Similar feats happened again and again in the Monan and Mobei grasslands.
When Luo Youdu left Youzhou, he handed over the defense of Youzhou to Chen Sirang and also gave him a task.
That is, no pasture is allowed within a hundred miles radius of Gubeikou.
However, during this military expedition to Hedong, Luo Youdu issued a new order to Chen Sirang, going deep into the south and north of the desert and burning all the pastures that could be burned.
This order is destined to be accompanied by death, but the effect it brings is huge.
Go to Linhuang Mansion in Beijing.
Yelujing didn't like the atmosphere in his own capital.
Although the Imperial Palace in Shangjing is magnificently built, the entire city of Shangjing is compatible with Khitan customs and the culture of the Central Plains, including Khitan buildings of various shapes, as well as various Confucian temples, Buddhist temples, and Taoist temples.
Yelujing still likes to live a carefree life, feeling that that is freedom. Being trapped in Shangjing and stuck in one's own ways is like losing freedom.
But... for the sake of the throne, Yelujing resolutely decided not to have this freedom.
The loss of Youdu Mansion had a great impact on Yelujing.
The final analysis is that the Khitan at this time had not yet formed a complete and effective inheritance of traditions and ideas.
Since Yelu Abaoji founded the Khitan, no one has ascended the throne normally.
Even Taizong Yelv Deguang, under the arbitrary actions of the Empress Dowager Duanzhi, deposed the crown prince Dongdan King Yelv Bei and took the throne as emperor with the support of the empress.
As for the subsequent Yelu Ruan and Yelu Jing, they both obtained the throne through military coups.
The successive irregular accessions to the throne led to chaos within the Khitan royal family. Yelv Ruan and Yelu Jing were either fighting the rebellion or on the way to fight it.
This time, Yelu Jing was humiliated in Yan. In order to maintain the prestige of his emperor, he expanded the incident involving Yelu Xiyin as soon as he returned to Beijing and established his own authority by killing his own people.
Face and prestige are found in one's own people. When this person reaches a certain level, there really is no difference.
After clearing away a wave of Yelu Lihu's forces, Yelujing did not dare to leave Shangjing for the time being, so she settled in the Shangjing Palace.
Find a safe place to stay up late, drink, and then sleep during the day.
The letter from Yelu Wuzhi made Yelujing so depressed that she wanted to vomit blood.
This is endless, is it going to stop?
We just attacked Yandi, and then we attacked Hedong?
Although Yelujing complained, he did not delay at all.
Yelujing had unconditional trust in Yeluwuzhi. It was Yeluwuzhi who led the troops and single-handedly helped Yelujing ascend to the throne.
In these years, Yelu Wuzhi has devoted himself to safeguarding the core interests of Khitan.
No matter how crazy he is, Yelu House will take care of him.
However, this time Yelujing did not intend to go on a personal expedition. Instead, he appointed Yelv Dianxian and Gao Xun as generals and ordered them to lead 60,000 troops to support him.
Datong Prefecture already has a lot of soldiers, and with the support of 60,000 soldiers, it is enough to crush Luo Youdu in terms of military strength.
Yelujing stayed up all night as usual that day. After drinking and watching cockfights, Yelujing fell asleep and was about to catch up on a good night's sleep.
News of the burning of vast tracts of grassland in Monan and Mobei reached Beijing.
Full of sleepiness, he suddenly woke up, with a flash of anger and fear in his eyes.
After continuous contact with the Central Plains, the Khitan knew that the culture of the Central Plains was the art of strengthening a country, and they frantically absorbed and studied various advanced knowledge and concepts from the Central Plains.
The only exception is animal husbandry.
Yelu Abaoji is well aware of the advantages of grassland people. They can learn from the Central Plains in everything, but they cannot lose their own livestock.
This is the fundamental reason why the Khitans were able to defeat the Central Plains.
Therefore, when Yelu Abaoji was formulating the national policy, he emphasized that the old custom of Khitan was that horses are used to make people rich, and soldiers are used to make people strong. Let the horses go out in the wild, and let the troops go to the people. When there is something to fight, you will ride on Wei to introduce the husband, and Mao orders Chen to gather. The horses will chase them.
People rely on water and grass to drink cheese, pull strong shoots to feed them for daily use, and use cud and wild rice to feed them. This is the way to go.
No matter how much they understand it, the farming methods of the Central Plains can keep them full.
The Khitan people still rely on animal husbandry to survive.
With their super strong force, they occupied large areas of grassland from the north of Yinshan Mountain to the Lqu River, Tu River, Huangshui to Talu River and the Ergun River Basin, and developed a huge livestock industry.
The more developed the animal husbandry industry is, the more fodder is needed, and the demand for pasture will naturally be greater.
The move of burning the pastures was fatal to the Khitan, just like the natural disasters in the Central Plains.
Why are the Khitan people most afraid of snow disasters?
What they are afraid of is not the cold, but the lack of enough food for their livestock to withstand the cold, leading to large-scale death.
At the same time, without enough forage, cattle, sheep, and horses cannot produce milk, and they will lose a major source of food.
Not only that, the Khitan itself is composed of multiple tribes. In addition to the Khitan, there are also other tribes such as Shiwei, Zubu, Tuhun, large and small, that are attached to the Khitan.
The shortage of pasture will inevitably lead to tribes and other tribes attacking and seizing the remaining pasture.
This snatching of pasture will lead to conflicts and then conflagration...
All consequences are unpredictable.
This is why when Liu Rengong burned the pasture, the Khitan Khan was so frightened that he directly handed over the money to purchase the pasture.
This seemed to just burn down the pasture, but the chain of turbulence it triggered was unpredictable and unbearable for Khitan.
"asshole!"
Yelvjing didn't expect Luo Youdu to be so cruel, and she felt a shudder just thinking about the consequences.
"Quick, quick, go to court and invite all the ministers to the capital."
Yelujing's upper and lower teeth were chattering.
The Khitan ministers who received the news from the previous court first asked whether they were dreaming. Then they looked at the sky to see if it was day or night. After confirming that it was correct, they all had an ominous premonition.
The emperor went to court during the day without sleeping, which was enough to show the seriousness of the situation. They all dropped everything they were doing and rushed to the palace.
Yelv Daixian, Yelu Talie, Yeluyi Lage, Xiao Haiyou, Xiao Husi, Xiao Siwen, Yelu Xianshi, Gao Xun and other key Khitan civil and military officials gathered together.
When they learned that Luo Youdu had sent people to set fire to the grassland, all the civil and military officials in the court panicked and cursed Luo Youdu for his lack of conscience and lack of moral bottom line.
Yelujing rubbed his hungover head and shouted dissatisfied: "I summoned you here to discuss issues, not to hear how you curse people. Swearing is really effective, so there is no need for you."
Yelu Daixian was the first to say: "The southerners' move is too vicious. I propose to cancel the plan to support Hedong."
Are you kidding? There is no time to save Hedong?
Yelv Daixian is Yili Jin from the Jiu Shi Lie Tribe.
The so-called Yili Jin is an autonomous system of Khitan, which is equivalent to the status of a king. The leader of each tribe is Yili Jin, collectively referred to as the king. They each manage according to the customs of their tribes. As long as they do not violate the unified decree, the court generally
Do not interfere in their internal affairs.
Yelu was so talented that he was naturally responsible for the Jiu Shi Lie Department.
This winter, we are destined to fight for pasture to make ends meet. At this critical moment, the men in the tribe are transferred out to fight, leaving a group of women and children behind. Why should we fight for pasture?
Even if they come back victorious next year, what else will be waiting for them besides corpses on the ground?
Anyway, no matter what, Yelu Daixian will definitely not send troops.
The group of ministers below who all had tribal strength behind them all shut their mouths.
No matter who goes, their people cannot go.
King Yelu Talie of the South Courtyard came out at this time and said: "Your Majesty, in these extraordinary times, we have done something extraordinary. I propose that we quickly send people to guard the pastures, count the undamaged pastures, and re-plan all the pastures and divide them into various ministries.
, in order to avoid competing with each other and causing civil strife and military disasters. At the same time, the surplus grain from local governments was collected and distributed uniformly to take care of the weak tribes."
Yelu Talie was the son of Gu Zhi, the Langjun of the Sixth Academy. He was a man of deep wisdom and wisdom. After he was promoted to the king of the South Academy, he paid taxes and encouraged farmers to cultivate crops. He opened up thousands of hectares of fields in the northeast, won the Khitan, and had a prosperous household.
It can almost be said that he is the Khitan God of Wealth.
Under Yelu Talie's suggestion, the main purpose of many Khitan temples was to spend this winter.
The matter of supporting Hedong has just ended.
Yelujing was determined to give Yelu House the greatest support, but just like the emperor of the Central Plains, the emperor could not do whatever he wanted.
His power will also be restricted by the interests of the tribe.
Datong Yunzhou.
Yelvwuzhi did not immediately receive the news that Yelujing had given up sending troops to support, but experienced the scene of a prairie fire in person.
Chen Sirang sent a thousand cavalry to burn the pastures. After a small team completed their mission, they were targeted by the herdsmen from the B Chamber.
The ten people fled in panic and got separated along the way.
A soldier named He Dong got lost in Monan and wandered around blindly. With his hunting talent, he barely survived and ran to Baishuiluo.
There will be the Chahar Right Front Banner in the future, a paradise for the Mongolian people to thrive and live for generations. The Zhongzheng Yellow Banner of the Eight Banners of Mongolia grows here, with thick reeds and rich water and grass.
Baishuiluo is located just north of Yunzhou in Datong.
He Dong lit eight sources of fire at the wind outlet of Baishui Lake. They spread in all directions and burned for a whole day and night.
Yelu House was powerless even if he wanted to put out the fire.
Herbs are flammable, and the fire is driven by the wind, and it is far away from the water source, so there is no way to save it.
Looking at the black land turned into black charcoal, Yelu Wuzhi had no expression on his face and said to Yelu Dilie beside him: "Your Majesty, tell the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to let him persevere. Luo Youdu committed a wrathful act on the grassland.
His Majesty has decided to send 100,000 troops to attack the Central Plains, not only to help him regain Hedong, but also to invade the Central Plains and take Luo Youdu's head to apologize to the people of Daliao."
After saying that, he turned around and returned to Tianbao Temple in Datong Prefecture.
He locked himself in the room, took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Yelujing.
The first sentence of the pen is: Do not harm yourself for Hedong. I will set up a defense line in the clouds of Datong to prevent the invasion of the Central Plains. The situation between the two countries is like water and fire, and the trend of burning food and grass may become the norm. This cannot be done for a long time.
Being controlled by others leads to the destruction of national strength. We should try our best to develop farming to achieve a balance between agriculture and animal husbandry and get out of this situation.
.In addition, we can no longer seek for an opportunity for détente with the Central Plains. The two sides have entered a never-ending situation. Your Majesty should follow the example of Taizu and Taizong in the past and form the Dracao Valley Cavalry to continuously harass the borders of the Central Plains for a long time!
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