Second, it is not true that Dali State has no military power to attack other places.

From the relevant historical records in China and abroad, it can be seen that the Dali Army once traveled far to western Guizhou, northern Vietnam and northern Myanmar in later generations, indicating that Dali had the power to carry out extraterritorial warfare.

Moreover, judging from the fact that the Yuan Dynasty was relied on by the Mongolian to fight against the east and west, the combat effectiveness of the Dali State's standing army was definitely not weak.

Third, the failure of Dali State to launch military operations against the Song Dynasty was the ideal result of mutual restraint between the two sides and had nothing to do with the strength of the military power.

Therefore, it would not be too easy for Guo Hao to move Dali. In history, Zhao Kuangyin used the jade axe to draw the Dadu River as the boundary and said, "It's not my own." Dali was preserved.

The so-called failure of the Tang Dynasty was the two battles fought by the Tang Dynasty and the Nanzhao Kingdom, and both failed. You should know that the Tang Dynasty was at its peak at that time, but the battle of hegemony in the southwest suffered heavy losses, which shows that the Nanzhao Kingdom was not simple.

To clarify this case, we have to start from the beginning.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty had been in Tianbao for nine years, and was Xian Yu Zhongtong, the governor of Jiannan at that time. This person was "urgent and few plans" and had no generals. He obtained this important task by making friends with the slander Yang Guozhong.

This person has always been hostile to Nanzhao. His subordinate Zhang Qiantuo, the prefect of Yunnan, was a greedy person. He often levies heavy taxes and even insults the wife and daughter of the Nanzhao royal family.

The leader of Nanzhao, the king of Yunnan, was unbearable. He raised an army to attack and kill Zhang Qiantuo for ten years in Tianbao. Then the Nanzhao army swept over the vassal tribes of the Tang Dynasty and captured more than 30 prisoners and prefectures in succession.

After hearing the news, Xianyu Zhongtong led an army of 80,000 to fight. Geluofeng sent people to apologize for peace and expressed his willingness to return the population wealth that had been plundered before.

Xian Yu Zhongtong was arrogant and refused to accept it and continued to march. He was ambushed by the Nanzhao army on the south bank of Lushui, and almost all the troops were wiped out. Xian Yu Zhongtong was saved only by himself.

After defeating the Tang army, Nanzhao officially rebeled from the Tang Dynasty and turned to Tubo, accepted the enthronement of Tubo Zanpu and changed the Yuan Dynasty to establish the title, and changed the eleventh year of Tianbao to the first year of Zanpu Zhong.

In the twelve years of Tianbao, under the promotion of Yang Guozhong, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered the Censor Li Mi to be the commander and mobilized Guanzhong. More than 100,000 Heluo soldiers launched a large-scale attack on Nanzhao.

The Tang army marched straight into Taihe City, Nanzhao capital. The ruins were located in Dali City, Nanzhou Province in the later years. However, they were trapped in the long distance and were unable to defeat the Nanzhao army, which was waiting for their hard work. The army was injured and killed in battle.

This was the Tang Dynasty at its peak. Facing the small country of Nanzhao, it was defeated in two battles, and almost 200,000 troops were destroyed.

After that, Yang Guozhong covered up his defeat and continued to mobilize his army, attempting to revenge on an expedition. However, An Lushan rebelled in the 14th year of Tianbao, and the larger-scale southern expedition had to be cancelled.

This war originated from the Tang Dynasty's border generals who were greedy and violent, bullying the dependent tribes and thus being retaliated against.

After the incident, the border town of the court did not think about reflecting, but instead relied on its power to dominate others and used troops to conquer. This kind of unjust war was unjust and was not surprisingly defeated.

Many people believe that the main soldiers of the Tang Dynasty established the country were completely injured and killed in this war, so that the mainland was empty, giving An Lushan an opportunity to take advantage of, and finally caused the Anshi Rebellion.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin did not fight Dali after careful consideration, because the situation in the early Song Dynasty was similar to that in the Tang Dynasty. Dali was the one who came after Nanzhao, so he would not say much about the strength comparison.

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To the north of Dali are the Tubo tribes, the most powerful opponent in the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty. Although it fell apart at this time, the situation was even more complicated.

Although Tubo is no longer powerful, it is not easy to rule. The country needs a lot of resources and assistance, otherwise the local people will not be able to be self-sufficient and their rule will not be stable.

People cannot survive, so they naturally have to find ways to survive. The harsh natural environment has created a unique nation. Therefore, if Guo Hao wants to maintain his rule, he must find a way, and it is even a bit thankless.

But Guo Hao had to do it because Tubo is also part of China. The most important thing is that Dangxiang Li's family is still there. If he does not settle everything, Xixia may appear in a hundred years!

