Chapter 1955 The vast territory, the Western Liao regime
Just like the founder of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Abaoji, the Khitan Yelv family and the Xiao family established an in-law relationship as close as a piece of iron. The only exception was the Han woman Zhen who had two concubines during the Yelv Ruan period of Liao Dynasty.
In the Liao Dynasty, which lasted for more than two hundred years, the queens were all women of the Khitan Xiao family. Now in the Qi Dynasty, the relationship has changed relatively.
Of course, it also stems from the purpose of establishing a more stable relationship with the Khitan tribes in the country, and even with the rulers and ministers of the various clans originating from the Liao region.
After all, the territory of the Qi Dynasty established by Xiao Tang inherited the entire territory of the Liao Kingdom, and the faction of the founding heroes was relatively special. The closest relationship with the emperor was of course the close brothers who had gathered together for Dayi. Since they were not close to Xiao Tang
If there is a difference, then the ministers of other factions, especially the tribesmen who have established political power to rule this large land, will inevitably have some strange thoughts. As a state leader for more than two hundred years, it can be said that almost all the officials in the court who came from the Northland
The ministers were all former Liao people, including those who were originally unwilling to submit to the Jin people but were recruited by Xiao Tang, and some who surrendered and submitted one after another during the conquest and destruction process, whether sincere or not, especially the Khitan tribe as an example.
Forced by the current situation, Xiao Tang destroyed the Jin Dynasty. Although it can be said to avenge the Khitan people's subjugation, but now they are taking advantage of the trend to establish the Qi Dynasty, the former Liao Dynasty officials and people who will eventually be a little repulsive to the change of status will also
How many will there be?
Preparing for the worst, although the Khitan and Jurchen tribes are outwardly subservient and submissive, some of them may have secret intentions and have the ambition to take advantage of the turmoil in the Qi Dynasty to raise troops to restore power...
Political marriages have been common from ancient times to the present. Now, the marriage with the Khitan clan, the original clan of the Liao Dynasty, is also showing to the Khitan ethnic group in the country that the emperor and his ministers have no distinction between each other and can advance and retreat together. This can also unite the forces of the original Liao Dynasty to the greatest extent.
It is true that in this way, both men and women were combined with the same political goals and interests, and there was almost no emotional basis at first. However, there are exceptions in everything. Yelu Dalibo and Yelu Yuliyan were saved by Xiao Tang at first when they were in crisis.
, and now they were brought to Daming Mansion. From their words and actions, it seemed that they were secretly interested in Xiao Tang. After the banquet, late at night in the back garden of Daming Mansion Palace, within a few days, two concubines
The Xuange Wushan Yunyu where I live is a joyful place. Of course, the details cannot be described clearly...
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In the following days, the confidential military information coming from the western frontier court immediately taught Xiao Tang to pay close attention to it. Because the source of this confidential information was still holding an important position in the Xia army, but he was secretly working with Li Shifu.
In the summer, he sent his confidants to inform Han Shizhong on the border between Qi and Qi to gather at the Fine Military Academy of the Border Inspection Department under the Economic Strategy Mansion. Immediately, this confidential military information was conveyed by flying pigeons and was immediately sent to the Privy Council of Daming Prefecture...
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Yelu Dashi, who led the remaining troops to the west and received support from the Tibetan tribes under the former Beiting Protectorate of the Liao Dynasty, marched thousands of miles, passing through the Uighur Kingdom in Xizhou and passing through the city of Ketun (later Qingtuoluogai, Burgan Province, Mongolia).
(near ancient times), the army became increasingly powerful, and defeated the forces of Huershan in the Western Regions, causing the Uighurs and Uighur tribes to surrender. When the Liao army then marched westward to the border of Qierman, Yelu Dashi was supported by his civil and military officers and was appointed as the leader.
The emperor was known as Ge'erhan. He was also given the Han title of Emperor Tianyou, and established Yanqing. The country's title was naturally still the Liao Dynasty.
The Eastern Kara Khanate, which was located in Kashgar and Hotan areas of Xinjiang in later generations, was in turmoil. It seemed that Yelu Dashi, who had also ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, intended to take advantage of the situation to expand his territory in Central Asia.
The Erzhu Empire was on the verge of war, and Yelu Dashi had also sent envoys to negotiate with the Xia Kingdom. Now that he had been promoted and re-employed in the Xixia Army, Li Shifu, who held an important official position, naturally also learned that Yelu Dashi had restored the title of the Liao Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor.
Knowing that this news was getting bigger and bigger, he knew that it was of great importance, so he immediately reported this secret to Xiao Tang according to the contact information that had been secretly discussed during the negotiations between Xu Guanzhong, Chai Jin, Lehe and Xia Guo.
Military intelligence...
"Yelu Dashi, he really did it..." Xiao Tang couldn't help but said in a long voice after reading the secret military information. He also knew very well that Yelu Dashi must have already known that he hated him for the country's subjugation.
The Jurchen Jin Dynasty has been destroyed, and the territory of his homeland has completely fallen under the rule of the Qi Dynasty established by Xiao Tang.
Xiao Tang still remembered that in the official history, after Yelu Dashi established the Western Liao regime, he was not satisfied just to move to his hometown and establish a new branch. After he founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor, he was still determined to regain his former Liao Dynasty homeland, and he was still at odds with the Jin Kingdom.
In order to completely wipe out Yelv Dashi, the remnant force of the Liao Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom mobilized troops and generals, and also sent 10,000 Yanyun Han troops and Jurchen troops to try to capture the former Liao Dynasty desert.
In the northern border area, the city of Kedun, which was also occupied by the Western Liaoji, was accompanied by a large number of civilians transporting grain. However, the expedition ended in failure due to the obstruction of the vast desert.
On the contrary, Yelu Dashi also mobilized the elite soldiers and horses of the Western Liao Dynasty, dispatched 70,000 soldiers and horses to sacrifice green oxen and white horses to the sky, to boost the morale of the army, and to conquer the Jin Dynasty in the east. However, the result according to the official history was that "the journey was thousands of miles, and there was no gain. Many oxen and horses died, and many horses were strangled."
Return with force"...
In the following years, the armies of the Western Liao Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty met and had confrontations. However, due to the long distances between the local territories, if they wanted to force an expedition, it would completely follow the law of "whoever strikes first will be defeated miserably."
The victorious side was also unable to take advantage of the situation to expand its results. The Yelu Dashi organizational system continued the north-south official system. Under the rule, the people farmed in the south and nomadic in the north. Although the country became stronger and stronger, it was unable to launch a large-scale gold-cutting war that required troops to attack far away. Over time, I am afraid that Yelu will
Dashi also realized that blindly wasting people and money in an attempt to expropriate and regain the territory of his homeland from the east would not only be difficult to achieve, but would shake the foundation of the Western Liao Kingdom. In the official history, the Jin Kingdom coveted the wealth of the Central Plains and opposed the Song Dynasty.
They had to form a situation that could not be said to be peaceful coexistence, but they had to be separated by the vast desert and the Gobi Desert, and the road was extremely far to the east and west. The two sides looked at each other but did not take action.
However, at least now that he is proclaimed emperor and established, Yelu Dashi, who is full of energy and ambition, must still have to regain the land of the old Liao Dynasty as his own duty. Even if the Jurchen Jin people who had a huge hatred with him have perished, but they are called
Xiao Tang took advantage of the situation to replace Liao and establish Qi, so how could he sit back and ignore it?
Even though the Western Liao Dynasty has not long been established, the situation in Central Asia must still follow the original trajectory. Yelu Dashi led his army to defeat the Seljuk Empire, causing the Gaochang Uighurs, Eastern and Western Kara Khanates and Hua
Lazimo and other countries successively surrendered, and established rule including Khitan, Han, Tajik, Uighur, Uighur, Turk, Geluolu, Gaochekangli, Naiman... and even Arabs, Persians, Jews and many other ethnic groups.
Its territory extends from the Ili River in the north to the Aral Sea in the west (the junction of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan later), Talos, across Lake Balkhash in the northwest, and to the Kunlun Mountains and Altun Mountains in the east (the southeastern part of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region later).
) is a huge empire that borders Tubo and Huangtou Uighur, governs Hami in the southeast, and Ruoqiang and Xixia across the Taklimakan Desert.
Although Xiliao's current strategic focus must be on dominating Central Asia, according to Yelu Dashi's thoughts, it is very likely that he still intends to launch an expedition eastward to regain his homeland... Xiao Tang secretly thought in his heart, and
He couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and murmured: "Dashi Linya... You and I seemed to get along with each other back then, but now we are far apart, and both of us have established themselves as emperors... Although the Jin Kingdom has been destroyed, we must have
You still can’t bear to see that your homeland has been renamed the Qi Dynasty, and you still intend to revive the Liao Dynasty, but you will definitely become my enemy..."