The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The First Champion Chapter 553

The Western Army was the most successful of Wang Anshi's reforms, and it cultivated an elite division capable of fighting tough battles for the Song Dynasty.

However, there are also some disadvantages. Now that Xixia is destroyed, the privileges of the Western Army no longer exist.

Now there is no need for them to raise food and grass by themselves. The supply of the imperial court is sufficient, and the northwest generals have been hit several times, and they have lost their ambition to separate themselves.

Jianfan's most eager Zhejia has been driven to Mizhou Prefecture, and the rest don't really want to separate.

Luoyang and Chang'an, originally the two capitals of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, are not far from each other.

After a short journey, they arrived at the boundary of Jingzhao Prefecture, and when they entered Chang'an County, it was late at night.

Officials of Jingzhao Mansion, Zhong Lie and others were waiting here, and the city gate was brightly lit.

Yang Lin has his own small courtyard here, and saves the ground to find Xingyuan for him to live temporarily. After exchanging greetings with several officials, he goes to the small courtyard.

The door was pushed open, and there was no dampness that had been unoccupied for a long time. Yang Lin asked someone to call hot water, and after taking a comfortable bath with the two new couples, he lay on the bed not wanting to move.

Jingzhao Mansion is subordinate to Qinlong. Qinlong Province has always been a very special province. Because of the century-old confrontation with Xixia, the people here have always been sparsely populated, and almost all the young and strong have become soldiers.

The Great Wall Corps that followed Han Shizhong, and because of their outstanding military exploits in Youyan, received a lot of rewards, many relatives and relatives moved to Youyan with their families, and Qin Long became more and more empty.

In recent years, due to the cessation of the war and the opening of commercial roads, countless foreign people have poured in, and many of them have bought land and settled down in Qinlong.

Nowadays, the population flow in this place is very large, and countless inns and wine shops have naturally been born, which are open late at night.

With his head resting on his hands, Yang Lin looked at the full moon outside the window, and suddenly sighed.

Xiao Lingyun leaned over and asked, "It's fine, why are you sighing?"

"I used to study, and when I saw Liu Bei see myself resurrected, I lamented how time flies. I never thought about it, and now I have the same idea."

From the other side, Huang Xuanzhi drew circles on his chest, and asked inexplicably, "You are only in your 20s, why are you moaning for nothing?"

The two little girls giggled and laughed, and started fighting again across Yang Lin.

Yang Lin gave a slap by himself, sat up, and said: "I first tasted women in the past. It was Yun Niang in the house, who was more than ten years older than me; later, it was Qianqian and Ning'er, who were about the same age as me. , now the two little things beside my pillow are only as big as me, isn't it that time flies, people don't feel very sad... In the past, Emperor Zhao Lie lamented the barnyard meat, but now I, Chi Yangzi, hug the beauty And sad, it's really a hero who cherishes a hero, and I feel the same way."

The two little girls blushed at the same time, pounded their fists wildly, and threw themselves on him.

When Chiyangzi was lamenting how time flies in Chang'an, outside the city of Ani in the night, a blaze shot up into the sky.

The Liao people went south brazenly and reached an alliance with the distant Seljuk Empire to take Khwarazm together.

Khwarazmo's current strength is not weaker than that of the Seljuk Empire to which he is attached, even though the opponent was once very prosperous.

Seventy years ago, the Seljuk army entered Baghdad.Caliph Kaim thanked these people for lifting the control of the Shia Buwahi dynasty for him, and named the Seljuk king the Sultan, titled "King of the East and West".

Immediately afterwards, they defeated the Byzantine army at Manzikert and captured Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV, so most of Asia Minor, which belonged to Byzantium, belonged to them.

However, in the past 20 years, Seljuk has continued to weaken. After the death of King Maliksha, the princes disputed and the empire fell apart.So the Liao people formed an alliance with them to get rid of the ambitious Khwarazmo, and the Seljuks were overjoyed.

They may not have heard of a story called the lips dead teeth cold...

Yelu Dashi personally sat in the town and commanded the army to attack the city. The soldiers and horses on the city looked at the huge equipment below, at a loss, not knowing what they were for.

The siege equipment made by Liao people's craftsmen can be said to be second only to the Song Dynasty.

When fleeing west, Yelu Dashi even killed his son, but insisted on taking the craftsmen in Yunnei City with him.The Liao people once ruled Youyan and Yunnei for a long time. These Han families used to be the Ping Fan for more than a hundred years. During this period, there were countless Han people who were their subjects and brought them advanced technology.

