Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 336
Similar feats have happened time and time again in the grasslands in the south and north of the desert.

When Luo Youdu left Youzhou, he handed over the defense of Youzhou to Chen Sirang, and at the same time gave him a task.

That is, within a radius of a hundred miles from Gubeikou, no pastures are allowed.

However, during the expedition to Hedong this time, Luo Youdu gave Chen Sixang a new order to go deep into the south and north of the desert, and burn all the pastures that had been detected.

This order is destined to be accompanied by death, but the effect it brings is huge.

Shangjing Linhuang Mansion.

Yelvjing didn't like the atmosphere in her own capital.

Although the Shangjing Imperial Palace is magnificently built, the entire Shangjing city is compatible with Khitan customs. The culture of the Central Plains includes not only Khitan buildings of various shapes, but also various Confucian temples, Buddhist temples, and Taoist temples.

Yelvjing still likes to live with the grass, and thinks that is called freedom. Trapped in Shangjing, standing still, it is like losing freedom.

But...for the sake of the throne, Yelvjing resolutely decided not to have this freedom.

The loss of Youdu Mansion had a great impact on Yelvjing.

In the final analysis, the Khitan at this time has not yet formed a complete and effective inheritance of traditions and ideas.

Since Yelu Abaoji founded Khitan, no one has been on the throne normally.

Even Taizong Yelu Deguang, under the arbitrariness of the Empress Dowager Broken Wrist, abolished the crown prince Dongdan King Yelubei, and with the support of the queen, sat on the emperor's seat.

As for the subsequent Yelu Ruan and Yelu Jing, they all won the throne by military coups.

The continuous abnormal accession to the throne led to chaos within the Khitan royal family. Yelu Ruan and Yelv Jing were either suppressing the rebellion, or they were on the way to suppress the rebellion.

This time Yelujing lost face in Yandi. In order to maintain his emperor's prestige, he expanded the Yeluxiyin incident as soon as he returned to Shangjing, and established his own authority by killing his own people.

Face and prestige are found in one's own people, and this person has reached a certain level, and there really is no difference.

After cleaning up the influence of Yelu Lihu, Yelujing didn't dare to leave Shangjing for the time being, so he stayed in the Shangjing Palace.

Find a solid place to stay up late, drink, and sleep during the day.

The letter from Yelv Wuzhi made Yelvjing feel so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

This is endless, can't stop?

You just hit Yandi, and then you hit Hedong?
While Yelvjing complained, she didn't delay at all.

Yelvjing had unconditional trust in Yelvwuzhi, and it was Yeluwuzhi who led the army back then, who single-handedly helped Yelvjing onto the throne.

Over the years, Yelu Wuzhi has devoted himself to safeguarding the core interests of Khitan.

No matter how much he messes around, Yelu's house will take care of him.

But this time Yelvjing didn't intend to conscript himself, so he appointed Yelv Duixian and Gao Xun as generals, and ordered them to lead [-] soldiers and horses to support them.

Datong Mansion already had quite a few soldiers, and with the support of [-], it was enough to crush Luo Youdu in terms of military strength.

Yelujing stayed up all night as usual that day, Yelvjing who was drinking and watching cockfights was drowsy, and was about to catch up on a good night's sleep.

The news of the burning of large tracts of pastures in Monan and Mobei spread to Shangjing.

Full of drowsiness, he woke up instantly, and a trace of anger and fear flashed in his eyes.

After constant contact with the Central Plains, the Khitan knew that the Central Plains culture is the art of strengthening the country, and frantically absorbed and studied various advanced knowledge concepts of the Central Plains.

The only exception is animal husbandry.

Yelu Abaoji is well aware of the advantages of grassland people. He can learn from the Central Plains in everything, and he can't lose his livestock.

This is the basis for the Khitans to defeat the Central Plains.

Therefore, Yelu Abaoji emphasized when formulating national policies that the old Khitan custom made wealth with horses and made them strong with soldiers.Riding horses in the wild, relaxing soldiers in the people.If there is something to fight, you can ride Jiefu, Mao Ming Chenji.Horses chase after water and grass, people look up to cheese, pull strong shoots for daily use, and eat food and grass, this is the way.

No matter how well they understand it, the farming method of the Central Plains can make them full.

The Khitan people still rely on animal husbandry to survive.

Relying on their super force, they occupied a large area of ​​grassland from the north of Yinshan Mountain to Luqu River, Tuhe River, Huangshui River, Tarlu River and Ergun River Basin, and developed a huge animal husbandry industry.

The more developed the animal husbandry industry, the more fodder is needed, and the demand for grassland is naturally greater.

Burning the pastures was fatal to the Khitan, just like the natural disasters in the Central Plains.

Why are the Khitan people most afraid of snowstorms?
What they were afraid of was not the cold, but the fact that the livestock did not have enough food to withstand the cold, leading to mass death.

At the same time, without enough forage, cattle, sheep and horses will not be able to produce milk, and they will lose a major source of food.

Not only that, Khitan itself is composed of many tribes.In addition to Khitan, there are Shiwei, Zubu, and Tuhun other tribes who are attached to Khitan.

The shortage of pastures will inevitably lead to the situation where tribes and other tribes attack and rob the remaining pastures.

This robbing of the grassland will lead to conflicts, and then fire and...

The consequences of everything are unpredictable.

This is why when Liu Rengong burned the pasture, the Khitan Khan was so frightened that he directly handed in the money for the pasture.

This seems to have just burned the grassland, but the chain turmoil it caused was unpredictable and unbearable for Khitan.

"asshole!"

