Chapter 331: Preparedness
"There is no doubt that in less than five years, the Liao Kingdom will die, and if you confront Song Jin at the same time, you will be wiped out, and there will be no place to bury you. And I can give you a chance!
You don't have to cooperate with me now, and I'll let you go when I withdraw my troops. In the future, when we meet on the battlefield, I will not spare my hands. If you can hold out until the Liao Kingdom is destroyed and not die, then we can cooperate.
At that time, I can contribute money, materials, and even troops to help you preserve the legacy of the Liao Kingdom and continue the temple. You set yourself up as the king of Xi, and commanded the army to defend the northern land for me, against the Jurchens and the barbarians of the steppe of the Misty Country.
This is what we call cooperation, anyway, the opportunity is given to you, if you don't do the same thing, or even have other thoughts. For example, if you want to secretly escape from surveillance house arrest, secretly collude, rebel in the middle of the night, or something, you can do so.
It's just that if something goes wrong, I'll kill you immediately.
When the Khitan and Xi rose, they also invaded China. At the beginning, you invaded Bianjing, killed and plundered, and turned hundreds of miles near Kaifeng and Luoyang into a blank land; When retreating, he slaughtered the city all the way to vent his anger, and more than 100,000 souls in Xiangzhou City were not far away, presumably in the spirit of the sky, he was also very willing to see the Khitan and Xi people exterminated! ”
When the Khitan rose, Yelu Abaoji always wanted to invade the Central Plains in the south, but he was defeated twice by the Later Tang Dynasty and returned, with 300,000 troops suffering heavy casualties and not daring to look south for decades.
By the time of his son Yelu Deguang, he finally betrayed the country because of the introduction of troops by Shi Jingjiao, Du Chongwei, and Zhao Yanshou of the Later Jin Dynasty, not only did he get the sixteen states of Yanyun without much effort, but he also killed all the way to Bianliang (the generals of the Later Jin Dynasty Du Chongwei and Zhao Yanshou deliberately put it in), and ascended the throne in Bianjing and changed the name of the country to Da Liao.
At that time, the Khitan and Xi were still complete barbarians, and their animal nature had not changed, so the soldiers burned and looted in the Central Plains, killing and looting hundreds of miles near Kaifeng and Luoyang, and turned them into a blank land.
After arousing the fierce resistance of the people of the Central Plains, Yelu Deguang could not stay in Bianjing anymore, so he ordered to return to the north, and the Liao army slaughtered the city all the way to vent its anger, and more than 100,000 civilians were killed in Xiangzhou alone (Note 1).
Lin Chong put away his relaxed expression, his eyes became serious, and his gaze was faintly glowing with fiery light in his coldness, and he looked very infiltrating.
Xiao Gan's expression, which had been cold before, also became solemn, and his face suddenly became as pale as paper.
At this moment, he felt the killing intent in Lin Chong's eyes, and the hairs on his body stood on end. Xiao Gan had no doubt that Lin Chong really wanted to kill all the Khitans and Xi people at this moment.
The tent fell silent, and under the strong coercion, Xiao Gan, who had always looked forward to his own pride, was also pressed to dare not speak.
After all, the situation is stronger than people, how dare the generals of the defeated army speak bravely, Xiao Gan really wants to say that you scare me, although the power of the Great Liao State has fallen to this point, it may not be that there is no chance to resurrect and survive, especially in the face of you Song people.
However, the current situation is that more than 100,000 horses in Daliao were defeated by more than 3,000 cavalry under Lin Chong's department, and the formation surrendered.
The situation is like this, such a shameful defeat, the unwillingness to admit defeat and arrogance in Xiao Gan's heart, where can he still say it in front of Lin Chong.
After a while, Lin Chong's mood gradually eased up, and he turned into that relaxed and faint expression again.
"In short, I give such a chance to preserve the Sheji Temple, and whether or not to accept it is all up to you.
I don't want you to give an answer now, and when the Liao Kingdom is gone in a few years, and it is difficult to come back to life, the opportunity I gave will still be valid.
