Chapter 410: Song, Liao and Jin, the Three Kingdoms Melee
Xiao Sesse then wrote another poem to persuade Yelu Yanxi:
The Prime Minister came to the court and the sword roared, and the thousands of officials looked sideways silently.
How can I feel when I develop external troubles? I will suffer the consequences of my loyal ministers and my punishment is unclear.
Relatives live in the vassal position, and private doors hide in the minions and soldiers.
I feel sorry for the Qin emperor in the past, and I still look to the palace to look for peace.
But this made Yelu Yanxi very angry and became strangers to Xiao Sesse. After Xiao Sesse was neglected, all her hopes were placed on her son Ao Luwo. She worked hard to cultivate her son into a kind, wise and wise, capable of being useful. Ao Luwo did not disappoint his mother's painstaking efforts, and he had a high prestige among the Chinese people.
In September of the fourth year of Tianqing, Wanyan Aguda led the Jurchens to launch a massive anti-Liao war. In just four or five years, the Jurchens occupied half of the Great Liao Dynasty. Yelu Yanxi therefore had the intention to abdicate and save his life.
Yelu Yanxi had six sons in total, and Ao Luwo was the eldest son, and he was quite popular. If Yelu Yanxi abdicated, he would be the one who succeeded him. Xiao Fengxian, the Privy Councilor of the Northern Court, had long held a grudge against Concubine Wen, and was even more afraid that Ao Luwo would be unfavorable to him, so he planned to push his nephew, King Yelu of Qin, to the stage. For this reason, he deliberately wanted to get rid of Ao Luwo and his son.
Xiao Fengxian was the fifth-generation grandson of the Liao Dynasty Prime Minister Xiao Jixian, the Empress Xiao Duoli of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, and the brother of Xiao Guige, the Yuan concubine. Xiao Fengxian looked generous on the outside but was jealous on the inside. Xiao Fengxian was favored and relied on the inside because his sister Xiao Guige was favored and relied on by Emperor Tianzuo, and was named Prince of Lanling. When Emperor Tianzuo wanted to kill Wanyan Aguda, he dissuaded Yelu Yanxi, and Wanyan Aguda survived by luck.
In the fourth year of Tianqing, Wanyan Aguda raised an army to invade Ningjiang Prefecture, and Xiao Tabu, the commander of the Northeast Road, failed to fight. Emperor Tianzuo ordered Xiao Fengxian's younger brother Xiao Sixian to serve as the commander-in-chief, and led the Han army to attack and stationed in the Tuhedian. The Jin soldiers secretly crossed the Huntong River and came to attack. Xiao Sixian was defeated, and most of the soldiers fled. Xiao Fengxian was afraid that Xiao Sixian would be killed, so he reported that "the defeated army in the Eastern Expedition fled with crimes, and robbed everywhere wherever they went. If their sins were not forgiven, they would probably form gangs and become disasters." Emperor Tianzuo followed his advice. Xiao Sixian went to the palace to wait for punishment and convict, but was removed from his official position. From then on, the soldiers had no fighting spirit and fled when they encountered the enemy. The counties and counties were trapped one day.
In the first month of the first year of Baoda, Xiao Sesse's sister went to her brother-in-law Yelu Yuji's family to meet with her younger sister. After Xiao Fengxian received a secret report, he believed that the time had come, so he instructed someone to falsely accuse Yelu Yuji of rebellion and implicate Xiao Sesse. After hearing about it in the army, Yelu Yuji was frightened and fled to the Jin Kingdom.
In the second year of Baoda, Yelu Yuji served as the supervisor of the Jin army and led his troops to suddenly come. Emperor Tianzuo was very worried. Xiao Fengxian said: "Yuji is a descendant of the prince's squad. He will not be willing to destroy Liao this time. He just wants to support the King of Jin. If you think about the country and do not hesitate to kill him, you can retreat without fighting and the enemy retreats." So he was sentenced to death by King Yelu Aoluwo of Jin and the queen Xiao Sesse. All the inside and outside officials were heartbroken and crying, and the people's hearts became even more dispersed.
However, Yelu Yuji not only did not retreat, but led the Jin army to Yelu Yanxi's tent. Yelu Yanxi had to lead 5,000 guards to escape to Yunzhong. In March, the Jin army captured Yunzhong, and he fled to Jiashan, and Nanjing and other places successively fell.
