In the first year of Yonglong, at the end of summer, the Heishui Jin tribe wantonly plundered and slaughtered the people on the Xia border, and Goguryeo protected its evil deeds, and after the negotiation failed, the two sides went to war. し

The situation in Goguryeo was complicated, and Li Chengdao's trip caused dissatisfaction in the country, and the Holy Decree even summoned him back to Pyongyang to ask for his guilt. The Xia army was like a bamboo, and within a month, more than ten cities were conquered, and the troops were under the city of Liaodong.

Liaodong city is divided into two layers inside and outside, behind the high wall of the city, there is the water of the Liao River surrounding, looking at the distance, the mountains are undulating, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it weren't for the rule of the officials in the last years of the previous dynasty, there would have been frequent wars and the people would not have been taken away by the Goguryeo people. Over the years, Goguryeo has never given up on entering western Liaoning, and Great Xia has never forgotten the land of eastern Liaodong.

This place is a very important base for the Li family, once Liaodong is lost, although the Li family will not face the catastrophe, it will also be greatly damaged.

Because of this, Li Zailiang can ignore the "mountain city" elsewhere, but he must take care of the mountain city in Liaodong.

Li Zailiang conscripted and built four mountain cities near Liaodong City, namely Beisha City, Weiba Mountain City, Deli Temple Mountain City and Chengshan Mountain City.

These four mountain cities were all built on steep hills, and the water in the city was abundant, making them easy to defend and difficult to attack. The walls of the city are built on very high ridges, among which the Weiba Mountain City is five kilometers long, the outer city is about three zhang high, and the shortest inner city is five feet high. There are not only water storage facilities such as drinking horse bay and fish pond in the city, but also clear springs that do not dry up all year round, and Deli Temple Mountain City stores water in Longtan Bay. In other words, it is very difficult to cut off their water supply.

Mountain cities generally have two to five gates, in order to drain the mountains and rivers, each mountain city also has a water gate. The main entrance is mostly built on the side of the water gate and is the main exit. There are lookouts at the four corners, and there are people standing on the lookouts at all times to observe the four directions.

It can be said that as soon as these four mountain cities were established, Liaodong City was firmly guarded. If Great Xia wanted to ignore them and storm Liaodong City, their support would be able to pour out of the mountain city, cut off the army, create chaos, and make the besieging troops have no way to retreat. But if you want to break through the four cities first, it is too difficult.

The terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack has to take the word "trapped", but looking at the reserves in the four mountain cities, you can know that this trick is only afraid that if you fail to trap the other party, you will trap yourself.

If you don't besiege it, you can't attack it by force, and the mountain city is the one that the generals are most reluctant to fight, otherwise why would so many bandits drill into the mountains? Once the attack cannot be carried out for a long time and the losses are heavy, it is easy to hurt the morale of the army and boost the morale of the enemy.

Left is not right, neither is right, nor can it advance, retreat...... That's even more so. The eyes of the whole court are staring here, and how many people are waiting for the army to conquer Liaodong. As long as the city of Liaodong is broken, Goguryeo will lose its barrier, even if the imperial court does not conquer Pyongyang this time, the credit will be at your fingertips next time. Just as if Great Xia won Liaoxi by Goguryeo, it would be in danger itself.

What's more, they will be afraid.

Once Goguryeo lost Liaodong, the atmosphere in the country was by no means a common hatred of the enemy, but a malaise.

People are so strange, they have lost such an important thing, and there are only a few who can arouse courage and fight hard. More people will be afraid, afraid of provoking such powerful people, afraid that they will have to die for these things, so they will back down again and again - what is it to lose a few pieces of land, it is not my family anyway: it doesn't matter if you cede some gold and silver treasures, it is a big deal to exploit the people; Even if one's own country loses its status as a great power and becomes a vassal state of Great Xia, and has to pay tribute to Great Xia, so what? It's not me who gives up the emperor's title, it's still not me who pays tribute to the court, life is still the same, at most it's just a little bit of a reputation, why don't you steal peace, you have to hit it to death?

Even if Goguryeo was defeated, even if it was the emperor whose interests were most damaged, it would be nothing. Without the title of emperor, you can be called king! He is still the supreme lord of this country, no one will be victimized, the tribute can be passed on to the people, and the envoy does not need him to go in person, even if the envoy comes to Daxia, it doesn't matter, let's just entertain it!

Liaodong's existence zài is so wonderful that Goguryeo dares to covet Liaoxi with it. But without it, it is like a person without clothes, and many things will be timid, and he will never dare to do them again.

Besides, even if Goguryeo plucked up the courage and wanted to take back Liaodong, it wouldn't matter. Whoever occupies this place is advantageous, Qin Wan will definitely not send straw bags to garrison Liaodong, and Jiang Luo will not lose his eyesight to that share. As long as Goguryeo is defeated a few more times, they will lose their courage, even if the hot-blooded people shout every day to take back Liaodong, as long as Daxia puts a little pressure, no one will dare to really fight for it.

This is a lesson from history, and it is also Xu Ran's experience. After all, in the world where Xu Ran lives, isn't that the case in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun? Although it has nothing to do with the temperament of the court and the emperor, it is also understandable - as long as I beat you to be afraid, you can't run away, and you dare to beat me?

