Wu Yashu's face darkened, his eyes glanced at the middle-aged man, and he said solemnly: "Yi Shilie Shigu, you mean that you would rather become a slave of the Liao Kingdom, including your descendants, than dare to resist.
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The chief of Yishilie tribe, who was called Shigu, replied: "This is a matter of course. The Liao Dynasty has been established for more than a hundred years, with strong soldiers and horses, and an army of millions. The countries in the world include Song, Xixia, Dali, and Tubo.
Who can compete with them? Even if all the men, women, and children in our Jurchen tribes are put together, there are only tens of thousands of people. With such a small number, what is the difference between fighting against Daliao and fighting against a stone?"
The other captured chiefs were silent. It seemed that in the minds of these people, this behemoth of the Liao Kingdom was indeed an unshakable opponent in their minds. Even the Wanyan tribesmen in the big tent couldn't help but feel worried.
layer shadow.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Shi Gu continued: "Some of our brave tribesmen usually take the sea route to the Song Dynasty in the south to do business with the Song people. I believe everyone knows how rich and powerful the Song Dynasty is, but what can we do?
Decades ago, when the Song Dynasty was at its peak, wasn't it still unable to defeat the Liao Dynasty? It was forced to sign a treaty and pay countless amounts of gold, silver and silk every year. If the Song Dynasty is like this, what can we do?"
As Shi Gu said, there were indeed many bold Jurchens who crossed the sea to do business in the Song Dynasty. Compared with the forced buying and selling in the Liao Kingdom, which was almost the same as robbery in the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens often gained a lot of benefits when doing business with the Song people.
The profit was more than a hundred times. The prosperity and prosperity of the Song Dynasty opened the eyes of these Jurchens in the white mountains and black waters, and therefore they were more afraid of the Liao Kingdom. Just imagine, such a prosperous Song Dynasty lost to the Liao Kingdom, who else in the world
Is he Daliao's opponent?
"Puch!"
Murong Fu couldn't help laughing.
Shi Gu looked at the source of the sound. Even though he was a prisoner at the moment, he couldn't help but glare at the other person: "Hey, you are from Song Dynasty, right? Is there anything wrong with what I said?"
Murong Fu smiled and said: "Sorry, I just remembered some interesting things, nothing else."
What Shi Gu said is certainly nonsense, but it may not be completely wrong.
Is the Liao State strong? In a sense, it is indeed very strong. Although the so-called million-strong army is an imaginary number, if you really want to, it is not particularly difficult to gather an army of hundreds of thousands. Is the Song Dynasty rich?
In a sense, this is true. In the real historical time and space, during the Jingkang period, after the city of Bianjing was destroyed, the Jin people looted Bianjing and found tens of millions of taels of gold alone, and countless other treasures.
However, the so-called powerful Liao Kingdom was wiped out in just ten years. As for the wealthy Song Dynasty, it was even more vulnerable, losing half of its territory in just one year.
Wu Yashu said: "Murong, if you have any great opinions, please tell me!"
Murong Fu said: "I don't have any high opinions, I just want to tell you a story to all the Jurchen warriors. In the Dali Kingdom in the south, there is a strange beast called an elephant. When it reaches adulthood, it is ten times heavier than a tiger.
It's more than twice as powerful, and its strength is even more amazing. Even a hundred people can't control it when it goes crazy. However, the Dali opera performers can train it and let it perform a hundred operas, and they are not afraid of it running away. You know
How was it done?”
Shi Gu said: "How can such a thing exist in the world? If there is such a thing, even an iron cage cannot contain it, and it still performs hundreds of tricks?"
Wu Yashu glared at Shi Gu with dissatisfaction and said angrily: "Shi Gu, don't forget your current identity!"
Murong Fu waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. In fact, the answer is very simple. It's just a stick as thick as a wrist tying the elephant."
Now even Wu Yashu thought it was a bit outrageous. Not to mention the elephant that Murong Fu said was ten times more powerful than a tiger, everyone here had many sticks that could break wrist-thick sticks with their bare hands.
"Actually, the principle is very simple. Although elephants are very big, their brains are not particularly smart. The elephant trainer will tie the elephant with a stick when it is young. When the elephant is young and weak, no matter how young or weak it is,
No matter how hard you struggle, you can't break free. Over time, the impression will be formed in your mind that the stick is inescapable. With this impression from childhood, the elephant will not try to break free from the stick when it grows up."
Everyone was silent.
"The Liao Kingdom is indeed extremely powerful from the outside. During the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty, the monarchs of the Liao Kingdom suppressed the Central Plains and had the potential to sweep the world. However, since the Song-Liao Chanyuan Alliance, the Liao Kingdom has been at peace for nearly a hundred years.
Now. In the Liao Kingdom today, the generals are arrogant and extravagant, the ordinary soldiers are lazy and timid, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit. This is one of the reasons. There are many ethnic groups in the Liao Kingdom. The real Khitan people do not actually account for the absolute majority, but the Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun do.
Most, as well as various other tribes. These people are not really of the same mind as the Khitan people, let alone die for the Khitan royal family. Once there is a strong external force to push, these people will definitely switch sides. This is the second one. Now
Yelu Hongji, the monarch of the Liao Kingdom, was stupid and incompetent. During his thirty years in power, he spent too much time hunting and wasted the declining national power of the Liao Kingdom. There were many internal conflicts on the verge of breaking out. The Liao Dynasty was like a crumbling giant with feet of clay. As long as there was a slight push from the outside,
Once it is touched, it will collapse!"
"On the other hand, although the Jurchen tribes have few people, they have lived in the bitter cold land for a long time. Even women and children can draw bows and shoot arrows, and they are extremely brave. After all, war depends on people. As long as the Jurchen tribes unite, stop unnecessary internal fighting, and save money.
Strength, when the time comes, win a victory and drop a spark on the pile of dry firewood in the Liao Kingdom. By then, the Liao Kingdom itself will be in chaos, and great things will be accomplished."
Murong Fu paused for a moment. No one spoke. There was only the sound of breathing in the room. The stone drum that was whirring just now also stopped talking.
Wu Yashu was silent for a while and then said softly: "Shi Gu, if I remember correctly, this is the eleventh year since your sister left."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hearing this sentence, Shi Gu's eyes couldn't help but turn red.
It turns out that eleven years ago, when Shi Gu was still young, a silver medal envoy from the Liao Kingdom came to collect the tribute Hai Dongqing from Shi Lie's tribe.
Gu's sister had just gotten married at the time, and the Silver Messenger, who was used to being arrogant, didn't care whether you, a Jurchen woman, was married or not, and didn't care what your status was, but insisted on Shi Gu's sister to accompany you. Shi Gu's sister refused to obey, and the Silver Messenger
Seeing the support of the Liao Kingdom behind him, he was so angry that he ordered people to beat Shi Gu's sister to death with a whip in front of everyone in Yi Shi Lie's tribe.
Recalling the tragedy of witnessing his sister's death in his childhood, Shi Gu, a seven-foot-tall man, instantly had red eyes.
An older Jurchen chief came forward and saluted Murong Fu: "Guests from afar, the Jurchens admire warriors. You defeated so many of our tribal coalition forces today. You can be said to be the warrior among warriors.
, I am already eighty, and I have only a few days left to live. But the days of our children and grandchildren are still long, and we have to consider them. Please forgive us for not acting rashly."
This man was none other than Yi Shi Lie Shi Zhong, who was knocked off his horse by a pebble from Murong Fu, the clan leader of the Yi Shi Lie Tribe. Thanks to his luck, he was not trampled to death in the rebel army because he was older, so
Out of respect, the people from the Wanyan Department did not tie him up.
Yi Shi Lie Shi Zhong said: "Thank you to the heads of the Wanyan Department for not killing us for the sake of being Jurchens. We will notify our acquaintances and neighbors to send ransom. Wuchun is already dead. I promise from now on."
No one else will ever unite to deal with the Wanyan tribe. But such a major matter as opposing the Liao Kingdom must be considered in the long run. No one has heard of what happened today."
Wanyan Wu was in a hurry, and after talking so much, these people were still stubborn. They had already said what they said, and they couldn't kill all of them. There were only a few Jurchens in the first place, and every adult man was
Rare resources, there are hundreds of big and small heads here, how can we kill them all at once?
Yi Shi Lie Shi Zhong sighed and said: "Wu Qimai, you don't have to worry. Even if someone secretly reports to the Liao State, it will not attract the attention of the Liao State. The silver medal messenger who can speak is dead, and the seal is here again.
In your hands. What’s more, what’s the benefit to us if we say it out? The Wanyan tribe was destroyed by the Liao Kingdom. In the future, the taxes of the Wanyan tribe will be shared among several of our tribes. Who would do such a stupid thing?
Wu Yashu was silent for a long time, hesitating to speak, and finally said: "Well, in that case, I don't want to force it, but I also ask the leaders to send someone to send a message and hand over the ransom as soon as possible!"