People in the Song Dynasty were lawless

Chapter 519: The Jin Kingdom was established, and one finger pressed to death
In the 13th year of the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty and the 7th year of the Xianyong period of the Liao Dynasty, in August of autumn, on the banks of the Dafu River in the southwest of Changchun Prefecture, Huanglongfu of the Liao Dynasty.

Wanyan Wugunai was riding on a war horse. In the distance, on the south bank of the Dafu River were countless Liao people who had been defeated. In front of him and around him were Jurchen warriors as surging as the waves of the sea.

He was watching from a small hill about two or three meters high, slightly in the middle of the battlefield. Under his command, the Liao people suffered an unprecedented defeat.

After this battle, the Liao people no longer had the ability to compete with him in the wild, and even after one battle, the Khitan people might only end up destroyed.

"My lord, the Liao dogs have already rolled out of Liaodong. We can continue to penetrate their hinterland and completely wipe them out."

The general Wanyan Qialu rode back on his horse. He was wearing thick armor and the mace in his hand was covered in blood.

"Father, are we still chasing?"

Another war horse came back, and it was the son of a boy of fifteen or sixteen named Wanyan Hezhe. He was the eldest son of Wanyan Wugunai and the elder brother of Wanyan Helibo, the founder of the Jin Dynasty.

Wanyan Wugunai was still sitting on his warhorse, looking deeply into the distance, without answering the words of his son and subordinates.

He is only 33 years old this year. He gave birth to his eldest son Wanyan Hezhe at the age of 16, and his second son Yan Helibo at the age of 18. At the age of 20, he conspired with his mother to kill his younger brother Wanyan Wuguchu, and since then he has become the only heir of the Wanyan tribe.

After the death of his father Wanyan Shilu, he took control of the entire tribe.

In the following period, Wanyan Wugunai betrayed the Jurchen tribes, became an enemy of his own nation, and was willing to be a lackey of the Liao Kingdom, taking the opportunity to make his own tribe stronger.

Then he plotted to kill Wanyan Shixian, the enemy who killed his father, and conquered many Jurchen tribes. Finally, in the seventh year of the Qingli period, the Liao Kingdom was defeated and lost the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which was the second year after that, which was the eighth year of the Qingli period. He launched a rebellion.

As the Liao Kingdom was unpopular, he used the power of the Liao Kingdom to make the Wanyan tribe the most powerful among the Jurchen tribes. Therefore, Wanyan Wugunai quickly convinced other Jurchen tribes that Wanyan Wugunai had surrendered to the Liao Kingdom in order to make their tribe stronger and rebel against the Liao Kingdom once the time was right.

As a result, under such rhetoric, the uneducated Jurchen tribes quickly recognized Wanyan Ugunai's statement. They unanimously decided to form an alliance, nominate Wanyan Ugunai as the king, and lead the Jurchen tribes to resist the Liao Dynasty.

So in the next five years, Wanyan Ugunai rebelled against and surrendered to the Liao Kingdom, constantly testing the bottom line of the Liao Kingdom, while also trying his best to strengthen the strength of the Jurchen tribe.

He bought all kinds of weapons, armor and cold weapons from the Song Dynasty, and bribed the dignitaries of the Liao Dynasty with large sums of money to obtain a lot of firearms.

Because the Song Dynasty had very strict control over firearms, all the old-style firearms were confiscated and transported to Bianliang, and they had no channels to purchase new firearms on a large scale.

Even though there is always a brave man under a large sum of money, it is still easy to find fearless officers or soldiers from the border troops of the Song State to purchase some new rifles. However, those few guns cannot affect the war situation at all, and they do not have the ability to imitate them.

Therefore, Wanyan Wugunai was very smart and did not have any evil thoughts about the new firearms of the Song Dynasty, but instead targeted the grenades and artillery of the Liao Dynasty.

These weapons did not require high technical content and did not require industrialization. All he needed was the ability to produce wrought iron and the formula for gunpowder. He then hired skilled Han craftsmen from Liaoyang at a high price, and he quickly made a lot of grenades and cannons.

At this time, Wanyan Ugunai finally had the strength and confidence to overthrow the Liao Kingdom, and officially began his rebellion last year.

The Liao people originally wanted to raise a dog to help guard the sheepfold, but they didn't expect it to become a wolf. The high regard they had for Wanyan Wugunai eventually backfired.

"Ring the gong, call the soldiers back!"

Wanyan Wugunai said.

"My lord, are you not going to chase me anymore?"

Wanyan Qialu went straight up and wondered: "We may be able to take advantage of this opportunity to capture Shangjing. Even if we don't attack Shangjing, it would be good to capture Ningzhou."

"Return to Changchun Prefecture!"

Wanyan Wugunai said seriously.

"Forehead"

Wanyan Qialu went straight up and hesitated.

But the soldiers nearby had already started to call back their troops.

Soon, the soldiers from various Wanyan tribes began to move closer and eventually returned to the rear.

