Tens of thousands of mouths for eating were added at once, and the food of the Tang Army suddenly became nervous, and the people of the Yan Dynasty were too able to eat, especially after they endured muscle starvation for several months, it was not enough to rely on a Tianshen to transport grain and grass to the camp of the Eastern Army, so the wild animals in the entire Changbai Mountain area were suffering, and Yanglin wanted to open up a suitable place for farming here, so the beasts that could destroy crops and threaten people's life safety should be cleaned up in a carpet manner, and the snow special combat team had muskets in hand, and they acted quickly, The efficiency of hunting was higher than that of the Jurchens, and the problem of rations was barely solved.

Yanglin has never liked to feed people in vain, just like when the victims of Guanzhong were concentrated in Chang'an City, the current people of Guanzhong are not bad at all compared to the people of Guanzhong in that period, although there are not many young and strong, but there are many powerful women and old people, they want to get food, they must work, people who can lift two bricks are considered labor, as long as they obey the command of the Tang people to work, in addition to being able to eat two meals of rice in the barracks every day, they can also get an additional two catties of jerky, a catty of rice, These things are boiled, enough for a family of three to make ends meet, and if a family can have two or three laborers, they can even have some surplus, so even in the snowy winter, the enthusiasm of the people to help Tang Jun work is extremely high.

"Brother-in-law, is it necessary for you to put so much effort into building a city here?" Li Zhi has also been very busy these days, and since all the prisoners of the Yan Ministry, Yanglin has begun the plan to build a city.

"Of course it is necessary, we not only want to build a city here, but also build a strong city here, with this city here, our Tang Dynasty is equivalent to choking the throat of the Goryeo people, even if they break the covenant in the future, this city will not be down, they will never dare to invade our homeland."

There is no need for Yanglin to answer, Hou Junji answered Li Zhi's question eagerly, Yanglin's location is very ingenious, because he knows that this location is roughly near Baishan City in later generations, not only across the river from Goryeo, but also the terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the garrison of 350,000 people is maintained here, it is equivalent to always putting on an offensive posture against Goryeo, and the land here is fertile, suitable for farming, and the increasingly developed agriculture of the Tang Dynasty can be implemented here, and there is no need to worry about raising troops, of course, These Yanglin forests are judged according to the development of later generations, and the Northeast region in later generations is a big granary for 1.3 billion Chinese people.

"There are these considerations, but if we want to occupy such a vast area as the northeast, we can't do it without a population and a suitable place to live, so we have to use a lot of technological design in this city, and all the houses in the city are made of solid masonry structures, which carry ice and snow.

Excavation of heating channels in the ground to ensure the temperature of each house, so that people can easily resist the cold winter is another thing, in fact, the principle is similar to the hot kang used in our Chang'an City in winter, but we want to build it more systematic and convenient.

Once the heating problem in winter is solved, it is basically the same as the northern part of the Central Plains, except that it will grow a little longer in winter. The most important thing is that with this as a bridgehead, we can move further east, the territory of Murowei, the territory of Fuyu, and even the territory of the ghost country can become the reserve land of my Datang, and this land adds up to a land that is no less than southern Xinjiang, no less than the Central Plains, and no less than Guanzhong. ”

The two brothers Li Zhi and Li Ke of Yang's Lin Yiban development strategy plan are full of enthusiasm, and several major expeditions since the founding of the Tang Dynasty have expanded thousands of miles, the southern expedition led by Li Shimin, the western expedition led by Li Jing, the northern expedition led by Li Daozong, plus two unfinished expeditions, the Eastern Expedition led by Yanglin, and the Tibetan Expedition led by Xue Rengui, just after these two battles are completed, the territory of the Tang Empire will be more than four times larger than the beginning of the founding of the country, and the territory of the Yuan Dynasty will be larger than that of the later Yuan Dynasty, and the unification of the main continent of the entire Asian continent will be basically completed.

"By the way, since you mentioned Murwei and those countries further afield, is our next plan to fight for them?" Hou Junji is a veteran after all, and he will not be excited because of Yang Lin's words, so he can't find the north, and asks. "It's not in a hurry, it's not yet October, it's not the coldest period, it's not the most difficult time for the Murwei people, they don't have the blood of the people of the Murwei, they have to wait until the young man is almost dead before he bows his head, to deal with them, only need a battle, and then our eyes should be on Goryeo, which is across the river from us.

Some of the forces of the Jindong Army and the Jinbuk Army have already entered the two countries of Silla and Baekje by sea, and we are stationed here, so Gai Suwen will have to divide half of his forces to defend us, and a person like him will not believe that a covenant can limit our movements. After the Jindong Army and the Jinbuk Army enter Goryeo in the name of Silla and Baekje, we can block Gaisuwen's back route to flee to the steppe again. “

Yang Lin said with a slight smile, while Hou Junji squinted his eyes and thought carefully, and after a while, his pupils widened, and he seemed to have figured out the truth.

