However, he did not have a headache for too long. Soon the Fengyan airship was loaded with food from Yanjing and flew into Liquan against the biting wind to make up for the shortage of food.
This gave Guo Hongpan, who stayed in Tongbei Mansion to preside over government affairs, a headache.
Le Yi and Han Jian led the fourth division of the Longxiang Army to station in Tiecheng Ridge. Although they failed to attack Wusheng Pass for a while, they also blocked the remnants of the Su Wei Army led by Wei Ziya and Yu Zonghu from attacking the northern area of Beijing.
In that case, by adding thirty or forty post stations and transit warehouses deep in the eastern foothills of Qintong Mountain, we can ensure the transportation of materials between the two places using only the most traditional means. At the same time, we can also rely on these stations and transit warehouses to transport goods to Qin. Some valleys, basins, and dams deep in the eastern foothills of Tongshan have resettled hundreds of thousands of people, reclaimed more grain fields, planted more medicinal mountains, and opened up more mines...
At this time, we need to ensure that Liquan's many smelters, mines, and many foundries can operate efficiently. Even if there is surplus food in Tongbei, Tongzhong, and Tongnan prefectures, they will all be swallowed up by the bottomless pit in Liquan. , now there are suddenly two million more mouths to eat, which requires six to seven million kilograms of food every day. How can Guo Hongpan not worry
With the sound of hooves and the rumbling of cars, the renovated Tiecheng Ridge is already in sight. Thirty miles further north from Tiecheng Ridge, the Yannan Fortress in the southernmost part of Wusheng Pass also has its flags fluttering and soldiers and horses.
In addition, Chen Hai also strengthened the Longxiang Army's third division with 20,000 new soldiers, 20 Tianji chariots, 40 heavy-bore crossbows, and one super-bore crossbow every month.
In order to ensure the supplies of the coalition forces gathered in Lichuan County, Prince Yingdan not only levied excessive taxes in Lichuan County, but also increased taxes in other counties, causing resentment for a while.
Chen Hai has already started building a plank road between Yuting City and Tongbei Mansion.
Under the high pressure of the various clans, the ordinary people were like ants with no room for struggle and resistance. However, the rangers and warriors who came from poor families and dared to commit crimes and crimes were against what Long Xiang's army did in Gyeonggi and Qintong Mountain. The policy of equalizing land and enfeoffment is full of yearning.
Le Yi followed Chen Hai to the main peak of Tiecheng Ridge and squinted his eyes to look north. He knew that only by taking down the three fortresses south of Wusheng Pass controlled by the remnants of the Suwei Army could the coalition forces of various clans be blocked from attacking the Gyeonggi Plain from the north. gap, Chen Hai's strategic intention has been initially completed.
Even so, the total number of soldiers and civilians who eventually retreated to General Manager Li Quan's Mansion still exceeded two million.
In order to block the coalition forces of various clans led by Prince Yingdan from entering the capital from Qinglong Valley, Chen Hai not only invited Helan Sword Master Huang Qiwei to sit in Qinglong Valley, but also used the Qiantian Xuanji Formation, which has the best defense of the Heaven and Earth Array, together with eight Super crossbows are deployed in Qinglongyu.
Now that Long Xiang's army is leaving, and those sects who eat people without spitting out their bones are coming, how can we make them happy? But they finally took root in Yandangyuan, cultivated and owned their own fields. How many ordinary people could resolutely give up all this and follow Longxiang's army to retreat to Qintong Mountain, a place with more mountains and less land
The Dong family and the Miao family have no intention of paying too heavy casualties for a decisive battle with the Longxiang army. The large number of soldiers and horses only slowly followed the Longxiang army's retreat of the war headquarters, and effortlessly took over one building after another that was abandoned by the Longxiang army. city.
It's nothing if it's just that. After all, after Jiyang County experienced the Black Yan Army Rebellion, the population once dropped to more than 4 million people. Although it has recovered in recent years, it is still only 40% of what it was before the war. There is a large amount of land that is deserted and uncultivated, and the clans want to occupy it.
On the Yandang Plain, 400,000 troops marched south in three batches. The several roads extending from Hengshan City to the depths of the Yandang Plain were filled with dust and smoke.
After the capture of Yanjing City, Chen Hai ordered Yao Wenjin to lead his troops to capture Qinglong Valley with thunderous force, and then ordered Yao Wenjin to lead the Longxiang Army's third town division with 400,000 elite troops to garrison Qinglong Valley.
As far as they are concerned, they are naturally more willing to accept the rule of Long Xiangjun.
At this moment, Ning Chan'er was like a wisp of smoke, disappearing in the mountains between Qintong Mountain and Yanshan Mountain. She gathered her breath and flew away to the north among the dangerous mountains and ravines.
Although Qin Tong Xiguan controlled the Huayang Sect, as Longxiang's first and second town divisions withdrew eastward, they quickly strengthened their control over the three prefectures of Tongbei, Tongnan, and Tongzhong. At the same time, they also removed a large number of generals and their families. , and relocated to Tongzhong and Tongnan to reduce the food pressure in Liquan.
However, there are millions of tribesmen in the six clans, many of whom are not engaged in farming and weaving. They not only want to seize the mature fields that have been cultivated, but also force the farmers who work these fields into slaves.
In the past few years, they have been living in Yandang Plains. Not only did Longxiang's army provide them with food rations to survive the famine, but Longxiang's army also distributed agricultural tools, cattle or camels and horses to help them build houses, reclaim wasteland, and grow food in Yandangyuan. Not to mention that in recent years, Long Xiang's army has been building water conservancy projects in Yandangyuan, building roads that extend in all directions, and the reclaimed land is directly allocated to individuals.
