The shouts next to the river were soon blown away by the strong winds that were everywhere on the grassland.

At the top of the capital, guards are lined up and the guards are strict. Yelu Tiege serves Yelu Dashi to watch the Khitan tribes grazing cattle and sheep. The view of the Dashun Gate Tower is extremely open, as if you are in a vast world. In front of you is this endless beautiful scenery, you can't help feeling relaxed. This is a sunny day, with clouds floating lightly in the sky, countless cattle and sheep scattered on the grassland and moving slowly. The loud shouts of the shepherds from far and near come from time to time, and there are also the shepherds singing loudly when they grazed, praising the Khitans' Yingzhu Yelu Dashi.

For the leaders of the eight Khitan tribes, Yelu Dashi was still the heroic ruler. In the hearts of the Khitans, he was still the awe-inspiring emperor. After the southern expedition, most of the lucky soldiers returned to the tribe, and they brought back slaves and a large amount of spoils. The North Court once again registered the children of the Chinese people, and added males over 18 years old to the North Court, and those under 18 years old were also uniformly responsible for food and clothing. The orphans of the fallen soldiers were distributed to Luma Lumi from the North Court every month. After the boys were over 12 years old, the girl was raised by Empress Xiao, and in the future, they were voluntarily married to the warriors of the Palace Treasure Army. The dead were gone, and the trauma and setbacks had gradually healed. In the past few months, the morale of the Liao army had almost recovered.

During the southern expedition, the Liao army not only plundered a large amount of spoils, but also obtained almost all the Song Dynasty artifacts and methods. The court's workshop was able to imitate the Song Dynasty artillery, muskets, crossbows and other military weapons, and also distributed cotton, porcelain, silk and other patterns to Khitan nobles in large quantities to open workshops. Because they were worried about insufficient food and grass, the North Court asked Yelu Dashi to issue an order to exempt agricultural taxes, ordered the few tribes in Hebei to plant one-quarter of the fields in full crops, and promised to purchase military rations at a high price in the future.

The Liao army conquered millions of slaves in the south. For this reason, Yelu Dashi ordered the North Court to promulgate the "Slaves Law", which stipulated that all slaves must be registered in the South Court. In addition, the South Court opened a trading office, and the slave transactions must be carried out in the trading office, and the slave head tax of 10% of the selling price is paid. The South Court divided the slaves into six levels according to physical strength, skills, etc., and stipulated that the slave owners should not sell the slaves they owned below the lowest price, but they can sell the slaves to the South Court court at the lowest price. The slave owners reported to the South Court every year that the number of slaves owned, the transaction situation, and especially the number and reasons of the death of slaves. The slaves starved to death.

The slaves are mainly punished by whipping. Those who starve to death of three slaves will be punished by hanging and all slaves will be taken to the court. The third-class slave craftsman registered in the Nanyuan Court, the slave owner shall not be punished privately, and shall not be killed privately. If there is any violation, the slave owner will be fined, punished, or even shot to death by arrows. If the slave owner feels unable to serve and feed the slave, he can give the slave to the court of the Nanyuan Court for free. The state and the slave clan are not allowed to intermarry, and they cannot have children. If the slave owner has an affair with the slave, he will commit the crime of confusing the national bloodline and confiscating the slave owner's property, demoted to the slave's citizenship, and take the children into the Nanyuan Court.

During the Southern Expedition, Yelu Dashi felt that there were insufficient staff available, so he asked the Northern Court to consider reopening the imperial examination among the slaves, and to separate subject examinations such as classical prose, craftsmanship, bookkeeping, etc. Only the fourth-class slaves can be accepted. The slaves who were promoted to the emperor and the Nanyuan yamen were only sent to him. If they were favored, they could be released to manage other slaves for His Majesty. The ones who were promoted to the Southern Court were registered as first-class official slaves in the Southern Court. These first-class official slaves were not very different from those of the national tribe, but for lowly slaves below the fourth-class, their status was very different. If you make great contributions, your Majesty might have the permission to change the slaves and become the Khitan tribe like Yelu Baoyi. The Khitan nobles often used the skillful and skillful man to do bookkeeping, affairs, and followers. After the news came out, many of them were eager to try, and even asked people everywhere to inquire about when the imperial examination would start.

After learning that the Song Dynasty Zhenguo Army and the Xijing Army returned to the army, Yelu Dashi concluded that the Song army was unable to fight north for a while. He ordered Xiaowulila to accommodate the lost troops, and ordered him to be the commander of the Hebei tribes, commanding more than 70,000 troops to retreat to Hebei. Xiaowulila was frightened at first, but later he saw that the Song army had been slow to cross the Hebei battle, and instead became bold. He realized that the troops were strong and strong. If it weren't for Yelu Dashi's order, the Northern Court repeatedly told him not to act rashly. Xiaowulila even wanted to use large troops to retake Henan in the winter.

For several months, while resting in the army, Xiaowulila continued to send small groups of cavalry to test the reality of the Song army. Compared with Henan lands backed by Song and Xia countries and were surrounded by villages and forts, the Song army on Jingdong Road was obviously a soft persimmon without a great battle. Yelu Yanshan once led a partial army to attack Jingdong East Road. After capturing Yunzhou, he was ordered to go south to go to the expedition. After the Liao army withdrew, the Song army on Jingdong Road was recaptured. When Zhao Xingde presided over Henan, although the Song army on Jingdong East Road was relatively weak, if the Liao army sent troops to attack, the Tokyo Left Resident Office would likely send troops to threaten the rear of the Liao army. Now the Song army is restrained by itself, Chen Dong, Cao Liangshi and others have a knot with Hou Huanyin. The Liao army seized the flanks of Jingdong Road and threatened them all, and the time for sending troops has come.

