Bei'an Prefecture, strictly speaking, should be called Bei'an Xinghua Army at this time, because Bei'an Prefecture would not be established until the population increased in several decades.
The specific location of this place was near Luanhe Town in Chengde City.
After Zhang Gao came back from Jieshi Mountain, he came here immediately, because since Zhang Gao wanted to follow the old path of the Qing Dynasty in dealing with the grasslands, Chengde was a very key location.
This area is bordered to the north by the Mobei Grassland, especially the adjacent grassland on the west side of the Greater Hinggan Mountains, which is the generation of Chifeng, Tongliao, Xing'an, and Hulunbuir in later generations. The rainfall is extremely rich.
It has always been the favorite pasture of the grassland peoples, and most of the last strength of the Khitan Kingdom is now entrenched here.
To the west is the prairie known as Monan, Yinshan Mountain, Daqingshan Mountain, and later Baotou, Hohhot, and Zhangjiakou are all in this direction.
Going east, you can directly reach Tangshan, Qinhuangdao, Huludao and Jinzhou.
Behind you is Youzhou, surrounded by the Yanshan Mountains, with the Liuhe River, Luanhe River and several tributaries of the Luanhe River passing through it, making water transportation convenient.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the Qing Dynasty, Chengde was known as one place connected to five provinces.
The rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty established the Yellow Sect here, and firmly controlled the Mongols in southern Mongolia and northern Mongolia, the Tibetans in the Qingtang Plateau, and even the Mongols in the Altai Mountains, all in one Chengde.
Although Zhang Yan disliked the Manchus who were disgusting in all aspects, it must be said that the Manchus' control over the grasslands and plateaus was the most stable in all dynasties. No one, not even the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, was so
Strong control.
Therefore, Chengde is very important to Zhang Yan. The important thing is not that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Chengde does not have this attribute at all. What is important is that Chengde has a location advantage of Kaifeng outside the Great Wall. The southern desert, northern desert, western Liaoning and western Yanyun are connected.
Communication basically has to go through Chengde.
Then it would be just right to build a city in this convenient place and overhaul the Liufa Sect temple.
Then, in the five Dharma lands of the Six Dharma Lands (excluding the Middle Earth), Buddhist official positions such as Living Buddha, Great Virtue, and Dusengtong were established. Then the Golden Vase Lottery System was established, and the reincarnation of the Living Buddha was confirmed by the emperor.
As soon as he said it was done, Zhang Zhi immediately issued an order to abolish the Khitan administrative structure of Bei'an Prefecture, change it to Chengde Prefecture, and move the state capital from Bei'an Prefecture to a location similar to that of Chengde in later generations.
There are Modouling and Sixiang ridges in the west, and mountains and hills such as Niushan, Songziling, and Shenshan in the east. There is enough space to build temples. More than five rivers merge into the Luanhe River here, and the scenery is unique.
Then he ordered Gao Xingzhou, the governor of Fan Yangjun in Beiping Prefecture, to move to You, Gui and Yi three prefectures with 3,000 households, Ningxia governor Ping Zhangzhe to move from far away to Ningxia Yin, and Sui 2 prefectures to have 2,000 households in Dangxiang near Chengde Prefecture.
There were 17,000 households in Tuyuhun, east of the river that was to be given to Murong Nobunaga, and about 80,000 people were also moved here first, with 20,000 people.
He also ordered the Ministry of Industry to recruit a thousand workers, including masons and carpenters from the Han area, and lead the Tuyuhun people to build temples and cities in Chengde Prefecture first.
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Although Dading Mansion in Zhongjing was called Zhongjing, the Liao Kingdom did not build a tall city wall for Dading Mansion.
The entire Dading Mansion is an earthen city surrounded by stones and fences. Except for the somewhat decent palace in the middle, it is basically surrounded by various low sheds and tents.
As the horn sounded, Li Gu looked up at the sky, knowing that someone must be coming.
Because this horn blows a long sound to indicate that the one coming is one of our own. If it is an enemy attack, other horns blow short and sharp.
When the surrounding Khitan youths heard the sound of the horn, they got on their horses and roared out.
Because it is so lonely on the grassland, even in a prosperous place like Dading Mansion, if you hear someone coming, you will go there to join in the fun.
The young people cheered and played happily and left. After a while, the Khitan's young men, Banhan Zhuanding and other young men also rode away on horseback, shouting and galloping away.
Li Gu took out an hourglass made by a craftsman from the Ministry of Industry and started timing. The hourglass is indeed much easier to use than a water drain, because there is no need to worry about evaporation and water leakage.
