Chapter 286: The Final Battle of Liaodong

Next to the beam water, Tao Ying stood on a hill, and Liu Ye was also accompanied by him. From a distance, I saw that the Liaodong army on the other side of the river was in disarray, and another military horse in the water killed it. That's right, Han Dang's commander of a naval army of more than 500 people drove in the Daliang water, and the Liaodong army that fell into the water struggled in the water, and finally escaped a difficulty, but was killed by Han Dang's water army with a bow and arrow, and for a while the corpses in the water blocked the river.

Seeing enemy ships in the water, the soldiers on the bridge did not dare to jump into the river. Anyway, it's a dead word, it's better to rush forward and kill, maybe there is a glimmer of life. So the soldiers went all the way towards Wu Dun, and the Wu Dun soldiers lined up, and the enemy was killed in front of the battle by the bows and arrows in the sky before they could reach the battle. Seeing that they could not win, there were many who surrendered.

On the other side of the river, Gongsun Du led the troops to fight with Zang Ba, and the two armies fought until almost ten in the afternoon, and Zang Ba's army killed dozens of generals in a row. At this time, Zhang He led a cavalry of nearly 500 people to rush to kill, and Gongsun Du could not resist. Seeing that his men were getting fewer and fewer, and seeing Zhang He leading the cavalry to come, he was afraid that Zhang He would rob him of his first credit, so Zang Ba caught a general and asked him to go and persuade Gongsun Du to surrender.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, he went to persuade Gongsun Du, but Gongsun Du didn't listen and wanted to kill the general, so a few people around him went up and tied up Gongsun Du. I don't want to die, there are many people who want to die!

After tying up Gongsun Du, everyone sent Gongsun Du to Zang Ba to beg for surrender. Zang Ba was happy when he got the Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du, so he allowed the generals of Gongsun Du to surrender and promised to integrate them into the Qingzhou army and horses, so that they could live.

As soon as Zhang He came, he killed less than 100 enemies, and the enemy surrendered, without much credit, and led the troops to see Tao Ying in a sullen manner. As soon as August arrived, Tao Ying led the army to Xiangping City, Xiangping City Bingyuan escorted Gongsun Kang to see, so after nearly eight months of war, Tao Ying invested nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses, eleven warships, sacrificed more than 8,000 people, and finally captured Liaodong County!

After capturing Liaodong County, Bingyuan offered advice, it was better to take the opportunity to go north and attack Xuansu County!

The land of Liaodong is vast, and Xuansu County is a good place, and Shenyang in later generations is in Xuansu County, so it is beneficial to capture Xuansu County, and then it is conducive to the unification of the north. Anyway, they have already sent troops, and if they send troops again next time, it will be very difficult, so it is better to capture Xuansu County in one go.

September is coming soon, Tao Ying hesitated for a long time, and decided to continue to go north after half a month of rectification! In mid-September, Tao Ying led an army of 30,000 and began to enter the territory of Xuanwu County. Gongsun Du has occupied Liaodong for so long, and he was attacked by Tao Ying in less than half a year, how could he, a Xuansu County Taishou, have the ability to resist an army of 30,000?

Seeing that Xuanwu County Taishou had surrendered, Tao Ying breathed a sigh of relief. He doesn't know anything about the terrain of Xuanwu County, the reason why he was able to break through Gongsun Kang is because he knows the terrain of Liaodong well, and the Surveying and Mapping School has long drawn every mountain and water in Liaodong on the map, plus the strategy of the military advisor Liu Ye, and he has such powerful equipment and such a powerful general, it is easy to beat him.

Xuanwu County is different, I am not familiar with this place!

Tao Ying was very happy that Xuansu County was coming, so he immediately appointed him to continue to serve as the Taishou of Xuansu County, and then hurriedly withdrew his troops to attack Lelang County. Seeing that Tao Ying wanted to attack Lelang, Xuanwu County Taishou hurriedly asked for orders to persuade the local leaders to surrender.

