Moreover, he is also quite unscrupulous in his actions. This is to catch all the women of the Yelu family and send them to him. This woman is somewhat similar to Dong Qianhong back then. You can't stay with yourself. At least after returning to Beijing, he can't stay with him. Otherwise, trouble will inevitably arise. As for whether he can survive, he has to see again. However, Huang Qiong, who didn't want to fall out with this woman yet, didn't care about the identities of the women she found for herself.
However, Huang Qiong still underestimated the shamelessness of this woman. In the following days, among the women Xiao Yujin sent over, there were not only the wives and daughters of important ministers of the Liao Kingdom, but also her relatives, including several of her sisters-in-law. All the women are in line with Huang Qiong's preferences. Although Huang Qiong enjoyed it, she became increasingly wary of this woman. In fact, Huang Qiong had misunderstood Xiao Yujin. Indeed, she was a bit unscrupulous in order to deliberately please Huang Qiong.
But she did so, which also included Khitan traditional customs. The Khitan people were originally a nomadic tribe in the Huangshui River Basin. The Huns and Xianbei people, who once dominated the desert grasslands, had a blood connection. Naturally, they also have customs and habits that are roughly the same as other nomadic tribes. On the grassland, after one tribe defeats another tribe, all members of the defeated tribe will become slaves of the new master. Naturally, all women in the tribe also belong to the new owner and can be possessed at will.
Now that Daqi had captured Shangjing and Zhongjing in Beiliao, Xiao Yujin naturally thought that Huang Qiong was the new master based on his grassland habits. The defeated Liao Kingdom, whether it was the Liao Emperor's concubines or the family members of the princes and nobles, should naturally belong to the new owner Huang Qiong. As for whether the new owner will use them to serve, that is the new owner's business. What she should do is to send these women to the new owner and let him choose, including her closest relatives. Of course, there was also a reason why she was deliberately trying to please her.
Otherwise, with the current level of Hanization in Bei Liao, there is no need for her to abide by the traditional customs of those nomadic peoples. As for herself, although she has never understood why the new master of Shangjing City has never recruited Yelv Changgu, whom she has repeatedly recommended to her, as an attendant. But she dragged Yeluyan Mother, even though she was extremely tired every time. But as long as Huang Qiong doesn't dislike it, he will work extremely hard every time. The extent of it, even Huang Qiong was a little dumbfounded when he was already doing a lot of work in this matter.
However, Huang Qiong felt a little wary of this scheming woman. But Huang Qiong doesn't have much energy to focus on a woman like her. Huang Qiong's focus is naturally on the battle situation. In early November, Zhao Wushu first took advantage of King Xi's belief that the Han people from the warm Central Plains would not send troops to attack him in the cold winter. The only option is to hide in Shangjing City to avoid the misconception of the wind and cold outside the Great Wall. Braving the heavy snow, they continuously attacked for more than 200 miles and defeated in one fell swoop the 30,000 cavalry that King Xi had just summoned.
Beheaded more than a hundred people below the current King Xi, as well as officials and leaders at all levels of the eight tribes of the Xi tribe, and captured more than 100,000 people from the Xi tribe. Then they swept across the Huangshui River Basin and completely defeated seven Khitan tribes. More than thirty nobles from Khitan tribes were captured and their families were escorted to the upper capital. When Zhao Wuhu swept across the Huangshui River Basin, Cao Rui and Ouyang Shan also led their troops and captured Huanglong Mansion, an important town on Shangjing Road in the Northern Liao Dynasty, as well as Ningjiang Prefecture, Binzhou and Xiangzhou. Since the Battle of Wuzhou, the whereabouts of Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao Dynasty has been unknown.
Due to consecutive defeats, most of the country was lost. Coupled with being chased by Ouyang Shan's cavalry all the way, the originally pampered life suddenly turned into sleeping rough. His body, which had been half-emptied by alcohol and sex, could no longer bear it, and he died in Shinshu in mid-November. Yelu Longxu died, and the 30,000 Liao troops that had just been recruited in Xinzhou were completely leaderless and their morale collapsed. Under the leadership of the new prime minister of Beifu, Ouyang Shan surrendered to Ouyang Shan, who found out that he had fled to Xinzhou and pursued him all the way from Xiangzhou.
