The mountains and rivers on both sides of the Yellow River and the North River are now covered with a layer of early autumn colors. The forests are all dyed, the sky is high and the clouds are pale.
Such a beautiful autumn day and such an open world are just the right time for a father-recognition ceremony that will go down in history.
On both sides of the Yellow River and the North River, the Song army brought by Zhao Kai and the Liao army led by Yelu Dashi and Xiao Heda lined up ten miles away along the river!
Countless warriors from the Song and Liao countries lined up and looked at each other. Everyone was neatly dressed and stood straight with weapons, showing their best military posture, waiting for their heroes to come for review.
On the east side of the army columns of the two countries is the pontoon bridge between the northern and southern cities of Wu Lahai. This pontoon bridge was set on fire by the Jin soldiers in the previous battles between the Song and Jin Dynasties, and now it has been rebuilt. Zhao Kai, an official of the Song Dynasty, and Yelu Dashi, the regent of the Liao Dynasty, were standing on the pontoon bridge and discussing world affairs face to face!
This "Bridge Alliance" was arranged by Yelu Yu Jian for Zhao Kai and Yelu Dashi - Yu Jian knew that Zhao Kai was a fan of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and imitated the Tian Khan in everything, so he arranged a match between him and Yelu Dashi. "Bridge Alliance".
It's the same "Bridge Alliance", but this time it's a real alliance... Even if Zhao Kai coerces Yelu Dashi to confer him the title of Supreme Emperor of Liao Dynasty, it will not affect the current friendly relationship between the two parties.
To paraphrase later generations, Song and Liao are now in the honeymoon period!
No matter how you look at it, you feel that the other party is pleasing to the eye... In the eyes of the Song soldiers and generals on the north and south banks of the Yellow River, those standing opposite are all "filial sons". Daliao is now the "son country" of the Song Dynasty!
Daliao, who had bullied the Song Dynasty for so many years, is still the son of the Song Dynasty. How can it not make people feel angry and raise their eyebrows?
And with Daliao as a "good son", the Jurchens will soon be attacked from both sides... Recovering the lost land in Hebei and the sixteen states of Yanyun should be just around the corner!
In the eyes of the Khitan people on the bank of the North River of the Yellow River, the "father of the Emperor of Liao" on the Immediate Bridge looked very kind from a distance... He gave Daliao so much silk, tea, Iron tools, bombing pots and gunpowder were also given!
You know Yelu Yanxi’s father well!
Moreover, Yelu Yanxi is now being held captive by a gold thief and is probably about to die, while his sons seem to be dead. So after Yelu Yanxi's death, whether Zhao Kai's Daliao Emperor can continue to work depends on the situation... If Daliao has already destroyed the Jurchens by then, and restored the Shangjing Road and Zhongjing Road and the territory of Tokyo Road, then the "father-son love" between Song and Liao would come to an end. Daliao only has eternal interests, but no eternal godfather!
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"Guan, our Daliao is not a country where the emperor's sacred heart is arbitrary, but a country where the leaders of the seven states and eighteen tribes rule together. The regent I have chosen is jointly elected by the seven states and eighteen tribes... I return. After Mobei, the leaders of the seven states and eighteen tribes will be summoned again to elect the official as the Supreme Emperor of the Liao Dynasty. With the wealth bestowed by the official, the leaders of the seven states and eighteen tribes will definitely agree. As long as they and their ministers Let’s put it together, no matter whether the emperor of Dongshou agrees or not, you are the supreme emperor of Daliao!”
On the bridge, Yelu Dashi, the regent of Daliao, was explaining to Zhao Kai the procedures for becoming Yelu Yanxi's father. By the way, he also introduced to Zhao Kai the current political system of Daliao... Today's Daliao is no longer a country where the emperor and I have the final say, but has returned to a state of tribal alliance and military democracy.
This kind of tribal alliance and military democracy are certainly not what Yelu Dashi wants, but he only brought 200 followers across the desert to Ketun City six years ago. His strength is not as good as any of the Eighteen Parts in Mobei. The only thing he can rely on is his reputation in the defense of Yanjing and his personal charm. Only then could the leaders of the seven states and eighteen tribes be convened to hold a political meeting and become the regent.
Moreover, becoming the regent does not mean that Yelu Dashi really has great power and can be said to be true.
Although Mobei could provide Dashi with some warriors, it could not bring in much wealth... So Dashi could only rely on his personal charm and prestige to unite a group of people who wanted to restore the Liao Dynasty. However, he was unable to support an army loyal to him personally, nor could he give corresponding rewards to those who supported him.
Therefore, the current Yelu Dashi is not the centralized monarch of Mobei, but just the leader of a tribal alliance.
After receiving a yearly support of 500,000 yuan from Zhao Kai, he could move closer to the centralized monarch... Unfortunately, Zhao Kai only promised to support him for five years now. Can he continue after five years? When you get funding, it all depends on your performance!
Of course, he would not dare to think about destroying the Jin Dynasty in five years... Daliao did not have such strength, and Zhao Kai's half of the Song Dynasty could not have such strength.
So Dashi's current thoughts are just to use these five years to secure his position as the King of Mobei, expand his base as much as possible, and at the same time bring more Mobei tribes under his banner... Of course, Liao The country’s old capital, Shangjing, must also be recovered!
Only by taking over the fertile grasslands and arable land around Linhuang Mansion can Dashi develop the reopened Daliao into a force that can play an important role in the war between Song and Jin Dynasties. By then, he will no longer be afraid of not getting money.
