Chapter 44 Sejong Chapter 45 Conflict between Han and Jin
Chapter 2169 Sejong Chapter 45 Conflict between Han and Jin
How to solve the Mobei problem, from the winter of the eighth year to the spring of the ninth year of Jianlong, the imperial court discussed many ways, but almost everyone knew that with the rise of Naiman and Liu Jin's arrogant heart, if they wanted to solve the problem
To achieve substantial results, it must ultimately fall to the military. Other means may be useful, but they are of limited use.
However, at that time, the Han Empire was distracted by the rebellion in southwest Yunnan and Guizhou. Although it felt that the rise of the Naiman Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom posed a serious threat to the northern frontier of the empire, it could not yet make up its mind to directly resort to force.
The road must be walked step by step, and the meal must be eaten one bite at a time. The early teachings of Emperor Shizu made Emperor Liu Wenji restrain the urge to send troops out of the fortress to attack the Naiman north. Of course, based on the situation at that time, the hostility between Han and Jin had already
It is obvious that the relationship between the Kingdom of Jin and the Kingdom of Rao Le is almost at a loss.
The reason why Liu Jin did not go south in a big way was because he was wary, especially about the existence of Rao Leguo. This was the sharp thorn on his abdomen and back. He had to remove this problem in his elbows and armpits before he could go south with peace of mind.
As for the Jin soldiers going south, it was only a matter of time. The fundamental reason was that the Naiman Jin Kingdom, which was "beaten" by Liu Jin, could not stop the war for a long time. At the same time, with the bitter cold living conditions in Mobei and the traditional nomadic
The production and lifestyle cannot support the needs of the people of all ethnic groups in the country.
Generally speaking, in this situation, either extreme oppression is the rule. This has actually been the ruling model of the Mobei Khitan for decades. As a hero who first unified the desert, Liu Jin naturally cannot follow the old path of the Mobei Khitan and castrate himself.
Remove your claws.
Giving full play to the traditional skills of the nomads and expanding and plundering abroad has become the only option. Even though the Han Empire is now at its peak, when it comes to fundamental issues of survival, under the limited conditions of the social era, there is basically no other way.
Solvable.
It was inevitable that Raole Kingdom would become Liu Jin's first target. It was too close to Mobei, and the threat to the Jin Kingdom's rule, especially the newly conquered "Hulunbuir Prairie", was huge, and Liu Jin could not ignore it.
At the same time, Rao Leguo relied on the Han Dynasty and occupied the "Horqin Grassland" and a large area of rich water and soil in the Na River Basin. After Liu Xin's thirty years of development, it had accumulated enough population and wealth to make Liu Jin drool.
If the Raole Kingdom can be annexed, the benefits need not be elaborated. It will directly increase the national power of the Jin Kingdom to a higher level. As for the disadvantages, it will be at odds with the Han Empire. After annexing the Khitan, Liu Jin will treat the Han Empire in the south.
At least mentally, I no longer have any fear.
However, the attack on Rao Le's country did not go smoothly. In terms of the bravery of the soldiers, Rao Le's army was inferior, but in terms of equipment, it could crush the Jin soldiers. In particular, relying on the close relationship with the empire, Rao Le's army
They were also armed with gunpowder weapons such as rockets, artillery, and fire thunders. In this regard, even though Liu Jin was well prepared, he still suffered a lot after the large-scale confrontation.
It is worth mentioning that the Jin soldiers under the command of Liu Jin evolved very quickly. Although they could not find a way to restrain themselves, they at least gradually became familiar with the battlefield rhythm of gunpowder weapons. The explosions and roars were certainly shocking, but due to the limitations of accuracy and power
, in a situation where they are attacking and we are defending, it is still difficult to pose a fatal threat to the highly mobile cavalry of the Jin Kingdom. But in a horse-riding fight, with more experience and the instinct to fight on horseback, the Jin soldiers will indeed be able to defeat them.
Rao Le army.
However, the problem faced by the Jin soldiers is still obvious, that is, they are unable to attack the city. Although Rao Le's army is also mainly cavalry, it also has the defensive factor of the Han army, especially in the defense of the city. Rao Le's army is scattered along the rivers.
, the city in the mountains is like a hard bone for Jin Bing. If you want to bite it, you have to be mentally prepared to have your teeth broken.
