Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 545 Straight to Beijing
The wind is sneaky, passing through the woods that are often swaying, as if they are about to come alive. The rustling insects and birds are particularly dense in summer.
Their troops encountered a surprise attack by the Qin army in the dark. He still remembered the surprise attack of the Qin army that night. The sky was full of fire like stars falling and sprinkled all over the earth.

The vibration of the iron hoof, the shouts of killing all over the mountain, and the deafening sound of the cannons resounding through the valley, when the Qin army rushed out of the valley and came surging, Yelusha, who was insomnia in the middle of the night, knew that something was wrong.

Although they still have tens of thousands of reserve troops mainly infantry, the arrival of the Qin army here means that the elite palace guard cavalry in the south, belonging to the Shan army, and the elite army composed of the Pishi army are in danger.

None of the elite troops remained in the rear. In a panic, he immediately ordered Han Derang to organize a blockade, but the night became the biggest obstacle, and morale collapsed rapidly. Facing the surging Qin army, many people fled in the dark. Several executions could not deter the fleeing soldiers.

He saw the fear in Handerjean's eyes in the firelight, but he still carried out the order, a promising young man.
Yelusha understands that staying to stop the Qin army is actually the end of the queen, and nine times out of ten it will not end well. He is getting old, and he thought about staying behind and letting the young people lead the troops away, but people are selfish. In the end He is also afraid of death at a critical moment.

He quickly assembled a pro-army of thousands of people. He had no time to do anything. He just wanted to escape to the north. The mountains and plains near Beikou were full of people fleeing under the night. Under the leadership of Han Derang, the large group of people resolutely faced the Qin army in the distance.

Yelusha was in tears all the time, and he regretted it a little. He repeated it again and again. This was the second time he ran away from the Qin army. Han De let go to live, so he will feel better.

But the choice has been made and there is no turning back.

Before fleeing, he saw the fire dragons of the Qin army easily piercing through the western front and driving a large number of their people into the river, while the eastern front gradually dimmed under the Qin army's artillery fire, and the fire quickly extinguished, one by one. The darkness gradually stretched across one side, and the tragic and rapid casualties were frightening. He didn't dare to look any further, and he knew that the Taoist priest had most likely lied to him.

After that day, he fled all the way north without daring to turn back. He continued to gather rout soldiers on the road. After a few days, he gathered 5000 people. He didn't dare to turn back, because there was likely to be a Qin army chasing troops behind him, and he just wanted to escape. Go to King Xi's Yazhang to meet His Majesty, and after joining the army, quickly return to Shangjing to defend Jiancheng.

Going to the capital is the last resort.

When Emperor Taizu established Shangjing, he used Han craftsmen.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Emperor Taizu took the opportunity to go south and plundered some Han people. Afterwards, as wars continued in the Central Plains and Hebei, many Han people fled north to avoid disaster. Emperor Taizu treated them well, gave them farmland, and allowed them to stay. There were more and more Han people under his command, and later he confronted the Khitan tribes, until he removed the leaders of the Khitan tribes and established the Daliao Kingdom, it was mainly those Han people who were collected.

Therefore, when the Liao Kingdom was established, Emperor Taizu decided to be Han Gaozu, imitating the system of the Han people in the south. At the same time, the upper capital was also built by Han craftsmen after imitating Youzhou City. It can't be beaten, if the defenders are enough, it is enough to resist the Qin army's attack.

Once they were unable to attack for a long time and the army from the west and east came back to help, the Qin army had to retreat. Once they retreated, they at least retreated to the north entrance, because there was no place for them to defend in the north, and it was impossible to occupy it for a long time.

Thinking this way, they kept rushing northward, fearful all the way, for fear that the Qin army would catch up with them, so he also sent a team to stay and set up an ambush. The best tactics.

After drinking dew and spring water in the mountains for two days, I barely fell asleep at night while shivering, and was often awakened by the wind and grass around me. The whole person looked listless and unkempt.

And the people around were not much better, everyone became frightened, the only good news was that in the afternoon of the second day, someone pointed to a slope ahead and told him that they were only a dozen miles away from King Xi's Yazhang. Soon they will join His Majesty's reserve army.

Yelusha was in a complicated mood, he didn't know how to explain to His Majesty, but luckily he was able to survive!
This news made everyone very excited, and they immediately accelerated their pace with exhaustion and hunger. Fortunately, there were still some war horses that could be used.

But when they climbed the slope, they stopped quickly, their eyes were dull, many people opened their mouths wide and could not speak, and the people behind kept rushing forward, and then they also stopped one after another. Not seeing the situation ahead, start whispering, or ask loudly but no one answers.
Only the people in front understood what they saw. Looking from the top of the slope, there were continuous flags everywhere on the high places and mountain tops a few miles away, spread out from east to west, and continued for more than ten miles without breaking off.

Those flags are very familiar to them from a distance, because they are their nightmares, black background flags, red bordered moiré patterns, white patterns, they are the flags of the Qin Army!