"Since the Song people have cleared the obstacles for us, if we don't take action, it will be a blessing for God and I will suffer."

"Your Majesty is wise," said Yelu Tiege. "Xiao'eril has 70,000 troops, and 50,000 cavalry can set off from Nanjing Road at any time."

"Very good," Yelu Dashi nodded, "Xiao Olila is the commander, Xiao Tachi is the deputy, and Prince Yili also see it in front of the battle."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Yelu Tiege was a little worried, but hesitated for a moment and still did not object. Xiao Olila was a long-standing general who had been through the battle formation and used heavy troops. Xiao Tachi was successful in his youth and commanded 30,000 elite cavalry with the honor of his son-in-law. The prince Yelu Yilie was not only full of blood, but also had never been on the battlefield. Xiao Olila might not be able to suppress these two juniors, and the two might not be convinced by each other. Although Yelu Tiege felt that he could not see Yelu Yilie, his status was special and he could not say much about this matter.

"I really didn't expect that Zhao Xingde was actually the Xia general, and he guarded Nanshan City." Yelu Dashi suddenly changed the topic and pondered, "I knew that Xia was in a secret embarrassment. Unexpectedly, their hands were stretched out so long. Hitting the two tigers is the national policy of Xia. I still looked down on them carelessly. Fortunately, Xia State suddenly encountered trouble, otherwise, we might have been trapped in Yingchang Prefecture. This is a hungry tiger, and we can't escape from the west," Yelu Dashi sighed, "The North Court is ready, we may have to negotiate peace with Song State."

"What?" Yelu Tiege looked at Yelu Dashi in surprise, "Your Majesty, aren't you going to attack Jingdong Road?"

"Yes," Yelu Dashi's face remained unchanged. He looked at the eagles circling in the sky in the distance and said slowly, "If you don't hurt them first, the people of Song will not be honest in their peace," he paused and said, "First take Shandong, occupy the mountains and rivers, and then stop the war in the north and south. It is not that we are afraid of Song, but that we do not want the fisherman of Xia to benefit. First send an envoy to cross the river and talk about the benefits, test the Song court, and tell Zhao Qi that if he does not discuss peace, his position as the emperor... will probably be difficult to sit peacefully."

Yelu Dashi looked at the rolling mountains in the north from afar, and didn't know if it was an illusion. The cold wind whirled over the city had already felt a slight warmth. The coldest season was about to pass, and more than a year of war greatly consumed the national strength of the Liao and Song dynasties. The Southern Dynasties attached the most importance to agriculture, and spring was the time of busy farming. Even if it was winding, the Song Dynasty would not turn away the envoys of the Liao Kingdom.

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"Bang--" An arrow was inserted straight into the bull's eye.

Zhao Xingde put down his left hand holding the bow, raised his right hand, took a deep breath, took out a long arrow from the quiver, put it on the bowstring, and said slowly: "A gentleman has nothing to fight for. He must shoot! He must be in the red heart, no negligence, and no matter how good the archer is, he will easily get out of the target if he is not calm. Therefore, practicing shooting skills can make people always be cautious and know that things in the world are difficult to do. The so-called gentleman is trembling, as if he is on the abyss, as if walking on thin ice. Just like this archery, he cannot be negligent, and a little sparse spirit cannot be in the red heart." He raised the bow with his left hand, pulled the string with his right hand like a full moon, and shot an arrow with a "swoosh" sound, and stabbed the target with a "bang". Thirty steps away, the red heart of the target was pierced with arrows.

Liu Wengu looked at the scene with a complicated expression. Zhao Xingde's archery skills were so high that he was far beyond his imagination.

"Teacher," Liu Wengu hesitated for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to ask, "Are you an envoy of Xia Kingdom?"

"What?" Zhao Xingde's breathing stopped. He lowered his bow and asked, "Where did you know?"

Before the Zhenguo Army team arrived in Bianliang, Zhao Xingde was under house arrest and was in the courtyard of the Tokyo Left-behind Office. Usually, he had to archery and entertain himself. Lu Mingyu, Luo Xianshi, and Deng Yuanjue sent envoys to visit him and also met here. After discussing with Cao Liangshi that morning, he decided to write and clarify the way of a gentleman. In this almost isolated environment, he had completed a little bit of it. Cao Liangshi also came to discuss this with him from time to time while handling official duties. The rest of the matter was passed on by his disciple Liu Wengu. Therefore, there were many rumors outside. Zhao Xingde was an envoy of Xia Kingdom and was ordered to assist the Song Kingdom in fighting against Liao, but he himself did not know anything about it.

Seeing that he did not deny it, Liu Wengu knew it and said in a low voice: "It was rumored outside that his mentor fled to Xia State for a case of revealing the letter, joined the army and went to Lumei State to conquer the Romu Turks, and assisted the Liaodong Han Army. He accumulated merits and was ordered to lead troops to aid the Song Dynasty... Because of his strong defeat of Yelu Dashi's invasion in the south and helping the Song Dynasty restore the achievements of Henan, the Xia State court has promoted his mentor to the General of the Fire Equipment Department and was granted the title of Marquis of Kaiguo Baoyi. These days, there have been rumors outside that his mentor wants to join Lu Mingyu, Luo Xianshi, and Deng Yuanjue to present dozens of prefectures and counties in Henan to the Xia State. Therefore, the court cannot continue to make a move." Later, Liu Wengu's voice fell down.

"Yes, I am a Xia minister," Zhao Xingde shook his head and said calmly, "But I did not do anything to meet the elders of Guandong." He was angry and opened his bow like a full moon. With a "swoosh--" sound, the arrow was inserted into the middle of the red heart again. The arrow was very powerful, shaking the target, and it actually made the arrow fall off with a few arrows that had been shot before.
Chapter completed!