The first thousand two hundred and sixty-seven chapters
Li Xizhou is a big businessman in Liucheng. He is half Khitan. Like Zhu Ye, his mother is a Khitan and his father is a Han medicine merchant. He can speak fluent Khitan and he looks like a Khitan.
The Khitan people regarded him as a fellow tribesman. With this relationship, he did a lot of business in Khitan. He provided half of Khitan's daily necessities, cloth and silk, etc. The key was that he was very familiar with the situation in Khitan.
The soldiers placed a chair for Guo Song on the city wall. Guo Song sat down. Li Xizhou stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed: "Little citizen Li Xizhou pays homage to His Highness the King of Jin!"
"Pingshen!"
Li Xizhou stood up and stood aside with his hands down.
Guo Song saw that he was wearing a Khitan robe with a left collar and a Khitan leather hat, so he asked: "Are you a Han or a Khitan?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, Xiaomin is an out-and-out Han Chinese and has been from Shouguang County, Qingzhou for generations. Because Xiaomin has just returned from Khitan and has not had time to change his clothes, Your Highness misunderstood."
"General Zhang told me that you know the Khitan very well?" Guo Song asked again.
"The villain has been dealing with the Khitan and the Xi people for twenty years. He is quite familiar with the Khitan and the Xi people. At least in Liucheng, there are not many people who are more familiar with them than Xiaomin."
"Let's briefly talk about the Khitan situation first!" Guo Song said with a smile.
"Reporting to Your Highness, the Khitan is actually composed of many tribes. Traditionally, there are eight major tribes and many smaller tribes, but now there are mainly four major tribes, the Yaonan tribe, the Diela tribe, the Tuxi tribe and the Yishi tribe. Many other small tribes are attached to this tribe.
The four major tribes.
In fact, it is simple to say, that is, the nomadic forces in the west and the fishing and hunting forces in the east. The Yaonan tribe and the Tuxi tribe belong to the nomadic forces, while the Diela tribe and the Yishi tribe belong to the fishing and hunting forces. In the past, the nomadic forces had the upper hand, but now the Diela tribe
With the rise of the Qing Dynasty, the two major forces were equally divided, but Yaonan Heli was still appointed as the khan, and Yeluyun Deshi, the chief of the Diela tribe, was appointed as Yili Jin, which means the king of the east. These two tribes were fighting openly and secretly, and had been competing for the control of the Khitan.
Leadership.”
"Does the Yaonan tribe also live in the Songmo Governor's Mansion?"
Li Xizhou shook his head quickly, "The Songmo Governor's Mansion is the sphere of influence of the fishing and hunting tribes, that is, the territory of the Diela tribe. The Yaonan tribe's influence is on the grassland to the west. The people of the Yuan tribe in the north are attached to the Yaonan tribe, and the Xi tribe in the south are attached to the Diela tribe.
The La tribe, the two are evenly matched. At present, the total strength of the Khitan is about 200,000, and each side has 100,000. However, the Die La tribe has supported Zhu Ye with a lot of troops. Now the Die La tribe is estimated to have only about 70,000 to 80,000 troops, with cavalry and infantry each.
Take half."
"Does the 70,000 to 80,000 troops include the Xi people?"
Li Xizhou nodded, "It must be included. The Xi people have 50,000 troops. Ten thousand will be given to support Zhu Ye, 20,000 will be given to the Khitans, and 20,000 will be left to defend the territory."
"What about the equipment situation?"
Guo Song asked again: "Can you tell us about the equipment of the Khitan army?"
Li Xizhou laughed and said, "Your Highness must have dealt with Zhu Ye in Silla! The equipment of Zhu Ye's army is exactly the same as that of the Die La tribe, and the Yaonan tribe is even inferior. It is basically leather armor, and bows and arrows are not good."
At this time, Li Bing next to him couldn't help but ask: "Although the Diela tribe has 70,000 to 80,000 troops, will it enter an emergency war and recruit a large number of young men, resulting in a rapid increase in military strength?"
"It is entirely possible. Yeluyun Shide personally said a few months ago that if he wanted to, he could quickly assemble an army of 300,000 people."
"Three hundred thousand?" All the generals had doubts in their eyes. If there were 300,000 young and strong men in the Diela tribe, then they would have a population of at least two million. It would be impossible even if you include the Xi tribe!
Guo Song said lightly: "I guess he is a slave of Silla."
Li Xizhou bowed and said: "Your Highness is absolutely right. There are hundreds of thousands of young and strong men in Silla who were sent by Zhu Ye to the mines of Diela tribe for mining and smelting. They are called mining slaves. The army of 300,000 that Yeluyun Shide said,
Including these hundreds of thousands of Silla and Goguryeo slaves."
Guo Song pondered for a long time and said to Li Xizhou: "Can you please Li Dongzhu to send a letter to Yu Yue Khan for me? I hope to cooperate with him."
Li Xizhou immediately bowed and said: "I am willing to serve His Highness!"
