Chapter 16: The Soldiers Arrive in Xijing

The cold wind blew, and suddenly a small white and light snowflake fell from the window beside her, turned an elegant arc, and slowly fell, stopping on the tip of Su Mi's nose.

The cool feeling made Su Mi come back to her senses, and then another warmth covered her, she looked at her in a daze, it was he who leaned over and approached her.

Feeling the temperature of his proximity, Su Mi only felt her heart beating wildly uncontrollably, and she felt as if she had fallen into a fog, wanting to say something to shatter the awkward atmosphere, but her whole body was stiff and unable to move.

In confusion, he just stretched out his hand and gently brushed away the frost for her.

Su Mi was finally relieved, but she was vaguely in a trance. She turned her head to look out as if she was evading, and at what point the moon, obscured by the heavy clouds, had poked its head out, and the cold and light moonlight was falling. Shining on the white snow, it reflects a misty silver light.

There were still snowflakes falling, but they were much smaller than just now. The clouds have also lifted.

"The snow is stopping. Su Mi sighed lightly.

Not when, Ni Tingxuan stood beside her, and the two stood side by side in front of the window, looking at the snowy moonlight all over the ground.

It's already snowing in the capital, right? What will be the difference between what you see in this simple earth city and what you see in Qionglou Yuyu and the Nine-Fold Palace?

In the vast sky, honor and disgrace rise and fall. Joys and sorrows, unchanged, as if there is only this round of crescent moon.

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In order to speed up the march, Ni Tingxuan and the generals led the cavalry to take the first step, and now that the Liao country is empty, it is a good time to take advantage of the weakness, and the speed must be fast. Before the Liao army encircled and returned to help, he went directly to Xijing. to achieve the greatest results.

The axle weight grain and grass in the rear must not be able to keep up with the speed of travel, so they simply left a team of men and horses to protect and move forward slowly. Su Mi followed and stayed in the Axis Heavy Camp.

After attacking the territory of the Liao, the march continued, and although the marching speed of the Axis Heavy Battalion was slow, fortunately, the news from the front was transmitted by Tanma at any time. The Medic's camp was the safest of the heavily guarded camps in the rear, and the soldiers who left behind the guards were elite. Among them, several soldiers were guarding Su Mi's side at any time without notice, and for her special care, Su Mi naturally knew that it was Ni Tingxuan who left behind to protect her.

More than ten days have passed, and they have gone deeper and deeper on the prairie, and to Su Mi's surprise, they can only occasionally see the villages and tribes that have been broken along the way, and the place where the army marches can almost be called unimpeded.

She knew that the Liao State was a regime established by the nomadic people of the steppe. Hundreds of years ago. The whole grassland is full of forces, Khitan, Rage, Diera and other tribes are numerous, fighting with each other endlessly, often taking advantage of the weakness of the Central Plains to invade, but none of them have successfully established a country.

Until more than a hundred years ago, it was unified by the Khitan tribe. At that time, the Central Plains was a state of strife, and there was chaos, and they took the opportunity to wave their troops south, which was unstoppable, and stirred up the Central Plains, which was already full of wars. And established a regime in the Central Plains, and the country name was "Liao".

Unfortunately, such a strong regime was only a flash in the pan. Immediately after that, there was a stunning figure in the Central Plains, that is, Emperor Wu of Liang that year, who led the elite soldiers established by himself, and after several major battles, led the army to drive the Liao people out of the Central Plains. It ended this short-lived Hu regime that had been based in the north for less than twenty years. Establish a century-long foundation of the beam.

Although the strength of the Liao people was greatly damaged, they withdrew from the Central Plains. However, they were strong and strong, and their iron horses were excellent, and it was difficult for anyone in the world to compete with them, and after that, they watched the Central Plains from time to time and tried to invade the south. At that time, after the death of Emperor Wu of Liang, the north fell into a situation of competing for the deer, and the national strength of all countries, including Liang, was weakening day by day, and they had to negotiate peace with the Liao people and offer beautiful women and wealth in order to protect themselves. In the early years of the establishment of the Qi State, it was also pro-Liao State, but it was not until the great increase in national strength in recent decades and the instability of the Liao State that it gradually gained the upper hand.

After the Liao people retreated to the grassland, in accordance with the customs of the Central Plains, they established the national capital, called Xijing. The royal family and nobles are all living in it.

The expeditionary force was defeated along the way, and it can be seen that the domestic garrison of Liao was simply empty, and the cavalry of all parts of the country was drawn out to participate in the war in the south, and the troops were scarce.

