Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Throughout June, Yingzhou was in a state of chaos and disorder.

So far, only two strongholds of the Xia people outside Linyu Pass have been restored.Attacking Yingzhou was only a part of active defense. Originally, they just wanted to repel the Khitan's attack, and it was over if they stabilized their position.

But whoever imagined it, it was too big all of a sudden.

Li Cunxiao led his troops to capture Xiao Aguzhi alive, defeating the main force of Khitan. After Gao's army anyway, Yingzhou had no more armed forces worth mentioning.

From Yingzhou to the east, the Khitan people resettled immigrants on the basis of the old army town in the Tang Dynasty, and then rebuilt the environment in the swampy area between Bailangshui and Daliaoshui, and set up villages. It seems to be in a hurry, but there is a Fatal flaws: everything is in a rough state, the city is not strong enough, the people's hearts are not stable enough, and the army is extremely weak.

The superposition of these factors made these settlements completely unable to organize effective resistance, and there was even a spectacle of cavalry breaking through the city.

And Li Cunxiao is also a veteran of veterans.He was wounded in four or five places, his armor was completely torn, he ran away and lost several horses, he also gritted his teeth and chased after him, and finally chased the defeated Khitan soldiers to tears.

He will chase and kill wherever there are many people.Hold on tight, don't give you a chance to adjust, don't let you enter the city to catch your breath, compete with you in willpower, physical strength, and martial arts, chasing the Khitan people with no way to go to the sky, no way to enter the earth, and dare not stay when they encounter a city , swarming into the vast grassy swamp to try their luck.

This level of pursuit is like killing a father and an enemy, which is really rare.And the effect, of course, was surprisingly good—the cities fell one by one, and Abaoji's great cause of opening up Yingzhou collapsed in an instant, and the losses were incalculable.

At the end of June, rough statistics were finally sent back: nearly ten thousand bandits and soldiers were captured and beheaded, six cities were captured, more than seventy thousand people were captured, and cattle, sheep and goods were hard to count.

The remaining Khitan forces on the land of Yingzhou, when they heard Li Cunxiao's name, all of them were frightened and ran away one after another.Of course, there are also many tribes who took the initiative to surrender.

On the twelfth day of the sixth month, a small tribe of Mao people descended, totaling more than [-] people and [-] cattle and sheep.On the sixteenth day of the sixth month, the Yishiwei tribe came to surrender, with a population of [-] and [-] cattle and sheep.

On June 21, Gao Shuo, the governor of Huaiyuan Town and a native of Goguryeo, led thousands of soldiers and civilians to surrender.

On June 25, Kang Mao, a Sogdian Hu merchant, used Da Puqiu, the governor of Bocuoshui of Khitan, to bring more than [-] Sogdian households to surrender.

As the saying goes, you don’t know if you don’t see it, and you are shocked when you see it.

It was also the first time for Helian Jun, who lives in Yingzhou, to know that there are so many miscellaneous tribes living on the land of Yingzhou, and a variety of lifestyles coexist, including herding, farming, fishing and hunting, and even cooking. Business——Since the Northern Dynasties, the Sogdians have been digging around everywhere. They are good at doing business and like to invest in local military and political affairs. Jewish taste too.

"Everyone pushes the wall down, and everyone beats the broken drum." He Lianjun looked at the tribal leaders, officials, patriarchs, etc. gathered outside the city of Yingzhou, feeling very emotional: "Just like this bird, A Baoji should go home as soon as possible." Hold the baby."

Isn't it?How could the foundation of governance be so poor?A disastrous defeat, the flames of war everywhere in the local area, and everyone's rebellion, it can be seen how unpopular the previous rule was, and it was suppressed purely by the force of the eight Khitan tribes.

He Lianjun felt that even if they didn't come to Yingzhou this time, even if Abaoji was allowed to develop steadily for another 30 to [-] years, even if Abaoji was allowed to choose Khan and successfully establish the country, it would probably not be much better.

The Khitan people don't seem to be able to accomplish anything, they are worse than the Turks and Uighurs.

"This Kang Maoyong is cheating for women and has ulterior motives. General Helian had better be careful." Yu Lu saw her aunt wearing a bright red hunting suit, and her daughter Xiao Chongsheng following behind him step by step. This is when the two of them were captured. appeared in public for the first time.

"Aogu knows this person?" Helian Jun asked.

"There are quite a lot of Sogdian people in Yingzhou. There are tens of thousands of people on the surface, and there may be more people in private. Anyway, the Khitan has no ability to check the household registration." Yu Lu Jiangu said, "There are no good people in Sogdian."

He Lianjun laughed and didn't speak, but many warriors in the bodyguards glared at Yu Lu Jiangu.

Most of these people are from Hong Kong

Yuan Palace and Yulin Palace.In the Hexi and Hetao areas, there are many remnants of Turkic and Zhaowu surnames and their mixed descendants, and naturally many people joined the Supreme Khan slave tribe.Yu Lu saw that this was blatant "racial discrimination" by Gu Gu, and of course they were very upset.

"Greetings to General Helian." While the two were talking, a large group of chieftains rushed over, knelt down and shouted. "Greetings to Aunt." After paying homage to Helian Jun, these people went to Yu Lu to bow in front of Aunt Jian.

"Gao said, why didn't General Gao Zi of Tongding Town surrender? He is your nephew, you should go and persuade him to surrender. If it doesn't work, kill him..." Yu Lu stopped in the middle of her speech. .

I'm so used to bossing around, I almost forgot my identity.

He Lianjun glanced at her in surprise, and Gao Siti, who was following behind them, also moved slightly.

The sage has just sent down the virtue sound, ordered the Helong Palace to be rebuilt, pardoned Yu Lu for seeing the aunt and Xiao Chongshen, and ordered him to appease the ministries of Yingzhou.Unexpectedly, this woman was really rude, which surprised Helian Jun.

However, he is a general of the guards, and he is most taboo to make friends with officials inside and outside the court. This is something that will affect the future, so after talking for a while, he left and left the matter here to Gao Siji and Yu Lujian A local snake like a aunt will do it.

"Gao Shuo, what I said just now was not a joke. A Baoji will definitely not come to rescue you. If you don't surrender now, if you are beaten by Li Cunxiao, you might massacre the city. You should think about it." As soon as He Lianjun left, Yu Lu Jiangu boldly began to threaten.

"Two Aunts, who are you?" Gao said a little uncertainly.Isn't Xiao Shilu dead?Why are you still so arrogant? "We were plundered by the Supreme Khan, so of course it was his Yan family." Yu Lu Jiangu said impatiently, "Are you going to persuade us to surrender?"

"Go! Go!" Gao Shuo said hastily.

After Gao Shuo retreated, Yu Lu saw that his aunt called another person and said, "Ba Yegu, you said that the whole family would vote, but the result is only three thousand people? Who are you kidding?"

Ba Yegu didn't dare to lie in front of someone who knew the inside story like Yu Lu Jiangu, so he could only smile wryly, "Au Gu, forgive me. There are some people in Tuli Mountain who didn't dare to come here. Last year, Ao Gu, you hanged yourself Brother Nie, everyone is afraid."

"Let them come to Yingzhou within five days, otherwise... Yu Lu saw my aunt for a long time, and found that she has lost power now, and she can't rely on influence to control others, so she can only threaten: "Khan is furious, bald Lishan will not grow any grass."

Ba Yegu was taken aback, and kowtowed again and again, expressing that he would send his son back for interrogation.Xiao Chongshou watched his mother threatening and scolding these leaders, admiring him very much.

Seeing her aunt turn around, Yu Lu caressed her daughter's face, and said, "Heavy failure, you can't be kind to these people. They don't understand the truth, and they don't know how powerful you are. It's the Great Xia sage. In half of the world, in the minds of these ignorant leaders, they may be just a bigger tribal Khan. They really don't know how big, how rich, and how many soldiers Daxia has. They don't understand if you tell them They only fear force, as has always been the custom of the steppes."

Xiao Chongshang was even more admired when he heard this, and said: "Madam, my daughter will learn more from you in the future." "You just need to learn more about pleasing men." Yu Lu Jiangu sighed and said.

On June [-]th of the fourth year of Jianji, several cavalry came galloping from Youzhou, causing all the chiefs and heroes who had not dispersed to look at them one after another.There is no doubt that it is a courier, and it is still a five-hundred-mile express.

There must be a major event in this level of communication, so everyone was not in a hurry to leave, and decided to wait and see.

Sure enough, in a short while, a civil official hurried out of the city, posted a proclamation near the city gate, and read it aloud-"I have conquered Liucheng and settled Yingzhou. Many of the fields are abandoned, and the households are inevitably exiled... The people of Yingying Prefecture, after being robbed, must be negotiated and exempted from taxes for three years."

