The big drama ended, and various emotions such as remorse, happiness, regret, and dissatisfaction floated over Hebei, until the battle situation of Goguryeo came, and the limelight of the salt case was overshadowed. Qin Qiong and Su Dingfang, the vanguard of the Sui army, led 10,000 people as the vanguard, crossed the Liao River to attack and occupy Jian'an City, defeated Gai Suwen who came to help, and killed more than 4,000 Goryeo soldiers; Coupled with the overwhelming number of ships on the sea, Yizhi Wende could only send heavy troops to the western front to prevent the possible rendezvous of the Sui army's land and water armies and stabilize his Liaodong defense line.

Eulzhi Wende thought that Xu Shiji would ignore the vanguard troops that crossed the Liao River, and commanded the follow-up troops to pass directly through the Xuansu area, while Deng Wei, the deputy governor of Liaodong Province, sneaked thousands of miles from another road and suddenly appeared to the west of Goguryeo New City, and the defenders in the city were frightened and did not dare to fight, and watched as the 10,000 allied troops of the Chegu Department and the Fune Department were defeated; After Li Tao's army arrived, he and Deng Wei used heavenly thunder and explosives to conquer Xincheng first, and then captured Gaimu City, captured 20,000 people of Jin Ya and Goguryeo, and obtained more than 100,000 stone of grain.

After Xu Shiji's victory, he immediately announced the establishment of Xuansu County, appointed Sima Cheng Mingzhen, a marching army under Deng Wei, as the county guard, and sent Tu Diji and others to attack the Anche Bone and Funie tribes who had not had time to evacuate, and the Yan Ya was defeated and more than 9,000 people were captured. Before the arrival of the Goguryeo army, Qin Qiong and Su Dingfang destroyed Jian'an City and slipped away and returned to the north bank of the Liao River; Yizhi Wende could only send 50,000 troops from the northern Yansa Gao Yanshou to cross the Liao River to pursue Qin Qiong, and Gai Suwen led 40,000 troops to sit in Liaodong City to confront Xu Shiji.

The Sui army's naval division landed at this time, and after the army crossed the sea, Wang Junkuo and Shen Guang took the lead and occupied Beisha City in one fell swoop, capturing 8,000 enemies; Ezhi Wende was overjoyed, led 50,000 horse infantry troops to attack, the two sides fought fiercely in the Great Black Mountain, Chen Ling ordered Wang Junkuo to be in the center, Wang Junjun and Qian Jie to guard the left and right camps, depleting the morale of the Goguryeo army. After a fierce battle for a day and a night, Wang Jun was stunned and died on the battlefield, but Qibi He Li led a thousand cavalry to charge at dawn, defeated tens of thousands of Jing Yan army, and killed all the way to the Yizhi Wende Chinese army.

Hou Junji and Shen Guang saw that the Goguryeo formation was frustrated, and immediately led the army of their headquarters to drive straight in, and the navy saw the signal and released the flying boat to help the battle, and Mai Mengcai took over Wang Jun's stunned position, and Wang Junkuo and Qian Jie killed at the same time. Eulzhi Wende didn't expect the Sui army to be so strong, but under the bombardment of airships, the combined forces of Goguryeo and Jin Ya couldn't resist psychologically and were defeated; was chased and killed by Hou Junji, Qibi He Li, and Shen Li, and cut off more than 5,000 people, plus the loss of one day and one night, Goguryeo lost a full 20,000 people.

Yizhi Wende can only retreat to the winning city and look for an opportunity to fight again; However, Zhou Shaoji listened to Liu Renliang's suggestion, detoured along the coast, and captured Shicheng near the Datong River with Kan Ling as the general, approaching Wuci County, so that Yizhi Wende had to solve the enemy of Shicheng first. Kan Ling burned the stone city and withdrew to the sea; Chen Ling took the opportunity to command the army to approach the city of Deli and win, and after a day of fierce fighting, he blew up the city wall and entered the city, and the more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians who remained in the city were all taken prisoner.

