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    In April of the third year of Tianqi, the Kingdom of Jin sent envoys to protest against the harassment of the Wugu tribe and the enemy troops on the Jingdao of Daliang from time to time in the city of the Kingdom of Jin, and asked Daliang to control the various ministries.  Literature bar wxba

    When the two countries demarcated the border, Chao Yong, in order to solve the Yelu Yanxi and subsequent Mongolian issues, included all the ministries of Shangjing Road into the Daliang territory.  However, a heavy snowfall and grain and grass transportation problems caused Chao Yong to temporarily withdraw his troops, and Shangjing Road was not really ruled by Daliang.

    Jin Guo also knew about this situation, so he did not raise the issue of compensation.  Wanyan Aguda's intention was simply to let Daliang send troops to deal with Yelu Yanxi who went to Beijing, help them solve the border troubles, and at the same time consume Daliang's national power.

    But it was not just the Kingdom of Jin that was harassed by the ministries of Shangjing Road. In the second year of Tianqi, there was a snowstorm on Shangjing Road, which made it difficult for the ministries to survive the winter. While invading the Kingdom of Jin, they also invaded Daliang, Ningxia, Hedong, and Hebei.  Although the various cities were not lost, the people outside the city suffered a lot. Therefore, Daliang had already prepared to attack the Liao Kingdom's Shangjing Road.

    The day after the Jin envoys arrived in Beijing, Daliang sent 50,000 troops to attack the Liao Shangjing Road on the grounds that the Liao had invaded the Hedong, Hebei, and Ningxia roads.

    On April 10, Chao Yong led 500 soldiers to set out in Heishan Prefecture, joining Dong Ping, Yang Zhi and 30,000 party vassal troops to wipe out the Shangjing Road ministries.

    Heishan Prefecture is the new state capital of Daliang. It is adjacent to Heishan to the north and is located in the Hetao Plain. The land is fertile. Daliang moved more than 20,000 people to Heishan Prefecture. In the second year of Tianqi, more than 5,000 hectares of land were reclaimed.  Because it is the northernmost city on Ningxia Road, Dong Ping led 10,000 cavalry to garrison Heishan Prefecture to defend the grassland tribes.

    Although there were only 50,000 people on this expedition, they brought together elite soldiers and generals from the Ningxia Road. The three generals of the Western Army, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, and Yao Pingzhong, were all incorporated into Dong Ping's department.

    Because of the reform of the military system in Daliang, the Western Army has disappeared. Even if young men from all walks of life in Shaanxi join the army, they will be trained uniformly in Tokyo, and then the Ministry of War will decide the state capital where they will be stationed.  It is not necessary to return to Shaanxi, so naturally there will be no Western Army.

    The Western Army disappeared. Except for Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, Liu Zhongwu and other generals who came from the Western Army, the three people with the most promising futures in the Western Army were Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, and Yao Pingzhong. Therefore, the generals who came from the Western Army called these three people the Western Army.  The third general of the army commemorates the Western Army.

    In front of Chao Yong's tent, in addition to Li Kui, who was not good at horse fighting, Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie were all going north with Chao Yong. In addition, they also transferred a strong general from Hedong Road and Hebei Road to serve in front of Chao Yong's tent.  One is Zhang Qing's chief general Yue Fei, and the other is Liu Tang's fierce general Yang Zaixing.

    Yue Fei made meritorious service when he wiped out the Southern Song Dynasty and was promoted to captain. Later, he also made meritorious service when he wiped out Lu Shinang and Yue Li Dynasty, but it was not enough to be promoted to general.

    Yang Zaixing was a new recruit, and Lin Chong led his troops to eliminate Wang Qing.  After Liu Tang was promoted to general, he commanded 10,000 new troops. Only then did Yang Zaixing come under Liu Tang's command.  When attacking the Liao Kingdom, because Liu Tang's troops formed a formation to meet the enemy, Yang Zaixing had no chance to make any achievements.  However, after Liu Tang's troops guarded Hedong, they went up to Jingdao to prevent the Bu troops from going south to harass. Yang Zaixing seized the opportunity.  In the first battle, more than 20 divination-blockers were picked up with guns, and they were rewarded and promoted to captain based on their merits. Their bravery shocked Hedong.

