Chapter 472 Rebellion
Yelu Chun was the former Emperor of Northern Liao, and everyone knew it!
When the Jurchens rose, Yelu Yanxi was the emperor, but Yelu Yanxi was no match for the Jurchens at all. In just a few years, he lost Tokyo, went to Beijing, and everywhere in Zhongjing! Yelu Yanxi was timid and cowardly, and his country was about to perish, Yelu Yanxi took all the concubines in the harem and all the princes fled from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and came to the Jiashan area of Inner Mongolia! Jiashan was the primeval forest on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia at that time, and it was very active. Even the Khitans could not find Yelu Yanxi!
The country cannot be without a king for a day. At that time, Yelu Chun was the fourth son of Liao Xingzong, the previous generation of Liao emperor. He first served as King of Jin and then King of Qin. At that time, he was King of Yan! No one in the Liao royal family could be compared with Yelu Chun! In addition, Yelu Chun was the marshal of the Liao army and horses at that time, so he was elected as Emperor of Liao by all the ministers of the Liao court in the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun!
During Yelu Chun's reign, the Song Dynasty joined forces with Jin to destroy Liao, and more than 100,000 people from the Zhong family army attacked the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. However, although the Liao Kingdom was already weak and was about to perish, it was still far better than the Song Dynasty at that time! Yelu Chun led more than 20,000 troops and horses to defeat the Zhong family army! Later, Tong Guan, Liu Yanqing and others continued to attack the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and were also defeated by Yelu Chun!
Although Yelu Chun did not sit in the position of Emperor Liao for long and died early, he was regarded as the savior of the Liao Kingdom by the Khitans in the world! When Yelu Yanxi fled to Jiashan, he turned the tide and was a hero in the hearts of the Khitans!
In history, Yelu Yanxi did not die until decades later. He was the orthodox emperor of the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Chun was called the Emperor of Northern Liao! But no matter what, Yelu Chun's origin and status were extremely noble. Even if Yelu Chun was not regarded as the orthodox emperor of the Liao Kingdom, he was also the King of Yan and the Grand Marshal of the Army! Yelu Hong now claims to be Yelu Chun's eldest son, and you can imagine how shocked the Khitans in front of him were!
"You... are actually the eldest son of the Emperor of Heaven? Wouldn't that mean you are the prince of the Emperor of Heaven?" Wenya Khitan said in a trembling voice.
Yelu Chun's reign at that time was "Tianci", so these Khitans called it "Tianci Emperor".
"Why should I deceive you mud legs!" Yelu Hong's face showed a disdainful sneer.
He reached out to his arms, and after a moment he took out a seal and said, "This is the seal of the prince, you all take a look!"
The seal of the prince is made of extremely exquisite jade. Some of the dozen Khitans recognize the Khitan characters on it, which are the four words "Crown Prince's Seal"! They don't know whether it is true or false, but they don't look fake!
"This is a portrait of my father and me!" Yelu Hong waved, and a soldier from behind took a portrait, and Yelu Hong placed it in front of them.
On the portrait, there was a person in the middle wearing a dragon robe, which was naturally the Emperor of Northern Liao at that time. Yelu Hong was much younger than that of Yelu Chun, standing beside Yelu Chun with a smile on his face!
"There are other portraits here, which were made by the painter in the palace when I was with my father that day!" Yelu Hong said coldly.
Behind, another Song army soldier sent the portrait up and continued to spread it for the dozen Khitans to watch.
"Now there must be old Liao ministers in Liaodong. If they see me, they will definitely recognize my identity! The father died early that day, the country was about to perish, and Concubine Xiao De took over the throne! Not long after that, the Jurchens invaded again and my Great Liao was destroyed! I have been hiding in Yanyun for years, and it was not until the Jurchens were defeated by the Song Dynasty that I came out! This time I came to Liaodong to rescue the people of Liaodong!" Yelu Hong looked at the dozen Khitans in front of him with disdainful eyes and said.
"Caomin, please see Your Highness the Crown Prince!" At this moment, the Wenya Khitan was the first to kneel down and said in an extremely respectful voice.
"See Your Highness the Crown Prince!" The young man, who was in his twenties, was like a bamboo pole, also knelt down.
The other Khitans also knelt down one after another, only the Khitan leader in his forties was still stunned. However, seeing that everyone around him had already knelt down, he had no choice but to kneel down.
"Everyone is calm! But now I am no longer the prince, I am the Liao king of the Song Dynasty! Our Liao Kingdom has reached its end and no longer exists! However, the fate of our Khitans has not reached its end. We will continue to live on this land forever! The current Emperor Xuanwu of the Song Dynasty loves the people as his sons. Whether it is the Han people or the Khitans, they live and work in peace and contentment under the rule of the emperor. Everyone has food to eat and clothes. The government will not oppress the people. On the contrary, the government will help the people! Under the rule of Emperor Xuanwu, the Khitan people have never been so happy! However, north of Yanyun, the Khitan people are not as good as death. I have been living all the way, and the people are living in poverty! Therefore, I came to save countless Khitan people under the order of Emperor Xuanwu!" Yelu Hong said.
"Your Highness, how do you save the people?" Wenya Khitan asked immediately.
"Of course, it was rebelling! The Jurchens bullied us and killed countless tribes. Now the Jurchens are already declining and are about to perish. Now is the good time for us to revolt!" Yelu Hong said.
"But, Your Highness, Lord Yelu Dashi sent someone to inform us that we could unite with the Jurchens, and only in this way can we restore the country!" said the Khitan leader in his forties.
"Fuck! The Jurchens destroyed my Daliao and killed countless people in my Daliao. They are my Daliao's life and death enemy. In such a situation, he still wants us to unite with the Jurchens? Is he crazy? If he has a little bit of love for his tribe, he will never say such words!" Yelu Hong said "angrily".
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is right! We don't know what Lord Yelu Dashi thinks, why did we unite with the Jurchens? We can't survive! This autumn, countless tribe members will starve to death. Will they still unite with the Jurchens in this situation? It's absolutely impossible!" The Wenya Khitans said immediately.
"Not bad! His Highness the Crown Prince said it well! You can't join forces with the Jurchens!"
"In the past, Lord Yelu Dashi's military order was here, so we had to obey, but now the crown prince is here, and the crown prince is far superior to Yelu Dashi. We naturally listen to His Highness!"
"Your Highness, let's listen to you!"
The rest of the Khitans said that only the Khitan leader, who was over 40 years old, had a hesitant expression on his face.
"I am no longer the Prince, but the Prince of Liao of the Song Dynasty! The reason why I came to Liaodong was that I could not let go of the people, and the other was that I just had a dream a few days ago!" Yelu Hong said.
"I don't know what kind of dream it is?" Wenya Khitan said hurriedly.
"I dreamed of my father! My father told me that the Liao Kingdom was destroyed by the Jurchens, and that was the end of the national fortune! Emperor Xuanwu defeated the Jurchens, drove away Yan Yun's Jurchens, and rescued us Khitans from the dire straits. He was the benefactor of our Khitans. From now on, he will be the common emperor of the Han people and our Khitans! My father also asked me to come to Liaodong in his dream. He said that here, I can truly save the Khitan people!" Yelu Hong said.
The dozen or so Khitans stood there blankly!
This era emphasizes the theory of "constraining dreams", and the ancients believed in the constraining dreams! Now, since Yelu Hong said that it was the former Northern Liao emperor Yelu Chun who wrote a dream, it is naturally true!
"Does Emperor Tianci really say this?" The Khitan leader still said a little disbelief.
"How can I fake my father?" Yelu Hong snorted coldly.
"Your Highness, no matter what, we will follow you!" After seeing Yelu Hong, the Wenya Khitans immediately expressed their loyalty again.
"Yes, Your Highness, we will follow you!" Another Khitan spoke.
The other Khitans also expressed their desire to follow Yelu Hong.
"Your Highness, we will follow you." The Khitan leader, who was over 40 years old, said helplessly when he saw everyone expressing his loyalty.
"Very good! From today on, I will lead all the Khitans in Liaodong to rebellion! We have no food to eat, but the Jurchens still preserve countless military rations. Let's rob theirs and take theirs! We have lost the city, but we can rob them and take them back! The Jurchens are our feud, and we want to bury the Jurchens completely!" Yelu Hong said.
"But, Your Highness, the Jurchens are really strong!" The Khitan leader couldn't help but speak at this moment.
"The Jurchens are very strong? Their 200,000 troops were all destroyed by His Majesty Xuanwu! The Jurchens are barbarians and have a sparse population. Now there are only more than 200,000 soldiers who can fight in Jurchens! But how many of us are there? There are 200,000 Khitans north of Yanyun alone. If we add the Han people and Xi people here, our number will exceed 4 million! Four million. If everyone rises up to resist the Jurchens, how can the Jurchens be our opponent? What's more, as long as there is chaos in the north, Emperor Xuanwu will immediately lead a million army north, and at that time it will be the end of the Jurchens!" Yelu Hong said coldly.
The Khitan leader still felt dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to debate more. He just nodded slightly at the moment.
"Very good. I heard that you had organized the rebel army to resist the Jurchens before. You still have many subordinates in various places. You let these subordinates continue to lead the people to rebel! I served as the commander of the four million Liao, Han and Xi Yi army in the north as the former crown prince of the Liao Kingdom and the current king of the Song Dynasty. In addition, the one beside me is General Wang Gui! General Wang Gui defeated Jurchens many times when he was in the Central Plains, and his military achievements were great. From today on, he will be the chief manager of the military commander of the Liaodong Yi army! You guys, Yelu Feng, Xiao Jingye, Bali, you must not only obey the orders of my king, but also obey the orders of General Wang Gui!" Yelu Hong said again.
Before the Song army came, the Song army had investigated the names of these rebel leaders. The leader in his forties was Yelu Feng, who was quite famous in Zhenhai Prefecture and even the entire Liaodong Peninsula. The elegant Khitan was named Xiao Jingye. As for the Khitan who was over 20 years old like a bamboo pole, he had no surname, and was called Bali! The reason why they were appointed as generals was to take advantage of their influence and organizational strength in Zhenhai Prefecture and the Liaodong Peninsula!
"Subordinate to obey the order!" Xiao Jingye, a Wenya Khitan, was very happy at this moment! He had wanted to rebel again, but Yelu Feng had always disagreed. Now that Yelu Hong has come here, they can finally rebel again!
Xiao Jingye didn't have much doubt about Yelu Hong's identity! Because the domineering temperament on the other party could not be pretended at all. Even Yelu Feng had been the leader for many years, he did not have the same temperament on Yelu Hong! In addition, after seeing the prince's seal and other things just now, he felt that there would be no mistake! The key is that he didn't want to doubt it from the beginning! He was already hoping that a noble man from the Liao Kingdom would come to Liaodong and lead the Khitans to resist the Jurchens!
The other Khitans and Xiao Jingye had the same thoughts! Yelu Hong had just appeared and stood there, and they couldn't help but feel awe in their hearts! This was the normal reaction of ordinary mud legs when facing the Khitan nobles! From childhood to adulthood, such reactions were almost as irresponsible as they were! When this instinctive reaction was produced in their bodies, the word "doubt" would not even appear in their minds! Whatever Yelu Hong said, they nodded, and everything seemed so natural!
Yelu Feng was depressed at this moment, and he felt that this matter was stranger! He was contrary to Xiao Jingye's idea. He was very suspicious of Yelu Hong's identity, but the rest of the people believed it. He could not help but choose to obey.
Chapter completed!