The shouts beside the river were soon dispersed by the ever-present winds on the prairie.

On the head of the capital, the guards are ringed, the guards are strict, Yelu Tiege 'serves' Yelu Dashi to watch the Khitan tribe grazing cattle and sheep, the vision of the Dashun 'gate' city tower is extremely broad, as if in the vast world, in front of the eyes is this boundless beauty, can not help but feel relaxed. It was a sunny day, clouds were floating lightly in the sky, countless cattle and sheep were scattered on the grassland and moved slowly, the loud shouts of herdsmen near and far came from time to time, and the herdsmen sang loudly when they were grazing, praising the British lord Yelu Dashi of the Khitans.

For the leaders of the eight Khitan tribes, Yelu Dashi is still the undisputed hero, and in the hearts of the Khitan people, he is still the awe-inspiring and beloved Emperor Majesty. At the end of the southern crusade, most of the lucky soldiers returned to their tribes, and they all brought back slaves and a large amount of booty. The North Court re-registered the children of the countrymen, and the men over the age of 18 were added to the North Court military registration, and those under the age of 18 were also uniformly covered by the imperial court. The orphans of the fallen soldiers were given monthly 'meat' rice by the North Courtyard, and the boys entered the children's camp of the palace tent army after reaching the age of twelve, and the 'female' children were raised by Empress Xiao, and in the future they were allowed to marry the warriors of the palace tent army at their own will. The dead are gone, and the trauma and frustration have gradually healed. In the past few months, the morale of the Liao army has almost recovered.

In the southern expedition, the Liao army not only plundered a large number of booty, but also obtained almost all the patterns and production methods of Song Dynasty artifacts, and the workshops of the imperial court were able to imitate the Song artillery, firearms, crossbows and other military weapons, and also distributed a large number of patterns and production methods of cotton, porcelain, silk and other things to the Khitan nobles to open workshops. Worried about the shortage of grain and grass, the North Court asked Yelu Dashi to issue an edict exempting the agricultural tax, ordering the tribes in Hebei to plant a quarter of the fields with crops, and promising to buy military rations at a high price in the future.

The Liao army plundered millions of slaves in the south, and for this reason, Yelu Dashi ordered the special 'gate' of the North Courtyard to promulgate the "Slave Husbandry Law", which stipulated that all slaves must be registered in the South Courtyard. In addition, a trading office was opened in the southern courtyard, where slaves were bought and sold, and a slave tax of 10% of the selling price was paid. The Southern Court divided the slaves into six classes according to their physical strength and skills, and stipulated that the slave owner could not sell the slaves he owned at a lower price than the reserve price, but could sell the slaves to the Southern Court at the reserve price. Slave owners had to report annually to the Southern Court the number of slaves owned, the situation of buying and selling, and especially the number and cause of slave deaths. If a slave starves to death, the slave is punished with scourging. If three or more slaves are starved to death, the slave owner will be hanged, and all slaves will be taken to the imperial court. Slave craftsmen of the third class or above registered in the South Court are not allowed to be punished 'privately', and they are not allowed to kill themselves 'privately', and if they violate, the slave owner shall be fined, fined, and even 'shot' to death by 'indiscriminately' arrows. If the slave owner feels that he cannot serve and support the slave, he can send the slave to the court of the Southern Court free of charge. If the slave owner and the slave 'fornicate' have a son or a 'daughter', he will be guilty of the crime of 'mixing' and 'disordering' the national bloodline, and will be punished with confiscation of the slave owner's property, degraded to slave status, and the son and 'daughter' will be taken into the possession of the Southern Courtyard.

During the Southern Expedition, Yelu Dashi felt that there was a shortage of available manpower, and he asked the Northern Court to consider the reopening of the imperial examination among the slaves, and to take examinations in subjects such as Jingyi, craftsmanship, and bookkeeping. Only the slaves of the fourth rank and above can be promoted, and the slaves of the middle rank are exclusively for the use of His Majesty the Emperor and the 'Gate' of the Southern Courtyard, and if they are favored, they can also be released to manage other slaves for His Majesty. Those who are selected are registered as first-class officials and slaves in the Southern Court. These first-class official slaves are not much different from the national race in and out of ordinary times, but for lowly slaves below the fourth class, there is a world of difference in status. If you make great contributions, it is possible to get Your Majesty's permission to change your slave status and turn into a Khitan nation like Yelu Baoyi. After the news came out, many of them were eager to try, and even asked people everywhere to inquire about when the imperial examination would begin.

