Qian Song

Chapter 191 Gone with the Wind (ask for a monthly pass!)
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After the Jinwu Army and the Yulin Army escorted the food and supplies to Yanjing, Li Cun sent Yang Zheng to lead 1 horses and Yelu Dashi to take over Juyongguan.

Li Cun specifically told Yang Zheng that he must check Juyongguan, especially the cliffs, so that there is no possibility of collapse due to disrepair or other reasons.

Li Cun is not aimless.

Historically, when Wanyan Aguda led his troops to Juyongguan, the cliffs on Juyongguan collapsed suddenly. Most of the soldiers of the Liao army guarding Juyongguan were killed by falling rocks, and they collapsed without fighting.

This allowed Wanyan Aguda to pass through the dangerous pass of Juyongguan with ease, and then took down Yanjing City without bloodshed.

Yang Zheng is the first-class careful person among Li Cun's generals, and he is especially good at defense.

Li Cun believed that with Yang Zheng guarding Juyongguan, he would be safe.

Li Cun sent Guo Hao and Xie Yuan to lead 1 horses respectively to take over Gubeikou and Songting Pass with Xiao Qian.

Guo Hao and Xie Yuan are also meticulous and good at defending generals. Gubeikou and Songting are in their hands, and Li Cun is also very relieved.

However, Li Cun still instructed Guo Hao and Xie Yuan to tell them not only to be wary of Jinren, but also to be careful of Xiaoqian and Xiren.

Both Gubeikou and Songting Pass are the throats connecting the outside of the pass with the North China Plain.

These two places have already been inhabited by the Xi people.

The Xi nationality is a very ancient nation, belonging to the Donghu family. It was called Kumoxi during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It was relatively strong in the Tang Dynasty. It was divided into five tribes and distributed in the eastern part of Inner Mongolia and the southern part of Liaoning Province in later generations.

When Li Shimin conquered Goryeo, Su Zhi, the great chief of the Xi clan, followed him and made great contributions.

During Wu Zetian's period, the Xi people rebelled, and they were called "Two Abbess" with the Turks.

The Xi family sometimes attached to the Tang Dynasty and sometimes attached to the Turks, which is a typical wall grass.

In order to stabilize the northeast border, the Tang Dynasty adopted a policy of appeasement towards the Xi people.

Later, the Xi family was attacked by Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji.

——Yelu Abaoji conquered the Xi clan several times, and it took more than ten years to finally bring the Xi clan into the Khitan regime, change the Xi clan's surname to Xiao, and become one of the descendants of the Liao Kingdom for generations.

At this time, Xiao Qian was actually the great chieftain of the Xi clan.

It has to be said that the reason why the Jin people have not been able to enter Yandi for so long has a lot to do with Xiao Qian and Xi people. It is their existence that prevents the Jin people from going south from Gubeikou and Songting Pass. .

Now it is the turn of the dry army to guard Gubeikou and Songting Pass. These original protectors of Gubeikou and Songting Pass have become the biggest hidden danger of these two dangerous passes.

Of course, it's not that Li Cun didn't give Xi Ren a chance. Xi Ren who is willing to live a stable life can move to a nearby city as long as he abides by the rules and regulations formulated by the Daqian Dynasty.

In addition, Li Cun did not forget the trail that leads to Yandi from Nanankou.

——At Nanankou, Li Cun sent Xu Shian to lead 1 troops to garrison.

At the same time, Li Cun sent Han Shizhong and Wu Jie to control 2 horses each, and fully recovered the seven prefectures in front of the mountain.

During this period, Li Cun officially launched a recruitment plan to recruit [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

The Yan-Liao area is the most traditional animal husbandry area of ​​the Central Plains Dynasty, especially the Yanyun area, which was the most important animal husbandry base of the Central Plains Dynasty as early as the Xia Dynasty.

But even so, it is not easy to buy [-] to [-] good horses at once.

After all, due to successive years of wars, Yandi has been plucked repeatedly by the Liao State, and horses are not as abundant as in its heyday.

But then again, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

The army is the foundation of the Liao Kingdom, so whether it is peacetime or wartime, the Liao Kingdom has as many as 30 professional soldiers.

At the same time, as a nomadic dynasty, the Liao Kingdom also had advantages that the traditional Han dynasty did not have.