When the Jin army has not arrived yet
After Xiao Fengxian greeted Emperor Tianzuo and said, "Although the Jin Kingdom can attack our country Shangjing, it cannot stay away from its nest." However, one day, the Jin soldiers suddenly marched three thousand miles and rushed straight into the clouds. Xiao Fengxian had no choice but to ask Emperor Tianzuo to move away to Jiashan. Emperor Tianzuo then woke up and turned to Xiao Fengxian and said, "You, father and son, miss me to this point, what's the use of killing you! Go away, don't follow me. I'm afraid that the army will be angry, and causing chaos will inevitably affect me."
Xiao Fengxian and his son left crying and were captured by the left and right, and were given to the Jin soldiers. The Jurchen soldiers killed their eldest son Xiao Ang and sent Xiao Fengxian and his second son Xiao Yu to Wanyan Aguda. On the way, they met soldiers from Liao and took them back. Emperor Tianzuo then sentenced them to death.
Besides, after Yelu Chun became emperor, he sent envoys to Jin, asking to be a vassal of the Jin Kingdom to seek protection of the Jin Kingdom. Before the Jin Kingdom had replied, he died of illness. Before he died, he ordered the second son of Emperor Tianzuo, King Yelu Ding of Qin, to succeed him, and Li Chuwen, Xiao Gan and others to assist him, and Concubine Xiao De was the queen mother, and presided over military and national affairs. After Yelu Chun's death, he was posthumously named Xuanzong. His wife Concubine De was appointed as the governor of the court and changed the dynasty to Dexing.
At this time, Minister Li Chuwen felt that the prospect was not good, and planned to affix the Tong Guan of the Song Dynasty to the south, and wanted to kidnap Concubine De to surrender to the Song Dynasty. He also went north to affix the Jin Dynasty to make a response in the Jin Dynasty. Concubine Xiao De found out that he had an affair with the Song and Jin Dynasty, and arrested him and sentenced him to death. In November of that year, Concubine De submitted five submissions to the Jin Dynasty. As long as Yelu was allowed to be appointed Emperor Bei Liao, all other conditions were agreed, but the Jin Dynasty did not agree. She had to send troops to guard Juyongguan, but failed to defend it. The Jin soldiers went straight to Yanjing. Concubine De led the officials of his entourage to surrender to Emperor Tianzuo, and Emperor Tianzuo killed them.
When the news of the chaos in the Liao Kingdom reached the Song Dynasty, Wang Fu reported to Zhao Ji again, requesting the Northern Expedition. Zhao Ji ordered Tong Guan again, and Cai You reorganized the army. Guo Yaoshi, the commander of the Liao Eternal Victory Army, stayed in Zhuozhou. He heard that the Song army was coming again, so he summoned his subordinates and said, "Tianzuo lost his country, and the women's politics was not in charge. The Song army was in a big way. It seems that the south of Yanjing will return to China. Men should take the big gold seal in a row, so why bother to fall in love with the country and not change?"
Guo Yaoshi was from Tiezhou, Bohai. In the sixth year of Tianqing, Emperor Tianzuo, Gao Yongchang, a native of Bohai, killed Xiao Baoxian, who was left behind in Liaodong. He called himself the Emperor of the Great Yuan Kingdom, changed the reign to Yingshun, and occupied more than 50 prefectures in Liaodong. Emperor Tianzuo sent Prime Minister Zhang Lin to attack him and was defeated by Jin soldiers who supported Gao Yongchang in Shenzhou. Emperor Tianzuo also ordered Yan Wang Yelu Chun to be the marshal, recruited hungry people in Liaodong, and formed a resentful army, which was divided into Qianyiying, Houyiying, Houjinying, Houjinying, Qianying, Xianying, Qianxiandaying, and Yanzhouying, a total of nearly 30,000 people, Guo Yaoshi was one of the leaders.
After the establishment of the rebellious army, not only did the war be unfavorable, but rebellions also occurred one after another. In the first year of Baoda, Dong Xiaochou, the general of the rebellious army from the southeastern route, was executed because of the rebellion in Lizhou. So his subordinates Luo Qinghan, Dong Zhongsun and others led the rebellion. At that time, the Liao commander Yelu Yuji, Xiao Gan led his troops to suppress the rebellion. Guo Yaoshi and others killed several Luo Qinghan and accepted the recruitment. The Liao Kingdom selected two thousand people from them and organized them into the fourth battalion, appointing the five ministers Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren and Zhen to command their own commands. The remaining six thousand people were sent to each of them as imperial guards.
In order to completely solve the problem of the resentful army, Yelu Yuji suggested to Xiao Gan: "The two rebelled and looted Qianzhou two years ago, and they have been recruited. This year, the entire army rebelled and attacked Jinzhou. If our army did not come, tens of thousands of residents would be killed after the city was broken. The so-called resentful army failed to repay the Jin people, but repeatedly resented and rebelled at our home. Now if we take their armor,
Send troops to kill them completely, and you will never suffer."
