Chapter 141 Trapped in Yanjing
Yang Yingqi got the news from Tanggu and knew that he couldn't stop Tong Guan from asking Ah Gu to fight the army, and he was annoyed, but he was helpless. When he received the news, Aguta had already moved south from the camp, Zong Wang took 7,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, Xiao Tienu won the victory for the left wing, and Zong Wang took Juyong Pass by himself.
When the Empress Dowager Xiao of Northern Liao heard that the Jin soldiers were going south, she asked Ah Gu to set up Yelu Yanxi's son, Yeluding, the son of Yelu Yanxi, and was willing to take Yanjing as the country of the Dajin domain. Where will Ah Guda pay attention to her, and only urge the army.
The Liao people were helpless, and they did their best to guard the Yongguan Pass. Yelu Dashi felt that there was nothing to worry about the new defeat of the Great Song Dynasty in the south, but the dynamics of Tanggu in the southeast were really difficult to understand. However, at this time, Northern Liao had absolutely no strength to carry out multi-front operations, and the lesser of all evils was taken, so it had to take the risk of transferring elite troops from all walks of life to the northwest to prevent the main force of the Jin State.
When Zong Wang arrived in front of Juyong Pass, he was about to order an attack, but suddenly the cliff collapsed, and the Liao army was crushed and killed innumerable, and the Liao people collapsed without a fight. Zong Wang did not spend a single soldier, and easily won the Juyong Pass, passed the pass to the south, and approached Yanjing. Yandi Khitan, Xi, Han tribes heard the wind and surrendered to countless people, and there are civil officials to inform, military generals to send money, the Liao people are afraid of the Jurchen, just like the Song people are afraid of the Khitan, the defeat has been for a long time, and they dare not fight when they see it. Wherever the Jin soldiers passed, even if there was a strong city and a strong fortress blocking the road, it was often the Jin people who climbed the heights and drank, and the Liao people in the city either surrendered immediately or fled immediately! I didn't have half of the fighting spirit! If Tong Guan's Northern Expeditionary Army against the Liao Army is a sheep meeting a wolf, then the Liao people meeting the Jurchen is a wolf meeting a tiger! Zong Wang and Xiao Tienu swept over on both roads, the Liao army disintegrated, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan were quite talented in the war against the Song Dynasty, but although their talents were good, they could not stop the whole army from panicking. The battle of Jin Jun Keyan was not exciting at all - because it was not a good battle at all!
The speed of the Jin army's march even to them was a little surprising, they entered the army at the beginning of December, and the Jin army came to Yanjing before the New Year. Some of the elite of the Liao army fled at Juyong Pass, and some fled to the border with Yelu Dashi. Therefore, when the Jin soldiers and thousands of men and horses entered the door, the resistance encountered was not great, when Xiao Tienu and others lined up at the head of the city, most of the soldiers in the city had fled, and Xiao Hou and Xiao Gan also fled to Mobei from the trail. At that time, the Jin army did not have many soldiers and horses, so it could only hold the main road, but it could not control the hundreds of miles without leakage.
Most of the remaining ministers in Yanjing City were Han'er Wenchen, who couldn't run, and under the leadership of Prime Minister Zuo Qigong, Yu Zhongwen, Kang Gongbi, privy envoys Cao Yongyi, Zhang Yanzhong, Liu Yanzong and others, they held the table and kowtowed to the Aguda camp. Unlike Yang Keshi, who killed the Khitans before he really controlled Yanjing, Ah Guta took a calming posture, pardoning Zuo Qigong and others for their stubborn resistance as soon as he saw them, and ordered them to keep their old duties. When Zuo Qigong and others gradually felt at ease, they began to adopt a policy of division, promoting some important officials and suppressing some of them, so that they would be so busy flattering their new masters that they forgot to unite and resist. It should be said that although the Jurchens are a rising clan, they have their unique talent in magic and strategy, and their intrigues and tricks are not inferior to the feminine people in the Han nationality. Although the Jurchen people are not very proficient, the main means of foreign conquest are to break their heads and touch their limbs.
After inquiring about the ability and prestige of the main officials of Yandi, Ah Guta promoted Liu Yanzong to be the left servant, and sent Zuo Qigong and others to Fuding Yanjing Zhuzhou County, Zuo Qigong Fuluo Yanjing to the south, and Kang Gongbi to Fuluo Yanjing to the east. At that time, there were two more powerful strongholds in Yanjing Road in addition to the small center of Xijin Mansion, one was Tanggu, which even the Liao people could not figure out, and the other was Pingzhou, which controlled Yuguan (the mountain customs of later generations).