A catapult can smash boulders weighing tens of kilograms onto the distant city wall and into the city pool.Wherever it hit, howls continued, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Khwarazmo had just established diplomatic relations with the Liao people, and they still belonged to the Seljuk Empire in name, so they never dreamed that they would be attacked by two forces at the same time overnight.

In the city of Ani, there are not many soldiers and horses, and they are gradually unable to hold on.The most important thing Yelu Dashi learned from the people of Jin and Song during the battle between Song, Jin and Liao in Yunnei was the importance of intelligence.

In the process of communicating with each other several times, he has initially figured out the military strength in the main cities of Khwarazmo, and the people of Khwarazmo did not hide this at all.

In some places, if you ask passers-by on the road, you can clearly know how many soldiers and horses there are in the city.

There are fewer and fewer soldiers who can go up to guard the city, and the charge of the Liao people has not really started yet.

Finally, the city lord Ani couldn't hold on, opened the city gate and chose to surrender.

Yelu Dashi smiled, led his troops into the city late at night, and personally helped up the city lord Ani who was kneeling in the city, and rewarded him greatly.

Khitan's sun and moon flag is planted on the top of the city. This land has ushered in a new overlord...

6 Chapter twenty can accommodate the world, how can it not accommodate a Cai Jing

A rooster crowed, and dawn broke.

The city of Chang'an gradually became busy, people came and went on the streets, and shops opened their doors one by one to welcome customers.

After Yang Lin finished practicing in the courtyard, the two little girls hadn't woken up yet. It was rare for him to wash his face, put on his clothes and go outside the courtyard.

A group of officials were already waiting outside, Yang Lin stepped in, and these officials stood up together.

He pressed his hands and signaled everyone to sit down. After Yang Lin took his seat, the officials sat down again.

Flipping through the public table that had been placed on the table, Yang Lin nodded inwardly, this thing can't fool anyone.

With a quick glance, he knew that Qinlong Province had qualified for the promotion of the New Deal, especially in corvee labor and land property.

"I believe you have also heard that the Jurchens have made some moves recently. They are constantly increasing their troops on the border between Yunnei and Youyan. If there is a war, Qinlong Province is in a critical position. You must not slack off recruiting civilians and transporting food and grass."

Zhong Lie clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Shao Zai, we have already started to plan, we can start right away when there is chaos."

Yang Lin smiled and said: "I have no doubts about Qin Long's ability to fight the battle. You have fought for hundreds of years, and this small scene is naturally nothing to worry about. Although Qin Long does not directly border the Jinren now, but The Shaanxi-Gansu area is still an important place after the war. I don’t need to tell you how important the supply of food and grass is to the battlefield, but everyone here is a long-time fighter.”

The teacher lowered his head and pondered for a while, then asked in a deep voice: "Young master, will the Jurchens really know how to fight? As far as I know, the country of Jurchens has gradually become peaceful. As long as they spend some more time, they will definitely be able to fight." To completely consolidate the rule of the vast territory, it seems that we have to try to go south at this time, right?"

There is nothing wrong with what you say, and it is indeed the status quo of Jurchen. If the Jin Kingdom can be stable for a while, it will definitely be able to replace the Khitan people and control this vast territory.

Especially the Mongolian tribes in Moxi. Due to the harsh living environment and poor resources, the biggest problem for these people is to survive.

Their racial concept is not strong either. If you kill our patriarch, I will kneel on the ground. As long as you don’t kill me, you will be the new patriarch.

Whoever is powerful in this area, I will be his vassal, and I will follow him to kill people everywhere. The elder brother eats meat and we eat bones.It doesn't matter if the elder brother is dead, whoever kills my elder brother will be my new elder brother.

Now that the Liao people have been driven away, the Jurchens only need to recruit and surrender the Mongolian tribes a little bit symbolically, and there will be a large group of grassland brothers.

You know, Khitan's Southwest Recruitment Division has 50 troops.

Every Mongol is a warrior on the battlefield, and almost none of them can ride a horse.

Now that the Jurchens don't gather these Mongolian brothers, it is not very wise to go south to attack the Song Dynasty. The Mongolian tribes in Monan, led by the Kelie people, almost completely fell to the Song Dynasty.

Yang Lin smiled and stood up, Zhong Shizhong was a little far away from his brother, and his vision was not long enough.