Chapter 11 unreasonable ally

The gold master Wanyan Aguda withdrew his army from Yanjing and set off directly to return home. In September 1123, he marched to the north bank of the Hun River (a river in Liaoning Province), where he suddenly fell ill and died. Aguda's sons are all brave and good at fighting, and they are courageous, such as the eldest son Wuben, the second son Wulibu, the third son Eriduo, the fourth son Wushu, the fifth son (the eldest son) Shenguo, the sixth son Yuluguan, and the seventh son Wu Lie and others, they haven't studied military theory systematically, but they are stronger than the other. They don't know what tactics are, but they are more cunning than the other.

Aguda's younger brother Wu Qimai is even more remarkable.As early as the founding of the People's Republic of China, Aguda appointed his younger brother Wu Qimai as the leader of the Kingdom of Jin, that is, the number one heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Jin. Wu Qimai has a burly figure, great strength, and muscle bumps all over his body. According to historical records, he has the courage to catch tigers and bears with his bare hands, and dared to pat his chest to compete with big cats such as tigers and leopards.The most rare thing is that in addition to being brave, there is no lack of strategy.Every time Aguda led the army to attack Liao, he handed over the political affairs behind the Kingdom of Jin to him, saying: "You are the younger brother of my mother and compatriots, and you are the closest relative, so I let you handle state affairs on my behalf. All military and state affairs , you have the full power to dispose of it, and you don’t have to report it.” In a word, Wu Qimai has a lot of power and a high status, under one person and above ten thousand people.

And Wu Qimai lived up to his elder brother's expectations, every time he took care of the affairs in an orderly manner, which relieved Aguda from worrying about the future. Wu Qimai is both civil and military, but his appearance is very strange. The Han people who had witnessed his true face once recorded in the sixth "Moaning Words" of "Jingkang Barnyard History": "Wu Qimai was the emperor of Jin Dynasty. Its appearance is absolutely similar to the image of my Taizu emperor, and everyone calls it different." He bluntly said that Wu Qimai's appearance is exactly like Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

So there are folk rumors that Wu Qimai is actually the reincarnation of Zhao Kuangyin, and he came here to settle accounts with Zhao Guangyi's descendants.Because Zhao Guangyi had promised in front of his brother that he would return the throne to Zhao Kuangyin's son after he passed away, but he did not fulfill his promise. It is not known whether Wu Qimai is the reincarnation of Zhao Kuangyin, anyway, he is going to trouble Zhao Ji now. why? The reason Wu Qimai gave was: Song Dynasty violated the covenant between Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, recruited surrender and rebellion privately, and accepted many subjects of Liao Kingdom.

If the wolf wants to eat the sheep, it will accuse the downstream sheep of polluting the water upstream.It can be seen that Wu Qimai's move is purely unreasonable, and it is really a deliberate attempt to find trouble. Of course, it doesn't matter what Wu's reason for begging to buy is, what matters is his purpose for doing so. According to history books, the Song and Liao neighbors, and the envoys came to each other. The diplomats of the Song Dynasty always received them carefully and did not show extravagance. Turning around, walking for a month or two made them dizzy, not knowing the distance between Yanjing and Tokyo.Since Song and Jin formed an alliance, in order to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries and shorten the time of communication, diplomats brought Jin envoys to visit directly.The greedy Jin people quickly discovered the prosperity and prosperity of the Song Dynasty, and they were close at hand.

The country of the Song Dynasty was so rich and beautiful, and the army of the Song Dynasty was so vulnerable, Wu begged to buy and plunder. In October of the seventh year of Xuanhe (1125) in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wu Qimai used his brother's death as an excuse to brazenly attack the Song Dynasty. The "Second Prince" Wulibuhe general Nianhan was the Marshal of the East and West Routes. He set out from Pingzhou (now Lulong, Hebei) and Xijing at the same time, and went hand in hand to capture Yanjing and Taiyuan respectively. Zhao Ji, who was indulging in singing and dancing, fainted and fell to the ground when he heard that the Jin people had invaded.

Wherever Wulibu's army went, it was like entering the land of no one, and soon reached the north bank of the Yellow River. When the more than 20,000 Song soldiers guarding the north bank of the Yellow River heard that the Jin men had arrived, they were terrified and burned bridges to flee overnight. Wuli couldn't find a big boat for a while, so he had to use small boats to cross the river. It took five days to get the cavalry across the river. Wuli Bulema stood on the south bank of the Yellow River, waving his whip and looking up to the sky, laughing wildly: "It can be said that there is no one in the Southern Dynasty. If there are one or two thousand people guarding the river, how can we cross?"

The Jin soldiers crossed the Yellow River and came aggressively to Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Ji was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold and his face was pale. He yelled: "I am usually strong, but I don't want Jinren to dare!"The eunuchs were so surprised that they pinched people and poured soup and medicine. At night, Zhao Ji woke up in the middle of the night, staring at the dark sky outside the window with a pair of terrified eyes through the curtain, full of thoughts.He strongly felt: Da Song Jiangshan has reached the most dangerous time.what to do?After thinking about it, the only way he could think of was to run away.