Everything they had could be said to be given by Long Xiangjun.
The Xiyuan Army and millions of tribesmen from the Six Clans withdrew from Gyeonggi and entered Jiyang County, where they invaded mountains, forests, lakes and farmland.
At this time, the first and second town divisions of the Longxiang Army had already withdrawn to Qintong Mountain, completing the defenses from Liquan to Hengshan, Tongzhongfu to Qintong Xiguan, and Tongnanfu to the Qinchuan Ancient Tea Horse Road. He Zhenren also He led the War Bird Battalion back to Gyeonggi and joined Chen Hai.
The so-called plank road is mainly to dig holes on the cliffs, insert stone piles or wooden piles, and lay stone and wooden boards across them to facilitate pedestrians and traffic. Although it is easily damaged by wind and rain, it cannot carry the passage of Tianji chariots, and even It is extremely easy to be destroyed by enemy scouts who sneak in, but it is much easier and less expensive than using rock-breaking chariots to dig deep mountain tunnels. It is currently the best choice to strengthen the connection between the Gyeonggi Plain and the hinterland of Qintong Mountain.
Perhaps Longxiang's army withdrew too hastily and abandoned the towns along Yucheng Ridge and deep in the Yandang Plain. Not only were the city walls built with molten iron intact, but also the houses and workshops in the towns were preserved, and even Some bulky materials such as copper and iron were abandoned in the city.
In Qintong Mountain, there is a lot of cultivated land in Tongbei, Tongzhong and Tongnan. However, Liquan, which has many mountains and few fields, has gathered a large number of craftsmen and disciples from poor families who have entered Tianji Academy to practice in recent years. The number is as many as four or five. One hundred thousand, not even doing farming.
Naturally, Wei Ziya and others would not believe that Chen Hai would let them go. They had already made preparations at Yannan Fortress, waiting for Long Xiang's army to attack in a large scale.
Especially after Xie Jueyuan came out of the mountain, he was entrusted by Chen Hai to serve as the chief priest of Tianji Academy. Since then, in addition to Tianji Puppetry, Military Art, and Martial Arts, Tianji Academy has also added three arts: Xuanfa, Sword Cultivation, and Alchemy. In the science of science, all children from poor families can take the exam and enter the palace to practice. Every day, hundreds of knights and warriors from poor families travel over the mountains and ridges to enter the Gyeonggi plains and Qintong, asking to join the Longxiang Army or enter the Tianji School. Palace practice.
Although Tie Kun obeyed Chen Hai's advice, this time Chen Hai wanted the Tie Ya tribe to abandon Yao Mountain and move the whole group towards Shou Yang Mountain in order to exert strong military pressure on the northern part of Liangyong counties and the Tie Lang Army, which was more convenient. When the blood demon catastrophe is approaching, he can escape south in time.
In early June, Chen Hai, surrounded by the guard battalion, rushed to Tiecheng Ridge and personally presided over the war against Wusheng Pass.
Even if Tie Kun still obeys Chen Haiyan at this time, there will definitely be great controversy and opposition within the Tie Ya tribe.
Chen Hai could only ask Ning Chan'er to take the risk and make sure that Tie Yabu could act according to his plan...
The common people who had finally settled down in Yandangyuan over the years saw this scene with mixed feelings in their hearts.
However, the Fengyan airship's transportation capacity is limited. A round trip of the Fengyan airship, plus necessary maintenance and repairs, takes six days. Twenty Fengyan airships can only transport less than one million kilograms of grain into Liquan every day on average. , Fortunately, land transportation quickly followed up, but there was no famine.
Huang Shuang rode on horseback, looking at the golden waves of wheat on both sides of the road, feeling full of regret. As long as they could stay in Yandang Plain for more than a month, tens of millions of dan of grain would be brought into the treasury. However, in order to obey the overall situation, no matter how much he was reluctant to give up, he could only give up the land that they had built and operated with enthusiasm for several years.
After entering May, millions of generals, their families, and craftsmen all evacuated into Qintong Mountain through Hengshan Mountain. Huang Shuang and Yan Yuan also led their troops to formally abandon Tongkou, Tianjun, Yandang, etc. in mid-May. The city shrinks towards Hengshan...
The policy of equalizing land and enfeoffment not only aroused the idea of the clans, but also the children of poor families in the world were eagerly watching the progress of the situation.
The Gyeonggi Plain is the largest granary of Yanjing.
When the clans realized this problem and began to assign elite disciples to completely block all the dangerous mountain roads to Gyeonggi, Tianji Academy recruited a large number of disciples from the Guining Army, Shinjuku Guards, and Swordsmanship Camp, and the number of disciples returned to At its peak.
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In order to ensure the orderly evacuation and to ensure that the Hexi Iron Cavalry and the Liangyong Iron Wolf Army did not dare to pursue each other, He Zhenren led the War Bird Battalion to be incorporated into the rear troops, plus more than 200 light and heavy Tianji chariots and 400 With heavy crossbow pressure, the enemy did not dare to cross the thunder pool even half a step.
This work has been carried out for three months. One hundred thousand soldiers and soldiers have been recruited from the army. The plank road deep in the eastern foot of Qintong Mountain has been built to be nearly a thousand miles long. In two months, it will be possible for cattle, horses and camels to move. Transportation of supplies.