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From the inner city of Goguryeo, the capital of Goguryeo, through Naam Fortress to Susheng Bone Fortress, the stone carvings with high hats on the road are particularly interesting. This section of the road is still relatively easy to walk, and it is not so easy to go west after passing the Bone City. The stretching mountains block civilization, and after traveling hundreds of miles of wilderness, Wang Yicai finally saw the familiar Daliang water.

This wide Daliang water connects the border between Goguryeo and Han Liaodong County, and is separated by cliffs on both sides in the middle, because although the Han army is strong, it has not been able to advance to the east to recover the territory of the country in several wars in the past, but it is for Goguryeo to seize the territory of the old Xuansu County.

This line was the result of several field battles around the eastern part of Qianshan, with the Han northerners being good at plain warfare and the southerners being more familiar with mountain warfare...... However, the southern part of Liaodong County is closer to the mountains and hills, and there is a situation where there is a strong pass, and there is no need to build a barrier, and an army can be stationed to ambush the marching troops on both sides of the riverbank, and if a huge stone rolls down the mountain, no one can successfully escape.

Goguryeo stationed 5,000 elite infantry cavalry east of Daliangshui, stationed up and down the mountain. On the banks of the Hunhe River, which leads directly to Xuansu County north of the Daliang River, there are also 5,000 elites stationed, including more than 1,000 sailors.

As Wang Yi got to know Goguryeo more and more, he also felt jealous of this country with strong military power in the north. As early as the reign of King Ruliu, they forced Xianbei to be a vassal state in the Hunhe River valley through attack, and then marched to the upper reaches of the Hunhe River. marching to capture Han Goguryeo County" At that time, they were able to mobilize 20,000 troops.

During the reign of King Juliu, the Goguryeo army conquered the kingdom of Gaima and Jutu, and attacked Hanlelang County. During the reign of King Taejo, the Goguryeo army further expanded and developed, and the army of the conquered tribal states was also incorporated into the Goguryeo army, which increased the number of infantry and cavalry, and had the strength to fight against Liaodong County and Xuansu County, and often sent thousands or tens of thousands of people to invade and plunder the eastern counties of Liaodong County and Xuansu County.

In recent years, Goguryeo has been plagued by internal strife, and the north and Buyeo are constantly at war, leaving it with no time to look westward. But Wang Yi, who was in the middle of it, knew very well that this was an aggressive and elite people, and once their dispute with Buyeo was eased, they would definitely march westward again.

Today, Goguryeo has 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the north and more than 10,000 in the west of the two rivers, not to mention that 20,000 to 30,000 light soldiers can still be mobilized in the country. Their strength was far better than back then, and if they were bent on attacking Liaodong, even if Yanbei cultivated its entire army, it would not be able to stop it.

Heading west along the winding river, a large ship covered with a double-decker flying house was loaded with 500 Goguryeo soldiers dressed in broad costumes and bronze armor, and then two small boats were also transporting heavy grain and grass for them.

"Wang Jun, you are from Liaodong, let me ask you, looking at my victorious army of Goguryeo, Han Liaodong County may block it?" Baqi is a young man with a heroic face, dressed in the splendid black color of the Han people, and is spotless, with his hair tied on his head and his forehead tied with gold, and his body is also decorated with gold and silver, and he is extravagant, but his face is a little juvenile and arrogant and said to Wang Yi: "Soldiers and horses like this, even if the Han Dynasty is a big country and only Liaodong, I am afraid that it is still not as good as my Goguryeo small state!" ”

Wang Yi nodded lightly, when it comes to the number of soldiers and horses, of course, Liaodong is not as good as Goguryeo, just the area under its jurisdiction and the number of people, Goguryeo is more than three times larger than Liaodong County, how can this be compared? He slowly poured wine into the pottery bowl in front of Baqi, and said, "If Liaodong is compared to the middle of the country, it is not as good. ”

Baqi was very satisfied with Wang Yi's answer, and rolled up his wide sleeve robe and asked Wang Yi: "Wang Jun, I can't return home this year, I must miss it very much, right?" Don't worry, this time you go to Liaodong with me, and Liaodong will definitely not embarrass you. ”

Wang Yi respectfully bowed his hand and thanked him, but in fact, he was secretly smiling in his heart.

When he was in Goguryeo, he pretended to be a sinner who committed the law and killed people in Liaodong, and fled to the inner city of Goryeo, the national capital, and used the merchant skills he learned when he followed Yanbei to buy and sell materials in the domestic city and the Susheng Bone City.

If it weren't for the hundreds of samurai who came with him, Wang Yi's life in Goguryeo would have been difficult. In fact, he didn't have to live so hard, just by virtue of his ability to forge iron and fry steel, whether it is Dongyi or Beiyi, as long as it is a country where bronze is popular, he can become a guest of honor in the country. But Wang Yi and Yanbei have been friends for a long time, and he knows that Yanbei is unwilling to sell weapons to foreigners even if he gives up huge profits, so how can he teach people to fish, and let foreigners know the ancestral skills of wrought iron and frying steel.

