"Your Majesty, the Xizhou Uighurs broke through the border ten days ago and invaded more than 200 miles east of Daliao, taking away thousands of herders and more than 500 cattle, sheep, mules and horses."
"Moreover, the Uighur nobles of Xizhou divided up our pastures with a radius of hundreds of miles to the west of Daliao's Shangjing Road..."
"Gao Yongchang, a remnant of the Bohai Kingdom, was originally left behind in Suzhou, our country in the Liao Dynasty. Eight days ago, he announced the establishment of the Bohai Kingdom and broke away from our rule in the Liao Dynasty."
"Three days after announcing the establishment of the Bohai State, he led his army to march north, pointing his sword at our Liaodong area..."
The atmosphere in the already solemn Beiliao Palace tent became even more gloomy after hearing such a report.
Unexpectedly, now, trash like the Bohai Kingdom and the Xizhou Uighurs would dare to take advantage of the situation. Is it possible that Daliao is really reduced to a place where it can be bullied by any force?
Think about those days... It's better not to think about those days and look at today.
Seeing the current situation in Daliao, no one does not hate Yelu Yixin...~
But what was the real root cause of Yelu Yixin’s disaster in Daliao? It was His Majesty the Emperor of Daliao!
I'm afraid His Majesty may also regret it at this time. He regrets not doing his job properly these years...
Yelu Zhongyuan did regret it a bit.
However, now that things have happened, is there any use in regretting? It's useless! Daliao has reached a life-or-death situation.
"Your Majesty, I think we should send envoys to negotiate with the Song Dynasty and ask for an armistice. We will wait until the imperial court has defeated the Xizhou Uighurs and Gao Yongchang before we start a decisive battle!"
"The Song Dynasty has always been regarded as an orthodox dynasty, respecting the teachings of saints and hating rebellion. The Liao and Song countries have been brothers for centuries, and the focus is the Sixteenth State of Yanyun."
"I thought that the Song National Congress agreed to negotiate with Liao..."
There are also pedantic and naive children in Beiliao...
"Your Majesty, the soldiers have been on a two-year campaign. They have difficulty in rotating horses and lack of logistical supplies. Not to mention that the Song Dynasty may not be able to negotiate. Even if it is a negotiation, can Daliao continue to support the two-year campaign?"
"We are not fighting in the territory of other countries now, but in our territory of Daliao. Whether it is the invasion of the Xizhou Uighurs, Gao Yongchang's rebellion, or the war with the Song Dynasty, they are all within our territory of Daliao. There is no such thing as relying on the enemy for food.
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"Yelu Yixin's rebellion the year before last brought our Daliao Province, Nanjing Road, and Zhongjing Road into chaos. Zhongjing Road and Nanjing Road were the tax revenue centers of our Daliao Dynasty. The wars in these two places caused a emptiness in the imperial government's finances in the past two years of our Daliao Dynasty."
"Last year, Yelu Yixin caused chaos in the territory. After it subsided, the rewards from the imperial court have not been implemented yet, and the soldiers have many complaints..."
What he said was true, but when he said it at this time, it seemed to shake the morale of the army.
Those present are not all those who care about the Yelu family, nor are they all descendants...
"Don't talk nonsense! Now we have 500,000 Daliao cavalry, and we can raise millions of warriors!"
"Whether it was the great war in the Song Dynasty, the suppression of Gao Yongchang's rebellion, or the expulsion of the Uighurs from Xizhou, it was all easy!"
Is this really the case? No one is stupid!
How long has it been since the war began? Let alone defeating the Song State, it would be difficult to stop the Song State's advance.
From the beginning of the war, the statistical battle loss ratio between Liao and Song was almost two to one...~
"Your Majesty, could you please arrange suspicious troops on the Xijing Road, and then allocate part of the troops to eliminate Gao Yongchang?"
"As for the Xizhou Uighurs, I believe that whether they kidnapped herdsmen or occupied pastures, they will be easily recovered after the war with the Song Dynasty is over."
"There is a problem with Gao Yongchang's rebellion. In the Liaodong area, there are many remnants of the original Shiwei, Xi, Jurchen and other kingdoms. If Gao Yongchang is not destroyed, Liaodong may not be able to be pacified!"
It’s not that the plan is bad, in the final analysis, it’s still a matter of soldiers and logistics.
"Deploying troops? Is that that easy? The Song Dynasty regarded the entire Hebei Road as a battlefield. The entire Nanjing Road in Liao Dynasty, all the way to Xijing Road, was a battle line."
"Half a million cavalry can't be taken care of at all, so how can we mobilize the spare troops?"
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"Your Majesty, I have a plan. Daliao has cavalry, and its advantage lies in maneuverability. It is better to copy the strategy of Xijing Dao Suibing, concentrate its superior forces, and attack the Song Dynasty's central army."
"How could the Emperor of the Song Dynasty go on a personal expedition? How could an emperor who grew up in a deep palace withstand the charge of hundreds of thousands of cavalry? If the army pressed forward, and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty retreated or even fled, it would be nothing more than another Battle of the Gaoliang River...