Therefore, in the several-year "Battle of Rao-Jin", the tactics of the Jin soldiers were also constantly changing, from the "one-war-style" decisive battle in the early stage to siege and reinforcements, and to trap the city and annihilate the effective strength of Rao-Le's army.
host.
In the past few years, with their rich accumulation, they were still able to compete with the Jin soldiers. However, the further they got to the back, the weaker they became. Rao Lejun did not even dare to fight with the Jin soldiers outside the city anymore. He could only defend the city and become a "protector".
"Environment" is "protecting the city". Even for defending the city, only Jinshan, Xingguo, Baicheng, and Lekang can be relied upon. Ordinary small towns and forts cannot withstand the attack of the Jin soldiers.
Seeing that the fortified city was difficult to conquer, Liu Jin was reluctant to waste his precious troops on the Han people's city. Therefore, he gave up the goal of directly annexing Raoleguo and instead focused on plundering. Tens of thousands of golden soldiers passed through the border like locusts.
, plundering and devouring everything in the Raole Kingdom, including the population, livestock, and goods.
In the eighth year of Jianlong's reign, Liu Xin lost almost half of his wealth, which he had worked hard to save for most of his life, during several major plunders by Liu Jin. When the Anton Jurchen Rebellion was in full swing, some Jin soldiers even crossed the border and went south to Yanshan.
Although they were quickly expelled and expelled by the local garrison during the burning, killing and looting in the North Road, the Yanshan North Road also tasted the taste of iron and blood again after nearly half a century of peace.
The Jin army's harassment and threat to the northern frontier of the empire did not stop at Yanshan North Road. During the continuous war in Raole, on the long northern border of the Han Empire, north of the Great Wall and in the deserts and grasslands south of the Yinshan Mountains, people from
Harassment by Jin soldiers or subordinate tribes of the Jin Kingdom has also become normal.
By the eighth year of Jianlong's reign, the existence of the Naiman Kingdom of Jin had become a cancer on the peace of the northern border of the empire. There was only a thin layer of window paper left between Han and Jin.
A major event for dignitaries and people to eat sheep in Gyeonggi Province
However, at the beginning of the ninth year of Jianlong, the resolution reached by the imperial center still did not include directly sending troops to the Northern Expedition. The basic policy of the empire to fight against the chaos and invaders was to go from south to north. However, knowing Liu Jin's ambitions and the threat of the Jin Kingdom to the Han Dynasty,
Under such circumstances, it is impossible to sit idly by and ignore it.
The fall of Khitan has already caused Liu Wenji to be criticized. For this matter, people both inside and outside the government are always making gossips, accusing Liu Wenji of only focusing on seizing power for rectification and dealing with his family members, while indulging in foreign aggression.
In this regard, Liu Wenji also had a real difficulty. If he had advocated sending troops to rescue the Mobei Khitan, not to mention the political risks that military success or failure might bring to Liu Wenji, once he took action, it would be a different story.
Although rumors cannot hurt people, they can indeed hurt people's hearts, and Anton King Liu Wenyuan has always liked to play such little tricks. This was due to Liu Wenji's deep-seated anger towards Liu Wenji and Anton, which triggered Jianlong
An important reason for the six-year "zong-vass war".
Therefore, after discussions with the civil and military ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, Liu Wenji took three measures to target the Naiman Kingdom. First, increase the support to Rao Le Kingdom in terms of food, weapons and troops (from the Khitan tribe in the south)
Pull out warriors, issue weapons, and support Rao Le in the form of mercenaries);
Second, the imperial border troops in the northern border were ordered to strengthen vigilance, patrols and other control measures. If the Jin soldiers invaded the border again, the border garrison generals could launch counterattacks in a timely manner and resolutely eliminate all invading enemies;
Thirdly, and the point that hit the Jin Kingdom the hardest, an order was issued to the northern borders, especially the key roads and checkpoints with the Jin Kingdom, to block all trade channels to Mobei, and to ban one grain, one tea, one salt and one iron.
When it flowed into the territory under the jurisdiction of the Jin Kingdom, economic sanctions were directly applied.
That's right, even during the years of fierce confrontation between the Jin Kingdom and Rao Le Kingdom, the economic ties between the Han Empire and Mobei were not suspended. There were still many businessmen using open and secret trading routes to bring the much-needed goods to the Jin Kingdom.
The materials were resold, including some weapons and equipment. That was also the time when smugglers in the north were most rampant, and it was the right time to make money.
With the issuance of three major orders from the imperial court, although no large-scale troops were mobilized, the atmosphere in the entire northern border of the empire became tense. King Raole Liu Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his complaints against the imperial court eased a bit.
Due to economic sanctions, smuggling and criminal activities in the northern border have also increased. Even if the court issued a harsh order to kill offenders, some merchants are still bound to break the law, especially some vassal tribes living in Monan, northern Saibei.
At the same time, economic sanctions are indeed very effective for the Jin Kingdom. The north-south trade line is also the lifeline of Mobei to a certain extent. When the ban of the Han Empire was issued, many problems were quickly exposed. And just relying on those
Smuggling activities obviously cannot make up for the Jin Kingdom's demand for various materials from the Han Dynasty.
As you can imagine, the measures taken by the Han Empire completely angered Liu Jin and intensified the hostility and conflict between Han and Jin. Starting from the autumn of the ninth year of Jianlong, the Han Empire's northern frontier, from Yulin in the west to Yanbei in the east, was warning everywhere.
, the smoke billowed, and the Jin soldiers frequently raided south.
This time, it is much more direct than some of the so-called "tribal behaviors" that have been concealed in the past few years. Although the scale is still not large, they are all cavalry organized by Jin Guocheng.
Then fight, and when you meet the people, you plunder
Although it was a small fight that could hardly damage the roots, the harassment of the Jin soldiers still broke the decades of peace in Shanyang and other places. Facing the Jin Army cavalry that came and went like the wind, the Han army mainly focused on defensive counterattacks. Although they achieved
Some victories were achieved, but the armies on all sides were still overwhelmed. Some of the older generation of Monan soldiers and people even missed Li Jilong. When Li Jilong was in Monan, he only saw Li Jilong leading his troops northward to plunder Khitan, but not to the north.
The army raided south.
It was so natural for Han and Jin to break up. In fact, Liu Jin also saw that the Han Empire was unable to conquer the north. Although with the strength of the Han Dynasty, it was not difficult to conquer both the south and the north, but the emperor Liu Wenji obviously did not want to do that.
adventure.
After a trial of open fire fighting, the shrewd and cunning Liu Jin captured this point, so ten years after entering Jianlong, he weakened the harassment of the northern Han Dynasty and concentrated his efforts again on the eastward expedition to Raoleguo.
The Han army did not end in person, relying only on the power of Rao Le's country and relying on some "assistance". It was obvious that the Jin soldiers were powerless but like wolves and tigers. Rao Le's country, from King Liu Xin down, was not like the three Central Asian countries.
You can fight, after all, the environment you are in is different, and the training you have experienced is also different.
In addition, after many battles between the Jin Kingdom and Rao Le and the Han army, the Jin soldiers also began to try to use gunpowder weapons. Some of their firearms came from battlefield seizures, harassment and plunder, and some came from imitations (Liu Jin paid special attention to them).
The plundering of Rao Le and various craftsmen in the Han Dynasty, especially craftsmen who can build war machines), even if they produce inferior products, it is a rare progress.
Therefore, in the summer of the 11th year of Jianlong, Liu Jin achieved the biggest breakthrough in the attack on Raole: he besieged Xingguo City. This siege lasted for more than a month, not only besieging the city, but also attacking it.
The Jin soldiers sent tens of thousands of slave soldiers to launch an ant attack on the city of Xingguo. Coupled with long-range weapons such as rockets, crossbows, and stone cannons, they really posed a considerable threat to Xingguo. If it weren't for Liu Xin, King of Raole
He was highly respected and able to win the hearts of the people. He had a group of loyal subjects who fought to the death for him to occupy the city. Liu Xin was almost captured by the Jin soldiers and became a disgrace to the empire and a shame to the king.
Xingguo can be saved, in addition to Rao Leguo's desperate resistance, it mainly comes from two aspects of assistance. Of course, it is not the imperial court. It takes time to learn about Xingguo's difficulties, and it takes time to make decisions, reactions, and arrangements.
It was two other people who saved King Raole from the crisis, Liu Jitan, the king of Andong, and Dong Congyan, the commander of Yanshan North Road (the grandson of Dong Zunjie, because Dong Zunjie had guarded Linhuang Mansion for many decades after the Northern Expedition).
