Chapter 61 Surrender to Goryeo

Koryo was a country established by Wang Jian on the Korean Peninsula in 918. In 936, Koryo wiped out the other two countries on the peninsula, Silla and Baekje, and unified the Korean Peninsula. When Genghis Khan was rampant in the 13th century, the founding of Goryeo was close to 300 years ago. Any dynasty that lasted for a long time must have big problems.The problem of Goryeo boils down to one point: the emperor is fatuous and the government is corrupt. In August 1216, Yeluliu's generals Qinu, Jinshan, Tonggu, Ya'er, and Yaoshe led a group of Khitans to betray Yeluliu. Fearing Yeluliu's revenge, they crossed the Yalu River and invaded Korea. land.This Khitan army almost entered the land of no one. After crossing the Yalu River, they went south and burned and looted north of Pyongyang, the capital of Koryo.In November, he crossed the Datong River again and entered the West Sea Road of Koryo.In December, Huangzhou City was captured and slaughtered.This Khitan army was not capable of fighting well. It was because the Koryo army was too weak, and it was only shivering in the city of Pyongyang.

The Khitan army tasted the sweetness, and they were even more desperate. In the spring of 1217, they pushed into Kaesong, and then divided into two groups and fled around.In May, one of them attacked Cheorwon and Wonju.Until this time, there was a hero in Goryeo. General Jin Jili used blitzkrieg to conquer Yuanzhou and defeat the Khitan army.This army crossed the Taibai Mountains and fled eastward, and Jin chased after him.After chasing after him, Jin Juli discovered that the two Khitan armies had merged into one again. Jin Juli happened to be ill at this time, and the Khitan army had no nemesis, and ran rampant again, breaking through Yuzhou and Hezhou, two important towns in Koryo.

The Khitans were so rampant on the Korean peninsula that the Koreans felt that they could only kill these bandits if the Lord of Heaven came down to earth.God did not go down to earth, but the Khitan people started to kill each other.Jinshan couldn't understand the boss of Qinu's assembly, so he killed him.He became the boss, but Tong Gu didn't like Jinshan, so he killed him and became the boss himself.Yao She thought that Tonggu was not worthy of being the boss, so he killed Tonggu and became the boss himself.After Yao She got rid of his predecessor, he captured Jiangdong City and made it his lair.The Goryeo government did not respond to such a major issue of the enemy's internal strife, which made Yao She feel more confident. He said to the soldiers: "In the future, this will be our home!"

The Goryeo government was very angry, but there was nothing they could do. In the past, they could turn to the suzerain state, the Jin State, for help, but now the Jin State itself is in trouble.However, dedicating the Korean Peninsula to these Khitan people in vain is really intolerable.The Koryo government finally thought of a trick: invite Genghis Khan, the great Khan of Mongolia. Genghis Khan had no interest in the Korean peninsula in 1217, he was concentrating on the Northwest.When the envoys from the Goryeo Kingdom came, Genghis Khan thought they had asked the wrong person.He said: "Mongolia has nothing to do with you, Goryeo, and I have no interest in your place, so go back where you came from!"

Yelu Chucai gave Genghis Khan a wink, and secretly said to Genghis Khan that the geopolitics of Koryo is very important. In the future, if Mongolia wants to destroy the Jin Kingdom, or develop further south or west, it must ensure the stability of the East. Koryo is the source of stability. . Genghis Khan immediately said to the messenger: "Go back and tell your king that the Mongolian army will soon enter the Korean peninsula." The Mongolian army made the Koryo government wait very hard. It was not until the autumn of 1218 that Genghis Khan ordered two generals to lead 20,000 horses to gather by the Yalu River.

