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1277 Xiren and Khitan are not so close now

The Khitan Han army in Jinzhou and Yingzhou, considering the current situation where the full national war between the Wei Dynasty and the Khitans had begun, their position was originally very difficult... After all, no matter whether they defected to the Khitan for active or passive reasons, most of them were vassal soldiers from various places in Heshuo, and their hometowns were strong. Their former homeland was under the rule of the Wei Dynasty. If they were enemies of the Central Plains dynasty, it would also mean that they would likely face their hometown elders in the future.

Especially those Han soldiers who were raped and had never thought of working for the Khitan before... They left their hometowns only after being forced to leave their hometowns, and became members of the Khitan Han army like being arrested. They just had to surrender because they wanted to save their lives.

Forced to wander in a foreign land, he had to be driven by the Khitan, and from time to time he could not help but be bullied and humiliated. After swallowing his anger for a long time, the resentment in his heart also increased day by day. Of course, some soldiers had long been hoping that the Central Plains King's Army could fight here... However, no one took the lead in rebelling against the Khitan before, and the Han army generals of Rongwei and Jinzhou had to accept the status quo in order to protect themselves.

Now Lu Wenjin suddenly took action, massacred all the Khitan officials in Yongle, Jinzhou, and directly cooked the raw rice into cooked rice... Hearing that the Wei Dynasty sent troops to land on the water in Pingzhou, he would also support Lu Wenjin to quickly capture the western part of Liao. At that time, a large number of Han army generals expressed their willingness to serve the Wei Dynasty. Seeing this situation, the rest of the people followed the situation...

After a few days, Lu Wenjin used his old tricks again and gradually cleaned up Khitan officials in various cities under Jinzhou, stationed troops, and instigated local Han army and Han people to raise flags and change their flags. From then on, he returned to the Wei Dynasty, and no longer the Han prefectures under the Khitan rule.

After almost capturing the entire Jinzhou territory, Lu Wenjin commanded the Han army and the Wei army who rushed to the western Liaoning area by water, rushed to Yingzhou without stopping. However, after quickly seizing two city walls, Lu Wenjin sent an envoy to inform the leaders of the Xi tribes gathered in Yingzhou, and invited them to talk about important matters...

Located at the intersection of the Central Plains and the Northeast, the grasslands outside the border, the Yingzhou Rebellion broke out between the Khitan and Xi tribes resisting the Central Plains dynasty during the Wansui Tongtian period of Wuzhou, so this land was also the main area for the Xi people to move.

But I saw a green green in the wilderness, spreading towards the sky, and a large cavalry was galloping. On the other side, a team of light cavalry came and looked at the military cavalry that was surging like a torrent. One of the Xi cavalry generals looked solemn and immediately ordered the riders around him:

"Go and report to the leaders of the tribes... They are indeed here!"

However, in a moment, the sound of vast trumpet suddenly sounded from the wilderness. Tens of thousands of knights rushed down from the horizon that stretched to the sky, like a torrent, and the formation was very large. The cavalry formation included Ahma, Jiji, Guangdong, slaves, and Heiqizhi... and other Xi people. These soldiers and horses gathered in one place, and their momentum was far greater than that of other tribes that endowed the Khitan...

After all, the Xi tribes united together and were in equal strength to compete with the Khitan, and even slightly stronger during some periods. Moreover, the two sides were originally mortal enemies. According to the "Old Book of Tang", in the early Tang Dynasty, the Xi tribe "had good at hunting and war with the Khitan"... and often had force conflicts due to fighting for pastures with abundant water and grass, as well as other disputes.

However, during the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, the tribes of the Xi tribe were bewitched by An Lushan, and 100,000 Xi soldiers joined the rebels. Because of this, the strength of the Xi people was greatly damaged after the Anshi Rebellion was assessed. As one of them grew and the other became stronger, the Khitans emerged and the heroic lords such as Yelu Abaoji rose and grew stronger. The Xi people of each tribe were conquered by the Khitan one after another, but it was not long for them to transform from an independent nation to an affiliated nation ruled by the Khitan.

