"Time is not waiting for me, ten years is too short, seize the day!"

Zhao Pu sighed.

At this time, a series of policies of foreign expansion had been launched, and the government machinery was in motion, and a powerful fighting force had erupted. At this moment, some people may not realize it, but in the near future, it will change the course of the entire Great Song Dynasty and affect the development process of several generations.

Historically, the Han and Tang dynasties were aggressive. The Han Dynasty opened up the Hexi Corridor, the Hetao Plain, and the Western Regions; In the Tang Dynasty, it opened up the Northeast and Tibet.

In the Song Dynasty, it began to be conservative, attaching importance to internal strife and internal friction, and despising external development, and the living space was extremely compressed.

And the external development, mostly in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, mostly in the founding emperor, only then did the capital to develop. In the middle and later stages, it focused on the internal and was unable to develop externally.

He was the central lord of the Song Dynasty, and during his reign, he held great power, and the imperial power was the most powerful, and he had enough strength to suppress the opposition of all parties, expand the Song Dynasty's living space, and consolidate its territory. And once he dies, the imperial power will inevitably weaken, the vassal power will inevitably be strengthened, and the Song Dynasty will inevitably turn from the outside to the inside.

While he is alive and in power, it is the best time for external expansion.

Once you miss this opportunity, you will regret it for thousands of years.

What needs to be done, he has done, the wheels of external expansion have rolled forward, and he just needs to sit on the sidelines, so that the wheels do not deviate from the track.

It's a long process that can take decades, even hundreds of years, and it takes generations of effort to reap the fruit.

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Expand overseas in Zhao Pu. when expanding outward; In the Western Regions, the Western Liao army was also expanding outward

Jin Guo adhered to the strategy of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, and pursued and killed Yelu Dashi. Never die. However, after many years of fighting, the Jin army has long been old and tired, and the battle damage is serious, and it has long lost its former strength.

The Western Liao Army, mostly composed of the remnants of the Liao Army, experienced bloody battles and defeats. The incompetent, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, the waste scum. It has long been eliminated by the war and turned into a dead man. And those who survived were all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and they were all elites.

Remnants of the Liao army. Under the leadership of Jerodashi. fled to the Western Regions, and when the Jin army moved south and invaded the Song Dynasty, he gained a firm foothold in the Western Regions.

He began to recuperate, accumulate civilian strength, and train the army.

The Ryudashi regime decided to develop westward first, expand its territory, and establish a stronger material foundation. Then come to destroy the Jin Dynasty and recover the Liao State. February 22, 1130. In accordance with the tradition of the Khitan people, Yelu Dashi killed the green ox and white horse to sacrifice to the heavens and the earth, the ancestors, and traveled westward. The expedition to the west began, and the Qarakhanid dynasty fought fiercely, and it was the Uighur kingdom of Gaochang that surrendered, making it a vassal.

After leading the army over the Tianshan Mountains, Yelu Dashi advanced westward. Ahmad Khan of the Eastern Qarakhanid dynasty gathered his army to resist. Yelu Dashi's army was routed and retreated to the Uighur kingdom of Gaochang. This time, however, the Uighur king Bilgo did not greet him, but instead covered up and pursued him, capturing the generals of Jerodashi, such as Sabal, Diri, and Tudie.

This time, he rushed out of the army, and he was defeated, and he almost lost his pants.

Later, after Yelu Dashi led the defeated soldiers back to Yemili, he accepted the lessons of this expedition and continued to "raise troops and wait for the time to move".

After learning that Yelu Dashi led the main army to the west, the northwest front of the Jin Dynasty quickly received information. The Jin army attacked the city of Kedun in the north, but ended in failure because of the obstruction of the desert.

The Western Liao Army won a big victory!

Defeated the attack of the Jin army on the eastern front, achieved a great victory, and although the Qarakhanid Dynasty suffered a crushing defeat in the west, it adjusted its policy in time and rested with the people, and won the support of the local Turkic tribes, the number of households reached 40,000, and the territory was unprecedentedly expanded, starting from the Tuwushu River (now the Tula River) in the east and reaching the Yemiri River in the west. On February 5, 1132, Yelu Dashi, with the support of hundreds of civil and military officials, ascended the throne and became emperor in Yemili City. The name Juer Khan (or translated as Gul Khan) means "Great Khan" or "Khan of Khan" in Turkic. The ministers also went to the Han Zun "Emperor of Tianzhi", and Jianyuan "Yanqing". At this point, the establishment of the Western Liao Dynasty was completed.

After Yelu Dashi became emperor, he began to expand on a large scale. Within ten years, it had annexed the Uighur kingdom of Gaochang, the Eastern Qarakhanid Dynasty, the Western Qarakhanid Dynasty, and the Khorezm Kingdom, as well as the Khamli Division, to build a vast empire.

Later, Yelu Dashi led 70,000 cavalry to the east to conquer the Jin Kingdom, and the troops held a swearing-in meeting, and sacrificed to the sky with green oxen and white horses. However, the troops of the Eastern Expedition "traveled thousands of miles, gained nothing, died many cattle and horses, and returned with troops."

This crusade of the Western Liao once again attracted the attention of the Jin dynasty.

