Dragon Mountain was the ancestral home of the Xi Gusu'er tribe.
For the Liao people, the concept of a homeland was unfamiliar.
Their ancestors had spent countless years roaming the grasslands herding sheep, moving from one pasture to another.
They seldom felt a strong sense of belonging towards any particular place.For them, wherever there were lush green pastures was their eternal home.Dado que los pueblos liao se volvieron más estables y prósperos, la cultura han china inevitablemente causó cierto disturbio.
Así, también comenzaron a sentir que deberían tener un lugar donde pudieran depositar sus almas.In this wave of change, Yambaizi Mountain turned into Longshan, and the winding Whip Mountain transformed into the graceful Dragon Mountain.Wang Anshi was extremely helpless with the changes in the Xi Gusu'er tribe.
He imagined how this old man would enthusiastically volunteer to participate in the breakout battle.
And he would surely raise his flag high, making Song troops hesitate out of fear.Few true cultural figures existed among the Liao people, unfortunately, one of them was from the Xi Gusu'er tribe.
This person not only participated in the compilation of Khitan script but dedicated their life to translating Han Chinese texts into Khitan for posterity.This individual was highly respected in both the Liao and Song courts and had many friends among the Song people.
However, he came to Xijing (West Capital) due to his penchant for gossip and short temper, constantly causing trouble for Yelü Hongji.
Even this person was hard to offend as they annoyed Yelü Hongji to no end who found an excuse to bring him there.He had lived in Tokyo for ten years and met Emperor Zhaozhen of Song countless times.
He often played mediator between the two empires, avoiding trivial disputes and even blamed Khitan border troops for their looting on Song territory, which led to his arrest by Liao people.
Therefore, it was fair to say that the Song owed this old scholar.Although this old man seemed like a simpleton, he was actually devious.
He claimed his family was in Xijing and his children were crying from hunger.
His students were also on the brink of starvation.Wang Anshi did not believe any of these claims!A seventy-year-old widower for fifteen years, with only one daughter far away as a rich woman in Liao territory, where could he have any family or children?The only possibility was that Xiao Datu planned to escape and leave all the women and children behind.
This old man volunteered to stay back to protect them, hoping to find a way out for these people by leveraging his influence.Any fool would know that if Xiao Datu successfully escaped, these women and children who couldn't run or fight would become the Song army's target for revenge, leading to a horrifying outcome.When Yun Zheng heard Wang Anshi’s old servant report, he could not help but respect this old man.