Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

From Lushunkou to Daheishan in Jinzhou, they are all sparsely populated places.

During the Liaonan Uprising that year, this area persisted in resisting the Jin Dynasty and was repeatedly massacred by the Jin Kingdom. Historically, it was not until the middle and late Jin Dynasty that people began to migrate here to farm, and Hesihanmengan was established to rule.

Today, there are only a few hundred Jurchen soldiers stationed in Huacheng County and Huacheng Pass, as well as the eighty-mile Great Wall.

Moreover, they were Jurchens who moved out of the mountains of southern Liaoning. Apart from joining the army to suppress the uprising in southern Liaoning, they had never fought any other decent battles.

During the day, people, livestock, and goods were transported in batches to Lushunkou for landing.

The nearby beacon tower immediately lit up the smoke, and the local military commander also hurriedly summoned the militia. But the population here is too small and scattered in various places. The first reaction when encountering conscription is to hide in the mountains.

They were busy until nightfall, and the total number of defenders here was less than a thousand.

He also forced men in the county to join the army, including children who were underage, and the number of soldiers finally exceeded 2,000.

But these two thousand people need to defend one city, one pass, and the eighty-mile Great Wall.

The local military commander was called Pu Sa. He personally rode on horseback and patrolled back and forth from the Great Wall to Huacheng Pass. Seeing the beacon fire in the middle of the night, I immediately hit my horse and ran wildly, only to see torches everywhere, overwhelmingly climbing from the bottom of the mountain to the Great Wall.

"Withdraw! Withdraw to Huacheng Pass!"

With the few troops he has, how can he defend the Eighty Mile Great Wall?

Yelu Yujian, Hou Gai, and Shi Huan, together with a ragtag group of people, occupied the Great Wall effortlessly and fought all the way to Huacheng Pass.

Huacheng Pass is located at the narrowest point of the Liaodong Peninsula, with the sea on both sides and a land less than ten miles wide in the middle.

The Jin Kingdom's occupation of this place... Well, it seems to be of little use. The Ming army took ships to attack wherever they wanted.

If the Ming Dynasty occupied this area, as long as it held Guancheng, it could use the vast area from Lushunkou to Dalian Bay as a base. The population is enough, with more than 10,000 people of various ethnic groups willing to move here with the Ming army. As long as they successfully survive the first two years, they will be able to be self-sufficient in farming and fishing, and even provide food and grass for the defenders.

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In the next few days, ship after ship of people, livestock, and goods were transported in batches to Lushunkou for landing.

There are also several ships of grain shipped from Dengzhou Port in Shandong.

Zhao Li and Song Jiang led the main force of the Denglai Ming Army to cover the evacuation of the people until the end, and then boarded the ship to Lushunkou.

By the way, Lushunkou already has a name. It was given by Prince Zhu personally. I wish the Shandong army a smooth journey.

However, the Pu family slaves left hundreds of Jurchen soldiers from the Huosu Palace and a thousand elite cavalry to help defend Huacheng Pass, and returned to Jian'an City with the remaining cavalry.

Wanyan's mother also arrived with the main reinforcements and met with Pu's slaves in the city that was burned to a white ground.

Pu Jianu said: "The Ming army has occupied the Haikou Great Wall in the east of Zhendong, and our army is guarding Huacheng Pass. With the existing strength of both sides, neither side can do anything to the other. If you bring all the more than 10,000 soldiers there, it is really difficult to separate them." Determine victory or defeat. The Great Wall is built on rugged mountains. It is easier for the enemy on the mountain to mobilize troops and generals along the Great Wall than for us to mobilize troops to attack at the foot of the mountain."

"Then we still need to go all out to seize the Great Wall?" Wanyan's mother asked.

"So what if we capture it?" Pu Jianu said with a headache. "The Ming army can cross the sea at any time and attack any city along the coast. But we must divide our forces to defend, focus on one thing and lose the other, and be exhausted. If we can't build a navy to defend the Ming army on the sea, No matter how you fight from now on, you will always be passive!"