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It seems that this is a way... Yelu Hongji also thinks that he can give it a try.
No one knows the current situation of Daliao better than him.
To say he regretted it, he should have paid attention to it when his uncle rebelled. As a result, he killed Yelu Chongyuan and favored Yelu Yixin.
The reason why Bei Liao is in this situation today is because the king, Yelu Hongji, is the main culprit!
"What do you think, sir?"
Yelu Hongji was really at a loss what to do. The emperor who was originally decisive in killing now also needed the advice of his ministers.
"Your Majesty, I thought I could give it a try!"
"Your Majesty, the soldiers are tired, and the reward for quelling Yelu Yixin's rebellion has not yet been fulfilled..."
"Your Majesty, the Uighurs from Xizhou have entered the country for more than a hundred miles. If we don't pay attention to it, the road to Beijing from Daliao will be lost..."
...There are people who have something to say, and everyone stands on their own side.
"Your Majesty, everyone, you don't know. The Han people have a formation called a long snake formation. Today's Song Dynasty's battle line is a horizontal long snake formation, attacking the central army with two wings moving."
"Once we attack the Chinese army and the armies on the east and west sides encircle and suppress it, I am afraid that there will be a possibility that all three armies will be encircled and suppressed."
"It is said that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty grew up in the palace... Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty led his army to the south when he was fifteen years old. During the Western Expedition, he defeated Xixia at Haoshuichuan, leading to the final destruction of Xixia."
"It is said that even the battle of Hedong between Song Dynasty and Daliao was planned by the Emperor of Song Dynasty. I think this plan is difficult to achieve!"
"Your Majesty, at this time we are not talking about whether Song State is prepared or not, nor is it possible to encircle and suppress Song State's long snake formation."
"For me, Daliao, we simply cannot support the continuation of such a battle. Looking at the battlefield, I see that without more than three times the superior force, it is impossible to break through the Song Dynasty's chariot defense line."
"Nowadays, in a battle like this between Daliao and the Song Dynasty, it is difficult to form a superior force locally. There is also a coordinated operation by the Song Dynasty's cavalry, so it is impossible to achieve success in such a battle."
"The advantage of Daliao is the mobility and flexibility of the cavalry. The current battle has abandoned our advantage of Daliao. I believe that it is feasible to concentrate our forces to attack the central army of Song Dynasty."
"Whether it is possible to defeat the Central Army of the Song Dynasty or not, the goal is to use all our strength to attack the Central Army of the Song Dynasty to demonstrate the combat power of Daliao. Once we promote the combat power of Daliao, we will not be completely at a disadvantage during negotiations!"
The original Northern Liao court was almost decided by Yelu Hongji. When the situation reached this point, all the forces in the Northern Liao dared to express their opinions.
Whether he was holding back or making suggestions, Yelu Hongji was not as strong as before.
This is the biggest problem... The various forces in the Northern Liao court no longer respect Your Majesty as they did in the past.
The Bei Liao frontline headquarters, which was disturbed by the news about the Xizhou Uighurs and Gao Yongchang's rebellion, was noisy and kept arguing for nearly a day, and finally reached an agreement...~
When Zhao Xi received the report of Gao Yongchang's rebellion and the invasion of Northern Liao by the Xizhou Uighurs, he was stunned for a while.
They are all very good at seizing the opportunity, and their level of taking advantage of the situation is really high.
"Guan family, is it the Fourth Prince's side that's using some force?"
"Now the information of the Imperial City Division is shared. Whatever I know, you also know. However, I believe that Gao Yongchang's rebellion has nothing to do with the Fourth Son."
Zhao Xi knew what Wang Anshi wanted to ask. The shared intelligence Zhao Xi mentioned was truly shared, not hidden at all.
Including the second prince's situation in Annan, it was shared with the cabinet without reservation.
"I also believe that Gao Yongchang's rebellion has nothing to do with the fourth prince. Since the fourth prince contacted Gao Yongchang for the first time to no avail, even arms sales have stopped with Gao Yongchang. It is impossible to encourage Gao Yongchang to rebel again."
"However, the early arms transactions did lay the foundation for Gao Yongchang's rebellion. This time, Gao Yongchang is probably planning to take advantage of the situation and does not want to be attached to the Song Dynasty... It seems that he really wants to establish some kind of Bohai Kingdom!"
Zhang Dun was quite familiar with the situation on the Fourth Prince's side. He and Lu Huiqing had always wanted to plan for the Liaodong forces to attach themselves to the Song Dynasty and judge the Northern Liao Dynasty.
I also asked for authorization from the officials at the beginning. Unfortunately, it never happened. At this time, Gao Yongchang rebelled, which made Zhang Dun very unhappy...~
"How is the situation with the Fourth Prince?"
"On the side of the Fourth Prince, since the Northern Liao imperial army put down the Jurchen Rebellion, arms sales have become difficult to do. However, due to the war in Liaodong, the crops in Liaodong that year were reduced by 60%. The Fourth Prince was allowed by the officials to go south, so he
Started to switch to grain business."
