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The banquet without wine always ends very quickly. Before noon, Xiao Qin smiled and said, "Prairie people must drink horse milk wine when they treat guests. Brother Chen is eager to escort the Han people. He has to rush to the afternoon. He will not drink today. Next time he has the chance to go to Shangjing, he will definitely stop drunk."

At this point, Chen De also realized that it was a waste of Xiao Qinliu's food, and it was true to find a reason to escort his half-army and half-people team to the border of Lanzhou. Although he couldn't figure out his true intentions, he had to accept this favor. He immediately said with gala: "If Brother Xiao has the opportunity to visit Lanzhou, De sacrifices his life to accompany the gentleman to have a good time." The two laughed together, and Xiao Qinzhao immediately called his subordinates to end the banquet and set off with the Lanzhou army.

Although there were many Khitan troops gathered in Mayi under the order of Xiao Qin, they were all subordinates of the Khitan nobles in Shuozhou. The nobles led their troops to help because they participated in this slave transaction. After receiving the gold, they said goodbye to Xiao Qin. Therefore, Xiao Qin's headquarters escorted Chen De actually had only one thousand elite cavalry.

Although the number of people was small, Xiao Qin was the special envoy of the Liao Dynasty. The cavalry he brought came from the royal siege army. Whether it was a Khitan noble who was indiscretion or a border horse thief who wanted to take Li from the fire, before he could stand up and take the risk, he had to consider whether the people attacking the siege army were able to withstand the thunderous wrath of Shangjing.

Along the way, Xin Gusu led the Cavalry Camp to release a scout circle from ten miles away, and the Piss Army released a horse around five miles away, and could not escape if there was any movement outside.

"Brother Chen, please see, this place is a ruin of the border people who were stationed in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the late Han Dynasty, the princes and horse thieves rampant, and the villagers were forced to give up. Shuozhou is the dividing line between the Central Plains and the Desert. Whenever the Central Plains flourished, countless Han people settled and lived here. The Central Plains were in chaos, and they were abandoned. The Great Liao Dynasty was the ruler of the Hu and Han Dynasty. Therefore, although the Central Plains have been stagnant for a hundred years, the residents of Shuozhou have not only not decreased, but have flourished more and more." Xiao Qin pointed to a ruined wall. He was very interested and raised his horse whip all the way to introduce the scenery of the northern country to Chen De. When passing by some ancient battlefield ruins, he pointed to the country, which seemed to have a lot of ravines in his heart.

Chen De walked with him, without talking much, only paying attention to the surrounding terrain. Shuozhou is one of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. The majestic mountains are like natural barriers, blocking north and south. The Khitans obtained the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. One is the advantage of the terrain, and the other is the power of the Han people, and finally became a great atmosphere. However, the Liao Kingdom was also serious about the operation of Yanyun. Along the way, there were villages and forts built in dangerous places. Although there were no soldiers and horses to guard the vast grassland, all the men of the tribe held a bow and a sword. With one order, they established tens of thousands of cavalry troops. The Central Plains army with slightly less combat power could not bear this storm-like cavalry cluster.

Half a day passed in a flash, and the red sun set westward. The two of them looked at a hill and led the soldiers and civilians to set up a camp. More than 10,000 Han people were surrounded by a large army. Jinfan camp, horizontal camp, mountain camp, and logistics camp were connected by large chariots to form a solid outer chariot formation to defend against the invasion of the enemy and wild wolf. The cavalry camp, Baiyu camp, and Modao camp were stationed between the outer camp and the households in order to protect the households from being injured by the rushing into the enemy, and at the same time prevent the households from rioting to the outer defense line. Xiao Qin led the Khitan army to choose a hill next to the Lanzhou army to set up a camp.

Xin Gu led the cavalry camp to wander outside all day long, and did not return to the camp to rest until dusk. Chen De personally handed him a bag of water.

