Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1400 Hunting
"This is the side wall." Zhang Quanen pointed at the northern border of Huangling County with a whip.

Huangling County is near Jiamusi in later generations, and it belongs to the county of Bentieli Prefecture, and it is here today.

In the southeast of Huangling County, there is also Mishan County, which was established after the merger of Yizhou and Heizhou. It is named after Honey Mountain, and it is also the newly established Mengzhou Prefecture.

Tieli Prefecture and Dongping Prefecture used to govern eleven prefectures and more than thirty counties, but now they are abolished and merged into five counties, namely Mishan, Yilan, Huangling, and Haixi (formerly Tuozhou, located on the west bank of Xingkai Lake, the specific location is unknown) Kao, when in Russia), Boli (now north of Boli County).

In the five counties of Mengzhou, after relocating [-] households from Hebei, there are currently more than [-] registered households.It can be seen that even if the newcomers from Hebei are deducted, there are still quite a lot of household registrations in the eleven prefectures of Tieli Mansion and Dongping Mansion, with [-] to [-] people, and this is the number after being burned, killed and looted by Heishui Mohe. Originally more.

The hukou differences within the five counties of Mengzhou are actually quite large.Mishan and Haixi near Meituo Lake have prosperous household registrations, but the counties near the border walls such as Huangling and Yilan are sparsely populated.

Like Yilan County, if not for the resettlement of more than a thousand households of Hebei people, this place would only have a few hundred households.

In Huangling County, after [-] households from Hebei were stuffed, it barely reached [-] households.

It is a bit unbelievable for people who are used to the huge household registration in the Central Plains to set up a county with hundreds of households.But this is the truth. Bohai Guoming has a population of more than 100 million on the surface, and its strength is limited. It has been developed for more than a hundred years, and it is like this.

What's more, this is the side wall——

Zhang Quanyi rode his horse and approached, looked at the so-called side wall like a dog chewing on it, and frowned in thought.

It is said to be a side wall, but it is actually a row of wooden fences.The area north of the wooden fence, extending to both sides of the Black River, is the territory of the Mohe people.

The Mohe people have a tradition of going south to plunder beyond the border wall.A thin wooden fence could not stop the footsteps of the Mohe people, but the two prefectures of Dongping and Anyuan were important food producing areas, and it was impossible for the people of Bohai to give up, so they saw repeatedly inside and outside the side wall.

When the Bohai Sea was strong, they crossed the wall and went north to crusade against Heishui Mohe. The farthest time even crossed Heishui and went deep into the north bank for more than a hundred miles.

When the Bohai Sea was weakened, the Mohe people went south, nibbling away at every step.Because this is their homeland, it is warmer and more fertile, and it is only natural to take it back.

Zhang Quanyi reckoned that if Daxia did not come to attack Bohai, the Mohe people would slowly recover their homeland sooner or later, and the Bohai people would not be able to stop them.

Even if Khitan conquered Bohai Sea, with their strength and vision, they may control the core areas like Wujing, but Dongping and Anyuan prefectures may not be sure, and they may give up half-heartedly and admit the Mohe people's rule over the local area. And restrain it.

This seems to be no problem, but once they weaken, they will be beaten by the Mohe people like Bohai, and eventually they will lose the entire old place of Bohai, and they will not even be able to keep their hometown.

Oh, by the way, they are no longer called Mohe people.

The sage has just lowered the German tone, and the people of the registered households of the Bohai State are called Bohai people, and the words "milk end Mohe" are strictly prohibited.

The Mohe tribe that moved inland after being conquered by the Bohai people is called Mohe.

The Mohe tribe ruled by Jumi outside the jurisdiction of Bohai Zhengzhou is called Jurchen.

The two titles distinguish Shengfan from Shufan, and it seems that they are going to do something to Shufan, or compile them into Qimin, or demote them to trilogy. In short, they must be digested slowly, and they cannot be ignored like the Bohai people. .

