"Your Majesty, where are we going? If you want to go north, you're not going to go to Chukyo, are you? Among the group of people who set off from Tianjin, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi rode a jade lion in front, still pointing all the way, and were interrupted by Cen Tianshi, who caught up behind them.

Qiaoxi glanced at Li Xuanqing with a little surprise and said with a smile: "Sir, let's not go to Zhongjing, let's go to Suzhou, what are we going to Zhongjing for?" The second brother Tuoba has already rushed to Kaizhou to wait for us. ”

"Suzhou? Isn't Suzhou in the south? Cen Tianshi didn't react for a while, and as soon as his voice fell, he was interrupted by Xu Tianxiang behind him, "There is also a Suzhou in the north, just on the Liaonan Peninsula, I forgot who got the name." However, Suzhou there is not as prosperous as Suzhou in the south, and it is now just a small town. However, Li San said that there were not many Khitans there anymore, and the power was also taken by the Han Chinese. ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "Hou Yong and Gao Siji directly wiped out the army of the prince of Bohai State in the first battle of Kaizhou, and he himself was seriously injured, and several other states and counties near Kaizhou were directly frightened stupid, and the Khitans in the area either fled or surrendered directly, and the Liaonan Peninsula has now been completely taken." ”

"Yes, this time let's go see if it's suitable for building a shipyard over there, and then think about how to build a road to get there." Qiaoxi sat on the horse and smiled: "But this Suzhou name is the same as the one over there, should we change it?" Directly changed to Dalian. Qiaoxi's words directly changed Suzhou, which was still uninhabited in this era, to Dalian in later generations.

Several people set off from Pingzhou, along the Liaoxi Corridor through the Shanhaiguan hometown of the later generations to Tokyo, along the way the vast land let others are amazed, Cen Tianshi is even more desolate, the northeast of this era can be more desolate than the later generations, in addition to the nomads, the number of Han people in the entire Liaodong is very small, coupled with the uneven geographical distribution, resulting in a large area of land along the way is not cultivated at all, even the herdsmen are very few.

"Your Majesty, this is worthy of being a land that can feed half of the Tang Dynasty. I think that if it is well managed, this Northeast alone can be comparable to the entire Central Plains. Cen Tianshi did not hesitate to praise and sighed.

"My biggest concern right now is that there isn't enough population to develop it on a large scale. The Central Plains itself has experienced the scourge of war, and the population itself is not enough, basically there is not much population to move out, and there are quite a few people in the south of the Yangtze River, but the face is that the population of the Lingnan region is insufficient, and if the two sides are developed at the same time, there will not be much population to come out. Li Xuanqing said with a sad smile on his face: "Don't think about the northwest, the population is already small, and if you want to enter Anxi, the population of our Datang is still seriously insufficient." ”

"Then let's focus on development, and gradually develop the surrounding areas based on a few large towns with obvious location advantages. If you add the garrison, you should still be able to quickly provide assistance to the country. Qiaoxi was very optimistic and said with a smile.

"Qiaoxi's method is very good, the cabinet here intends to draft a specific method for immigrating to the Northeast, and those who are willing to come to the Northeast will give huge concessions, and the Ministry of Communications will find a way to build a railway from Tianjin to connect the Northeast, so that the Northeast will not be gained and lost." Cen Tianshi is now very obsessed with the railway, and said with a smile.

Xu Tianxiang followed: "That's not simple, when this battle is over, even the prisoners who will build the road will be available, and then let Yang Yi send tens of thousands of people over, and one year will be enough to get it done." Before he finished speaking, a group of men and horses in front of him were hurrying towards this side. Xu Tianxiang was about to beckon the guards to come forward to stop him, and the team of centaurs also discovered him, waving the flag of the Tiance Army from a distance.

"Your Majesty, the Northern Front Command has an urgent military briefing." This team of men and horses was picked up by the pro-guard team and quickly handed over the latest military report. Li Xuanqing took it and glanced at it, frowned, handed it to Xu Tianxiang and Cen Tianshi beside him, and said, "Bohai Guoda Zuorong is going to sue for peace." ”

"Summation?" The two looked at each other and were silent after reading it. Qiaoxi said thoughtfully: "It is estimated that this king is thinking about his son, and then thinking that we are the same as the previous dynasty, as long as we surrender to the tribute." ”

Cen Tianshi shook his head and said, "As Qiaoxi said, your majesty, let's find a way to deal with it." This northeast is so fertile that it must be directly governed and turned into my Datang territory. His Bohai State must become history. This is non-negotiable. ”

