The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1013 Eating the Grassland
Since the Liao Kingdom lost the Western Regions ten years ago, it has completely transformed from a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic country to a mainly nomadic country.

Losing the support of the Western Regions is a heavy blow to the Khitan people!

Yelu Abaoji also thought about regaining the lost ground, but the defeat of the Tianmen Formation left the Liao Kingdom in a slump, and Xiao Hunian's rebellion made it worse.

So the Liao Kingdom retreated to the grassland to play hide-and-seek to protect themselves. Under Shuluping's persuasion, the Khitan people did not have to toss their own strength.

But Yelu Abaoji, who had been angry for two years, died. This person was angry to death by himself.

Shuluping buried all Yelu Abaoji's wives and concubines, then cut off his own arm, and swore a poisonous oath that he would never die with Da Song.

Shuluping gained a wave of prestige when the Song Dynasty invaded the Western Regions, and he gained a wave of prestige when he broke his arm, which made the court of the Liao Kingdom admire him from the heart.

With the support of Shuluping, Yeluxian took the position of Liao Lord, but he listened to the government behind the curtain because of his infirmity.

Even Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin praised: "Shuluping is a hero among women!"

The new leader of the Liao Dynasty, Ye Luxian, had no rights. While Ye Luxian was dissatisfied, his condition worsened.

Of course Ye Luxian was not reconciled, lurking in the dark and developing silently, the Liao Kingdom's years-long struggle between the imperial party and the queen party began.

However, Shuluping valued Xiao Yanyan very much, and Xiao Yanyan was invited to participate in many military and state affairs, which made the imperial party think that it was a signal of the empress dowager Shuluping's friendliness.

Because of this, the imperial party and the queen party of the Liao Kingdom have been in a relatively peaceful period in recent years.

Shuluping is also helpless, in fact, she is choosing her own heir, if Yelude only lives, she will not let Yeluxian and Xiao Yanyan live!

However, Yelu Deguang was not in the battle of Tianmen Formation, and now it is a troubled time. Shuluping knew that he would not have a few years to live, so he wanted to find a successor to continue the Daliao.

Ye Luxian is a sick child, and now he is struggling at a young age, and he doesn't have a few years to live.

Yelu Yanxi couldn't support the wall with mud, and could only hope for Xiao Yanyan's son.

Liao is her favorite man, and Shuluping will use all means to pass on the foundation laid by Yelu Abaoji.

During Shuluping’s control of power, he attached great importance to the alliance with the Jin Kingdom. The two sides were different from the alliance of the Yelu Abaoji era, which was close to each other. The Liao and Jin alliances in the Shuluping era were closer, and it felt like a real brotherly state. Repel powerful enemies together many times.

The Song Dynasty took advantage of the weakness of the Liao Kingdom and took the opportunity to build several cities outside the Great Wall from the northern part of the Western Region in the original territory of the Northern Xiongnu. The geographical locations were respectively Dingbian City and Dingxiang City in Tacheng on the border of the new province in later generations. Dinghai City was built in the city and Altay, and it was extended eastward to the West Sea and built Xihai City. It also established Heyun City in Heyun (southwest of present-day Kyrgyz Lake in Mongolia), and completely controlled the entrance to the Qilian Mountains and Weishan Mountains.

The "Battle of Heyunbei", which was fought to the north during the Eastern Han Dynasty, was fought here. At that time, the Eastern Han Dynasty only returned victorious, and did not occupy any land here. The Huns also fled after being defeated and then made a comeback.

From a long-term perspective, such a war is just a war that consumes national power and does not gain anything.

In addition to the expansion of the Western Regions to the north and northeast, Liangzhou extended from the easternmost part of Zhangye County to the northeast. The descendants of Jiluo Mountain established a grassland city in Dalanzadagad in Mongolia, and the descendants of Bingzhou Shoujiang City established Sunid Right Banner. Ding Liao City was established, and Liao City was established near Erenhot City, and Mie Liao City was established in Chifeng City in the east from Anbei City in Youzhou.

And these cities are all encroaching on the territory of the Liao Kingdom, and there are countless fortresses, large and small, connected together. "Let the grasslands become the Central Plains" is the strategic slogan put forward by Lu Heng.

Da Song, who now controls Heyun (near Kyrgyz Lake in later Mongolia), is continuing to build the fortress to the east, controlling the Yanran Mountain Range, which is less than ten thousand miles away from Longcheng, the capital of Liao Kingdom!

It's not that Shuluping didn't think about blocking Song's encroachment plan. In the past few years, the death of Yelu Abaoji was turbulent, and the Liao Kingdom could not be hit again. Shuluping selectively gave up some territories.

The original Dingbian City, Dingxiang City, and Dinghai City were established in this way, but when Shuluping found out that Song Dynasty could no longer encroach on the territory, it was too late.

The reason why the grassland is a sanctuary for nomads is because the vast grassland, like the desert, can make people lose their direction. In addition, the supply line in the rear is too long, resulting in the situation of isolated troops going deep.

But Lu Heng is building cities one after another. If you don't fight field battles with you, you are fighting city defense wars. There are artifacts like cement in the construction of cities, and the increasingly proficient brick-making process has greatly accelerated the speed of building cities.

As for the supply line, it is not a problem. The city that has been repaired is the territory of the Song Dynasty. Why are you afraid of cutting off the supply line?

Each fort has enough food and grass, and then slowly develops to achieve self-sufficiency. In addition, now that the Song Dynasty is the strong side, several cavalry regiments have been sent to the grassland by Lu Heng, and the Liao Kingdom dared to attack on a large scale.

This is Lu Heng's plan to encroach on the grassland, not to enclave the land but to actually turn it into a country!
From Dingbian, Dingxiang, and Dinghai at the beginning, to Xihai, Heyun, and finally Lu Heng became more and more exposed. ambition.

Lu Heng began to build the city from the Western Regions all the way to the north, and then slowly to the east. Naturally, the purpose was to stay away from the Kingdom of Jin!
The weak strength of the Liao Kingdom alone could not shake the plan of the Song Dynasty. The frogs boiled in warm water arrived at the Dingliao City of the later Sunite Right Banner and established a broken Liao City near the city of Erenhot. In fact, it was already within the territory of the Jin Kingdom.

However, it is very close to the border of the Song Dynasty, but it is very far away from the area controlled by the Kingdom of Jin. The Kingdom of Jin does not have a strong control over the border. When it is known that the Song Dynasty is building a city to fight back, it is too late to mobilize the army. .

The newly built Mie Liao City is already in Chifeng City in later generations, which is very close to the base camp of the Kingdom of Jin, and a large-scale war broke out here.

However, Yue Fei, the second Xuanwu Marshal of the Great Song Dynasty, commanded the Yue Family Army, and once again severely taught the invading Jin Wushu, and the Liao City was able to be established.

But Shuluping has nothing to do. It is said that when he heard that the city of Liao was newly established, Shuluping spit out a mouthful of blood and fell into a coma.

The Liao Kingdom was being eroded day by day, and the Jin Kingdom lost Koryo and weakened a lot. However, under the iron-fisted governance of Wanyan Aguda, it still recovered its vitality, but this was for people. Losses cannot be recovered so easily.

Otherwise, how could there be so many wars in ancient times, all for fighting for resources!

The reason why Lu Heng's Song Dynasty can do whatever it wants is not only the strength of Song Dynasty itself, but also an important reason why Liao and Jin are not only facing a strong enemy of Song Dynasty...

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