Although Andong Prefecture governs Jili County, the most prosperous place is undoubtedly Lushun.
At least, while other places were still a rural scene, Lushun had developed a business line, with more than a dozen shops scattered here and there, selling miscellaneous daily necessities.
Commercial exchange is indeed something deeply rooted in human beings.
Lushun County currently does not have a city wall, or a complete city wall. The task of clearing land is too heavy, and there are frequent military trainings. So far, only a small section has been built. And just outside this small section of the city wall, there are dozens of iron smelting workshops.
They were lined up in a row, and the fires were burning all night long, making all kinds of weapons and armor.
After the grain harvest increased day by day, Anton Mansion was also trying to make its own soldiers and armors to reduce the cost of material transportation.
In addition to blacksmiths, there are also some carpenters.
The origins of these carpenters are very strange. They all come from vassal towns in the south, such as Jingnan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and even Fujian.
To claim vassalage in the new dynasty, of course, craftsmen must be sent to Luo for duty. However, Shao Shude assigned some carpenters to Anton Mansion and ordered them to serve here for two years, each with several apprentices to expand the local talent pool.
The main work of the carpenters recently is to manufacture sidecars. This started in March, and so far hundreds of them have been completed, as well as more baggage and grain cars.
Liu E arrived at the carpenters' camp early in the morning.
He carefully looked at these sidecars, and even boarded one, used a spear to show it, and found that it was quite convenient to kill the enemy, and smiled with satisfaction.
The sidecar is actually a movable bunker, which is very effective against cavalry, especially nomads who only have cavalry and lack high-quality infantry.
Malong's sidecar convoy set out from Luoyang and fought thousands of miles along the way. The epic battle that broke through the heavy siege of the Japanese cavalry has proven its effectiveness.
This kind of car has no fixed shape, as long as you know its principle. Lushun's new sidecar is about three hundred pounds, and each car is equipped with two long-hands, two swordsmen, and two riflemen.
, suitable for both near and far, even the heavy cavalry can't attack, let alone the light cavalry archers. In front of the infantry and bows, they will be killed.
Of course, any equipment and any tactics must ultimately be executed by people. Ma Long recruited three thousand warriors. If they were all hastily trained peasant soldiers, it was obviously impossible to go deep into Liangzhou alone and defeat the enemy's cavalry. But this would be possible
, the most indispensable thing in the world is skilled warriors who dare to fight and fight. As long as cars are built, people will not be a problem.
General Wang seemed a little worried. After trying out the new car, Liu E looked at Wang Yanzhang, the envoy of the capital city who had come with him, and asked.
Wang Yanzhang was straight-tempered and didn't want to beat around the bush, so he asked: "The side carriage formation has a fatal weakness, which can be easily defeated by a large group of infantry. King Zhao's strategy is a bit risky."
In fact, sidecars don't pick up the terrain very much. Liaodong is a wild wilderness, unlike the Central Plains, which is full of ditches and fields. As long as you don't take mountain roads, marching is not too difficult, and you just have to go slower.
The real trouble is that once the long and flat vehicle formation encounters well-trained infantry during the march, it is easy to be cut off at the waist, and the head and tail cannot look at each other.
To put it bluntly, it is just bullying the legged cavalry on the grassland. It bullies you that you cannot fight on foot and cannot break the interception of the long swordsmen, swordsmen and infantry archers on the car. You cavalry and archery cannot defeat the infantry bows on my car.
, crossbows, can't defeat well-trained infantry soldiers in close combat. If they continue to carry enough food and supplies for three years like Ma Long, then there is really no choice but to watch them continue to advance and fight for thousands of miles.
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But what if the enemy has elite infantry? This tactic will be broken, or it will be greatly threatened. It is actually quite difficult to choose.
Does the Khitan have infantry? Liu E asked.
Yes. Wang Yanzhang said with certainty: I have fought against them, and they are very good at fighting. They were brought there by Liu Rengong and the Gao brothers. Later, they were supplemented by some Bohai people, and they have been trained rigorously.
To put it simply, the Youzhou soldiers who were dissatisfied with Li Keyong ran north and defected to the Khitan, bringing them the first and second professional infantry units.
Can these people be recruited and surrendered? Liu E thought for a while and asked.
King Zhao thought it was okay.
Wang Yanzhang said: But I don’t think everything can be pinned on the enemy.
In fact, it is not that scary. Liu E said: We are accompanied by cavalry, so we are not so passive. Furthermore, with the carriages separated by the sun, the Khitan infantry may not be able to break through our carriage formation. As long as we are united and dare to fight to the death, Xu Xiahou
Can people like Liu Rengong really succeed in getting rewards? I don’t think so.
Wang Yanzhang was silent for a long time, and finally figured it out. After all, he still had to fight the battle on his own, and before fighting, it was all just guesswork, and he could only wait until then.
After leaving the base of the city wall, Wang Yanzhang returned to his troops' station.
He is the governor of the capital, in charge of the cavalry. Most of the initial troops were recruited and strengthened from various motley armies. After more than a year of fighting, there have been many new faces among his subordinates, who are basically soldiers recruited locally.
Most of them were people, mainly Goguryeo people, and the whole army had a total of more than 2,000 cavalry.
Wang Tiejian's reputation has gradually spread beyond the Anton Mansion, because he killed Khitan chieftains many times and even captured several people alive, making him famous.
In the Khitan pastureland in western Liaoning, the herdsmen would look embarrassed whenever they heard about a fight with Wang Tiegiang. This man was really too fierce. Putting Wang Yanzhang in the position of commander-in-chief of the army would be irresponsible to his own people.
