Chapter 12 Chapter 12: Scattered Tin and Iron

In the winter of 1113 AD, there was a huge conjecture that has been tormenting historians. For more than a thousand years, no convincing conclusion has been drawn. It comes from a strength questionnaire. Let the numbers speak for itself, the territory of Liao Kingdom is from the northeast to the mouth of Heilongjiang, to the north to the Lenge River and Shilka River in central Mongolia, to the west to the Altai Mountains, and to the south to the Haihe River in Tianjin, Ba County in Hebei Province, and Yanmen Pass in Shanxi. There are five capitals, six prefectures, one hundred and fifty-six prefectures, armies, cities, and three hundred and nine counties in the whole country.With a prosperous population and millions of warriors, he has been the leader of East Asia for more than two hundred years, commanding the world, and no one dares not to obey.

It is a non-Han surnamed race that has become the most powerful country in East Asia in the true sense.What a great honor and coercion this is. Now look at the second number, the Wanyan Jurchen tribe—before the appearance of Ugunai, it had a slight reputation among the dozens of tribes in the birth Jurchen gathering place, and that's all.Ugunai worked hard all his life, and what he managed to save was the annexation of more than ten tribes.It seems to be very fat. In the period of Libo and Brother Ying, the three brothers passed on the inheritance, defeated the Heshi Lie tribe, and developed to 30 tribal alliances.

The birth girl really has more than half of the ethnic group in his hands. It looks really powerful, but in reality?The birthplace of Nuzhen's hereditary reproduction is north of the Dongmo River and south of the Ningjiang River, a place of more than a thousand miles... In other words, it is only 500 kilometers in radius. Speaking of wealth, only native products, such as mink fur, ginseng, beeswax, linen, etc., can only be transformed into wealth after being traded.From this point, it was doomed that the Jurchens had no wealth, and if the Liao Kingdom said they would not buy it, they would not be able to sell anything.

In terms of heart, since the Jurchens came into existence, they have always been vassals, whoever is stronger around them, whoever they obey, has never stood up straight and become the master of the house. Compared with the above items, which point can prove that the Jurchen, specifically when Wanyan Aguda faced Yelu Yanxi, his heart can transform from hatred to anger instead of consistent timid obedience? Why was he angry, why did he dare to think of resistance? This is an unexplainable problem, just like in North America more than a hundred years ago, there was a little white boy who stood on the bank of a big river in his hometown and swore that he would have $100,000.

This was an astonishing astronomical figure at the time, but the child and his family were struggling just above and below the food and clothing line.His father went bankrupt several times, and each time he went bankrupt, he would drive a large carriage filled with various self-made potions, such as ink mixed with boiled water, and then drive to the Indian tribe to pretend to be dumb. It is sold at a high price, and its function is said to be able to cure cholera. With such a family background, I only have a diploma from a technical school. This little boy earned $100,000 in ten years, and an oil empire in decades.

His name was John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil. Why did Rockefeller, when he was just a boy, swear that he would have a hundred thousand dollars?This kind of self-confidence, this kind of belief that no matter what time and place you are born in, what kind of identity you have, you must succeed, and believe that you will definitely succeed, we can only attribute it to fate. Some people are incredible, like John D. Rockefeller, or Wanyan Aguda. After Aguda became the leader, he formally notified the Liao people almost immediately that I was going to rebel.At that time, his brother Wu Shuya died, and he took over. He was so busy day in and day out, doing things, but he forgot the most important thing.The department in charge of ethnic minorities in the northern part of the Liao State waited for many days, but they finally got angry when they didn't see him come to submit the handover procedures.

The Liao people sent someone to ask: "Your leader is dead, why didn't you come to report the funeral?" The implication is obvious, your entire tribe is the property of our Liao Kingdom, and the transfer of property rights requires our approval.Now that you have inherited it privately, don’t you know it’s illegal? Unexpectedly, A Guda sneered, "Do you also know that I have a funeral here? Do you know why you didn't come to express your condolences, but instead blamed us?" The people of Liao couldn't believe their ears. What is the relationship between Liao and Jurchen? What is the comparison between the two? This Aguda actually blamed Liao for not coming to offer condolences. He actually equated the status of Jurchen and Liao!

Is there anything else to say, go back and report to the emperor immediately, there is another rebellion in the north, send troops to wash the land. The thing is like this, it's very simple, normal and very frequent. The northern border of the Liao Kingdom rebelled all the year round. In the past, Xiao Yanyan, her eldest sister, and the famous general Yelu Xiezhen were all stationed in the north, ready to suppress the rebellion. At this time, the news of the rebellion of the Wanyan Jurchens spread, and soon it reached the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi.It is said that there is no need for any consideration, just send troops directly.But Yelu Yanxi is a different person, his life will always pause suddenly at each critical moment, as if he is a robot, and he has to shut down and restart when something happens.

He asked very carefully: "Is it really a rebellion? Not necessarily, you send someone to investigate again, don't make trouble for nothing..." This order made the entire Liao army depressed. What does it mean to look for trouble when there is nothing? Rebellion is sometimes a matter of fact, and sometimes it is a matter of attitude.Years of experience in countering rebellion has shown that no matter whether the opponent has rebelled or not, as long as he has that attitude and that sign, he must be severely punished.Only in this way can the hidden danger of rebellion be eliminated fundamentally.

Soon, the news came back, saying that Yanbu Jurchen was building a castle and making weapons. This was the most obvious prelude to rebellion, and it was 100% accurate.But Yelu Yanxi was still hesitating, he thought for a while, and actually sent someone to ask. "Wanyan Aguda, what do you want to do in building a city and training soldiers?" Aguda answered him very seriously, "We are a small country, and we dare not be disrespectful in serving a big country. But the big country not only does not favor us, but also shields our fugitive prisoners. What is the reason for this?"

