In an elegant room on the third floor, several scholars were gathered together to chat and drink. They were all well-dressed and obviously from a famous family. There was a tall scholar named Lu Han in the middle, who was the nephew of Lu Chu, the prime minister of Luoyang, and from the Lu family of Fanyang.

The other three are from Cui and Li, the two grandsons of Cui Hongsheng, the prefect of Zhuo County, Cui Guangping and Cui Guanglin brothers, as well as Li Zhaoxi, from Zhao County.

Birds of a feather flock together, and the relationship between several major families in Hebei has long been mixed through hundreds of years of marriage. They each exchanged their children to study at each other's home, which made the younger generation's friendship particularly deep.

Like the older generation, Lu Qingyuan, Li Qingming, Cui Yuanhan and others have begun to make their mark. After a few years, the younger generation of children also came out. These four people are all seventeen or eighteen years old, but they are all gentle and elegant, mature, and have the style of a noble family.

At this time, Li Zhaoxi walked in from outside the house, closed the door and smiled and said, "It was our navy army who went to attack the Liaodong Peninsula, which caused excitement."

"I see!"

Lu Han smiled and said, "This is good news! It is very likely that the war between us and Goguryeo is about to begin."

The three people next to him were stunned. Cui Guangping asked, "Why did Brother Lu say this?"

"I heard from the head of the family that Goguryeo began to be ready to move after the emperor died in Jiangdu. More than a hundred years ago, they took advantage of the war in the Central Plains to annex Lelang County and Liaodong County. Now, seeing that the war broke out again at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they wanted to use their old tricks to annex Liaodong. Of course, the King of Qi would not let their conspiracy succeed. Attacking the Liaodong Peninsula was our counterattack."

"This is a good thing! When I saw that I was going to capture Pyongyang City, the emperor gave up. So many people were killed in battle, but he ended up getting nothing. It was so annoying to think about it."

"This is also impossible. The Sui Dynasty has weak national strength and cannot control Goguryeo. In the end, it can only afford Silla. This time I guess I only seized the Liaodong Peninsula. In fact, it is good to seize the Liaodong Peninsula. As long as our navy is strong, we can station on the Liaodong Peninsula to monitor Pyongyang."

Li Zhaoxi next to him said a little worriedly: "Although we signed an armistice agreement with the Tang army, if we fall into a war with Goguryeo, the Tang army will definitely take advantage of the situation again. I think an agreement does not restrict them at all."

Lu Han smiled, "I asked Brother Qingyuan this question yesterday. He said that the Tang army is facing the threat of Xue Ju, Li Gui, Liang Shidu and Liu Wu at the same time, and there is no time to take care of Hebei anymore. In fact, if Goguryeo was not ready to move, we would have to take the opportunity to capture Bingzhou. Since we signed the armistice agreement, it is actually to solve our worries on our own."

The three of them nodded at the same time and said yes. At this time, Cui Guanglin smiled and said, "Did Brother Qingyuan talk about the imperial examination? Brother Lu tell me some insider!"

Lu Han took a sip of wine and smiled, "There is a little bit inside!"

The three of them suddenly pricked up their ears and surrounded them together

The atmosphere in the lobby was also particularly active, and a scholar whispered loudly: "Brother Jia is well-informed, please reveal some news about this imperial examination to us!"

Everyone shouted: "Brother Jia, let me say a few words!"

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Jia Huan was infected by the enthusiasm of the crowd, and nodded and said, "I have indeed heard some news, which should be true. I will not tell everyone what I heard of."

The lobby on the second floor suddenly became silent, and many scholars on the first and third floors also came, blocking the stairs, pricking up their ears to listen to Jia Huan's news.

Jia Huan cleared his throat and said, "Everyone knows that most of the officials in the court came from major families, and there are many things in the army. There are only 120 Jinshis in total. If they have to take care of all the major families, the quota will not be enough. If they give this, they will offend that. So in the end, the court discussed the plan and the King of Qi decided to make the decision. This time, the imperial examination was all made by the name of the name. Everyone competed fairly. In the end, the only one was the only one. It is estimated that the specific examination methods will be announced in a few days. Whether it is a famous young man or a poor family, everyone is the same. They rely on their own talents to learn to do a good job."

These words made many children from small families excited and asked, "Mr. Jia, is the news true?"

“The news is absolutely reliable!”