"Transporting grain from Nanyang to Liaodong...the fourth prince has almost monopolized the entire shipping grain business. Coupled with the severe harvest in Northern Liao this year, the price of grain in Liaodong is almost ten times higher than before."
"Not only sea transportation, but also grain merchants within the imperial court have now begun to transfer grain to Liaodong. If the Marine Corps of the Fourth Prince had not controlled the area around Zhigukou, I am afraid that land merchants would have crowded Hebei Province."
The frontline headquarters of the Song Dynasty was much more relaxed. Lu Huiqing could still talk about merchants so easily... In other words, the Song Dynasty was not worried about the outcome of this war at all.
"What's the price of food in the country?"
After listening to Lu Huiqing's words, Wang Anshi asked a little anxiously.
"It's okay. The price of food in the country is stable and has not changed. Shiyi Temple has good control."
"The second prince's team, with the support of General Gao from the southwest, has already marched three hundred miles south. Annan rice is everywhere. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent people south, and the second prince promised to ensure that the grain is transported to the country."
"Now the second prince is trading food for the dynasty's obsolete armaments..."
These are actually included in the report, and even the extent of the food shortage in Beiliao was shown by the intelligence from the Imperial City Department.
The reason why we are talking about this now is because we are not sure about the official attitude towards Gao Yongchang's rebellion and the invasion of Northern Liao Dynasty by the Xizhou Uighurs.
Speaking of which, these two things were beneficial to the Song Dynasty, especially to the current war between Song and Liao.
However, Gao Yongchang initially refused the Fourth Prince's solicitation, but now he took action.
And the Xizhou Uyghurs were taking advantage of the Guochao war in the Northern Liao Dynasty.
In this situation, I really don’t know how to treat them. Whether it’s a trap or a support, I can’t decide.
The trap was nothing more than cooperating with Bei Liao to reduce the intensity of the war and tacitly allowing Bei Liao to deploy troops to quell the civil strife.
If you support them, there are many ways. Whether it is increasing the attack on the frontal battlefield or supporting them behind the scenes, you can do it.
However, the officials seem to be distracted now...
"What are the obsolete arms reserves in the North Korean armory?"
"Going back to the official residence, since the imperial court replaced all the firearms in the army, the imperial court has confiscated all the armaments of all prefectures, counties and counties to the armory."
"In the past ten or twenty years, the imperial court has not used old armaments. The biggest consumption was to support Yelu Yixin, and they mainly used strong crossbows. There are many early bows and arrows, swords, guns, swords and halberds, etc., which are retained in the armory."
When Zhang Dun was preparing to support Liaodong forces, he investigated the armory.
"Where's the food? I'm asking how much more food has been transported by sea than before?"
"Back to the official family, because the fourth prince went south and participated in the grain business in places such as the Northern Liao Dynasty after the civil war, the grain trade among the eighteen Southeast Asian countries prospered."
"Today, the grain trade is almost three times what it was before Yelu Yixin's civil strife, and 30% more than before the imperial court sent troops."
"It is also because of this that the rotation of new and old grains in the Changping warehouses in various prefectures and counties in the country has accelerated. However, according to the supervisory office report, the grain in the Changping warehouses in all prefectures and counties in the country has not been empty for more than three days.
It can be said that the warehouse is guaranteed to be full at any time.”
Among the ministers accompanying the army now, Lu Huiqing is the military supplies manager on the front line. He is responsible for the logistics support of the army with Xue Xiang in Bianliang, and he understands it very well.
"Everyone, I am very tired and even disgusted with the behavior of the Xizhou Uighurs and Gao Yongchang. However, it is essentially beneficial to the war between the imperial court and the Northern Liao Dynasty."
"So, even if I am disgusted, I will not take any action for the time being. If they think they can reap the benefits, they have made a wrong calculation. If they have any ideas, they will wait until Beiliao is destroyed."
"Whether it is the Xizhou Uighurs or Gao Yongchang, they are not a threat to the Song Dynasty for the time being. In the future, it will be the contribution of the cavalry team, and I will leave it to them."
"As for now, I think we can do something about food and armaments..."
War finance is the most profitable.
Zhao Xi was lost in thought just now, remembering some things about making war fortune in later generations...
"However, food can only be transported outside the country if the price of food within the country is stable. This must be observed by both the official caravan of the imperial court and private caravans."
"I won't talk about official caravans. As for private caravans, on the basis of ensuring that they are originally transporting grain to the country and North Korea, the imperial court can allow private caravans to export grain."
"You only need to collect a certain proportion of grain appropriately when entering and exiting the defense line... In this way, the load of food transportation on the track can be reduced to a certain extent."
"As for pricing, I believe that the imperial court must unify the price of all grain shipments. The price of each export of grain must be increased by 10% on the basis of the external circulation price."
Zhao Xi's decision was definitely beneficial to the Song Dynasty court and merchants.
However, such a decision is another matter for Beiliao and Gao Yongchang.
Food prices, which are already high, may soar even further in Beiliao.
This is harvesting! Harvesting the wealth of the entire Northern Liao...