But correspondingly, the price of an hourglass is quite expensive, because water does not have different weights and particle sizes, which is not the case with hourglasses.
Therefore, it is necessary for someone to select and polish the sand in the hourglass so that all hourglasses are basically the same. In order to match the time and weather, the cooperation of Qin Tianjian is indispensable.
But even so, after the emperor brought the hourglass back to the Central Plains from Anxi, the hourglass has remained extremely popular and has completely replaced the water leak in key occasions.
"It's not even half a quarter of an hour!" After the sound of the horses' hooves running to watch the excitement gradually subsided, Li Gu put away the hourglass and muttered to himself.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, one or two thousand people came out to watch the excitement. The Khitan people's spirit has not completely exhausted!
"Come on, let's see who's coming." Putting away the hourglass, Li Gu took the guards around him and went out and got on his horse.
In the northwest corner of Dading Mansion, hundreds of Khitan cavalry escorted a team of 200 people, slowly coming from a distance.
The Khitan cavalry showed off their power, while the captives, whose hands and feet were tied, were timid and staggered.
From time to time, Khitan young men rode forward, frightening the prisoners into panic, and bursts of laughter broke out from the people around them.
Some younger Khitan children took out small soft bows and shot arrow shafts made of branches at the captives, as if hunting, and the captives were even more frightened.
Suddenly, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old Khitan boy ran over from the side and threw an unbound prisoner in the crowd to the ground. The prisoner screamed in horror, and the top of his animal skin jacket was torn.
A hint of snow-white was revealed.
The Khitan people became even more excited, tearing at the prisoners' few clothes like beasts, and roaring like beasts from their mouths.
Similarly, the people around were not only disorganized, but the laughter became even louder.
Li Gu suddenly turned pale because the prisoner who was so humiliated by the Khitan boy was speaking the Tang sound, which was the Heluo dialect with a Kaifeng accent.
"Is it Li Cizhou? Are you Li Cizhou? Who is the emperor in China now? Liu Zhiyuan or Zhang Yan?"
Shi Chonggui looked at the Han-dressed official in the distance, and suddenly great strength burst out from his body. Several Khitan warriors who were guarding him were immediately thrown away by Shi Chonggui.
He, the leader of the Jin Dynasty, had tears streaming down his face and howled as he ran towards Li Gu. A Khitan officer galloped forward and hit Shi Chonggui on the shoulder with a stick. However, Shi Chonggui just turned aside and did not move his feet at all.
slow.
Li Gu's eyes suddenly widened. He looked at the dark and thin old man in front of him, with gray hair and chicken coop-like hair. He recognized him for a long time before he dared to believe that he was actually Shi Chonggui, the former emperor of Jin Dynasty.
Shi Chonggui rushed in front of Li Gu, suddenly grabbed Li Gu's thigh and collapsed on the ground, "Weizhen save me, you are willing to be a footman in Tokyo!"
"Ah!" Li Gu let out a painful howl. He raised his eyes and saw that the whole world seemed to be shaking.
"Beilu bullies people too much!"
While howling, Li Gu kicked Shi Chonggui away, grabbed a spear from the guard beside him, then took a run for it twice, jumped into the air with a flying step, and the spear flew out from his hand.
With a 'pop' sound, the spear crossed a parabola and accurately hit the person on the horse. It directly knocked the Khitan officer who was galloping and had just hit Shi Chonggui on the shoulder, causing him to fall off his horse.
Li Gu then shouted loudly again, smashed out the hammer with his right hand, and hit the charging horse on the forehead.
The war horse let out a sharp scream, staggered twice, and the Khitan officer, who was still stuck in the saddle with his ankle and a spear in his chest, ran away crookedly.
"Kill this little thief for me!" While he knocked over the Khitan officer and seriously injured the horse, as soon as Li Gu landed, he pointed his right halberd at the Khitan boy who had pushed the Houjin palace man to the ground and humiliated him.
A Zuoyu Linwei Xiaoqi with fire-spitting eyes immediately stepped forward upon hearing the words, and the Hexi Pegasus ran to the Khitan boy's side in two steps.
Xiaoqi turned his body to the left, and lightly cut with the saber in his hand. The young man's dark head suddenly flew into the air, and blood began to spurt from his neck, and a frightened expression appeared on his face.
"My son!" A fat Khitan noble screamed, drew out his scimitar and was about to fight.
Xiao Qi was even more unambiguous. He lifted the reins, and the horseman stood up, using only his two hind legs to complete the turn.
‘Boom! Boom!’ Two consecutive arrows were shot out. The fat Khitan nobleman was hit with one arrow in his forehead and another in his neck. After staggering twice, he fell to the ground.
In an instant, thousands of Khitan people around them became angry. They roared and were about to rush forward, but they quickly calmed down.
Because the hundred Zuo Yu Lin Wei Xiaoqi who followed Li Gu were already wearing armor and had their crossbows cocked. Anyone who dared to come up would be prepared to lose his life.
The Khitans in Dading Prefecture are not the Khitans in Huanglong Prefecture. The Khitans in Huanglong Prefecture only know that the Great Khitan Kingdom was defeated in the Southern Dynasties and suffered heavy losses. Many people do not even know whether Yelu Deguang died or not.
But the Khitans in Dading Prefecture in Zhongjing, near Youzhou, still knew it very well.
Therefore, when they saw that the Zhou cavalry was fully armed, they immediately dared to yell and curse, but did not dare to charge.
Li Gu quickly had people untie the two hundred concubines, palace servants, eunuchs and a few civil servants from their ropes. Everyone rushed over to him and cried loudly around Li Gu.
Empress Dowager Li and Empress Feng, who were dressed in sackcloth and had dirt on their faces, also came over.
Empress Feng begged Li Gu again and again regardless of her appearance, "Please Li Cizhou tell Liu Hedong, no! Tell the emperor, slave Feng is willing to be his slave and maidservant, just to be able to return to the Central Plains!"
Li Gu's cheeks twitched, "Liu Zhiyuan didn't know the time of heaven and had the will to be disobedient. He was defeated by the army led by our sage himself. Now the Central Plains is the Great Zhou Kingdom, and the sage is the Emperor Zhang of Shaoming."
Empress Dowager Li, who couldn't help but burst into tears, brightened up when she heard this. She grabbed Li Gu's hand and asked in surprise.
"Is King Liang of Hexi the lord of China? Please Li Cizhou tell the emperor that for the sake of my sister Yongle, please let this old woman go to Tokyo to become a nun!"
In fact, Empress Dowager Li didn't have much hope. Others didn't know about Liu Zhiyuan, but she knew very well that although he was brave, he was narrow-minded and valued military men over the world. She would never want Shi Chonggui to go back.
Moreover, Hedong was in decline. Even if Liu Zhiyuan became the emperor, it would be difficult for everyone to believe him. He would certainly not dare to offend the Khitans too much, so he would not negotiate with the Khitans because of them.
Only Hexi Zhang Gao prides himself on loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. The Hexi cavalry under his command have strong horses and strong horses, and they look like a human lord.
People who want to come to Huanglong Mansion say that when the Khitans were defeated in the Central Plains, it must be the troops from Hexi who invaded the Central Plains. In the opinion of Queen Mother Li, only Zhang Zhi had the ability and courage to tolerate them.
Moreover, his biological sister, Princess Yongle, who he raised with his own hands, is Zhang Yan's daughter-in-law, so it is very possible to save her due to both emotion and reason.
But when she returned to Tokyo, her brother-in-law Murong Baipao took care of her, so at least she could have enough food and clothing, so in excitement, Empress Dowager Li directly called Zhang Zhi her father, that is, her uncle.
Li Gu did not dare to accept the great gift from Empress Dowager Li, Shi Chonggui and others, so he quickly returned the gift and pulled them up.
"Don't worry, Queen Mother. I am going north this time at the invitation of Princess Yongle to save the Queen Mother. The saint has also agreed to take you back."
"My Yongle! You are the only one who still remembers my sister! The old woman kowtows to the Father and the Emperor!"
Empress Dowager Li burst into tears and kowtowed to the south on the ground.
For fear of falling behind, Shi Chonggui also kowtowed repeatedly, shouting shamelessly, "My grandson, I thank my grandfather for the emperor's great kindness!"
For the rest of the palace people who knew that they had escaped, the eunuchs cried loudly, and many of them even collapsed on the ground crying.
"Prefect Li, I have killed several people today, can the Khitan Queen Mother give up and let it go?" Someone asked tremblingly amidst the crying.
When Li Gu heard this, he saw that the weather-beaten old man next to him turned out to be Empress Feng's brother. He once had great power. Li Gu saw Feng Yu, the Privy Councilor who could not see him.
But at this time, Feng Yu was like a pug, looking at Li Gu pitifully and fearfully.
Li Gu pondered for a moment. Although he was not sure whether Shu Luping would be so angry that he lost his mind, he said firmly.
"Nowadays, China is strong and the North is weak. The Queen Mother is a sensible person. She knows what should be done and what should not be done.
Tonight you all go to a certain camp, and with these hundred men of strength and strength guarding you, you will be safe and sound."
