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Chapter 240 The Liaodong Incident (Second Update)

In the Liucheng prefect's mansion, Li Chongjiu summoned the chiefs of the Dingling tribes who belonged to Liaoxi County and hosted a banquet.After the chiefs of Ding Ling's tribes were invited, they all obeyed, and all the chiefs of more than a dozen tribes attended.The Dingling ministries in the west of Liaoning also have their origins, and the origins also start from Wuhuluanhua.

At that time, Zhai Liao, a native of Dingling, established in Hebei and proclaimed himself emperor. The country was named Great Wei, and later generations called it Zhai Wei.

At that time, Zhai Wei was supported by the Cui family of Qinghe. For example, Cui Hong and Cui Cheng, the famous officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty, were all ministers of Zhai Wei at the beginning.It was only later that Zhai Wei was destroyed by Liu Laozhi and Murong Chui.There were hundreds of thousands of Dingling tribes in Zhai and Wei, most of whom were killed by Xianbei Murong at one go, and the surviving Dingling people who moved inward from the Central Plains after the country was destroyed and their families were destroyed moved to Liaodong.Among them, many Dingling people in Liaoxi County are descendants of Zhai and Wei.

Now in Liaoxi County, Dingling and other ministries have long lost their prosperity when they moved to Han, and they have almost degenerated into the barbaric era of knotting knots and keeping records and slash-and-burn farming.Each of them lives independently, and only one of them is near the sea and can cook salt for food.And the head of this tribe, who claimed to be named Cui Xu in Han, said that his ancestors were the descendants of Zhai Liao, the Cui Wei Emperor.

During the banquet, Li Chongjiu, on the condition of opening up the mutual trade of salt, iron, and cloth, let Ding Ling's various ministries be integrated into one, following the example of Liaoxi Mohe, and became a part of the Khanate.In addition, 300 sons of the clan chiefs of Ding Ling, or 300 nobles in the clan, were selected as Li Chongjiu's pro-army.All the elders showed doubts on their faces, and hesitated to agree.In the end, it was Cui Xu and several patriarchs who came forward to support.Li Chongjiu immediately asked Cui Xu to be the commander of the army, as the commander of the Dingling Department.In this way, the Dingling Department in Liaoxi County was officially included in the Khanate.The same is true for Liaoxi Mohe, who also selected [-] people and selected them into Li Chongjiu's army.
And Li Chongjiu's pro-army was ordered to be the Wansheng Army. They are all brave fighters among Ding Lingmohe. They are given a generous salary and can choose to start a family in Han. If their father dies of illness, they are also eligible to return to the clan. Inherit the power of the tribe in the hands of the father, and it is the priority of succession. If the clan does not obey, you can appeal to Khan Li Chongjiu. If Li Chongjiu approves, you can intervene.

After completing this matter, Li Chongjiu knew that he had finally annexed Liaoxi County into his territory.

"Congratulations to the prefect, you have subdued the Mohe and Dingling clans in one fell swoop, so I have no worries in Liaoxi County." Yang Linfu congratulated Li Chongjiu.

Wen Yanbo praised with his beard on the side: "Prefect, this is the emperor's art. To gather the two nobles' children, Ding Ling and Mo He, into the army. They can be used as hostages and add a strong army. It really kills two birds with one stone."

Li Chongjiu smiled, and asked: "The West of Liao has been settled, and now there is only one county left in Liaodong, Lin Fu, Tongding, and Huaiyuan. How about the surrender?"

Yang Linfu felt somewhat ashamed and said: "Report to the prefect, but there is no reply yet."

Wen Yanbo wondered: "It's been ten days since I left, anyway, there should be an answer at this time, why there is no news for so long."

Li Chongjiu comforted Yang Linfu and said, "It's okay if you don't agree. Our army has finished its rest and reorganization. We can go to Liaodong in a few days. I think we can go to two cities in one day." Yang Linfu nodded, but his face was full of worry. .

