The foxtail mink cap was riding in the thick cloak, and he was dressed in a unique crimson as the Dadielie Mansion Yilijin (Military Chief/Allied Commander) designated by the Khan and passed by the leaders. Yelu Shilu, with a robe and a Diao Chan crown, is also riding a horse under the blue-black wolf head on behalf of Wang Zhang and Khan's orders.
It’s just that his mood is a bit complicated, because since his father’s previous generation, Yilijin, he has also taken his tribe from fishing and hunting without a fixed place to a semi-settled farming and pastoral chief, Yelu Yundeshi; More than ten years ago, in the bloody turmoil caused by the former sweat and horse, after being killed with dozens of relatives, including his second son Yelu Sala (Abaoji's father);
This is the first time that Wang Zeng has transferred the duties of Dadielie Mansion (military chief), who is in charge of the various ministries to Lijin, back to the Yelu clan. But as a corresponding price and condition, he must surrender the position of Yuyue (internal phase), whom he is familiar with and managed for years; and the leader of the Wangzhang tribe from another Shijian tribe-Kun Guzhi is temporarily replaced Its responsibility.
On the other hand, it comes from the meaningful hint of De Khan before the expedition; that is, someone told him earlier that Diescha’s subordinates, not only were tribesmen secretly boiling salt in the greasy brine north of Mount Konoha. For profit, there are even people taking in and gathering people from the Bohai Sea. Try to mine cast iron in the mountains in the upper reaches of the Tuhe River;
If it's just a small mess of individual tribesmen who just think they are self-sufficient, but if they are in the middle and profit, then shouldn't they enter the king's account and think that they are self-certified. However, this result made Yelu Shilu both irritated and frightened; he was irritated because he, as the patriarch/chief chief, knew nothing about it; even more frightened by the warning from the king's account.
Don’t underestimate this salt and iron, but it is an indispensable lifeline for the survival and self-preservation of all tribes on the grassland. Every year, in order to obtain sufficient iron sources from the Han, tribes even take their lives to pass the customs. Grabbing the ironware of the people; and mastering where the salt ponds are produced, you also master the largest source of money in the grassland trade, because both humans and animals must be supplemented with salt.
And you must know that the last Turkic who was born in a tribe affiliated with Rouran Khan’s slaves, used this to drive him away from the West after a blizzard disaster that caused Wangzhang to be severely damaged. (Later Avar/Mazar/Huns), and replaced it as the new hegemon and power on the grassland.
Then came the Xue Yantuo from among the nine Tiele tribes affiliated to the Turks, relying on the convenience of forging the armour of the East Turkic Khan; and taking advantage of the momentum to rise and challenge the hegemony of the grasslands, it also led to the fact that they are also suffering from the Tang Dynasty. Under the blow, the Turkic Khanate, which had been copied several times by the king's account, fell apart.
Then, the Xue Yantuo tribe, which rose on the corpse of the torn apart Turkic Khanate, did not have the beauty and hegemony for long; instead, it was challenged by the Huihe Tribe from within the Nine Tribes of Tiele and supported and supported by the ironware materials of the Tang Dynasty. ; Then there are many years when Huihe has been dominating the grassland.
And as one of the second and third-rate peripheral forces forced to compete. The ancient Khitan Babu was almost a vassal status of different ages, following and witnessing the process of these grassland hegemons revolving and extinction; although they were on the verge of extinction and disintegration, but also from the rise and fall of these overlords. Sufficient nutrients are absorbed in success or failure.
At the same time, he was a member of the Tang Dynasty Songmo Dudu Mansion; in the crevices of low tides and power competitions, those who rebelled and rebelled, acquired advanced skills and tools brought by the exiles of Han, and gradually multiplied and prospered. Therefore, nowadays, the Uighur Khanate has been in the grassland for many years, but the Middle-Earth is still chaotic. The northeast corner is just when the Khitan dominates.