Until now, the Liao Kingdom has actually insisted that all the people are soldiers, which is also the tradition of nomads.

This also makes the war mobilization ability of the Liao Kingdom extremely amazing. According to historical records and statistics of later generations, under the state of extreme mobilization, the Liao Kingdom can even expand its army to more than 160 million in a short period of time.

And the Liao army is all horse troops.

In other words, there are 1604 million people, and there are at least 160 million horses.

Calculated according to the fact that the population of Yanyun area is one-third of that of Liao.

The number of war horses in the Yanyun area is at least 50.

If you remove the war horses in Yundi, there must have been 30 war horses in the entire Yandi when the Liao Kingdom was in its heyday.

Under such circumstances, the Liao Kingdom would just repeatedly gather wool in Yandi. In theory, it should not be a big problem for Li Cun to get [-] cavalry in Yandi.

Moreover, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Qian alone had [-] to [-] war horses. Excluding the [-] horses that Li Cun promised them, there should still be [-] to [-] horses.

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In order to ensure that he could really form a cavalry force of 5 horses, Li Cun proposed a recruitment policy of giving priority to recruits who bring their own horses.

Of course, the premise is that Li Cun's recruitment plan is that as long as the cavalry is selected by the Ministry of War, the monthly salary of the probationary period is one and a half, and the regular salary is two. Those who bring their own horses will double the military salary during the soldier period.

In addition, like other cadres, the newly recruited Yan soldiers will get half of their salary every time they are promoted.

The military pay of the Liao Kingdom was much lower than that of the Song Dynasty.

——This is mainly due to the large gap between the national strength and economic level of the two countries.

Under such circumstances, according to the military pay system of the Dagan Dynasty established by Li Cun based on the military pay standards of the Song Dynasty, recruiting troops here in Yandi must be extremely attractive to the people of Yandi, especially for For those cavalry who bring their own horses.

——In their view, the military salary of the Dagan Dynasty is absolutely too high to be higher.

In fact, some people persuaded Li Cun to consider that the actual situation in Yandi was different from that of the Daqian Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and suggested that Li Cun could give Yan soldiers less military pay.

But Li Cun thought that if two military payment systems were created in the same army for no reason, wouldn't that be creating conflicts and making the army alienated from him?

You know, unfairness is the most taboo here in the army.

Therefore, Li Cunli rejected all opinions and resolutely gave Yan Bing and Nan Bing exactly the same military pay.

As for the Yan soldiers being able to bring horses, that was their ability. If the Nan soldiers could also bring good horses, Li Cun would also double their military pay during the soldier period.

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Knowing that Yelu Yanxi went hunting again, Brother Xiao Gui couldn't help but sigh.

Brother Xiao Gui is the Yuan concubine of Yelu Yanxi, and she is also the sister of Xiao Fengxian, the most treacherous official in the Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Yanxi had one empress and three concubines in her lifetime.

Of course, Yelv Yanxi Palace also had some concubines such as Zhaorong, Zhaoyi, Shuyi, Heyi, Liyi, Shunyi, and Fangyi.

However, because Yelu Yanxi was not very feminine, these concubines did not get too much luck from Yelu Yanxi, and most of them never gave birth to children for Yelu Yanxi.

In addition, the system of the Liao Kingdom is that the identities of concubines and concubines are very different.

——In the Liao Kingdom, the status of a concubine is not much higher than that of a court lady.

Therefore, the four most important women in Yelv Yanxi Palace are: Empress Xiao Duolilan, Concubine Xiao Shigu, Concubine Wen Xiao Sesel, and Concubine Yuan Xiao Guige.

Aunt Xiao died of grief at the early death of her son.

Xiao Sesu was bestowed to death by the fatuous Yelu Yanxi two years ago.

Not long ago, Xiao Duo, the queen of Yelv Yanxi Palace, was lazy, unable to bear the pain of the bumps, and she was older, and died of illness.

Now Yelu Yanxi only has brother Xiao Gui as the concubine.

Yelu Yanxi had six sons and six daughters.

Among them, the eldest son Zhao Wang Yelu Xinilie was born to Zhao Zhaorong, the second son Liang Wang Yelu Yali was born to an unknown low-ranking concubine Yu, the third son Yan Wang Yelu Talu was born to the concubine Xiao Shigu, and the fourth son Jin Wang Yelu Ao Luwo was born to Concubine Wen Xiao Sesel, while the fifth son Qin Yeluding and the sixth son Xu Wang Yeluning were both born to Brother Xiao Gui.

