Seeing that Yeluyu was a man of great influence who once dominated the world, even though he fell into this fate, he still retained a bit of a heroic temperament. After thinking about it, he actually gritted his teeth and continued to fight against the labor force with his two to three hundred men. The flag is heading west, passing through Yan'an Prefecture without entering, and heading directly towards the border of Hengshan Mountain in the northwest.

After all, as 'Yeluma Wu' said, for him, a remnant of the Khitan, defecting to Xixia is the best solution.

This is not to say that Xixia is the most friendly to the Khitan people. Friendship depends on who... If nothing else, just because the queen who was born in Liao and the prince with Yelu blood both died inexplicably, how dare you ask him Yelu Yu Why would Li Qianshun, the leader of Xixia Kingdom, offend the Jin people for his own sake?

The real reason was that Yelu Yujian had no choice.

In the long run, the northwest of Xixia is the real and only place to stay for him who has nowhere to go at this time, and if he wants to get there, Xixia is the safest passage.

Just think about it. Two to three hundred people are fleeing, with no livestock, no food, and no guide. In some kind of all-out war situation, what we really have to worry about is not only the diplomatic and political risks, but also how to avoid chaos. Army, how to obtain supplies... Therefore, finding a reliable political environment and obtaining supplies as soon as possible to appease the hearts of his subordinates is Yelu Yujian's most important priority at this time.

Of course, going south to join the Song Dynasty seems to be a way out, but the problem is that the fighting in the south is fierce and large armies are gathered. With his embarrassing identity as Yelu Yujian and only two to three hundred cronies, he can easily encounter a serious army there. I'm afraid that someone will do it to me.

Oh, you said you came to surrender, so what if I said you were faking it? I don’t know if I got credit for picking you up, but I definitely got credit for killing you!

And besides, if you really go to the people of Song Dynasty, what can you say about it? On the contrary, Xixia seems to have some opinions. What's more, it has been said that the real final destination is behind Xixia, and the road to the people of Song Dynasty is Not necessarily accessible.

In this way, Yelu Yujian gathered a few insiders, and then took advantage of the late autumn, before his identity was revealed, and under the guise of patrolling the border, he traveled day and night, leading a mere two to three hundred people to hurried westward, but directly came to the famous Pingrong Village. At this point, it is unlikely that the information will be exposed. This person is also brave, but he enters the village openly. He first reveals his identity, asks for supplies, and then directly gives the order, saying that the front is facing the enemy. When the Song people were fighting to appease the Xixia people, they asked the garrison officer to contact the Xixia general on the opposite side and go with him to the border, that is, to hunt under the Hengshan Mountain.

This is reasonable and reasonable, and it should even be the job that Yelu Yujian is supposed to do now that he is in an awkward position. Therefore, the officers in the village did not doubt that he was there, and directly followed the order frankly. The Xixia Hongzhou garrison on the opposite side also readily agreed, and things went smoothly. Unexpectedly.

Then, when the last day of October came, which was also the agreed date, Yelu Yujian knew that the critical moment was coming. Early in the morning, he and several close confidants who were familiar with the matter made appointments and made wishes, finally stabilizing the situation internally. , he directly took some supplies and set off to the northwest early in the morning to "hunt". As expected, the Xixia general came to see him as promised.

The two sides met in the afternoon, and they shot horses and rabbits at the foot of Hengshan Mountain. However, after just one arrow, Yelu Yu, who knew that he could not delay, did not care much when he saw it, and directly reined in his horse and shouted to the other party:

"General Weiming is staying here. I have a question for you."

Weiming is the surname of Xixia, just like Li, Zhao, and Tuoba are all surnames of Xixia... Their ancestors were Tuoba, one of the eight tribes of the Party, and were given the surname Li by the Tang Dynasty. He was given the surname Zhao by the Song Dynasty, but when he finally launched an army, he used the name Wei again. This was because the word "close to the party" means "close to the party" in Dangxiang language, which is a typical method of stimulating nationalism.

