Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

"Uncle." When Yelu Shilu's white-haired face appeared in the camp, A Baoji's heart was filled with enthusiasm, and he stepped forward to lead the horse for him.

Uncle Shi Lu is his nobleman.

Since he was still in his infancy, he tried his best to protect him and tried to find a way to send him to the Uighur Shulu Department for refuge.

After growing up a little, he taught carefully, entrusted him with important tasks, and focused on cultivation.To be honest, it was better than being with his own son, so much so that there were rumors that Abaoji was Shilu's own son.

It can be said that without Shilu, there would be no Abaoji.When you were young, your life was not guaranteed, and no one gave you a chance when you grew up, so you could only waste your life, and even in the cruel internal strife, you were killed because of your lack of strength.

For this uncle, A Baoji loved and respected him from the bottom of his heart.Not to mention, Shilu is now Babu Yilijin, who holds military and political power.

"A Baoji, it might be a bit difficult this time." Shi Lu got off his horse and said worriedly. "How to say?" A Baoji asked with a thought.

"Shao thief built a palace in Liuhe and attracted many tribes, as well as the Imperial Army of Xia to help." Shi Lu gave a brief introduction, and then said with difficulty: "Uncle has few soldiers, so I haven't beaten them."

"Shilu, is it just a matter of Changxia Palace? It's as simple as that." Hedi rushed up from behind and said loudly: "In fact, Shao thief has restored Li Kuangwei brothers and Li Keyong outside the pass. Zhushu, Shilu and Fugu only have you, and the territory that we worked together to win is gone."

A Baoji was silent.

The land behind the mountain was lost. In fact, it was already doomed since the failure of the joint forces with Hedong the year before last to resist the Xia bandits.The reason why Shao Shude waited until now to recover the lost ground was because he just captured Youzhou.

A Baoji could imagine that the tribe that once took refuge in them would not hesitate to turn to Xia Bandit again.These people have no integrity.Li Kuangwei brothers voted for Li Kuangwei when they were strong, Gao Siji voted for Gao Siji when he was Jiedushi, followed by Li Keyong, Khitan, and now the Xia people.Whoever wins they vote for, they have always only fought with the wind, and they will not work hard for you.

It was rare for Yelu Shilu not to argue with Judi, but said in a muffled voice: "Jiaodi's theory does have some truth. Once the Changxia Palace was built, so many tribes flocked here. If they are not driven away, it may not be a good thing."

What he said was actually a tactful reminder to A Baoji that it is not appropriate to go south now, and it is time to focus on the current crisis.In fact, the development of Khitan is not easy.Their territories are mainly those of the ancient Khitan Babu and Liubuxi.That’s all for the Khitans. Xiren’s territory has been seriously shrunk. They suffered a severe blow during the Tang Wuzong period. Many of their territories were occupied by tribes such as the Tatars who moved westward and went south, and the black car Shiwei. After the Khitan conquered the six tribes of Xi , and failed to recapture them.The Xianyou Palace that Abaoji marched to the west the year before last was besieged. It used to be Xiren's pasture in the early years, but the Xia people snatched it from the Yanbei tribe.

These sites are actually terrible.It is very close to Khitan, if you are not careful, you can rush over, burn, kill and loot, if you don't save them, people's hearts will be scattered.

That's all for the vassal tribes. If the core Khitan Babu and Liubuxi were beaten to pieces by them, and someone turned to Xia Bandit, it would be very difficult.

Abaoji also remained silent after hearing this, Shilu and Xiadi also remained silent, the atmosphere was extremely dignified.Xiao Shilu and Yu Lu Jiangu looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Yu Yue." Xiao Shilu muttered.

Yelu Shilu glanced at Xiao Shilu, and said: "You are already the military governor of Pinglu, you are qualified to know about important events, if you have any ideas, just say it."

"Yu Yue, Yi Li Jin, I think Liu He is very important and cannot give up easily." Xiao Shilu said.After finishing speaking, he glanced at A Baoji with a little shame on his face.

"A Baoji, what do you think?" Shi Lu asked.A Baoji suddenly laughed.

"What do I think it is?" A Baoji shook his head, as if talking about an insignificant matter, only to hear him say: "Southern Liaoning is certainly important, but the spit and protection of true water and yellow water are the foundation of Khitan. Xia people If we can build a palace, can’t we tear it down? All the young men who have assembled, let’s go back and get ready to fight.”

Yelu Shilu showed relief.

Although he likes this nephew, it doesn't mean he has no understanding of the current situation.

own opinion.With the vigor of attacking Cangjing and Youzhou towns, Shao Shude marched northward with victorious troops, taking advantage of the opportunity when the Khitan tribes gathered their young men and prepared to go south, but the west launched an offensive to seize the territory and gave them a blow in the head.

This move is actually quite ruthless, and it must be responded as soon as possible.

At the same time, Shi Lu also deeply suspected that the Xia people did this to rescue their Anton mansion.After all, the foundation there is still very shallow. If Khitan goes south with all its strength, even if it will not be destroyed, the previous efforts will be destroyed.

But it doesn't matter anymore.If they really think so, Shilu admits, their goal has been achieved.What Khitan has to do now is to bring back the disadvantage.

