Great time travel

Chapter 42. The Story of Searching for Liao

In the early spring of the second year of Jingkang, Mobei Grassland

Leaden gray clouds piled up in the sky, and the north wind howled in the wilderness.

In Wang Qiu's field of vision, the sky is gray and the ground is white, except for the frozen river in the distance, the dead trees protruding from the snow, staining the space with a few sparse black spots In addition, the entire Mongolian prairie is covered by snow in the vast four fields, and there is no variegated color.

The howling cold wind was mixed with large flakes of snow, blowing on the face like a knife slashing, ruining the lives of many people and animals on the grassland.

But a floating castle with bright colors and gorgeous decorations is flying in this snow-capped wilderness against the terrifying biting cold wind.

"...It's already the second month of the lunar calendar, and it's still a world of ice and snow... Is this the 'white disaster' that made the grassland nomads turn their faces?"

Standing by the window of the castle tower on the top floor of the castle, even though Wang Qiu was wrapped in a thick down jacket, he was still shivering from the cold, with cold hands and feet, "...Doraemon, how far are we from Ketun City now? ? Is this the right way forward?"

——The grassland in "White Disaster" was so cold, the hot air he exhaled when he spoke, turned into a sheet of hoarfrost in the blink of an eye.

"...I don't know... The cold current in Siberia this season is too violent, causing us to deviate from the planned route—I don't know how much this floating city was blown to the southeast in the snowstorm just now Far... There is no GPS satellite positioning these days, and the grassland in winter is also a vast expanse of whiteness, I can't see anything clearly, and I can't find any ground markers..."

Doraemon stared at a compass in his hand, pouted and said, "... Anyway, we should be still above the Mongolian Plateau..."

——As for why their floating city appeared here, please let us temporarily turn the calendar back to two months ago...

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On the last day of December in the first year of Jingkang, Huining, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, ushered in its destruction amid the frantic siege and arson of the city by prisoners of war of various ethnic groups.

Then, stepping on the smoky ruins and piles of corpses, facing the dawn of the new year, the prisoners of war of all ethnic groups who survived the catastrophe drank the shochu stored by the Jurchen while ravaging the captured enemy women in a unique and special way , to celebrate freedom and the coming of the new year.

In addition, it was not until after the battle was completely over that some Khitan prisoners of war woke up from the berserk state, and suddenly remembered that their last emperor, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Yanxi, seemed to be imprisoned in Huining City at this time... After searching carefully, they finally found the subjugated king of Khitan in the backyard of a certain government office—unfortunately, the emperor of Daliao had been stabbed through the chest by someone. Being able to witness the destruction of Jurchen's old enemy... As for who the murderer is, it can only become an eternal confusion...

——Hearing this news, thousands of Khitan prisoners of war all wept, but a few traversers didn't feel that there was anything to be sad about: According to the official history, the subjugated king of the Liao Kingdom will be tortured next year. , will be trampled by the Jin army with thousands of horses.Now that history has been changed, he just died a year earlier, so he can be buried face-to-face with a full body. By the way, it is worthwhile to provide 500 reward points to the fellow travelers.

However, after the carnival, fierce disputes broke out on the ruins of Huining City soon after the people of all ethnic groups over what to do next.

——After a day and a night of fierce fighting, almost all of the 2 Jurchens in Huining City were killed by swords or buried in flames, except for a few young women.The [-] prisoners of war slaves who were instigated by the Song army to revolt also suffered heavy casualties, with less than [-] left.

But among the less than [-] slaves, there were more than a dozen ethnic groups such as Song people, Liaodong Han people, Bohai people, Khitan people, Korean people, Xi people, Mongolians, etc.Before, everyone was full of anger and grief, and they were all focused on avenging the Jurchens, but they were able to work together.But when the Jurchens were defeated, Huining City was burned, and years of grievances were vented, they each had their own ideas:

The Song people, Mongols, and Koreans who were taken captive by the Jin soldiers, after avenging their revenge, naturally wanted to leave this strange and bitter cold land as soon as possible and return to their hometown as soon as possible.But the aborigines of the black land in Northeast China, the Bohai people and the Xi people, were already homeless at this time. They live in the area of ​​Zhongjing Road (the junction of the three provinces of Inner Mongolia, Liaoning and Hebei in the future), and these places have now become the world of the Jurchens.If they want to return to their hometown in an upright manner and reunite with their families, wives and children, they must carry on the war to the end and completely defeat the Jurchens!

