Late Tang

In the early morning of Lixia, a light rain began to fall in the sky of Longquan Mansion in Haijing, Bohai. .

This is not a good sign for the tribal coalition right army in the area of ​​Shangjing.The arrival of Lixia means the end of the long winter in the Bohai region. Although the spring came late, it finally came.The earth warmed up and the glaciers thawed, taking away the ice, snow and severe cold. At the same time, it also meant that the spring floods came, the river water rose, and the swamps recovered.If you want to leave, you have to wait until September and October at least.This also means that in the next six months, they can only confront the Qin army to the end.

However, the arrival of Lixia is excellent news for Qin Jun.

Beginning of summer, spring has ended in the Central Plains and summer has entered, but for the Bohai Sea, especially the northern part of the Bohai Sea, it has just ended the long winter and started to enter the spring.The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, and the ice melts and the snow melts. This means that the soldiers of the Qin Army who have spent the winter on the Bohai Sea battlefield finally don’t have to face the staple food made of various fish all day long.In winter, it is difficult to transport supplies to the rear. In fact, most of the Qin army's more food is self-sufficient and supplied locally.Although Bohai's agriculture is still good, it has already declined after several years of war.However, the land of the Bohai Sea also has a characteristic, that is, it was originally a place for fishing and hunting. The Momo people used to be a half-farming and half-fishing and hunting tribe, and the fishing and hunting resources here are very rich.

Qin Jun has extremely advanced fishing techniques and fishing tools.Even in the cold winter, ice fishing can still be carried out.Under those big lakes and huge glaciers, the dedicated fishing team of the Qin Army brought the big fish they brought from the rear, and the daily harvest was amazing.The fishing team of the Ninth Corps, which set a single fishing record last year, used a huge 15-foot-long fish in the Metuo River for nine hours to smash the ice and open a hole, and caught a full 2 More than [-] catties of fish weighing more than [-] catties were caught at one time with the big-eyed giants under the guidance of experienced mohe fish.

It can be said that it is the rich fishing and hunting resources in the Bohai Sea that made it not so difficult for the Qin army to station in the Bohai Sea.

In layman's terms, the land of the Bohai Sea, especially in the northern region, is really a great way to beat roe deer and scoop fish. Here, food is not the biggest difficulty. The only thing that limits the troops is the cold, cold protection and how to survive in low temperature weather. Combat in the middle of the march is the biggest difficulty.Fortunately, the Qin army has vigorously developed cotton planting in recent years, and the soldiers of the Qin army were equipped with many cotton and leather robes, so that even soldiers from the Jianghuai area can resist the cold.Especially in this winter, those tribal armies couldn't shrink back, which made the Qin army survive another winter safely.

Now, spring is returning to the land, and the soldiers of the Qin army who have eaten fish all winter are all happy. With the thawing of the river and the arrival of the spring flood, the naval supply ship that has not been seen for half a year finally appeared in front of everyone again. up.

On the Blackwater River pier near Derry Town, Li Jing is leading the garrison soldiers in the city to stand on the pier and wait for the naval fleet to dock. This time, the naval fleet not only delivered the first batch of supplies, but also , they will also take on a heavy responsibility.After unloading supplies, this fleet will carry Li Jing and more than 20 tribal troops of the newly formed No.5 Second Army composed of Mohe, Shiwei and other troops, as well as Li Jing's Imperial Guard Sixth Army. The 10 Guards Corps, together with the Navy and the Navy's Marine Corps, totaled [-] people, and they fought along the Heishui River to the rear lair of the Heishui tribe in the north.

The Heishui Tribal Alliance has nine tribes under it, namely the Heishui tribe, the Tieli tribe, the Funei tribe, the Yuexi tribe, the Yulou tribe, the Simu tribe, the Yushuo tribe, and the Moyeji tribe.

From the Yulou tribe and the Tieli tribe in the area of ​​Meituo Lake to the northernmost, the Kushuo tribe on Sakhalin Island in later generations, the Heishui tribe alliance has a huge territory, but it has always lived for fishing and hunting, and the alliance is very loose.Moreover, the biggest difference between the Heishui tribe and the Bohai people, and even Khitan, Shiwei, Xi, etc., is that they are the only tribal alliance in the north with braided hair.Their appearance and attire are very different from other tribes. They all have braided hair with wild boar teeth tied on them, leather hats and pheasant feathers on their heads, which are significantly different from other tribes.

