Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Independence of Helan Mountain

As an official in the Song Dynasty, you only deal with the affairs of the Song Dynasty, which is fine.To be the emperor of the Song Dynasty and only focus on his own country is courting death.The people Zhao Zhen wants to watch are Yelu Zongzhen and Li Yuanhao.To some extent, the state affairs of the Song Dynasty, including the so-called New Deal, were put on the agenda in order to compete with these two people.Rather than the national economy and the people's livelihood. It has been said long ago that the common people in China are the best creatures to rule. As long as they have something to eat, they will never rebel.

Let me talk about Yelu Zongzhen first. His life was very troublesome. Starting from July of the third year of Qingli in the Song Dynasty, he found that his brother-in-law Li Yuanhao had a relapse and became misbehaving again.Specifically in two things. 1. There are many Dangxiang people in the Liao Kingdom, just like the acquaintances of the Dangxiang clan in the Song Dynasty, they have been raised for several generations, and they can be regarded as Liao people. Residents are wealth. Yeluzong really looked for money everywhere, so he naturally took these things very seriously.However, Li Yuanhao began to secretly recruit these people back, openly poaching the corners of the Liao Kingdom;

2. After entering the fourth year of Qingli, the party members in the Liao Kingdom openly began to rebel. Yeluzong sent troops to suppress it, but the result shocked the entire Liao Kingdom.Li Yuanhao sent troops across the border, and actually killed the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, and brought the party members of the Liao genus to move back with his family, and staged a Xixia version of the great escape. Such a thing has never happened in the 137 years since the founding of the Liao Kingdom.Regardless of the considerations, there is only one way to go. Send troops to kill Li Yuanhao. If you don't kill Li Yuanhao, you won't be enough to build your prestige. If you don't kill all the surrounding small countries, they will rebel!

Besides, Li Yuanhao, he was more troubled than Yelu Zongzhen during this period of time, and it was probably because he was too troubled and disturbed that he went to trouble the Liao Kingdom.Otherwise, I really don't see any other reason. As for why he was troubled, it had something to do with the people of the Song Dynasty.He made peace with the emperor of the Song Dynasty, but there was no result, but the generals on the frontier of the Song Dynasty did not agree with him, especially Zhong Shiheng in Qingjian City.The first-generation old-fashioned gentleman has always been unscrupulous in dealing with enemies.

Last time he used Monk Guangxin to kill Yeli Wangrong, this time his idea went to Yeli Wangrong's younger brother Yeli Yuqi.This matter is even more difficult. First, the anti-traitor strategy is indispensable, and it will fail if used after use;He is the commander of Tiandu Mountain, the base camp of Xixia, and Li Yuanhao's palace is built here, so one can imagine his trustworthiness. How to do it?Zhong Shiheng had no choice but to spend a lot of money to keep an eye on Xixia's news, waiting for Yeli to beg for his own mistakes. This mistake really happened on New Year's Eve in the third year of Qingli.That night, Yeli Yuqi led a large group of troops to the border of the Song Dynasty. He was very serious about his work. He went deep and returned to Tiandu Mountain after four or five days.But when he came back, what greeted him was not flowers, but Li Yuanhao's suspicious eyes.

Little beggar, what are you doing running so far during Chinese New Year?It took four or five days to come back, who did you meet? Yeli Yuqi was a little confused, I just went to fight, I kept running and looking, but the Song Dynasty people were timid and no one would fight, so I came back.That day Li Yuanhao stared at him for a long time before letting him go.Afterwards, he found out that it was Li Yuanhao's nanny who sued him, saying that he was trying to defect to the enemy, which is why he had been away for so many days. Yuqi was very depressed, but there was no way to explain this kind of thing, and it even became darker and darker, so he simply threw it away and left it alone.But the terrible thing is that Zhong Shiheng knew about it.

