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To the north of Yanshan, on the grassland on the bank of the Tuhuzhen River, there are endless tents, large and small, tens of thousands. This is the place where the Khitan Shili tribes, also known as the Diera tribe, Yili Jianyelu Yundeshi, are located. In the middle of all the tents, there is a huge dome tent, next to the big tent, a high flagpole hangs the silver wolf flag, this is the tribal flag of the Dierabu, this big tent is not only the big tent of the Diera tribe, but also the big tent of the entire Khitan Twenty Alliance.

The Khitan was originally eight tribes, and there were tribes and clans in the tribes. Although the Khitan took the Yao Ran clan as the Khitan Khan, in fact, the Khitan Khan of the 20 tribes did not have any real power. The rights of the Khitan tribes are still in the hands of the leaders of the tribes, Yi Lijian. And above the twenty departments, under the khan, there is also the post of Yili Sumire, who controls the military power of the tribe.

The eight departments of the Yao Yuan clan, the Danli Department, the B Room Department, the Real Department, the Nawei Department, the Frequency Department, the Nahui Chicken Department, the Collection Department, and the Xi Wen Department. But now, it has been divided into 20 parts.

There are seven parts of Jeru, five parts of the secret trial, and eight parts of the remainder.

Neri blocked the noon Khan, divided into three Yelu for seven, the second trial secret for five, and the first eight for twenty. Three Yelu: One is called Dahe, the second is Yaoran, and the third is Shili, that is, the royal family. The second trial secret: one is said to be room B, and the second is called Bali, that is, the uncle of the country.

Oga Clan, Haruka Clan, and Seri are called the Three Jaron Divisions, which are divided into seven parts, and the Oga Clan and the Haruka Clan are divided into six parts, and the Saka Clan is combined into one, which is called the Diera Division.

It turned out that the strongest tribe in the Khitan was the Dahe clan, and the Dahe clan alliance was replaced by the Yaoran clan after the most, and now it is the Yaoran clan. The Haruka clan is the Khan. The two strongest clans, the Oga clan and the Haruka clan, were each divided into three queens. The tribes of the world, which were not strong in the first place, were merged into one tribe. Outcome. To this day, the Diera tribe, which was formed by the integration of various tribes in the world, has become the strongest tribe.

The Yao Ran clan hereditarily controlled the position of the Khitan Khan, and the Diethorn tribe controlled the position of the Khitan Yili Jin for generations.

Yeluyun Deshi is over 60 years old this year, tall and extremely strong. He has two brothers and a younger brother, and his father is also Yi Lisumi. In addition to the early death of one elder brother, the second brother Yelu Tira is a veritable real power figure in the Diera department, and he once served as the ninth Yili Sumire.

The position of the Khitan people is to be elected. Every term of three years. After Yelu Yundeshi was appointed to leave the Sumire, the Khitans began to actively expand by taking advantage of the destruction of the Uighur kingdom and the equally weakened Tang Dynasty, Bohai and Silla.

At present, the Diera tribe gathers all the worldly tribes, and the scale is unprecedentedly large. In particular, Yun Deshi controlled the military power of the Khitan, and in all the foreign wars, they reaped the most benefits and robbed countless people.

Especially after the invasion and occupation of western Liaoxi in recent years, there have been many robbed Central Plains people and Goguryeo people in the tribe. Most of these people are farmers, and they are not good at herding cattle and sheep, but they are good at farming.

For such a situation. Yundeshi began an important reform, that is, to change the nomadic habit of the Khitan people who had been living by water and grass in the past. Turning around and learning from the Goguryeo and Bohai people, they developed to semi-herding and half-farming, cultivating cultivated land, and settling down.

In this reform, not everyone agreed, and many Khitan nobles, and even the Diera Department itself, had many doubts. However, Yun Deshi led the leadership of his own tribe to begin to change, and after a few years, the other people who were waiting to see the joke regretted it, and Yun Deshi's department became the richest tribe in the Khitan.

I didn't see the joke, I just saw that the guy who was not as good as himself in the past was much more prosperous than himself in a blink of an eye, and many people were red-eyed, and they secretly jumped to scold their mother.

