The seat of Liaodong County is in Xiangping.

Originally, this was the border fortress set up by the Yan general Qin Kai to attack Donghu and push the Yan border eastward for thousands of miles, which was similar to the role of the beacon tower.

Later, Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, centered on Xiangping City, and set up Liaodong County.

In the Han Wu era, the aftermath of the Han army's eastward expedition to the west completely drove the Hu people out of the territory of Liaodong, in addition to the original Liaodong County, also east of Xiangping, plus most of the peninsula set up Xuansu, Lintun, Lelang, and Zhenfan four counties, that is, the so-called Han four counties.

Later, with the decline of the Han Dynasty and the contraction strategy in the border county area, Samhan and Goguryeo swallowed and encroached step by step, occupying most of Xuansu County, part of Lelang County, and as for Zhenfan County and Lintun County, they disappeared into the dust of vast history.

However, in this process, Xiangping can be regarded as truly establishing the status of the center of Liaodong, and has been developed to a certain extent, with today's scale. Although it is still far from being comparable to the cities of the Central Plains, in this far place, it is a city of miracles that is the envy of Zhuhu.

The Goguryeo people have always coveted Xiangping, and they have taken action more than once, wanting to grab this city in their hands and put it on the table as the capital of the country. However, their strength is not good, and they have worked hard for decades without any achievements, but they were forced to retreat again and again by the Han army, and they were not in danger for a long time, and gradually they couldn't take care of their greed.

Of course, the historical Goguryeo people eventually got their wish.

In the two Jin Dynasty eras, the Central Plains was frequent, and then provoked chaos in China, and there was no time for other care, Goguryeo took the opportunity to encroach on the Han land in Liaodong, and finally occupied Xiangping City and the four counties of the Han Dynasty.

Li Yi knows a little about this history, but not much. After all. Later generations have too few written records of this period of history, and they are too obscure, and he just remembers such a thing.

However, in this time and space, with his arrival, these things will definitely not happen. According to his plan, the Jinban and Imtun counties, which were occupied by Samhan and Goguryeo, as well as most of the Hyunsu counties, were to be spit out. Even, Samhan and Goguryeo itself are places. It will also be incorporated into the territory of Dahan.

Now, when he stood on the Liaozhong Plain and looked at Xiangping City from afar, he was also amazed in his heart, and felt that Xiangping was indeed worthy of the name of the City of Miracles.

The city is indeed not big, the city wall is less than two zhang high, and each city wall is only three or five hundred steps, far from being majestic. It is said that this is the result of several expansions.

Such a city, not to mention the Central Plains, even if it is placed in the five counties in the western part of Youzhou, which are also border areas, it seems too shabby. Such a small city. Even if there are many people living in it, it can accommodate three or five thousand people, which is the limit.

Li Yi only arrived in Xiangping City today, but the forward troops of the Youzhou Army. But it has been several days since he arrived in Xiangping City.

After the victory of Dujialing, Li Yi led the army to Fuli County. By the time the Youzhou army arrived at Fuli City, the rebels had already abandoned Fuli City. Retreat to the east of the swamp and Fang County.

Li Yi led a large army to easily occupy Fuli City.

Subsequently, Li Yi again sent envoys to Liaodong County, Xuansu County and Lelang County, asking the three counties to immediately present him with a table of surrender.

Under the threat of Li Yi's ultimatum, and intimidated by the advance of Li Yi's army, the three counties all made a wise choice, and sent envoys to Fuli City before the deadline given by Li Yi - June 18, and presented the surrender table.

Li Yi informed the officials of the three counties and the heads of the major powerful families that they must arrive at Xiangping City, the seat of Liaodong County, before the first day of the seventh month, otherwise it would be regarded as a rebellion.

Then, he sent Zhao Yun to lead 5,000 iron cavalry as the vanguard, and took the lead in Xiangping City to take over the defense of the city.

After Zhao Yun set off, Li Yi Shi Ran led the main army and marched towards Xiangping City. It was not until today, that is, on the first day of the seventh month, that I arrived in Xiangping City.

The officials of the three counties headed by Yang Zhong, the Taishou of Liaodong County, Sun Chen, the Taishou Gongsun of Xuansu County, and Teng Shu, the Taishou of Lelang County, as well as the heads of the powerful families of the three counties, greeted them outside Xiangping City.

In fact, Yang Zhong and the three of them are the members of the largest Haoqiang family in the three counties, and the three counties are in the hands of these Haoqiang, and the situation in this Liaodong subject country is similar. It's just that the subject state of Liaodong is basically completely in the hands of the subject country Gongsun clan, and the situation of these three counties is more complicated, and it is jointly controlled by many powerful people.

It is precisely because of this check and balance that these three counties did not break out in a clear-cut rebellion like the Liaodong vassal state, and after the rebellion of the Liaodong vassal state, the three counties were still in a wait-and-see state and did not send troops to help. Otherwise, Li Yi's battle to pacify Liaodong will be much more difficult.

