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Weiba Mountain City, Seongsan Mountain City, Goryeo Mountain City, Baiyun Mountain City, two five-mile mountain cities with a circumference, two six-mile mountain cities with a circumference, plus 5,000 military horses, Gao Bing, the envoy of Goguryeo Jili City, arrived the next day and agreed to Li Jing's request without any bargaining.

Moreover, on the same day, 5,000 war horses were sent to Weiba Mountain City. Next, on the same day, the soldiers and horses of the three cities of Seongsan Mountain Fortress, Goryeo Mountain Fortress, and Baiyun Mountain Mountain Fortress were withdrawn and handed over to the Zhendong Army. After Li Jing divided his troops to take over the three cities, he released Gao Zhaokang and the 3,000 Goguryeo mountain city soldiers from the mountain city of Weiba the next day.

Li Jing didn't expect that the Goguryeo people would agree to his conditions so happily. Although 5,000 military horses are precious, they are nothing compared to the four mountain cities. Although the other three mountain cities are not as dangerous as the towering mountain cities, they are all very easy to defend and difficult to attack. If he attacked, Li Jing thought that the current 20,000 soldiers and horses could be captured one by one, but he would definitely have to pay a lot of price. Now the Goguryeo people are so happy to hand over the three mountain cities, which makes Li Jing really surprised.

With these four mountain cities, the east side of Jili Mountain City was completely exposed in front of the horses' hooves of the Zhendong Army. The area around the Biliu River was all in the hands of the Tang Army.

The Goguryeo people were willing to hand over the four mountain cities, and it was definitely not just that Gao Zhaokang, which showed that they had encountered a more powerful threat than Li Jing. If it weren't for a more formidable threat, the Goguryeo people would never have ceded the eastern gateway of Jili City to Li Jing. Losing these four mountain cities, if Li Jing goes back on his word. Failure to keep promises. That's the kind of soldiers that can come to the city at any time.

"The five thousand soldiers and horses of the Khitan Lianra clan and the Yelu family of the Diera tribe have just broken through the Longtan Mountain City, sixty miles north of Jili City. Now the front of the army is directed at the city of Jili. "The tenth general of the Flying Eagle Battalion, who was in charge of investigating intelligence, rushed to Weiba Mountain City and reported to Li Jing loudly.

"No wonder!" Li Jing chuckled, "The Goguryeo people don't want to fight on both sides, and they think the Khitans are more threatening than us. ”

"This is a good opportunity, now that the Goguryeo people are doing their best to deal with the Khitans, why don't we stab the Goguryeo people in the back at this time and take Jili City directly?" Qin Zongshou can now be said to have completely fallen out with the Goguryeo people, so he is even more anxious to take the opportunity to beat the water dogs.

"No!" Li Jing smiled. His eyes swept over the generals, but he saw that Liu Xun seemed to be thoughtful, so he beckoned to him: "Bohu, tell me, why did I agree to Goguryeo's request for peace at this time, instead of taking the opportunity to attack the Goguryeo?" ”

Liu Xun took two steps forward, hugged his fist at Li Jing, and said calmly: "The last general thinks that the reason why the county prince did not fall into the well at this time is to avoid cheapening the Khitans. This should be the strategic layout that the county magistrate often talks about. For the sake of strategic layout, sometimes some tactical opportunities have to be missed. ”

Li Jing smiled and nodded: "Go on." Be clear. ”

"The county prince, I think that our strategic purpose in entering Liao this time is to recover Liaodong. The recovery of Liaodong should be regarded as a three-step process, the first step is to integrate the power of the Tang people in southern Liaoning, to achieve this step, the deterrence of the eastern army of the town is not enough, and external help is also needed. Since we captured Qingni and Beisha, the Tang people in southern Liaoning have been sandwiched between our Zhendong army and Liaozhong, where the Goguryeo people are based. The county prince was not in a hurry to march into southern Liaoning, but chose to send troops when the Goguryeo and Khitan people were fighting and plundering southern Liaonan, thinking that this was the right time. The Tang forces in southern Liaoning were oppressed and threatened by the Goguryeo people, and at this time we entered southern Liaoning, and the Tang forces in southern Liaoning were under the pacification strategy of the tyrannical Goguryeo and the county dukes, and they could only fall to our Zhendong army. ”

