Chapter 442 Extra 2 (2) (2nd update)
The war between Buyeo and Goguryeo, which was launched in March of the fourth year of Yuanzhao, ended much faster than expected.
In fact, March and April have not yet reached the time when these two areas have completely entered spring from winter.
The still extremely cold temperature forced the Buyeo people and the neighboring Sushen tribe to still live in caves.
They never expected that the Liaodong garrison, which had previously intended to intimidate them with force and had "friendly relations" with them, would actually change its previous style of dealing with the Wuhuan and Xianbei and launch a fatal blow at them. ①
However, if we follow what General Lu said when he swore the oath of allegiance to the Lieutenant General Protecting Wuhuan, there is no need to inform them in advance of this military dispatch.
The Wuhuan people were in Han territory and had submitted to the troops of Dayong, and their situation was no different from that of the Qiang people. The Xianbei Chanyu Budugen had repeatedly sent Xianbei people to Bingzhou to work, and had also presented cattle and sheep from outside the Great Wall as annual tribute to the emperor, which was also a gesture of subjection.
However, Buyeo and Goguryeo were particularly proud of being small countries and refused to pay homage to the emperor. They had no diplomatic relations and were unable to enrich the country and protect the people. As a result, countless people froze to death in the Ruoshui River basin every time a cold winter passed through their territory. They should be conquered and governed by the Dayong Code.
Of course he deserves a beating!
What he said was very similar to the style of Qiao Yan when he attacked the imperial court in Yecheng.
But obviously, what matters most is not that they are incompetent, but that they are really bad at taking a stand.
Not to mention comparing with Liu Jingzhou who retired after achieving success, compared with Budugen who was severely beaten, they are really far behind.
They were far behind in terms of armaments.
The people of Sushen were indeed good at shooting bluestone arrowheads, just as Lü Lingju and Gan Ning had said, and all of the arrowheads were poisoned. But if the arrowheads could not penetrate armor, the enemy's cavalry would come and go like the wind, and had the advantage of long-range horse archery. Apart from trying to stop the offensive by using caves as barriers and dispersing across the vast northeastern plains in the hope of being captured later, what other tricks could they have?
I’m afraid not.
Gao Shun, who had been captured in Beiping County before, was arranged by Lu Lingju to join Guo Huai's army on this battlefield, so as to assist him in breaking through the interception on the middle road of Gaima Mountain and breaking through the defense with the power of Xianzhen Camp.
She, together with Yu Jin, Cao Hong and others, led the Youzhou cavalry and, after breaking through the capital of Buyeo and forcing it to flee eastward, she always kept a close eye on the fleeing group.
There has never been a moment when Fuyu King Wei Choutai regretted more than now why he did not cherish the good days when he was a neighbor of Gongsun Du. But he only realized this at this time, and it obviously could not change his defeat as his territory was about to be annexed.
He thought that he would be able to escape by retreating into the territory of Sushen, especially to the area flanked by mountains, which was later called the Sanjiang Plain, but he was "welcomed" by Gan Ning there.
On the other side, the King of Goguryeo fought and retreated after crossing the Gaima Mountain, and retreated directly into the ambush circle prepared for him by Lu Meng.
It has been nearly two and a half years since the Luoyang Merit Evaluation Conference.
Lu Lingju, who was suspected of being too brave in battle at that time, now has the demeanor of a mature general. Lu Meng, who was just a guard under Zhang Zhao at that time, is no longer a young man with only heroic spirit, but an excellent general who can accurately capture the king of Goguryeo on the spot.
It was just April when all the powerful people in these four regions, which could be called tribes or national regimes, were captured, and no one managed to escape.
However, even if there were some who managed to escape by chance, after experiencing this all-round encirclement that even covered the sea, they might not have the courage to continue to fight against Dayong.
Buyeo King Yuchotai and Goguryeo King Sansang were both executed.
The four armies that were forced to lay down their defensive weapons were temporarily settled around the Buyeo royal city with the help of Ju Su and others who arrived later, so as to facilitate its management. The rest of the generals who participated in this battle were responsible for continuing to collect military power from various places to prevent further disturbances in this land.
