Chapter 267: The founding of China

This winter is the most difficult winter for the Khitans to survive.

All the small countries and tribes around them, as if they had made an appointment, dispatched troops to loot the border of Liao, causing countless poor Khitan families to be destroyed, and they were captured as slaves, serving the winners, and living a life worse than cows and horses.

The continuous invasion of various tribes has caused the long border line of Liao to be in a hurry. The Liao army, which has suffered heavy losses in previous battles, was in a hurry and was exhausted. Occasionally, they could block those hostile tribes and fight a battle, but most of them could not be blocked, causing the Khitan tribes on the border and even inland to suffer from repeated robberies and poisons.

The happiest ones were the Jurchens. These fierce nations living in the bitter and cold land of the Northeast can now invade the Liao territory unscrupulously and robbed them. The food they obtained, cattle and sheep, can be used to support their children and women who have been hungry, and other property can be sold at a discount to the caravan sent by Hualie's troops in exchange for urgently needed food and weapons.

In order to thank the grace of the Khan of the Hualie tribe, among the Jurchen tribes that were not subject to the jurisdiction of the Liao Kingdom, some tribes had already become the master of Luo Da. In front of the envoys he sent, they respectfully bowed to the West, calling him the Khan, and wishing to drive the Khan forward and defeat the powerful Liao together.

This may be what the Han people call "family and close attacks". Faced with the extremely powerful Liao Kingdom over the years, the Jurchens were still timid and afraid. If they could get such a powerful help from the Hualie tribe, it would be a great guarantee for the survival of their tribe.

The power of the Hualie tribe expanded in the north, and the northern part of the Great Liao Kingdom had been suppressed by the Hualie tribe. Many vassal states to the west had cut off contact with the Liao Kingdom since the Hualie tribe occupied the Xiazhou area. Now many small countries have paid tribute to the Hualie tribe, hoping to get the protection of the Hualie tribe and not be destroyed by other neighbors.

Although the Hualie tribe accepted their tribute and issued a title, allowing them to be their own vassal state, they never focused on moving westward. In front of the Hualie tribe, there was a powerful Liao Kingdom that needed to be conquered. Before defeating the powerful Liao, everything else would be placed in a secondary position.

In the miserable situation of the Great Liao Dynasty being surrounded by enemies, the Song Dynasty in the south was cheerful. Countless people raised their heads and laughed and celebrated each other. They only said that the old enemies for a hundred years finally had this day!

Under the order of Emperor Zhao Zhen of Song, all the generals with lofty ambitions in the Song Dynasty were working hard to train troops and ready to attack the Liao Kingdom in the north and recapture Yanyun at any time!

Although the weather is cold, the army still practices diligently. The weather in the north will only be colder than it is now. If the soldiers are not allowed to get used to such coldness in advance, how can they go north to Liao Kingdom and defeat powerful enemies?

The abnormal movements of the century-old enemy made the Liao Dynasty extremely nervous. Xiao Nojin personally took his second son Yelu Chongyuan to Youzhou to take charge, preparing to resist the invasion of the Song Dynasty, while Yelu Zongzhen and Xiao Xiao were in charge of Shangjing, facing the oppression of the powerful Hualie tribe.

In this winter, the only thing that made them feel better was that the Hualie troops slowed down their expansion and stagnated in the Jingbiancheng area. In addition to sending cavalry to plunder various Khitan tribes in the cold winter, large-scale offensive operations have not been launched, probably because of the cold that their military operations have stopped.

In order to prevent them from breaking into the inner border, in the northwest Jingbian City and near the Pise River in the north, the Liao Kingdom sent a large number of troops to station. In that extremely cold place, countless Liao soldiers were so cold that they were rubbed their hands and jumped, murmured and cursed the Hualie tribe and the upper officials of the Liao Kingdom, and sent themselves to this frozen place to guard.

The Hualie tribe had never launched an attack on them. The stability of the border between the northwest and the north made the Liao kings and ministers gradually relieved. Since then, the territory of 1,500 miles northwest and the north of Shangjing has been temporarily guaranteed.

The envoy was sent out from Shangjing and headed towards Kedun City and Tokyo Bianliang. The long negotiations were held in the capitals of the two neighboring countries, and all parties put forward conditions that were difficult for the other party to accept. It seemed that neither party had much sincerity for negotiation, but no matter what, the Hualie tribe did not continue to attack, which made the Liao king and ministers glorious.

Finally, when the spring is blooming, the army of the Song Dynasty had been trained and reorganized. The generals led the army to march northward and attacked the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun that the Han people had dreamed of for a hundred years.

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In the early morning, Xie Xiaowan woke up from her dream. She was still blushing on her delicate jade cheeks, biting her lips and smiling, serving the man beside her to dress and wash.

The leader of the Hualie tribe still has short hair, which is much easier to rinse. His hairstyle has now been imitated by many tribes, cutting his hair short with a knife and making various strange-shaped short hair.

