In the new year, heavy snow came as promised, and the entire Aral Sea was frozen.
Abaoji is dead, he just died.
The tomb is located on the bank of the Aral Sea. It is not big, looks gray and inconspicuous at all.
Before leaving, his heart was full of regrets.
Although the grassland people don't have much sadness about leaving their homeland, they still feel a little disappointed when they are so far away from their homeland all of a sudden. Not to mention that they were beaten away, which makes them feel even more unhappy.
Finally, their new home gave them some comfort, but it was just "some".
The new neighbors are not very good at fighting. When the two armies are facing each other, they can still look good and look a bit bluffing. But once they start fighting, when they need to grit their teeth and endure casualties, it is easy to lose their strength and be defeated.
Go down.
Why does this happen? It's very simple. I haven't improved the intensity. When encountering high-intensity battles, I can't bear it.
Furthermore, his tactical literacy is also relatively poor.
The entire tribe did not have a strong military tradition and was not ready for war at any time. The process of transitioning from peace to war was too long and not professional enough, so they were suddenly attacked without warning.
When the Khitans first came, it was hard to imagine the intensity of the war they fought with the Persians, let alone why they were not wiped out by the Xia people. After thinking about it, distance was probably their best talisman.
But for the Khitan nomadic tribes, distance is not a problem at all. They do not need to transport supplies from the rear. They also have no home. They are home wherever they go, wandering around the world, nomadic.
The above are the good aspects, but there are actually more bad aspects.
After these days, they also understand that although the Aral Sea is rich in water and grass, it also has serious crises.
The most important thing is that it is too close to Persia.
The Bukhara court previously built the Great Wall to defend against the Oghuz Turks who were raiding south. Later, when the country became stronger, the Great Wall was no longer maintained and repaired, and was gradually abandoned. It was replaced by Persian soldiers who continued to raid the Oghuz Turks northward.
Will.
In recent years, the Persians have suffered heavy losses in the east. They have consumed a lot of strength and rebelled all over the country. They cannot spare any effort. Otherwise, they will definitely have a hand in the Khitan's attack on the Oghuz Turks.
, there is no doubt about this.
Nowadays, the chaos in Persia has been calmed down one after another, but the country's power is greatly depleted and the deficit is huge. It urgently needs a few years to recuperate and recuperate. So what will happen in a few years? Will there be an urgent need to go north? It is almost certain!
This is the problem faced by Khitan.
But then again, the Khitans were by nature plundering. In the current situation, it was unrealistic to breed cattle and sheep in peace and stability. It was better to take the initiative to attack and find some supplies from the Persians.
Substituting offense for defense is the best strategy.
Persia is in a hurry and may not be able to resist suing for peace. Or it may not attack Persia and continue to the west to seize more fertile pastures and capture more people. The tribes over there look quite bad, and they are not expected to be Khitan.
The opponent can be defeated in a few blows - the weak are not qualified to occupy the fertile land.
Moreover, going west also has a big advantage: it is far away from the Xia people.
After years of competing with the Xia Kingdom, they were really afraid.
With a mighty imperial army, a wise monarch, sufficient supplies of food and equipment, and a huge reserve force, they have no chance of winning.
Staying away from them is not a bad thing.
A strong wind blew up, causing the soul-calling flags in front of the tomb to whistle. Abaoji was dead, but the Khitans had to continue to survive.
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On the Kipchak grassland, Li Shouxin spent a lot of money to settle down with a Turkic tribe.
The number of people in the envoy has expanded, but the extra people are not the Xia people who followed him to the west, but the Romans.
Yes, he has been to Constantinople.
It took a year to convince the other side's king that he was really an envoy from the Eastern Powers - he had lost most of the documents or items that could prove his identity.
The Romans did not seem to be having a very good life, because there were Turkic tribes migrating westward that disturbed the borders. Dashi was generally peaceful with them, but small-scale fighting never stopped.
This is understandable. After the alliance between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, there were no major wars, and there were countless small fights. As far as the towns in the northwest of Beijing are concerned, it was commonplace for the border generals to send people to capture the lives of Tibetans.
Easterners and Westerners are actually the same.
The Roman king was not stingy. After he was willing to recognize the identity of Xia's envoy, he immediately held a grand banquet to entertain him.
Officials, nobles, military envoys, and tribal chiefs all arrived one after another, looking at these foreign visitors with curious eyes.
Rome was interested in the East.
In the pre-Tang Dynasty, missions were sent to Chang'an many times, but then stopped due to various reasons. Now it seems to be normal to resume again. Therefore, they sent a team of more than a hundred people, carrying credentials and gifts, to follow Li
Keep your word and return home together.
Li Shouxin was very happy at first, feeling that this trip fulfilled his mission and he finally had an explanation for the saint. But when he arrived at the Qincha grassland, he met a caravan returning from the east and learned that this year was the first year of the Qiandao (
927).
I was so shocked that I continued to inquire, only to find out that the supreme emperor Jianwen Shenwu of Daxia had passed away last year. After the prince ascended the throne, he designated this year as the first year of Qiandao and issued a general amnesty to the world.
Li Shouxin was dumbfounded by the news. Thinking of the hardships and sufferings along the way, he burst into tears from grief.
Before leaving, the saint gave many instructions and exhortations, and said that when they returned home successfully, he would personally come out of the city to greet them. However, he did not expect that there would be so many bumps along the way, which would delay their return, and as a result, they would not be able to see the saint for the last time.
When I think about the people who died for various reasons on the road, I feel even more depressed and find it difficult to resolve.
Maybe, this is life.
Life is inherently full of hardships and regrets, which can make people feel uneasy.
Perhaps, this is also the charm of life.
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Li Shouxin's delegation finally arrived in Luoyang in the first month of the second year of Qiandao (928).
At that time, the new king had just returned to the court.
After the death of the late emperor, some prefectures and counties in Henan and Hebei thought that the new emperor would stop immigration, but in the end they still continued, so rebellions broke out.
In addition, the last miscellaneous army, the Guangjie Army, was dissatisfied with their fate and seized the city to rebel, which made the momentum a bit big for a while.
The new king made Shao Xiu, the king of Liao, the crown prince, and took charge of military and state affairs. The queen mother Zheshi assisted in the government, and led more than 200,000 troops from various tribes to go on an expedition, and the rebellion was put down within a few months.
At this time, everyone admired the late emperor's arrangement.
Faced with such a situation, only Jin Shang can properly handle it, because he can control the army personally, he can stabilize the more than 200,000 imperial troops, and he does not command randomly, but can arrange the troops, boost morale, and command the army to win the war. .
He may not be the most capable among the disciples, but he must be the most suitable.
In the eighteenth year of Qiandao (944), Shao Chengjie died in Linshuo Palace in Beijing.
Prince Shao Xiu ascended the throne in front of the vigil, and an army of 300,000 people shouted long live and marched to Luoyang with the new emperor.
Shao Chengjie completed his historical mission: to inherit the legacy of Taizu and suppress the hostility in the world.
After the third generation of emperor Shao Xiu Shou succeeded to the throne, the world's atmosphere has changed greatly. Moreover, after Xia Taizong's eighteenth year of Xiao Gui and Cao's follow-up, all the new dynasty's political affairs have been very stable, and officials with new academic backgrounds can be found in every corner of Daxia. , many people are already in high positions.
The historical process is difficult to change in a short period of time.
If Shao Xiu Shou, who had been around Taizu since childhood, continued the policies of the previous two generations, the new dynasty's elegant politics could even be said to be deeply rooted.