Great time travel

Chapter 44, Yelu Dashi
Kedun City, Northwest Road of the Liao Dynasty recruited the Siyamen
In the snowy outside, the biting cold wind howls like a ghost; in the dark and gloomy room, a huge butter torch is burning.

Suddenly, there was a "bang", and the closed wooden window was blown open by the snowstorm. The strong wind outside the house immediately rolled in snowflakes, and the flames twisted wildly, drawing the shadow of the person sitting inside the house. It's crooked and crooked, like entering a ghost.

——The cold wind hit suddenly, even though he was wrapped in a luxurious mink fur cloak, Yelu Dashi couldn't help shivering, so he got up, closed the window panel again, moved a heavy cabinet to block the window panel, and finally Sitting back under the firelight again, he frowned and thought hard with a brush in his hand.

Although he had already set up a yamen in Ketun City at this time, entrusting officials.Reluctantly, although Mobei has been governed by the Liao Kingdom for a hundred years, the cultural and educational atmosphere is still weak.Literate people who are proficient in writing and ink are rarer than the best horses, and many trivial official affairs can only be done by him, the Khitan Imperial Academy.

And what made him lament even more was the reserves and military power currently possessed by Ketun City.

"... [-] army horses, [-] palace tent soldiers, [-] tribal soldiers, [-] pairs of iron armor, [-] pairs of leather armor, and two months' worth of grain and hay in stock... Alas, I am a majestic Daliao, the former territory Wanli, but now he has been reduced to this little family property? How can he still compete with the Jinren?"

——Since Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi was defeated and captured two years ago, the broken and collapsed building of the Liao Kingdom has only remained the lone army of Yelu Dashi in the remote Mobei, and the northwestern road recruiting Sizhi Sokodun City is such an isolated city.

In the heyday of the Liao Kingdom in the past, the territory reached the North Sea (Lake Baikal), covering the entire Mobei grassland, and established the Northwest Road Recruitment Division and the Wugu Dilie Commanding Army Division to control the various ethnic groups in Mobei.At the end of the Liao Dynasty, the Khitan people's control over the Mobei people was greatly weakened, and the Wugu Dilie Commandery Division existed in name only, but the local nomads in this place still had not yet formed a unified climate, only some local differences emerged. , Unstable tribal alliances.Relying on the remaining prestige of the Khitan people in the past, Yelu Dashi can barely deter the tribes in Mobei and keep the city of Ketun.

But the problem is, if he wants to rely on Mobei's manpower and material resources to fight against the Jin Kingdom that runs across the Central Plains, it will be like a mantis holding a cart.

——For overlords such as the Huns and Turks who once rose up, all the people have been soldiers since ancient times, and the nomadic herdsmen in Mobei, who are known as "controlling hundreds of thousands", the Khitan people have always been more wary and restrictive than Jurchens.Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, they have tried their best to limit the import of iron and salt into the grasslands, forcing them to use stones and bones to make arrows for hunting, so as to weaken the military strength of these nomads.At this time, most of the tribes in Mobei were extremely poor, and even the leaders of the tribes might not be able to have a pair of iron armor.Ordinary people can be called rich if they can get an iron pot.

In the era when the Liao Kingdom was strong and prosperous, this harsh policy effectively weakened the combat effectiveness of the grassland nomads. Even if there were occasional rebellions, they would turn up and down.But when all the five capitals of the Daliao Liao Dynasty were lost, and only a corner of Kedun City remained, it became a huge obstacle for Yelu Dashi to re-armament-although they were also highly mobile cavalry, those in Mobei who wore leather robes and shot How can the non-production militiamen with bone and arrow clusters beat the golden men's armored cavalry?

If it is said that repelling the golden soldiers and restoring the homeland is just a long-term plan, you can wait for the opportunity and think of a way.Then, the grassland white disaster caused by the blizzard put Yelu Dashi’s weak regime into a crisis of self-disintegration—a large number of livestock were frozen to death in the blizzard, which further increased the food supply gap.There were also many warriors who were frozen to death, which made Yelu Dashi feel heartbroken.

