The first year of Xianqing, autumn.

The Tang Dynasty established the Metropolitan Governor's Office of Jilin Prefecture in the land of Silla, with Kim Famin, the king of Silla, as the Metropolitan Governor of Gilin Prefecture, and awarded the General of Zuowei, officially incorporating Silla into the Tang Dynasty's feudal ruling system.

And just before that, the emperor also appointed Li Xiao, the deputy capital protector of Andong Province and the governor of Xiongjin Prefecture, as the general manager of the Jilin Road march.

Although the war was resolved after the war was resolved when Tang sent troops to conquer Silla, the imperial court did not actually withdraw the appointment of the chief of the march of Li Xiaoji Lindao.

I don't know if I forgot it, or if it was intentional.

Jilin Prefecture, Jilin Road, the governor and the general manager seem to be about the same, but in fact, the difference is very different.

Jilin Prefecture is an administrative division, and the metropolitan governor is the supreme administrator, but Jilin Road is a temporary theater established during the war, and the general manager is the commander-in-chief of the theater.

In this way, Silla was originally a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, but now it has actually become an autonomous province, and the king of Silla has become an autonomous high-ranking official. And Li Xiao, as a high-ranking official and acting high-ranking official of Andong, served as the commander-in-chief of the Silla Theater.

Twists and turns, very winding.

However, as the supreme governor who had complete power in all administrative, civilian, military, financial, and personnel aspects in Andong Province, Li Xiao issued a mobilization order, and the entire five prefectures and 16 prefectures and 180 counties of Andong were fully mobilized.

Li Xiao transferred 5,000 Tang troops, 10,000 Xiangyong and 10,000 Silla soldiers from the entire Andong Province of 20,000 soldiers, 10,000 Xiangyong and 10,000 Silla soldiers to form a 25,000-strong army of 25,000 soldiers.

At the mouth of the Baijiang River in the lower reaches of Siyu City, more than 300 large and small warships and transport ships have been assembled one after another.

3,000 sailors and 2,000 temporarily conscripted sailors were responsible for the transportation of soldiers and grain and grass, but in fact the total strength of the Tang army was 30,000.

Under the Tang military system, where the army is commanded by a general, there will be at least 20,000 troops in one army. If it is a general, then at least twelve thousand five for an army.

Li Xiao commanded 30,000 troops, which can be called a large-scale battle. But in order to avoid another accident on the side of the court, this time Li Xiao was very bold to cut first and then play.

He sent troops to the court at the same time, but he only claimed that he had transferred 5,000 troops to support Silla's crusade against the Japanese army, and he did not count the 3,000 sailors into the combat troops, and he could go back and say that these sailors were only transporting soldiers.

Of course, the servants will not be counted, they are not soldiers.

As for the 10,000 Xiangyong, that is not a soldier, the Silla people, those are not Li Xiao's soldiers.

So it was full of 30,000 soldiers, and Li Xiao insisted that he only mobilized 5,000 soldiers. And he just said that he was going to rescue Silla, and did not come up with his own real plan.

Soldiers drawn from the state forts gathered in a steady stream.

The port of Baijiang has long been stocked with grain, grass and equipment needed for the war.

For more than a year, today's Andong Dao soldiers and horses are indeed well-fed and well-armed.

The 20,000 government troops stationed in Andong are now equipped exactly the same as those in the Central Plains, with 12 percent of the bow and crossbow equipment, 100 percent of the horizontal sword equipment, and 80 percent of the spear equipment.

In addition, the number of cavalry has also reached forty percent, and the number of mules and horses is also amazing, each group of ten government soldiers has six mules and horses or donkeys, and many government soldiers with good conditions even have their own horses.

These horses and mules are still only for transportation, and are not counted among the war horses. Therefore, officers above the team level are equipped with mounts.

The soldiers of the Anton Tang Army have become an elite force with powerful mobile forces, not to mention many heavy weapons such as winch crossbows, lathe crossbows, catapults, etc., and the sailors also have heavy weapons such as batters and bed crossbows.

Even Anton Xiangyong is now equipped with 50 percent with horizontal swords, 100 percent with spears, 30 percent with bows, and 10 percent with crossbows.

