Heishui City, after Li Yong led the Tibetan soldiers to retreat, they temporarily set up camp here. But he also happened to take advantage of this opportunity to count his loot.
This Blackwater City was originally where the Xia Kingdom Li Jiqian's garrison was located. It happened to be bordering the Liao Kingdom. At the same time, because it was located on the Hexi Corridor, it blocked the Song Dynasty's way to the Western Regions.
So later Xixia actually blocked the development of the Silk Road in the Song Dynasty. Of course, at the same time, the "Maritime Silk Road" also appeared. It can be said that if the west is not bright, the east is bright.
Now that Li Jiqian and Li Mingde are dead, the party soldiers have also been captured by Li Yong and dispersed and reorganized into the Tibetan soldiers.
Of course, according to their different living habits, if the various departments are completely mixed together, even in the army, it may eventually develop into a war.
Therefore, this breakup is actually just divided into different legion organizations. Each legion has a roughly equal number of soldiers and horses of various races.
In this way, the cooperation may be a little worse, but Li Yong never thought about enhancing their combat effectiveness. On the contrary, such a disguised weakening is more beneficial to himself. Firstly, it is easier to control, and secondly, it is to avoid losing. The backlash after taking control is too great.
Regardless of whether it was Zhao Heng or Zhejia, Li Yong did not believe that they would be completely inactive and let him lead such a team that could threaten them at any time like a time bomb.
Zhao Heng can also be said to have information asymmetry. In the Zhe family, Zhe Lijun is probably their back-up plan. If they can leave a son and a half, no matter what problems they have, they will They can all use Lijun's children to control the Fan soldiers.
Of course, the process will definitely not be so smooth. Things in this world still depend on actual strength and weakness, but justice and honor must also be paid attention to, even within the Tubo and Uighur ethnic groups.
The same is true for the Liao Kingdom, so in a short period of time, they can't take any action to counterattack Li Yong and the Jurchens, because they each have to fight for this name, and only by having a name can they take revenge.
Even the Liao Kingdom may have to fall into the same predicament as the Southern Song Dynasty in history and even the Ming Dynasty later. That is, the emperor was kidnapped. If the emperor is elected again, should he welcome back the "saint"? What should he do after he welcomes back the "saint"? ?
It is a pity that due to the rush of time this time, Li Yong had to declare the end of the search for the Liao Palace before it officially started.
In the end, except for the large family of Emperor Liao, the gold and silver treasures that could be seen nearby were packed in a few boxes and shipped directly out, and there was nothing that could be done about it.
Of course, Li Yong has no idea about these things.
He is not interested in money. Anyway, he is not as rich as him. Later, he will distribute all these when discussing merits and rewards.
But at the moment, he had to consider how to arrange the arrangement of Emperor Liao, a member of his family.
Tubo's national advisor is now also the "sacrificial wine" of the Tibetan soldiers. He is responsible for the sacrifice and divination work of sending and withdrawing troops, and also helps to appease the soldiers of various ministries on weekdays.
Li Yong felt that this guy might have realized his true identity, but he didn't reveal it. He was obviously a talented person who knew current affairs.
In this case, Li Yong naturally doesn't mind using him.
He suggested to Li Yong: "Your Majesty, the Liao people will definitely send envoys to discuss the matter of welcoming back the Liao Emperor. Then we can work out a price..."
Li Yong was stunned for a moment and asked: "Do you think the Liao people will trade with us in order to welcome back the emperor?"
"It's natural. No matter how little news there has been in the past few days, when they finally come to an agreement, I'm afraid they won't let anyone else take over easily. They will definitely choose to welcome the Liao Emperor back first. This way, at least the domestic political situation will be stable. , as long as we retreat for a while, we no longer have to worry about being surrounded by the Song people and the Jurchens..."
Li Yong thought thoughtfully, and he naturally agreed with this statement, because it is obvious that if the Liao Kingdom still only focuses on internal fighting, it may really be in danger of destroying the country.
After all, today's Liao Kingdom is not like the late Liao Kingdom that was rotten to the core a hundred years ago. Not to mention prospering, at least the overall domestic situation is still good, and people of insight still occupy most of the upper-class forces in the country.
They are ambitious people
, will also be temporarily suppressed at this time.
What's more, for them, the prestige of the Liao Emperor was greatly damaged after being captured this time. Even after he was welcomed back, it would be difficult to restore his former glory. Instead, he still had to rely on the powerful officials in various ministries.
"Then..." Li Yong thought for a moment, then turned around and said, "Let's go see Emperor Liao's family first and ask them what they think."
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Looking at the women lined up in front of him, Li Yong looked very strange.
"Your surname is Xiao, your surname is Xiao... This one is also surnamed Xiao, and that one is also surnamed Xiao. Could it be that the harem of Liao Kingdom was rounded up by people named Xiao?"
Regardless of whether Li Yong was complaining or sarcastic, the women in front of him didn't answer, but had different expressions.
Some had fear in their eyes, some looked embarrassed, some showed hatred, and some...
In fact, Li Yong's statement that all of them were surnamed Xiao is of course inaccurate. Although Yelu Longxu's mother Xiao Chuo, Queen Xiao Bodhisattva, and two noble concubines were all surnamed Xiao, there were still others who were not surnamed Xiao.
However, Li Yong had just listened to the introduction by the translator, and he almost felt that he no longer recognized the word "Xiao".
In the end, his eyes were fixed on the oldest woman who looked the most majestic and elegant.
"Are you Queen Mother Xiao?"
Xiao Chuo nodded after listening to the translator's words. His eyes were wary when facing Li Yong's scrutiny, but he didn't say anything or show any other emotions.
This Xiao Chuo is, of course, the famous "Queen Mother Xiao" in history, and so is Xiao Yanyan.
It is a pity that time flies by. Xiao Yanyan, who is already fifty years old this year, is a round and a half older to Li Yong.
Well, to put it simply, he is two and a half times his age.
Moreover, at this age, he lived in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River and took good care of himself. At this age, there was not much to see, let alone being exposed to the wind and sun in the north of Saibei. Even if Xiao Chuo was considered pampered, his skin color and texture were already complete. She has shown an aging state and can no longer be called a "beautiful woman".
Although Li Yong doesn't mind having sex and getting older, he doesn't have such strong taste for an old lady who is just a few months away from turning 50.
One cannot, at least one should not.
Okay, I seem to have misunderstood?
Li Yong knocked on his head. He couldn't help it. The name Xiao Yanyan was really loud and clear, and some of the ones he had seen before related to this period, and he had thoughts about her.
Therefore, Li Yong was also led astray. At this time, he came back to his senses and said to Xiao Chuo: "Now you are all prisoners of this king, but I do not raise idlers here. If you You can’t prove your worth, but I don’t mind throwing you to feed the wolves.”
Xiao Chuo has lived to this age without experiencing any storms. Although Li Yong behaved very resolutely and looked very calm, as if he was a man with ruthless hands and a heart of stone, Xiao Chuo knew that this was just a means of negotiation.
In fact, since Li Yong was willing to come to see them and said such a lot of words to express his intentions, it showed that he intended to make a fuss about this matter.
She could tell, and Li Yong was afraid that she could tell, but neither of them showed it openly.
Xiao Chuo looked back at the daughters-in-law beside him and saw that some of them were disgusted, some were hesitant, and some of them were interested. He shook his head secretly. It seemed that he could only take the lead at this time.
"Now our life and death are in the hands of the king. If the king wants us to do anything, just tell us..."
