The crisp autumn air is a very beautiful and cool word. But when the people were working hard and impoverished, in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, this word could not be said very well, because the people of Liaodong were far from ready to welcome the cold winter that was heralded. The fact is they were never prepared but had to deal with it.
People naturally gather in the plains and shoals. Even though there is not much arable land in the narrow and long section of the Liaoxi Corridor from Linyu (Shanhaiguan) to Tuhe, there are still many Han and Wuhuan people farming here.
The militia under the command of General Tianwu, led by some educated civil servants appointed by the general, counted the indigenous people, inventoried the fields, and planned the reclamation of wasteland. There were also militiamen and men over fifteen years old to cut down the mountains on a large scale. Enter the mountains to kill man-eating beasts. At the same time, there were blacksmiths, carpenters, etc., making initial arrangements and starting assembly line manufacturing of tools.
Suizhong, Xingcheng, etc. were established as prefectures and counties in the Qin Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, they were returned to the Liaodong vassal state and belonged to the Tuhe territory.
Wang Yan also sent people to search for ores. Huludao still has a lot of minerals, including various metals, stones, etc. In the real world, he has settled in Huludao, and he knows the situation here relatively well. The government The team introduced him in great detail. Even without this, Wang Yan is very clear about the mineral resources in China and the world.
At the same time, those who had previously been taught by Wang Yan were firing bricks and stones on a large scale along the way. This is to spend the winter in the Northeast and build a brick house, just like the modern Northeast bungalow, with bricks, wooden beams, and a fire pit. There are still two months left in winter. I am burning bricks like crazy, cutting down trees like crazy, dividing the land quickly, and digging for homesteads. I have been working hard for two months.
In two months, it is definitely impossible to recruit 250,000 people under such backward productivity conditions. But Wang Yan didn't have such high requirements. As long as it could accommodate 150,000 people, the remaining 100,000 people could only survive this year. There must be some uncooperative people among the Wuhuan people. Those people are the ones who will freeze to death this winter. They will continue to build roads and build houses. Their houses and land will be distributed to the people who follow Wang Yan.
This has nothing to do with ethnicity. Any modern person who comes here will not have such a strong national concept. What they adhere to is that the Han people are the main people, and the remaining ethnic groups are vassal and integrated. Regardless of the politics class or the history class, everything taught is national unity.
Wang Yan is naturally the same, but in terms of distance and distance, the people under his command come first, followed by the Han people, and then the remaining tribes. First, raise the people under your command well, then raise the Han people in the world, and finally use the advancement of culture, material advancement, and military advancement to integrate the surrounding foreign races, and it is a clear path to kingship.
As for starting industrialization and greatly increasing productivity, in ancient times, Wang Yan is now more inclined to enlightenment. In fact, he had already done this before in Water Margin. In the more ancient Eastern Han Dynasty, naturally they would not act rashly.
He has a long life. He is eighteen years old this year. If nothing happens, he can live to be more than 130 years old. He will have more than 110 years in this world. During this time, he would remain in charge of his empire. He is a leader. On the premise of ensuring that everyone has enough to eat, if you want to eat well, you need the people to work hard on their own.
He will use institutional guarantees and policy encouragement to guide the ancestors’ own breakthroughs, various unexpected creations, and all kinds of whimsical ideas burst out by the ancestors, the culture of the times derived from them, and the new trends of thought that emerge from the collision. It was what he wanted to see, and what he wanted to see was what he needed. That was the biggest gain from his trip.
Of course, the premise of all this is to ensure people's livelihood and continue to improve. At least no one will die of cold or hunger. In this regard, he must work hard, after all, this is why he is here. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, cotton, etc., which remain unchanged for thousands of years, must be obtained.
As for improving armaments and making guns and cannons, that's not necessary. Again, as long as the prisoners are not killed in the war at this time, taking into account various factors such as the quality of the soldiers and the ability of the generals, generally in a battle involving tens of thousands of people on both sides, thousands may not directly die.
