The world is turbulent, and as the ice and snow melt, the catastrophe and war gradually become more intense.
Zhan Ying had already left Changbai Mountain. He did not go south to attack the Tianjie army entrenched in northern Liaoning, but went to Chang'an City in eastern Liaoning.
This Chang'an is not that Chang'an.
The Liaodong Peninsula was deeply influenced by the culture of the Central Plains. Everyone from the scholar-bureaucrat class to the traffickers and pawns learned from the Central Plains culture as an example.
Similar to Fuso, he always likes to steal things from the Central Plains.
Fusang came to the Central Plains to steal men, rice, culture, and writing... As long as it was in the Central Plains, Fusang would steal it home as a treasure.
The Goguryeo people in the Liaodong Peninsula are also good at this.
As a vassal state of the Central Plains court for thousands of years, Goguryeo also liked to steal things from its suzerain state.
During the previous dynasty, Chang'an was the capital of the Central Plains imperial court. Tens of thousands of people came to visit Chang'an, and there were millions of people living in Chang'an.
When the king of Goguryeo heard this, he was so jealous that he recruited more than 100,000 civilians and worked day and night to build the city of Chang'an that belonged to Goguryeo.
It is said that the construction drawings at that time were based on Chang'an City in China.
After it was completed, it was so large that it was proud of Liaodong. It was said that it could hold thousands of sheep, and it became a laughing stock among the Chinese people.
The previous dynasty fell and the Zhao court rose. The founding emperor sent troops to attack Goguryeo, killed the King of Goguryeo, and assisted the new king in ascending the throne.
As the saying goes, one emperor and one courtier. In order to show favor to his master, the new king changed the city of Chang'an to Seoul.
Just by hearing this name, you can tell that you are still learning about the Central Plains culture.
In other words, it is to flatter the master.
The name has been changed for thousands of years, and the people of Goguryeo have long forgotten that Seoul used to be called Chang'an City.
But the people in the Central Plains still like to call it its previous name.
The Chang'an City built by Goguryeo was jokingly said by the Chinese people that it could hold thousands of sheep, but it was actually a joke.
After all, this city was built based on the drawings of Chang'an City in China. It is divided into 108 squares and is quite large in scale.
As the capital of the Goguryeo Dynasty, it has always been the largest city in the Liaodong Peninsula, with developed commerce and trade and a permanent population of one million.
The capitals of Silla and Baekje, which also moved to Liaodong, were far inferior to it.
Just two months ago, this place was quite prosperous.
After Zhan Ying became the general manager of the march in North Liaoning Province, he very arrogantly forcibly moved all the people of the Three Kingdoms of Liaodong to the north of Changbai Mountain.
Of course, there are still many people who are reluctant to leave their homeland and stay secretly.
For those who stayed, Zhan Ying just turned a blind eye.
Those who could hold swords and hammers have all left, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled. Their life and death will not have much impact on this catastrophe.
After the Tianjie North Road army swept through northern Liaoning, it pushed its main force near Shanhaiguan. Perhaps because Zhan Ying transferred most of the people in the Liaodong Peninsula, the Tianjie army only sent a small force across Beishui and swept through Liaodong several times.
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After the Spring Festival, Tianjie transferred all the troops from the Liaodong area to northern Liaoning.
Like the people of China, they simply looked down upon the Liaodong Peninsula and had no intention of spending more troops to garrison it.
This gave Zhan Ying room to move around.
Zhan Ying used to think that after Liaodong and Liaobei were controlled by the Celestial Legion, he had only two options.
One is to retreat westward into the vast grassland.
In fact, this step is not easy to take. The grassland is flat. Even if Zhan Ying has gunpowder weapons in his hands, he will not be able to defeat the powerful six-legged beast riders in the heaven.
The second is to cross Changbai Mountain and enter the vast black forest.
This step is even more difficult.
Once you retreat into the Black Forest, many people will freeze to death and starve to death, and it will be very difficult to counterattack back.
Now the head coach of Tianjie North Road Army, who didn't know which muscle was wrong, released the Liaodong Peninsula by himself, which made Zhan Ying extremely happy.
If they were the military commanders of other states, the Liaodong Peninsula would be of little use to them.
Zhan Ying is different.
Since Zhan Ying was recommended by Xuan Ying, His Majesty the Emperor thought highly of him. He was said to be the chief military officer of Liaobei Road. In fact, he also assigned the imperial court's East China Sea Fleet and Bohai Fleet to him, and also gave him the military and political command of Fusang.
Got him.
The Liaodong Peninsula is a natural port. As long as the Liaodong Peninsula is in the hands of Zhan Ying, Zhan Ying can connect the land and fleet.
Today, he came to Chang'an for inspection.
Outside the lifeless city of Chang'an, there is the largest trading port in the Liaodong Peninsula.
Now this port has become a military port.
Standing at the top of the city and looking around, there are ships on the water.
There are warships and cargo ships.
Fuso's silver fleet was at the port, and hundreds of men were lifting large wooden boxes from the ship, which contained the silver paid by Fuso's God-Emperor to Zhan Ying.
After this batch of silver arrives, it can alleviate a lot of pressure on Zhan Ying.
His Majesty the Emperor only gave him the empty title of Marching Chief, and Zhan Ying had to get everything by himself, including troops, military supplies, food supplies, medicines...
The food production in northern Liaoning has stopped, and most of the food has fallen into the hands of heaven.
However, when the Three Kingdoms of Liaodong moved northward, they implemented a fortified wall and cleared the country, taking away all the food they could.
So far, the more than 20 million people in Zhanying's jurisdiction are not in danger of going hungry.
But the war is about to break out, and Zhan Ying must arm himself with the power as soon as possible.
On the Liaobei Plain, the most important thing is the war horse.
He wanted to use the tens of millions of taels of silver that Fusang paid tribute to and exchange them for grain through Yang Ershi's network.
Then use the grain to exchange for war horses with the grassland wolf tribe through Wanyanku, the grassland captain.
Zhan Ying asked Wan Yanku beside him, "How much silver did Fusang bring this time?"
Wanyanku said: "Three ships, totaling six million taels."
Zhan Ying nodded.
Wanyanku hesitated for a moment and said: "Commander, we have been asking Fusang for money. If the court knew..." Zhan Ying said calmly: "The court has no time to take care of itself now, so how can it care about us.
This batch of silver will be purchased as food as soon as possible. The snow has melted. The war will only take place in the next month or two. Our war horses are still not enough. If the war horses and the millions of troops in northern Liaoning are massacred by the Celestial Legion, it will only be a matter of time."
Wanyanku sighed.
He said: "You told me that Niangzi Pass will not last long, and Shanhaiguan will be breached. Northern Liaoning has no strategic value anymore, so why do we still stick to it?
The war in the future will only take place in China, not outside Shanhaiguan."
Zhan Ying said: "Brother Wanyan, you are wrong. It is precisely because Shanhaiguan will be captured sooner or later, so we must stick to it.
We are like a nail driven into the enemy's rear. As long as the time comes, our role will not be diminished by the frontal battlefield."
At this time, a school captain came to report and presented the arrival report issued by the imperial court.
The content on the arrival report is about the battle of Yumen Pass early this morning.
After telling the story for several months, Yumen Pass suffered the largest attack by the heavenly army.
It was also mentioned later that the heaven may be collecting iron tools from the human world, so that the defenders of all walks of life should be vigilant and strictly control the weapons and iron tools to avoid falling into the hands of the heaven.
