Introduction: The army is also a sea of eunuchs, there are ups and downs, there are ups and downs, And Guo Wei, who has just floated up, soon sank again, and this sinking is nine years. This is a very important 23-32 years old in life, and the history books do not record it, which means that his work is not outstanding, his achievements are not obvious, and it is not worth wasting pen and ink. However, in these nine years, a major event occurred that was closely related to everyone, and that was the rise of the Khitan ...
I thought that following the third leader Shi Jingyao, Guo Wei would usher in a turn of fate; unexpectedly, Guo Wei had just gone online and completely dropped the line.
1. Nine years of disconnection
From the second year of the Later Tang Dynasty (927) to the third year of the Later Tang Dynasty (936), in the whole nine years, what work our protagonist Guo Wei engaged in and what achievements he achieved, there are few records in the history books.
Life seems to have pressed the pause button. The only clue is that in the second year of Later Tang Changxing (931), in order to prevent the Khitan invasion, Shi Jingyao was transferred to he was transferred to he was the envoy of Hedong Jiedushi and became a hegemon; Guo Wei did not follow and remained in the capital Luoyang.
The secretary of the previous leader, after the next leader arrives at the post, will definitely avoid it and stay away from it. So, Guo Wei sat on the familiar cold bench again.
Occasionally a few years of cold bench can hone the heart and stimulate morale; but a lifetime of cold bench, this life will never come out. Guo Wei, who was full of ambition, suddenly found that Manzhi had gone, and only hesitated.
One small step a year, one big step in three years, Guo Wei remembered his own small goal. Obviously, it is said that it will be three years, three years after three years, and three years after three years.
Screenshot of the movie Infernal Affairs
Guo Wei's luck is really bad: just eat a date, you get a slap; just hold the carrot, you get a big stick; just buy a stock in the whole warehouse, the bookmakers all run away.
Nowadays, just after setting a small goal, someone immediately pulled the network cable, and he was forced to go offline, or a full nine years. Guo Wei was angry: three twists and turns, three ups and three downs, three dozen white bone essences, pit daddy ~ this is!!
Screenshot of the anime "Funny Manga Day"
Isn't there internal information, are all white horse stocks, potential stocks, why is every curve, diving ah? Guo Wei was in the depths of his soul, asking himself: Am I sloppy, am I trapped, am I a legendary leek?
He was already hallucinating: Why was my eyes green? Why did someone come over with a scythe? Why are they smiling so hot?
His eyes were hollow and blank, staring ahead: Look, it's pitch black in front of you, and you can't see anything.
Screenshot of the movie "The King of Comedy"
A voice next to it replied softly: No, it will be beautiful after dawn.
You have to have confidence that one day, the market will rise!
During Guo Wei's most depressed period, Chai Shouyu always accompanied him, supporting him, encouraging him, and enlightening him: I heard that there was an idiom called Shi Bu San; I also heard that there was an idiom called Da Ji Wan Cheng.
Chai Shouyu used practical actions to tell Guo Wei to be a low-key person: when you need to grind your heart and be inspired, don't rush to raise your eyebrows; when you need to recharge, don't think about a blockbuster. Because, there are no shortcuts on the road to success.
Although constantly rubbed by reality, Guo Wei, a worker in a difficult situation, has been recuperating, Taoguang and obscurity, and adhering to his original intention with the encouragement of his lover.
Leaking night boats, looking for light in the dark. Although there is no ladder to rise, for nine years, Guo Wei has been observing the changes in the situation, looking for a platform for investment, visiting people who recognize him, and exploring a path suitable for himself.
If there is a platform, just dry, if there is no platform, look at it, and let the bullet time fly for a while.
Screenshot of the movie Let the Bullets Fly
In nine years, Guo Wei and Chai Shouyu experienced seven years of itching, but their love was not reduced; when they encountered contradictions, the two people held a small meeting behind closed doors, and the problem was solved.
Screenshot of the movie "Great Inner Secret Agent Zero Zero Hair"
In these nine years, above the Central Plains, contradictions have also arisen and fallen, and this has gone wrong, but it cannot be resolved by a small meeting. Because, the wolf is coming!