If he used guns and artillery, which in this era would be a massacre, the enemy might be frightened, and more people might die. There is no need to do so much. He just needs to continue to improve the medical system and improve medical capabilities.
Let's talk about General Wang wearing armor and leading his army to the outside of Tuhe City, which was not very tall. Tuhe City had already closed its four gates and was waiting.
The general stationed his horse within an arrow's reach and said, "Bring me my bow."
The guards at the rear quickly took the strong bow and arrow pot and came forward to deliver it.
This bow is a three-stone ox-horn bow made of eucalyptus wood. It was found from the Proud tribe earlier. Ordinary people use this bow to practice their strength and do not regard it as a weapon. Three stones in the Eastern Han Dynasty are equivalent to ninety kilograms in modern times. According to the measurement unit of bows and arrows, it is two hundred pounds. As we all know, if you have 90 kilograms of strength, you can draw a 90 kilogram bow. That is two different things.
The general is different, he is inhuman, and his three-stone strong bow fires like rain. I saw the general drawing his bow and setting an arrow. The bow looked like a crescent moon. He took a small aim and then suddenly let go. In an instant, the arrow left the string, just like a meteor. It drew a beautiful arc, crossed a distance of more than 200 meters, and stuck hard on the large wooden pole of the city wall, buzzing and trembling endlessly.
"General, great shot!" As soon as the arrow left the string and broke through the air, the guards and generals at the rear were already shouting.
Exaggeration is everywhere. In the military formation, no one could see an arrow hitting the flagpole more than 200 meters away, but who cares about that many? As long as the general is awesome, that's it. It's a very simple idea.
Not to mention that it is difficult to be a leader. If there is no self-awareness and his subordinates support him like this every day, no cadre can bear it.
Wang Yan laughed loudly, waved his hand and said, "Send the order and shout for surrender."
As his words fell, Liao Hua, who was carrying the banner of General Tianwu, slowly waved the flag. Soon, the big drum at the rear of the military formation beat rapidly. After a period of "dong dong dong dong dong", there was a sudden pause, and then "dong dong" Two heavy, deep drum beats shook the whole place.
Military flags and drums and trumpets are necessary for military formations to convey messages and issue orders. At this time, the rear army drum will see the flag, so it will beat the drum. The rapid drum trumpet is a "preparation" order, which means to prepare the soldiers. Then there were two heavy thumps, and then suddenly stopped, which was the order. Stop when you hear the drum, wait for three breaths, and then you should execute the order.
As the drums ceased, more than 6,000 generals of the Mighty Guards shouted in unison: "The sky is not clear, Liu Han has no way, we will build our own home and survive on our own. I advise you to understand the situation and not to be a trapped beast." Fighting is still a struggle to the death. It is better to open the city gates wide, welcome my righteous teacher, and work with me to overcome the difficulties and plan for the future. We do not kill the people, but only kill the unjust people who bully the people, abuse the people, and dominate the people. You people General, you and I are from humble beginnings in Guizhou, how can we risk our lives to serve our thieves?
Wait for an hour with you. If you don't surrender by then, the city will be destroyed and your family will be destroyed. It will be too late to regret it. Since you have given good advice, don't say it was unforeseen. Think about it and be careful about it. "
Three times in a row, his tone was sonorous and murderous. After so long, marching, training, fighting, and selecting the best among more than 60,000 people, the general has developed some momentum.
But it was just a small fight. Since the three hundred Yellow Turbans in Zhuojun started their army, the biggest battle they experienced was a field battle outside Lingzhi City between the six thousand British guards and Liu Bei's three thousand troops. Was penetrated by Liu Bei.
It's just that at that time, the army was dominated by military princes who led more than 500 troops. They fought independently without coordination, and the power of 6,000 soldiers and horses was not exerted. Of course, it is the same now. Without a general, Wang Yan can only directly command the military units across several levels.
