"Brother Yuwen, farewell to Chang'an, I thought that I would only be able to see each other again when I returned to Chang'an, but I didn't expect you to be sent to Dengzhou, come on, come on, little brother will give you a cup!" Li Su held the wine glass and smiled excitedly.

"Yes, I didn't expect that in Dengzhou, which is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, I can still get together with the old people, it is really a great joy in life, it is really gratifying, today the three of us must not get drunk and do not return!" Yan Bei, who was sitting next to him, also laughed wildly.

"Haha, I'm here this time, but I'm here to help you Liulang, and I'll be sick with Brother Yan in the future, so this first glass of wine, I should come to pay tribute to the two." Yuwen Hu, who was sitting opposite Li Su, also picked up his wine glass and smiled. Then the three of them gave each other a false salute, and at the same time drank it all, followed by a hearty laugh.

The last time Li Su received a letter from Li Shimin, he was ordered to build a branch of the Perak Academy that made gunpowder in Dengzhou, and produce gunpowder nearby for the future attack on Goguryeo.

Li Su and Yuwen Hu are old friends, and Yanbei has also had several encounters with each other, so when they meet again in Dengzhou today, the three of them naturally have a sense of meeting their hometowns, which is a great joy in life, of course, they have to celebrate a lot.

After a few glasses of wine, Yuwen took a look around, and then asked suspiciously, "Liulang, why didn't you see the ninth brother?" "Coincidentally, Yuwenhu's wife is Li Yong's sister-in-law, when he came, he was entrusted by his father-in-law, mother-in-law and wife to see how Li Yong was doing in Dengzhou, but what he didn't expect was that his brother-in-law came, but his brother-in-law did not come forward.

"Huh? This ......" Li Su looked embarrassed, he naturally knew the relationship between Yuwen Hu and Li Yong. It's just that Li Yong followed him to Dengzhou. Now he has become a small soldier in the palace guards, and now his brother-in-law is here, what does this make him say?

In fact, Li Yong was also coming, and Li Yu planned to let Li Yong explain to Yuwen Hu in person, but what he didn't expect was that he suddenly changed shifts today. It happened to be his turn to be on duty, and the military regulations were extremely strict, so it was impossible to ask for leave, so he didn't attend.

"This ...... Brother Yuwen, Jiulang's matter is a bit complicated! Li Su is not easy to say. I had to give Yan Bei a look, hoping to let Yan Bei help him, but Yan Bei didn't help Lei Feng for fun, he didn't want to do this kind of thankless work. And you can see Li Su embarrassed. It was also a rare opportunity, so he took a sip of the wine glass, ignoring Li Su's eyes.

When he met Yanbei's best friend, Li Xuan's nose was crooked, but under Yuwen's blazing gaze, he had to stiffen his head and say, "Brother Yuwen." You also know that the ninth brother is now the palace guard. is governed by military regulations, and the royal palace Sima Su Dingfang is extremely strict in commanding the army. That's why he was sometimes not free, so he couldn't attend today's feast. ”

Li Yu had been forced into a corner, but suddenly a flash of inspiration only said that Li Yong was in the army and could not get out today, but he did not point out that Li Yong had changed from the original pawn army to a small soldier.

"Oh, I see, then I'll see the ninth brother another day." Although Yuwen Hu also discovered the abnormality of Li Su and Yanbei, but the three of them reunited today, it is not easy to ask deeply, anyway, there will be time in the future. Besides, with the relationship between Li Su and Li Yong, there is no need to worry about what happens to him.

After Li Su temporarily fooled Li Yong's affairs, and then the three of them were drinking and talking, leaving Chang'an for so long, although Wang Zihao passed on the news, but because the information that the pigeon could bring was limited, there were many things in Chang'an that did not reach Li Yu's side, and he could just take this opportunity to inquire about Yuwen Hu, and Yanbei almost had the same thoughts.

After three rounds of drinking, the three of them talked while eating, and at first they just talked about some interesting things that happened in Chang'an City, such as which prince accepted a concubine, but his health was not good and he almost died in bed, which family's son-in-law molested women, but the other party turned out to be his sister-in-law who did not pass through the door, etc., anyway, it was all lace news. However, the three of them chatted and chatted, and slowly turned the topic to Goguryeo.

"Brother Yuwen, this time for Goguryeo, in addition to sending you to Dengzhou to build the Perak Courtyard, my father must have other arrangements, can you tell the younger brother about it?" Li asked with a smile. Yuwen Hu came to Dengzhou secretly this time, in order to keep it secret, there was not even a maid and servant waiting at the banquet, so he was not afraid of being overheard, and Yan Bei also showed a very interested expression.

