Chapter 62 Never Give Up
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Hu sat opposite Yelu Ma Ge, looking at the despair in his temples and forehead, and felt sad in his heart. He couldn't help but think of the Battle of Wild Bison five years ago. That battle was his own rise and also the Battle of Ma Ge's defeat, but it was not Ma Ge's fault. The Great Liao Kingdom was defeated rapidly, and even if Ma Ge had three heads and six arms, he could not turn the tide.
"Why did the Great Liao fall?" Li Hu asked Brother Ma, and was also asking himself, "Why did a powerful kingdom suddenly collapse?"
Brother Ma didn't know, and he couldn't figure it out, so he was desperate. He knew that even if he had a 100,000 army, he could not rebuild the Great Liao. The defeat of the Great Liao was not conscripted. Compared with the previous kings, Yelu Yanxi was a mediocre person, but he was not a person who was too arrogant and extravagant. He still had enough business to maintain his success. However, since Li Hong raised the flag and rebelled, since the Jurchens took advantage of the situation to rebel, and after the defeat of Bu Dagang, the Liao Dynasty suddenly failed, and the country was destroyed in just a few years. This incredible ending not only made the Khitans unacceptable, but even the Jurchens seemed to have a dream. As for the Song Dynasty and Xixia, they were even more dumbfounded.
Who can believe that a kingdom that is enough to compete with China and has been established for a longer time than the Song Dynasty suddenly disappeared? Who can believe that?
History is so ruthless, and it has been like this from ancient times to the present. Therefore, the sage said that to be prepared for danger in times of peace, the stronger and more peaceful it is, the more careful it is. The rise and fall of a kingdom often has no rules to follow, and a small mistake can often lead to the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family.
Li Hu is now carrying a heavy burden, and this heavy burden makes him breathless. He can now experience the fear of walking on thin ice and facing the abyss. Every step he takes is trembling, fearing that a mistake will lead to eternal regret.
"You still have to go to the desert, right?" Li Hu asked.
Brother Ma stayed for a long time and sighed in a low voice: "I'm very tired, too tired, I can't do it anymore." Brother Ma has been racking his brains for the Liao Dynasty in recent years, and has been exhausted to the extreme. The biggest blow to him was not the repeated defeats, but the abandonment of the Khitans. After the Khitans were desperate, they began to give up. Surrender has become the only way for the Khitans to survive, and this is the most terrifying place. If a kingdom, a nation, and a tribe loses its tenacity and belief, it is the real defeat, and the Khitans have just lost these qualities and spirits that depend on for survival.
"You want to give up?" Li Hu asked again.
Brother Ma lowered his head and said nothing. The expression on his face told Li Hu that his heart was dead and completely dead.
"How can you give up?" Li Hu's voice rose unconsciously, "Look at the northeast, look at the desert, look at how many Khitans there are. The Xi people are waiting for the emperor's return and waiting for the reconstruction of the Liao Dynasty? Do you have the heart to abandon them? Do you have the heart to watch them become slaves of the Jurchens? The Khitans are not dead yet, and the Khitans still have hope. Even if you can't fight for the Liao Dynasty and the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, you must at least fight for the Khitans."
Brother Ma closed his eyes and felt heartbroken. "What did we rely on the ground back then? Relying on the ground is the courage to move forward. Relying on the ground is the immortal center." Li Hu patted his chest vigorously and said excitedly. "We want to kill the enemy and restore the Han people. We want to fight for the dignity and glory of the Han people. As a result, we succeeded." Li Hu grabbed Brother Ma's arm and shouted at him. "We can all succeed. Why can't you Khitans succeed? I will give you army, money and food, armor and war horses. You go and fight. Take the Khitans to fight bravely."
Brother Ma slowly fucked in the cold blood in Li Hu's roar. He opened his eyes suddenly, panting quickly, and asked in a trembling voice: "You want to give me the army?"
