Abaoji quickly rose to prominence with the help of this elite army. He led the guards to defeat Xiaohuang Shiwei, Yuewu, Wugu, Liuxi, Bishaji and other small tribes. After Abaoji's uncle was killed, Abaoji succeeded him.

He succeeded his uncle in the position of Yu Yue (equivalent to prime minister), and defeated the Yelu Shilu tribe headed by Pu Guzhi. He successively surrendered Xiaohuang Shiwei, defeated Yue Wu, Wu Gu, and Liuxi tribes, and was known as "

Ah Zhusali".

In the first year of Tianfu, Hende Jin Khan came to the throne, and Abaoji was appointed as Yili Jin in his headquarters. He specialized in conquests, and successively destroyed the Wei Dynasty. Yu Jue and Xi Shuai were in charge of La Ge, and he was promoted to Yili Jin in Dadie Liefu. On the second day of Tianfu

In 1999, Yelu Abao led an army of 400,000 troops to attack Hedong and Daibei. He captured nine counties and obtained nearly 100,000 livestock, including camels, horses, cattle, and sheep. He built Longhuazhou City on the south bank of Huanghe River and captured the Han people.

He moved here. Three years later, he attacked the Jurchens in the north and captured 300 households. He captured Hedong in the south and captured the Huaiyuan army in Jibei. He captured the population and property and returned. Then he was promoted to Yuyue, in charge of military and state affairs, and became a tribal alliance.

the actual controller.

In the fourth year of Tianfu, Abaoji attacked the black chariot Shiwei, ambushed Lulong Jiedu envoy Liu Rengong's tens of thousands of troops in the plain, captured alive the general and Liu Rengong's adopted son Zhao Ba, and took advantage of the victory to destroy Wei. In the second year of God's blessing, Abaoji responded to Li

At the invitation of Ke Yong, he led 70,000 Ling cavalry to meet in Yunzhou and became brothers. They agreed to fight against Liang Wang Zhu Wen and Lulong Jiedushi Liu Rengong. When leaving, Li Keyong gave him a huge gift. Abaoji gave Li Ke a gift.

With thousands of fine horses.

Unexpectedly, after Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, Abaoji broke his promise and instead sent his subordinates to visit Zhu Wen and presented him with a famous horse and mink skin to ask for a title. Zhu Wen sent an envoy to tell him that as long as he killed Li Keyong,

He was given a title and promised to be his nephew's uncle. When Li Keyong heard this news, he was greatly resented. So when Li Keyong died of illness, he sent an arrow to Li Cunxu and told him to destroy the Khitan.

In the third year of God's blessing, Abaoji attacked Liu Rengong. On his way back to the army, he successfully attacked the Xi people in Shanbei. Zhu Wen sent people across the sea to offer books, coins, clothes, belts, and treasures to make friends with him. In November, Abaoji sent a partial army to attack Xi.

, all the tribes in the Jing Dynasty and the Jurchen tribes in the Northeast that had not yet surrendered were defeated and surrendered. In December, Hende Jinji Khan died and ordered Abaoji to be elected as Khan. Yelu Holu and others persuaded him to join. Yelu Abaoji many times

Resigned and later accepted the request.

In the first month of the first year of Kaiping (907), Abaoji became the leader of the Khitan, that is, the emperor. His mother Xiao was the empress dowager, and the queen Xiao was established. The northern prime minister Xiao Xiala and the southern prime minister Yelu Oulisi led the ministers to take the honorary title.

He was the emperor of heaven, and the queen was the queen of earth. Abaoji used the nine accounts of the royal family Chengyao Nian as the tenth account, and his brother Yelu Dielidi as the Dilie Mansion Yili Jin, and set up officials to lead his tribe. In February, he conquered Hei Chezi.

Shiwei surrendered eight of his tribes. In October, he conquered the black chariot Shiwei and defeated them greatly.