The fugitive prisoner refers to Ah Shu in Brother Ying's time.Do you still remember him, the original chief of the Heshi Lie tribe, who fled to Liao Kingdom to seek refuge after being defeated by Brother Ying.Brother Ying, Wu Shuya, and Aguda all wanted this person, but the Liao Kingdom was indifferent. It is impossible for the Liao Kingdom to return it to them, otherwise they will lose the absolute right to speak for more than two hundred years.What is imperial power is to reverse black and white, referring to a deer as a horse, and doing what it says. So I won't give it back to you.They even wanted to support him, making Ashu a ticking time bomb in the Jurchen tribe. If necessary, the Liao Kingdom sent heavy troops to escort Ashu back and regain control of the Heshi Lie tribe, which would fundamentally disintegrate the four or five generations of the Yan tribe. A foundation built by man. This time, Aguda brought up the old story again.He said, if it is returned to Ashu, then everything will remain the same and we will surrender; otherwise, we will continue to build the castle. There was finally nothing to talk about. Yelu Yanxi ordered in his busy schedule that all the armies north of the Hunhe River would be conscripted, under the command of the Northeast Road Army Division, to go to the Jurchen Ministry to suppress the rebellion. Finally sent troops, it is not easy!I would like to mention here quietly that Yelu Yanxi is very busy. His daily schedule is full. Today he will go hunting in the east of the empire, tomorrow he will go hunting in the west of the empire, and the day after tomorrow he will go to the south... In short, the vast land Every forest and every lake in the Khitan Empire left his vigorous figure, and wherever he went, he caused wild animals to cry and howl. He loves hunting, just like Zhao Ji loves the golden, stone, flower and bird feathers and Danqing. They are all inborn, and no one can change them, and they can't be shaken by any situation. The Liao army is gathering, and the Jurchens have already dispatched troops.A Gu worked together, mobilized his sons, nephews, nephews and other relatives, mobilized all the family wealth accumulated from his grandfather Ugunai, and finally got 2,500 people.With just so many people, he embarked on a journey to conquer the Liao Empire. Facing these 2,500 people, what would Wanyan Aguda feel like 800 years ago?Will he be full of pride?He will, he has observed the opponent at close range at the head fish feast, which makes him full of confidence, and everything that happened after that proves it. Before the two armies clashed, every move he made, It's all proactive. The passive one turned out to be Yelu Yanxi who held a million soldiers. Therefore, at the swearing-in meeting, he counted the Liao Kingdom’s oppression of the Jurchens and the Jurchens’ service to the Liao Kingdom with a glorious image. Of course, he mentioned A Shu again. This is an evil that all Jurchens cannot tolerate. Be sure to pay the price! After that, the audience should cheer for a while, but his heart will become a little weak.For nothing else, as long as he glanced at the audience, he would immediately be stupid.2,500 people, this number of people is not even enough to lead the horses for the emperor of Liao Kingdom.What's more, these people are all disheveled, with crude knives and guns, and even the horses they ride don't have saddles. What's worse, these people's attitudes are not so positive.Think about it, yes, these people come from different tribes, they were all robbed and annexed by the elders of the Wanyan family with knives, they already had resentment, why should they help you now?What's more, it was facing the Great Liao Kingdom. At this time, even if Gao Tianliuyun traveled to the past and took out the full set of "Golden History" and told them how bright the future was, no one would believe it. Therefore, Aguda quickly said another sentence: "You work together, and those who have made meritorious service, the slaves will be civilians, and the civilians will be officials. Those who were former officials will be promoted according to their merits. If you break your oath and die under the stile, No pardon for the family!" Stiles, big sticks, specifically refer to instruments of torture.The sentence of death under the stile was not a threat, A Guda really brought a big stick to the scene and showed it to the audience.With such kindness and power, the Jurchen tribe finally followed him to the front line. Imagine that at that moment, Wanyan Aguda was agitated, and he must muster all his vigor to inspire and drive this nation that was originally full of resentment but did not want to resist, to actively challenge the invincible monster that has existed for more than two hundred years. What does it look like, like the legendary taming elephant.Humans tied a small elephant to an iron post. It struggled and shook, but it was too small to break free.So it developed a habit for a long time, and when it grew up and had enough strength, it also believed that the iron pillar was unbreakable, so it obeyed from the bottom of its heart.The Jurchens are like this. The long-term oppression is the iron pillar. They don't know how powerful they are. Even if someone tells them that the iron pillar is already a toothpick, they dare not try it. What Aguda had to do was to lead them, or even drive them away, to shake the iron pillar and smash the shackles deep in the Jurchen's heart.Therefore, the first battle must be won, and all must be won! The direction of his advance is the south, the area of ​​Ningjiang Prefecture.Ningjiang is the junction of Liao and Jurchen. When the Jurchen arrived, the first batch of Liao troops also arrived. There were 800 cavalry from the Khitan and Bohai people. Yes, that's right, it's just eight hundred rides.Among them, the Bohai people were the survivors of the Bohai Kingdom who were wiped out by Yelu Abaoji, the founding emperor of the Liao Kingdom. This is what the Liao people expected for this war.What are the so-called Jurchens? They are just wild men wearing animal skins, riding bareback horses, and holding battle axes that are not sharpened. Even if each of them is stronger than lions and tigers, when facing the regular army, it is just a hunt.The fact is that it really happened like this. The 2,500 Jurchens, against the 800 Khitan and Bohai mixed cavalry, the war records are all the personal performance of Wanyan Aguda. Wanyan Agu shot dead the opponent's general Yeluxie Shi with an arrow, and rushed into the enemy line first; his son Wanyan Wuben was surrounded by enemy cavalry, he rushed to rescue him; enemy…… After a series of performances, Aguda took off his armor in the severe cold and rushed into the enemy group almost shirtless.This is courage, a symbol of bravery, and an act of warriors to arouse morale.People can marvel at Aguda's bravery, but think about it from another perspective, he wants to be the vanguard, he goes to save his son, he wants to dodge the cold arrow and fight back in person. He went to the battlefield alone? ! In the end, he had to go into battle shirtless... This was his fate, the flood was approaching the embankment, and he had to pierce the point where the embankment burst by himself.This is the truth of the year. This is how 2,500 Jurchens defeated 800 mixed troops. After the victory, Aguda found that his goal had been achieved.As expected, the Jurchens were so angry that they went straight to Ningjiang Prefecture. The mobs leveled the trench first, and then attacked the city wall. The Liao people in the city saw the situation was not good, and some people took advantage of the chaos and ran out from the east gate.The Jurchens chased after them, cut them all down, and then came back to continue to attack the city. This couldn't be more obvious, they don't want to let go of any Liao people in Ningjiang Prefecture. On the other hand, someone came from the rear.His younger brother Sagai sent his son to congratulate Aguda. The congratulatory message said: "Brother, you won, you are so good, brother, I am proud of you! How about this, I don't think the Liao Kingdom will live long, you Be king now." This is Aguda's younger brother, his senior assistant, who can become emperor by killing 800 enemies and besieging a border city!Poor Jurchens, do they have brains? A special reminder is that the son who came to congratulate him is a big man, and his name is Wan Yan Nian Wudao. Later, the Han people commonly called him "Nian Han". Aguda replied, "If you win the first battle, you will be called the emperor. How shallow it is to show people!" After sending his nephew back, he ordered to attack the city with all his strength, and Ningjiang Prefecture must be captured before the reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom arrived. It can be seen from the incident above that the Wanyan women at this time are really ridiculously ignorant, the people above are talking nonsense, the people below are tied up, and the only one who is sober and rational is Wanyan Aguda.It is a terrible thing that he wants to take such a group of people who grew up in the deep mountains and old forests, who know nothing and have never seen anything, to the outside world to conquer the world. Of course, he doesn't have to be afraid.He has a good helper who is unwavering and always reliable. With this person, everything is easy to talk about.This person's name is Yelu Yanxi. Yelu Yanxi's contribution to the Jurchens is no less than that of Wanyan Aguda. History has testified that in every dangerous moment, he will promptly extend his warm hands and send the most selfless help. Attention, is every dangerous moment. For example, at this time, the Jurchens of the Wanyan Tribe, who had walked out of the deep mountains for the first time, surrounded the city of Ningjiang and smashed the walls. This was an extremely rare incident since the establishment of the Liao Kingdom, and the border was reported to Yelu Yanxi as quickly as possible.If he knows enough and orders the army to go out quickly as the emperor, then with the defense of the important border town of Ningjiang Prefecture, the Jurchens have just fought a battle and want to win but are afraid of losing. Then the Jurchens had no choice but to give up Ningjiang Prefecture and run back to their hometown to hide from the disaster. At that time, first cut off the Jurchen's economy, surrounded and starved for half a year, and then overwhelmed by the army, what would the half-primitive and half-slavery Jurchens survive?Relying on Aguda, can a person be brave and invincible and pull back?No matter how defiant he is, his individual ability may not be stronger than Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and it would be quite tragic to stage the Jurchen version of the besieged song. In a word, there are plenty of ways for superpowers to bully small tribes. As long as they play their cards normally, there is absolutely no possibility of losing. But Yelu Yanxi was busy. At that time, he was hunting in Qingzhou (now Baitazi, Northwest of Bahrain Right Banner, Inner Mongolia), enjoying the heroic life of galloping horses and shooting bears and killing tigers in the white world.Seeing the urgent distress letter, he thought about it and decided to follow the normal procedure and deal with business. Order—Gao Xianshou, governor of Haizhou (now Haicheng, Liaoning), led people to rescue the siege. The help was delivered in time, and Haizhou's reinforcements were like expired insecticides. Not only did they fail to kill the bugs, but they made them grow up quickly.Wanyan Aguda defeated Gao Xianshou, and also broke through Ningjiang Prefecture, his strength and prestige rose sharply. One question, at this moment, what will the tough, bloodthirsty, and full of hatred for the Liao Kingdom that people have always known, what will he do? Will he slaughter Ningjiang Prefecture and vent his suppressed anger for a long time? With the barbarism of the Jurchens, it is completely possible. But the fact is that not only did he not kill anyone, but he released the leader of Ningjiang Prefecture in private and let him return to Liao Kingdom.In this way, no matter whether this person is intentional or unintentional, it will reveal the news that the Jurchens are not cruel, and it is not necessary to fight them desperately. On the other hand, Aguda took this victory as a call to call all the raw and mature Jurchens to approach him, including the Bohai people. He welcomes all forces that can strengthen himself. On the first day of October in the third year of Zhenghe (1113 A.D.), Aguda broke through Ningjiang Prefecture. In November, Yelu Yanxi held an imperial meeting. Sikong Xiao Sixian was appointed as the commander of the Northeast Road. He led 3,000 Khitan and Xi sergeants, and 7,000 Imperial Guards from Beijing to garrison Chuhedian. Sikong is a political leader, and his 10,000 troops far exceed the upper limit of the Jurchens. It seems that Yelu Yanxi is determined to crush the Jurchens to death this time.However, it turned out afterwards that this was another very successful helping out, and they were all very considerate and considerate, almost every aspect was tailor-made for Aguda. The speed of the Liao army was very fast. Assemble the army, prepare supplies, march quickly, and arrived at the destination in more than ten days.Chuhedian is now the source of Heilongjiang.He is fast, Aguda's speed is even faster, he not only rushed over with people and took the initiative to meet him, but also accomplished a very remarkable thing in the past few days. He organized the army.In the past, the Jurchens fought each time, although there was a commander-in-chief every time, but when they went into battle, they all rushed up in groups according to family blood.This is too primitive. Although the father and son have a cohesive force in the battle, it is not conducive to the unified command, and secondly, the military power is dispersed. Aguda has no absolute authority. Aguda established the system of Meng'an (thousand commander) and Mouk (centurion commander), with every three hundred households being one muke, and every ten muke being one Meng'an, so that he manages the thousands and the thousands manages the centurions , the centurion manages the soldiers below.Concrete layer by layer, such as using arms and fingers. Don't underestimate this point. This is definitely an epoch-making initiative. As a white man who has not received any military training and does not know the militarized management in the world, he can think of this. On the land of East Asia, there are only two Three people can do it.One of them is the man who will stand at the military pinnacle of all mankind more than a hundred years later. With that person's strength, it took him many years to realize it, but Aguda only took one battle, quickly dispersed and integrated his own army, won the highest and only command right, and within ten days It has been implemented, and the speed is really amazing. Back on the battlefield, the actions of the Jurchens were concealed. There were fewer people when they came, um, a little more than last time, to more than 3,000 people.Secondly, they intentionally hid their tracks. They were people who went into the mountains to hunt. After advancing in the severe cold and snow, they soon and quietly came to the Huntong River, which is the Songhua River. At this time, it was getting late and people were tired, so Aguda ordered to set up camp to rest.From this moment on, Aguda's ghost and Yelu Yanxi's help intertwined. It starts with sleep.After running for a long time, no matter how tough the Jurchens were, they had to rest, and Wanyan Aguda was no exception. He lay down, but couldn't fall asleep. According to the history books, he strongly demanded to sleep up to three times, but they were all interrupted. Every time, someone grabbed his neck and pulled him up at the head of his bed.How can he sleep like this? What's