Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 284 Shi Wei
Liao Kingdom, Dadingfu war zone.

At this time, Dading Mansion was just a military fortress, not the first of the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom in the future. It was purely for the purpose of controlling, suppressing, and defending the Shiwei people.

The relationship between the Khitan and the Shiwei people is a bit unclear. The map of the Liao Kingdom has always included the Shiwei territory in a careless manner, and they are often treated as vassals. The troubles caused by the Shiwei people are usually regarded as rebellion within the Liao Kingdom.

However, the nature of the Liao Kingdom is a bit similar to that of the third brother. He does have real abilities, but he is really bragging. In fact, for the Liao Kingdom, Shi Wei is actually much more troublesome than the Song Kingdom.

If the Liao Kingdom in history is compared to Iran, the Song Kingdom is Saudi Arabia at best. Apart from being rich, it is nothing and has almost no threat to its own capabilities. The Shiwei tribes can basically compete with Iraq and Afghanistan.

I really dare to beat him.

But at the same time, the tribes of Shiwei were indeed inextricably linked with the nobility of the Liao Kingdom.

Just like the Iranians can control the Iraqis to a certain extent, the Liao people are really capable of controlling the Shiwei people.

"In the next three days, there will be no Khitan cavalry patrols about [-] miles south of Dading Mansion. You can pass here with confidence, whether it is to rob the Khitans, deal with the Song army, or If you want to help the Song army as an auxiliary soldier, you can do whatever you want."

In the camp of the Shiwei Allied Forces, more than a dozen heads looked at the envoy from the Liao Kingdom in bewilderment. For a moment, they were really unable to react.

Some of the more straightforward people have already begun to ask: "What do you mean by this? Are you going to surrender directly? We, under the orders of King Qin of the Song Dynasty, will go on a killing spree once we invade the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom. You Aren’t you afraid?”

The Liao envoy heard this and said contemptuously: "If the Song army wants to kill, they can kill themselves. With the current military front of the Song Dynasty, apart from the lack of horses and the slow march, isn't it too easy to kill people? Old?" When the Empress Dowager passed her birthday, the Song Dynasty deliberately brought out its elite to show off their power. Didn't you see it? If we want to talk about hatred, it can be said that the Khitan people and the Song people have a deep hatred as deep as the sea. In the past 100 years, they have died at the hands of our Khitan people. At least there are hundreds of thousands of Han people, maybe even two or three million. Why don't they kill them themselves? Do they dare not, or can't bear it? Or is the so-called military reform really that effective? , transformed a group of bloodthirsty soldier wolves into benevolent and righteous people? Haven’t you heard about the military discipline of the Song Army? "

When everyone heard this, some were thoughtful, some showed interest, and some showed contempt.

In the end, it was Ugu Humar, the leader of the Ugu Tribe who was in the middle of the crowd and had the deepest blood debt with the Liao Kingdom. He stretched out his hand and said, "Envoy of the Liao, please take a seat and share this sheep with us."

As he said that, he pointed to the mutton in front of his table.

"Thank you Khan."

Ugu Humar smiled, but he accepted the title of Khan calmly.

The Wugu tribe was originally the most powerful branch of the Shiwei, also known as the Huangtou Shiwei. It had been rebelling against the Liao Kingdom long before the founding of the Song Dynasty. In the past ten years, it had fought against the Liao Kingdom at least three times, and was also defeated by the Liao Dynasty. The state suppressed it three times, and it has always been regarded as a major enemy within the Liao Kingdom. The level of trouble was hardly lower than that of the Liang, Tang, Jin, and Han Dynasties before the Song Dynasty.

After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, they naturally became good friends with Ugu. Most of the envoys from Shiwei that Zhao Guangmei saw in Kaifeng were actually envoys from Ugu. Most of the war loans given to Shiwei were handed over first. This Wugu Shiwei was then handed over to other tribes through him.

Because he has been rebelling against the Liao all the year round, since Shiwei has raised troops in recent years, many tribes in Ugu, large and small, naturally follow his lead. It is not too much to say that he is a khan.

It is ironic to say that there are three large tribes in Shiwei, and there are seventy or eighty smaller tribes, because the main living area is the Mongolian Plateau geographically. To put it bluntly, the land is barren, desertification is serious, and the pastures are all They are scattered one by one, and the smallest tribe may only have two or three hundred people. Unifying this kind of pure and scattered sand is simply more difficult than climbing to the sky.

This situation is actually a bit similar to the Qiang people in the Eastern Han Dynasty. They don't interact with each other very much, and there is no clear organizational relationship. When the weather is bad and there is no harvest, if someone leads a group to rob the Liao Kingdom, everyone will join in the fun. That's all.

