Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1133 Mountain City
Although Jili County is governed by overseas Chinese in Anton Prefecture, Lushun is undoubtedly the most prosperous place.

At least, when other places were still a rural scene, Lushun has developed a commercial street with a dozen or so shops scattered here and there, selling miscellaneous daily necessities.

Commercial exchange is indeed something that is rooted in the bones of human beings.

Lushun County currently has no city walls, or no complete city walls.The task of opening up wasteland 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, dozens of iron smelting workshops are lined up, and the fires are kept burning all night, making all kinds of weapons and armor.

Following the increasing grain harvest, Anton Mansion is also trying to make its own armor to reduce the cost of material transfer.

In addition to blacksmiths, there are also some carpenters.

The origins of these carpenters are very strange. They are all southern feudal towns, such as Jingnan, Liangzhe, Jiangxi and even Fujian.

To become a vassal to the new dynasty, of course craftsmen must be sent to Luo to serve.It's just that Shao Shude sent some of the carpenters to the Anton Mansion, and ordered them to serve here for two years, and each of them brought a few apprentices to expand the local talent pool.

The main work of carpenters these days is making sidecars.It started in March, and hundreds of vehicles have been completed so far, and there are more grain vehicles.

Liu Po ​​arrived at the carpenters' camp early in the morning.

He carefully looked at these vans, and even boarded one, gestured with a spear, and found that it was very convenient to kill the enemy, so he smiled with satisfaction.

The van is actually a movable bunker, which is very effective against cavalry, especially nomads who only have cavalry and lack high-quality infantry.

Ma Long's sidecar convoy, starting from Luoyang, traveled thousands of miles all the way, and the epic battle that broke through the heavy siege of the cavalry has proved its effect.

There is no fixed model for this kind of car, as long as you know its principle.Lushun’s newly built sidecars are about [-] catties. Each car is equipped with two long-armed players, two sword players, and two infantry archers. .In front of the step bow, they are giving away the head.

Of course, any equipment and any tactic must ultimately be executed by humans.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 cavalry.But this will be the case. The most indispensable thing in the world is a martial artist who is skilled and daring to fight. As long as the car is built, people are not a problem.

"General Wang seems a little worried?" After trying out the new car, Liu Po ​​asked Wang Yanzhang, who came with him.

Wang Yanzhang was straightforward and didn't want to beat around the bush, so he asked, "The car formation has a fatal weakness, which is easy to be broken by infantry. Zhao Wang's strategy is a bit risky."

The side van is actually not very picky.Liaodong is a barren area, unlike the Central Plains where there are ditches and fields everywhere. As long as you don't go on mountain roads, marching is not too difficult, at worst, just slow down.

The real trouble is that once a well-trained infantry encounters the narrow, long and flat formation of vehicles when marching, it is easy to be cut off by the middle, and the end and the end cannot be seen together.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than bullying the bow-legged cavalry on the grassland. Bullying you can't fight on foot, and it can't break the interception of the long-lancers, sword players, and infantry archers on the cart.You can't beat the infantry bows and crossbows on my cart, and you can't beat well-trained infantry soldiers in close combat. If you carry food and supplies that are enough for three years like Ma Long, then you have no choice but to watch Watching them move forward and fight for thousands of miles.

But what if the enemy has elite infantry?This tactic will be broken, or it will be greatly threatened.How to choose is actually quite difficult.

"Does Khitan have infantry?" Liu Po ​​asked.

"Yes." Wang Yanzhang said with certainty: "I have fought against them before, and their fighting power is not bad. They were all brought over by Liu Rengong and the Gao brothers back then. Later, some Bohai people were recruited, and they have been strictly trained."

To put it simply, they refused to accept Li Ke's Youzhou soldiers and ran northward, took refuge in Khitan, and brought them the first and second professional infantry units.

"Can you recruit these people?" Liu Po ​​asked after thinking about it.

"King Zhao thinks it's okay." Wang Yanzhang said: "But I don't think everything can be pinned on the enemy."

"It's actually not that scary." Liu Po ​​said: "We are accompanied by cavalry, so we are not so passive. Besides, with the carriages blocking, the Khitan infantry may not be able to break through my carriage formation. As long as we are united and dare to fight to the death, we may With a generous reward, will Liu Rengong and his generation really succeed? I don’t think so.”

Wang Yanzhang was silent for a long time, and finally figured it out.After all, you still have to rely on yourself to fight a little bit. Before the fight, you are just guessing, and you can only watch it when the time comes.

After leaving the root of the city wall, Wang Yanzhang returned to his army's station.

He is the envoy of the capital, in charge of the cavalry.Most of the original troops were strengthened by drawing from various motley crews.After fighting for more than a year, there were many new faces among his subordinates, who were basically recruited locally, mainly from Mohe and Goguryeo. The whole army totaled over [-] cavalry.

Wang Tieqiang's reputation has gradually spread beyond the Anton mansion, because he killed many Khitan chieftains many times, and even captured several people alive, his reputation is illustrious.

On the Khitan pasture land in the west of Liaoning, as long as they heard that they had fought with Wang Tieqiang, the herdsmen would look embarrassed. This man is really too fierce-putting Wang Yanzhang in the position of the commander-in-chief of the army is irresponsible to his own people , if you let him be the vanguard general, it is very suitable.

After inspecting the camp, he led the horse to the river to wash.