But Xiao Gan disagreed and believed that there were also loyal and righteous people among them. They were threatened for a while, how could they be killed? "Guo Yaoshi and others were able to save their lives. Because Guo Yaoshi was young and majestic, quite majestic, calm and courageous, he used his mighty force to control the people, and many people followed him. He recommended the four armies of martial arts and bravery to the Dianzhi, and followed the Jin Kingdom, and made many contributions. The Liao Kingdom then promoted Guo Yaoshi to the capital to guard the Changsheng Army, and remained in Zhuozhou.
Guo Yaoshi led his 8,000 troops, as well as the two provinces of Zhuo and Yi, and surrendered to Tong Guan. Tong Guan was overjoyed and immediately submitted a memorial to the court. Zhao Ji issued an edict to grant Guo Yaoshi the governor of Enzhou and ordered his subordinates to be controlled by Liu Yanqing. Liu Yanqing followed Tong Guan's military order and set out from Xiongzhou, using Guo Yaoshi as the vanguard, leading 100,000 troops to cross Baigou. Liu Yanqing's subordinates were very undisciplined.
Guo Yaoshi made a fortune and advised Liu Yanqing: "Now the army is leading to a camp, and many people are not on guard. If the enemy set up an ambush and attack, our army cannot respond to the beginning and end, isn't it just that Wangchen will collapse?" Liu Yanqing refused to obey his opinion. The Song army walked to Liangxiang, and the Liao general Xiao Gan led the crowd to rush over. Shortly after the Song army joined the battle, he retreated immediately and was driven to death by the Liao soldiers for a while, with many casualties.
Liu Yanqing collected defeated people and stayed in the door. Guo Yaoshi offered another suggestion and said, "Xiao Gan's army is only 10,000, and now he has to resist our army with all his might. Yanshan Mountain will definitely be empty. I am willing to lead five thousand surprise troops and attack on the road. I will definitely be able to win. I just want your second son Liu Guangshi to lead troops to help, so I must not miss it!" Liu Yanqing agreed and sent general Gao Shixuan, Yang Keshi and Guo Yaoshi to lead 6,000 troops, cross Lugou at night, and advance in a row.
At dawn, Zhen Wuchen, the general general of the Liao Dynasty's ever-winning army, had already received the news and hurriedly led 5,000 cavalry into Yancheng. Guo Yaoshi and others arrived, and there were already people in the city. The Song army attacked several times before they could enter the outer city. The Song army sent envoys to urge Concubine Xiao De to surrender. Concubine Xiao De secretly reported to Xiao Gan, and Xiao Gan hurriedly led 3,000 elite soldiers to carry out street battles. Guo Yaoshi only hoped that Liu Guangshi would come to help, but there was no information.
Zhen Wuchen killed him again, which caused Guo Yaoshi and others to be attacked, so they had to abandon their horses with Yang Keshi and fled back to the city. Gao Shixuan died in the city. Liu Yanqing entered Lugou, neither sent Liu Guangshi nor followed Xiao Gan. Xiao Gan went out to intercept the salary and captured Wang Yuan, the grain protector, and the Han army, and used cloth to cover his eyes and detained him in the tent.
Someone said to Xiao Gan: "Our army is three times that of the Song army. Tomorrow morning, we should be divided into three teams to attack the Song camp. The most elite attacked from the front, with the left and right wings as a supporter, and raised fire as a call so that he could kill him without returning." Xiao Gan was overjoyed and secretly released a person, asking him to pay the bill to repay the Song army's chief general. After the Song army's rations were cut off, Liu Yanqing had no fighting spirit, but now he misbehaved the fake news released by Xiao Han.
The next day, he saw the fire from afar, and suspected that it was the Liao soldiers who came. He burned the camp and fled, and the soldiers trampled on each other, and more than half of them died. Xiao Han took advantage of the victory and pursued the troops until the riverside of Zhuozhou. The next day, the Song army, with low morale, was beaten again, and the defeated generals fled to Xiongzhou in a hurry, and refused to fight with the Liao soldiers again.
After two major defeats, the Song Dynasty not only lost more than 100,000 elite troops, but also consumed all military supplies accumulated for decades since Shenzong. After the war, the Han people in the Liao Kingdom and Yan were extremely despised by the performance of the Song Dynasty's strong and powerful behavior, and wrote poems and poems to make fun of Zhao Ji, which made Zhao Ji very ashamed.
Chapter completed!