    Chao Yong was naturally no stranger to Yang Zaixing. When he saw the Ministry of War documents, he remembered Yang Zaixing's name in his heart.

    Five hundred soldiers, one man and three horses.  After half a month, they marched nearly 2,500 miles and reached Heishan Prefecture.

    Fifty thousand cavalry have already gathered at the foot of Black Mountain. Together with the horses carrying grain and grass, there are hundreds of thousands of horses gathered at the foot of Black Mountain for dozens of miles.

    Arrive at the city gate.  Chao Yong then saw Dong Ping, Yang Zhi, Mu Hong and others coming to greet him. There were also some tribal leaders from Hedong Road in the team.

    Chao Yong fought in all directions.  Everywhere he went, officials and people would come out of the city to greet him, and there were also many old men in their sixties and seventies. The ten-mile journey into the city was more difficult than his usual twenty-mile march.

    In order to reduce trouble, Chao Yong simply made a rule that all officials could only greet them at the city gate and were not allowed to disturb the local people.

    The ministries of the original Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom on Hedong Road tasted the sweetness of fighting side by side with the regular army of Daliang. When they heard that Daliang was going to send troops to attack Shangjing Road, they rushed over and wanted to send troops to help so as to divide the population of the various ministries of Shangjing Road.

    Although the officials of Heishan Prefecture did not dare to alarm the people, when they saw the prince entering the city, the people in the city still cheered and worshiped the only true god of Daliang.

    After the annihilation of religion, Daliang banned the worship of all gods and Buddhas, and the statues of Chao Yong became even more popular. People who are used to worshiping something, without religion, are like losing their spiritual sustenance. The statues of Chao Yong that were originally worshiped by people were quickly filled.  The void left by the extermination of religion.

    Nowadays, almost every household in Daliang has a statue of Chao Yong. Chao Yong¡¯s status is as complete as a myth in later generations, and he has become the only true god in Daliang.

    Amid the roar of worship from the people, a group of people entered the military camp in the city.

    Dong Ping had already given a banquet and everyone was seated.

    Having had a few glasses of wine?The leader of Bai Dadan (Wang Gu tribe), Bed Gu'er, couldn't wait to say: "I have mobilized five thousand tribal warriors. Please allow us to contribute to the crown prince."

    Moge Shiye, the leader of the Wei tribe in the Yinshan clan, said: "Our tribe has also mobilized three thousand warriors who are willing to fight with the prince."

    Other small tribes have also come forward to ask for a fight, either thousands or hundreds of people, all wanting to get a share of the pie.

    All the Dangxiang tribes in Ningxia Road have been registered and managed. Some of them are farming like the Han people, some are grazing in the designated pastures, and some are accustomed to relying on swords and guns to join the Daliang army and reorganize one hundred thousand Dangxiang vassal troops.

    Because the ministries on Hedong Road had just surrendered, and the ministries on Shangjing Road were harassed from time to time, Daliang had not had time to reorganize, and the ministries still lived according to their previous lifestyle.

    Chao Yong looked at the leaders and said: "Once you join the army, each tribe must abide by the military regulations of Daliang. If you hear the drum, you will advance, and if you ring the gold, you will retreat. Those who do not obey the orders will be killed without mercy. If the entire tribe is defeated, all the tribe members will be demoted to  Slaves. Are you still willing to join the war?"

    When the leaders of the various ministries heard what the prince said, they couldn't help but look at each other.

    In the past, they cooperated with the soldiers and horses of Ningxia Road and Ningxia Road was the main attack. They assisted from the side and fled if they couldn't defeat them. They didn't have to follow the military regulations of Daliang.  The population of Daliang is also countless, but the Wanggu tribe with the largest population only has tens of thousands of people, and the other small tribes only have a few thousand people. If the loss is too large, it is likely to be annexed by other tribes.

    They all also know the ferocity of the tribes in Shangjing Road. The tribes in Shangjing Road are constantly fighting each other all year round. Although many tribes are branches of the Shiwei tribe, the ferocity of the Shiwei tribe in the south cannot be compared with the Shiwei tribe in the north.  Moreover, the Naiman Tribe (Nianbage Tribe), Kelie Tribe (Zubu Tribe), Mongolian Tribe, Ugu Tribe, and Dilie Tribe in Shangjingdao are all large tribes. Only the Wanggu Tribe in the east of Hedong has a population similar to these tribes.  Mogeshi's Yinshan Shiwei is smaller.

