The wind is strong on the mountain, but the scenery is beautiful.

Zhai and Pang looked up at a wooden high-rise building that was being built. They didn't understand the meaning, but did not ask much, but went straight to the topic.

"My lord lives in Liaodong for many years and is used to calming down every tree and grass. The tribes who have followed him for many years have settled their homes here, so they moved far away, which is probably not easy." Zhai Kai said, "The emperor of Daliang is rich in all directions, so why should he keep an eye on Liaodong?"

"So, Murong Qiannian is willing to accept the enthronement?" Yang Bao's brain circuit was indeed different. He directly grasped the key point and asked back.

Zhai Kai was about to say something, but was pulled by Pang Jian. He only heard him say, "General Yang, the matter has to be united with sincerity. I heard that Emperor Liang advocated "tolerant for the country" and that Liaodong was transformed into a place outside the country. The strength of the Chinese and Koreans was not as good as feudal.

My Lord would like to take his wife as his lord and never rebel against each other."

Yang Bao smiled but said nothing.

Is a wife really important to ambitions like Murong Ren? If your wife is gone, you can marry again, and if your son is gone, you can have another child.

If you think your wife can restrain him, you will be fooled.

So Yang Bao didn't take this offense at all, and he didn't have the power, so he avoided this question and asked, "How many soldiers are there in Anshicheng?"

Zhai Kai, Pang Jian did not answer.

Yang Baoran was unhappy and said, "It's already this time, what's there to say? I guessed it myself, at most, tens of thousands of people,

If you have too many, you can't afford it."

The controlled area has a population of up to 100,000, and people are still in a state of fluctuation. It would be great if it could truly utilize 70,000 people effectively.

Seventy thousand people can produce 20,000 strong men, or over thirteen years old, including all men under 60 years old. But now the two sides are confronting each other, and it is impossible to gather all the 20,000 people to the front line, so life will not be possible.

This strength is far inferior to Murong.

It was too cold in just three winters. Liaodong, Changli, Xuan, Liaoxi and other counties were affected, and Murong did not have enough resources to launch a large-scale war.

Seeing that Yang Bao easily exposed their old truth, Zhai Kai and Pang Jian were shocked and then realized something: When he heard that Murong Han had fled to Liang Kingdom and was awarded the position of general, the inside story of Liaodong probably wouldn't deceive anyone. After all, Murong Han had also been in charge of Liaodong for many years (governing Xiangping). If he had not been forced to flee, he had the opportunity to return to Xiangping, and now Liaodong will be where will Murong Ren speak?

During the silence of Zhai and Pang, the heads at the foot of Ma Shishan were cheering and enthusiastic.

Not only Ding Zhuang was busy, but even most of the navy soldiers got off the boat and helped level the land, cut down trees, and build camps.

Bags of grain were transported ashore, bundles of arrows were stored, and as for swords, guns, bows, vehicles, crossbows, etc., they were even more indispensable.

Every day, the Liang people took root in Mashijin (Lushun).

As long as they are allowed to occupy the surrounding areas based on Ma Shijin, build cities and set up villages to defend, and stockpile enough supplies and equipment, who can drive them away?

Anyway, their lord cannot break these camps. Even if it were Murong, he might not have the strength. To be more precise, he would be willing to pay the price of tens of thousands of casualties to remove these camps one by one.

"You two are here for the purpose of enthronement?" Yang Bao glanced at them and said, "If you stop this, you will be clear.

Needless to say, please come back."

Pang Jian bowed and said, "General, Murong is crazy and hurts his brothers. Such a vicious person will be a border trouble once he succeeds. Since Liang's army is here, it is better to go north and join forces with our lord to defeat Murong and capture Xiangping. In this way, all the cities who are forced to surrender under the thief will be killed and the officials will respond."

When Yang Bao heard this, he sneered in his heart and said, "No hurry. Now the king's army is only tens of thousands of people, so it is still acceptable to protect themselves, but it is difficult to defeat the thieves. It is better to stabilize the camp for the time being, accumulate military rations, and then make a decision after the army arrives."

Pang Jian sighed in his heart. Sure enough, it was similar to what he guessed. These people just wanted to gain a foothold first, manage Ma Shijin, and then advance to attack and retreat to defend, and they would be invincible in any case.

If you siege, people will have sea supplies and cannot cut off the food route. If you attack the city, it will be too much of a loss and may not be able to fight.

Don't care about him. God knows that one day a large number of soldiers will land, and their strength will become stronger and they will begin to expand outward.

The most annoying thing is that they completely pushed Ping Guo to the front line. If Murong didn't attack Ping Guo, it would be difficult for him to threaten Ma Shijin's front line. Whether to support Ping Guo's direction and how much support it depends on themselves.

Now that things have come to this point, there is actually nothing to say.

Zhai and Pang fought for it in the end, but after no results, they had to leave quickly.

Yang Bao looked at their backs as they walked away and smiled.

He understood the other party's eagerness.

After two years of fighting, his strength became weaker and weaker, and his heart became more and more floating. He finally came to reinforcements, but he did not take Murong Ren's life and death seriously at all, and just wanted to make the best use of it.

What would you think? I’m afraid I wouldn’t just throw myself into Murong in anger.

Of course, it's just a talk. Murong is a man who is more fierce and cruel. Even if you surrender, you may not be able to survive. This is the fundamental reason why so many people are still desperately resisting so far.

