Yizhi Wende used to look down on Yuan Taizuo, believing that he could hold the important position of Mo Lizhi not by his own ability, but by his own background.

Goguryeo is a kingdom that has been around for hundreds of years and is a branch of Fuyu. They belonged to the Bian tribe, who was native to Liaodong and established four Fuyu Kingdoms, namely Fuyu. Later generations called him Beifuyu, as well as Wuzhu, which is Goguryeo, as well as Dongfuyu and Nanfuyu, and Nanfuyu were also Baekje.

After the demise of Goguryeo, the Jewish people seemed to die, just like the Khitan and Rouran people in history.

In short, Goguryeo and Baekje are actually established by the royal branches of the Fuyu Kingdom. Therefore, the foundation of their kingdom is actually the Fuyu system, which is a special farming, fishing and hunting country with feudal and tribal alliances.

Goguryeo has both the central and prefectures and counties, as well as feudal and tribal systems. Goguryeo was established by the five major tribes, and now it has become the five major families of Goguryeo.

This Yuan clan is the strongest of the five divisions. It can be said that the political system of Goguryeo is similar to the feudal system in the Central Plains, but it also has tribal clans. The power of the Goguryeo king is naturally stronger than that of the Zhou emperor, but it is far less than that of the centralization of the unified dynasty emperors like the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

It is somewhat similar to the Turks, but it has many other agricultural civilizations such as the setting of prefectures and counties.

The Yuan family has been an adult in the eastern part of Goguryeo for generations, and has large tracts of land, population, and many towns, villages and soldiers. Even in today's court, it is the head of the five major families, the leader of the north, and confronts the royal court.

But Yizhi Wende, the leader of the royal school, still looked down on Yuan Taizuo, a guy who became the leader of all officials of the court based on his background.

But today, Yuan Taizuo's proposal to build the Great Wall has surprised Yizhi Wende. What is even more surprising is that Yuan Taizuo, the old guy, immediately brought in a detailed plan for the Great Wall construction and even came up with two plans.

Both plans are very good. Everyone who uses troops like Yizhi Wende can see at a glance that these two plans were not taken out in a hurry, but should have been designed and completed after careful research.

Very good, so good that it's shocking.

"The Liaodong Great Wall has two plans, one is the joint defense line of the mountain city, and the other is the mountain city defense group."

Yuan Taizuo talked freely.

But Yizhi Wende's brows became tighter and tighter.

He couldn't believe that Yuan Taizuo had such talent. Instead, he thought that this must have been a plan made by the aides in the Moli branch, but even so, he had to shock Yuan Taizuo's subordinates to have such a great person.

He listened carefully, the Great Wall was not built outside the border castle. Within a hundred miles of the east bank of the Liao River, there were basically wide and flat plains, and there was no danger to defend such places. At the beginning of spring and summer, the Liao River ice and water were escalating, and the mud on both sides was difficult to move. A swampy beach could block the enemy.

But as long as this season passes, there is no danger here. For the Tang army, which has a large number of troops, they have no advantage to fight here, even if they are at home.

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 among the mountains a hundred miles east of the Liao River with city walls. The borders from Fuyu to the south of the sea are connected by mountains and hundreds of mountain fortresses of all sizes, large and small, through the mountains to form a city defense connection.

"From Fuyu, Xincheng, Xuanyuan, Liaodong, Shabei, Gaimu, Anshi, Jian'an, and Zhucheng, it is arranged in a line between the north and south. Build the Great Wall of Thousand Mile, connect these places, and turn them into the western defense line with these important military towns as the main strongholds and connecting other fortresses, and use it to resist the attack of the Tang army."

Yuan Taizuo said excitedly, waved his arms and said excitedly.

Even Yizhi Wende had to admit that this plan was 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 without any danger. It is actually a joint defense line of mountain cities, connecting hundreds of mountain cities that are already spread over one or two hundred miles east of the Liao River.

Between these mountain cities, another city wall is built to connect them.

Compared to building another Great Wall on the Liaohe Plain, this plan is obviously smaller. However, even so, connecting these hundreds of castles is a thousand-mile defense line after all, and even the mountain cities are not really in a row, but are intertwined, with a project volume far more than a thousand miles.

"Once the Great Wall is built, the mountain cities will no longer be isolated, but a whole, and the Tang army will never be able to break through it. This will inevitably be a natural danger that is as solid as a destruction. The Liao River is blocked in front and the mountains are behind."

Gao Jianwu nodded in surprise.

"Mo Lizhi, according to your estimate, how long will this Great Wall be repaired? How many laborers need to be collected and how much money and grain are needed?"

Yuan Taizuo paused and thoughtfully said, "The entire Great Wall defense line is a thousand miles long. If 500,000 workers are recruited, it can be completed in three years. If 300,000 workers are recruited, it can be completed in five years."

Yizhi Wende sneered, "According to this, if you conquer 100,000 labor service, wouldn't it take fifteen years?"

Yuan Taizuo did not refute.

"How can a thousand-mile Great Wall be completed in one day? After all, it is up to him to stop the millions of Tang troops. I think it is worth it to recruit 500,000 workers and repair them day and night, and it will be completed within three years."

"But we have levied 500,000 workers, which has a huge impact on my Goguryeo. Don't we grazed or farmed?"

