain, another city comes into view, compared to the Gaimu city of the plain under the mountain, this city is much smaller, but it is a lot more dangerous, the whole city wall is only a few hundred meters long, the bluestone is built on the ground, the other three sides are all steep cliffs, only the bluestone city wall faces the mountain road, becomes the only one that can be attacked.

Especially inside the mountain city, the gravel points piled up high can be surveyed left and right, such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack place makes Li Jie's eyelids jump, even if there are aircraft and artillery days in the future, it will be absolutely difficult to attack here!

This is also the defense of the Goguryeo fighting nation for more than 700 years, the mountain city system, and the mountain city of Gaimu!

It is such an accompanying twin city, which is associated with Pyongyang City, the capital of Goguryeo, and Daseongsanseong, the domestic city of the former kingdom of Goguryeo, and the Weinaam Fortress, which has continued to various mountain cities of all sizes on the banks of the Liao River, which has ensured the continuation of Goguryeo to this day, and has thwarted countless invasions by enemies in various aspects such as the Central Plains, Xianbei, Silla, and Wa Kingdom.

In peacetime, they work in the plains under the mountains, and hide in the mountain cities during the war, even if they are as strong as millions of Sui troops, they are at a loss for these precipitous mountain cities, and each city cannot be taken down in a few months of siege.

In the frantic beating of his heart, Li Jie followed the Goguryeo aristocratic military attaché and walked into the big 'gate' of the mountain city that was suddenly opened.

In order to prepare for war, the granaries in the mountain city have already been piled up, and there are a few deep wells, and they are preparing for a long-term siege.

The city is not big, in addition to the warehouse, the barracks, and the temple is covered with tiles, and the city lord's mansion is also extremely rude, in the simple three-entry compound, two burly Goguryeo soldiers wearing metal armor similar to the Han Dynasty are guarding the 'door', and when they get here, the Goguryeo noble military attache who is leading the horse stops, bows respectfully, but stretches out his hand to the horizontal knife on Li Jie's waist.

Seeing that Li Jie didn't care about handing over the horizontal knife, the little white face and the scar Liu also handed it out stupidly, holding the knife, the aristocratic military attache no longer advanced, Li Jie was not polite, and he led the scar Liu and the two straight inside, but as soon as they entered the Goguryeo mansion, there was an angry shout inside.

"The Wuna Tang people are so daring, the two countries are about to 'exchange' soldiers, and they dare to come to Gaimu City to die, is it really bad to be an old man's knife?"

Scar Liu and Xiaobaimian immediately broke out in a cold sweat on their backs, and before they could 'touch' the secret weapon in their arms, Li Jie laughed loudly and greeted him and scolded: "The Wuna Gaoli Nu is so courageous, the two countries are about to 'exchange' troops, and they dare to send grain and soybeans to the enemy Tang, is it really bad to be the sword of the Western Quan?" ”

"Hahaha, I heard that the Cotton Textile Guild is a young man, and that's really the case!" In the midst of loud laughter, a half-hundred-hundred-year-old Goguryeo man walked out slowly with a white beard in his mouth.

The old man is also wearing the traditional Goguryeo armor, although he is a little shorter, but he has a strong atmosphere, looking at the appearance of the 'spirit', he is definitely not an easy to deal with, and his old face is also full of wrinkles, but when he laughs, he is a little 'treacherous' in it, which makes people can't help but hold their wallets tightly.

"Haha, it all depends on the majesty of my King Shuo, without King Shuo, he is just a nobody, and he is still unknown in the Li family in Longxi, or His Royal Highness is wise!" Li Jie's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he put gold on his face, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed when he was nervous, but the 'treacherous' old man laughed even more, and patted Li Jie on the shoulder with a smile and said: "If the virtuous nephew has no real ability, King Shuo will not value the virtuous nephew, okay, King Shuo is wise, we don't have to be polite, take a seat, come, and have a banquet!" ”

Pulling Li Jie into the hall with a smile, playing and singing in the melodious Goguryeo music, Li Jie sat on the upper seat, Scar Liu and Xiao Baimian were also fortunate to be assigned a seat, and then the delicacies were served one by one, it was actually the famous dish of the Central Plains, fish fish, as well as roasted lamb 'meat', grain wine, rice and so on quite rich.

At the same time, two Goguryeo handsome 'forced' jumped out in circles wearing traditional clothes similar to Hanbok, no matter how handsome the handsome 'forced' was, normal people didn't look at it, but fortunately, five or six Goguryeo beautiful 'women' were rapidly spinning and jumping with the music and followed out, dancing elegantly in the Luo skirt flying, especially the pair of hooked eyes under the small hat headdress kept throwing, and the hook scar Liu's saliva flowed out.

