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The subjugation of the Liao Dynasty

Wanyan Zongwang sent troops to recover the nine states behind Shanhou. Wanyan Wu Qimai did not agree, but in fact, Wei, Yingzhou, the governor of Wei, Chen Yi, who was under the control of the Song Dynasty, was killed, and Yingzhou, the governor of Su Jing, escaped. At the same time, Wanyan Zongwang sent someone to bring a second message to Zhao Ji: You, the Song Dynasty, have no intention of accepting the money, the alliance at sea is meaningless! We are not going to admit it! Now take it back first, Weizhou, this is what the alliance at sea has not agreed to you! The three stages of the alliance at sea are completely over here! It is known in history that "the strategy of the southern expedition, Zong Wang has made real enlightenment."

On August 11, Tan Zhen stepped down and was transferred back to China. He was suspended from his post and reflected on his job. He thought carefully whether he owed anything from the Jin people? He was replaced by an old acquaintance from the Jin Kingdom, an armed eunuch Tong Guan!

Tong Guan took a roller coaster during this period: after recapturing Yan Yun, his status rose to an unparalleled height, and then suddenly fell down and was stopped by all public offices on the front line. The reason was that it cost too much money and the price of Nanjing Road was too high... but there was no mention of the two major defeats in the Northern Expeditions before and after?

In fact, the real reason is Zhao Ji's political means. There has always been a very interesting phenomenon in the Chinese officialdom: no matter which dynasty, if a general sends troops and makes unparalleled military achievements, he will show off his power when he returns to his country, and there are so many people in the streets, then he can basically be silent for him. This person's political career, military career, and human life have ended...

On the contrary, if the emperor scolded him with a nose that was not a nose, and his face was not a face, and he did not mention anything in his battle record, on the contrary, it was all wrong. After that, all the court officials rushed forward and scolded him half dead, then this person would be relieved. This was the organization's strict requirements on him, hoping and cultivating him to move towards a higher level...

This is how Tong Guan was. So when something happened on the front line, he would send him out as soon as possible...

On November, Dazai Wang Fu was dismissed. The current Dazai is Bai Shizhong, and the Shaozai is Li Bangyan.

After taking office, Tong Guan made a decision: send someone to ask the 9 states behind the mountain from the eldest prince of the Jin Dynasty Wanyan Zonghan... Zhao Liangsi, if Tan Zhen doesn't come back, it doesn't mean that I, Tong Guan, won't come back either! The title of Wang Jue is closely linked to the 18 states of Yanyun. This land is destined to be completely returned in my hands!

On Sunday, the envoy sent by Tong Guan, Ma Kuo, and Xin Xingzong came to Yunzhong Prefecture, but he did not see Wanyan Zonghan, the first military figure who returned to his hometown to express his loyalty to the new emperor. He saw Wanyan Loushi and Gao Qingyi who replaced Zong Han as the marshal. Naturally, there was no result. But this time, Ma Kuo saw that the Jin Dynasty was training troops in large quantities. What are the training? The Liao Dynasty was completely finished, and the only goal of training was only one: Song Dynasty! Ma Kuo told Tong Guan this information and asked him to quickly rectify the border defense. But it was a pity that the butcher knife was coming, and the upper class of the Song Dynasty was still dreaming! Tong Guan didn't believe it at all. He insisted that Ma Kuo keep running back and forth, running back to the 9 states behind the mountain, and running back to the title of the king for me!

On January 0, the 80-year-old Grand Tutor Cai Jing became the leader of all officials for the fourth time. However, Cai Jing was already dazed at this time, and all state affairs had to be ruled by the youngest son Cai Ling. Cai Ling abused power and acted freely. During the Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan was afraid of him like a tiger. His eldest brother Cai You repeatedly accused his younger brother of his crimes in front of Zhao Ji, asking Song Huizong to kill Cai Ling. As a result, the father and son and brothers became enemies.

Hebei, Shandong and other places were furious because they wanted to provide food and salary to Yanyun land, which was whitewashed by the Jin army. There were Zhang Wanxian in Shandong gathering 100,000 people, Zhang Di gathering 50,000 people, Gaotushan in Hebei gathering 00,000 people, and the remaining 20,000 to 30,000 people were countless. The eunuch Liang Fangping was ordered to lead his army to suppress the rebellion.

On January 9, 7th year of Xuanhe (115), Xiao Hulu, a native of Dangxiang, sent an envoy to invite Emperor Tianzuo of the Great Liao to take refuge. Yelu Yanxi finally made the decision that he regretted the most in his life: he walked out of Jiashan! On the 16th, when the group passed through the desert, the Jin soldiers suddenly arrived! Yelu Yanxi took off his bead hat and ran on foot, and finally rode the horse of the nearby attendant Zhang Rengui, so that he was able to escape from the Jin army's siege. On the 17th, he was both hungry and cold, but fortunately

The loyal guard Xiao Zhonggong was eating and serving clothes, while Xiao Zhonggong himself only ate ice and snow. Emperor Tianzuo wanted to rest, so Xiao Zhonggong knelt on the ground, so that the emperor could rest on his body. He stayed at the house at night, and the Jin soldiers came to chase him. The family reported the message in time and hid Emperor Tianzuo and his party. Yelu Yanxi lived in the farmhouse for several days. Before leaving, he was appointed as the governor and set out to Dangxiang. He was appointed as the southwest recruitment envoy, and was always informed of military affairs.

Let’s talk about Yelu Dashi who went west. When he came to the Uighur territory, he wrote to the Uighur King Bilege, "I am not in one day's favor with you. Now I will go west to Dashi, and I will pretend to be the country of Daye, so don’t be suspicious." Bilege received the letter and personally welcomed Yelu Dashi to his residence for a big banquet. After that, he sent 600 horses, 100 camels, and 000 sheep to send them out of the country. Yelu Dashi traveled westward, and his troops traveled thousands of miles, and the returners were several countries. The army was growing more and more powerful and his spirit was getting bigger. Later, he came to Xunsigan. The countries in the Western Regions, led by Huershan, gathered 100,000 troops to fight Yelu Dashi.

This is a challenge to the courage, determination and combat power of the founding emperor of the Western Liao Dynasty in the future. Yelu Dashi accepted it immediately! He attacked from left to right, 500 people attacked from right to left, and his own army directly attacked the opponent's central army! The three armies advanced together, and Huershan was defeated by 100,000 Western Regions coalition forces. After that, Yelu Dashi stationed his troops in Xun Sigan for 90 days, and returned to the king and others surrendered. Then he went west to Qierman. On the 5th of 115th, he was supported by all officials and proclaimed emperor, and his empire lasted for 86 years. Historical books were called "Western Liao" (the history of Liao must have been wrong in recording the year when the founding of the Western Liao Dynasty! Liao history says that Dashi ascended the throne on February 5th of the year of Jiachen, and the year of Jiachen was 114th, but Yelu Dashi went west and clearly recorded it in July 114th. How could he have been called emperor and established before he left west?)

Half a month after Yelu Dashi became emperor, 60 miles east of Yingzhou New City, Emperor Tianzuo, the last emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom, was finally captured by the Jurchen war god Wanyan Loushi. The 9 emperors of the Great Liao Kingdom died for more than 17 years. The Western Liao Dynasty, which was led by Yelu Dashi, continued the glory of the Khitan Empire...

At this time, Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai looked around. The world was vast, but it had no enemies. But he also needed a mortal enemy! Because his throne was very unstable, looking through information, this man had almost no military achievements in the founding of the Jurchens. He had always been invisible to guard his second brother Wanyan Agu. Such "performance" was not convincing in the Han national values, such as Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi. Zhao Guangyi's ascension to the throne has always been controversial. So in front of the first generation of the founding figures of the Jurchen tribe who attaches great importance to military achievements, how much weight does Jin Taizong have? The answer is too light!

The tradition of the Jurchens is the domineering nature of the generals in commanding soldiers! Even the emperor does not even take it into their eyes. The deposed king and murdering the king will emerge in the future! The tradition of the Jurchens is destined to walk a tightrope among the factions of the generals of their country! They must not only unite, but also divide them! If it really doesn't work, they must send things to them and specify good things for them to grab. They must not be idle!

Under this guiding ideology, Emperor Taizong of Jin keenly captured an anti-Song sentiment that was surging in secret, and then used administrative means to perfectly integrate it into the national policy. This anti-Song sentiment came from the family group of the top generals of the Jin Dynasty, such as the wife of Wanyan Zonghan, Xiao, who was Yelu Yanxi's ex-wife. Princess Jin Nian, the wife of Wanyan Zongwang, was the daughter of Yelu Yanxi. For example, the surrendered generals of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Yuxi, Liu Yanzong, Shi Liai... These people became upstarts in the Jin Kingdom. They firmly remembered the hatred of the Song Dynasty taking advantage of the dangers of others and attacking Yan Yun. The Liao Kingdom had no power to take revenge, but the Jin Kingdom could use it, such as the two Mrs. Wanyan, who were always blowing the pillow style of their husbands...