Wanyan's mother sighed: "It is difficult to divide the troops to defend each city. If too much troops and food are spent here, there will not be enough soldiers and food for Wanyan Zongwang to march south. Even if one city is divided, Even if we have a thousand soldiers, nearly ten thousand soldiers will be needed to divide the troops for defense. It is even more difficult to support the army with grain and grass. The land in southern Liaoning is almost turning into white. Food must be transported from Liaoyang, and a large number of civilians and livestock must be consumed."

Pu Jianu said: "We should ask the imperial court to build sea ships on Posu Road (the north bank of the Yalu River), and then train the navy. Before the navy is trained, the people ten miles along the coast will have to move inward, and the cities on the coast will also be moved in. Move to the foothills of various places. This is the only way, there is no other way."

"Why don't I issue some more militiamen and gather 20,000 troops to take back the Great Wall at Haikou, Zhendong?" Wanyan's mother suggested.

Pu Jianu shook his head and said: "If the war here drags on for a month, we won't be able to participate in the southern expedition. How can we attack Hebei in the Ming Dynasty if we don't have the few troops at hand?"

Wanyan's mother asked: "What will happen to the salt fields in the coastal areas if they are moved ten miles inland?"

Pujia Nu was speechless.

There is no solution to this matter at all. They are just bullying the Jin Kingdom Navy into pieces.

Pu Jianu thought for a while: "Order Goryeo to send troops, otherwise Baozhou will be taken back!"

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People in the coastal areas of Jin Kingdom have not moved inward for the time being.

Wanyan Yanmu led the troops to Yanjing to join Wanyan Zongwang. As soon as the food and grass were ready, she immediately went south to fight.

However, Pu Jianu stayed in Huacheng County. He personally defended the county seat and ordered the local military commander Pu Sa to defend Huacheng Pass. At the same time, an envoy was sent to Goryeo and ordered the King of Goryeo to send troops to help him take back the Zhendong Haikou Great Wall.

Zhao Li's many attempts to attack Huacheng Pass failed, so he simply set up artillery on the Great Wall and bombarded him several times a day.

As for the people of all ethnic groups who went south by boat, they chose places nearby to settle down.

But he said that the envoy flew all the way, covered with stars and moon, and rushed to Goryeo. He met Wang Gou, the leader of Goryeo, in Pyongyang.

Wang Gou is eighteen years old this year. Although his ancestors have had various congenital diseases due to incestuous marriages, and his physical fitness is not very good, his strategic skills are definitely brilliant.

His father married a close relative, and all the sons born to the queen died in infancy.

After all his legitimate brothers died, the bastard born to him as a concubine could successfully become the king of Goryeo.

Then, his grandfather began to control the government, and no one could rule the country.

Grandpa even deposed his queen and forced him to marry his two aunts, his biological mother's biological sisters.

Last year, 17-year-old Wang Gou decided to rebel, but failed because he leaked information. All the confidants who followed him in the coup were killed. He sent someone to beg his grandfather for mercy, saying that he was willing to give him the Zen throne. But his grandfather refused, burned his palace, and put him under house arrest in a house.

It was while under house arrest that Wang Gou passed on the news through the imperial physician and successfully alienated his grandfather's in-laws, Tuo Junjing (who had military power).

In just half a year, Wang Gou regained his freedom and had his grandfather exiled and assassinated.

It took another three months to kill Tuo Junjing who helped him reset!

He was only eighteen years old. He killed two powerful ministers in a row and took over the power. He was very high-spirited.

"My dear, the Kingdom of Jin asked me to send troops to help, and also threatened Baozhou (Baozhou). Should I help the Kingdom of Jin to defeat the Ming Kingdom?" Wang Gou asked.

