The so-called land of the three states ceded by the Xue clan is actually not far from the straight-line distance of the Liao county town.

Because it is located in the relatively densely populated hinterland in the south, it entered the territory of Yaozhou (near present-day Yingkou City) forty miles to the west, and then crossed the muddy water branch line in the northwest of Yaozhou, and arrived at the Xiangzhou front line where the Dingxiang Army and Lianghe Town were located.

This Xiangzhou is said to be a state, but in fact, all that Luo controls is left, a long strip of land distributed along the north-south main river of the Liaohe River.

As the frontier of the confrontation with the forces of the Northern Dynasties led by the Xue family, the people here look much better and stronger than their complexions, and even women and children are holding bows and arrows.

For the arrival of the army, the local ordinary soldiers and civilians who looked a little tired and tired were still a little cheering, but those middle- and upper-level acting officials and generals couldn't help but have some gloomy, deep and complicated expressions.

After all, they have fought a feud in person for so many years, and they also have their own channels to obtain information from the upper echelons. Naturally, I wouldn't like those ordinary people who easily accepted the rhetoric on the name of their family.

For example, after fighting for so many years, the contemporary feudal lord was finally injured, and the persecuted Xue family had to bow his head and make a series of begging and reparations such as land cession and compensation.

However, there was no problem with this, and according to the arrangement of the new feudal lord, their headquarters were later dismantled and repaired and supplemented, and they were transferred to Xincheng (near Shenyang) on the northern line for reorganization.

Some of them have already decided where Beilun will be replaced, so as not to destroy and affect the current overall situation and arrangement because of some new and old hatreds or stress reactions that are also difficult to bridge.

The plain area of the Liaohe River Basin, located between the hills of eastern Liaodong and the hills of western Liaoning, south of the mountains of Tieling, until Liaodong Bay, is like the mountains, which was slapped hard by an invisible force, and suddenly settled and sunken out a large area, and the whole is like an irregular plain and lowland in the shape of a zigzag waist.

During the distribution period of the Liaohe River, Taizi River, Hunhe River, Daling River, Xiaoling River, Shahe River and other branches, the climate is cold and dry in winter, and warm and rainy in summer. In the words of later generations, it is a typical irrigated agricultural area with rain and heat at the same time, sufficient sunshine and developed water system.

Only in the coastal area near Liaodong Bay are large swamps and saline-alkali lands caused by the erosion of sea tides.

It is also one of the few areas in the northeastern provinces that can grow rice crops on a large scale and produce high-quality rice, compared with the Songnen Plain and the Sanjiang Plain in the north, it has the name of "South Okura".

And in this time and space, it belongs to the essence of the southern hinterland of Andong Province as a whole, but this is also the most powerful place where the Andong princes led by the Luo clan and the Northern Dynasty forces led by the Xue clan have been fighting for generations to the fullest.

The brigade of people and horses walked on the plain of the Liaohe River, the blue sky was like a wash and the spring sun was clear, the grass and trees were abundant in the vertical and horizontal Heluo, and the hidden mountains were green and lurking in the sky, and there was a unique northern scenery.

It is only between the barren grass and the sparse trees, especially the traces of the ruins of the destroyed towns and villages, which appear almost densely and frequently in the direction of our travel.

The only relatively intact settlements, which are scattered along the edge of the river, are large and small settlements in the form of fortresses, some of them old and new, but the holes and traces of fire on them indicate that this place was once attacked.

The humus in the black soil, which is known as fat, can be squeezed out by hand, but it is a pity that these places have been turned into battlefields all year round, and have to be barren and become a wild animal paradise where weeds are crazy.

With the scouts and rangers galloping away, from time to time there were wild animals that were alarmed, and fled away in the sound of Suosuo's movements.

Even the most common hares and raccoons here are full of fat and oily water.

Just occasionally stepping on brittle human bones hidden under the grass is not so pleasant, and it is also a reminder that this was a tragic and cruel battlefield a long time ago, even not so far ago.

It was in this atmosphere of silence and silence that we crossed a tributary of the Awl River (now Raoyang River) in a Batoujin estuary fort again, and we could officially see the first large walled stronghold belonging to the Xue clan - Cone Fortress.

This is also the salient closest to the Roche-controlled area in a sense, hence the name. The radius is about half a mile, and the height of the walls varies from ten to fifteen feet.

From a distance, you can see that the portal is wide open, and the inside is naturally empty, and the ground does not look chaotic at all, and it is clear that all the people and available objects have been relocated.

