The Xue family ceded the so-called three states, but the straight-line distance from Liao County City is not far.

Because it is in the relatively dense hinterland of the south, it is forty miles west to enter Yaozhou (near Yingkou City today), and then passes through the Muddy Waters branch line northwest of Yaozhou, and then arrives at the Xiangzhou front line where the Dingxiang Army and Lianghe Town are located.

This Xiangzhou is said to be a state, but in fact, the only thing Luo family controls is the long strip area distributed near the main river channel north-south of the Liao River.

As a frontier area for confrontation with the forces of the Northern Dynasties headed by the Xue family, the people here look much better and more powerful than the complexion. Even women and children are pulling bows and arrows.

The local ordinary military and civilians who looked a little tired and tired from the army came to our family were still cheering, but the middle and upper-level representatives and generals couldn't help but have a gloomy expression, deep and complicated expression.

After all, they have fought a feud in person for so many years, so they have their own channels to obtain information from the upper class. Naturally, they would not easily accept the arguments of their own reputation like ordinary people.

For example, after fighting for so many years, the contemporary vassal lord was finally injured and forced Xue to bow his head and make a series of begging for peace, such as cede land and paying compensation.

However, there is no problem with this. According to the arrangement of the new vassal lord, their troops will be removed, repaired and supplemented, and they will be transferred to the new city on the northern line (near Shenyang) for reorganization.

Some of them have decided to change Beilun to avoid destroying and affecting the current overall situation and arrangement because of some new and old hatreds or stress reactions that are also difficult to bridge.

The plain area of ​​the Liaohe River Basin is located between the Liaodong hills and the Liaoxi hills, south of the Tieling Mountains, and to the Liaodong Bay, like a mountain in which it was slapped hard by invisible force, and suddenly settled and sunk out a large area, which was like an irregular plain and lowland in the shape of a winding waist.

During the distribution of branches such as Liaohe River, Taizihe River, Hunhe River, Dalinghe River, Xiaolinghe River, Shahe River, etc., the climate is cold and dry in winter and warm and rainy in summer. In the words of later generations, it is a typical irrigated agricultural area with rain and heat at the same time, sunshine is sufficient and water systems are developed.

Only in the coastal areas near Liaodong Bay can there be swamps and saline-alkali land caused by large areas of sea tide erosion.

It is also one of the few areas in the northeastern provinces that can grow rice crops on a large scale. Compared with the Songnen Plain and Sanjiang Plain in the north, it is known as "Nan Dacang".

In this time and space, it is generally the essence of the hinterland of the southern part of Andongdao, but this is also the most powerful place for the tug-of-war between the Andong princes led by the Luo family and the Northern Dynasties led by the Xue family.

The large group of people walked on the Liaohe Plain. The blue sky was like washing and the spring sun was clear. The grass and trees were abundant in the rivers and Luo Rivers and Luo Rivers, and the mountains were lush and lurking in the sky, giving them a unique northern scenery.

However, among the sparse weeds and dwarf trees, the ruins of destroyed towns and villages can be seen, almost densely and frequently appear in the direction of our journey.

The only relatively intact is that it is scattered on the edges near the river. The settlements in the form of forts are new and old, but the holes and traces of fire on them indicate the experience of being attacked here.

The black soil known as fat and oily, the humus inside can be squeezed out by hand. Unfortunately, these places have turned into battlefields all year round and have to be desolate, turning into animal paradise where wild grasses are crazy,

With the scouts and cyclists running around, wild animals that were alarmed from time to time flee away in the hustle and quiet movements.

Even the most common hares and otters here are full of energy and oily food.

It is not so pleasant to occasionally step on human bones hidden under the grass, and it also reminds that this place was a tragic and cruel battlefield very early or even not far away.

In this quiet and quiet atmosphere, after we crossed a tributary, the Suzi River (now Raoyang River), in a Putoujin Hekou Fort, we officially saw the first large-scale village stronghold belonging to the Xue family, the Suzi Castle.

This is also the protruding part closest to the Roche control area in a sense, so it is named. It is about half a mile in size and the wall is about ten to fifteen feet high.

You can see the door open from afar, and it is naturally empty inside. The ground didn't look messy at all. Obviously, the population and available objects had been moved away.

