In the inner hall of a restaurant in Pyongyang, a wealthy businessman was sighing.

At this time, a burst of laughter came from outside, followed by a middle-aged man dressed in wealthy. He arrived before the sound of the person: "Shopkeeper Huang, why are you sighing? My master asked me to get the latest picture album and prepare a lot of money for you."

The businessman looked up and saw that it was an old acquaintance. He smiled bitterly and greeted him and said, "It turns out that he is General Manager Hu. It's not to be hiding it. Recently, wars have been happening, and this business is becoming more and more difficult. I'm planning to close it."

"Hey, hey, don't, why not do a good business? Just fight, what does it have to do with people like you and me? No matter when, someone will have to go to your restaurant for dinner, right?" Mr. Hu persuaded.

"Eat? What else to eat? Everyone is rushing to run away. When you entered the door, I saw it. There were so many restaurants in my house, and there was not a single customer. It has been almost half a month. If the door is not closed, the guy can't even pay for his salary."

Hearing this, General Manager Hu leaned closer and smiled and said, "Hey, what a big deal? The restaurant is closed. If you have such a big business, you still care about such a restaurant?

Not to mention anything else, just the benefits of the beauty albums we cooperate with are enough to have no worries about food and drink.”

Beauty album???? Why are you so familiar with it?

Isn't it familiar? This shopkeeper Huang is no one else. He is the scalper who was selling pictures of beautiful women in private on the streets of Chang'an. Later, Du Shaoqing discovered it and sent it to Goguryeo to run the business of the Du Family Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time inquire about information.

Of course, I also had another idea, that is, this guy is not a good thing, let him take his own little plan to harm others.

Who would have thought that this scalper really lived up to expectations. Not only did the Du Family Chamber of Commerce make a prosperous business in Goguryeo, but it even made a new object like the beauty album to directly penetrate the Goguryeo nobles. It was easy to find out the information.

When I returned to this restaurant, the yellow cow couldn't even laugh, and said with a sad face: "Don't mention it quickly. Our business is probably just a waste of money. Because there is war outside, the origin of my picture album has also been cut off. People in all walks of life are panic. Who has the heart to do this?

Not to mention our Goguryeo, even the overseas Japanese route has been cut off and has not arrived for a month."

What???

"Hey, why didn't you say it earlier? The beauty albums from Japan have different styles and are very popular in the aristocratic circles. This... This...

Alas! This damn war.” Mr. Hu said in pain.

The scalper nodded and said, "Yes, damn war!

Mr. Hu, you and I have always met each other. I still have about twenty picture albums here, which are for gifts before parting. From now on, our business will be ruined, and I will also hide in the countryside. I heard that the enemies are everywhere in the cities in the north are full of dead people. Tsk tsk... I still have a small family, but I don’t want to stay here and wait for death!”

Twenty books? How can this be enough? My master has made all his money out, and he has to take at least one hundred books to the bottom...

"Wait, what did you say, you are leaving too?" Mr. Hu suddenly woke up after chanting a few words, grabbed the scalper and asked.

"Yes, I don't want to stay here and wait for death!"

Mr. Hu panicked and quickly advised: "Don't, what are you afraid of about the rumors outside? The royal city of Pyongyang is as solid as a soup, and Goguryeo cannot die."

No matter how this person persuades him, the scalper just doesn't believe it and insists on leaving.

Then the chief manager was helpless and whispered: "I heard from the master that Datong Lu had sent 100,000 navy troops to secretly head towards Yingzhou of the Tang Dynasty. It should be that he would arrive ashore in the past two or three days. At that time, the 100,000 people would directly seize their retreat, and all the troops invading Goguryeo would die!

So what are these rumors outside? They are all ignorant people who scare each other, and our nobles and officials are also afraid of death, but have you ever thought about running for your life when you see someone who is an official?"

hiss……

The scalper was shocked. A hundred thousand troops landed in Yingzhou and attacked him? Oh my God!

It is conceivable how shocking this news is, and it will be able to log in in two or three days, which means that this secret team has already set off. What makes the scalper feel stomachache is that he has not obtained such important information at all before, which shows how strict the operation is covered.

"How is it? Are you relieved?

I tell you, don’t listen to the rumors outside, just follow my master. Our family is the top three big family in Goguryeo, and you can’t make a mistake with us.”

