During the Chinese New Year, there was a unique lively atmosphere in Youzhou, Nanjing Road, Liao. The Khitans were rich and leisurely. They kept food boxes at home, filled with cheese and dried fruits, and the attentive maids changed into wine pots for guests at any time. The most important thing was to greet the Khitans. Men and women wore traditional clothes and colors of the eight Khitan tribes, including Diela, Yishi, Pin, Chute, Wuwei, Tulubu, Neila, Tuju, and Tuju, and came to congratulate each other according to their surnames and blood relationships.

The banquet was accompanied by singing and dancing, and the women sang in unison. Some men dressed in animal skins and dressed as wild animals, while others dressed as hunters with swords and forks. This is a recreation of the heroic martial arts of the Khitan ancestors hunting in the mountains and wilderness. Children were the greatest fun. One was to play on the ice, and the other was to visit the temple fairs of the Han people. If you like your favorite things, you would take them directly from a small stall. In addition to eating large pieces of meat and drinking with big bowls, there were many specialties during the Chinese New Year. From the first day of the New Year, you could not sweep the floor, remove water, use knives and cut your knives, steam and stir-fry, cut your head, say unlucky words, and break all kinds of things. If the slaves in the mansion had committed crimes, they would whip the horse whip at the least, and beat them half to death at the worst, and even cut their hands and tongues.

Recently, there was a hint of uneasiness in Youzhou. When the Khitan nobles got together, they were talking about the court's recruitment of tribal troops to attack the Jurchen tribe. I hope Yelu Dashi, the remaining subordinate in Nanjing, could withstand the pressure of the court. Emperor Yelu Yanxi's close confidant, Privy Councilor Xiao Fengxian, led his troops to attack the Jurchen tribe, but failed again. More than 5,000 Khitan children who were conquered by the conquered Khitans died in the battlefield. The court was preparing to dispatch the elite troops of Nanjing Dao tribe army to the north, but the eight nobles were all saying that one general was incompetent to exhaust the three armies. Xiao Fengxian was just a slander who invited favors. This northward journey was similar to sending death. To let the tribe's children go to the battlefield, Xiao Fengxian must be replaced first.

"My lord, everyone has almost arrived." Xiao Orila Bing said. Yelu Dashi has been in contact with the Khitan nobles over the years. Not only did he abolish Yelu Yanxi, the foolish monarch, but he also wanted to eliminate the Khitan atmosphere that was corrupted by the Southern Dynasties, eliminate the ills of the royal family's relatives and nobles' control of power, restore the ancestral system of the eight nobles' discussions, so that young heroes can stand out, turn the world into a pasture for the Khitans, and let ordinary people get more cattle, sheep and slaves. The Khitan heroes who followed him were all useless places for heroes, hated the incompetence of the court, and agreed with Yelu Dashi's proposal.

Yelu Dashi raised his head, put down the brush in his hand, stood up and smiled, "Then let's go." He put the half-written manuscript paper and followed Xiao Wulila to the backyard. It turned out that there were some piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings in the study left behind in Nanjing. Yelu Dashi didn't need to do anything, either throw it away or give it to others, leaving only the necessary books and ink, which was much simpler than before.

The sky is like a dome, and there are wide felt blankets on the open grass, with cheese, milk, tea, meat and jerky piled up. More than 100 Khitan heroes such as Xiao Chalaa, Yelu Yanshan, and Yelu Tiege, either standing in the yard or sitting on the ground, drinking and chatting, which was very lively. Seeing Yelu Dashi slowly approaching, everyone's eyes focused on him.

Yelu Dashi looked around and saw that the pavilions and veranda in the courtyard were empty, and all the servants had already left. Everyone present was close confidants. He smiled and said, "Let everyone wait for a long time." One by one, he held hands to greet him. Many Khitan nobles were used to bowing and bowing in the Southern Dynasties, and Yelu Dashi tried his best to advocate that the Han style was weak. To restore the prestige of the Khitans, they had to restore the simple and tough atmosphere. Therefore, the people of his sect followed the old customs of the Khitans.

"If the tyrant king really wants to recruit us to the desolate subordinates," Xiao Chalaa asked. He looked at the left and right, all of whom were the confidant heroes summoned by Yelu Dashi, and said in a deep voice without any hesitation, "Do you want to do it now?"

"It's still a little too early," Yelu Dashi picked up a glass of milk wine, and drank it to warm his stomach. Only such severe cold and strong wine could inspire the passion and barbarity of the Khitan men. A sharp light flashed in his eyes, "When he loses a few more times," he saw the young nobles around him seem a little unwilling, and said, "If Yelu Yanxi is stubborn and Xiao Fengxian can't hold on, he will definitely lead the army in person. If he loses again, his prestige will be lost, and he will be sure to make a big move."

