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By early and mid-May, Dengzhou gradually entered summer, and the hot sea breeze swept across Huangcheng Island.

The Liaodong Peninsula and Shandong Peninsula encircle the Bohai Sea in the Inner Sea, with only a two-hundred-li-wide opening between Dengzhou and Jinzhou.

Huangcheng Island is located on the inner side of this opening. It is more than 120 miles away from Dengzhou Daoyu Village in the south, 70 miles away from the main island of Miaoshan, and 80 miles away from Tieshanzhai in Jinzhou, Liaodong Province in the north.

Yanji, Liangliao and northwestern Shandong around the Bohai Bay are currently the core areas controlled by Beiyan. Tens of millions of acres of grain fields are mainly concentrated in this area, and the depth of the coastline is only three or four hundred miles. , more than 60% of Beiyan's money and food are obtained here, and nearly 70% of the small mouths are gathered.

Only by blocking the warships of the Huaidong Navy outside the Bohai Sea can the core area of ​​Beiyan not be invaded, and the pressure on coastal defense can be effectively relieved. In the situation where the Huaidong Navy is unrivaled across the East China Sea, Huangcheng Island, which is located above the gateway to the Bohai Sea, has an extra important and prominent military significance for Beiyan.

After the Qingzhou war, Chen Zhihu first supervised Qing and Dengbing. After Chen Zhihu was transferred to the west, Na Hexiongqi took over the defense of Lushan, and even moved Xingyuan directly to Dengzhou, and started to build Huangcheng Island into a solid permanent army. base.

Concubine Yu's body was weak and weak, and her face that was about to break was blown by the hot sea breeze, making her feel a little uncomfortable. She accompanied Emperor Tianming, whose body only improved slightly after the spring, on Huangcheng Island.

Huangcheng Island is divided into two islands, north and south. The distance between the two islands is no more than two or three miles. The long and narrow island and mountains are 20 to 30 feet high. The sea in the middle is surrounded by a calm inner lake, which makes Huangcheng Island from ancient times to the north and the south on the sea. The shelter for the ship to anchor and anchor...

Looking down from the island, Concubine Yu did not know how much grain it would take to build such a strong island city and sea village! Of course, Beiyan used the land of Liaodong to be able to beat Yuanyue without a fight back. At this time, the control of Dingkou was ten times or twenty times more than before, so it was natural that he could do more things.

Yu Fei accompanied Ye Jier to the Nannu Terrace of Nandao Island. Nutai was built on the cape hill at the southern end of Nanhuangcheng Island. The flying cliff was temporarily 20 feet high, and the slopes that could be climbed on the left and right were built as strong fortresses to guard the soldiers. The arched crossbow stand is not invaded by the enemy. Dozens of light and heavy catapults on the crossbow platform, with a maximum range of 600 steps, and the crossbow platform at the southern end of the North Island, just blocked the southern entrance of the Haizhai on Huangcheng Island.

On the inner side of the blockade, under the sea water, there are hidden pillars with cast iron pointed tips, standing on the seabed by chiseling stone and dissolving iron. At the northern end, Na Hexiongqi even used thousands of boulders immersed in seawater as the base to build a sea wall more than two miles long, connecting the northern ends of the north and south Huangcheng Island, making the crescent moon between the two islands. The shape of the waters has completely turned into an inner island where Dengzhou naval warships are stationed.

In order to resist the impact of the ocean current, each boulder that sinks into the sea weighs several thousand kilograms. To build the Huangcheng Island Village, Hexiongqi has sent more than 10,000 elites to station on Huangcheng Island and enslaved more than 20,000 slaves all year round. work.

In the past three years, thousands of slave laborers have been sickened or tortured by hard labor on Huangcheng Island.

It was with such determination and dedication that he finally called Na Hexiongqi and established Huangcheng Island, an unsinkable "giant ship at sea", blocking the entrance from the East China Sea into the Bohai Bay.

Concubine Yu also noticed that King Khan was traveling all the way to the south, and only when he landed on Huangcheng Island, did he frown slightly.