The restaurant cheered again, and the scholars added dishes and wine to celebrate. The shopkeepers were so happy that they couldn't even close their mouths. Why don't there be more such good news?

Just as Zhongdu was getting more and more lively, hundreds of large warships were sailing on the sea with the help of the east wind. The Sui army had been preparing for several months and was just waiting for the east wind to arrive.

This time, the Sui army dispatched more than 300 warships and 23,000 naval soldiers. The new naval leader Lai Hu'er led his army to fight. This is Lai Hu'er's third attack on the Liaodong Peninsula. This time, they will completely occupy the Liaodong Peninsula.

On the head of a strait boat, Lai Huer stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the looming land in the distance. He was not far from the Shandong Peninsula to the Liaodong Peninsula. He was recently in Donglai County. He only took a day and one night to arrive. The first two expeditions to Liaodong Peninsula were all from Donglai County. Although he set out from Beihai County, he only had a half-day voyage.

Judging from the situations learned by the scouts before, although Goguryeo has increased its troops to the Liaodong Peninsula, the total number is not large, about 8,000 people, mainly distributed in Beishe City and Huilong Town. In addition, many people have returned. Due to the haste, there are not many people who have returned, only more than 10,000 people, mainly concentrated in the northern part of the Liaodong Peninsula. The southern area is still dominated by the army, followed by a very small number of hunters.

At this time, the Chief Secretary Wu Yingqin walked to Hu'er and asked in a low voice: "Where is the old general going to get ashore?"

Lai Huer smiled and said, "I have been thinking about this issue for a while. If I use a large ship to land, there will be only two places, Beishe City and Huilong Town. I guess Goguryeo has deployed heavy troops in these two places, but if I use a small ship to land, it will be much more flexible, and at least seven or eight places can be landed."

"Do you know these old generals from landing places?"

Lai Huer nodded, "In the third Battle of Goguryeo, we also occupied Beishe City first. At that time, I landed in a gap about ten miles south of Huilong Town, and sent 6,000 people overnight with a boat. I still remember the location of the gap very clearly. There is a tree king and a towering ancient tree. After getting ashore, you can see the path leading to Beishe City and Huilong Town by walking 150 steps."

Wu Yingqin looked at the sky. It was almost dusk. He couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that the old general has a plan."

Lai Hu'er smiled and said, "This time I asked each big ship to bring at least two small boats, just to get the small boats landed. Let's wait for news about General Wang!"

The General Wang mentioned by Lai Huer is Wang Renshou, the fourth guard of the navy, Huben Lang. Wang Renshou was about thirty years old and from Donglai County. He has been serving in the Sui Navy and is an old subordinate of Lai Huer.

He followed Lai Hu'er to participate in three Goguryeo Battles and was promoted to Xiongwu Lang. However, when he was in the capital, he also participated in the Xuanwu Gate petition incident. He was arrested and dismissed from prison. He was finally released and disbanded with the army and returned to his hometown without any gain.

He joined the Qingzhou Army when Zhang Xuan attacked Zuo Xiaoyou of Donglai County, and was promoted from brigade commander to lieutenant, and was promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant in Jianghuai. He made great contributions when attacking Meng Haigong. At the same time, Zhang Xuan also knew his identity and promoted him to Xiongwu Langjiang. After the army was reorganized, he was appointed as Hu Ben Langjiang, with five thousand soldiers under his command.

Although Wang Renshou was brave and qualified enough, Zhang Xuan still did not appoint him as the chief general of the navy because Wang Renshou was too cruel and ruthless and massacred prisoners of war. This made Zhang Xuan disliked, so he lost the opportunity to be promoted to the chief general of the navy.

Wang Renshou took a boat to attack the Liaodong Peninsula during the third Goguryeo Battle, and he also knew where the gap was when he came to Huer to prepare to land.

In the night, more than a dozen small boats carrying three hundred soldiers gradually moved closer to the shore. Behind them were hundreds of small boats, full of Wang Renshou’s five thousand subordinates. On the front boat, Wang Renshou stared at a towering tree in the distance, which was the place where they landed a few years ago.

There are many reefs on the shore of this area, and large ships cannot dock, but small boats can pass through the reefs and get close to the shore. Under the cover of night, more than a dozen small boats are moving closer to the shore step by step. On the boat, all the soldiers' hearts are hanging. Are there any Goguryeo soldiers ambushing on the shore?
Chapter completed!