Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 522
After Liaodong City was captured by the emperor personally leading Xiaoguo, it was renamed Xiangping.

Eastern Liaodong belonged to Yan during the Warring States Period. According to the records of the Huns in the Historical Records, Yan also built the Great Wall from Zaoyang to Xiangping.

Standing on this recently restored Xiongcheng, Wei Zheng introduced to Luo Cheng, "During the Warring States Period, King Yanzhao of the Yan Kingdom, Jiping, set up Liaodong County, and Xiangping, the county government, was this city. In the Western Jin Dynasty, it was changed to Liaodong Kingdom. , Houfu County, the end of the Sixteen Kingdoms Houyan was occupied by Goguryeo, and until now, it has finally been restored for my Han family."

After Qin unified the world, Liaodong County was established, and there were eighteen counties at that time.

"This is a piece of fertile soil. Look, this is the most fertile Liaohe plain. As long as the river is dredged and channels are dug, the countless fertile plains on both sides of the Liaohe River can be irrigated and turned into a large granary." Luo Cheng also sighed. on the road.

At this time, Wei Zheng told Luo Cheng intentionally or unintentionally about a big battle.

"It was an unprecedented tragic battle in Xiangping during the time of the Three Kingdoms. The Cao Wei army led by Sima Yi traveled four thousand miles and went to Liaodong to conquer Gongsun Yuan, the prefect of Liaodong who was rebellious and rebellious at that time. "

"I seem to have read this history, but I don't remember it clearly. Tell me about it."

The Battle of Xiangping is also a very famous battle in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

At that time, Sima Yi led an expedition with [-] soldiers and traveled four thousand miles, but the power of Gongsun's family was completely eradicated in one battle, which made Cao Wei permanently solve the troubles in the future, and completely unified the north.

In this battle, Sima Yi's use of troops, whether in strategy or tactics, can be regarded as a model of expeditionary battles in the history of ancient military warfare.

"The Gongsun Clan of Liaodong at that time was ruled by Gongsun Yuan, who was the most ambitious of the four generations of monarchs of the Liaodong Gongsun Clan. When Gongsun Yuan came to the throne, the situation in the world was the alliance between Wei Guo and Wu Shu. Although the Wei State in the Central Plains is the nominal suzerain of Liaodong, the Gongsun family has always controlled Liaodong and escaped."

"After the three dynasties, the national power accumulated by the predecessors and the deadlock between the North and the South at that time just provided space for Gongsun Yuan's ambition. Knife, using the Gongsun family's Liaodong to pose a threat to it."

It is precisely because of this that after Gongsun Yuan came to the throne, Liaodong and Soochow had frequent contacts and eye contact. Of course Cao Wei did not want to see Liaodong separate from him and become a threat. , There is no spare power to deal with Liaodong.

It wasn't until Gongyuan's complete rebellion later that Emperor Wei Ming had to decide to destroy Gong's grandson first.

Emperor Wei Ming chose Sima Yi to command an expedition of [-] troops. Sima Yi used his troops like a god.

Luo Cheng knew about the Battle of Xiangping because he had read the Zizhi Tongjian commented on by Mao Zedong. This battle was the one he covered most during the Three Kingdoms period, and it was also an important battle to achieve reunification. After this battle, the Northeast Frontier was once again stable. , reincorporated into the Chinese territory.

Until the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Xianbei Murong family finally fell to Goguryeo until now.

Whether it was the Gongsun family back then or the Murong family later, they all once ruled Liaodong for a long time, but they could only live in a corner during the most prosperous period.

After more than [-] years of Goguryeo rule, the entire Liaodong has changed drastically. It is not easy to establish a rule here. If a general like Luo Cheng wants to separate Liaodong, it will be even more difficult.

Wei Zheng was reminding Luo Cheng that separatist regimes are risky, and he needs to be cautious when claiming the title of king.

It was already late October.

It has been more than a month since Luo Cheng returned to Liaodong. After Li Yuan's resignation memorial was presented to the emperor, it finally passed. Li Yuan got his wish and returned to Beijing. .

The prefect of Xincheng County was vacant, and Hou Mo Chen Yi took over in the end.

Everything is as Luo Cheng expected.

Before the first Frost's Descent, a total of about 10 people were exiled from the Central Plains one after another, of which about [-] were young and strong, and there were about [-] captives in Liaodong.

In terms of garrisons, Liaodong County currently has [-] troops, Lushun County has [-] troops, Jian'an County has [-] troops, Xincheng County has [-] troops, and Liucheng and Liaoxi each have [-] troops.

A total of 4000 troops were stationed in the six counties outside the pass.

Among them, there are [-] soldiers and more than [-] auxiliary soldiers.

Before the Frost's Descent, Luocheng inspected and supervised the various counties, and finally planted the winter wheat.

According to his arrangement in Lushun, Luo Cheng divided the land in each county. Each garrisoned soldier was allocated [-] mu of Yongye Field, and the other fields were used as military settlements, as well as public land and office fields. Tian et al.

Now all counties are facing the same problem, with fewer people and more land.

Therefore, even though it has been roughly divided, it can only be roughly plowed, simply plowed, and then the seeds are scattered. There is no time for intensive cultivation, and even water canals can only be planted and then repaired.

The yield of this kind of planting must be low, and it can only be widely planted and poorly harvested, but there is no way, it is better than being barren.

But in general, the soldiers were allotted so many fields, even if there was no harvest for the time being, the morale of the soldiers was much more stable.

Even those criminals who were exiled and those captives are now equivalent to tenants, who rent out the soldiers' permanent land, rent out public land, and office land. Although [-]% of the rent is quite a lot, they are not good citizens yet. Status, you don't need to pay the official rent and payment. If there is no other enlistment, you can still live.

The Sui army in Liaodong was busy farming and plowing the land. The Goguryeo people now retreated to the castle in the mountains of Liaodong.

But everyone knows that this peace will not last long.

"It's going to snow."

"Well, it won't be long before the Liaohe River will freeze too."

"The garrisons in the counties and the forts of the refugees have all repaired the earth dragon kang, and they need to store more firewood. Otherwise, the heavy snow will freeze thousands of miles, and the cold in Liaodong will freeze people to death."

"Don't worry, Marshal, I've been catching this every day recently. I'm still more worried about the Goguryeo people, and I'm afraid they will be dispatched at this time."

"It's fine if we don't beat them. How dare they come to beat us? Besides, we are not afraid even if they come. Anyway, our soldiers and people are staying in the city and the fort. The only thing I am worried about is the food problem. Immediately There will be no more food supplies. The two counties to the west of the Liaohe River are okay. They already have a lot of food and they are close to the pass. But our four counties in Liaodong have to rely on themselves. It hasn’t snowed yet. I think we should find a way to get some more food." Luo Cheng said.

"How?"

"How about knocking down Anshi City before it snows, it is said that there is a lot of food stored there." Luo Cheng said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)