Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 375 Raiders of the North
Li Fei's reforms also attracted dissatisfaction from one person, and that was Du Fu.

As a great poet, after decades of reading sage books, Du Fu's loyalty to the Tang court is very deep. He used to criticize Li Fei's actions that seemed to be self-respecting. This time, Li Fei's reforms are almost It was equivalent to cutting Anton out of the Tang Dynasty and forming an independent kingdom. He couldn't see it very much. He went directly to Li Fei several times and wanted to resign from the official of Li Fei's capital guard and leave Anton to return to the Central Plains. Go, so to express his dissatisfaction.

Du Fu is a practical talent with certain talents, how could Li Fei let him leave easily.

"Brother Du, look at the rebels still occupying Hebei. It will take some time before the imperial court wants to wipe out the rebels in Hebei. At least for a while, you won't be able to return to the Central Plains. Why don't you continue to work in Anton? Don't think too much about other things, you just need to think that everything you do is for the happiness of the people. I promise Brother Du, as long as Brother Du is in Anton, I, Li Fei, will never learn from it. The rebellion in the way of An Lushan will bring disaster to the people of the world, how about it!" Li Fei finally promised.

"What you said is true!" Du Fu stared at Li Fei and said, Li Fei's last promise was the only reason that could convince Du Fu to stay.

"Of course I won't lie to my brother." Li Fei nodded and solemnly promised.

"Well, I'll stay and never leave Anton!" Du Fu's heart was moved. He believed that as long as Li Fei said something, he was not lying. He wanted to supervise Li Fei and prevent Li Fei from being like An Lushan. The rebellion brought disaster to the common people.

In the end, Du Fu reluctantly agreed to stay, and Li Fei asked Du Fu to continue to preside over the construction of water conservancy and develop more fertile fields.

Speaking of fertile land, Anton now has a population of more than 700 million.Although Anton exports many monopoly products, he is not short of money and can buy large quantities of grain from outside.But after all, food is related to strategy, and it is best to be self-sufficient. Therefore, Anton needs more fertile land.

To the north of Shanhaiguan, the best arable land is the Northeast Plain from the Liaohe River to the Songhua River. If the entire Northeast Plain can be developed, even if the grain production is far less than that of modern generations, at least they can be self-sufficient feed more than 2000 million people.

At this moment, in the Northeast Plain, Li Fei only opened up the territory of Andong and the Liao River Plain, which was originally part of Khitan. The wider Songhua River Plain is still in the hands of the Wuluo and Shiwei tribes. Li Fei is going to send troops to attack it.

In April, taking advantage of the warmer weather, Li Fei ordered Zhang Shuo to take the Fourth Army to enter Fuyu City, expel or conquer the Wuluo and Shiwei tribes to the north, and merge the Songhua River Plain into Andong. for development.

The Uro tribes together have a population of about 15 and more than 3 cavalry.The various departments of Shiwei are divided into five major departments, with a population of about 17 and a force of more than 4 young and strong.

Although Zhang said that the fourth army had only 2 people, it was well-equipped, well-trained soldiers, and its comprehensive strength completely defeated the Wuluo and Shiwei tribes. Moreover, the Fourth Army did not attack the Wuluo and Shiwei tribes at the same time, but It is not a problem to conquer the Songhua River Basin if they are defeated one by one.

The first is Uro.

After Zhang Shuo led the [-] Fourth Army to enter Fuyu City, he immediately launched an attack on the Wuluo tribe's territory to the north and west of Fuyu City.

The 2-strong Fourth Army is composed of [-] Anton cavalry and [-] Modao troops. Every soldier is armed to the teeth, and every soldier has a wealth of war experience.

As a nomadic tribe, the Uro tribe lives by grazing and hunting. The Uro cavalry has the fierce characteristics of nomadic cavalry.But it is a pity that the soldiers of the Anton Army of the Fourth Army are equally fierce. Facing the attack of the Fourth Army, not only can they not resist, but they can't even bring many casualties to the Fourth Army.

"Kill!" Five thousand Anton cavalry rushed directly into the Uro cavalry, which was several times larger than their own, and the sharp horse spears pierced the Uro cavalry's body continuously, beheading them off the horse.

The scimitars of the Uro cavalry also fell on the Anton iron knight soldiers, but the Uro people's smelting technology is poor, and the quality of the scimitars forged is not much better than that of bronze. Steel armor on the body.

"Damn it!" An Anton iron knight soldier was slashed in the back by the Uro cavalry machete. Although he was not injured, it made him furious. A Uro cavalryman slashed down fiercely.

The Uro cavalryman saw that he hit the Anton Iron Knight soldier, but the Anton Iron Knight soldier seemed to be unkillable, and he was shocked when he saw no blood splashed out. When the horizontal knife came at him, he subconsciously blocked it with his own scimitar.

"Ding! Pfft!" The scimitar was chopped off directly, and a hideous bloodstain was cut on his chest.

The Uro cavalrymen stared in disbelief, their corpses fell off their horses, and they died with regret.

The [-] Modao Army was also divided into three legions, which flanked and surrounded the Uro cavalry. The Uro cavalry who stood in front of the Modao army were either shot to death by the rain of crossbow arrows or split in two by the Modao.

Uro cavalrymen were beheaded every moment. Although the battle had just begun, the corpses of Uro cavalrymen were already all over the battlefield.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Some Anton iron knight soldiers threw thunderbolts, and some thunderbolts were also thrown in the Modao formation, exploding continuously.

The Uro cavalry sat down on their horses, neighing, and ran wildly.

In just one stick of incense, more than 3 Uro cavalry completely collapsed.

"Kill--" the soldiers of the Fourth Army took the opportunity to chase and kill.

After chasing and killing for a whole day, Zhang said that he led the Fourth Army to kill more than 6000 Uro cavalry captives, and his own casualties were only a little over a thousand. The first battle was a great victory!

Although more than 8000 Uro cavalry escaped, it was no longer a problem. Zhang said that he ordered the Fourth Army to sweep the Uro territory in four ways with regiments as units.

On April [-]th, the leader of the Wuluo tribe fled westward with the last remaining [-] remnants. After crossing the Daxinganling Mountains, they fled into the territory of the Huihe people in the Mobei grassland. Presumably, they were planning to ask the Huihe people for help.

Zhang Shuo and the Fourth Army easily drank the Masonghua River, occupied all the territory of the Uro tribe, and captured more than [-] Uro people.

"Okay, Zhang said it's a good job, and the Wuluo tribe has been solved so quickly." As the news of the victory spread to Liaoyang City, Li Fei was overjoyed and ordered tens of thousands of young and strong people to be recruited to build Songyuan City by the Songhua River. Build a white city at the junction of the Mobei Grassland. After the two cities are completed, they will be able to firmly control the plains south of the Songhua River. In the future, based on the two cities, they will continue to attack the Shiwei tribes north of the Songhua River. , completely control the entire plain of the Songhua River Basin.

The northern strategy went smoothly, and it was only a matter of time before the Shiwei tribes were defeated and the entire Songhua River valley plain was captured. Li Fei not only set his sights on the north, but also the Khitan and Xi tribes in the west.

With the continuous transmission of information from Khitan and Xi clan, Li Fei's opportunity came.
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