Chapter 833: Seoul
In the second year of the Great Qin Kaiyuan, spring.
The commander of the right governor of Andong Province, the Taishou of Obifang County, the military envoy of the right Shenji, and the British Duke Xu Shiji led the newly built Right Shenji Army to Obifang County to take office.
This army drew officers as the backbone from the left and right Shence armies in Liaoning and Andong provinces, and also drew strong and strong townships from the Han immigrants outside the Guanxi to form an army, with a total of 24,000 troops.
Its lieutenants include Cheng Mingzhen, Fei Qingnu, Wang Bodang, Xu Yuanlang, etc. In addition to Cheng Mingzhen, who is the old brother of the Zhongwu Army, Fei Wang Xu and the three of them were all attached to the old department of the former Wang Shichong and Li Mi after the end of the Central Plains War. The emperor was very lenient to these generals, and did not investigate what he had done in the past, but did not blame the past, and all of them were awarded official positions according to their talents.
This army was assembled after the year, and then carried a lot of grain and grass all the way south.
The early spring was cold, and many Goguryeo rebels were encountered along the way, but under the command of Xu Shiji, this army still arrived at its goal as planned.
Seoul.
A long time ago, this was the territory of the small indigenous country of Zhenban on the peninsula, south of the Lelang County of Han, the small country of Zhenban to the west, the small country of Lintun to the east, and the three indigenous countries of Mahan, Jinhan, and Mouhan to the south.
Later, the Han Dynasty destroyed the two small states of Zhenfan and Lintun, and established the two counties of Zhenfan and Lintun, and the indigenous people on the peninsula were only left with the southernmost Sanhan tribe, which was compressed in the southern coastal area to survive.
Now, after destroying Goguryeo in Xuansu County west of the Yalu River, the imperial court divided Andong Province outside the Guanxi into two, with Liaoning Province to the west of the Yalu River and Andong Province to the east of the Yalu River, including the Korean Peninsula.
There are now only two counties in Andong Road, namely Lelang County and Obifang County.
Song Laosheng was the commander of the left governor, and Lelang was too guarded, stationed in Pyongyang, and commanded the left Shenji army. Xu Shiji commanded the right Shenji army as the commander of the right capital, led Fang Taishou, and stationed in Seoul.
Seoul was originally called Shinban, but this time the emperor gave it a new name as Seoul, which is the county seat of Obifang.
For the soldiers of the Zuo Shenji Army who have just arrived in Seoul, this name is much more pleasing to the ears than the real one, the city of the Han people, in the future, these soldiers will take root here, they will receive their families, and the imperial court will also move more Han immigrants.
After Xu Shiji entered the city, he carried out a quick and careful handover with the soldiers and horses left by Song Laosheng.
The commander, surnamed Hu, told him that the situation here was not optimistic, and that the official army now only controlled part of the city, and a large number of fortresses and villages were still in the hands of the rebels.
Because the Obifang side is farther away from Liaodong, the situation is now more complicated.
"Nowadays, not only are there many Goguryeo people who are making trouble, but there are also forces from Baekje and Silla going north, trying to take advantage of the fire to loot and seize the territory."
Xu Shiji knew that there were only two kingdoms of Baekje and Silla in the south today, and the two countries were the countries established by Sanhan, among which Baekje was special, and his main country was the Jinhan people, but the royal family was the nobles who went south from the Buyeo country, and the situation was similar to Tuyuhun, the king of Khan and the high-ranking nobles were the Tuyuhun tribe of the Xianbei Murong clan, but the main body was the Qiangqi tribe.
In the past, there were many indigenous tribes on the peninsula.
However, in the establishment of Korea in the east of Jizi, and later the usurpation of Jizi Korea by Wei Manchu, and then to the Han Dynasty into the peninsula, the establishment of the four Han counties, and then to the establishment of Goguryeo by the Buyeo people in the north, all the way to the central part of the peninsula, and the north and south in turn, so that the indigenous people in the north and central of the peninsula were basically exterminated or integrated and assimilated, and there was only Sanhan in the southern corner.
Up to now, only Baekje and Silla are left in Samhan, and their strength is not bad.
Previously, Goguryeo and them had been at war for hundreds of years, and the three kingdoms attacked each other, and Baekje and Silla had been pressed and beaten, and they also lost a lot of territory.