Chen Ling was very resolute this time, and according to the pre-planned plan to capture Deli Win City, he ran away with the prisoners' materials, and discarded countless old, weak, sick and disabled people along the way for the sake of speed; Ezhi Wende turned back quickly, and 20,000 troops caught up with the Sui army sixty miles east of Beisha City. Unexpectedly, Chen Ling ordered all the prisoners to be released, and told the prisoners that they would be shot to death if they ran slowly, and the temporary formation of Yizhi Wende was simply scattered by his own people, and was defeated by the Sui army, killing 2,000 people, and most of the people were killed and wounded in the chaotic battle.

When Eulzhi Wende mobilized 50,000 troops to kill Beisha City again, only the ruins and broken walls remained, and the Sui army took 8,000 prisoners on the ship and withdrew, and in this battle, the Sui army successfully killed 50,000 Goguryeo soldiers and civilians, including Jian'an City, and destroyed four cities. The battle in Liaodong City made Goguryeo even more frustrated, Xu Shiji led the Sui army to capture Houcheng, leading Gai Suwen to fight in the suburbs, and finally killed 11,000 Goguryeo people, ensuring the safety of Xuansu County, so that Deng Wei held tens of thousands of prisoners and returned to Yingzhou safely through Huaiyuan Town.

The eastern and western fronts consumed more than 100,000 people of Goguryeo and occupied the granary of the northern Liaohe River, and the situation was quite favorable to the Great Sui; In the conference room, Shi Daqian asked to lead the army to reinforce Xu Shiji, but Yang Chong categorically vetoed: "I don't want to destroy Goguryeo at one time, what's the hurry, now as long as Xu Shiji holds the new city and covers the city, and the sailor repairs in Changli City for a month, he can carry out another expedition to the east." Yu Yu sent a message to Pei Ju and asked him to inform Tuli that someone of us had gone to Xingzhou to repair the city, and asked his army to withdraw from Baitan County first. ”

Baitan County is a county abolished by the Eastern Han Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty, and the Baitan City is located on the south bank of the Xingzhou River, north of Baitan Mountain; The Three Kingdoms Cao Wei was restored, subordinate to Miyun County, and the Northern Qi Dynasty was abolished. The advantage of Baitan County is that the small city is still there, but it is in disrepair, and it can be repaired as long as some workers are sent; The Turks were capricious, and Yang Chong was unwilling to risk his own people, and when he heard that Chen Ling had brought back 8,000 Goguryeo captives, he decided to send 5,000 people to repair the city, and then use Baitancheng as the seat of Xingzhou Assassin Mansion and Miyun County.

Yu Sui responded with a smile and said: "Tuli is not as good as Qimin Khan, and he may not dare to treat Baitan City as a great city." ”

Yang Chong looked indifferent, and said casually: "As long as the Turkic people can live in it, and hope to trade in Baitan City, it doesn't matter if the Turks come or not, send someone to inform Sa Xi that the crushing farm in Wuzhong County is about to be closed and become a free trade city, so stop the tax package." If they want, they can continue to collect taxes in Baitancheng, and if they do well, I can negotiate with Tuli and give them all the taxes in Xingzhou in the future. ”

Yu Xuan and others are like mirrors, the so-called Xingzhou was a name that Yang Chong drew on the map with a pen at the beginning, but after Liu Heimin and Cui Fengju sent people to continue to investigate, they found several abandoned ancient cities, and gradually improved Yang Chong's plan. However, in addition to the slight appearance of Baitan City, the cities in Longguan and Liu Kangqi are at most forts, and the project is huge, so Yang Chongcai wants to make Baitan City the seat of Xingzhou Thorn Mansion and Miyun County.

It's just that Yu Yu is not wrong, Tuli heard that Yang Chong really wanted to start construction of Xingzhou, but he hesitated and replied to Pei Ju, hoping to use Bincheng as the location of Xingzhou's Assassin Mansion, and he could give Baitan County to the Great Sui to settle the Khitans. The Turkic considerations are not wrong at all, this section of Xingzhou is actually a buffer zone between the Great Sui and the Turks, but in the past, the Turkic cavalry had an advantage, and it looked like a garden at the door of the Turkic house, and you could go shopping for a while if you wanted to; Now that the Sui army's combat power is superior, and Bincheng is directly facing the Lightning River, it is natural to want Bincheng to abandon Baitancheng.

(End of chapter)