, if he is used as a vanguard general, it will be very suitable.
After inspecting the camp, he took the horse to the river to wash it.
There were many new Weibo people washing clothes on both sides of the river. Wang Yanzhang glanced at them casually and was stunned.
He threw the iron gun to the soldiers and strode forward.
He walked faster and faster, and finally almost rushed until he stood in front of someone.
The man also noticed Wang Yanzhang, immediately covered his face with his sleeves, held his head and walked away.
Wang Yanzhang grabbed his arm and whispered: But Jing Sima?
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On June 26, more than 20 ships entered the port one after another.
Because the first batch of 800 households of Beizhou immigrants had almost rested, Anton ordered the army to march northward, and the Longwu Army sent Liu Guo to lead 3,000 people to escort the Wei people and a large number of military supplies northward.
They deliberately took a detour, passing through Pinghai and Dongping counties, and arrived at Jili County ten days later.
Of the 800 households to be immigrated, half of them were divided into Lushun, with 200 households each in Pinghai and Dongping counties. About 700 newly arrived households were allocated to 300 households in Lushun, with 100 households each in Pinghai, Dongping, Jili, and Shiwang counties.
After arriving in Jili County, Liu E received some supplies and then headed north to the former Jian'an City of Goguryeo.
Liu E visited this area once last year, and this is his second visit.
Jian'an City was located on the ridge of Shicheng Mountain in front of Gaolicheng Village, Qingshiling Town, northeast of Gaizhou City.
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During the Goguryeo era, the western boundary of its territorial scope was the Liaohe River. In other words, the eastern part of Liaoning Province was under the jurisdiction of Goguryeo in later generations.
The western part of this area is the Liaohe River alluvial plain, which has abundant rainfall and long sunshine hours, which is conducive to farming. It has been well developed in the Goguryeo era. The eastern part is the Changbai Mountain System, with high mountains and dense forests, steep terrain, many mountains and canyons, and lack of continuous
The plains are not unavailable for farming, but they are really not as good as the Liaohe Plain to the west.
Another feature of the mountainous areas in Liaoning is that it is very rich in groundwater. There are often many springs high in the mountains. The higher the altitude, the higher the mountain spring water. There are many gneiss, granite, limestone, and the terrain is also very steep.
There are many vertical cliffs, which are very dangerous.
It is precisely because of this geographical feature that during the Goguryeo era, in addition to building the Thousand Miles of Great Wall on the east bank of the Daliao River (Liao River), extensive mountain fortresses were also built to control traffic routes.
There are twelve most famous and important mountain cities, Jili and Beisha are among them. Now they are all under the control of the Xia army and serve as the county seats of Jili and Pinghai counties respectively.
In fact, the same goes for Shicheng, but the Xia people don't like it. They prefer the seaport.
The Jian'an City that Liu E has arrived at now is also a very typical mountain city - the power of the Bohai people has since faded, and the Khitan people do not like to live in mountain cities, let alone defend the city, so no one has ever occupied it, and they fell at this time.
It fell into the hands of Long Wujun.
In the former Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty attacked Goryeo. There were three major battles in Jian'an, Xincheng, and Guzhi, and more than 40,000 people were beheaded.
Liu Guo stroked the city wall, which was made of a mixture of earth and stone, as if he was reminiscing about the war and iron horses of more than two hundred years ago.
The person who left his name under Jian'an City should be Zhang Liang. His army landed from Denglai Fuhai, first defeated Bisha City, and then attacked Jian'an, winning consecutive battles.
Jian'an City has a circumference of about ten miles and is in the shape of an irregular rectangle. The city wall is made of earth and stone. It has been weathered by wind and rain, and most of it still remains.
Inside the city is a large basin. There is a mountain in the center of the basin, called Jindian Mountain. The top of the mountain is flat, with stone steps leading up to it, and some architectural ruins remain.
There is an earth embankment in the north of Jindian Mountain, and there is a gap in the embankment. The mountain water flows through it, forming a small lake near the west gate, called Yin Mawan.
There are three city gates in Jian'an City, and there are three city gates in Jian'an Cheng'an, the first east gate and the second west gate. There is also a water gate between the two west gates, which can pass ships.
The sergeants have already entered the city one after another. The city is vast, and after all the sidecars, baggage carriages, and grain and supplies are piled in, it doesn't feel crowded at all.
There are ruins of houses everywhere in the city. Broken porcelain and tiles can be seen as far as the eye can see, stone mortars have been turned to the ground, rotten stirrups, and rusty iron armor can be seen everywhere. All of these are telling the new conquerors that Jian'an City
A high-level civilization once existed in Sakon, but it has now been lost in the dust of history.
In the former Tang Dynasty, the Jian'an Prefecture Governor's Mansion was located here... Liu E picked up a rusty horizontal knife from the ground, and many thoughts arose in his heart.
The mountain city really has the characteristics of Goguryeo. Liu E looked up at Jindian Mountain and then at the river at the foot of the mountain.
There is actually wasteland in Jian'an City that can be reclaimed and food can be grown, although the area is very small.
Who would have thought that there is a river, fields, and a city on the top of the mountain. If Ma Di was guarding this kind of mountain city, would it still be so miserable?
Send a message to King Zhao, Fu Dutou, and Du Fuyin that our troops have built Anshan City and controlled the highway. Please send food, grass and military supplies quickly. Liu E turned around and ordered.
The messenger repeated the order, got on his horse and left.
The scouts went out in all directions to search north. Liu E issued another order.
More than a hundred miles north of Jian'an Mountain City, there is another mountain city, Anshi City.
The further north you go, the greater the possibility of encountering Khitan people, which should not be ignored.
