Naturally, the Liao Kingdom would not refuse the goodwill released by Zhao Kuangyin.
After all, as a country established by foreigners and occupying the Sixteen Yanyun States that were crucial to the Central Plains Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom definitely did not want to see the reunification of China.
(The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are: Youzhou (today’s Beijing urban area), Shunzhou (today’s Shunyi District, Beijing), Ruzhou (today’s Yanqing District, Beijing), Tanzhou (today’s Miyun District, Beijing), Jizhou (today's Jizhou District, Jin City), Zhuozhou (today's Zhuozhou, Hebei Province), Yingzhou (today's Hejian City, Hebei Province), Minzhou (today's north of Renqiu City, Hebei Province), Xinzhou (today's Zhuolu County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province) ), Guizhou (now Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province), Wuzhou (now Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province), Yuzhou (now Yu County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province), Yingzhou (now Yingxian County, Shanxi Province), Huan Zhou (now east of Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province), Shuozhou (now Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province), Yunzhou (now Yunzhou District, Datong City, Shanxi Province).
The geographical location of the Yanyun area is very important. It was a battleground for military strategists of all ages. It was also a natural barrier for the Central Plains Dynasty to protect agricultural areas and resist the invasion of nomads. It was also the base for the Central Plains Dynasty to explore the Northeast during its heyday.
For the northern nomads, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are equally important strategically. After occupying the sixteen states of Yanyun, they completely changed their passive situation in the military struggle with the Central Plains dynasty. Although the military power of the northern nomadic peoples is relatively strong, they do not have an advanced cultural system and no fixed financial income. Due to the limitations of its own political system, in the process of fighting against the powerful Central Plains dynasties, it either achieved temporary military victory or was completely defeated by the powerful Central Plains dynasties (such as the Han and Tang Dynasties). But after occupying Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, this situation completely changed. Through the window of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, they began to understand the Central Plains, gradually came into contact with the Central Plains civilization, and learned the Central Plains' advanced production methods. )
As a result, the two sides hit it off immediately, and secretly reached an alliance using the Northern Han Dynasty as the intermediary.
If the New Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty, the Liao State would send troops disguised as soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty to help the Song State. And if the New Tang Dynasty attacked the Northern Han Dynasty, the Song Dynasty would also send troops to assist.
This alliance did work in the beginning. In the next two years, the powerful New Tang Dynasty attacked the Song Dynasty or the Han Dynasty several times and achieved little results. It only gained Luoyang and other places in Henan.
But all this was completely reversed with the gradual implementation and implementation of New Tang's policies under the rule.
In these short five years, the implementation of the New Deal made the people of previously conquered places such as Southern Tang return to their hearts.
In addition, while encouraging industry and commerce, they did not give up investment in agriculture. Even after three years of fighting, Xintang's treasury was still full, and the number of people within the territory increased and they lived and worked in peace and contentment.
On the other hand, the Liao and Song Dynasties tried their best to stop the attack of the New Tang Dynasty, but their national power declined.
Due to military service, the people's livelihood in the two countries has reached the limit.
The reason why no progress has been made before is partly because the time has not come yet. Both Yin Ling and Wang Pu said that Li Chenzhou pacified the world too quickly, causing the newly conquered areas such as Jingxiang and Jiangnan to have unrecovered hearts and needs. Time, don't rush it.
Otherwise, what happened before Qin Fu Jian will happen again.
(During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the leader of the Di tribe and the third monarch of the former Qin Dynasty vigorously promoted Sinology during his reign, and reused Wang Meng, Deng Qiang, Fu Ya, Yang An, Zhu Xi, Fu Rong and others to implement sinicization reforms, and was able to The centralization of power made the country prosperous, and it was known in history as "Guan Long Qing Yan, and the people were happy", which promoted cultural and educational development and national integration.
He took it as his mission to eliminate ethnic conflicts throughout his life, and people of all ethnic groups loved Fu Jian very much. As the country became stronger and stronger, it used military force to eliminate the northern countries, surrendered the foreign barbarians, and restored the war-torn North China to life. It captured Sichuan, Shu, Xiangyang and other places in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, forming a confrontation between the north and the south. Lu Guang was also sent to conquer the Western Regions. All countries, the period when the Wuhu territory was the most extensive. In the process of conquering the south and the north, Fu Jian never committed any atrocities in massacre.
However, because he did not listen to Wang Meng's advice before his death and did not wait until the north was completely stabilized, he attacked the Eastern Jin Dynasty prematurely. The traitors leaked the information, resulting in the defeat of the Feishui army.
Fu Jian himself was killed by Yao Chang, his forces were divided among the previously conquered countries, and chaos returned to the north. )
On the other hand, it was also to train the newly recruited troops and improve the cooperation between the various arms. Instead of seeking a big victory, it was to use small victories to continuously wear down the strength of the Liao and Song Dynasties.
After three years of fierce fighting, the armies of the New Tang Dynasty took turns on the front lines to fight against the Liao and Song Dynasties, and an invincible army was born.
Coupled with the rapid development of industry, the Tang army was enough to crush the Liao and Song countries in terms of equipment.
The time has come, Li Chenzhou, who has been crawling for a long time, once again shows his sharp claws to the world.
In March of that year, the New Tang Dynasty launched a campaign to destroy the Northern Han Dynasty.
In less than three months, the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed and Liu Chong was defeated and killed.
Even if Liao and Song sent troops to help, they were unable to save the situation. On the contrary, its strength was greatly reduced.
After annexing the Northern Han Dynasty, the New Tang Dynasty, which took over the homeland of the Three Jin Dynasties, did not stop and sent troops out of Yanmen Pass to attack the Liao Kingdom.
Four of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun that had been ceded by Shi Jingtang in the past, including Yingzhou, Huanzhou, Shuozhou and Yunzhou, were recaptured and invaded the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom.
After the death of Yelu Deguang, the Liao Kingdom underwent some political reshuffle, and Yelu Jing, the eldest son of Yelu Deguang, ascended the throne.
He was addicted to alcohol and had a homicidal nature. If his attendants made the slightest mistake, he would kill him with his own hands, making them fearful all day long.
However, he could still be inferior to the ministers at the top and the common people at the bottom. He also issued many edicts to reduce taxes and respect his ministers, barely stabilizing the situation of the Liao Kingdom.
Facing the attack of the New Tang Dynasty, Yelvjing understood that this battle was related to the survival of the Liao Kingdom, so he did not dare to neglect at all and assembled an army of 300,000 to fight against it.
The two sides launched a battle in Zhuolu (Xinzhou among the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which the Liao Kingdom called Fengsheng Prefecture).
In this battle, Li Chenzhou's apprentice, Yang Ye, stood out. With only a few thousand cavalry, he broke through the enemy's formation and killed Yelusha, the commander-in-chief of the Liao Kingdom.
Because the commander was killed, the Liao army was in chaos. The Tang army, which already had the advantage, took the opportunity to send troops.
Suddenly, the army was defeated like a mountain, trampling on each other, countless dead, and as many as 50,000 prisoners.
After this battle, the Liao Kingdom had no room for resistance.
The New Tang Dynasty captured all the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the military front was directed at Linhuang Mansion, the capital of the Liao Kingdom.
As for Zhao Kuangyin's Song State, it was not that he did not want to help the Liao State, but that he was powerless.
After the battle of the Northern Han Dynasty, the Song Dynasty also suffered heavy losses.
After that, they had to face attacks from all directions by the Tang army.
Li Chenzhou personally led an army to confront Zhao Kuangyin in front of Hulao Pass.
Cao Bin led the Jingxiang Army of the New Tang Dynasty to march from Nanyang to attack the hinterland of the Central Plains.
Gao Huaide led the Jiangnan Corps to cross the Huaihe River and attack Shandong.
The three corps allowed Zhao Kuangyin to rely on the geographical location to defend. It was very difficult to counterattack, let alone send troops to support the Liao Kingdom.
Thanks to Wu Mengsheng for the reward.