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Li Gu guessed correctly, who was Shu Luping? He was a ruthless person whose skills were second only to Xiao Yanyan among the heroines of the Liao Kingdom, and who was even more ruthless. Yelu Abaoji started his own business, and Shu Luping had at least 40% of the credit.
Even if we look at the entire history, apart from the fact that the Northern Dynasty of Liao was too small, in terms of ability, it is also ranked high in Chinese history.
After she knew that Li Gu dared to kill the Khitan nobles outside the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, she sighed deeply at the nobles who came to cry. Then a fierce light suddenly appeared in her eyes, and she placed her severed wrist on the white tiger leather seat.
It made a clanging sound when knocked on.
"Why are you crying? When did my great Khitan man only cry when something happened?"
Yelu Lihu was walking around like a furious lion. When he heard Shuluping's words, he immediately raised his head and shouted, "Mother, go and light up the soldiers and horses right now and kill all those men!"
"Stupid!" Shulu Ping suddenly clapped his left palm and looked at Yelu Lihu with some hatred.
"Now that the Han Dynasty is so powerful, it kills just a hundred people here at the cost of my mother and son escaping to a bitter cold place like Beihai. Is this what a king should do?"
After speaking, Shuluping looked at everyone and shouted: "This is the fate of the weak, this is the treatment we can only get after killing two emperors in a row.
All men who still know shame should remember this shame. One day, they will eventually inflict this kind of insult a hundred times on Han'er."
After saying this, the Khitan nobles in the tent roared, and everyone swore that Han'er must be good-looking in the future.
Shu Luping breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart. Li Gu was killing people at will in the Khitan capital. If she couldn't express her position, it would definitely have a serious impact on the mentality of the Khitan people.
Now she cleverly turned this humiliation into a common enemy and avoided breaking up with Zhang Hao now.
"Tomorrow I will set off for Bei'an Prefecture. After I leave, Xi Yin, you will immediately lead 10,000 cavalry north to Linhuang Mansion. If you don't see me coming back, you must stay on high alert and beware of Han Chinese cavalry raids.
If your mother never comes back, you should retreat to Jingbian City, endure the humiliation, recuperate, and avenge your mother in the future."
Jingbian City was the Manzhouli of later generations. After retreating to Manzhouli, almost all the territory was lost, so Yelu Lihu was extremely reluctant.
"Mother, I think the Han cavalry only has 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry. If they can reach Dading Prefecture, it is considered good. Why do they have to retreat to Jingbian City?"
Shuluping was silent for a long time, and then dismissed most of the people, leaving only Yelu, Lihu and a few other descendants, and then he said quietly.
"I think the Han people have been able to kill two Khitan emperors in a row in just two years. It's obvious that I am like the rising sun, but my luck has suddenly shifted to another place.
This kind of attitude is like that in the past when the Han Dynasty conquered Wei Huo, and the Tang Dynasty had two Li. Maybe this week the Zhou Dynasty will also produce a champion, a hero like Li Wei Gong, how can Linhuang Mansion save my son's life?
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These words came from the mouth of Shulu Ping, a gray-haired man with chicken skin. Yelu Lihu, Yelu Deguang's third son Yelu Jing, Yelu Kuang Sage, Yelu Tiande and others in the tent were all numb.
Thinking of Huo Qubing, who was less than 20 years old, and was able to pin down the Xiongnu who were at the height of their power to the ground and explode their hammers, and Li Jing who pulled the world-famous Turkic leader Jieli Khan out of a marmot cave, even Yelu and Li Hu couldn't help but shudder.
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Thinking that the Khitan, as the third lord of the grassland after the Huns and Turks, suddenly fell into this situation when they were strong, they were immediately enveloped in a sense of fate, and no one said a word for a long time.
In the end, the strong-minded Shuluping came to his senses early. He looked at Yelujing and said: "After my grandmother leaves, my grandson can take Tiande and go to western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning immediately.
If grandma never comes back, you will immediately lead the tribesmen from the two places to retreat north, and at the same time, take the Ding Zhuang among the Bohai people and ask them to kill all the Han people in western Liaoning, and all the Han people in Liaodong will also withdraw northward."
Yelujing and Yelutiande nodded, and Shuluping then turned back to look at Yeluqu Sage.
"Now there are only a few of you among the men in my Yelu family. If none of them go to Bei'an Prefecture, Zhang Thief will definitely become suspicious. You Sage, go to Bei'an Prefecture with your grandmother."
Yelu Sage almost cried, but looking at the vicious looks of his uncle Yelu Lihu and his brother Yelu Jing, he could only nod his head blankly: "My grandson understands and is willing to go south with his grandmother."