"But, won't this make the Jurchen barbarians more powerful?" Xiao Chalaa said in confusion.

"So what?" Yelu Dashi said coldly, "As long as we get rid of the tyrant kings and rebuild the old system of the eight Khitan tribes discussing affairs, the tribe members will no longer be superstitious about the next life and be confused, and restore the blood and toughness of our tribes. The Khitans will naturally sweep away all tribes in the world. Even if the Jurchen tribes are ten times stronger, they will only be for us to sharpen their knives. If the tyrant kings are allowed to do anything wrong, the tribes will become increasingly degenerate and weak, even if it is not the Jurchen tribes, there will be other barbarians who will destroy our Khitan. It is nothing more bleeding than a little." He paused and said in a deep voice, "The Khitan tribe is at the critical moment of life and death." He threw the wine bowl on the ground, pulled out the scimitar from his waist and shouted loudly: "Revitalize the Khitan!"

"Revitalize the Khitan!" The Khitan leaders also pulled out their scimitars and roared. The servants outside the yard heard the shouts of these Khitan nobles from afar, as if a group of wolves echoed. They all looked pale and their eyes were full of fear. The nobleman started to act and chopped off a slave and tried to see the sharp edges.

After a long whistle, Yelu Dashi asked, "What's wrong with contacting the nobles of the Eight Tribes?"

All the Khitan men can ride and shoot. If they all join the army, they can get hundreds of thousands of cavalry. Unfortunately, most of them are in the tribes and cannot work together. In particular, the court relied more and more on the southern system, excluding the eight nobles from the decision-making, resulting in the tribes being disconnected from the court, and the tribes' cavalry were unwilling to serve the country. After hundreds of years of suppression, the eight tribes themselves fell apart and became tribes led by hundreds of leaders of all sizes. So Yelu Dashi

He sent his confidant to contact the leaders of the eight Khitans. As long as he could send more than 1,000 cavalry, whether he was sent alone or in partnership, he would have his place at the meeting of the eight Khitans. After that, the high-ranking officials and major decisions of the court, the distribution of water, grassland and plundering slaves were decided by the eight Khitans. He had a lofty ambitions, not only to replace Yelu Yanxi, but also to lead the Khitans to sweep the world and become the Khan who ruled all tribes in the world.

Yelu Yanshan said: "Everyone is dissatisfied with Yelu Yanxi, the foolish emperor, but he is still skeptical about the reopening of the eight ministries' meeting."

"After the event was completed, I, Yelu Dashi, would like to join blood in an alliance with the leaders of the eight tribes. From then on, the major events of the Khitan tribe, even the Prime Minister, the Privy Councilor of the North and South Courts, will not use personal personalities as they wish. It must be determined by the eight tribes' discussions," Yelu Dashi sighed, "What we do today is not for the wealth of one person, but for the future of our Khitan tribe."

All the Khitan nobles were silent, and everyone had their hearts. If Yelu Dashi had not really been considering the Khitan people and everyone would have empathized with it, there would not have been many people following him through life and death. In the cold winter, the north wind blew like a knife, and the blood in the bones of these Khitans was burning hot like strong wine.

At this time, Chengying Camp also reached the westernmost territory of Xia Kingdom, hanging alone in Haixi Port on the east coast of the Black Sea. Haixi Port and Zhenxi Fort are one. The port is not large and built on a peninsula deep into the bay. For a hundred years, Xia Kingdom dug a deep moat to the narrowest part of the peninsula. Although the fort here is not big, it is extremely strong. The princes of Dashi said: "If you can attack Zhenxi Fort, you might as well capture Lumei City."

To the north of Zhenxi Fort is the south side of Taihe Ling where various barbarians live, and to the south of Zhenxi Fort is the Roma Turkic forces. The angry army stationed in Zhenxi Fort only maintains a short passage from the west coast of the West Sea to Zhenxi Fort. However, the location of Haixi Port and Zhenxi Fort is extremely important. The goods of Xia Kingdom can be sold directly to merchants from Western countries, without having to go through the exploitation of Turks and Dashi in the middle. This Haixi Port is the end of the Eastern Trade Road controlled by Xia Kingdom. Merchants from Lumei Kingdom and Dashi Kingdom used Jiaozi to extract goods from the warehouses of Haixi Port and transported them to the West and countless barbarian countries in the south.
Chapter completed!