"Well, what about the second and third steps?" Li Jing was really impressed by Liu Xun, and the first step Liu Xun said to recover Liaodong was exactly what Li Jing wanted to do now. Such a strategic level of problems, many high-level generals of the Zhendong Army have not yet figured it out, Liu Xun is now just serving as his chief of guard, and he actually thought of it so far, which has to make Li Jing amazed, it is indeed Liu Xun, who is known as the first wise general of the five generations in history, and is known as a hundred steps. It's gold, and it shines wherever it goes.

With Li Jing's encouragement, Liu Xun, who was only fifteen years old at this time, was also very excited, with a slight blush on his face and excitement on his face. "Xun believes that the integration of Liaodong is the main goal of this invasion of Liao, and the second step should be to weaken the Goguryeo people, and the third step is to curb the growth of the Khitan people in Liaodong. These two steps should be one, and until we have fully integrated Liaonan, it is not suitable to completely defeat the Goguryeo people for the time being, but to gradually weaken them. ”

"Wouldn't it be better to just kill the Goguryeo? Why do you want to keep it, it's too troublesome! Qin Zongshou was confused when he listened, and he didn't know that since Lu Dao could kill the Goguryeo people in Jili Prefecture, he still had to keep it.

Liu Xun explained: "If we send troops to deal with the Goguryeo people in Jili Prefecture with all our strength now, we can certainly defeat them, but we will definitely have to pay a lot of price." The most important thing is that now the Khitan people are infiltrating into Liaodong, and there are Goguryeo people, so they can resist the eastward and southward advance of the Khitans for us. In this way, we will be able to fully integrate southern Liaoning, and only after stabilizing southern Liaoning can we go north with all our might. Therefore, let the Goguryeo people defend us against the Khitans now. The Goguryeo people and the Khitans fight, the result is bound to be two tigers fighting and both losing, the strength of the Goguryeo people will be weakened by the Khitans, and the Khitans will also be contained by the Goguryeos. ”

Li Jing smiled and clapped his hands, expressing his appreciation for Liu Xun's words. The wisdom of the young general Liu Xun is indeed extraordinary, and with just a few steps of Li Jing, he has basically guessed the strategic plan of Li Jing's entry into Liao.

"Bohu's words are very good, which is exactly what I intended. Wolf Fang, do you understand now? Fighting a war is not only based on brute force, but also on resourcefulness. Although the eastern army of our town is strong, Liaodong has been chaotic for more than 100 years, and it is not so easy to recover. We need to find an entry point and find the most appropriate opportunity. Now. The dispute between the Goguryeo and the Khitans. It's an excellent opportunity. Goguryeo was originally a dog of the Balhae Kingdom. Now that the Bohai Kingdom is weak and has lost control over the Goguryeo people in Liaodong, this dog has become a fierce wild dog. And the Khitans are wolves from the grassland, and now there are only a few lone wolves, but the wolves behind will follow sooner or later. Now, we are going to take advantage of the fierce battle between the Goguryeo dog and the Khitan wolf, and first integrate and pacify southern Liaoning. Then, let's talk about going north. ”

If it weren't for the war between the Khitans and the Goguryeo, Li Jing would have wanted to march into southern Liaoning. The Goguryeo people would definitely come out to intervene, and without strong external pressure, the Tang people in southern Liaoning would definitely not easily join Li Jing.

This is the node, and this is the general trend that Li Jing said.

"Then we're so cheap Goguryeo?" Qin Zongshou was still a little unhappy and said. finally put down Gao Zhaokang, but was let go again by Li Jing.