After learning the news of the internal strife between the Song Dynasty Zhenguo Army and the Xijing Army, Yelu Dashi concluded that the Song Army was unable to go north for a while, and he ordered Xiao Weili to contain the lost defeated army, and ordered him to be the commander of all the Hebei tribes, and to command more than 70,000 men and horses of the Khitan, Xi army, and 'Ju' Zhen to retreat to Hebei. Xiao Lira was frightened at first, but later saw that the Song army was delayed in crossing the northern expedition, but was bold. He felt that the soldiers were strong and the horses were strong, if it weren't for Yelu Dashi's order, the North Courtyard was strict three times and twice that he must not act rashly, and Xiao Lili even wanted to use troops to recapture Henan in winter.

In the past few months, while recuperating his soldiers and horses, Xiao Lili has constantly sent small groups of cavalry to test the reality of the Song army. Compared with Henan, which is backed by the Song and Xia countries and has many walled forts in the territory, the Song army on Jingdong Road has not fought and is obviously a soft persimmon. Yelu Yanshan once led a partial division to attack Jingdong East Road, and after capturing Yunzhou, he was ordered to go south to conquer, and waited until the Liao army withdrew, and the Song army on Jingdong Road recovered Yunzhou. When Zhao Xingde presided over Henan, although the Song army on the Jingdong Road was relatively weak, if the Liao army sent troops to attack, the Tokyo Garrison Division was likely to send troops to threaten the flank and rear of the Liao army. Now that the Song army is restraining itself, Chen Dong, Cao Liangshi and others have a knot with Hou Huanyin, and the threat of the Liao army seizing the flank of Jingdong Road is gone, and the time has come to send troops.

"Since the Song people have cleared the obstacles for us, if we don't do it again, we will inevitably suffer the blame if we don't take it."

"Your Majesty is wise," said Yelu Tiege, "Xiao Lira has 70,000 horses, and 50,000 cavalry can march from Nanjing Road at any time. ”

"Very good," Yelu Dashi nodded, "Xiao Lili is the commander, Xiao Tachi is the deputy, and the crown prince Yilie is also on the verge of seeing it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Yelu Tiege had some concerns in his heart, but after hesitating for a moment, he still did not object. Xiao Lira is a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time and uses heavy soldiers. Xiao Tachi was a young man with the ambition to lead 30,000 "fine" and "fine" cavalry with the respect of a horse. The crown prince Yelu Yilie is not only strong-blooded, but also has never been on the battlefield, Xiao Lili may not be able to suppress these two juniors, and the two may not be convinced of each other. Although Yelu Tiege felt that he didn't look down on Yelu Yilie, he had a special identity, so it was not good to say anything about this matter.

"I really didn't expect that Zhao Xingde was actually a Xia general, and Nanshan City was also guarded by him." Yelu Dashi suddenly changed the topic, and said in a deep voice, "I have long known that it was Xia Guo who was secretly embarrassed, but what I didn't expect was that their hands were stretched out so long. It is the national policy of the Xia Kingdom to win the two tigers, and I still carelessly despise them. Fortunately, Xia Guo suddenly ran into trouble, otherwise, we would probably be trapped in Yingchang Mansion, this is a hungry tiger, and we can't get out of the west," Yelu Dashi sighed, "The North Courtyard is ready, I'm afraid we will have to negotiate peace with Song Guo." ”

"What?" Brother Yelu Tiege looked at Yelu Dashi in surprise, "Your Majesty, aren't you going to attack Jingdong Road?" ”

