The steam boiler in operation roared, and the blast furnace on the side was the same. Yang Ji, the general manager of Yingzhou, looked at the huge creature in front of him, looked at the busy boiler worker, looked at the dazzling gas lamp on the side, and turned around and walked out of the yard.

Under the night, halos appear around it. This is the light brought by gas lights, which brings some light to Tuhe City. Although the light is limited, it makes this ancient city that has been through vicissitudes look vibrant.

The cold wind blew, and Yang Ji tightened his cloak and walked forward along the light path. Although it was autumn in this fashion, the Liao area was early cold and the Central Plains might still be hot, but in this western Liaoning area, it was already winter.

On one side of the road is a tall warehouse, which stores a large amount of coal from Laizhou. The reserves are enough to maintain the use of the gas generator in Tuhe City until the beginning of next spring, ensuring the lighting of the gas lamps and allowing Tuhe to maintain a faint light at night.

According to the emperor, this approach can create the feeling of lights in Tuhe River, so that the new residents in Tuhe City will not feel lonely psychologically. Yang Ji is doubtful about this, but since the gas lamp has been installed, it has to be used.

Gas lamps can not only illuminate, but also keep warm and heat food and water. Therefore, even if used in a small area of ​​Tuhe River, it can bring convenience to the military and civilians in the city.

Yang Ji felt that the court could afford the expenses of using gas lamps in Tuhe, so that if you want to use them, it would also make the historic Tuhe City rejuvenate.

The boundary of Tuhe County, Changli County, Yingzhou has been set up as Jinzhou by the court. The prefecture is under Tuhe River. It is the old place of Tuhe County, Liaoxi County, during the Han Dynasty. Tuhe City is located on the bank of Penglu River. Penglu River is the "Tang Jushui" in the Han Dynasty. It enters the sea more than 30 miles southeast of the lower reaches of the Tuhe River.

The estuary of the sea is wide and can be accessed by large ships. It has now become a busy port called Jinzhou Port.

The coal from Laizhou was loaded on a sea boat and transported to Jinzhou Port by sea. After being unloaded at the port area wharf, it was transported to Tuhe by inland boat. Together with the grain from Yanjin, it provided strong support for tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians across the city to survive the cold winter.

Yang Ji climbed to the military weapon surveillance sentry tower, looked at Tuhe City under the night, and fell into deep thought.

Jinzhou was established during the Liao Dynasty. By the time of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, it was an important town in western Liaoning, guarding the entrance of the western Liaoning Corridor, and its location was very important.

In the 13th year of Chongzhen, Jianlu besieged Jinzhou, and the Battle of Songjin broke out. In the 15th year, the Battle of Songjin ended. The elite troops on the nine sides of the official army were destroyed and no more troops were available. The situation in the Central Plains was critical, and the rebel army broke through Kaifeng.

At the end of that year, Jianlu invaded Shandong and attacked his hometown Yizhou...

Yang Ji withdrew his thoughts and said that it was "then" and he was in another era and witnessed the establishment of Jinzhou City with his own eyes.

Jinzhou was established this year and is under the jurisdiction of the Yingzhou General Administration Office. Therefore, as the Yingzhou General Administration, Yang Ji had the responsibility to supervise the military and civil affairs of Jinzhou. When heavy snow was about to flow in Liao, he inspected the coastal defense along the Bailang Water. His last stop was the Zhitu River in Jinzhou Prefecture on the west side of the Bailang Water Underwater.

Tuhe was called "Tuhe" in ancient times. In the pre-Qin period, this area was the territory of "Tuhe" in the country. Tuhe was one of the Northeast Barbarians and was later destroyed by Yan State.

Since the Han Dynasty, especially after the Yongjia Rebellion, Tuhe was severally abolished and established. By the end of Gaoqi, it was already in ruins. This is the northern end of the western Liaoning sea route. Because the sea route is almost uninhabited, there is naturally no need to establish prefectures and counties in the Tuhe area.

But now it is different. If the imperial court wants to use troops to Liaodong, it needs to consolidate western Liaoning to serve as the rear. The ancient city of Tuhe in the coastal area of ​​the southeastern border of Yingzhou General Administration has become an important stronghold.

Tuhe City, together with Changli, the capital of Changli County, Yingzhou hundreds of miles north, supports the Bailang Water Defense Line in the east, allowing the court to completely include the area on the west side of Liao Jersey.

In order to rebuild Tuhe City, Yang Ji was not idle after taking office. On the basis of his former Yingzhou General Manager, he mobilized manpower and material resources to expand the port at the mouth of the Penglu River, greatly increasing the port's "throughput capacity" in order to accept a large amount of materials and personnel from floating seas.