Xin Gu took the water bag and drank it hard, and looked at the Khitan tent not far away. He was a Khitan. At this moment, when he saw the army of his mother clan, his face was a little indifferent. He whispered to Chen De: "Sir, this group of people is unusual. I see that they are the palace divisions of the emperor. They have always followed the emperor. For some reason, they have followed this Han official. You should be more careful."

Chen De originally thought that Xiao Qin was just a Han Chinese Khitan, so he said strangely: "Xiao Qin is a Han Chinese? How do you know?"

Xin Gu opened his eyes wide and looked at Chen Dedao: "The Good Shepherd can smell whether it is a cow or a sheep when he closes his eyes. The Han or Khitans can tell at a glance that Xiao Qin must be a Han person."

After hearing his sincere words, Chen De believed it. Perhaps it seemed that although the Japanese and Koreans looked very similar to the Chinese in later generations, the Chinese could tell at a glance which one was a compatriot among the Asians. Xin Gu was familiar with both the Han and the Khitans, so he could naturally distinguish Xiao Qin's race. This also explained why he wanted to show kindness to Chen De and personally led his troops to escort the Han people.

Looking up at the Khitan camp, the Gongmen had already set up a tent. Beautiful bonfires were burning between the tents. Xiao Qin sat on an empty high slope in the camp, drinking while watching the Khitan soldiers busy in and out of the camp. He seemed to notice Chen De and others, turned his head and smiled at them, and drank the strong wine in his glass.

The aroma of barbecue meat cooking dinner attracted wild animals, and wolves howls came from time to time around the camp, but there were many people here. Except for the Han people who seemed a little scared, both the Lanzhou army and the Khitans were just fine, and only a few more bonfires outside the camp.

The Han people were escorted by Lanzhou Army along the way, and gradually realized that this time it was not resold by the Hu tribe, but by Lanzhou Jie Town, redeeming them for the Han area. Most of them were crying with joy. At this moment, some families were snuggling by the bonfire, some were gathered together to keep warm, and looked at the surrounding soldiers in a vain, confirming that this was the Han army. How many people twisted their thighs into black green, and believed that this was not a dream.

The grasslands outside the frontier were sleeping in the open, and the night was cold. The Lanzhou army also had a luxurious leather tent like the palace division. The soldiers covered their faces, necks and other exposed areas with herbs to drive away mosquitoes. A sheepskin blanket wrapped around the body and lie on the ground beside the bonfire, counting the stars to fall asleep. Chen De and his soldiers were all the same, so of course.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and Chen De is tightly wrapped in the blanket. The unpolluted night sky looks particularly deep. The stars are flashing, and occasionally a meteor passes across the sky. More than 10,000 Han people in the camp are sleeping in the wild. Although the cold air is so cold, they are in the camp protected by the Han army. The wandering life of cattle and horses seems to be yesterday. They feel safe and happy in their hearts, and they unknowingly enter a dream in their longing for the future.

In a deep sleep, Chen De was awakened by a sharp sound of arrows. He immediately grabbed Mo Dao and jumped up. Looking around, the households in the center of the camp were still sleeping, but the soldiers of Lanzhou were very alert and stood there to wait for the officer's orders.

The outside of the camp was still dark, but the ground in the distance was trembling faintly. After hearing the sound, Xin Gu said, "Carriages are rushing towards this place in the east, west, south and north directions."

It was dawn at this moment, and the dawn had just begun to appear. There was only a faint morning mist on the grassland, and the sight was quite good. After a while, several cavalrymen in the distance were galloping desperately. On the horizon behind them, several long outposts of the grassland cavalry slowly appeared.

The cavalry fleeing in front ran closer and saw that they were scouts of the Gong army. They were probably the ones who just called the alarm.

Everyone looked at each other, and Yu Furengui immediately said, "The person who came is not good. Please lead the Brutal Cavalry Camp to leave first. The last generals swear to death and end the rear." The other lieutenants also agreed, and Li Si even asked his personal guard to lead Chen De's Qinghai Camp to the front.

Chen De looked back at the Han people who were awakening from a heart-warming sleep, and shouted sternly: "Are there generals who abandoned their subordinates here? Are there soldiers who abandoned the people here?"

