Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1137 Yu Yue
Khitan Eight Division Yu Yueyelu Shilu went out early in the morning.

Brother Hua pretended to see him off, but after seeing his father walking away, he slipped back quietly.

Inside the tent, the flames of war raged, and the ground shook.

Brother Yeluhua galloped bravely on his father's concubine, and he withered after a long time.

"Brother Hua, you are too useless." The woman muttered dissatisfiedly, and sneered: "Your father is over fifty, but he is as fierce as a galloping tiger, much stronger than you."

Brother Yeluhua was a little annoyed when he heard this.However, after seeing the woman's white body and those charming eyes, he said with a flattering smile: "Father won't be brave for a few years, why mention him."

The woman heard the same thing, she stopped laughing at Brother Hua immediately, but crawled over, clinging to his back, rubbing lightly, and said softly, "Brother Hua, I will depend on you from now on."

Brother Hua is very useful.

This is my father's favorite concubine, but now she is pleasing him like a dog, which greatly satisfies his vanity.

"You have been accompanying father these few days, what news did you hear?" Brother Hua asked.

"The battle in the south is not going well, Yu Yue is very angry." The woman said: "The day before yesterday he ordered all the ministries to recruit young men and gather in Liaoyang, intending to besiege the Xia people."

Brother Hua groaned comfortably, and asked again: "What about the west? What about Abaoji?"

"From Yu Yue's point of view, the fight seems to be okay." The woman said: "It took up a lot of territory, and robbed some Dingkou, cattle and sheep, but I don't know where it will be, maybe we will meet Jin people. "

"You woman, you know a lot." Brother Hua dragged the woman to him, and said: "In the future, pay more attention to various news and find a way to report to me."

The woman nodded slightly.

"Don't worry." Brother Hua pinched the woman and said with a smile: "When my father dies, I will definitely take you home. Diela tribe, when will it be Abaoji's turn to decide? His army, tribesmen and The wife is mine."

The woman took a fistful, and seemed a little angry.

Brother Yeluhua still misses Abaoji's wife Yue Liduo, which makes her a little angry.A guy like Brother Hua looks much worse than A Baoji, how could he be in the top position?

Seeing the jealous look of the woman, Yeluhua smiled and said nothing. After putting on his clothes, he left the tent.

In the valley, cattle and sheep are wild, and tents are dotted all over.Children are practicing sheep riding and archery, women are milking and feeding grass, old people are making bow tips, bow strings, and arrows, and the young adults have already left to gather in other places.

I don't know why, apart from women and fighting for power, Brother Hua suddenly felt worried about Khitan's future.

The Khitan tribes have come to this day, and every step is not easy.

At the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the former Tang Dynasty, the ancient Dahe tribal alliance was broken by the Tang army because of its attachment to the Turks.

The newly born Yaolan Alliance was weak and had to be attached to the Uighurs, and was enslaved for more than a hundred years.After the Uyghur Khanate was destroyed, Khitan regained its freedom and rose step by step until it had the strength it has today.

Accumulating some strength is not easy.The time for the rise of the tribe is not always there, and once it is lost, it is often accompanied by disaster.

The Central Plains is slowly being unified.Every time this kind of thing happens, it is not a good thing for the grassland people.Brother Yelu Hua knew this even though he had never seen it before.

Alas, for the first time in history, he hoped that his father, Yelu Shilu, would be able to win the battle and defeat the Xia soldiers who marched from the south of Liaoning to the north.

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Yu Yue, who was in charge of military and state affairs, issued a call-up order, and the left-behind personnel of the Khitan Eighth Division immediately mobilized.

The young men prepared their weapons, horses, and dry food, and followed the leader to set off.

Elderly people and healthy women prepared food and grass, piled it into the carriage, and then drove the cattle and sheep to the front line.

At this time, on the core pastureland of the Diela tribe, a large group of knights had prepared their equipment and dry food and set off in batches.

Shu Luping rode a small mare and walked side by side with Yu Lu Jiangu, watching the soldiers going out.

"Shi Lu, if you can't win this time, don't come back." Seeing her husband, Yu Lu said.

Shuluping covered his mouth and smiled, and said: "Shi Lu is very capable, otherwise he wouldn't have married our great shaman."

"Shi Lu" is called Xiao Shilu, the younger brother of Xiao Dilu, and the half-brother of Xiao Aguzhi and Shuluping.

Their mother was the younger sister of Yeluzala, also Abaoji's aunt.

In other words, Xiao Shilu and A Baoji are cousins, very close.

What made him even more intimate was that he also married Abaoji's younger sister, Yu Lujiangu, as his wife—"Liao History" records that after the rebellion among the younger brothers, Abaoji said heartbrokenly: "The Prime Minister of the Northern Mansion Shilu's wife Yu Lujiangu Once a dear relative in the country betrays me, commits rebellion, and dies of illness without being dealt with, it is like heaven punishing him."

Xiao Shilu once participated in the rebellion of his younger brothers and committed suicide after failing.As his wife, Princess Yu Lujiangu also participated, and "died of illness" as a result.Later generations once unearthed a tomb of a Khitan princess in the style of the late Tang Dynasty. The owner of the tomb had a lot of mercury in his body and was a shaman himself.

But no matter what happens in the future, at this time Xiao Shilu is A Baoji's confidant, his cousin and brother-in-law, and the most trustworthy person.

Prior to this, Xiao Shilu had been helping A Baoji manage Zhuhaner and Bohai slaves.If it weren't for the seriousness of the matter this time, he wouldn't go out, but sit in the rear.

"Don't worry." Xiao Shilu smiled and said, "How long have the Xia people been here in southern Liaoning? They don't have many troops at all. In fact, I am very surprised. From Jili to Anshi, hundreds of miles away, why? Can't stop it?"

"Don't underestimate the enemy." Yu Lu Jiangu glared at her husband.

Xiao Shilu suppressed his smile and didn't dare to reply.

His wife is Abaoji's younger sister and a great shaman of the tribe, with high prestige.The person is also charming and tall, Xiao Shilu really loves evil, always be careful in front of his wife.When Yu Lu saw his aunt pointing to the east, he would never dare to go west.

"Shi Lu." Shu Luping brewed his emotions for a while, and said: "My sister is just a few of your relatives, and you must come back safely. Yu Lujian is right, don't underestimate the enemy. You also know the situation, Liaonan's Xia Bing built a lot of vehicles, but the water can't get in. The ministries have lost hundreds of people. So far, they haven't found a good way. You always have a good plan. After you go to the front line, take a good look and think about it. Once you figure out a way, you will make a great contribution , Abaoji will never treat you badly."

"Don't worry." Xiao Shilu said with a smile: "This time we have a lot of people, we will definitely be able to win."

Confidence is an important trait.

A confident person can fully perform at his own level, or even perform beyond his level.

A person without self-confidence can't show his abilities at all, and loses in a daze.

Khitan is now confident. Although this confidence has been shaken to a certain extent, the foundation laid by years of victories is still there, and it will not be shaken for a while.

Xiao Shilu couldn't believe it.

Thousands of Xia soldiers, can't they all be three-headed and six-armed?I can't believe I can't take it down!
After bidding farewell to Yue Liduo and Yu Lu, Xiao Shilu caught up with the expedition team and gradually disappeared behind the high mountains and dense forests.

Tens of thousands of elite cavalry from Die's tribe are dispatched!
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The army was still gathering one after another, but Yelu Shilu couldn't wait.So, on the thirteenth day of the seventh month, he personally brought two thousand horses to Liaoyang.

Liaoyang used to be the prefecture of Tang Andong's Protectorate, and it was under the jurisdiction of Youzhou Jiedushi. As the saying goes, "the hero of Liaoyang's armored soldiers is far away from the control of Youdu".

But the long-term melee in the Central Plains gradually made it impossible for the Tang people to control the grassland.

They first withdrew from Liaoyang, then completely abandoned Yingzhou, and shrunk their defenses to the back of the mountain.At this point, the back of the mountain could no longer be maintained, and it had all been taken by the Khitan.

The decline of the power of the Tang people made the Khitan and Bohai countries very happy.The two sides once fought a war over the ownership of Liaoyang. In the end, Khitan won and Bohai lost.

But the Khitan did not have the ability to run the city.The people of Liaoyang also returned to Youzhou with the retreating army. What they got was an empty city.

After 30 years of wind and rain, the city wall built with rammed earth has collapsed a lot.The broken walls and ruins of the city, broken bricks and tiles, and weeds stretched across the sky, almost like ghosts.

Yelu Shilu lost interest in the abandoned city after only one glance.

So far, all the victories of the Khitan have been won on horseback, and they don't need to live within the protection of the city wall like the people in the Central Plains.

"Wansi, the Khitan has always been dominated by cavalry. The ancestors defeated the six tribes of Xi and defeated Bohai. Abaoji also defeated the tribes of Xiaohuang Shiwei, Yuewu, Wugu, Liuxi, and Bishajian. The only ones who relied on the Khitan's iron cavalry. Yelu Shilu stepped on a rotten spear shaft on the ground and said: "But this time I encountered a problem, tell me, what should I do?"

Yeluwansi is the son of Shilu, who has little courage and extraordinary insight.Although not as stunning and brilliant as A Baoji, he is considered an outstanding figure in the family of Yelu's Yun Deshi.

Yelv Shilu didn't bring Brother Hua out, but brought Wansi, which had a strong sense of cultivation, and it could be regarded as preparing a team for his nephew A Baoji in advance.

"Grandpa, it's actually not difficult to deal with this Xia army, it's just a siege." Yelu Wansi said: "Separate a group of people and horses to harass and delay the Xia army convoy, and then send out the main force of the brigade, bring more horses, and carry seven days of rations. , went south and went deep behind enemy lines, and raided Xiarenzhou and counties. The Han Chinese have a saying in the art of war that they should 'advance strengths and avoid weaknesses', and that's it. Why fight them face to face?"

Yelu Shilu twirled his beard lightly, smiled with satisfaction, and said, "Wansi, you have a very deep understanding of the use of cavalry. I heard from a merchant from Youzhou that there is a man who is very good at using cavalry in the Central Plains."

"Who?" Yelu Wansi asked curiously.

"It's Shao Shude, son of the Great Summer." Yelu Shilu said: "His cavalry is very similar to the style of the grassland, but it's not safe. He also loves to use his strengths to avoid weaknesses, and his understanding of cavalry is extremely deep. It's a pity that he became the emperor. After that, I will no longer lead troops to fight, otherwise I can compete with him."

"There will be a chance." Yelu Wansi said with a smile, "As long as A Baoji beats the Xia people this time and reaches Hexi, Shao Shude's dragon chair will not be able to sit firmly."

"Haha!" Yelu Shilu laughed happily.

"Yu Yue!" A close voice came from a distance: "There is news from A Baoji."

(End of this chapter)