The sea boats departing in Laizhou are loaded with a large amount of building materials such as cement and stones. They cross the Bohai Bay through Lushun to Taohua Island (Juehua Island in the Ming Dynasty), and then head north to Jinzhou Port at the mouth of the Penglu River. Inland boats loaded with building materials and went upstream to reach Tuhe.

With sufficient supplies, the dilapidated Tuhe City was rebuilt very quickly and was completed on schedule. All kinds of life and defense facilities were complete. In the beginning of spring, farmers recruited by major trading companies were welcomed, and in the autumn, the retreating Liaodong Road march was accepted.

This year, the Liaodong Road marched in Liaodong and successfully completed the harassment mission, making the farmland around the main city of Goguryeo in Liaodong a mess, not only interfering with the other party's spring plowing, but also affecting the autumn harvest.

According to the order of the Ministry of War, the Liaodong Road marched back to Jinzhou City, western Liaoning, and reunite with the families who arrived in Jinzhou from thousands of miles away. After spending the cold winter in Tuhe River, the soldiers attacked nearby at the beginning of the spring of the following year and continued to harass the city of Goguryeo, Liaodong.

Yang Ji deeply agreed with this strategy of exhausting the enemy and did not agree with the rush to use troops in Liaodong, because Goguryeo was not a small country, entrenched in Liaodong for hundreds of years, and its national strength was in an upward period. It was not an opponent that could be defeated by winning one or two decisive battles.

In recent years, the imperial court has been continuously deploying and establishing two grain channels, sea and land, so that during the Liaodong battle in the future, it can transport sufficient grain and grass to the front line with the lowest cost, minimum consumption and fastest speed to support the large-scale combat of the official army.

Now, the construction of the sea and land lines has been initially completed. With the improvement of Jinzhou Port and the navigation of Yongji Canal, the coastal routes along the western Liaoning that replace the sea route have also taken shape. The routes starting from Yanjin in the south and reaching Jinzhou Port or Liaokou in the north have been fully navigated.

This year, most of the grain in Jinzhou City is made of wheat from Hebei. These grains from Hebei are loaded on a canal ship and arrived in Yanjin via Yongji Canal. They go north by sea. They arrive in Jinzhou in just a few days, which saves much time and effort than land transfer.

Everything was being prepared step by step. Yang Ji remembered the plans proposed by the emperor and he was now realizing one by one, and the most critical Yongji Canal has been opened on time, which means that the time for regaining Liaodong is gradually ripe.

At this time, Yang Ji looked at the east under the night, which was in the direction of Liaodong. The core city of Goguryeo in Liaodong, called Liaodong City, was the Xiangping City that year.

Xiangping City was built in Yan, the Warring States Period. Since then, the name of Xiangping has been used until the Han Dynasty and has been the capital of Liaodong County, Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the Central Plains was in chaos, and Liaodong County lived in a corner, becoming a good place to avoid disasters. A large number of scholars and people in the Central Plains moved to Liaodong, making Xiangping a very prosperous city.

When the world was in chaos during the Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains were in full swing, and there was no time to take care of Liaodong in all dynasties. Xiangping was occupied by Goguryeo and renamed it Liaodong City.

Liaodong is the hometown of the Central Plains, but it is occupied by a slut. For nearly two hundred years, the customs and customs are very different, just like a wanderer who has been away from home for many years. His hometown accent has disappeared and he has no memory of his parents and relatives.

Such a situation will not last long, and the reputation of Xiangping in Liaodong will surely be revealed again.

In the past two years, the imperial court has used troops to Liaodong. It has repeatedly faced the city of Liaodong, but it has surrounded it but not attacked. It is not that it cannot be captured, but that it is to give Goguryeo a lucky mentality, making the other party think that as long as it stands in the city, it can force the Zhou army to retreat.

In this way, Goguryeo would do everything possible to mobilize manpower and material resources to defend Liaodong City, and for this reason, it consumed a lot of materials for years, and its national strength gradually overdrawd.

Similarly, although the official army had once faced outside Pyongyang City, they also surrounded and did not attack.

Yang Ji knew that the court wanted to turn the Liaodong city into an inhealed wound on Goguryeo's body, causing the other party to lose a lot of blood and become weak. For this reason, the official army had never used artillery in Liaodong.

When Goguryeo is consumed and its national strength is greatly declining, and if one is lost, the official army will attack with all its strength, it will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Chapter completed!