Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Because of the failure to suppress the rebellion, General Dong Xiaochou of the resentful army was ordered to be executed by Yeluchun.Therefore, his generals Luo Qinghan, Dong Zhongsun and others led the resentful army to rebel on Zhongjing Road, attacking Jinzhou City on the border of Liaojin from Lizhou to the east.

Seeing that the Zhongjing Road was in chaos and the city of Jinzhou was in danger, the Liao Kingdom hurriedly dispatched Yelu Yujian, the commander of the East Road of the Zhongjing Road, and Xiao Qian, the Grand Master of the Fourth Army of the Nanjing Road, to lead troops to put down the rebellion.

Seeing the two armies of the Liao army pressing down on the border, the generals Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui and others of the resentment army who were under threat killed Luo Qinghan, Dong Zhongsun and several other rebel leaders, and took the rest of the resentment army to accept the recruitment.

After the Liao army recruited the resentful army, 2000 people were selected from them to form the fourth battalion, and Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, and Zhen Wuchen were appointed to lead them respectively.The remaining 6000 people were disbanded and sent to various places as the imperial army.

In order to completely solve the problem of the resentful army, Yelu Yujian suggested to Xiao Qian: "The two battalions of the resentful army rebelled last year and plundered Ganzhou, and they have been recruited. This year, the whole army rebelled and attacked Jinzhou. If our army does not come , The city was destroyed, and tens of thousands of residents were killed. The so-called resentful army failed to repay the Jin people, but repeatedly resented and rebelled against my family. If we take advantage of the disarmament and send troops to cover up and kill them, there will be no future troubles."

As a talented man among the nobles of the Khitan clan, Yeluyu saw that he had always commanded the Khitan army. Therefore, he did not trust the resentful army formed by the Liaodong Han people, and advocated the complete elimination of this capricious army.

However, Xiao Qian, the Grand Master of the Fourth Army, was different from Yelu Yujian. There were a large number of Han troops in his army, and the Nanjing Road was also dominated by Han people.Xiao Qian had a lot of contacts with the Han people in Nanjing Road, so he couldn't help but care about the feelings of the Han army under his command.Therefore, in order to win over the hearts of the Han army, he will not raise his butcher knife against the resentful army that has surrendered.

Xiao Qian replied to Yelu Yujian: "Among the resentful army, there are also loyal and loyal followers for a while, how can we kill them all?"

Seeing Xiao Qian's opposition, Yeluyu had no choice but to give up, and the resentful army general Guo Yaoshi and others were able to save their lives.

Guo Yaoshi is a man of great stature, resolute and courageous, able to commandeer the crowd with might, and many people follow him.Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, and Zhen Wuchen were all headed by him.After Guo Yaoshi learned of Xiao Qian's kindness to Yuan Jun's life, he was grateful to him and remembered it in his heart.

However, at this time Xiao Qian would not have expected what would happen in the future, and Yeluyu's concerns were not unreasonable.

Because of the past friendship with Yelu Yujian, Xiao Qian let him go this time, and after retreating with the generals of the Liao army, he prevaricated to Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi, saying that Yelu Yujian had already fled into the territory of Jin Kingdom. The armies couldn't catch up.

Because of the perfunctory actions of the generals of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Yujian fled to Xianzhou in the Kingdom of Jin without any risk.Wanyan Jiamu, who acted as the agent of the capital of Xianzhou, reported the incident to Wanyan Aguda, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.

Wanyan Aguda learned that Yeluyu, an important minister of the Liao Kingdom, had come to vote, and immediately replied to Wanyan's mother, and issued an edict saying that after Yeluyu saw Xianzhou, he and his officials should come to the capital to have an audience, and the rest of his wife and children and the tribe would stay in Xianzhou. state.

After receiving the edict from the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Yelu Yujian sent the Liao Kingdom's imperial edict, armored flags, etc., and under the escort of the Jin Army on Xianzhou Road, together with his generals Han Funu, Taishinu, Xiao Qing, etc. Came to Huining City, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, to surrender to the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.

Yelu Yujian was a famous general of the clan of the Liao Kingdom, and his defection to the Jin Kingdom was a huge blow to the Liao Kingdom.Through him, the Kingdom of Jin can better grasp the reality of the Liao Kingdom.Therefore, Wanyan Aguda, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, was very pleased with the arrival of Yelu Yujian.