The Shiwei have never been unified in history. Mongolia is just one of the branches of the Shiwei. It can be called a miracle of heaven and earth. It is no exaggeration to say that Temujin’s appearance is really the right time, the right place and the right person. Not a coincidence either.

However, due to Zhao Guangmei's intrusion, in order to reduce the pressure on the border between Song and Liao and allow the Liao Kingdom to shift its strategy, in recent years they have been giving blood transfusions to Shi Wei and providing war loans. To put it bluntly, they have not been considered at all. It’s still a question of not being able to afford it.

Even in order to receive this money, the small tribes had to gather together. At least on the surface, the Ugu tribe recognized the Ugu tribe as the eldest brother, and the Ugu tribe basically could instruct other tribes to use it for themselves.

This is the case with the nomadic tribes. When one tribe has enough and stable money, it can naturally rely on this money to control other tribes to complete the de facto unification. In fact, Yelu Abaoji can lead the Diela tribe to establish Daliao. That is why.

The great thing about Yelu Abaoji is not that he is good at fighting, but that he took the opportunity to rob 30 Han people from the mainland and instead of simply and crudely using them as serfs like other tribes, he built a They dug salt mines and opened handicraft factories in the city, becoming the only one among the eight Khitan tribes that could obtain a stable income every year.

To put it bluntly, although the Liao Kingdom always likes to write about how brave they fought when writing history books, Yelu Abaoji is simply a god descending to earth, but the other seven were not conquered by him, but were bribed by him. Yelu Abaoji After his death, Shuluping massacred the old Khitan nobles, but no large-scale rebellion ever broke out. This was because the couple really had control of the money bag. Yelu Abaoji was too embarrassed to kill him when he was alive. When Shuluping really did it, When they were brutal, everyone realized that the people under them were no longer willing to resist.

They really give me money.

At this time, the situation of the Wugu tribe was actually similar to that of the Diela tribe during the Yelu Abaoji era.

Just say Khan, people can really afford it.

Now, with the money given by the Song Dynasty, the Wugu tribe built a city on the Hailar River, dug coal mines and iron mines, and developed a preliminary iron-making industry. Even the nearby Jurchen tribes are actually now Many ministries are already following them.

This is a new Yelu Abaoji who was fed by Zhao Guangmei and has the ability to unify Shiwei.

In other words, this special girl is Genghis Khan!

The people of Shiwei are indeed too fierce. The men blown by the wind and sand have been fighting almost every day as they grow up. They have been with the God of Death since they were young. Once they form an army, their military qualities will crush people in other areas. Similarly, every man is a born warrior. Once he masters iron smelting technology, he will be a nightmare for the world in the cold weapon era.However, the Song Dynasty has entered the era of hot weapons, so don't be afraid of them.

"Did the Liao envoy come here because of Yelv Xiezhen or because of Yelv Chong? As a loyal minister affiliated with the Song Dynasty, my wife, Wei, responded to the request of King Qin of the Song Dynasty to fight against the Liao Dynasty. As far as I know, now the Song Dynasty The heavenly soldiers are coming, and the Liao Kingdom has no choice but to accept the fact that the country will be subjugated, but you want to let us go at this time, why, are you planning to commit genocide after the country is subjugated?"

The envoy from the Liao Kingdom was neither humble nor arrogant when he heard this, and said calmly: "If the Khan is willing, of course he can exterminate our Khitan. Now the people of our Khitan are very proficient in Chinese. Most of them can speak a few words of Chinese more or less." However, for those who are a little richer, it is no exaggeration to say that if they change into the Confucian robes of the Song Dynasty and open their mouths, they will look like Han people. Big Han, do you dare to kill Han people?"

"The one who destroyed us in the Liao Dynasty was the Song Dynasty, not the Shiwei Dynasty. If you are killing the Khitans at this time, what good will it do to you, the Shiwei people, besides revenge and hatred? But I don't know, after the demise of the Liao Kingdom, what are your plans for the Han Dynasty? How to handle yourself? Even if you are really loyal to Song Dynasty, will Song Dynasty still give you a loan?"

"How bold! Do you dare to provoke my loyalty to King Qin of the Song Dynasty?"

With a puff, the Liao envoy was happy: "You? Loyal? Do you believe this? You and King Qin have only met a few times in total."

