Li Ranxi fell from the sky. He never expected that he would suddenly become an official. For a moment, he was so excited that he felt at a loss.
Guo Song then said calmly: "In the future, we need to open more schools and tell the Danluo children that their ancestors migrated from the Central Plains to avoid war. We need to teach them to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters. If ten years later, Danluo Island
If all the young people speak Chinese and have a sense of identity with the Central Plains, then you have succeeded. As a reward, I will promote you to be the governor of Wenzhou."
Li Ran is from Wenzhou, that is to say, he is allowed to return to his hometown in fine clothes and serve as the governor of his hometown. Li Ran is only 42 years old this year, and he will only be 52 years old in ten years. He can still serve as the governor for at least ten years.
The enthusiasm in Li Ran's heart was aroused, and he bowed and said: "Xiao Min... No! I promise to fulfill His Highness's great trust."
"Do you have any good ideas? It will take ten years to complete the task I set." Guo Songxiao asked.
Li Ran nodded, "Weichen actually knows the people of Danluo Kingdom very well. They live a very difficult life, but they are eager to improve their lives. As long as they can speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, they can live a good life. Then their enthusiasm for learning will be
Inspire, even if they can't learn on their own, they will do everything possible to let their children study. After two years, they will select a group of smart children to study in Yangzhou. They will continue to teach after they come back. At the same time, they will hire some experienced farmers from the Central Plains.
Come here and teach them how to build farmland and water conservancy, teach them how to farm and weave, and teach them the customs and etiquette of the Han people. I believe that in ten years, the people of Danluo Island will recognize them as His Highness's people."
Guo Song agreed very much with Li Ran's idea, which was very pragmatic. He said happily: "The imperial court will fully support you and send a group of young scholars to assist you. Then we will move a few hundred Han households here on a small scale. What supplies do you need?
Feel free to bring it up when the time comes.”
Li Ran hesitated and said: "Actually, Wei Chen needs one thing the most, which is the trust eagle to convey the message. Wei Chen saw that there are some in the army, can you leave two for us?"
Guo Song knew what he wanted, so he smiled slightly and said: "I will arrange for the army to build a Faith Eagle Tower in the east, west, north and south of Danluo Island, and then establish an Eagle Faith line between Silla and Danluo Island.
We will establish an Yingxin line with Dengzhou, so that Danluo Island can be connected with Dengzhou. If you need anything, Chang'an will know it in ten days at the latest."
Li Ran was overjoyed and said quickly: "In this way, Wei Chen will be more confident!"
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When Guo Song returned to the military camp, a simple Silla terrain sand table one foot wide and two feet long had been placed in the Chinese army's tent. It was called simple because there were no details, only a few main official roads and a dozen cities.
, as well as several bays, and the others are replaced by mountains. But even with such a map, the Silla Intelligence Station spent a lot of energy and financial resources.
Li Bing pointed at Hanzhou Road in the north with a wooden pole: "According to the latest news, Zhu Tao's army captured Hanzhou City, one of the three major cities in Silla, half a month ago. I heard that Zhu Ye allowed his army to burn, kill and rape three people.
Oh my god, the situation in Hanzhou City is very tragic.
Zhu Ye has led his army to continue southward, whether to kill Xiongzhou in the southwest or to attack Jinzhou, the capital city. Ten days ago, I sent ten scout teams to the north by boat. They have faith eagles and will give us
There is news."
Guo Song pondered for a moment and asked: "How is the military strength of the two sides compared?"
"Reporting to your highness, Zhu Tao's army pretended to be out of food and retreated. Cui Hongshan, the chief general of Hanzhou, believed it and led his army to pursue it. As a result, he was ambushed by the enemy. The entire army of 20,000 was destroyed. Now there should be only 30,000 of Silla's army left.
, 10,000 in Xiongzhou and 20,000 in Jinzhou. If Jin Yansheng gathered the Xiongzhou army and all scattered armies, there would only be 40,000 people, and morale was low. Moreover, it is said that the power struggle between Jin Yansheng and Silla King Jin Qingming had the opposite effect.
It has become more intense, with internal and external troubles, I think Silla is in danger this time."
Guo Song nodded and turned around to ask Luo Ziyu, "General Luo, have you encountered Silla's sentinels along the coast?"
Luo Ziyu bowed and said: "Reporting to your highness, when we came, we didn't encounter any of them. I also sent a sentry ship to patrol the coast of Silla Kingdom. The other party's sentry ship completely disappeared. I concluded that it was just like General Li said,
Silla's coastal patrol soldiers were all transferred back to Jinzhou to participate in the defense. At this time, they no longer care about coastal defense."
Guo Song asked some more about the situation. He felt that the current problem was still insufficient intelligence. The intelligence station was in Xiongzhou and knew almost nothing about the situation in Jinzhou, the capital. Moreover, he did not understand many details of the intelligence. The equipment of the armies of both sides,
Regarding the defense situation of Jinzhou City, this information is what he needs most. The top priority now is to strengthen intelligence collection. Without sufficient intelligence, it will be difficult for him to fight this war.
