People in the Song Dynasty were lawless

Chapter 353 Wugunai made a plan, the Liao Kingdom invaded Goryeo from the south
In June of the sixth year of Song Qingli's reign, the first letter of information was sent, followed by a steady stream of replies.

Qinfeng Road transfer envoy Yang Kai wrote seven official documents in five days, describing what happened at Qingtang and their deployment on Qinfeng Road.

Li Yuanhao occupied Qingtang and looted for three days. Then he went south to Huangzhou and launched a fierce attack on Huangzhou City. Huangzhou City was in danger.

Zuosiluo was seriously injured and had not recovered. Many of his troops were scattered and their morale was low, so he had to retreat to Lanzhou.

Yang Kai sent Jia Kui to lead 5,000 people to Lanzhou first. After discussing with Jingtai, the deputy transport envoy and general manager of troops and horses, he began to gather troops on his own route and stationed in Lanzhou at any time to start a war with Li Yuanhao.

This is the power granted by the imperial court to the Qin Feng Road Transport Envoy.

The Constitutional Yuan also sent a reply to Yang Kai, and then officially appointed Han Qi as the Shaanxi Road Economic and Strategy Envoy, Zhang Fangping as the Shaanxi Road Economic and Strategic Envoy, and Zhang Kang as the Shaanxi Road Military and Horse Manager.

Before the Qingli reform, the economic envoy was a temporary official position and was at the same level as the transfer envoy. They were all fourth-rank officials. However, the economic envoy was nominally the superior, but the local transfer envoy and the deputy economic envoy had greater sovereignty.

For example, in history, when Xia Song was the envoy of Shaanxi Road, both Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan had different opinions with him, and the local envoys were also disobedient and disrespectful.

Obviously this is still a tradition of the Song Dynasty, and there must be someone to restrain and guard against the feudal officials with military power.

Because whoever is in charge will have different mentality of the soldiers.

In this way, the morale of the soldiers will definitely increase and they will fight to the end, thus making the war smooth.

But if you give them a reason and tell them how the enemy bullies us, or that we are the right side, we are fighting in accordance with destiny, and God is on our side.

The Song Dynasty accused Xixia of provoking the war first, and it was their side that was right.

This kind of war of words seems meaningless on the surface, but in fact it has a great intention, which is to compete for righteousness.

Since Cao Cao had the title of righteousness in his hands, he could continue to claim that he was following the emperor's edict and attack disobedient officials everywhere, and his soldiers would be willing to obey, with peace of mind and high morale, allowing him to win repeated battles.

However, it may seem like this, but in fact, sometimes, righteousness and honor are a crucial factor in winning victory.

However, after the reform, the envoys of the Ministry of Economic Affairs are the second rank, and the deputy envoys and general managers are the second rank of the subordinates. Basically, the military envoy has great power. He is in charge of the military and political power of a place. It can be said that he has great power.

Zhao Zhen was actually a little worried because the Emperor of the Song Dynasty valued military power too much.

After Qin Fenglu first sent people to Lanzhou, he immediately sent people to condemn Li Yuanhao, saying that he attacked the allies of the Song Dynasty and wanted to provoke a war with the Song Dynasty.

After Zhao Jun's persuasion, Zhao Zhen gave up his worries and ordered Han Qi and Zhang Kang to lead the 30,000 Bianliang Forbidden Army to the northwest. This, coupled with the approximately 120,000 troops on the Shaanxi Road, was enough to fight Xixia.

If the Song Dynasty sent troops, then the Song Dynasty would be the party responsible for tearing up the peace talks between the two sides, and the blame would all be on the side of the Song Dynasty.

A war of words began between the two sides.

Li Yuanhao responded that this was an old grudge between them and Qingtang and had nothing to do with the Song Dynasty.

Xixia said that they did not attack the Song Dynasty, but Qingtang and Xixia were feuding. It was reasonable for them to fight their enemies. If the Song Dynasty sent troops, it would be the Song Dynasty that started the war first.

Nurhaci's "Seven Hatreds" fully mobilized the resentment of the soldiers, so that the Manchus fought with great ferocity and treated the Han people as if they were enemies.

However, Zhao Jun told him that under the current system, it was impossible for the feudal officials to rebel. First, Han Qi was transferred temporarily and had no prestige. He wanted to rebel but could not convince the public. Second, Zhang Kang is here, what is he using to rebel?

Although this kind of righteous reputation seems to be of no use, after all, the war is fought by whoever has the strongest troops and horses, and it does not mean that whoever is reasonable will gain an advantage.

But the soldiers' families are all in Bianliang, and if Fan Zhongyan and Wang Deyong take action, do you believe that the soldiers following Zhang Kang will surrender soon?
Therefore, when the emperor is in trouble, you should relax a little and don't be too unreasonable.

Unless Zhang Kang rebels, Zhang Kang has made many meritorious deeds in the war with the Western Xia Liao Kingdom in Jing Younian, and his prestige in the army is second only to Fan Zhongyan and Wang Deyong, so his rebellion will be somewhat respectable.