"Then let Tuoba Sijian rush to the headquarters and talk to him, I have no interest in detaining his crown prince, but the Bohai Kingdom must be dissolved, and all the land must be included in the rule of the Tang Dynasty. As for Yelu Hanxiong, if he is willing to surrender, he can consider referring to Sha Tuo and the party's handling methods. If you have any other thoughts, then let the army speak, the northern front of the Tiance Army has concentrated so many troops, and we must solve all the troubles in one battle and win a stable and stable northeast for us. Li Xuanqing nodded and said, "Sir, you and Tianxiang should immediately issue their own orders, and let Chen Fan and Tuoba Sizhi handle this matter on their own on this basis, and there is no need to ask for instructions." ”

When the two heard this, they immediately wrote an order for the guards to send someone to follow the comer back to the front line to convey the order. The group then crossed the plains south of Tsubame-gun Castle to Tokyo. Since Tuoba Siji had already gone north, a few of them only stopped for a while and then went directly south, moving along the road of Chenzhou. Along the way, you can see the trauma after the war from time to time, but fortunately, these people came out of the sea of corpses and blood, so I didn't care. After more than ten days, Li Xuanqing finally arrived in Dalian, an important city in the northern part of the later Republic.

"Your Majesty, this place is too desolate, and I haven't seen where the port is." Cen Tianshi walked around the city of Suzhou and said with a wry smile: "How do I think that there is no development in this place for three or five years, and there is no way to build a port and shipyard." ”

No one paid attention to Cen Tianshi's words, Qiaoxi and Li Xuanqing pointed at a map they had drawn, and Xu Tianxiang took Fu Yao out to see the scenery. Cen Tianshi also turned around and saw that what Li Xuanqing was holding in his hand was actually the entire port city layout map, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Your Majesty, you are really prepared, I think that if you don't give this map to the cabinet, I will just follow the map when the time comes, so as not to trouble." ”

"This is not good, I will give it to you when I go back to Chang'an, Zhang Qiang will come over in a few days to see how the port is planned in the early stage, and this map will be given to him at that time." Li Xuanqing stood up and said with a smile: "The Liaonan Peninsula is a long and narrow strip stretching out of the Bohai Sea, and there are more harbors along the way, which is more suitable for the establishment of ocean-going ports, and it is like two arms surrounding the Bohai Sea with the Shandong Peninsula, and it is the most important port in the north of the Navy in the future, so it must be comprehensively considered to establish it." The port will be built by an industrial conglomerate and funded by the Ministry of Finance, and will wait until next year's budget comes down. ”

Li Xuanqing led everyone to continue to walk forward, preparing to check the specific terrain of the peninsula in this era on the spot, so that he could know it in his heart. However, just as they were surveying the terrain, they had already arrived at the northern front headquarters in the Shenzhou region, and Tuoba Sijian had already joined Chen Fan.

"Brother Si Ji, what does this Da Zuorong think? At this time, he came to sue for peace, and he was not afraid that Yelu Hanxiong would turn against him? Wu Huan on the side shook his head, obviously disdainful of this kind of person.

Tuoba Sizhi was not surprised, nodded and said: "The internal situation of the Bohai Kingdom is complicated, and this Da Zuorong is actually a faint monarch who eats and waits for death, he thinks that he can continue to be his king by surrendering to us." As for Yelu Hanxiong, it is estimated that he is powerless when he thinks about it. ”

"Brother Si Ji means that the army's next focus is to target Yelu Hanxiong?" Chen Fan said to the map: "The Khitan army is now deployed north of Tongzhou, I guess this Yelu Hanxiong may also have a backhand, Xuan Yingwei's news says that he has transferred Xiao Yu to his rear, should he not think about retreating north?" ”

"There is this possibility, I think the strength of the Khitans can be said to have fallen to the lowest point, the north was crushed by our army all the way to the vicinity of Tongzhou, if the Bohai State is defeated by us again, it is equivalent to falling into a helpless situation."

Chen Fan thought for a while and asked, "Brother Si, what time did Bohai Kingdom and you make an appointment to negotiate?" ”

"Three days later? What's wrong? Tuoba Si was a little puzzled and asked, "Do you have any plans?" ”

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully and said, "Three days later, that is, June 17, there is still time." Ordered Xuan Yingwei to follow the army branch to immediately find out the movements of the Khitan department, I need the latest information. ”

Chen Fan's words surprised Wu Huan and the others for a while, and then they understood what Chen Fan meant, and they all gathered in front of the map, only to hear Chen Fan say: "You see, Yelu Hanxiong's first section has been isolated north of Tongzhou but about sixty miles, if Da Zuorong negotiates with us here, then it will definitely not participate in Yelu Hanxiong's troops, then we can artificially create a part of relative advantage on the front line." ”

"What does the marshal mean is to create an opportunity to defeat Yelu Hanxiong during the negotiation, so as to bring an opportunity to the negotiation? However, the order given to us by the General Staff and the Emperor is not to have too many illusions about the negotiations, after all, a place as large as the Northeast needs to be included in the scope of the Empire's direct notice. Wu Huan said with a frown.