The six princesses, except for the eldest daughter Yelu Yabuli and the second daughter Yelu Guyu, who were born to unknown concubines, and Yelu Yuliyan, the princess of the Kingdom of Shu, were bleakly born. Brother Xiao Gui was born.

In other words, Yelu Yanxi had a total of twelve children, the youngest two sons and three daughters were all rounded up by Xiao Guige.

It can be seen from this that brother Xiao Gui is favored by Yelu Yanxi.

More importantly, as Yelu Yanxi's son was so stupid, he died as soon as he died, and the son of a concubine was born of a concubine, and he was bestowed to death by Yelu Yanxi, Yeluding, born to brother Xiaogui, has become the most suitable for the Liao Kingdom. heirs.

——Yeluchun passed the title of emperor of the Northern Liao Dynasty to Yeluding.

In addition, Brother Xiao Gui is a woman with a calm personality, does not fight in everything, is extremely virtuous, and is also extremely beautiful. Therefore, since Brother Xiao Gui entered the palace, Yelu Yanxi never spoiled others, and let Brother Xiao Gui take care of her at that time. All the energy of Yelu Yanxi, who is no longer young.

It is precisely because of this that Yelu Yanxi blindly favored Xiao Fengxian who dedicated Brother Xiao Gui to Yelu Yanxi.

This has also become one of the reasons why Liao came here.

From this point of view, it is not an exaggeration to call brother Xiao Gui a beauty of the "disaster level".

Of course, blaming women is just an excuse for men who don't work.

Brother Xiao Gui himself has never done anything bad.

In fact, brother Xiao Gui is not only not a bad woman, on the contrary she is also very kind and generous.

——One time, when Brother Xiao Gui was taking a nap, a servant sneaked into her bedroom and stole her beloved sable fur. She obviously found out, and she didn't ask the guard to catch the servant.

All in all, no matter how you look at it, Brother Xiao Gui is the perfect candidate for the Empress of the Liao Kingdom.

In fact, Yelu Yanxi and the others are now in exile, and Xiao Duolilan has just passed away, Yelu Yanxi has no time and no mood to confer the title of Brother Xiao Gui, otherwise Brother Xiao Gui must be the queen.

Brother Xiao Gui actually doesn't want to be the queen.

In Brother Xiao Gui's mind, the reason why the Liao Kingdom has come to this point is to a large extent caused by her brother Xiao Fengxian.

Brother Xiao Gui even felt that she herself was also responsible. If she had supported Yelu Aoluwo as the crown prince instead of letting her son Yelvding become the crown prince, the Liao Kingdom might not be what it is now.

Based on this, Brother Xiao Gui, who is not very strong, can only strengthen himself and temporarily help Yelu Yanxi take care of the harem, so that Yelu Yanxi will not worry about these women.

After sorting out his bad mood and suppressing his worries about the future, Brother Xiao Gui entered a very large tent.

At this time, the tent was full of hundreds of women.

Some of them were concubines of Yelu Yanxi, some were concubines of several sons of Yelu Yanxi, some were daughters of other Zong clans or concubines of Zong clan, and there were also six daughters of Yelu Yanxi.

Yelu Yanxi's eldest daughter, Yelu Yabuli, had already married, but unfortunately her son-in-law had already died in battle.

The second daughter Yelu Guyu, the third daughter Yelv Yuliyan, the fourth daughter Yelv Oriyan, the fifth daughter Yelv Okuno, and the sixth daughter Yeluci Okuno have never been married.

These women in the tent, regardless of age, are all very beautiful, especially Brother Xiao Gui, Yelu Yu Liyan, Yelu Oriyan, Yelu Da Okuno, Yelu Ci Okuno and a dozen other women, who are described as beautiful and heavenly fragrance They are not exaggerated, proper Gone with the Wind.

This is actually quite normal. After more than 220 years of genetic modification by countless generations of beauties, how could the daughters of the imperial family and the Zong family in Liao Kingdom look so bad?
Seeing Brother Xiao Gui coming in, someone couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, is Your Majesty going hunting again?"

Brother Xiao Gui could see how much the woman in the tent hoped to hear an answer like "No, His Majesty is studying how to regain lost ground" from her mouth.

