Chapter 1823 Rebellion against Liao and Jin, Yelu clan
According to the official history, Yelu Yujian was falsely accused by Xiao Fengxian, brother of Emperor Yuan's Concubine of Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty, of conspiring with Concubine Wen to establish Concubine Wen's concubine Yelu Ao and Lu We. He was afraid and paid a small sum of money, but still led the troops in his original position. In the first month of the following year, he led the Jin army.
Attacked the Liao Dynasty, forcing Emperor Tianzuo to flee to the west. In the third year of Tianhui, Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty, he served as the Marshal Youdu Supervisor, led troops to attack the Song Dynasty, broke the Song army in Fenhebei, captured its commander Hao Zhonglian and others, and killed more than 10,000 people. In September of the seventh year
, made appointments with the Khitan and Han'er governors of Yunzhong, Hedong, Hebei, and Yanjing prefectures, and ordered the officials and soldiers to punish the Jurchens. They jointly rebelled against the Jin Dynasty, reported to Yunnei Jiedu envoy Yerunuge, and went to Xixia and Xia.
When people saw that he had no troops and horses, they refused to accept him, so they surrendered to the Tatars and were killed...
Now he has indeed turned the other way.
When Xiao Tang first met Yelu Yujian, he was also met by him on his way to the Liao Kingdom as the deputy envoy of the Song Dynasty. However, Yelu Yujian focused most of his attention on Tong Guan as the envoy.
After all, the Liao Dynasty at that time was out of consideration to maintain the mutual restraint of the three kingdoms of Song, Liao, and Xia. Therefore, the Liao Dynasty also wanted to take advantage of the Song court's visit to visit Tong Guan, who had repeatedly tried his best to conquer the West.
It is the power of the border court to launch a war that is more important.
Although Xiao and Tang had a high status in the world at the beginning, those who were involved in the diplomatic relations between the two countries were either the feudal officials or the high-ranking figures in the Song and Liao dynasties. It was well known that the prefecture magistrates and county magistrates were in the eyes of those powerful people.
They are all just humble officials the size of mustard seeds. Except for the discerning Yelu Dashi who wanted to get acquainted with Xiao Tang, how could Yelu Yujian, who was a member of the royal family of the Liao Dynasty, care about what Xiao Tang was doing in the Song Dynasty?
The mud-legged and reckless man was famous for being a knight in the world. In the eyes of the Liao Dynasty monarchs and ministers, Zhemo was just a popular person next to the Song Emperor. Xiao Tang was given enough face to him, but Tong Guan, the eunuch, was the one who could control him at that time.
Xiao Tang and Yelu Yu were the real owners of the Southern Dynasty's military decision-making. Seeing that the two of them didn't have much contact at that time, I'm afraid he would lament now that he never thought that he would take risks again today, but he would bet his wealth and life on those things.
Xiao Tang, who never thought he could influence the general situation of the world.
Seeing that Yelu Yu later rebelled against Liao and joined the Jin Dynasty, he was indeed forced to do so. Xiao Feng, a sycophantic minister next to Emperor Zuo of Liao, reported that he wanted to set up the crown prince of Liao to depose the king. Prince Yelu Ao and Lu We, as well as his mother Wen Fei, including Xiao Yu,
Ta Geli and other honorable ministers were all executed, so how could Emperor Tianzuo spare Yelu Yujian's life? However, Yelu Yujian was on his way to defect, and the generals of the Liao army, including Xiang Xiao Qian, were ordered to pursue them but failed.
Thinking that he was a hero of the clan in the Liao Dynasty, he deliberately allowed him to escape.
Lushan, and reached it. The generals discussed: "Xiao Fengxian relied on his favor and scorned the officers and soldiers. Yu Jian is a talented person in the clan, and he has never been willing to serve under him. If he is captured, we will all be Yu Jian in the future. It is better to let him go."
'Return"), and taught him to finally defect to the command of Wanyan Aguda, which shows that Yelu Yujian also has a long-standing prestige among the Khitan armies. Moreover, in the process of the Jin Kingdom quickly annexing Nuo Dajiangshan of the Liao Dynasty, there were
Yelu Yujian came forward to appease many Khitan people, which also played a great role in Jin Guo's ability to win over people's hearts.
According to the official history, when the Jin army first came to Bianliang City in Tokyo, Zhao Huan, who had hastily ascended the throne, once again used a foolish trick, which was to teach the Liao envoys of the Jin Kingdom to seal the letter with wax pills.
He sent Yelu Yujian to lure him to rebel against the Jin Dynasty again and serve as a domestic supporter of the Song Dynasty. However, the envoy changed his hands and offered it to Wanyan Orulu for compensation. This also contributed to one of the reasons why the Jin army once again gathered a large army to attack the Song Dynasty. The current situation at that time was just the reason.
Generally speaking, the Song court was only willing to sue for peace on the surface, but secretly it still wanted to do something. Even if Yelu Yu saw that he had received the surrender document from the Song court, thinking about the time when those guys destroyed the alliance and joined the Jin Dynasty and conquered the Liao Dynasty, they were now facing
The Jin army that arrived at the capital city was in an ugly manner, fearing the enemy like a tiger. I am afraid that they would never turn their backs to the Song Dynasty again under that situation.