The Jin army began to counterattack, and after the army entered the desert, it was attacked many times by the ambushes of Western Liao, and the battle was fierce for three days and nights, and the victory was not divided. The Jin army was cut off from food and grass, and many men and horses froze to death. The deputy general Wai Jiade was originally a Khitan, and when he learned that his father, brother and wife were in the Western Liao army, he led his subordinates to revolt. The Jin army was defeated by the Western Liao army and the rebel army.

A series of victories allowed the Western Liao regime to be consolidated.

Yelu Dashi has also become the master of Zhongxing!

At this time, Jerodashi was receiving the returning messenger.

"What, the emperor of the Song Dynasty wants to go on a northern expedition?" Yelu Dashi was surprised, "This can't be a joke! ”

The Song Dynasty thought about the Northern Expedition, and our Liao Army also thought about the Eastern Expedition, both of which wanted to destroy the Jin State. It's just that dreams are beautiful, and reality is cruel. The Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty, a fierce battle from south to north, needed to be on the plain, and the Jin army in the field, which was fatal to the Song army with young horses, and the Northern Expedition was a big defeat if it was not careful.

And the Liao army also wanted to go east, but the road to the east was too difficult, and the long desert was like a natural barrier, hindering the Jin army's attack and blocking the dream of the Western Liao army's eastward crusade.

The so-called restoration of the old soil is just talking, if you really play it, you are stupid!

The so-called Eastern Crusade is more to unite people's hearts, and if the Eastern Crusade is really played, the weak national strength of Yixi Liao will not be able to support it at all.

The envoy of the Western Liao said: "The emperor of the Song Dynasty, the determination of the Northern Expedition is very firm, and the Song Dynasty has the strength to go on the Northern Expedition. Not long ago, the Song army went on a northern expedition and attacked from four directions, but only one was defeated. Three of them were big wins......"

As he spoke, the envoys of the Western Liao began to tell the news they had received from the Song Dynasty to the Emperor of the Western Liao.

The focus is on the scene of the first Northern Expedition, when the Song army pointed directly to Liaodong, went deep into the endoscope, and wreaked havoc.

After hearing this, Yelu Dashi was speechless for a long time, constantly digesting the information.

"What kind of person is the emperor of the Song Dynasty?" Yelu Dashi asked.

"Comparable to the First Emperor, comparable to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!" The envoy of Western Liao said, "The Song Dynasty will go on a northern expedition, and the outcome is unknown, but if the Jin army wants to repel the attack of the Song Dynasty, it will inevitably have to pay a heavy price, and even be in danger of losing the country!" ”

"Your Majesty, now the Liao and Song Dynasty have formed an alliance again, but the alliance is very fragile. Once the Northern Expedition of the Song Army succeeded, it would sweep the world at that time, and it would inevitably restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties again, and the Western Regions would inevitably be dangerous at that time. The Song Dynasty, which had freed up its energy, would not tolerate the existence of our Western Liao. By the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly? ”

The envoy of Western Liao was very worried.

That Emperor of the Song Dynasty is very dangerous and terrifying!

Some emperors have thoughts, but they don't have the ability; And some emperors have the ability, but they don't have the mind.

And this emperor of the Song Dynasty has both ability and thought, ruthless methods, decisive action, and determination, and will never look back. As the saying goes, if you don't hit the south wall, you won't look back, and if you hit the south wall, you won't look back, you have to use your head to break the wall alive.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty said that he would rather lose a hundred battles than lose a war.

As soon as the war opens, it is not three or five years that can be ended!

One bad thing is the war of annihilation!

"Then what should I do with Da Liao?" Yelu Dashi asked, more like asking himself.

"The Western Regions are barren, no matter how they develop to the west, the land is limited, the population is limited, and the only way out is to continue to expand to the east. The Great War of Song and Jin may be fiercely fought for several years, or even more than ten years, to determine the victory or defeat, and the Liao State just took the opportunity to go south to the Hexi Corridor and invade Western Xia! ”

The envoy of Western Liao said.

"If you occupy Western Xia, whether it is to invade Liao to the west or confront the Song Dynasty at that time, you will have the capital! At that time, retreat can become a three-legged trend; You can restore the old soil of Daliao!

"Xixia, is it difficult to deal with?" Yelu Stone Road.

"Western Xia is not easy to deal with, but the Jin State and Song Dynasty are even more difficult to deal with. If there is even a small Western Xia, it can't be destroyed. How can our dynasty compete with the Jin State and fight with the Song Dynasty! The envoy of Xiliao said.

No matter how good the strategy is, it also needs a strong military force and a strong national strength to support it, otherwise it is just a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water.

The land in the Western Regions is barren and the population is sparse, and it is difficult to support the great cause of the Eastern Crusade. Only by going south first, destroying the Western Xia, and accumulating national strength step by step, can it be possible to confront the Song and Jin. At this time, if even a small Western Xia can't be destroyed, how can he be qualified to participate in the Song-Jin confrontation?

Western Xia is a threshold for the rise of Western Liao.

If you can't cross this threshold, everything is empty.

The envoy of Western Liao said: "Back then, when the Song and Jin were at war, the Western Xia took advantage of the fire to loot and occupied the land of the Song Dynasty for thousands of miles. You can unite with the Song Dynasty and destroy the Western Xia together! ”

Yelu Dashi nodded: "Time will not wait for me!" Rectify the soldiers and horses, and conquer Western Xia! (To be continued......)