The main purpose of the Eastern Crusade is to defeat Goryeo, and it has always been around the defeat of Goryeo, as long as the defeat of Gai Suwen, Goryeo is destroyed, Murwei will definitely fall from the wind, from the very beginning, Yanglin's strategy is to move the Goryeo army from the grassland battlefield to Goryeo proper, in terms of attacking the city, the Goryeo army is not the opponent of the Zhendong Army and the Zhenbei Army, and now the five captured princes have returned to Chang'an with Tang Jian, All Yanglin's plans have been deployed, and the time to launch a general attack on Goryeo is approaching.

Thinking of this, even a veteran of the battlefield like Hou Junji couldn't help blushing and rubbing his hands, the merit of destroying the country is enough to be crowned a duke, and he is now a first-class duke of the Tang Dynasty, if this battle goes smoothly to the end, his merits and ranking in the court will definitely be greatly higher, compared with Li Jing's eldest grandson Wuji, when the time comes, it will not be just a false position to be in charge of the military department.

"Lao Hou, you don't have to be so excited, although the two armies of Zhendong and Zhenbei have the two small countries of Silla and Baekje as the foundation, they may not be able to take Goryeo quickly, the first thing we have to do is to build Baishan City, you must urge the soldiers, don't be afraid of hardship, take advantage of the winter leisure, it has not yet reached the coldest time, except for the people who go out to hunt, all of them have participated in the construction of Baishan City, and after building this city, why did they win a small half of the war against Goryeo." Yang Lin patted Hou Junji's old shoulder and said.

His consideration is actually very simple, do not let the Goryeo people play their own advantages, the Zhendong Zhenbei Army from the peninsula to fight, he is to Changbai Mountain, Yalu River as the boundary, block the retreat of the Goryeo people to flee north, the battlefield is compressed in Goryeo proper, and do their best in the first battle, therefore, the Eastern Army with weak mobility will build its own defensive line along the way, Baishan City is a land blocking point, and the Yalu River is also the entire defense line of the Eastern Army, with sharp firearms in hand, the Goryeo people do not dare to cross the river at all.

At the beginning of October of the 16th year of Jeongguan, the new king of Goryeo, Gai Suwen, personally led 100,000 infantry and 100,000 cavalry to attack Silla with a thunderous momentum.

If the lord of Silla was originally forced to be held hostage because of the force of the Tang Dynasty, now that he sees Gai Suwen's face, he is completely sincere and fell to the Tang Dynasty, after all, being a pseudo-lord is better than being destroyed by others, so when Gai Suwen's army crossed the 38th parallel, the lord of Silla personally went to the battlefield, with an army of 100,000 that appeared out of nowhere, and gave Gai Suwen's vanguard a head-on blow.

On the other side of Silla, the lord of Baekje also seemed to realize the truth of the cold lips and teeth, and also led the 100,000 army that came out of nowhere to raid the flank of the Goryeo army, so far, the Goryeo army was defeated, losing more than half, and Gai Suwen, who realized that something was wrong, immediately ordered the army to retreat 200 miles to maintain a defensive posture, however, the two lords of Silla Baekje were like chicken blood, and did not give Gai Suwen a chance to breathe at all, and led the 100,000 army to fight a counterattack against Goryeo proper, and various Tang army firearms appeared on the Goryeo battlefield, Gai Suwen was stunned at once, and at this time he realized that he had won the full set of Yanglin, and the two lords of Silla and Baekje had secretly descended to the Tang Dynasty.

But he can't say bitterly, Tang Guoming did abide by the covenant on the face, and Goryeo Cho did not commit any crimes, the two countries of Silla and Baekje were mainly engaged in defensive counterattacks, and the lord of the country personally went into battle, of course, he also represented the two countries of Silla and Baekje, the peninsula was mountainous, and the role of cavalry could not be played, but the infantry and firearms of the Tang army could exert great power, and the Goryeo army was defeated and retreated in half a month, and soon retreated to Pyongyang City, surrounded by 200,000 Tang troops.

Gai Suwen, who had only been the emperor for a few months, suddenly seemed to be ten years old, sitting desolate on the main hall of the Goryeo Palace, unable to sleep for several days and nights, and he was completely defeated in this battle.

"No, I have to come out of adversity, I still have 100,000 cavalry, as long as I go to the grassland, the Tang army still can't help me, and I ordered General Park Youxi to open the road with tanks and chariots, and we will rush out." Gai Suwen gave the last order, abandoning the national capital, which is equivalent to giving up the kingdom, and he can only be the head of a government in exile in the future.

Looking at the slowly opening gate of Goryeo City in the telescope, Li Daozong showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, he took my Datang and wanted to return it, and he wanted to vomit out after eating my Datang, and in his personal army, more than ten people were already carrying a casserole-sized burden and ambushed on both sides of the road outside the city. (To be continued.) )