As for asking who wants money, we can only take it one step at a time... Maybe at some point, Daliao will make peace with its mortal enemy Jurchenyan and fight against the swelling Song Dynasty together!
Just when Yelu Dashi was thinking about where to go in the future, Zhao Kai had already said with a smile: "Dashi, I will leave all the matters in the north to you! I hope that within three years, you Khitan people can do a good job in the large-scale eastward movement." Preparations for the expedition... When the Khitan marches to Linhuang Mansion in Beijing, and the Song Dynasty attacks the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun in the north, it will be possible to succeed in destroying the Jin Dynasty and taking revenge!"
Three years of preparation, and then the northern expedition to Yanyun, is Zhao Kai's current plan... This year is already his fourth year in this era! During these four years, he was either fighting or preparing for war, and finally managed to achieve a situation that was consistent with the Jurchen truth.
However, before this battle in Montenegro, his "Northern Song Dynasty" had actually been beaten...the main attackers were Jurchens, and he only blocked the Jurchens' offensive in a few internal defenses.
It wasn't until this Battle of Black Mountain that the power of firearms gave them the ability to take the initiative to attack. However, it seemed almost impossible to seize Youyan or even pacify Liaodong in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Zhao Kai had to raise the hero Yelu Dashi to be stronger, and then take him with him to bite the Jurchens... As for whether there will be another Song-Liao war in the future, he is actually looking forward to it. !
"Okay! Then it's a deal! Hahaha..." Yelu Dashi laughed heartily, "Three years later, I will lead my Khitan warriors from Mobei to go south, and join the official family. The army will hunt Nvzhen!”
Zhao Kai nodded and said with a smile: "What a good hunter... Dashi Linya, three years later, I want to make a bet with you to see who can enter the Huining Mansion first? Who can catch the girl?" The real emperor Wanyan Wu is begging for money?"
Yelu Dashi smiled and said: "Since it is a gambling fight, there must be a lottery ticket. I wonder what the Supreme Emperor is going to use as a lottery ticket?"
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "If Dashi Linya can join Huining first and capture the Jurchen Emperor, then the Liao and Song dynasties will become the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the future!"
Yelu Dashi nodded and continued what Zhao Kai said: "If your Majesty can join Huining first and capture the Jurchen Emperor alive, then I will lead the people in Mobei to elect your Majesty as the Khan of Heaven!"
"Okay," Zhao Kai raised the palm of his right hand and said to Yelu Dashi, "Dashi, let's high-five as an oath!"
Yelu Dashi also raised his left hand, then spurred his horse forward, slapping his two powerful hands together!
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There was a "pop" sound.
In Datong Mansion in Dajin Xijing, Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai of Dajin was also clapping his hands at this time, but instead of high-fiving someone, he was clapping the table!
Angry!
He had just returned to Datong Mansion, and before he had time to take a deep breath, bad news came from Jingdong Road!
According to reports from Wanyan Zonghan, the left deputy marshal guarding Jingdong Road, this summer, the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty took advantage of the southeast wind to send out naval troops to launch a cross-sea expedition to Goryeo, a vassal state of the Jin Kingdom.
Although the scale of this expedition was limited, with only 10 Song warships arriving in Koryo Haeju, it still gave the Koryo people a great shock!
Because two of the 10 Song warships were "gun ships" with "hot pot cannons" installed on them, which could fire twenty kilograms of stone bullets to bombard the Korean ports and castles, and the ships were also equipped with many mines. The Korean warships were bombed when they got close!
So a mere 10 Song warships defeated hundreds of Korean ships, shelled the port, occupied the castle, and robbed the Haizhou commercial port.
Subsequently, Zhao Shu, King Su of the Song Dynasty, who led an expedition to Goryeo, also sent captured Goryeo officials to send letters of credence to King Wang Kai of Goryeo, demanding that Goryeo break off diplomatic relations with the Jurchens and declare themselves vassal to the Song Dynasty. He also asked the King of Goryeo to change his name... not to "Ka", as he had to avoid the taboo of being the crown prince of the Song Dynasty!
In addition, Zhao Shu also proposed to garrison troops at the port and castle of Haeju, Goryeo... and to develop Haeju into a stronghold for the northern expedition to Liaodong by sea!
The anti-Jin faction in the Goryeo Kingdom took the opportunity to launch another attack, instigating the King of Goryeo to move the capital to Xijing (Pyongyang) to turn his back on the Jin and support the Song Dynasty, and prepare for the Northern Expedition to the Jin Dynasty...
Although the King of Goryeo was not bewitched by the anti-Jin faction, he was frightened by the force of the Song navy and did not dare to refuse immediately. He had to send a large sum of gold and silver treasures to buy off the Song people, and also asked the Song people to go to Haizhou again next year. Discuss the alliance between the two countries.
After coaxing the Song people back, the King of Goryeo immediately sent an envoy to Tokyo Road by sea to ask for help from Daijin's deputy marshal Wanyan Zonghan.
And Wanyan Zonghan didn't have a navy, so he could only ask Wanyan Xie, an expert in Yanjing, for help. Xie was also helpless, so he kicked the ball to Wanyan Wu for help.
This is really unexpected! It was enough for Zhao Kai of Songpi Tanggu to bully the Kingdom of Jin. Why did that coward Zhao Huan dare to launch an aggressive war now?
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