Thousands of miles away, whether it is the movements of General Xixia or the details of Xixia Palace in Tiandu Mountain, they are all under Zhong Shiheng's grasp!After that, he made some arrangements.First of all, he sent people to sneak into Tiandu Mountain. The depth of the infiltration was unimaginable, making people unbelievable. His people actually stole the treasured sword that Li Yuanhao gave to Yeli Yuqi.Then he spread rumors on the border, saying that his close ally Yeli Yuqi had been killed by the brutal Li Yuanhao. He was so painful that he decided to set up a sacrifice for brother Yuqi on the border to pay tribute to the dead.

That night, Zhong Shiheng dressed up and went out, and a raging fire was ignited on the border. It is estimated that as long as the Xixia side does not lose their eyesight, they will definitely find out the location of the memorial ceremony.The officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty erected a wooden board on which he wrote a memorial essay, comprehensively recalling the common hope for peace between him and the Ye Li brothers, and the common dislike for Li Yuanhao, especially for the New Year’s Eve not long ago, and I have a specific and detailed memory of the happiness when I met Yuqi.What a beautiful ideal, I originally made an appointment with Li Yingwai and get rid of Li Yuanhao, but unexpectedly, I was killed by Li Yuanhao first...

There was a lot of long-winded words, and the reading was full of emotion. It is estimated that the cavalry from the Xixia side is coming soon.They threw the mourning boards, treasured swords and other things into the fire, and then ran away on horseback, letting the Xixia people rescue the scene. The people of Xixia were very capable, and both the writing board and the treasured sword were delivered to Li Yuanhao intact.The next thing is a set pattern. A treacherous person will not tolerate others' treachery to him. Anyone who violates the rules will die, especially the cronies around him.

Ye Li Yuqi was killed, and the largest Ye Li family in the Dangxiang clan never recovered, and even Li Yuanhao's harem was reshuffled.And this is not over yet, in a short time, we will know how the death of the Yeli brothers has affected the century-old national fortune of Xixia. Bored, Li Yuanhao thought of women, no way, a normal reaction of a man.But I have to admit that he is a good father first, and when the son grows up, he must first find someone for his son. For the eight major tribes of the Dangxiang, he chose a girl from the Wu family for his son, also Prince Ningling.The wedding was quite grand, this was the first time in the history of Xixia that a prince married a "princess".Li Yuanhao presided over the wedding in person, and something happened.