After being horrified and puzzled, Yelusha suddenly thought of a terrible fact. The Qin army has already occupied King Xi's tooth tent. What about your majesty? Where is your majesty?
At this moment, a deep sense of despair welled up in my heart, everyone was silent, and the ragged soldiers around me were downcast.

Someone asked in a low voice, "Prime Minister, shall we rush over?"

But his voice was getting lower and lower.

"It's Qin Jun everywhere," someone complained, already trembling in the words.

Other than that, no one spoke, and there was a dead silence.

Yelusha glanced at the generals around him, everyone lowered their heads wherever they looked, how could he not understand at this point.

He is exhausted physically and mentally, and his face is ashen. If Qin Jun can go to their rear and take down King Xi's tooth tent, either Gao Xun in the east will be in danger, or Brother Yeluxiu in the west will be in danger. No matter where Qin Jun breaks through , the entire war situation has been completely irreversible.

He sighed, looked at the endless Qin army banners all over the mountains and plains, and said softly: "Those who can't speak Chinese, quickly learn a few words for a while, let's surrender." He remembered Shi Congyun's promise in Hedong.

In Beikou Village, Emperor Shi stayed at a farmer's house. The forward army had already pursued northward, while his reserve army would temporarily receive prisoners of war and food at Beikou, and was expected to head north in five days.

It was the first time he met Han Derang who was escorted up here. This man was one year younger than him, and he was a man in his early thirties. Naturally, he had heard of his famous name, Emperor Shi.

But of course what he was thinking about was not the gossip and gossip about him and Xiao Chuo, but he was curious about why Xiao Chuo fell in love with a Han Chinese who was 12 years older than her.

After meeting Han Derang and asking him some questions, Emperor Shi roughly had the answer in his heart.

Although Han Derang led the army, he was well-mannered, knowledgeable, and had read many Confucian classics. He answered his questions fluently and was very polite. The wound, I'm afraid it's hard to think that he is a person who leads soldiers to fight.

What Emperor Shi asked was not about the deployment of the Liao army. Those Yelu Xiezhen had already explained almost everything. What he asked was Han Derang's family background, the customs and customs of Shangjing, and the composition of power.

After asking these questions, he understood why Xiao Chuo was so "infatuated" with a man 12 years older than her in history.

Because the Han people in Shangjing are very powerful, and they have been very large since the founding of the Liao Kingdom. After finding a piece of pure land, a large number of Han people went north to seek refuge, and the number of refugees continued after that.

They were all important supporters of Yelu Abaoji's rise. Facing the blockade and hostility of the various Khitan tribes, Yelu Abaoji was able to persevere and finally turn the tables and establish the Liao Kingdom, which is inseparable from the large population of his subordinates. It mainly depends on those Han people and Xi people who went north.

Therefore, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Han people have a great voice in the Liao Kingdom. With the development of the Liao Kingdom, their strong cultural dominance has also been demonstrated. The Liao Kingdom has become a country that worships Buddhism and respects Confucianism.

The Han family is the representative of the Han faction. Han Derang's grandfather finally became the Liao Kingdom Zhongshu Ling. Although his father was mediocre, Ye Luxian was also named King Yan after he came to power, and Han Derang himself held a high position at a young age. .

Then after her husband died and her son was young, why did Xiao Chuo rely so much on Han Derang, and even showed the state of two people ruling the world together? The reason is self-evident. It is not just a purely emotional issue, but also a political issue. .

She wanted to use the strength of the Han family to stabilize her rule, and at the same time show the situation that the Khitan people and the Han people ruled the world together, and since then called on the Han people in the country to be used by her.

It has to be said that Emperor Shi was a little more curious about Xiao Chuo, a woman who had never met before but gave him the image of being smart and capable, and asked Han Derang by the way, "Is Xiao Chuo in Shangjing?"

Han Derang nodded. He had heard of many things, including that the Emperor of Qin asked Xiao Siwen for his daughter Xiao Chuo many times.

Regarding Han Derang, Emperor Shi did not kill him, Xiao Chuo used him to realize his rule, and Emperor Shi also had this idea, after all, it was too far to go to Beijing.

It has to be admitted that the empire that used the custodial policy to the extreme in history must be the former empire on which the sun never sets, Britain. A great feature of their custodial policy is to create local divisions.

The most commonly used method by the United Kingdom is not to directly control a certain area after a military victory, but to use various reasons, regardless of religion, nationality, or geography, to split the area into internal struggles, and then choose one of them. A regime that won some, but not all, support.

In this way, they can use the locals to check and balance and suppress the locals, and at the same time transform external conflicts into internal conflicts in the region, allowing them to continue to consume in internal struggles.

And when they see that they are almost exhausted, they intervene, reap the fruits of victory, and stabilize their rule.

It can also make the local regime that is not fully popular to completely submit to the United Kingdom in order to continue to consolidate its power and rule, no matter what conditions they put forward, they will agree.