In fact, it was precisely because of this surname that Yelu Yujian came here instead of Longzhou a little further north... This Hongzhou guard general, who was about twenty years old and called Wei Mingyun Ge, not only From his father's side, he is the distant cousin of Li Qianshun, the current leader of the Xixia Kingdom. From his mother's side, he is actually Li Qianshun's cousin. His maternal grandmother is none other than a Xixia princess who is a generation older than Li Qianshun. She married Xixia. Lin Bubi was the eldest son of Dong Fei, the leader of Tibet. But later Dong Fei's adopted son Ali Gu seized power and forced the Xixia princess to return to Lingzhou with her daughter. Then her daughter also became a marriage tool.

No matter what, this young Xixia general is probably the core Xixia general who can understand Li Qianshun's intentions, and he can definitely make the decision.

"General Yelu, please speak." Of course Brother Weiming Yun wanted to give face to the great general, not to mention that the other party was a noble Khitan after all, so he reined in his horse and turned back, bowed his bow and smiled in apology.

"The Kingdom of Jin cannot tolerate me. Can I go to the Kingdom of Dabai and Gao for temporary refuge?" Yelu Yu saw him stroking his bow and leaning on his horse, looking calm.

Brother Wei Mingyun was startled for a moment, but he quickly realized... Based on the embarrassing identity of the other party, this is probably the truth. In fact, there have been similar rumors about this person more than once... However, although he clearly knew After understanding the other party's intention, Brother Yun remained silent, just smiled and looked at the surrounding scenery, not knowing what he was thinking.

Let's say that under Hengshan, the grass is everywhere in autumn, but it doesn't look luxuriant. Instead, it looks a bit fat. It seems that the Song and Xia countries fought for hundreds of years here in the past, and countless bones were scattered around, which fattened the land here. .That is to say, in the past two years, the Jin people have come. Although they have never been called allies with Xixia, they are actually allies. This is how the Qiucao fortress was built, which looks like peace.

Seeing that he had no choice but to rein in his horse, Yelu Yu could only rein in his horse and take a few steps forward. He stood cross-horse with the opponent, and then he bowed his head and said sincerely: "General Wei Ming, the Jurchens are really forcing too much... In the past, the Taizu of the Jin Kingdom regarded me as the marshal. Ren, as a result, when Nianhan came to power, he was narrow-minded and gradually took away my military power. But now they, the Wanyan family, are fighting with each other. Killing Nianhan was not enough. Instead, they wanted to use my life to establish their authority. I even lost my family. I hurried here before I could take them all... I hope that the great Bai Gaoguo will remember the past generations of marriages between the Yelu family and the Weiming family and allow me to stay away for a while."

Brother Wei Mingyun finally responded, but he opened his mouth to speak, but closed it again, and then continued to look around and smile.

Seeing the sun gradually setting in the afternoon, Yeluyu felt panicked. He could only lower his voice further and directly begged: "General Wei Ming, you must help me... You must know that if you don't respond, the general's life will be in danger." , right in front of me, and if promised, I won’t let Dabai Gaoguo be in trouble, I can just take the road and take refuge in Mobei."

"How many rides can you bring?" Brother Yun finally said seriously.

Yu Jian hesitated for a moment, then pointed forward with his finger.

Brother Yun instinctively turned around to look, but he only saw those Yu Jian's personal guards who were surrounding and killing rabbits. It took him a while to wake up, but his words still seemed unbelievable: "Just two or three hundred horses?"

Yu Jian was too embarrassed to answer.

"There must be more than a dozen Khitan cavalry and Xiren cavalry in the West Route Army, and you personally led them to fight with A Gu that day. You were their commander two or three years ago, but now there are only so many who are willing to follow you.

Leaving?" Brother Yun didn't care about the other person's feelings at all and didn't bother to ask further questions.

"Our cavalry was captured by Yelu Mawu, and the Xi people's cavalry were separated early, and they are all in the east of the river." Yu Jian became more and more embarrassed, but he could only bow his head and echo. "There are only more than 250 cavalry beside me."

Brother Yun sneered, reined in his horse and turned around on the spot, put his fingers in his mouth and blew a whistle... The Xixia cavalry, who had been chasing rabbits with the Khitan cavalry just now, heard the whistle and then turned directly to their own side.

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Brother Yun blew the whistle twice, but kept on racing, and he was about to turn back from the Hengshan Pass to the north.

Seeing this shape, Yeluyu felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He could not care about anything, so he could only rein in his horse and catch up: "General Weiming, if you don't save me today, you will kill me! And be careful, Dashi Linya is angry for this."

