Huanxi Farm: Pick up a husband for farming

Chapter 345 Before the War

The news came from afar that the soldiers stationed at the border gate of Junli were attacked when they were approaching the final boundary. The Khitan tribe, one of the subordinate countries of Fanbang, fired the first shot.

Xu Shi got the news and saw that Dayan had sent hundreds of thousands of troops to suppress the border. The Khitan tribe took the lead in the war that had been planned for a long time, and Dayan was caught off guard.

The so-called Fanbang countries do not refer to a certain country. When the Great Yan dynasty opened, Gaozong unified the hinterland of the Central Plains, but he was beyond his reach, and the lack of military and national power before the founding of the country, etc., could not conquer the northernmost border and a group of ethnic minorities nomadic tribe.

Just to the north, there are a total of more than a dozen large and small tribes, all claiming to be countries, establishing political power, and having their own languages, characters, and cultures. They are self-contained, but they often communicate with each other.

Moreover, they look forward to the prosperity and well-being of the Central Plains, and they sometimes harass the people on the border of Dayan, burning, killing and looting will be staged in the city at any time, which makes the officials and people on the border complain endlessly.

So not long after Gaozong ascended the throne, an unavoidable war broke out. At that time, Gaozong had just cleaned up the troubled forces rising from all sides in the Central Plains and unified the world. The people under him can no longer bear the impact of another war.

However, the various tribes in Fanbang are aggressively fighting for the border, aiming to occupy the land of Dayan, drive out the people of Dayan, and then let their own people station in the city.

Gaozong had no choice but to fight, and led the remaining army to march in person. However... because most of his troops were lost in the battle to quell the troubled times, he couldn't compare with the Fanbang tribe who were good at riding and shooting, and fought the world on horseback.

Even if it was Gaozong's method of arranging troops to reach the sky and commanding the six armies to rule the world, he could do nothing to watch the land belonging to Dayan fall every inch of it.

In the end, he had no choice but to take the slant forward, and adopted a strategy from the military division at the beginning.

That is to send envoys to find the Khitan tribe, the most powerful force among the various tribes.

Negotiating with their king at the time, willing to help him unify more than ten large and small tribes, the condition is that they will no longer be enemies with Dayan within 100 years, and submit to the rule of Dayan, and Dayan will also provide All their materials and money from the foreign countries are not counted... Even after the overall situation was settled, they married a princess to dowry a Wuzhou city to the Khitan tribe, just to stabilize this wolf, although this Wuzhou city It is almost a cession in name, but the actual ruling power still belongs to Dayan.

Such a treaty has more advantages than disadvantages for the Khitan at that time. Not only can they unify all their tribes and foreign countries, they can get a city and the princess of the Yan Dynasty, and they can also get funding from Dayan every year.

However, for Dayan, it was regarded as a treaty that forfeited power and humiliated the country. It was only for the peace of the world... not only to help the Khitan king unify the foreign kingdoms and consolidate the regime, but also to give them relief and assistance every year, and even cede the land to marry the princess. It's like a defeated country...

It’s just that if this is the case, Dayan can be safe for a hundred years, and it will continue to be a blessing for future generations and the people of the world. Gaozong agreed at the time because of the bloodshed, because of the war... At that time, Dayan, which was already riddled with holes, could no longer bear the burden. I can't go down.

Gaozong stood on the top of the border wall that year, facing the wind and looking at the bones of thousands of soldiers. The legendary founding emperor compromised with tears in his eyes and said to the Khitan cavalry tribe not far away: "I hope the world will be good, and the mountains and rivers will be beautiful. The common people have been blessed for a hundred years, so they agreed to your conditions, the Khitan king! Today, we have reached a hundred-year contract with the Khitan leader of the Fanbang! Never go to war within a hundred years! Never provoke each other!"

After speaking, the gates of the city were opened, and the diplomatic envoys of the two sides handed over the contract to each other for review, and then invited their respective emperors to meet and sign the century-old contract.

The King of Khitan was also a little excited and promised to Gaozong: "Emperor Dayan is really admirable! For the people and the country! He is bold and forthright! I, Khitan, are willing to form an alliance with Dayan. I would like to abide by today's contract, never offend Dayan again, and wish to have a good relationship with Dayan for a hundred years!"

After the Khitan king finished speaking, he reverently and respectfully made a great gift from the Khitan tribe, which meant surrender.

Of course, Dayan later fulfilled the promise of locking the contract and dispatched elite troops to assist the Khitan. They went straight to the top and subdued most of the tribes in Fanbang in one fell swoop, achieving the unification of Khitan in Fanbang.

Of course, other conditions were fulfilled one by one as time approached. Gaozong’s eldest princess took Wuzhou City to marry Khitan and became the first princess of the Yan Dynasty in history, and Khitan belonged to Dayan’s rule. Every year, Dayan will allocate a large sum of money to subsidize Khitan and consolidate the dominance of the Yan Dynasty over him.

Khitan is also very competitive, and has ruled the entire foreign country very well for decades, and no tribe will appear on the border to endanger the people anymore.

