Chapter 718: The other side of the Lelang Sea – Japan
Gongsun Gong stood on the city wall, overlooking Xu Rong and Cheng Lian.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Although this was his first time meeting Xu Rong.

However, when he met Xu Rong’s eyes, he felt as if he saw a ferocious beast ready to devour anyone at any time.

He thought of the horrified look in his father’s eyes when he heard that Xu Rong had come to Liaodong.

He was very disdainful before.

But at this moment.

Look at Xu Rong.

Look at Cheng Lian.

Looking at the Flying Bear Army.

Looking at the Flying Tigers.

Looking at the fifty Thunderbolt chariots.

Looking at the enemy camps all over the mountains behind the Thunderbolt car.

Gongsun Gong staggered back a few steps and was supported by several generals.

Several generals had red eyes and choked up, “General!”

Gongsun Gong slowly pushed their hands away and stood firm stubbornly.

After a while, he lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: “Inform all Liaodong soldiers not to resist fearlessly.”

“Whether it is the surviving Goguryeo soldiers or our Han soldiers, they are all returning to their homeland.”

“All the blame does not lie with them, it is all my fault, Gongsun Gong.”

“If you want to kill me or chop me up, I will bear the consequences.”

“Open the city gates and welcome the general into the city!”

When the generals heard what Gongsun Gong said, they all knelt down and burst into tears.

The other soldiers, watching their leaders watching this scene, also came to their senses and understood what had happened.

Unlike these generals who were crying bitterly, some of them sighed deeply.

Some people cheered.

The enemy outside the city is too fierce.

They have no confidence to continue fighting.

They no longer pray for military exploits.

At this moment, as long as I can survive, that is the only belief.

The city gate slowly opened.

Gongsun Gong came out slowly with dozens of generals, leading war horses and holding the tiger talisman of the army.

Zhang Sui, along with Liu Ye, Xu Rong, Cheng Lian and others, went to meet them.

Zhao Qin, the commander of the personal guards, stepped forward to take the tiger talisman and seal, checked them, and confirmed that there was nothing unusual before handing them to Zhang Sui.

Zhang Sui took the tiger talisman and seal, looked at them once, put them away, and then his eyes fell on Gongsun Gong and the Liaodong generals.

Looking at these people with their heads hung down, their faces pale and haggard, Zhang Sui sighed secretly.

Liaodong, it’s over!
Historically, the Liaodong area was not completely taken over until the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi.

But now it has been pacified in my hands.

This feeling is indescribably strange.

There is a little bit of joy in it.

This time he led his army eastward, originally just wanting to defeat the Donghu people of the three Wuhuan counties and fight for the orthodoxy of the Yuan family.

But I didn’t expect there would be such a pleasant surprise.

Even Liu Ye’s subsequent plan to destroy all of Goguryeo’s armies did not have time to be implemented because of Yanshi’s vicious strategy.

Zhang Sui dismounted from his warhorse, personally helped up Gongsun Gong and his group of generals, and led them to meet Xu Rong, Cheng Lian, Liu Ye and others.

Afterwards, Zhang Sui followed Gongsun Gong and others into the government office in Changli City.

Qian Zhao temporarily took over the Liaodong army.

The next day, Zhang Sui summoned all the generals in the hall of Changli government office.

Including Zhang He, Qian Zhao, Yan Rou, Xian Yu Fu, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, Cheng Lian, Liu Ye, Chen Dao, Zhang Liao, etc. At dusk, Zhang Sui held a banquet in the hall of the government office to welcome Gongsun Gong and others back to the embrace of the Hebei court.

On the third day, Zhang Sui let Qian Zhao stay in Changli. He personally led the army, with two generals Gongsun Gong and Yan Rou as vanguards. They passed the only post road built by the Han court, successfully crossed the swamp, and headed straight for Xiangping, the capital of Liaodong.

On the 28th day of the twelfth month of every year in Jian’an, it snowed heavily.

Zhang Sui led the Donghu army, the surrendered army from Liaodong, the Third Corps, the Fourth Corps, Gao Shun’s Xianchen Camp, Xu Rong’s Feixiong Army, Cheng Lian’s Feihu Army, and Chen Dao’s Baili Army, a total of 80,000 troops, and arrived at the city of Xiangping in Liaodong and surrounded the city on all sides.