Especially some of them were formerly Murong's subordinates, who betrayed him and surrendered to Murong Ren, the chief of the noble family or tribe,

They really don't dare to surrender.

After standing on the mountain for a while, Yang Bao went down the mountain.

This will be the best season in Liaodong. We have to hurry up and strive to build barracks, warehouses, cities and stockpile enough supplies before winter begins.

If you can avoid fighting, don’t fight. This is the principle.

Of course, another principle is not to let Murong Ren die, which is also very important. Otherwise, why would they cross the sea and head north this year? Wouldn't it be better to come again next year? It also saved a lot of money and food.

*******

In late June, Shamen Town led the fleet back to Penglai.

Zeng Yi, the owner of the Huangtou Army, stood on the shore, quietly watching the fleet returning to sail.

I heard that they went north in early June and sailed for one day and one night to reach Mashijin, Liaodong, but after almost twenty days they returned to Penglai.

He didn't know how many ships were before he set sail, but just looking at the ships returning to sail, it seemed to have some damage. It was obvious that he had experienced wind and waves on the sea, which cast a shadow on Zeng Yi's heart.

"Uncle, are we going to cross the sea on this boat?" Team deputy Ran Jin came over and asked in a low voice.

Zeng Yi did not answer, but his brows frowned very hard.

To be honest, if you asked him to follow the army to cross the desert, cross mountains and ridges to fight, he was not so afraid, because he was down-to-earth, but by boat and crossing the sea?

"Yesterday there was a rumor on the Zuo Feilong Guard that in order to inspire morale and eliminate the fear of crossing the sea, the emperor gave two pieces of silk to those who crossed the sea. I wonder if it was true." Lan Jin said again.

"I'm afraid it's true." Zeng Yi's brow relaxed a little and said, "I only crossed the sea with ten thousand people and twenty thousand pieces of silk.

The court can afford it. What else have you heard?"

"I still heard that after crossing the sea, I can't come back this year." Rankin said: "Starting in October, the navy will not dare to cross the sea anymore. It will definitely wait until May and June next year, and this will be a year."

"What?" Zeng Yi's face suddenly changed, and he said, "One year? What should I do if I work at home?"

"I don't know this." Rankin said dejectedly: "Maybe there will be exemption from taxes or rewards."

Zeng Yi sighed deeply.

The battle across the sea will last for a year, and it may not stop. How to maintain morale? Is there enough food and grass?

And just when he thought of the food and grass, the dock had already started to ship grain and equipment onto the ship.

This was the fleet left behind in Penglai in June, led by Huang He, deputy governor of the Navy. There were not many ships, a total of more than 200 ships.

Large ships can carry three or four thousand hu of grain, and small boats one or two thousand hu, which is much worse than the carrying capacity of inland river vessels. After all, this is not a real grain ship, but a warship modification, or it has not been changed. It is just that unnecessary objects such as crossbows were removed and all were used to transport millet and wheat.

Can I transport 300,000 hu of this trip?

Zeng Yi didn't know.

His eyes fell on another place, where many people gathered, and were salvaging the wreck.

It's strange. I heard that it was okay before, but on the day they arrived, a strong wind suddenly broke out in Penglai, shaking the ships anchored in Pu. Several small boats capsized and more than a dozen navy soldiers died.

This is a life-long task!

Zeng Yi withdrew his gaze.

Ten thousand infantry troops stationed in Liaodong for a year. If they are a little more abundant, they will need 300,000 hu of grain.

If it is 20,000 people, it will take 600,000 hu. It is best to have some surplus food to deal with a sudden accident, so it will take about 800,000 hu.

I will probably keep transporting food in July, but I don’t know how much it can be transported.

In August, we will transport winter clothes, equipment, livestock and even war horses. We will probably transport them in the first half of September, so it is hard to say later.

The sound of "dongdong" suddenly rang in the camp.

Zeng Yi and others looked terrified, and they all returned to the camp to line up, ready to go out for fun.

*******

The tall towers of Penglaipo have almost become the office space for many officials of all sizes.

Qingzhou Governor Tian Maogang came from Guanggu City. In addition to grain, there were 20,000 pieces of silk.

This is to be distributed to the soldiers and troops of the Zuo Feilong Guard on the spot, one person and two horses, and there are also those who have crossed the sea, and they will be given the robes to them, so that they can recommend trustworthy people back to various military residences and distribute them one by one.

In addition, considering that the war to fight against the Murong family will not be launched next year, the people who crossed the sea this year mainly established a stable outpost camp and protected Murong Ren as much as possible to prevent him from being defeated by Murong. Therefore, they need to defend and even fight in Liaodong for a long time, so the family of those who went to the battle gave him four more silk.

However, the money was not required to be paid in Qingzhou, but the governor of Yuzhou sent 40,000 pieces of silk to the counties and sent it to the soldiers of the Zuo Feilong Guard's Mansion and his family.

Of course, this kind of thing needs to be informed to everyone to inspire morale.

Six pieces of silk per person can be said to be a generous reward. In this way, the farm work at home is nothing. After all, it is just a lack of one young man, and the family can barely support it.

As for the First Battalion of the Yellow Head Army, they also have rewards, but Sizhou will bear it.

After Tian Mao arranged the reward, he saw the "Sailing Log" handed over by the navy.

He looked carefully and found it quite reasonable.

It is no secret that the emperor wanted to build a Chuantun in the north, and Qingzhou is one of the locations.
To be continued...