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In the eyes of most people in this era, as long as the Han people recover Yan Yun and lock the Hu people outside the pass, they can live and work in peace.

In Li Yan's opinion, this is very short-sighted.

People often compare Li Yan with Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

Then this time, take Emperor Xuanzong of Tang as an example.

The Tang Dynasty was an unprecedentedly powerful dynasty and unprecedentedly vast territory in Chinese history.

The Tang Empire had great military achievements and was proactive since its founding. With its steely will, it defeated one opponent after another - in the north, cleared the desert and the north, making China's reputation far reaching North Siberia; in the east, it conquered North Korea and defeated the Japanese navy in the Battle of Baijiangkou; in the northwest, it subdued the Western Turks, which made the Western Regions return to China again after the Han Dynasty; in Central Asia and South Asia, it defeated Central India, expeditioned Xiaobolu, Dabolu, and defeated Arabia.

By the time of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the Tang Empire ushered in its second spring - the Kaiyuan Prosperity.

This was the most prosperous period in ancient China, no doubt about it.

The prosperity of the times mainly lies in economy and culture.

In terms of martial arts, the era of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was still not as good as that of Emperor Taizong of Tang. Emperor Taizong of Tang was to encircle and annihilate in depth. If you don’t fight, you will be stopped. One fight will have to determine the outcome in one battle. The key is to make a quick decision, rather than a protracted war.

The strategic pattern during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was not that big. It was mostly caused by a protracted battle, a struggle for one city and one pool, or a tug-of-war on the border line. It was difficult to see the scene of the war flowing in the early Tang Dynasty and unstoppable.

But despite this, his achievements did not in the slightest disgrace of his ancestors in the early days of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

The early wars of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang were very frequent and had a wide range. They had military conflicts with the Turks, Tubo, Khitan, Tuqishi, Dashi, and Nanzhao. They had almost fought with powerful regimes around them, and almost all returned with great victory.

Among them, the most important battle was the battle between the Battle of the Turks and Central Asia.

Unlike Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty relied more on the power of nomadic tribes such as the Uighurs, and in fact, it was a means of using barbarians to control barbarians.

This is a very clever political means.

The battle for Central Asia is the most exciting chapter in the military history of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The four major forces of Tang, Dashi, Turks and Tubo competed in Central Asia, showing their wisdom and persuasion, with climaxes one after another, dangerous and exciting.

From this we can see how wise and powerful Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was at the beginning.

However--

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was able to start well, but not end well.

In the later years of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, the famous Anshi Rebellion broke out.

Many people forced the reason for the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion to Yang Yuhuan, saying that because Yang Yuhuan seduced Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was unintentional to the government, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, which also created a shameful flower, one of the four great beauties in ancient China.

Actually, this is wrong.

There were so many emperors in the Ming Dynasty who did not attend court for a long time, so their rule continued for many years.

The Qing Dynasty was an invasion of foreign races, and its rule also lasted for many years. If it had not caught up with that great era, it might have lasted for more years.

Therefore, the reason is the system.

The reason why the Tang Dynasty before Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was strong was because the Tang Dynasty firmly controlled the two plains, namely the Central Plains and the Grassland. It can also be said that the Tang Dynasty before Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was a dual empire.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, it may be because Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was too "wise and powerful" at the beginning of his ascension, and was a little arrogant, or was bewitched by those civil officials, that he actually gave up on the grassland.

As a result, the grassland was separated from the control of the Tang Dynasty.

It eventually led to the Anshi Rebellion.

Let me give you another example, a personal example related to Li Yan.

That is the demise of the Jin Dynasty.

As everyone knows, the Jin Dynasty fell in Mongolia.

But many people don’t know how Mongolia, which was under the control of the Jin Dynasty, rose up?

The reason why Mongolia can rise is that the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, like Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, gave up the grasslands himself, which led to the rise of Mongolia and finally destroyed the Jin Dynasty.

To put it more specifically, the emperors of the Jin Dynasty repeatedly transformed the capital from Shangjing to Yanjing, and then moved the capital from Yanjing to Tokyo Bianliang. Finally, they completely gave up their control over the grasslands, and then Mongolia rose up and destroyed the Jin Kingdom.

