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In a blink of an eye, November has begun...

Since the first snowfall in Jian'an in mid-October, the snow in Liaodong has begun to fall frequently. By the end of October, even the first snowfall in Duli Town, the southernmost tip of the peninsula has begun to fall. The weather has become more and more cold. Even if it is not snowing, the sun shines brightly, it cannot stop the cold wind from constantly entering the clothes.

The sunny days and frost fall, the rain and snow freeze. After November, the glaciers began to form thin soldiers one after another.

The weather was so cold that the town [***] temporarily stopped its offensive and entered a stable period.

In the past few months, the offensive of Zhen [***] has made good progress. In July, the northern expedition was launched. In four months, Zhen [***] successively captured Jili Prefecture, Jian'an Prefecture and Anshi Prefecture, seized dozens of mountain cities, annihilated about 8,000 Khitan soldiers and nearly 20,000 servants. He captured more than 50,000 Khitans and nearly 100,000 Goguryeo people. The livestock seized by the three prefectures were as many as 100,000 cattle, sheep and horses.

The town [***] captured Jian'an, an important city between Beisha City in the southern end of Liaohe River and Liaodong City in the middle reaches of the Liaohe River. He then captured Anshi City and controlled several cities at the southern end of Anshi, the southern end of Goguryeo's Thousand Mile Great Wall. The town [***] took advantage of the situation to occupy the land on the east bank of the Liaohe River estuary. A fleet of naval forces built a mountain city here and controlled the Liaohe River estuary.

After capturing Anshizhou, the town [***] relied on the defense of the Liaohe River and the Goguryeo Great Wall, and had blocked the Khitans in western Liaohe River on the west bank of the Liaohe River. Now the town [***] vanguard has approached Liaodong City, an important town in Liaodong.

However, Li Jing stationed heavy troops in the Qianshan Ancient City, Moyun Mountain City, Chengzi Mountain City, Xiaojiaogou Mountain City, Shanchengzi Mountain City, and Shanchengzi Mountain City. He also established a front-line general manager in Anshicheng, with Lin Wu as the general manager and Zhao Ju as the deputy general manager. On the front line, Feixiong and Yingui Jiejie were transferred to the two armies to guard 10,000 people.

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

He asked him to adjust his strategic layout, which came from the information obtained by the Xiaoqisi. As early as August, Li Jing had already captured Anshizhou, and in the following September, he had been clearing out the Khitan and Goguryeo people in his territory. He was also urgently transporting food and supplies to the front line, accumulating strength, and preparing to launch a fierce attack on Liaodong.

However, in mid-September, the Knights discovered some bad news. The Goguryeo people had already integrated and restored the country again. The Goguryeo King was the governor of Liaocheng Prefecture. This was not the worst news. The worst news was that the Bohai Kingdom actually agreed to the independence of the Goguryeo people, and even formed a tripartite alliance with the Goguryeo people together with the Khitan Diela tribe, and wanted to drive the town [***] back to Liaodong together.

By October, Goguryeo's troops began to gather continuously, divided into two groups, one by one near Liaodong City, preparing to resolutely defend Li Jing's attack. At the same time, they gathered in the southeast of the peninsula, and it was not necessary to say that they were preparing to attack Jian'an City and cut off Li Jing's north and south ends.

The Bohai Kingdom has also led 50,000 troops by Prince Dawei, and sent troops from Yalu Mansion at the southwest end of the Bohai Kingdom. It follows the Yalu River to Bodiaocheng, preparing to go straight to Jian'an along the eastern coast of the peninsula, and even attack Beisha and Duanzhen's way back.

At the same time, the Khitan Diela tribe even began to take the initiative to compromise with Hende Khan, and began to dispatch troops to western Liaoning to approach the lower reaches of the Liaohe River.

Three forces that were originally enemies and not friends have joined forces because of Li Jing's threat. Li Jing was surprised and felt that the pressure increased greatly. Moreover, with the approaching of the troops of the Bohai Sea, Khitan and Goguryeo, the three prefectures that Li Jing had just occupied, especially the two prefectures of Jian'an and An City, although Li Jing tried his best to control it, the occupation time was too short. Frequently, there were troubles in various places, not only some people fled, but also attacked the garrison.

Although Zhen [***] was suppressed, Li Jing knew very well that suppression could not be suppressed at this time.

A huge pressure came to my face.

Moreover, as the weather became colder, many of the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Expedition were gradually unable to adapt to this cold. The army suffered from influenza several times. Fortunately, there were special medical battalions in the Northern Expedition Army and abundant medical reserves. After several busy times, they were finally cured, and no major outbreak occurred.

In just four months, dozens of mountain cities in the three states were captured, and nearly 200,000 people were obtained, including Khitan, Goguryeo and other people. After being happy, all kinds of troubles came one after another. The first thing was food and grass. The town [***] had nearly 200,000 soldiers and civilians in the northern expedition. In addition, the livestock consumed a lot. Although most of them could be transported directly from southern Liao, the road from southern Liao to Anshi was still not well repaired. At this time, the water of all rivers had begun to be shabby and the water transportation was no longer open. Relying on the road movement, not only was the transportation difficult, but the consumption increased.

The key is to collect 200,000 people. The treasury of each county has no food in stock. Now Li Jing still needs to pull out the food.