    Chao Yong saw that the leaders of various ministries were silent.  He said: "Okay, you guys retreat, we have enough to wipe out the 50,000 soldiers and horses on the way to the capital."

    Seeing what Chao Yong said, the leaders of the various ministries who had already decided to retreat retreated to their seats.

    Although slaves are attractive, they still cannot be allowed to risk their strength and fight to the death with the various ministries of Shangjing Road.

    The Wanggu tribe is also a large tribe, but it has always been a loyal dog of the great country. First, it was a subordinate tribe of the Liao Kingdom. After the decline of the Liao Kingdom, it continued to provide horses, sheep, and camels to Yelu Yanxi and Yelu Dashi.  Later, the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Liao Kingdom.  He also guarded the border for the Jin Kingdom and guarded against the Mongols, Kelei, Naiman and other tribes in the north.  Temujin destroyed the Kelei tribe, and when the Naiman tribe asked the Wanggu tribe to fight against the Mongols, the Wanggu tribe betrayed the Naiman tribe and sent troops to help the Mongols destroy the Naiman tribe.  He became the loyal dog of the Mongolian tribe.  Tribal leaders succeeded King Zhao for generations in the Yuan Dynasty.

    Mogeshi¡¯s Yinshan Shiwei tribe was not as good as Wanggu¡¯s tribe. The Jin Kingdom pursued Yelu Yanxi to the Xijing Road. Mogeshi simultaneously sent people to send horses, camels, and sheep to the two countries.  Perhaps it was because the barbarians of the Jin Kingdom looked down upon the Shiwei tribe, but later Mogeshi sent troops to help Yelu Yanxi, but was defeated by the Jin Kingdom, and his son Tuogu was also captured alive by the Jin Kingdom.  Of course, Mo Geshi would not give in because of a son, or the Kingdom of Jin humiliated Mo Geshi so much.  In short, Mogeshi continued to be loyal to Yelu Yanxi.

    Later, Chao Yong led his troops northward, forced back the Jin soldiers and horses, and summoned all the Xijing Road troops in Jiashan. Yelu Yanxi had already fled to Shangjing Road.  Moge was unable to escape, and the soldiers and horses of Daliang had already approached the tribe, so he surrendered to Daliang.

    Chao Yong is not prepared to let the ministries live according to their original way of life, but to divide them.  Many places where various ministries live are also suitable for farming, and Chao Yong wants them to learn to farm.  In areas that cannot be cultivated, animal husbandry is developed and they are allowed to join the wool spinning industry in the Central Plains.

    Although each ministry can benefit from it, it will weaken the power of the leaders of each ministry. They may encounter resistance from each ministry, or let them flee to Shangjing Road to join Yelu Yanxi. Therefore, Daliang put the time of reorganizing the Hedong tribes into wiping out the Shangjing Road tribes.  After that, the retreat route of the tribes east of Hedong was cut off.

    Since it is necessary to reorganize various ministries, Chao Yong naturally cannot allow them to continue to expand their strength.  There are always hundreds of thousands of people in the various tribes in Shangjing Road. If they are sent to the Hedong tribes as slaves, a large tribe in the Hedong tribes is likely to emerge that can dominate the Mongolian grasslands. Chao Yong will naturally not allow this to happen.

    Even without their help, Chao Yong is fully confident in dealing with all the Shangjing Dao ministries.  There are more than hundreds of large and small tribes in Shangjing Road. There are many small tribes under the big tribes such as Naiman tribe, Kelie tribe and Mongolian tribe. For hundreds of years, these tribes have been vendetta against each other and want to twist them into a rope.  This is not something someone like Yelu Yanxi can do.

    The Liao Kingdom never really conquered these tribes. After Yelu Yanxi arrived in Shangjing, he wiped out several small tribes, only to make the Klie tribes, which had been greatly weakened by the Liao Kingdom, surrender.  The Mongolian tribe in the east, the Naiman tribe in the west,The Merqiti tribe on the border was still unruly and plundered the Kelei tribe from time to time. The Liao cavalry also won less and lost more against these fierce grassland and woodland tribes.

