On the way to Xiangping, Gongsun Xiu leaned out the window, and the 20,000 Yan troops led by him winded like a long snake, with a shocking momentum like a mountain and indestructible.

Yang Zuo and Bei Yan rode their horses and carried swords to protect both sides of the carriage. Now it is an important stage for the new king to succeed to the throne and send troops to rescue the old Yan king, and to protect the king's safety.

Seeing the new Yan King poking his head out, Yang Zuo lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you rest for a while? It will take three hours to get to Xiangping."

Gongsun Xiu shook his head and said, "The King of Dongchuan has naturally noticed that we were sending troops to Xiangping for a long time. We must cut the road halfway and must not be careless."

Yang Zuo said seriously: "Don't worry, the last general will never allow Goguryeo's soldiers to go back alive."

It was already the hour of Yin, and the moon was hazy, and there was still a dawn. In order to quickly arrive in Xiangping, the 20,000 troops did not carry heavy weapons, and aimed to quickly defeat Goguryeo.

Gongsun Xiu frowned and said, "Even if the enemy is defeated, you cannot kill prisoners."

Yang Zuo was stunned: "The king, Goguryeo is capricious and often invades Liaodong. If you don't siege and slaughter them, it will not be enough to intimidate the surrounding small countries."

Gongsun Xiu smiled and said, "Since ancient times, military books say: Killing prisoners is ominous. Although Goguryeo is capricious, we cannot be so atrocities against it, otherwise what is the difference between it and Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao back then?"

Yang Zuo scratched his head, unable to understand the idea of ​​the King of Yan.

Gongsun Xiu whispered: "The only one who deserves to die is the King of Dongchuan. Most of the Goguryeo soldiers who went to the expedition are unwilling to risk their lives to attack Liaodong. They are only recruited and half-forced. Therefore, expelling the Queen of Dongchuan can avoid death. The entire Liaodong people are only more than 300,000, and the soldiers are only 300,000. The prisoners can be organized into the army for training, fighting in wars, plowing fields in leisure, and implementing the strategy of farming and fighting in Liaodong."

Yang Zuo immediately understood and said, "The king's meaning is that the last general understands it. However, it is not easy to force them to surrender. The other party is as powerful as ours. They can only intervene and attack one side and dare not resist stubbornly before they can surrender."

It has to be said that in this era, the population is really an extremely scarce resource. The total population of Wei, Shu and Wu recorded in historical books is not as good as that of second-tier cities like Harbin 1,800 years later.

In this case, it is necessary to encourage childbirth, but it is too late. This is achieved by long-term rest with the people and light taxes and taxes. The best way to grow rapidly is to plunder other tribes and small countries, migrate to their own territory like going to the countryside to join households.

Similar to Jiangdong, Sun Quan, nicknamed "Sun Shiwan", refers to the Battle of Xiaoyaojin. Zhang Liao rushed towards Sun Quan's 100,000 army with 800 soldiers and killed him under the commander's commander. Wu general Chen Wu died on the spot, and even Sun Quan himself was almost captured alive. Zhang Liao's mighty power shocked Xiaoyaojin. The Jiangdong boy heard Zhang Liao's name and Sun Quan himself also got the ugly nickname "Sun Shiwan".

However, Sun Quan was enough to be called "Sun Shiwan" in terms of looting the population.

Attack Li Shu, "Xiao Shu's head moved more than 30,000 people from his troops."

When he was attacking Huang Zu, "in the spring of the thirteenth year, Quan re-attended Huang Zu. Zu's ancestors sent boat soldiers to resist the army. The commander Lu Meng defeated his vanguard, and Ling Tong, Dong Xi and others attacked him with all their strength, and then slaughtered his city. Zu stood up and died, and the knight Feng Ze chased his head and captured tens of thousands of men and women."

"In May of the 19th year, Quan conquered Wancheng. In the leap month, he conquered it and won the prefect of Lujiang Zhu Guang and the military officer Dong He, and tens of thousands of men and women."

The above mentioned Sun Quan personally led his troops to attack the enemy and plundered as many as 100,000 people, which does not include plundering Shanyue and the indigenous young and strong population. One large-scale victory can plunder tens of thousands of people.

It is worth mentioning that Cao Cao was worried that the Jiangbin county would be looted by Sun Quan and ordered the people to move inward. Unexpectedly, the Jiangbin people were frightened and frightened. From Lujiang, Jiujiang, Qichun and Guangling counties, Sun Quan did not need to send troops to plunder, and rushed to Jiangdong by boat. Cao Cao sent him 100,000 people in vain.

