Yizhi Wende used to look down on Yuan Taizuo, thinking that he could hold the important position of Mo Lizhi not by virtue of his own ability, but only by his own background.
Goguryeo was a centuries-old kingdom that was a branch of Buyeo.
They belong to the Haoyu people, who are the natives of Liaodong, and have established four Buyeo countries, that is, Buyeo, which is called North Buyeo, and Buyeo, that is, Goguryeo, as well as East Buyeo and South Buyeo, and South Buyeo is also Baekje.
After the demise of Goguryeo, the people seemed to have died out, just like the Khitan and Rouran people in history.
In short, Goguryeo and the current Baekje were actually established by the branch of the Buyeo royal family, so their kingdom was actually the same as Buyeo, that is, a special farming, fishing and hunting state with feudal and tribal alliance systems.
Goguryeo had a central and prefecture system, as well as a feudal and tribal system.
Goguryeo was founded by the union of the five major tribes, and now it has become the five major families of Goguryeo.
This Yuan clan is the strongest of the five.
It can be said that Goguryeo's political system was similar to the feudal system of the Central Plains, but with the addition of tribal clans.
The power of the king of Goguryeo was naturally stronger than that of Zhou Tianzi, but it was far less powerful than the centralized power of emperors of a great unified dynasty like the Sui and Tang dynasties.
It is somewhat similar to the Turks, but it has more things unique to agricultural civilizations such as state and county settings.
The Yuan family has been the lord of eastern Goguryeo for generations, and they control a large area of land, population, and many towns, villages, and soldiers.
Even in today's court, he is the head of the five major families, the head of the north, and competes with the royal court.
But the leader of the royalist faction, Yizhi Wende, still looked down on Yuan Taizuo, a guy who became the head of the hundred officials of the imperial court completely by his birth.
But today, Yuan Taizuo's proposal to build the Great Wall has made Yizhi Wende a big surprise, and what is even more surprising is that Yuan Taizuo, an old guy, actually immediately brought a detailed plan for the construction of the Great Wall, and even came up with two sets of plans.
The two plans are very good, and everyone like Eji Wende can see at a glance that these two plans are not hastily taken out, but should be designed after careful research.
Very good, too good to be shocking.
"There are two plans for the Great Wall of Liaodong, one is the mountain city defense line, and the other is the mountain city defense group."
Yuan Taizuo talked eloquently.
Ezhi Wende's brows furrowed tighter.
He couldn't believe that Yuan Taizuo actually had such a talent.
Thinking about it, this must be a plan made by the staff in Mo Lizhi's mansion, but even so, he had to be shocked that Yuan Taizuo's subordinates actually had such a remarkable figure.
He listened carefully, the mountain city joint defense line, this plan The Great Wall is not built outside the border castle.
Within 100 miles on the east bank of the Liao River, there are basically wide and flat plains, and there is no danger to defend such a place.
At the beginning of spring and summer, the ice of the Liao River disappeared and rose, and the mud on both sides of the river was difficult to walk, and a swampy beach was able to hold back the enemy army.
But as long as this season is over, then there is no danger to defend here, for the Tang army, which has a large number of troops, fighting here, even if it is a home battle, they have no advantage to take advantage of.
Therefore, Yuan Taizuo's first plan was not to build the Great Wall on the plain on the bank of the Liao River, but to connect the mountain cities between the mountains hundreds of miles east of the Liao River with city walls.
The border of more than 1,000 miles from Buyeo in the north to the sea in the south, and hundreds of mountain fortresses of all sizes are connected according to the mountain range to form a city defense and joint defense.
"From the north to Fuyu, Xincheng, Xuanyi, Liaodong, Shabei, Gaimu, Anshi, Jian'an Zhucheng, into the north and south line arrangement.
Build the Great Wall of China, connect these places, and turn them into a western defense line with these important military towns as the main stronghold and other fortresses, and use it to resist the attack of the Tang army. ” Yuan Taizuo said excitedly, waving his arms and saying excitedly.
Even Eulchi Wende has to admit that this plan is very good.
This thousand-mile Great Wall does not exist in isolation, nor is it built on the plain on the bank of the Liao River, where there is no danger to rely on.
He's actually a Hilltown United defensive line.
Connect the hundreds of mountain cities that are already scattered within one or two hundred miles on the east bank of the Liao River.
Between these mountain towns, another wall was built to connect them.
Compared to building another Great Wall on the Liaohe Plain, this plan is also obviously a small project.
But even so, to connect these hundreds of castles, after all, it is a thousand-mile defense line, and even the mountain cities are not really in a row, they are intertwined, and the amount of work is far more than a thousand miles.
"Once the Great Wall is completed, then the mountain cities will no longer be isolated, but a whole, and the Tang army will never be able to break through, which will inevitably be a natural danger that is impregnable.
The Liao River is blocked in front, and the mountains are in the back. ” Gao Jianwu nodded when he listened.
"Don't leave the branch, according to your estimate, how long will it take for this Great Wall to be repaired, how many laborers need to be levied, and how much food will be needed?"
Yuan Taizuo paused, and said after consideration, "The entire Great Wall defense line is thousands of miles long, and if 500,000 laborers are levied, it can be completed in three years."
If there are 300,000 laborers, it can be achieved in five years. ” Ezhi Wende sneered on the side, "According to this, if you levy 100,000 laborers, won't it take fifteen years?"
Yuan Taizuo didn't refute either.
"Thousands of miles of the Great Wall, how can it be completed in one day, after all, it is up to him to block the millions of Tang troops, I think it is worth requisitioning 500,000 laborers, repairing them day and night, and completing it within three years."