The leaders and generals of each tribe were puzzled for a moment. Now was a good time to hunt down the enemy, so why did they suddenly retreat?
So they all ran to Wanyan Wugunai to inquire about the situation.

However, Wanyan Wugunai did not explain immediately, but ordered all tribes to retreat to Changchun Prefecture first, and then convened a meeting of tribal leaders in Changchun Prefecture.

Although the tribal leaders had doubts, they had no choice but to do as they were told.

This place is not far from Changchun Prefecture. They captured Changchun in May and took this opportunity to cut off the connection between Linhuang Prefecture and Huanglong Prefecture and brought Huanglong Prefecture under the rule of Wanyan Wugunai.

Yelu Chongyuan was so frightened that he had no choice but to send a large army to encircle and suppress the Liao army. However, Wanyan Wugunai set an ambush along the way and defeated the Liao army on the banks of the Dafu River less than 30 miles away from Changchun.

So Changchun has become Wanyan Wugunai's territory.

By the afternoon, the army returned to Changchun, and the soldiers went back to their camps to rest. Wanyan Wugunai summoned the leaders of various tribes to hold a meeting at the general's camp at the original base of the Shaoyang Army in Tahucheng, Changchun Prefecture.

The people attending the meeting included the generals from various Wanyan tribes.

There were also many tribal leaders and generals including the Wendihen, Wule, Tudan, Wulinda, Shuhu, Pushan and Ugurun tribes.

The number of people has reached more than 30, which can be said to have gathered the main forces of the major Jurchen tribes.

Soon everyone arrived.

Ugunai sat high in the main seat, and the people below sat scattered around, some cross-legged on the ground, maintaining the casualness of the Jurchen tribal civilization.

Seeing this scene, Ugunai frowned slightly.

But before he could say anything, Tushan Helan, the leader of the Tushan tribe, asked, "Your Majesty, the army is at its peak and should have marched south to destroy the Liao people. Why did you suddenly withdraw?"

Wanyan Wugunai said: "It's not that easy to destroy Liao. They have many artillery in Shangjing and Zhongjing. Our army has not yet collected food and grass. If we attack the city rashly, we may suffer casualties. So we should first organize the food and grass."

"I see."

"I wonder why we defeated the Liao people but didn't continue to pursue them."

"What a pity! If we had enough food and grass, perhaps we would be able to capture Shangjing, or at least take Ningzhou."

Everyone sighed and had no doubts about the reasons given by Wanyan Wugunai.

Because that's the truth.

Although the Northeast is rich in natural resources, due to the existence of the Liaoze Lake, there is almost no agricultural civilization, which means that the tribes can only survive by fishing and hunting.

Fishing and hunting are not as stable as farming, and it is common for the tribes to lack food and clothing. In addition, the Liao Kingdom has continued to exploit them over the years, and both food and various resources have to be handed over, so the tribes are actually very poor.

If they had not been able to transport large quantities of gold, silver and copper ores to Liaoyang and sell them to local Song merchants in exchange for food and weapons and equipment, the Jurchen tribes would never have been able to grow stronger over the years.

So everyone present knew that Wanyan Wugunai was telling the truth.

"This time I summoned you all, in addition to hoping to return to Huanglongfu to organize food and grass, store supplies, and prepare to defeat the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop next time, there is another thing I want to say."

At this time, Wanyan Wugunai's cousin Tangkugut said.

The Tangku tribe was a staunch ally of the Wanyan tribe, because Wanyan Wugunai's mother was the sister of the leader of the Tangku tribe, and his wife was his cousin.

Therefore, the Tangku tribe has always been one of the descendants of the Jin Dynasty. After hearing what Tangkugut said, everyone was puzzled, and someone asked, "What's the matter?"

"Han people value justice and righteousness. We are fighting against the Liao people because they often oppress us. However, the power of the tribe is not strong enough. If we want to defeat them, we need to gather strength."

"How can we gather our strength? We have brought all the soldiers, horses, and food from various tribes here. Isn't that enough to gather us together?"

"Yes, all the able-bodied men in our tribe are here now. There are only the elderly, children, women and children in the tribe."

"That's not enough."

Tangkugut said: "I just said that we must have a righteous cause and replace Liao, then God will bless us."

"Replace it?"

Everyone's eyes widened.

A smart and quick look turned to Wanyan Wugunai.

Then I saw Ugunai silent.

Then someone shouted, "I am willing to support the king to become emperor and establish a country!"

"I do too!"

Several tribal leaders shouted quickly.

The rest of the people, unless they were extremely stupid, understood the reason.

Everyone looked at each other. After six or seven years of fighting against the Liao Kingdom, Wanyan Wugunai's prestige had become very high and he was revered as the king by all the tribes.

And now it seems that many tribes have been won over by him. If they oppose it, they may not end up well.

So after a little hesitation, everyone quickly said loudly: "We are willing too."

Many tribal leaders agreed.

Wanyan Wugunai finally smiled and was about to say something.

Wulinda Shixi of the Wulinda tribe said, "Your Majesty, establishing a country and becoming an emperor is naturally a good thing, but isn't it a bit too hasty?"

