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Chapter 489 Lord of the North

Xi, not counting a country, is at most a large tribe, mainly engaged in hunting and animal husbandry, with a small amount of farmland, and a very small territory, which is located between several rivers in the north, including Chengde City, Hebei Province.

To the northeast of Xi, there are two large tribes, one is called Xi (xi), and their territory is in the Zalut Banner, Horqin Right Middle Banner, and Bahrain Right Banner, which is another species of the Xiongnu.

The other one is the Khitan, whose territory is in Chifeng City, Tongliao City, and Baicheng City in Inner Mongolia. They belong to the same ethnic group as Xi but from different tribes. Xi is a descendant of the Yuwen tribe of the Xianbei tribe, and the Khitan is a descendant of other tribes of the Xianbei tribe.

The Xi, Qin, and Khitan were three nomadic tribes separated between the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo, and they basically had no say.

Whether it is the Sui army or the Goguryeo army, it can be said that they can pass through their territory at any time, but they don't dare to fart.

The main reason why the Sui Dynasty looked down on these three places, but wanted to criticize Goguryeo, is that the difference between nomadic people and farming civilization, in the impression of Central Plains people, is that any farming society is my land, and I don’t

If we take it down, the country will not be unified.

In fact, Goguryeo did belong to the Central Plains dynasty during the Han Dynasty. Yang Guang wanted to own the land owned by the Han Dynasty, but as a nomad, the Central Plains people would feel that they are two different types of people from me and cannot communicate with each other.

The Goguryeo army that entered the Xi tribe's territory this time was led by Gao Jianming, the cousin of the King of Goguryeo, and had six thousand light cavalry. Such an army could be considered a great threat, and it was only two hundred miles away from Yuyang County.

Gao Jianming comes from Fuyu City. The current highest official in Fuyu City is called Yeosa, which is equivalent to the local general manager in the Sui Dynasty. He is similar to the governor of a certain area and is also the leader of the tribe. There are only five Yeosa in Goguryeo, and they are all from the royal family.

member.

The royal family of Goguryeo was composed of Fuyu people and was divided into five major tribes: Juanu tribe (west), Juonu tribe (north), Shunnu tribe (east), Guannu tribe (south), and Guilou tribe (Huang tribe)

Yeosak of Buyeo City is the leader of the Jeonnu tribe, and can also be called the Lord of the North. He is the father of Gao Jianming and the younger brother of the previous Goguryeo king, Gao Yangcheng, Gao Daozong.

Gao Jianming entered Xi this time with light cavalry in order to disrupt the Sui march. He would definitely not go further south. To the south were Zhuo County, Yuyang County and Beiping County. There were already heavy troops stationed there.

It's just death.

It is very difficult for the Great Sui Dynasty to defeat you, and it is even more difficult for you to defeat the Great Sui Dynasty. Six thousand Qingqi are not enough for the current Zhuojun.

Wei Yunqi, after receiving the news from the scouts, ordered his general Fan Shiye to lead 4,000 light cavalry into Yuyang County, and then go north into Xi, responsible for driving away Gao Jianming's cavalry.

The two cavalry armies were chasing each other in the territory of Xi, Ping, and Khitan. In the end, Fan Shiye couldn't catch up with each other. In addition, the food and grass he carried was about to be exhausted, so he had no choice but to lead his troops back.

As for Linyu Pass, only three or two out of ten scouts were sent back. However, these people who came back still brought back a lot of useful information. The Goguryeo army at Banghai Road was more like a military and civilian army.

The miscellaneous army set up various obstacles along the way, especially sprinkling iron pear on some easy-to-march roads, to hinder the army from moving eastward in the future.

The iron pear is composed of four protruding iron thorns. It is as big as a palm and difficult to find when thrown on the ground. It is specially used to prick horseshoes.

"The iron pear can only achieve miraculous effects when it is unexpected. Now the enemy is blatantly spreading it, intending to hinder the march of our army. It seems that Fanbang is not ready yet, so they want to delay our army's eastward march. .”

Wei Baoluan, the governor of Zhuojun, said: "Deng Hao, the governor of Liaodong, and Yang Linfu, the governor of Liucheng, have sent out border soldiers to clean up. If they can't be cleaned up, it will be a big trouble for us."

The prefect of Liaodong is Deng Hao, the prefect of Yan County is Wei Yunqi in name but actually under the concurrent supervision of Deng Hao, and the prefect of Liucheng is Yang Linfu. These three places are located to the north of Banghai Road and among the major branches of the Yanshan Mountains. It overlooks the Liaoxi Corridor from north to south, and it used to belong to Youzhou.

These three counties belong to Bianguan County. Most of the people in the territory are small people who migrated inland at the end of Suzhou. They belong to the mixed area of ​​Hu and Han. Liucheng County has only one county, Liucheng, Yan County has only Yan County, and Liaodong County has only Tongding Town.

Originally, there was a Liaoxi County between Yan County and Liaodong County, which had three towns: Liaoxi, Luhe, and Huaiyuan. However, these three towns did not send any officials. The towns were all inhabited by Northeastern tribesmen. During the Sui Dynasty, It doesn't matter at all.

A town is not a township. The garrison of troops as a town means suppression. This refers to a border military town.

Wei Yunqi's current identity is the commander-in-chief of Zhuojun's soldiers and horses, which is basically equivalent to the former general manager of Youzhou. He has the power to control the governors of the three counties.

Just listen to him say: "Send a message to Deng Hao and Yang Linfu, and do your best to clear the obstacles and not delay the march of the army."

After saying that, he looked at Wei Baoluan and said, "Which troop will be the first to arrive at Zhuojun?"

