In order to cooperate with Guo's plan to conquer the northeast, the three prefectures of Qingzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou were constantly transporting supplies and officials to the front line by sea.

While the war of conquest is being fought, the reign of this place is about to begin.

The places that have been fought must be occupied, governed, taxed, generated and provided with sufficient potential for exploitation, so that future generations have no excuse to give up at will.

The biggest drawback of the restraint policy is that when the country is strong, the territory looks extremely huge, and when the country is weak, it instantly retreats back to the thirteen states of the Central Plains, and the land is lost for thousands of miles.

This makes people feel that the possession and loss of land is inevitably too fast, just a defeat can lose thousands of miles of land, and a victory can also expand the land outward for thousands of miles.

It's not normal, it's not normal conquest and possession, it's just a claim, a symbol.

The Central Plains Empire had never really occupied or owned the lands under these restrictive policies before the Manchu Dynasty.

The weakness of the small government and the conservative nature of the landlord class made the Central Plains Empire not want to open up new land for a long time, but only wanted to occupy as much old developed land as possible.

After the Qin and Han dynasties, the Central Plains Empire basically did not take the initiative to assimilate culture and blood and incorporate it as a real territory, so once the country weakened, the territory immediately retreated.

In this regard, it was the Manchu emperors who did better, and Mongolia, Xinjiang, and even Tibet gradually came under the real rule of the central government during this period.

Guo must fundamentally reverse this historical tradition of attacking but not taking, and taking but not curing.

Conquer, operate, rule, collect taxes.

In this way, we can truly occupy the local area, so as to truly establish a vital strategic buffer zone for the thirteen states of Han China.

It seems that there is no way to match the income of the investment in this strategic buffer zone at the moment, but at some point in the future, this strategic buffer zone will definitely have an unexpected effect.

And on that day, Guo was destined not to be seen.

But it has to be done.

This is true in Liaodong, the grasslands, and the Western Regions in the future.

On the prairie, Guo Peng also plans to organize a nomadic economic zone, raise military horses and engage in animal husbandry at the same time, raising horses, sheep and cattle, and through large-scale animal husbandry, it will not only play the role of a strategic buffer zone, but also be able to provide a certain amount of meat for the population of the Central Plains.

Eating meat is no longer a luxury, but an expectation that can be seen and touched.

Even if it's just for the holidays?

If you can do this, Guo will be satisfied.

Now, first of all, it is necessary to occupy Liaodong, take over the foundation laid by Gongsun Du in Liaodong for 20 years, continue to develop, turn Liaodong into a logistics base that can continue to fight, and make use of everything that can be used for the benefit of future generations.

Yu Ban deeply agreed with Guo Peng's strategic concept, and believed that Guo Peng's strategy of controlling and digesting while attacking was very correct.

He was extremely glad that he could follow such an eloquent monarch.

So, after a new round of long-range strikes lasted for several days, on the first day of November, Yu Ban issued an order for a general attack.

If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!

Yu Ban personally went into battle to beat drums and cheer, Xiao general Zhang Fei personally led the troops to attack the east gate, and the Wei army attacked on all fronts, attacking the city on all sides.

Guan Ping couldn't help it, and asked Yu Ban for battle, Yu Ban nodded and agreed, so Guan Ping joined the siege army, braving the rain of arrows and rolling wood and stones to frantically storm the Xinchang city wall.

Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang couldn't help it, and asked for battle, Yu Ban also nodded and agreed, and Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang joined the siege army together.

Then Lu Yu and Lu Yi also asked for battle, Xiahou Heng and Cao Tai also asked for battle, Yu Ban agreed together, and they also joined the siege battle.

In the end, Guo Jin couldn't hold back his blood boiling, and asked for battle, Yu Ban was very moved, and then rejected Guo Jin's request.

"Bo Yao, don't go up, if you go up, I'll follow, do you think it's appropriate?"

Guo Jin looked at Yu Ban's pig liver face, and had to give up the idea of going to the battlefield very depressed.

Then he watched the hot-blooded men frantically sway their blood on the battlefield.