"Oh?"

Wanyan Wugunai looked at him indifferently and asked, "Why?"

"The Liao Kingdom is now in decline, with only a few places such as Shangjing and Zhongjing left. If we want to defeat them, we may be able to do it before next year."

Wulindashixi saw that he looked unhappy, and he was startled. He pointed to the south and said, "It's just south."

south?

Wugunai understood what he meant and said thoughtfully, "I have certainly considered the south. The Song people do not seem to be interested in the north. If we are willing to accept the title bestowed by the Song people, perhaps we can be safe and sound."

This is why Ugunai did not consider establishing a country until the Liao Dynasty was about to be destroyed.

Historically, his grandson Wanyan Aguda did not even reach Changchun Prefecture. He only reached Huanglongfu and began to establish a country and proclaim himself emperor. At that time, his territory was only Jiangzhou and Xianzhou, and he had only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Now Ugunai's power is much stronger than that of his grandson. He has 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses, and controls most of Tokyo Road. He has also captured Changchun Prefecture and is approaching the center of the Liao Kingdom.

In addition to the fact that Ugunai had always been afraid of the Liao Dynasty's firearms, he could only secretly develop his territory and strength over the years, surrendering and rebelling from time to time, making sufficient preparations. Once the rebellion broke out, he would capture large tracts of territory.

The most important thing is that Ugunai must understand the attitude of the Song Dynasty.

He knew very well that both the Liao Kingdom and their emerging Jurchen tribe were as ridiculous as two children fighting in front of the Song Dynasty.

So he had to know whether the Song Dynasty had any intention of invading the north.

If so, we can only make other plans.

However, Ugunai discovered that although the Song people were powerful, they had no intention of destroying the Liao Dynasty, nor did they suppress their emerging Jurchens, so he believed that the Song Dynasty had no interest in the north.

As long as he destroyed the Liao Kingdom and took its place, he could completely assume the role of the Liao Kingdom and be an honest younger brother of the Song Dynasty. Wouldn't he be able to achieve an empire?
Therefore, unlike his grandson who proclaimed himself emperor one year after launching his rebellion, he finally decided to proclaim himself emperor and establish a country six years after launching his rebellion.

Wugunai continued, "After the founding of the country, I will immediately send envoys to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty and explain to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty why we fought against the Liao Dynasty and why we founded the country. I hope that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty will confer titles on us. This way, everything will be safe."

"Your Majesty is truly wise and brave, with extraordinary strategies. You have come up with a foolproof plan. Shi Xi admires you and is willing to support you in establishing a country and becoming emperor."

Wulindashi was happy to see that Ugunai had thought it through, so he stopped objecting.

"it is good."

Wugunai then said: "Liao uses Bintie as its name because of its hardness. Although Bintie is hard, it will eventually deteriorate, but gold will not change or deteriorate. The color of gold is white, and the color of the Wanyan tribe is white. We can name the country "Dajin"!"

"Dajin!"

"Dajin!"

"Dajin!"

Many tribal leaders immediately raised their right hands and cheered.

Ugunai did not hesitate at that moment.

A few days later, all the tribes withdrew their troops back to Huanglongfu, established a country in Huanglong City and proclaimed themselves emperors, naming the country Dajin.

Then Ugunai rewarded each tribe and took nine women from the most powerful tribes as his concubines, calling them the Golden Nine Queens.

At the same time, he sent envoys to pay tribute to the State of Song, hoping to be enthroned by the Song Dynasty.

In addition, they will actively prepare food and fodder. Once the food and fodder are gathered, they will officially march south next year to capture Shangjing and Zhongjing of the Liao Kingdom and completely destroy the Liao Kingdom.

The news spread quickly, shocking the entire Liao government.

The Liao Dynasty was now in decline. The Mongols in the western Mongolian grasslands continued to rebel, and they were no longer able to control them.

The Jurchens in the east established their own country and proclaimed themselves emperors. The entire Liao Dynasty was left with only the territories of Xilinguole League, Chifeng, Tongliao and Baicheng in Inner Mongolia. The country was on the verge of extinction.

Seeing that he might become the last emperor of Liao, Yelu Chongyuan, regardless of the long-standing feud between Liao and Song, immediately wrote a letter and sent his confidants to the Song Dynasty in the hope of getting help.

It was under such circumstances that in October of the 13th year of the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty, envoys from the Liao and Jin kingdoms arrived in Bianliang. One asked for help from the Song Dynasty, while the other hoped that the Song Dynasty would accept them and make them a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, and not interfere in the Liao-Jin War.

On October 6, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already received the envoys of the two countries in the Constitutional Council and handed the issue over to the Constitutional Council.

After Zhao Jun finished reading the request letters from the two envoys, he threw the documents on the table and chuckled, "Let's proceed as planned. After the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, we will go north and destroy the Jin Kingdom as well. There is a saying that goes "sitting on a mountain and watching tigers fight", but unfortunately these two are no longer tigers in front of the Song Dynasty. They are at most two crickets that can be killed with one finger."

(End of this chapter)