These pampered women really don't want to stay in this deserted Jiashan any longer.

More than 220 years have passed since the founding of Yelu Abaoji to the present.

This makes the degree of Sinicization of the Liao nobles very high.

Many nobles in the Liao Kingdom, especially noble women, no longer like life on horseback. They prefer to live in a comfortable palace with whatever they want.

It's okay to come out to hunt and relax once in a while, but they really can't bear to live this kind of savage life every day.

In addition to being unbearable physically, they were also unbearable mentally.

Once upon a time, none of these people were high-ranking ladies, princesses, and monarchs, but now they are reduced to the playthings plundered by the lowly Jurchens, and they live in fear every day, fearing that a group of Jurchens will rush in the next moment and resist them. Go, and then ravage them in every possible way.

Who wants to live like this all the time? !

Therefore, they all hope that their emperor, Yelu Yanxi, will stop playing with things and get discouraged, and quickly cheer up, lead the army to fight back, regain the lost land, and let them return to their previous lives.

Brother Xiao Gui wanted to deceive these poor women, but Brother Xiao Gui was born unable to lie.

As a result, Brother Xiao Gui hesitated, and all the women in the tent suddenly collapsed collectively!

——They really couldn't understand, the Liao Kingdom was like this, how could Yelu Yanxi still have the mood to go hunting? !
Relying on her seniority, the concubine of Liao Taishu Hu Luwa said with red eyes: "Madam, can you persuade Your Majesty to take me back to fight back? All women and children are willing to go to the battlefield, whether it is Jurchens or people from Song Dynasty. , I will fight them, and I will die in Shangjing instead of living in this mountain.”

As soon as Huluwa's concubine finished speaking, someone cried and said, "Yes, I can't escape anymore. Let Your Majesty take me back. I would rather die on the battlefield than run away like a mouse again." Go west!"

Then all the women started crying.

How miserable and heartbreaking these cries must be, how heartbreaking they must be!

Brother Xiao Gui's eyes were also red.

But Brother Xiaogui must be strong, she must help Yelu Yanxi stabilize the emotions of these women, otherwise it will make the already gloomy business even worse.

Brother Xiao Gui cheered himself up, and said: "Your Majesty has indeed gone hunting, but it's all because His Majesty has been under too much pressure recently and needs a place to vent. You all know that His Majesty has borrowed troops from the Xia Kingdom, and is convening various Tribe, when the army gathers in the future, His Majesty will definitely lead us to fight back to Shangjing to recover the lost land..."

Brother Xiao Gui wasn't trying to comfort the women who lost control of their emotions. In fact, since Yelu Yanxi fled to Jiashan in mid-March this year, he really hasn't been idle.

In the past few months, Yelu Yanxi has been trying to organize forces to resist the invasion of the Jin army.

But in Yelu Yanxi's view, the situation is getting more and more serious.

Following Yelu Yu’s observations, Yelu Foding, the envoy of Southwest Recruitment, has also surrendered gold, Yunnei, Ningbian, and Dongsheng states have all surrendered, and Xijing has also fallen. It can be said that the area south of the desert is basically occupied by the Jin army. .

Fortunately, at the beginning of May, Yelu Mage, the governor of the capital, collected some stragglers and would like to join forces with Yelu Yanxi in Weili.

Yelu Yanxi was very happy to get Yelu Mage and thousands of people. He immediately appointed Yelu Mage as the envoy of the North Privy Council and the governor. Chun revenge.

—— Yelu Yanxi was very angry about Yeluchun's attempt to usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor in Yanjing. He decreed that all Yeluchun's official titles should be taken away, Xiao Puxian's daughter should be demoted to a commoner, and Xiao Puxian's surname should be changed to Xi .

Later, before Yelv Yanxi went to attack Yeluchun, Yeluchun died.

This made Yelu Yanxi lose his short-term goal all of a sudden, and then postponed the time to leave Jiashan until now.

And so far, Yelv Yanxi has borrowed [-] troops from Xixia by taking advantage of his special relationship with Li Ganshun, the leader of Xixia.

In addition, Yelu Yanxi also summoned many grassland tribes to form an elite cavalry force of 5 horses.

Recently, Yelu Yanxi did have a plan to attack the Jin army, and was preparing to send troops to Jiashan to recover the Tiande army...

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