Although Goguryeo was the overlord of the Northeast and had been in the past few hundred years, it has not been strong for hundreds of years. During this period, it was not only beaten by Han, Wei, Jin and others in the Central Plains, but also severely damaged by the Former Yan and Northern Qi and others. It was even defeated by Baekje and Silla, not to mention that it was almost destroyed by the Sui Dynasty.

Over the past few hundred years, Goguryeo was also the capital of several countries. The capital was destroyed several times and repeatedly surrendered to the Central Plains for surrender. It was finally difficult to achieve what it is today. In addition, the environment in Liaodong was harsh and Goguryeo also used constant troops, resulting in its domestic population being only a few million.

Compared with Silla, Baekje, Khitan and other tribes, they are indeed stronger, but they are incomparable to the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains. The Central Plains has a population of 50 million, while Goguryeo does not even have a population of 10 million.

The recruitment of 500,000 nationals is indeed a great pressure for them.

"Tell me about the second Great Wall construction plan." Gao Jianwu pondered.

Yuan Taizuo continued to talk about the second plan.

The second set is the mountain city defense group. The biggest difference from the first set of mountain city connection lines is one is the defense line and the other is the defense group.

Liaodong in Goguryeo has many mountain cities, including large and medium-sized, and some small mountain cities. Large mountain cities are mostly distributed along the river line not far east of the Liao River, that is, at the intersection of mountainous areas and plains. It is precisely because the surrounding area is plains, relying on agricultural development that they can develop greatly and accommodate a large population.

Medium-sized mountain cities are mostly in the valley tunnels of larger rivers far away from the Liao River, ranking second.

As for small mountain cities, they are mostly distributed around large and medium-sized mountain cities.

From the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo occupied Liaodong for more than 200 years. During the long period of control, these mountain cities have been continuously improved. Today, from Fuyu City in the north to the sea, more than a thousand miles away.

The second Great Wall construction plan proposed by Yuan Taizuo is actually based on the existing distribution of mountain cities, mainly large mountain cities, supplemented by small and medium-sized mountain cities, so that they can cooperate with each other to form defense groups on the entire thousand-mile defense line in the north and south.

In this plan, it is no longer about building a city wall, but building a castle.

Fill in the gaps and loopholes in the current defense line, repair castles, and focus on building several mountain city defense groups such as Liaodong, Fuyu, Anshi, and Beisha.

"I agree with this plan." Yizhi Wende was more satisfied with the second plan.

"Building the Great Wall on the east bank of the Liao River is too far from the mountain city, which is not conducive to retreating. What's more, the battle record never has to be on the border, and sticking to it based on danger is the best strategy. We should follow this second plan to build a mountain city defense group and a heavy mountain city fortress instead of building more city walls."

"We should focus on Anshi City in the south and New City in the north. These are all dangerous passes and difficult to cross, and the traffic is a place that military strategists must fight for. We must build fortresses and beacons to guard this path. As long as these important roads leading to the hinterland are not lost, and if there are Liaodong, Fuyu and other big cities, we can protect the defense line."

Yizhi Wende proposed to use nine mountain cities such as Xincheng, Anshi, Liaodong, and Fuyu as the central city, and then some medium-sized mountain cities such as Daheishan Mountain City and Shitaizi Mountain City as the acropolis. Then it is connected to the surrounding beacons and fortresses, and then some earthen walls are added to form deep mountain city defense groups.

Become a thin line of defense to a stronger point-shaped defense group.

The nine mountain city defense groups, relying on the continuous mountains and rivers behind, form the entire thousand-mile defense line.

"King, if we adopt the second plan, we don't need to build the Great Wall in Longli, but just build some fortresses, beacons, earthen walls around the nine mountain cities. I think this plan only requires 200,000 labor service and can be completed in five years."

"If we station another 200,000 troops, even if the Tang army forces one million troops to attack, I, Goguryeo, will be worry-free."

Two hundred thousand people can be achieved in five years, which is more than just three hundred thousand people can be achieved in five years, saving a lot of labor.

Yuan Taizuo smiled and said, "The General of the Yizhi clan chose the second plan, and the old ministers were willing to support it. However, I thought that the construction of fortresses must be accelerated, and no one knew when the Tang people attacked. We can recruit 300,000 civilians to speed up the progress, and strive to complete the construction within three years. As for the number of troops stationed, I think it should be strengthened. 200,000 is not enough, and 300,000 should be stationed."

"Mo Lizhi, where did we get the 300,000 army?" Yizhi Wendedao.

The military system of Goguryeo has a bit of a tribal military system. It is basically a selection of parts and is organized into the army, trained in daily life, and then recruited in wartime. If necessary, it will be mobilized nationwide and the whole people will be soldiers.

If Goguryeo mobilizes comprehensively, 300,000 or 500,000 troops can still be gathered together, but if 300,000 troops are created to station on the border, then Goguryeo will definitely not be able to support it.

"I suggest that the nine major cities will be stationed in normal times for 5,000 troops, and the whole country will be dispatched to garrison in turn. In addition, in various parts of Liaodong, the strong men from all households must be organized into reserve troops and receive training in normal times. Once war occurs, they will be recruited to defend the city. In this way, the troops on the Liaodong defense line will not be difficult for the court to support it and hinder production." Yizhi Wende proposed his own solution.

"Mo Lizhi, what do you think?" Gao Jianwu asked Yuan Taizuo.
Chapter completed!