At this stage, although the Xi people were conquered by Yelu Abaoji by force, they were relatively independent and were only exploited and nominally affiliated with the Khitan... After all, according to the historical trajectory, the Khitan suffered a lot of support, destroyed the Later Jin, changed the country's name to Liao, and fought fiercely with the Later Zhou Dynasty for many years... It was not until the Chanyuan alliance was reached with the Song Dynasty and shifted the focus of governance to the inside that Emperor Shengzong of Liao deprived the rule of King Xi, strengthened the control of the Xi tribe, and carried out a thorough change of the tribes under the Xi royal palace, gradually evolved into a local institution directly governing the Xi tribe.

In other words, although the Xi tribes surrendered to the Khitan, their current autonomy is somewhat similar to the vassal states and vassal states in the Central Plains... Unlike other tribal troops, they can only obey the Khitan's words. According to Yelu Abaoji's edict, sometimes the Xi tribe will also cooperate with the Khitan to send troops, but they may not be able to call them every time...

The large cavalry of both sides quickly approached, but when they were two or three hundred steps away, a large number of cavalry riding horses suddenly tied the reins. In just a moment, both cavalry stopped marching and stood there. The generals and soldiers just sat quietly on the horses and did not move... Only Lu Wenjin and a few people continued to urge the horses to run away, while the leader of the Xi tribes came over there... It seemed that they all planned to meet and have a talk first to avoid the fact that the two sides were getting closer and it was easy to cause conflicts.

When they reached a distance of about twenty steps, the two groups of people rushed to the war horses. Among them, the leader of the Xiren Nuji tribe looked at Lu Wenjin and said:

"The flag of Wei State was raised on the other side of the array... The Southern Dynasties' troops had indeed occupied Jinzhou, and they wanted to engulf the entire territory of Yingzhou? Mr. Lu must have also offered Pingzhou to Wei State, rebelled against the Khitan, and also captured the western part of Liao and captured the Southern Dynasties. Your appetite is quite good...

Now that Duke Lu led the Wei army into Yingzhou, he met with the leaders of the Xi tribes coming. Could it be that he wanted to coerce us to surrender to the Southern Dynasty?"

In the past, Lu Wenjin not only commanded the Han army, but was ordered to send troops to jointly attack the Later Tang Dynasty. He also often "leads the Xi clan's strong cavalry, birds attack and beasts, and suddenly come and go"... Therefore, he was very familiar with the Xi people.

Yelu Abaoji has not yet set up a Xi Wang Mansion, and elected a Xi head, as the highest official office to manage the Xi tribes. Therefore, Amoy, Guangdong, and slaves all have no backbone... And Lu Wenjin was born with a seven-foot-long appearance and a different appearance. He often took charge of the Xi tribe to coordinate the Xi tribe's troops and horses, and they got along well with each other. Therefore, although Lu Wenjin was not favored by some Khitan nobles and powerful ministers, the leaders of the Xi tribes got along with him, and they had a little respect in their words.

However, according to Lu Wenjin's appointment with the leaders of the Xi tribes who came to the meeting, he spoke politely, but they all looked solemn and their eyebrows were full of vigilance...

After all, these Xi leaders and the tribes are still nominally surrendering to the Khitan, and are considering accepting Yelu Abaoji's edict and sending troops south to participate in the national war against the Southern Dynasties... However, according to their thoughts, Lu Wenjin directly instigated Pingzhou. The Han army in Jinzhou changed its flag and rebelled, defected to the Southern Dynasties, and then rushed into the Yingzhou territory with the Wei Dynasty... Although they got along quite close in the past, since he had decided to build a rebellion of the Khitan, he planned to be courteous and then the army. If we refused to surrender, we would come to attack the Xi people of our tribes together with the Wei army entering the western Liaoning border in the north?
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