even more strange is that when he turned around, there was no one behind him. A Gu couldn't sleep anymore, he muttered to himself: "This is the fairy warning me not to let me fall asleep." He went out to gather the team and told everyone about the coming of the fairy. As a result, all the Jurchens were shocked suddenly, and their spirits were full.A Guda has a fairy route to follow, what he says and what he wants to do are all covered by the gods!Once this concept is formed, its power is immeasurable.Think about how people in the Song Dynasty, who had entered the mature stage of feudal society, worshiped the gods with all their respect, so how much would the semi-primitive and semi-slavery Shengjuzhen tribe worship the gods? At this time, no matter what Aguda says, they will do it actively and happily. Aguda said, don't sleep, immediately approach the Liao people and attack!The Jurchens rushed out excitedly, and quickly approached the Hudong River in the cold winter night.When they got to the riverside, the sky was already slightly bright. At this time, they saw the situation on the other side.At this moment, they firmly believed in the relationship between Shenxian and Aguda. On the frozen river, Liao people are digging through the ice. What does this mean in the season when dripping water turns into ice?It was definitely not that Xiao Sixian had a sudden whim and wanted to imitate the Liao Emperor's head fish banquet. He wanted to cut through the ice of the Huntong River, that is, the Songhua River once and for all, and separate the Jurchens on the other side. With the tribal strength of the Jurchens and their crude marching tools, it is impossible to carry warships.In this kind of weather, it is impossible to cut down big trees to build ships, so once the ice is broken, the battle will not be fought.Unless the Jurchens choose another path. It has to be admitted that Xiao Sixian's ideas are very advanced, and he has a taste of subduing others without fighting. He really saw the key to the strengths and weaknesses between Liao and Jurchen.But the terrible thing is that he can't predict Wanyan Aguda's strange sleeping experience. Facts have proved that no matter whether there is really a god to pull A Guda's head, or A Guda himself expected the Liao army's actions, and even said it in the name of a god, any point is enough to ruin Xiao Sixian's layout. Standing by the Huntong River in the early morning, Wanyan Aguda said to his subordinates behind him, "Send ten men over there, and cut down all the ice cutters." The Battle of Chuhedian, the first battle of the Corps to determine the fate of the Jurchens, was initiated by ten Jurchens.They crossed the frozen Huntong River and killed the Liao people who were digging ice. Behind them, all the Jurchens rushed up, a total of more than 3,700 people, and this was all Wanyan Aguda's possessions.Today, more than 800 years later, I guess his mood at that time, he has an uncontrollable murderous intention, but more of it is apprehension and precaution. He was afraid that the Liao army would gather quickly and press him on the river. At that time, there was no shelter and no protection, and shooting arrows alone was enough to bury them on the Huntong River.That's why he had to send very few people to kill them first, and deal with the outpost of the Liao army as quietly as possible. He succeeded, he killed on the other side, at this time the people of Liao Kingdom became alert and gathered all the troops to rush over.The decisive battle of the Corps, the first decisive battle of the Corps in the history of the Jurchens began. Numerous data can show that the decisive battle of the Corps is an art, and it is by no means something that can be accomplished only by being brave and good at fighting.Even a few super brave people who don't obey orders will ruin major events. In this regard, the Jurchens in the early days were no exception. Even with an optimistic estimate, they would have to pay a considerable price if they wanted to defeat the well-equipped and battle-hardened Liao army.But this day is destined to be Wanyan Aguda's supernatural day, maybe the gods really exist and are brought with him.After beating his head continuously in the middle of the night, showing up on time at this time gave him the most help. A strong wind suddenly blew up when the two armies met.The northwest wind on the frozen land blows from the back of the Jurchens and blows towards the Liao people on the opposite side... It's not too early or too late, but it just blows at this time. It is a tragedy for the people of Liao. The Jurchens not only have a century-old hatred, a strong physique, and a shrewd leader, but they even carry a northwest wind with them. How can this battle be fought?They were defeated all the way, with casualties everywhere, and they fled for dozens of miles before they got rid of the pursuit. Counting after the war, A Guda made a lot of money, and his Jurchen Corps expanded rapidly like a snowball.The source of personnel, besides the tribes of raw and mature Jurchen scrambling to squeeze to his side, is also the prisoners of this battle. The Jurchen corps, and later the Mongol corps, which was even stronger, were not made up of purely local people. They had the ability to quickly assimilate the captured captives, who were originally mortal