The news has not yet reached Bohai Kingdom, but it has already reached Yaonan City, the Dielabu Pasture, and a marching team.
The team was very large, with numerous vehicles, numbering thousands.
The car was loaded with dried meat, cheese, millet, hay, arrows and other military supplies. The total number of drivers and guards was about 20,000 people.
Obviously, this is a logistics transportation team. Judging from the direction they are traveling, they should be heading to Fuzhou, Bohai State.
Bohai State has fifteen prefectures and three prefectures.
The fifteen prefectures include five capitals, namely:
Xiande Prefecture in Zhongjing, which covers six prefectures and 25 counties, governs Xianzhou, and is roughly located in Helong City, Jilin Province today.
Yongwon-fu, Tokyo, encompasses four states and eighteen counties, and governs Gyeongju. It is roughly located in Buju-ri, Chongjin City, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea today.
Nanhai Prefecture, Nanjing, encompasses three prefectures and sixteen counties, governs Wo Prefecture, and is located in Qinghai Tucheng, Bukcheong County, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea today.
Yalu Prefecture, Xijing, controlled four prefectures and eleven counties, and governed Shenzhou, which is now Linjiang County, Jilin Province.
Shangjing Longquan Prefecture, commanding three prefectures and nine counties, governed Longzhou, located in Bohai Town, Ning'an City, Heilongjiang Province today.
In addition to the five capitals, there are ten prefectures including Changling, Tieli, Fuyu, Shuibin, Dongping, Miaojie, Anyuan, Huaiyuan, Anbian and Dingli.
In addition, the three prefectures of Ying, Tong, and Huan are solo prefectures, and the performance can go directly to the three provinces and six departments of the capital.
When the Khitan attacked the Bohai Sea, they usually attacked Fuyu Prefecture first, which governed Fuyu Prefecture and Xian Prefecture.
Fuzhou also has jurisdiction over the four counties of Fuyu, Buduo, Xianyi and Hechuan; Xianzhou has jurisdiction over the three counties of Qiangshi, Xin'an and Yugu.
Fuyu Prefecture and Fuzhou are both in Fuyu County. The county's city wall is more than four miles in circumference, which is actually not very big. It is the level of a small county in the Central Plains.
There are many soldiers outside Fuyu County, and judging by their clothing and appearance, most of them are Khitan people.
The Khitan soldiers rode horses, carried bows on their waists, and held bones and sabers. The composition of the large number of servant infantry was complicated, including Xi people, Han people, Mohe people and Tatars, most of whom were slaves.
The morale of the slaves was good and they fought bravely. Because war was their best chance to gain freedom, every one of them tried desperately to seize it.
Bohai has been a country for two hundred years. In its early years, it was very powerful. It even dared to compete with the Tang Dynasty and did not pay attention to the Khitan at all. However, the two-hundred-year-old dynasty has grown old and gradually declined.
The most obvious sign is that subordinates are not very obedient.
The subordinate departments of the Bohai Kingdom are roughly divided into two parts. One is the Five Blackwater Departments (located in the north of Heilongjiang and Russia). There is a dog station leading to the heart of the Bohai Kingdom - the dog station, that is, the dog sledge station.
The second is the Little Goryeo Kingdom, which has about thirty counties (mainly located in Pyongyang Province, North Korea).
These two forces are the state within the Bohai Sea. When the Bohai Sea is strong, they are more obedient. When the Bohai Sea is weak, they naturally want to be independent. At present, the Black Water Ministry (located in Khabarovsk) has raised the flag of rebellion, and the Bohai State has dispatched
The army suppressed them, but the other four groups were also ready to take action, and the situation was very critical.
In addition, the internal fighting in the Bohai Kingdom was also very fierce, cruel and bloody.
Most of the losers in the political struggle went to Silla, while some also went to Khitan.
The Bohai nobles who defected to the Khitan brought detailed internal intelligence, which greatly stimulated the ambitions of the eight Khitan tribes. Starting many years ago, they continued to advance eastward. At the beginning, they were small-scale bandits. After discovering that the Bohai people were corrupt and degenerate, their combat effectiveness was reduced.
After declining day by day, ambition became undisguised.
In order to defend against the Khitans, the Bohai State spent great efforts to repair the post roads and stationed heavy troops in Fuyu and Tieli Prefectures.