At the same time, he ordered Puxian Wannu, the king of the Eastern Xia Kingdom who had surrendered to the Mongolian Kingdom two years ago, to send troops to assist him.Regarding this Dongxia Kingdom and Puxian Wannu, the following additions need to be made. Puxian Wannu made his fortune in 1206, when Genghis Khan established the Mongolian Kingdom, on the battlefields of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom.At that time, he led a partial division to break through the defense line of the Southern Song Army, beheaded 20,000 people in the pursuit, and was rewarded by the Jin government. In 1211, Genghis Khan and the Kingdom of Jin went to war, and he was transferred from the southern front to the northern front to participate in the war against Genghis Khan.Since then, like most generals of the Jin Army, he has been seen running away everywhere. In 1213, Yeluliuge rebelled, and Puxian Wannu entered Liaodong as Wanyan Chengyu's deputy and began to attack Yeluliuge.But Yeluliuge defeated them repeatedly with the strong support of Genghis Khan. In 1215, Wanyan Chengyu left, and Puxian Wannu took advantage of the situation to declare independence, established the Eastern Xia Kingdom, and claimed to be the king of heaven.In the second year, he was flanked by Mu Huali and Yeluliuge who were running western Liaoning, and he surrendered to Genghis Khan after his failure.Genghis Khan supported him sincerely, so that he soon owned most of today's Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. In the Northeast, he became a force that cannot be ignored.

When Genghis Khan asked him to send troops in the autumn of 1218, he was living a leisurely life as the king of heaven, and he couldn't help being happy when he heard that Genghis Khan asked him to send troops.He said to his staff: "I like to train soldiers with those idiot Koreans." The Mongolian Corps crossed the Yalu River at the turn of autumn and winter in 1218, advancing from Linzhou (east of today's Sinuiju) to the southeast. After the Goryeo government received the news that the Mongolian Corps had entered the Korean peninsula, it was both fearful and joyful.The fear is whether the Mongols will burn, kill and loot along the way. The joy is that the invincible Mongolian army has come, and the end of those bad Khitans will come.Under the control of this complicated mood, the Goryeo government sent a three-member mission to meet the Mongolian army. Their task was to evaluate the character of the Mongolians.Like most Mongolian generals, Hazhen, the commander of the Mongolian Corps, is a rough character.When he saw that the Goryeo government had only sent three thugs, he became angry.He said: "Our Great Khan sent us to rescue you. You bastards have such an attitude. It really chills the hearts of our strong men. We have traveled all the way, and there is not much left in the army, but we have not committed any crime. You don't even have a bowl. No water at all?"

Trembling all over, the three envoys ran back to Pyongyang, exaggerating the character of the Mongols.The Goryeo government was skeptical, but according to Hazhen's request, it dispatched a thousand soldiers to deliver a thousand shi of rice to the Mongolian military camp.Ha Zhen made another request: "You send another 10,000 people to attack Jiangdong City with us." The Goryeo government had no choice but to agree, and sent General Jin Juli, who had just recovered from his sick bed, to lead a temporary collection of 10,000 Malays to join the Mongolian army.Jin Jili had sharp eyes, and he saw Brother Yeluliu at a glance at the military meeting and recognized him.This is because Brother Yeluliu has often attacked the Koryo border since he went it alone, and Jin Juli also knew that the group of Khitan people who caused the Korean Peninsula to turn upside down were none other than Brother Yeluliu's subordinates.

He jumped up from the chair, then onto the table, trying to fight Yeluliu with all his might.Ha Zhen blocked him with his thick chest, reminding him that this is the time for sincere cooperation and internal strife is not good.Besides, Brother Yeluliu came here just to persuade those Khitans to surrender, he is very useful! Brother Yeluliu reluctantly showed an apologetic expression, and then Jin Juli sat back in his chair.Ha Zhen looked rough, but his mind was deep. When he saw Jin Jili sat back in his chair, his anger never disappeared.So he made the following decision: the Korean troops served as a reserve force and did not have to charge forward.