After all, for the soldiers at the bottom, no one wants to fight, and no one wants to die on the battlefield, so they may retreat during the war.

Therefore, in ancient times, righteousness and status were definitely an important condition.

Not only in ancient times, but also in later generations. Just like the anti-war morale of the Sichuan Army, "civil war is like a bug and foreign war is like a dragon."

The hatred of the country and the family is itself the greatest righteousness. This made them fearless of death, carrying a big flag with the word "death" on their shoulders and the crudest and worst weapons, and dared to fight the Japanese pirates to the death.

The Song Dynasty and Xixia were competing for this kind of righteousness, so as to give the soldiers below a reason to go to war.

Both sides blamed each other, but it did not prevent both sides from continuing to mobilize for war.

Han Qi, Zhang Fangping and Zhang Kang soon arrived in Shaanxi and began to mobilize soldiers and horses on the entire Shaanxi Road.

As Qin Fenglu's army entered Lanzhou, after Li Yuanhao captured Huangzhou, he occupied the mouth of the river, which was the junction of the Huangshui River and the Yellow River, and waited to see the reaction of the Song Dynasty.

Because Li Yuanhao knew that there were only two paths before the Song Dynasty. One was to advance westward to attack Huangzhou, and the other was to advance northward to play the strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao.

No matter which way he goes, he will fall into Li Yuanhao's traps and traps, so he is not worried.

And just as the two sides were preparing to start the war, in the Liao Kingdom far in the northeast, it was a different situation.

Yelu Zongzhen suddenly hunted eastward and arrived at Shenyang Prefecture, Tokyo, Liao Kingdom.

In the palace of Shenyang Mansion, Yelu Zongzhen was wearing a felt hat and a large fur robe, looking graceful and luxurious.

After autumn entered in July, the temperature in the Northeast began to drop a lot, and the nights became quite cold. Therefore, he gave up the Song Dynasty silk coat worn in summer and chose the fur coat commonly worn by the Liao people.

There were several tall figures standing in front of Yelu Zongzhen. These people looked quite strange. Their heads were all shaved, except for the sideburns on their sides and forehead, which were tied into two long braids. Down, it looks a bit like the traditional Liao hairstyle, but not as thick as the Liao braids.

The man at the front also wore a small felt hat, his upper body was a white linen coat with a large collared robe lined with suede, his lower body was black velvet trousers with leggings, and he wore round boots. The whole person exuded a fierce temperament and was dressed quite smartly.

He bowed to Yelu Zongzhen with the Liao ceremony and said, "Your Majesty, I am here to see you!" This person was Wanyan Wugunai, the grandfather of Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda, and his second son Wanyan Qilibo who is now eight years old. He was Wanyan Aguda's father. The Jurchens could rise because of his growing strength.

Naturally, Yelu Zongzhen didn't know that Wanyan Wugunai's grandson would destroy his Daliao in the future, so when he saw Wanyan Wugunai, he nodded slightly and said, "Well, everyone, please sit down."

He has a good attitude towards Wanyan Wugunai, because now all the tribes of Jurchen are attached to Wanyan Shixian and are hostile to them in the Liao Kingdom. Only Wanyan Wugunai defected to the Liao Kingdom, which made him quite happy, so he immediately summoned him to meet him during the Eastern Hunting.

Wanyan Wugunai and several senior officials of his tribe sat aside, and then Wanyan Wugunai said slightly nervously: "I didn't expect that His Majesty would come in person, which makes me feel flattered."

"hehe."

Naturally, Yelu Zongzhen would not tell him that if it was just a small rebellion caused by the birth of a daughter, the most he could do was send troops to surrender, and this time he came here for Goryeo.

So he just smiled and then said: "This time Wanyan Shixian cut off Yinglu, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction in the country. Naturally, I want to come in person, but I want to see how capable Wanyan Shixian is and how dare he go against me!"

Wanyan Wugunai hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is here in person, so Wanyan Shixian will be captured obediently. However, I think that there is no need for Your Majesty to go to war for a minor trouble."

"Oh?"

Yelu Zong was really interested and asked with a smile: "This person is arrogant and domineering. I intend to attack him personally to scare the tribes. Listening to your opinion, you seem to have any way to solve it quickly?"

"It's not a solution. I'm just thinking that Shi Xian is perverse, but after all he doesn't dare to go against Daliao, so I have a plan. Especially after His Majesty arrives in person, I feel very confident that it can be solved without fighting. he."

"tell me the story."

"I feel that since Your Majesty is in Tokyo in person, it is better to order Shi Xian to come to Shenyang Mansion immediately to explain to His Majesty. When the time comes, His Majesty will directly capture him, and whether he will be killed or exiled will be up to His Majesty's decision. From now on, the woman can be subdued."

"Will he obey?"

"If he doesn't obey, His Majesty's army will advance, which will frighten all the tribes."

Wanyan Wugunai immediately said: "Besides, I still have a certain reputation among straight women. If I try to drive a wedge between them again, things will be settled."

"it is good."

