Silla is too far away, and there is still the land of Andong garrisoned by the Bohai Sea in the middle, which is not to be thought of. In the end, there is only Bohai, which can find an upright excuse, how many years have they occupied Yingzhou? This account has to be settled...... There are still half of Yingzhou and Anton and other places, which must be returned, and this account must also be settled......

Duan Renzhen went to Bohai and hasn't come back yet, and there is no news so far, so it doesn't matter. Here's a little gesture to support him, maybe there's an unexpected gain.

Zhuang Yi decided to take action when he thought of it, but this is not a trivial matter, at least he has to let his subordinate officials know. immediately found Duan Zhongzhong and told him what he thought, which stunned him, and then jumped to his feet and shouted: "This thing is absolutely impossible, it is simply self-defeating!" The Bohai Sea has always been called the prosperous country of Haidong by the Tang Dynasty, do you know how many soldiers and horses they have? ”

"I know! You see that we have taken Yingzhou, and it is all fine until now, it's not a, I'm going to go back to the other half of Yingzhou and Anton, is this wrong? Zhuang Yi asked rhetorically.

"That's because I was caught off guard, and when I reacted, you returned to Lu Long again, and they probably didn't want to start a war with Lu Long."

"Isn't that the end of it...... I am now the Pingliao Army under the command of Youzhou Jiedu, and I take Yingzhou and Anton, which is completely justifiable, do they have a reason not to pay it back? That's all I have to offer, but so what? I still dare to fight, but do they dare? ”

"This ...... So what if they don't fight and don't give food? How are you going? ”

"Then just rob the fuck...... It is said that Bohai is not in a good condition now, and he took advantage of his illness to kill him......"

"Then my eldest man just went to Longquan Mansion, isn't it dangerous?"

"At most, he will be detained, there is no fear for his life, and when I win the battle, he will have to obediently send him back."

"That's ...... You can do it! If we lose, let's go back to Madu Mountain......" Duan Zhongzhong said with a strange smile.

"it! What's going on lately, I'm quite angry, can you say something nice? ”

"Let's tell the truth, we can't see your behavior, spend it lavishly, blindly take risks, and refuse to do things in a down-to-earth manner." Duan said loyally complaining.

"As the saying goes: people are not rich without windfalls, and horses are not fertile without night grass; Another way is: Wealth and danger are sought! You can't do big things if you are too responsible. ”

"Okay, okay...... I'm looking at it all! Take care of this acre and three points of land by yourself! Duan Zhongzhong smiled helplessly.

So, in the afternoon of the same day, Zhuang Yi rushed back to Liucheng, convened officers above the battalion level to discuss the matter, explained the current predicament, and said the solution. After some debate, a decision was made and military operations began five days later.

This day happened to be the first day of the fourth month, Zhuang Yi according to the prior plan, led the first and third regiments of soldiers, each with half a month's worth of dry food, then set off on horseback, and arrived in Yan County in the afternoon to guard and capture, intending to rest first. A battalion of soldiers was temporarily stationed here, and after Xia Yue was transferred, his former deputy Salig was in charge.

Saleg is about thirty years old, medium build, stout and sturdy, with a big silver face, small eyes, thick lips, and looks honest and honest, which is actually more common among Xi people. He was originally a petty officer under Xia Yue, Zhuang Yi was not familiar with him, but they all knew Zhuang Yi, after all, Zhuang Yi was the horse of King Xi, and he had trained them, led them to fight the Khitans, and was also famous in the grasslands of Shanbei.

"Since receiving the military order, I did not dare to slack off, and I led the soldiers to work for two days, and the battalion was finally set up. The military envoy can let the brothers move in now, and then let people boil some hot water and bathe the brothers' feet, but the brothers' food will not be provided, and there is not much food stored here, but it can be used to catch the wind and wash the dust for the military envoy! Saleg said earnestly.

"No need, they brought dry food, I asked you to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river, this military fort has been repaired, take me to look around first......"

"Great! After all are built, will the military envoy look at the pontoon bridge first, or the military fort first? Saarig smiled enthusiastically.

"Let's go see the pontoon first! It's not too late to come back to see the fort......"

Immediately led by Salige, more than ten guards followed, crossed the military fort to the east for two miles, and arrived at the bank of the white wolf water, this white wolf water is the Daling River, along the river can go directly to Liucheng, downstream into the Bohai Bay. However, the middle and upper reaches of the river are turbulent, which is not conducive to boating.

In this season, the river surface is not long after thawing, it is the rising water period, the river surface is as wide as five or six zhang, and a pontoon bridge with a width of one zhang spans the river surface, reaching the opposite bank. This pontoon bridge is connected with sixteen thick ropes on the two sides of the wooden pile piers, the place where the sink in the middle, is supported by a small boat, and then laid on the rope with thick planks, there is no carriage baggage, there is no problem for people and horses to pass.

Zhuang Yi rode straight up the pontoon bridge, the bridge was not very stable, some swayed to both sides, and the big black horse stopped. Zhuang Yi had to dismount and lead the horse across the bridge to the other side of the river, where there were 300 soldiers stationed.

"Very good...... You can march, everyone's hard work! Have the Bohai people noticed it over there? Zhuang Yi laughed.

"At the beginning of the year, there were Bohai sentinels who came to patrol, and I haven't seen anyone come for more than half a month, and Wu Lu guards are fifty or sixty miles away from here, which is the ancient county town of Liaoxi in the south, and it is more than forty miles away from here, so I don't have to worry about being discovered." Saligar laughed.

"Hmm...... Did you send someone to investigate? ”

"Sent...... I just left yesterday and haven't heard from me yet! ”

"That's good......" Zhuang Yi replied casually, and walked along the riverbank, the land by the river is fertile, but it is barren and uninhabited, and there is nothing to see. After checking the pontoon bridge again, I returned to the military fort.

The military fort guarded by Yan County was built in the early Tang Dynasty, with a circumference of eight miles, a wall height of about two zhang, and a garrison of 1,200 to 2,000 people. A large number of Koreans, Bohai people, and miscellaneous people of various ethnic groups were housed, and the fields were reclaimed here, and barracks, warehouses, stables, and school yards were built in the fort, which have long been dilapidated.

After Zhuang Yi occupied this place, he let the garrison repair it by itself, and the situation improved, but it was far from being restored to the grand occasion of the early Tang Dynasty, because there was no population here, and the garrison's grain, grass and daily necessities needed to be transported from Liucheng, and the cost was undoubtedly huge.

O population! Thinking of this, Zhuang Yi had a headache, the Central Plains was full of hunger, but he couldn't leave now, so he had to wait until the completion of various projects in Liucheng, with a certain foundation, and a safe external environment, maybe he could go to the Central Plains to go around and recruit some displaced people to reclaim the wasteland, but at the moment it is still important to solve the food problem.

Early the next morning, Zhuang Yi led 2,100 horsemen across the White Wolf Water, set foot on the land of Liaodong, and marched to Wu Lu Shou, he wanted to use force to take half of Yingzhou on the east bank of the White Wolf Water, and then negotiate with the Bohai people.