On the side, another leader of Shiwei said: "We have no hostility towards the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty has no reason to be hostile to us. Kill all of you, and we can herd horses and sheep on your grasslands. The Song people only know how to farm and not farm." We don’t even bother herding. Our requirements are not high. It’s enough that our tribe can herd horses and sheep stably like you Khitan people. The Song Dynasty only needs to provide us with appropriate loans when we encounter the white hair disaster. Grain is enough. We can also raise sheep and horses, shear sheep, and make wool textile mills. We can also make cheese and bacon for the Song people to eat. We can live a good life with the Song people. Why do we create rebellion among the Song people? ?Isn’t that what you want to say?”

Hearing this, the Liao envoy smiled and said: "Yes, yes, you are right. Of course you Shiwei people can do anything that the Khitans can do. However, my king has already obtained the promise of King Qin of the Song Dynasty. After the overthrow of the Liao Dynasty, the king still retained his position as the governor of the Song Dynasty, and he must have a place among the shareholders of the trading company. Then you tell me, when the time comes, my king will be the governor of the Song Dynasty, why should you be allowed to serve in our country? Where are the horses and sheep on Song’s territory?”

"You...you...you are talking nonsense."

"Am I talking nonsense? His Highness the King of Qin of the Song Dynasty got married first and then went to war. His newlywed wife is my descendant of the Liao Dynasty. The Khitan royal family are all relatives of His Highness the King of Qin. Although there is a feud between the Khitans and the Han people, However, in the more than 100 years since the Tang Dynasty, ethnic integration has been completed. The Khitans in the North and the Han in the South have lived together peacefully for 50 years. The people can speak Chinese and know Han rituals. If you were the King of Qin in the Song Dynasty, would you be willing to let us The Khitan people stay in their own homes and become his subjects of the Song Dynasty. I still hope that you barbarians who don't know Song language, don't know Song rites, and drink blood like hair, come in and replace us Khitan people? Ah? You are willing to kill people, okay? Killing, what will it do except to expand the hatred between you and my clan again? The Song people will never give you this pasture!"

After saying that, there was silence in the big tent.

The people of Shiwei are relatively barbaric, and indeed generally uneducated, but that doesn't mean they have no brains.

"The Song Dynasty has lost the Liao Kingdom. This... this... boss, after the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, we will be useless to the Song Dynasty. If we can't rob the Khitan people's pasture, then... wouldn't it be... Want to go back to the desert? Will Song Dynasty still give us money by then?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid that Song Dynasty will kill the donkey."

"What I'm afraid of is not just killing the donkeys. Once the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, the Liao people will become Song people. If we have enmity with the Liao people, doesn't it mean we have enmity with the Song people? King Qin told us to attack the Liao Kingdom more Killing people satisfies him, but he himself does not kill people. He pretends to be a good person and lets us act like this evil person. What if the Khitan people want to come back to take revenge? Then the Song people will want to take revenge on us. Isn’t this a dead end? ?”

"If you say that, then the Liao Kingdom cannot be destroyed. If the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, our good days will come to an end."

"Shut up for me!!"

Ugu Humar shouted loudly, which shocked everyone in the tent, and then he put his hand on his forehead.

In fact, he had more contact with the people of Song Dynasty, so he was naturally very clear about King Qin's policy towards Liao Dynasty.

The people of Song Dynasty just wanted to assimilate the people of Liao Dynasty, so the King of Qin tried his best to avoid war and worked hard for peaceful reunification. He needed peaceful reunification, so he naturally needed himself, a barbarian, to put a certain amount of military pressure on Liao Dynasty.

From the current point of view, King Qin's strategy has basically been successful. The people from Song Dynasty have become good people, and the people from Shiwei have become evil people. The black and white faces sing the double act together, which is perfect.

However, this is a strategy of making friends from far away and cutting off the close ones. Since the one that entered has been cut down, the one that is far away will naturally become the new one that is close.

In fact, he could see this clearly. Since the Liao envoy was here, it meant that he and Yelu Xiezhen had already thought of some things.

It's not like enemies can't talk about how to cooperate, but before he could even talk about it, this old man was picked apart by his own people.

"Tell me, what does Yelu Xiezhen mean?"

"Without him, I'm just raising bandits to respect myself."

"Is he Kou?"

"No, you are Kou."

"How brave! My Wei Lianjun is the auxiliary of the Heavenly Soldiers of the Song Dynasty!"

"But my king is the governor of the Song Dynasty."

"........."

"Of course you can kill our Khitan people wantonly, kill as you like, kill men, snatch away women, snatch away cattle and sheep, kill 1, 10, millions, let you kill, but as long as you can't seize Grassland, in ten years at most, you will still be savages in the desert, and we Khitan people will definitely regain our strength. At that time, my king, as the governor of the Song Dynasty, will definitely seek revenge on you. That is, when that time comes , who will the Song people support?"

(End of this chapter)