When Li Congjing rode his horse uphill through the battlefield, the aftertaste of the fierce battle was still there, the military fort was a ruined wall, the traces of incendiary and incendiary materials were everywhere, the corpses were all over the field, the groans were constantly heard, and the blades of long knives, spears, shields and other blades were scattered among them, and there was a bloody, heroic and desolate atmosphere in the setting sun. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers of Lu Longjun did not find the scene in front of them unacceptable, on the contrary, an almost impossible victory made every pore of people excited, and the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield everywhere were in high spirits, even with their eyebrows high, and when they discussed today's battle fiercely with each other, the most that popped out of their mouths was the heartfelt praise for Li Congjing.

When Li Congjing's cavalry passed in front of these soldiers, the soldiers on the left all stood up straight, and spontaneously saluted Li Congjing one after another, their eyes in awe as if they were gods.

Before Li Congjing came to the main city, the shouts of "King Qin" and "King Qin" had already sounded on the hillside, one after another, gathered in one place, it seemed to be uniform, its voice was full of bloody male spirit, wave after wave, and finally swept the entire hillside, covering the entire city of Yikun Prefecture, resounding all over the world.

The people accompanying Li Congjing, whether it was Mo Li, Du Qianshu and other staff, or other guards, couldn't help but puff up their chests in such shouts, and their posture became more and more upright and heroic, almost writing the words "with honor" on their faces.

In the case that the troops are not superior, or even inferior, the impregnable Yikun Prefecture defense line is captured in one day, and the number of enemies captured in the end must catch up with the total strength, in the face of such a record, any honor and praise is not exaggerated.

The King of Qin in the eyes of Lu Long's generals is handsome in his mount and even more handsome. He didn't wear armor, he didn't wear a royal robe, just a green shirt, long hair tied to the top, bookish, elegant, and not the slightest violent and murderous aura.

However, it was such a suave and kind young man, who waved his hand, let the Khitan run for several years, full of confidence that he could trap and kill Lu Longjun, and the Yikunzhou defense line that could guard against the Tang Army's Northern Expedition became a laughing stock.

Li Yanchao led the generals to welcome Li Congjing into the city in front of the gate of the main city, and behind the generals, those Khitan dignitaries in Yikun Prefecture were tied up and thrown to the ground, like a flock of pigs and sheep.

They were all terrified, for they were indeed lost dogs.

They looked at Li Congjing's eyes with pleading and fear, just like they looked at the master who was about to skin them, and in fact, as long as Li Congjing's footsteps stepped into the city gate, it meant that the city changed hands.

Li Congjing dismounted, helped Li Yanchao and others who knelt down in front of him, and said, "The soldiers are hard." Turning around, he looked around at the soldiers who were emotional, slapping their chests with their blades and shouting the word "King Qin", but just said a very simple sentence.

It is this simple sentence that lays the foundation for the confidence of an army.

Later, this army rebuilt the confidence of an empire.

King Qin said: "The Tang army is mighty! ”

As a result, the declaration of "the mighty Tang Army" resounded all over the world.

Then, surrounded by the generals, Li Congjing entered the city.

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Yikun Prefecture is an important town arranged by Yelubei to guard against the Tang army going north, it is not surprising that there are many troops, although the Khitan army has nearly 20,000 prisoners in this battle, but there is no need to worry too much about what chaos will happen, in stark contrast to the high morale of the Lu Long army, they have lost the will to resist, and now they are no longer wolves, but just a flock of sheep.

A flock of sheep that have lost their leader and lost their minds is not to be worried.

Even if they were given blades now, they would not necessarily dare to pick them up and face the Tang Army.

To defeat an army, the number of kills and wounds is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to crush their military spirit and their will to fight.

Yeluhege's head has been passed around the city, and now it is back at the city gate, to Li Congjing's surprise, Yeluhege's stiff face did not open angrily, there was no unwillingness and anger in his eyes, but he looked sad and helpless, he seemed to walk very calmly, in a sense, it also seemed to walk very peacefully.

