Chapter 1,783 Offensive

Su Lishe said: "This mountain is the most majestic peak in Liaodong. One man can guard the pass and ten thousand people can't open it. Before the Tang Dynasty, it was called Wugu Mountain, and after the Tang Dynasty, it was called Phoenix Mountain."

"Phoenix Mountain is the remnant of Baishan Mountain and divides Liaoning from the southeast to the north."

"There is a river in the north of the mountain called Yanshui. It is said that Prince Dan of Yan once fled here and hid here, so it is also called Taizi River."

"All water in the north of the mountain merges into the Taizi River, which in turn merges into the Liao River, and finally flows into the sea."

"And all the water in the south merges into the Yalu River, and finally flows into the sea here."

"The Liao Dynasty was able to cede the land of the Yalu River and the four states to the Song Dynasty, not without any reliance."

Aguda said: "So my brother's business is a bit of a loss. To go to Posuo Ridge from here, you first have to pass through Fengcheng on the east foot of Fenghuang Mountain."

"Then there's no need to think about it." Su Lishe shook his head and said: "The terrain of Phoenix Mountain is dangerous. In order to prevent women from having children, the Liao people, Shiwei, Baishan and other tribes, built many high mountains on the mountain that are easy to defend and difficult to attack over the past few decades.

City pass.”

"Actually, the Fengcheng that Azhong mentioned was officially called Kaizhou in the Liao Kingdom. It has never been captured from the beginning until now."

"This city is located halfway up Fenghuang Mountain. It is low-lying in the center and steep on all sides, forming a huge dustpan shape."

“The south, north, and west sides are all surrounded by abrupt peaks and steep rock ridges. Chanyun Peak and Dadingzi Peak face each other from east to west. The only thing left on the east side is a path made of artificially piled stones, and on the west side there is

There is a stone gate."

"Fengcheng took advantage of the mountain and used the most local stones to construct nearly a hundred sections of artificial city walls, connecting the natural mountains and enclosing an area eight miles wide. It can be called the most magnificent mountain city on the right bank of the Yalu River."

"There used to be 10,000 troops stationed there, but now, it's probably only more, not less."

Bian Gu couldn't help but sigh: "It's still too shallow after all on paper..."

The geography of Northeast China is very simple, consisting of Songnen Plain, Sanjiang Plain and Liaohe Plain, and the rest are mountains.

Today's Sanjiang Plain is still a wilderness. In fact, until New China developed the Great Northern Wilderness in later generations, it was basically a wilderness.

The ancestral homeland of the Wanyan tribe is located at the junction of the Sanjiang Plain and the Songnen Plain, which later became the Harbin area.

To the southwest of the Wanyan tribe's ancestral land is the Songnen Plain, where the Changchunzhou base is located on the south bank of the Huntong River. The plain is the vast triangle area connected by Taizhou, Changchunzhou, and Huanglongfu of the Liao Kingdom.

It should be said that the potential there is unlimited, but the surrounding forces are too complex, and the previous Khitan people did not have enough money, food, and manpower to carry out large-scale development.

Continuing to the southwest along the Great Plain, the plain gradually narrows. Changbai Mountain and Jinshan Mountain make the plain smaller and smaller. There is also a city at the narrowest point called Tongzhou.

To the south of Tongzhou is the starting point of the Liaohe Plain, so it is also called Tongliao.

The Liaohe Plain is the core area of ​​the Liao Kingdom, and now it is rich in grain and iron. Wang Jing governed Liaoyang and encouraged industry and commerce, making the area quite prosperous, and it looked like a money granary in Liaodong.

The land route only has the choke point of Jinzhou on the seaside, which is connected with the Liao-Zhongjing Road; while the Zhongjing Road only has the choke point of Laizhou, which is connected with the Liao-Nanjing Road.

It is also known as the Mountain-Sea Corridor.

This corridor extends southward through Yuguan and Yingzhou, crossing the Luanhe River, Ninghe River, and the Yellow River before entering the Song Dynasty.

From the Song Dynasty's domination of two states to Jinzhou, the gateway to the Liaohe Plain, it was a thousand miles.

Therefore, from a geographical point of view, the Liaohe Plain is located in the heart of the Liao Kingdom. It used to be very safe and has always been a key farming area for Khitan development.

Most of the Han people captured from the Song Dynasty were distributed in this area and practiced farming.

This also led to many heads of military states having the same name as the mainland of the Song Dynasty.

The Liao people have a habit of naming the newly cultivated land according to the place of origin of the plundered people. Where are you from? Ah, Baozhou, right? Then this place should be called Baozhou.

But now there is no security in the Liaohe Plain. After the Song Dynasty had a powerful navy, the Yanshan Throat and Jinzhou Throat completely lost their role.

But these have nothing to do with flat cans, because to go from Zhuzhou to Jinzhou, you have to bypass the Liaodong Peninsula. It is better to set off directly from Dengzhou on the top of the Jiaodong Peninsula across the Bohai Sea, which is faster.

So Bian Gu was embarrassed. Coming here by himself was basically safe and secure. It was almost a waste of effort.

Manage the four military prefectures on the Yalu River, ensure the development of diatomaceous earth in Huanzhou and Luzhou, collect animal skins and wood from the tribes along the coast, complete the upgrade and transformation of the four cities, and then everything will be fine?

Therefore, the four states of Yalujiang seem to be difficult and difficult, but in fact they are very safe, and the materials they produce are very important to the military. They are especially suitable for people like Bian Guange to make meritorious deeds.

As long as you work for two years, you will have sufficient qualifications to be promoted to fleet commander.

This is probably what Zhao Xu really thinks in his heart.

Unwilling to think about it, Bian Guan asked again: "Are there any good products in Kaizhou?"

Su Lishe said: "There is one good product. Borax, copper, iron and diatomaceous earth have to be ranked behind it."

"what?"

"Shajin."

Bian Guo was thoughtful: "Shajin..."

…

In April, Bingwu, Liao Zhongjing stayed behind, and the young master Dagong Ding died.

The death of Dagong Ding caused the Liao Kingdom to lose a figure who had great influence on the Bohai people in the country.

In the Liao Dynasty, Zhao Tingmu, the Privy Councilor of Zhinanyuan, stayed in Zhongjing.

In Gengxu, 600,000 shi of military grain from the Song Dynasty arrived in Liaoyang. Wang Jing took 200,000 shi of grain into the treasury, 100,000 shi was sent to Posu Ridge, and 300,000 shi was sent to Huanglong Mansion, preparing to transport it to the Jinshan front line from there.

In the year of 1911, another major case occurred in Liao Dynasty in Beijing.

The censor Zhongcheng Yelu Shichi wrote a letter saying: "I was trapped by treacherous ministers and scolded the border counties. Fortunately, I was summoned and did not dare to remain silent. After leaving the temple, your majesty was able to compile the business. The long-standing grievances will be cleared once

.

Today, the spiritual bones have not been obtained, but I am still seeking for them. It is said: "The virtue of a saint is not filial piety."

In the past, Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty lost his mother due to chaos, and he longed for and mourned her. Filial piety was beneficial to her. Duke Zhou punished Feilian, and the evil came, and the world was happy.

Today, the traitorous party has not been eradicated, and the great injustice has not been avenged. There is no way to comfort the spirit of Shun Kao from above, and there is no way to relieve the anger of the world below.

I hope Your Majesty will clarify the imperial edict, find the right place for the imperial examination, collect all the traitors, use the correct constitution of the country, quicken the loyalty and righteousness of all parties, and show the use of rewards and punishments in the country, and then the way to rule can be found and promoted."

Yelu Shiqi was the one who was framed by Yelu Yisun and hated Yelu Yisun and the rest of the party. This is to say that Yelu Yanxi did not work hard enough to find his father's remains and did not do enough to investigate the remaining traitors.

This is actually an accusation against Asu for not handling the case well.

During the investigation of the remaining party case, Asu accepted bribes on a large scale and was "criminally accused of betraying the party."

Xiao Da and Ke Qin harmed the prince and got away with bribery.

Xiao Delite was the one who was first summoned by Yelu Yisun to conspire to construct the crown prince. His descendants bribed Asu and almost got away with it, but in the end, Yelu Yanxi personally uncovered Xiao Delite during his re-examination.

Therefore, Yelv Shili was very angry and wrote a letter of impeachment.

Yelu Yanxi ordered Yi Xun, Zhang Xiaojie, Xiao Delite, and Xiao Xisha to be buried in their tombs, their coffins dissected and their bodies slaughtered, and their families were distributed among the families of those who had been killed. Their descendants all moved to the border.

But Asu relied on Xiao Fengxian to operate and was able to avoid disaster.

…

Ding Si, Ying Huo entered the fight, Li Kui broke Songshan!

Li Kui had already figured out the deployment of the Liao army and found the weakness of the Liao state. He organized a three-pronged army, divided into front, middle and rear, and advanced rapidly along the Luoma River. He defeated the defender Yelu Binxi at Songshan and achieved a great victory in Songshan.

Songshan was located in the Chifeng area of ​​Inner Mongolia in later generations, where there were palaces of successive Liao emperors, and many gold treasures fell into the hands of the three tribes.

As soon as Songshan was broken, the entire middle line of defense was suddenly full of holes. Li Kui led Magusu and Menggentulak to seize Gaozhou, Huizhou, and more than ten small states along the way. They were overwhelming and were approaching Enzhou.

If Enzhou is defeated, Liao Kingdom’s Zhongjing will be next!

Today's Liao Kingdom, from the Song-Liao border to the south of the Great Wall, is basically controlled by the emperor's uncles Yelu and Lu Wo;

Yelu Yanxi's heavy troops stayed at the Jinshan defense line in Shangjing Road, with the purpose of protecting Changchun Island, which was the most important place for money and food.

However, the Zhongjing Road between the two regions has been ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

The Zhongjing Road ran from Chifeng to Chengde in later generations, and was governed by Dading Prefecture, which was only 150 miles away from Enzhou.

Songzhou was defeated, Enzhou was in a hurry, and the newly appointed Zhongjing stayed behind. Zhao Tingmu, the Privy Councilor of Zhinanyuan, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

The trouble for Zhao Tingmu was that he belonged to Yelu Yanxi, and now Li Kui sent his troops to kill him from the direction of Songshan to isolate him from Yelu Yanxi.

Zhao Tingmu sent envoys more than a dozen times, but there was no news, so he had to send a message to the surrounding states, asking his commanders to join the army and lead troops to come for reinforcements. At the same time, he sent envoys south to tell the emperor Taishu why his lips were dying and his teeth were cold.

Send troops.

Zhao Tingmu undoubtedly had to bear great political risks in doing so, because he gave the emperor a reasonable reason to go north to occupy Zhongjing.

If things don't work out, nothing will happen, but even if Zhongjing is successfully rescued, it will not be of any benefit to Yelu Yanxi.

Of course, for Li Kui, this move was also a risk. If Yelu Yanxi, Yelu and Luo joined forces to attack him from the north and south, it would be an army of 300,000 people.
Chapter completed!