Damn it, it's a sin for a girl to be too beautiful... No (move left and right) Shi Mei is so unreasonable, Li Yuanhao has difficulty breathing, his thinking pauses, and he smiles at his son after restarting. Darling, you avoid it first. He found new clothes for himself and stood with the bride.This woman is mine, she is Xixia's new queen!In this way, Li Yuanhao rejuvenated his seventh spring, but this is just the beginning, the meaning of life lies in constant fresh stimulation.He rebuilt the palace in the base camp of Tiandu Mountain for the new angels to live in.As a result, during the renovation, he was hit by another spring. Yeli Yuqi's other half, Wuzang.Speaking of which, this is also Ningling's mother and Yeli Yuqi's younger sister Yeli's troubled affairs. Both brothers died, she was very sad, and ran to Li Yuanhao crying.To say that Li Yuanhao might be a bit slower than Cao Cao, but he came back to it afterward.Man, I was in a hurry to kill, not to mention killing two in a row.After regretting, he began to look for the orphan of the Yeli brothers, and he wanted to double the pension and keep it safe. He found the Wuzang family. At that time, the woman had fled to the nearby Sanxiangjia nunnery and became a monk.At this time, Li Yuanhao was in the right mood in spring, so he took her into the palace and let her sister-in-law accompany her. As a result, after receiving it, Li Yuanhao had difficulty breathing again, and his thinking stopped.God, why did you hurt me like this, she is so beautiful!So the 8th spring begins.This spring is of great significance to party members, so I have to talk about it in detail.After staying in Tiandu Mountain for a few days in the spring, he was kicked out by the Ye Li family, so he had to continue to live in the temple, the location is Jietan Temple in Xingqing Prefecture.But the distance creates beauty, and Li Yuanhao often runs down the mountain to the city to have a tryst with her. Over time, there will only be one result.Humans are multiplying, and life is beautiful.The future emperor of Xixia was born. Let go of Li Yuanhao's private joy and return to the vast international stage.Yeluzong's anger is really rising rapidly. How could the invincible military power of more than 100 years be desecrated by inferior party members?The Khitan cavalry assembled on the Mobei grassland, with the goal of heading west. Get rid of the traitor Li Yuanhao! It was the fourth year of Song Qingli, in September of 1044 A.D., Liao Xingzong Yeluzong Zhenyu drove the whole country to mobilize, with the emperor's younger brother Yelu Chongyuan and Beiyuan Privy Envoy South Korea Wang Xiaohui as the vanguard, the total number of troops exceeded 17. Wan, together with the prince Yelu Hongji, went out with the army, which can be said to be super important. But the time was delayed for nearly a month before he was able to leave the country.It turned out that the country was on fire.Li Yuanhao sent people to sneak into the Liao Kingdom quietly, and burned all the military food and grass hoarded by the Liao military. He was hit head-on without a fight, Yeluzong was really angry and began to be more careful.Since then his actions have become very cautious.In October of that year, the Liao army broke into the border of Xixia.The national border between Liao and Xia is nearly 400 miles long, and there is almost no danger to defend.The Liao army drove straight in until they approached the Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xixia Kingdom, without encountering any resistance. At this time, let’s talk about the map. The land of Xixia is a hell. It is not attractive to the people of Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom who live in a green world.Of course, except for the Hetao Plain, the main cities of Xixia are all clustered here, and other places are either desert or saline-alkali land. The Liao people had been fighting all the way to the edge of Helan Mountain before finding out the location of the Xixia army.Li Yuanhao was learning from a tortoise, so he endured to the north of Helan Mountain.In fact, it is impossible for him to go further. If it is further away, the Liao people can directly break into his house to kill and set fire. The position was touched, and the Liao army moved quickly.Yelu Zongzhen himself was stationed on the south wall of Desheng Temple, and King Xiao Hui of South Korea led the army to kill him.At this time, Li Yuanhao's fineness appeared again.There is a very interesting law in history. No matter how powerful the army is, it cannot maintain its original strength after 137 years. Even the Jin army, which was extremely strong later, could not do this. Even the Mongolian army sweeping the earth couldn't do it. So what is the ability of the Liao army at this time?At the end of the battle, the Liao people fought fiercely with 100,000 people and Li Yuanhao's all-powerful soldiers. As a result, Li Yuanhao was defeated and fled.And after one defeat, he never dared to fight again, so he directly sent someone to bring a message to his brother-in-law. —I surrender. Li Yuanhao wanted to surrender, and the people of the Central Plains thought with their cecum, and they knew it was a lie.But this time is different.First, the opponent is a Khitan who has been oppressing various races for more than a hundred years. They know better than anyone how to