On the first day of spring in the second year of Kaiping (908), Abaoji came to the main hall to receive congratulations from hundreds of officials and envoys from various countries. For the first time, he set up a vigilant official to manage the affairs of the clan, and appointed his younger brother Yelusala as Zongzheng. In May, Abaoji

In the third year of Kaiping, he ordered the emperor's younger brother Shelisu and Yili Jin to attack Lu. Together with Liu Shouwen, the governor of Cangzhou, he defeated his younger brother Liu Shouguang. In the fourth year of Kaiping, he ordered the queen's brother Xiao to defeat him.

Di Lu became the prime minister of Beifu, and the descendants became prime ministers from then on. In October, they also put down the rebellion of the Xiku branch of Wuma Mountain, Zha Ladi, Zha Bode and others.

In the fifth year of Kaiping, Abaoji personally conquered Xi in the west. The Xi people believed that the terrain was dangerous and the road was far away, so they did not often rebel. Abaoji sent people to appease them many times but refused to listen. This time the battle was about to go, so he divided his troops to attack Xi in the east.

, was pacified. So there were all the lands of Xi and Dao. It reached the sea in the east, Baitan in the south, Songmo in the west, and Huangshui in the north. There were a total of five tribes, all of which were included in the territory.

However, Abaoji refused to hand over his power, which aroused dissatisfaction among other nobles of the family. Because according to custom, the khan implemented the family selection system, that is, after the khan's position was transferred to the Yelv family, the khan would be selected by the family.

As a middle-aged adult. If Abaoji does not give up his position, others will have no chance to be elected. In order to fight for this power, the brothers of Abaoji's family first rose up against him, which led to the "Rebellion of the Brothers". The rebellion of the brothers totaled

Three times.

The first time was in 911. In May of that year, Abaoji's younger brothers Yelu Lage, Yelu Diela, Yelu Yindishi, and Yelu Anduan jointly planned a rebellion. When An Duan's wife Nianmugu learned about it, she reported it.

Abaoji. Abaoji couldn't bear to kill his brothers, so he climbed a mountain with them to kill animals and swore an oath to heaven, and then pardoned them. He only demoted Yelvuge to Yili Jin of the Diela tribe and granted Nianmugu the title of Lady of Jin. But the brothers

They did not appreciate it, and the next year, they rebelled again under the leadership of Yue Yeluhadi. In addition to the original few, the newly appointed Tiyin Yelu Hua Ge also participated.

In July of this year, Abaoji conquered Shubugu's tribe and asked Yelulage to lead the army to attack Pingzhou. In October, Yelulage captured Pingzhou and led his troops to block Abaoji's return, trying to force him to join the Ketu army.

Khan's re-election meeting. Abaoji did not fight hard, but led his troops south. According to traditional customs, he held a ceremony of burning firewood before them and re-elected the Khan. In this way, he had been legally re-elected, making his brothers

There was no basis for rebellion. On the next day, the brothers sent people one after another to plead guilty to Abaoji, and Abaoji stopped pursuing them and only ordered them to repent and reform.

However, the temptation of the Khan's throne was greater than the love of brotherhood. Less than half a year later, the brothers rebelled again. They first agreed to appoint Yelu Lage as the new Khan, and then sent Yelu Diela and Yelu Anduan.

pretend to go

They met with Abaoji and wanted to seize the opportunity to hijack Abaoji to participate in the Khan election meeting they had prepared. In addition to their own tribe, the nobles of the Yishi tribe also participated. Abaoji discovered their conspiracy and solved Die La and An.

Duan, and recruited a thousand of their cavalry, and then personally led the troops to pursue and suppress La Ge.

Another army of the Lago faction, led by Yin Dishi, rushed directly to Abaoji's palace, burned the baggage and tents, and also took away the flags and drums that symbolized the power of the Khan and the sacred tents of the ancestors. Abaoji's wife recounted

Lu Ping guarded the big tent and led his troops to resist desperately. When reinforcements arrived, he sent people to pursue him, but only the flags and drums were recovered. In April, Abaoji led his troops north to pursue La Ge. He first sent people to ambush and intercept them in front, and then followed Lu Ping.

A double attack. This time, the bodyguards and soldiers played an important role and finally defeated La Ge. La Ge threw the captured divine tent on the road.

Abaoji did not pursue immediately, but rested his army first, because he knew that La Ge's men would miss their hometown soon, and when their morale was low and they were no longer interested in fighting, if they sent out troops to attack again, they would win without a fight. In May, Abaoji led the army

The soldiers attacked and finally captured La Ge. At this point, Abaoji eliminated the opposition forces of his family.

After the opposition of this tribe was eliminated, the opposition of the other seven tribes of Khitan still existed. They used the banner of restoring the old khan election system to force Abaoji to give up the position of khan. Abaoji had no choice but to hand over his banner and agree to abdicate.

. Then he made a plan to retreat in order to advance. Abaoji then announced to all the ministries, saying: "In the nine years I have been in office, I have gained no less than tens of thousands of Han people. They are now living in Seoul, and I am now one of my own to be the leader of Seoul.

, is it okay if you no longer control the various ministries?" The ministers agreed of course. Yelu Abaoji then moved to Seoul, trained troops and made weapons, and went out to seize territory.

Dangxiang was in the west of Seoul. He personally led his troops to attack and seize Dangxiang as his territory. Unexpectedly, the Shiwei tribe from the east took advantage of the opportunity to attack Seoul. When the city heard the news, everyone was shocked. At this time, a heroine came out, wearing armor and mounting a horse.

He called on his disciples to open the city to challenge, defeated Shiwei's tribe, chased for more than 20 miles, and made countless gains before withdrawing his troops and returning to the city.

This woman is Abaoji's wife, Shulu. The name of Shulu is Ping. She is a descendant of the Uighurs. Her nickname is Yue Liduo. She was born with a fair body and a fair face. She is brave and resourceful. When Abaoji marches to defend the masses, Shuluping secretly consults.

, repeatedly accomplished extraordinary feats. This time Abaoji invaded Dangxiang from the west and left her to guard it. She was on guard day and night and was able to defeat the enemy calmly. When Abaoji received the news and led his army back, the enemy had already been defeated and the whole city was safe.

Seoul is located in the southwest of Tanshan Mountain and is known to produce salt and iron. The salt produced is often distributed to various tribes.

Shuluping also tried to help Abaoji, planning to use this to summon the leaders of various tribes as a strategy to annihilate. Abaoji adopted her strategy and sent people to tell the leaders of the tribes: "I have a salt pond, which I often supply to each tribe, but everyone

They only know that eating salt is convenient, but they don't know that the salt pond also has an owner. You should come and reward me and my subordinates." Everyone felt that it was reasonable, so they brought the cattle and wine and came to Seoul in person to meet Abaoji in the salt pond.

Abaoji hosted a banquet for each other and drank with everyone. When the wine was getting hot, he suddenly threw a cup as a signal. The ambush soldiers on both sides suddenly rushed out and killed with knives. No one from the eight tribes survived. Abaoji immediately divided his troops to attack the eight tribes.

The eight tribes had no masters. Who could resist, so they had to bow their heads and obey orders, willing to accept Abaoji as the leader of the country, and Abaoji was able to dominate the north.

In the second year of Zhengming, Abaoji established the Khitan Kingdom and proclaimed himself emperor. He led his troops to build an imperial city in Beijing, and also built a Confucius temple, a Buddhist temple, a Taoist temple, etc. in Beijing. After he established the country, he made the clan the prime minister of the Nanfu and formulated laws.

, awarded officials and titles, established the northern and southern courtyards of the Diela tribe, Yili Jin, and ordered people to create the Khitan character.

After Li Cunxu succeeded to the throne, he wanted to capture Hebei first, so it was inconvenient to break off diplomatic relations with the Khitan, so he sent a letter to the Khitan, still calling Abaoji his uncle and Shuluping his aunt. When Li Cunxu attacked Yan, King Liu Shouguang of Yan sent a letter to the Khitan.

Han Yanhui joined the army and went to Khitan for help. Han Yanhui was born in an official family, and his father Han Mengyin served as the governor of Jizhou, Ruzhou, and Shunzhou. Han Yanhui had outstanding talents and virtues when he was young. Liu Rengong thought he was extraordinary, so he recruited him as the governor of Youdu.

He was a scholar of government affairs, recorded affairs in Pingzhou and joined the army. He and Feng Dao were waiting for the imperial court together, and he was also appointed as the envoy of Youzhou Observation Department.

Han Yanhui arrived in Khitan, but Abaoji refused to send troops. At the same time, when meeting Abaoji, Han Yanhui refused to kneel down to Abaoji, which made Abaoji furious and detained him and asked him to be released in the wild.

Ma Abaoji's queen, Shu Luping, had a keen eye for pearls and admonished him: "This man is self-disciplined, unyielding, and a wise man. Why should he be allowed to herd horses and suffer embarrassment and humiliation? He should be treated with courtesy!"

"

Abaoji felt that Shu Luping's words were reasonable, so he summoned Han Yanhui and had a conversation with him. Han Yanhui's remarks were in deep agreement with Abaoji, and he immediately ordered Han Yanhui to participate in military planning and become Abaoji's main adviser. Han Yanhui was grateful to Abaoji for his knowledge.

Because of his kindness, he tried his best to help him, taught him battle formations, encouraged Abaoji to attack other tribes, conquered the east and west, and finally conquered the Dangxiang, Shiwei and other tribes.

Soon, because Han Yanhui missed his family, he secretly returned to Youzhou to visit his family. Then he went to Taiyuan and met with the King of Jin Li Cunxu. Li Cunxu left him to live in the shogunate and serve as the secretary. However, Yan general Wang Mian kept the secret.

He told the King of Jin that this person was capricious and could not be trusted. The King of Jin became suspicious. Han Yanhui saw the secret and left Taiyuan on the pretext of going back to visit his mother.

When he arrived at Zhending, Han Yanhui hid in the home of his old friend Wang Deming. Wang Deming asked him where he was going. Han Yanhui said: "Hebei is already ruled by the King of Jin, so I want to go to Khitan again." Wang Deming thought it was inappropriate. Han Yanhui said with a smile:

"The Lord of Khitan has lost me, just like losing his left and right hands. He must be very happy to see me." After Han Yanhui returned to Khitan, Abaoji was very happy. He patted Han Yanhui on the back and said, "Where have you been during this time?

"

Han Yanhui said: "I missed my mother and wanted to go back to my hometown to visit her, but I was afraid you wouldn't allow it, so I ran back secretly." Abaoji asked him again why he came back. Han Yanhui said: "Forgetting to abandon my parents is called

Being unfilial and betraying the king is disloyal. Although I ran away boldly, my heart is with Your Majesty. So I came back." Abaoji was overjoyed after hearing what he said and gave him the name Xilie. "Xialie

", in Khitan dialect means "return".

Yelu Abaoji also immediately appointed Han Yanhui as the guardian of political affairs and a bachelor of Chongwenguan. He was asked to participate in the decision-making of all major internal and external affairs. When Han Yanhui was running south, Yelu Abaoji dreamed that a white crane flew out of the tent. And when Han Yanhui was about to return,

, Yelu Abaoji dreamed of the white crane flying into the tent again. The next morning, Yelu Abaoji said to his courtiers: "Yanhui is here." Soon, Han Yanhui came back.

Later, Li Cunxu sent an envoy to Khitan, and Han Yanhui took the opportunity to write a letter to Li Cunxu, telling him why he went north to Khitan. He said in the letter: "It's not that I don't miss my old master, it's not that I don't miss my hometown. The reason why I don't

I stayed in my hometown because I was afraid that Wang Yan would frame me. Therefore, I entrusted my old mother to you and asked you to take care of her." Han Yanhui also assured Li Cunxu in the letter: "As long as I am in Khitan, I guarantee that Khitan will not invade the south."

After receiving the letter, King Li Cunxu of the Jin Dynasty ordered the chief of Youzhou to visit Han Yanhui's mother regularly every year, so as not to let her lack food or clothing. Who knew that soon the Khitan actually launched a large-scale attack on the southern bandits from Zilin and Sheng Erzhou, directly reaching the

Yuzhou. Li Siben, the governor of the Zhenwu Army, sent troops to resist, but was outnumbered and Li Siben was captured. Li Cunju, the defense commander of Xinzhou, was arrogant and lazy and did not know how to show compassion for the soldiers and the people, so he was killed by Lu Wenjin and others. Lu Wenjin fled to Khitan and was

They led Khitan troops to occupy Xinzhou and left Liu Yin to guard it. Suddenly, there was a great earthquake in Yun and Shuo.

