Chapter 406: Qimen Blade
What made Yelu Dashi happiest was that the girl named Jiang Lin appeared in front of him again, and used her incredible strength to defuse the threat of exotic elephant soldiers from the Western Regions, so that his loyal and brave soldiers could easily take this extremely dangerous castle and get the flying cannon cast by the golden man.
Now he has realized the mistake of forcing her as a concubine in the first place, extinguished this thought, and will not force her to do anything, but he still longs for her to stay by his side.
Even if she really marries Xiao Lila, it doesn't matter.
In the fourth year of the Great Liao Baoda (1124 AD), Yelu Dashi officially established his base in the southern part of the Mongolian Plateau in the city of Kedun, and became the king of Mobei in this troubled era. But it wasn't something that pleased him and his men.
If it weren't for the devastating sweep launched by the Jurchen tribe from the mountains and forests of Northeast Asia in a few years, he, a noble-born Khitan royal family, would have continued to live an elegant Hanlin life in the Nanjing area of the Liao State. If it weren't for the treachery of the Song Dynasty in the south at a critical moment, he, a military upstart who had thrown his pen to Rong, would have been able to continue to defend against the menacing Jin soldiers in the area of Youzhou and Juyong Pass. After several battles with the Song army and the Jin army, Yelu Dashi not only experienced the pride of victory, but also tasted the bitter fruit of defeat and capture.
He was a typical pragmatist. In the event of a strategic threat from both sides, it can strike hard. In the case of losing contact with the emperor of Liao, he will quickly support a new lord and stabilize the situation. Even when he was defeated and captured, he did not hesitate to show his character, and was willing to lead the way for the Jin army advancing westward, and then find a chance to slip away. Such a wealth of life experience makes him so outstanding on this continent. Except for the fact that he was unable to fight to the death against the Jin army, which was destined for his destiny due to military resources, he could play with different cultures and administrative regions in almost any situation.
When he was young, he received two different styles of education at the same time. One is the cavalry and military training of the traditional Khitans to establish a country by force, and the other is the inevitable Sinicization influence after occupying Liaodong and Youzhou. The entire Liao state itself was like Yelu Dashi, balancing its Hanhu resources with the northern and southern systems, while the local nobles could establish their own small territories after gathering a certain strength. This kind of institutional design and cultural inheritance deeply influenced Yelu Dashi's political thinking, and also directly influenced the establishment of his new regime.
Knowing that he could no longer resist in the southern part of the Liao Kingdom and the eastern part of the Mongolian Plateau, Yelu Dashi took the initiative to break away from the royal family's ranks and ran to the almost enclave of Kedun City with only a few hundred cavalry. Relying on his royal status, political prestige and official position, he became the owner of this small land. Not only was it the center of Liao's control of the western trade routes and steppe regions, but it was also an excellent fortress adjacent to the allied Western Xia and protected by grasslands and deserts. Here, Yelu Dashi commanded a large number of Mongol cavalry from the steppe region, and sat back and watched the real regular army of the Liao State be annihilated by the Jin army in Taoguangyang, and waited until the Song Empire, which had a knife in the back, was almost beheaded and killed by the Jin.
After five long years in the city of Kedun, Jerodashi already had a sizable army. Although there were only a few hundred cavalry around him when he came, the Khitan cavalry and Han infantry in the area of Kedun City were still intact. More cavalry units from the Mongolian steppes were at home in the traditional Khitan military system. But relying only on such a former frontier fortress is impossible to resist the threat of the Jin people for a long time. As a last resort, Yelu Dashi could only choose to develop westward. Fortunately, the city of Kedun, which was the frontier of trade, was also an outpost for the Khitans to learn about the West, and Yelu Dashi contacted the allies everywhere here, knowing that the world in the west was also in chaos.
Just when Yelu Dashi was planning to conquer the west and expand the territory, good news came from the eastern homeland that the Jin army had defeated the dying Song people from under the city of Kaifeng and retreated.
The details of this process Yelu Dashi heard about it little by little, and he didn't believe it at first, thinking that it was a story deliberately made up by the Song people, who were superstitious about immortals, but after he met Jiang Lin, he believed that it was the truth.
This beloved woman, shows him the magical powers she possesses.
And her blood is comparable to an elixir, no matter how serious the injury is, as long as there is still a breath of air and she does not die, and she drinks a little of her blood, it can be cured.
Yelu Dashi still remembers that after she stabbed the golden assassin with a poisonous blade, she saw that her life was in danger, and she used her blood to pull him back from the line of death.
He still remembered the way she slit her wrist and dripped her blood into his mouth.
From that day on, he knew that he would never forget her in his life.
In addition to saving his life, she also used her extraordinary ability to help him fight a series of victories and subdue many steppe tribes.
How could he let such a woman out of his side?
He didn't expect that he had made an unforgivable mistake like this.
Perhaps because of the fact that he had drunk her blood, he had a stronger desire for women than before, and he made a request to her to take her as a concubine, which she firmly refused, and when he wanted to use force on her, she did not say goodbye after beating him all over the head.
He not only broke her heart, but also greatly hurt the henchman who brought her over, Xiao Lila.
And what he wants to do most now is to make up for the damage done to them.
In addition, he also asked her to help him decide whether to continue the westward expedition or return to his hometown, eliminate Yelu Yanxi, and rebuild the Liao Kingdom.
"Let's go! Fire clouds! Jerodashi said to the warhorse.
At this moment, Sun Hui was hiding in the corner, paying attention to Wang Linlin's every move with Ye Chuchu.
He wanted to figure out her powers before he could take action. If she didn't understand it clearly, if she regarded herself and Ye Chuchu as enemies and fought, it would be troublesome.
Now he already knows that her name in this era is Jiang Lin.
"You guys, come up together." Wang Linlin waved the long-handled cone gun in her hand and beckoned to the four Khitan warriors holding swords and shields opposite.
"Miss Jiang, I'm offended." A Khitan warrior led by her hugged her fist, then waved her hand, and the four of them quickly surrounded her and surrounded Wang Linlin in the middle.
"What kind of weapon is she using? Still with a spear tip on the hammer? Ye Chuchu didn't know much about ancient weapons, and when he saw the weapon in Wang Linlin's hand, he couldn't help but whisper to Sun Hui in confusion.
"This is called a cone gun, that is, the hammer has a spear tip on its head, which evolved from the ancient weapons of the Shang and Zhou dynasties," Sun Hui replied with a smile.