Chapter Table of Contents Chapter 47 Strength
In the process of interacting with each other among China's multi-ethnic groups, due to the advanced nature of the Han nationality in culture and technology, the phenomenon of ethnic minorities learning from the Han nationality, that is, "sinicization", such as the sinicization of the Khitan and Xi in the Liao Dynasty, and the sinicization of the Bohai Sea, which had begun since the Tang Dynasty. But things can't always be one-sided, in close contact between various ethnic groups, the phenomenon of "sinicization" is often accompanied by a movement in the opposite direction, that is, the Han nationality absorbs the cultural content of ethnic minorities, thus occurring "Huhua", this phenomenon has appeared since ancient times, and has continued to later generations.
However, when the political and cultural power of the Han people is much stronger than that of other ethnic groups, the customs and beliefs of ethnic minorities that enter the life of the Han people are generally digested and evolved, and incorporated into the Han people's own cultural system, so they rarely give people a strange or unreasonable feeling. But once the Han people are at a disadvantage, these foreign things will become particularly noticeable, and the Han people who accept these things will become "Huhua" outliers in the eyes of other Han people
Although Zhao Ta has not experienced this era, his previous life has also undergone changes. In the early days of the opening, it seemed that the world of young people had changed overnight, and the streets and alleys were filled with 'glamorous sounds', young men wore floral shirts, bell bottoms, toad glasses with trademarks, and long hair, and little girls dyed yellow hair, miniskirts, high heels, and lipstick. It can also be said that it was because of the opening up, the sudden opening of the door that had been closed for many years, and the influx of external cultures, caused an unexpected change in thinking, which was called the invasion of 'Western liberalism' at the time.
Of course, these will certainly not be tolerated by parents, teachers and some scholars who have received many years of education, and they are constantly criticized, blocked, and even sniped by legal means. Later, it became the mainstream of society, and everyone was integrated into it, but instead the ideas that were in the orthodox position were scattered and gradually evolved into a new new human being that was different from any cultural system. As they have grown, they have become pioneers of fashion and have dominated the evolution of society.
Similarly, during the Song and Liao periods, due to their own mentality and cultural characteristics. The Youyun Han people are different from ethnic minorities such as the Khitan. It is different from the Han nationality under the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty, which is not fixed in favor of any one country, but has formed a self-contained interest group in the competition of various regimes in the north. The reason for this mentality. First, a large number of ethnic minorities have entered Hebei, resulting in ethnic mixing and the ethnic minorities of the local Han nationality in terms of cultural characteristics; Second, the Liao Dynasty's long-term rule over the Youyun region made it closely communicate with the Khitan people and separated from the Han people in the Central Plains for a long time; The third is that there were serious mistakes in the policy of the Northern Song Dynasty in dealing with the Youyun Han people in the middle and late periods.
The Youyun Han people of the Liao Dynasty were such an image of 'Hu Huaren'. Under the influence of ordinary ears, the Han people in the Youyun area, especially in Youzhou, have formed a fierce and martial character similar to that of the northern nomads. "His people are stoic and strange, harboring evil intentions, cunning and murderous, there is the wind of Jing Ke Prince Dan in the past, and the state of Shi Siming in An Lushan in the future", "The world refers to the river Shuo Ruoyi Diran". The courage and vigor of the Han army composed of the Han people in Youzhou and other places on the battlefield often amazed the Han people in the interior, the changes in the ethnic structure, and the frequent exchanges between ethnic groups. Gradually, the Yixia view and orthodoxy of the Youyun Han people have also changed.
As the most educated and populous ethnic group in the Liao Dynasty, they were discriminated against in politics and could not perfectly integrate into the political life of the Liao, Song, and Jin dynasties. Psychologically marginalizing them from the various ethnic groups. In the past, Confucian culture attached great importance to the "distinction between Huayi" and ethnic minorities, but in the comings and goings of the Han and ethnic minority neighbors, they no longer associate ethnic origin with the concept of legitimacy. Compared with. The criterion of "strength" is more useful than "nation" when measuring "whether it is orthodox or not".
The advantages of the Youyun Han people in terms of population, character and cultural level. As a result, it has become an isolated and important weight in northern China, not acting according to the subjective will of any regime. When they fall to a certain regime, it will give that side a great advantage in the struggle, and thus fundamentally change the balance of power in northern China. Zhao Tan saw the role of this special group in the future war, so he sent people to infiltrate the Liao State as early as the early stage of his plan to exert influence on them, and Guangfengtang was only part of the economic invasion, and now was the time to show his strength
Jiashan is located in the Mongolian Plateau, the eastern end of the Yinshan Mountain Range, and the north of the desert, which belongs to the southwest and northwest of the Liao Kingdom, and is also the only remaining Liao land in the north and south of the Yinshan Mountains that has not been captured by the Jurchens. Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi fled here, on the one hand, to take advantage of its dangerous geographical environment; On the other hand, they are trying to stay in their own land and plot to rise.