Anton now has a total of six thousand cavalry, six thousand sailors.

It is necessary to have people, money and money, grain and grass, equipment and equipment, morale and weather, it can be said that the time and place are favorable, and at such a good time, Li Xiao has no reason not to send troops.

Not only did the soldiers have enough food, but Li Xiao also deliberately mobilized several fierce generals this time.

He is the main commander, Li Jinxing is the deputy, Liu Renliang is the long history, Wang Fangyi is Sima, Zhao Zhiman is the front of the ya, and Xue Chuyu, Cheng Boxian, Qin Xiong, and Liu Jun are all in front of the left and right.

After the autumn harvest, the soldiers and villagers had plenty of time and responded to the call very actively. What's more, Li Xiao had already awarded a very attractive reward, for every Japanese soldier killed, he would be rewarded with ten acres of land.

This is the simplest and most brutal reward, a first-class ten acres of land, which is also very tempting for Anton's soldiers, let alone those villagers.

The last time Baekje rebelled, the Tang army awarded such a reward, and later Li Xiao also fully honored it. With this precedent, the soldiers would not have doubted it.

In addition, there will be all kinds of military merits in wars, such as collective merits, jumping skills, vanguard merits, etc., after a big war, as long as they are won and not killed or disabled, then everyone can reap a lot of benefits. If you're lucky, you might even be able to make meritorious service and award officials.

In just half a month, 30,000 horses have all been gathered, Li Xiao will parade the troops, and then reward the three armies, kill pigs and sheep and reward the soldiers, and then the whole army set off.

30,000 soldiers set off from Baijiang Port on more than 300 large and small ships and headed south along the coast.

"Marshal, is my Anton Navy fleet mighty?"

Zhao Zhiman, the commander of the soldiers and horses and the envoy of the water division, pointed to the water division and asked Li Xiao for credit.

"Yes, it's mighty."

Almost all of this naval division came this time, and in addition to the grain ships and troop carriers, the naval division also had an extremely powerful battle fleet.

It is composed of six types of ships, namely, building ships, ships, fighting ships, boats, yachts, and sea falcons, and these six types of warships are different in size and have their own functions.

For example, the building ship is a ship as tall as a building. As early as the Sui Dynasty, there were huge Lou boats, and even in the Han Dynasty, there were already Lou boat generals.

The big building ship, the ship starts five floors, more than 100 feet high, the left and right front and rear six poles, and 50 feet high, 800 soldiers.

This building is large in size and extremely capable in combat, similar to the battleships of the naval era, capable of attacking enemy ships.

Zhao Zhiman's fleet now has four building ships, all of which are built with three buildings, a female wall, a battle grid, a tree flag, a crossbow window and a spear hole, and a car base stone and iron sweat, which is like a castle.

This is a battle castle on the sea, which can be attacked from a distance or in close combat, especially with a large number of soldiers.

The only drawback is that it is too tall and afraid of wind and waves. But in the offshore war, it is incomparably powerful.

Zhao Zhiman's four building ships are the magic weapons of his fleet, and they all brought them this time.

Fighting ships and walkers are also attack ships, but they are smaller in size and carry fewer soldiers, but they also have the advantage of being fast.

In addition, there are yachts and sea falcons, these two are small boats, yachts are mainly patrols and escorts, and sea falcons are mainly used for communication.

There is also a kind of ship that covers the back of the ship with raw cow skin, which is equivalent to a defensive turtle-like ship, the enemy cannot be approached, and the arrow cannot attack, this kind of ship is not large, but it is very fast. On both sides of the cowhide covered cabin, there are crossbow windows and spear holes, which can be used to quickly attack and approach the enemy while they are out of reach, and can also be used to reconnoiter the enemy.

With such a fleet, Zhao Zhiman felt that in fact, with him and the sailors, he would be able to kill the Japanese people.

"Our target is Jincheng, not just the Japanese people." Li Xiao said to him with a smile.

Jinseong, the capital of the Silla Kingdom, is now the capital of the Governor of the Gilin Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty. Li Xiao planned to set up his Jilin Road Marching Governor's Mansion there as well.