With the Koreans acting as guides, the Hazhen Corps quickly advanced to the Jiangdong City. At the same time, the Puxian Wannu Corps also came to the Jiangdong City after capturing Hezhou, and the two armies joined forces victoriously.Black clouds over Jiangdong City made Shouter's nerves tense. At this time, it was already December 1218, with heavy snow falling and severe cold falling, the Mongols, Jurchens, and Koreans under Jiangdong City were huddled together in the cold, unable to attack the city at all.Hazhen asked Brother Yeluliu to take the lead. Of course, Brother Yeluliu would not launch a military attack in such bad weather, so he used his tongue as a weapon to persuade She to surrender.Yaoshe met Brother Yeluliu on the city wall, the cold wind howled, and both of them shouted hoarse, but neither could hear the other clearly.

Yao She didn't understand why Yeluliu had traveled all the way here, but he soon understood that Yeluliu sent a letter asking him to surrender.According to Yeluliuge's judgment, Yaoshe was committing his own crimes, and as his former officer, he had the responsibility to bring Yaoshe back on track.Yao She replied to Brother Yeluliu: "Fuck you, you are not worthy of being a Khitan. You are shoulder to shoulder with the Mongols and ruined the reputation of your ancestors. I want to rectify the name of my Great Khitan!" Brother Yeluliu said to Ha Zhen with a bitter face, "I've come here for nothing this time, he doesn't get in at all." Ha Zhen looked at the weather outside and said, "Then beat him hard!" In the spring of 1219, the snow and ice were preparing to melt.The Mongolian Corps, the Jurchen Corps of Puxian Wannu, the Koryo Corps, and the Khitan Corps of Yeluliuge launched an attack on all sides of Jiangdong City at the same time. Jin Juli soon discovered that the Mongol Corps knew nothing about siege. After careful observation, he found that the Mongols had no intention of attacking the city at all. Finally, he concluded that Genghis Khan was really cunning, because the Mongols did not attack fortified cities by force. Jin Juli's judgment was very correct. Since Genghis Khan established the Great Mongol Kingdom, he has been very economical in dispatching troops and never wasted his own troops.Of the 20,000 people who came this time, there were no more than 5,000 Mongols, and the rest were Jurchens, Hans, and Khitans who had been subdued by him, as well as 5,000 people from the Wanggu tribe.Genghis Khan also knew that the combat power of other nations was not as good as that of the Mongols, but the Mongols had too few troops, and every one who died was one less. The siege battle ended within ten days. Puxian Wannu's Jurchen corps broke through Jiangdong City first, and the other three corps entered the city one after another. Yao She chose to commit suicide before the city was broken. Tens of thousands of Khitans who were still alive in the city were sent to Handed over to Brother Yeluliu. The Mongols became Goryeo's saviors.Now, the savior begins to demand payment from the rescued. Ha Zhen took the Mongolian scimitar and swung his arms into the bedroom of King Goryeo, and told King Goryeo that he had rescued Goryeo from the burning, killing and looting of the Khitans.Therefore, the King of Korea must now offer a reward. The king of Goryeo, in great horror, agreed to the harsh conditions proposed by the Mongols.Goryeo must pay tribute to Mongolia every year. As for the tribute, the Mongols have the final say.Since then, Goryeo has completely surrendered to Mongolia and paid tribute every year.We can use Genghis Khan’s younger brother Timug’s tribute to North Korea as an example to prove the heavy demands of the Mongols: 10,000 pieces of otter skin, 3,000 pieces of silk, 2,000 pieces of ramie, 10 pieces of rice paper, and 10,000 catties of cotton There are countless sundries such as pigments and tung oil. This kind of excessive demand is bound to cause problems. In the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 1225, the Mongolian envoy receiving tribute was killed by the Goryeo people in Yizhou.At that time, Genghis Khan had just returned from the western class, and in the second year he conquered Xixia, and had no time to conquer Korea in the east. The two countries broke off diplomatic relations for seven years.After Wo Kuotai ascended the throne, the Menggao War resumed, and Koryo surrendered again. Goryeo's brief surrender in the era of Genghis Khan was just a small wave in Genghis Khan's campaign career. The monstrous waves were not in the east or south of the Great Mongolian Kingdom, but in the west.