This is a tribe that insists on fishing and hunting. It is sturdy and barbaric, but it has a great weakness, that is, although they can serve as soldiers, they live in the harsh Northeast region, and their population has always been small.Compared with the Sumohe people who have been in the country for more than 60 years, they actively learn the culture of the Central Plains and switch to farming. Today, Bohai accommodates all ethnic groups and has more than 500 households, including slaves and monks. The population has reached nearly 100 million. In China, the combined population of the nine major tribes of the Heishui tribe is less than [-] million.

Now that the entire Blackwater tribe is mobilized to fight the Bohai people, almost 20 young and old have been recruited to the front line of the Bohai Sea. Their rear is extremely empty.It can be said that, except for some women and children, there is no army at the rear of the Blackwater Alliance.

They never thought that when they fought all the way to Shangjing, there would be someone who would come to steal their way one day.

Li Jing likes to be surprised, and what they didn't expect was that by now, Li Jing had almost conquered the three tribes of the Blackwater Alliance, Tie Li, Fu Nie, and Yu Lou, on the border between Bohai Sea and Heishui.Li Jing first conquered the garrisons behind the Shangjing Mansion, then lured them to surrender, and asked these tribes to persuade their clansmen to surrender. In the end, Li Jing pulled all the three major tribes over.

Today, Li Jing leads the way with the 22nd Legion composed of [-] warriors from the three major tribes, and then brings his own Imperial Guard Legion, not taking those difficult roads.Instead, they took the battleship directly and went down the wide black water river.Li Jing doesn't need to conquer all the tribal villages in the dense forest and deep mountains one by one. Capture is enough.

The Heishui River Basin during the spring flood is dangerous. There are bursting spring floods and countless swamp traps everywhere. But for the Qin army, they have countless warships. The spring flood makes the river swell, which can make their troops The warships became more and more comfortable, and they could advance at the fastest speed, far beyond the imagination of the tribesmen. They have lived in this area for thousands of years, and they have never encountered such an opponent.

"Does Your Majesty think this move is feasible?" Gongsun Lan looked at those who had changed into neat red Qin army uniforms and held standard Qin army swords and spears, but all of them had their heads completely shaved on the front, but the back of their heads were lopsided. The tribal soldiers who still have such a small amount of hair, formed into a long and thin braid, tied with ribbons of several colors, and tied with wild hunting teeth, always feel a little uncomfortable, "These braided wild boars always look uncomfortable, are these people reliable?"

"It's just their tribal customs. As long as it can be used by us, we don't have to worry about it for the time being. After we establish a stable rule here in the future, we can also order that all tribes should not leave any identities, and give them an order If you keep your braids but not your hair, if you keep your hair but not your braids, then naturally no one will keep them."

Li Jing called Zhang Zimian, Lin Wei, Wang Zhong, and Li Cunxiao, the four army commanders.

"I took 5 people from the Sixth Guards Army, 22 people from the 10nd Army, the Navy, and the Tiger Shark Army to copy the hometown of the Blackwater Tribe. The four of you stayed behind with the remaining 15 people. If I As expected, after we report back to Zhongjing the news that we have killed the old nest of the Blackwater Tribe, the commander of the Right Army Coalition and the governor of the Blackwater Alliance, Agulang, will definitely not be able to sit still anymore. If our judgment is not bad, when we arrive Shi Agulang will definitely lead the Heishui Tribal Army to leave Shangjing and try to return to the tribe. I need you to defend the line and stop them. At that time, they will have no home and Shangjing will be recovered by us. At that time, this right road The army will collapse without fighting."

"Your Highness, don't worry, as long as they dare to leave the tortoise shell in Shangjing, we will let them drown by the river in one fell swoop, and not one will be spared." Li Cunxiao said loudly.

"No!" Li Jing shook his head, "Stop them and return without letting them go. We don't have to fight hard with them. What we need to do is to lure them out of the cave first, and then recover Shangjing and other places according to the trend. Then encircle the right army Under the town of Derry in Tielifu, we will come to persuade them to surrender after I break their lair."

