Chapter 18 From Fear to Paranoid Yerunieri
Fifty-year-old Yelu Neri seems to have grown much older recently.
In the history of the Khitans, there were many brave and invincible people, and some were smart and clear, but these people did not bring the Khitan tribes out of the primitive tribes.
Yelu Neri did it. Specifically, he was both brave and smart. He was one of the most powerful leaders in the history of the Khitans. From him, it was as usual to deposed the Dahe clan and the noble Khan of the Yaonian clan.
As the ancestor who traced back to the farthest in later generations, he was a figure who left a few words in the historical records of the Tang Dynasty (Li Longji personally wrote a letter to warn him not to easily abolish the Yaonian royal family), so he was naturally a figure who was good at summarizing.
In the past few months, as he accidentally robbed the Li Huaide tribe who was about to pass through his territory, and the extreme fear arose after learning that behind Li Huaide was the Shattered Ye Jun standing, he finally calmed down.
Fear not only brought him aging, but also allowed him to calm down and look back on his life.
Speaking of which, when he brought 30,000 Jingqi to the Bohai Kingdom's army with 30,000 Jingqi (the second Songhua River), the two sides fought many times, and they were almost unbeaten in the first stage.
But after both sides learned that the Sabre Ye Army had come to the Liaodong region in the south, they withdrew their troops at the same time.
They all knew that in this world, there were not many troops that could defeat the Tang army and the Uighurs at the same time, and the Shattered Ye Army was the only one that could do at present.
So, when he retreated to the Raole River Basin, he found the Li Huaide tribe migrating westward along the Yanshan Post Road. At first, Ni Li didn't take it seriously at all, and thought that Li Huaide took the initiative to migrate to the Jun tribe. Li Huaide's subordinates were all familiar with Khitans, so he naturally needed such a population. So he defeated the 1,000 mature Khitan cavalry who escorted them to the west and cut off about 3,000 households.
In the Raole River (Silamulun River), Huzhen River (Laoha River) basin, after Niri took over the power of the Khitan, he also accommodated many mature Khitans who returned to the grassland to farm. Danieli was able to rise, but he fully enjoyed the benefits brought to him by farmers.
Of course, this is just one factor that really rises in Ta Niri.
The Raole River in late autumn is cold, but for the nomadic tribes, it is a rare good day of the year.
Where Huzhen River flows into Raole Water, there is a small hill with dense forests on the mountain. At this time, the last redness of the forest is fading.
Hongye Mountain, the holy land of the later Khitans, was the tent of the king in Niri at this time.
One day, just like the Mobei in the west, it started to rain here. The sudden chill brought by the light rain completely calmed down Niri.
"Looking back, the most core factor that I was able to rise among the Khitans was when I was young and I was in the Liucheng Quechang with An Lushan, Shi Siming, Zhang Tongru and others. At that time, I learned Chinese, could read books, and learned the language of several tribes, and even learned to observe the words and expressions."
"Through contact with the Han people, they learned about their regulations, and then they reorganized the eight Khitan tribes with Li Huaixiu, established the system of Khan, Dayi Lijin, Yi Lijin, North and South Prime Ministers and Chai Cerituals. Without these, if they were still talking about the eight chiefs of the Dahe clan or the Yaonian clan, the Khitans would not have the chance to rise so quickly when they were not determined for a long time."
"But now that I think about it, all this I did is not enough compared to Sun Xiurong. It is said that it is about the same as in the sky and the same underground!"
Thinking of this, a remorse appeared on his face again.
When he learned that Bai Xiaode was standing behind Li Huaide, in fear, he killed all the thousands of Khitan households (mainly descendants of the Khitan rebels, mixed with Han people, Goguryeo, Mohe, etc.)!
At the beginning, he decided to let Bai Xiaode come to ask for the crime that "there is no evidence of death". Later, when he learned that Bai Xiaode had only one camp, he decided to go further.
He sent his eldest son Yelu Piede and the number one general of Diela, whom he sent to his son, to go south to Yuguan with 10,000 elite cavalry, and sent an envoy to contact Shi Siming, preparing to surrender to him.
In the past, when An Lushan was in power, in order to stabilize his rear and win over more Hu cavalry, he must have won over Nieli, but Nieli refused without hesitation. In addition to the fact that he had defected to the Uighurs at this time, he looked down on An Lushan in his bones or had a deep hatred.
But the appearance of a mere white Xiaode made him immediately make the decision to surrender to the rebels!
In his heart, Ye Jun had an indelible impression.
An impression that is too strong.
Shi Siming was naturally overjoyed. He and Yelu Piedi attacked Bai Xiaode's Sacred Ye Camp that occupied the city from east to west in Yuguan. However, although Yuguan was not as huge as Shanhaiguan in later generations, it was also a dangerous pass. In addition, Bai Xiaode had a whole Sacred Ye Camp in his hand. With the blessing of artillery and powerful crossbows, he defeated Shi Siming one after another. Yelu Piedi attacked many times!
In order to seize Shi Siming, the Khitans made their fortune this time. The fierce general Ketutong personally came to the scene and led the most elite 1,000 people to attack Dongguan. After a few days, except for the few people in Ketutong, the remaining people were all killed in battle, but they could not touch the Guancheng at all!