"But we requisitioned 500,000 laborers, which had a huge impact on my Goguryeo, don't graze and don't farm?"
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Although Goguryeo is the overlord of the Northeast, after hundreds of years, it has not always been strong, during which it was not only beaten by the Han, Wei, and Jin in the Central Plains, but also by the former Yan and Northern Qi many times, and even was defeated by Baekje and Silla, not to mention that the Sui almost lost the country.
In the hundreds of years of Goguryeo, it was also the capital of several countries, the capital was broken several times, and it was not easy to ask the Central Plains for surrender.
In addition, the harsh environment in Liaodong and the continuous use of troops in Goguryeo led to its domestic population actually being only a few million.
It is indeed stronger than Silla, Baekje, Khitan, and Ya, but it cannot be compared with the Central Plains Tang Dynasty.
The Central Plains had a population of 50 million, while Goguryeo did not even have a population of 10 million.
Recruiting 500,000 people is indeed a lot of pressure on them.
"Let's talk about the second set of plans for the construction of the Great Wall."
Gao Jianwu groaned.
Yuan Taizuo then talked about the second set of plans.
The second set is the mountain city defense group, and the biggest difference from the first set of mountain city connection line is that one is the defense line and the other is the defense group.
Liaodong in Goguryeo has many mountain towns, some large and some medium-sized, and some small mountain towns.
Most of the large mountain cities are located along the river not far east of the Liao River, that is, at the junction of the mountains and the plains.
It is precisely because it is surrounded by plains, and it is possible to develop greatly and accommodate a large number of people by relying on agricultural development.
The medium-sized mountain cities are mostly located in the valley channels of larger rivers far away from the Liao River, ranking in the second line.
As for the small mountain towns, they are mostly distributed around large and medium-sized mountain towns.
From the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo occupied Liaodong for more than 200 years, and during the long period of control, these mountain cities were constantly improved.
Up to now, from Fuyu City in the north to the sea in the south, there are more than 1,000 miles.
The second set of Great Wall construction plans proposed by Yuan Taizuo is actually based on the existing distribution of mountain cities, with large mountain cities as the mainstay, supplemented by small and medium-sized mountain cities, so that they can cooperate with each other to form a defensive group on the entire defense line of thousands of miles from north to south.
In this scheme, it is no longer about building walls, but about building castles.
Fill the gaps and loopholes in the current defense line, add castles, and focus on building several mountain city defense groups such as Liaodong, Buyeo, Anshi, and Beisha.
"The minister agrees with this plan."
Eulzhiwende is more satisfied with the second option.
"The construction of the Great Wall on the east bank of the Liao River is too far away from the mountain city to retreat.
What's more, the battle record is never necessarily at the border, and it is the best policy to stick to the danger.
We should follow this second set of plans, build a mountain city defense group, and build a mountain city fortress, instead of building more walls. ” "We should be based on Anshi City in the south and Xincheng in the north, which are all dangerous and difficult to cross, and the traffic is passing, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.
We have strengthened the fort and fortified forts to hold this way.
As long as these key roads to the hinterland are not lost, and there are big cities such as Liaodong and Buyeo to hold on, the defense line can be guaranteed. ” Eozhi Wende proposed to take the nine mountain cities such as Xincheng, Anshi, Liaodong, and Fuyu as the central city, and then take some medium-sized mountain cities such as Daheishan Mountain City and Shitaizi Mountain City as the acropolis, and then connect with the surrounding beacons and fortresses, and then add some earthen walls to form a deep mountain city defense group.
Thin lines of defense are replaced by stronger point defense groups.
The Nine Mountain City Defense Group, relying on the continuous mountains and rivers behind, constituted the entire thousand-mile defense line.
"King, if the second plan is adopted, we don't need to build the Great Wall, but only need to build some fortresses around the Nine Great Mountain Cities.
The minister thought that this plan only required 200,000 labor and could be achieved in five years. ” "If another 200,000 troops are stationed, even if the Tang army waves a million troops to attack, my Goguryeo will not have to worry about it." 200,000 people can be achieved in five years, which is more than just 300,000 people, which can be achieved in five years, saving a lot of labor.
Yuan Taizuo said with a smile, "General Yizhi chose the second plan, and the old minister is also willing to support it."
However, I thought that the construction of the fortress would have to be accelerated, and no one knew when the Tang people would attack.
We can recruit 300,000 people, speed up the progress, and strive to complete it within three years.
As for the number of garrisons, I think they should be strengthened, 200,000 is not enough, 300,000 should be garrisoned. ” "Don't leave the branch, where did we get the 300,000 army" Yizhi Wende said.
The military system of Goguryeo has a bit of a tribal military system, and it is basically selected to be incorporated into the army, trained in peacetime, and then conscripted in wartime.
If necessary, the whole country will be mobilized, and all the people will be soldiers.
If Goguryeo is fully mobilized, 3.5 million troops can still be put together, but if 300,000 troops are stationed on the border, then Goguryeo will definitely not be able to support it.
"The minister suggested that the nine major cities should have 5,000 permanent troops stationed in peacetime, and the whole country should take turns to defend them.
In addition, in all parts of Liaodong, the strong men of every household must be organized into a reserve army and receive training in peacetime.
In the event of a war, they were called into the city to defend.
In this way, it not only ensures the strength of the Liaodong defense line, but also does not make it difficult for the imperial court to support and hinder production.
"Eulji Wende came up with his own solution.
"Mo Lizhi, what do you think" Gao Jianwu asked Yuan Taizuo.
"The old minister has no opinion," Yuan Taizuo replied. t1706231537: