Xi, not counting a country, is at most a large tribe, mainly engaged in hunting and animal husbandry, and also has a small amount of farmland. The territory is very small, that is, it operates between several rivers in the north, including Chengde City, Hebei Province.
To the northeast of Xi, there are two large tribes, one is called Xi (xi), whose territory is in the Zalut Banner, Horqin Right Middle Banner, and Bahrain Right Banner, which is another species of the Xiongnu.
The other one is the Khitan, whose territory is in Chifeng City, Tongliao City, and Baicheng City in Inner Mongolia. They belong to the same ethnic group as Xi but from different tribes. Xi is a descendant of the Yuwen tribe of the Xianbei tribe, and the Khitan is a descendant of other tribes of the Xianbei tribe.
The Xi, Qin, and Khitan were three nomadic tribes separated between the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo, and they basically had no say.
Whether it is the Sui army or the Goguryeo army, it can be said that they can pass through their territory at any time, but they dare not fart.
The Sui Dynasty looked down on these three places, but wanted to criticize Goguryeo. One of the main reasons is that the difference between nomadic people and farming civilization. In the impression of Central Plains people, any farming society is my land, and I don’t care about it. If we take it down, the country will not be unified.
In fact, Goguryeo did belong to the Central Plains dynasty during the Han Dynasty. Yang Guang wanted to own the land owned by the Han Dynasty, but as a nomad, the Central Plains people would feel that they are two different types of people from me and cannot communicate with them.
The Goguryeo army that entered the Xi tribe's territory this time was led by Gao Jianming, the cousin of the King of Goguryeo. There were six thousand light cavalry. Such an army could be considered a great threat, and it was only two hundred miles away from Yuyang County.
Gao Jianming came from Fuyu City. The current highest official in Fuyu City is called Yeosa, which is equivalent to the local general manager in the Sui Dynasty. He is similar to the governor of a certain area and is also the leader of the tribe. In Goguryeo, there are only five Yeosa, all of whom are members of the royal family. member.
The royal family of Goguryeo is composed of Fuyu people and is divided into five major tribes: Juanu tribe (west), Juonu tribe (north), Shunnu tribe (east), Guannu tribe (south), Guilou tribe (Huang tribe)
Yeosa of Buyeo City is the leader of the Jeonnu tribe, and can also be called the North Lord. He is the father of Gao Jianming and the younger brother of the previous King of Goguryeo, Gao Yangcheng, Gao Daozong.
Gao Jianming entered Xi this time with light cavalry in order to disrupt the Sui march. He would definitely not go further south. To the south were Zhuo County, Yuyang County and Beiping County. There were already heavy troops stationed there. It's just death.
It is very difficult for the Great Sui Dynasty to defeat you, and it is even more difficult for you to defeat the Great Sui Dynasty. Six thousand Qingqi are not enough for the current Zhuojun.
Wei Yunqi, after receiving the news from the scouts, ordered his general Fan Shiye to lead 4,000 light cavalry into Yuyang County, and then go north into Xi, responsible for driving away Gao Jianming's cavalry.
The two cavalry armies were chasing each other in the territory of Xi, Lin and Khitan. In the end, Fan Shiye couldn't catch up with each other. In addition, the food and grass he carried was about to be exhausted, so he could only lead his troops back.
As for Linyu Pass, only three or two of the ten scouts sent out came back. However, these people who came back still brought back a lot of useful information. The Goguryeo army on Banghai Road seemed to be composed of soldiers and civilians. They set up various obstacles along the way, especially spreading iron caltrops on some easy-to-march roads, to hinder the army from moving eastward in the future.
Tribulus is composed of four protruding iron thorns. It is as big as a palm and difficult to find when thrown on the ground. It is specially used to stab horseshoes.
"Caltrops can only achieve miraculous effects in unexpected situations. Now the enemy is blatantly spreading their weapons to hinder the march of our army. It seems that Fanbang is not ready yet, so they want to delay our army's eastward march. "
Wei Baoluan, the governor of Zhuo County, said: "Deng Hao, the governor of Liaodong, and Yang Linfu, the governor of Liucheng, have sent out border soldiers to clean up. If they can't be cleaned up, it will be a big trouble for us."
The prefect of Liaodong is Deng Hao, the prefect of Yan County is Wei Yunqi in name, but in fact he is also in charge of it, and the prefect of Liucheng is Yang Linfu. These three places are located to the north of Banghai Road and among the major branches of the Yanshan Mountains. The Liaoxi Corridor is overlooked from north to south, and it used to belong to Youzhou.
These three counties belong to Bianguan County. Most of the people in the territory are small people who migrated inland from Sumo Mohe. They belong to the mixed area of Hu and Han. Liucheng County has only one county, Liucheng, Yan County has only Yan County, and Liaodong County has only Tongding Town.
Originally, there was a Liaoxi County between Yan County and Liaodong County, which had three towns: Liaoxi, Luhe, and Huaiyuan. However, these three towns did not send any officials. All the towns were inhabited by Northeastern tribesmen. I don't care at all.
A town is not a township. Garrisoning troops as a town means suppressing it. This refers to a border military town.
Wei Yunqi's current identity is the commander-in-chief of Zhuojun's troops, which is basically equivalent to the former general manager of Youzhou. He has the power to control the governors of the three counties.
Just listen to him say: "Send a message to Deng Hao and Yang Linfu, and do your best to clear the obstacles and not delay the march of the army."
As he said that, he looked at Wei Baoluan and said, "Which troop will be the first to arrive at Zhuojun?"
Wei Baoluan said: "It should be Xue Shixiong and Jing Yuanheng of the Eastern Route Army, who are in charge of the general health. They were the first batch to use the canal."
Wei Yunqi nodded, looked at He Chou and said with a smile: "When Manager Xue and Manager Jing arrive, they will cooperate with you to go to Liaohe River to prepare for the bridge construction."
Wei Yunqi's current power is not small, but he still has to be polite to He Chou, because he is the minister of the Taifu Temple, which is equivalent to a temporary temple chief assigned to the local area, and is higher than him.
Xue Shixiong and Jing Yuanheng's troops, with a combined number of nearly 70,000 people, can fully afford the task of building a pontoon bridge.
But He Chou smiled and shook his head, saying: "It's not that I don't want to, but His Majesty intends for the armies to march at the same time. Although there is no such intention now, I know very well that the two managers, Xue and Jing, will not listen to you."
Wei Yunqi suddenly frowned. He knew clearly in his heart that the emperor intended to gather troops and horses in Zhuo County, and then attack in one fell swoop in the spring of next year.
But the actual situation is that if you don’t take advantage of the cold winter months to quickly build the pontoon bridge and wait until the spring of next year to repair it, it will be too hasty by then, right?
In Wei Yunqi's view, Xue Shixiong and Jing Yuanheng's troops could set out first and station themselves in the four towns of Liaoxi, Luhe, Huaiyuan, and Tongding, and prepare early for building bridges to confront Liaodong City on the other side across the river.
In this way, the entire Banghai Road will be completely under the control of our army, unlike now, when the enemy is actually throwing iron caltrops?
And it's not that Wei Yunqi didn't want to send troops to drive them away. If you drive them away, they will run away. When you leave, they will come again. It's a lot of trouble going back and forth. The best way is to garrison four military towns early. Unfortunately, as He Chong said. He said that he could not control Xue Shixiong and Jing Yuanheng.
Wei Yunqi looked helplessly at Wei Baoluan and said: "Although His Majesty has not made it clear, I have heard for a long time that the army will converge on Zhuojun and set off at the same time. However, if the pontoon bridge is built next spring, it may delay the military aircraft. "
"Don't talk nonsense. The war hasn't started yet. Where are the military planes coming from?" Wei Baoluan said with a smile.
Wei Yunqi was stunned and said: "Gao Jianming is running around with the Khitans, and there is Zhongshi Wei on Banghai Road. Doesn't this count as military intelligence?"
Zhong Shiwei is the Damoda of Liaodong City, and Damoda can be understood as the general.
The official title of the chief official of Liaodong City is called Lu Jinzhi, which basically means the governor of a state or the governor of a county. He can also be called the envoy. The envoy of Liaodong is called Yi Lid, but he can't control the defense of Liaodong. The person in charge of the garrison of Liaodong City was Gao Yuan's younger brother Gao Jianwu.
Gao Jianwu will fight the first battle in Liaodong and Sui Dynasty.
Wei Baoluan smiled and said: "The edict to seek Goguryeo has not been issued yet, so in name we have not fallen out with Goguryeo yet, how can you fight?"
Wei Yunqi looked deflated, took a few sips from the kettle and said:
"An army of one million will arrive one after another. They are crowded in a small place like Zhuo County and people eat what horses chew. How much food and grass will be wasted? Why can't the vanguard army be sent out earlier?"
"The vanguard army has been decided, it's Li Jing, but he hasn't arrived yet. Your Majesty asked him to be the vanguard, but he hasn't arrived yet, how can we fight?" Wei Baoluan smiled again and said, he felt that he, a brother of the same clan, was a good man in the army. , this kind of political consciousness is really not good enough.
Whoever the emperor said was the vanguard was the one, even if he was the last one to arrive, he still had to be the vanguard.
Wei Yunqi was completely helpless. This was completely out of order. We still had to choose the days for the war? The provocation has reached the doorstep, I can’t move?
In normal times, he can move, which is called the duty of garrison, but now, he can't move, because the emperor wants to conquer in person. What does it mean to conquer in person? If you started fighting me before I arrived, is that still called a personal expedition?
"What should we do? Do nothing now?" Wei Yunqi asked.
Wei Baoluan nodded, looked at He Chou and said, "He Taifu's river crossing matters must be properly prepared. The Liao River has also been measured. You can't make any mistakes here."
He Chou said: "There are many difficulties, but I will overcome them."
He already has a topographic map near Liao River, and has also chosen the location for erecting the pontoon bridge. A total of two pontoon bridges will be built, using 130 ships. But he knows that the design you have on paper will be different from the actual construction operation. , the difference is huge.
So he's under a lot of pressure.
Historically, after Yu Wenkai fell off the chain, he wiped his butt. This is not to say that he is better than Yu Wenkai, but that Yu Wenkai has already given him a practical operation, so when he takes over again, it will be easy to handle.
After all, Yu Wenkai is actually three meters shorter.
He Chou is currently shouldering this arduous task alone. It is impossible for him not to be nervous. If, according to what Wei Yunqi just said, the army enters the four towns early, then he can go to the Liashui River to conduct on-the-spot investigation and research in person. A perfect plan.
It's a pity that he didn't have this opportunity.
At this time, a decree from Luoyang was sent, and the emperor told Wei Yunqi to stay put and send only reconnaissance rangers to pay attention to the enemy's movements at all times. If there is any military information, he would report it separately.
Wei Yun became wilted, took a sip of hot water from his clan brother Wei Baoluan, and sighed:
"Send a message to the border garrison generals. Without my general order, they are not allowed to leave their duties at any time."
Wei Baoluan smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Just wait and see."
(End of chapter)
