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In the blink of an eye, it has entered November.

Since the first snow fell in Jian'an in mid-October, snow began to fall frequently in Liaodong, and by the end of October, even the southernmost town of the peninsula began to fall its first snow. The weather is getting colder and colder, even if it is not snowing and the sun is shining, it can't stop the cold wind from constantly burrowing into the clothes.

Frost falls on sunny days, rain and snow freeze, and after entering November, the glacier begins to form thin soldiers one after another.

The weather was so cold that the Zhenguo army also temporarily stopped the offensive and entered a period of stability.

In the past few months, the offensive of the Zhenguo Army has made good progress. In July, the Northern Expedition crossed the sea, and in four months, the Zhenguo army successively took the three prefectures of Jili Prefecture, Jian'an Prefecture and Anshi Prefecture, seized dozens of mountain cities, and annihilated about 8,000 Khitan soldiers and nearly 20,000 families. More than 50,000 Khitans were captured, nearly 100,000 Goguryeo were recruited, and more than 100,000 cattle, sheep and horses were captured in the three states.

The Zhenguo army captured Jian'an, an important city between Beisha City at the southern end of Liaoning and Liaodong City, an important town in the middle reaches of the Liao River, and then captured Anshi City, and controlled several cities at the southern end of Anshi City, the southernmost part of the Great Wall of Goguryeo. The Zhenguo army took advantage of the situation to occupy the land on the east bank of the mouth of the Liao River, and a fleet of the navy built a mountain city here and controlled the mouth of the Liao River in Liaohe Bay.

After seizing Anshi Prefecture, the Zhenguo army relied on the defense of the Liao River and the Great Wall of Goguryeo, and had blocked the Khitans in western Liaoxi on the west bank of the Liao River. Now the vanguard of the Zhenguo Army has approached Liaodong City, an important town in eastern Liaodong.

However, Li Jing stationed heavy troops in Qianshan Ancient City, Moyun Mountain City, Chengzishan Mountain City, Xiaojiaogou Mountain City, and Shancheng Zishan City on the front line of Anshi Prefecture. He also set up a former army commander in Anshi City. Lin Wu is in charge. Zhao Li served as the deputy director. On the front line, 10,000 troops of the two armies of Flying Bear and Silver Spear were stationed.

Li Jing turned from offense to defense and entered the defensive period, not just because of the severe cold in Liaodong.

Let him adjust the strategic layout, from the newly obtained information of the Xiao Cavalry Division. As early as August, Li Jing had already captured Anshi Prefecture, and in the following September, he had been purging the Khitan and Goguryeo people in the territory. And urgently transport grain, grass and baggage to the front line, accumulating strength. Prepare to launch a wave of onslaught on Liaodong.

However, in mid-September, the Xiaoqi Division found some bad news, and the Goguryeo people had been integrated and returned to the country again. And this new king of Goguryeo is Gao Degui, the governor of Liaocheng Prefecture. This is not the worst news, the worst news is that the Balhae Kingdom actually agreed to the independence of the Goguryeo people, and even formed a tripartite alliance with the Goguryeo people together with the Khitan Dierabu to drive the Zhenguo army back to Liaodong.

By the beginning of October, Goguryeo's soldiers and horses began to assemble continuously. It was divided into two roads, and one was concentrated near Liaodong City. Prepare to resolutely defend Li Jing's attack. At the same time, there was a group of troops assembled in the southeast of the peninsula, which needless to say was also preparing to attack Jian'an City and prepare to cut off the north and south ends of Li Jing.

The Bohai Kingdom has also been led by the prince Da Weiying 50,000 troops, from the southwest of the Bohai Kingdom Yalu Mansion troops, along the Yalu River to Bodiaocheng, ready to attack Jian'an along the east coast of the peninsula, and even attack Beisha, cutting off the return route of the national army.

At the same time, the Khitan Diera tribe had even begun to take the initiative to compromise with the Khan of Hinde, while beginning to transfer troops and horses to western Liao, approaching the lower reaches of the Liao River.

