Chapter 1243 Three Kingdoms on the Prairie
Carriages and horses are flying, and thousands of flags are flying.
The Mobei Plateau is in full bloom. The sky is cloudless, but it is particularly bright and profound. On the tender green grassland, there are small tents dotted everywhere. A gust of north wind blows, and the green grass is like waves, showing the cattle, sheep and horses in it. The whole world is like a landscape painting.
On the grassland west of Shangjing Road in Liao Kingdom, there was a very large team walking. This was a mixed army and civilian team. Not only were fully armed cavalry guarding them, but there were also many herders driving cattle and sheep, and there were also horse-drawn carts, with people dressed in Khitans, or all kinds of supplies tied up. The carts were equipped with small black triangular flags, and there were golden Wanqu on them. This was also the symbol of the Tianli Sect, but it did not belong to the Doctoral Order and the Hexi Sect, but the banner of the Tianshan Doctor Hall. It was also the military flag of the Qihe Protectorate in Yelu Dashi.
The Yelu Dashi regime, which appeared in Saiye eight years ago, was originally called Saiye Jiedushi, and later changed it to the Qihe Protectorate. However, it has always remained vague on the issue of state ownership, neither belonged to the Song Dynasty nor the Liao Dynasty, nor the intention to establish a country immediately.
Relying on a vague policy, Yelu Dashi has maintained very friendly relations with the Liao Kingdom, Song Kingdom, Song Kingdom, Song Kingdom, Hexi, Song Kingdom, Anxi, Song Kingdom, Tianzhu, and Song Kingdom, Gaochang for eight years.
Especially the Song Dynasty's Zhao regime and Yelu Dashi, which conquered the Xindu River Basin in the northwest of Tianzhu, were close ally.
Because these two regimes have a common enemy, the Seljuk Turks, who believed in the Tianfang religion. The Protectorate of the Zhao family in the Tianzhu continued to fight with the Guer people who were dependent on the Seljuk Turks in the direction of Afghanistan. On the one hand, the Dashi regime wanted to pacify the Geluluo tribes in the Qihe land and strive to convert to the laws of nature; on the other hand, it also had to fight with another vassal of the Seljuks, the Sikarakhanate, to fight for the Fergana Basin.
Therefore, Yelu Dashi of Qihe and Zhao Qianshun of Tianzhu and Zhao Zhongshun were natural allies.
For Yelu Dashi, the ally, the brothers Zhao Qianshun and Zhao Zhongshun were very righteous. They not only helped a large number of weapons and armor produced in India (the metallurgical industry in India is very developed, and the famous Damascus steel knife is made of Uzi steel produced in the northwest of India), but also gave Yelu Dashi 100,000 taels of gold and one million pieces of Tianzhu cotton cloth every year!
These two brothers are really mice that fell into the rice jar. They have gone from a pair of poor men to a rich man. They can all spend money internationally to piece together the anti-Seljuk alliance!
In addition to supporting Yelu Dashi in Central Asia, the Zhao brothers also provided a large amount of funds to the Nanyang Protectorate controlled by Ji Yi, Hua Manshan, Fang La and others, together with their Indian ally, Polo Dynasty (both sides believe in Tantric Buddhism).
The two countries provide 500,000 taels of gold or equivalent spices every year to the Nanyang Protectorate to help the Protectorate strengthen its naval fleet to attack the maritime power of the Julu Kingdom and the Tianfang Sect.
Although Zhao Qianshun and Zhao Zhongshun who went deep into India became almost forgotten characters in the Central Plains.
But on the world stage, they are doing well!
With the help of the Jinshu Protectorate of India, Yelu Dashi won a series of victories over the Geluluo people and the Xikarakhans, completely taking over the land of the Seven Rivers, seizing the Fergana Basin, and completing internal rectification.
Thirty thousand Khitan people were dispersed and reorganized, and mixed up with Yelu Dashi's direct Han knight soldiers. Many of the Gelulu and Persians who were converted to the clan were joined, forming 60 thousand households that were united by military and civilians.
Each thousand households can provide 1,000 soldiers to Yelu Dashi, and 60 thousand households can provide up to 60,000 troops!
Relying on the troops provided by these 60 thousand households and the wealth provided by Tianzhu, Yelu Dashi gradually expanded his effective control area from the Suye River Valley to most of the Qihe area, the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains (Zungeer Basin) and the Fergana Basin within a few years. He has become a first-class and powerful force in Central Asia!
If it had not received a letter from Wu Haogu and the title of Empress Dowager Xiao (the title of King of Western Liao), Yelu Dashi would not have led two thousand households into the western part of Shangjing Road where birds could not shit, but would have gone south to attack Bukhara.
Before this, Yelu Dashi was planning a war to completely eliminate the Western Karakhra Khanate!
After destroying the Karakhanate, Dashi was also preparing to join forces with the Protectorate of India, the Protectorate of the South Ocean, the Roman Empire, the Sinai Republic, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem to beat up the Seljuks... If you are lucky, Yelu Dashi would also want to visit Baghdad!
Wu Haogu, who was far away in the east, probably wouldn't have dreamed that the decision of himself and Empress Dowager Xiao would actually make the entire Tianfang Sect world breathe a sigh of relief.
The world of Tianfang Sect breathed a sigh of relief, while the Anba Ge tribe in the western part of Shangjing Road of Liao Kingdom was in trouble.
Yelu Dashi, who led 20 thousand households (including soldiers and people) into the western part of Shangjing Road in Liao Kingdom, first had a conflict with the Nianbage tribe. The two sides fought a battle on the Yizhishui River. The Nianbage tribe was defeated and fled. After plundering a large number of cattle, sheep and slaves, the Yelu Dashi tribe continued to travel east. After walking for two months, they arrived in the Ulugu River Basin.
The Ulugu River Basin is the ruling center of the Khitans in the northern desert grasslands, including the Shubu Dawang Mansion, the Zhaodasisi on the northwest road and the Jiedushi of the Zhenzhou Jian'an Army. In addition, there are 20,000 Khitan troops drawn from various tribes, and they are also stationed here.
Even when the Great Liao Kingdom had fallen apart, the Ulugu River area was still under the control of the remnants of the Liao Kingdom.
When Yelu Dashi's troops entered the Ulugu River Basin, they not only met many Khitan nobles who came to greet them, but also received a lot of terrible news...
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When the sky became dim, Yelu Dashi's men and horses began to camp on the grassland, connecting the carts to the ends and form a circle of "Gu Liyan" chariot arrays. The elite soldiers arranged defenses in the outer circle, and livestock and family lived in the inner circle, while Yelu Dashi's imperial tent was in the inner circle.
Dashi rode his horse to patrol the various parts of the chariot formation. Although this area was still the territory of the Khitans, Yelu Dashi, who led the army outside, was still cautious and cautious. He was not sure that there was no accident in the various parts of the chariot formation. He could not rest at ease no matter what.
His military advisor Xiao Orila and his clan brother Yelu Songshan were all following behind him. Like Xiao Tieniu and Han Dagou, they both studied at Yuntai Academy. Later, they traveled thousands of miles to the Western Regions to seek refuge with Dashi, who was Dashi's confidant.
Now we naturally have to plan for Dashi.
Xiao Orila whispered: "King, it seems that the situation in the east is out of control. We might as well take over the nations in the Ulugu River and go west together."
Yelu Songshan also said: "We have great potential in the west! But the national clan has too few hearts. If we can get 20,000 tents from the Jian'an Army in Zhenzhou and the tribes who fled from all over the place, it would not be 60,000 households, but 100, or even 200,000 households. With so many nationalities, not even Bukhara, even Baghdad is not impossible to go!"
Xiao Orila and Yelu Songshan, who had been in the Seven Rivers for many years, knew Persia, and there were some rich and rich war Wuzha in the Dashi area.
There is no difficulty in fighting them by the elite soldiers pulled out from the Mobei grassland!
For Yelu Dashi, the problem now is that there are few people!
Half of them were Geluluo and Persians. They were definitely the few to the crowd and the few to the many. Even if they could take over the Western Karakhra Khanate and the Persian state, the foundation of the country was too thin.
But if Yelu Dashi could pull away the embers of the Daliao who fled to the grassland, it might have increased hundreds of thousands of nations!
By then, Yelu Dashi could integrate 200 thousand households on the basis of annexing some of the Geluluo people and the Qinshi people.
With so many nations, going south to Persia and even Baghdad is no longer a dream!
"Orila, Songshan," Yelu Dashi said to his two confidants in a low voice, "It is now confirmed that the Great Liao has not yet perished... Then send someone to Liangzhou. We agreed with Zhang Li to fight for the violent Jin together!"
"King..."
"Master, Zhang Li won't pay attention to us..."
Xiao Olila and Yelu Songshan shook their heads together. Although Yelu Dashi and Hexi Zhangli were also allies, neither of them thought that Zhangli would send troops to the grassland for the alliance with Yelu Dashi.
Yelu Dashi shook his head and said, "Why should we collect the embers of the Great Liao Kingdom? There are gold and silver mountains in the West, and we know that the people of the same clan on the Ulugu River know that they are on the side of the Ulugu River? The Queen Mother appointed me as the King of the Western Liao, and everyone on the side of the Ulugu River hopes that I can regain the prestige of the Great Liao Kingdom. How can I do nothing and just pull people away? Who is willing to follow me?
Therefore, we must do our best for the Great Liao Dynasty and let people see this! We must hold high the banner of resisting Jin and restoring Liao Dynasty! Only in this way can everyone trust us and follow us.
As for whether Zhang Li will join forces with us, it is not a problem at all... the problem is that we have to do something!
In addition, we have to send people to contact the Empress Dowager and the Martial Saint. Contact them to send troops together, siege the Jin people, and restore the Great Liao!"
"Will the Martial Saint pay attention to us?"
Yelu Dashi smiled: "It should be... He must also use us and Zhang Li to scare the Jin Kingdom and the robbers on the grassland, right?"
He paused, "Actually, that savage Aguda doesn't necessarily want us to run to the grassland to revive the momentum of the Great Liao Kingdom, right?"
"Agu wants to hit him..."
Chapter completed!