But the problem is, just relying on the thousands of Bohai people and Xi people here, a group of armed refugees with no organization, no logistics and no basis, want to defeat the world-famous Jurchen cavalry and regain their respective hometowns. No chance.So they tried their best to persuade the Mongols, Song people, and Koreans who fought side by side before, especially the unbelievably sturdy Song State raiding team, to stay and "join in great affairs" with them.

——Although even if you add these allies, you may not be able to win the battle, but at least you can strengthen your own people, can't you?
As for the Han people in Liaodong, some are tired of the endless wars in the north and want to return to the Central Plains to recognize their ancestors; but there are also people who are unwilling to leave their homes and hope to fight to the end on this black land-so some people expect Looking forward to disbanding and going home.The other group of people hope that everyone will continue to work hard and start a revolution on the spot, so they quarrel with each other in the dark, and no one can persuade the other... Fortunately, they all know that they are in the heart of Jurchen, and they are enemies on all sides.Whether it is to fight a bloody road to return to their hometown, or to take root in Saibei, they must be united, so they did not fight on their own.

The traversers such as Doraemon were busy checking the loot, and found with a little disappointment that although the Jurchen cavalry plundered the land of the Liao and Song dynasties and plundered three feet high, they should have a lot of money, but most of them were taken by them. The gold and silver goods that were transported all the way back to Huining were really limited. Coupled with the damage during the battle and the personal possessions of the uprising slaves, the number of spoils shrank further, and in the end they were only exchanged from the [Automatic Pawn Machine] Out of a "mere" one billion yen, many of which come from wood piled up in the suburbs and locally produced ginseng...

Next, seeing that the quarrel between each other could not be resolved, several leaders of the uprising slaves finally came to meet the "true protector of the country" coyly, while begging the court officers and soldiers to escort them back to their hometown, they will definitely do their best in the future Compensation; the other side claims to be willing to serve Guo Jing and the others as the masters and make a career in Saibei... It’s just that as time travellers, Guo Jing, Wang Qiu, and Dora Ameng have different thinking angles—fundamentally Said that all their actions will revolve around "obtaining reward points to help Guo Jing get out of trouble" and "collecting property to repay Doraemon's debts".

But the problem is that with the fire in Huining City, the historical process of the Song-Jin War has been distorted and overturned almost, and the celebrities of the Jin Kingdom in this era have also been killed.Even if you continue to fight in Liaodong, you may not be able to get any reward points.Moreover, in this era, the Northeast region is vast and sparsely populated, and it is wild and backward. It may be difficult to search for more wealth.

As for returning to the Song Dynasty... who can guarantee that those Song Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats who are experts in internal fighting, outsiders in foreign wars, short-sighted, weird thinking, arrogant, and have no integrity, will treat Guo Zhenren again after the threat of Jurchen's foreign enemies temporarily weakens? What kind of moths are caused by this "internal trouble"?
At this time, the Khitan people, the former overlords of the Northland, put forward a third "new way of thinking".

"...You said that you want to escort Emperor Tianzuo's body back to his home country for burial?" After hearing a Khitan leader's report, Guo Jing's expression was a little strange, and there was a hint of confusion in his words, "... ...As we all know, Khitan has already been destroyed, and the territory of the old Liao Kingdom has been seized by the Jurchens. Unless you try to build a territory in Saibei, how can there be any old country to speak of?"

"...My distinguished national teacher, although my Daliao is extremely dilapidated, there are still loyal people in the west. When the first emperor was defeated and captured in the past, Dashi Linya led some elite cavalry away from Mobei, Now we have set up a tooth tent in Ketun City to gather income, and Xu Tu resumes his plan."