"Hehe, in fact, I don't know much, but just before I left, I got a definite news that His Majesty has appointed Wu Guo Bull Jinda as the general manager of the Pyongyang Road March, and is ready to lead 40,000 soldiers and horses from the four prefectures of Jiang, Huai, Ling, and Xia, as well as 3,000 soldiers and 500 warships recruited in Chang'an and Luoyang, to cross the sea from Laizhou to Pyongyang; In addition, with the crown prince Zhan Shi and Zuo Wei leading Li Ji as the general manager of the march of Liaodong Road, he led 60,000 infantry cavalry and Lan and Hezhou to descend Hu to force Liaodong, and the water and land armies attacked Goguryeo separately, it is estimated that now they have secretly arrived at their respective positions, and are secretly stepping up preparations, as long as Goguryeo is in civil strife, my Tang Dynasty will immediately smash the entire Goguryeo to smithereens with a thunderous blow! ”

Yuwen Hu looked excited when he spoke, and at the same time with a bit of pride that he couldn't hide, if he was still that leisurely general as a master craftsman before, he would definitely not be able to know such an important secret, but now it is different, the Perak Academy is directly under the jurisdiction of His Majesty Taizong, although he is still a master craftsman, but his status is rising, not only can he participate in political affairs, but even some confidential things have to go through him.

Hearing that Li Shimin had set a strategy of advancing by land and water, and that the people who implemented it had been in place to prepare, Li Su and Yanbei looked at each other excitedly and laughed, now only the slaves on the Silla side are no longer enough to fill the huge demand of various mines, especially after they let go of Dengzhou's slave hunting industry last time, all the families in Chang'an City have prepared slave hunting teams to Dengzhou, but in this way, it seems that there are more monks and less porridge, and many slave hunting teams go to sea for more than a month, but they still can't catch enough slaves, and now many people have complained.

However, for this situation, Li Su and Yanbei have long been prepared, as long as the Goguryeo war is together, then the prisoners of war will be enough for those slave catchers to eat for a period of time, plus Goguryeo has a large population, although many of them are Han people, but other ethnic groups are not a few, Han people are not a few, Han people can be registered into the Tang Dynasty household registration, but other ethnic groups can be used as a source of new slaves.

For example, the ancestors of the Jurchens in later generations, the Ya tribe, are now affiliated with Goguryeo. In addition, after opening up Liaodong, some ethnic groups such as the Khitan in the northeast will also be exposed, these ethnic groups are the great enemies of the Han people in later generations, Li Su will naturally not let them develop, and even in order to sweep away the troubles, he has decided to use the method of catching slaves to completely eradicate these ethnic groups. It is precisely for these reasons that Li Su, more than anyone else, wants this war to come sooner.

That night, Li Su, Yan Bei and Yuwen Hu were all drunk, because they were too happy, even Li Su, who had always had a good wine, also started a drunken madness, and the three of them finally hugged each other and sang and danced, and they didn't get drunk until midnight.

However, early the next morning, Yuwen Hu found Li Su with a wry smile, followed by Li Yong in a guard uniform. Li Yong was empty this morning, so he came to see Yuwen Hu, his brother-in-law, and asked about the situation at home by the way, but his outfit immediately revealed his identity.

Regarding Li Yong's matter, although Li Su thought that he was right, he also felt a little guilty in his heart. But fortunately, Li Yong felt that he was doing well, and helped Li Yu explain for a long time, and then talked about the bet he had with Su Dingfang before, and finally persuaded Yuwen Hu, and at the same time asked him to agree, not to tell Li Xiaogong about it for the time being.

The small island of the Dengzhou Perak Yuan Branch has been officially named Perak Island by Li Yu, and the craftsmen who came with Yu Wenhu have also been secretly sent to the island, and at the same time, the sulfur, saltpeter and other gunpowder weapons purchased some time ago are stored on the island, and the finished products are placed in the newly built powder magazine in the naval camp, which is not only safe, but also can be directly transported to the front line by the naval army when fighting.

Just when the Tang Dynasty was secretly preparing for the civil strife in Goguryeo, in Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, the autumn wind had begun to rag, the leaves had turned yellow and fallen off, and the pedestrians on the road could not resist the cold, and hurried through the streets with their necks crossed.

Although Pyongyang is known as the royal city of Goguryeo, it is not a grade at all compared with the tall and magnificent Chang'an, and even the city of Dengju where Li Su is located can not be compared, but among the three kingdoms of Goguryeo and Silla and Baekje, it is also a rare fortified city, after all, Goguryeo is the closest to the Tang Dynasty, and there are many Han people in the country, and all aspects of technology are learned from the Tang Dynasty, so although the architecture is not as good as the Tang Dynasty, it is also good.

The current Pyongyang city looks very calm on the surface, but well-informed people know that under this calm, there is an undercurrent, and the military generals led by the Moon Minister, who supports the Rong Liuwang and the Yuan clan, are fighting inextricably, and some time ago, several officials on the Moon side were suddenly assassinated to death, and the murderer has not been caught until now, although the Yuan clan strongly denies it, but the entire Pyongyang City believes that they did it, so the situation is extremely tense now, and a major conflict may break out at any time.

In a very large and magnificent mansion in the center of Pyongyang, three people are having a very secret conversation. (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )