Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

With the successive news of success from Dashun Gate, An Dong Gate, and Qiande Gate, the Dayu Army formally took control of all areas in Linhuang Mansion except the Khitan Imperial City.

Luo Youdu felt relieved and asked someone to call Yeluxian and Yelvxianshi.

"His Majesty!"

Yeluxian and Yeluxian felt a little complicated. They didn't expect that the Khitan Linhuang North City fell so quickly that they didn't even have the qualifications to negotiate.

Luo Youdu said: "I have given you a mission to announce my attitude towards the people of Khitan, and to appease the people in the city. As long as they do not resist, I will treat them as citizens of the country. If they can sincerely surrender, I will treat them as my own people. No distinction is made between them. The Khitan and Han people are all my people in Dayu."

He paused, and said: "There must be many people in the city looking for you to intercede, you don't have to shy away from it, just let them pack their bags."

Yeluxian and Yeluxianshi had already understood Luo Youdu's attitude towards Khitan these days, and there was no surprise about it, but took orders in a solemn voice.

Then Luo Youdu called Zhang Jin and Yi Shenzheng.

"Mr. Yi! How much do you know about Khitan nobles?"

Yi Shenzheng said: "I haven't been in Linhuang for long, but I have met a lot of people with Yelulong, so I have a certain understanding."

People like him are best at communicating with people. With the help of Mr. Yelu Long's trust and face, he has become acquainted with the upper class of Khitan society.

Most of the Khitan aristocratic circles know that there is such a person as Yi Shenzheng, and Yi Shenzheng can recognize him as long as he has met him, and he knows the general deeds and strength of the other party.

Luo Youdu smiled and said: "Okay, you assist Zhang Sishi, and pay attention to the movements of all Khitan nobles. If anyone intends to escape, you are welcome, and they will all be captured."

Luo Youdu has a completely different attitude towards the Khitan people and the Khitan nobles.

If you want to better control Monan and Mobei, the Khitan people in Linhuang Mansion who are used to living with Han people are very useful.

They are used to living with the Han people, so naturally they will not reject the Han culture. As long as they arrange good ministers to govern, it is very likely that they will truly assimilate them into the common people of Dayu.

As for the Khitan nobles, it is different.

The Khitan nobles are used to living a high life, and they are definitely unwilling to accept the rule of the Han people, which will hurt their collective interests.

But in the face of power, they had to compromise, they could only hold back, and put a layer of harmless sheepskin on themselves.

This is like the nobles of the six countries after the Qin Dynasty ruled the world. When Qin Shihuang was here, they were as obedient as lambs. Once there was a change, they would brazenly use their status as nobles to fool innocent people and work for themselves.

It is impossible for the Khitan nobles who are used to being superior to others to live comfortably in the north.

They have a certain influence in the hearts of the Khitan people. At critical times, many Khitan people will follow blindly due to historical reasons.

Therefore, Luo Youdu's original plan was to liquidate a large number of disobedient Khitan nobles, and then move a few obedient Khitan nobles to Bianjing, Jiangnan and other places, so that they would lose their due heritage.

But because of the existence of Yeluxian and Yeluxianshi, Luo Youdu was not prepared to kill, but he would never allow the Khitan nobles to stay dormant in Khitan.

He could tolerate talents like Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xiezhen shining for Dayu in the Central Plains, but he could not tolerate any Khitan nobles staying in places like Linhuang Mansion and Dading Mansion, threatening the future of Dayu's court.

The speed at which Dayu breached the northern city of Linhuang Mansion was so unexpected that most of the Khitan commoners and nobles in the northern city of Linhuang Mansion were unprepared.

A large part of the Khitan nobles did not have time to withdraw into the Khitan imperial city.

Now the Khitan Imperial City has been besieged by the army of the Central Plains, and several gates out of the Linhuang Mansion are also under the control of the Central Plains.

Unable to escape, they began to seek a new way of life, and the appearance of Yeluxian and Yelvxianshi naturally became the object of their support.

At this time, Luo Youdu used Yeluxian and Yeluxian to express his attitude, which was to tell the Khitan nobles to make a choice.

If you are obedient and obedient, you can also migrate to places like Jiangnan and Bashu to enjoy the blessings, and those who are unwilling to cooperate can be thrown directly to barren lands like Jiaozhi, Dali, or Yizhou, and let them open up wasteland.It is too much to go to Wa Island to dig for gold and silver. In short, if you want to stay in Khitan, you must not.

It is a long-term plan to completely classify Monan Mobei into the territory of China, and he does not allow any hidden dangers to be left behind.

Zhang Jin and Yi Shenzheng took orders together.

Sure enough, as expected, when Yeluxian and Yeluxian were comforting the people in the northern city of Khitan, those Khitan nobles who were close to the two came to the door by coincidence and learned about Luo Youdu's attitude.

Obedience to the choice of appointment, those who refuse to accept their fate are ready to break up into pieces, take the opportunity to sneak out of Linhuang Mansion, wander around the grassland for a period of time, wait for Luo Youdu's Northern Expedition Army to leave Linhuang, and then look for opportunities to come back.