Li Jing is really worried now. The war is very smooth, but the logistics and other affairs are handled, but he cannot keep up with the speed of the town [***]. He cannot be like the Khitans. The Khitans never bring food and grass when they fight. They have servants who specialize in Caogu. Whenever they arrive at a place, the servants who are in Caogugu go to plunder food and grass. Moreover, the Khitans do not have to care about the lives of the people in the occupied land and let them die.

The biggest trouble was the joint attack of the Three Kingdoms. Li Jing was not very worried about the Goguryeo and the Khitans in Liaodong City and western Liaoning. With Lin Wu and Zhao Hu in front, the Goguryeo people in Liaodong City did not have to worry about it. Moreover, the Khitans in western Liaoning wanted to fight, and there were also the blockade of the Liaohe River and the Goguryeo Great Wall in front, as well as the navy's defense along the river.

The real threat is the Goguryeo people in the southeast of the peninsula and the Bohai Army that was rushing. The two armies are aggressive and have a large number of people.

"The top priority is that I think that the defensive forces can be taken against the Khitans in western Liaoning and the Goguryeo people in Liaodong City. There are the Yin Gujian Army and the Feixiong Army led by Lin Junzhu and the Zhao Army. There are 10,000 elite troops and the Feixiong Army. There is also the dangerous Gushan City. It is enough to stick to it. If you draw another 10,000 auxiliary troops, you should protect the north side." 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. Our soldiers are much worse than those of the Bohai people and the Goguryeo people. Therefore, it's better to fight early. Dealing with the enemy in the east, you should take an offensive!"

After conquering Jian'an Prefecture and Anshizhou, Li Jing changed the two prefectures to Jianzhou and Anzhou. Jianzhou was under the jurisdiction of Jian'an County, Shuangtai County, Gai County and Yingkou County. Li Jing appointed Jing Xiang as the governor of Jianzhou and Lin Wu as the defensive envoy of Jianzhou.

At the same time, Anshizhou was changed to Haizhou by Li Jing, with Gai Yu as the governor, and Liu Shouqian was appointed as the defensive envoy. He was under the jurisdiction of Haicheng County, Dashiqiao County and Anshi County.

Li Jing was a little hesitant when he heard Gai Yu's proposal. The most appropriate thing for the enemy to attack was to take a defensive position. However, the land on the east side of the peninsula is indeed very important. If it cannot be taken down now, it will be difficult for the Bohai Army and the Goguryeo Army to be taken down as soon as they arrive.

This land, which is the Xiuyan County in later generations, belongs to the county under Anshan.

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

The north of Xiuyan is connected to Anshizhou and Liaochengzhou roads, the southwest is connected to Zhuanghe in Jilizhou, and the southeast is Bodiaocheng, which is the Dandong area in later generations. The east is connected to Fenghuang Mountain City through several roads.

The roads here are well-connected and connected by roads on all sides. They are the center of inland transportation in the entire Liaodong Peninsula and are a strategic location.

It is also because of this that the mountain cities in the entire Xiuyan area are much denser than other places.

More than 20 mountain cities have been built in this area, the largest of which is the Niangniang City Mountain City, also known as Houhuang City. It is said that this city was originally named "Houhuang City", and was occupied by Gai Suzhen, the sister of Goguryeo Prime Minister Gai Suwen, so it is called "Niangniang City". There are five gates around the mountain city, east, west, south, north and southwest, and the eastern valley entrance is the main gate, which is the main import and exit, 3 meters wide and 4 meters deep. The large stones on the gate bases on both sides are still well preserved. There is a dot-stop platform at the southern end of the city, and a beacon tower on the commanding heights of the north city wall. It is a military fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

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

Further to the north, the Whale River line is densely populated with twelve mountain cities, but the scale is much smaller and there is no important town comparable to that of Niangniang City.

Xiuyan County has roads all over the world, and there is a mountain city on each road, which is very important here. If you occupy this place, you can attack everywhere. To the west, you can support Jian'an, to the north, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the east, to the north, to the north, to the north, to the north, to the north, to the north, to the north, to the Bodiao City, Wugu City, and domestic cities, to the domestic cities, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to the south, to attack Pyongyang, and even to the Yalu Mansion.

This place has a strategic position on the Liaodong Peninsula, just like Jingxiang and the Central Plains.

"Master, when the Goguryeo people built so many mountain cities here, the most important thing was to control these roads. As a military center, the mountain city of Niangniang City was built for this. The dense mountain city of the Wowgli River was built by the Goguryeo people to prevent the Tang army from going around from the sea to the east of the peninsula, from the Wowgli River along the river, and attacking the hinterland of Liaodong. Now that we occupy Jian'an City, Niangniang Mountain City has lost its barrier and isolate its support."

Li Jing tapped the table with his fingers, and was still a little hesitant. As far as he knew, the Goguryeo people now gathered a total of 20,000 soldiers in Xiuyan area, and at least 10,000 people in Niangniang Mountain City. If only these 20,000 people were present, Li Jing would not be so hesitant. The key point is that the Bohai Army's 50,000 troops arrived every night and could reach it in about ten days. At that time, they would face 70,000 people, and 70,000 soldiers with more than 20 mountain cities.

"You can advance water and land, and start from Jian'an all the way, and take the land. In addition, the navy will be transferred up the Shaozi River along the river, infantry will attack the Niangniang Mountain City, and the navy will attack the Shaozi River and the mountain cities." Gai Yu suggested.
Chapter completed!