Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 393 The Filial Yelu Deguang
"Xiao Shilu!" Yelu Deguang yelled, and smashed the lamb leg bone in his hand directly to Xiao Shilu who had just paid in, knelt on the ground and shivered with cold without even wiping off the blood stains.

"Why do you dare to come back? That is a certain leather army, and the 3000 people are gone! If I had a few more supervisors like you, Xiao Shilu, in the Great Khitan, I'm afraid I will perish in the hands of a certain person!" "

Amid Yelu Deguang's roar, Xiao Shilu's forehead instantly became red and swollen.

But he didn't dare to express any dissatisfaction, because he knew that this loss had indeed greatly damaged the strength of his nephew.

The political structure of the Khitan people for hundreds of years is actually a bit like the setting in the underworld of Hong Kong movies.

The Khitan Khan implements the system of family selection, that is, the position of the Khitan Khan must be selected within the Yelu family, and the powerful males of the Yelu family must be appointed in turn.

This is similar to the election of the leader of the Hong Kong underworld. Sometimes in order to ensure the power of the leaders of various tribes, they will deliberately not choose a powerful faction like Big D, but choose a relatively mild-looking Ale.

This has been done for hundreds of years, and it is also an important reason why the Khitan tribe has existed for hundreds of years, but has not been able to grow.

There is no leader of power, which guarantees the power of the various tribes and prevents them from being able to twist together.

After Yelu Abaoji came to power, this man was so talented that he gradually destroyed the system of world elections, and changed the name of the Khitan Khan to the Khitan emperor, and the system of world elections became a hereditary system.

But even if Yelu Abaoji is such a formidable figure, the younger brothers rebelled, and the leaders of the eight tribes were forced to abdicate and so on.

It was not until the Dashi Bohai Kingdom was completely wiped out, and after Yelu Abaoji and Shuluping's husband and wife attacked with iron fists, that the hereditary system gradually stabilized.

However, it only stabilized and was not accepted by everyone. In the history of the Liao Kingdom, various rebellions by the Yelu family occurred many times, and they were still accepted by many people. This is the root of the jurisprudence.

Therefore, compared to the fact that each tribe has its own power in charge, each generation of Khitan emperors can only choose to continuously strengthen the strength of the leather army directly under them to fight against the leaders of the tribes.

Xiao Shilu is the same mother and brother of Shuluping, and the uncle of Yelu Deguang. The Zuopishi Holy Army he controls is, strictly speaking, Yelu Deguang's private army.

In this battle, more than [-] Fengsheng soldiers died, [-] to [-] were captured, more than [-] fell into the water, and more than [-] died of cold and hunger on the road due to lack of clothing and food.

Adding some wounded and separated ones, only 200 people managed to escape in the end. They lost all their horses and armor, and the 3000 people's holy army basically lost their fighting power.

The last time such a disastrous defeat was in the battle of Dingzhou between Yelu Deguang and Later Tang. At that time, Khitan Tiela, Nie Ligun and other generals were all captured by Later Tang, and more than [-] troops were lost.

Seeing that Yelu Deguang was so angry, his confidants didn't dare to persuade him, but the leaders of various tribes instead.

One by one either pretended to plead for Xiao Shilu, or said eccentrically that they would be stationed outside in heavy snow, and that Yunzhou could not be defeated, and they should not send people west to Yunyun. Jump.

However, these tribal leaders acted like this, which calmed Yelu Deguang down. No matter how badly Xiao Shilu lost, he was still his own uncle, someone he trusted.

Moreover, Yelu Deguang is well aware of the combat power of the 3000 people of the Zuopishi Fengsheng Army. Even if he encounters an enemy five times stronger, not to mention winning the battle, he still has the ability to retreat calmly. How could he be defeated so quickly and easily? beat?Still lost so badly?

"Get up and talk! Put on a robe and sit down."

Yelu Deguang looked solemn, but he no longer looked angry, instead he gave Xiao Shilu a seat and asked his attendants to wrap him in a warm robe.

Xiao Shilu returned to his seat at this time, knowing that he, the emperor's nephew, would not deal with him for the time being, so he quickly kowtowed to thank him, and then sat down.