But obviously they underestimated Luo Youdu's determination to rectify Monan and Mobei. Zhang Jin and Yi Shenzheng have already stared at those "Khitan nobles" who are unwilling to accept their fate, and are counting the first batch of targets to kill chickens and monkeys.

"His Majesty!"

Just when Luo Youdu was laying out Linhuang Mansion, Luo Youdu got the news that Xiao Yi was too lazy to see him.

Xiao Yi lazy?
Luo Youdu yelled "Oh", feeling a little ashamed.

During this Northern Expedition, Luo Youdu received requests from Xiao Chuo and Xiao Hunian respectively.

Xiao Chuo stayed in Bianjing as a hostage, but because the little girl was smooth and lovable, she won the favor of Fu Qing'er and Zhou Ehuang, and Luo Youdu also had a good impression of her.

Before this expedition, Xiao Chuo begged him to let him take care of his second sister Xiao Yilan if he met her.

After talking to Xiao Hunian and Wushan Yunyu, Xiao Hunian also made the same plea.

At the beginning, because of Xiao Hunian and Xiao Chuo's performance in history, in order to avoid future troubles, he specially kept Xiao Hunian and Xiao Chuo, so that after Xiao Siwen was killed by the Han family, Xiao Yilan was left alone in Khitan.

Xiao Hunian led the Khitan army to go deep into Mobei to deal with Mongolia, and couldn't take care of the Linhuang Mansion, so he asked him to help take care of Xiao Yilan.

After Xiao Hunian gained a foothold in Zhangjiakou, he also sent people to Linhuang Mansion to pick up his younger sister, but because Xiao Yi was lazy and sick, he stayed ill in bed until Xiao Siwen died.

Yelu must be jealous of the strength of the Xiao family, and he is also very strict in taking care of Xiao Yilan. Xiao Hunian has no chance to rescue Xiao Yilan, so he can only entrust Luo Youdu to help take care of him.

He had just won the North City of Linhuang Mansion, Luo Youdu hadn't had time to take care of Xiao Yilan, but he didn't want the other party to come to him by himself.

"Quick, please hurry up!"

Luo Youdu asked someone to invite his sister-in-law in.

Xiao Yi came in lazily, her complexion was a little pale, but her eyes were sparkling, not at all like the rumored situation of being ill for a long time and her life hanging by a thread.Compared with Xiao Hunian's heroic figure, who doesn't let his eyebrows be wild, compared to Xiao Chuo's big kid and eccentric spirit, Xiao Yilan, the second girl of the Xiao family, is soft and weak, just like Lin Daiyu, which makes people feel protective desire.

"Xiao Yilan met His Majesty!" Xiao Yilan bowed lightly as a blessing.

Luo Youdu hurriedly said: "They are all from my own family, you are welcome, please take your seat, Mrs. Xiao Er."

Xiao Yilan obviously knew the relationship between the emperor of the Central Plains and his eldest sister, so he didn't think it was strange, but he didn't sit down, and said again: "The Khitan Imperial City took 20 years to complete, and there are huge warehouses, towers and buildings inside. There are as many as [-] drinking wells in these cities. There is a large bed crossbow every fifty steps on the tower, and there are large catapult carts within a hundred steps. Beijing, Jinyang, and Luoyang have been dismantled, and the lowest part of the city tower is three feet, which is extremely difficult to capture."

Luo Youdu saw that Xiao Yi was lazy to talk about business, straightened his attitude, and said, "Does Second Lady Xiao have a way to attack the city?"

Xiao Yi said lazily: "Yes, the slave family has a way to let your majesty's elite sneak into the imperial city, but I hope your majesty will agree to a request from the slave family!"

Luo Youdu said: "Tell me!"

Xiao Yi's lazy pale pretty face showed a hint of viciousness, and said: "My family wants the Han family to be buried with my father, and I want to sacrifice the lives of 150 people from the Han family to my father's spirit in heaven."

Luo Youdu just pondered for a while, already figured out the cause and effect, probably guessed what method Xiao Yilan used to get himself into the Khitan Imperial City, but he still said: "I promise you."

For the Khitan Han family, Luo Youdu didn't have the slightest favor.

The Han family and the Khitan have been deeply bound together, and their identities are particularly embarrassing.In order to prove his loyalty to the Khitan, it is cruel to attack the Han people.

It is because the bad things have been done, and they have no way out.

In the life and death situation of Khitan, the loyalty they showed was far more enthusiastic than the real Khitan people.

Luo Youdu didn't intend to let go of the Khitan Han people's three families, two Han and one Kang.Xiao Yilan wanted to avenge his father, so he simply pushed the boat along the way and complied with her wish.

Looking at the "weak" Xiao Yilan in front of him, Luo Youdu suddenly felt that he had underestimated the second lady of the Xiao family: Back then, he left Xiao Hunian, the Khitan Northern Commander who was powerful in Mobei as his daughter, and left Single-handedly pushed the Khitan Liao Dynasty to its peak, and overwhelmed the Empress Dowager Xiao Chuo and Xiao of two generations of Song Emperors, letting go of the little-known Xiao Yilan.But he didn't think that this weak girl who had been pretending to be sick for five years and lived in the tiger's den in Shangjing, Khitan, was not an easy person.