Dabai Gaoguo!"

When Brother Yun heard this, he stood on horseback and looked at each other. He smiled and shook his head: "General Yelu, I respect you as a noble descendant of Khitan... You are indeed a noble descendant of Yelu, but you are the first general and famous minister to pay gold with the national surname.

...and after surrendering, isn't it normal for people to gradually become suspicious and then want to get rid of them? How can you blame me? If it were me, even if the enemy country is powerful, I would die to serve the country. How could it be possible?

Such a disgrace to you!"

This was almost a mocking scolding in person, which was in sharp contrast to Brother Yun's cautiousness when they first met. Yeluyu's face stiffened when he was scolded, and then flushed, but he was speechless and could not respond. It was the few knowing people behind him.

The Khitan confidants who had followed him all looked at each other in shock, unable to raise their heads for a moment.

"Ten thousand steps back, even if you are so unbearable, as long as you still have a few thousand soldiers and horses to use as capital, then I don't like it, and it is worth it for us to understand that the Gao Kingdom has a few soldiers and horses for you to deal with the Jin people.

One or two...two hundred and fifty cavalry, enough to fill the gaps between the teeth of the tribes in the north of Yinshan Mountain? Do you want our king to give you another three hundred cavalry to protect you on the road?" Brother Wei Mingyun continued to sneer. "You take Yelu.

Dashi is trying to coerce you, so if you want to come here this time, you should basically go to Ketun City, right?"

Seeing this, Yeluyu felt ashamed and angry, but he could only bow his head: "Yes!"

"Let me ask you, do you know why my country's leader stood still during the Battle of Yaoshan last year?"

"I know." Yelu Yujian whispered to him. "Dashi Linya killed the green ox and white horse in Kedun City, and joined the Eighteen Divisions to the west. Although the Jin people felt a little safe for this, the marching route of Dashi was behind Dabai Gaoguo.

, so your lord and Dabai Gaoguo dare not move lightly."

"It's good that you know." Brother Wei Mingyun shook his head and sighed. "Then let me tell you something you may not know. Yelu Dashi is different from you. He is unyielding. In the mouth of my country's leader, he is almost as important as the official family of the Song Dynasty.

When he arrived at Kedun City, there were only 10,000 people, and together with the 18 tribes heading west, there were only 20,000 people. As a result, the western expedition only lasted for half a year, and he surrendered the Uighurs, Gaochang, and Tunyemili (the area around Tacheng in later generations) along the way.

), Alima (later Yining area), all based on the north and south of Leyuan Mountain (Altai Mountain). That area is arable and grazing, and as fertile as a river. For Yelu Dashi, it almost has the foundation of the royal industry, and

The number of soldiers and horses has gradually reached tens of thousands, and their power is no longer weak to our Dabai Gao Kingdom..."

Yeluyu was stunned when he saw it, and the Khitan cavalry gradually surrounding him were breathing heavily.

"But it's a pity." Brother Wei Mingyun shook his head even more when he saw this. "Since Yelu Dashi has established a royal estate there, although Kedun City is still under his control, it is just a Kedun City. From Yinshan Mountain to

To the north, there are three thousand miles of desert along the way, plus the Mongol people gradually moved over and occupied the land around Ketun City... You two hundred and fifty people are on the road to death... I am a member of the Dabai Gao Kingdom, and I will not do it no matter what.

Because of you, a mere dead person has caused the country and Dajin to be at odds with each other."

Yelu Yujian was in a trance. Looking behind him, many Khitan cavalrymen around him were also in a daze.

In other words, there is no reason why Yelu Yu was so shocked when he saw these people. In fact, Yelu Dashi's Western Expedition can be called a miracle in world history, because his starting point was Kedun City, which was actually in the north of Xixia and Lanzhou.

Directly to the north, it is the so-called location of the Northwest Expedition Department of Daliao in the past, and it is near Ulaanbaatar in later generations.

This was the fortress used by the Khitans to suppress Mobei. After the Khitans were established, there was an ancestral law that allowed 20,000 troops to be stationed in Kedun City. No matter how far the country was, they were not allowed to move... Of course, in fact, there were still dangers of corruption there.

