Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 429 Small Defeat

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The ethnicity issue in the Yanyun area is a very big issue.

Many ethnic groups such as Han, Khitan, Xi, and Bohai live here.

The good thing is that the Khitan people, Xi people, and Bohai people here have a very high degree of Sinicization, and they have a very high degree of identification with the Han nationality, which laid the foundation for Li Yan to completely subdue these people.

The bad side is that at the same time that the Khitan, Xi, Bohai and other ethnic groups were Sinicized, the Han people living here were also Sinicized.

The Han people in this area have been living with ethnic minorities for a long time since the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and then lived under the rule of the Liao Dynasty for nearly 200 years. Their national character and living customs have undergone a deep "Huhua" ", that is, the phenomenon of minority nationality, which has a huge difference with the Han nationality in the Central Plains.

Therefore, out of discrimination against the "Hu Hua" Han people, the Song Dynasty referred to them as "Fan" and "Ku".

The Liao Dynasty used imperial examinations, official appointments and marriages to make Yanyun Han people loyal to themselves, but they did not trust most Yanyun Han people who were "not my race", and placed them at the bottom of society.

Even when the Jin people ruled the Yanyun area, while reusing some Han officials of the Liao Dynasty, they politically ranked the Youyun Han people behind the Jurchens, Bohai people, and Khitan people, and excluded them from the ruling class .

The three dynasties of Liao, Song, and Jin all adopted the method of attracting and repelling the Yanyun Han people.

It can be said that Yanyun Han people do not love their grandmas nor their uncles.

This has led to the fact that Yanyun Han people are not only increasingly isolated in terms of national identity, but also have no fixed tendency in political attitudes. They are not "heart to the Central Plains" as traditionally believed, but centered on interests, choosing to treat themselves The favored side, back and forth between Liao, Song, and Jin, has a very flexible political attitude—first assisting the Liao Dynasty to resist the Northern Song Dynasty, seeing that the Liao Dynasty building was about to collapse, intending to attach to the Song Dynasty to protect itself, and then out of disappointment with the Northern Song Dynasty regime, Dedicated to the Jin Dynasty, which led to the war between the Jin and Song Dynasties, and then rushed to be the vanguard to fight the Southern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, we should not think that the ethnic problems in the Yanyun area are only the problems of the Khitan, Xi, Bohai and other ethnic groups. The Han people here also have problems.

And the solution to this problem is naturally not to win over and exclude, but to integrate nationalities. This is a feasible method proven by history.

Therefore, Zhao Ding gave Li Yan the strategy of "Great Ethnic Integration", and Xu Guanzhong, Lehe and others did not object, so Li Yan handed over the matter to Zhao Ding with full authority, and appointed Zhao Ding as the appeasement envoy of Yunzhong Road .

After Zhao Ding got the post of appeasement envoy of Yunzhong Road, he immediately went to Huanzhou City under the escort of the army.

Together with Zhao Ding, there were more than 200 competent officials carefully selected by Li Yan.

These people also went to Shuo, Huan, and Ying under the escort of the army.

As soon as he arrived in Huanzhou City, Zhao Ding issued five decrees for Li Yan:

[-]. Grant Qu amnesty to the newly recovered prefectures and counties.

The so-called Qu amnesty refers to the individual pardon of criminals in one or several places—except those who disobeyed Li Yan's orders and those who conspired, the rest of the criminals, regardless of their crimes, were pardoned and released immediately.

In addition, all states and counties should use them according to their abilities, so that they can have their own goals.

[-]. Exemption rate, that is, exempting the newly recovered states and counties from all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and giving relief to the poor and hungry people (that is, distributing grain) with official millet, so as not to displace the people from their homes.

[-]. To select talented people. For the newly recovered states and counties, those talents who embraced their talents and embraced their skills and were lost among the people, or those who were recommended by the village but did not try them out, and those who offended the powerful or were rejected by the powerful because of their loyalty, As well as officials who were convicted of mistakes, regardless of Han people, Khitan people, Xi people, and Bohai people, they must be screened and promoted.

[-]. Xu Yun contributed to the city with righteousness, was promoted to the general judge of Huanzhou, and was awarded the baron of Shentou, and the rest of the city were rewarded generously.

[-]. The Chinese nation is a country of civilization and etiquette, with a long history. Since ancient times, the ancestors of the Chinese people of all nationalities have worked, lived, and multiplied on the land of China, and have worked together for the Chinese civilization and the establishment of a unified multi-ethnic country. Contribute your talents...

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At the same time that Zhao Ding and other officials in Shuibo Liangshan started the operation and construction of Shuo, Huan, and Ying, Han Shizhong finally led his army to the capital of Western Liaoning.

Afterwards, Han Shizhong was dumbfounded——Yue Fei had been here for two days, and had already fought against the defenders once.

In other words, according to Li Yan's order, Han Shizhong and others had to be restrained by Yue Fei.

In fact, Sun Ge, Yue Fei's chief of staff, once persuaded Yue Fei to attack two counties first and wait for Han Shizhong, that is, to give up the post of capital control to Han Shizhong.

But Yue Fei refused without even thinking about it.

Yue Fei said: "It's not because Yue Fei is greedy for the post of ruler, but because the Liaoxi capital is related to whether the governor can gain a foothold in this cloud, how can this be used as a favor?"

Therefore, Yue Fei insisted on going his own way, and came to the capital of Liaoxi at the first time, and soon got in touch with Shi Qian who had sneaked into the capital of Liaoxi.

Shi Qian spread the news through bows and arrows: "Previously, the Liao officials in Xijing City, some were in favor of surrendering the gold, some were in favor of surrendering the Song Dynasty, and some advocated waiting for Emperor Tianzuo to send an army to rescue them. They quarreled endlessly, but Xijing Staying at Xiaocha's assassination, he suddenly changed his previous ambiguity four days ago, stood firmly and waited for Emperor Tianzuo to send an army to rescue one side, and personally killed the leading figures who advocated surrendering Jin and Song Dynasty, and then sent The war horses in the city were forcibly gathered together, and another [-] Khitan volunteers were recruited to form the Leather Army. Currently there are [-] infantry and [-] cavalry in the city. The armor is complete, and the food and grass are enough to feed the entire city for three years..."

According to the news from Shi Qian, Yue Fei decided to attack first after discussing with his generals and staff.

As a result, just halfway through the attack on Yue Fei's side, the Pishi army rushed out of the city decisively under the leadership of four people with very similar appearances, and then came to hide and kill Yue Fei's army.

Yue Fei had been prepared for a long time, when he saw the Pishi army rushing out of the city, he immediately ordered to transfer the bed crossbow and Feilei cannon, ready to fight the Pishi army.

But just as the Pishi army was about to rush over, the red flag on the city wall waved, and the Pishi army stopped again, then separated naturally, and then harassed Yue Feijun with bows and arrows.

At the same time, dense feather arrows shot down from the city.

It was impossible for Yue Fei's army, who had been attacked before and after, to continue to attack the city, so they had to retreat away from the city wall.

Shi Wengong was annoyed that the Pishi army was too rampant, so he rushed up with the kidnapper Youjun and fought with him.

As a result, under the command of the red flag on the city, the Pishi army was defeated, lured the right army of the kidnappers to go deep, and then surrounded the right army of the kidnappers and strangled them.

Later, Yue Fei advanced with heavy infantry and bed crossbows, forcing the Liao army to call for gold to withdraw, and rescued the kidnapper's right army.

But although the kidnapper Youjun was rescued by Yue Fei, he lost 800 troops in the fight.

For the Liangshan Army, which lacked horse troops, this could be regarded as a small defeat.

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(End of this chapter)