On both sides of the river, many newcomers from Weibo were washing clothes.Wang Yanzhang glanced casually and was stunned.

He threw the iron gun to the soldiers and strode forward.

He walked faster and faster, and in the end he almost rushed up until he stood in front of someone.

The man also found Wang Yanzhang, immediately covered his face with his sleeves, and walked away with his head in his arms.

Wang Yanzhang grabbed his arm and said in a low voice, "But Jing Sima?"

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On June 26, more than 20 ships entered the port one by one.

Because the first batch of 3000 Beizhou immigrants had almost rested.An Dong's battalion ordered that the Longwu Army envoy Liu Wei lead [-] people to the north to escort these Wei people and a large amount of military resources to the north.

They deliberately took a detour, passing through Pinghai and Dongping counties, and arrived in Jili County ten days later.

Of the [-] immigrant households, Lushun was divided into half, and Pinghai and Dongping counties each had [-] households.There are about [-] newly arrived households, [-] households arranged by Lushun, and [-] households each in Pinghai, Dongping, Jili, and Shiwang.

After arriving in Jili County, Liu Po ​​received some supplies, and then went all the way north, ending at Jian'an City, the old Goguryeo.

Liu Po ​​visited this area once last year, and this is his second visit.

Jian'an City is located on the ridge of Shicheng Mountain in front of Gaolicheng Village, Qingshiling Town, northeast of Gaizhou City in later generations.

In the Goguryeo era, the western boundary of its territory was the Liaohe River, that is to say, the eastern part of Liaoning Province in later generations was under the control of Goguryeo.

The west of this area is the alluvial plain of the Liaohe River, with abundant rainfall and long sunshine hours, which is good for farming, and it was well developed in the Goguryeo era.In the east is the Changbai Mountains, with high mountains and dense forests, steep terrain, many high mountains and canyons, and lack of continuous plains. It is not impossible to farm, but it is really not as good as the Liaohe Plain in the west.

Another characteristic of the mountainous areas in Liaoning is that they are rich in groundwater.There are often many springs in the high places of the mountain peaks. The higher the altitude, the higher the mountain spring water.And there are many gneiss, granite, limestone, the terrain is also very steep, and there are many vertical cliffs, which are very dangerous.

Because of this geographical feature, in the Goguryeo era, in addition to building the Great Wall on the east bank of the Daliao River (Liao River), it also built a mountain city to control traffic routes.

There are twelve of its most famous and important mountain cities, including Jili and Beisha, which are now under the control of the Xia army, serving as the county seat of Jili and Pinghai counties respectively.

Shicheng is actually the same, but the Xia people don't like it, they prefer the seaport.

Jian'an City, where Liu Po ​​is now arriving, is also a very typical mountain city - the power of the Bohai people has since faded away, and the Khitan people don't like to live in mountain cities, let alone defend the city, so no one has occupied it. Into the hands of Long Wujun.

"In the former Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong defeated Goryeo. There were three major battles in Jian'an, Xincheng, and Zhubi, and more than 200 people were beheaded." Liu Wei caressed the city wall made of earth and stone, as if recalling the gold and iron horses more than [-] years ago.

It should be Zhang Liang who left his name under Jian'an City.He led his army to land from Denglai Fuhai, first broke through Beisha City, and then attacked Jian'an, winning consecutive battles.

The circumference of Jian'an City is about ten miles, and it is an irregular rectangle.The city wall is made of a mixture of earth and stone, and after wind and rain, most of it still remains.

There is a large basin in the city, and there is a mountain in the center of the basin, which is called "Jindian Mountain".The top of the mountain is flat, with stone steps going up, and some architectural ruins remain.

There is an earth embankment in the north of Jindian Mountain, and there is a gap in the embankment, through which mountains and rivers flow, forming a small lake near the west gate, called "Yinma Bay".

There are three gates in Jian'an City, one in the east and two in the west. There is also a water gate between the two west gates, through which ships can pass.

The sergeants have already entered the city one after another.The city is vast, and it doesn't feel crowded at all after the vans, carriages, and food and supplies are all piled in.

There are ruins of houses everywhere in the city.Broken porcelain and tiles can be seen, stone mortars are overturned on the ground, rotten stirrups, and rusty iron armor pieces can be seen everywhere, all of which tell the new conquerors that there used to be a high degree of civilization near Jian'an City , has now been lost in the dust of history.

"In the former Tang Dynasty, the Governor's Mansion of Jian'an Prefecture was established here..." Liu Yan picked up a horizontal knife that was badly corroded from the ground, and many thoughts arose in his heart in an instant.

"The mountain city really has the characteristics of Goguryeo." Liu Po ​​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 can grow food, although the area is small.

Who would have thought that there are rivers, fields, and cities on the top of the mountain, such a wonderful terrain!If Ma Su had defended this kind of mountain city back then, would it have been so miserable?

"Send a message to Zhao Wang, Fu Dutou, and Du Fu Yin. Our department has already occupied Jian'an Mountain City and controlled the road. Please send food, grass and military supplies as soon as possible." Liu Wei turned around and ordered.

The messenger repeated the order, got on his horse and left.

"Scout and ride out everywhere, search north." Liu Wei gave another order.

More than a hundred miles north of Jian'an Mountain City, there is another mountain city, namely Anshi City.

The further north you go, the more likely you are to encounter Khitan people, which cannot be ignored.

(End of this chapter)