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Guo Song did not intend to conquer the entire Liaodong region during this Liaodong battle. It was unrealistic and unnecessary. In this expedition, he mainly considered recovering Yingzhou, restoring the Andong Protectorate, and conquering the Khitan Diera tribe in the core area of Liaodong.
, the Xi people, the Sumo Mohe people, the Heishui Mohe people, and the Goguryeo people all annexed Silla at the same time. After the imperial court had completely established a foothold in the court, it would then consider conquering the Bohai Kingdom, the Khitan Yaonan tribe and the Shiwei people. This period and span
It will take at least thirty years.
Precisely because the Khitan Yuanan tribe was not Guo Song's target for the time being, Guo Song considered cooperating with the Yuanan tribe to destroy the Khitan fishing and hunting forces together.
The Khan's tent of the Yaonan tribe is located on the bank of Daluobo Lake in the west of the Songmo Dudu Mansion. Their sphere of influence includes part of the Songmo Dudu Mansion and the vast grasslands in the west. They are out-and-out nomadic people who thrive on the grasslands.
They make a living by herding cattle. Their leader has always been the Songmo Governor who was conferred by the Tang Dynasty, and has always been a vassal of the Turks and Uighurs.
However, as the Uighurs were defeated by the Jin army, the Mobei grassland entered a period of struggle for hegemony. The Yaonan tribe also actively expanded westward. Their biggest enemy was the Banyegu tribe. In addition, the Diela tribe, who were also Khitans, were their enemies.
Internal competitors have seriously restricted the expansion of the Yaonan tribe, making the Yaonan tribe afraid to devote all its troops to compete with the Zhuyegu tribe for fear of a fire in the backyard.
At present, the leader of the Yaonan tribe is called Yaonan Heli, and his Chinese name is Li Heli. This is because Li Longji gave them the Li surname. However, after the Anshi Rebellion, the Yaonan tribe had no relationship with the Tang Dynasty. They completely surrendered to the Huihe and were
Huihe was canonized as Khan, and Yaonan Heli was named Yuyue Khan.
Li Xizhou brought an autographed letter from Jin Wang Guo Song, which made Yuanjian Heli very interested. Guo Song wanted to destroy the Diela tribe and the Xi people. He hoped to join forces with the Yaonan tribe and have the Yaonan tribe send troops to contain Diela in the west.
The Labu and Xi people, and the Jin army faced off against the troops of Yeluyun Shide and the Xi people.
What made Yaonan Heli even more interested was the distribution of the results of the battle. The King of Jin wanted the land of the La tribe and the Xi people, the population would go to the Yaonan tribe, the property would be divided equally between the cattle and sheep families, and the slaves would go to Yingzhou.
Of course, Yaonan Heli doesn't care about the little land in Diela tribe. There is still a vast grassland to the west. What he wants is population. With a sufficient population, he will have enough troops to compete with Ba Yegu for pasture. What's more important is
, without the competition from the Dila tribe, the Yaonan tribe can completely control the Khitan. This is absolutely beneficial to him. Why doesn't he agree?
He asked Li Xizhou with some confusion, "Why doesn't the King of Jin want more people?"
Li Xizhou smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin also wants people, such as Han slaves, Goguryeo and Silla slaves. He will definitely want them. As for the Khitan people, they are a burden and a hidden danger to him. He will definitely not want them, and he will definitely not want them."
I value the land. If the Khan agrees, you can give me a token and I will take it to His Highness the King of Jin."
Yuan Chaan He Li paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands. He had just realized that the King of Jin wanted to cut off more than half of the land of the Songmo Dudu Mansion, mainly forests, river valleys and plains. Especially the plains were very fertile. If he gave up this land
land, it means that they have no chance to compete with Liaodong and lose their foothold in competing for Liaodong.
But Yuan Chai He Li suddenly changed his mind. Although the land temporarily belonged to the Tang Dynasty, it did not mean that it would belong to the Tang Dynasty forever. He could just take it back when he became stronger.
Thinking of this, he took out a silver wolf head order from the table, handed it to Li Xizhou and said with a smile: "This is the silver wolf head given to me by the Khan of Huihe. It is a symbol of my position as Khan. I give it to Jin as a token."
Your Highness, I hope that in the future His Highness the King of Jin will give me a golden wolf head."
Li Xizhou understood what the other party meant, and hoped that the Tang Dynasty would officially confer him a first-class Khan. Li Xizhou said happily: "As long as both parties cooperate fully, His Highness the King of Jin will definitely realize the Khan's wish!"
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This expedition to attack the Khitan Diela tribe actually involved three armies, including a 150,000-strong army of the Jin army, a 20,000-strong army of the Khitan's old enemy Bohai State, and a 50,000-strong army of the Yaonan tribe. Among them, the army of the Yaonan tribe was not directly
When attacking the Diela tribe, their main task is to rob people and rob the population of the Diela tribe to the grasslands.
The Jin army rested in Liucheng for ten days. When Guo Song received the eagle letter from Li Xizhou, he immediately ordered the army to march towards the Raole Dudu's Mansion due west of Yingzhou.