Of course, there was also an inevitable reason for the Jin Dynasty to move the capital, that is, the military aristocrats of the Jin Dynasty were too powerful and they firmly restricted the imperial power of the Jin Dynasty. Therefore, several emperors of the Jin Dynasty had to be sinicized and had to move the capital south to get rid of the control of the military aristocrats of the Jin Dynasty.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, although the former had several foolish monarchs who had not been to court for a long time, and although the latter was an invading foreign tribe, the rule of their dynasty was extraordinary and relatively stable during the control. This was largely because they controlled both the Central Plains and the Grassland.

Therefore, if you want the dynasty you established to last longer and able to withstand some storms, Li Yan must not only sit firmly on the Central Plains, but also control the grassland.

As long as Li Yan obtained the territory south of Enzhou-Eastyard to north of Yanyun, he could reach his hand into the grassland and have a grassland vision. Then Li Yan could take advantage of tribal conflicts with manipulating the grassland, divide and control it, and control the grassland, so that he would not give Mongolia and Jurchens the chance to destroy their own country.

Therefore, Li Yan insisted on this overlord treaty.

Who can stop what Li Yan wants to do?

Soon, the CICC peace talks officially began to be implemented.

Soon after, the Jin army withdrew from Yanjing and Dazhong completely recaptured the Yanyun area.

Following closely behind, Yue Fei, Liu Qi and Wu Jie personally led 25 major troops to escort the Jin army to Chifeng Prefecture (Li Yan was renamed as Dading Prefecture), and forced the Jin army to deliver the Chifeng Prefecture as soon as possible - Dayou, "If your Jin Kingdom does not deliver it, we will grab it ourselves."

Due to the strong pressure brought by the central army and the sharp situation in the Great Jin Kingdom, in less than June, in mid-May, the Jin people retreated from Chifeng Mansion and handed over Chifeng Mansion to Liu Qi.

But this was not over. Yue Fei and Wu Jie then continued to lead their troops north.

How could the senior executives of the Jin Kingdom not know that Yue Fei and Wu Jie's move were forcing them to deliver the gold, silver and wealth that they promised to give as soon as possible?

Not long after, a large civil strife occurred in the Jin Dynasty. Fortunately, Wanyan Xie also brought his troops back in time to suppress the rebellion.

Shortly after this rebellion, the Jin Kingdom delivered all the war reparations and annual monies that should be delivered. China and the Jin Kingdom also formally submitted letters of state, and the two sides closed down and lived in peace for the time being.

Everyone knows that peace between China and the Jin Dynasty is temporary, and when both sides are ready, they will have to fight again.

In other words, both sides may start again at any time.

The first war to break out must be Chifeng Prefecture, located between the two countries, at the intersection of Mongolia, Hebei and Liaoning.

Therefore, Chifeng Mansion has become crucial. If you are not a powerful general, you cannot guard it.

After selecting the civil and military officials under his command, Li Yan personally ordered Liu Qi to guard Chifeng as the governor of Chifeng, and appointed Chen Go as the prefect of Chifeng, and the two guarded the northern border as Dazhong.

Li Yan chose Liu Qi and Chen Go to guard Chifeng Mansion, both in terms of reason and in addition to reason.

Liu Qi is steady and good at fighting, so it is naturally appropriate for him to guard Chifeng Mansion, but in fact there are people who are more suitable for guarding Chifeng Mansion than Liu Qi. This person is Yue Fei, who made the most contributions in the process of regaining Yan Yun.

However--

For some reason, Li Yan chose Liu Qi, but not Yue Fei.

As for Chen Gou.

In terms of ability, Chen Go has absolutely no problem.

But the problem is that Chen Gou turned out to be Song Chen, and he only joined Dazhong not long ago.

Is there really no problem in appointing such a person and staying in such a critical place?

Liu Qi is more suitable to guard Chifeng Mansion than Yue Fei. Whether Chen Go has any problems or not, it will be discussed later, because the appointment was soon settled and there was no suspense.

Compared with Chifeng Mansion, people in Dazhong are more concerned now. Who will guard the more important Yan land?

You must know that this is the true guarantee of the safety of the Han people, and there must be no mistakes!

People have a lot of speculation about this.

What people guessed most was that Yue Fei came to guard Yandi, which also explains why Liu Qi was not Yue Fei came to guard Chifeng Mansion.

But for some reason, Li Yan has not issued an order to let Yue Fei guard Yan land...

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Chapter completed!