But the current Junhou is not comparable to what he was two months ago. Wang Yan occasionally held classes for them, teaching them the ways of fighting formations. Even if there were no opponents, they could be trained in emergency marching, mountain sweeping, reconnaissance, etc. After two months of death, I should have made some progress. At least now the combat effectiveness of five hundred people can be guaranteed. A higher-level captain still has to practice slowly. After all, when you reach the level of captain, you are already considered a mid-level general. Leading nearly two thousand people to fight involves higher requirements of management and coordination, which cannot be achieved casually.
The feeling of commanding an army is actually quite good. This is definitely different from starting a company, because the power does not reach the extreme. There are now six thousand mighty guards here, and there are four thousand militiamen in the rear, and there are also officials, old farmers, craftsmen, etc. in preparation. Their lives all depend on General Wang. He can kill whomever he says to kill, and he can do whatever he wants. This is his power...
Continuing with the battle situation, it is said that the Tuhe County Magistrate's surname is Li Zhuo and the courtesy name is Ziqiao. He is from Yuyang, Youzhou. He comes from a poor family. He was recommended by his friends and has been serving as Tuhe County Magistrate for four years.
Li Zhuo was frightened when he saw the power of the army below the city, and asked his left and right: "Now that the king's thieves are coming to attack, do you have any good strategies?"
On the city tower, everyone was silent and no one answered.
The king thief spread his poison for thousands of miles, and since then he has grown stronger, destroying countless fortresses and cities along the way, sweeping hundreds of thousands of people away. With such news, there were refugees fleeing to Liaodong earlier for fear of war. How could they not know about it.
Before the king's thief arrived, Liu Yan ordered the Liaodong army to fight with the king's thief for half a year. When the ice and snow melted, a large army would be sent to help, and a battle would be decided. But looking at the dense number of thieves and soldiers under the city, and looking at their own few soldiers and horses, this does not seem to be a difficult choice.
There was silence for a long time, and finally someone spoke: "Sir, I thought we had surrendered earlier that day. According to the scouts, the king's thieves had a hundred thousand soldiers, and now there are six thousand troops. However, the garrison in our city is only three thousand. We are enemies. The disparity is so great that we can't stop it. Liu Youzhou ordered us to hold on for half a year, but the king's thieves came to Tuhe City, a thousand miles away, but where are the elite soldiers of the Liaoxi Prefect? Can anyone stop the king's thieves for three days?
Wituhe is a fortress in western Liaoning, strangling the throat of the northeast. From the north, we can attack Liaodong, Xuantu, and even the barbarian lands. From the south, we can go down to Youzhou and march into the Central Plains. If such a choke point is important, the king's thieves will fight to the death to attack it.
The king's thief has come thousands of miles, and the officials and wealthy people killed most of them on the way. According to the king's thief, he is a man who bullies the people, tortures the people, and dominates the people. As adults, you should take care of it yourself. Our soldiers are here just to show off their brutality against the barbarians, so the general will not care about us. If you don't surrender, we will have no choice but to use you as the stepping stone for our advancement. "
The person who spoke was talking about 'king thief' a moment ago, and when he said he was about to surrender, he suddenly changed into 'big general'. When he talked about 'big general', he still held his hands to the city from a distance.
This person is the leading military commander here, Guo Liang, a Han nationality. He commands a thousand soldiers and horses and is responsible for Tuhe City Square and surrounding Wuhuan affairs. It is said that there are three thousand soldiers and horses in the city because there are two thousand reinforcements from Changli. Yan said that they should hold on for a while, and troops and horses from the rear would soon come to help.
This is basically the case for the established army in Liaodong. The superior officer is Wuhuan Xiaowei, who was placed in the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, the Wuhuan people were placed outside the fortress in Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaodong and other counties. In order to prevent internal invasion The Wuhuan people then united with the Xiongnu to cause chaos in China, so they had the Wuhuan captain to protect them.
