In addition to the 110,000-20,000-20,000-20,000-20,000-20,000 Han guards, which were directly under the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, there were less than 20,000 Han guards. These guards were all stationed on Nanjing Road, divided into eight battalions, including the north and south yamen soldiers, the left and right Yulin soldiers, the control crane soldiers, the Shenwu soldiers, the Xiongjie soldiers, and the Xiaowu soldiers. They were all elite soldiers composed of the children of the Han tribe in Yanyun.

In addition, there is an elite soldier composed of Bohai people on Tokyo Road, known as the Bohai capital, and is known as "three people in the Bohai Sea as one tiger", but the number is very small, only a few thousand.

Of course, it is impossible for the great Emperor of Liao to have only an army of 130,000 to 40,000 people. This is the only one who cannot control the huge empire.

In the military account book of the Liao Dynasty, there are two major military organizations, tribal troops and Jingzhou Township soldiers.

Among them, tribal soldiers mainly refer to the relatively reliable Khitan tribes, Xiren tribes. Khitan tribes include four inner tribes (Yaonian Nine Treasures, the Three Fathers of the Heng Treasures, the Bali tribes of the National Guard, the Yi Shi Yi tribe, the National Guard, the Lie tribe of the National Guard), the North and South Kings (Five Courts, Six Courts), the Six Kings of Xi, the Yi Shi, the Pin, the Chute tribe, the Wuwei tribe, the Neila tribe, the Tulubu tribe, and the Tuju tribe, as well as some tribes that are firmly controlled by the Liao Dynasty's North and South Prime Ministers' Mansions (the Liao Dynasty's North and South Prime Ministers' Mansions and the Xi Kings' Mansions are both local regimes that manage tribes). There are about 30 in a large number, and the number is still growing.

The increase in the number of tribes was not because there were many new tribes who were loyal to the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, but because they analyzed the original tribes and added new tribes.

The reason for this is that the emperor of the Liao Kingdom began to learn from the Song Dynasty officials at some time and began to strengthen centralization. To strengthen centralization, of course, we must weaken the autonomous tribes. There are three main ways to weaken tribes, one is to build palace guards - because the main source of palace households is various tribes. Each palace branch is built, some strong households and land must be cut from each tribe. The palace guards were only established, and few were disbanded. In the history of the Liao Kingdom, only Yelu Hongji's imperial guards, Yelu Chongyuan, were disbanded due to rebellion, but the palace guards he owned were not returned to the tribes, but were distributed to other palace guards.

Therefore, every time a new palace guard is established, it is a weakening of the strength of the Liao tribe. Although the degree of weakening is not large, it cannot stand the accumulation of small amounts. By the time of the Emperor Daozong of Liao, the Liao kingdom had successively established palace guards with eleven palaces and one palace, and the total number of palace households reached 183,000. Of which at least 80,000 were taken from tribes loyal to the Khitan royal family.

Don’t underestimate these 80,000 households. These are not farmers in the Central Plains, but herdsmen on the grassland. When Genghis Khan unified the Mongolian tribes, he had only 95,000 households under his command, which is 95,000 households!

While cutting away 80,000 subordinate tribes and a large number of ranches, the Liao Kingdom adopted the method of analyzing tribes, splitting off the tribes under its jurisdiction, and constantly establishing new tribes, thus achieving the goal of weakening the strength of each tribe. Among the more than 30 tribes loyal to the Liao Kingdom, at least more than ten were established by dividing population from other tribes through the method of "analyzing tribes" and seizing land.

The third way to weaken tribes is to frequently recruit tribe troops to garrison the border and conquer the battles. Although the number of palace troops in the Liao Kingdom is increasing and the strength of tribes is getting weaker, the garrison and conquer tasks of tribes have not been reduced at all. The four borders of the Liao Kingdom, except for the borders bordering Nanjing Road and Xijing Road and the Song Dynasty, were almost all tribal troops garrisoned by tribes. Whenever there is a conquest, the main force that charges the battles are also tribal troops. Over time, the tribal troops of the Liao Kingdom face the dilemma of excessive consumption and insufficient replenishment.

At the same time, the long-term war caused serious divisions within these tribes. The upper tribes received rewards and plundered spoils through war, while the lower tribes were killed and poor due to the cruel war consumption. As early as the reign of Emperor Shengzong of Liao, the poor tribes loyal to the Liao Dynasty reached a point where they needed relief from the imperial court to survive. Their ability to bear military service was naturally greatly reduced.

However, the large number of palace troops were carefully preserved and rarely participated in fierce battles. Moreover, the territories of each palace guard were mostly in the core hinterland of the Liao Kingdom. The water and plants were plump and there was no threat from the enemy, and life was comfortable and comfortable. As for combat effectiveness, they gradually followed the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty.

The tribes became weaker and weaker the more they fought, and the more they raised the palace, the less useless they became. The great Liao Kingdom turned into a paper tiger with fangs and claws.

Long before Yelu Hongji ascended the throne, his father, Liao Xingzong, Yelu Zongzhen, was embarrassed in two major battles against Xixia. He was defeated by Xixia in both personal expeditions. One of them was to take advantage of the funeral of the Xia Lord Yuanhao, but he was still defeated... In the war with Xixia, the Liao army was not much better than the Song army.

In the late period of the reign of Emperor Hongji of Liao Daozong, a rebellion of the North Shubu people made the world see the weakness of the Great Liao. In order to suppress the North Shubu people, the Liao Kingdom not only mobilized some of the troops, but also tried its best to mobilize tribal troops. Even the tribal troops originally deployed on the land of the Nakadao were allocated to be used for the Battle of North Shubu.

