Chapter 420: Misleading

Now in the Arab world of West Asia on the Asian continent, due to the defeat of the Seljuk Empire Sanjar, it has entered the verge of division, and Baghdad is attacked and the caliph is threatened, and its appeal has declined.

Central Asia and East Asia are now ruled by four kingdoms: the Western Xia, the Western Liao, the Jin Kingdom, and the Great Song Dynasty. After Zhao Ta ascended the throne, he relied on his powerful military force to conquer the east and west, and used economic means to win over and attack opponents, thus changing the whole situation. Now the Western Xia had surrendered and was firmly tied to the chariot of the Great Song Dynasty; Under the blow of the Song Dynasty, the powerful Jin State greatly shrank its territory, occupying the eastern and western Liaodong regions, and controlling a small number of areas in Mobei, but its influence has been seriously weakened, and it can only be called a regional power.

In the early stage of the development of Western Liao, it was the period when the Great Song Dynasty was invaded by the Jin State, and it was also the Jin State that focused its attention on the Central Plains, and had no time to look to the West to make the Western Liao develop and grow rapidly, and was able to stabilize its position and get the place of development. In the following period, the Great Song Dynasty made every effort to use troops against Jin and develop production to restore vitality, and the two countries were thousands of miles apart, although the two sides were hostile to each other, but they could still be at peace with each other, there was no conflict, and there were even commercial and trade exchanges.

However, with the completion of Zhao's internal integration, economic recovery, and the signing of the Song-Jin Peace Conference, he turned his attention to Mobei, intending to incorporate this land into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, so as to further compress Jin's sphere of influence and complete the strategic encirclement of him. And in this way. The Song would enter the traditionally controlled areas of Western Liao, and conflict would be inevitable. But Zhao Ta was before completing the war against Jin. He did not want to have a substantive conflict with Western Liao, let alone be dragged into a chaotic situation in Central and West Asia. Loss of military and financial resources.

Therefore, when Zhao Ta formulated his policy towards Western Liao, he demanded to maintain a certain degree of restraint, to do not fight the best, and to minimize the scale of the conflict when it was unavoidable, leaving room for relaxation. Yelu Dashi lost the battle for Gaochang, and he was also keenly aware of the gap between his strength and that of the Song Dynasty, and decisively ended the conflict with the Song Dynasty and formed an anti-Jin alliance with him. But now that Jerodashi is dead, things are uncertain. Failure to do so can lead to the collapse of this weak alliance.

Now that the Jin Kingdom is taking advantage of the new death of Yelu Dashi, the orphans and widows will send people to force them to surrender, and the messenger will be cut down by Xiao Ta Buyan because of disrespect, isn't it an opportunity sent by God. Zhao Ta immediately summoned his ministers to report the incident, saying that in ancient times, there was a ritual of 'soldiers are not punished for funerals', and the Jurchens were so mad that they wanted to take the opportunity to send troops to annex Western Liao. My Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette, how can I sit back and watch this kind of thing that violates benevolence and righteousness happen.

As soon as Zhao Ta's words came out, the government and the opposition all expressed great indignation. He urgently summoned the envoys of various countries in the Great Song Dynasty, claiming that if the Jin State dared to use troops against Western Liao, the Great Song Dynasty would never let it do anything and would definitely send troops to help. Crusade against the Jurchens. After the Great Song Dynasty issued a statement, he sent an envoy to the Jin State to deliver the credentials, denouncing his despicable behavior of taking advantage of the fire to loot. Warned him not to use force against Western Liao, otherwise the Great Song Dynasty would act for the heavens.

In order to show that Da Song speaks counts. It's not a joke, Zhao Ta ordered the mobilization of 20,000 troops from the Datong Town Fu Division to reinforce Dading Mansion. The state armies of Hezhong and Hedong moved towards Mobei and made a posture of a big fight. At the same time, all the farms adjacent to Jin were closed, Jin merchants were forbidden to enter the territory for trading, and the Great Song Dynasty was strictly forbidden to export grain, salt, tea, silk and other daily necessities to Jin.

Seeing the Great Song Dynasty put on such a posture, the countries were surprised and had to admire its courage at the same time, for the sake of an irrelevant country, only to uphold justice and not hesitate to use force, bear huge economic losses, feel that it is good to follow such a boss, so there was a crusade against Jin in the world, and they all learned to terminate trade with Jin like the Great Song Dynasty and imposed economic sanctions on it.

In fact, Zhao Ta knew very well that the surrender of Xiliao was just a whimsical of a man who had drunk too much wine, and even if he didn't say anything, the Jurchens would not be able to complete the expedition to Xiliao, and the result could only be swallowed and drank a few more glasses of wine, just afraid that they would forget about it completely. At the same time, he used this incident to shape the Jin State into an evil country, mislead international public opinion, consolidate the relationship with Xiliao, and separate the relations between other countries and the Jin State......

