Even in the cold weapon age, the basis for judging whether a country is strong or not is not just the vastness of its territory and the number of its population.
Technical reserves are also one of the criteria for judging, and they account for a large proportion. The reason why Dali was able to become the Celestial Kingdom is that the level of almost all technologies is superior to other forces.
In order to maintain the leading position in national strength, Dali will also impose a technological blockade on other forces. Only technologies that have been eliminated will be judged and whether they will be allowed to be transmitted to the outside world.
If one secretly passes on technology without the permission of the imperial court, then the crime is almost equivalent to treason.
And this point is actually written in the law of Dali.
Among these countless technologies, the construction of houses and cities is naturally included.
Even more so, because the quality of city construction is directly related to a country's defense capabilities and is most directly linked to the country's strength, because the technology in this area is strictly controlled.
Although the original Goguryeo was barren, there was no shortage of rocks to build cities due to the numerous mountains.
However, among all the cities in the original Goguryeo, the most majestic was Khan City, which served as the capital. And even Khan City was not actually that big in scale among the cities in Dali.
This is true for Khan City as the capital, not to mention other cities in the original Goguryeo.
The bigger reason for the current situation is the technological gap in city construction between Dali and the original Goguryeo.
Eight days later.
When Emperor Xin led his immortal army to the southern border of the original Goguryeo and approached the last city, what he saw was a city like this.
Licheng.
As a border city to resist foreign enemies, although Licheng was larger than most cities in Goguryeo, it was still not as good as Khan City as the capital.
Its size is similar to that of Hu City, the first border city captured by the expeditionary force.
In the eyes of the Dali soldiers, this was just a small city. In the process of conquering the original Goguryeo, they were even more dismissive of such a city.
If a city of the same size were placed in Dali and equipped with Dali's technology, its defense capability would be at least twice as high.
In comparison, the defensive capabilities of these cities in the original Goguryeo were similar to those of a play house. All they could rely on was the geographical advantages, which prevented the siege armies from fully deploying their formations.
However, this point has little impact on the immortal army with God as its core sharp sword.
Since the army cannot form a position outside the city, all they have to do is wait until the god general opens the city gate and enters the city to fight.
A soldier came to Di Xin's side. Although he did not dismount and salute, he still said respectfully: "Your Highness."
Di Xin withdrew his gaze from Licheng in the distance and shifted it to the soldiers coming over.
He asked calmly: "How is the situation?"
The soldier shook his head slightly and replied: "The defenders in Licheng are unwilling to surrender. Park Gong is still trying to persuade them, but depending on the situation, the possibility of success is not high."
Di Xin nodded slightly, as if he was not surprised by this result.
Turning his attention back to the distant city wall of Licheng, Di Xin said: "Wait another quarter of an hour. If the defenders in the city still have no intention of surrender, we will launch a general attack."
"After traveling for so many days, it's time for the soldiers to exercise."
There was no expression on his face and his tone was still very calm, as if he just went for a walk to eat after eating.
The soldier did not raise any objection, but said with a little excitement: "Yes."
After holding it in for so many days, I can finally move my hands and feet.
When the armor-clad soldiers left with their orders, Di Xin's eyes never left the distant city wall of Licheng.
When he led his army to attack Khan City, the members of the original Goguryeo royal family surrendered in Kaicheng, and the deposed emperor signed a surrender letter. In name, Goguryeo already belonged to the territory of Dali.
However, this does not mean that the defenders elsewhere in the territory will also surrender.
After leaving Khan City, we continued southward until we reached Licheng, where there were three cities and two valleys where the original Goguryeo army had set up defense lines.
When Emperor Xin arrived with his troops, the defenders of only one city chose Kaesong to surrender after presenting a letter of surrender stamped with the jade seal of the former Goguryeo Emperor.
There was also a city and two valleys. It was only after Mr. Park personally came forward that the defenders dropped their resistance.
Emperor Xin did not stay much longer in those places. He only left a few civil servants and some soldiers from Jiande City as defenders, and then led his troops to leave again after a short rest.
Licheng is the third city and the last city.
As a border garrison to resist foreign enemies, the army's belief here was stronger than that of the garrison elsewhere. Therefore, even though Duke Park personally persuaded them with the surrender letter from the deposed emperor, they still did not choose to surrender.
Di Xin was not surprised by this.
Even in Dali, officials from all over the country would usually violate orders from the imperial court, not to mention this kind of surrender document with a hint of humiliation.
And not everyone is afraid of death.
In fact, the fact that the defenders in Licheng did not speak harshly to Park Gong was the last sign of respect for the members of the former Goguryeo royal family.
Of course, no one can tell clearly whether it is because of Park Gong's royal status or his innate status as a great master.
Similarly, Emperor Xin did not have any dissatisfaction with Pu Gong.
He did not order to prepare for the attack to urge Duke Park. He asked Duke Park to take action, originally to reduce the time for the army to attack the city, but if he continues to persuade him now, it would waste too much time and it would not be worthwhile in comparison.
After Duke Pu learned about King Yu's order, although he understood it, he still felt a sense of urgency.
He persuaded these people to surrender, not for fame and fortune, but because he wanted to fulfill the last obligation of the former royal family members and let more people who belonged to the original Goguryeo survive.
But it was obvious that the defenders in the city and Park Gong had different ideas.
This is a difference between stance and belief, and there is no question of who is right or wrong.
For a quarter of an hour, after still trying to persuade him to no avail, although Mr. Park was unwilling to do so, he could only give up and continue to do useless work after leaving a sentence of "take care of yourself".
However, although his persuasion was unsuccessful, it was impossible for him to attack his own people with the army of Dali.
After Duke Pu retreated, the army began to press closer to Licheng.
The final battle against Goguryeo is about to begin.