Now more than three hundred years have passed, and with the deepening of ethnic exchanges, the Wuhuan people have entered the inner counties and cities and lived like the Han people. Those who came in farmed the land, some still herded horses, while those outside continued their nomadic life.
Therefore, there are three thousand soldiers and horses in the city, and there are two thousand Wuhuan soldiers.
They had only heard about the king's thieves before, but now that they were approaching the city, they all knew that Liu Yan was deceiving others. The king of thieves in their mouth has many soldiers and horses, and the army is well-organized. Although the armors are not uniform, they all have armors. There are also siege ladders, catapults, breaching hammers and other siege equipment, all geared up.
Even if all the Han people in Liaodong were killed, they still wouldn't be able to resist Wang Yan for half a year.
So there was nothing to worry about. They had no choice but to surrender. Either they die and the city is destroyed. Either surrender the city or they will die, it depends on General Wang's mood.
Li Zhuo sighed, the Han Dynasty was in decline, and thieves were rising one after another. Alas, the country was about to perish...
He sat paralyzed on the ground, and together with other officials, he was controlled by the generals to go down the city tower. He watched the generals gather their troops and passively followed them out of the city.
Seeing that the gate of Tuhe City was wide open and the soldiers were carrying the officials out of the city, "Tuhe City is settled." Wang Yan laughed and led his troops to the city gate.
"The villain is the captain of this place. His surname is Guo, his given name is Liang, and his courtesy name is Houzhi. He has heard for a long time that the general is highly righteous and virtuous. He cares about us and the people of Li. Now that we have finally met our righteous master, he is overjoyed. He dedicated the city to us. I hope that the general can understand our sincerity. "
After saying that, Guo Liang knelt down on the ground with his hands folded.
It is a courtesy to kneel down and worship at this time. Guo Liang surrendered to the city, bowed to his new master, and bowed to his new master. It was natural.
Wang Yan was wearing armor and holding an eight-sided Han sword on his waist. After listening to Guo Liang's words, he ignored the worried officials, turned around and walked towards a kneeling soldier, lifted it up to him and asked, "How has Guo Liang treated you?"
"In reply to the general, how are you treating me...?" The soldier was trembling and answered very uncertainly.
Wang Yan waved his hand: "Cut it off."
"Ah, General, the Captain has treated me very well. Spare my life, spare me..."
Wang Yan slapped him on the back of the head: "Let's see who I want to kill?"
The soldier was trembling. Wang Yan held up his collar and pulled him up. He didn't care about the warmth between his legs. He watched helplessly as a young sergeant pulled out a long knife from his waist and walked up to the confused Guo Liang. Without waiting for Guo Liang to talk nonsense, Conveniently chop off his head with a knife.
The head fell to the ground, and its inertia continued unabated. It rolled several times, showing an expression of disbelief on Guo Liang's face, and he refused to close his eyes. The body kneeling on the spot, due to the uneven internal and external pressure, blood spurted out, making a gurgling sound, which lasted for a while. Then the headless corpse fell to the ground, and the blood flow changed from gushing to gurgling, and then turned into a pool.
Liao Hua beheaded very quickly, and Guo Liang's death was painless. For today's military, officials and civilians, beheading is not scary. They have all seen it more or less, but they did not expect that those who surrendered to the city would also be beheaded.
Wang Yan affectionately held Xiao Bing's shoulders, giving him the strength to stand, and said with a smile, "Tell me again, who treats you well?"
"no no……"
"You have to think carefully, or I will chop your head off." Wang Yan understood the soldier's concerns. He was afraid that if too many people pointed it out, he would not be able to get along in the future, and he was also afraid that his life would be in danger. So since you are afraid of death, you will force yourself to die.
Now this little soldier is the Lord of Hell, and whoever he points to will die.
First, they killed dozens of the bad guys in the army, then collected their weapons and armor. After they were scattered, they were taken away by the militiamen in the rear and sent to work. This is not a punishment. The little people bully the weak and look disgusting. Now I need to forgive them.