It can be said that Yelv Yujian's prestige among the Khitan tribes still aroused the suspicion of the Jin Dynasty kings and ministers, and they were always on guard. This undoubtedly made Yelu Yujian uneasy, and since he has already turned against him, naturally he also There was no need to try to join forces with the Xia State, and even had to flee to Mobei. The Tatar tribes who were originally ruled by the policies of Liao and Jin Jixi lost their lives. Xiao Tang led the army to enter the land of Yanyun, which for Yelu Yujian , it is undoubtedly the best time to take the opportunity to leave the Kingdom of Jin and find another place to settle down.
But Yeluyu saw that this descendant of the Liao Dynasty clan had once surrendered money to rebel, would he one day have the intention of rebelling against himself?
Although there were Liao Dynasty royal families such as Yeluda Libo, Yelu Guozhen, and Yelu Guobao from Baozhou in Liaodong, they belonged to the lineage of Yelu Chun, Xuanzong of the Northern Liao Dynasty, and their names were removed from the family genealogy by Emperor Tianzuo. And Yeluda Ribo is a daughter, and the two brothers Guozhen and Guobao also have the typical habits of Khitan aristocrats who have no choice but to fly around and compete in martial arts. They have no tricks to hide their inner thoughts. In terms of political power, they are just perfect. They are just two stupid young men. As for who should be the emperor, Yelu Guozhen, Yelu Guobao and others knew that they did not have the ability to restore the country. What they wanted was not to teach the Jurchens but to secure the throne. They have been ruling the Khitan tribes for generations, and there are important officials like He Chongbao in the Liao general faction who have completely swung to his side. Xiao Tang hardly has to worry about the people who are now living under his own forces. What kind of trouble will the Yelv siblings cause?
However, with Yelu Yujian's qualifications and government, he would never be as simple-minded as the two brothers, Guozhen and Guobao. Although Yelu Chun had been proclaimed Emperor Tianxi as early as before, he had conferred the title of Emperor Tianzuo. Before the King of Xiangyin, Yelu Yujian had already rebelled against the Liao Dynasty and defected to the Jin Dynasty, and even served as the vanguard of the Jin army to capture the prefectures and counties of the Liao Dynasty. Therefore, Yelu Dalibu, Yelu Guozhen, Yelu Guobao and others were probably interested in this. The elders of the clan who had rebelled against the Liao earlier were resentful. However, even if the Jin regime established in the homeland of the Liao Dynasty was overthrown, the newly established clan no longer had the surname Yelu, and in addition, they were previously willing to unite due to the current situation. Xiao Qian, the Xi King who resisted the Jin Dynasty, and these former ministers of the Liao Dynasty who had experienced intrigues and fights for power and profit in the Liao Dynasty, may not be dead-set in allowing the Liao land to change its owner again, and let Xiao Tang dominate and become the emperor.
But for now, Yelu Yujian betrayed him at the right time, and he immediately cleared the way for his own army to attack Yanjing. It was also necessary to appease him. Xiao Tang then ordered the army to set off and march towards Yelu Yujian. Fan Yangcheng, who is currently leading his troops to be stationed in Zhuozhou, went to the city. Only a few days later, when Xiao Tang led several groups of personal entourage to the city, Yelu Yu, who had already rushed to report the news, saw the city opened. He opened the gate and personally led the close army generals in the city, who were mainly Khitan people, to greet him.
Hundreds of horsemen and horses drove out of the Fanyang City Gate like the wind, and they all reined in Xiao Tang's troops thirty or forty steps before they arrived. Xiao Tang had also seen a dozen more knights dressed as lieutenant generals. Surrounded by a middle-aged man, they walked forward for more than ten steps. Although the middle-aged man was wearing armor, he and the knights did not carry any weapons or weapons. However, he had good facial features and a sense of humor in his demeanor. The middle-aged man Xiao Tang looked vaguely familiar. As expected, he was the same important official of the Liao Dynasty clan who they had met before but were not close friends with each other.
As for Yelu Yujian, he naturally took a look at Xiao Tang at a glance. He and the Khitan generals who were accompanying him immediately dismounted from the saddle neatly, walked forward a few steps, and then knelt down together again. Yelu Yujian read more
He looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose and lowered his head and said: "I didn't Cai Yelu Yu saw that I was framed by a traitor, but I was unwilling to die in vain. I was deeply ashamed of surrendering to the Jin Dynasty. However, the Liao Dynasty was overturned.
It's hard to recover. It's a pity that the old dynasty's evildoers were in power and blocked the path of good people. I am a member of the Khitan clan. Even if I intended to sacrifice my life to serve the country with my heart, I would end up sacrificing my life in vain.
Now I see that the Jurchens are militaristic and unethical. I have been uneasy for a long time, and I am not willing to live with the infamy of having to pay the Liao gold. If a man wants to atone for his sins and pursue great achievements in national affairs, he must also make clear choices.
The Lord is doing things. However, Commander Xiao has great vision and is benevolent and righteous, which frightens the Jin people. Now the Xingyi Division has come to calm the country and rectify the chaos, and reorganize the country. I have admired Commander Xiao's reputation for a long time, so now I wish to
I will bring my soldiers from three states to surrender, and one day I will die with tens of thousands of men in front of me, so that Commander Xiao can encourage him!"