When Yelu Dashi arrived at that place, he only saw 10,000 soldiers and horses. It took several years to unite the 18 tribes that were friendly to the Khitan around, and then he got 20,000 soldiers, but in the end he thought the place was remote and could not succeed, so he finally

of the Western Expedition.

And where is the Alima that Wei Mingyun said? In fact, it has reached the westernmost end of China's territory in later generations.

In other words, in just one and a half years, Yelu Dashi led his eighteen tribes to march westward for three to four thousand miles. Considering the deserts and mountains in the middle, the actual distance was probably tens of thousands of miles.

After marching thousands of miles to the west, conquering all the attacks, and bowing to famous countries, and then establishing a foundation, I dare to ask Yelu Yu, how can he not be surprised when he sees these acquaintances who have surrendered and given the Yelu Big Stone?

Of course, no matter how famous Yun Ge or Yelu Yu is, he would never imagine that in another time and space, Yelu Dashi would go south and north, and continue to march westward to conquer without stopping. Along the way, he paid equal attention to kindness and power, and finally

They marched straight into the river and reached the Aral Sea, traveling nearly 30,000 miles back and forth!

Yelu Dashi also formally proclaimed himself emperor after dominating Hezhong, and established a large Central Asian country with an area several times that of Xixia and an actual controlled population far exceeding that of Xixia. He then continued the Daliao Kingdom there for nearly eighty or ninety years.

Compared with this man, Yelu Yujian's fate was just as Brother Yun mocked him - he deserved it.

"General Weiming!"

After recovering from the shock, seeing the Xixia people maintaining a defensive posture as they escorted Brother Yun to the north, Yeluyu couldn't care less about shame or emotion, and directly begged again. "Can't you really give me a way out?"

This time, Brother Yun didn't even look back, as if he had made up his mind.

"Don't bother Dabai Gao to take them in. Just pretend not to see us. How about letting us cross from Hengshan tonight and borrow some land to go to Kedun City?" Seeing helplessness, Yelu Yu reluctantly continued.

Brother Wei Mingyun finally turned around impatiently: "How is this different from accepting you?"

"What if I just want to go from the north of Hengshan Mountain and use the shelter of Hengshan Mountain to cross the river?" Yelu Yu saw him dismounting his horse and kowtow on the ground. "I want a famous general and a way to survive."

Seeing this, Brother Yun finally exclaimed: "If I don't allow you like this, it's really not giving Yelu two words... That's good. You can cross Hengshan from Hongzhou and are not allowed to enter the city, nor are you allowed to go west to Dabai Gaoguo.

To enter the hinterland, just follow the border to the northeast along the Hengshan side, and finally cross the river from your Jin Kingdom to the Yinshan Mountain... You go there tonight, and I will report this matter to the living female capital of Yan'an Prefecture in three days...

This is the final condition, you can come or not, it’s up to you.”

With that said, Brother Yun didn't say anything more, just dropped Yu Jian on the ground and headed north, but he left hundreds of his bodyguards behind and blocked the mountain pass.

The sky was clear in autumn, and Hengshan blocked the north wind. It was really comfortable here at the southern foot. However, the two to three hundred Khitans were suffering under the surveillance of the Xixia people, especially Yelu Yujian, who finally got up with great difficulty, and finally announced in public that the North

The plan to go to Kedun City to find the Yelv Stone became even more so after that.

The news came suddenly, and many lower-level Khitan people who had heard the truth for the first time were obviously shocked and frightened about leaving the Jin Kingdom.

Yu Jian felt sad but helpless. After a little comfort and encouragement, he could only climb a hill to watch the sunset to relieve his mood. However, he could not suppress the uneasiness in his heart no matter what. He stood on the hill and stood there.

He would look west, now north, now south, now east. Even if a close friend brought him roasted field mice, he would just wave it away.

Yelu Yu couldn't help but see this. After all, although Brother Yun opened a hole for him, it was almost a dead end... Why he wanted to seek refuge in Xixia before had already thought of it. Since Yelu Dashi was marching west

, and also took away eighteen tribes that were friendly to the Khitans. The area around Nakhodun City must now be occupied by the Mongols. Although the Mongols have a king, the core control area is in the east, so it can

There will definitely be nothing but chaos around Duncheng. If there are more than two hundred people like me, if we get together, we are afraid that they will be swallowed up directly.

What's more, there are thousands of miles of desert.
To be continued...