After hearing this, Yelu Zongzhen felt that there was no problem, so he said: "If this is true and you can capture Shi Xian without any effort, I will grant you the title of Nuzhi Jiedushi!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wanyan Wugu was elated.

The tribes of Shengnuzhen are independent, and his father's tribe is only a part of it.

Because Wanyan Wugunai's father, Wanyan Shilu, had always believed in the pro-Liao policy, he was named Da Tiyin by the Liao State and became the nominal chief of the Jurchen tribes.

However, the Jurchen tribes have always had "no written contracts, no restrictions, no rules to follow, they live far away, they do not belong to each other, they kill each other, and they all compete for dominance." Therefore, they do not obey Wanyan Shilu at all, and even He almost killed Wanyan Shilu.

After that, Wanyan Shilu spent a long period of time fighting everywhere, attacking the disobedient tribes, which caused many Jurchen tribes to become increasingly dissatisfied with him.

Among them, Wanyan Shixian had a grudge against Wanyan Shilu. After Wanyan Shilu died, his body was taken away by Wanyan Shixian. For this reason, Wanyan Wugu hated him to the core, but because Wanyan Shixian was so powerful, he never dared to do so. Take action.

Now that the Liao Kingdom is willing to support him, Wanyan Wugu can firstly rely on the power of the Liao Kingdom to avenge his father, and secondly, he can use the strength of the Liao Kingdom to strengthen his own power. Once Wanyan Shixian's Wulin tribe is annexed, then his tribe Will become the strongest Jurchen tribe.

It was only natural that his tribe would become stronger and stronger from then on.

In fact it is.

In history, Wanyan Wugunai designed Shi Xian to be exiled by the Liao Kingdom and annexed Shi Xian's tribe.

This led to the fact that although his betrayal of the Jurchens made the Jurchen tribes even more disgusted, he became stronger because he annexed Wanyan Shixian's Wulin tribe.

In addition, each Jurchen tribe fought independently and did not unite at all, which led to Wanyan Wugunai and his successor Wanyan Qilibo continuously annexing other Jurchen tribes. By the time of Wanyan Aguda, the Jurchen tribe was basically completed Unite.

From then on, Wanyan Aguda had the foundation to destroy the Liao Kingdom and finally establish the powerful Jin Dynasty.

At that moment, Yelu Zongzhen followed Wanyan Wugunai's plan and sent people to immediately order Shi Xian to come to Tokyo. After Wanyan Wugunai returned, Shi Xian and the leaders of the Jurchen tribes were meeting to discuss the matter.

The Jurchen tribes mainly have two camps: the pro-Liao camp and the rebel-Liao camp. Wanyan Wugunai is the leader of the pro-Liao camp, and Shi Xian is the leader of the rebel camp.

The rebel Liao camp was very strong, because the Jurchen tribes were free and did not want to be enslaved by the Liao State. Therefore, in the face of years of extortion by the Liao State, they had been resisting constantly and various uprisings were frequent.

However, the military strength of the Liao Kingdom has been strengthened in recent years. In addition to the Jurchens, many other ethnic groups, such as the Mongolian, Bohai, Shiwei and other tribal rebellions, were quickly put down by the Liao people. Therefore, the Jurchens are still full of awe of the powerful Liao Kingdom. .

This time the Yelv Sect's real relatives came, and Wanyan Wugunai was sowing discord inside, many Jurchen tribes thought that as long as Shi Xian went over to explain and found some excuse, they could get away with it.

So everyone agreed to let Shi Xian go to Shenyang Mansion to meet Yelu Zongzhen in person. After all, the people who went to Liao Kingdom were not chiefs of various tribes. It had nothing to do with them. They must be dead Taoist friends but not dead Taoists.

Although Shi Xian didn't want to agree, because everyone agreed, he was unable to support himself, so in the end he had to do it reluctantly. When he thought about it, since he had only cut off the Eagle Road and had not openly rebelled, the Liao Kingdom would not do anything to him.

But what Shi Xian never expected was that as soon as he arrived in Shenyang Mansion, he would be captured immediately and then exiled to Mongolia in the northwest of the Liao Kingdom, where he has disappeared without a trace since.

When he disappeared, the Wulin tribe was leaderless. The Liao State also appointed Wanyan Wugunai as the Nvzhi Tribe's Military Envoy. His position was still above that of Da Tiyin. Even in the Liao State, he was a high-ranking frontier official. Completely Yanwugu took advantage of the situation and annexed the Wulin tribe.

At this time, the Jurchen tribes immediately realized that Shi Xian had been plotted by Wanyan Wugunai. For his naked betrayal of the Jurchen tribe and his own nation, the tribes were furious and full of contempt for him.

But no matter what, this has become an established fact. The tribes did not dare to become enemies of the Liao Kingdom, so they could only admit it with their noses pinched.

In the midst of this turmoil, the Liao State reorganized its troops and horses. In August, it also recruited some soldiers from Wanyan tribes, led by Wanyan Wugunai, and officially went south and began to approach Goryeo.

(End of this chapter)