In this way, Dayan and the foreign ethnic groups headed by Khitan have lived in harmony for decades, and it is considered that the well water does not violate the river water. Every year at the beginning of Gaozong's birthday, Khitan special envoys will come to celebrate his birthday. It can be seen that the Khitan king has great respect. Gaozong still had the intention of admiring and submitting.

But since Gao Zong was old, there was a prince to oversee the country. On the night before his death, the Khitan king traveled thousands of miles and finally rushed to his bedside to pay a visit to the funeral.

At that time, the last sentence of the emperor who lived his life as a soldier was to entrust the Khitan king and the prince, saying: "Since Dayan ruled the country, it will take some time for the national power to prosper, but... I will die soon, Khitan king, what do you want?" Warn future generations, we must abide by the agreement between our two countries! Otherwise...otherwise, I...I...cough cough...cough cough..."

Amidst the heart-piercing coughing, Gaozong couldn't say the last words after all, but the Khitan king also understood at this time.

He looked at Gaozong who had closed his eyes, and said quietly: "Emperor Dayan! Don't worry... I respect your achievements in this life! The treaty made for you is at least in my generation and the next generation. Among them, the Khitan will strictly abide by the agreement, as for the subsequent matters... then let the children and grandchildren solve it themselves!"

After speaking, the Khitan king left, leaving the prince to succeed him.

After the contract of four dynasties, until now... the deadline for the contract is approaching, but it is facing the defection of both parties.

Because of the issue of the ruling power of Wuzhou City, the newly succeeded king of the Khitan tribe is very dissatisfied, and in recent years, natural and man-made disasters have occurred every year, and the income of the grassland nomadic tribes has also been greatly reduced. In addition, Dayan has also sharply reduced the supplies and silver to supplement the Fanbang tribes every year, so that people from various tribes took turns to harass the people at the border.

Finally, the war that has been stored for nearly a hundred years broke out now.

This battle is bound to have a far-reaching impact... It will cost a lot of money... and it has become an inevitable battle.

Moreover, the sneak attack of the Khitan tribe took the lead in beating the drums of war. Under the threat of a large army, the new Khitan king Tuge sent [-] light cavalry to find out the route of Dayan's troops stationed at the border. When Wave City was still five days away, a bow and arrow raid was launched against the [-]-strong army ahead, and the horn of war was officially sounded.

When the news reached Beijing, Emperor Zhengjia was furious, and immediately started a mighty conscription campaign that was even larger than before, and sent another 15 troops to Langzhou to assemble, together with the 20 troops who were still on the way before. According to preliminary calculations, [-] officers and soldiers are already on their way to Langzhou.

This number can make any enemy fearful, but unfortunately for the Khitan tribe who have been preparing for a hundred years... it is not worth mentioning, and now even the first batch of [-] troops who arrived in Langzhou encountered a surprise attack on the way, and came one after another Even if the officers and soldiers of the army rushed on the road overnight, it would take a month or two to reach the battlefield at full speed.

This time, the Khitan tribe took the opportunity.

The news spread back to Jiangcheng, and I don't know what year and month it was, but after hearing it from Cheng Qijun, Rong Shui was distressed and worried.

She said: "Among the 1 people who went ahead, Jiangcheng must have sent them out, because Jiangcheng is relatively close to the border of Langzhou, so...Junli must be among them."

Cheng Qijun just felt a little unhappy when Rong Shui first mentioned Junli and was worried for him, but he couldn't figure out why this emotion appeared.

Since the Rong family moved to Shuangxia Villa, almost all the news under the city has been heard by a group of people trained by Wen Yongjiu, and they will tell Cheng Qijun immediately, and let him pass the word on his behalf, and become a communication between Rongshui and Shanxia. of a channel.

Rongshui put away the information that Cheng Qijun handed over, and then said to him: "Tell Uncle Jiu, all industries are still proceeding according to the original plan, don't be in a hurry to sell goods at this time, the imperial court's order to urge the original iron will probably come soon." It's coming down."

Cheng Qijun nodded, and left after remembering Rongshui's words.

Rong Shui closed the door of the study room, but saw Gu Changan outside the room smiling helplessly.

Ever since Juzheng, Xiaoduan and Gu Changan came to the villa that day, they decided to stay here for a few days, Rongshui didn't think it mattered, anyway, he didn't think much about it... Shuangxia Villa is so big, if you want to live here Live, anyway, I have no loss.

And... now Juzheng didn't urge or threaten him anymore, if Rongshui didn't deal with him, at most he would avoid meeting him.

Gu Changan found Rongshui at this time, holding some flowers in his hands, walked over, said to Rongshui with a smile: "Shui'er girl! Come and see these flowers I picked, are they beautiful?" ? Oh...I really like this villa, but it's a pity...it's a pity..."

While talking, she tore off the petals in her hand and swayed them to the ground, she seemed to be in a bad mood, but the joyful look just now disappeared in a blink of an eye... she was frowning and didn't know why.

Seeing him like this, Rong Shui couldn't bear it, and said, "What's the matter? What's the matter? Chang'an, just tell me what you have! What's the pity? If you like Shuangxia Villa, you can keep it as a permanent residence." It's okay!"

(End of this chapter)