enemies, and become as effective as themselves.This kind of assimilation is inconceivable. Those who have been assimilated, even if they return to the battlefield and face their own people of the same blood, they can still raise their butcher knives and kill them bloody and happily! Human nature is always an unsolvable mystery. Putting aside the reality of human nature, after this battle, the Jurchens reached a critical point.This point has repeatedly appeared in the history of the past thousand years, and it is a number that causes headaches and fears for all ethnic groups. The number of the Jurchen Corps reached 10,000. "Jurchen is dissatisfied with ten thousand, and ten thousand is invincible." This sentence appeared at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, which brought the collapse of the Liao Empire; it appeared at the end of the Ming Dynasty, causing China to fall for the second time, and the Han nationality was once again ruled by a foreign race. . There are many different versions about the origin of this sentence.Some people say that it is the bragging of the Jurchens and the later Jin people themselves; some people say that this is a historical fact, and it is the lament of the failure of the country that was hostile to it.Needless to say, these two statements contain national complexes, the pride of the Manchus themselves, and the resentment of the defeated race. Today in the 21st century, there is no need and no way to verify the authenticity of the bottom line.It should be noted that this sentence was absolutely true during the rise of the Jurchens. After the Battle of Chuhedian, Wanyan Aguda had a good card in his hands, and he finally had his own powerful strength.Although his vision is too narrow and his experience is too little, he doesn't know what position this power should occupy in the world, but he is excited. A man can't be without power for a day, but where does power come from, from knives, guns, From the army! The excited Aguda didn't know that his greater luck was not with him at that time, but in the center of the distant, prosperous, and huge Liao Empire, where he gained greater benefits. That was the biggest and most wonderful harvest of the battle of Chuhedian. This matter started after the defeat of the Liao Army. The former commander-in-chief of the Liao Kingdom was called Xiao Sixian. He ran wildly all the way and finally avoided the Jurchens far away.It was safe for the time being, but in a blink of an eye I felt sad. He failed, led 10,000 regular troops, and was defeated by an uncivilized savage with mud legs. This man Liao Kingdom cannot afford to lose.When something like this happened, his head was about to fall to the ground. But don't be afraid, he has a good brother named Xiao Fengxian.Pay attention to this person. After all, in this era, in the huge vortex of the fate of Liao and Jin, the person who really dominates is neither Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi, nor the hero Wanyan Aguda of Jin. Tracing back to the source, the person who made everything happen, deteriorate, and get out of hand is this Xiao Fengxian. Three years ago, when Aguda refused to perform at the Touyu Banquet by the Songhua River, Yelu Yanxi wanted to kill him, but Xiao Fengxian stopped him.This is the first time that Xiao Fengxian changed the fate of Liao and Jin. Three years later, after the Liao army failed in the Battle of Chuhedian, Xiao Fengxian did the second thing.He thought of his dear brother, and felt that no matter what happened, he couldn't let him die.So he used his brain and came up with a sentence. He went to see Yelu Yanxi and said: "Your Majesty, what should we do with the defeated soldiers in Chuhedian? If we follow the rules, they will become bandits outside and endanger the country for fear of dying." Yelu Yanxi thought for a while, "Yeah, it's very possible, well, they're all defeated anyway, and they're not guilty... No, the leaders will still be punished. .” Therefore, Xiao Sixian just lost his title, he can return to the capital from Chuhedian in a leisurely way, and still live his lucky life.Guarding such an extraordinary elder brother, do you still have to worry about gold, silver, treasures, fragrant cars and beauties? These were all seen by the Liao military, and they watched with cold eyes. They came to a conclusion in anger - fighting to the death, no credit for dying in battle; fleeing if defeated, no responsibility for running away! In this way, who else will contribute to the country, and who else will abide by military regulations?Once this logic is formed, it will be a fatal blow to the morale of the Liao army. They will be discouraged and fundamentally lose the iron and blood spirit of the Liao people to build a country. Looking back on this matter, once again proved a truth.There are countless ways to kill a miracle by using a superpower to hostile to a newly rising nation. No matter what kind of brave person or tough race it is, it is useless.Absolutely superior national strength and numbers have an absolute chance of winning, and the reason for the invincibility is entirely human-made. It was the so-called monarchs and ministers who ruined everything, and they handed over the victory to the challenger.The demise of the Liao Dynasty and the demise of the Song Dynasty have all verified