The cavalry of the Golden Army galloped freely, coming and going like the wind. They could only escape to the south of the Yangtze River, relying on the crossing of waterways and the distribution of tributaries.But as the king of a country, he ran away without saying a word, without any sense of responsibility, how much he would lose his price, how embarrassing he would be!Not to mention that the people all over the world look down on me, but even myself look down on myself. Well, even if you can ignore other people's ridicule, you still have to see your ancestors after your death. How to do how to do?Really anxious to death.

After several days and nights of ideological struggle, Zhao Ji made a difficult decision: if it didn't work, he would give up the throne to his son. On December 22, an urgent report came from the front, saying that the Jin army had bypassed Zhongshan Mansion and headed straight for Tokyo, and it was estimated that they would arrive within ten days. Indecisiveness leads to disaster.Zhao Ji didn't hesitate any longer, and issued an imperial edict of guilt, passing on the seat of Zen to the crown prince Zhao Heng, and retreating to Longde Palace as the "leader and Taoist monarch", he was ready to slip away at any time.

Zhao Heng, the ninth emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, officially ascended the throne, and changed his name to Yuan Jingkang, which means "Rijing is everywhere, Yongkang Zhaomin". Zhao Heng would never have imagined in his wildest dreams that this year name would become an eternal pain in the hearts of thousands of Song people in just one year, and it would also become an unforgettable year name in history. The first major matter that Zhao Heng dealt with was to liquidate the "six thieves", exile or execute them.Then a meeting was held to discuss how to deal with the Jinren. All the ministers proposed to move the capital to Nandun one after another, and only Taichang Shaoqing Li Gang advocated to stick to it and wait for help. Li Gang believes that Jin people are greedy and cruel by nature, and to treat them, violence can only be controlled with violence.Now that the West Road Army led by Nianhan was blocked in Taiyuan, the 60,000 troops that could not be left alone had become alone, and had penetrated more than 800 kilometers into the Song Dynasty. The battle line was long, and the logistics supplies could not keep up.Compared with the Jin soldiers, the Song army in Tokyo not only has an overwhelming advantage, but there are nearly 200,000 King Qin troops from all over the country rushing at full speed. The whole army is destroyed! But Zhao Heng is timid and cowardly, how can he have such courage and insight?Seeing the army of Jin soldiers pressing down on the land, they were out of their wits, so they kept sending people to the Jin people to beg for peace in a low voice. , in addition to handing over the seven states east of the Taihang Mountains to Jin, the three towns of Zhongshan (Dingzhou, Hebei), Taiyuan (Taiyuan, Shanxi) and Hejian (Hejian, Hebei) were also ceded. Wuli could not help seeing the army of King Qin of the Song Dynasty constantly gathering, and he was alone and in a dilemma. Suddenly he got this windfall that fell from the sky, and he couldn't help being pleasantly surprised.Quickly sign a good document, and wait for the gold and silver to be collected, so hurry up! The peace bought by money is unreliable. Money can only make the enemy despise you even more, and make it more difficult to satisfy your desires.The Song Dynasty's kneeling for peace fully exposed its cowardice in front of the Jin people, thus "encouraging" their determination to destroy Song even more. In September of the second year (1126, the first year of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty), after the Jin soldiers captured Taiyuan, Wu Qimai divided his troops into two groups again and went south in a large scale. This time, he adjusted his offensive route. The East Route Army led by Wo Libu went south from Baozhou (now Baoding, Hebei); the Nianhan West Route Army set off from Xijing and met in Tokyo. Wolibu and Nianhan also learned the lesson of the last time when their solitary army went deep and almost lost their way back. They went all the way to seize the state and seize the mansion when they met the mansion, and fought steadily.As a result, all parts of the Central Plains were once again subjected to unprecedented looting, with corpses strewn all over the place, and bones filled the fields. In addition, in order to make up for the insufficient number of Jin soldiers, Jin Zheng sent a large number of Liao survivors and Han people from the Central Plains to accompany the army.The hair on one side of these people's heads is shaved, and the rest of the hair is tied into two small braids, which are called "shaved heads".They played the roles of raising horses and picking luck, and were sometimes driven to the front of the battle to serve as cannon fodder. These Jurchens have just evolved from primitive savage tribes to civilized society. When fighting, they are extremely ferocious, indomitable, invincible, and invincible.Wherever the golden soldiers passed, the earth was like a razor, and the lives of the people were burnt. The world is not benevolent, and treats everything as a straw dog. Thousands of ordinary people, their lives are like ants, and they are at the mercy of others. Faced with such a bloody human tragedy, countless people with lofty ideals who are not afraid of violence resolutely take on the important task of helping the people, regardless of personal life and death, and plunge into the torrent of the era of swords, swords, blood and rain. Yue Fei is undoubtedly the most dazzling one among them.