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After Silla annexed Baekje and Goguryeo, it was once strong. However, with the fierce internal power struggle and the corruption of the ruling class, the national power gradually declined. In particular, the upper class consumed a lot of resources for luxury enjoyment. The bone system made
Classes are solidified, it is difficult for outstanding talents to get ahead, military equipment has not been replaced for decades, and military morale is generally low.
It happened that eight years ago, Zhu Tao began to attack Silla with the support of Khitan. The two sides fought fiercely for eight years, and Silla was always on the passive side. More than 200,000 soldiers were killed, millions of people were kidnapped, and people's livelihood was withered.
The population dropped sharply, completely dragging down Silla's national power.
A month ago, Silla's 20,000 elite troops were completely wiped out in Hanzhou. Zhu Tao's army was overwhelming, sweeping half of Silla in just ten days, occupying Hanzhou, Shuozhou, Xiongzhou, Sangju and Ming.
Silla has lost five of its nine states, leaving only Jeonju, Kangju, Yangju and Wuzhou in the south. The population is less than one million and the total army is only 40,000, putting Silla into a life-or-death situation.
Geumhae Kyung in the southernmost part of Silla Kingdom is today's Busan. It is also a relatively important city with a population of tens of thousands. It and Geumju, the capital of Silla, both belong to Yangju, but Geumju City is to the north of Yangju.
Jin Hae Kyung is located in the south of Yangju.
That afternoon, a group of cavalry galloped on a narrow official road north of Jinhae Kyung. Silla had very few horses and a very small number of cavalry. There were only 3,000 people. They were composed of aristocratic children of Silla. They were called Tianlong Army.
Ordinary people in Luo know that soldiers on horseback are of high status and must pay homage to them.
But they never dreamed that this fierce cavalry was actually a scout team of the Jin army.
This cavalry team is one of the ten scout teams sent to Silla. It consists of thirty people and is led by the scout general Yu Linhai. Yu Linhai has made great contributions in discovering the epidemic in Songzhou and in the battle to annihilate Qiu Jingzhong.
He was promoted to scout general and won the respect of coach Li Bing.
There is also a Han from Youzhou who can speak Silla in their team. Although Silla’s official language is Chinese characters, its language has its own system, which is different from the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, without a translator, these scouts
It would be difficult to conduct intelligence gathering.
The Han man from Youzhou is called Li Tong. He is about in his early twenties. His father has been doing business in Xiongjin City for many years. Li Tong himself has lived in Xiongjin City for five years. He can speak fluent Silla dialect, as do the other nine scout teams.
, are all equipped with a translator.
The scout team did not take the wider official road, but took the most remote path. There were very few pedestrians here. Occasionally, they would see a few small villages. However, there was a lot of game along the way, and they were all big ones. There were a lot of them.
They hunted deer herds all the way and harvested a lot, which also solved their food problem.
At this time, Yu Linhai noticed that several people were coming from the opposite side. They seemed to be a family. An old man walked in front with a stick, followed by a man carrying a load. The load was filled with pottery pots, bedding and other tattered household items, and then behind him
It was a young woman, holding a child in her arms, and a little girl following the woman. They looked frightened and were dressed in ragged clothes. It was obvious that they had come from afar.
Intuition told Yu Linhai that this was a family of refugees, so he said to Li Tongtong: "Go and ask them where they come from?"
At this time, the family in front also saw the cavalry. They were frightened and immediately knelt on the ground. Silla was very hierarchical, and the people at the bottom had to kneel down when they saw the nobles.
Li Tong urged his horse forward and asked a few questions in a loud voice. The old man answered him timidly. Li Tong came back and reported, "General, they fled from Sangzhou and went to Jinhae Kyung to make a living."
"Ask them why they fled?"
Li Tong went to ask again, and soon came back: "They said that the northern bandits were very ferocious. All the men in their village were killed, including the elderly and children. The women were snatched away. Only their family escaped. They originally
I wanted to escape to the capital, but I was afraid that the bandit army would also kill them, so I fled to Jinhae Kyung."
"How far is their home from the capital?" Yu Linhai asked again.
Li Tong went to inquire again and came back to report, "Their home is less than a hundred miles away from the capital. After asking at a humble position, they have been on the road for five days."
Yu Linhai estimated in his mind that even if it was the vanguard of Zhu Tao's army who massacred their village, then after five days, Zhu Tao's army should have arrived in the capital.
Yu Linhai saw that the family was obviously very hungry with food on their faces, so he took a bag of dry biscuits and threw them to them, and ordered: "Let's go!"
The cavalry team ran towards the north at lightning speed. The family knelt on the ground and waited until the cavalry team was far away before they started to tremble.
"Dad, who are they?" the young man asked.
The old man wondered in his heart: "At first I thought they were Tianlong Army cavalry, but in their conversation just now, they clearly spoke Tang Dynasty Mandarin, the same as those Tang Dynasty businessmen in Xiongjin City. How strange!"
"Dad, look what they gave me?" the young woman behind asked loudly.
The old man then picked up the cloth bag, opened it, and exclaimed. There was a pile of dry biscuits inside, at least twenty of them. He was immediately surprised and said, "It's for food. It's so pitiful. We met good people."
Got it!"
They lived by digging wild vegetables along the way. With these loaves, they could survive.