The Khitan leader who claimed to be from the Yelu royal family bowed slightly, and replied neither humble nor overbearing, "... I heard that my lord has a flying magic weapon, which can travel thousands of miles in just a few days. Please also help me to go west with the remains of the late emperor and meet with you." The stone forest teeth meet. If things come to fruition, I, Khitan, will be rewarded generously!
Although my Khitan family is very poor now, but after all, it once ruled the northern part of the Great Wall for 200 years.Those who suffer from Jurchen's tyranny all take the revival of Daliao as their duty.If the State of Song wants to exterminate Jurchen, it must be useful to us.In addition, if my Khitan can wipe out Jurchen and restore Guozuo, then whether it is to re-divide the border between the two countries, or let Khitan become a foreign vassal, and then become a vassal of the Song Dynasty, my Khitan family can agree..."

"... Dashi Linya... Yelu Dashi?!" After a while, Guo Jing suddenly realized, "...how did I forget this guy!"

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If we say that in the turbulent and chaotic times when the Jin soldiers went south and the Central Plains fell, although the Song Dynasty had the shame of Jingkang and Qin Hui, there were also a series of eternal national heroes such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong.Then, in the process of the Jurchen's destruction of the Liao Dynasty, the only Khitan hero worthy of praise in the Khitan camp, which was struggling with chaos and internal strife, was this Yelu Dashi.

Yelu Dashi, the eighth grandson of Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji, was eager to learn since he was a child, and was good at riding and shooting.Also proficient in Chinese and Khitan.In the fifth year of Tianqing (1115), Yelu Dashizhong Jinshi won the No. 1 palace examination, entered the Imperial Academy, served as the Hanlin Chengzhi, and became the only Khitan Jinshi in the Liao Dynasty recorded in "Liao History".Because Hanlin is called Linya in Khitan, people usually call him Dashi Linya.

If it was in the Taiping era, he might only become a literati who is good at poetry.However, the turbulent and chaotic times of the collapse of the Liao Kingdom insisted on making him the last Khitan hero. His military skills have always been praised-although he suffered repeated failures, he was good at seizing the opportunity and following the defeat.He first took the lead in defeating [-] Song troops in Yanjing in one city, and then led hundreds of cavalry to drive thousands of miles of land in Central Asia, extending the Yelu family's kingdom for nearly a hundred years.

——When Yelu Dashi embarked on his official career, it was the time when the building of the Liao Kingdom was about to collapse. Emperor Tianzuo indulged in shooting and hunting, and ignored state affairs.The Khitan ruling group was full of internal contradictions and rebellions broke out everywhere, and party struggles reached a fever pitch.The Jurchens took advantage of the situation to rise and swept across the Northland like a rotten one. In 1122, the Jin army launched a general attack, and its soldiers pointed directly at the hinterland of the elite of the Liao Kingdom, Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing and Dading Mansion in Zhongjing.Yelu Yanxi, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty, left his army behind and did not dare to fight. He retreated from the front line in a hurry. On the way, he was attacked by the Jin army and fled in a hurry.

When Emperor Tianzuo abandoned his army and left, he ordered Prime Minister Zhang Lin, Li Chuwen and King Yeluchun of Qin and Jin Dynasties to stay in Nanjing (Nanjing of Liao Kingdom, namely Yanjing).As a result, due to the lack of news for several days, it was rumored that the emperor had passed away, so Li Chuwen conspired with Xiao Qian, the governor of Nanjing, and Yelu Dashi, the envoy of the Liao Xingjun, to make Yeluchun the emperor, occupying the Yanyun prefectures and Shangjing. , Zhongjing, Western Liaoning and other places, this short-lived regime was called "Northern Liao Dynasty" in history.

As one of the two major military pillars of the Northern Liao regime, Yelu Dashi has outstanding military talents. He once cooperated closely with Xiao Qian and defeated the two attacks of the northern Song army on the southern front with an absolutely inferior force. and the Northern Expedition", lifted the threat of the southern front.Helplessly, the building will fall, and there is no way to support it alone—although the Song people in the south were repelled, the Jin army in the north approached the Great Wall again.The situation in Liao State deteriorated again. In 1123, Yelu Dashi was defeated by the Jin army in the Battle of Juyongguan and became a prisoner.A few months later, Xiao Qian was also defeated and died, leading to the complete collapse of the Northern Liao regime.But Yelu Dashi miraculously escaped after being captured for a few months, and brought an army to join Emperor Tianzuo on the grassland.