At noon on the second day after the siege, the royal families of Buyeo and Goguryeo, a vassal state of Liaodong, came to see Zhang Sui and expressed their willingness to submit.

At dusk the next day, when Zhang Sui’s army was preparing to attack the city, Xiangping opened the city gate.

The new governor of Liaodong, Gongsun Kang, led all the civil and military officials and carried the seal of the governor of Liaodong County out of the city to surrender.

When the brothers Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Gong met again, their expressions were extremely complicated.

Gongsun Gong did not say anything to his elder brother Gongsun Gong, but just nodded at him, and then whispered and laughed with Liu Ye beside him.

Zhang Sui took over the seal of the Liaodong County Governor and handed it to Zhang Liao, temporarily appointing Zhang Liao as the acting governor of Liaodong County, to cooperate with the Wuhuan commander Qian Zhao, to be in charge of the affairs of Liaodong and the three counties of Wuhuan, and to assist the Donghu people in the three counties of Wuhuan and the Goguryeo people and Buyeo people in Liaodong County to migrate south to Xuzhou and Yangzhou areas.

As for the former Liaodong County governor Gongsun Kang, the royal family of Buyeo and the royal family of Goguryeo, they all moved to Yecheng.

Zhang Sui spent three dynasties in Xiangping.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Sui, led by Gongsun Gong, took Yanshi, Liu Ye, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, Cheng Lian, Zhang Liao, Qian Zhao, Chen Dao and others to Anping Port on the east side of Xiangping.

The group stopped at the port terminal.

Facing the heavy snow, Gongsun Gong pointed to the vast sea in the east and said to Zhang Sui with a smile: “My lord, this is not the end of the territory.”

“This is just the eastern terminus of Liaodong.”

“This sea is called Lelang Sea.”

“After crossing the Lelang Sea, there are many island countries ahead.”

“The indigenous people of the island nation eat raw meat and drink blood, and are very backward.”

“Our Emperor Guangwu named these island nations Wakoku.”

“The King of Wa has a king, and Emperor Guangwu bestowed upon him a seal.”

“In the early years, Japan sent envoys and a large army to pay tribute every year.”

“In the past few decades, because the imperial court’s discipline has collapsed, Japan has stopped paying tribute.”

“The Japanese are people who fear power but not virtue. Every year, islanders from their small islands do not fear hardship or death, just to cross the sea to come here to burn, kill and plunder.”

“My lord, now that you have swept through the three counties of Wuhuan and Liaodong, you should also send envoys across the Lelang Sea to let the Japanese see the might of our Hebei court and let them continue to pay tribute.”

“I heard that in the past few decades, the kings of Japan have been beauties on the island who are proficient in witchcraft. They serve the gods for life and are not allowed to marry.”

Gongsun Gong looked at Zhang Sui with a strange expression and said, “My lord, you can educate this king.”

“My Lord is their God.”

“The people of Japan are all barbarians.”

“It’s not a bad idea to let them do some slave work.”

Zhang Sui looked a little strange when he heard what Gongsun Gong said.

People really can’t empathize with each other.

The current people of Liaodong are also barbarians in the eyes of the Han people.

But in the eyes of Liaodong people, these Japanese people are not human beings.

However, we cannot ignore these Japanese people.

Thinking of the sins committed by the descendants of the Japanese in history, Zhang Sui looked at Zhang Liao and said, “Send a team of envoys to find a way to cross the sea and have the Queen of the Japanese come to Yecheng to offer sacrifices.”

“Also, we will control all the islands of Japan.”

“Don’t pass on too much technology.”

“As General Gongsun said, these people are the kind who eat raw meat and drink blood. They fear power but not virtue, and they have no gratitude.”

“You try your best to improve their skills, but they won’t be grateful to you. They may even think of fighting back and become your master, making you work like a slave for them.”

“It’s up to you to decide how to deal with it.”

“If they really don’t listen to teachings, it’s okay to punish them.”

“You should discuss everything with the ministers first. Once you have made a decision, send me a pigeon to report to Yecheng.”

(End of this chapter)