Wei Baoluan said: "It should be Xue Shixiong and Jing Yuanheng's troops from the Eastern Route Army in charge of the General Guards. They were the first batch to use the canal."

Wei Yunqi nodded, looked at He Chou and said with a smile: "When General Manager Xue and General Manager Jing arrive, they will cooperate with you and head to Liaohe River to prepare for the construction of the bridge."

Wei Yunqi's current power is not small, but he still has to be polite to He Chou, because he is the minister of the Taifu Temple, which is equivalent to a temporary temple chief assigned to the local area, and is higher than him.

Xue Shixiong and Jing Yuanheng's troops, with a combined number of nearly 70,000 people, can fully afford the task of building a pontoon bridge.

But He Chou smiled and shook his head, saying: "It's not that I don't want to, but His Majesty intends for the armies to march at the same time. Although there is no such intention at the moment, you and I know very well that the two managers, Xue and Jing, will not listen to you."

Wei Yunqi suddenly frowned. He knew clearly in his heart that the emperor intended to gather troops and horses in Zhuojun, and then attack in one fell swoop in the spring of next year.

But the actual situation is that if you don’t take advantage of the cold winter months to quickly build the pontoon bridge and wait until the spring of next year to repair it, then it will be too hasty, right?

From Wei Yunqi's point of view, Xue Shixiong and Jing Yuanheng's troops could set out first and station themselves in the four towns of western Liaoning, Luhe, Huaiyuan, and Tongding, prepare early for building bridges, and confront Liaodong City on the other side across the river.

In this way, the entire Banghai Road will be completely under the control of our army, unlike now, when the enemy is actually throwing iron pears?

And it’s not that Wei Yunqi didn’t want to send troops to drive them away. If you drive them away, they will run away. When you leave, they will come again. It’s a lot of trouble going back and forth. The best way is to garrison four military towns early. Unfortunately, as He Chong was doing,

He said that he could not control Xue Shixiong and Jing Yuanheng.

Wei Yunqi looked helplessly at Wei Baoluan and said: "Although Your Majesty has not made it clear, I have heard for a long time that the army will converge on Zhuojun and set off at the same time. However, if the pontoon bridge is built next spring, it may delay the military aircraft.

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"Don't talk nonsense. The war hasn't started yet. Where are the military planes coming from?" Wei Baoluan said with a smile.

Wei Yunqi was stunned and said: "Gao Jianming is making fun of him, the Khitans are running around, and there is that Zhongshi Wei on Banghai Road. Doesn't this count as military intelligence?"

Zhong Shiwei is the Damoda of Liaodong City, Damoda can be understood as the general.

The official title of the chief official of Liaodong City is called Lu Jinzhi, which basically means the governor of a state or the governor of a county. It can also be called the envoy. The envoy of Liaodong is called Yi Lid, but he can't control the defense of Liaodong.

The person in charge of the garrison of Liaodong City was Gao Yuan's younger brother Gao Jianwu.

Gao Jianwu would fight the first battle in Liaodong and the Sui Dynasty.

Wei Baoluan smiled and said: "The edict to seek Goguryeo has not been issued yet, so in name we have not fallen out with Goguryeo yet, how can you fight?"

Wei Yunqi looked deflated, took a kettle and drank a few sips, saying:

"An army of one million will arrive one after another. They will be crowded into a small area like Zhuo County and eat what the horses chew. How much food and grass will be wasted? Why can't the vanguard army be sent out earlier?"

"The vanguard army has been decided, and it's Li Jing, but he hasn't arrived yet. His Majesty asked him to be the vanguard, but he hasn't arrived yet, how can we fight?" Wei Baoluan smiled again and said, he felt that he, a brother of the same race, was a good man in the army.

, this political consciousness is really not good enough.

Whoever the emperor said was the vanguard was the one, even if he was the last one to arrive, he still had to be the vanguard.

Wei Yunqi was completely helpless. This was completely out of order. Why did we have to pick a date for the war? People have already provoked them to the doorstep. I can't move?

In normal times, he can move, which is called the duty of garrison, but now, he can't move, because the emperor wants to personally conquer. What is a personal expedition? If you start a fight before I arrive, is that still called a personal expedition?

"What should we do? Do nothing now?" Wei Yunqi asked.

Wei Baoluan nodded, looked at He Chou and said, "He Taifu's river crossing matters must be properly prepared. The Liao River has also been measured. You can't make any mistakes here."

He Chou said: "There are many difficulties, but I will overcome them."

He already has a topographic map near Liao River, and has also chosen the location for erecting pontoons. A total of two pontoons will be built, and a hundred and thirty boats will be used. But he knows that the design you have on paper will be different from the actual construction operation.

, the difference is huge.

So he was under a lot of pressure.

Historically, after Yu Wenkai fell off the chain, he wiped his butt. This is not to say that he is better than Yu Wenkai, but that Yu Wenkai has already given him a practical operation, so when he takes over again, it will be easy to handle.

After all, Yu Wenkai is actually three meters shorter.

He Chou is currently shouldering this arduous task alone. It is impossible for him not to be nervous. If, according to what Wei Yunqi just said, the army enters the four towns early, then he can go to the Liashui River to conduct on-the-spot investigation and research in person.

A perfect plan.

It's a pity that he didn't have this opportunity.

At this time, a decree from Luoyang was sent, and the emperor told Wei Yunqi to stay put and send only reconnaissance rangers to pay attention to the enemy's movements at all times. If there is any military information, he would report it separately.

Wei Yun became wilted, took a sip of hot water from his clan brother Wei Baoluan, and sighed:

"Send a message to the border garrison generals. Without my general order, they are not allowed to leave their posts at any time."

Wei Baoluan smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Just wait and see."


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