Wang Yan said to the Tuhe officials: "Wait until I enter the city and find out what the people say. Whoever the people say is good will live, and whoever the people say is evil will die. You should be at ease, it is not just a matter of beheading." To die on one's head is to work. If I can survive for ten years, and you have not died for ten years, I will give you your freedom, and everyone in the world can go and get it."
He can definitely live for ten years, or even live for a hundred years. If these people can live for more than one year... then they are considered to be tough and awesome...
General Wang flicked his red cloak, unsheathed his sword, and pointed it at Tuhe: "Enter the city!"
Immediately, two thousand militiamen, armed with weapons, marched into the city to guard important places. In the afternoon, some officials trained by Wang Yan arrived. They were familiar with statistical resources, visited the people, killed wealthy households, and spread out with force over a hundred miles, killing and plundering landowners, and counting households.
I have done this kind of work more than once. It is just an additional job of thoroughly checking the population and measuring the fields. It is not a big problem, just get used to it. This kind of work will be the norm in the future. After all, the Northeast is a vast land with a lot to offer.
At least, he will bring down the Northeast Plains. As the largest plain area in China, the Northeast Plain has strong soil and abundant products. There are many rivers with no shortage of water. There are Changbai Mountain and Xing'an Mountains. There are many forest areas and mountain products, and there are also outlets to the sea. Compared with the Central Plains, which has been developed for thousands of years, the Northeast Plain is undoubtedly a huge treasure.
It's a treasure, so naturally someone will guard it.
After getting off the Tuhe River, Wang Yan's entire army rested and reorganized, and the sergeants began to help the people settle down. Dividing the homestead and transporting various supplies along the way are all very complicated. The people's livelihood affairs of more than 200,000 people cannot be handled by the subordinates. General Wang comes to him for all big and small matters. You can imagine how busy he is. But thanks to his good health and strong spirit, ordinary people simply can't withstand it.
There's nothing we can do about it. He was born in Guizhou and he was a Yellow Turban thief. He also killed many officials and wealthy people along the way. His current reputation among the Han Dynasty is no less than that of Zhang Jiao. This is not because of his strength, but because of what he has done. , made a choice, but no one invested in him.
Maybe it’s because the car is far away and the horse is slow. After all, it’s only been half a year and it hasn’t fermented yet. Besides, everyone knows that the Northeast is bitterly cold. Whether he can survive this winter is also a factor that people consider.
As for the fact that he violated the rules for allocating land to local tycoons and violated the taboos of wealthy families, it is actually not a big problem. A very simple truth that no one believes.
The vision of wealthy families is limited, and they do not have the vision to transcend the times. The people's livelihood two thousand years from now is comparable to the world of gods. People cannot imagine things beyond their cognition. In terms of today's productivity and production relations, what General Wang said is impossible, and they would not even dare to dream about it.
Because the land is there, the inputs and outputs are there, and there are real data, the Han Dynasty has not made a strong improvement in four hundred years. There are also natural and man-made disasters that reduce land production. Back and forth, just like that cycle.
On the other hand, when Wang Yan ascends the throne, who will assist him and govern the world? They are also a wealthy family. They have mastered the most precious knowledge and the highest authority to interpret scriptures and meanings. Most of the wealthy families are academic lords. They share the same party and oppose dissenters. In order to grasp the highest authority to interpret culture and knowledge, they constantly fight, from the literary world to the officialdom.
A very simple metaphor, modern people listen to songs, watch movies, look at paintings, read calligraphy works, etc. The comments of the viewers are not important. If they say that the songs are ugly, the movies are ugly, the paintings are ugly, the writing is so on and so forth, it only matters I dismissed him with the words 'You don't understand'. If you understand, but he has a title and a group, he will still say, "You only have superficial knowledge and are not professional."
You are the only one who understands when people say you understand; you are the only one who is professional if they say you are professional.