"Wu Huan, you haven't understood what Da Shuai means, what Da Shuai means is that the fierce soldiers and results force Da Zuorong to give up his unrealistic illusions, so as to accept our meaning and create opportunities for the unification of the Northeast." Wu Huan didn't understand what he meant, but Tuoba Si on the side smiled and said: "Don't worry, Dashuai, when the time comes, I will let Da Zuorong retreat from the difficult situation and take the complete Northeast for the empire." ”

"Ordered Tuoba Siji to lead the army to attack from the northwest in three days, the battalion directly under the command and the steppe cavalry battalion as the main force of the Chinese army to lead the team to attack from the front, and the artillery battalion this time to take out all the guys to give the Khitans an all-out blow. As the main force of the right army, the pro-guard battalion and the heavy cavalry battalion were responsible for cutting off the connection between the main force of Yelu Hanxiong and this prominent force. Chen Fan pointed to the map while instructing Liu Yi to give the order quickly.

"Marshal, you mean to make me a reserve?" Wu Huan was dumbfounded when he heard that he didn't have his own unit number, and hurriedly asked.

"You are responsible for negotiating with Brother Siji, suppressing the Bohai State's careful thinking with military might, and by the way, serving as a reserve to monitor the movements of the Bohai State's army. I've heard that Momoli is a veteran general who can fight habitually. Chen Fan shook his head and said: "Ge Cunzhou in the rear has already led a reserve army on the way north, but what I want to say is that the empire is fighting every year, and the cabinet is also making up enough for our military expenses to go to the northeast, I don't want our 400,000 army to finally need reinforcements from the rear to win." ”

"Da Shuai means that Momo will not succumb to Da Zuorong, and it is possible that he will make trouble on the front line?" Wu Huan's eyes were blazing and said: "If this is the case, then we must kill Momoli, otherwise this person will inevitably continue to organize confrontation once he escapes, then even if we take it, we will need to face the follow-up continuous use of troops." ”

"So you are the key to this battle, all the battles ahead have nothing to do with you, you must ensure that you defeat the troops in Momoli when necessary, carry out the decapitation mission, I have let Baoliang secretly move to your right front, and act with you when the time comes." Chen Fan slammed his fist on the table and said.

Tuoba Sizhi nodded and said, "The arrangement of the marshal is very necessary, and we can't leave the disaster." To be honest, although the Khitans are strong, they are not the point, their foundation is small, and it is not worth our trouble, the focus is on this Momo. ”

Wu Huan nodded, and left the camp to start reorganizing his army and preparing for action. However, Tuoba Sizhi was a little puzzled: "It seems that the marshal has other meanings that have not been said. ”

"It's still thoughtful." Chen Fan said with a smile: "The war on the northern front is different from the southern front, the southern front is basically our own homeland, and it is not suitable to kill, but the meaning of Da Zuorong is obvious, in exchange for his own status at the expense of the interests of the country, this kind of thinking may work on others, but for a general like Momoli, it may lose its effect if it is really on the verge of losing the country, so what I arranged for Wu Huan is actually the key to this battle, if he can't complete the task, then the war on the northern front is bound to drag on for a long time, causing unnecessary losses." ”

"In that case, why didn't the marshal make it clear to General Wu?" Tuoba asked a little puzzled.

Chen Fan shook his head and said: "They always need to grow, if everything needs to be watched by others, they will never be able to grow into a qualified commander, the footsteps of our Tiance Army will definitely not be limited to one place in the future, what is needed is more marshals who can command an army, not generals." ”

Chen Fan's words made Tuoba Sijian ponder for a while, and understood the meaning of Chen Fan's direct on-demand on the battlefield.

"Brother Si Jian, don't worry, I have secretly ordered the Guards Battalion to allocate manpower to complete the task for Wu Huan when necessary, but first he needs to be able to think of it himself." Chen Fan said with a smile, this sentence also made Tuoba Sizhi understand how high the angle of the young marshal in front of him was, this usually silent young general is not only a qualified commander, but also a wise man who enlightens future generations.

"Don't worry, Tuoba Sizhi will do his best to complete the negotiations and ensure that our Tang Empire recovers the Northeast." Tuoba thought and saluted solemnly.