Relying on this trick, coupled with the guarantee of naval power, the extremely small Britain managed to achieve the empire on which the sun never sets. Its colonial area was more than a hundred times larger than that of the mainland, which was very terrifying.

This kind of power game has something to learn from. It is said that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. With the current level of technology, it is difficult for power to touch remote places without reservation.

Especially the limitations of transportation and communication technology. At this time, if Emperor Shi wanted to keep these remote areas, he needed to use the means of the British to achieve rule.

The Han family is such a good seed that can be used. They have deep roots in the Liao Kingdom, but not everyone welcomes their rule, because they are Han people, so the Khitan people and Xi people will definitely be dissatisfied.

To gradually implement the rule, first of all, after the military conquest, the contradictions must be transferred, and the external contradictions should be transformed into internal contradictions. Don't let the local people point the finger at the Qin army, let them internal friction, and then wait until they are almost exhausted. The final stable rule can be established only when the army is finished.

If it is all taken over by the central government, Shangjing is more than 1000 miles away from Youzhou, and the mountains are high and the roads are far away. The cost of stationing 50 troops is basically equivalent to [-] troops in the south. , the loss outweighs the gain.

Emperor Shi took all the important places and stationed troops, and stationed heavy troops near Youzhou, such as Beikou, Jinzhou, Wuzhou, Juyongguan, etc., and then the court officials made a wish to hand over the land that was no longer safe to defend in the north of the Liao Kingdom. The original Liao officials went to govern and allowed them to recruit soldiers.

At this time, conflicts will erupt. Apart from ethnic conflicts, there will definitely be conservative and radical conflicts. Conservatives will feel that they have no danger to defend, and they can only obey under the surveillance of the Qin army, even if they want to regain their former glory. You must also be patient first, and the radicals will think that the conservatives have no bones, which is an appeasement idea.

No matter what the result is, the contradictions and divisions within the Liao Kingdom will continue to deepen.

Just as Emperor Shi said in Sanguan more than ten years ago that he would kill all Khitan people and not kill other tribesmen, just as he said in Hedong many years ago that he could speak Chinese and not kill, these accumulations will further intensify their internal conflicts.

What he wants is Liaodong, and the area in Shangjing is a place where food is tasteless and it is a pity to discard it, so let them fight internally. After a few years or more than ten years, they are almost exhausted, and the Qin army can go north to collect the fruits of victory.

So he treated Han Derang with courtesy, and explained to the soldiers that Han Derang was a distinguished guest, so he didn't need to be tied up or put in a prison van, just keep him in a tent.

Emperor Shi also explained to Han Derang that as early as more than a month ago, their West Route Army was defeated behind the mountain, brother Yeluxiu was killed in battle, and the army had gone straight to King Xi's tooth tent, in order to dispel his idea of ​​fleeing. , Hande knelt down in front of him in horror, then wailed loudly, and then became more obedient.

At this point, it is unknown how many other states the Liao Kingdom has.

Good news also came from the east in late May. Lin Renzhao had led his troops northward along the Liaoxi Corridor, conquering states and counties along the way. He led the army to meet and repelled the Liao army outside Jinzhou City, capturing and killing more than [-] people.

Gao Xun retreated and did not dare to attack, but he never withdrew his troops. They obeyed the emperor's instructions and defended Jinzhou with all their strength, and did not go out to fight at will.

Emperor Shi was very happy after reading it, and wrote back asking Lin Renzhao to continue to control the Liaoxi Corridor and not to rush eastward.

Because as long as Shangjing is captured and Jinzhou and other important places are guarded, there is a high probability that Liaodong will surrender without fighting. As long as the central reinforcements of the Liao Kingdom in the west are cut off, Liaodong will be isolated and helpless, and it will not last long.

By the beginning of June, the reserve corps where Emperor Shi belonged had completely received the supplies of the Liao army, settled the prisoners, and started heading north.

Not long after leaving the north entrance, another good news came from the north. Xiang Xunjun had penetrated behind the Liao army more than ten days ago, captured King Xi's tooth tent, and intercepted the defeat of the Liao army. He killed more than 7000 enemies and captured 200 soldiers. More than [-] people, including more than [-] middle and high-level civil and military officials of the Liao army, also captured the Liao army's middle road army commander, Yelusha, the prime minister of the North Mansion of Liao Kingdom!
However, they also pleaded guilty in the letter, saying that Ye Luxian, the puppet emperor of the Liao Kingdom, was very vigilant and led his people to flee immediately when he realized that something was wrong, but they did not catch up.

Emperor Shi was overjoyed, he didn't regret Yeluxian's escape at all, he just calculated in his heart, now that the Liao army's three-way army has 4 people, only Gao Xun on the East Road still has the main force. Shangjing must be empty!

This victory has greatly exceeded his expectations, so he immediately wrote back, asking Li Chuyun, Wang Shenqi, Xiang Xun, Li Jilong, Yang Jiye and other armies to go north immediately, without delay, and go straight to the Liao capital to go to Beijing!

(End of this chapter)