Because he was really not sure what these Lu Long Army, who had intermittently killed each other with the Khitan and Xi tribe, would do after many generations of people change their position. Usually, they were slightly different from those Central Plains vassal states that were in a vassal state. After the short period of weakness of the general position, these towns in the Tang Dynasty would choose to declare force to the outside world to reflect their orthodox status without hesitation.

Therefore, in this atmosphere of keen on border rituals, the border troops of the Tang Dynasty were nightmares and disasters for a long time, including the Khitan, Neiyanbian tribes. Often, they finally survived the test of winter every year. Just when the troops were weak, the Tang army came spontaneously. They did not want cows and horses, women and Dingkou, but only had their heads to be rewarded for military merit.

Therefore, after these mowed-in transits of the Tang army in the spring, a deserted buffer zone will be temporarily left in Yanbian; and tribes waiting for subsequent migration will continue to fill in. Usually, even in the era of the powerful Turks or Uighurs, if necessary, they will not easily challenge the Tang Dynasty for the survival of these insignificant Yanbian tribes.

The most notorious example is undoubtedly An Lushan and Shi Siming, who were enshrined as the two saints in Heshuofang Town. Their process of starting their family was made up of the blood and tears of the Khitans. At that time, when these two men were just under Zhang Shougui, the governor of Youzhou, captured a life general, they lured the Khitan people and the lords on the grounds of mutual trade and tribute, and then beheaded to repay their merits.

As close neighbors (Raole Governor's Office), Xi tribes and (Songmo Governor's Office), Khitan tribes often become the targets of such force declarations. Either send troops to plunder cattle and horses and slaughter some Yanbian tents to behead them, or send troops to threaten them with great fanfare, forcing their leaders to join the border and demand tribute from cattle and sheep fur to achieve a reputation and achievements that have gained popularity in a sense.

Among them, the Xi tribe, which is weaker than the eight Khitan tribes and occupy similar ecological niche competition on the grassland, often becomes accomplices of the Lulong Army at this time, forcing the Khitan tribes to bow their heads, and also obtains the rights and benefits of trade and border Yi from the territory of the Lulong Army in disguise. Therefore, most of the time, the eight Khitan tribes were helpless.

("Trades are endless every year, or two or three years old")

Even if there were several examples of successfully defeating the Lu Long army in history, as long as the opponent blocked the key points in western Liaoning, he would be helpless for the Khitan who was not good at attacking the toughest; then after more than ten years or even a few years, he could recuperate and regain his strength and fight again; at this time, the men's tents were lost in the eight Khitan tribes, and even the new generation was still children with hairless words.

Therefore, compared with those fragmented and scattered edges, the main targets of attack and annexation by the Eight Khitan Alliance of the Khitans were mainly surrounded by the ten thousand-year-old Xi tribes who relied on constant exchanges with the Lu Long Army and were always in trouble. At the same time, they also tried their best to maintain a relative peace with the Lu Long Army to obtain resources for the Han area. Now the persistence of several generations of Khitan tribes has finally achieved results.

Because Lulong Town has begun to focus on the disputes in the Tang Dynasty in recent decades, and is keen on the title of the first vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. As a result, the Khitan took the opportunity to launch a continuous attack and plundering of the Xi tribe, and finally killed the last generation of Xi king Tu Dong Su in the battle of Rushui, and most of the personal tents and nobles. It was considered to have broken the backbone of the upper class of the Xi tribe.

Then, the five major tribes of the Xi tribe (Yaoli, Bird, Oli, Meige, and Chuli) were split into Dong Xi, who supported and supported the king's brother Shise in the old place of Beishan (near Chengde City, Hebei Province); and the prince who was dissatisfied with the Khitan rule, and led thousands of Xi people to the Xi diocese, Guizhou (the prefecture was in Huailai County, Hebei Province).

During his early years, the contemporary Hende Khan was also a hero with ambitions and achievements. Therefore, after he became a tent, he worked hard to win over and integrate the upper class of Dong Xi; at the same time, he concentrated his efforts to attack the relatively alienated and hostile Xi Xi tribes; at the same time, he seized cattle, sheep and Dingkou from the surrounding Zahu tribes, or annexed those small and medium-sized tents.

("Because of the large number of Central Plains, there was no preparation in the north, it eroded the tribes, Datar, Xi, Shiwei, and all of them were driven to the service" "New Book of Tang".)

It was only when he entered old age that he gradually could not ride the expeditionary horse that he gradually stopped and handed over the responsibility of the war to others; but he became increasingly conservative and even wanted to continue to control his authority, firmly maintaining the position of Khan in the hands of his family. Therefore, as a vassal, Yelu was able to rank and grow stronger in the bloody internal struggle and external war.

