Copying the heavens begins with Tianlong

Chapter 71 The Battle between Song and Liao
Dali, inside the palace.

After returning from overseas, Lin Yaodong discovered that many things had happened in the Song Dynasty, Liao Kingdom, Dali, Xixia and other places after he left.

The most turbulent among them was the Liao Kingdom.

Because of the butterfly effect brought by Lin Yaodong, both Xiao Feng and Xiao Yuanshan stayed in the Song Dynasty and did not return to the Liao Kingdom.

This was not a big deal originally, but the indirect impact was huge.

First of all, the original founding emperor of the Jin Kingdom, "Wanyan Aguda", was eaten by two tigers without being rescued by Xiao Feng when he went hunting in the mountains.

The Jurchen tribe is located in the east of the Liao Kingdom and the north of Goryeo. The tribe is strong and good at fighting, but their number is not large, with a population of less than one million. Moreover, they are not unified now. They are a fishing and hunting people and exist in the form of large and small tribes.

The Jurchens of the Liao Dynasty were divided into raw Jurchens and mature Jurchens.

Historically, in 1115, Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda unified the Jurchen tribes and established the Jin Dynasty in Huining Prefecture.

Later, the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, and occupied the Central Plains area.

In the first year of Zhenyuan (1153), the capital was moved to Yanjing and the policy of "migrating south to north" was implemented. The Jurchens initially moved to the Yanshan area.

Later they settled in North China, while the Han people gradually moved northward.

The Jurchens who settled in the Central Plains gradually integrated with the Han people under the influence of the Han people and the surrounding environment.

By the early Ming Dynasty, the Jurchen tribes were divided into three major tribes: Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, and Donghai Jurchen.

Nurhachi, Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, unified the Jurchen tribes.

In 1616, Nurhaci proclaimed Khan and founded the country in Hetuala City on the bank of Erdao River in Xinbin County. The country was named "Dajin" and was called Houjin in history.

In 1635, Huang Taiji, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, changed the name of the clan from Jurchen to Manchu in Shengjing (Shenyang).

By 1644, the Qing Dynasty established by the Manchus took control of the Central Plains and became the second dynasty in Chinese history to unify ethnic minorities.

In the original plot, Xiao Feng fought a bear and a tiger with his bare hands, and saved Wanyan Aguda, and the two became good friends.

Later Xiao Feng repelled the invading Khitans and captured their leader Yelu Hongji.

Xiao Feng sighed that Yelu Hongji was a good man, so he released him privately and became a sworn brother with him.

Yelu Hongji was the Emperor of Daozong of the Liao Dynasty. Xiao Feng followed him back to the Liao Kingdom and assisted Yelu Hongji in putting down the rebellion of the King of Chu who came to Beijing. He was worshiped as the King of Nanyuan and was granted the title of King of Chu. His responsibility was to sit in Nanjing.

But now that Xiao Feng did not go north, not only Wanyan Aguda was eaten by a tiger.

Without the two main forces, Wanyan Aguda and Xiao Feng, the large force led by Yelu Hongji directly slaughtered the Jurchen tribe where Wanyan Aguda was located, leaving only a few women and children no taller than a horse's back.

The tribes on the grassland have always been weak and strong, and the strong are respected.

Khitan and Jurchen often clashed over territorial issues.

However, the Khitan are currently the overlords of the grasslands, and the number of Jurchens is much smaller. Now that Wanyan Aguda's tribe has been wiped out, with heavy casualties, it is a question whether the Jurchens can continue to build up the Jin and Qing Dynasties, let alone the Jin and Qing Dynasties.

Yelu Hongji, who had won a great victory, was not happy for long before he became extremely happy and sad.

When returning to the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Hongji encountered a rebellion by the King of Chu.

The king of Chu was named "Yelü Nerugu" and he was the son of the current emperor's uncle Yelu Chongyuan.

Yelu Hongji's grandfather, Yelu Longxu, was called the Holy Sect in Liao history.

Zongzhen, the eldest son of Shengzong, and Chongyuan, the second son.

Zongzhen has a kind and generous personality, while Chongyuan is extremely brave and strategic.

When Shengzong died, his legacy was passed to his eldest son Zongzhen, but Shengzong's queen was happy with her second son and conspired to make Chongyuan the emperor.

As was customary in the Liao Kingdom, the Empress Dowager was extremely powerful. At that time, Zongzhen's throne was inherently insecure and his life was in danger. However, Chongyuan instead informed his brother of his mother's plan, so that the Empress Dowager could not succeed.

Zong Zhen was very grateful to this brother, and appointed him as the emperor's younger brother, and said that he would be in charge of him in the future to repay his kindness.

Yelu Zongzhen was called Xingzong by Liao officials.

But after his death, the throne was not passed to the emperor's brother Chongyuan, but to his son Yelu Hongji.