Seeing everyone bowing their heads and silently, Chen De pulled out his sword with him, looked at the soldiers around him and said loudly: "The enemy does not dare to fight with righteous troops, and only chooses to attack at dawn. This means that the enemy must be afraid. It is the brave who meets on a narrow road. Do you dare to fight?"

Xin Gu and Yu Furengui drew their swords and shouted loudly: "Dare to fight!" Other powerful generals and soldiers also shouted. Seeing that the officials did not mean to abandon the old and weak, the people in the camp were a little calmer even when they saw that the officials did not mean to escape.

The troops immediately relied on the terrain to dig stones and carefully filled every gap in the outer chariot formation. The baggage battalion took out the bed crossbow from the chariot and placed it on the slightly higher chariot board on the inside. The crossbow was styling and aimed at the direction of the enemy's attack. Because they protected more than 10,000 people, the Lanzhou military camp was quite large, and they were assigned to the outer defense line, Bashan camp, and the baggage infantry were slightly thin. As a reserve team, the Jinfan camp infantry monitored the Han people who had just been redeemed in the battalion, and on the other hand, they were preparing to fill the gap in the defense line. Chen De held the Modao Camp and the two battalions of cavalry in his hand to carry out counterattacks in defense.

The cavalry cluster in the distance was getting closer and closer, with a stunning momentum. Xin Gu estimated that there were at least tens of thousands of cavalrymen. The opponent wanted to take advantage of the dawn and drove to the nearest place, steadily surrounded the 3,500 Lanzhou Army and the 1,000-gong army led by Xiao Qin, and waited for a rest to attack.

"Brother Xiao, you have been implicated." Chen De sighed to Xiao Qin who came over to discuss military aircraft.

Xiao Qin stared at the communist who was running back and forth at the enemy's troops at the foot of the mountain and said, "I'm afraid that may not be the case."

He found that there seemed to be the Khitan tribe cavalry below, but he did not shoot out the flag," he couldn't help but sneer: "A group of mobs dared to attack the guards' palace division." He waved his guards to ride over and ask which Khitan tribe the other party was, and whether he knew that the Gong government division was also on the mountain.

The guard held the flag of the palace army, shouting loudly in Khitan, while riding his horse to the bottom of the mountain. Unexpectedly, he was still halfway up the mountain, and arrows were fired in the enemy cavalry formation, and the guards were killed on the spot. Even the war horse was shot like a hedgehog, and fell softly to the ground with a whine.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Qin's face turned pale. It seemed that the cavalry below knew that the palace guards were still in trouble, so he said to Chen De: "Brother Chen, this group of people came to me. I'm afraid you will suffer the disaster. No matter what the enemy's intention is, you and I must work together to defeat this powerful enemy."

Chen Dedao nodded: "That's right."

Xiao Qin sighed and said, "I will not hide it from Brother Chen. Xiao Qin is my pseudonym. I am Han Derang, the envoy of the Shangjing Imperial City of the Great Liao Kingdom. Han clan has been an official in the Great Liao Dynasty for three generations and has been deeply favored by the country. These villains regard us as thorns in the eyes and want to get rid of it quickly."

Chen De nodded. When Xin Gu told him that Xiao Qin was a Han Chinese, he had been guessing that Xiao Qin was just a pseudonym, so he bowed according to the Han Chinese etiquette: "It turns out that it was Brother Han in front of him, De is polite here."

Han Derang also bowed his hand and pointed at the enemy army that was about to move under him with a horse whip and said, "The crime of besieging the Daliao Palace is very serious. The thief can't help but take action. Let's attack him for a while." He casually ordered his cavalry in Khitan. The general of the palace army agreed loudly and immediately rectified the army and horses to attack.