The Han Book records that the Goguryeo people are fierce and easy to plunder, and it is also recorded that the Goguryeo people are good at singing and dancing, which is one of the best, and the beauty of Goryeo singing and dancing can be seen, even Li Jie couldn't help but nod his head, and the white-bearded old man who looked at it was even more proud, laughed and stroked his palms and said: "Forgive me, good nephew, this place is simple, and I can only slack off." ”

"It's a shame indeed." Li Jie suddenly shook his head and sighed: "This kind of music and dance should be above the Ming Hall, below the Chinese Society, and the slaughter here has somewhat diluted the fun of music and dance. ”

After a while, the angry 'color' was buried, and he sighed helplessly and shook his head and laughed at himself: "The virtuous nephew smiled, now that the western lord Quan Gai Suwen is in power, Gai Mu Cheng Weisa has the life to actively prepare for war, why can't we, the old royals, be polite and give three points?" ”

"It's not as simple as preparing for war, is it? Yesterday, Jie was outside the city, and saw the tiger and wolf of the Quan family, and the people who built the city were afraid of it, and there were farmers who 'handed over' their rice grain, and in the long run, I am afraid that the prestige of the Ke family is easy to be forgotten! ”

Li Jie also sighed and said, but the old eyelids of Ke Shouli, who 'got it', picked it up again, but after a while, he held back his joy and anger, and said with a strong smile: "Quan Gong is strong, don't talk about these boring things, be happy in time, be happy in time!" ”

"yes, just in time!" At the end of the words, Li Jie, who had already had a little harvest, was not in a hurry, and raised his wine glass with a smile and said: "Let's say something pleasant, the soybean rice sent by Kegong to Wuyuan Shuo King has received it, and he is overjoyed to order his ministers to settle the balance this time, according to the 'delivery', 200 horses of good Shu brocade, 200 horses of high-grade lake silk, and 50 boxes of additional Kegong tea, 20 cotton brocade clothes, and three four-wheel drive four-wheeled carriages, which will be sent to the mountain city later." ”

The silk brocade of the Tang Dynasty has always been a treasure, these finances, even if the king of Goguryeo may not be able to operate it for a year, not to mention that the high-quality silk fabrics have always been supplied to aristocratic families, and there is no place to buy them if they have money.

"Haha, King Shuo is polite, the old man deserves it!"

"Otherwise, Wuyuan is barren, but Your Majesty is not kind, Kegong's food has helped a lot, not only that, Jie also brought the next year's deposit, or this amount, I hope that next year's food supply can be doubled, I don't know if Kegong can respond?"

Li Jie looked at the past with a sharp gaze, a trace of greed flashed in the eyes of the old man Ke Shouli, but after a while, he shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Thank you King Shuo for your kindness, but the old man should not be ......."

"Gaimu City is hundreds of miles away, the black soil is 'fertile', the spring water is sweet, even if it produces ten times more grain, it is more than enough, why does Kegong shirk it, but he dislikes the sincerity of His Royal Highness of my family?" Li Jie also jumped up "really anxiously", so that Ke Shouli's face was embarrassed again, and it took a long time before his face was blue and white: "There is land, but there is not enough manpower!" ”

"In order to defend against the crusade of the Tang Dynasty, Quan Weisa has ordered martial law, half of the Dingkou in Gaimu City is guarding the Liaohe River, and most of the remaining old man's feuds are also requisitioned and issued, and the mountain city is prepared, and Yukou can only guarantee two-thirds of the output of last year this autumn, and the old man is also powerless."

"Damn war!" Li Jie scolded again "angrily".

"To put it mildly, the millions of former Sui divisions have all lost their troops in Liaodong, even if this Tang Dynasty is conquest, there are only more than 100,000 people who can cross Liaoshui, and the siege of Silla has been resolved, why bother to wait so hard, the Quan family is afraid that the drunkard's intention is not in the bar, and now Gaimu City, how many families can remember the three Keshi who followed King Zhu 'Meng'?"

Li Jie, a Tang man, was not optimistic about this war, so he really made Ke Shouli feel at ease, and after a while, his face changed greatly, and he said in a deep voice: "Virtuous nephew, be cautious!" ”

"Alas, I really don't know how long Kegong will have to endure it?" Sighing and shaking his head, Li Jie sat back again, muttering: "Originally, Jie could also help Kegong one or two, since this is the case, don't say anything, drink!" ”

Seeing Li Jie raise his wine glass and hesitate for a moment, Ke Shouli still raised his wine glass with a forced smile, "Yes, don't say you're unhappy, drink!" ”

A banquet was drunk until the afternoon, Li Jie also dutifully urged the five four-wheeled carriages to pull the finances to catch up with the mountain city, maybe it was really weak-hearted, Ke Shouli did not stop it, seeing that the five carriages were pushed to the back of the mountain city I don't know somewhere, Li Jie secretly wrote down the road, and then pulled Scar Liu and the little white face to walk down the mountain.

"Your Highness, a little food, even if you use low-grade silk, don't worry that this old guy is unwilling to 'trade', why bother with him so much?" While walking, the little white face asked with some distress, this kung fu also returned to the Gaimu City Post House, seeing that Wu Meiniang was dressed in a beautiful 'female' pretending to be in a hurry, and saw Li Jie also made a V-shaped gesture, which made Li Jie reply slowly with a smile.

"The grain may not be worth the price, but the Kejia is definitely worth it! From the era of Goguryeo Zhu 'Meng', the Ke family has assisted the Goguryeo royal government, one of the three oldest families, don't look at Quangai Suwen now Goguryeo controls the government, the potential of the Ke family can definitely not be ignored, even if it 'spends' twice the money, as long as the official of the Ke Shouli cooperates with the thief of the current king, the king will not hesitate! ”

"How can anyone say that he is a thief!" At this time, Wu Meiniang also followed, pouting and saying dissatisfiedly, which made Li Jie laugh again, and stretched out his hand to hug Wu Meiniang's small waist: "In Goguryeo, this king wants to be a thief, a thief 'fine' thief 'fine'!" Isn't it, thief mother-in-law? ”

"Hmph, this girl isn't!" Wu Meiniang once again stomped on her little boots helplessly.