After Yelu Hongji took over the throne, he felt sorry for himself. He named Chongyuan the uncle of the emperor, which showed that he was still the crown prince of the Liao Kingdom. He was also granted the title of Marshal of the World's Military and Horses. He was exempted from paying homage to the court and was given a gold certificate, an oath, and four hats. , two-color robe, respected and favored, the first in the dynasty.

He also named his son Nerugu the King of Chu, in charge of the important military and political affairs of Nanyuan, and was called the King of Nanyuan. Yelu Zhongyuan valued loyalty and was not dissatisfied with this, but remained loyal.

However, his son Yerunelugu believed that his father should have obtained the throne, but he broke his promise and passed the throne to his son. He has always been jealous.

Now that he had found an opportunity, he directly rebelled and unilaterally proclaimed his father, the emperor's uncle, as the emperor, and issued an edict to the world. He directly denounced Yelu Hongji as a usurper and a false emperor, saying that the former emperor's brother was the emperor and would lead the world. The army and horses denounced Niyun Yunyun.

Yelu Hongji went out with only more than 100,000 people. When he was surrounded and suppressed by hundreds of thousands of troops, he was outnumbered. After being caught by Yelu Nerugu, he was killed on the spot.

After that, Yerunelugu occupied the palace and executed all the princes and princesses of Liao Kingdom including the empress dowager, queen and below.

When Yelu Zhongyuan arrived, the deal was already done. In order to stabilize the situation, he had no choice but to obey his son's ascendancy.

But he was old and did not last long as emperor before passing the throne to Yerunelugu.

One emperor and one courtier.

Continuous turbulence made the Liao Kingdom internally unstable.

"I heard that the Liao Kingdom recently mobilized 800,000 troops and wiped out the Jurchen and other small tribes. After solving their worries, the army began to move south, probably to start a war with the Song Dynasty."

After Duan Zhengchun recounted the news he had obtained, he looked at Lin Yaodong and said, "Yaodong, what do you think?"

"It doesn't matter what I think. What matters is what you think, Lao Duan."

Lin Yaodong was sitting on the Taishi chair, with the old god present, looking calm and casual.

When the Liao Kingdom went to war with the Song Dynasty, it was probably because Yerunelugu was in the wrong position and wanted to turn internal conflicts into external conflicts.

This battle.

If the Liao Dynasty wins, it can capture the land of the Song Dynasty and plunder money. Yerunelugu's reputation will definitely increase greatly and he will secure his throne.

Even if he loses, Yerunelugu can use this to eliminate dissidents and consolidate his power.

It can be said that the wishful thinking came true.

The Song Dynasty was shot while lying down.

Based on Lin Yaodong's understanding of the Song Dynasty and the characteristics of the Song Dynasty, let alone whether he could defeat the Liao Kingdom, even if he did win, he would most likely cede territory and pay compensation in the end.

Of the dynasties in history, the Qing and Song Dynasties were the weakest.

The Song Dynasty was a little better, but it was just like that. The main reason was that the national conditions of the Song Dynasty were like this. The rich were really rich, and the timid were really timid.

Emphasis is placed on literature over military affairs, and internal strife is too serious.

For example, Yue Fei, who was born decades later, could obviously beat Jin Guo to the point where he called him daddy, but he was held back by his pig teammates and killed on trumped-up charges.

He deserves to be destroyed.

As a time traveler, Lin Yaodong has no sense of belonging to the Song Dynasty. In Lin Yaodong's eyes, there is not much difference between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. They are both descendants of China and belong to internal strife.

If we look at the territory, in modern times, the Khitans are the Northeastern old irons.

Although Lao Tie's ancestors were a bit fierce during this period, Lin Yaodong could understand.

After all, there has not yet been great national integration, and life in this era is not rich. If you don't fight for it, you will fall behind, and if you fall behind, you will be beaten.

Sooner or later the war will be fought.

The history of human development is the history of war.

Lin Yaodong was very open-minded, and his thinking was not on the same channel as Duan Zhengchun's.

Duan Zhengchun naturally couldn't understand Lin Yaodong's thoughts, and felt very unhappy when he saw the other party's attitude of being unconcerned and having nothing to do with him.

You have given me four little cabbages. After being away for two and a half years, you didn’t even write a letter. Your attitude as soon as you came back is too much!
But thinking of Lin Yaodong's terrifying fighting power, Lao Duan still didn't lose his temper and said worriedly: "If Song and Liao go to war, life will be ruined. If Liao wins, it may even threaten Dali..."

Speaking of this, Duan Zhengchun looked at Lin Yaodong who was eating melon seeds: "Let's think of a way. If we can quell this war, it will be a good thing for the country and the people."

"You tell me the number, and I'll notify Da Song, and they promise not to counter-offer."

(End of this chapter)