Rising and unfolding in this way is what is mentioned above. If 'fennel' has nine ways of writing, if I say one, it is one. If you don’t agree, I will teach you to die.
Even if Wang Yan wiped out all the existing wealthy families, what would happen to Conglong's ministers at that time? Not giving land, not delegating power? Wang Yan can kill, how can his son be so capable? He can also kill, what about Sun Ruo? A few years later, another wealthy family emerged.
On the other hand, even if Wang Yan can really do it, kill the wealthy officials, and effectively stop them, and tell the current wealthy families about the result, they will still come out when it is time to come out, and they will still work for Wang Yan. It doesn’t matter whether you can divide the fruits or not, we’ll do it first.
This is a prisoner's dilemma. The wealthy and powerful families of the Han Dynasty have joined forces to ban Wang Yan. If I don't go, you go, if you don't go, and he goes, then won't I be left behind? Isn’t the family doomed?
So they will definitely come, it just depends on when they come and what rank they come. Let’s do some testing, first send some of the descendants and concubines of the family who have no chance, and then study how much effort to put into it. They are very visionary, but they cannot stay ahead of the times.
As for the previous wealthy officials, they were definitely not all killed. Depending on the situation, a lot of them were left behind. They were all forced to work, but they were basically in a state of fooling fools. He really thought Wang Yan was illiterate. After killing a group, the rest will be honest.
But these people are not enough, and they cannot be reused. General Wang really has a blood feud with them...
At this stage, for a long time to come, he will definitely have no one available to him.
As for Wang Yan, he can actually do it by himself, but it will take a lot of time and development. The most important thing is people. Education is a century-old plan. He can live a hundred years, but he cannot only do one thing. Moreover, education involves culture. What he teaches is his own culture, not the culture of the Han Dynasty. These are two different things, and the fruits harvested are also different.
Wang Yan was busy making arrangements, and five days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Wang Yan was in charge of government affairs at the county government. Liao Hua ran in from outside and reported: "General, the mighty guards are riding fast horses to report back. There are thirty thousand enemies coming from Changli." , eighty miles away from my Tuhe River."
Changli, a county and county in eastern Liaoning, is now Yixian County in Jinzhou. After getting off the Tuhe River, the general dispersed his cavalry to conduct reconnaissance. Information is the key to fighting. Only when we know the enemy and ourselves are we clear about the enemy.
Thirty thousand soldiers and horses cannot be mobilized by the Han people in Liaodong, they must be Wuhuan troops. Wang Yan fought all the way from Zhuojun to Liaodong, but he did not encounter any decent resistance from the Wuhuan people. This time, it was serious.
Maybe Wuhuan felt threatened, because Wang Yan fought all the way up, squeezing their living space and blocking their way into the pass. It's also possible that they didn't care, but now they care. The Wuhuan people have emerged and integrated their forces. What is more likely is that Liu Yan spent money. After all, the foreign tribes included at this time were all mercenaries, whether Wuhuan or Xianbei. At the end of the Han Dynasty, their appearance rate was very high.
The most likely thing is that Liu Yan sent lobbyists to spend money and explain the harmfulness of Wang's words. The combination of the two resulted in such a big battle. Anyway, Liu Yan's plan is very clear. Consuming the power of the king thief will also consume the power of Wu Huan.
Now that the Yellow Turbans' defeat has become apparent, they will definitely be able to defeat it this year. In the coming spring, they will go directly north to kill the king's thief.
Normally, the script goes like this. The Wuhuan people's team is still capable of fighting, and they are fighting locally. Wang Yan only settled down as a foreigner, and he doesn't have many resources. Even if there is no battle of annihilation and only a stalemate between the two armies, which consumes the king's resources and makes the winter miserable, then for the Han army, it has achieved its strategic goal.
In the coming year, with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, Liaodong can be swept away, and Liu Youzhou will spread his name to China.
But how could this be the case? Who said General Wang was not a local...
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