Therefore, under certain promising prospects and hopes, this Hende Khan can tolerate and rely on the Yelu clan of the Diecha Department, as the Liliu of the Dadielie Mansion, to profit from the king’s account and suppress the other seven. At the same time as the ministers, they continued to grow on their own; however, the tacit understanding between the ministers and subordinates now seemed to be broken.
But as a person with vested interests in his place, no matter what will happen to the Dieschabu and the Yaoyan clan in the future, at least Yelu Shilu doesn’t want this fairly mutual understanding and affiliation. Don’t get caught in your own hands. It broke easily. Therefore, he did not hesitate to say that he would thoroughly investigate the clan and give Wang Zhang an explanation.
Because he already had an object of speculation in his heart, but he hadn't made up his mind whether to hand it over, or just take a clan member out of his mind as a way of preservation.
On the other hand, compared to the now-in-chief Abaoji, who is now in charge of Zhengwei Erlang (Tarma Division), who is now invincible; which one of his knees can only attract friends and accompany his son, Yelu Hua. It's much more mediocre, but if you take Khan's daughter and become a tent, it is also a good future.
Because Hende Khan also implied that he was more optimistic about the attitude of Abaoji to inherit Yilijin, the head of the Yelu clan and the headquarters, and even the attitude of Yilijin in Dadielie Mansion. This made him a little helpless and powerless. Although Yelv Shilu was the Yilijin of the Diec Tribe and the patriarch of the Yelu clan, it did not mean that he was arbitrarily handling all the affairs of his clan.
In fact, the next generation of members of the clan and the young children of the nobles in this tribe, such as Yelutonglu, Yelu Niela, Yeluyuzhi, Yeluhuzhi, Yelvshubao, are all closer to which one can lead them to victory and continue to win cattle. Yelu Abaoji, the leading eldest brother of Sheep, Nukou, and the vassal account; even his younger brothers, Maru and Iwaki.
Therefore, due to such antecedents and consequences, Yelu Shilu is also faintly touched; at least he is the chief of the clan, the chief of the tribe, and the triple status of the king's accountant, and he needs more input from cattle and sheep slaves. To further establish and consolidate one's own authority and influence, can't you let a younger generation of your own race be compared
Therefore, he also had an unknown expectation for this armed parade of tribute collection. Therefore, besides him, in addition to the two thousand horses (guards) sent by Wang Zeng, the attached ion (professionals, the sons of the first man) who guarded the ten arrows, and three thousand of them armed with all their strength. Jingjian children constitute the core force of this southern expedition.
However, it is based on the closeness of the relationship, and the other three adults in the alliance and the king of Dongxi sent out some good and bad string controllers; among them, the best equipment is also under the command of the adults, Jiama bow and arrow, attached Ding Nu and maidservants are equipped with ions; secondly, the tents that support one member of the soldiers are counted and ten tents; they are also the backbone of this army.
And the most shabby ones are undoubtedly the miscellaneous tribes and tribes who gathered after hearing the news. Most people are ragged and do not have decent mounts and saddles. Only the heads have worn out armor and follow them on foot; they can’t even be counted in the official ranks, but they can only lag behind those who pull vehicles and drive herds. The ranks of the servants and servants are mixed together;
Of course, since the Khitan army as its headquarters allowed them to prepare their own rations and weapons, they would share the corners and corners obtained by the Khitan army in the war; naturally they also embraced this generation as a precursor and filling in disguise. The cannon fodder of the gully; in this way, the resistance and the corresponding degree of the places along the way are tested, and then the Khitan headquarters will target the strategy and decisive victory.
Therefore, in addition to the Khitan soldiers marching in the brigade, there are many light riders in leather clothes and felt hats farther away, swimming in groups, constantly reporting the various situations and situations encountered earlier in the road. ; At the same time, it is also a disguised war supervising and emissary, so that those small groups who are scattered into the local to attack and plunder will not deviate too far and lose control and contact.
