Chapter 16 Chapter 4 The Empress Dowager

Queen Shulu not only helped Abaoji to quell the internal strife and resist foreign invasion, but also actively made suggestions for the construction of the Liao Kingdom.Back then, A Baoji coveted the rich and prosperous Central Plains for a long time, and planned to take Youzhou by force.But Queen Shulu came up with a way for him to get twice the result with half the effort.So, what kind of solution did Queen Shulu come up with?Has A Baoji adopted her method? At that time, the Lord of the Wu Kingdom in the "Ten Kingdoms" gave Abaoji kerosene.There is also a model of the fire oil tank in the ancient war hall of the military museum today.It is a square box with a nozzle that can spray kerosene and ignite it.If you put out a fire with water, the more water you water, the hotter the fire will burn.Lord Wu instigated A Baoji to go south to fight against the Central Plains Dynasty.A Baoji accepted the instigation at that time, this thing is really easy to use.The Khitan fought against the Central Plains dynasty, but the reason why they couldn't fight was that the Central Plains people were too cunning in A Baoji's opinion, and he didn't want to confront me head-on.If we have the ability, let's go to the flat ground, and the two armies will face each other, sword against sword, gun against gun.If such a battle is fought, the Central Plains will definitely not be able to defeat the Khitan. How can the infantry defeat the cavalry?And the Central Plains Dynasty relied on the strong city to get out, no matter how powerful your cavalry is, you will have nothing to do if you rush to the bottom of the city wall.The city of Zhongyuan is high and deep, easy to defend but difficult to attack, A Baoji is helpless.At this time Lord Wu sent me kerosene, I spray him a try, I have this thing, how can you stop me?When A Baoji got this thing, he immediately decided to send troops to attack Youzhou, first to test whether the kerosene works well.

At this time, the Queen of the law quickly stood up to stop it, saying that you just want to try whether this kerosene works well, is it worth fighting?This can't be done.Of course Abaoji is very unwilling, I finally wanted to find a place to try kerosene, why don't you let me?What do you think is worth burning with this kerosene on our grassland?Burn a tent?At this time, Queen Shulu pointed to a big tree outside the tent and asked A Baoji, if the tree lost its bark, would it still be able to live?A Baoji said, of course it is impossible to live. If the tree loses its bark, it will die.The Queen of the Law continued to say, by the way, a tree cannot live without bark, and the same is true for a country. There is no need for you to attack Youzhou.Don't you like the place in Youzhou?Three thousand cavalry ambushed on the side of Youzhou, cut off its grain roads, and surrounded it for three years. There was nothing to eat in the city, and it would collapse without attack.

"The Empress of the Liao History Biography Taizu Chunqin Empress Shulushi" records: "Later said: 'Youzhou has land and people, and it is still an ear. I plundered its four fields with three thousand horses, but after a few years, I returned home trapped. Why do I have to do this? In case of invincibility, laugh for China, my tribe will also disintegrate!'" As soon as A Baoji heard it, he was insightful, so he listened to the words of Queen Shulu.But the subdued generals who couldn't stand the Central Plains kept coming to him to describe how rich the South was, how vast the Central Plains was, how vast the arable land was, and how rich life was, so A Baoji sent troops to the south twice, but all of them were defeated.Only later did he realize that the queen's opinion was completely correct, and the reason why he lost the battle was that he didn't listen to the queen's advice.During his lifetime, he did not send troops to the south again, but basically completely unified the northeast and northwest regions, laying a good foundation for the establishment of the Khitan Dynasty.