Han Shizu

Chapter 1167 Start to deal with the Liao Kingdom

"What's the situation in the Western Regions? Didn't you say that the Khitans are going to withdraw their troops? It's been almost a year, and there is still no movement? There is no latest report from Hexi either!" Emperor Liu continued to ask.

When asked, Li Chongju replied with his usual ability: "It is true that the Liao Kingdom wants to withdraw its troops from the Western Regions and get out of the quagmire. There are also many nobles and officials in the court who agree with this matter. I learned from some news that the Black Khanate and the Liao Kingdom have actually ceased fighting for a long time, and someone has proposed a peace!"

"It seems that the Khitan people are still reluctant to part with the fat in the Western Regions after all!" Emperor Liu muttered, "The Black Khan seems to have no successors! This is normal, otherwise a small country in the Western Regions can compete with the Liao army." The contest has come to this point, and it has repeatedly won the upper hand, even if it is an expedition, it should not end here!"

In fact, Emperor Liu also harbored a faint disdain for those small countries in the Western Regions.He can look up and value the Liao army, but when he learned of some battles in the Western Regions and learned that the Black Khan army was evenly matched with the Liao army, he gloated and felt disgusted at the same time.

The source of this disgust is that Emperor Liu was worried, if the Han army marched westward, would they be able to easily win in the distant Tianshan area and eliminate those disobedient subjects?
"What's the situation in the Black Khanate now?" Emperor Liu asked.

Faced with this problem, Li Chongju first showed embarrassment, and then bowed his hands and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, forgive me, I don't know much about the Black Khanate, and the Wu Desi has few spies in the Western Regions."

In the final analysis, it is still not enough attention, and there is no awareness.Of course, Emperor Liu himself is also responsible, even if he only gives instructions, Li Chongju will actively do it.

After glancing at him, Emperor Liu ordered: "We should pay more attention to this matter, and send more spies, not to mention grasping the troubles, but if there is a change, the imperial court should always get it in time and react!"

"Yes!" Li Chongju didn't mention the difficulties involved, but just responded: "I intend to recruit some people from the Western Regions, and recruit some people into the Wu De Division, so as to open up the Western Regions for Your Majesty!"

Li Chongju's brain is obviously quite flexible. Emperor Liu nodded and didn't give too many instructions. He believed that Li could do well.After thinking about it, Emperor Liu mentioned one person: "Where is Pu Le, the envoy who came to ask for help on behalf of the Uighur Khan of Xizhou back then?"

"At the beginning, he couldn't ask for help. This person sneaked back to Yizhou, gathered a crowd to organize a rebellion, and was defeated by the Liao army. He took refuge in the big man. Since the demise of the Uighurs in Xizhou, this person has been staying in Shazhou. Now he is a low-level officer in the Hexi Frontier Army." Li Chongju responded.

The reason why Li Chongju's hair turns gray so quickly is because he needs to worry about it, and there are too many people to record.As soon as the emperor asked, he had to respond. Even the former Uighur envoy who had long been out of date could remember something.

Hearing this, Emperor Liu chuckled: "Back then, I saw that this man was tough and quick-witted. I wanted to give him an official position, but he refused, and he wanted to go back to rescue him. Now that the Uyghurs have been destroyed, and they have gone around a circle, they are still in the hands of the big Han people." Effective!"

"Send someone to call this person to Tokyo, I want to see him!" Emperor Liu ordered casually.

"Yes!"

Apparently, Emperor Liu's sudden focus on a little servant did not mean that. Perhaps, he deliberately meddled with the affairs of the Western Regions.Li Chongju secretly guessed in his heart, but he didn't reveal anything on his face.

The chaos in the Western Regions has been in chaos for six years, and until now, it has finally calmed down.Although there is insufficient information, Emperor Liu's guess is still correct, and the Black Khan Dynasty is indeed weak.

Since the eastward advance, the two sides have fought fiercely in the hometown of the Uighurs in Gaochang for more than three years. Although relying on various advantages, they once gained the upper hand, and captured the important town of Kucha in the fourth year of Kaibao.

But since then, the Black Khan army seems to have exhausted all its strength, and it is difficult to survive.The goal of the Black Khan Dynasty is naturally to defeat the Liao army in one fell swoop and annex the Uighur homeland, and then unify the Western Regions.

However, it took such a long time and paid a heavy price. In the end, only Kucha was captured, and it was still a city that had been plowed time and time again by the war.This is certainly a fertile land, but compared to Gaochang, Yizhou, Luntai and other places, it is a bit insignificant.

Large numbers of people, short roads, and religious fanaticism are all advantages of the Black Khan army, but they are not unlimited. In the battles with the Liao army, the Hei Khan lost more than 30,000 troops, but the results were hard to come by. Satisfactory.