Zhao's move was indeed damaging enough, not only to isolate the country politically, but also to put its fragile finances in a difficult position due to economic sanctions. Looking at Wan Yan who was still drinking in the main hall, he was so angry that he was angry with the vultures who came to discuss the matter with illness, and he tried his best to keep the foundation of his ancestors, and he was heartbroken, and he was tired and sick. But the perpetrator was drunk like mud like a human being, and if he wanted to teach him a lesson, he might not be able to hear it.

Wushu was helpless, and he could only wipe his nephew's ass for the sake of the country and clean up the mess he left behind. But the impact of this matter is too great, and it is continuous, it cannot be completely solved with a statement, and Zhao Er, as the initiator, is not so easy to dismiss, I don't know what conditions will be proposed! But Wushu knows that this matter must be resolved as soon as possible, and he has to admit it by pinching his nose, otherwise if it continues, the economy that has just improved will face collapse again.

After consultation, Wushu first sent an envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, saying that the matter of persuading the Western Liao to surrender was just a misunderstanding, and the original intention of the Jin State to send the envoy was only to express condolences for the death of Yelu Dashi, and it was completely the envoy's own initiative to cut Han Nu's own opinions, which led to a series of unpleasant things, and they would never do anything to invade the Western Liao. Completely put the blame on the dead man, and only admitted that he was misemploying people and neglecting to overlook.

Unexpectedly, this was caught by Zhao Ta, angrily denouncing him for not being sincere at all, and the explanation was far-fetched, no one would believe that a messenger would be so bold and dare to change the holy will without authorization, this is completely their desire to cover up and confuse the public, in view of their past deeds, it is difficult to believe that the Jin State will not invade Liao, and its words and deeds should be seriously reviewed, and the people of all countries should be given a satisfactory answer, and they will never invade Western Liao.

But just when the two sides were arguing with each other, the closed field was reopened with restrictions and started to do business. Zhao understood that countries that have been at war with each other since ancient times often do not sever their economic ties, and that during war, countries trade with their enemies mainly because each side believes that such exchanges will bring benefits to them and will not threaten their economic prosperity.

Now the prosperity of the overseas trade of the Great Song Dynasty has greatly developed the shipbuilding industry, which requires a large amount of timber, and the vast forests of Liaodong can provide high-quality and low-cost timber, which has become the focus of trade between the two countries. And everyone knows that it is impossible to fight in this incident, not to mention that the conditions offered by Jin Guo are really tempting, so the quarrel is in full swing on the surface, and the business between the two countries is still booming in private, which does not prevent the Great Song Dynasty from making a lot of money from it, which can be described as fame and fortune.

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Zhao Ta's side became the arbiter, and the task force in the country of Murayi became a legend, not only did they eradicate their bandits entrenched in the desert and the contact point in Damascus, but also killed the six major castle lords including the successors of the Ismaili sect in one day, which was enough to shock the Arab world. It is a pity that these rangers disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, and now not only the country of Murayi is looking for their traces, but those who have been bullied by the country of Murayi are also looking for them, but no one knows where they are hiding, let alone have a chance to see them!

After a battle between the once-tyrannical Murayi State, Sheikh Umid's strength was still superior to them, and the civil strife was finally quelled, but they also paid a very heavy price, hundreds of elite devotees were killed in the civil strife, and more than fifty high-ranking missionaries died in mutual assassination, which can be said to have paid a great price. It was only then that the calmed people realized that they might have fallen into the trap of someone else, and that it was their orchestrated attack that led to the civil unrest.

After careful investigation and analysis, the results shocked the bigwigs of the Murayi Kingdom even more, these assassins were actually from the outside, and the surrounding countries and lords who dared to challenge their authority had already died under the dagger of Fidai. So who orchestrated this conspiracy against them? Based on the weapons used by the Assassins, they concluded that the Assassins were most likely the Eastern Empire, which was adept at using firearms.

As for why they suffered this fate, the bigwigs of the Murayi Kingdom knew that this was the revenge of the Eastern Empire for their assassination of their emperor, and they were returning blood for blood. Strangely, a month has passed since the assassination, and the Assassins have not acted again, nor have they stated their purpose. And this kind of assassination without appeal is even more terrifying, indicating that this is only the beginning of the operation, not the end.

For the first time, Umid, the ruler of the Assassin Nation, felt fear, and he knew from the preparations and methods of the other party's actions that this was a group of extremely professional Assassins, and extremely cunning, and their previous actions were to disrupt their line of sight and mislead their judgment through a series of peripheral actions, and then weaken their own strength by provoking civil strife, which many countries had not been able to do with large armies in the past, and they had not even seen the appearance of their opponents.

Think about the fact that the other party only sent such a team to toss themselves so embarrassed and hurt their vitality, and their ultimate goal is themselves without asking. Umid shuddered at the thought of this, and he regretted that he had been misled by his past successes and had recklessly sent the Assassins to the East...... (To be continued......)