The Liao army went south with confidence, presumably thinking that Ni Yuan was going to use the soldiers and horses of Yongzhou to save his life, who knew that Ni Yuan had such courage to order the last hole card to go north, abandon his own safety, and gamble everything to seek the final victory?

Few of the tribes he met resisted desperately, most of them were defeated and retreated when they saw that they were invincible, and there were those who knew that they were weak and simply did not even resist, and fled directly with the cattle and sheep population, Ni Tingxuan did not pursue, as long as he did not block his way, he turned a blind eye and continued to move forward.

The most strange thing for Su Mi was that when Ni Tingxuan led most of the forwards to leave, no one came to attack and loot the heavy grain and grass of the whole army.

Su Mi sat on the slowly moving car, looking into the distance intently, she thought of the conversation with Ni Tingxuan a few days ago.

This surprise lingered in Su Mi's heart for several days, and finally when the soldiers and horses were repaired and the two armies converged. Su Mi couldn't help but ask him: "Aren't you afraid that these people will unite behind you and form an encirclement." ”

"These Hu people won't get in the way of our affairs, so why bother to kill them all?" Ni Tingxuan said with a smile.

Su Mi raised his head slightly and looked at him suspiciously, "There are very few people on the battlefield who have a benevolent heart like you. ”

"I'm not benevolent," Ni Tingxuan's face was hot when she looked at her, and said with a smile: "Along the way, how many of these tribes have stepped forward to resist?" ”

"At this time, they saw that the expeditionary force was strong, so they naturally didn't dare to resist, but what if we arrived in the capital and fought with the Liao army?"

"It's not because they're afraid that they don't resist," Ni explained. Even if they know that they can't compare, they often rush forward to kill, for them, it is an honor to die in battle, this time they don't resist, because most of them have the psychology of watching the excitement. ”

"The centripetal force of the grassland peoples is far less than that of the Han people in the Central Plains. They have many ethnic groups, each with its own patriarch, who oversees the affairs of a clan, and the power and prestige of the patriarch in the tribe is even greater than that of the Liao emperor. In peacetime, the Liao army is strong, and the various tribes are naturally willing to surrender, but after so many years, the current power of the Liao Dynasty is controlled by Yeluxin, who exploits the tribes very much, and some people on the grassland have long secretly disobeyed him. It's just that because of the force of the Liao army, they don't dare to have different intentions. As long as we can defeat the main force of the Liao State this time, there will inevitably be civil strife in its country, and then it will be self-defeating. ”

Su Mi pondered for a moment, looked at Ni Tingxuan's confident expression, and suddenly understood, "Your Ni family usually has contact with these weak tribes, right?" ”

Ni Tingxuan looked at her, a look of appreciation obviously flashed in his eyes, he turned his head to look into the distance and said, "At the beginning, my father asked our Ni family to take care of these tribes when we usually run our business, and not to deceive and oppress the Hu people at will. Even in the year of famine, he gave them some grain and grass. Over the years, our Ni family's faith here is very good, and the relationship with the tribes is also good. ”

"Emperor Liao Yun, who is now reigning in the Liao State, only knows that he is addicted to wine, ignores political affairs, and the overall power is Yeluxin, the auxiliary king of the Southern Court, who has a violent temperament, greed and murder, and over the years, the oppression of various tribes has been heavy year by year. So ......" Ni Tingxuan's later words did not explain, and Su Mi could also imagine it.

The long-term oppression has made the various tribes on the grassland already dissatisfied with the nobles of Xijing, but the Khitan tribe is strong and strong, and no one can match it in the entire grassland, and Yeluxin is brave and invincible, and openly challenging the authority of Xijing is tantamount to death.

They need a chance and a reason to keep them together.

And Ni Yuan just provided such an opportunity and reason.

This time, there is no need for them to do it directly, there is no need to spend a single soldier on their side, as long as they stand by their side, the Ni family succeeded, the strength of the Khitan tribe was greatly damaged, and the shackles that pressed on their heads were naturally untied, and the Ni family failed, and they could not be damaged at all. Whatever the final outcome, it's good for them, so why not?

She smiled unnaturally, how clever Ni Yuan's trick was, slowly sowing the seeds, forming kindness, watering at any time, waiting for the opportunity, and finally the day of the final harvest. What else did he not think of about the plan of this world? Such thoughtfulness, such a rainy day......

If it was said that it was still a failure in the end, even Su Mi couldn't help but sympathize with him.

Su Mi was looking at the grass in the distance intently, when the sound of horses' hooves from ahead interrupted her thoughts.

Messengers were ordered to bring urgent news.

After nearly a month of rapid marching, the vanguard subordinates had arrived in Xijing and began to siege the city。.。

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