"Yes," Yelu Dashi's face remained unchanged, looking at the eagles hovering in the distant sky, and said slowly, "If we don't hurt them first, the people of the Song Kingdom will not honestly negotiate peace," he paused, and then said, "Take Shandong first, occupy the mountains and rivers, and then truce troops from the north and south, not because we are afraid of the Song Kingdom, but because we don't want to let the fishermen of the Xia Kingdom benefit." First, send an envoy to cross the river to talk about the stakes and disadvantages, test the Song court, and tell Zhao Qi that if he does not negotiate peace, he may not be able to sit comfortably in the position of the emperor,......, he may not be able to sit safely. ”

Yelu Dashi looked at the undulating mountains in the north, I don't know if it is an illusion, the cold wind blowing through the city, there is already a slight warmth. The coldest season is about to pass, and the war of more than a year has greatly consumed the national strength of the Liao and Song dynasties. The Southern Dynasty attached the most importance to agricultural affairs, and the 'spring' season was a busy time for farming, even if it was a false idea, the Song Dynasty would not turn away the envoys of the Liao State.

............

"Smack-" An arrow feather was straight into the bull's-eye.

Zhao Xingde's left hand holding the bow was lowered, the right hand that released the arrow was raised, he took a deep breath, took out a long arrow from the quiver and put it on the bowstring, and said slowly: "The gentleman has nothing to fight." Will also 'shoot'! If you want to hit the heart, you can't be negligent, and no matter how good the archer is, if you are not calm, the arrow will easily miss the target. Therefore, practicing 'shooting' can make people always cautious and know that the world is difficult. The so-called gentleman trembles, as if facing the abyss, like walking on thin ice. It's like this 'shooting' arrow, if you don't miss the slightest negligence, you can't hit the heart. He raised the bow in his left hand, pulled the string in his right hand like a full moon, and an arrow "swished" out, and pierced the arrow target with a "pop", and thirty paces away, the red heart of the arrow target was full of arrows.

Liu Wengu looked at the scene with a complicated face, Zhao Xingde's archery skills were far higher than he imagined.

"Teacher," Liu Wengu hesitated for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Are you the envoy of the Xia Kingdom?" ”

"What?" Zhao Xingde's breath stagnated, he put down his bow, and asked rhetorically, "Where did you learn that?" ”

Before the Zhenguo Army Brigade arrived in Bianliang, Zhao Xingde had been under house arrest and was in the courtyard of the Tokyo Left-behind Division, and he usually only wrote books and 'shooting' arrows for his own amusement. Lu Mingyu, Luo Xianshi, and Deng Yuanjue sent envoys to see him, and they were also here to meet guests. After discussing with Cao Liangshi that morning, he resolved to write and explain the way of a gentleman, and in this almost isolated environment, he had already completed a small part of it, and Cao Liangshi also came to discuss the book with him from time to time in addition to his official duties. The rest of the things are all dependent on the 'protégé' Liu Wengu to pass it on his behalf. Therefore, there were rumors outside that Zhao Xingde was the envoy of the Xia State and was ordered to assist the Song State in resisting Liao, but he didn't know anything about it.

Seeing that he didn't deny it, Liu Wengu made up his mind and said in a low voice: "It is rumored outside that the teacher fled to the Xia Kingdom because of the case of exposing the post, joined the army, sent an envoy to the Lumei Kingdom, conquered the Rom Turks, assisted the Han army in Liaodong, accumulated merit to the general, and was ordered to lead the troops to aid the Song Dynasty...... Due to the thwart of Yelu's southern invasion and the restoration of Henan by the Great Song Dynasty, the Xia Imperial Court has promoted his mentor to the general of the Firearms Division, and entered the founding of the country to protect the Marquis of Yi. These days, it has been rumored outside that the teacher 'desire' and Lu Mingyu, Luo Xianshi, and Deng Yuanjue will dedicate dozens of prefectures and counties in Henan to the Xia Kingdom. Therefore, the imperial court must not keep making changes to handsomeness. Later, Liu Wengu's voice fell.

"Yes, I'm Xia Chen," Zhao Xingde shook his head and said calmly, "However, I didn't do anything shameless to see the Kanto fathers. ”

He was indignant in his chest, opened his bow like a full moon, put his right hand down, and with a "whoosh" sound, the arrow was "inserted" in the middle of the red heart, and the arrow was very powerful, shaking the arrow target for a while, and it shook several arrows in the previous "shot" to fall down.

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