accept surrender to be effective; second, this is not sending envoys back and forth in their respective capitals to exchange letters, but They are only tens of miles apart, and they can meet each other within a meal. To surrender, come and see in person! ——This is Yeluzong's real answer. Personally... go?Li Yuanhao trembled a little. As a habitual murderer and defrauder for decades, N multiple scenes of painful struggles before death appeared in front of his eyes. Is this return should be upper body? But don't go, Khitan iron cavalry is a cold and real existence, after a battle, I dare not touch it no matter what.No way, just grit your teeth and stand firm. A few days later, Li Yuanhao appeared in the imperial camp of Liao Xingzong Yeluzongzhen in Hequ (in today's Yikezhao League of Inner Mongolia). He removed his crown, wore casual clothes, bowed his head, and walked through Thousands of troops from the Liao people, enduring countless contemptuous and mocking looks, came before the emperor of the Liao Kingdom.Next, he bowed his knees, and he was short of prostration, and there was a great gift from the monarch and his ministers. According to historical records, Li Yuanhao held a cup in person to the sound of drum music and toasted the emperor of Liao Kingdom that day.Break the arrow as an oath, to be a subject forever, and never dare to have two hearts.The opportunity of history appeared.At this moment, the ancestors of the Khitan people will appear in the sky, watching this scene. Yelu Zongzhen, what should you do? To kill him, or not to kill?This wasn't a problem at all before.If it was Brother Yeluxiu, Li Yuanhao would be killed on the battlefield; if it was Yelu Xiezhen, it would be ideal, Li Yuanhao would really meet his nemesis, and his death would not be the ugliest, but even uglier.In fact, even the benevolent Song Dynasty people would turn over the previous examples. Just like how you treated Li Jipeng back then, take Li Yuanhao back to the capital, work overtime every day, and work hard to supervise. There are problems with your thinking and you need to seriously reform.As for when to graduate, wait until you reincarnate in your next life. No matter which one is chosen, it is better than the one Yelu Zong really chose. The brother-in-law was insane that day, so he accepted the apology, and even gave his brother-in-law a glass of wine in return, and let him go.It's not an exaggeration at all, he was really dizzy, because after only half a day, he had a 180-degree change. Kill Li Yuanhao, send troops to fight over! The reason for this change is that Liao Shi gave the answer that South Korean Wang Xiaohui woke up first, and he reminded Yelu Zongzhen that a dog that has bitten people will not be familiar with it again, and sooner or later it will bite and strangle to death.Yeluzong's first reaction was hesitation, and he was hesitating when he suddenly learned that Xiao Hui had already led the battle, so he directly attacked. What to do at this time, the situation is tense in an instant, the lord of a country, the commander-in-chief of the entire army, you must have some reactions.No, Yeluzong is really amazing, he actually stood still, kept his camp of the Chinese army, and completely restored the battlefield to the situation of the last battle. It was Xiao Hui's forward troops of the Liao army and Li Yuanhao's all-powerful soldiers. Ordinarily, there is nothing wrong with this. If you win the first time, it will be the same for the second time. Even if you think according to inertia, it is very appropriate.It's a pity that Li Yuanhao didn't cooperate.This time he chose to give up everything and step back.The reason for saying this is that he took too many steps back.He retreated three times in a row, and each time was 30 miles away; secondly, the capital of the retreat was also fierce, and he burned the grassland while retreating; It is tantamount to letting the Liao army rush over! So far, fate has given the Khitan people three chances.The first time, there was no pursuit on the battlefield; the second time, there was no killing on the spot in the imperial camp;They actually chased them all the way, regardless of their unfamiliarity, and they didn't give their own logistics arrangements in advance. They are also beggars on the grasslands, and they can count how much food and grass they bring, so why don't they know how many days they can last?At this time, if you don't go after him, but go directly to Li Yuanhao's old lair, you won't be able to run away from the temple. Even if Li Yuanhao has the heart not to turn back, at least you can eat up the family property of the Dangxiang people first! There was no if on the battlefield, and the Liao people kept chasing him until they started to starve.Fortify the wall and clear the field, this trick has taken effect, until now, Li Yuanhao is still very obedient.Note that he didn't return a single knife, facing the murderous master, he 100% abided by the oath he just made. Your Majesty Liao Kingdom, can you temporarily suppress your anger and respond to my sincerity again? —Let's make peace again. The Liao people had to make peace, so they sat down on the dry and burnt Dangxiang grassland, waiting for Li Yuanhao to negotiate a peace.As for the method and time of Li Yuanhao's "discussion", they must not know that well. Please refer to the speed of Song and Xia