"This broken fence can't stand my feet." Jiang Xuanhui got off his horse, kicked the decayed side wall, and said with a smile.

Zhang Quanyi and Zhang Quanen also laughed.

Building walls is probably something that all grammatical courts love to do.

The Goguryeo people built the Great Wall to keep Xianbei and Khitan away.

The people of Bohai repaired the side wall to resist the black water.

The essence is one thing, to prevent you from small-scale harassment.

This kind of small-scale harassment and encroachment is the most annoying. It is worth sending out a large army to conquer, because the local population is sparsely populated, there is a lack of supplies, and the cost of long-distance transportation is too high to be worth it.Not mobilizing an army to conquer is connivance, which will make people's territory and population continue to grow, and eventually become a serious problem.

But is trimming the sidewall really the best solution?Not necessarily.The Bohai people built the side wall for more than a hundred years, but now it can't stop the Jurchens.

From Zhang Quanyi's point of view, this is actually a rare opportunity for the Jurchen ministries to rise up.More than a hundred years ago, they were broken by the continuous northward march of the Bohai people. Now that Bohai has finally weakened and even collapsed, if they don’t come to recover their homeland, when will they wait?

If the new conquerors who destroyed the Bohai Kingdom are "confused" and think that the Fujie, Tieli, Dongping, Anyuan, Huaiyuan, Anbian, Lili, and Suibin prefectures are worthless, if they give them all, then they will make a lot of money overnight. Restore the peak state of more than a hundred years ago, and even recover some interest.

With such huge benefits, would you take a gamble?
Don’t you want the rice fields on both sides of Meituo Lake?

Don't Anbian and Theorem, who have a lot of catch and prey, want it?

Tie Li Mansion, which is rich in copper and iron, doesn't want it?
Don't you want the land of raising horses?

It's all their homeland. The Bohai people have developed it. Wouldn't it be nice to take it over?
They have already placed their bets, and the Great Xia court has also placed their bets...

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On the high hills, a large group of banners suddenly appeared.

Dou Jin at the head of Huazhou Dongcheng City let out a long sigh of relief.

At the end of August, he brought [-] soldiers from Longyuan Mansion to the north and arrived at Suibin Mansion. When he learned that the governor, governor and others were all killed in battle, that Yizhou was occupied by bandits, and that Huazhou was in danger, he repeatedly sent envoys to Shangjing , Tokyo, request reinforcements.

After waiting for half a month, the reinforcements finally arrived—but, it turned out to be the saint himself.

The Jurchen Rangers who were active outside the city also noticed the arrival of the reinforcements and rode away one after another.

Some Xia army cavalry rushed down from the hill, chasing wildly with whips, shouting and shouting.

"Get out of the city, work harder!" Without hesitation, Dou Jin ordered [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, opened the city gate, and rushed out.

Five hundred cavalrymen chased in the direction where the Jurchens were fleeing, and two thousand infantrymen lined up outside the city.

After a while, more than a hundred riders rushed to the city.

Yang Sheng, the governor of the Tiande army, looked at Dou Jin and said: "The sage has a virtuous voice, and Dou Jin went north alone to turn the tide and keep Huazhou intact. Let them gather the remnants of the soldiers, comfort the scholars and the people, and wait for the opportunity to attack and rebel against the subordinates of Jurchen."

"I obey the order." Dou Jin bowed in response.

After the salute, he asked again: "I wonder when the sage will come to Huazhou?"

"Soon." Yang Sheng said: "You guard Huazhou first, prepare food and grass, and the saint will arrive at night at the latest. I don't have time to argue with you, so I will chase the enemy away."

After finishing speaking, he really waved his horsewhip and left without any intention of stopping.

On the hill, the infantry of the Tiande Army rushed down like a tide.

Battalion after battalion, with helmets and armor on top, military discipline is awe-inspiring, and there is no sound.