"As well as the chieftains of his tribes, they help the Khitan, and are afraid of committing crimes and hiding them. It is advisable to order the chief officials everywhere to try to recruit them, to show righteousness, to make a statement of guilt, to present the books, to repent and rehabilitate, and to return home. People of all colors are not allowed. If there is shaking, such as self-defense fanaticism, if they gather together, they will be strictly captured in time, and there will be no escape.

"I also heard that the fleeing people broke their troops, fled into the valley, gathered in the grass, camped and repaired the owl's nest, and guarded the danger to survive. Whether you are a righteous man in the Bohai Sea, or a remnant of a great country, you have hidden yourself and abandoned yourself. Now you can build a house and return to the farm.
ask.When the time does not come, the opportunity must be resolved quickly, and long-term planning is the only choice. "

".When the two armies confronted each other and eliminated the fierce rebellion, many died and many were exposed. In the counties and townships of Yiling Prefecture, within the borders of each base, there were exposed skeletons and buried wounds. Officials were still sent to offer sacrifices. "

After reading out one by one and repeating it seven or eight times, everyone listened to it.Even if there are people who don't understand, they have to find someone to ask.After understanding it, I breathed a sigh of relief, and for the time being, I am not afraid of getting settled after the fall.

Since then, Yingzhou has been rough and safe.

And almost at the same time, the Khitan Xilou area was hit by a storm, and Khan Shen Dejin had just woken up from his sleep when he received a letter of credence from the Great Xia court.

The West Building is the place where Yaoren Khan likes to live very much.

In the second year of Jianji (902), Khitan built the West Building in Shimili (now in the territory of Bahrain Zuoqi).For three years, the East Building was built in Longhua Prefecture (now in Naiman Banner).

Before the outbreak of war this year, the south building was built in Konoha Mountain, and plans to find land to build the north building next year.On the fourth floor, Yu people manage the garden enclosure for Khan to hunt and play.

"Hunting at the age of year, often in the fourth floor" - this is the last stubbornness of Khan Yaoyan, and also his last resistance to Shilu and Abaoji's uncle and nephew's seizure of power. In this way, get to know more tribal nobles and win their support.

Today he is in the west building, not just for fun, but Khitan warriors are gathering in large numbers in the pine forest on the ground at the moment.As a khan, he came to boost morale in person.

But the body was really broken down. Just after riding around, I felt groggy and had to go back to rest.Lightning and thunderstorms in the afternoon, torrential rain.Khan Shen Dejin was startled awake, and then saw the letter of credence.

The book first reviews the "Huanmeng" between Khitan and the former Tang Dynasty, and the tone is very polite and friendly.

Then the topic changed, and A Baoji's crimes were enumerated, saying that he had "hidden intentions to rebel" and intended to "commit chaos" and "a country with a father and a king will not tolerate it."

Later, he asked whether Khan Khan Dejin wanted to "listen to lies, the crimes of the party and one man, and the happy alliance between the two countries."In the end, Xia Ting directly threatened that if A Baoji was not punished, he would "see Bingjia and fight against the west building." Khan Chen Dejin was silent for a long time after reading it.

"Let Du Yu come here." Khan Chen Dejin coughed heavily, his face was flushed, and his face was also full of pain.The attendant gave him a worried look, and then went out the door.

After a while, a man from Xilou Yu walked in quietly: "Khan." "Look at this letter of credence." Khan Shen Dejin pointed and said.

Du Yu directly picked it up and read it carefully.After a while, it was put on the case again. "Have you finished?" Khan Shen Dejin asked.

"It's over." Duo Yu replied.

"How do you think you should reply?" Khan Shen Dejin coughed violently again.

"Great Khan, the strength of the Dieti tribe has accounted for more than half of the eight tribes." Du Yu said, "Even if the other seven tribes unite, they will be helpless. What's more, some tribes are still on the Dieti side. "

"Then there is no other way?" Khan Shen Dejin was a little dissatisfied.

"Big Khan, the Xia people actually don't have any good intentions, they are trying to sow discord." Duo Yu reminded.

"How can I not know about this?" Khan Shen Dejin said coldly, "Just say it straight, if you really want to deal with Shi Lu and Uncle Abaoji, is there a way?"

Du Yu was silent for a while, and when Khan Shen Dejin was getting impatient, he finally spoke: "Maybe you can ask Yeluhadi in private."