Jin King Li Cunxu was returning from Hebei and received warnings one after another. Li Cunxu hurriedly transferred Youzhou Jiedu Envoy Zhou Dewei and sent 30,000 troops to fight the Khitan soldiers. When Zhou Dewei came to the gate of Xinzhou City, he saw the Khitan soldiers, who were extremely capable, so he retreated

Zhi. Then he heard that the Khitan Emperor Abaoji had sent hundreds of thousands of troops to support him. Zhou Dewei knew that he could not resist, so he led his troops back.

On the way, he suddenly heard loud shouts from behind, indicating that the Khitan soldiers had already arrived. Zhou Dewei returned to his horse and looked north, but he saw Hu cavalry all over the mountains and fields, rushing towards him. Zhou Dewei hurriedly ordered the formation to prepare for battle. As soon as the formation was set up, the enemy troops

The cavalry had arrived. They rushed into the formation with a surge of vigor. Zhou Dewei could not resist, so he had to lead his troops and leave again.

However, the enemy's cavalry was extremely fast and was cut off in an instant, engulfing countless men and horses. Only a few thousand men were able to save Zhou Dewei, and he fled in embarrassment, only to be able to return to Youzhou. The Khitan soldiers took advantage of the victory and entered the city, claiming to have hundreds of soldiers.

Thousands of people. The Khitan also tied the captured soldiers and civilians with long ropes, including their heads and feet, like tying pigs, and hung them on trees. At night, the soldiers and civilians often freed themselves and took advantage of the opportunity to escape. Abaoji also

No question, just supervising soldiers to besiege Youzhou.

Zhou Dewei asked for help while holding on. The Khitan general Lu Wenjin built a train tunnel and attacked from above. Zhou Dewei sprayed copper and iron juice up and down. Most of the Khitan soldiers were infected and burned to death, so the offensive was less frustrated. The two monarchs fought for a hundred years.

In the remaining days, Jin generals Li Siyuan, Yan Bao, Li Cunshen, etc., under the order of the King of Jin, led 70,000 infantry and cavalry to rescue Youzhou.

Li Siyuan and Li Cunshen discussed: "The enemy is in a good position to fight in the field, and our army is in a dangerous position to fight. It is better for us to sneak through the mountains and rush to Youzhou. If we encounter the enemy, we can also stick to the danger to avoid being taken advantage of."

Li Cunshen agreed. So they crossed the Dafang Mountains and marched eastward. Li Siyuan and his adopted son Li Congke led three thousand cavalry as the vanguard, carrying coins and galloping away.

When they arrived at a place sixty miles away from Youzhou, they met the Khitan soldiers. The Jin army fought hard and was able to advance. When they reached the mountain pass, the Khitan blocked the way with 10,000 cavalry. Li Siyuan only led more than a hundred cavalry to the Khitan formation. He

In addition to his armor, he held up his whip and said in Khitan language: "You betrayed your alliance for no reason and invaded my territory. My king has led millions of people to Xilou and destroyed your race. What are you still doing here?" Khitan soldiers

After hearing this, I couldn't help but feel frightened.

Li Siyuan took advantage of the situation and sent his troops to cover up the attack. He danced with iron rods and killed one of the Khitan army leaders. The rear troops followed up and were able to push back the Khitan soldiers and reached Youzhou. The Abaoji could not attack the city and it rained heavily, so they had to return home.

, only the general Lu Guoyong was left to besiege the city. Lu Guoyong heard that the reinforcements were coming, and waited in formation. Li Cunshen ordered the infantry to ambush the formation and not to move rashly. However, he ordered the weak soldiers to carry firewood and burn grass and make noises to advance.

At that time, the smoke and dust covered the sky, which made the Khitan soldiers confused and had to go out to fight. Li Cunxen then ordered the ambush soldiers behind the formation to rush forward together. Taking advantage of the smoke and blur, they fought individually and ravaged the enemy's formation. The Khitan soldiers were huge
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