Beiyan built the sea frontier defense line in northeastern Shandong, Yanji, and Liangliao, with Taizhou, Laizhou, Cangnan, Jinhai, Changxian, Yuguan, Tashan, Jinzhou and other cities as the core, and stationed 100,000 garrison soldiers. Small-scale osmotic invasion of the Huaidong Navy.

The 100,000 garrison seems to be a lot, but the defense line of nearly 2,000 miles is thinned. In fact, it is difficult for any section to resist the strong attack of the Huaidong Navy, which has assembled more than 10,000 troops. Therefore, Huangcheng Island and the southern saury village, temple The sea-locking defense line formed by the cottage and the iron cottage on the north bank is extra important.

As long as these four fortresses facing the sea or directly in the sea are not broken, and supplemented by naval warships, the large-scale Huaidong naval warship formation can be blocked outside the Bohai Sea.

After all, compared to the two-thousand-thousand-mile Bohai coastline, the straight-line distance from Daoyuzhai to Tieshanzhai in Bohaikou is only two hundred miles. many.

"I am waiting for the generals of Dayan, why have I ever thought of building this fortified city in the sea? With this fortified city on the sea, Yan Ji's foot is protected, and General Xiongqi has made great contributions!" Ye Jibaishan and other Beiyan generals and officials, as well as Ye Jiduodi He led the officials of the Governor's Office of Luyu and Ye Jier to Dengzhou to watch the army and climbed the crossbow platform to see how majestic the island city is. Ye Jibaishan couldn't help but sigh.

"How the war is to be carried out does not depend on tradition or what you want, but on the opponent!" Yejier was very dissatisfied with the complacency in his eldest son Ye Jibaishan's tone. Cut off his complacency.

In addition to Ye Jiduodi and other princes, Fan Lan, Na Hexiongqi and other ministers and generals, which one is not very knowledgeable?

In the past, He Xiongqi was one of the few generals who insisted on building water camps. Ye Jibaishi and other generals who used to use cavalry to forcefully tear apart the enemy's defense line were more dismissive. It was Yejier who supported the strong resistance. Nahexiongqi went out of the town of Dengzhou and expanded the water camp on a large scale.

Only after the defeat in the battle of Jingxiang can the generals of Beiyan understand how far-sighted Ye Jier and Na Hexiongqi were in their perseverance...

The form of war, the tradition has a strong inertia, but if it does not change and progress with the opponent, it is destined to be dragged into the dilemma of being passively beaten.

Although the sea-locking defense line composed of Huangcheng Island, Miaoshan Island, Dengzhou Swordfish Village, and Jinzhou Tieshanzhai has weakened the possibility of the Huaidong Navy's large-scale invasion of the Bohai Sea to a certain extent, it has to be admitted that they are currently only Passive defense is far from being able to take the Huaidong Navy battleship formation galloping across the East China Sea.

The dozens of new catapults deployed on the crossbow platform are the counterweight catapults widely used by the Huaidong Army in the army for a long time. These weapons are also called Beiyan suffered enough in the battle of Jingxiang , Beiyan has only recently succeeded in trial production.

If you are limited to tradition and do not actively follow the opponent's progress and escalate the war, you will never be able to win.

Ye Jibaishi's face is sullen, he has not yet sat on the throne of the prince, and the two kings, Ye Jiluorong and Ye Jiduodi, who are in power in the army, do not like him either, and sometimes have to bow their heads to soften and say: " This is what the father Khan taught, the child has been thinking about it for half a year, and he is sure that he was ignorant and ignorant in the past, and he is willing to calm down and learn the method of water warfare with General Xiongqi..."

Ye Jibaishan recognized it, Ye Jier's face softened, and he said: "The military affairs are dangerous, you don't want to win, you first want to lose. The Southern Dynasties Dingkou is a hundred times more talented than our family, and it is beyond our family's ability to compare, you guys. There must be a clear understanding of this. In the past, Yuanyue was corrupt, and the people of snakes and rats stole high positions, which prevented the aspiring talents from being stretched, and the military and government were ruined, and our family was able to attack them; At the beginning of the Year of Destiny, the previous dynasties suffered repeated failures and setbacks, which actually created a good opportunity for the Southern Dynasties to innovate. If you don't reflect carefully, the defeat of Jingxiang will not be an isolated case..."

