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Chapter 45: The City of Kedun

The city of Kedun is located on the banks of the Tula River in the upper reaches of the Orkhon River in modern Mongolia, in the northeast of Hadassan in Burgen Province.

Looking down from the sky, the Liao Dynasty's Kedun City was built on a hillside, the city wall was about ten meters high, the length of each side was six or seven hundred meters, and there was a large frozen river winding north not far to the east, which was the Tula River that provided water for the city.

This Liao kingdom's Kedun city, originally in the Liao Shengzong and the 22nd year, by the imperial concubine, also known as Zhenzhou - the so-called Kedun, is the Tang Dynasty Hui language in the meaning of "queen". The castle is divided into the south castle and the northern castle, which are arranged in the shape of Japanese characters. At that time, Liao Shengzong moved to Bohai, Nuzhi, and Han people's distribution families, and more than 600 households lived in Nancheng, basically all of them were artisan households. Beicheng is the felt tent of the cavalry of various tribes in Mobei under the jurisdiction of the Liao Dynasty.

Although the history of Kedun City has been called long, but its pattern is not large, not to mention compared with Bianliang and Xiangzhou, even compared with Huining in the Jin State, it is far inferior, before because of the change of the river, the city was even abandoned and abandoned by the Khitan people for a long time. It has only been reopened in recent decades, but it has not been well restored. Therefore, although the walls are very high, they are very dilapidated, and a cursory glance shows that they have not been repaired for many years. In some places, there are even collapsed gaps.

Originally designed as a military fortress, the city covers an area of less than half a square kilometer. Moreover, the northern city that accommodates the army basically has no fixed buildings, and it is a pure tent city. Only in the southern part of the city are there a few streets and alleys, some wooden or rammed earth dwellings of various colors have been built, wine shops and shops have been opened, and there are about a few hundred Han, Bohai and Khitan families living in the forest, which finally makes this place a little more prosperous.

However, in terms of the area of the entire urban area, I am afraid that it is not as good as a residential community in later generations, and the population and industry cannot be compared.

-- Due to the rise of the Jin Kingdom, the import of goods from the Central Plains was cut off, and the commerce here was also severely damaged and became extremely depressed.

However, no matter how dilapidated and poor, this is already the last city under the rule of Da Liao!

Moreover, with the pathetic productivity level of the Mobei grassland in this era, it is really unable to support a larger-scale urban civilization.

The Khitan, the once dominant overlord of the grassland, only had such a small remnant of the candle remaining.

In short, after seeing the depressed and dilapidated city of Kedun City, Wang Qiu didn't have any idea about making money from here at all.

Now, the only thing you can count on is how many reward points you can get by changing the historical fate of this Khitan remnant.

-- After a series of farce-filled exchanges, those Khitan prisoners of war who were rescued from Huining finally carried the ice coffin of Emperor Tianzuo down the floating city, and told their compatriots in Kedun City about the strange events that had happened before......

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Through the thick transparent ice coffin, looking at the lifelike remains of Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao Tianzuo, Yelu Dashi's feelings were extremely complicated.

-- No matter from which point of view, Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao Tianzuo was not a qualified emperor.

Yelu Yanxi's father was the crown prince and was supposed to succeed to the throne. It's a pity that Yelu Hongji of Liaodaozong became a traitor, and not long after Yelu Yanxi was born, his parents were killed by Liaodaozong. Liao Daozong later knew that he was wrong and killed the prince by mistake, and felt deeply guilty. So he loved this fatherless grandson very much, and wanted to make up for his mistakes, and finally left a will before his death and passed on the throne to his grandson Yelu Yanxi.

It stands to reason that it is also very reasonable and common for the throne to be passed on to the grandson, and there was no opposition from the whole country of the Liao Dynasty at that time. But the problem is that although Yelu Yanxi was already in his twenties at that time, he had no interest in governing the country and no talent. Because he has lived in pampering since he was a child, he does what he wants, and he is rigid and self-serving. After ascending the throne, he only knew that he hunted everywhere throughout the year, which made the state affairs increasingly slackened.

Although there is still a group of old ministers who are trying their best to maintain the authority of Emperor Tianzuo, they are trying to maintain the rule of the Khitan clan over the northern lands. But this Emperor Tianzuo is really unseemly, he hunts all day long, drinks and has fun, is absurd and confused, ignores the government and politics, and causes trouble everywhere. Above the court, there are gradually traitorous ministers. The people of the time commented on the clouds: "Emperor Tianzuo, drunk and addicted to music, and the birds are all deserted." Repel the loyal and good, and appoint the small group. Creatures near and far are all harshly governed. "Emperor Liao Tianzuo refused to admonish and pretend, was poor and extravagant, and was in the wandering (hunting), credit slander, discipline was lax, and people were resentful, so the Jin people took advantage of it and attacked it."

After the Jurchens rebelled and set off a great rebellion in the north, although the Khitan court was worried, they also felt that under the stimulus of life and death, Yelu Yanxi should always cheer up. But everyone never expected that when the country was in danger, he would become an even more unbearable escape emperor, only after the failure of the imperial expedition once, he no longer had the courage to face the Jin soldiers, and again and again he left hundreds of officials and the army to flee - from Shangjing to Zhongjing, from Zhongjing to Nanjing (Yanjing), and from Nanjing to Xijing (Datong), and then even to Mobei. fled again and again, and finally escaped without knowing whether he was alive or dead: the country was not dead, but the Manchu Dynasty couldn't find the emperor!

Such a cowardly and incompetent expression made the whole country drop their jaws: Is this coward a Song State Xiucai or a Khitan Khan?

I remember that when he was an official in Yanjing, Yelu Dashi once advised the Tianzuo Emperor, hoping that he would not evade his responsibilities anymore and gather all the remaining soldiers and horses in the country to fight to the death with the Jinren. Even if the army is defeated and the country is lost, it cannot disgrace the prestige of the Khitan ancestors who won the world in a hundred battles. Who knew that the emperor promised very well, and as soon as he turned around, he secretly took a group of concubines and guards to hunt somewhere.

After the disappearance of Emperor Tianzuo, the ministers of the Liao State who were still insisting on it were also desperate, running and running, descending, and the rest were all incompetent people, gathered in Yanjing City, with no dragons and scattered sand, as if they were waiting for the moment when the trees fell and scattered.

Seeing that the foundation of the Great Liao for more than 200 years was about to be destroyed in such a desperate way, Yelu Dashi had to stand up, unite with Xiao Gan, the leader of the Xi people, and Li Chuwen, the prime minister of the Han people, on behalf of the remnants of all parties in the Liao State, to support the emperor's uncle Yelu Chun as the emperor, and establish a provisional regime in Yanjing to lead the war of resistance. Faced with the north-south attack of the Song army and the Jin army, these Khitan remnants struggled for two or three years, and finally fell in defeat.

However, when Yelu Dashi finally escaped from the Jurchen prisoner of war camp and broke into the grassland with a group of soldiers and horses, he joined Yelu Yanxi. This Emperor Tianzuo actually wants to punish him for the crime of rebellion and usurpation! Although through some negotiation and intimidation, in order to avoid internal strife, Yelu Yanxi finally reluctantly pardoned Yelu Dashi, but when the conditions did not allow it at all, he did not listen to the advice and launched a comprehensive counterattack against the Jin people who were in full swing...... In the end, he was defeated, lost the last bit of military capital of the Khitans in the northwest grassland, and made himself a prisoner.

At this point, the Great Liao Empire, a big ship that had gone through 200 years of vicissitudes, fell apart and sank completely.

But the Khitan clan, who once dominated the north, are struggling to survive despite being at the end of their rope.

After that, another two or three years passed. Yelu Dashi led the last lonely army of the Khitan, trapped in the city of Kedun, and watched the strife in this world with a cold eye.

During this period, all kinds of changes in the world made them dizzying Khitans who were struggling to breathe:

The two countries of Song and Jin, who once joined hands to conquer Liao, became mortal enemies in the blink of an eye.

It took only half a year for the horseshoe of the Jin soldiers to easily cross the Yellow River and hit the prosperous and magnificent Bianliang City.

The Song army's record in Hebei and Hedong was even more dismal than that of the previous Liao State, and it almost buried the country's soldiers and horses in one year.

Then, when the Jin army marched south for the second time last autumn, until winter came and the road was blocked by heavy snow, the Khitans in Keduncheng thought that even if the Song State barely held the national capital Bianliang this time, at least half of the Central Plains would be lost...... Who knew that there was an immortal with boundless magic power, who not only attracted the heavenly fire to burn down the Jin army of the Southern Expedition, but even ploughed the court and swept the caves, ending the Jurchens' hometown, Huining, the capital of the Jin Kingdom!

-- This earth-shattering reversal made Yelu Dashi's jaw drop when he suddenly heard about it.

As a Confucian scholar who worships ghosts and gods and stays away, and a military and political strongman who has experienced countless battles, Yelu Dashi has never been too interested in cultivating immortals and worshiping Buddhas and placing his life on ghosts and gods. But now the brightly colored floating city floating overhead, the body of the Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi in front of him, and the descriptions of those Khitan compatriots who flew all the way from Huining, really couldn't allow him to deny it indiscriminately.

Therefore, he could only accept this shocking fact while regretting why such a true immortal with boundless mana could not be born in the Liao Kingdom.

Of course, for the Khitan clan, who have reached the end of their rope, this is still a great opportunity to survive.

According to the meaning of the Great Song Dynasty revealed in the words of the "real person who protects the country", the strategic goal of the Song people is at most to seize the sixteen states of Yanyun and control the northern barrier of the Central Plains Flower World. As for the cold land north of Yanshan, instead of cheapening the enemy Jurchens, it is better to let the old neighbors Khitan come back and continue to be companions...... After all, the two countries have negotiated peace for hundreds of years before, and each is accustomed to each other's existence......

However, the premise is that the Khitans still have the means to rely on their own strength to fight back to their homeland and recover their origin from the Jurchens.

In addition, the death of Emperor Tianzuo also cleared the way for Yelu Dashi's ascension to the throne, at least he no longer had to bear the stigma of "usurpation".

Yelu Dashi shook his head, drove all kinds of chaotic thoughts out of his mind, lowered his head again, and silently stared at Emperor Tianzuo's remains...... All of a sudden, all kinds of memories of his past life, as well as indescribable feelings such as sadness, sentimentality, sighing, melancholy, and so on, mixed together, stirred into a pulp, and then surged into Yelu Dashi's heart, choked in his throat, and did not know how to expel it.

-- No matter how cowardly he is, no matter how many people betray his relatives and leave until he dies, after all, this person in front of him is still the supreme leader of the Khitan clan, the ruler of hundreds of tribes in half the world, and the lord he once served wholeheartedly......

“…… Majesty, this is probably the last time I will call you like that. Although what you have done is really ashamed of the ancestors and ancestors, the sky, and the people, I don't know what face you have to see your ancestors after death, but I will still bury you with the gift of the emperor. It's just that at the moment, my Khitan clan has long been short of people and money, and I'm afraid I can't afford this funeral goods, so please forgive me. ”

He flicked the ice coffin lightly with his fingers and whispered to himself, "...... However, please rest assured. The country that has been corrupted by you will be re-cleaned by me; The kingdom that you have severed will be restored by me; The capital that you have abandoned will be recaptured by me...... Go ahead with peace of mind! ”

After whispering here, Yelu Dashi took one last look at the ice coffin, then turned to leave, and at the same time commanded the guards outside the door in a loud voice:

“…… Herald! The whole city celebrated, feasted, and entertained the distinguished guests of Song Guolai in the most enthusiastic way! ”

At the same time, Wang Qiu stood on the castle tower of the Japanese-style floating city, looking at the handwriting displayed in the "Book of Traveling", with a thoughtful expression.

“…… Change the fate of Yelu Dashi and the Khitan clan, the founder of the Western Liao Dynasty, and get 15oo reward points. ”

- 5,000 points short of the total score of the "End Game" of 50,000 bonus points......