Pingzhou is located in the east of Yanjing, guarding the entrance and exit of the Liaoning West Corridor. When the news of the Jin soldiers conquering Zhongjing came, the Pingzhou garrison was in an uproar, and Jiedu made Xiao Dili intend to invest gold, but his deputy Zhang Jue preemptively killed Xiao Dili, pacified the rebellious army, and was promoted as the consul of Pingzhou by the generals. After Yeluchun's death, Zhang Jue saw that Northern Liao was in danger, so he vigorously expanded the army, pulling tens of thousands of strong men and thousands of horses, and training troops every day to prepare for changes. Zong Han was going to personally lead the troops to attack, but Kang Gongbi, who had just surrendered, was about to make meritorious service in front of the new master, and persuaded: "If you rashly increase the troops, it will be to promote the opposite." If the minister goes down, he will be able to say that he will be able to restrain his horse and come down. Zong Han listened to his plan, Kang Gongbi went to see Zhang Jue, sure enough, Zhang Jue saw that the five capitals of Daliao were all owned by the Jin State, and he knew that it was difficult to support, and saw that Cao Guangbi's men and horses outside Yuguan were about to move, so he bribed Kang Gongbi thickly, said that he surrendered, and asked him to say more good things after returning to Yanjing. He was afraid that Cao Guangbi would do Han Xin's war against Qi, so he begged Kang Gongbi to ask Ah Gu to give an order to Cao Guangbi to withdraw from the army.
Sure enough, after seeing Zong Han, Kang Gongbi said: "Zhang Jue is not worried. Zong Han Xinzhi, played a clear Aguta, promoted Pingzhou to Nanjing, and added Zhang Jue as the Pingzhang under the test book, in charge of "Nanjing's affairs". He also wrote to Cao Guangbi, informing Zhang Jue that he had surrendered, and ordered him not to attack, and to retreat to the Laizhou military village first.
Cao Guangbi received the letter, and after hearing the ins and outs of the matter, he was sullen. Shi Kang said: "Does the second general hate not to get this credit?" If this is the case, we will attack Zhang Jue on the grounds that his intention to take refuge is insincere. ”
Cao Guangbi shook his head and sighed, "No." Now that the Liao people have been defeated, the rest are some cats and dogs in the water, stranded fish and shrimp, who am I, Cao Guangbi! What do you do with these bargains? Zhang Jue descended, and it was nothing. It's just that looking at the title given to him by the lord of the country, he was ordered to take charge of 'Nanjing', which was a decision to take Pingzhou as Nanjing, and he refused to return it to the Great Song Dynasty no matter what. ”
Shi Kang said with a calm face: "The Seventh General has been tossing in the south for so long, but as a result, Yanjing still falls into the hands of the lord of the country!" Hum! In today's situation, not to mention Pingzhou, it is Yanjing City, since the lord of the country has already eaten it, is he still willing to spit it out? ”
Cao Guangbi waved his hand and said: "Yanjing's matter, I can't complain about Ying Qi, and he has done his best." But Da Song still lost so ugly, alas, could it be the will of God? ”
does not say that Cao Guangbi retreated, but said that Zuo Qigong caressed the southern part of Yanjing, and Xiao Tienu led the troops as his escort. Ah Guda's original plan was to surrender if Zuo Qigong's mouth worked, and if it didn't work, let Xiao Tienu fight directly. As a result, there was no resistance all the way until the outside of Tanggu City.
At this time, the Tanggu City that Zuo Qigong saw was no longer the small port village that was first built in the port, but a seaside new city with a large scale! It turned out that Ouyang Shi heard that the northern soldiers were going south, and he was busy ordering Xu Wen to send troops to expel the Wuqing garrison, and at the same time asked the Tanggu administrative officials to organize farmers and sappers to repair the outer city wall, and soon transformed Tanggu into a new port city with two city walls, one inside and one outside. Before the Hanbu landing, Tanggu was just a small port, but after this period of operation, it has become an important seaside town! Of course, at this time, the real prosperity of Tanggu was actually only a small area in the inner city, and most of the land in the outer city was actually undeveloped.
Zuo Qigong was taken aback when he saw the towering city wall of Tanggu, this city wall Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan were not short in the first place, and after a round of transformation by the Han Dynasty, they were no longer under Yanjing in terms of practicality. Because Jinmen is a civic city without a city wall, Liaokou has maintained a relatively low city wall due to the implementation of the Tao Hui strategy, so in terms of scale, Tanggu at this time can be said to be the first strong city under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty. Of course, the so-called first fortified city here is also relatively speaking, after all, the construction of Tanggu is shallow, and many projects are just an embryo.
Zuo Qigong is an old minister of Liao, he knew that this was just a wasteland, and he didn't expect it to develop into such a scale in such a short period of time, here is different from the states and counties under the control of the original Northern Liao, and the guards inside Zuo Qigong didn't recognize it at all, but at this time, he was ordered by Akuda to surrender, so he had to order someone to come forward and send a letter of surrender in, hoping that the guards in the city would be intimidated by the prestige of Dajin and obediently open the city to surrender.
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