Whether the Khitan captives will be killed or not, and when they will be killed, there is still a difference between them, but the head of Yeluhege still has to be hung on the city gate to show the public to warn the world.

On the city wall, Li Congjing saw the corpses of the dozens of craftsmen.

When the Khitan army raised the butcher's knife against these people, they were indeed angry in their hearts, so these craftsmen were all separated and fell in a pool of blood, and their clothes were plain, so the blood stains were even more shocking.

These craftsmen who spent countless efforts to build the defense line of Yikun Prefecture to protect the Khitan army and help the Khitan army win the war probably never imagined that they would eventually die under the sword of the Khitan army.

Li Congjing originally wanted to meet the leader of the craftsmen who presided over the construction of the Yikun Prefecture defense line, because the Yikun Prefecture city defense fortifications were indeed everyone's work, and he also wanted to bring this person back to the Tang Dynasty so that this person could serve the Tang Dynasty in the future, but now that people have seen it, they have never had the opportunity to let Liu Zhong atone for the country.

As a Tang person, even though he is helpless, the skills he learned in the Tang Dynasty are ultimately used to help the enemy deal with the mother country, which is an unforgivable sin. So when Li Congjing saw that there were many Tang people among the craftsmen, he was very angry in his heart, and he wanted to whip these people and then drag them down to feed the dogs.

"There are many Tang people in the Khitan Kingdom, and many of them have become Khitan soldiers." Mo Li noticed the change in Li Congjing's eyes, so he reminded in a low voice.

Mo Li's words are good, the Khitan army is probably composed of three parts, one is the Khitan tribesmen, the second is the warriors who submit to the tribe, and the third is the service in the local states and counties.

The first part is the absolute main force of the Khitan army, these people graze on weekdays and go out in wartime; The second part is actually not much, because when the Khitan army goes on an expedition, it generally only needs to submit to the tribe to contribute money, grain, horses and other materials; There are some Tang people in the third part, after all, the states and counties in the Khitan country are the main places where the Khitan settle the Tang people, but this part of the sergeants does not go out to fight, only garrison the place.

"In the early years, the situation in Youyun was tense, the princes fought frequently, and for decades, the people died and entered the grassland; Then the Khitan rose, Abaoji invaded the south, and those who were forced into the grassland for their capture are unknown. For many years, these people took root in the Khitan and became the people under the rule of the Khitan. The people are the foundation of the country, and the reason why the Khitan was able to dominate the country at the time of Abaoji has a lot to do with this. Li Congjing thought of many things, and his mind was a little complicated, and how to deal with the Tang people in the Khitan Kingdom was not a simple problem.

In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, it was actually an extraordinary period for ethnic exchanges and integration between the grassland and the Central Plains.

It is said to be an extraordinary period because it divides two different eras.

Prior to this, the exchange and integration between the Central Plains and the grassland peoples was basically one-way, that is, the grassland peoples moved inward, and then integrated into the Central Plains peoples.

This kind of exchange and integration can be in the form of war and peace. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty created a precedent for large-scale subjugation of the grassland people, the grassland people have begun this irreversible process.

The most representative period of this process was the time of the Wuhu Rebellion.

And the final result of Wuhu Chaohua is that the Wuhu are finally fused by the Han people and become Han people.

What is the reason why they were fused and turned into Han Chinese? Because of Han culture.

The same was also true in the early Tang period. From the late Tang Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty, the situation was different, and the reason why it divided the two eras is also here.

During this period, Han Chinese began to migrate north in large numbers, crossing the Great Wall and living outside the Saiwai.

There are only two reasons for this. The first is to take the initiative to avoid the disaster of war; The second is passive, taken captive by the steppe people.

What was the result of the Han people moving north?

It promoted the strengthening of the grassland regime.

Why did the grassland people not really enter the Central Plains in the dynasties before the five dynasties, and after the five dynasties, the Yuan and Qing dynasties appeared?

One of the reasons that cannot be ignored is that the steppe regime has become stronger.

Because the grassland people learned the advanced culture of the Han Dynasty and were deeply sinicized, their regime became unprecedentedly strong.