this fact. Back in the early spring of 1115 A.D., Wanyan Aguda won the battle of Chuhedian. After his army reached 10,000 people, he finally had confidence in his mind, agreed to the request of his subordinates, declared the Jurchens to establish the country, and himself called himself emperor.Regarding the Jurchen Empire, he founded it in this way. He said: "The people of Liao took the name of iron and iron, which means that iron and iron are hard. It is a pity that iron and iron sometimes decay. Only gold in the world is indestructible, so the Jurchen Empire was named 'Gold'. Gold is white, and the Jurchen Empire respects white." In this year, the Jurchen established the country as Dajin, and the reign title was accepted, and Aguda himself changed his name to "Wanyanmin".From then on, the Kingdom of Jin rose rapidly, which opened the prelude to the destruction of the Liao Kingdom. This is the main theme of this year. There is no one person or event in the Song and Liao countries that can be compared with it. But this year is about to pass, and there is still one person who needs to be mentioned.This person ranked first in the palace examination in the Liao Kingdom's scientific examination, that is, the number one scholar in the Liao Kingdom.He can ride and shoot well, he is both civil and military, with great ambition and firm mentality. His name is Yelu Dashi.In a sense, this name is not inferior to Wanyan Aguda at all. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Kingdom of Jin soon received a letter.The letter was written by Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Liao Kingdom. Based on the current situation, Yelu Yanxi made a suggestion. "Wanyan, you have established the country, right? It's a pity that you didn't ask your superiors, and the procedure was illegal. Now I will give you a chance to become an official subsidiary country of the Liao Kingdom. Kowtow to thank you." This is really a great blessing, allowing a tribe of savages who were semi-primitive and semi-slaved half a year ago to leap into the civilized world. Such a big change, the Jurchen did not even dare to think about it before. Unfortunately, that was the former Jurchen.Now Wanyan Aguda's reply is: "Yes, but there are conditions. First, return it to Ah Shu; second, give me Huanglong Mansion." Huanglong Mansion, this is a famous place in Chinese history.It appeared in history books, circulated in poems, and even became a well-known idiom after years of precipitation - hit Huanglong straight! What is certain is that before Wanyan Aguda’s reply, it was unknown in the long river of history, a small piece of land on a barren land, and the light of civilization in the tenth century AD was too far away from it. In the Central Plains, in the In the Western Regions and in the South China Sea, no one knows about it.But Wanyan Aguda fixed his eyes on it, and it was a stumbling block in the direction of progress.But at the same time, it is also the ideal center of the empire in his mind. Huanglong Mansion is today's Nong'an County, Jilin Province. This kind of reply was very natural, and the conversation between Yelu and Wanyan collapsed.In Yelu's mind, Wanyan has always been and will always be a group of primitive people with fur and horns who can barely speak and who are all illiterate, just a group of toys plus labor.Giving them a country title and making them formally become his retainers is already the deepest bottom line, but the toys dare to negotiate the price with him! Of course he didn't know what Wanyan Aguda had accomplished in this short period of time, just during his one large-scale hunting meeting.The Jurchens not only had a country and a title, but also official titles.Their official rank is Bo Jilie, and the title of "Minban" refers to the noble and great Bo Jilie; the title of "Guolun" refers to the prime minister level of Bo Jilie.Cooperating with Meng'an and Mouk in terms of military positions, the initial operation of an empire took shape. These are not the most amazing, in such a short period of time, the Jurchens actually have their own words! Yelu didn't know any of this, they only knew two things: returning Ah Shu was equivalent to losing their dignity; giving it to Huanglong Mansion, that small place was not a pity, but they couldn't afford to lose that person. Since they didn't want to give, and didn't want to fight the barbarians hand-to-hand on the battlefield, after much deliberation, the Liao people with their deep background finally came up with a rational solution. They sent 200,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry to move to the northern frontier.This time they dispatched troops, they spent a considerable amount of money. The Liao Kingdom claims to have millions of elite soldiers. Thinking about it, this is already nearly one-third.The intention of using such a force to approach the emerging Jin Kingdom is very obvious. It is to kill it in the cradle, so that the miracle of leaving Hedian will not repeat itself. However, once this heavy army is deployed, it will be hard to see through.The corps, consisting mainly of 200,000 cavalry, was as slow as an old ox pulling a wrecked cart. This huge army marched slowly to the north like dragging a family. That's right, this army formation is migrating like a super town, which is full of daily necessities such as cattle, sheep, and farm tools.This is the plan of the Liao people. They want to create a pure military city in the north out of thin air, and survive there while resisting the Jin people. This approach may seem passive, but it is really sensible.This time, with an absolutely superior force and a purely defensive attitude, they finally used the tactics of a superpower bullying a newly born small country.It is to use money, employ people, and use time to crush you and drag you to death. It is not fair at all, but it works! 