After the long-range attack was stopped, the county town of Xinchang was already in a mess, and the city wall was seriously damaged, because the wall damage caused by the expansion caused by the fire could be seen everywhere, which gave the Wei army unexpected help to the city battle, and it was a great disadvantage for the defenders.

The defenders in the city have suffered serious losses these days, and they have suffered the same treatment as the Shu army in the Sword Pavilion at the beginning, burning themselves, deafness, all kinds of abrasions, and many more people have died because of injuries and diseases than those who died in direct battle, and Gongsun Kang was anxious.

Gongsun Du can't get out of bed anymore, the previous time was an overdraft of his physical strength and vitality, and now Gongsun Du's condition has worsened, and he can't give Gongsun Kang any help again, Gongsun Kang must rely on himself.

But what does he have to rely on for himself?

Others don't know, he couldn't be clearer, the food stored in the city can only support eight days, and the reinforcements are delayed, which is clearly a mortal situation.

If reinforcements don't arrive after that, he really has to think about breaking through and finding another way to survive.

The Wei army's offensive began again, this time, it was the general attack brought by the army, and it was a bloody battle of climbing the city walls on all sides to try to climb the city and seize the city.

The Wei army struggled to advance, and a large number of soldiers climbed the city wall to fight bloody battles with the Liaodong army, with high morale and fearless death, while the Liaodong army, whose morale continued to decline, was difficult to resist.

The situation soon deteriorated, and as a last resort, Gongsun Kang sent his well-equipped soldiers to the city wall to help in the battle, and the Wei army continued to fight, but the front line still began to tighten.

On the city wall, the Wei army climbed the city to fight, and the Wei army under the city wall pushed the wood and violently hit the city gate, the Liaodong army blocked the left and the right branch, and gradually ran out of strength, while the Wei army became more and more courageous, and the battle situation on the city wall began to change, and the Liaodong army began to gradually be unable to resist the Wei army.

Several brave generals of the Wei army rushed to the city wall with red eyes and fought endlessly, and the Liaodong army also fought hard, unwilling to fail, and the two sides fought extremely fiercely.

Cao Zhen was one of the first people to rush to the eastern city wall and fight with the Liaodong soldiers.

Braving the rain of arrows to avoid the stones, Cao Zhen bravely climbed the city wall, and then slashed and killed the Liaodong soldiers with a knife, very brave, three Liaodong soldiers joined forces to attack Cao Zhen, Cao Zhen faced the battle, a knife to kill a person, a kick to open a person, and a knife to cut off a person's head, brave.

Cao Zhen was so brave, and his comrades-in-arms beside him were not to be outdone, and they rushed up to fight side by side with Cao Zhen, and fought more than bloody battles with the Liaodong Army.

On the other side, Xiahou Shang was also so brave, waving his sword and charging forward, killing several Liaodong troops, driving the morale of his comrades-in-arms, and a group of people rushed up, constantly crushing the group resistance of the small Liaodong army, and converging with Cao Zhen, constantly forging ahead.

As a result, the Wei army on the eastern city wall gradually gained the upper hand, and expanded the advantage, gradually holding the victory in hand.

The eastern city that Zhang Fei attacked was the first city tower to be captured by the Wei army.

The Liaodong Army on the eastern city wall was really unable to confront the Wei army, and was pushed back by more and more Wei troops, constantly pushing back, pushing back and pushing back, pushing out the space for the Wei army to gain a firm foothold, so the Wei army landed on a large scale and defeated the remaining Liaodong army.

The eastern city wall was not protected, and the surviving soldiers of the Liaodong Army broke up one after another and ran to the city tower.

The Wei soldiers also quickly chased down the city wall, Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang and a group of soldiers rushed to the city tower together, and fought hard with the Liaodong Army soldiers who were guarding the city gate under the city wall, killed all the Liaodong Army soldiers guarding the city gate, and took the lead in seizing the city gate.

The red-eyed Wei soldiers finally captured the east city gate, Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang roared together, and worked with their comrades to open the city gate, so the excited Zhang Fei gave an order and led the army to break through the city.

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