After Yelu Yujian came to the emperor's village to meet Wanyan Aguda, Wanyan Aguda comforted him with kind words, bestowed him with the same class as the prime minister, and ordered Yujian to work for the Kingdom of Jin with the old official leadership.

Afterwards, Emperor Wanyan Aguda gave Yelu Yujian and other generals from the Liao Kingdom a banquet, and made them return drunk.

With the defection of Yelu Yujian, the general of the Zhongjing Road Commander, the rule of the Liao Kingdom was shaken even more.The Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin looked to the west, determined to set off a storm.

Chapter 685 Huanglong Mansion, an important town in Liaodong

The arrival of Yelu Yujian allowed Wanyan Aguda to further understand the internal details of Khitan in the Liao Kingdom.

The king has no way, and the Liao Kingdom is divided among the nobles. Although it still has the land of the three capitals, it is getting weaker and weaker. How can it resist the Dajin Kingdom?

After the emperor Wanyan Aguda had a secret discussion with important ministers such as Wanyan Wuqimai and Wanyan Sagai, he decided that after the grand princess Wanyan Wulu's martial arts contest was held, he would hold a noble meeting of the ministers of all tribes to gather all the Jurchens. He launched an attack on the Khitan people and completely defeated the Liao Kingdom, which was strong on the outside and capable on the inside.

Under the urging of the Kuaima messenger, the Jurchen tribes from all walks of life in the Kingdom of Jin set off to the capital to participate in the noble meetings of various tribes.

Because the Kingdom of Jin has already concluded a covenant with the State of Song to jointly attack Liao, and the covenant stipulates that both sides will send troops to attack Liao at the same time, so Wanyan Aguda sent another envoy to the State of Song to go to Bianliang, Tokyo to meet with the Daojun Emperor of Song Dynasty, and agree on the date of dispatching troops .

Li Shanchang, Sandu, and Boda were still the three who went to the Song Dynasty this time.They followed the envoys of the Song Dynasty Ma Zheng and Ma Kuo on the road to the capital of the Song Dynasty.

After Ma Zheng and Ma Kuo were envoys to the Kingdom of Jin, they presented their letters of credence, met and negotiated with Wanyan Aguda and his ministers many times, and cleverly argued that Emperor Daojun wrote in his imperial letter that Yanjing would be taken back, including the entire Yanyun In the region, you want to change the relevant alliance clauses of the "Alliance at Sea".

It is a pity that the king and ministers of the Jin Kingdom are not barbarians who do not understand geography, and have not been confused by the words of Ma Zheng and his son.

Even though the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguda, was very friendly to the Song Kingdom, he did not regard the land of Yanyun in his eyes, and wanted to give up all of it to the Song Kingdom, but because all the important officials opposed this proposal, in the end, the Jin Kingdom did not have the problem of dividing the Yanyun area. Shang made concessions to the envoys of the Song Dynasty.

Not only that, but the officials of the Jin State also pointed out to Ma Zheng and his son that the Jin State had the power to destroy the Liao Dynasty alone, and the reason why it was willing to form an alliance with the Song State was because the emperor admired the culture of the Central Plains and wanted to become a friendly neighbor with the Song State.

If Song Guoqiang wanted the Xijing area of ​​the Liao State and did not respect the covenant already concluded between the two countries, not only the Xijing area would not be ceded to the Song State, but even the Yanjing area would have to be renegotiated.

Moreover, according to the agreement of the covenant between the two countries, when the Jin army attacked Yanjing of the Liao State, the Song State must also send troops at the same time.If the Song State did not send troops to attack Liao, it would not be able to obtain the Yanjing area.

Wanyan Aguda told Ma Zheng and Ma Kuo that they should return to Beijing quickly to report to the Song Emperor, and sent envoys to agree with Jin on the date of dispatching troops to Yanjing.

The meaning of the Kingdom of Jin is obvious. If the Kingdom of Song wants land, it has to fight it from the hands of the Liao army with real swords and guns. It is impossible to sit back and enjoy the benefits.

After a lot of hard work, Ma Zheng and his son failed to complete the tasks assigned by the court, so they had to take the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin on the road in a sullen mood, and went back to the country for business.