What made those people even more envious and jealous was that news had just come back that Yun Deshi's third son, Jeruzala, had returned from Liaodong. This guy had previously invaded Liaodong with other tribes in Liaoxi, and attacked the Goguryeo people with the Lian Rabu. As a result, no one was willing to go, Liaoxi had just been taken, and it had not yet gained a firm foothold, and many people thought that it was not a good idea to fight Liaodong at this time and fight hard with the Goguryeo people.

Many people even made a secret appointment not to go to any of them, just waiting for them to suffer a big loss under the strong mountain fortress of the Goguryeo people.

But who would have thought that after Sara crossed the Liaoshui, it was going smoothly all the way, and I heard that almost all of Jili Prefecture had been taken, and only one Jili Mountain City was left still holding on. They reaped a great harvest, more than 50,000 people in population alone, and also a lot of money, food, livestock, and weapons and armor.

Those who are envious and jealous have even redder eyes, and even can't eat or sleep because they are already jealous.

In the tent of Yundeshi, Jeruzara reported the harvest of this trip to Yundeshi.

"More than 50,000 people, more than 10,000 war horses, thousands of sets of armor weapons, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. The harvest this time is beyond imagination, the third child, well done. Yun Deshi's black and reddened face was full of excitement. He didn't care too much about how many Goguryeo cities he captured, he was still happy with the population, livestock, and weapons and armor. Today, the agricultural settlement of the Dierabu is developing rapidly, but there is still a lack of slaves to cultivate. The warriors of Diera are good at fighting and grazing, but they can't farm the land, and those Han people have to do it in this regard. More than 50,000 people, then more land can be reclaimed this winter, and more grain can be harvested next year.

Yun Deshi's second son, Yelu Shilu, did not go on the expedition this time, but accompanied Yun Deshi to help manage the tribe. Seeing the harvest of the third child, I couldn't help but sigh a little. "Even if it's the next Jili City, why don't you just knock him down and come back."

Zara's face stiffened a little, and he said, "Actually, I also wanted to take Jili City and come back, but the situation has changed, so I will come back first." ”

Yun Deshi looked at his son's expression, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, "The Goguryeo reinforcements have arrived, or have Bohai sent troops to intervene?" ”

Shi Lu chuckled and said: "The Bohai clan is too busy to take care of itself now, how can there be air traffic control in Liaodong." It must be the Goguryeo people who came to help, but even if the Goguryeo people send troops, the third brother should not be so afraid. ”

Sara's face turned red, and he said with a stiff neck: "Of course I am not afraid of Goguryeo reinforcements, in fact, the Goguryeo people reinforced Jili City twice, but I was defeated both times. ”

"And what are you afraid of?"

"It's not that I'm afraid of anything, it's that I received news that Li Jing in southern Liaoning is mobilizing soldiers and horses. Prepare to go north to Liaodong. According to the information found in detail. Li Jing is now the handsome seal of the four towns. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and there are more than 100 troops and more than 400,000 people in the Zhenguo Army alone, and there are also Pinglu Army, Lu Long Army, and Datong Army under his command. Sa explained, "Then Li Jing has not lost a battle, and there were 100,000 soldiers and horses in Lulong in Youzhou before, but Li Jing only brought 20,000 people to subdue them." That generation of the Beishatuo clan was known as a strong army, but it was also defeated by him. Not so long ago. Li Jing entered Chang'an from the north of Dai, returned to Dengzhou after meeting the Son of Heaven, and along the way, he wiped out the million-strong rebels of Wang Xianzhi's grass army who rebelled in the Central Plains. This person is really a little too terrifying, and he is completely another An Lushan. ”

In the eyes of the Tang people, An Lushan is just a rebellious Hu'er, but in the eyes of the Khitan people, this An Lushan is a nightmare-like existence. When An Lushan was guarding Fanyang, he often deliberately sent troops to attack the Khitan and Xi to create border chaos. Provoke wars. Every time the Khitans were forced to fight back, they would be hit mercilessly by An Lushan. Every time. If An Lushan did not oppose the Tang Dynasty, their Khitans would not have the slightest chance to rise.

