Chapter 298: Undercurrent (24)

The focus of the gaze shifted from the Jingshi City in North Zhili to Datong in Shanxi. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shanxi is divided into two parts, Shanxi Dusi and Shanxi Xingdu. Shanxi Dusi is the main body of Shanxi, and its area is more than five times that of Shanxi Xingdusi. The seat of Shanxi Prefecture is Taiyuan Prefecture.

As for the other part: Shanxi Xingdu Division. It mainly refers to the territory of Datong in Shanxi, where the Xingdu Division of Shanxi is located in the backside area, and the biggest border trouble of the empire in the founding place comes from the Menggu tribe in the northwest of the empire. And Datong in Shanxi is out of the Great Wall in the north, which is the sphere of influence of the Menggu tribe.

In order to better manage the border area of Shanxi, the ruler of the empire separated Datong from Shanxi and set up the Shanxi Xingdu Division. Treat the border troubles in the north.

The boundary between Shanxi Xingdu Division and Shanxi Capital Division is very clear, and their boundary is a Great Wall, which was built during the Taizong period to prevent the southern invasion of the Meng people. It is one of the largest projects in the Empire.

This line of defense is the clear dividing line between Shanxi Xingdu Division and Shanxi Capital Division. The original intention of building this Great Wall was to allow Shanxi to have a defensive line that could be defended by the Meng people after Shanxi Xingdu Division was captured by the Meng people. In order to prevent the Meng ancients from further moving south into the hinterland of Shanxi, posing a threat to the hinterland of Shanxi, of course, there is another effect, that is, to delay the Meng people, to buy time for the assembly of the army and the elimination of the invading Meng people.

The funny thing is that the Great Wall defense line, which was built at the cost of countless people, did not play a substantial role at the beginning of its establishment. The reason is very simple, the Meng ancients have never been able to penetrate into the Datong region, let alone extend their magic grasp to the hinterland of Shanxi.

More than 200 years after the establishment of this internal Great Wall defense line, it finally came into use. The enemy that this line of defense is dealing with today is not mainly the Meng ancients, but the Manshu people that they did not expect.

The Jingshi City battlefield in the north of the Eastern Front was the main battlefield for the Manshu Liao army to break through the border and enter the pass this time, but it did not mean that it was their only battlefield. In addition to the battlefield in the capital city of Beizhili, another large army of the Liao State broke through the border and entered the pass, parted ways with the main army, and entered the Shanxi region.

The march of this army was much easier than the main army led by Yan Shengcong himself. After the Meng people were felt in the Mobei and Chahar regions, Datong, as a border town, the pressure on national defense plummeted, and it was much easier than before.

There is no pressure naturally leads to the laxity of the border defense of Datong Town, after Wan Yanying's Liao army broke through the Great Wall defense line in the north of Datong and entered the hinterland, it played triumphantly along the way, coupled with Qiao Shaoyuan's Qiao family secretly helping the Liao army, the Liao army in Datong can be said to be like a fish in water.

In a period of more than a month, the Liao army under Yan Ying achieved brilliant results. The Liao army occupied the main cities in the area of Datong Town, and almost all the main cities in Datong Town were conquered by the Northern Liao army, among which the help of the Qiao family was great.

With the help of Qiao's family, the Liao army under Wan Yanying's command was attacking some cities in the Datong Town area, and even took them bloodlessly. The price paid is minimal.

Of course, not all the cities in Datong Town were taken by the Liao army under Yan Ying's command in the north, and Zhao Guojunming in a few cities was still holding on to their cities and defending their homes. When encountering these cities, Wan Yanying did not choose to fight to the death, but avoided these cities, did not engage in senseless entanglement with Zhao Jun, and then turned to the next target.

In addition to the assistance of the Qiao family, Wan Yanying was able to enter so smoothly, and there was another person who played an important role in it. This person is a victim in the He clan's infighting, He Shibao's chief staff: Han Zhong.

After He Shibao lost in the internal power struggle of the He family, Han Zhong, as He Shibao's chief staff, categorically could not continue to stay in the He family.

Looking up, the Liaodong region couldn't find a place for him Han Zhong. Liaodong is the territory of the four great families of Liaodong. If you offend one of them, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Liaodong.

Thinking about it, there is only one place in Liaodong that can accommodate him Han Zhong and ensure his Han Zhong's safety, and only one force will be happy to accept him. This power is the newly emerging state of Manshuliao.

Manshu Liaoguo has just entered the hinterland of eastern Liaoning, and there must be a big gap in talent. With the courage of Manshu people, it is simple for Manshu to fight the country. But how to hold the territory that has been laid down for a long time is indeed the shortcomings of the Manshu people.

If you defect to the Manshu clan, you will definitely be reused by the high-level of the Manshu Liao Kingdom, which was Han Zhong's idea at that time. Although Wanyan Shengcong is the king of barbarians, he is at least a bit of a generation of heroes, and the country of Liao is thriving. Defection to the Liao State may be a wise choice. As for the national righteousness, for a literati like Han Zhong, who is not very disciplined, these nihilistic things are naturally not as important as saving their lives.

As a Han Chinese, Chen Yankai was able to be reused by the Liao Emperor Wanyan Shengcong and became the chief assistant of the Liao State, which shows that Wanyan Shengcong does not reject the Han people. It is even possible to reuse Han Chinese. This is undoubtedly a great temptation for Han Zhong.

Therefore, after the great trend of He Shibao was gone, Han Zhong packed up the gold and silver overnight, took advantage of the cover of the night, dragged his family with his mouth, and ran to Liaoyang City to defect to Liaoguo.

Han Zhong did not have as good luck as Chen Yankai, Han Zhong was the Liao State that he defected to when he was poor and desperate. And Chen Yankai did not defect to Liao in a desperate situation in the past, but more to show his revenge.

And Han Zhong defected to Liao mainly to find a way out for himself. Moreover, the Manshu clan is no longer what it used to be, and Wanyan Shengcong will naturally not treat Han Zhong as courteously as Chen Yankai at the beginning.

After Han Zhong surrendered to Liao, Han Zhong's position was very embarrassing, and for reasons of cherishing talents, Wanyan Shengcong did not turn Han Zhong away. Liaoguo does also need talents, regardless of whether Han Zhong is talented or not, Wanyan Shengcong still left Han Zhong in Liaoyang, but did not give Han Zhong any position.

Han Zhong didn't care too much at first, after all, he had just defected to the Liao State, and Han Zhong didn't expect to defect to the Liao State just now, and Wanyan Shengcong entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. This also makes it seem that the officials of Manshu Liao are too worthless.

Anyway, he eats and drinks Liao, and there is security, he is in Liaoyang, and the people of the He family have not yet been able to reach out to Liaoyang. However, he couldn't, and Han Zhong was also happy.

It was not until the Liao army broke through the border and entered the customs that Han Zhong got his first position since defecting to the Liao State: a dispensable staff. It's still his old profession, but he has changed his master, and Han Zhong's master has changed from He Shibao to Wan Yanying. (To be continued.) )