Ren Yuanhou, the head of the state, replied: "Your Majesty can agree verbally, and then shirk the time required to recruit troops and food, and at the same time send people to the Ming Kingdom to inquire about the news. The Jin Kingdom asked us to send troops, it must be because they do not have enough troops, and all the elite and main forces have been transferred to fight the Ming Kingdom. "

"If the Jin Kingdom wins, we will send troops to help them retake the Great Wall. If the Ming Kingdom wins, we will no longer recognize the Jin Kingdom as a country of father and son. At that time, we can formally surrender to the Ming Kingdom and pay tribute, and send troops to the north of the Yalu River. By seizing more land and population from the Kingdom of Jin, Your Majesty will surely become the greatest King of Goryeo!"

Wang Gou nodded and said, "I am mature and prudent. This plan can advance and retreat freely. It should be a good strategy for the country."

Ren Yuanhou bowed and retired, and Wang Gou sat alone in the palace.

Li Ziliang, the Korean envoy who met Zhu Guoxiang last time, had been killed by Wang Gou because Li Ziliang was his grandfather's cousin!

In order to win over the big families in the country and consolidate his throne, he recalled the deposed Queen Ren, and took the daughter of the Jin family as his concubine. The Ren and Jin families are now Wang Gou's strong backing.

As for the two aunts and wives, they have all been abolished by Wang Gou.

Wang Gou had studied Confucian classics since he was a child and did not want to marry close relatives anymore, but he did not dare to abolish this system due to the precepts of his ancestors.

When he thought of his grandfather's Li family, Wang Gou became so angry that he burned down his palace in Kaijing, so now he could only come to Pyongyang in Xijing.

"Your Majesty, Master Miaoqing would like to see you!" A palace official came to report.

Wang Gou smiled and said, "Please come quickly."

Monk Miaoqing came from the Liu family, a wealthy family. He was regarded as a saint in Goryeo and had great influence.

After Wang Gouneng killed his grandfather, he also killed the powerful minister Tuo Junjing. He relied on the power of Miaoqing's faction.

After the visit, Monk Miaoqing couldn't wait to advise: "Your Majesty, you cannot send troops to help the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Kingdom is a barbarian, and it will not last long if it suddenly gains power. Now that the Ming Dynasty has invaded southern Liaoning, our country, Korea, is taking the opportunity to become independent and will not do that again. Subjects of the barbarians of the Jin Kingdom. Now that we are sending troops from Baozhou to attack the Jin Kingdom, the Jin people will definitely not be able to take care of them!"

Wang Gou said: "This matter is so important that we must summon the ministers to discuss it."

Monk Miaoqing said: "Most of the ministers in the DPRK are in collusion with the Jin State. You should not listen to their slander."

"What the Master said makes sense, but today I have some doubts about Buddhism..." Wang Gou began to change the subject and asked Monk Miaoqing for advice on Buddhism.

Now the DPRK is divided into two factions:

One is the Kaijing faction, which advocates surrendering to the Jin Kingdom and then slowly observing the changes in the current situation.

One is the Xijing faction, which advocates independence from the Jin Kingdom. It was also said that Kaijing was burned down, and the king's spirit there was exhausted, so he was instigated to officially move the capital to Pyongyang.

Historically, Goryeo's attitude towards the Jin and Song countries was exactly the same as that of North Korea in the late Ming Dynasty.

They publicly professed their vassalage to the Jin Kingdom, but secretly regarded the Jin Kingdom as a barbarian and wanted to launch an expedition to the north to destroy the vassal chieftains. North Korea is similar. They clamored to train 100,000 musketeers to destroy the Qing Dynasty, but they only trained more than a thousand musketeers and sent these soldiers to help the Qing Dynasty fight.

The main focus is on the outside and the inside!

When Monk Miaoqing saw Wang Gou talking about him, he could only say: "Your Majesty, I would like to send you an envoy to the Ming Dynasty."

Wang Gou didn't want to listen to the monk's nagging all day long, so he nodded and said, "That's right. Master went to the Ming Dynasty and brought back some Buddhist and Confucian scriptures. I have a princess who is not yet married. I heard that the prince of the Ming Dynasty is majestic and handsome, but Try to marry that Ming prince."

"I obey your decree!" Monk Miaoqing said on his knees.

This Princess of Goryeo, whom Ju Ming would not dare to marry, is the product of a 100% incest marriage.