Chapter 533: On the banks of the Bai Dadan River
Although there are mountains in Montenegro, but in fact it is not high, so Montenegro is more like a place name than a mountain name, here was once an ancient battlefield, when the former Tang generals Xue Rengui and Xin Wenling once led a large army to attack the Khitans, the two sides started a big battle here in Montenegro, and the Khitan people were defeated, and the Khitan leader Abugu was captured and dedicated to Luoyang, and then the Khitan became a subordinate tribe for the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang people, who regarded the Khitan as a mustard back then, probably never dreamed that this small horse herding tribe would establish a state at the end of the Tang Dynasty and become a powerful empire, and even the Great Song Dynasty, which was dominated by Han people, would tremble under the iron hooves of the Khitans.
However, it may be because the Khitans lost too badly in Montenegro, which made it a sad place for the Khitans, so Montenegro has not been included in the jurisdiction of Liao, and now it has become Li Yuanhao's territory.
Li Yuanhao led an elite army to leave the Black Mountain Military Division, and finally came to a wide river to stop, and then camped on the west side of the river, this big river is called Bai Dadan River, which is the dividing line on the border between the party and the Liao State, and the opposite side of the river is the Bai Dadan Department of the Liao State, and the Liao State also stationed heavy troops here, before Li Yuanhao was here to ask for help from the Liao State.
After camping, Li Yuanhao immediately sent people to the other side to inform the Liao people, and also brought five carts of gifts, these gifts were given to that General Xiao, through the last meeting, Li Yuanhao found that the other party was an extremely greedy person, so if you want the other party to relax, you must give him enough benefits, and these five carts of gifts have almost wiped out his treasury, after all, when he escaped from Xingzhou, most of his belongings were lost.
The Liao State forbade the party members to cross the Bai Dadan River, and Li Yuanhao also did not want to risk going to the Liao State military camp, after all, he has always been a person who cherishes his life, and now the party members in Montenegro also rely on him to unite together, in case the Liao people detain him, the remaining party members will definitely have civil strife, so he can't take risks.
When it was almost dark, the person who delivered the letter finally came back, and brought a reply from Liao, and the other party would meet him tomorrow across the Baidan River, which made Li Yuanhao finally breathe a sigh of relief, originally he was most worried about Liao's breach of the contract, after all, the credit of Liao's people has always been not good, but the other party's willingness to see him is a good start, after all, the two sides still have to talk, it seems that the five carts of gifts have also worked, even if the Liaoguo people put forward some harsh conditions, he can also consider it.
Thinking of this, Li Yuanhao also sighed, that night, he also had a good night's rest, this should be the best sleep he has slept in the past year, he didn't even dream this night, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already bright outside, and he felt better than ever.
After eating the breakfast prepared by the next person, Li Yuanhao asked people to push their cars to the river, at this time the Liao people had not come, but he was not in a hurry, at this time while looking at the scenery by the river while thinking about his thoughts, he was thinking about how to deal with the Liao people after seeing them, for him, he naturally hoped that the more support the Liao State would give, the better, such as giving them some food and weapon support.
However, what Li Yuanhao wanted most was for the Liao State to allow them to hide in the territory of the Liao State, so that the Song army would definitely not dare to chase into the territory of the Liao State, and they would have the initiative to attack and retreat, as long as they were free, they could attack the territory of the Great Song Dynasty at any time through all directions in the territory of the Liao State.
The party is best at fighting to feed the war, the previous year was the Song army's constant harassment of them, so that they can only passively defend, and their strength is constantly declining, but if they grasp the initiative, they can enter the Song realm at any time to loot people and property, Li Yuanhao is confident that he will recover his strength in three or five years, and it is not impossible to kill back to Xingzhou at that time.
Thinking of this, Li Yuanhao couldn't help but show a faint smile, the comeback was something he had dreamed of every day for the past year, but soon he frowned again, because he thought that there would be advantages and disadvantages, and the Liao State would definitely not easily agree to let him enter the territory of the Liao State, even if he agreed, he would put forward some harsh conditions, such as the materials and population he had stolen should be handed over to the Liao State, and the Liao State might also collect taxes from himself, just like they did with other tribes in the Liao State.
"The eyes of the rat are narrow, but there is no one with insight in the huge Liao State, and he didn't even see that the Song State is rapidly becoming stronger, today he can defeat our party, and tomorrow they may destroy the Liao State, but the ridiculous Liao State only knows about infighting now, and does not perceive the intentions of the Song State at all!" At this time, Li Yuanhao whispered hatefully.
He also knows better than anyone else about the situation of Liao, and even before he had asked Liao Guo for marriage and wanted to marry the daughter of the Liao clan, but he didn't expect Liao Guo to refuse, and he didn't care about the kindness he took the initiative to express, which made Li Yuanhao extremely annoyed, and now that he was defeated, Liao Guo also despised himself even more, such as the general Xiao he had seen before, and treated himself like a slave.
Thinking of that General Xiao, Li Yuanhao also felt a belly of anger, as far as he knew, that General Xiao's name was Xiao Hu Tart, the nephew of the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State, originally a person who did not learn and did not know how to do it, but because his aunt was the Queen Mother, his father and several brothers were all named princes, and he was also entrusted with important tasks and sent here to command the local garrison.
But this Xiao Hu tart has no ability to lead the army at all, and after coming to Bai Dadan's department, he also did nonsense, and made Bai Dadan's department restless, and finally Bai Dadan's department simply gave him a few beauties, which was free from his harassment, and after he came to the garrison, he also replaced a group of generals in the army, and arranged his domestic slaves to serve in the army, and for a time the army was also a miasma, at least in Li Yuanhao's opinion, the garrison of Bai Dadan's department was rotten, not to mention compared with the Song army, even compared with the soldiers under him, it was too bad.
"The dignified Liao Kingdom was made into this appearance by a woman, and I will replace him one day!" Li Yuanhao looked at the endless grassland on the other side of the river and couldn't help but say again ambitiously, the Great Song Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, and it is becoming more and more difficult for him to invade the south, but the contact with the Liao State has made him see another way, if he doesn't need the help of the Liao State now, maybe he really dares to do it.
When Li Yuanhao was pondering, he suddenly heard a "rumbling" sound of horses' hooves on the other side, and then saw a cavalry galloping from a distance, but the formation was scattered, and there was no momentum when the cavalry charged, which made Li Yuanhao also shake his head secretly, but he didn't show it on the surface, but instead straightened his clothes and sat up straight, with a respectful look on his face.