The scalper came back to his senses and smiled embarrassedly: "That's that's it. If it weren't for Mr. Hu's suggestions, I would have scared Lao Huang to death. Maybe I would hide in the deep mountains and forests next to me.

Come on, this is my private collection of picture albums. As a gift, I will give you one, absolutely an isolated book…”

The Manager Hu's eyes lit up and he quickly took it over and looked it up. Old Huang next to him whispered, and the two of them started chatting with extreme vulgarity.

After a long time, after finishing the album, General Manager Hu put it in his arms, as if he was afraid of being asked to go back.

Old Huang laughed and said, "How is it? Isn't it bad? To be honest, this album is the only masterpiece I have ever seen. It's not an exaggeration to say that it is talented and stunning. Sometimes I have a feeling of anything, which is more useful than my aunt..."

Manager Hu wiped his saliva and laughed: "Everyone is a man, I know how to understand. Thank you, Manager Huang for his generous gift.

By the way, I almost forgot. Today I was a man who was working on it for my master. Didn’t you just say that you have twenty collections of them..."

"No!"

"No?

Manager Huang, you just now...

Oh...I understand, you want to take the opportunity to increase the price, right?

Hahahaha, I am a profiteer. My master didn’t expect that, no problem, I will help you..."

The scalper quickly interrupted: "No, you misunderstood. It has nothing to do with the price, anyway, it just doesn't!"

This is my...

Manager Hu was a little confused and thought to himself, why did this guy turn against him like a book? What are you doing?

Finally, under the entanglement of General Manager Hu, the scalper told the truth that those twenty books are things that are in the bottom of the box must have a storefront. If you do business, of course you have to send them out and have a continuous source of energy in the future. If you take these twenty books out for emergency treatment this time, then the new albums that will probably not be sold in the future.

Manager Hu thought about it, and couldn't help but praise the scalper for being clever.

The scalpers would do things as well. They took advantage of the situation and asked General Manager Hu to stay for dinner on the grounds of thanking him. The two of them started to drink.

During the meal, a friend came to report that the Japanese people arrived, but the goods were not arrived, and they were just a messenger. The Japanese merchants were timid and were fighting outside, so they parked the goods in a small town more than 100 miles away, and did not dare to approach the royal city.

The scalper and General Manager Hu cursed, one scolded the other party for being timid, the other scolded and said that it delayed the business, etc.

A moment later, the scalper decided to go out of the city to receive goods in person, but now it is wartime, and only entry and not exit in the city, so the gate inspection was extremely strict.

Then General Hu patted his chest and promised that he had a way to help him out. The two hit it off, and the scalpers left the city with the help of General Hu.

All of this was arranged by the scalpers themselves. From the moment he knew that the navy had attacked the Tang Dynasty, he decided to take the risk to send information, and he fabricated the Japanese businessman's move.

Ten miles outside the Goguryeo Royal City, Du He and more than 100,000 troops set up camps, staring at the other side, neither besieging nor attacking, as if waiting for something, which made the generals puzzled.

"Qinglian, we have an army of 130,000 now, why don't we attack the city? We have worked hard and planned for so long and it's done. Why are you hesitating?" Fang Yiai couldn't help asking.

In the big tent, Li Zhen said: "You really have to wait for Military Advisor Xue to arrive and join forces to attack together, right?

In fact, it is completely unnecessary. Military Commander Xue has 20,000 people, plus Cheng Chumo's 20,000 people, up to 40,000 people. Whether to attack the city or not is not important, and everyone knows your situation, don't push out the credit for this."

Forty thousand people? Plus our 130,000 people...

Du He pondered: "Originally 260,000, but now there are still 170,000..."

"Yes, this battle suffered a considerable loss. The war loss of nearly 100,000 people is already good. How can there be no immortal when the two armies fight?" Li Zhen comforted.

Everyone nodded secretly. It was already quite good that the war could destroy a country if it was less than one-third of the damage.

But what surprised everyone was that Du He actually muttered to himself: It’s still too few!

What??? Less?

"Qinglian, you might be wrong, 90,000 have died, why..."

Fang Yiai was so muffled that before she finished speaking, she was stared at Du He who came to her senses.

Everyone was puzzled, Du He looked around, then stood up and came out of the tent to the guards around him and said, "Beware of the surroundings, no one is allowed within a hundred steps!"