For the imperial court, even if the army conquered a hundred cities, it was not as important as a city in Liaodong. Jiang Luo's expression was stern, he looked at the generals, and said in a deep voice: "A few days ago, the princess of Pontus invited the princess of Shengshang and Jiangdu to implore the imperial court to increase troops. I received news today that the imperial court has transferred three more water divisions, and also carried many government soldiers who do not know water, and rushed to Liaodong under the stars. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces turned pale, and their already straight backs became even straighter.

Jiang Luo understood that the generals understood the meaning of his words, and his face became even heavier: "If we can't capture Liaodong quickly, march on both sides, and the sailors are in a hurry, you can also understand what the consequences are." ”

The sailors of Great Xia are still training, although they are much better than in previous years, and their combat effectiveness is still inferior to that of the army. It can be said that the imperial court sent them here, not to let them participate in the war at all, but to send them to death - Liaodong is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is an important foundation of the Li family, once it is not captured before winter, it will fall short. After all, the vast majority of people are still difficult to adapt to the bitter cold climate of Liaodong, and in winter, not to mention the problem of weapons freezing, if there is not enough cotton clothing, it is possible to freeze. Not to mention that when winter comes, the transportation of grain and grass becomes a big problem. But everyone knows that the Li family has been prepared for a long time, and it is impossible to capture Liaodong in just two or three months. Because of this, Jiang Luo wanted to ask the imperial court for help, hoping that the imperial court would send troops, and the two armies of the water and land would march at the same time to surround the city of Pyongyang.

Pyongyang is the capital of Goguryeo, inhabited by most of Goguryeo's imperial relatives, dignitaries and nobles, once it is captured, it will be a disaster to destroy the country. As long as Daxia makes a decision to contain Liaodong, in fact, the appearance of the army pulling out Goguryeo will definitely be able to paralyze the other party. In this way, the Goguryeo court would not be able to resist it and asked Li Jaeliang to return to help immediately.

As long as most of Liaodong's troops can be withdrawn, the pressure of attacking the city will be much less for the Xia army.

Although this move is a "show", it must be done to everyone believe, or in other words, to make most of the enemies panic, the pressure on the sailor is not insignificant. These sailors are all elites trained by the imperial court, and Jiang Luo just let the army besieging Pyongyang die, and he can't let the casualties of the navy army be too heavy.

Then again, if Liaodong can be captured, even if these people are all dead, it will be worth it for the imperial court. The imperial court must have made preparations early, otherwise why did they allocate two water divisions to them, and there were three water divisions near Liaodong? Princess Jiangdu...... In the event of war, he is also a person who treats human lives as numbers!

That's fine, Ci is not in charge of the army, for today's Northeast, there is nothing more important than conquering Liaodong!

"Protect you!" Jiang Kui relied on the fact that he was Jiang Luo's nephew, and was the first to rush out, "The last general is willing to be the vanguard and conquer Liaodong City for the protection of the capital!" ”

Jiang Xiao remained silent: "You mean, regardless of the four mountain cities?" ”

"The danger of the mountain city is mainly in cutting off the back road and creating chaos!" Jiang Kui said, "The last general believes that his comrades will definitely be able to stabilize the situation in the rear and avoid the worries of my vanguard army!" ”

Hearing him say this, everyone invariably glanced at Xiao Yu.

Jiang Kui is not unreasonable, the Xia army is afraid of the mountain city, it is nothing more than afraid that the mighty army will drive to the Liao River, want to cross the river, or have already crossed the river, and when the rafts are still being made here, a bunch of brave and warlike people suddenly rushed out. In this way, the Xia army was caught off guard, and there would be chaos, and the so-called attack on Liaodong would not be over. But if there were people in the rear, maybe ...... Can you stabilize the situation?

This person who sits in the rear must be well-liked in the army, and everyone will give him some face; The backstage is also relatively hard, even if you don't want to give him face, you have to give him face to the people behind him; The official position must not be low, otherwise it will not be able to suppress those big-headed soldiers. It is better to have the ability to calm the scene and turn the tide. Have the wit to be able to adapt to the situation and resolve the crisis. The most important thing is not to disagree with the army yet.

The so-called dissenting heart mainly refers to the problem of factions. After all, the expedition to Liaodong was promoted by Princess Jiangdu. Whether it is King Lu or the Duke of Cangwu, as well as the rest of the people who covet the throne, they don't want this matter to go smoothly and make Princess Jiangdu's reputation go to a higher level. On the contrary, if the attack on Liaodong fails, the soldiers lose countless money and food, but it will not have the desired effect, and the princess of Jiangdu will have no shame in ruling the country.

For the generals, the casualties of the soldiers are just a number, and as long as they win, they can do anything. This is even more true for the royal family, if the prestige of Princess Jiangdu can be hit, and this stumbling block can be removed, the lives of 100,000 troops, and even the important strategic position of Liaodong, how can it be compared to the throne? Only when you get the throne can you have time to take care of the territory, as for now...... Grab the throne first!

In this way, the people guarding the rear really have to be Xiao Yu.

Jiang Xiao saw Jiang Kui's actions, there was no expression on his face, but he snorted coldly in his heart, and secretly said that the elder brother really didn't teach the child well. On weekdays, he looks heroic, both civil and military, but at such a time, he doesn't have enough mind.

It's just a simple provocation by others, and there are thousands of ways to turn hostility into friendship, but it is about to go to death. Trying to use the face of the Jiang family, the future of the Jiang family, and the blood of the Jiang family to pressure him, don't you really think that he, Jiang Luo, will not dare to do anything to his family, and will definitely help them to wronged the only son of the benefactor together?