The three of them, who were originally friends and foes, now joined forces because of Li Jing's threat, and Li Jing was surprised and felt a lot of pressure. Moreover, with the approach of the troops and horses of the three kingdoms of Bohai, Khitan, and Goguryeo, the land of the three states that Li Jing had just occupied, especially the two states of Jian'an and Anshi, although Li Jing tried his best to control them, after all, the occupation time was too short. Frequent commotion began to erupt in various places, with not only people fleeing, but also attacking the garrison.

Although the Zhenguo army was suppressed, Li Jing knew very well that at this time, it would not be suppressed alone.

A tremendous pressure came over the face.

And as the weather became colder and colder, the Northern Expedition soldiers and people, there were many people who gradually became unaccustomed to this cold, and the army broke out several times with the current flu, but fortunately, there were special medical battalions in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the medicine was also well stocked.

However, in four months, dozens of mountain cities in Sanzhou were laid, and nearly 200,000 new people such as Khitan and Goguryeo were newly acquired. First of all, there is grain and grass, and the Zhenguo Army has nearly 200,000 soldiers and civilians in its own Northern Expedition. In addition to those livestock, the consumption is very large, although most of them can be transported directly from southern Liaoning, but from southern Liaoning to Anshi, this road still has not been repaired. At this time, the rivers have begun to dry up, and water transportation is no longer passable. Relying on the road movement, it is not only difficult to transport, but also increases consumption.

The key thing is that the new 200,000 people are still harvested, and there is no grain in the county treasury, and now Li Jing needs to pull out the grain.

Li Jing really feels a little anxious now, and the war is going very smoothly, but this logistics and other affairs cannot keep up with the speed of the Zhenguo Army. He can't be like the Khitans, who never bring grain and grass when they fight, they have families who specialize in grass and grain, and every place they go, there are grass and grain families to loot grain and grass. Moreover, the Khitans do not have to care about the lives of the people in the occupied areas, and let them fend for themselves.

The biggest trouble is the joint attack of the three kingdoms, Li Jing is not too worried about the Goguryeo and Khitan people in Liaodong City and Liaoxi, with Lin Wu and Zhao Li in front, the Goguryeo people in Liaodong City do not have to worry. Moreover, the Khitans in western Liaoning wanted to fight over, and there was the Liao River and the Great Wall of Goguryeo in front of them, and there was also the defense of the naval army along the river.

The real threat was still the Goguryeo in the southeast of the peninsula and the approaching Bohai navy, both of which were aggressive and numerous.

"It is imperative that a certain person think that the Khitans in western Liaoxi and the Goguryeo people in Liaodong City can take a defensive position. There are 10,000 elites of the Silver Spear Suburban Festival Army and the Flying Bear Army led by the Lord Lin and the Lord Zhao, and there is a dangerous mountain city, which is enough to hold on. If you pull out another 10,000 auxiliary troops, you should be free to protect the north. Gai Yu stroked his beard and looked at the sand table, and pointed, "It's November now, and it's about to enter the long winter of Liaodong." The soldiers of our army are much worse than the Bohai people and the Goguryeo people in the severe cold of Liaodong, so it is better to fight early. Attack the enemy forces in the east! ”

After conquering Jian'an Prefecture and Anshi Prefecture, Li Jing changed the land of the two states to Jianzhou and Anzhou. Jianzhou has jurisdiction over four counties: Jian'an County, Shuangtai County, Gai County and Yingkou County. Li Jing appointed Jing Xiang as the assassin of Jianzhou, and Lin Wu as the defense envoy of Jianzhou.

At the same time, Anshi Prefecture was changed to Haizhou by Li Jing, with Gai Yu as the assassin and Liu Shouqian as the defense envoy, under the jurisdiction of Haicheng County, Dashiqiao County, and Anshi County.

Li Jing listened to Gai Yu's proposal, and hesitated a little, the enemy soldiers were coming, and the most appropriate thing was to take a defensive position. However, the territory on the eastern side of the peninsula is indeed very important, and if it cannot be taken now, it will be difficult to take it once the Bohai Navy and the Goguryeo Army arrive.