Now this Li Jing, in the eyes of Zara, is another An Lushan. An Lushan hung the handsome seal of the three towns, but Li Jing hung the handsome seal of the four towns, and there were more soldiers and horses, and he was more courageous. Last year, southern Liaoning was recovered, and if it is not done well this year, it will recover central Liaoning, and then next year it will be northern Liaoning, and then there will be western Liaoning, and then it will be the Khitan grassland.

"Li Jing really wants to wave his troops north?" Yun Deshi asked with a frown.

"After Li Jing recovered southern Liaoning last year, he had the intention of going north. It's just that at that time, we were at war with the Goguryeo, and Li Jing retreated. At that time, Li Jing was not famous, who would have thought, only a year later, Li Jing was already so popular. "Sa is under the city of Jili, listening to the Tanma every day constantly reporting that the Zhenguo army is being mobilized before the war, countless grain and grass are transported to the front line in southern Liaoning, every day the sea between Dengzhou and southern Liaoning is like a cloud, and the troop and grain ships in several major ports in Duli Town are even more obscured. On the mountain road from southern Liaoning to Jili City, countless auxiliaries push wheelbarrows to transport grain every day. Weiba and other front-line mountain cities, the Tang Army also has new troops arriving every day.

In this case, how dare the people of Shara continue to fight and leave Jili City, then they and the Zhenguo army are still separated by Goguryeo people, if they take Jili City, they will have to directly face the Zhenguo army. Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time, he immediately accepted it, not only left with his men and horses, but also asked Lian Rabu to give up a few captured mountain cities and retreat three hundred miles.

"It seems that this Li Jing is very cunning, he was not powerless to attack last year, nor was he afraid of us. He wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and deliberately retreated, so that we and the Goguryeo people could fight with confidence. Right now, we are just about to end the battle, and before we have time to occupy the news of Jili Prefecture, this Li Jing is here. This is all calculated in advance, and we have underestimated this person before. It's better for you to go back, and don't conflict with him for the time being. Let the Goguryeo people fight him, and let's watch a show. Shi Lu said with a smile.

Yun Deshi nodded, "Lian Rabu has contributed a lot this time, so let's share more of his gains." Let them pay attention, be careful of the Zhenguo army, and never take the initiative to provoke a war. In addition, the various ministries in western Liaoning should also send orders to the past, so that they can restrain themselves recently and stop taking the initiative to friction with Lu Longjun. I always feel that this time Li Jing's plans are very big, and he will not be satisfied with just a small Jili state. ”

Shi Lu smiled very easily: "Don't worry, as long as we retreat, how can the Goguryeo people let Li Jing easily take Liaodong." At the beginning, the Tang army captured Liaodong from the Goguryeo people, but it took several emperors decades and millions of soldiers. No matter how poor the Goguryeo people are, it should be no problem to hold out for three or five years. If they really can't hold on, we can also discuss with Bohai State to curb the Tang army from going north, I believe that Da Xuanxi doesn't want the Tang army to occupy Liaodong. ”

The eldest son, Yelu Yanmu, smiled and asked Sala: "I heard that the wife of the princess of Bohai who is the son of Gao Zhaokang, the son of Gao Dexin in Jili City, was taken away by Li Jing a long time ago, and gave birth to a son to Li Jing?" ”

Sara's was a little surprised, he had vaguely heard him mention it, but he didn't know too well. "Yes, I heard it, but I don't know the specifics."

"You say, if the Bohai King Da Xuanxi knew that his daughter was snatched away by Li Jing like this, what would be his reaction?" Yelu Yanmu said casually while cutting the roast leg of lamb with a knife.

Yun Deshi's eyes lit up, "Yes, this matter will be handed over to the boss, you arrange for someone to go to Jinglongquan Mansion on the Bohai Sea." After speaking, he put down the knife in his hand, wiped his mouth and hands with a cloth, turned his head to Sala, and said, "Third child, you have also worked hard all the way, go back early in a while." Abaoji, this kid has been clamoring to miss you! I'm going to go hunting tomorrow, and which of you has time to go with me? ”

Iwaki shook his head, "I have to arrange for people to go to Bohai." ”

"I have to arrange the loot tomorrow, I don't have time." Shi Lu Dao.

Sara also said that he didn't have time to go, and he just came back and wanted to rest at home and accompany his three sons, especially the four-year-old third Yelu Abaoji.

"Well, I'll just find a few old guys to accompany me tomorrow."

As soon as the next day dawned, Yeluyun Deshi took a team of guards to ride out on horseback to hunt, and the autumn weather was crisp, which was a good time to hunt on the grassland.

Jeruzara stayed with his wife for a long time last night, and he didn't get up until late, if it wasn't for his youngest son Abaoji breaking into the tent and yelling, he would still want to sleep more. Unable to stand his son's screams, Ssara got up and dressed, and just washed his face, when he suddenly saw a horse coming straight from afar.

The knight on the horse was completely lying on his horse, and by the time the horse reached the tent, the knight could no longer support it and passed out.

At a glance, Shara recognized that the knight was the old guard Aru, who had gone hunting with his father in the morning, but at this time Aru was covered in blood and had several feathered arrows stuck in his back, and he was seriously injured. Helped Aru up, let Abaoji call the shaman, and finally woke up Aru after a long time.

As soon as he woke up, Aru immediately said weakly: "Yelu Lide, this wolf cub, smashed the bowl after eating the meat, he suddenly attacked Yili Sumire while hunting, and poisoned Yili Sumire with poisoned arrows. My brothers and I fought desperately to protect them, but we couldn't save Yi Lisumi. ”

"What?" Zara only felt like a thunderbolt on the head on a sunny day, and he was stunned.

Yelu Cruel is the son-in-law of the eighth Khan of today's Khitan, Bara Khan, and is also a member of the Diera tribe. Yun Deshi's reform, Ruthless said the most cool words, and he was also the only leader of the Diera nobles who refused to let his subordinates cultivate until now.

"Hurry up, Yelu Ruthless has gathered several tribes, and he threatens to destroy your clan, hurry up, it will be too late." Aru said anxiously.

The three brothers had just converged and summoned more than a thousand tribal warriors, and someone over there had already reported that they had come over with thousands of horsemen. Seeing that the situation was not good, the three brothers had to flee to hide in the Tulu Bu department, and in a hurry, Sala's did not even notice that his youngest son Abaoji was missing.

Yelu Xude led his troops to surround Yun Deshi's camp, but found that the three brothers had fled, and even their families had been taken with them. In the end, he only found his wife, who did not come and escaped, and a little fat man with a dirty face.

Although Yelu Ruthless killed Yun Deshi, and also raised the party to kill all the men of Yun Deshi, but for the female dependents and subordinates, he was not embarrassed according to the custom, and after searching several times and not finding anyone, he took away many cattle, sheep, horses and slaves, and then left.

When these people were far away, Yun Deshi's wife finally breathed a sigh of relief and tears remained.

In such a struggle for power, although with the strength of the Yun Deshi family, he dare not offend his wife and daughter, but he will not show mercy to a man like Abaoji. Once discovered, Abaoji just couldn't escape death.

Abaoji, who is only a little more than four years old, has a majestic physique that is different from ordinary people, it is said that his mother is dreaming of the sun and conceived him, and since he was born, he has been as big as a three-year-old child, and now he has already been taller than the wheel, four feet high, as tall as a horse on the grassland, and his body is not fat but very strong. In this big change, he didn't panic at all, and he didn't show the slightest panic when he was searching and checking in the face of Ruthless's subordinates just now. Now that those people are gone, he has understood that his grandfather, who loved him, was assassinated, and his father and uncle fled, but he did not shed a single tear, but whispered to comfort his grandmother not to be sad.

"When I grow up, I will avenge my grandfather!" Abaoji's young face, but a pair of eyes revealed an unusually cold gaze. (To be continued......)