Although the Han people believed in "the body, hair, and their parents dare not hurt them", more and more people from the tribes from the State of Song began to imitate the hairstyle of Dashen and were proud of it.

The knowledge they learned was no longer just a classic of Confucianism in Han people, but a knowledge manual taught by Luo Dacheng himself and ordered people to write. Luo Dacheng said it one by one regardless of whether the knowledge in his memory was clear, so that the disciples could memorize them when they recognized words, and deduce and compare them in future life and experiments to see if this knowledge is correct, and rewrite textbooks based on it.

A new civilization gradually began to be born in the northwest of China. These Han people with short hair will no longer be the ignorant Song people, but the knowledgeable tribes of the Hualie tribe, which will have an immeasurable impact on the development of future history.

Xie Xiaowan combed Luo Dacheng's hair and looked at him quietly, her eyes confused and gentle. This unique man in the world has become everything for her, her master, and now she can be said to be alive for him.

After a long struggle, her heart finally fell and she voluntarily followed him. With Di Liniang's kind arrangement, she became one of his three Han concubines.

There are also support from all the Han ministers and famous generals here. After all, everyone is Han. If there are more Han concubines in the Khan's harem and support and take care of Di Liniang, the Han people's power in the Hualie tribe will be more stable, and the continuous increase in the Khitan and Dangxiang concubines will not make all Han ministers feel uneasy.

In order to consolidate the Han people's power in the Hualie tribe, Han Qi even wrote a letter to his family, asking that one of his sisters or cousins ​​be married to Luo Dacheng, or the ladies of other big families in the Song Dynasty.

The Han family was an important family in the Song Dynasty. The clan attached great importance to the opinions of this young child who was in the temple of Hualien and could influence the world's general trend. However, they were unable to make up their minds to become relatives with the barbarian country they had always despised, resulting in the Han family becoming a laughing stock among the old family.

Such a debate alarmed the Song Dynasty court. The Han family submitted Han Qi's letter and asked the emperor to decide.

The marriage was once again secretly put on the agenda. If a princess was sacrificed to seek a solid alliance with the barbarian country, the proud scholars and officials were reluctant, and they did not want to be regarded as cowardly and useless, which would damage the power of the Great Song Dynasty. However, it would be a good idea to marry a lady from a big family to the King of Bei'an and give her a marriage to show the favor of the emperor.

But it is also a problem for which family is willing to marry their daughter. Such a discussion still has no result. The war of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty temporarily suppressed such a debate and decided everything after the Northern Expedition.

At this time, Xie Xiaowan naturally didn't know what was happening in her homeland. She just smiled and helped Luo Dacheng wash with joy, silently looking forward to it. If one day she could give birth to a prince for him, then she would have nothing to ask for.

Outside the door, a report came. A maid knelt in front of the door and reported loudly that there was Brother Qianhusu outside asking for a meeting, saying that there was important military information to report to the Khan.

Luo Dacheng went out to dress and received Brother Su in the secret room. He stopped his big gift and asked casually about the important military information he brought.

As he thought, when spring came, the army of the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty could not wait to set off. If it were later, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty would have to worry about the complete collapse of the Liao Kingdom, which was strong outside and the middle, and everything would be swallowed by the Hualie tribe in one gulp, so that they could not even drink the soup.

Luo Dacheng scoffed at their desire. The Liao army could not gain the upper hand when facing the Hualie tribe, but it always had a psychological advantage over the Song army, which had always been cowardly. This time, the Song State would inevitably pay a huge military price, but the harvest would be much smaller than they expected.

Now, the army of the Song Dynasty has broken through the border pass of the Liao Kingdom, invaded the Liao territory, swept across Yunzhou, and rushed towards Youzhou.

There, Xiao Noujin had ordered the recruitment of troops to meet the enemy. The army of Liao and Song dynasties will launch a vigorous battle on that land, allowing the blood of countless brave young people to spread on the land of China.

After listening to Brother Su's report, Luo Dacheng was silent for a long time and issued an order indifferently: "Issuing an order to Princess Mayunna, and imitating the metaphor of Timur and Wei Mushanxi, all the troops from the Western Regions were stationed on the border. Just when the Song army was defeated and the Liao army attacked the Song territory, he raised his troops to attack the Liao Kingdom and seized the land!"

Brother Su bowed his head and showed joy on his face.

In this way, the general attack on the Liao Kingdom was about to begin!

Luo Dacheng had a faint smile on his face and said in a deep voice: "Issued an edict, from today on our Hualie tribe, our name will be changed to Huaxia. With this country's name, we will send a letter to the world and call on all ethnic groups in the world to attack the powerful Liao together!"

A strong confidence emanated from him. Even though this order would cause a huge uproar with the Song State within, his intentions would still be unchanged.
Chapter completed!