After nearly a month of rectification, even the most remote caves had been notified and were now under the rule of Dayong.
But what surprised Qiao Yan in Chang'an was that after this action, Gan Ning did not go directly south to the Three Han and Japanese islands as originally planned, but did not follow her earlier instructions to drive hundreds of countries and intimidate the Three Han.
This document sent back from Liaodong wrote that after the four directions were pacified, Lu Lingju decided to ask Gan Ning to explore the islands east of Bei Woju first.
After the people of Woju were captured, Lu Lingju asked them if there were any magical things in this place. For example, the black soil here looked like it could grow good crops. If some high-yield crops could be brought back to the Central Plains, His Majesty would definitely be happy.
As a result, there was no sign of good or bad varieties. The Woju people, who were able to communicate with each other after the Goguryeo people acted as an interpreter, told General Lu Xiao a story that there was a women's country in the sea without men. ②
General Lu was of course very curious about what this female kingdom in the sea was and whether it had an empress as wise and powerful as His Majesty.
What is particularly interesting is that if there are only women in a country, how can they reproduce?
The Wokou people then said that there was a magical well in that country and that as long as one looked into the well one would be able to give birth to a child.
If that were the case, Lu Lingju would not be sleepy anymore.
Among the emperors of all dynasties, those who became pregnant by inspiration were considered as the standard for founding monarchs or wise monarchs. If there really is such a sacred well and it can be reported to Your Majesty, it would be considered an achievement.
There aren't so many efforts to debunk myths and legends and spread rumors these days, and since they met two reckless action-oriented people, Lu Lingju and Gan Ning, they immediately changed their route and headed to explore the island first.
Because the island was not as far away as imagined, in fact it only took Gan Ning and his party two days to return to Shankou Bay, then set sail again, headed east, and arrived at this long island.
According to later generations, it was Sakhalin Island located north of Hokkaido Island.
But what disappointed Lu Lingju was that there was no such sacred well on the island, and there were not only women on it. It was just because there were more women than men on the island that such rumors arose.
However, this uncivilized land had no political power, which meant that they could bring it under their rule without having to consider state negotiations, which was equivalent to further expanding the territory of Dayong.
After searching the island, they discovered coal and gold resources in the northern part of the island.
Although disappointed, fortunately the harvest was not small. Lu Lingju was really honest enough to report his entire exploration process to Qiao Yan, and asked her to give a name to the captured Buyeo, Goguryeo, Wokou, Sushen and the islands in the sea to show that they were vassals of Dayong.
The name...
Qiao Yan turned the pen in his hand, looking quite distressed.
Even though the Little Ice Age has not yet passed, the temperature in the Northeast is much colder than in later generations. At first glance, it does not seem to be suitable for survival, but under the crude farming environment, the crop output here can ensure the survival of the people of the four tribes, which is enough to prove the high nutrient content of the land.
The black soil formed by humus peeling off from meadows for tens of thousands of years is certainly not as thick as what we see in later generations, but because it is formed very slowly, the difference will not be too big. Instead, it is less prone to soil erosion caused by excessive cultivation.
This is a fertile land that, if used properly, can produce food for hundreds of millions of people even in an era of relatively low productivity!
The territories occupied by these four tribes, including the uncivilized islands in the sea, are combined into an area comparable to that of the two states of Dayong. It is even larger than that of smaller states and counties. It is absolutely impossible to simply incorporate them into the territory of Youzhou.
This name is not after a county, but a state.
She pondered for a moment before she started writing, writing a word on the paper. Along with the document to be sent to Liaodong, it was delivered to Lu Lingju who had just returned from the island.
"Sui... Suizhou?" She looked at the document in surprise.
Speaking of the word "Sui", her first reaction was to think of Baidaochuan Suiyuan City, which was built under the supervision of Lu Bu.
She looked at the words below and saw that this was what Qiao Yan really meant.