Wang Yi did not forget that Yanbei sent him to Goguryeo in preparation for future invasion and conquest.

However, it is undeniable that Wang Yi is very capable, and in just half a year, he became a member of the staff of the prince of Goguryeo as a commoner.

"In this way, I don't understand why you have to let me study under the Liaodong Academy." When the prince Baqi mentioned Liaodong, there was a lot of disdain in his words, and he wrinkled his nose slightly and said: "The war between Goguryeo and Han for the western land has never stopped for two hundred years. ”

"It is true that Goguryeo is so powerful that even if it is not contained by Buyeo, even the entire Youzhou cannot be compared. But Shizi, no matter how strong Goguryeo is, what can really belong to you in the future? After a hundred years of kingdom, will you spend your days guarding the rock city next to the domestic city, or will you get drunk all day long in the city of Susheng Bone and guard the border of the Han Dynasty for the second prince? ”

Baqi's face was not good-looking, Wang Yi's implication was that when his father passed away, the throne would have absolutely nothing to do with him, his face couldn't help but turn cold, and he raised his chin high and said proudly: "I am the eldest son of my father, inheriting the throne, strengthening the country and enriching the people is my natural responsibility, how can I get drunk in Susheng Bone City!" ”

Wang Yi smiled easily, looked at the piles of snow that gradually disappeared along the banks of the river, and took a sip of the wine in the bowl, the curvature of the corners of his mouth was full of sarcasm. The recklessness of these commoners has never understood the innate superiority of the aristocracy. Wang Yi grinned and rubbed his eyes and asked, "But I heard that the Daisuke, Gu Hinaka, and Dajia of the domestic city are all gathered around the second prince Yiyimo, and they support the second prince to ascend to the throne...... Then where should the natural responsibility of the son of the world be deposited? ”

Goguryeo's central official position was divided into seven levels, with the highest Daisuke being equivalent to the prime minister, while Gu Hina and Daega were the noble chieftains of the five Goguryeo tribes and also had the power to participate in politics.

Baqi was choked by Wang Yi's words, but he didn't care, since he was a child, the palace Chinese teachers in the royal capital told him the story of the corporal Jiejie, he was only stunned for a moment and said: "If Yimo is better than me, then I will help him manage the city, after all, he is my younger brother, and brothers should support each other." ”

"Hmm...... The prince's mind is admired. Wang Yi nodded, picked up the pottery bowl with silver rim and looked at it for a moment, then sighed, put down the pottery bowl and asked Baqi: "Then Shizi, if you are the king, can't you take care of your brother?" ”

"If you don't be a king, what does it have to do with entering Liaodong County of the Han Dynasty to study Sinology?" Instead of answering Wang Yi's question, Baqi said, "Can't those Confucian scholars in the city teach me good sinology?" ”

"I suggested that the prince enter Liaodong in the next place, not for the sake of Sinology. Those Daiga and Daisuke gathered around Yimu because he wanted to be the king, and when he became the king, he could give more things to those who supported him, power, money, troops, people were for these things. If the prince doesn't want to be the king, or doesn't care at all, he can't give these things to others, and naturally, there will be no one to support the son. Wang Yi smiled, his clever tongue seemed to remind him of Yanbei's appearance when he was seriously deceiving people, shook his head, and asked with a smile: "Who does the prince think Liaodong County is in his hands?" ”

"The county of the Han Dynasty had a taishou, just like our Daisuke, who managed all the affairs of this land." Baqi was indeed moved by Wang Yi's words, this kind of question can actually be thought out clearly when you think about it, but unfortunately no one has ever told him, Baqi asked Wang Yi: "The Taishou of Liaodong County, isn't it called the frustration of the frustration of the frustration of the prince?" ”

"He is not called by people, the name of the Han people, divided into names and characters, frustration is his name, and Gong is his character. But Liaodong County was not in his hands. Wang Yi had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and he was finally able to tell Baqi Yanbei's name, and he said to Baqi: "My fellow countryman Wuhuan Captain Yanbei, who now rules Liaodong County of the Han Dynasty, is one of the most powerful generals in the northern Han Dynasty. ”

"Captain Hu Wuhuan? No, isn't this official position to protect the Wuhuan people and those Xianbei traitors? Because Xianbei was a vassal state of Goguryeo when he was weak, Baqi was accustomed to calling the Xianbei people traitors, in fact, every Goguryeo person knows very well that the Xianbei people are now fighting their own land in the north of the grassland, and they are no longer driven slaves in the mouths of the old people, Baqi asked: "Why does Captain Wuhuan rule Liaodong, and why does he become the most powerful general in the north of the Han Dynasty?" The north of the Han Dynasty, how big is that, a thousand miles? ”

Wang Yi was amused by Baqi's words, and waved his hand to spit out three words, "Three thousand miles!" ”

"From the Gaima Mountains to the Taihang Mountains, from the Shanggu Valley to the Yellow River, there is no one who does not know his name."