"I want to go to Lingzhou." Cui Tao said to Li Tan.
After Cui Tao resigned from Li Tan, he quickly completed the final work and sealed the account books, preparing to hand over the position of magistrate.
Seeing that Cui Tao was determined to leave, Li Tan had no choice but to select a player to take over Cui Tao's position as governor of Ganzhou and transfer Cui Tao to Lingzhou.
Lingzhou is a strategic location and a newly annexed area. Cui Tao embarked on the road to Lingzhou with great expectations.
After spending some time adjusting the internal affairs, Li Tan set his sights on Yuguan.
On February 15th, at this time, Cai Wenjing's 10,000 Fan Yang army was stationed in Yuguan.
Cai Wenjing was a close confidant of Fan Yang Jiedushi Shi Chaoyi and a famous general under Shi Chaoyi.
Cai Wenjing was patrolling the city wall with his soldiers. He was very strict in running the army, and his soldiers were very afraid of this iron-faced general.
Cai Wenjing asked the scout leader: "Is there any movement over there in Pinglu?"
The leader of the scouts said: "Wang Xuanzhi, the envoy of Pinglu, was a man of great talent and talent. After receiving the imperial envoy Jingjie from Pinglu, he spent the whole day having fun in the envoy's house, leaving all military and political affairs to his subordinates Hou Xiyi and Pang Ju."
Cai Wen nodded and said, "I know Hou Xiyi, but where did this Pang Ju come from?"
The leader of the scouts said: "Pang Ju is from Pinglu. He was originally just an ordinary soldier in the army. He made great contributions in overthrowing the rebellion of the previous Jiedushi. He was reused by Wang Xuanzhi and now serves as Pinglu Jiedushi and joins the army."
Cai Wenjing nodded and said: "They are just those who have betrayed their master and got lucky. If Wang Xuanzhi reuses these people, there really is no talent available in Pinglu Town."
When his subordinates heard what Cai Wenjing said, they all smiled. However, Cai Wenjing was strict in managing the army, and no one dared to laugh out loud.
Cai Wenjing said to his men: "The young marshal told us to prepare early."
At this moment, Cai Wenjing was surrounded by his trusted subordinates, and he said directly:
"I have received the order from the young marshal to start an uprising in the middle of this month! After the young marshal's uprising, we will go out of Yuguan and attack Pinglu City to eradicate Wang Xuanzhi, the traitor who killed his master and became a self-reliant traitor!"
All the soldiers became excited, and finally another battle was about to be fought.
The vassal system of the three towns in the north is a military system in which everything is based on military merit.
Ordinary soldiers can get rewards only by fighting in wars, officers can be promoted by fighting in wars, and generals can only be promoted to Jiedushi by fighting in wars.
It can be said that from bottom to top, all members of the army are looking forward to fighting.
The military system established by An Lushan was a fanatical pursuit of military glory from bottom to top.
Once such a system fails to expand, or the upper management fails to fulfill the promised military rewards, it will naturally collapse and disintegrate.
The Anlushan Rebellion, although there was a conflict between Anlushan himself and the central court, was also inevitable for the expansion of the demand for this military merit system.
Since Shi Siming and his son surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers in Taiyuan and Fan Yang have lost the opportunity to make contributions, and internal conflicts have accumulated more and more.
Cai Wenjing naturally understood this. He relied on discipline and his own prestige to suppress these arrogant and powerful generals, but this was not a long-term solution.
Shi Chaoyi asked Cai Wenjing to lead heavy troops to garrison in Yuguan, which was also a signal to his own group to annex Pinglu. …
Pinglu Town has always been outside the two towns among the three towns in Hedong, because the severe cold outside the pass is completely different from the living habits of the two towns in Fanyang and Taiyuan.
The annexation of Pinglu Town has reached a consensus among Fan Yang and his subordinates. Only by capturing Pinglu Town can Fan Yang's soldiers gain more military merits and more rewards can be given to the soldiers.
After Cai Wenjing finished his inspection, he felt a little uneasy.
Yuguan is naturally dangerous, and these 10,000 of our soldiers are all Fan Yang's elites. Attacking Pinglu from Yuguan can be both offensive and defensive. Even if the battle fails, we can just retreat to Yuguan.
Cai Wenjing couldn't figure out why he was uneasy. After inspecting the north and south city walls, he came to the low wall on the east side by the sea.
Yuguan is surrounded by mountains and sea, with rolling mountains to the west and the strait to the east.
There is only a small beach below the strait, which is blocked by this shorter city wall.
Called a low wall, this city wall is taller than the general pass walls, but it is not as thick as the north and south walls.
When Yuguan was designed, it was to prevent Goguryeo from attacking, and Goguryeo also had ships. In order to prevent enemies from attacking from the sea, iron cables were pulled along the coast.
These iron cables can block ships from approaching the city wall along the coast. If you use a small boat to approach the city wall, you will be attacked by archers.
The shallow beach cannot accommodate siege equipment at all, so this design eliminates the possibility of attacking from the sea.
Cai Wenjing looked at the seagulls preying at low altitude on the sea, and suppressed the uneasiness in his heart. He wondered if he was getting old, why was he becoming suspicious?
Cai Wenjing finished finding the way again and returned to his barracks. Unknown to Cai Wenjing, a fleet was sailing quietly on the sea near Yuguan.