As the important city in the northwest of the Liao Dynasty, and the front-line military base that put down the grassland rebellion in the past, the treasury of Kedun City has always been well stocked.However, during the Jurchen war against the Liao Dynasty, although Kedun City had not been invaded by Jin soldiers, the troops stationed, grazing horses and hoarded luggage were used by the Liao army many times. When Yelu Dashi entered Kedun City Afterwards, the grassland suffered from disasters year after year, and the little reserves were gradually depleted.

Although Yelu Dashi had no choice but to dismiss most of the nomadic cavalry of the Mobei tribe that had been assembled before, and let them return to their own tribes to eat, so as to reduce the pressure on the food and fuel supply of Ketun City.But in the current Ketun City, there is still a shortage of iron ingots, medicine, cloth, salt, and grain...not even enough fuel for heating.Although the only food and livestock left in the treasury are enough for the entire city's soldiers and civilians to survive this winter, how will they survive the famine in the coming spring?
Yelu Dashi was so worried that his hair would fall out when he thought of the troubles these clever women would have to deal with without rice.But even if he scratches his scalp, he can't conjure grain and iron out of thin air—grain and salt can still find a way to organize a caravan after the spring and purchase some from the Xixia people.But ironware, which can enhance the potential of war, is a contraband that is not allowed to be sold to the grasslands on a large scale even in Xixia...

Moreover, the grassland has always been poor and barren, even if Xixia lifts the ban, he doesn't have much gold and silver in his hands right now.

As time went on, the light of the butter torches began to dim, as if the fat had burned away.Yelu Dashi rubbed his eyes and dropped the account book, and was about to light another torch, but he noticed that the storm that had been roaring outside had become silent at some point.

He immediately turned around and moved the cabinet away, pushed open the window panel, and immediately a bright sun shone down, almost dazzled his eyes.

...This is...the snow has stopped?Thank goodness for that.

Looking at the clear blue sky with white clouds, Yelu Dashi felt a little confused by the sudden change in the weather, but he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.The rarely seen brilliant sunshine in winter fell on him, making Yelu Dashi feel much warmer.He was about to move the desk case to the window and work while basking in the sun, but suddenly he heard a burst of faint music coming from afar.

music? !
In this cold and snowy winter?And it's not a holiday yet? !Someone actually played music? ! !
——A frontier army town like Kedun City is not a big city like Bianliang and Yanjing, and there is no place for entertainment every night.Even Yelu Dashi, who is the lord of the city, would not just hire a group of musicians and singers to play for fun.

Not to mention that it was just after a snowstorm, the soldiers and civilians in the city were suffering from hunger and cold, people's hearts were scattered, and their future was uncertain.

Therefore, Yelu Dashi looked around through the window in confusion, but found nothing.I even suspected that there was something wrong with my ears.But the melodious and elegant music sound became clearer and clearer, and the more pleasant it sounded, it was like fairy music... It wasn't until he discovered the commotion on the city wall and saw countless residents pouring out of their houses to look up at the sky, did he know what to do? Focused on the high clouds, and finally paid off:

A majestic, gorgeous, and indescribably luxurious palace floated out of the clouds while playing music in the distance!
The gold-plated roof tiles and carp statues are golden, and auspicious clouds float around the palace, adding a bit of fairy charm to it.

——What a shock!How magnificent!How captivating!How incredible!

"Tiangong! Immortal!" Seeing this scene, the soldiers and civilians in the city couldn't help but think of these two terms.

Seeing such a shocking vision from heaven, all the residents of all ethnic groups in this city knelt down, prostrated themselves on the ground, and prayed to the immortals in the palace to bless them.And Yelu Dashi was also hesitating whether to kneel down... However, at this moment, the music from the "Heavenly Palace" above his head stopped abruptly, and a somewhat hoarse voice rang out:
"... Be quiet! Be quiet! Guo Jing, the protector of the Great Song Dynasty, is here! He is here to escort the coffin of the emperor of your country! Where is the leader of this place, Dashi Linya?"