"I'll give you the army." Li Hu said solemnly. "Do you know why you have been defeated repeatedly over the years? Because you have lost your courage and lost your confidence. If you can't rebuild your courage and not regain your confidence, you will still fail. Even if I give you a hundred thousand troops, you can't defeat the Jurchens. Do you know?"
The dead center of Ma Ge suddenly lived. He stood up suddenly and bowed respectfully to Li Hu. "Thank you, King Tiger. I understand. I know why I have been defeated repeatedly. From then on, I will not fight for the emperor or the Great Liao. I will fight for the Khitans. I will not defeat the war again. I will never."
"Remember, there would be no Great Liao without the Khitans." Li Hu received a frank gift and then said loudly. "It doesn't matter if the Great Liao collapses. As long as the Khitans are still there, there is hope. As long as the Khitans are alive, the Khitans will one day be able to rebuild their own kingdom."
That night, Li Hu convened Dong Xiaochou, Luo Qinghan, Mao Jun, Gao Baolong, Li Gang, Yuan Ye and others to discuss countermeasures with Yelu Mage.
Mao Jun and Gao Baolong were all subordinates of Yelu Mage in the past. When Yuanye was in Longhua, he also met Yelu Mage. A few years later, everyone met again and felt a lot and had to sigh that the world was impermanent.
"I want to thank you." Li Hu said to Yelu Ma Ge, "In the Battle of Wild Bison, your subordinates became my subordinates. In addition to Mao Shuai and Bao Shuai, Hu Tu is now the envoy of Hu Lie Mansion, Gao Yuan, Chu Xiaoyao, Abaddon, Hailasu, Li Meng..." Li Hu said a lot of military commanders and the names of the generals, "Now they are all the tripod pillars of my Hu Lie Army. If there were no victory in the Battle of Wild Bison, there would be no Li Hu today.
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Yelu Ma Ge was a little embarrassed and felt a little sad. This was from many years ago
Who could have thought that Li Hu could have the strong strength he is today?
Li Hu changed his subject and immediately talked about the current trend of the world.
In Hebei and Shandong in the Song Dynasty, hungry rebellions broke out, and their national policy will be transformed from outside to inside. In the future, it will definitely form strong foreign countries outside the north, quell domestic rebellions within and concentrate their forces to stabilize the situation.
The Jin Dynasty emperor Wanyan Agu was killed, Wu Qimai inherited the throne, the power of Huanglong Mansion was redistributed, the conflicts between the various Jurchen tribes would become increasingly fierce, and the Jin Dynasty's national policy would also be transformed from outside to inside. However, considering the current favorable advantages of the Jin Dynasty in the north, this adjustment period should be very short, and the Jurchens would continue to fight in order to unify the north as soon as possible.
Since Li Qianshun took office, the people of Xixia suffered heavy blows. First, domestic conflicts triggered the Song and Xia war, then the Song people frequently fought westwards. Then the sudden defeat of the Liao Dynasty caused the basic national policy of uniting Liao to resist the Song Dynasty to lose its foundation. This time, they were attacked by the Tiger and Lieutenant Army and the Northwest Army. The national strength was on the verge of collapse. If nothing unexpected happens, the Xixia's national policy also changed from outside to inside, forming alliances with the outside and discussing peace, and working hard to govern the country in order to restore its national strength as soon as possible.
The hope of reconstruction of the Great Liao Dynasty was basically lost. Even when Yelu Yanxi went to the desert, he would become the target of the massacres of the desert. He was over. Among the massacres of the desert, the Shubu people were the strongest and occupied the largest territory. The second was the enemy of the Wugu, the strength of the Fan tribes such as the Heichezishi Wei was relatively weak, and the desert was already in a battle for hegemony. At this moment, any external force entering the desert would have a significant impact on the situation in the desert.
To sum up, from the current trend of the world, there is no crisis in the survival of Huliu Mansion for the time being, but looking back, there is a crisis everywhere and we must prepare for it.
The Jin Kingdom will immediately affect the development of the general trend of the world.
