Chapter 107: The Restoration of Youzhou (I)

"Damn it! Damn!"

Yelu Hongji, surrounded by a group of men's soldiers, finally broke out of the encirclement of the Song army. However, not only did he not feel happy, but he was in an extremely heavy mood and even more uncomfortable than death!

According to his personality, he would rather die than die. He did not lack the determination and courage to fight the Song army to the death. However, he had escaped at the moment, and only three or two thousand defeated soldiers and generals escaped with him. This made him extremely depressed. If the timing was not right, he would have been so angry that he would have vomited blood again.

"I actually ran away! I actually left the warriors of the Great Liao Dynasty to escape the people! This is a shame, a great shame!" Yelu Hongji was extremely unwilling to give up, and roared to the sky and resounded throughout the world: "Since Taizu founded the Great Liao Dynasty, which emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty left the warriors of the Great Liao Dynasty to run away alone?"

The Liao Kingdom was founded during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. At that time, China was in chaos and the Central Plains were in constant wars. The strength was greatly damaged and there was no time to take care of it. The Khitans rose up under the leadership of Yelu Abaoji and established the Liao Kingdom. Not only did they not be challenged from the Central Plains, but they entered the Central Plains and gained a lot of benefits.

Naturally, the Liao Kingdom was smooth sailing and full of energy. No emperor like Yelu Hongji, who gave up his army and fled alone. Yelu Hongji had a strong personality, had the confidence to surrender and the courage to fight to the death, but ended up like this. That would be ridiculed by future generations. Not to mention depression, he even had the desire to die.

If death could save the losses, Yelu Hongji would die without hesitation. There was no other reason, just because he was the most failed emperor in the history of the Liao Kingdom. All the emperors of the Liao Kingdom had established good martial arts, so let alone Taizu Yelu Abaoji. He unified the Khitans and made the rise of the Liao Kingdom possible.

Emperor Taizong of Liao led his troops into the Central Plains, proclaimed himself emperor in Bianjing, established the Liao Kingdom, and destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty.

The Emperor Shengzong of Liao had the alliance of Chanyuan, which forced the Song Dynasty to sign an unequal treaty. Since then, the Song Dynasty has to lose annual monies to the Liao army, which has caused the Liao Kingdom to gain a lot of wealth.

Yelu Hongji was even more ambitious to enter the Central Plains, destroy the Song Dynasty, and become the emperor of the Central Plains. For this reason, he made unremitting efforts, but in the end he suffered consecutive defeats. The Liao Kingdom was defeated again and again, and it was a mess. In the past few years, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were lost.

The current battle made Yelu Hongji extremely depressed and wanted to die. He was aggressive and led his army to avenge his shame. Not to mention the shame, he was still more ashamed and lost all the 100,000 troops at once. The 100,000 troops who came with him were only such a few people in front of him, and they were all injured and everyone was afraid.

"There is no emperor like me in the Great Liao Dynasty, there is no one! I can't escape, I want to go back!" Yelu Hongji pulled the reins and stopped and was about to go back.

Han Ju was so panicked that he stopped him and said loudly: "Master, you must not go back!"

"Your Majesty, you can't go back!" Xiao Lu and other surviving ministers had long become frightened birds. How could they let Yelu Hongji go back? They hurriedly surrounded Yelu Hongji.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Yelu Hongji roared like thunder and roared: "I am a shame to the Liao Dynasty. I want to cleanse the shame! You get out of the way! Whoever doesn't let me, I will kill whoever I don't let me!"

"Your Majesty, please listen to me." Han Ju knew Yelu Hongji and knew that with his character, he might rush back without thinking about the consequences: "Your Majesty, it's time to do this, no matter how anxious it is, it's useless. You have to find a way to save the crisis. Your wise and magical martial arts will definitely know that if the Southern Dynasty wins this battle, the Southern Dynasty will definitely send troops to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun."

"Wild and Divine Martial Arts?" Yelu Hongji heard this flattery again and felt a burning face. He raised his right hand and slapped himself heavily.

Han Ju's words reminded the ministers and were busy lobbying: "Your Majesty, you should know that the land of Yanyun is extremely important to the Liao Dynasty! If the land of Yanyun is gone, the national strength of the Liao Dynasty will plummet. Without the silk, tea, wine, and porcelain of the Han people, the life of the Liao Dynasty will be extremely difficult!"

This minister was heartbroken and sad, but it caused Yelu Hongji's shocking roar: "You know that eating and eating, you are a pig! The Liao Dynasty has finally fallen to the point of having a pig like you!"

What the minister said was the truth, which caused many people to nod in secret, but it was not the time. It actually made Yelu Hongji roar. He was so scared that he quickly shut up.

"Emperor, there are a large number of Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. They can farm and work. With the land of Yanyun, the Liao Dynasty can have food, grass, taxes, and excellent weapons and armor." Xiao Lu learned the lesson and said it all about military and national affairs.

Sure enough, Yelu Hongji's face looked much better.

"The most important thing is that the location of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is extremely important." Han Ju said this further: "Whoever gets the land of Yanyun can attack the enemy at will. For more than a hundred years, the land of Yanyun has been in the hands of the Daliao. Therefore, the Daliao can suppress the Southern Dynasty and make the Southern Dynasty uneasy. If the Southern Dynasty regained the land of Yanyun, the Daliao would be unable to be at peace."

Yelu Hongji raised his eyebrows, pondered, and said, "Speak."

