As the harassment of the Great Liao disappeared in winter, the cavalry and cavalry of the Great Song Border Army entered a state of readiness. The whole border seems to be surprisingly quiet, but as many people know, it was just the calm before the war.

The Great Song side was busy deploying troops, and the Great Liao side was also not idle. The messenger representing the royal family began to travel to the various tribes in the rear of the Great Liao, hoping that they would come to the aid of the Great Liao when the great war came.

If Da Liao loses the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, then the lives of these tribes will also be changed. Once upon a time, didn't the cavalry of the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty crisscross their area and force them to a barren land?

No one would have thought that Yelu Hongji, the emperor of the Great Liao, would use the possibility of the Great Song Dynasty to start a war as an opportunity to gather power. It is only under external pressure that these tribes, which have always been in flux, will truly converge under his banner.

Compared with the supremacy of imperial power in the Great Song Dynasty, the majesty of the Great Liao Emperor is more effective in those big cities. If you get to those nomadic tribes in the rear, many large nomadic tribal leaders don't take the emperor very seriously.

Yelu Hongji can be the emperor, and he also needs the support of these tribal leaders. If he wants to gather a large army, he also needs the support of these clan leaders, so that their clan's cavalry can be dispatched.

If there is no consent of the tribal leader, even if he is the head of a country, he will not want to mobilize a single soldier of some large tribes. This sounds a little incredible, but it is indeed the current situation of the existence of Daliao.

The rebellious minister who had already occupied western Liaoxi also gathered many Great Liao tribes who rebelled against his rule. Although Yelu Hongji had the strength to eliminate them, he didn't want the two tigers to fight, so he let the big Song on the side pick up the cheap.

Once this situation really arises, neither he nor that cousin, or even the entire Great Liao will cease to exist. It is with this situation in mind. Yelu Hongji has always used the method of wooing forbearance to preserve the strength of Da Liao.

At present, since the Great Song Dynasty is about to attack, it is normal for him, as the emperor, to summon the cavalry of various tribes to participate in the battle. These tribal leaders, if they don't want to be conquered by the Great Song. The only way to cooperate with the royal family's deployment.

Even the cousin who killed his son and mother and concubine at the beginning, and finally managed to escape to Liaoxi. He also sent a secret letter, telling him to unite sincerely against this war.

The national war is not fought by one family, but by the foundation of the entire country. If you lose a war, you may lose the whole country. Without the blessing of Da Liao, what about the royal dignity of their Yelu family?

Cho Hyo-seok in the Ryukyus. Looking at the information that Bu Yige kept sending, he also sighed that Yelu Hongji really deserved to be an old fox. Such a crisis can allow him to find opportunities to benefit from it.

In response to this situation, Zhao Xiaoxi quickly ordered: "Zhao Da, order to carry out an assassination operation during this time in the secret camp of the Liao State. The chosen target of assassination is the leader or heir of each tribe.

Can succeed one counts one, in addition will this news. Posted on the rivers and lakes. Tell those masters of the rivers and lakes to tear each other apart in the Central Plains. It's better to go around Liao. Assassinate a tribal leader, and the king will reward him with a thousand taels of gold. ”

Zhao Xiaoxi, who felt that he couldn't make Yelu Hongji feel better, could think of a way to sabotage his strategy of combining vertical and horizontal in winter. Anyway, for him, there is really no shortage of money for the time being. And on the rivers and lakes, there are also many outlaws who are greedy for money.

Zhao Da heard the news. The order was quickly given. It didn't take long for a decree to kill Hu circulated in the rivers and lakes. Although the order to kill Hu issued this time was only aimed at the leaders and children of the various tribes of Daliao.

But for many Jianghu people, the reward of 1,000 taels of gold is indeed very tempting. In addition to this, the direct descendants of those tribal leaders. There is also a corresponding price, even if the people of the royal family have it.

What's more, Yelu Hongji, the Great Liao Emperor, was also priced at 50,000 taels of gold. It's just that many people in the rivers and lakes know that the 50,000 taels are not easy to take. But those civil and military officials in Daliao can give it a try.

As this news spread on the rivers and lakes, more and more people in the rivers and lakes wanted to earn a bounty that was enough for a lifetime. Regardless of the cold weather, they flocked to the northwest border one after another, and infiltrated the cities of Daliao with the help of Wuwei.

Soon, in all the cities of Daliao, there were assassinations of generals and ministers. And the Jianghu people who succeeded, even if they didn't come back alive, their families could also get the corresponding bounty.

Despite this killing order, I don't know who issued it. But some people who were watching saw that someone finally got the bounty. Even the Jianghu people who succeeded in assassination but unfortunately died can also get the corresponding bounty.

Those people from the rivers and lakes who stayed in the cities of the Northern Song Dynasty in the Western Song Dynasty were even more surging. For a time, the entire Daliao cities were all in the wind. Even in the imperial city of Liao, there were ministers and armed men who were assassinated on the street.