[Suiyuan City guarded Baidaokou to pacify the Xianbei. The land of Suizhou bordered the Xianbei and Wuhuan in the north, with many people from Buyeo and Goguryeo in it, and the Three Han in the south. Across the sea were hundreds of Wa countries. Although there was an attempt to kill the King of Buyeo and the King of Shanshang to settle the matter, the people of Suizhou have since been the subjects of our Dayong. We should allow them to live and work in peace and contentment in order to pacify the various tribes, hence the name. 】
The same word "遂" did not clearly explain whether the words were intended to indicate that Lü Lingju was better than his teacher, but Lü Lingju had no time to take care of this matter for the time being.
Because when she looked at the following few sentences in the document, she suddenly realized that the most important thing in the document was not the name, but the appointment of the official position.
[The Lieutenant General who protects Wuhuan is brave and resourceful. He commanded the three armies, conquered the four tribes of Suizhou, and also conquered the land of Heilong Island. His reputation spread among the various tribes. He should be the governor of Suizhou, guard the border for me, and comfort the people...]
Lu Lingju: “……!”
It is not surprising that the island in the sea was named Black Dragon Island because it is opposite the mouth of the Ruoshui River.
But she was suddenly appointed as the governor of Suizhou, which was completely beyond her expectations!
Governor of Suizhou!
The current provincial governors, even if they are not civil servants like Xu Shu, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Zhang Zhao, must be talented people who are both civil and military and good at strategizing like Zhou Yu and Zhang Liao. Why did this official position suddenly fall on her?
But having followed His Majesty for many years and having been ranked among the top in Xuanyuan Pavilion in the past, after the shock brought by this important task, she had already begun to ponder Qiao Yan's intentions.
This may not be a delegation that came about because of closeness or distance.
The situation in Suizhou is the most special, because almost all the people in its territory are foreigners. Even if Your Majesty mentioned in the document that she intends to open up the black soil here and relocate a group of people from Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou, given that most people at that time were unwilling to leave their homes, this number would never exceed the number of people in Buyeo and other tribes.
In this case, what this place needs more than civil governance is military suppression.
As the person in charge of this campaign in Liaodong, Lu Lingju had a greater role to play than anyone else!
What's more, in such border areas, just like the Black Dragon Island on the sea, which is a matriarchal clan, female generals don't have to worry about being underestimated, as strength is the only thing that matters.
Then why couldn't she be the governor of Suizhou?
The experience of studying at Leping Academy may not be enough to turn her into a person who knows everything about astronomy and geography, but it is enough to make her know the priorities, right and wrong, and know those historical allusions that serve as a warning to her.
She might not be so good at settling refugees and remnants of various ethnic groups and enforcing laws, but in this commission, Ju Su, who was here with her, was also granted the title of Suizhou Beijia, which made up for her shortcomings.
Your Majesty has no intention of treating the output of this black soil casually. The Grand Minister of Agriculture will send a research team to divide and measure it first, and deliver the Guanzhong fine seeds as quickly as possible in order to grow another harvest this year.
If nothing unexpected happens, Tian Chou, who was originally in charge of military farming in Youzhou, would be temporarily left in the newly established Suizhou, and there would be no need for Lu Lingju to give any unprofessional advice on this.
What she should do is to bring this tribe, which still retains many primitive habits, into the customs and habits of Dayong, educate them as a leader, and make good use of the generals under her command to form a new defense border.
If that were the case, since she dared to take on the position of Lieutenant General of the Protectorate of Wuhuan, she would naturally dare to take on the position of Governor of Suizhou!
"But Your Majesty really thinks too highly of me..." Lu Lingju read on and couldn't help feeling a little jealous.
In this letter of appointment, Qiao Yan said that since Emperor Wu of Han was able to capture Jin Midi from the surrendered Huns to become his trusted minister, there is no guarantee that Lu Lingju would not be able to find some useful talents from the Buyeo, Goguryeo, Sushen and Woju tribes.
Regardless of whether this goal is a little too difficult to achieve, conquering this land is only the first step she has taken.
Successfully taming this place and completing the management of this black soil is a greater challenge.
And in this not-so-short document there are some other commissions.
For example, Gao Shun, Guo Huai, Cao Hong and Yu Jin who participated in this battle were each responsible for supervising one side. Another example is the arrangement of the navy of Gan Ning and Lu Meng.