Han Ju responded and said, "The Land of Yanyun has always been a major area for the Han people to control Liaodong, the desert, the Hexi area, and the Western Regions! Without the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Hanwu would not have been able to defeat the Xiongnu, recover the land of Liaodong, and even more impossible to connect to the Western Regions. Without the Land of Yanyun, Emperor Taizong of Tang would not have been able to destroy the Turks, and the Tang army would not have been able to have fought with Dashi in the Western Regions for hundreds of years."

He was knowledgeable and said it was all major events in Chinese history. Emperor Wu of Han defeated the Huns, Emperor Taizong of Tang destroyed the Turks, the Han Dynasty connected to the Western Regions, and the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire fought in the Western Regions for hundreds of years. These extremely important historical events were closely related to the Land of Yanyun. It can be said that if there were no Land of Yanyun, these major historical events would not have occurred.

What is the reason?

The history of the Song Dynasty is the best proof!

Because Yanyun Land is an important strategic base, whether it is to recover Liaodong, march into the desert, or recover the Western Regions, it is necessary to start from Yanyun Land. A large number of troops must be gathered here, and a large number of military supplies need to be stored here.

Like the "Decisive Battle in the Mobei" launched by Emperor Wu of Han, hundreds of thousands of Han troops were assembled in Yanyun. Then, under the leadership of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, they attacked the desert in a large scale, crossed the territory, and attacked the Huns' hearts. Wei Qing fought the "Shanyu escaped at night", and Huo Qubing created the feat of "sealing the wolf's servant"!

Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night and destroyed the ***jue. More than 100,000 Tang troops gathered in Yanyun land. Then, under Li Jing's mobilization, he headed straight for the Turks. Li Jing even led three thousand warriors to attack Jie Li Khan's nest.

These history, one by one, are so exciting that it has been passed down through the ages and has inspired countless future generations! However, it would be impossible to complete without the Yanyun Land.

This is just an important role in attacking the desert, that is, to the north. In addition, Yanyun Land also has a huge role in two directions: eastward and westward. Toward the east, you can attack Liaodong. Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty went eastward to the north, and a large number of Tang troops gathered in Youzhou and then rushed to Liaodong.

Going west, you can attack the Hexi Corridor. Huo Qubing attacked the Hexi Corridor from here. He sent troops twice, leading a total of 30,000 elite cavalry, and defeated the 240,000 Xiongnu troops entrenched in the Hexi Corridor to ashes, and seized the King Xiu Tu and the Golden Man of Heaven.

The main place where Xixia is located is the Hexi Corridor. If the Song Dynasty recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, it would be possible to attack Xixia from the east, and there would be no need to be trapped by the complex terrain or troubled by Hengshan.

The Song Dynasty fought with Xixia for decades but did not destroy Xixia. It was because it was a loss to attack Xixia from Shanzhou. If it could attack from the east, the Xixia's reliance would have no effect. With the elite and bravery of the Western soldiers, the Song Dynasty would not have suffered so many defeats, and would have solved Xixia long ago.

Saying a thousand and saying ten thousand is because Yanyun's land is not in the hands of the Song Dynasty, which makes the Song Dynasty unable to take Xixia. Without this base, the Song Dynasty could not recover Liaodong and march into the desert. Instead, it was suppressed and beaten by the alien race, and eventually died at the hands of the alien race.

The land of Yanyun is like a sword hilt. Whoever grasps the sword hilt can attack and kill the enemy!

Han Ju said the importance of the land of Yanyun. Once the land of Liao lost the land of Yanyun, the impact on the land of Liao will be disastrous. It not only greatly reduced the strength of Liao and plummeted, but also exposed the Liao Dynasty to the attack of the Song Dynasty, and it is very likely to be destroyed.

You should know that during the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian sent a brigade of partial troops to almost destroy the Khitans. At that time, the Khitans had no place in Yanyun and lived a difficult life. They were no match for the Tang army, and they could not defeat them.

If the land of Yanyun is lost, the Khitans will return to the old path before. Facing well-equipped enemies, they will have to give them the slaughter.

"Protecting the Land of Yanyun is the top priority of the Liao Dynasty!" Yelu Hongji was so angry that he was not confused. He frowned and asked Han Ju, "Han Ju, how do you think you can protect the Land of Yanyun?"

In this case, let alone Han Ju, even if his ancestor Han Dereng resurrected, he would not be able to protect Yanyun's land.

The defeat of Liao Kingdom was lost, and there were no more troops in Yanyun. Not to mention facing the Song army that was about to rush in, the resistance of the Yanyun people was enough to make them suffer.

For more than a hundred years, the Liao Kingdom was able to act as a mighty man and oppress the people because the Liao Kingdom had heavy troops here. Now, the Liao Kingdom's army has gone to the top ten times, and there are not many troops in the entire Liao Kingdom. How can there be an army stationed in Yanyun? It is reasonable for the people of Yanyun to resist.

You should know that during the Northern Expedition of Zhou Shizong, the troops conquered the three passes without bloodshed, which scared the Liao Kingdom to withdraw from Youzhou. What was the basis for?

It was not only because of the reputation of Zhou Shizong, but also the indomitable and resistance of the Yanyun people. At that time, the Yanyun people responded and prepared to welcome Zhou Shizong. At that time, the storm was surging, and how many people joined this ranks?

Unfortunately, things didn't go as expected, and Zhou Shizong died of illness at the critical moment when he was about to succeed, which made the Liao Kingdom narrowly protect the land of Yanyun.

Now, the Liao Kingdom has suffered a crushing defeat and the army is completely killed or injured. Even if Yelu Abao is on the ground, he is helpless. Who can do it?

"Wu Ji! It's Wu Ji!" Just as Yelu Hongji was distressed, a minister screamed in horror.
Chapter completed!