"Since we have been defeated, do you know who came from the west?" Yelu Deguang asked as soon as Xiao Shilu sat down.

Xiao Shilu had no choice but to leave his seat, knelt down on the ground again and replied: "I led [-] troops westward, all the way to the Zhenwu Army's Beacon Fortress.

At this time, the rain and snow were getting heavier, and the messengers sent out were always intercepted and killed. The ministers discussed with the generals, thinking that some big tribe came from Mobei, so they pretended to withdraw and lured the enemy to show up. "

Yelu Deguang, Zuo Pishi Xiangwen Yelupode, and Right Pishi Xiangwen Yeluwuzhi all nodded.

Xiao Shilu's strategy was correct. The 3000 people in the Zuopishi Fengsheng Army were fully armored and well-equipped with excellent horses, so they were fully qualified to do so.

The climate has been cold these years, and the Mobei tribes often go south. Even the Khitan people don't know when the tribes that can't survive will appear in the vast North Sea and near the Langjuxu Mountain to plunder southward.

However, many of these tribes don't even have iron arrows. Although they are sturdy and brave, their combat effectiveness is not strong because their weapons are too poor and their armor is only broken leather.

Not to mention the leather army, even the tribal army, when encountering such an enemy, they can defeat the enemy several times their own with fewer attacks.

"The ministers and others went west to the north of the Hun River. The army was well-organized and did not slack off, and the soldiers and horses were not tired. They were waiting to cross the river. At this time, horseshoes were forming from the west, and about thousands of elite cavalry, wearing white robes, rushed after them. "

Xiao Shilu continued to speak, and Yelv Wuzhi narrowed his right eye.

"Thousands of white-robed cavalry, this must not be the Mobei tribe, they can't afford thousands of white-robed cavalry."

Everyone looked at Yelu Deguang, and Yelu Deguang's heart skipped a beat. Everyone thought of a possibility.

Only the Jin Lord Shi Jingtang rebelled and wanted to kill his Yelu Yeye, otherwise the rest of the forces would hardly be able to gather thousands of white-robed fine horsemen.

But Yelu Deguang forcibly suppressed the uneasiness and anger in his heart, and signaled Xiao Shilu to continue talking.

"I saw thousands of cavalrymen in white robes. It must be that the Southern Dynasty did not know where the self-proclaimed loyal ministers were upset and raised troops to attack."

Xiao Shilu's political qualities are still passable, and Shi Jingtang recognizes Yelu Deguang as his father, which is one of the most dazzling auras on Yelu Deguang's head.

Even if he knew that something was wrong with Shi Jingtang, he couldn't say it in front of everyone, let alone it is still uncertain.

"The minister then leaned against the Hun River and deployed a large formation of Yanyue bows and crossbows, using strong bows and crossbows to shoot at the invading enemy!"

Hearing Xiao Shilu's arrangement, even the tribal leaders nodded in agreement, they were all veterans, so they naturally knew that there was no problem with Xiao Shilu's arrangement.

There is snow on the ground, which is not conducive to the cavalry to attack. It is definitely the best arrangement to use the elite leather army to deploy bows and crossbows, and to rely on the frozen Hunhe River. Generally speaking, the enemy will soon be defeated.

Sure enough, Xiao Shilu continued: "The enemy's vanguard arrived with five hundred cavalry, and the minister shot with bows and crossbows, greatly defeating the enemy's momentum, and then rushed out with iron cavalry, beheaded nearly a hundred enemies, and got dozens of horses. Arriving in a brigade, they failed to kill many people.

When the army of thieves arrived, about five thousand in number, the minister knew that the arrangement was wrong.

It turned out that the bandit army was not simply light cavalry. They wore a kind of heavy armor that I had never seen before, and held a strange crossbow that looked like a bow.

When the army heard the drum, it marched forward, but when the drum stopped, it stopped.

Our army was invincible with bows, crossbows, spears and sticks. I broke in with armored cavalry and failed several times. The enemy rushed to my left wing with light cavalry, and we were defeated! "

Speaking of this, Xiao Shilu burst into tears, "I lost my teacher and humiliated the country. I should have died in battle by the Hun River, but I'm afraid that your majesty will not know that there are strong troops coming from the west, so I will repay your majesty with the audacity to steal my life.