During the exchange of this letter, Gan Ning did not dare to delay for a moment and sailed south from Heilong Island to the Japanese Islands, cruising the Lelang Sea. After sinking several Japanese warships, he suddenly turned to the Three Han Kingdoms. Just as he had planned before sending troops to Liaodong, he attacked the Three Han leader King Chen directly, captured him, and deployed his troops between the Three Han Kingdoms and Japan.
The shocking changes in Buyeo, Goguryeo and other places would be impossible for the people of the Three Han and the Hundred Wa to know about it in the current situation where news transmission is slow and there is only the Daling Mountains or the Lelang Sea as a barrier.
All they knew was that the great Central Plains country in the west had launched a terrible invasion war against them for some unknown reason!
With a fleet as large as theirs, they had no chance of fighting back.
When Guo Huai arrived by boat with the order written in the letter, Gan Ning was sitting on an island between the straits in a very commanding manner, with a pile of gifts in front of him from the two sides.
These people did this just to learn from him how they should act in order to be safe.
Guo Huai: “…”
You can't blame him for having such associations, because Gan Ning's behavior at this moment is really like a pirate.
But before he could open his mouth, Gan Ning had already jumped up, pulled him aside as if he had seen a life-saving straw, and asked, "What did His Majesty say in reply?"
He originally thought that it would not be difficult to seize the territories of these two parties, but there were three small tribes stationed in the small land of Samhan, and the islands inhabited by the Japanese were even more independent, forming at least dozens of small countries.
If he were to collect and merge them one by one, it would be impossible to complete it in two or three years.
Does this show the power of his navy?
It’s not impossible.
But this is obviously very different from the responsibilities he was originally supposed to shoulder!
There's no need to tie down such a tiny country for a long time...right?
When Guo Huai saw Gan Ning's anxious expression, he could roughly guess what he was thinking, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty ordered me to be the governor of Nansui County, supervising the lands of the Three Han and the Japanese. Now that General Gan has opened the situation, I will take over the subsequent negotiations. That is, I will also arrange for the Three Han King Chen to come to Chang'an for an audience."
The navy of Youzhou and Qingzhou may not be as able to move freely on the sea as the one commanded by Gan Ning, but it is enough to wipe out these two places!
This naval fleet should play a more important role.
"Your Majesty has three things to say to you in this letter in response to the war in Suizhou."
Gan Ning's naval combat capability this time is not what Qiao Yan cares about most. What she cares about is the precise landing during this voyage in the open sea.
Obviously, even without the plug-in to lock the coordinates this time, this navy that had been trained for two years still successfully achieved its goal.
So now, it's time for them to sail further.
The first sentence is the appointment of official positions.
Gan Ning's rank of General of the Louchuan was not promoted as a result of this battle, but his deputy Lu Meng was given the title of Captain of the Henghai Army.
This was undoubtedly Qiao Yan's affirmation of them.
When the navy from Qingzhou arrived here and took over this sea area, Gan Ning thought about the last two sentences and immediately dispatched the fleet to the south to replenish supplies and crew members.
Before returning to Xuzhou Hailing Port, he first made a trip to Yizhou as instructed by His Majesty.
More than four years have passed since the Yangzhou family was sent to Yizhou for "further studies" and Gu Yong took the position of Yizhou's prefect.
There is no doubt that the Central Plains has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past four years.
And these four years seemed like a lifetime for everyone on the island.
During these four years, these children of noble families in Yizhou regretted all the time why they had to go against the reckless Sun Ce and even deliberately tried to kill him, which led to the evil star Qiao Yan.
What's more, even after she had already quelled the civil strife in Yangzhou, she still decided to exile them to Yizhou.
When the news of Qiao Yan's ascension to the throne was transmitted to this island via Yangzhou, and when Kong Rong was sent here with the news of the fall of the Yecheng court, they regretted their decision even more.
But Qiao Yan was so cruel in the past, and he was even more so after becoming emperor.
If they cannot completely educate the mountain people on Izu Island, discover the material reserves on the island, and completely eliminate their arrogance, they will never have the chance to leave this place.
This wait lasted for four years.
The most likely to rise under the rule of a new dynasty are the new nobles, and Yangzhou is no exception.