For the Black Khanate, which has a population of only a million people, enough blood has been shed. Even if there is support from important jihadists, it is not endless.In addition, there is the sworn enemy of the Saman dynasty in the west, how can it fight to the death with the Liao army.

The Black Khan Dynasty had expanded westward once before and recovered Talas, but because of the strength of the Samanid Dynasty, they actively suppressed their desire for expansion and turned to farming for development.This time, he has seized the golden opportunity of advancing eastward, but the Khitan people are obviously not easy to deal with, so if he acts rationally and from the heart, there will not be too many psychological obstacles.

On the Liao army side, there are also many difficulties. Due to the deterrence of the big Han in the south, the support from the country has always been insufficient, and the energy has to be divided into two halves, one half to deal with the Black Khans, and the other half to suppress the Uyghurs.

Under such circumstances, in the past year and a half, the two sides have further reduced their fighting spirit, and at the same time reduced their big fights. It is understandable that the fierce battle has completely turned into a confrontation.

As far as the Liao Kingdom was concerned, they originally had the idea of ​​abandoning the Western Regions and getting out of the predicament. If they can negotiate a peace, there is no reason not to agree.As for Kucha occupied by Hei Khan, it doesn't matter.

As for the Western Expedition of the Liao Army, although it suffered repeated setbacks in the middle and late stages and invested a lot of strength, overall, it still made a profit.It not only wiped out a large amount of wealth, materials and trophies obtained by the Uighurs in Xizhou, but also deterred many disobedient ministers internally, and recruited many young and strong people from the Mobei ethnic group, reducing their strength, weakening unstable factors, and strengthening opposition. The dominion of the steppe.

At the same time, in the long years of war, through the use of iron, blood and swords, another elite team has been trained.At this point, the big man is slightly insufficient. After all, since the Northern Expedition, the big man's army has not experienced a major bloody battle for almost ten years.

And the follow-up wars, whether it was Pingnan, Hexi, Annan, or Liuqiu, were too easy for the big man, and they were not considered unification wars, they were all petty fights.

The army lacks iron and blood, and it is difficult to become a great weapon only by training.Of course, this is only relatively speaking, it is a trend.

In reality, the Han still has an absolute advantage over the Liao in terms of comprehensive strength. However, if we put aside some equipment gaps and pull out an army to fight head-to-head with the Liao army in the Western Regions, the Han army will also be defeated. May not be able to win.

Up to now, Emperor Liu has ruled the world, and it has entered the sixth year. Many situations have matured, and Emperor Liu has begun to be unable to restrain himself. He has focused his attention on the north to deal with the great enemy of the Khitan and Liao Kingdom.

This time, compared with the Northern Expedition back then, the war will obviously be more difficult. To deal with the Liao Kingdom, which occupies almost the entire Mobei and Northeast, all aspects need to be adjusted.Perhaps it will be another protracted and fierce battle, and the results will not even come out in three or two years.

Therefore, with Emperor Liu's always cautious and prudent style, he was always prepared, but he would not act easily.

As far as the current situation is concerned, what the Liao Kingdom wants to do, the big man will stop it and set up obstacles.The Western Regions also entered Emperor Liu's field of vision without accident.

For so many years, the Liao and Hei two countries have been fighting each other, and the big man has watched enough drama.Now, they want to stop, take a break, seek peace and development, how could Emperor Liu allow it.

If the Western Regions are not chaotic, if Emperor Liu speaks out, the effect will naturally be powerful.

"I heard that your husband is going to start a family too?" After recovering from the military affairs, Emperor Liu suddenly changed the subject and asked Li Chongju.

Li Chongju replied: "Yes, we are engaged for the first time, and we plan to get married this year!"

"Which family's young lady?" Emperor Liu asked again.

Li Chongju responded: "It's just a small party clan in Luzhou, with a small family and a small family. It's hard to get into your majesty's eyes!"

Hearing this, Emperor Liu smiled, thought about it for a while, and said: "When you get married and start a career, you should also arrange a job for your son, and contribute to the imperial court!"

Li Chongju's son, Li Jichang, is considered to be the most outstanding among the noble children, and he is only in his early twenties now.In this regard, Li Chongju immediately said: "Thank you for your majesty's kindness, but the dog is young and can't cope with current affairs, and needs more study and experience. If he is appointed easily, he may miss his official business!"

Hearing his words, Emperor Liu immediately said: "It's not that I want to give him a high-ranking official and a heavy duty. Who hasn't been trained from a young and shallow age? You can't be a Bailihou, but you can always be a master bookkeeper or a secretary."

(End of this chapter)