Faced with the situation in various cities, Yelu Hongji naturally knew that this was the beginning of the Great Song Dynasty. Compared with the martial arts people of the Liao State, the martial arts people in the Central Plains undoubtedly have higher martial arts and more personnel.

Among the sixteen states of Yanyun under their rule, there are countless Han people living there. Infiltrate some Assassins, and they won't be able to detect them at all. If they arrest people indiscriminately, they don't need the Great Song soldiers to come to the city, and their city will be in civil strife.

Although Zhao Xiaoxi continued to issue bounties, for Da Liao, the death of every official, as well as the death of some tribal leaders, made the originally orderly strategy of vertical and horizontal also unpredictable and repeated.

The sudden death of such a tribal leader would inevitably lead to a vacuum in the power of the clan. Any tribal magnate who wants to get their hands on this position wants to be the leader. At such a time, they naturally ignored the emperor's call.

Zhao Xu, who was also paying attention to the preparation for the war, learned about what had happened in Da Liao recently. It is also clear that the people who can drive these Jianghu people with profit are afraid that the cousin who is far away in Qiongzhou will do it.

From this point, it can be seen that he was preparing to attack Da Liao, but in the end he couldn't hide it from Zhao Xiaoxi. It's just that seeing that Zhao Xiaoxi can secretly fund and recruit these people from the rivers and lakes for him, Zhao Xu is still somewhat satisfied.

However, as the emperor, he quickly said: "Spread my will, and the imperial court will also give corresponding rewards to the heroes of the rivers and lakes who went to Daliao to assassinate this time." Even those who have made great contributions will be given the right not to worship the sword! ”

money, as an emperor, he also has to envy Zhao Xiaoxi's wealth. But he is the emperor, and he also knows that these people are greedy for fame in addition to money. I believe that when this emperor list is posted, the people in the Central Plains will be tempted!

For a long time, the people of Jianghu have considered themselves to be outside the government. But they are still quite in awe of the imperial power. After all, no people in the rivers and lakes came out of nowhere, they also have families and homeland.

If they can receive this kind of gift, it will undoubtedly be an honor for them. When they return to their hometown in the future, holding this honor is enough to make them heroes in the hearts of their hometowns!

As a result, accompanied by Zhao Xu, on the basis of the reward for killing Hu Ling, there was another famous temptation. Many Jianghu people who are not short of money, but have a good reputation, have also joined the army of killing Hu.

As a result, the northwest, which was originally sparsely populated in winter. This year's winter is getting busier and busier, and hotels and restaurants in various cities are in an endless stream of people from all walks of life.

Even with the posting of the emperor's list, those rivers and lakes in their own sects also began to send their own disciples to the northwest to participate in the killing of Hu Ling. While honing his martial arts, he also won some honors for the sect.

As for the beggar disciples who have cooperated a lot with the imperial court, they have been in frequent contact during this time. Some masters with more than six bags of disciples gathered in the northwest to join in this mighty killing order.

In the face of the swarming Central Plains martial arts masters, the Liao State also had a headache. Even some cities, fearing the assassination of the Jianghu people, began to prohibit people from entering and leaving freely.

In this way, although it can effectively prevent the penetration of punctures. But in the same way, the people who live in the city also feel very unhappy. The national antagonism that existed in the first place soon arose from this.

Some of the children of the Liao nobles who had been assassinated and their elders were assassinated, and when they could not find the assassins, they began to trouble the Han people in the city. Many young Han children in the city were innocently killed or imprisoned.

With the passage of time, in some cities with relatively large Han populations, the situation of official coercion and rebellion against the people began to occur one after another. Even if the Liao army finally suppressed it, for the Han people living here, it aroused anger in their hearts.

In the face of this situation, many Han ministers of the Liao State gathered in the palace and prayed for Yelu Hongji to issue an order not to shoot these Han people at will. But Yelu Hongji felt that he was still a Khitan after all, and he had to think about the Khitans.

As a result, even some Hanchen, who were originally optimistic about the Liao State, began to realize this national antagonism. It finally broke out at this moment, and then the consequences would be absolutely fatal to Da Liao.

Although the army of Liao is now more in the hands of Liao generals. But among the Liao army, many of the officers and soldiers of the city defense army are Han Chinese. In this case, how could they give their lives to the Liao State?

In the winter of Liao, when the killing order seemed to become extremely cold, many Han people living in the city began to move out of the city one after another, not wanting to be killed in the city for no reason.

Looking at more and more Han people leaving, these nobles and officials of the Liao State are the real meaning. If there were no Han people in the city, what would they be?

But in the face of the Han people who wanted to leave, they either killed or forced them to stay. Whether it is the former or the latter, the rift between them and the Han people in the city has already arisen, and if they want to restore the harmonious relationship they had before, I am afraid that it is not very possible! (To be continued......)