Shao Shude arrived in Huazhou City before the sun set.

Suibin Mansion got its name from Suifen River (Suifen River). It used to be the former land of Heishui Mohe and Suifen, governing Huazhou.

Huazhou is located in the outskirts of Ussuriysk, Russia, in the lower reaches of Suifen River.

In the archeology of later generations, there are many remains of the Bohai period.The Chinese name of Ussuriysk "Shuangchengzi" is derived from the two ancient cities in the area.

Dongcheng is slightly rectangular, covering an area of ​​67.5 hectares.The city wall was built by ramming. In the middle of the 19th century, the residual height was still 6 meters. There was a horse face every 70-90 steps, and there was an urn at the gate.

The west city is about 2 kilometers northwest of it, approximately square, with an area of ​​61 hectares.The moat is well preserved and was 20 meters deep at the beginning of the 2th century.

In 1916, the Russian Fedorov excavated the east city, and found the heated kang flue, ironware, iron slag, crucible, ceramic fragments, as well as Song Zhenzong's Dazhong Xiangfu and Song Huizong's Song Dynasty in Chongning.There is Tang Kaiyuan Tongbao at the base of the city wall.

A large number of Song coins, Jin Dynasty tiles and exquisite dragon head-shaped roof decorations were also found in the west city.

The tomb of Wanyan Zhong, the leader of the Wanyan Tribe of Yalanshui in the Kingdom of Jin, is on the hill north of Dongcheng. Later generations unearthed the "Dajin Kaifu Yitong Sansi Jinyuan County Mingyi King Wanyan Gong Shinto Monument" and exquisite stone carvings. People and stone animals are all stored in the Primorsky Topography Museum of Vladivostok (Vladivostok), Russia.

The three prefectures of Shuibin Prefecture are located on the east side of Shangjing, and the city sites are densely covered, which is the core area with strong control by Bohai State.

He didn't exchange pleasantries with Dou Jin, he directly entered the city, and then climbed to the top of the city.

One part of the Tiande army entered the city, and the other part did not stop. Led by the deputy envoy He Gui, they rushed to the foot of another nearby mountain city.

The city is located on the Kraskinoyar Hill, on the right bank of the Suibin River. The city wall is more than 30 miles long and built on the mountain, covering an area of ​​more than 200 hectares. It is very majestic. Give up.

Shao Shude, Dou Jin and others climbed to the top of Huazhou city and looked at the battlefield under the setting sun.

This mountain city was occupied by the rebellious Mohe tribe, and there were about 3000 people in it.

"Thousands of people want to guard such a majestic city. It's a dream. People on the city wall can't be satisfied." Shao Shude said.

"People are also very sparse." Cai Songyang, the envoy of the Tiande Army, looked at it for a while, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the sons and daughters have already attacked the top of the city."

This city named Linhe Mountain City was built according to the mountain situation. The overall shape is narrow and irregular, and the city wall is so long that it is indeed not enough for thousands of people to guard it.The soldiers of the Tiande Army were all veterans, so they picked up a weak point and climbed up the escalator with every move.

"Just these Mohe soldiers, you can't even beat them, and let them occupy the city?" The warriors spoke harshly, and Dai Siyuan, the soldier on the left, looked at Dou Jin and teased.

"There are too many of them. There were thousands of people from Heishui Mohe nearby, but they disappeared now." Dou Jin responded with some embarrassment.

"The Jurchens have retreated." Shao Shude said: "I invited the leaders of the [-] surnames of Heishui to hunt in Meituo Lake. If they don't go, they will be rebellious. Master Wang can kill them."

Dou Jin saw that the military generals and military academies beside Shao Shude took it for granted, and didn't pay attention to Heishui Mohe at all, so he reminded: "Your Majesty, the savages are very fierce and should not be ignored."

"Shi Jiantang has killed and wounded more than 3000 Jurchen people. Such stubborn people are not invulnerable. Do I still get used to them?" Shao Shude's impression of Dou Jin is not very good, he is too timid and loses his heart.