An Xiyu worked hard to gather 10,000 civilians, plus 2,000 soldiers from North Silla Province, all gathered at Nampo Port.
Just when An Xiyu couldn't help but ask Su Xing how the Tang Dynasty was going to transport these people away, his scouts ran to An Xiyu and knelt down in front of An Xiyu and shouted: "Ship! Governor! Ship!"
An Xiyu looked up and saw densely packed ships outside Nanpu Port. There were hundreds of ships appearing on the sparkling sea.
An Xiyu and his son An Shougui were stunned as they watched hundreds of competing fleets enter Nanpu Harbor. The father and son looked at each other, and both saw the joy in each other's eyes.
The only good thing to be thankful for is that there was no dispute with the Tang Dynasty. If he hadn't knelt down quickly enough, these fleets would have been enough to defeat Silla!
Silla is also a major maritime trade country, and there are many ships in Incheon Port.
But so many ships appeared outside the port at once, and the sense of oppression was terrifying. Only the Tang Dynasty could mobilize so many fleets at once.
It's just that the An family and his son didn't know that these ships belonged to the Bohai Kingdom and were completely deceived by Fang Guoshou.
Su Xing looked at the Bohai Kingdom's fleet. With so much good wood, they could only build ships that could only sail offshore. It was such a pity!
If these timbers can be given to Su Xing, he is confident that he can build another fleet of clipper ships and dominate the Northeast Asian trade! …
It's a pity that the drying wood in the Nanpu Port dock can only build ten standard clipper ships with a length of 30 meters at most. Although there is a lot of wood in the north, if you want to build a large ship that can sail on the ocean, it is still difficult.
The wood needs to be dried.
It is no wonder that the armadas of wooden sailing ships in history, whether it was the Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch fleet, gave up the throne of the maritime power after a heavy damage, because once the wooden sailing ships were lost, it would take a long time to replenish them.
After the steel ships are launched, shipbuilding can be carried out like dumplings like during World War II. By then, wooden sailing ships will have completely withdrawn from the stage of history.
But in this era, wooden boats are still the best technical route!
After Su Xing was ready to return to Dahang City, he asked people to cut down the best trees to make a stockyard, and began to dry the wood to prepare for the big ship!
On the Bohai Kingdom's fleet, accompanying Fang Guoshou was Bohai Prince Da Honglin, who stood beside Fang Guoshou. Bohai State Prime Minister Gao Yangbi stood on the other side. Looking at the dense crowd at Nanpu Port, Gao Yangbi took a breath.
Before setting off, Bohai Prince Da Honglin and Bohai Prime Minister Gao Yangbi were held by the king's hands and told to hold the fleet in their hands. This time, they must hide behind to assist Datang and not consume Bohai's strength.
Gao Yangbi originally thought this was a simple task, but unexpectedly he underestimated the personal charm of Fang Guoshou, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty.
Fang Guoshou's rich knowledge and wise conversation instantly made the prince Da Honglin, who admired the culture of the Tang Dynasty, admire him to the point of admiration.
There is nothing that Fang Guoshou does not understand about mountains and rivers, geography, history and politics.
As for the problems in Bohai, Fang Guoshou's answers to them by quoting scriptures gave the young Prince of Bohai a sudden enlightenment. Along the way, Da Honglin almost wanted to worship Fang Guoshou as his teacher.
Not to mention Da Honglin, even Gao Yangbi wanted to become a disciple of a great Confucian like Fang Guoshou.
In addition to his rich knowledge, Fang Guoshou corrected the sailing direction of the fleet several times. His rich navigation knowledge also made the captain of the flagship respect him.
What surprised the Bohai people the most was that Fang Guoshou accurately predicted the storms at sea several times. Now Da Honglin almost believed that Fang Guoshou was the reincarnation of Zhuge Wuhou.
While sailing around the peninsula, Fang Guoshou suddenly approached Da Honglin and asked the fleet to dock at Nanpu Port.
Dock at Silla's wharf? Although Bohae and Silla have trade relations, can Silla dock with so many fleets?
Da Honglin soon realized that he was wrong. The Silla people had already prepared docks and supplies to welcome the fleet to dock.
The influence of the Tang Dynasty was too great! Even the Silla Kingdom could be affected. Da Honglin once again had the idea that he should not be an enemy of the Tang Dynasty.
He has forgotten his father's instructions, and this time he must contribute to Tang Dynasty's charge into battle!
Silla also had a merchant fleet! If Datang supported Silla and did business with Silla’s fleet, what would Bohai do?
Da Honglin made up his mind, this time he must not paddle, but he must not be outmatched by the Silla people!
When An Xiyu, the governor of North Silla Province, found out that this huge fleet was from Bohae, he was inexplicably horrified.
Unexpectedly, the people of Bohai turned to the Tang Dynasty so completely! They even handed over all their family wealth to the Tang Dynasty!
For some reason, An Xiyu felt that he was sorry for the Tang Dynasty by only raising 10,000 people. If he had known better, he would not have bargained with the price. He had to sell iron to get the 20,000 people that the Tang Dynasty asked for!
But there was no point regretting it now. An Xiyu quickly called his son An Shougui and warned:
"When you go to Dahang City, you must supervise the work of the people. I will continue to recruit people in the North Road for my father. We in Silla cannot be compared with the Bohai people. We are the most loyal vassal state to the Tang Dynasty!"