They no longer dared to think about how much status they, the descendants of the four surnames of Wu County, could retain in Yangzhou. They only hoped to return to the inland areas as soon as possible and resume their business, even if it meant starting from scratch.
It was at this time that Gan Ning's fleet arrived here.
"Your Majesty, do you want to bring some people back to Yangzhou first?" Gu Yong suddenly heard the news and thought he was hallucinating.
Although his mentor Cai Yong pleaded for him, from the moment he became the prefect of Yizhou, he had already prepared himself to stay here for ten years.
Gu Yong lived up to Cai Yong's praise for his "purity and self-restraint". In the past four years, he had completely gained the trust of the local mountain people. Moreover, relying on the farming education in the past few years, he had gradually built a large city here.
When he was walking on the top of the city wall with Gan Ning and heard these words, there was a moment of trance in his eyes as he looked at the distant green mountains.
Gan Ning replied, "Yes, your majesty means that the exile punishment of the four surnames of Wujun does not need to last for years or even a hundred years. If there are people among them who repent and realize their mistakes, it would be difficult for the emperor to tolerate them by confining them to a remote place overseas. However, there are only twenty people who can return this time. Please consider it, Governor Gu."
Qiao Yan was too lazy to deal with this troublesome and offensive problem, so he let Gu Yong and the others discuss it on their own.
Anyway, just as these descendants of the four surnames of Wu County guessed, Yangzhou was managed by Zhang Zhao, and their footholds had almost been squeezed out. It would be extremely difficult for them to restart their business. The one selected would definitely be the best among them, and it might as well be used to show her kindness to these people.
Sima Lang is in Yangzhou, so we can't let these twenty people cause trouble.
Gan Ning tasted some seafood on Yizhou Island and rested for a night. Then he saw Gu Yong hand over twenty people to him despite being exhausted from a sleepless night.
He didn't need to ask what arrangements would be made for these people after they returned to Yangzhou.
When Gan Ning thought of the last arrangement given by His Majesty, the excitement in his heart was so intense that there was no need to describe it in words.
Go to sea!
After replenishing enough supplies to last the fleet for more than half a year, they officially set out on a long voyage.
This time, what he had to do was no longer to sail along any land border, but to go to the east as His Majesty mentioned, into the depths of the ocean, until he reached a sufficiently vast land!
This was a challenge that no one had ever attempted before, and there was even a high possibility that he would end up with no remains left due to the strong waves at sea. But when Qiao Yan proposed it, he did not back down, and he would not do so now!
However, even though he had already made such preparations, Gan Ning did not expect that this cross-sea voyage would last so long.
When a clear and long horizon finally appeared in the distance——
This fleet has been sailing on the sea for five full months.
At this moment, not knowing where he got the strength from, Gan Ning quickly climbed up the mast of the main ship and looked into the distance.
The scorching sun that rose to the top of the sky at that moment completely dispelled the fog on the sea, making him absolutely sure that the black line in front of him was not an illusion.
That's a piece of land!
The author has something to say:
Congratulations to General Lu for being promoted from General Protector of Wuhuan to Governor of Suizhou. Although Sister Lu’s Liangzhou and Xiao Lu’s Suizhou are relatively remote, their status is very important. One is the Protectorate of the Western Regions and the other is the black soil.
Because this is a side story, I won’t go into all the details, but it is an important step towards promotion.
Congratulations also to Gan Ning and Lu Meng for arriving on the other side.
①The name Sushen is what they called themselves, and Yiluo is a somewhat derogatory term used by outsiders to refer to them, meaning "people living in caves", but this name has evolved into their name. Therefore, Sushen is still used in the text.
② From "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biographies of the Eastern Barbarians"
Because people at that time didn't know much about Goguryeo and Woju, and they had never actually been to the island across the sea from Woju, so this magical record appeared.
[It is also said that there is a women’s country in the sea, but no men.] Some people say that there is a magical well in their country, and anyone who looks into it will give birth to a child. 】
It was not until later generations that people learned that Sakhalin was the ancient country of women, also known as the country of hairy people. There were more women than men on the island, so there were rumors that there was a country of women in the sea.
General Lu's executive ability 233333
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