Ye Jier wanted Ye Ji Baishan to look better, and his last words were to turn around and give instructions to the generals and ministers behind him; in the past, Dayan was invincible in battle, and he raised a group of arrogant soldiers. He only hoped that Jingxiang would be defeated. , to wake everyone up.

When Yezier said that "the generation of snakes and rats is stealing from a high position", Zhang Xie's face was blue and red, although others couldn't bear to look at him, how could he feel at ease?

The impact of the Battle of Jingxiang was extremely far-reaching and profound.

First and foremost, the Battle of Jingxiang completely changed the confrontation between the North and the South, forcing Beiyan to give up the offensive situation and conduct a comprehensive strategic contraction. Although Yuanyue, who was under the control of Huaidong, did not immediately expand his fangs and fangs, as long as he had some knowledgeable generals, he knew in his heart that the initiative of the strategy was already in Jiangning's side.

The second was the Battle of Jingxiang. Including the surrendered army, the total loss of troops was nearly 300,000, of which the children of the Yan tribe lost more than 40,000. For Zhuyan, who had a total of 40,000 to 500,000 males over the age of sixteen and under the age of 60, the loss of 40,000 Ding Zhuang from his own family was painful.

The Ye Ji tribe rose from the Ulun Mountains, gathered more than ten troops from Yandong and Yanxi to occupy Liaodong, defeated the Yuanyue frontier army and the Korean frontier army several times, until they won Yanji, Jinzhong, Guanzhong, Shandong and other places. In the decades before and after, the number of males of this clan who were directly lost in the war was only 50,000 or 60,000 people. In the first battle of Jingxiang, nearly 45,000 people lost their most elite fighting power. It was difficult. bearable!

If Ye Jier hadn't defied the public opinion and insisted that Ye Jiluorong should lead the troops in southern Jin, Ye Jiluorong would not have escaped his responsibility. Even so, Yeji Luorong's king was also cut off to punish him.

Furthermore, the news of Jingxiang's defeat spread to Yanji, Jinzhong, Shandong and other places ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ has a profound psychological impact on the local people.

In the past, Beiyan's iron cavalry were invincible in battles, and wherever they went, no grass grew. With powerful force and bloodshed, the soldiers and civilians in the subterranean areas succumbed and did not dare to resist. After the battle of Jingxiang, in Jinzhong, Yanji and other places, the situation began to undergo subtle changes——

First of all, the resistance forces in various places have sprung up, and Wei Zhonglong and other stubborn bandits who have been in the middle of the Taihang Mountains for many years have frequently gone out to the Taihang Mountains to plunder the surrounding prefectures and counties after the Battle of Jingxiang, and their momentum has grown stronger.

Wei Zhonglong and other stubborn bandits have been active in the Taihang Mountains for some years. Hundreds of people, more than a thousand people, are entrenched in the Taihang Mountains with dangerous terrain. They are like dragons wandering, and it is difficult to clear their nests.

In the past, although these stubborn bandits were difficult to deal with, the prefectures and counties in Yannan, Jixi and Jindong, as well as the local gentry forces, were able to cooperate quite resolutely in eliminating them. Although Wei Zhonglong and other stubborn bandits have been entrenched in the deep mountains of Taihang all the year round, the harm is not too big.

But after the Battle of Jingxiang, in addition to the changes in the psychology of ordinary people, the psychology of the local gentry and officials of the subordinate government also underwent subtle changes. Instead of actively cooperating with the resistance army in the past, it has become passive and procrastinating. What's more, there are even signs of secret collusion and support for the resistance army.

As long as they are not completely tied to the Yanhu chariot, who would like to completely block their escape route?

Even in the city of Yanjing, there are more and more Han ministers who claim that they are not ill or even intend to retire directly. Hanchen's influence is very profound.

Standing on the crossbow platform, Zhang Xie looked at the Huangcheng Island Village and the blue waters around him, thinking to himself: Can this sea-locked line of defense really be able to defend half of Beiyan? How would that pig herder think of Beiyan's sea-locking defense line? My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter