In the coach's tent, several scouts were covered in blood and were being helped to sit on chairs.
Han Shizhong and other major generals surrounded them and asked them carefully.
"Jurchen soldiers and horses are mobilized frequently. There are large troops stationed in the Songziling area, and supplies are always arriving."
Han Shizhong lowered his waist and asked: "Approximately how many soldiers and horses are there?"
"Looking at the banners and tents, there are no less than one hundred thousand."
Suddenly there was an exclamation in the tent. Han Shizhong nodded, rolled his eyelids and said, "It seems like we are about to fight again."
"Some time ago, Wang Zhen sent someone to tell him that the Wanyan Lou family in Yehuling also wanted to increase their troops. Now it seems that these are all Zonghan's people. This guy has always wanted to go south, and he has not ruled out the possibility.
It was his pretense that led our troops to attack, so that he could have an excuse to go south.
Zong Han's status in the Jin Kingdom is not low. If he continues to be evil, it will be a matter of time before the Tatars go south. We can't just wait to be beaten. We should report it to the court immediately and ask for more soldiers and armor, and wait for the war to begin."
Han Shizhong went to Bianliang and participated in Yang Lin's conspiracy to make him king. He knew in his heart that Shaozai did not want to fight now.
He is waiting for a better opportunity. Shaozai said that if there is an 80% chance of winning, there is a 20% chance of losing. He is waiting for a 90% or even 100% chance of winning before fighting.
Yang Lin had this idea because he knew how powerful the New Deal was. As long as it was on the right track, the national power would make an unprecedented leap. However, as a veteran general, Han Shizhong did not understand this and did not agree with it. In his opinion, if
If there is a 60% chance of winning, we should chase him north and fight his way out of the Great Wall.
Over the past few years, the combat effectiveness of the Great Wall Corps has been significantly improved.
Several battles have trained the soldiers, sufficient food and pay, day and night drills, and complete logistics have made the entire camp full of fighting spirit and momentum.
The cultural and educational instructors sent by the imperial court felt noisy at first, but later they learned more. Han Shizhong was surprised to find that they actually helped improve military discipline.
The land of Youyan that was just captured had changed hands several times during the Jin, Liao and Song dynasties, and the local people had already survived.
The reward and punishment mechanism established by the imperial court allowed many battalion officers and soldiers to own land.
Some time ago, when the New Deal was implemented, there were many local officials and police officers who needed manpower, so many soldiers moved their families here and became Youyan people.
They took root here and became more settled. The atmosphere in the military camp was very different from before.
Although Han Shizhong regarded himself as a good general, he could not make such changes if he asked himself. He could only say that the court's new policy did have its own unique features.
Several fast horses ran out of the military camp, sweeping up smoke and dust, and headed straight for Bianliang.
The border border, which had been peaceful for a short while, was once again heavily armed and ready for war.
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In Fuliao City, Yelu Dashi stood on the city tower. There were no enemies on this land.
The Seljuq Empire in Persia, now the overlord of West Asia, has also sent people to repair it.
Yelv Dashi knew clearly in his heart that the only enemies in his region of Daliao were the Seljuq Empire and the Khwarezm dynasty that had rebelled against him.
These two countries were once very prosperous in history, occupying the entire Middle East in later generations and the Caucasus now occupied by the Liao people.
In history, they were defeated by Yelu Dashi at the hands of Xiliao, but now Yelu Dashi ran out of Moxi in order to avoid the more powerful Song and Jin Dynasties, losing the support of the Mongolian tribes and gaining more support.
A stable environment, and a more comfortable territory.
Yelu Dashi's eyes have been set on the west. Two powerful countries are not allowed to exist in one place. This is the common idea of people like Yelu Dashi.
This is similar to how one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. Back then, Zhao Kuangyin also said that he could not tolerate snoring on the side of the bed.
After a sound of footsteps, several officials followed Prime Minister Yelu Xin to the city tower. After seeing the Yelu Stone, they stepped forward and worshiped: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Seljuks has arrived in the city."
Yelu Dashi nodded and said with a smile: "I have seen their ceremonial guards at the top of the city. These people are really extravagant. The carriage of an envoy is also covered with gold cloth. Are you afraid that I don't know how wealthy they are?"
Yeluxin took a step forward and asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to conduct an expedition against Seljuk?"
Yelu Dashi shook his head and said, "Have you ever thought carefully about how we lost Youyan and Yunnei step by step back then?"
Yeluxin gritted his teeth and said with hatred: "It's all the Song people who are shameless and made treacherous plots in the middle."
"The strategy can only be said to work or not, and there is no distinction between loyalty and traitor. When the Song people took back Youyan, they first negotiated a peace alliance with the Liao Dynasty, then negotiated a peace with the Jin people at Juyongguan, and immediately broke up with the Liao Dynasty and renewed their alliance with the Liao Dynasty.
Negotiating a peace. In just one month, they managed to capture Youyan almost without losing a fight. They also defeated the Jurchen East Route Army, which was the biggest threat to them, and killed their coach Wu Qimai." Yelu Dashi said nothing about the old things.
Frustration, during that time he was Yang Lin's prisoner and was imprisoned in the city for a long time.
"Those who do great things cannot choose to escape and not think about it just because you have failed in one thing. I often think about this matter again and again. The people of Song Dynasty used the minimum price to gain the maximum benefit. This is a good strategy.
Seljuk and Khwarezm are now fighting each other. If we attack brazenly south, it will make them form an alliance to fight against the Liao. I will use the original strategy of the Song people to win this land for us in the Liao.
A vast territory.”
Yelu Dashi looked at the glittering envoy with a confident smile on his face: "To make friends at a distance and attack at home, first form an alliance with the Seljuqs and take Khwarezm together!"
Khwarezm is a Turkic race, and they were also driven out from the old land of Khitan. At that time, they faced the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
These people were driven out of the East Asian grasslands and did whatever they wanted in West Asia. They became the masters of Persia for a time. It was not until later that the country was destroyed by Temujin's expeditionary troops who also came from the East Asian grasslands.
The Seljuk Empire is getting old, but Khwarezm has just emerged. It used to be a vassal of the Seljuqs in their heyday. Once they declined, they showed their fangs.
Such a wolf-like race would not coexist peacefully with Xin Liao, which he had just established. Yelu Dashi knew this well.
He didn't know it at this time, but now was the land under his feet, experiencing a rare period of quiet and peaceful development. During this period, this land gradually condensed its own nation, the Azerbaijani nation.
In the history of later generations, after the successful struggle between Khorezm and Seljuk, they immediately sent troops to occupy this place. From then on, this place became a vassal of the strong, and it never turned around again until later generations. Until a thousand years later, this place was either
Being annexed by a big country, like Chechnya, or becoming too poor and a vassal of a big country, like Azerbaijan, Georgia...
Nowadays, because Karakhan was occupied by the Song Dynasty in advance, and the Mongolian tribes bordering it have become pro-Song faction due to the Ancient Tea Horse Road, Yelu Dashi's Western Liao Po has no choice but to come further west and enslave them in advance.
occupied this unique land.
Yelu Dashi's idea was to gather together for ten years, and after forbearing, he would send his troops to expand his territory and prepare to compete with the Song and Jin Dynasties.
But the enemies here are actually somewhat different from those in the Song and Jin Dynasties. It's like if you budget for a project and originally plan to build a skyscraper, but suddenly it is replaced by a small bungalow, the construction period will naturally be greatly shortened.
He has already begun to covet the land in the south. The first step is to destroy the Turks in Khwarezm.
Turks, as a race that has been active in the grasslands for a long time, are not actually a single ethnic group. They are a collective name for ethnic groups active in the Mongolian Plateau and Central Asia in history. They are also the descendants of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Rouran in the northwest and northern grasslands of China.
Another important nomadic people since then.
The Khitan is a single ethnic group from Northeast China in later generations. It was divided into eight tribes in the early Tang Dynasty. In the early Tang Dynasty, a unified Dahe clan alliance was formed. After Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty established the Songmo Dudu Mansion and gave the surname Li. The Dahe clan alliance
After the disintegration, the Khitans established the Yaonan tribe alliance, which was attached to the Later Turkic Khanate for a long time.
Now these two northern enemies of the Han Dynasty were about to duke it out in the west.
The emperor of the Liao people, Yelu Dashi, looked down upon this strange land in a majestic and majestic mood.
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Luoyang, the spring scenery is bright, and several officials are gathering here to drink among the flowers.
Today is to celebrate the joy of Yue Wang Yang Lin taking a concubine. Yang Lin's current status is so high that it can be said to be extremely powerful.
He himself was not a cold-tempered person. Since he had captured the hearts of the two girls by trying his best, he sent Lu Qian to make separate proposals and take them as concubines.
Yang Lin's status in the Song Dynasty was such that as long as he wanted to, he could hardly get a woman.
Taking a concubine does not require complicated procedures. Even if a prince takes a concubine, it can be done within one day. Several officials from the Henan government came to celebrate. Yang Lin sat at the top, wearing a red robe.
She looked more and more elegant, with a peony flower on her head very coquettishly.
The prefect of Henan smiled and stood up to toast. At this time, a hurried postman came outside and took out a secret message from his arms.
After Yang Lin looked at it, his expression moved slightly, and then he took it into his arms.
"Young Zai? What official duties do you have?"
"It doesn't matter." Yang Lin knew it well and was not too panicked. He had set up defenses at the border. The attack was not known yet, and the defense was foolproof. The days when these Jurchen Tatars crossed the Great Wall at will were gone forever.
He raised his glass and said, "Come on, drink up this glass!"
After drinking, Yang Lin turned around and said to Lu Qian: "Send people only Han Shizhong, Zongze, and Yao Pingzhong, wait and see what happens, stick to the Great Wall, and attack head-on. If necessary, if there is a suitable fighter opportunity, you can also take the initiative. The general is outside,
How can we rely on the imperial court's instructions to fight the war? I just guarantee that their logistics will be sufficient. If you fight well, you will be rewarded, but if you fight poorly, you will be replaced."
In the Huang Mansion, two girls were in the same room together, looking at each other a little displeased.
Naturally, the bride could not come down from Shangqing Palace, so Zhang Changqing simply sent his daughter to Huang Mansion, which was more convenient.
The two little sisters who were once boudoirs have now had their braids broken up into women's buns, like the girlish hair on their beautiful faces being slowly twirled away by colorful silk threads.
This is called opening the face, also known as twisting the face, choosing the face, raising eyebrows, etc. It is one of the traditional wedding rituals. It uses twisted double threads to remove the hair on the bride's face, cut her forehead and sideburns, and trim her eyebrows.
A woman's face is only given once in her life as a sign of marriage. It is usually done by a person with complete parents and children or the bride's sister-in-law.
Generally, you first rub some "open flour" on the hairy areas on the girl's forehead, cheeks, around the eyebrows, upper and lower lips and chin, then take out the double-stranded cotton thread prepared in advance and pull it into a clip shape.
Use force to repeatedly twist the hair on the forehead, cheeks, lips, chin and other areas with dense hair, until the hair is completely twisted. After such "opening", the bride's temples are neat, with clear lines, and her eyebrows are as curved as the moon.
, the lips and forehead are smooth and fair, which suddenly adds a bit of beauty and makes them much more beautiful.
After the facial opening, several women and maids came over to help put on makeup. A woman who was changing Lingyun's bow shoes said with a smile: "The two girls are so lucky. The Prince's Mansion is not like an ordinary family."
You can get in. Look at this dowry, I’ve never seen it look so decent in so many years.”
After all, the two have been best friends for many years. They ignored each other for a while and couldn't help it anymore.
Huang Xuanzhi pointed at Lingyun's eyebrows and said, "After you fell off, you look much better."
"You are also quite handsome."
Once the hostility was over, the two laughed and commented on each other's wedding dresses.
As they talked, the two started to play around again. After all, it was the cardamom girl who was happy. At this time, a woman opened the door and came in. She took out a pamphlet with pictures from her sleeve and walked forward with a smile to explain.
Suddenly there was no sound of laughter in the room...
In the Palace of the Shangqing Dynasty, Zhang Changqing looked solemn, and several disciples stood aside and did not dare to speak.
I have done calculations for my daughter. Fortune is extremely precious. Young Master Yang...
Now is a critical period for me to practice Taoism. If there is such a big event as changing the dynasty, wouldn't it affect my Qing Cultivation. The most hateful thing is that now I am bound to Lingyun because of Lingyun, no!
Zhang Changqing stood up and said loudly: "Listen, I am going to Qinlong Zhongnan Mountain to practice hard, so that you can take a look at the Shangqing Palace."
"When will Master come back?" several disciples asked anxiously.
Zhang Changqing has walked out quickly, leaving only Lang Lang's voice:
"Now I have been given the privilege of cultivating Taoism in Mount Zhongnan.
The three realms are all at your fingertips, and the five elements are at your fingertips.
My disciple didn't know how to count, so he asked me when I would return him.
After nine days of ascension, it will be beautiful for a thousand years."