How could Mr. Wanyan Wu Qimai, the understanding mature politician, miss such a good opportunity? Anyway, it is to make others generous, steal the wealth of the Song Dynasty, and at the same time divert the attention of domestic military tycoons. Why not do it?

Tong Guan also had a premonition that Guo Yaoshi's Changsheng Army was unreliable, and once asked Ma Kuo for advice. Ma Kuo replied, "Just because he wanted to guard against the Jin people, the Changsheng Army was a rare combat power, so he could only use it at present. Now the Changsheng Army is only 10,000,000. The Grand Master is asked to select 100,000 Western Army, and those who are as wise and brave as Guo Yaoshi are led by others. One is stationed in Yanshan and face the Medicine Master. One is stationed in Guangxin Army or Zhongshan Prefecture, and the other is stationed in Xiongzhou or Hejian Prefecture, and the Juya is controlled by the Juya. In this way, Guo Yaoshi has some support and retreat and is afraid of retreating; secondly, the Jin people dare not rampant." Tong Guan was very happy, but the one who was worried was that where could the Western Army of the Song Dynasty draw out 100,000 elite troops today?

On the 0th of the month, Tong Guan entered Youzhou City and rewarded the ever-victorious army. Then, according to the strategy of expanding horses, he established four general managers on the land of Hebei: Xinxingzong of Zhongshan Prefecture, Wang Yuan of Zhending Prefecture, Yang Weizhong of Hezhong Prefecture, and Wang Yu of Daming Prefecture.

On June 6, Tong Guan was awarded the title of Prince of Guangyang, becoming an eunuch who was unprecedented in Chinese history to be awarded the title of King!

In July, no one expected that the first person to rebel was not Guo Yaoshi's Bohai Ever-winning Army, but the Han Yisheng Army of Hedong Road! Rebellion has now become a popular word. Not only did the surrendered army rebel again, but the army of the Song Dynasty rushed to fall over. The Yisheng Army was a group of militia recruited on the spot after the Song Dynasty obtained the Yanyun area, with about 100,000 people participating in the military deployment of Hedong Road. The Song Dynasty allocated funds from the mainland to support them, and this inevitably compressed the military expenditure of the regular army of Hedong Road. Over time, the regular army became angry, and the quality of life declined across the board. The militia robbed the regular army of the regular army! In anger, it was inevitable that they would curse and all kinds of threatening trash words were sprayed out. The Yisheng Army heard...

They were not residents of the mainland of the Song Dynasty, but were formerly from Liao and Han people who had just accepted it. They didn’t have a strong sense of belonging. Faced with the possible danger of the Jin army’s invasion, these people directly chose to rebel!

On August 4, the king of the Great Liao Dynasty, Emperor Tianzuo, Yelu Yanxi, was taken to Lailiuhe in the territory of Jin Kingdom. On the 5th, the Jin Kingdom paid a sacrifice in front of the Jin Taizu Temple. On the 7th, Yelu Yanxi was taken to see Emperor Taizong of Jin Wanyan Wuqibu, and Emperor Taizong of Jin named him the King of Haibin. He was rewarded with Xiao Zhonggong, the last loyal minister of the Great Liao Dynasty.

Yelu Yanxi, this guy and Zhao Ji have a lot of fate. Their life trajectories overlap almost every moment: from ascending the throne to the peak, from falling to neighbors...

On the 1st, under the inspiration of the second crown prince Wanyan Zongwang (Wulibu) and the eldest crown prince Wanyan Zonghan (Nianhan), Jin Taizong ordered the selection of elite soldiers and powerful generals to prepare for the southern expedition!

On September 4, in preparation for the southern expedition, the Jin envoy Li Xiaohe came to Kaifeng, nominally reporting to Emperor Song that the Great Liao Dynasty had fallen and Emperor Tianzuo was captured. Actually? Haha…

At the same time, Wanyan Zonghan returned to Yunzhong Prefecture (formerly the capital of the Western Jingdao of Great Liao, now Datong, Shanxi) and sent envoys to Taiyuan Prefect Zhang Xiaochun to report to Taiyuan Prefect Zhang Xiaochun, "Where is the Taishi Tong of your country? I want to see him. I am going to cede several states in the Western Jingdao of Great Liao to your country." Tong Guan was overjoyed and rushed to Taiyuan immediately to see Wanyan Zonghan.