In the middle of the night, just as Li Chongjiu was about to fall asleep, the guards outside reported that Yang Linfu had something important to report.Li Chongjiu immediately called Yang Linfu in, and when Yang Linfu saw Li Chongjiu, he said, "Prefect, something serious happened in Liaodong!"

The next day, Li Chongjiu arranged for Zhao Youting to lead 500 people to guard Liucheng, and he led the mobilization of Ding Ling, Mohe, Xi Clan, and Cangtou Army, and dispatched [-] troops to march along the Bailangshui (Daling River) Valley Avenue. Go straight to Liaodong County.

Going upstream along the White Wolf River, Li Chongjiu saw mostly mountain valleys along the way, where one or several groups of Khitan cavalry haunted.Although this is close to the Khitan territory, it is not their grazing land, and the Khitan cavalry with bows, arrows and swords suddenly appeared here is a bit weird.And these Khitan cavalry were even bold, as if they were investigating the number of Li Chongjiu's army, and when they were stationed in the camp with the army, they even attacked at night.Li Chongjiu immediately ordered his troops to fight back and killed dozens of people, only then did they scare off the Khitan people.

After that, we left the Bailangshui River Valley and came to the foot of Yiwulu Mountain.This Yiwulu mountain is one of the five mountains and five towns.According to Zhou Lizhong, Yiwulu Mountain is the Zhenshan Mountain in Youzhou in the north.Yang Jian also built Beizhen Temple at the foot of the mountain to worship the mountain god.And Yiwulu Mountain is also the division of Liaodong County in the west of Liaoning. After two days of marching, Li Chongjiu came to the foot of this mountain and entered the territory of Liaodong County.Li Chongjiu was stationed at the foot of the mountain, and Beizhen Miaozhongmiao Zhu was shocked when he saw a large army passing by, so he brought several apprentices to the barracks to see Li Chongjiu.
The Beizhen Temple was built by the emperor to offer sacrifices to the mountain gods, so the temple celebrations were also sent by the imperial court.If the emperor desecrates such a famous mountain as the five mountains and four mountains, he must sacrifice according to the ritual.The Miao Zhu was stunned when he heard that Li Chongjiu, the general who rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, was in front of him.Li Chongjiu comforted him with kind words, and was sent ten sheep to the temple for blessing.Miao Zhu accepted Li Chongjiu's offering with gratitude.

The next day, Li Chongjiu's army arrived in Huaiyuan Town. As soon as the forward of the army arrived, Huaiyuan Town immediately opened all four doors.The town general led the [-] defenders in the town to surrender together.

The general of the town said to Li Chongjiu: "The town was besieged by [-] Goguryeo troops five or six days ago. I thought it would not be enough, but after a day of fierce fighting, all the Goguryeo troops retreated. I think it should be the prefect's prestige that shocked the Goguryeo people. Otherwise, They won't retreat."

"The final general is grateful to the prefect for the help of the people in the city. Otherwise, after the city is destroyed, the lives of the people in the city will be lost."

Li Chongjiu asked the town general: "Didn't you say that Goguryeo has been using troops against Baekje? Why did it suddenly cross the Liao River and invade westward?"

The town general said: "The last general is not too early in the morning. I heard that Goguryeo is divided into five parts. Half a year ago, the old bandit chief in the west died in battle and his son came to the throne. This man is ambitious and has sent troops across the south bank to provoke many times. This time leading an army to attack Liaodong, I’m afraid it’s premeditated.” Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes slightly, as soon as he attacked Liaoxi County, the Goguryeo people came to join in the fun and clean up Liaodong County, obviously taking advantage of the fire to steal food from his mouth.
Everyone knows that Liaodong County was the frontier of the Great Sui's conquest of Liao Dynasty, and there must be a lot of surplus military rations. Goguryeo came here to beat its own autumn wind.

"Any news from Tongding Town?"

"Since Goguryeo dispatched troops ten days ago, Tongding Town has lost contact with this town."

Li Chongjiu's heart trembled, thinking that Tongding Town must be more ominous than good, so he nodded and said: "Okay, send troops to Tongding Town immediately!"
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(End of this chapter)