Yan'an Mansion, the residence of the Planter.

The old man's age is too big, although his body bones are stronger than the average old man, but he doesn't like to move around anymore, and he spends all day in the study and flower hall bedroom where the earth dragon is warm, and it is easy not to come out to see people.

If Yang Lin hadn't come to the northwest, he wouldn't have been able to walk out of his house until he was idle.

Rao is like this, and he always has to make up his mind about the major affairs of the Western Army.

Although the Western Army is a century-old generalization group, it is also afraid of the rectification of the Wenchen Shi Dafu for a hundred years, and the Western Army is sheltered by Yang Lin, but the whole army is not at ease, and the struggle between the Chinese courtiers in the DPRK is often degraded to Qiongzhou Island.

Yang Shaozai can still make a comeback after being deposed, but once he falls, his generals will inevitably be purged, at least it will be a glass of wine to release the military power.

With such a consensus, there are also Western Army generals who once again found the old breed of ministers.

The crowd didn't wait long, and the old seed sent someone to lead him in to the old seed's study. As soon as they entered the study, the generals saw the old man leaning on a bed with a tired face.

Yao Gu stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "The old breed is a father, can your body and bones still be healthy?"

"Xiyan, you who are not too old and have not yet come to the house of my dying man empty-handed, are you not here to offer condolences in advance?"

Hearing that the tone of his words was not good, everyone laughed bitterly, and Yao Gu hurriedly said: "The old minister said that he was joking, although most of us are equals, you all picked it up." This western army, who has not received your old favor. Now that everyone has no bottom in their hearts, if they don't come to you for ideas, who else can they find, and who else can they count on? ”

This sentence is indeed Yao Gu's heartfelt words, and it is also the heartfelt words of many people present, the generals of the Western Army, who is not the old breed who grew up and was promoted hand by foot? The generals of the Western Army are really about the same qualifications, they are all generations of generals, and the Western Army also has its own forces within it, who can serve whom? There is only one kind of teacher, and he can be regarded as the current leader of the Western Army.

The seed master smiled indifferently and sighed: "The old man was also heroic back then, and he could ride an inferior horse and open a hard bow, just like you do today." At that time, I really didn't know what it was to be afraid, and I went on a rampage to create a little bit of merit, and I also did countless stupid things. Now that I'm old, I accompanied Yang Shaozai back and forth before, and I couldn't eat it anymore when I was in a carriage. What do you want to plan, just tell me this old thing, I won't shirk what I should do, don't I have a second brother?

What you shouldn't do, if you listen to me, I will also give you a warning, don't let the hard work of your ancestors be ruined in the hands of our unscrupulous descendants. ”

Seed Master Dao was the only person who could pinch the Western Army into a whole, and the generals were a little afraid when they heard his tone of voice.

After all, the old breed is old, and the little breed is a cold and arrogant character, so he can't convince the public at all.

If he is really gone, how to protect himself from the Great Song Dynasty, which is extremely unfriendly to the family of military generals.

Yao Gu stepped forward, leaned into his ear, and said in a low voice: "We all think that Yang Shaozai can protect our Western Army for a while, but he can't protect it for a lifetime. The foundation of the Western Army was to fight and defend the border for the Great Song Dynasty, and now that the Xia thieves have been destroyed, is there no new opponent?

Yang Shaozai was afraid that Youyan would start a war, that was because the soldiers and horses on all roads in Hebei were all straw bales, how could anyone fight. After discussion, we agreed that although the Khitan is big, it is already a strong outsider, and it may not be as powerful as the summer thief.

We can step on the bones of our ancestors and fight with the party members for a hundred years in our homeland, and now we have Qin Long on our back, with backing and buffer, are we still afraid of war with the Khitans? Since ancient times, the birds have done their best to hide their bows, and the cunning rabbits have died and the lackeys have cooked, and only when we start a war is the foundation of our Western Army. ”

The eyelids of the seed master slowly drooped, covering the cloudy eyes, and the old face was unwavering.

"There are no western thieves, and there are northern captives..."

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At the foot of Montenegro, the newly built Wulianghai is an oasis in the desert and the most lively market on the grassland.

Standing on the city wall, two Mongol men followed by a group of retinues, and Hurzha pointed to the lively bazaar below and said, "My Anda, look at the merchants coming and going, this is the source of the strength of our Kereh tribe. ”

Behind him was a very tall and stout Mongol, with a white cloth wrapped around his head, and the leader of the Mongolian beggar tribe, Ba Li Dan.

The Beggars and the Kereh tribes have been friends for generations, and the sons of each other's chiefs often become brothers at a very young age, and are commensurate with Anda.

Historically, at the beginning of the rebellion, Temujin, the grandson of Balidan, was escorted by the powerful Kereh tribe, who gradually conquered all the tribes of Mongolia.

The opening of the market here completely broke the balance of forces on the grassland, and the already strong and domineering Kereh Department was no longer invincible for a while.

Empires large and small on the steppe can often be established in a few years, and often fall apart in a few years.

The reason for this is the lack of necessary materials and heritage, and now the vast land bordering the Great Song Dynasty is constantly opening up mutual markets, which are changing this.