However, the basic buildings and furnishings are still intact. Therefore, although there was still a lot of light in the sky, this became the first camp of the army, and the temporary location of the Chinese army.

Then the temporary bridges along the river, as well as the grain stations on the opposite bank, were also quickly and quickly erected one by one. Whether it is those ordinary feudal troops or the government soldiers in the towns along the north, they all seem to be quite skilled and sophisticated, making everything seem very familiar.

Even among those who have just been recruited, it seems that they have a lot of experience and habits of military service, so under the leadership of these people, most of the recruits appear to be quite obedient and have few disputes and doubts.

Although there were a few people who were in a hurry or at a loss in the process of setting up tents, they were quickly corrected and tamed by the collective force.

This is the result and collateral effect of long-term combat readiness and occasional large-scale mobilization. However, the corresponding costs of the decay of productive forces and the deformity of the economic structure behind it are also quite heavy.

For me, there is nothing to envy, at least the potential reserve military service of the industrial workers and farm households under my Huaidong rule must be fully mobilized, and it will only be larger and better than them, and they will adapt to the role more quickly.

Moreover, although Roche's territory seems to be very large, it was known as one million households and 100,000 clouds with armor at its peak; But according to the channels I know publicly, the population that can really be mastered is even inferior to my Huaidong.

After all, as the lord of the domain, the Luo clan directly led the population in the form of a deputy official, accounting for only more than one-third of them; The rest of the household registration and human resources were scattered in the hands of the various branches, subordinates, and vassal forces; The role and contribution that the family can play is also gradually decreasing and declining with the estrangement from the Luo family.

Not to mention the hierarchical officials and vassals under the feudal system, it is impossible to compare efficiency and production capacity, or mobility and vitality with the relatively sound military and local administrative system in Huaidong.

In other words, the love and killing of the Xue family has been torn for too long, and it has been seriously restricted and limited, and the development pattern and direction of the Andong Daluo Domain.

Therefore, this compromise and peace with the Xue clan is not only seeking another transformation and way out, or rather, there is an inherent need and urgent factor that is pushing all this to happen.

My team of staff has even come up with such bold conjectures and inferences.

After the restart, the rest of the process was a bit tedious, taking over one walled city or fortress after another, old and new, without exception.

It wasn't until I met the first vacant city, Guixiang City, that I was a little excited. Because it means a better camping environment and conditions.

However, the high-level leaders led by the feudal lord Luo Zhanji strengthened their vigilance, and it took almost a lot of effort to dig into the ground and search the empty city.

After confirming that there were no back doors, tunnels, and other unexpected foreshadowing, he took over and settled in. And the first left-behind troops and corresponding deputy officers were established.

Then, at the speed of the next city every day, unhurriedly marching westward, most of the so-called Sanzhou land is in the buffer zone between the Liaohe Plain and the hills of western Liaoning, so the distribution of the cities can be described as quite compact.

Therefore, it is also easy to take over, spending almost half of the time on the march and half of the time for clearing and inspection. On the contrary, I used the pretext of hunting to release the scouts, and I came back with a lot of birds and animals.

It's just that the fly in the ointment during the period is that the three of them started to get sick again. Because she didn't seem to be in a good mood, I didn't need her with me, but she would rather be taken advantage of by me and persevered.

Well, I can understand that women always have inconvenient days. I'm not short of this bit of perks and convenience.

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After we can clearly see the mottled mountains and hills, it also means that this short journey will come to an end. Because behind the mountains, there is the Liaoxi City where the Xue family's family is located.

The Xue family's men and horses were waiting for us in Dongshan City, the last city to be handed over in Xianzhou, along with a large number of dowries for horses and horses, as well as the noble daughters used by the Xue family for marriage.

This time, she is going to marry Luo Zhanji, the eldest daughter of the former lord of the Xue family, and the sister of the current young lord.

In a sense, based on prior intelligence gathering and information sharing from Roche.

The reason why the Xue clan is a little reassuring today is also because the contemporary feudal lords are too young, and they have to rely on a few branch elders around them who act as guides and assistants, plus the indirect influence of the mother behind them, in order to maintain the current basic situation.

Of course, if this decision to cede land and marry is really proposed by the young feudal lord, then he will really have some great possibilities when he grows up.

But these obviously have nothing to do with me for the time being.,What should be tangled and troubled is that Luo Fan, who has been in love and killed for many years.。

But when I saw one of those figures greeting me in the city in the mirror,

Although my expression remained still, my pupils contracted coldly, and my heart suddenly jumped violently.