Sixteen states have important strategic significance.

This is of great significance.

I don't know yet: Who ceded the Sixteen Counties? Here is a detailed introduction, and then look down ~

Sixteen States, the heart of Han people in Song Dynasty, is always in pain. China, a natural barrier in the north, is condescending and easy to defend but difficult to attack. It has important strategic significance. It can be said that the whole dynasty in Song Dynasty struggled to get back the sixteen states. Unfortunately, it was not until the Ming Dynasty that the Central Plains regime recovered this place. Seeing this, the reader may ask, who was ceded to sixteen States? Why did he cede this land? I believe that after reading the following article, you can find the answer.

Let's start with where the Sixteen Counties are. Sixteen States are also known as the Sixteen States of Deep Clouds in history, that is, today's Beijing, northern Tianjin (north of Haihe River), northern Hebei and northwestern Shanxi. As the old saying goes, "The loss of the northern ridge will harm Yanyun, and the loss of Yanyun will harm the Central Plains."

It can be seen how important the strategic position of sixteen states is in the north. These dangerous places are easy to defend but difficult to attack, which is an important barrier for the Central Plains regime to resist the northern minorities. Once this screen is lost, the Han people in the Central Plains will be naked in front of the northern minorities. Sixteen states were ceded for the first time in history, after the fall of the late Tang Dynasty, and were given to Qidan (Liao Dynasty) as a reward by the ruler of the new regime at that time, and this person was the ruler of the new regime at that time and the founding emperor of the late Jin Dynasty, Shi Jingtang.

Shi Jingtang (892-942), Shatuo (a branch of West Turkic), was the first emperor of the Jin Dynasty after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, that is, the great-grandfather of the late Jin Dynasty. When I was young, I was simple and calm, unsmiling, and read many art books. I admire Li Mu, a famous soldier of Zhao in the Warring States Period, and Zhou Yafu, a famous soldier of Han Dynasty. At first, I worked under Li Keyong's adopted son Li Siyuan. Later, in the war of destroying the back beam in the later Tang Dynasty, I took the lead and made outstanding achievements.

When Li Congke, the last emperor of the late Tang Dynasty, ascended the throne, Shi Jingtang was Hedong, but there was no trust between them. Li Congke regarded him as one of the biggest threats instead. In order to save his life, in the third year of Qing Dynasty (936), Shi Jingtang rose up and rebelled. Later, in Enemy at the Gates, Tang Jun and Shi Jingtang asked the Khitan for help, promised to cede sixteen states of Youyun after the job was done, and were willing to make Ye Ludeguang ten years younger than him the father emperor. Later, with the help of the Khitan, Shi Jingtang destroyed the later Tang Dynasty, proclaimed himself the Capital of the Capital of the Song Dynasty, and changed its name to "Jin", which was called the later Jin in history.

Sixteen States were ceded to Qidan for its own self-interest. From then on, sixteen states became the territory of Liao State. Without the natural barrier of North China, the Central Plains regime was no longer in danger, until there was Ma Pingchuan near the Yellow River. Since then, the door of the Central Plains has been wide open, which is undoubtedly a nightmare for the Central Plains regime. In the next 400 years, for every Central Plains dynasty, recovering sixteen states of Youyun has always been their most important dream. The Song Dynasty struggled for hundreds of years, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty established sixteen states of Youyun that it returned to the embrace of the Central Plains.

Throughout Shi Jingtang's life, he began to be brave and good at fighting, which was quite a gentleman's wind. Later, for the sake of its own prosperity, it ceded sixteen counties, a battleground for military strategists, to foreign countries, which made the later Central Plains dynasty threatened by northern foreign countries for hundreds of years and was a sinner through the ages. Moreover, obedient "Zi Di" is a wonderful flower of imperial China.