当这支大军北上之后，耶律延禧、萧奉先他们又一次沉浸在欢乐的宴会、刺激的猎场里，在他们想来，至少在十年甚至二十年里，烦人的金国人将再也不会让他们闹心，用这二十七万人耗尽金国这一代人的锐气，之后就会高枕无忧了。 可惜的是，千算万算，他们算错了时机。如果在出河店之役前这么做，绝对会如愿以偿。那时的女真人要用完颜阿骨打以神话、用威胁才能走上战场，并且人数极少。 出河店之役后，金国建立了，女真人心有所依，最重要的是，他们的军力达到了一万人。满万不可敌，这是条铁律，在女真开国的前十四年里，后金初立的前八年里，没有人能打破。 公元1115年三月，北方战报传来，二十七万辽军崩溃，不仅丢失阵地，带着的耕牛等农具都被抢得一干二净，能逃回来的人，都吓得面无人色。 他们见识到了女真人的战斗力。面对二十七万大军，只有一万人的女真军根本没什么逗引埋伏之类的虚招子，就是冲上去，以右翼冲击辽军左翼，左翼被击退；中军助战，辽军整体被击退！ 一万人追着二十七万人打，这是什么样的场景。 二十七万人还没跑掉，等到夜幕降临后，形成的局面居然是——辽兵被围……二十七万人被一万人围住了，并且整整一夜没能突围。到第二天凌晨时分，女真人发起攻击，他们趁乱才跑出来了一部分。 跑出来的全是骑兵，具体数字不详，只是史书里以确定一定以及肯定的词语说，步兵全灭。那就是说，至少七万兵力死在了这一战里。 在国家级的会战里，死这么多的人也许不算什么，很正常，但是二十七比一的人数比，仅仅一天一夜的战斗时间，就形成了这样的局面，代表了什么呢？ 女真人无法扼制了，辽国错过了他们最脆弱的萌芽期，在出河店之役后，哪怕用上了超级大国欺负新兴小国的正确办法，也变得无济于事。 毕竟，战争上实力决定一切。 可是怎样检验实力呢，仅仅凭借两场胜利，就想证明金军全面超越辽军，变成东亚最大吗？这个想法太超前，辽国人不承认，连女真人自己都不敢相信。 要不然，就不会有后面发生的事了。 事情很好玩，二十七万人崩溃之后，耶律又给完颜写了封信，信里的态度比前面一封要差了些，这次没有许诺，连称呼都没有，直接要求阿骨打投降。完颜很郁闷，这是为什么呢，前几天那一架到底是不是我赢了呢？ 一怒之下，完颜回了封信，内容几乎和耶律的来信一样，改变的只是落款。也就是说，完颜也没提耶律的称呼，并且要求耶律投降。 没得商量了，耶律决定玩个最大的。在这一年的八月份，他集结起了全国当时能抽调的全部精兵，共计骑兵五万，步卒四十万，对外宣称七十万大军，御驾亲征女真。 他的动作没有完颜快，辽军八月集结，由于过分庞大，一个多月之后才起程。这时完颜已经来到松花江畔，隔着滔滔江水凝望黄龙府了。 这时女真军是发愁的，由于刚刚组建，并且是第一次进入辽境攻击，他们没有水军，甚至可以说，连能游泳的人都很少。这在以后的十几年里大大地限制了女真人的扩张。 这时，九月份的松花江就挡住了他们的脚步。 怎么过去呢，只见全军发愁，阿骨打来到了江边。他派了一个人骑上一匹赭白马跃入了水中，然后他举起了马鞭，“看我马鞭所指方向前进！” 这是一句近乎神迹一样的话，宽阔的松花江面上，他随手指向前方，要他的勇士向那个方向前进。是的，女真人的确勇悍，宁可淹死也不拒绝命令。但问题是，一万双目光的注视下，那匹赭白马越走越远，直抵江心，江水居然一直只淹没到它的腹部！ 女真兵团沿着这条神迹一样的水道踏上了对岸，更惊人的事发生在最后一名骑兵上岸后。有人再去重走那条水道，却发现江水漫无边际，水深已经不可测量……这是多么惊人的事情，不说它本身有多神奇，光是它带来的副作用就让阿骨打受用无穷。 每一个女真战士都坚信，完颜阿骨打是神授的，他的一切都超乎凡尘之上，从出河店的大风，到这时江水变浅，他简直随身带着神仙。 黄龙府被一股狂热激情征服，女真战士攻下它时既短暂又快乐，之后休整了好多天，耶律延禧才带着倾国之兵杀到附近。 七十万辽军，这个数字重新唤起了女真人刚刚忘记的恐惧，完颜阿骨打仔细观察着周围的变化，他长叹一声，知道要打赢这一仗，甚至想开战的话，又得用上些别的招数了。 他召集全军集合，自己带着把刀走上了高台。面对台下的两万人，对，是两万，打下黄龙府之后，他的兵力增加了一倍。 他看着台下的两万人，抽出了刀，之后掉转刀锋，划向了自己的脸。 鲜血流下时，阿骨打仰天痛哭。这一幕出现后，在场的每一个女真人都相信，完颜阿骨打是真的在伤心，在痛苦，达到痛不欲生的程度了。 这是北方少数民族的一个古老习俗，叫“嫠面”。只有当遇到大忧、大丧、大不如意，沮丧到极点时，才会这样做。 痛哭中的阿骨打对台下说：“当初带你们起兵，是因为契丹人太残忍了，女真人活不下去。现在辽国皇帝亲征，兵力达到了七十万，怎么办？除非人人死战，否则不能打败他们。为你们着想，不如杀我一族，去投降辽人，那样还能活命。” 这一刻，天知道他是不是真的恐慌了、害怕了，反正纵观历史长河，这时他不是一个人在战斗。多少个艰难无比的任务都是这样完成的，近的比如三国时刘备怎样摔儿子得到赵云的忠心，远的比如美国赌城拉斯维加斯的建立。 赌城的那位建设提议者只是个中等水平的小人物，向当地大佬说起时，很自然地被鄙视了。这时，他把手伸进了怀里。 所有人都警觉，他要拔枪！而他也真拔出来了，下一瞬间却是把枪递给了大佬，“……要不你杀了我吧。”大佬不要，他硬塞。双方在推枪的过程里，同意了在沙漠中挖出这座赌徒的圣地。 这类事太多了，问题不是这种事的性质怎样，而是完颜阿骨打怎么会运用。他只是个域外的野人，生存在只认刀枪鲜血的蛮荒种族里，居然敢在两万人的舞台上演这种戏！ 他成功了，台下的人都跪下来向他发誓，和辽国人死战到底，绝不投降。OK，全军开拔。 两万女真人和七十万辽国人在达驼门、达斡邻泺一带相遇。面对空前强敌，女真人不一样了，他们没再像从前那样骑马抡刀去砍人，这回不主攻了，大家蹲下来挖沟垒墙，先想好怎样防守。 哪怕在《金史》里，都承认这时的女真人相当的憋屈胆怯，两万人抱成一团躲在深沟高垒里边忍着，想着怎样多挺一段时间，消耗一下辽军的锐气。与此同时，他们派出了些散兵游勇，游弋在主阵地之外，试探对方的粮道，或者捉几条舌头。 一个空前巨大的惊喜，就在这时击中了全部女真人。 捉回来了一个辽国的运粮官，从他的嘴里，女真人得到了一个消息。这时别说绝大部分才钻出深山处于没脑子阶段的女真人，连完颜阿骨打本人都不敢相信了。 据这个舌头说，辽国发生内乱了，副都统章奴带着大批人马临阵脱逃，火速杀回辽国都城玩叛乱了。这消息是可能的吗？阿骨打的脑子急速运转，好事坏事想了个遍。 说不可能，哪有这么巧的事；说可能，章奴看准了耶律延禧起倾国之兵来打仗，京城空虚，带兵回去就成功。而两万女真人足以把耶律延禧拴在前线，有之前二十七万人马一天一夜崩溃的败绩，他绝不敢临战抽兵平乱。 算来算去，阿骨打不敢乱动，毕竟兵危战凶，万一是陷阱，他这两万人都填进去，也填不满这个坑……怎么办呢，关键时刻，又一个消息传来。 耶律延禧亲自带兵回京城平叛，已经走了两天了。完颜阿骨打再不迟疑，他命令进攻，直接攻击辽军的中军，皇帝本来应该在的地方。 ——耶律延禧在，就擒贼擒王；不在，中军没有主事人，最强点已经是最弱点。 接下来的事实在没什么好说的，就是前一战的翻版。金军右翼攻击，辽军退却，金军左翼进攻，辽军全体溃败，连之前的一日一夜都没能坚持，七十万或者四十五万大军不说有人能稳住阵脚，连稍微抵挡一下金军，延缓追击都做不到。 辽国人一路败退，在长达一百多里的路上，丢下了无数的尸体、车辇、兵械、印符、牛马、宝物，本来是上天无路入地无门，注定了被全歼的，只是有一个聪明的辽国人站了出来，他叫萧特末。此人突发奇想，点燃了一大片战备物资，用大火隔断了不依不饶的追兵。 这一战让辽国人欲哭无泪，连同章奴都郁闷得要死。谁能料到耶律延禧会这么搞呢，放着面前的死敌不管，居然带兵杀回来平叛……我们是民族内部斗争好吧，为什么要便宜外族人呢？ ! 这不奇怪，如果不颠三倒四、丢西瓜捡芝麻，他还是耶律延禧吗？辽国还会到这一步吗？这一战过后，辽国的军力甚至是财力都跌下了深渊，不要说再集结兵力进攻，连守卫庞大帝国的各处疆域的正常兵力都捉襟见肘。 北疆门户大开，金军随心所欲，想打哪儿就打哪儿，没有半点阻碍。 下面是一系列的数字，在了解它们之前，先回顾一下辽国的五大重镇。它们是： 上京——临潢府——今内蒙古巴林左旗林东镇。 中京——大定府——今内蒙古宁城县。 东京——辽西府——今辽宁辽阳市。 南京——析津府——今北京市。 西京——大同府——今山西大同市。 这是辽国的五大直辖市，相当于宋朝的四京，在帝国中占有重要意义。好，数字开始。 公元1116年，金军攻破辽东京道诸州。这相当于国土的五分之一没了。对此耶律延禧没有反应，一来是战力空虚，想反应也没辙；二来，他打累了。上次御驾亲征，就算没和女真人死磕，至少也火速回京平叛一次。这也是劳动好吧。 于是，他到辽阔的国土的另一端，找野生动物们开运动会去了。继续打猎。 公元1117年，金军攻占长春州（今黑龙江肇源西南）、泰州（今黑龙江白城），其战略意图直指上京。这又是一个五分之一被威胁了，对此，耶律延禧终于有动作了。 他把从东京，也就是辽西府那边逃过来的难民召集起来，选拔壮丁，组成了一支两万八千人的队伍。在他想来，这些人失去了家园，心里一定充满了怨恨，冤有头债有主，都是金军惹的祸，就让他们两方面去拼命吧。 这支军队被命名为“怨军”，首领是渤海人郭药师。 怨军立即开赴前线，紧跟着被金军击败，上京区域内的显、乾、懿、豪、徽、成、川、惠等七州全部丢失。截止到这里，辽国的五分之二领土注定要沦陷了。 绝望笼罩着辽国人，连同这个时代最大的败家子二世祖耶律延禧先生都萌生出了困兽的感觉——被逼得没有退路了……困兽犹斗，兔子急了还会咬人呢！ 就在这时，从金国传来了一个让人昏迷的消息。 完颜阿骨打派人送来封信，说他想来想去，还是对辽国有特殊的感情，而且打生打死也没法磨灭。所以，请给我个辽国的官职吧。 倒塌。 全辽国的人都变得心情复杂。这意味着什么呢，阿骨打是个好同志，他回心转意终于决定不造反了，那么是不是以后就不用上战场，大家又会过上从前的好日子了呢？ 美妙的幻想里，耶律延禧派出了使者，和女真人谈起了官衔的问题，其他的辽国军民也逐渐恢复了心理健康，不再整天想着拼命。一股消失了百年之久，刚刚有望凝聚的斗志就此减弱消亡了。这就是女真人，每每读史读到这一页时，都让我心灵震撼，事实证明，这个民族绝不是仅仅有着勇猛强悍之类的性格，他们是精明的，甚至是狡诈的。 在这种虚幻的和平假象里，耶律延禧又到森林里打猎去了，就连辽国里最精英的一群人也认为这种局面很好，因为这是难得的喘息之机，辽国可以用来恢复元气。 但掉链子的是，转过年来的公元1118年，辽国全境发生大饥荒，达到了人吃人的地步。还恢复什么元气啊，和金国的差距越拉越大。 并且，他们不知道，更大的危机就发生在这一年，这种危机远远超过了这场大饥荒。 公元1118年是属于宋朝的，四月初宋朝派武义大夫马政浮海使金，联合女真人图谋辽国，在辽人的背后插了一把刀。 前面说过，童贯在公元1111年出使辽国，在卢沟桥遇到了马植；四年之后，到公元1115年时，马植才与宋朝高层接触，讲出辽国必亡，可以联合女真的话；要再过三年，宋朝才派出了使者，渡海与金国接触。 这个过程是很漫长的了，足以说明宋朝的谨慎。说到底，赵佶、蔡京、童贯、梁师成等人都是聪明绝顶的，如上举国伐谋之事，怎么会草率呢？ 像一般历史记载给人的印象，仿佛马植在卢沟桥给童贯灌了一碗迷汤，童贯就当真了；马植到开封城给赵佶再灌一碗，宋朝就和辽国开战了，哪有那么简单。 宋朝足足观察了近七年，而且还在一个偶然事件里得到了确切的第一手资料，才作出了决定，派出使者。