After the news reached Hongye Mountain, Niri was immediately frightened. He knew the combat power of the Thunder Ye Army. In the past, although the Thunder Ye Army was powerful, it did not show the cannons. Now that the artillery bonus is added, it is even more terrifying in Niri's heart.
So he asked Yelu Pied to leave only 3,000 people to guard the west side of Yuguan. The remaining people, led by Yelu Pied, returned to the Raole River Basin under the leadership of Yelu Pied, and after replenishing some more people there, they came along the north bank of Raole River to the Yuyuling Prairie!
At this time, Niri was already a little crazy.
He knew Sun Xiurong's power, "If I offended An Lushan, even if I killed tens of thousands of people, as long as I lowered my posture and surrendered, he would still let me go. Maybe he would marry my biological daughter to me. If it were other Tang army generals, it would be almost the same."
"The same is true for the Uighur Khan, the King of Bohai Kingdom. They will not easily turn against each other for a few thousand slaves and a powerful force."
(For Neri, all the farmers who moved to Hongye Mountain were his slaves)
"But Sun Xiurong is different. Not to mention thousands of households, even if there is only one person, he will provoke a criminal offense. He will not give up even if he chases it to the ends of the world. If I only rob Li Huaide's tribe, when Sun Xiurong comes, he will crawl in front of him sincerely and ask for forgiveness, maybe he will agree."
"But now, these thousands of households have been killed because of my impulse! Although they are hidden, there is no airtight wall after all!"
The rain stops.
Neri learned from his mistakes. When Vidé and Ketutong left with a army of 10,000, he thought about it and it was definitely not enough. He personally brought 5,000 people to the exit where Raole River flowed out of Hongshan, and once again built a large-scale construction based on the Muzhai built by Sun Xiurong, which was previously controlled by the exit.
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After bringing dry food for ten days, Kang Xiaorong's 1,500 cavalrymen arrived at the Yuyuling Prairie in just three days.
At this time, through the herders of the Jun tribe who were fleeing in all directions, he knew that the Khitans had already broken through the Yuyuling high platform occupied by Loushisalai, and the tribal cavalry of Loushisalai was almost wiped out in a battle. After that, Piede guarded Yuyuling, but suddenly led the remaining cavalry to move around and drove the herders to the vicinity of Yuyuling, naturally, in order to wait for a certain opportunity to move all to the east of Hongshan.
Kang Xiaorong's eyes were solemn.
He learned about the strength of the Khitans through the soldiers from the Kumo Camp (Xi tribe, full name Kumo Xi) in the team, but also knew that their Dingkou was not sufficient.
"At present, the Khitans are raging in Yuyuling, and soon the war will be extended to the main tribe of the qihe tribe, Qige tribe!"
So, he did not go to Shanbei Quechang, but went directly to Raoleshui Mountain Pass.
Neri is a rare figure among the Khitans. At this time, in addition to vigorously building a fortress that blocks the mountain pass, he naturally would not forget to send a scout cavalry to move around. So his scout cavalry met Kang Xiaorong's cavalry.
When Kang Xiaorong learned about it, he immediately turned his horse's head and headed south, and occupied Akagi before the pursuit of Neri arrived!
"Good and dangerous"
After occupying Chicheng, Kang Xiaorong couldn't help but feel shocked and sweated.
"If I still march at normal speed, the Khitans at this time not only occupied Yuyuling, blocked the Raoleshui Mountain Pass, but also occupied Chicheng, and sealed the only road that our army could lead to the Khitan hinterland. Although our army was a mountain camp, it also needed a road to walk. It was all up to me to go in the mountains, and I was about to enter the winter mountains. No matter how strong the combat power was, it would eventually be defeated by the Khitans!"
And when he saw another shattered Ye army in Niri, the cold color on his face became even stronger.
He immediately ordered that Vide, who was burning, killing, and looting Yu Yuling, bring a large number of herders back to the east of Hongshan, and only allowed Ketutong to take three thousand light horses to travel to Yi on the west side of Hongshan.
Compared with the Sailye Army, the Khitans have lived in the Songmo area on both sides of the Hongshan Mountain for hundreds of years. They know very well about the Daxianbei Mountains to the border between the Datang and the Tang Dynasty. Even if they can't suddenly understand the Sailye Army, they can still return to the east from any gap in the Hongshan Mountain.
At this time, he did not expect that the main force of the Shattered Ye Army had not arrived yet and he had time to attack Yang Shouzhong. Instead, after Vidie came back, he immediately asked him to go south to the Nera tribe (Chengde) and prepare to block the possible connection between the Shattered Ye Army in the south and the Chicheng tribe in the north.
As the light rain passed, the temperature in the Songhe area dropped faster, with clouds spreading in the sky, and a heavy snow was approaching.
"As long as we survive in winter and snow cover the mountains, we have lived in this special area with deserts, pine forests, continuous hills and mountains. Although the Leaf Army is terrible, as long as we reach this area, it will still be the world of the Khitans."
"There is Wang Xiaojie in front and Sun Xiurong in the back?"
Chapter completed!