Tao Ying returned to the army to wait for the news of Lelang, at the end of October, a month and a half later, Xuanwu Taishou came to report that Lelang Taishou had surrendered!

In November, heavy snow began to fly in the north, and Tao Ying finally unified the land of Liaodong, and occupied Liaodong County, Liaodong Dependent States, Xuansu County, and Lelang County in this year's time.

Occupation is not the goal, development is the last word. So, when the heavy snow closed the mountain, Tao Ying began to plan the development plan of Liaodong. Liaodong County was almost the largest part of Liaoning in later generations. It is rich in mineral resources, such as oil, coal, iron, etc., which are particularly rich. There are also large gold and copper mines in some areas.

Gold mines began to mine gold as reserves, and copper mines could also mine copper and mint coins. So getting a county with big resources, Tao Ying was extremely excited. In order to develop it into the largest heavy industry and horse base in the north, Tao Ying decided to establish a Liaoning Prefecture in the land of the three counties. Tao should position the province as the size of a province.

At present, there is only one prefecture in Liaoning, which is like Qingzhou, and all state pastors are set up, and the highest governor is called pastor. Who will continue to be the pastor of Liaoning Mansion, Tao Ying has been thinking about this question for a long time. Appointing someone from Xuzhou is beneficial to one's own rule, but it is not conducive to local stability.

So after thinking about it, Tao Ying decided to keep Liu Ye in Liaoning Mansion. Because the north of Liaoning Prefecture is the powerful Goguryeo, Goguryeo has been constantly invading Xuansu County and other places in Liaoning Prefecture, and only a resourceful person can do it. Moreover, Liu Ye is well versed in the art of artillery, and when the time comes, he will develop Liaoning Mansion into an artillery base, and I believe that Liu Ye can do it.

So when December came, Tao Ying ordered the establishment of Liaoning Prefecture and appointed Liu Ye of the General Bureau of Firearms Manufacturing as Liaoning Pastor of Liaoning Prefecture. Liu Xiang was appointed as the Taishou of Lelang, Bingyuan was the Taishou of Liaodong, and the Taishou of Xuansu County remained unchanged, Zhang He led the army to garrison the subject state of Liaoxi County bordering Liaoxi County, sent the Liaoning Prefecture to Goguryeo County, Xuansu County, and renamed Goguryeo Shenyang.

After the appointment, Tao Ying left Zhang He and Liu Ye behind, and he led the army back to Xuzhou.

The spring of 204 came, and after nearly two months of trekking, Tao Ying returned to Xuzhou. After arriving in Xuzhou, everyone was pleasantly surprised when they heard that Tao Ying had recovered Liaodong! So in order to celebrate the recovery of the three counties of Liaodong, Tao Ying ordered an amnesty to the world and reduced taxes for one season!

At the same time, Tao Ying ordered the Pengcheng Monthly Newspaper to devote a page to propaganda to the liberation of Liaodong and the establishment of the Liaoning Prefecture. In order to give it legitimacy, Tao Ying sent Gongsun Du and his son to Xu Du to ask for merit.

Gongsun Du's father and son did not listen to the orders of the imperial court, and claimed the king alone in Liaodong, and Xuzhou eradicated the scourge for the imperial court! When Cao Cao heard this, although he was unhappy, he had to listen to Tao Ying's words and named Liu Ye as Liaoning Mu.

After staying in Xuzhou for two months, with the expansion of the current territory, a Xuzhou title can obviously no longer meet the needs of its own territorial development. So Tao Ying decided to implement a new reform, modeled after the provincial system of later generations, plus the current name, and combined the two. So Tao Ying began to redivide the territory he occupied.

The first is the north, the three counties of Liaodong in the north are called Liaoning Prefecture, and the seat of governance is in Shenyang. Then Tao Ying characterized the development of Liaodong as the largest steel base in Xuzhou and established Tiecheng Iron and Steel Group. In the future, the iron ore from the Northeast will no longer be transported to Xuzhou for smelting, and will be smelted locally in Tiecheng. After smelting, it is processed locally.

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