"Of course it won't be so cheap for them." Li Jing spread out the map of Liaodong and pointed to the map where Jili Prefecture is located, "Now that we have occupied the four mountain cities in the east of Jili Prefecture, for the Goguryeo people, our soldiers and horses have directly threatened within a hundred miles to the east of Jili City, and we can send troops to Jili City at any time." So. They don't have the courage to deal with us again until we take the initiative against them. Right now. We will take advantage of the Goguryeo people's full strength to deal with the Khitans, and integrate all the Tang people's territories south of Jili City."

"How?"

"Duli Town, Qingni City, and Beisha City have taken the lead in classifying all the ministries of southern Liaoning under the Governor's Office of Southern Liaoning, and in addition to the existing three counties, five more counties will be established. In addition, such as Weiba mountain city and other dangerous mountain cities, cottages, to set up military towns, military garrisons, stationed soldiers and horses, the original leaders of the various departments in southern Liaoning have been awarded the official positions of the Protectorate of Andong and the Governor of Southern Liaoning, in addition, the soldiers and horses of each department will be reorganized, and the soldiers and horses of the various departments of southern Liaoning will be reorganized into two compartments, in addition to the wolf's tooth battalion, the other soldiers and horses will be reorganized into nine battalions. The officers of the new battalions will be the officers of the original departments. ”

Li Jing initially only planned to give the establishment of five battalions in southern Liaoning, but he was also worried that if this would happen, the various departments in southern Liaoning would rebound badly, and in the end, he would only give two battalions and ten battalions first. Ji Lu came step by step, first integrated these potential forces, divided southern Liaoning into eight counties, and then slowly figured it out, and finally completely kneaded all the potential forces of southern Liaoning together.

Of course, in addition to integrating the southern Liaoning provinces, Li Jing did not intend to stop like this. He had already issued a military order to Qingni City, and immediately transferred Zhenhai and Nutao Ershui Division Battalion to Liaodong, and Zhendong Camp went to the east sea of Weiba Mountain City and Shirenzhu Port, where is the Changshan Islands, which have more than 50 islands of various sizes, including more than 20 inhabited islands, with an area of more than 170 square kilometers and a width of 255,000 acres, which is comparable to the Daxie Islands in Dengzhou. Moreover, the archipelago is also located under the sea route from Dengju to the Balhai Sea, Silla, and Japan.

The Changshan Islands are now occupied by the power of a Goguryeo people, with only a few thousand soldiers and horses, and they have always been attached to the city of Jiliju in the past, because the city of Weiba Mountain is very close to the coast, so although Shirenzhu Port is closer to the Changshan Islands, it has not dared to touch the islands. Now, of course, Li Jing does not plan to let go of this territory, taking advantage of the fact that Jili City is too busy to take care of himself, although Li Jing does not plan to attack Jili City for the time being, he does not say that he will not attack his vassals.

The Zhenhai Battalion will join two infantry battalions at Qingnicheng and head to the Changshan Islands, while the Nutao Battalion will join the two battalions from Dengzhou and go directly to Changxing Island, west of Jili City.

Changxing Island is located in the sea west of Jili City, and is the largest island north of the Yangtze River and the seventh largest island in China. It covers an area of more than 250 square kilometers, reaching an area of nearly 400,000 mu. The whole island is 60 miles long from east to west, 22 miles wide from north to south, 180 miles of coastline around the island, and 22,500 acres of tidal flats.

In addition, next to Changxing Island, there are five large islands, namely Exchange Island, Fengming Island, Xizhong Island, Camel Island and Pingdao, which are equivalent to Changshan Islands, with more than 170 square kilometers and an area of more than 250,000 acres. With the addition of Changxing Island, these six islands have an area of 650,000 mu.

Li Jing had been coveting the Changshan Islands and Changxing Island Islands as early as when he was in Shamen Town, but the time had not yet come, and now, Li Jing would never miss this great opportunity. Jili City can temporarily keep them to contain the Khitans, but Li Jing wants all the dozens of islands on the east and west. (To be continued......)