Gongsun Kang stood up, walked over to the hanging giant map, and pressed his hand on a spot on the map. He said, "I came up with a solution, let's build a castle in the location of the Jieshi. Close the door and beat the dog, and the Wuheng people in Liaoxi will not be able to run away. ”

Everyone was a little confused: how to build a castle in Jieshi so that you could close the door and beat the dogs?

Only Tian Chou, who is proficient in the geography of western Liaoning. After hearing Gongsun Kang's words, he seemed to have an understanding, and his eyes gradually shone brightly.

Gongsun Kang smiled at him, and then said to everyone: "It seems that Tian Chou, who is proficient in geography, has understood, so let him explain it to everyone." ”

Tian Chou stood up, arched his hand to everyone, and said slowly: "Since ancient times, there have been two roads from Jiji to Liaoxi:

(1) One of the most famous is the "Coastal Road", which is located on the narrow coastal plain. This road starts from thistle, passes through Yutian, Fengrun, and Yanjieshi into western Liaoning.

In the absence of bad weather, this long coastal strip was directly inserted into the inland counties of Beiping and Yuyang. And once there are heavy rains in summer and autumn, this road becomes an unfeasible road again.

(2) The other road is "Lu Longsai", the old Beiping County is in Pinggang, the road is Lulong, and it reaches Liucheng; Since the establishment of the armed forces, it has been broken and cut off for 200 years, and there is still a micro path to follow. This road is very difficult to walk, and it takes a month to dredge before you can run a horse.

So in fact, there is only one way to go, and that is Jieshi. ”

Tian Chou saw that everyone was listening quietly, and no one asked questions, so he continued to speak.

"The proposal of the prince of Rende to build a city in Jieshi is equivalent to holding the throat road leading to Youbeiping and Yuyang. To the west and south, there are stones blocking the road, to the east is our Liaodong, to the north is Xianbei. The Wuheng people became the turtles in the urn. "Xianbei and Wuheng also have a feud, if the Wuheng people dare to run to their territory, they will definitely be swallowed to the scum.

Gongsun Kang nodded approvingly to Tian Chou, and after giving everyone a little time to digest, he pointed to the map and continued to talk about the importance of Jieshi: "The Northeast Plain and the North China Plain are connected by a narrow strip of land, that is, the Western Liaoning Corridor. And on this long and narrow corridor, the Jieshi carries the Yan Mountain, faces the Bohai Sea, and there are Huanxi Mountains and other horns around each other, reflecting each other, and it will inevitably become a place for soldiers to fight for any war between North China and Liaodong.

From the geographical situation, Jieshi is surrounded by mountains and seas, and the Xiongguan is locked and passed, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Between the mountains and the sea 15 miles apart, the stone is tightly choked. In addition, there is a mountain in the east as a natural barrier, and the stone river in the west becomes a natural moat, thus constituting a veritable strategic location.

We set up Jieshi Pass--- I suggest calling it Shanhaiguan. Its significance is not just to block the retreat of Wuheng in Liaoxi. What's more: it cut off the access of the counties of the Central Plains to Liaodong. Just like the Hangu Pass of the Qin people back then. ”

When Gongsun Kang understood the last point, it was Gongsun Du who was most excited. Guarding Jieshi is equivalent to guarding Liaodong! Doesn't that mean that if you send tens of thousands of soldiers in Jieshi, you can become the emperor behind closed doors?

All the strategists suddenly realized that they admired Gongsun Kang's eloquence and strategy. This is an idea that can only be put forward by the wisdom of the next 2,000 years. In this era, no one would have thought of building Shanhaiguan at all.