The northwest direction of the Jin Kingdom was the desert. When the Khitans conquered the northeast, they advanced eastward from the desert. In other words, if a heroic lord appeared in the desert, the desert army would definitely attack the northeast in order to expand. Therefore, the Jurchens must enter the desert as quickly as possible, whether for their own development or for the great cause of unification of China and foreign countries.
Whether the desert can be conquered directly depends on the rise and fall of the Jin Kingdom. If the Jin Kingdom conquered the desert, it could unify the north. Otherwise, it would have to be content with a corner of the northeast, so its development would be difficult. If it goes north, it would be restrained by the Song people, and when it goes south, it would be subject to the elbow of the desert people. Therefore, from the perspective of the entire northern situation, or from the historical perspective, the first choice of the Jin Kingdom is to conquer the desert north and first unify the north and China to form a confrontation between the north and the south. This is the path that generations of heroes in the north must take, and it is a successful experience.
If the Jin Dynasty strategy was to be implemented, first of all, it would form an alliance with the Song Dynasty to ensure the security of the southeast border, which was also the purpose of the Jin Dynasty's determination to seize the Pingzhou Road. Secondly, the Jin Dynasty wanted to destroy the Song-Xia alliance and use the Xixia people to restrain the Song Dynasty. However, this alliance seems to be very difficult to destroy at present, because the Xixia people fought hard and could not be beaten. In order to ensure the Song-Xia alliance, the Xixia people must establish a solid Han-Xia alliance, and use the strength of the Hulie Mansion to suppress the Song Dynasty, forcing the Song Dynasty to not dare to use troops to the northwest again.
Once the alliance between Xixia and Hulie Mansion is solid, the Song Dynasty and Hulie Mansion will maintain a tacit understanding, and neither side will provoke each other. In this way, Hulie Mansion will be brave. In order to survive, Hulie Mansion will inevitably destroy the Jin Dynasty's plan to conquer the desert. If the Jin Dynasty conquers the desert, the life of Hulie Mansion and Xixia will be sad, and the days of defeat are just around the corner. Therefore, Hulie Mansion once wanted to help the Khitans rebuild the Great Liao to prevent the Jin Dynasty from conquering the desert, but it seems that this plan is not working at present.
"My idea is to let Yelu Mage build a Khitan army that holds high the banner of anti-Jin restoration, and move in the Jinshan (now Daxinganling) and Dayan areas." Li Hu stood in front of the map and explained his ideas to everyone.
"The southeast of Jinshan and Dayan is Linhuang, the capital of Shangjing. There are many Khitans in Shangjing area, which is conducive to Ma Ge's rapid expansion of his army."
"In addition, this place is very close to Changchun, and it can directly threaten Huanglong Mansion. The Jurchens must destroy the Khitan army before the northern expedition. This can greatly delay the time of the Jurchens' northern expedition."
"The purpose of the Khitan Army is to fight against the Jin Dynasty and restore the country, rather than rebuilding the Great Liao Dynasty in the desert. This can effectively alleviate the conflict between the Khitans and the Great Han Dynasty, and can even get help from the Great Han Dynasty, because the Great Han Dynasty is also worried that the Jurchens will kill in. If such a Khitan army blocks the Jin army for them, they will of course help."
"Once the Khitan army takes the banner of anti-Jin restoration and achieves results in Jinshan and Dayan areas, it will definitely attract the Khitans, Xi people, and even other foreign tribes in the desert, Shangjing and Zhongjing areas, they will join the Khitan army one after another." Li Hu said this, looking at Yelu Ma Ge and laughed, "As long as the Khitans show confidence and courage, then the Khitans have hope, and it is not impossible to rebuild the Great Liao."
"What if it fails?" Gao Baolong asked without hesitation.
"Then let's withdraw, retreat to Daibei, and we join forces to fight against the Jin Dynasty." Li Hu said without hesitation, "As long as the Khitans are still fighting, as long as the Khitans' banner has not fallen, and as long as the Khitans do not give up, we have the opportunity to defeat the Jurchens and regain our home."
Notes:
Jinshan: Today's Daxinganling.
Chapter completed!