Only after they passed the Daling River branch in the upper reaches of the Liaoshui River, they threw themselves away; neither the leaders of the Tu people and the representatives of the elders who came to greet and pay the tribute, nor any symbolic resistance and Harassment; what you see from crossing the river are empty and deserted settlements and settlements, even those in the high-risk and dangerous stockades and mountain towns.
"Nielie Goun, haven't I discovered the people of Dingkou who live in these mountain cities, have they all gone?"
Yelu Shilu couldn’t help but call his younger brother, who was also the name of Yelusha, who was also the deputy of the Southern Expedition and the leader of the account. But the next reply and response were almost the same, but Yelu Shilu couldn’t help being embarrassed. There was a layer of shadow and darkness.
You must know that when the land of Liaodong belonged to the Andong Duhu Prefecture, it also had a new city, Liaocheng, Jian'anzhou, Gewu Prefecture, four Dudufu Prefectures, and seven prefectures. There were more than 100 counties in more than 30 counties. The large and small cities represented the essence of the hinterland of the Andong Duhu Mansion; although later, with the withdrawal of the Tang Dynasty garrison and the invasion and merging of surrounding forces, it gradually declined a lot.
However, as a source of sturdy people and relative production suitable for both farming and animal husbandry, it has always been a key area for the surrounding forces to strictly prevent and suppress and instigate disputes. Therefore, for so many years, it has always been a scattered sand. There is no way to form a real joint force or a real force. There has been a dominant strength; because as long as there is a sign, it will be strangled by the nearby Bohai, Silla, and even Lu Longjun in some kind of tacit understanding.
Of course, for the Khitans who had no long-term plans to occupy and reside, this was nothing more than a regular and irregular harvesting of food and livestock, and a private space for the children of the tribe to provide foreign attack and combat training sessions. Naturally, he will not be more pity and care about the life and death of these local Tu nationality hukou than the former.
Therefore, the most common method is to coerce and drive these strong women and children along the way to attack the cities and fortifications that rely on the terrain to try to resist for a while, so as to make up for the natural deficiency of the Khitan people who lack equipment and are not good at attacking cities; consume and weaken the enemy. At the same time, it also creates an opportunity to break the walled city. Of course, if the test finds that it is really hard to eat or the price is too high, the Khitan people will not be too insistent on one city and one place to gain or lose and turn to plotting other places.
This is also the basic support that the local ethnic groups in Liaodong have survived and thrived after repeated troubles. But even for the local tuhu who tended to get away early when they got the news, at least some people, women and children who were inconvenient or lucky enough to fall and became the source of the Khitan people’s news, would it be so empty and clean? How creepy
However, even if there is a faint anxiety and a sense of crisis in the heart, Yelv Shilu has to move on, because as the newly appointed Dadielie Mansion Yilijin, if it is only because there is no direct evidence. Worries and conjectures stopped the self-led southern expedition. The grievances of the Khitan soldiers who did not get the expected gains and plunder would greatly damage his prestige and authority.
Therefore, he could only disregard the complaints and fatigue of his soldiers, and tried his best to send more horses and rangers to expand the scope of search and alert as much as possible. Then, in some kind of anxiety that cannot be put into words, I look forward to the moment of encountering enemy and resistance. This dull and tense mood lasted three days after arriving near Liaodong New Town, the former Xincheng Prefecture governor's office on the north bank of a tributary of the Liaohe River.
Several pioneers who were suddenly defeated, and the enemy’s face and posture described by the remnants of escape; let the Khitan men and horses of the dull daily life that have been forcibly endured for several days since crossing the river into Liaodong without being killed or captured, immediately excited They were screaming like tigers and wolves who were out of prison, and they couldn't wait to attack and kill each other and went forward.
And at this time, Yelu Shilu couldn't contain this kind of sentiment that was expected by the public, but could only restrain Dieci headquarters and the soldiers and horses from Wang's account as much as possible with his own identity, just in case. (End of this chapter)