2. The rise of the Khitans
When it comes to Chinese titles, many people know china, the country of porcelain, or the transliteration of Great Qin. In fact, in some foreign historical sources, China is called "Khitan".
For example, in Russian, China is called Китай, which literally translates to Khitan and in Greek, Middle English, and Muslim literature, China is also referred to as Khitan.
Khitan Murals - Web Images
The Khitans are a nomadic people in northern China, scattered in tribes, in a vast and vast steppe, with no fixed place to live and home. In order to compete for limited resources, the tribes have been inward-looking. In order to obtain more resources, they began to go south to the Central Plains, burning and looting, and doing no evil.
Khitan is also a grievance: you think I want to be a robber! The map of the opening game, the old ancestor has long chosen, did not have to change. To the east is the vast sea, to the north is the cold Siberia, which is not suitable for human survival, and the great desert in the west is a forced choice.
Khitan Territory Map - Network Pictures
You tell me: Where else can I go except all the way south? I'm too south!
The arrival of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is nothing less than a godsend.
In the fourth year of Tang Tianyou (907), the year of the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the obscene development of the Khitan finally put together the six gods, with strong military strength, excellent leadership, Yelü Abaoji unified the Khitan tribes, swore national sovereignty to the outside world, the name of the country, is the Khitan .
Yelü Abaoji, who proclaimed himself emperor, modeled on the habits of the Han people, built a capital, created a script, established laws, set up an army, and conquered the east and the west, and his strength increased greatly. The Central Plains, which is an insider in the civil war and a layman in the foreign war, let the tiger-eyed and salivating Yelü Abaoji show his fangs: if you don't come at this time, you will stay when.
3. Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, although the Central Plains Dynasty was intoxicated with the game of thrones, it always waited for the strong enemies in the north and did not dare to relax half a step.
The Khitan were a people on horseback, and both in terms of attack and mobility, they were the natural enemies of the Infantry of the Central Plains: on single-handedness, it was basic common sense for infantry to be abused by cavalry; on group beatings, the charging of formed cavalry, impact and stampede were nightmares for infantry.
In order to fight against the nomadic peoples in the north, during the Warring States period, the Yan and Zhao states built the Great Wall on top of the lofty mountains, and Qin Shi Huang used the Great Wall to connect the Yanshan, Taihang and Qilian Mountains together, and built passes in important locations, basically blocking the cavalry in the north. The area where this section of the Great Wall is located has a common name, that is, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.
Yanyun Sixteen States - Network Pictures
The North China Plain of the Pingchuan River, an important barrier against the north, is Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. It stretched for about 600 kilometers from east to west and about 200 kilometers from north to south, including the area around present-day Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Hebei.
Since ancient times, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures have been the natural dividing line between the agricultural civilization of the Central Plains and the nomadic peoples of the north, and also the military defense line of the Central Plains regime against invasion. In the territory of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, the mountains are layered, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Khitan cavalry cannot exert their advantages here, even if they can enter, it is difficult to get out.
In the face of heaven and place, although the Khitan was powerful, it could not get any cheap for a while, and only sporadically harassed in the north, unable to carry the whole field. Although Yelü Abaoji unified the Khitan tribes, he spent his whole life and did not enter the Central Plains, because of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
In the fourth year of the Later Tang Dynasty (926), Yelü Abaoji died of illness, and the second son Yelü Deguang, with the support of his mother Shu Luping, became the second emperor of the Khitans. Yelü Deguang, who had just ascended to the throne, was eager to move every time he thought of the world of flowers and flowers in the Central Plains, and he was bent on entering the Central Plains and seizing the Jiangshan. But there is a historical problem, or Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.
Just when Yelü Deguang was scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks, a person took the initiative to come to the door, not only to give up Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, but also to recognize himself as a dry father. The friends were stunned: And this kind of good thing?
This person is Guo Wei's third leader, shi Jingyao, a traitor who is about to defect to the enemy and betray the country and confess to being a thief. (To be continued)
The long historical novel "Emperor Guo Wei"
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