Yelvjing didn't expect Luo Youdu to be so hot, but just thinking about the consequences made her tremble.

"Quick, quick, go to court and invite all the ministers from Shangjing."

Yelujing's upper and lower teeth chattered a little.

The Khitan ministers who got the news from the court first reflected whether they were dreaming, and then looked at the sky to see if it was day or night. After confirming that it was correct, they all had ominous premonitions.

The sleeping emperor did not sleep and went to court during the day, which was enough to show the seriousness of the situation, and they put down everything they were doing and rushed to the palace.

Yelv Tuixian, Yelv Talie, Yeluyi Lage, Xiao Haixuan, Xiao Husi, Xiao Siwen, Yelv Xianshi, Gao Xun and other Khitan core civil and military gathered in one place.

When they learned that Luo Youdu sent people to set fire to the pasture, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty panicked, and they all cursed Luo Youdu for having no conscience and no moral bottom line.

Yelvjing rubbed her hangover head, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "I summoned you to discuss issues, not to hear how you swear. Swearing is really effective, and you are not needed."

Yelu Tiaoxian was the first to say: "The Nanren's move is too vicious. I propose to cancel the plan to support Hedong."

Are you kidding me, where is the time to save Hedong?

Yeludaoxian is the Yili Jin of Jiushi Liebu.

The so-called Yi Li Jin is an autonomous system of Khitan, which is equivalent to the status of a king. The leader of each tribe is Yi Li Jin, collectively referred to as the king.They each manage according to the customs of their own tribes, and the imperial court generally does not interfere with their internal affairs as long as they do not violate the unified government order.

Yeludao showed his superiority, so he was naturally responsible for Jiushi Lie's department.

This winter, they are destined to make a living by competing for pastures. At this critical time, the men in the tribe are transferred out to fight, leaving a group of women and children behind. Why should they grab the pastures?

Even if they come back victorious in the coming year, what else is waiting for them besides a pile of corpses?
Anyway, no matter what, Yelv Daixian will never send troops.

The following group of ministers with tribal strength behind them all shut their mouths.

No matter who goes, in short, their tribe cannot go.

Yelu Talie, the king of the Southern Academy, came out of the shift at this time and said: "Your Majesty, it is an extraordinary time, because of extraordinary things. I propose to quickly send people to guard the pastures, count the undamaged pastures, re-plan all the pastures, and divide them into various departments. , so as to avoid competing with each other and causing civil strife and military disasters. At the same time, the remaining food of the local government is collected and distributed uniformly to take care of the weaker tribes."

Yelv Talie is the descendant of Guzhi, the prince of the Sixth Academy Department. He is profound and wise.After he was promoted to the Great King of the Southern Courtyard, he paid taxes and labor, encouraged farming, and opened up thousands of hectares of land in the northeast, so that Khitan and household registration were abundant.

It can almost be said to be the God of Wealth of Khitan.

Under Yelu Talie's proposal, most of the temples in Khitan focused on how to survive this winter.

The matter of supporting Hedong is over.

Yelujing intends to give Yeluwu the greatest support, but like the emperor of the Central Plains, the emperor can't do whatever he wants.

His power will also be constrained by the interests of the tribe.

Datong Yunzhou.

Yelv Wuzhi didn't get the news that Yelvjing gave up sending troops to support the first time, but personally experienced the scene of raging fire.

Chen Sixang dispatched a thousand cavalry to scatter and burn the pastures, and a small group of them finished the task and were followed by the herdsmen of the second room department.

The ten people fled in a panic and lost their way on the way.

A soldier named He Dong lost his way in Monan, wandering around, relying on his hunting talent, barely survived, and ran to Baishuiluo.

In the future, there will be the Chahar Right Front Banner, a paradise where the Mongolian people have thrived for generations. The Zhenghuang Banner of the Mongolian Eight Banners grows here, with reeds growing and lush water and grass.

Baishuiluo is located just north of Yunzhou in Datong.

He Dong lit eight fire sources at the outlet of Baishuiluo, which spread in all directions, and the fire burned for a full day and night.

Yelu Wuzhi was powerless to put out the fire.

Herbs are flammable, and the fire is blown by the wind, and they are far away from the water source, so there is no way to rescue them.

Looking at the black land that had turned into charcoal, Yelu Wuzhi remained expressionless, and said to Yelu Dilie beside him, "Your Majesty, tell the Emperor of Han to persevere. Luo Youdu was in the grassland, and he committed a grievance against heaven and earth." Regarding the matter, His Majesty has decided to send [-] troops to crusade against the Central Plains, not only to help him recapture Hedong, but also to invade the Central Plains, and take Luo Youdu's head to apologize to the people of Daliao."

After speaking, he turned and returned to Tianbao Temple in Datong Prefecture.

He locked himself in the room, took a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Yelvjing.

The text of the first sentence of the pen is: Don't hurt yourself for Hedong.The minister will set up a defense line in Datong Cloud to prevent the invasion of the Central Plains.Between the two countries, the situation is like fire and water, and the situation of burning food and grass may become the norm.It cannot be controlled by others for a long time, leading to the destruction of national power.We should try our best to develop farming in order to balance farming and animal husbandry, and get out of this situation

.In addition, it is no longer possible to seek an opportunity to ease with the Central Plains, and the two sides have entered a dead end.Your Majesty should follow the example of Taizu and Taizong in the past, and form a cavalry to attack the grass valley, and harass the border of the Central Plains continuously for a long time!

　Thank you for the 16 rewards from the wandering silly dumpling, and the [-] rewards from W[-]L, thank you for your support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)