Zhao Chiman left in the dark, with a fifty-man reconnaissance team, a group of ruthless men composed of Guanzhong swordsmen, Shandong Xiangma and Jiangnan water thieves.

Three large ships were parked on the edge of a small island.

This is an uninhabited island, but it is not small, just not crowded.

The ships parked in a bay on the island and became hidden.

The crew members who had been shaking on the boat for a day happily stepped onto the solid earth. Some people were used to shaking in the boat, but after getting off the boat and stepping on the ground, they felt that the world was shaking and could not walk anymore. After walking a few steps, they fell down by themselves.

As the supreme commander of the fleet, Li Xiao sent a team of mercenaries to search the island, and then arranged for other people to find water sources and pick up dry firewood.

Lao Wang is experienced, so he took a few people to row a small boat out for a long time and came back.

"I know where this is, near the mouth of the Wujiang River." Lao Wang was very excited. He rowed a boat and approached the land coast under the night, and soon found a reference. As an old guy who had been on the Korean Peninsula route for his whole life, he immediately judged his location.

Li Xiao also knew the location of Wujiang.

In fact, many people in the Tang Dynasty knew about the Wujiangkou, not because of anything else, but that the Sui Dynasty had an army of 1.1 million to conquer Goguryeo for a long time and failed to descend. So Yang Guang sent a 300,000-strong army around the city and went straight to attack the royal city of Pyongyang.

At that time, Yang Guang asked them to attack Pyongyang quickly, but the soldiers carried too many food and equipment, and they had to march quickly with more weight, so many soldiers secretly buried the food and equipment to reduce the burden.

Unexpectedly, the cunning Goguryeo people avoided fighting and deliberately lured the enemy into the deep. The Sui army drove straight in. In the end, they encountered the Goguryeo people ambushed at the mouth of the Wujiang River. They attacked halfway through and were about to reach the city of Pyongyang. The Sui army could not help but underestimate the enemy's carelessness, but was ambushed by the Goguryeo army.

The Sui army failed and retreated, but at this time there was a big trouble. When they came too quickly, they thought they could attack Pyongyang, so they all thought that the food and supplies they carried were too tired and threw them all on the way.

At this time, the army encountered the obstruction of the Wujiang River, and was a thousand miles away from the Liaodong City Base Camp. The army went deeper and had no food to use, and the army became a hungry army.

There was no hope of attacking Pyongyang. The Wushui River became a natural danger. The Goguryeo army blocked the river. In the end, the Sui army had to retreat. At this time, the Goguryeo people began to follow and pursue. The Sui army had no food and no longer had the will to fight, and it turned out to be defeated.

In the end, 300,000 Sui troops collapsed and finally retreated to the city of Liaodong, but only a few thousand people.

Yushui became famous because of this.

Later, the two dynasties of Sui and Tang dynasties conquered Liao several times, and the Sui and Tang dynasties sent navy to attack Pyongyang several times, both of which landed from the Wujiangkou.

Because the Goguryeo Royal City is not far from the upper reaches of the mouth of the river, this river is also called the Wangcheng River. In history, this river was later called the Datong River.

In the geography of the Han Dynasty, it was also recorded that the Han Dynasty established the Wushui County of Lelang County here, and the boundary was from the west of the Wushui River to Zengdi and enter the sea.

According to the Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo is capital of Pyongyang City, also known as Chang'an City, six miles east and west, bending with the mountains and facing the water in the south.

In the history of the peninsula, Lelang County was established here in the Han Dynasty.

Later, the Wushui River was owned by Baekje. More than two hundred years ago, Baekje and Goguryeo fought on the Wushui River. The Goguryeo people completely occupied the area north of the Han River. Since then, the Goguryeo people moved south and moved the capital to Pyongyang, building the Chang'an City.

It was also after that war that Baekje no longer fought against Goguryeo alone and began to form alliances with Japan, which had always coveted the peninsula. Silla implemented a strategy of relying on Goguryeo. The peninsula formed a confrontation between the two major groups of Silla Goguryeo and Baekje Japan for a long time.

Later, Goguryeo dominated the north of the peninsula, and finally Baekje fought against the Silla Alliance. Later, Silla relied on the Tang Dynasty, and Baekje turned to Goguryeo, forming a new confrontation group, Tang Silla Alliance, against Goguryeo's Marine Baekje Japanese Alliance.

The moonlight is good tonight.

The moonlight is like mercury, and the breeze is gentle.

Li Xiao listened to Lao Wang's report and was grilling a skewer of barbecue leisurely.

The meat is the venison meat that the people who searched the island just now hunted. The island is quite large and there are many birds and animals on it. Although the Wujiang River has now become the heart of Goguryeo, it is at the sea outside the river mouth.

According to historical records, when Goguryeo was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty in history, there were more than 690,000 households. Nearly 700,000 households, with a population of less than 5 million, which sounded quite small.

But you should know that when the Tang Dynasty was established, there were only more than one million households in the country. At this time, the Tang Dynasty had been established for decades, and the household registration was restored to 3.8 million households, but it was still very different from the 8.9 million households when the Sui Dynasty was prosperous.