Guo Chen, who captured Jinzhou, marched north despite the severe cold. In Binzhou, he fought a bloody battle with 20,000 Liao troops. He was defeated first and then won, defeating the Liao army. But in early November, civil strife broke out among the remnants of the Liao army. Yelu Zongyuan, the fourth son of Emperor Liao who stayed in Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo, launched a mutiny. He detained the prince Yelu Zongzhen who came to Liaoyang Mansion to recruit troops, succeeded to the throne in Liaoyang Mansion, and honored Yelu Longxu, whose whereabouts were unknown at that time, as the Supreme Emperor. And sent ministers with horses, gold, silver and jewelry to Yang Jiyuan's military camp, which had reached the outskirts of Liaoyang Mansion.
In addition to paying tribute, Huang Qiong was also given a letter of credence. After receiving this letter of credence, Yang Jiyuan did not dare to specialize. He sent people to rush forward immediately and sent them to Huang Qiong, who was rushing from Shangjing to Liaoyang Mansion in the starry night and braved the severe cold after quelling the troublesome Xi people behind him. He had already joined Guo Chen's army in Shenzhou. In this letter, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Daliao spoke humbly and sincerely requested Emperor Qi to spare Northern Liao. He is willing to change the title of the country, respect Daqi, and use the title of Daqi.
From generation to generation, he guarded the northern frontier for Da Qi and herded cattle, sheep and horses for Da Qi. He is willing to give up the lands that have been captured by Da Qi, and only wants to retain a corner of Tokyo Road. After receiving the letter, Huang Qiong handed it to him. After receiving his imperial edict, Huang Ruifeng, who came from Cao Rui's army, said: "This kid has humbled himself to such an extent. How can he still have a trace of the character of their ancestors? At this point, they actually want me to let them go. I really don’t know what this kid is thinking."
After receiving the letter from Huang Qiong, his attitude was almost as low as it could be. After Huang Ruifeng looked at it carefully, he pondered for a long time and said: "Father, I thought it was impossible to let him go. But our army has been fighting for several months, and the weather is getting colder day by day. Although we rely on the capture of the Liao army With the grain and fodder transferred later, the grain and fodder can still be maintained. However, the division and veterans have become exhausted. Especially the losses of horses are very large. Yi Erchen's opinion is to hand over Liaoyang Mansion to Yang Jiyuan's command. "
"The rest of the departments can temporarily repair for a period of time. Or they can withdraw part of it. The reason why I think so is because I didn't spend a winter in Tokyo Road a few years ago? Isn't this right? I still have a certain understanding of the climate nearby. There is already heavy snow on Tokyo Road, and the snow is even several feet deep. Not to mention charging into battle, even the march of men and horses is quite strenuous. And although our army's winter clothing has been distributed , and after entering the Northern Liao Dynasty, they used a large number of seized sheepskins."
"Every soldier in the army is given a sheepskin jacket. But if we encounter that kind of extremely cold weather, there will still be a lot of cases of freezing to death and frostbite. After all, our army grew up in the warm Central Plains, so for The severe cold weather outside the Great Wall is extremely unsuitable. There are already a large number of sick people in the army. If they continue to fight, it may backfire. And Yang Jiyuan's troops came by ship and have not gone through a war. Not only do they carry sufficient supplies , and the troops are quite sufficient, enough to deal with the remnants of the Northern Liao army."
"What your minister means is that our army can leave some troops and horses in Shangjing to intimidate the nomadic tribes on the grassland. Station five thousand troops and horses in Huanglong Mansion to suppress the Jurchen Wanyan tribe in the north. Leave Yang Jiyuan's troops in Liaoyang Mansion and continue to attack Liaoyang. The other troops are stationed in the captured Northern Liao Prefecture for repairs, waiting for the Qing Dynasty to exterminate the remaining forces of the Northern Liao Prefecture in the spring of next year. Or they may retreat to Yanshan Prefecture to avoid the severe cold. Father, the destruction of the country will not happen overnight. . My father often taught his sons and ministers in the past, and the foundation was unstable and the mountains were shaken."
"Today, we have only eliminated most of the troops and horses in Bei Liao, but those scattered troops and horses in Bei Liao have not had time to be wiped out. After taking Liaoyang Mansion, except for the desert grassland, all the troops and horses in Bei Liao have been basically destroyed by our army. Take it. Now what we have to face next is the rebel tribes on the desert grassland, as well as the tribes in Tokyo Road. There are also the scattered soldiers of Bei Liao. Especially those who have not yet been apprehended. Yes, those Northern Liao princes and nobles will definitely not be willing to fail."
"Father, if you want the nomadic tribes on the grassland to accept the imperial alliance and flag system from their hearts, the first thing the imperial court should do is to completely subdue them. And I do not recommend that the imperial court adopt the support policy of previous dynasties. One tribe goes to contain another tribe. The tribes on the grassland have a very strong ability to survive and recover. Once there is the support of the court's manpower and material resources, it is very likely that a powerful tribe will appear again, and even occupy the entire grassland again. I think that since we want to implement the alliance flag system, we should do it more thoroughly."
"The desert grassland covers a vast area, and the nomadic tribes have no fixed settlements. If you want to use troops on the grassland, from the perspective of Erchen, it will be a long process. In the past, Daqi was too far from the desert grassland, but now it controls the Zhongjing Road in Northern Liao , Tokyo Grass, and most of the Shangjing Road. It gained an innate combat base against the grassland tribes. But before using troops on the grassland, the imperial court must completely eliminate the remaining forces of the Northern Liao Dynasty in order to obtain a stable rear area. There are also Jurchens, I do not recommend continuing to adopt the restraint system."
Regarding Huang Ruifeng's thoughts, Huang Qiong gave the boy a sidelong glance. But he smiled faintly and said: "Your boy's vision is quite good. These ideas coincide with mine. I have made up my mind to hand over all the war in Liaoyang Mansion to Yang Jiyuan. What Guo Chen said After the troops captured Xianzhou, they headed north to take over Cao Rui's troops and stationed in Huanglong Mansion. Zhao Wuhe's troops continued to station in Shangjing to intimidate the tribes on the grassland. I will lead Cao Rui and Ouyang Shan's troops to wait until the Liaoyang Mansion is completely captured. Then retreat."
Having said this, Huang Qiong paused for a moment, then turned to Huang Ruifeng and said: "However, although your thoughts are roughly the same as mine. But whether you retreated to Yanshan Mansion for public or private reasons, I don't know. Got it. I am still clear about your little thoughts. I know that your nose is very sensitive, and I know that I sent your Bodhisattva brother to your mother and concubine in Yanshan Mansion. Please persuade me to come back. I evacuate Yanshan Mansion in the name of the imperial court and me, and I want to have a tryst with your Bodhisattva brother."
"I do have plans to withdraw our troops and return to Yanshan Mansion. But Northern Liao has to leave a heavyweight figure in charge. Especially when it comes to handling the Fan-Han affairs, a capable person is needed. What's more, there is also the need to deal with the Northern Liao and Han armies. and the adaptation of the Bohai Navy. Especially among the Northern Liao Han people and the Bohai people, to win over the upper-level figures in order to be used by the court, a person is needed to take charge. So, I will lead my army to retreat to Yanshan Prefecture. I will leave you here in the North Liao, serve as the envoy of Liaoyang and Linhuang roads, and handle all the aftermath matters of Northern Liao."
Huang Ruifeng was immediately dumbfounded when he heard that Huang Qiong asked him to serve as the establishment ambassador for the entire Beiliao region and be responsible for the aftermath of the entire Beiliao area. Not to mention the complicated ethnic situation here and the remnant forces of the Northern Liao that still definitely exist. These proud soldiers alone are enough to give me a headache. Annihilating the main force of the Liao regular army can only be regarded as the first step at best.