But maybe that's fine too?If all the people in Bohai are impassioned, desperate, and righteous to the death, maybe they will have a headache.

Let these demoted officials and generals transition for a while, and then slowly replace them when the situation stabilizes.

On the mountain city not far away, the gate of the city has been opened, and the warriors of the Imperial Army swarmed in.

Originally, some Mohe people went out of the city to fight back with their blood and courage.As a result, one day the general of the German army was furious, took off his armor on the spot, and rushed forward naked, wilder than a savage, and immediately smashed the enemy's offensive to pieces.

"Good!" There was a burst of applause from the top of the city.

What kind of man is he to protect himself with armor?
A real man should charge forward naked and kill him in pieces!

Dou Jin was dumbfounded.

Where did this "evil trend" come from?He has read history books. In fact, he went to Chang'an to take the Jinshi examination in his early years, but he failed.He knew that Li Siye charged forward, defeated the enemy in front of him in the first battle, and stabilized his position.The unhealthy tendencies among the Tang army haven't disappeared yet.

The Great Xia Forbidden Army seems to have inherited this tradition.Obviously the armor is excellent, but sometimes there are warriors who get hot-headed, take off the armor and take the lead in the charge, really wild!

"Find out who this person is." Shao Shude slapped the female wall and said, "If he is still alive, I will give him two palace servants."

Dou Jin was ashamed, the sage was still fueling this "evil trend", but it seemed to be quite effective.The Tiande army was indeed very brave. They had already charged into the city, slashing and killing wantonly, while the Mohe people poured out from all the gates, fleeing frantically.

Alas, the thieves in Linhe Mountain City, whom he regarded as a serious threat, were defeated by the Tiande Army in an instant.

Bohai State is so weak, let's be more honest.

"Cai Songyang." Shao Shude shouted.

"The end is here."

"Yizhou is still occupied by rebels. You send two infantry commanders and two cavalry commanders to go south and conquer it."

"As ordered."

"Move quickly. I will go north in a few days, don't delay too long."

"As ordered."

Shuibin Mansion is bounded by Kedrovaya Mountain in Russia in the north, connected with Huaiyuan Mansion, separated from Dalong Ridge in the south with Longyuan Mansion, Shangjing in the west, and Lili Mansion in the east. Except for Huazhou, There are also two subordinate states, namely Yizhou and Jianzhou.

Yizhou is located in the ancient city of Bohai near today's Vladivostok.

Jianzhou is located in the ancient city of Dachengzi, Dongning City.The city looks like a rectangle, with a circumference of 3575 meters. It was built during the middle and late period of the Bohai Kingdom, not long before this meeting.The Liao Dynasty set up Jiedu envoys and governors here, and the Jin Dynasty continued to use them. A large number of cultural relics and modern relics of Bohai, such as bronze mirrors and bronze Buddhas, were unearthed.

Compared with Tieli Mansion, which governs six prefectures, Suibin Mansion, which has only three prefectures, is small, but because it is close to Shangjing, it develops rapidly, with dense cities and dense population. It was an important town in the Northeast until the Liao and Jin Dynasties.

During the period of the Bohai Kingdom, it was an even more important pasture, and it also benefited from fishing and salt. Hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep, horses and camels were exported to Shangjing every year for the consumption of the gentlemen.

Such a place naturally needs to be cleaned up quickly.In order not to be ravaged by the Mohe people for a long time, the state and county will be ruined, and all the losses will be their own wealth.

The sun is gradually setting, and the chill is blowing on the face.

Shao Shude was wearing a thick black lambskin coat, silently feeling the chilling climate in the Northland.

Shangjing is rushing to make sheep fur coats, and has searched many Bohai people's stocks.With furs and sweaters on, and pig plaster to keep out the cold, the cold is not too scary.

But the matter here should be settled as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)