At this time, Emperor Tianzuo, who was in exile on the grassland, restrained the remnants of the Liao Kingdom.With the support of the nomadic tribes in the Yinshan Mountains, they actually collected a lot of soldiers and horses, so they claimed that they were blessed by God, and then planned to send troops to recover Yanyun.Dashi thought it was inappropriate to fight back rashly at this time, but Emperor Tianzuo refused to accept it and insisted on sending troops.

Yelu Dashi saw that the foolish king was determined to bring about his own destruction, so he led two hundred iron cavalry and left Emperor Tianzuo's camp at night to find another way out.After he left, Emperor Tianzuo sent troops to Xijing Road, and achieved some small victories at first, but was soon defeated by the Jin army. In the spring of 1125, Emperor Tianzuo was captured by the Jin army while fleeing to Xixia, and the Liao Kingdom officially perished... At this time, it was only half a year since Yelu Dashi left.

On the other hand, Yelu Dashi, after leaving Emperor Tianzuo, went north across the desert to Ketun City, stationed troops in Beiting Duhufu, and took over the last piece of territory of the Liao Kingdom. At the same time, he called Weiwu, Chongde, Huifan, Xin , Dalin, Zihe, Tuo and other seven prefectures, as well as Rhubarb Shiwei, Dila, Wangjila, Chachila, Yexi, Bigude, Nila, Dalaguai, Damili, Mierji, and Hezhu , Uguri, Zub, Pusuwan, Tanggu, Humusi, Xide, and Jiuerbi, the eighteen kings, told them: "My ancestors have gone through hardships and made great achievements. It has gone through nine generations and 200 years. People, as subjects, persecuted our country, slaughtered our people, slaughtered and destroyed our cities, and caused our Emperor Tianzuo to escape. I am heartbroken day and night when I think of these. Now I am going westward in a righteous way, and I want to use the strength of all the tribes, Eliminate our enemies and restore our country's territory. Are there any of you who care about our country, worry about our country, and think about jointly saving the king and helping the people in suffering?"

Relying on the call for the reconstruction of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Dashi successfully won the support of various tribes in the grassland, and obtained [-] soldiers and horses from these leaders, thus setting up officials in Kedun City, arranging armor, preparing ceremonial equipment, and establishing the "Liao Dynasty". Government-in-Exile".

Not long after Jin Bing captured Emperor Tianzuo, he also learned the news that Yelu Dashi had regrouped in Kedun City.But the problem is that Kedun City is far away in Mobei, separated from the Jurchen's control area by a vast desert. If you want to send troops to pursue it, it is really difficult to guarantee logistical supplies.In addition, the Jin army had already decided to go to war with the Song Dynasty at this time, and they all went south to plunder the rich Song land. No one wanted to go to the bitter cold Mobei to eat sand and freeze, so they had to temporarily indulge Yelu Dashi in the north. Save it for later to find a solution.

According to the original history, Yelu Dashi will be dormant in Kedun City, Mobei for several years. Seeing the golden soldiers sweeping the Central Plains, the national strength is growing, and there is no hope of restoring Daliao.Therefore, he turned around and went west. Through a series of arduous expeditions and surprise attacks, he rebuilt a piece of land for the Khitan people in the Western Regions, established himself as emperor, established the so-called "Xilao Empire", and continued the national destiny for a hundred years. After that, until the time of the Mongolian expedition to the west.

Regrettably, although the state of Daliao continued, the birthplace of the Khitan people located in the Huangshui River Basin was lost forever.

Therefore, after Xiliao was destroyed by Mongolian iron cavalry, the Khitan as a nation disappeared forever in the long river of history.

But in this time and space, everything develops differently...

——After learning the news about the remnants of Khitan and Yelu Dashi, all the travelers who were suffering from not knowing how to continue to collect reward points immediately made a decision to take the floating city "Third New Tokyo" to Ketun City. luck!