It can be seen from this that the sacrifice of the sixteen states of Youyun means to the grassland, and how great its relative impact is on the Han nation.

"The Han people moved north, the number was small at the beginning, and the people at that time brought absolutely advanced culture, after entering the grassland, they were admired and worshiped by the grassland people, so they were able to have a prominent position on the grassland, but at this time, one because of the few people who moved north, and the other because the grassland people were still ignorant, so the enhancement of the grassland was limited, although the Wuhu was able to mess with China, but could not enter the Central Plains."

Li Congjing thought silently in his heart, "The five dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty were not like this, at this time, the grassland people, by the previous Han people's thousands of years of 'education' and influence, has been quite civilized, at this time the Tang people moved north on a large scale, carrying not only Han culture, but also various advanced technologies and systems under the Han culture, after the Khitan became strong, they were able to establish an empire and compete with the Central Plains." ”

After the Zhao and Song dynasties, the situation changed significantly, the Han culture was greatly absorbed by the grassland peoples, and the Central Plains regime was instead opposed to it, so there were two dynasties, the Yuan and Qing dynasties. Five generations ago, there was no empire in the grassland, and after five generations, the grass primitive had Liao, Jin, Yuan, and Qing, which is why it was. ”

"Originally, Yelu Deguang had been destroyed and lived in the Central Plains, but he had to return north in less than a year, to a small extent, it was Yelu Deguang who was a little worse, but from a big point of view, it was also inevitable that the degree of sinicization and civilization of the grassland at this time was not enough. Then, Yuan Neng entered the Central Plains for a hundred years, and the Qing Dynasty had Kyushu for hundreds of years, because of its degree of civilization, or the degree of sinicization. ”

Li Congjing stared at Yi Kunzhou and sighed, thinking in his heart: "Later generations said that the fifty-six ethnic groups are all Chinese, and it is also said that the Yuan and Qing dynasties are Chinese dynasties, what is the reason for this?" Isn't it because it inherits the culture of the Han Dynasty, and its people have been sinicized? ”

"What is Your Highness thinking?" Mo Li saw that Li Congjing's face was unusually dignified, and he was silent for a long time, so he asked why.

"I am thinking about how to deal with the Tang people in the Khitan Kingdom, and how to treat the grassland people in the Khitan Kingdom." Li Congjing retracted his thoughts.

Without the large-scale migration of the Han people to the north, without the transformation of the Khitan by the Han culture, there would be no Khitan strength in the big picture, and there would be no Yikun Prefecture defense line in front of the Han people. Li Congjing thought of these problems from today's battle and the corpse of the craftsman in front of him, which is not accidental, and the problems to be solved cannot be avoided.

All moved back to the Tang people? Not quite feasible.

Don't move back to the Tang people, let them continue to contribute to the strength of the Khitan? Nor is it feasible.

Selectively relocate some scholars and craftsmen? Even less feasible.

"Your Highness has a draft?" Mo Li then asked.

Li Congjing mentioned a big problem, related to the grassland and the Central Plains in the future millennium plan, if it is dealt with, it is not impossible to say that the grassland and the Central Plains will be at peace since then there will be no major war, and if it is not handled well, it will cause endless harm and border troubles, so Mo Li asked very solemnly, and his expression was extremely serious.

"Throughout the ages, whenever there is internal strife in the empire, foreign races will take the opportunity to invade, and internal troubles will inevitably cause external troubles, and this matter is inevitable. If you want foreign races not to invade our Tang Dynasty, the empire has no frontier troubles, and the empire must be strong. If the country is strong, the four will be afraid, and the foreign race will submit and be willingly driven; If the country is weak, the courtiers will make chaos, Yidi will covet it, and foreign people will invade. Li Congjing said, "This is an eternal principle. Therefore, seeking to be weak is not the right way, and asking me to be strong is the way! ”

Mo Li nodded solemnly.

In the middle of the ring, seeing that Li Congjing no longer spoke, Mo Li was surprised: "This is the end?" ”

"Didn't I finish?" Li Congjing was stunned.

Mo Li's eyes showed a look of disappointment.