These so-called heavy soldiers still have some combat effectiveness, but their morale is not very high. They have fought many times over the years, with few wins and many losses, and they are already a little scared.
"Yue Liduo!" Brother Yelu Hua jumped out of nowhere, looked at this beautiful woman greedily, and said with a flattering smile: "Are you here to send food and grass again? Actually, there is no need to send it. The people of Bohai cannot fight, and we have looted a lot.
Grain, livestock.”
"Did you win the battle again?" Yue Liduo didn't like Brother Hua's leering look, but she still asked patiently.
"Abaoji just attacked Xianzhou, completely annihilated the reinforcements brought by the Bohai people from Beijing, and captured and killed more than five thousand people." Speaking of this, Brother Yelu Hua felt a little sour, and then a violent anger surged out. Why did Abao
What secrets do you have? You are so powerful in fighting, and your women are so beautiful?
"Bohai claims to be a big country in the east of the sea, how come it has so few troops?" Yue Liduo was a little surprised.
"The Bohai Kingdom now only has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and half of them have been sent north to suppress the five Blackwater tribes. How many soldiers are left?" Brother Yelu Hua quietly took a few steps closer, looked directly at Yue Liduo, and said: "
Now the people guarding the city are mostly young men, that is, local men from the Han region, so they cannot be attacked."
"Brush!" Yue Liduo pulled out a sharp knife and pressed it against Brother Hua's chin with lightning speed.
Brother Yelu Hua stayed there, not daring to move, and shouted: "Yue Liduo, what are you doing?"
Yue Liduo was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he asked his men to fetch a horse, turned over and rode it. After two laps, he looked at Brother Yelu Hua coldly and rode away.
The knight guarding her immediately followed her, and when they passed Brother Hua, everyone laughed.
With this little ability, you still want to play with women?
Brother Yelu Hua was angry and anxious. He stamped his feet bitterly and left.
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Outside Fuyu County, a large army gathered and attacked and killed endlessly.
The city wall is not big, but it is very strong. It was built by the Bohai people from the mountains and took many years to build. It has made the Khitan people look forward to it many times.
There were less than 3,000 defenders in the city, but they were stubborn and refused to surrender.
Yeluyi actually never thought about storming the city, because the Khitan people have never been good at this, and they have more than enough ambition but not enough power.
But this time he decided to give it a try, so he commanded many servants and slave soldiers and started a strong attack.
The commander-in-chief of the siege was Liu Rengong.
He was an expert in this field and made many suggestions about the city's attack and defense. The more Yelu Yi listened, the more reasonable he became, so he simply gave full command to Liu Rengong and asked him to lead an army of 30,000 to besiege Fuzhou.
Liu Rengong is still very capable.
He surrounded the infantry on all sides and constantly changed the direction of the main attack, making the defenders exhausted.
Several more earthen platforms were built outside the city, and the sergeants shot arrows from above to suppress the defenders at the top of the city. Behind the earthen platforms, tunnels were still being dug quietly. After more than a month, they had basically dug into the city.
Yeluyi watched quietly from the side, feeling very excited.
If he captures Fuzhou, it will be a huge victory for him, and his status among the eight tribes will reach a higher level, and no one can compare with him.
"General Liu, if Fuzhou is captured, you will be the defense envoy of Fuyu Prefecture." Yeluyi said.
"Thank you for your cultivation." Liu Rengong was overjoyed.
The fifteen prefectures and three solo prefectures of Bohae Kingdom have a population of about 1.5 million. Buyeo Prefecture is in good condition. After years of fighting, there should be a population of 60,000 to 70,000 people. If tribes are included, there may be more.
There are only so many people in the two states and seven counties. It is indeed small. It is much inferior to the Central Plains. But how can I say it? It is not easy to have a piece of land. After running it for a while, I will go to the Bohai Kingdom to plunder some. In the future, I can collect more than 100,000 people.
The population is not difficult, at least it is enough to support his army.
Gao Silun and stepbrother Gao Si stood aside uneasily, listening silently.
Brothers Gao Xinggui and Gao Xingzhou looked carefully at the city in front of them. The powerful words "Fuyu" on the city wall surprised them: it turns out that Bohai Kingdom also uses Chinese characters of the Tang Dynasty.