Yihe. Li Yuanhao's endless procrastination finally made the Liao people's rice bags bottom out.Until then, he suddenly launched an attack and rushed towards Xiao Hui's camp.The sudden change of face, coupled with the previous preparations, no matter how you look at it, the Liao people are dead.However, Xixia's army just didn't live up to it. In this case, they were all beaten up by the Liao army and rushed back. Among them is Li Yuanhao himself, the indomitable party god of war.Behind him, Xiao Hui was mad with anger.To be honest, Liao people are different from Dangxiang people.It is also a grassland nation, the Liao Kingdom is very generous, not only capable of fighting, but also very trustworthy.Quietly speaking, to some extent, they are more honest than people in the Song Dynasty.At this time, when they faced the sneak attack of Xixia, an inferior nation that is a villain and a liar, they were really contemptuous and disgusting, and they couldn't bear it. Xiao Hui gave the order to keep chasing them. Even if they were exhausted, they would have to kill all these prairie dogs. These cowards who didn't even fight like men at all! According to the analysis of historical data, this is the first time in Li Yuanhao's life that he is so close to death. His life, country, army, these most precious things will be taken away in a blink of an eye.But history just turned a corner at this time, a sudden strong wind blew up, the sky was dark and the sky was dark, flying sand and rocks, according to the words at the time, it was Xixia who should not die. According to modern terms, it is a large sandstorm. So the Liao people were defeated.Isn't it a bit nonsensical, too child's play?A strong wind changed the result of the duel with more than 200,000 troops? Those are thunders from the sky, and they are considered to be the elite soldiers of God's Wind, who are not afraid of death, so why are they afraid of strong winds?You hold on, one is not afraid of suffering, and the other is not afraid of death. But I am afraid of strong winds.In fact, if you compare your heart with your heart, you will understand.Everyone knows what we modern people look like when we experience sandstorms in the city.That's thousands of miles away from the Great Northwest.Then think about how the people of Liao Kingdom tasted the freshest and most violent sandstorm in the place of origin. What was it like?The difference in race is the most unchangeable fact. Liao people are from Mercury (green grassland), and Dangxiang people are from Mars (sandy wasteland). It's that simple. Xiao Hui was defeated, and Li Yuanhao rushed to Yeluzong's real imperial camp. There were also Khitan people in the imperial camp, and everyone was equal before the strong wind, so he continued to be defeated.Among them, King Yelu Zongzhen escaped with his son and several closest cronies.Running all the way, I didn't become a prisoner of my brother-in-law. In this battle, the 170,000 elite soldiers of the Liao Kingdom were wiped out, and all the nobles and ministers who accompanied the army were killed, and all were captured. This was the only and the most tragic defeat since the founding of the country 137 years ago. The direct consequence of the defeat was the unconditional acknowledgment of the fact that Xixia was independent. From then on, Li Yuanhao and Yeluzong were truly equal.But it's only on the surface, and a more painful price lies behind. Let's recall the 3 sentences I said earlier—— The first sentence - the one who wants to take advantage the most, and who really takes advantage of both sides, suffers the most, and the catastrophe of subjugation of the country and species will be planted at this time. The demise of the Liao Kingdom began at this time, and cracks appeared in the power of the Hundred Wars Army. Not only did Xixia find confidence, but even the small remote countries such as Jurchen and Bohai behind it knew that the Khitans were not invincible.They will rise up in the future.This is the consequence of greed.Being greedy for petty gains and suffering big losses is not the way to be a boss! You have always maintained a wise and powerful air, who dares to touch you? The second sentence - the most intrepid and enterprising, the most vigorous, became sluggish, and there was no achievement to be proud of in the remaining history of more than a hundred years. This is about Xixia. It’s still too early to make a conclusion. At this stage, Li Yuanhao really bullied the Song Dynasty in the south and beat the Liao Kingdom in the north. No matter what the process is, he has become invincible in the world.But what about the effect?Whether it was the Song Dynasty or the Liao Kingdom, he took the initiative to seek peace.Even if Yeluzong really only had dozens of people left, he would not dare to hunt down and kill them if they were fleeing for their lives on the Dangxiang Wasteland. What does such a victory taste like? Now back to the topic, the third sentence is for the Song Dynasty - "Looking at the most cowardly and incompetent, the most humiliated, but the safest and most stable. In the five thousand years of history, the most longed-for legendary prosperous age was formed later. "This sentence can explain the various strange behaviors of Song Renzong and Zhao Zhen during this period of history. Such as his dullness, his cowardice, and his mental retardation.