This territory, that is, Xiuyan County in later generations, belongs to the county under the jurisdiction of Anshan.

Xiuyan County is equivalent to the inland of the Liaodong Peninsula, and its geographical location is also quite important. First cross the Liao River, pass through the mountain roads in Anshi, Dashiqiao, and Jian'an Prefecture, cross the Qianshan Mountains, and then enter the lower reaches of the Yalu River, and must pass through the Xiuyan area.

Xiuyan is connected with Anshi Prefecture and Liaocheng Prefecture roads in the north, Zhuanghe in Jili Prefecture in the southwest, Bodiaocheng in the southeast, that is, the Dandong area in the later generations, and Phoenix Mountain City in the east through several roads.

The roads here extend in all directions, and there are roads connected on all sides, which is the center of inland transportation of the entire Liaodong Peninsula and belongs to the strategic location.

Because of this, the mountain towns in the entire Xiuyan area are much denser than other places.

More than 20 mountain cities have been built intensively in this area, the largest of which is Niangniang City Mountain City, also known as the Later Imperial City. It is rumored that the original name of this city was "Houhuang City", which was occupied by Gai Suzhen, the sister of Gai Suwen, the prime minister of Goguryeo, so it was called "Niangniang City". The mountain city is surrounded by 5 gates of east, west, south, north and southwest, the eastern valley mouth is the main gate, it is the main entrance and exit, it is 3 meters wide, 4 meters deep, and the large stone of the door foundation on both sides has been well preserved so far. There is a point platform at the south end of the city, and there is a beacon tower at the commanding height of the north city wall. It is a military fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Niangniang City Mountain City is only slightly smaller than Jian'an City, and Jian'an City guards the northern part of the Liaodong Peninsula with one west and one east. There are also Maquanzi Mountain City, Old City Mountain City, Goryeo Mountain City, Erdaoling Mountain City, Yanghe Mountain City, Yanghe Mountain City, five mountain cities are surrounded and distributed around Niangniang City Mountain City.

Further north on the line of the Whistle River, the mountain cities are more dense, with twelve mountain cities concentrated, but the scale is much smaller, and there is no important town that can be compared with Niangniang City.

Xiuyan County has roads extending in all directions, and there are mountain towns on every road, which is very important here. Occupying here, the Zhenguo army can attack in all directions, to the west can support Jian'an, to the northwest can support Anshi, to attack Liaodong City, to the north can attack Xincheng and Gaizhou, to the east can attack Daxing City, Boyu City, Wugu City, domestic city, can also attack Pyongyang, and even go straight to Yalu Province.

The strategic position of this place on the Liaodong Peninsula is like that of Jingxiang to the Central Plains.

"Dashuai, when the Goguryeo people built so many mountain cities here, the most important thing was to control these roads. As a military town, Niangniang City Mountain City was built for this purpose. The dense mountain city of the Whistle River was originally set up by the Goguryeo people to prevent the Tang army from circumambulating the peninsula from the sea to the east of the peninsula, and from the Whistle River up the river to invade the hinterland of Liaodong. Now that we occupy Jian'an City, Niangniang Mountain City has lost its barrier and is isolated. ”

Li Jing's fingers tapped on the tabletop, still a little hesitant in his heart. As far as he knew, the Goguryeo people had now gathered a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses in the Xiuyan area, and at least 10,000 in the mountain city of Niangniang. If it was only 20,000 people, Li Jing would not be so hesitant. The key is that the 50,000 horses of the Bohai Navy are coming day and night, and they will arrive in about 10 days at most. At that time, they will have to face 70,000 men, and 70,000 soldiers and horses with more than 20 mountain cities.

"You can go both by land and water, all the way from Jian'an, by land. In addition, the water army was transferred up the river from the Whistle River, the infantry attacked Niangniang Mountain City, and the naval army attacked the Whistle River Zhushan City. Gaiyu proposed.

After pondering for a long time, Li Jing raised his head and said slowly: "No, we have to enter the strategic defense!" (To be continued......)