Therefore, Guo Hao wanted to recover his tribe before Xixia appeared and make him lose his base, so he would not have the power to rise.

As for the Uighurs going north, they will be the target of the Song Dynasty in the future, and they are still not concerned about it now.

To the north of these three countries is the powerful Liao Kingdom. During the period of its mighty Liao Dynasty, the territory reached the east to the Sea of ​​Japan, the Altai Mountains in the west, the Ergun River in the north, the Xing'an Mountains outside, and the Baigou River in central Hebei in the south.

Such a large territory is even better than that of the Song Dynasty. The Liao Dynasty's army usually ranged from about 200,000 to 300,000.

The entire Khitan tribe was a soldier, and the proportion of troops that Liao could mobilize was very high in the total population, about 1.5 million.

With so many armies, if you meet a powerful emperor, then who in the world can compete with him!

In addition to the Khitan, there are three hidden dangers similar to the Western Xia. The Jurchens in the Northeast grew into a powerful Jin Kingdom and were the common enemies of several countries.

Mongolia in the north grew little by little. After hundreds of years of development, it directly occupied the Central Plains, stepped on the Eurasian continent, and established the largest dynasty in Chinese history - Yuan!

The Jurchens born between the white mountains and black waters gradually evolved into the Three Guards of Jianzhou, and were also the predecessor of the Manchus, becoming the Qing Dynasty in later generations.

Such a complex member formed the Liao Kingdom together, led by the Khitans, forming a powerful empire.

What Guo Hao has to face is a Liao Kingdom in its heyday. Yelu Xian was ready at this time and just waited for the time to ripe and seek power to usurp the throne.

Yelu Xian was a famous wise ruler in the history of the Liao Kingdom, and his queen Xiao Chuo, also known as Empress Xiao in history, was the biggest enemy of the Song Dynasty!

Such a powerful enemy did not make Guo Hao happy? It is inevitable to unify the "world". At this time, Guo Hao could already be compared with Qin Emperor and Han Wu.

But Guo Hao is not only not just the "world", but the land of China, so sooner or later there will be a battle between these three countries.

Now a small Southern Han Dynasty has nothing to be happy about. Guo Hao has tried his best to develop comprehensively in order to quickly strengthen the national strength of the Song Dynasty and strive to fulfill his wishes in his lifetime.

The territory of the Southern Han Dynasty still needs some time to be rectified. Some stubborn elements still need to be managed and some policies need to be implemented. The people of Lingnan should know the goodness of the Song Dynasty as soon as possible.

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All these things are done by special people. It is the first lunar month and the New Year is the first day, and Guo Hao called all the children back.

After a few months, Guo Zhiyao and Guo Zhishun became much darker and stronger, while Guo Zhiyu became much more mature and became more silent.

Guo Jingmei and Guo Yanhan, after being baptized in the army, became less delicate and more heroic.

Qiunan, Li Fu sat next to Guo Hao, holding Guo Zhiqi in the seat, next to Qiunan, and there was an empty seat next to Li Fu. Everyone knew that the position was Guo Yongning.

Everyone was here, Guo Hao looked at the empty seat and said, "It's the New Year, go and Concubine Rong calls me over. She should have a long memory during this period. Let her go back to live after the New Year."

Guo Zhiyu and Guo Yanhan were overjoyed when they heard this and immediately stood up and thanked him: "Thank you, Father!"

Guo Hao waved his hand and looked at the two of them and said, "Don't rush to thank me. Your mother can come back, but you don't come back. I think you live well outside, which means you have all grown up."

"yes."

The mother was forgiven, and the brother and sister had nothing to worry about. As for the other two princes, after spending this period of time, their relationship seemed to have improved a lot.

"Yaoer and Shun'er, although the military academy is on vacation, you can't be idle. You can continue to go to the six ministries for two days. When will you learn everything you should learn, I will let you enter the cabinet!"

The two brothers were overjoyed when they heard this. Everyone knew the status of the cabinet. It was the center of power in the Song Dynasty. Except for Guo Hao, the institution with the greatest voice.

"Thank you, Father!"

At this moment, a palace maid brought Guo Yongning, and she saw that she was dressed in plain clothes and had a pale face. When she saw her children, she was a little excited, so she didn't bother to bow and went straight to her children.

"Yu'er, Han'er, are you okay... Let your mother see..."

"Mother, why did you become like this? Is someone bullying you? Tell me quickly!"

At this time, Guo Yanhan, who had always been weak, became more courageous. Judging from what she said, it seemed that she wanted to avenge Guo Yongning.
Chapter completed!