"Abaoji, what are you going to do?" Yeruhadi asked.

"It's very simple." A Baoji said: "Every tribe is old and weak, and cattle and sheep are resettled to the east and north. Gather together, don't confront the Xia people head-on, but loot their cattle and sheep, and kill their people. The grassland is huge. It’s so big that the Xia people can’t imagine, we have plenty of ways to deal with them.”

Shi Lu thought about it seriously.

This method is actually to use the traditional guerrilla tactics of the grassland.Shepherds don't have cities, but live by water and grass, where there are water and grass, they can live.

To the east is the weak Bohai Sea, and to the north is Shiwei, which they have repeatedly defeated. Neither is a problem.Not to mention that there is actually no need to run so far, it is just to let the old and weak, women and children temporarily avoid the edge, so that the strong can fight the enemy better.

"Actually, there is only one way." Shi Lu sighed.

He could see that even A Baoji had a certain fear of Xia Bing in his heart, and he was not sure of victory, so he decided to adopt guerrilla tactics.

"Abaoji!" Yelvhadi said suddenly: "I heard that there are still several towns in the Central Plains that have not yet been conquered. Shao Shude actually doesn't have much energy to fight us. Sometimes, it's not shameful to give in a little bit. You like this Doing so will only attract more Xia soldiers, and sooner or later the Khitan Eight Clans will suffer disaster."

"Jiadi, don't you see the current situation? It's impossible for Shao thief to let Khitan go." Abaoji didn't get angry at Xiadi's questioning, but said instead: "Negotiate a peace? Is it possible?"

"You haven't even tried, how do you know it's impossible?" Judi said angrily, "In my opinion, you are worried that if the peace negotiation succeeds, nothing will happen to you, right? There is no reason to continue to lead troops to fight, and it will be gone." prestige"

"Enough!" Yelu Shilu shouted loudly, and asked, "Hadi, Abaoji has agreed to suspend his southward journey and deal with the enemy in the west with all his strength. What do you say? Are you willing to contribute?"

"Do you want me to wipe your asses for the goods you broke through?" Xiadi said with disdain, but he quickly changed the subject and said: "At this moment, I have nothing to say. You are so Yue, A Baoji is Yi Lijin. If you want to fight, I will follow. But I just want to make it clear that there is no way to go by force. There is no shame in negotiating peace. Waiting for it is also a way. End of words here!"

Shi Lu felt at ease.

He knew that Judi was not alone in holding this view, that Judi was actually a representative of a certain group.Now they have not become a big climate, but in time, there may not be more people supporting the bottom.

Therefore, it is best to come up with some actual results next.

Shi Lu cast his eyes on A Baoji, and A Baoji and him looked at each other, and they both understood the meaning of each other's eyes.

No more fiascos.Every time he loses a battle, it boosts the confidence of this kind of person and increases his influence.The next use of troops must be cautious.

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Xiao Shilu and Yu Lu Jiangu came to Yingzhou.

As the envoy of the Pinglu Army, although his main task was to reclaim land on the west bank of the Liaoshui River, it would be outrageous not to visit the nominal Liucheng once.

What's more, A Baoji has just given him a task, which is to try to send troops from the west of Liaoning to attack the Xia people's garrisons outside the pass and contain the Xia people's troops.

In other words, the originally agreed mission has changed, and now he has to take care of both the military and the civilians.Near Helong Palace in the north of Liucheng County, an army is practicing.

Xiao Shilu and Yu Lu saw Gu and Gu stopped their horses and watched carefully.

It was the army of the Han general Gao Siji.

A Baoji trusted them very much, and selected many Xiren and Bo Hai Jingzhuang to join the army, making Gao's army of less than [-] people into an army of [-].

But Xiao Shilu doubted whether their combat power could compare with Xia Guo's imperial army.

Because they don't have much military pay, and they rely on looting for income when they go to war, and their armor and ordnance are not complete. Although Gao Siji's ability is good and he is well trained, he still has a lot of flaws.

"Shi Lu, don't look at it." Seeing that Aunt Yu seemed to understand her husband's thoughts very well, she said, "It's enough for the Pinglu army to defend the city. It seems to be enough to fight the Bohai Navy. We still have to rely on us to deal with Xia Bing." Khitan."

"It's true." Xiao Shilu looked at the soldiers who were practicing the military formation, and said, "But you can't say that about General Gao. He still has merit and taught a lot of military training methods. Those craftsmen he brought over, I also brought a lot of apprentices, without them, we wouldn't even be able to make siege equipment."

After speaking, he looked at the barracks again.

It was actually the Helong Palace. I heard that a man named Ta Dun built his capital here at the end of the Han Dynasty, but there was no such palace at that time.It was not until the rise of the Xianbei people that the Helong Palace was built as the palace city of the three dynasties.

Yingzhou is such a great place!

Xiao Shilu became inexplicably happy, he felt that he had won a great territory. "Go, enter the city!" Xiao Shilu urged the horse and rushed out.

Yu Lu Jiangu followed closely behind, and together with more than a thousand horsemen behind him, they drove towards the renovated Yingzhou City.Xiao Agu, deputy envoy of the Pinglu Army, only heard about it, and went out of the city to meet him in person.