Soon, everyone in the camp became more and more confused. What is this to do?

Seeing that only his own people were left in the big tent, Du He finally said, "Today I am not going to hide it from you anymore. This battle is a strategy of driving tigers and swallowing wolves, but as hunters in the Tang Dynasty, we must hunt down tigers and wolves around us.

So at the end of this battle, Goguryeo was about to destroy it, and the group of tigers and wolves around them could not let them return to the grassland safely, otherwise they would eventually be a disaster for our strong enemy in the Tang Dynasty when they grow up in the future."

What???

Many people exclaimed.

Fang Yiai said fiercely: "Qinglian, how can you do this? They have been fighting with us for so long, can you still kill them? Even if we are not from the Tang Dynasty, we are also the robes we fought together, you..."

Qin Huaidao beside him pulled Fang Yiai and signaled him not to make things so difficult for Du He.

Du He looked dull and did not answer Fang Yiai. Instead, he turned around and looked around for a week, wanting to hear what other people's opinions were.

Li Zhen replied: "Although this move is not very open and honest, it is a good thing for the country to plan for a long time. Although the strategy is not very clever, it can even be said to be an open plot and can easily be seen through.

Maybe the three northern tribes thought about this issue when they first formed an alliance to borrow troops, but they were either greedy for profit or felt that the Tang Dynasty was credible, so they put down their doubts before sending troops to fight.

If we turn against each other afterwards, even if we destroy Goguryeo and pull out the tiger teeth of the three northern tribes, we can keep the peninsula safe for decades, but the reputation of our Tang Dynasty will never be restored, and it is difficult to judge between gains and losses!"

Li Zhen almost explained Du He's plan thoroughly, and the person who wanted to talk later had nothing to say.

On the contrary, Fang Yiai said dissatisfiedly: "I don't agree. A real man is open and honest. We should stick to the alliance with others. What kind of good guys are you going to do with people in front and not behind?

So what if the few Hu people in the north become hidden dangers? If they don’t move, they will be killed as much as they dare to commit crimes. They will kill them openly. These are the real men. I can’t do it!”

...

Everyone looked at Fang Yiai who was emotional, some fell into helplessness, some fell into deep thought, and some even resonated with each other.

After a long time, Du He sighed: "When I was in Luoxia Town, my elder brother told me about the history of the Tang Dynasty from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the present day. I still remember that lesson.

My elder brother's words are still in my ears: 'If one day, maybe decades, maybe hundreds, or two hundred years, or two hundred years, the descendants of the Tang Dynasty only know how to be comfortable but not progress, and the country will become corrupt and weak due to disasters. The tigers, leopards and jackals around will never miss this opportunity. At that time, the crisis of the destruction of the clan is coming.

Then the descendants will blame us, the ancestors, for not eliminating disasters in the bud?’”

"How is this possible? My Tang Dynasty is in the world, and it is extremely powerful and invincible in the world..." Fang Yiai didn't believe in evil.

"Is Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty strong back then? Hundreds of years later, the country's strength declined for a hundred years!

Not long after the Jin Dynasty, the tragedy of the Five Barbarians invading China was killed less than 3 million Han people, which was almost the same as before the death of the clan and the race.

Has my uncle told you about this history, love?”

Du He finished speaking with a calm expression. Fang Yiai's eyes widened and he took a few steps back, and could no longer speak.

Has it been told? How could it be told? This story was a Tang Dynasty after the integration of Hu and Han for many years. I remember not many people. Some people who know about it don’t want to tell, and some dare not tell it. After all, at this time, the Hu people merged into the Han people, and even the emperor Li Er ancestor had a bit of Hu blood.

If you talk about this in absurd manner, you might even be criticized, saying that you deliberately instigate the Han people, instigate the hatred between the Han people and the Hu people, and make bad plans, which will be detrimental to the country.

Everyone was silent, and gradually a strange atmosphere spread.

Li Zhen pondered and said, "Do you remember, how did these soldiers treat ordinary people in Goguryeo along the way?

At that time, I thought that their patients were not as good as those of the Tang Dynasty. Now, looking at it, these races are of this nature. What would it be if one day the oppressed people were replaced by the people of the Tang Dynasty?

It's terrible to think about it carefully..."
Chapter completed!