Bali Dan said with envy: "Your Kerebu and Western Xia are next to each other, and the Great Song Dynasty destroyed Western Xia, so you have the conditions to do business with the wealthy southerners." ”

Huerzha looked up to the sky and smiled: "I can't guarantee other tribes, you beggars can pass by every road in Kereh with confidence, and the warriors here will guard your safety like their own people." ”

Bali Dan smiled and wanted to say something specific about the number, but found that at the end of the market, many people gathered around.

The loud noise quickly attracted everyone's attention, and Hu Erzha stretched out his hand to shade the sun and said, "What's the matter?" ”

The guards beside him looked at it and said, "I think it's someone from the Northwest Recruitment Division, it's not the Khitan dog making trouble." ”

The Northwest Recruitment Division is a military and political institution established by the Khitan to rule Mongolia, and its jurisdiction covers the entire steppe.

Huerza's face was cold, their Kereh Department was about to rebel in a few years, and they were not very afraid of the Northwest Recruitment Division.

The men on the grassland are like this, they don't know when they will die, hunger, vendetta, wind and snow, cold... Lives that can be lost at any time make them fearless.

Carrying a horse whip to the city wall, there was already an iron bucket around here, a group of soldiers drew their swords to disperse the crowd, and when they went in, they saw that a group of Han and Khitan people who bought horses had a dispute.

The Khitans fell in love with a horse, but unfortunately, the Han people who had just arrived also fell in love with it, and the Khitans came first but could not afford to pay such a high price as the Han.

Of course, the horse seller wanted to make more money, so he had already negotiated the price with the Khitans, and regretted selling to the Han Chinese.

This is a simple dispute, but it involves three ethnic groups, the language barrier can only communicate simply, the anger of both sides is too big, it will lose control, and all kinds of swear words are scolded in a bad tone.

After Hurr came in, he separated the three parties who were arguing, and through some negotiations, he understood the cause of the incident.

Although he is the younger brother of the patriarch of the Kereh tribe, he has been fighting with the Khitan all the year round, and has a good relationship with Yang Lin and the generals of the Western Army, but he does not favor the side of the Han people.

"Since you have sold your horse, you should not regret it because someone offered a higher price, and after your woman marries home, will she also leave because she is stronger than you?" Suddenly, he reprimanded the horse seller with a straight face.

The Han people and horses who did not buy horses, a total of more than a dozen people, left angrily.

Bali Dan smiled: "Anda, this thing is done beautifully, no wonder your bazaar is so prosperous." ”

The Han people who bought the horses left the bazaar, suddenly stopped halfway and gathered together.

After a while they scattered and soon disappeared into the desert.

This place is a three-way area, if it is not for the opening of the horse market, it is inaccessible all year round.

The sunset melts gold, and the lonely smoke goes up.

On the deserted road of Wulianghai, 13 officials sent by the Khitan Northwest Recruitment Division to monitor the market were killed and hung on a dead tree on the side of the road.

By the time the people from the Northwest Recruitment Division came out to look for it, seven days had passed.

The vultures pecked at the rotten flesh and bones, and looked very strange, and the horses galloped in, and the birds and beasts scattered in all directions.

Suddenly, she covered her nose and looked at the corpse that had already stinked, and a sense of unease stirred in her heart.

The surrounding guards stepped forward and said, "These people were hung up after being shot to death." ”

"No matter who the murderer is, the Khitans will not let us go easily, at least endlessly extorting bribes."

Hu Erzha snorted coldly: "This must have been done by the Song people." ”

"Do you want to send someone to ask?"

Hu Erzha waved his hand: "There is no need, the Song people will not admit it, and the Khitan dogs will not listen to our explanations, the Liao dogs of the Northwest Recruitment Division are greedy like hungry wolves who have been trapped in the cold winter." ”

"Phew. The Nannan and the Khitans are not good things! ”

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In Yan'an Mansion, the master Dao and several important generals of the Western Army discussed this poisonous plan, since it is not possible to cut Yan, let the war start in the northwest.

The Kereh Department itself could not resist the Khitans, and it was bound to ask for reinforcements from the Great Song Dynasty, and when the time came, the Western Army would become a barrier in the northwest, and who would dare to say that the Western Army would be dismantled.

The Khitan people have long been unaccustomed to the tea and horse market, this market has allowed the powerful enemy Great Song Pingbai to get countless war horses, while the Khitan horse source has decreased.

The Kerebu received food and other burdens, so that they did not have to struggle on the line of life and death, and their power rose faintly.

The rise of tribes on the grassland was very rapid and crazy, and the Khitan was just a slave to make iron for people.

The Northwest Recruitment Division sent people to ask for criminals, and humiliated the hatred and hatred of the Kereh Ministry, and did not wait until the next day, Yu Guyun, the leader of the Kereh Ministry, ordered to kill the Khitan Shangguan and raise an army to rebel against Liao.

500,000 soldiers and horses in the southwest and 300,000 soldiers and horses in the northwest gradually gathered close to Fengzhou, Xijing Province, which was Hohhot in later generations.

The Great War in the Northwest was about to break out, and the Western Army, which had been prepared for a long time, gathered in the Volcano Army.