    Yelu Yanxi led his troops to enter, but the fighting in the Mongolian grassland did not end. Instead, he was involved in the fighting among various tribes. He could only lead the conquered Kelie tribe and other tribes to fight.

    Chao Yong rested for a day in Heishan Prefecture and then swore to fight. Hundreds of thousands of war horses gathered at the foot of Heishan Mountain, and the grass in Heishan Mountain was almost eaten up.

    The Northwest Road Recruitment Department of the Liao Kingdom was located in Ketun City, west of today's Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Outer Mongolia, about 1,500 miles away from Heishan Prefecture.

    Going north from Heishan Prefecture, you have to pass through hundreds of miles of desert and Gobi areas before entering the grassland.

    The gathering of soldiers and horses in Heishan Prefecture did not go unnoticed by Yelu Yanxi, who was in charge of the Kelie tribe. After Yelu Yanxi got the news, he summoned all the tribes loyal to him.  In addition to the conquered Kelie tribe, the Jiedushi of the Wugu tribe Zozhe, and the commander of the enemy Lie tribe Ta Buye also led their tribes to surrender. Together with some surrounding small tribes, Yelu Yanxi quickly gathered five more tribes.  Thousands of soldiers and horses.

    Of course, Yelu Yanxi just issued an order, and Xiao Telie, Brother Temu, Yelu Dashi and others will naturally do the specific things.  Yelu Yanxi had more important tasks. After arriving in Beijing, Yelu Yanxi fell in love with hunting yellow sheep and wild wolves.

    Yelu Yanxi could just open his mouth, but Xiao Telie and others wanted to run away and break their legs.  The Naiman, Merqid, and Mongolian tribes surrounding the Kerei Tribe have not surrendered. They have to gather troops and horses, and they have to beware of these three tribes taking the opportunity to plunder the women and children of the Kerei Tribe.  If all the women and children of the Kelie tribe were kidnapped, there is no doubt that the troops of the Kelie tribe would collapse immediately.

    So they could only move all the women and children of the Kelie tribe to the vicinity of Zhenzhou, Weizhou, Zhaozhou, and Fangzhou. These four cities were only a few dozen miles apart from each other. If they were attacked by the grassland tribes, they could support each other.  On the northwest road of the Liao Kingdom, the palaces of Zhaoping Si and Zubu were located in Zhenzhou and Zhaozhou.

    After the Mogusi rebellion, the Liao State sent troops to kill the Zubu ministers for eight years. Now the total population of the Kelie tribes (Zubbu) is only about 100,000. The tribes are also afraid of being attacked by the Daliang army or other tribes, so they soon  Gathered near the city.  But after all the ministries gathered together.  Food and wood became problems again.  Of course, these problems are a headache for Xiao Telie and others. What Yelu Yanxi considers is how many yellow sheep and wild wolves can be hunted every day.

    When the Daliang soldiers and horses were less than 300 miles away from Fangzhou, Yelu Yanxi ended the hunting trip and convened various ministries to discuss countermeasures.

    In the previous episode, Xiao Telie called on all the troops to fight to the death at Shi Nian Duo, even though Yelu Yanxi climbed up to observe the formation.  Wanyan Zongwang attacked Yelu Yanxi directly, which frightened Yelu Yanxi into fleeing, causing the army to collapse.  However, Xiao Telie was promoted from deputy commander-in-chief to commander-in-chief because of this battle, and won the trust of Yelu Yanxi.

    When everyone arrived, Xiao Telie said: "The Liang Kingdom has only 50,000 soldiers and horses, and there are 20,000 Han cavalry. The Han people have not seen horses for hundreds of years. Do they dare to let the horses run?"

    When all the Liao generals heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

    ¡°Han people should be good at riding donkeys, and they shouldn¡¯t be so scared that they wet their pants when riding a horse.¡±

    Yelu Dashi frowned and said: "The Han cavalry on Ningxia Road have also been training for almost two years. The combat strength of the 30,000 party cavalry is not inferior to that of our Daliao cavalry. Don't underestimate the enemy."