Later, Dong Congyan took up this position again, and it was also passed down as a good story in Yanbei military and political circles).
When he learned that Xingguo was besieged, Dong Congyan, who was also an old rival with Jin Bing, immediately noticed that this time was unusual. On the one hand, he sent people to investigate, and on the other hand, he mobilized 20,000 border troops for group training and led them personally to rush north for reinforcements.
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The Han army in Yanbei took the initiative to launch a rescue. Although Liu Jin was a little surprised, after learning the news, he was overjoyed. He felt that this was a good opportunity to severely damage the Han army, and even captured Rao Le and Yanbei in one fell swoop.
A God-given opportunity to enter the territory of the Kingdom of Gold.
When Dong Congyan's army marched to the west of Baicheng and to the banks of the Talu River, they were attacked by 40,000 Jin soldiers led by Liu Jin. This time, Liu Jin suffered a lot. Dong Congyan had already prepared a plan to deal with the Jin soldiers' attack.
Be well prepared.
Even though the number of Jin soldiers was twice that of the Han army, they failed to defeat the Han army in the first few waves of charges, and they lost the opportunity to quickly defeat the "Dong army". On the contrary, under the command of being strict and calm, they lost the opportunity to defeat the "Dong army" quickly.
The Han army formed formations to defend itself, making steady progress and even launching local counterattacks.
In the military history of the Han Empire, there are countless battle cases that prove that when the Han army forms a military formation, as long as the command system is not chaotic and morale is not compromised, they are invincible within their "domain". Dong Congyan,
It only took a few years for the Yanbei Han army to recover some things that had been worn away by time.
After falling into a hand-to-hand melee, Liu Jin also felt that something was wrong. By the time he adjusted his tactics and got out of the fight with the Han army, he had already suffered more than 3,000 casualties. For the next five days, the two sides faced off at the Thalu River.
, the Jin soldiers closely monitored the Han army, while the Han army, under the command of Dong Congyan, was fearless and motionless.
It wasn't until news came from Xingguo City that the Jin soldiers were defeated. Liu Jin stayed in Xingguo to monitor the Jin soldiers in the city. Liu Shangyuan, the general of the Andong Kingdom, led an army of 10,000 troops, united with the defenders in the city, defeated the Jin soldiers in one fell swoop, and beheaded thousands of people.
, the rest fled in confusion.
After hearing the news, Liu Jin was shocked and could no longer care about entangled with Dong Congyan's army, and quickly withdrew his troops. Dong Congyan saw the opportunity and personally led the Yanbei Iron Cavalry to pursue him. At the eastern foot of Mantou Mountain, he encountered a counterattack by the Jin soldiers and retreated.
thousand.
From Thalu River to Xingguo City, Liu Jin suffered his first major defeat since he destroyed the Khitan and fought against the Han Dynasty, which severely hit his arrogance. From this battle, the world was completely opened.
The Han Empire's counterattack was the prelude to the Jin Kingdom.
Dong followed Yanzhi's dispatch of troops, which later caused an episode. Some civil servants in the court criticized him, saying that he had launched troops without permission, neglected his duties, and ignored the safety of Yanbei. He bluntly said that if the army was defeated, Yanbei would be in trouble.
, Dong Congyan could not escape the blame, and some even accused him of losing troops and generals in the final pursuit of Liu Jin.
Fortunately, Liu Wenji was still sober and was not taken into the ditch. Although Dong Congyan's decision was questionable, both the original intention and the result were worthy of recognition. He, Liu Wenji, was not old enough to tolerate the general.
Therefore, he not only praised and rewarded Dong Congyan, but also sent several courtiers mentioned above to the subordinates of Yanbei Dusi.
As for the Andong Kingdom sending troops to rescue, it is reasonable. After all, if they lose their happiness, they will face the threat of the Jin Kingdom. For the sake of security and interests, they must do something. This is also the reason for the important ministers left by Liu Wenyuan.
Consensus was reached, and Liu Shangyuan, one of the "Troika", was allowed to lead the army personally.
It should be noted that during the Liu Wenyuan era, the relationship between the Andong Kingdom and Rao Le Kingdom was often at odds because of Liu Wenyuan's contempt and contempt for his fourteenth uncle. However, after this battle, starting from Liu Jitan, the relationship between the two countries began to improve.
radical improvement
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