Cooperate with me, then you can be your king of Xi, and you can still become a country of your own; If you don't cooperate, you will be isolated, and I will sit back and watch you be wiped out by the Jurchens, or be recruited by the Jurchens to become slaves and servants, and then come to fight me in a decisive battle, I am at will.
You can decide what you want to choose. Then you can send someone to me, and we can talk about it again. ”
Xiao Gan looked at Lin Chong, frowned, and said half-loudly: "I'm really curious, why did General Lin Chong do this?" And how does General Lin value so-and-so? Why not the end of the sun?
And then there is, how did General Lin firmly believe that the Liao State must be powerless to return to heaven? And how can you be so sure that you will be able to achieve something when the time comes, how can you believe that something will be used for you? ”
Lin Chong smiled coldly.
"No matter how unbearable the Liao State is, no matter how much blood feud it has with us, after all, after more than 100 years of sinicization, I still learned some benevolence, righteousness and faithfulness, some etiquette, and some of the teachings of saints.
Compared with the newly rising Jurchen old forest savages in the deep mountains, and the grassland savages of the Hazy Country that may rise, the Khitan and Xi people are much better.
We Han people have always been peace-oriented, peace-loving, pay attention to morality and kingization, the past is over, and we have to forgive and forgive.
Therefore, I sincerely hope that the Liao State will not be wiped out, and the Khitan and Xi people will pick up their swords and guns to resist such barbarians with us. It's helping you and us.
You should know that we Han people have always been peace-loving and peace-loving ......"
Lin Chong glanced at Xiao Gan, and Mei Jiasheng, who was in charge of guarding Xiao Gan closely, but seeing Mei Jiasheng also had an incomprehensible expression on his face, Lin Chong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In fact, how could Lin Chong have thought of leaving the remnants of the Liao State in such trouble to establish the Xi Kingdom, everything was not because of the grassland barbarians of the Misty Country.
In Lin Chong's opinion, there was not much difference between the grassland savages of the Misty Bone Country and the savages in the deep mountains such as the Jurchens.
The Wanyan Jurchens took advantage of the poor Eagle Road of the nobles of the Liao State to accumulate enough strength little by little, and then they rose.
And now these grassland tribes have also become ready to move because of the weakness of the Liao State, and they have risen in the original historical time and space for a short time, and the Jurchen, who was strong for a while, can only pay compensation and sue for peace.
Once the Jurchens invade the south in the future and are defeated by the Liangshan army led by themselves, the Jurchens are bound to collapse.
Just as the old wolf king on the grassland dies, there will always be a new wolf king rising again.
By that time, who will receive the remnants of the Liao State? Who will be cheaper for the Jurchen rout? Who benefits the most?
The answer is naturally the barbarians of the Misty Bone Country on the vast grassland in the northeast of Liao!
At that time, it was also the time when the Liang Shanjun and the Zhao Song forces officially turned their faces and went to war in an all-out way.
Lin Chong didn't want to wait for the elimination of Zhao and Song, and a new force that was even more barbaric and cruel than the Jurchens appeared on the grassland again, uniting the forces of Liao, Jin, and Mongolia to go south again.
So it's better to support Xiao Gan and ask him to help him hold on for a while, and when Xiao Gan and the grassland barbarians of the Misty Country are almost done, and he and Zhao Song have almost achieved results, then go back and deal with these grassland barbarians.
This is the reason why Lin Chong cares so much about these grassland tribes and says so much to Xiao Gan.
After a pause, Lin Chong looked at Xiao Gan and smiled again: "As for why he is so sure that the Liao State will not be able to return to the sky, I think there is no need to say more, the general trend of the destruction of the Liao State has long been irreversible......"
As he was talking, he heard a sound of footsteps outside, and Wei Chibin, who was standing guard outside, shouted a report and walked in, and whispered a few words in Lin Chong's ear.
Lin Chong couldn't help but smile and said to Xiao Gan: "If my guess is correct, it must be the Han people of Liaodi who are strong and strong when they see that the Great Liao is about to finish, and they lead the crowd to come to serve." The hearts of the people of the Liao country are so chaotic that everyone thinks of rebellion, how can they not die! ”