Xiao Siwen's three daughters are really better than the other.
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Khitan Imperial City.

Yelu Bishe made a tour around to boost the morale of the generals guarding the city gate.

Back at Dragon Eyebrow Palace, Yelu Bishe slumped on the dragon chair powerlessly, his eyes were a little confused.

"Zhao Jian..." He called Zhao Kuangyi.

Zhao Kuangyi responded.

"Tell me, how long can this imperial city last?" Yelu Biphoto was confident outside, looking like a Khitan would win, but in private he looked helpless.

Zhao Kuangyi didn't know how to answer for a while.

Khitan's general situation is gone, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, but it is not without chance.

The north city of Linhuang Mansion is high, the city is deep, and the Khitan is unwilling to be a subjugated slave, and the whole body is united, as long as it is consumed a little bit.One year, two years, three years, the army of the Central Plains has penetrated thousands of miles into Linhuang. After a long time, it will definitely not be able to hold on, and it will have to retreat sooner or later.

But who would have thought that the North City would be captured by the Central Plains so easily. Although the Imperial City is stronger than the Outer City, there is no complete ecological system inside the Imperial City and it cannot be self-sufficient.

Although Cangcheng in the imperial city guaranteed food for their army, there would be a day when they would run out of food.

Hopeful and hopeless are two different concepts.

Zhao Kuangyi pondered for a moment before he said: "It's not that there is no chance, Your Majesty, the young master of the Central Plains is young, and Luo Youdu can't spend with us for a long time. Once there is a change in the country, his Dayu foundation, everything will come to an end."

Yelu Bishe silently nodded.

At this time, Han Kuangmei and Han Kuangwen asked to see him at the same time.

"His Majesty!"

After seeing the ceremony, Han Kuangwen said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, I recently received news that Luoyang City in the Central Plains is about to be completed."

Yelu Bishe said weakly: "Back then, the southern thieves played a trick of the phoenix coming out of Luo, justifiably preparing for the relocation of the capital, and it has been a few years. It's not surprising that it was completed."

Luoyang is different from their Linhuang Mansion.

Linhuang Mansion is a city built on flat ground, and the foundation needs to be laid step by step, so it took 20 years.

The foundation of Luoyang was laid as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Central Plains was only repaired and rebuilt on the basis of the original site, so naturally it didn't take too much time.

However, Zhao Kuangyi immediately realized that his talent in strategy was far superior to the military level, but he himself did not realize it.

"Your Majesty, Luoyang City is about to be completed, which means that the relocation of the capital is on the agenda. You don't know, this Bianliang has been the center of the world for a long time since the end of the Tang Dynasty. It reached its peak. However, Bianliang was a state city back then, unlike Chang'an and Luoyang. It was designed from the concept of a capital city at the beginning of its construction. Bianliang was far inferior to Chang'an and Luoyang in terms of volume. In the early days, the Central Plains fought all the year round, and the population dropped sharply , I don’t think so. With the stability of the Central Plains, the population of Bianliang is increasing day by day. It was already saturated during Guo Rong’s time, showing a trend of every inch of land and every inch of gold. It must be even more so in these years..."

"Once the capital is moved to Luoyang, the status of Bianliang will not be as good as before. This will involve countless interests. It is good that Luo Youdu is here, and he can live in it. Now that Luo Youdu is in Linhuang, as long as he publicizes the triumphant relocation of the capital of the Southern Dynasties in Bianliang, those Those who are unwilling to sit back and watch the capital move will definitely take action."

Han Kuangmei glanced at Zhao Kuangyi with dissatisfaction. At this time, he didn't want to argue with him, and said: "As far as I know, the Southern Dynasty has always advocated the simultaneous development of civil and military affairs. But with the unification of the Central Plains, the world is stable. Luo Youdu took Jiangnan, Wuyue , Bashu, and the famous officials of the Southern Han Dynasty, and promoted many civil servants through the imperial examination to help him govern the world. The status of the civil servants has risen sharply, and many of them have learned the lessons of the military chaos in the late Tang Dynasty, and intend to suppress the military. Luo Youdu has always been committed to maintaining balance. Now Now he and many generals are far away in Linhuang, and the government of the Central Plains is entrusted to civil servants, so we can start from here."

Han Kuangwen continued: "As long as the backyard of the Southern Dynasty is on fire, how can a child with a yellow mouth be able to hold the scene? Luo Youdu has been on the expedition for more than a year, and if there is something wrong in the Central Plains, he will definitely retreat. Without Luo Youdu's Dayu Army , the strength has dropped by at least half."

If you can't fight the front, you will mess up the enemy's rear.

Zhao Kuangyi, Han Kuangmei, and Han Kuangwen explained all the problems that existed within the Dayu court one by one.