However, at least the basic buildings and furnishings are still intact. Therefore, although there are still many lights in the sky, this has become the first camp of the army and the temporary central army.

Then the temporary bridges along the river and the grain stations close to the opposite bank were quickly established one by one. Whether it was the ordinary vassal army or the soldiers along the northern towns, they all looked quite skillful, making everything seem very familiar.

Even among the newly recruited recruits, they seem to have many experiences and habits in related military service. Therefore, with the leadership of these people, most of the recruits seem quite convinced and have few disputes and doubts.

Although a few people were busy or at a loss during the process of setting up tents in the camp, they were quickly corrected and tamed by the collective force.

This is the result and collateral impact brought by long-term combat readiness and frequent large-scale mobilization. However, the corresponding costs of productivity decay and economic structure deformity are also quite heavy.

For me, there is nothing to envy. At least, if the potential military service of industrial workers and farm households under my Huaidong rule is to be fully mobilized, it will only be larger, better, and faster to adapt to the role than them.

Moreover, although Luo's territory looks very large, it is claimed to have a household registration of one million and a soldier of one hundred thousand at its peak; but according to the channels I publicly understand, the population I can truly grasp is even worse than that of my Huaidong.

After all, as the vassal lord, the Luo family directly led the population in the form of replacing officials, only more than one-third of them; the remaining household registration and human resources were scattered in the hands of various branches, subordinates and vassal forces; the role and contributions that the family could play were gradually decreasing and declining as they became close to the Luo family.

Not to mention the hierarchical officials and vassals under the feudal system, they cannot compare efficiency and production capacity, or liquidity and vitality with Huaidong's relatively sound military and local administrative system.

In other words, the love and fighting with Xue has been in love with him for too long and has been seriously restricted and limited, and the development pattern and direction of Anton Daluo's family have been.

Therefore, this compromise and peace with Xue's family may be seeking another transformation and a way out, or there is an internal need and urgent factor that is driving all this.

My staff team has even put forward such bold guesses and inferences.

After starting again, the next process became a little boring, taking over one city or another, new or old, without exception, vacant city or fortress,

It was not until I encountered the first vacant city, Guixiangcheng, that I was a little excited because it meant a better camping environment and conditions.

However, the senior management led by the vassal lord Luo Zhanji increased their vigilance and almost took a lot of effort to search the empty city three feet.

After confirming that there were no back doors, authentic tunnels and other unexpected foreshadowings, he took over and settled in it safely. He also set up the first left-behind troops and corresponding agents.

Then he marched westward at the speed of a city every day. Most of the so-called three states are located in the buffer zone between the Liaohe Plain and the Liaoxi hills, so the distribution of cities is quite compact.

Therefore, I am familiar with taking over the situation. Almost half of the time is spent on marching and half of the time is spent cleaning and inspection. However, I used hunting as an excuse to release scouts, and killed many birds and beasts.

But the only drawback during this period was that Sanmei started to get sick again. Because she didn't seem to be in a good mood, I didn't need her to follow her, but she would rather be taken advantage of by me and persevered.

Well, I can understand that women always have inconvenient days. I don’t have this benefit or convenience either.

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After we can clearly see the distant mountains and hills with mottled green mountains, it also means that this short journey will end. Because behind the eyes and mountains is the Liaoxi City where the Xue family is located.

Xue's men were waiting for us in the last handed over city in Xianzhou, Dongshan City, and there were also a large number of dowry carried by horses and horses, as well as the noble daughters used by Xue to marry.

The one who wants to marry Luo Zhanji this time is the eldest daughter of the former vassal lord of the Xue family and the sister of the current young vassal lord. The word "六号" is just a love story, but she has been kept in the inner courtyard of the deep house and few people know about it.

In a sense, based on prior information collection and information sharing in Roche.

The reason why Xue's family can make people feel a little relieved is that the contemporary vassal lords are too young and have to rely on a few branches and relatives who act as guidance and auxiliary roles. In addition to the indirect influence of the mother behind them, they can maintain the current basic situation.

Of course, if the decision to cede land and marry the marriage was really proposed by this young vassal lord, then there would be a certain possibility that he would have grown up.

However, these obviously have nothing to do with me for the time being. What should be entangled and troubled is that Luo Fan, the main leader who has been in love and killed for many years, is.

But when I saw one of those figures greeting the city in the mirror,
Chapter completed!