If the Liao Dynasty still wanted to start a war against the Song Dynasty, even if it was just a border conflict that put pressure on, it would be a little more willing but not enough.

On the way back to Dongnabo Camp, Yelu Hongji was like a tentman, repeatedly calculating in his mind that it could be used to scare Zhao Xu, the army of the insolent Song Dynasty king.

The tribal army had no choice but to transfer it. Except for the 20,000 tribal army that "whoever is in war cannot be removed", all the strong divisions have been used to recruit Mogus.

The Gong branch army and the Pi Shi army could draw 50,000 or 60,000 people, but the combat effectiveness of these troops was suspicious. Using them to attack the Song army's Xiongguan City would probably lose more than they would lose less. If the Song army transferred the elite Western Army from the Hengshan line, they would probably destroy the Gong branch army in the field...

If this situation really happens, it will undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the Liao Kingdom!

The Gong army was not able to fight, and the eighth battalion of the Han army guards' personal army was also a force that had not fought much for almost decades.

If you encounter the imperial guards of Hebei, the Song Dynasty, you don’t have to worry about it for a long time. If you encounter the Western army of the Song Dynasty, who fought with the Xixia people every day, you will definitely be beaten.

In addition, the Han farmers on Nanjing Road and Xijing Road are suffering very much. If the Han imperial guards in the Eighth Blades were not suppressed, they might have risen up...

As for the Bohai Sea, they can fight, and Tokyo Road is relatively chaotic, and there has never been any conflicts of all sizes.

But after all, there are only a few thousand people... Moreover, if they are transferred from Tokyo Road, the troops on Tokyo Road will be too weak. If a girl changes her life, Tokyo Road will be in chaos.

As for the Han and Bohai people, there are a large number of soldiers, and occasionally they can scare the Song people. Yelu Hongji has ordered the Jingzhou soldiers of Nanjing Road and Xijing Road to mobilize.

But it is impossible to let them go to the battlefield. The food and equipment problems that these beggar soldiers had left their hometown are impossible to solve.

"Your Majesty, the woman in this picture is indeed the Empress Dowager Liang of Xia State!"

At this time, Yelu Hongji and Yelu Yanxi's grandson had returned to Dongnabo camp, entered the palace tent, and summoned Yelu Yan, the commander of the Southern Privy Council of the Great Liao Dynasty, who were in the camp, and Yelu Asi, the envoy of the Northern Privy Council, and Xiao Wuna, the prime minister of the Northern Prefecture, to discuss the matter.

The first master of dice rolling in the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Yan, the clerk of the Southern Privy Council (he was originally from the Han Dynasty, with his surname Li, and was given the surname Yelu, and his clerk of the Southern Privy Council (who won the dice when he was the clerk of the Southern Privy Council). He had been on missions to Xixia many times and recognized the crazy woman Xiao Liang, so he quickly confirmed that the woman in the picture was Liang.

"Your Majesty, Liang's enlistment in Song should be due to the situation. If our dynasty can force Song State to retire, we will definitely prevent Liang from returning to Song."

The Prime Minister of the Northern Prefecture, Xiao Wuna, who first put forward the opinions, was the teacher of Yelu Yanxi. He was very trusted by Yelu Hongji and could also put forward some insightful opinions. He said: "If the State of Song cannot force the withdrawal of the army, then we must try to get rid of Empress Dowager Xiao Liang and support the Xia main lord to follow the rule."

"Teacher," Yelu Yanxi didn't like the teachers who once tried their best to protect themselves from being harmed by Yelu Yixin. She always liked to sing opposites with the teachers. This time, "If Empress Dowager Xiaoliang is removed, who else can fight against the Song Dynasty in Xia State?"

"No more." Xiao Wuna shook his head and said, "The thirteenth year of the battle between Liang and Song State has made the people of Xia poor. Even if she is not inferior to her, Xia State will not be able to fight against the Song Dynasty again."

The reason why Xiao Wuna argued so was not because he was confused, but because he had always regarded Zubu and Nuzhi as a major concern for the Liao Dynasty. In his opinion, the Liao Kingdom could not be destroyed by Song Kingdom, but could only be destroyed by Nuzhi and Nuzhi Kingdom!

So I would rather give up Xixia than ignore the threat of Bu and Nuzhi!

Yelu Yan, a master of dice rolling, also echoed: "King, the war in the north is delayed, and the daughter is about to move. Our Daliao cannot fight with the Song State for a long time. If Xia attacks Song, the country may fall into a catastrophe. If Empress Dowager Xiao Liang is forced, the disaster can be eliminated in the shortest time of Xia State's defeat of Song State, which is the only choice."

He was from Yanjing, and his family was in Yanyun, and he was a Han Chinese, so he naturally did not want the Liao and Song dynasties to go to war. He also knew that the Nanjing Road of Liao Kingdom, in recent years, has reached a point where the common people could not live in life, and it was not enough to support a long-term war against the Song Dynasty.

Yelu Hongji asked: "But how to remove Liang's family?"

The Emperor of the Great Liao actually had a decision long ago. He has always been close to the Song Dynasty and is old, so he is particularly unwilling to provoke a war that cannot end in his lifetime.

"Your Majesty, the old minister can lead tens of thousands of troops to Xingqing Prefecture in the name of aiding Xia."
Chapter completed!