"King Qin intends to surrender them, I'm afraid it will be difficult?" Wang Zhong said.

"As long as our plan is successful, the army on the right side will lose both their home base and their garrison in Shangjing, and will be trapped in the town of Derry. What do you think they can do other than surrender?"

In the drizzle, Li Jing bid farewell to the generals, and boarded the battleship with Gongsun Lan, Megan and Julie.Several women insisted on refusing to stay, saying they would return to Central China to have children.Li Jing was also helpless, but thinking about it, there should be no surprises with a hundred thousand soldiers and horses accompanying him this trip, so he agreed.Anyway, Li Jing planned to attack along the black water all the way, and finally went directly to the sea and returned to the Central Plains from the sea.

That day, Li Jing led [-] soldiers and horses, boarded the navy fleet, went down the Songhua River, left Tieli Mansion, entered Huaiyuan Mansion, then left Huaiyuan, and entered Heilongjiang from there. All the Heishui tribes were hit by a violent storm.

Under the leadership of the [-] braided army, the tribal villages and market towns along the coast and on some tributaries have all suffered blows.

Li Jing's order is very simple, either surrender or perish.

Those who refused to submit, the tribal leaders were beheaded, and all the men and women of the tribe were captured and used as slaves.Those who surrendered were also temporarily left the village and taken to temporary dock market towns established along the Heihe River in Heilongjiang. Men over the age of 15 and under the age of 60 were temporarily transferred to the 22nd Army Corps.Li Jing didn't really need these soldiers, and doing so was nothing more than a drudgery against the Blackwater Tribal Alliance.Without the men, these tribes would have their backbone removed, and it would be much easier for them to be sent to take over here later.

In this attack down the river, the tribal resistance was still strong at the beginning, but after Li Jing deliberately condoned the bloody suppression and massacre of the 22nd Legion's braided army against his fellow clansmen, the others heard the news and saw that the Qin army On the fierce side, and already extremely weak, not many warriors stayed at home, and the tribes and villages, large and small, all surrendered honestly.Li Jing had already expected this. The Blackwater Alliance is a barbaric and backward fishing and hunting tribe. It is useless to blindly talk about benevolence and morality with them.Only when the strength of the strong is shown to them will they know how to be afraid. .

The further you go downstream, the more soldiers of the braided army. By the time Li Jing arrived at the center of the Blackwater Tribe, the Boli Prefecture of the Heishui Dudufu, Li Jing's braided army had reached 15 Among them, this army of braided pigtails can be regarded as a boy scout army, because the young and strong were conscripted early, and even the elderly were few. Most of the people left in the village were old men over sixty. Too lazy to take it away.As a result, there were basically no teenagers over the age of [-]. In the end, some braided soldiers who were unwilling and wanted to show their merits simply brought all the teenagers over the age of ten. Li Jing looked at those teenagers, maybe it was under special circumstances The reason is that these teenagers are very strong, far surpassing their peers in the Central Plains. Even a ten-year-old child can ride a horse and shoot an arrow.In the end, Li Jing brought all these teenagers with him.He has a new idea, which is to bring these young Mohe people back to the Central Plains, give them a new education in the Qin Dynasty, and let them return to Mohe in the future, as his pioneers in ruling the Mohe region in the northeast.

Boli Prefecture is the seat of the Metropolitan Government of Mohe. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the leader of the Heishui Tribal Alliance was granted the title of Metropolitan Governor, and the Metropolitan Government was established. Then, the nine tribes of the Heishui Tribal Alliance were appointed as governors of the state to establish a state and implement supervision. Mi ruled.Boli Prefecture has been the center of the Blackwater Department and the entire alliance for hundreds of years. It is considered a relatively prosperous place. There is a city with a circumference of eight miles built on a mountain and stone base. Although this is only a city in the Central Plains The size of a small county town, but in the Bohai Sea, this is the most bustling and bustling city within a thousand miles. When it is the busiest, there are tens of thousands of people in the city.

