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A straight-line distance of over two hundred miles

Traveling by boat is much faster than riding a horse.

Pu Jianu's cavalry had to take a detour through the mountains.

The Jin cavalry were still halfway there.

Yelü Yudu and his men had already landed at Lushun.

They launched a frenzied attack on the Great Wall at night, using torches as their weapon!

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From Lushunkou to Daheishan in Jinzhou

Both are sparsely populated areas.

The Liaonan Uprising of that year,

This area persisted in resisting the Jin dynasty.

They were repeatedly massacred by the Jin dynasty.

Historically, until the middle and late Jin Dynasty,

Only then did people begin to migrate here to cultivate the land.

They established the Khasihan Meng'an to govern the region.

Today, Huacheng County and Huacheng Pass,

There is also the Great Wall, which stretches for eighty miles.

There were only a few hundred Jurchen soldiers stationed there in total.

Moreover, they were Jurchens who moved from the mountains of southern Liaoning.

Besides accompanying the army to suppress the Liaonan uprising,

They haven't fought any other significant battles since.

During the day,

People, livestock, and goods gradually arrived.

They were transported to Lushunkou in batches for landing.

The nearby beacon towers immediately lit smoke signals.

The local military commander also hurriedly summoned the militia.

But the population here is too small.

They also live scattered in various places.

My first reaction to the conscription notice was to hide in the mountains.

Working until nightfall,

All the garrison here,

The total is less than a thousand.

They also forcibly conscripted men from the county town into the army.

Including children who are not yet adults,

The troop strength finally exceeded two thousand.

But these two thousand people,

It requires the defense of one city, one pass, and eighty miles of the Great Wall.

The local military commander was called Pusa.

He rode the horse himself.

They patrolled back and forth between the Great Wall and Huacheng Pass.

Seeing the beacon fires in the middle of the night,

He immediately spurred his horse and galloped away.

But there were torches everywhere.

They surged up the Great Wall from the foot of the mountain in an overwhelming manner.

"Withdraw! Withdraw back to Huacheng Pass!"

With the limited number of troops he had,

How could an eighty-mile stretch of the Great Wall possibly be defended?

Yelü Yudu, Hou Gai, and Shi Huan,

Leading a motley crew,

They conquered the Great Wall without lifting a finger.

And they fought their way all the way to Huacheng Pass.

Huacheng Pass was located at the narrowest point of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Both sides are the sea.

There is land less than ten miles wide in the middle.

The Jin dynasty occupied this area...

Uh, it doesn't seem to be of much use.

The Ming army could attack wherever they wanted by boat.

If the Ming Dynasty occupies this place

As long as we hold the pass.

This would allow them to establish a base in the vast area from Lushunkou to Dalian Bay.

The population is already sufficient.

More than 10,000 people of various ethnic groups

They were willing to follow the Ming army to migrate here.

As long as the first two years go smoothly,

They could farm and fish to be self-sufficient.

It can even provide provisions for the defending troops.

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Chapter 1982 Relocation

In the next few days,

Ship after ship carrying people, livestock, and goods,

They were transported in batches to land at Lushunkou.

There are still several boatloads of grain.

It was transported from Dengzhou Port in Shandong.

Zhao Li and Song Jiang led the main force of the Ming army from Dengzhou and Laizhou.

They covered the evacuation of civilians until the very end.

They also boarded the ship and headed to Lushunkou.

By the way, Lushunkou already has a name.

It was named by Crown Prince Zhu himself.

Wishing the Shandong troops a safe journey.

Pu Jianu, however, left behind several hundred Jurchen soldiers from the Hesu Pavilion.

Another thousand elite cavalrymen were left behind.

Let them assist in the defense to turn the tide.

He led the remaining cavalry back to Jian'an City.

Wanyan Chamu also led the main force of the reinforcements to arrive.

They met up with Pu Jianu in the city that had been burned to the ground.

Pu Jianu said, "The Ming army has occupied the Great Wall at Zhendonghaikou."

"Our troops are holding Huacheng Pass at all costs,"

"Given the current troop strength of both sides,"

"Neither side can do anything to the other."

"Take all ten thousand soldiers with you,"

"It's really hard to determine a winner."

"The Great Wall was built on rugged mountains,"

"The enemy troops on the mountain are deploying their forces along the Great Wall."

"It's much easier than if we mobilized troops down the mountain to attack."

"Then should we still go all out to capture the Great Wall?" Wanyan Chamu asked.

"What good would it do to take it?"

Pu Jianu said with a headache,

"The Ming army can still cross the sea at any time,"

"Attack any city along the coast."

"But we must divide our forces to defend,"

"We are caught between two equally important tasks and are constantly running around in circles."

"If we cannot build a navy,"

"To defend against the Ming army at sea,"

"No matter how we fight from now on, we'll be on the defensive in every situation!"

Wanyan Chamu sighed, "Even if we wanted to divide our troops to defend each city, it would be difficult."

"If we expend too many troops and supplies here,"

“When Wanyan Zongwang led his southern expedition, he was short of both soldiers and provisions.”

Even if a thousand soldiers are lost from a single city,

"Nearly 10,000 soldiers will also be needed to defend the area."

"Food supplies are even more difficult to sustain,"

"The area south of the Liao River is almost completely deserted,"

"Grain must be transported from Liaoyang,"

"It will also require a large number of laborers and livestock."

Pu Jianu said, "We should petition the imperial court."

"Build seagoing vessels on the Posuk Road (north bank of the Yalu River),"

"Then train the navy."

"Before the navy is fully trained,"

"The people living within ten miles of the coast must be relocated inland."

"The cities that were located on the shore were also moved inland to various foothills."