As soon as Ma Kuo left, he happened to miss Ximen Qing and his party on the way.

Ximenqing went north from Posu Road via Hosu Pavilion, and Ma Zheng and his son went south from Huining City to Hosu Pavilion. The two teams could have met halfway.

However, Ximenqing's team took a small circle on the road and took Yue Fei to Huanglong Mansion first, just passing by Ma Zheng and his son.

Huanglong Mansion was first built in the middle of the fourth century AD. It was the later royal city of Fuyu Kingdom in the north at that time, so it was called Fuyu City.

Because it is located in the intersection of the grasslands in the east and west of Liaodong and the hills in the east, it controls the throat of both sides of the Songwa River and the north-south traffic, so it has always been a traffic hub and a must-have for military strategists in history.

After the Fuyu Kingdom was destroyed by Goguryeo, the Fuyu City did not change its name, and it was still an important town in Liaodong.Later, the Tang army attacked Goguryeo and fought in Fuyu City.

After the fall of Goguryeo, the Balhae Kingdom rose, and Fuyu City was an important town in the west of the Balhae Kingdom.

There is a legend about Fuyu City being renamed Huanglong Mansion.

In the first year of Liao Tianxian, Yelu Abao, the ancestor of the Liao Dynasty who lived on the grassland, led his troops eastward to attack the Bohai Kingdom. They first occupied Fuyu City, an important town in the west of the Bohai Kingdom.

In the first month, Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, drove straight into Huhan City, the king city of Bohai, annihilated the main force of the Bohai Navy, and forced the king of Bohai to surrender.

In February, Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, changed Bohai Kingdom to Dongdan Kingdom, made his own son King of Dongdan, changed the year name to Tianxian, and changed Huhan City to Tianfu City.After that, Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, returned to Fuyu City as his teacher and stayed here to recuperate.

Yelu Abaoji, the Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, fought in the south and the north all his life. At this time, he has come to the end of his life, and the oil is exhausted.He lived in Fuyu City for several months.

In July, Yelu Abaoji, Taizu of the Liao Dynasty, became seriously ill.

One night, a giant star suddenly fell in front of the Taizu Hall.

At dawn the next day, there was a yellow dragon circling in the sky above Fuyu City, more than one mile long, radiating all over its body, and its golden light was dazzling.

Later, Huanglong got into the palace where the Taizu lived, and suddenly the purple air covered the sky, and the black smoke covered the sun, and it took a day for it to gradually dissipate.

Soon, Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji died of illness at the age of 55.

From then on, in order to commemorate this miracle, the Liao Kingdom changed Fuyu Mansion to Huanglong Mansion.

This legend may not be credible, but it was just fabricated by the rulers of the Liao Kingdom in order to deify their founding monarch Liao Taizu.However, the name of Huanglong Mansion did come from this.

At the beginning of Liao Dynasty, Huanglong Mansion ruled five prefectures and three counties.When it came to Liao Shengzong, in addition to the chief executive, it was also equipped with a military military and horse capital department.In addition, tribal armies such as Wure and Tielihu were relocated to Huanglong Mansion and its major prefecture cities, and the city construction of Huanglong Mansion was greatly strengthened.

The Liao State strengthened the Huanglong Mansion in order to monitor and rule the Jurchen ministries after the demise of the Bohai State.

With the development of politics, economy and transportation, the population of Huanglong Mansion has increased rapidly.The vicinity of Huanglong Mansion is densely populated, densely populated with villages, and the city walls face each other.Huanglong Mansion became one of the seven major cities in Liao Kingdom's "Five Capitals and Two Mansions".

At that time, not only Khitan people, Bohai people, Han people, and Jurchens lived in Huanglong Mansion, but also Tieli, Wure, Turkic, Dangxiang and other tribes, with customs from various countries.

Because the languages ​​of the various ethnic groups are not fluent, where the people of the various countries are not proficient in the language of the meeting place, they can only argue with the proof of Chinese.In other words, Chinese is the common language of all ethnic groups in Huanglongfu area.

Because of the important role of Huanglong Mansion in the rule of the Jurchens in the Liao Kingdom, in the first month of the first year of the kingdom, Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda immediately launched an attack on the Huanglong Mansion area of ​​the Liao Kingdom after establishing the Jin Kingdom.