Han Derang chose the opportunity to attack just before the enemy attacked. The enemy troops at the foot of the mountain were gathering their horses to prepare for the attack. They lost their guard. Unexpectedly, the three hundred elite cavalry of the Gong army on the mountain rushed down from a high position. The soldiers of the Gong army were brave and sharp, and they all rode with top-notch horses. They also got the right place. This rush was unstoppable and rushed into the depths of the enemy's camp and killed the tribal cavalry who were pulling their horses to attack. Before the enemy reacted, they had already retracted their horses and retreated. They came back and counted the number of people, and only lost more than a dozen cavalry.

This battle suddenly made the enemy lose its spirit, and the cavalry of the Gong branch were all proud and joked loudly with each other. Chen De also smiled and said, "Brother Han is a good method."

Han Derang didn't care and said, "How can we not defeat the mob with the elite of the palace? But the enemy is large and we are few. If we are willing to lose money, it will be difficult to keep us." He said these words in Chinese, and he did not expect to slap the spirit of the Khitan warriors beside him.

Chen De said with emotion: "If you lose, Brother Han can take his subordinates first, and De swears to protect these Han people even if he dies."

Han De's eyes flashed, as if he was strange that Chen De did not try to persuade him to stay and protect the Han people together. He immediately said, "Thank you, Brother Chen, for his good intentions. It's just that the cavalry in the desert has always fought with fast and slow, with more and less. The enemy is prepared and has sufficient horsepower. It's not so easy for us to break out." He paused and sighed, "The Southerners have many dislikes us, the Han people in Liao. There are very few who are as disregarded as Brother Chen!"

Chen De laughed in silence. He thought that Han Delang was unwilling to say that he was a Han person at first because he regarded himself as a Liao person. He did not expect that he was partly because of the discrimination against the Han people of Liao by the Song people. Even Han Delang, a high-ranking Han people of Liao, were ashamed to admit that he was a Han person in front of the officials of the Southern Dynasty.

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Han Delang is the most contradictory and legendary figure of this era and cannot be missed. It is more difficult to reign over the Liao Kingdom as a Han Chinese than to be the US president of the blacks. He has made great contributions but has a good end. He was the empress dowager and was still mourning and honored after his death. He did not suffer from the liquidation movements such as Huo Guang, Zhang Juzheng, and Dorgon in history. This person has done it. He is not a hero, who is a hero? Maybe Zhao Kuangyin can fight with him, but unfortunately he has not had a good end.

Han Derang (941～1011)

The minister of the Emperor Shengzong of Liao Dynasty in China was later given the name Dechang and the surname Yelu, and the name Longyun. During the reign of Emperor Jingzong of Liao, Yelu Xian, he was transferred to Quanzhi, the officials of Nanjing. In the first year of Qianheng (979), he was awarded the title of the governor of the Liao Xingjun because of his contribution to the attack on the Song army. Soon, he entered the court as the Privy Councilor of the Southern Court. In the fourth year, Jingzong died, Emperor Shengzong of Liao succeeded to the throne, Empress Dowager Xiao, Xiao Yanyan was regent, and Han Delang was extremely favored. In the third year of Tonghe (985), he worked together with the important ministers such as Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xizhen, and Shi Fang, which played an important role in stabilizing the political situation in the early years of Shengzong. In the fourth year, the Song army fought in the north, and he defeated Cao Bin and Mi Xin's army, and was granted the title of Duke of Chu, and was re-elected.

In the 12th year of the Chu King, the Shi Fang of the Deshi was the Prime Minister and the Privy Council. After Yelu Xizhen's death, Han Derang was also the Privy Council of the Northern Court. He was appointed as the Prime Minister around the 18th year and was appointed as the King of Qi and the Prime Minister of the Northern and Southern Courts. After the alliance between Chanyuan, he was transferred to King of Jin and was granted the country's surname Yelu. He was also out of the palace and was rank above the prince. He was the one who had the longest assist in the government, the most centralized power, the most favored, and the greatest influence. He had a engagement with Empress Xiao, but he did not do it due to the coup. It is said that after the death of Emperor Jingzong, the two lived like husband and wife. He played a major role in the early governance of Shengzong, such as reforming the system, improving the relationship between the Khitans and Han people, and maintaining the Liao and Song alliance covenant.

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