Goguryeo was founded for hundreds of years and had a large population, but in the war with the Sui and Tang Dynasties that lasted for a hundred years, a large population was lost. In the late Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong alone, he personally conquered Liaodong, and captured 60,000 households and 180,000 households and 180,000 households.

In the war against Goguryeo in the Sui and Tang dynasties, Goguryeo suffered a huge population loss, and the losses were calculated in hundreds of thousands.

However, the territory of Goguryeo is only a few million people, and the population is not large. In addition, the Hujiangkou was once a must-pass place for the navy to attack Pyongyang during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, resulting in basically no people in the Jiangkou Islands here.

The venison is very plump. I think there may have been many fishing village fishermen in this deserted island back then, but due to the war, it finally became an uninhabited island and a free land for wild animals.

The big drops of oil drip down, causing the charcoal fire to flutter even more vigorously.

Li Xiao took out his barbecue bag and took out cumin powder, chili flour, pepper powder, sesame seeds, fine salt and so on from it.

Lao Wang sniffed his nose hard. In the past, many geniuses often took the dock to replenish supplies once. It is common for poor food on the boat, and even the water I drink often turned green and smelly.

How can there be such a condition as Li Xiao?

"Alang's seasoning is so magical. After adding it, the venison is so fragrant."

"That's not. I'm very particular about eating. What you see now is just simple barbecue ingredients. There are even more powerful barbecue sauces on my boat, which have all kinds of flavors. Just use the sauce to marinate the food you want to grill, and then bake it, adding more flavor."

It would be great to have some barbecue and some wine.

Li Xiao handed Lao Wang a skewer of grilled venison meat skewers on the outside and tender inside. As a result, this guy was not afraid of being hot at all. He grabbed it and rubbed it to the end. Although it was very hot, he swallowed it and swallowed it all, and then he lost a skewer.

"Can you taste it like this?" Li Xiao frowned.

"It's delicious, it's really delicious." Lao Wang stuck out his tongue and didn't forget to lick off the oil on his lips.

"Old Wang, I think this island is actually very good. Look, it is only about a hundred miles away from the mouth of the Datong River, and the nearest coast is only thirty miles. The island is quite large, with mountains and streams on it, and there are not a shortage of fresh water. There are even many wild animals to hunt, and there are also good bays to stop boats and shelter from the wind."

Lao Wang's eyes were still staring at the venison on Li Xiao's grill, and he didn't turn his eyes for a moment, "What do you think?"

"Of course there is a little bit of an idea. I think the island is in good condition. It's only a five-hour flight away from Chishan. I want to build a village here and then have a few more votes."

Don't take advantage of the bastard.

Although the Goguryeo people also had ships, there were no real naval troops, and even the Tang army did not have any real naval troops. Although in history, the Sui and Tang armies had floated eastward several times and attacked Pyongyang directly, they all rode the monsoon in summer, and there were no winds and waves, and then they raised their sails and blew over the wind. The so-called naval troops were actually just various ships of all sizes, mainly carrying people and things.

There were no real naval troops on the ship, they were all army on board, and their combat methods were also disembarking from the ship and going ashore to fight.

In this case, although the Central Plains army could cross the sea to fight east in the past, it was easy to come and difficult to go back. When they came, they would blow directly by the wind, and they would have to slowly walk along the coastline when they returned.

There was no real navy in the Tang Dynasty, and there were naturally no Goguryeo people.

Li Xiao did not have a navy, but for this reason, Li Xiao thought that he occupied this island dozens of miles away from the coast, and the Goguryeo people could not do anything to him.

If you don’t say whether the Goguryeo people know that he is hiding on this island, even if you know, how much can the Goguryeo people do to him? Will they rely on a few small boats to attack him?

It is impossible to blockade, intercept, and there are certainly no conditions for strong attacks. Therefore, Li Xiao occupied this island in the short term as his temporary base, and it is theoretically feasible to do a few more votes.

When the Goguryeo people found out his position, they really mobilized many ships and brought many soldiers to attack. At that time, he could only pat his butt and leave.

"I think this idea is OK." Lao Wang is a brave man, not very brave and dare not drive into the deep sea. "This deserted island cannot be operated for a long time, but it is still possible to use it temporarily. I am willing to go a few more trips. Anyway, it only takes five hours to get to Chishan here. It just happened to run during the day, rest at night, and go back the next day."

Lao Wang now has a few sailing treasures, just like a child who has a new toy. He wishes to travel between the two sides of the Yellow Sea all day long, so he would not feel tired.

Li Xiao picked up a skewer of grilled venison and handed it to Lao Wang. Lao Wang happily took it and then sucked it off.

It is said that the Tang Dynasty was the peak period of the development of slavery in Chinese history. At its most powerful time, in Chang'an City, the number of slaves accounted for one-quarter of the total population. In Chang'an, one out of every four people was a slave.

The famous slaves in Chang'an City are Kunlun slaves, Silla maids, and many Japanese and Persian Hu girls. They are rich and wealthy families. If there are not many black and crooked Kunlun slaves, Silla maids and Hu Ji in the family, they will be embarrassed.

The status of slaves in the Tang Dynasty was also extremely low, and the law was more than animal products. The law stipulated their humble status. There were special slave trading markets everywhere, and they were traded with cattle and horses.
Chapter completed!