Now that Goguryeo is gone, the two countries also want to take the opportunity to recapture the old land, although most of these old lands were also seized in the past when the Jizi Joseon, Weishi Joseon, and Han Dynasty withdrew.
"When I opened the country of Great Qin, both Baekje and Silla sent envoys to congratulate me, and attached to the table, and regarded my Great Qin as the Zhengshuo, and now the era name used is also the first year of my Great Qin, but now I am doing this kind of sneaky thing, is it really out of my Great Qin whip?"
"These people are always arrogant, they only see the opportunities in front of them, how can they see such a distant place."
The commander told Xu Shiji that the situation here is now very complicated.
"Now on the side of the Belt Fang, the Goguryeo people are also divided into two major forces, one part is the original Goguryeo nobles, they try to restore the Goguryeo Kingdom, and the other part is the old department of the Yuan Yuan Taizuo, they are under the banner of the Fu Yuan clan Joseon, in fact, they just want to take advantage of the chaos to seize the territory and cut the dominance."
The Goguryeo people on both sides hated the Qin army, but at the same time, they were also incompatible.
After several wars, the west of Obibang County, that is, the former Jinban Kingdom, was mainly dominated by the generals of the old Yuan clan, who supported the Yuan boys to restore the Joseon Dynasty, while in the east of the old land of Lintun, those old Goguryeo nobles played the banner of restoring the Goguryeo Kingdom, embraced a Goguryeo royal family, and established the Goguryeo Dynasty.
The two sides then drew reinforcements, with Korea in the west using Silla in the southeast as reinforcements to attack Goguryeo, and Goguryeo in the east bringing in Baekje in the southwest as reinforcements. Baekje and Silla also took the opportunity to go north in a big way to grab territory and population. ”
Xu Shiji listened, just smiled and said, "Three thousand miles of land on the Korean Peninsula, I will not give up an inch of Daqin, not an inch will be too much, I will not give up an inch, I am now the commander of the right capital of Andong Province, and I also lead the Taishou of Fang County, and I am stationed in Seoul in person, so no one wants to take away a cent of land from me." ”
"Please go back and tell the Governor of Song, just say that since I, Xu Shiji, are here, I will sweep away the ministers here, and let them all be my concubines of the Great Qin."
Xu Shiji ordered to use the newly defended Seoul and several surrounding castles as the base camp, and sent light cavalry to explore the terrain on all sides, probe the traces of the enemy, and prepare to sweep the surrounding area with the autumn wind sweeping the leaves and restore the rule of Great Qin.
At the same time, he sent two more soldiers, each with a detachment, to the capitals of Baekje and Silla to bring his orders to the kings of Baekje and Silla.
"Silla and Baekje are the vassals of our Great Qin, and now the suzerain, the Heavenly Dynasty, the Great Qin, is crusading against the traitors, and not a single soldier of the two kingdoms shall cross the border into the territory of our Great Qin Daifang County, nor will the two kingdoms be allowed to take in a single soldier of Goguryeo rebellion. Before February, the deadline is to fully withdraw from the Obifang County, and return the people in the Obifang County who have been robbed and contained one by one, otherwise, don't say anything is unpredictable! ”
The peninsula is further north.
Between the white mountains and black waters, the Taishou Tudi Ji of Sumo County is mobilizing the people of Sumo Shui, and his song to invite the war into the court has been sent to Beijing through the newly built post road.
As long as the emperor wills, he will personally lead all the elites in his county to the south to participate in the suppression of the rebellion, so as to prove to the Great Qin Emperor that he is infinitely loyal to the Great Qin and the emperor.
In Pyongyang, Song Laosheng, the commander of the Left Governor of Andong Province, the commander of Lelang Taishou, and the commander of the Left Shenji Army, have already ordered the entire army of the Left Shenji Army to enter a state of first-class combat readiness, and have moved to the following counties to step up the transfer of grain, grass and baggage.
At the same time, he also sent an order to the Baishan and Ya tribes in the northeast of it, asking them to gather the children of the tribe and prepare to join the court to suppress the rebellion.
And in Liaodong.
Luo Shixin, the king of Wei who stayed behind in Tokyo, also issued a mobilization order, and the left and right armies of Liaoxi and Liaodong were mobilizing to prepare for war, and the counties were also making every effort to collect grain and grass.