Here, Yelu Yanxi can still get the support of the border tribes, and the northwest border is the war horse reserve base of the Liao State, at this time it still has a large number of war horses, which can ensure the supply of military and civilian troops needed for its military expansion; In addition, the Yin Mountain is rich in gold, and the Liao State has set up the 'Mountain Gold Division' here to place smelting and smelting, which is an important financial income for the Liao Dynasty, and can provide financial support for it;
Yelu Yanxi wanted to rely on the Jiashan Mountain as the backing, and if he was victorious, he would drive forward, and if he was defeated, he would flee west to Western Xia. He could think of it, and the Jurchens were not stupid, so they could naturally think of it, and besides, there was a Liao Guotong Yelu Yu by their side to help the staff officer, so although the Liao army did not dare to attack rashly, in order to prevent trouble, a force was also left here to occupy Texas.
Kulun town is more than 100 miles away from Dezhou, east of a big road, this is the Yinshan Road, for the dynasties of the northern ethnic groups to go south to the Central Plains a must pass, is a part of the grassland Silk Road, Dechuan town also because of the rise of this road, become a commercial trade place. The army of the nomads did not have a logistics system at the moment, and the replenishment was all thanks to the raids, so these people also went around fighting grass valleys, and here they naturally became fat sheep in their eyes, and Zhao Yong and the Jurchens inevitably clashed.
On the third day of Zhao Yong's arrival, the Jurchens came to beg for food, and the first stop was of course not them, but went straight to the lord's mansion, who made him so magnificent, the big tent was high, and he looked like a rich and powerful lord. Although Yelu Chenguang, the lord of the Xue Te Tribe, also learned that the emperor was drunk and dreamed of death, after all, he had also practiced when he was young, and knew that the Jurchens of the Dao were nearby, so he had already taken precautions, and when he heard the alarm, he immediately led his private armor and gathered three thousand tribal troops to meet the enemy. Although the Liao people used the Han army, they were very wary of them, and the Han army was mostly an infantry army, all of which were archers, crossbowmen and swordsmen, and had nothing to do with cavalry combat. The same is certainly true of the tribal armies of the Sheter tribe.
There are really not many Jurchens coming, and there are only a thousand people, and they both know what the other party wants to do, so they don't talk nonsense, and they start fighting when they come up in formation. As soon as they fought, the high ground made a judgment, and the Jin army fought from Liaodong to the southwest, experienced countless bloody battles, and had rich combat experience. On the other hand, the Liao army is on the border, and the main defense object is the Song Dynasty, and the two countries have been fighting for a hundred years.
The Jurchens' tactics were to divide into two teams to attack in turns, and after entering the range of bows and arrows, they would shoot arrows at the Liao army, and once they found a gap, they would begin to rush into formation, and after only two rounds of attack, the formation began to loosen. The commander of the Jin army immediately found out and immediately attacked with his army, opening a breakthrough, and the two armies fell into a melee. Yelu Chenguang also hurriedly drove the cavalry to cut off the Jin army from both wings, but how could he stop it! In just a moment, less than 100 of his 500 cavalry remained, and the infantry formation was also disrupted, disintegrated, and scattered in all directions, and the Jin army then covered and killed.
Yelu Chenguang saw that the general trend had gone, and he could only lead a few cronies to flee in the wilderness, and he couldn't take care of his family, just at this critical juncture of extermination, he suddenly saw the dust and smoke billowing in front of him, and a team of knights arrived, and he knew the leader, who was his biggest creditor, Qiao Kun.
"Lord, don't panic, I'll stop the Jin soldiers, you go first!" Qiao Kun reined in his horse and let Yelu Chenguang shout.
"Shopkeeper Qiao" Yelu Chenguang's tears brushed down, and they all said that businessmen are heavy on profits, but I didn't expect that there are also people who value love and righteousness, so he shouted and saluted him and rushed over.
"Glaive!" Zhao Yong looked at the situation on the battlefield and frowned, the Liao army was defeated and fled in all directions, the Jin army was divided into several teams to chase and intercept, the two sides were mixed together, if he rushed up rashly, the situation would be even more chaotic, he looked at the order.
The flags flashed in succession, and the four battalions immediately formed a horizontal formation in the form of a glaive as a unit, and trotted forward under the command of the trumpet, and the sound of horses' hooves seemed to step on a point, although they did not engage in battle, but they also exuded a compelling momentum. The Jin army, which was chasing the remnants of the army, also quickly discovered that the situation was wrong, and immediately blew the horn to assemble the team and let go of the Liao army's rout.
It is rumored that the combat effectiveness of the Jin army is far beyond that of the Xia army, a few months ago the Xia army had sent Li Liangfu to lead 30,000 troops to save Liao, and was intercepted by the Jin army in the territory of Tiande, and the defeat was also completed Yan Hanlu and Yan Lou Room two Jin generals, more than half of the soldiers were lost, looking at the Jin army in front of him quickly formed a formation, and did not panic in the face of the sudden appearance of the enemy, obviously well-trained, and only those who have been on the battlefield for a long time can do it, Zhao Yong had to be cautious in the first battle
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