We had conquered two counties before, and looking at their official correspondence, they were actually in parallel prose, with good calligraphy. If no one had pointed it out, they would have almost thought it was a frontier state in the Tang Dynasty, rather than a foreign country.
Then I think of a rubbing I had seen of the epitaph of Princess Zhenxiao of the Bohai Kingdom, which was used by local scholars to practice calligraphy. It said: "The husband read the Tang Dynasty, and Guirui descended to the shore of the emperor's daughter; the biography of the rich Qiu, the Lu Museum was opened.
The banquet of the king and his concubine. Isn’t it true that a woman’s virtue is outstanding, and her reputation will only last until after she has one? The mother’s homage is to her, and the rest of her life gathers in Wujiang... The emperor returns from court to mourn, and avoids sleeping. The ordering officials have prepared the funeral rites. The groom is sobbing.
, wandering along the streets; the carriage horses roaring mournfully, looking at the countryside with their heads raised..."
The person who wrote the epitaph has great literary talent, neat dialogues, and allusions at his fingertips. The calligraphy is handsome and vigorous, and the mood is elegant. It has the legacy of Yu Shinan, and it has become a reference for later generations to practice calligraphy and copy.
This is a highly civilized country.
Gao Xingzhou was extraordinary in martial arts, but he also liked to study poetry. He was very sorry that such a country was attacked by the Khitan. If it was destroyed, the Mohe people, the main body of the Bohai Kingdom, would inevitably degenerate into barbaric tribes, and civilization would definitely disappear. Wouldn't it be a pity?
?
"It's done!" Liu Rengong suddenly slapped his thigh and stood up.
There was a huge noise in Fuzhou City, and the defenders at the top of the city panicked and rushed to the bottom of the city.
"What a Liu Kutou!" Gao Siji sighed.
Yelu Yi also stood up excitedly, like a vulgar and uncultured man, his eyes lit up when he saw a beautiful woman stripping off her clothes in front of him.
"Husband!" A soft call sounded not far away.
Before Liu Rengong and Gao Siji could react, Yelu Yi suddenly turned around.
"Yue Liduo? Why are you here?" he asked in surprise.
"Husband." Shulu Ping frowned, took a few steps closer, leaned into Yelu Yi's ear, and whispered: "The Xia army marched eastward in a large scale. The troops were divided into two groups. One way they reached Bailang garrison, and the other way they conquered Huangshui stone.
Qiao, are robbing Dingkou, cattle and sheep."
"What?!" Yeluyi almost fainted.
He worked so hard to plunder the population and wealth of Bohai Country, but in the end his hometown was plundered?
"Where's Xie Niechi? Where's Yusheng? What do they do for food?" Yeluyi asked, raising his voice involuntarily.
Liu Rengong turned his head in confusion.
Gao Silun and Gao Si's stepbrothers quietly looked at each other and pretended to be ignorant.
Now that the matter has come to this, Shuluping can no longer hide it. She holds Yeluyi's hand and says: "Husband, this is absolutely true. Shilu is already mobilizing troops and planning to fight the Xia people. Husband,
, you’d better have a countermeasure here.”
Yelu Yi kicked Ma Zha beside him, his expression was uncertain, and he was obviously on the verge of breaking out. In fact, it was understandable that anyone who encountered this situation would curse.
We have just seen the dawn of breaking through Fuzhou. This is a breakthrough that has not been seen in many years. But you tell me that the Xia army has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Khitan?
"Countermeasures..." Yeluyi murmured.
"Husband!" Shuluping was calmer than him and suggested: "Actually, this is also an opportunity. The Xia people came to attack for no reason. It may be beneficial for me to calm them down."
Yeluyi didn't answer, but his hand was already on the handle of the knife at his waist.
Liu Rengong turned his head to look at the couple, and then turned to Fuzhou City.
Gao Silun and Gao Siji didn't speak, and stood there waiting.
"Withdraw troops and return reinforcements!" Yelu Yi was silent for a long time and finally made a decision.
"I'll go back to Yaonan City first. Over here in Fuzhou, Yue Liduo, you can take charge and clean up the mess." He added.
"Okay!" Shu Luping didn't show any stage fright and agreed directly.