Those who come from the west have thousands of brave riders, their horses and armor are all excellent, and they even unfurled the Sanchen Banner of the Great Dynasty, so they should be our great enemy. "

"Uncle, please stand up. In the past, the emperor ascended to heaven was defeated by the Southern Dynasty several times, but now he has also been proclaimed by the Southern Dynasty. There will be all sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. This battle is not the fault of my uncle. The leaders and generals should take it as a warning. "

When Yelu Deguang heard this, he hurried over to leave the table and helped Xiao Shilu up.

Immediately afterwards, he said a few words about his father, Yelu Abaoji, and then showed off his achievements in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

It is nothing to set off this defeat, and it will not damage his reputation as Yelu Deguang.

What a filial son!
"In those days when all the tribes surrendered to the dynasty, Tian Khan in the city of Chang'an had long since left, and the so-called Sanchen Banner had to be used to brag about oneself.

But these people are so tough, and their armor is even more sophisticated. Could it be that there were descendants of the Li family in the Southern Dynasty? "

Waiting for Yelu Deguang's performance to finish and Zuo Pishi to be stable, the Diansu guard Yelu Pode spoke.

Everyone was also discussing, guessing that there was some hero from the Southern Dynasty who dared to stroke their big Khitan's beard.

Many people clamored to send special envoys to reprimand Shi Jingtang and ask him to thoroughly investigate who it was.

"Dare to ask the supervisor, is the armor worn by those white-robed soldiers this kind of iron armor?"

A slightly immature voice sounded, and everyone saw that the Jiedu envoy of Youzhou, the eldest son of Yan Wang Zhao Yanshou, General Jinwu Zhao Kuangzan was pointing at the old soldier behind him and asked.

Yelu Deguang asked the soldiers behind Zhao Kuangzan to stand in front of Xiao Shilu and let Xiao Shilu take a look.

If Zhang Zhao had been here, he would have recognized that this person was the general standing behind Zhao Kuangzan at the foot of Mawei Slope, and he had given this set of cotton armor to Zhao Kuangzan as well.

Xiao Shilu took a closer look, the surface of the armor was covered with a layer of cloth, fixed with foam nails, when he turned it inside, he immediately shivered.

Good guy!It is composed of layers of strange cloth that is as hard as wood, and large pieces of refined iron. No wonder the protection is so good!
"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is this kind of armor! I don't know where General Jin Wu got it from?"

Zhao Kuangzan did not answer Xiao Shilu's question, but asked someone to bring a tall horse from outside the tent.

This horse is quite majestic, with erect ears and close to the middle, it looks strangely arrogant.

"The horses of those cavalry, are they similar to this?"

"Exactly! These ears are especially similar." Xiao Shilu nodded repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, I know who is here." Zhao Kuangzan arched his hands and said.

"Oh! Tell me, who can afford to support such an elite? How dare you be so bold!"

Yelu Deguang stood up and asked, Zhao Yanshou and Zhao Kuangzan, father and son, are he suitable candidates for the stability of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.

Zhao Kuangzan stood up with a wide robe and big sleeves, and raised his hands over his forehead, as if he was saluting Yelu Deguang, but he was actually taking the opportunity to adjust his facial expression.

When he finished saluting, the expression on his face was already very dignified.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this person is Zhang Zhao from the Zhang Family of Sha Prefecture of Guiyi Army. He returned from the Eighteen Prefectures of Longyou, Hexi two years ago, and was known for his righteousness in the Southern Dynasty.

There are millions of people under his rule, and more than [-] armors. The cloth-faced iron armor, Hexi folded ear horse, and Hexi god arm bow are all unique to the Guiyi Army.

The heavy armored soldiers holding Mo Dao that the supervisor saw must be the personal guard of King Zhang of Hexi, Regret Shandu.

When I was in Guanzhong, I met King Zhang several times, and the Hexi army was brave. Please be careful with your majesty. "

(End of this chapter)