It can be said that Sun Quan took away 200,000 people and returned to Jiangdong just as historical books can see.

200,000 people can be moved back to Jiangdong and can be farmed or fought, and can increase taxes, rest and recuperate for more than 30 years, and add two generations of more than 100,000 people.

What Gongsun Xiu needs to do next is to increase the population of Liaodong. After all, most of Liaodong, which has poor mountains and bad waters, has not yet been cultivated, and manpower also needs to be improved and cast.

He unfolded the Goguryeo defense map brought by the scout and asked everyone about their methods of using troops: "You may as well study how to defeat the enemy?"

Among all, Yang Zuo and Bei Yan were of the military type, Lunzhi was good at strange strategies, while Jia Fan was good at governing the country and was short of military strategies.

Yang Zuo pointed at Xiangping's periphery and said, "The last general is willing to lead 5,000 troops to attack the forward, and first attack a gap, which will disrupt Goguryeo's formation. King Yan and Bei Yan blocked the attack from behind. If the formation is broken, they will definitely be able to be cleared."

Gongsun Xiu did not answer. As the highest decision-maker, he should not speak easily. He should listen to everyone's ideas and then summarize. If he spoke first, his subordinates would easily follow his ideas and strategies, which would be no different from being a one-man show.

"Bi Yan, where are you?" Gongsun Xiu asked.

Bei Yan frowned and shook his head and said, "For such a method of breaking the formation, the vanguard must attack extremely fiercely, and it will be like a sharp blade that drives straight into the abdomen of the enemy. But if the attack is slow and the enemy's wings are surrounded by the situation, it will become a battle of trapped beasts."

Gongsun Xiu couldn't help but think deeply when he heard this, and said, "Indeed, once he was surrounded, the vanguard would not be able to escape, and it was even more difficult to rescue him."

The silent Lun Zhi suddenly stood up, pointed to the octagonal in the southeast, west and north, and said seriously: "It is better to divide the eighth ranks of troops, each with 2,500 men to advance to 700 steps to form a formation. The front army fired with a volley of breaking the sky, the central army uses bows and arrows, and the rear army charges with spears and spears. The offensive range is strong to weak. The enemy can catch the opponent off guard even if it charges at a distance of 2,500 to fight with hand and hand."

Gongsun Xiu's heart condensed and asked, "Join the army, what is the method of using troops?"

Lun straightened his beard and smiled: "This is a method of facing the battle, and there is no rule. Sima Yi learned about Potian Yan's power. King Dongchuan and his Goguryeo army had never seen it. Once Potian Yan was launched, people were on their backs and horses were overturned, and the iron-type shield was difficult to block. What you need to do is to form a formation of seven hundred steps outside and shoot a round of arrows. Then the central army boarded the horse and broke through, shoot with bows and arrows, and the rear army was an infantry phalanx, using infantry to control the enemy cavalry."

After hearing this, Gongsun Xiu was deeply moved and said, "The method of joining the army is simple but effective. I believe that we should not surround the army and die in all directions. We should leave a corner of the northwest. Goguryeo saw that there was no way out to retreat, so we would fight to the end. We should leave a gap and force it to flee to the northwest. We took advantage of the rear to pursue the enemy, and the enemy had no intention of fighting and instinctively fled. Fifty miles northwest of Xiangping, where the "Prince River" is blocked."

Speaking of this, Gongsun Xiu picked up a small flag and inserted it on the Prince River behind Xiangping, and smiled and said, "This river water is used to bury the King of Dongchuan."

The river dozens of miles behind Xiangping City was called "Prince River", and was called Yanshui in ancient times.

The reason why this river is named Prince Dan of Yan in the late Warring States Period was that in order to block the annexation of Qin, Prince Dan planned to enter Qin to assassinate the King of Qin, but unfortunately it was not successful. So Qin sent troops to attack Yan. On the other hand, Yan and Yan jointly resisted Qin and were defeated on the west side of Yishui. Prince Dan once hid in Yanshui and accumulated strength to prepare for a counterattack. King Yan was worried about Qin's revenge, so he executed Prince Dan and sent his head to the Qin army for peace. In order to express his nostalgia for Prince Dan, "Yanshui" was called Prince River.

Lunzhi laughed and said, "It seems that if the King of Dongchuan does not offer his head to seek peace, he will definitely die."
Chapter completed!