When Li Jing arrived at the base of the city, Boli City, which was built on the south bank where the Heilongjiang River and the Wusuli River converged, had already opened its gates and put down the suspension bridge.As early as three days ago, before the arrival of the Qin army, the scouts of the braided army of the 22nd Legion sneaked into the city, and then rose up in the middle of the night to take control of the city, which was guarded by only [-] tribal soldiers.

After resting in Boli City for three days, Li Jing left a squadron and a compartment of the Tiger Shark Corps of the Marine Corps, and an army of five thousand braids stationed here.Then Li Jing led his troops to continue down the river.

Along the way, Li Jing's army conquered the Heishui tribes one by one, and some braided troops entered the territory of each tribe in advance, spreading all kinds of stories about how mighty the Qin army was, etc. According to the news, none of the tribes resisted, and often Li Jing's army only attacked a few market towns along the coast, and the rest of the tribe villages and towns farther away took the initiative to ask for surrender.Facing the arrival of an unprecedented army, they were frightened and trembling. Many people believed the rumors, thinking that all the tribal fighters who set out for the expedition died in Bohai Sea. Otherwise, how could the Qin army in the distant middle land have killed all the way here? coming?

You know, they have fought against Bohai for hundreds of years and thousands of years. In the past, the people of Bohai have never fought to this far northeast.

In July, Li Jing's fleet was fully loaded with 20 men, teenagers, girls, The young woman and others reached the mouth of the sea.

Of the nine tribes in Heishui, Li Jing has conquered eight of them along the way, and the last Kushuo tribe is located on Kushuo Island in the sea to the east of the estuary, which is later known as Sakhalin Island.The Kushuo Department guards a huge island, but its strength is extremely small. The total population is no more than [-], and there are very few tribal fighters, and most of them were conscripted to the Bohai Sea.Li Jing just sent a few squadrons to land from several places with the marines, and it took only half a month for the entire cave department on the island to completely surrender to Li Jing.

In August, the huge naval fleet set sail again. After a year and a half, Li Jing finally set off to return to the Central Plains.When he came, he brought 20 soldiers and 30 civilian husbands.When he returned, he also took 20 people with him, but among them, there were [-] men, women and children from Heishui Mohe.This time, Li Jing can be said to have taken away the last seedlings of the Black Water Department.As long as Agulang's Heishui tribe army can be successfully surrounded and persuaded to surrender, the entire Heishui tribe will be under his control from now on and completely submit to him.

"The territory of the Blackwater River Basin is so far away from the Central Plains, is it worth going to great lengths to seek it?"

On the deck of the Sirius flagship, Megan asked.In her opinion, this place is too remote and remote, and the climate is so cold, it is simply a primitive world.It's too expensive to run this place.

"It's worth owning here. Don't think it's barbaric, primitive and backward, but it has the most fertile black land. Although it's a bit colder, we have cotton and coal, and there's plenty of wood here. Cold protection is not a problem. As long as you can conquer The indigenous tribes here, remove some of them, and then immigrate to Shibian, and there are officials to preside over the development. Believe me, this place will change from a bitter cold place to a golden place, a granary outside the customs. And, run this place Not only from this aspect. Our focus is in the east, in Hebei and Shandong. Now we are developing Liaodong, which is also a barrier for Hebei. The conquest and development of Mohe is actually for the strategic security of the entire Qin Dynasty. With the safety of the Northeast, the whole of Hebei can become our core area, and Yanjing can become the real base camp. From then on, we can move westward and southward without worry, expand our territory, and lay a great foundation for future generations. country!"

Although Megan didn't fully understand, she still nodded and said: "In this case, please approve some money, our navy will build a naval base here, and firmly guard the mouth of the black water."

"Well, I plan to establish a main base in Vladivostok, station a fleet, and then establish an advance base here at the mouth of the Black Water, station a squadron. When you go back, draw up a form for me, whether it is personnel or materials If you need money, food, etc., I will give you priority." Li Jing looked at her swollen belly, "It seems that the child can't wait to return to the Central Plains to give birth, and it is estimated that he will have to give birth halfway, are you Don't just stay here and live."

Megan refused without hesitation, "Seaborn is seaborn, born at sea, this child will definitely be an admiral of the navy in the future!" (To be continued.)