Chapter 34 The fourth quarter captured Liaodu

After Jin Taizu went through a series of reforms, the system of the Jin State was gradually improved, and the country began to take shape.At the same time, the Jin army's wars against the Liao Dynasty also won frequently.However, at this time Aguda suddenly wanted to make a truce with the Liao Kingdom.This is how it happened? At this time, Aguda hopes to live in peace with Liao, why?Together, the Jurchens conquered such a large area of ​​land, even beyond their own expectations. They didn't expect it to be so fast, and the Liao Dynasty was so weak. It took time to digest the newly occupied area.So Jin didn't want to overthrow the Liao State at this time, as long as the Liao State could recognize the current status of Da Jin and stop fighting twice, it would achieve its goal.After the Battle of Protector Dagang, Liao also saw the rise of Dajin in the white mountains and black waters in the northeast, and the time to eliminate Jin has passed, so he also wanted to negotiate peace with Jin.

After several exchanges of envoys between the two sides, Liao promised to confer Wanyan Aguda the emperor of the Donghuai Kingdom, to be a vassal of the Daliao Dynasty, to pay tribute from generation to generation, and to abide by the festival of ministers.Can Aguda agree?What Aguda wants is to be completely equal to the Liao Dynasty. In the case of your repeated defeats, I am worthy of you if you are not destroyed. You still want me to be a vassal?I'm still the "Emperor of Donghuai Kingdom"?I have already founded the country, and the country name is Daikin, why should you change the country name for me?I can do it if I want to be the emperor, do I need you to be canonized?Aguda was enraged by Liao's attitude, and told his subordinates: "The Liao people have been defeated repeatedly, and they sent envoys to seek success, but they only pretended to be empty words, thinking that it was a way to slow down the teacher, so we should discuss it." ("Jin Shi Taizu Ben Ji") Liao After repeated battles and repeated defeats, he came to negotiate peace with us. This is putting up a smokescreen of peace to cover up his crimes of false peace and real war. We cannot be fooled by him.Let's let go of other things now, and in one go, we will overthrow Liao and put Liao land into my Dajin territory.Wanyan Agu intends to fully understand that the Jin and Liao countries cannot coexist peacefully, one must survive and the other will die.At this time, the Song Dynasty saw that Liao was unlucky, and sent envoys across the sea to Jin, signed a maritime alliance, made an appointment with Jin, and joined forces to destroy Liao.Jin is very happy. The ghost knows where the Sixteen States of Youyun are. Anyway, it is not my territory. If you want to go back, go back. You can get 500,000 silver silk every year, and you can also get help from the great powers of the Central Plains, which is very good.At this time, with the development of the war and the smooth progress of diplomatic work, Jin felt that there was no need to make peace with Liao, and there was no need to humble himself, and he should go all out to destroy Liao.Among the five capitals of the Liao Dynasty, Tokyo has been captured, and the road from the northeast region to the Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom has been fully opened.Therefore, Aguda personally led the army and attacked Liaoshangjing.

Liao Shangjing is the birthplace of Khitan. As long as Liao Shangjing is captured, the emperor of Liao Kingdom will not be able to command the world.Taizu led a large army to the capital and sent people to surrender, but the defenders refused to surrender. Taizu sent his troops to attack. In just one morning, the No. 1 capital of the vast empire was occupied.Emperor Taizu was very happy. He rode a horse to inspect the city. He never imagined that I was not qualified to come to pay tribute. Now I came to this city as the master. These things are all mine. I am so happy !So, A Guda stayed here, lingering and forgetting to return.The general advised him that the weather was too hot, and the army should hurry up to avoid the spread of infectious diseases.We only have such a small number of people, but we can't afford to get sick. If we get sick, the Liao army will counterattack, and the consequences will be very serious!Emperor Taizu listened to the words of the generals, although he liked the things in the palace very much, but in order to preserve his combat effectiveness, he was never greedy for wealth, let alone glory, so he led his troops to retreat.We have more important things to do, dispatch the army to attack in multiple ways.

After Shangjing was occupied, the Jin army pointed directly at the Dading Mansion of Zhongjing in the Liao Kingdom, which is Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia today.Hearing that Emperor Tianzuo was in Liaozhongjing, the army came to attack without stopping.Before sending out troops, Jin Taizu issued an edict: "The Liao government is not governed, and both humans and gods are abandoned. Now we want to unify China and foreign countries, so I order you to lead the army to carry out the crusade." ("Jin Shi Taizu Benji") This time our goal is to make one move Occupy the territory of the Liao State, realize the unification of China and foreign countries, and completely overthrow the Liao regime.In the book "Three Dynasties of Northern Saibei and Liao Dynasty", we said that because Emperor Tianzuo was fatuous, he gave his concubine Wen to death, killed his most virtuous son, King Jin, and forced Concubine Wen's brother-in-law, the first emperor of the Liao Kingdom. One general, Yelu Yu, saw it.Seeing that Yeluyu was appointed as the supervisor of the Marshal's Mansion after surrendering the gold, because he knew the inside information of the Liao Kingdom well, he led the army as a vanguard to attack the Liao Kingdom, and soon occupied Zhongjing of the Liao Dynasty, but failed to capture the Liao Kingdom. Emperor Tianzuo.Emperor Tianzuo had already fled before the fall of Zhongjing. The supreme commander of the Liao army gave up his command at this most critical moment, so the Jin army divided into multiple groups to attack Xijing and Nanjing respectively.

According to the covenant between Jin and the Northern Song Dynasty, Nanjing should have been attacked by the Northern Song Dynasty, but the combat effectiveness of the Northern Song army was low, so Jin occupied these places.When the Jin army attacked Liaozhongjing, Emperor Taizu specially warned his generals: "If you conquer Zhongjing, you will get books on rites, music, ceremonies and ceremonies, and send them to the palace first." ("Jin Shi Taizu Benji") Our After the army invaded Zhongjing, they must pay attention to find rituals, music, honor guards, books and documents.These things are very important for the stability of the country. Don't bring the gold and silver utensils of the Liao emperor, but send me the rituals, music, ceremonies, books and documents as soon as possible. We need to govern the country.It can be seen that Emperor Taizu is very hungry for the civilization of the Central Plains at this time. He knows that he can conquer the world immediately and cannot fix the country immediately, so you bring me the things that I need most to stabilize the country.