It's a pity that the butcher knife is coming, and the upper class of the Song Dynasty is still dreaming. This month, a fox climbed onto Song Huizong's imperial bed. Another vegetable seller came to Xuande Gate, the capital city, and suddenly cursed Song Huizong like crazy, "Emperor Taizu, Emperor Shenzong asked me to come here, you unfilial descendants... (The following is a few dozen omitted)" The next day after being arrested, he woke up and had no memory of what he had done the day before, and the prison officer actually executed him... All kinds of changes in heaven and humanity came in a flood, and it's a pity that the monarch and ministers of the Song court were still talking extravagantly about peace and did not know how to be afraid...

On October 7, Emperor Taizong of Jin, Wanyan Wuqi, issued an order: the first southern expedition of the Jin army officially began! With An Banbo Jilie and his fifth brother Wanyan Xie as the head commander, he was in charge of Huining Prefecture in Shangjing. The Jin army was divided into two groups: Wanyan Zonghan was the marshal of the left army, the supervisor of the army, Wanyan Xiyin, and the chief supervisor Yelu Yuxi, set out from Yunzhong Prefecture to attack the important town of Taiyuan! Wanyan Zongwang was the marshal of the right army, the deputy commander of the Han commander Liu Yanzong, and set out from Pingzhou to attack Youzhou City. The two Jin troops planned to meet at the city of Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty...

In November, all these arrangements have been made. It is a pity that Tong Guan is still making Ma Bu go back and forth between Yunzhong Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture. We must respond, Weizhou, Feihu, Lingqiu County! Wanyan Zonghan finds it really funny, "Do you still want this prefecture and county? Let me be honest: Yanyun 16 prefectures are all ours! Let your Tong Guan offer the land to atone for it. Otherwise, I will lead my troops to ask for it myself! Tell you: This is the last time we have been welcoming you."

In November, the two Jin troops officially fought south! On January 1, the Eastern Army captured Tanzhou.

Tong Guan was in Taiyuan at that time, facing the eldest prince of the Jin Kingdom Wanyan Zonghan. This was very consistent. The Grand Marshal of the Song Dynasty was against the enemy of the Jin Kingdom's military leader. The two sides were equal in terms of equivalence... On the Japanese, the horse expanded back to Taiyuan. Tong Guan was shocked and screamed out a famous saying, which was the common voice of the Song Dynasty's officialdom at that time. "The Jin Kingdom had just established a country far away from the border, how dare you do such a thing?" Even the largest Liao Kingdom in East Asia was destroyed. Is it strange to attack you in the Song Dynasty?

The Eastern Army of Jin State broke Jizhou again. On this day, Fu Cha, the Minister of Personnel, wanted to welcome the Jin Dynasty's He Zhengdan envoy in Yutian County as originally planned. But now the two countries are fighting, why are you still congratulating? Someone advised him not to go. Fu Cha said seriously, "I am sent out and I will stop after hearing the trouble. What if the king's order?" Sure enough, what he asked him to welcome was not the Jin Dynasty's He Zhengdan envoy, but Wanyan Zongwang's super aura! He ordered Fu Cha to kneel down and bow to the great ceremony. Fu Cha was angry, "I am just dead. I cannot bend my knees." In this way, Fu Cha became the first good man in the Song Dynasty to sacrifice his loyalty in the Jingkang disaster (now in the 7th year of Xuanhe)!

On the 5th, the Jin envoy Wang Jieru and Sa Lizhu came to Taiyuan to write a letter of war. Tong Guan was shocked, "The two countries started a war such a big event, your Jin Kingdom will first and then be polite, what is the system?" Sa Lizhu felt funny, "Is there any regulations for the war to be polite first and then the army? Now if King Tong can quickly cede Hebei and the land of Hedong is in our Jin Dynasty, the Song Dynasty's ancestral temple may be safe. This is why King Tong serves the country sincerely." Tong Guan said after a while, "Your country will not be willing to hand over the land, but we want our country to cede the two rivers. How can this be the reason in the world?" Sa Lizhu said, "Then let's see you on the battlefield."

When Tong Guan confirmed that the news of the Jin soldiers going south was indeed true, he became extremely agile in an instant: Escape!

Tong Guan fled south as soon as possible! The speed was so fast that Taiyuan prefect Zhang Xiaochun caught him off guard! He ran away quickly before stopping Tong Guan. In return, he roared, "I am Xuanfu, not guarding the territory. Leave me to fight, what are so many generals doing?" Then Tong Guan ran away and disappeared from the public's sight. He fled back to Kaifeng City on the 8th...

From this moment on, the reputation he had established over the past decades completely collapsed! History once again proved that only a very small number of people can be tenacious to the end. More people are Tong Guan’s once brave heart...
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