After all, the war potential of these three counties is much greater than that of Liaodong vassal states. Judging from the population of the three counties that Li Yi now grasps, it can be seen.

Liaodong County, the largest county in eastern Liaodong, has more than 84,000 households and a total population of about 510,000. Lelang County is the next with more than 67,000 households and a population of nearly 350,000. The smallest county, Xuansu County, also has the smallest population, with just over 22,000 households and a population of 150,000.

The total population of the three counties is one million, which greatly exceeds Li Yi's expectations. Because he had also read some information about the Gongsun regime in Liaodong in his previous life, which mentioned that when Sima Yi sent troops to destroy Gongsun Yuan, the total population of Liaodong was only more than 600,000. At that time, there were still more than 50 years now, how could it be more than then, and it was not a little bit more, but 400,000 more people.

Li Yi thought about it, but he didn't understand the truth too much.

In fact, this is Li Yi's idea. Although it is historically said that during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, Liaodong maintained stability and prosperity under the rule of the Gongsun Du family, but this thing is not so beautiful. The Gongsun Du family, whether it is Gongsun Du himself, or his sons Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Gong, or grandson Gongsun Yuan, is not the master of peace, and for decades, they have been constantly at war with the surrounding forces.

After the arrival of Gongsun Du in Shizai, he strictly implemented strict punishment and strict laws, cracked down on powerful forces, and made the order administrative through, and his wings gradually increased. In the first year of the First Peace Period (190), Dong Zhuo rebelled in the Central Plains, and the warlords in various places had no time to look east. Gongsun Du took the opportunity to establish himself as the Marquis of Liaodong and the pastor of Pingzhou. Then he attacked Goguryeo in the east, attacked Wuhuan in the west, took the Liaodong Peninsula in the south, and crossed the sea to take the Donglai counties in the north of the Jiaodong Peninsula to expand the territory.

His son, Sun Kang, was not inferior to his father's belligerence. After he succeeded to the throne, he fought with Goguryeo and Samhan successively.

Although the next two monarchs, Gongsun Gong and Gongsun Yuan, were more conservative than Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang, the war with the surrounding forces never stopped.

Although it is said that the foreign wars of the Gongsun family were basically won, and they also plundered the population of some foreign tribes, which is one of the reasons why the so-called brick families in later generations judged the population growth of Liaodong during the reign of the Gongsun family, but these brick families forgot what the ancient war was like. Sometimes a war can make a country rise and fall, let alone a protracted war between the Gongsun family and the surrounding aliens.

Just like the Central Plains at that time, during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the population of the entire Han Dynasty was nearly 60 million. However, after only 30 years of war, by the time the Three Kingdoms were established, the total population had dropped to more than 10 million, a decrease of nearly 80 percent.

The situation in Liaodong may be better, but even if it is halved, it is not surprising that it will be reduced by 40%.

Of course, there may be two reasons for this, one is to conceal it, and the other is that there is no way for the official to collect statistics.

Just like the population of the three counties in Liaodong today, official data shows that there are only more than 64,000 households in Liaodong County, about 400,000 people; There are only more than 61,000 households and more than 260,000 people in Lelang County; Xuansu County is even more pitiful, with only more than 10,000 households and more than 40,000 people. The combined population of the three counties is only 700,000.

According to Li Yi's Three Kingdoms 2018 system, the total population of these three counties is as high as 1 million, a gap of 300,000.

Obviously, these 300,000 people are those who are arrogant and do not report it, or live in the deep mountains and old forests, and there is no official count. After all, at this time, the traffic situation in many places is called a poor, and it is impossible for people who are not familiar with the situation to know that there are still people living in a certain place.

In short, after receiving the three counties, the system showed that the total population of the territory under Li Yi's control suddenly reached 4.5 million.

Li Yi is very happy, because in this era, a large population means great war potential.

Just like in Youzhou under his rule now, he can easily pull up an army of three or four hundred thousand. If you are desperate for the thugs, you can even pull up a super army of one million in size.

Even without affecting production, an army of 100,000 people can be organized, plus 50,000 transport and logistics troops.

Of course, Li Yi also knew that the population of 4.5 million was only nominally under his rule. Until it's completely digested, everything is empty.

For example, at present, the three counties and one country in Liaodong are still only nominally occupied, and they have not reached the real rule of the five western counties.

And if you want to reach the situation like the five counties in the western part of Youzhou, there is still a long way to go.

The top priority at the moment is to solve the remaining problems of the Gongsun family of Liaodong as soon as possible.

Today, Gongsun Han and Gongsun Zhang of the Gongsun family of the Liaodong vassal state still have about 20,000 troops under their command, occupying the territory of the two counties of Weidu and Fang County in the east of the Liaodong vassal state. Gongsun Lei, another general of the Gongsun family, led an army of 30,000 and occupied Wuxian County, which is located in the west of Liaodong County and at the eastern foot of Yiwulu Mountain.

Until these two rebels are completely resolved, it cannot be said that he has pacified Liaodong. (To be continued.) )