    When Xiao Telie was successful, how could he allow people like Yelu Dashi, who was behind the times, to question him? He laughed and said: "Dashi Linya was probably frightened by the Crown Prince of Liang and fell ill. You abandoned the Nanjing Road. Could it be that we  I can¡¯t give up and go to Beijing again.¡±

    "The Han cavalry has been riding horses for two years, and we have been riding horses since we were young. If we can't win the Han people in a horse battle, we don't have to think about regaining the Liao Dynasty."

    Although Yelu Yanxi did not kill Yelu Dashi, he no longer trusted Yelu Dashi. He divided most of the more than 5,000 troops and horses brought by Yelu Dashi among others, leaving only 1,000 troops and horses for Yelu Dashi.  It can be said that he leads the least number of soldiers and horses in this tent. If he were not the only number one scholar in the Khitan clan, everyone in the Liao Kingdom thought he was smart, and there would be no place for him here.

    Yelu Dashi said patiently: "I also think we can defeat Liang's army. Liang's troops have come all the way, and they must be exhausted. As long as we go up to them, the Liang army will be defeated in a decisive battle, and we can even chase them down."  They are hundreds of miles away. Just go all out and don't underestimate the enemy."

    The leader of the Kelei tribe said: "If all the troops and horses are sent out, I am afraid that the Naiman, Mierqi, and Mongols will come to rob our camp."

    Yelu Dashi said: "Didn't all the people from all tribes evacuate to nearby cities? If we go out on an expedition, we will let everyone enter the city. It will be difficult for the barbarians to break the city if they want to sneak attack."

    Yelu Yanxi said with a smile: "What Lin Ya said is true. We will attack with all our strength. I will fight in person and meet the Prince of Daliang. In the previous defeat in Hebei, he had buried gunpowder in advance. When he came to this vast grassland, his  Now that gunpowder has no use, he should be given a taste of defeat.It tastes good.  "

    When Yelu Dashi heard that Yelu Yanxi was going to fight in person again, he hurriedly said: "The emperor is connected with Zuo of the Liao Dynasty and cannot take risks lightly. I have the courage to ask the emperor to take charge of Zhenzhou and let General Xiao Telie lead his troops to Fangzhou to defeat Liang Guobing."  Marco also.¡±

    The history of the decline of the Liao Kingdom can be said to be the history of Yelu Yanxi's escape. As long as Yelu Yanxi came to the battlefield in person, he would be the first to escape, and then the entire army would be routed by him alone.

    Yelu Dashi knew this very well, so he did not hesitate to sell favors to Xiao Telie in order to prevent Yelu Yanxi from going on his own expedition.

    How could Xiao Telie not know this? At Shi Nian Duo that day, the Liao soldiers were ten times the Jin soldiers, so he wanted to encourage the soldiers to fight to the death, defeat the Jin soldiers' forward, and boost their morale.  After the Jin soldiers saw the Liao soldiers forming up, they did not dare to rush into the formation.

    Unexpectedly, Yelu Yanxi also thought that he could defeat the Jin army's forward, so he took his concubines to the top to observe the formation. As a result, Wanyan Zongwang discovered where Yelu Yanxi was and led hundreds of gold soldiers to attack the hill where Yelu Yanxi was. He was frightened.  Yelu Yanxi fled in despair, and they could only lead their troops to catch up and protect him, and the army immediately collapsed.

    If Yelu Yanxi didn't climb high, even if they couldn't catch Wanyan Zongwang in that battle, they could definitely scare him away, but the final result would be a huge defeat.

    With the previous lesson in mind, Xiao Telie also did not want Yelu Yanxi to come to the battlefield in person, and echoed: "This battle will be easy. The emperor will be waiting for our success in Zhenzhou. The general will definitely capture the crown prince of Liang and present it to the emperor."  "

    Yelu Yanxi was even more excited when he heard both of them saying that he could defeat Liang Guo. He had escaped so many times, so he had to win once, otherwise if he died, others would tell him to run away from the emperor.

    "Okay, no need to say more, I have made my decision. You all go and order your troops. We will go to Fangzhou now."

    After Yelu Yanxi finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.

    Seeing what Yelu Yanxi said, Xiao Telie and others had no choice but to order their own troops.

    "Your Majesty"

    Yelu Dashi shouted, but Yelu Yanxi went out without looking back.

    Seeing that no one was accompanying him to advise him, Yelu Dashi sighed and had no choice but to gather his troops.
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