Yelu Yi was ordered to come, and he had private instructions and explanations from Hende Khan. This is to use this to see the military strength and war preparations after the change of ownership of Lulong Town, and at the same time try to maintain peace and stability in a short period of time, thinking that he would rest and gather strength after the routine Liaodong expedition, and gain more time; and his wife also came with him.

However, compared with Khan's explanation, the persuasion from his uncle was even more of a reason why he could not refuse or avoid it. After all, the Dieshu tribe, which was the ten arrow tent, was able to grow stronger by relying on Khan's shade and support. Even if his wings gradually grew, he needed to stand with Khan, the leader of the clan, to fight against the pressure and potential threats from the other seven tribes.

Although Yelu Abaoji was in the limelight among the younger generation, he was an orphan in the clan whose parents died early and relied on his grandmother to raise him. After becoming an adult, he was able to become the Khan's personal account and even the Guard Office. In the end, he also served as the Shulu department of Meili (the chief lieutenant) for generations and married his aunt's daughter to form important support. In the final analysis, it was all because of his uncle who was Yu Yue (the prime minister).

Although the Dieshu clan was headed by the Yelu clan, it was still a very united and harmonious emerging tribe; but in the huge Dieshu tribe, Yelu Yi was not the only one fighting alone. Even the other children of the Yelu family and Abaoji's younger brothers also needed the opportunity to make achievements. Only when they took advantage of the opportunity to rise can they better serve as a wing to follow him.

However, what Yelu Yi saw and heard since entering Yingzhou was another touch and insight; these Yan troops were actually repairing the daily life of garrisons and camps, and even some of the originally abandoned and decadent post stations and guard stations were re-activated and repaired; even the wild and small cities that encountered towns seemed to be filled with a hasty and depressing atmosphere that was loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

However, this atmosphere seemed to have disappeared after he walked out of Yingzhou and passed through Pingzhou, and after entering the territory of Fanyang where Youzhou was located. There were farmers who were rushing to plant in spring and holding the oxen and horses, and the business travelers who were traveling on the roads with trucks and pack horses; and the Lu Long army did not even set up checkpoints to intercept and blackmail them.

Yelu Yi could find out that most of them were from Baodi Warehouse, a transshipment port set up by Lutai Salt Field (now in Tianjin City), which was a merchant from all over the Central Plains who came across the sea. They were like bamboo shoots of various colors of goods escorted to this land of Youyan like bamboo shoots after a rain.

Therefore, Yelu Yi even walked for a while and made people stop, and took off the excess ornaments and decorations, and mixed with other tribal people wearing fur robes and hats; and went to the small and wild markets that were temporarily rising at these intersections. Therefore, as one of his experiences in exploring the border cities many times, observing the amount and prosperity of the goods circulating on these Tang-di markets is also a judgment and reference.

Therefore, this time he saw a lot of new things in these simple small and wild cities; and as he approached the place of Youzhou City, the more frequent and rich it appeared; among them, the most attention and concern were the canned dry food and meat that were claimed to be able to be stored for a long time, as well as the whole cake and whole cakes, which were casually placed on the pavilion and sold casually.

He also asked someone to buy a few items for a small amount of money and tasted them. The oily and water tasted very good. He even considered buying a batch of items as a reserve for the winter of the headquarters. However, this complex and wonderful exploration mood continued until he arrived at Sansongyi outside Youzhou City, and accidentally saw a new thing and was suddenly broken.

They were piles of fodder blocks that were being transported and compressed hard and could only be split with an axe; and the old Cangtou in the post station was feeding mules and horses with this thing. A Baoji couldn't help but move his heart and sneaked up a small piece of debris back; after chewing it hard in his mouth, the fragrance of unknown hay, as well as the taste of beans and salt.

The next moment after tasting these things, Yelu Yi suddenly turned around and changed his expression. He grabbed his own captain and wife Shulu Kanna, and gasped and said:

"You rode the fastest horse to Yueduoli (Shuluping) to report the news, and asked her to turn around quickly, and then reported that the king's tent said that Lulong Town had secretly joined forces with the thief in the south, and was afraid that he would come to plot against our troops without any worries."

At the same time, after receiving the news of the arrival of the Khitan envoy, a group of people who came out from Youzhou City were already visible to Yelu Yi, holding a flag and ceremonial guard, and came forward on his own initiative. A Baoji shouted to the guards behind him again.
Chapter completed!