Xi Zhicai said: "As long as the Shanhaiguan Pass is built, the Wuheng people will not be in trouble, and we can do it slowly." ”

Cheng Yu reminded: "We must guard against Wuheng people and dogs jumping over the wall in a hurry to loot western and eastern Liaoning." ”

Xu Miao laughed: "I have 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong, all of whom are veterans who have seen blood in battles with Goguryeo and Sanhan, and the entire population of Wuheng in Liaoxi is only 100,000, including old and weak women and children. I'm afraid that if he doesn't come to Liaodong, if he comes, he will let them have no return. ”

Guo Jia noticed one thing that was overlooked: time. He said: "If you build the city first and then take Wuheng, it will be at least half a year later." "Indeed, the mountains and the sea are 15 miles apart. In order to completely block the Liaoxi Corridor, the city wall needs to be 15 miles long. The main purpose of Shanhaiguan is to become the Hangu Pass of Liaodong, then it can no longer be a simple earthen city wall, and if the iron wall of Tongguan is built. Even if 20,000 people were to be dispatched, using explosives, digging rocks, and pouring cement, it would take at least half a year to complete.

Gongsun Du disagreed: "Shanhaiguan is a major plan that determines the life and death of my Liaodong, and it must be carried out first; As for the Wuheng people, it doesn't hurt to let them live for an extra year and a half. ”

The tone was then set: first build Shanhaiguan, and then take Wuheng in Liaoxi. In this way, Badon can live a few more episodes.

Putting aside the problem of the Wuheng people in Liaoxi, it was very easy for Gongsun Du and them to take Liaoxi County.

With the support of the Gongsun Zan family, the 12 counties in western Liaoning surrendered one after another. Wherever the Liaodong military horses went, the soldiers were bloodless and did not take any effort.

Liaodong and Liaoxi are neighbors. The people of Liaoning, who are poorly clothed and hungry, see the military horses of Liaodong just like they see the People's Liberation Army. Dayou: Why did you come here? We've been looking forward to it for two years.

After the entire territory of Liaoxi was taken down, Gongsun Du began to bloody the family again.

However, he did it very artistically this time, and after Gongsun Kang's unremitting indoctrination, now Gongsun Du also knows how to mobilize the masses.

So Gongsun Du, the lord of the blue sky, publicly posted a list and called on the masses to report and expose the illegal acts of bad and heroic. You have suffered, and now that I am here, I will be the master for you, and I will take revenge and redress your grievances.

At first, ordinary people were still waiting, the masses had become accustomed to the protection of officials and officials, and no one took Gongsun Du's example seriously, thinking that he was just expressing an attitude to win over the people.

As soon as Gongsun Du saw that it was cold, he rolled up his sleeves and went down in person to give everyone a demonstration. He arrested the three largest families except the Gongsun Chan family, young and old. It doesn't matter if there is no evidence, no family is innocent, and under Miki, there is really no one who has not confessed.

As a result, one by one, shocking cases of forcibly occupying fields, forcing the people to death, robbing people's daughters, and occupying other people's properties were all confessed. Gongsun Du was tried in public, and the three Haoqiang families confessed. Gongsun Du pronounced the verdict on the spot, and all the men, women and children of the three families were cut off!

Gongsun Du is really ruthless, and he doesn't leave roots for weeding.

The melon-eating masses in western Liaoning happily watched the whole process of the trial. The next day, the pleadings of the complaint flew onto Gongsun Du's desk like snowflakes, and the people who didn't know how to read also crowded the lobby of the Liaoxi County Guard.

As a result, Liaoxi County also began a vigorous purge, and the Gongsun family laid a firm mass foundation.

In the end, in addition to the Gongsun Chan family, there were three small families that were not involved. These three small families are heirlooms, willing to be kind and charitable, and have a good reputation among the people. So Gongsun Du warmly invited the young people of the three families to go out of the mountain and hold certain official positions in Liaoxi County to do more for the people of Liaoxi.

In fact, the treacherous and cunning Gongsun Du understands that these three small families have a good reputation because they have no opportunity and no strength to do evil. Now give them officials to do it, give them a chance. It is estimated that in three years, there will definitely be a large number of children in the family who bully men and women.

When the time comes, I'll clean you up, Gongsun Du sneered in his heart.