The forty-sixth time to the Heavenly Zuo Emperor is poor on Adun Mountain

However, it is said that at the beginning of Jin Taizong's accession to the throne, he sent envoys Gao Sui and Sheyin to Goryeo, wanting to tell the Liao Emperor Tianzuo about the death of the Xia State, and trying to restore and maintain friendly relations with Goryeo. Gao Sui and Sheyin came to the border, and the people who were ordered to receive them were extremely disrespectful, and the reception was very inconsiderate. The two secretly discussed, thinking that the monarchs and ministers of Goryeo had different aspirations and did not dare to go, so they asked the prime minister to resign and return to Shangjing, and told Jin Taizong Wu to buy everything they saw and heard on the border.

After hearing this, Jin Taizong Wu begged to buy and said: "The ministers of Goryeo belong to Liao for generations, and they should serve me with the courtesy of Liao." And there is a new funeral in our country, and the lord of Liao has come to get it. You can leave it to its content for a while, and don't denounce its sins. "Reprimanded Gao Sui and Sheyin, and ordered them to return to the house. According to Kim Taejong Wu begging for purchase at that time, he still had a tolerant attitude towards Goryeo's behavior, and did not want to damage the friendly exchanges between the two countries.

In May of the following year, Wanyan Huragu, the commander of the Lazy Road adjacent to the Liao State, and others said to Jin Taizong Wu Qimai: "In the past, he hunted seals, sea dongqing, crows, falcons and other things in the realm of Goryeo, and recently sent two boats to go, and the Goryeo people dispatched fourteen warships to block the way of the two boats and attack them. Kill the man who kills two boats, and take his army into battle. "According to the intention of Yan Kuragu and others, it is hoped that after Jin Taizong Wu Qimai learns of this, he will order an attack on Goryeo.

After hearing this, Jin Taizong Wu Qimai said to them very calmly: "It is not appropriate to start a war for a small reason. In the future, if you are not obeyed, you will not be careful. Jin Taizong Wu begged for this attitude was really unexpected by Yan Huragu and others, and they no longer dared to act rashly. In fact, Jin Taizong Wu Qimai's attitude towards Goryeo is very clear. He didn't want a war to break out between the kingdoms of Kim and Goryeo, and he didn't want to cause a war because of a trivial dispute.

In July of this year, Hushi replied to Jin Taizong Wu Qimai: "The Goryeo people accept my rebels and add border reserves, and there will be a difference. After Jin Taizong Wu begged to buy this news, he still maintained a cautious attitude and dealt with it calmly. He replied to Hushi, "It is the other thing to accept my rebels and not to return them." Where there is a general question, there is no violation of the norm. Or come to invade, and organize the ranks, and deal with them. If you dare to commit the offense first, you will be punished even if you are successful. "Jin Taizong Wu begged for a clear attitude, he wanted the border generals to be strict and on the defensive, and not take the initiative to provoke incidents.

After that, the relationship between Jin and Goryeo on the border gradually became tense, and Jin Taizong Wu Qimai ordered the commander of the Southern Route Army, Jamu, to use 1,000 armor soldiers to increase the troops of Hosuguan Road and Sujin to complete Yan Ashi's army in preparation for Goryeo. At that time, the Liao State Jiedu made Han Qingmin occupy Yizhou Zhuqi Mountain, specifically against the Jin soldiers, and had great appeal to the neighborhood.

After several days of fierce fighting, Yan Mu concentrated his forces and captured the main peak of Zhuqi Mountain, Han Qingmin also died in the chaos, and Yizhou was also captured by victory. The victory in this battle was very shocking to Goryeo, and after weighing the pros and cons, the king of Goryeo Wang Kai was declared a vassal again, and the tension between the two countries also calmed.

In November of the second year of Tianhui, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao State was on the way to flee, and he was in turmoil, which seemed to be making matters worse, making Emperor Tianzuo, who was already at the end of the road, feel even more difficult, like walking on thin ice, like facing the abyss. Because of the guard Taibao Xiao Zhonggong and the sworn to protect the soldier to the death, the rebellion was quickly quelled, and Emperor Tianzuo was fortunate to be safe and sound. However, his mood became heavier and heavier, and he truly experienced what it is like to feel when people are cornered.

At this time, Xiao Hulu, the king of the party, sent people to see Emperor Tianzuo and invited him to take refuge in them. This news was really like charcoal in the snow, which moved the panicked Emperor Tianzuo, and agreed to it in one bite. The people who came saw that Emperor Tianzuo had agreed, even if they said goodbye, they reported to the party king Xiao Hulu.

After sending off the party envoy, Xiao Zhonggong hastily packed up again and escorted Emperor Tianzuo on the way west to Tiande.

Xiao Zhonggong's real name is Shuli, and his ancestral name is Tart Buye, who once served as a privy envoy and Situ in the Liao State, and was named the king of Lanling County. His father's name was Xiao Temo, who served as a scholar in the middle school, and his mother was the youngest daughter of Yelu Hongji of the Liao Dao Sect, who was also the aunt of Emperor Tianzuo.

Xiao Zhonggong is respectful by nature, courteous in behavior, strong and brave, and can be surpassed by a camel. According to the ancestral customs of Liao, the children of the clan are listed as a class, known as the "children's class", and Xiao Zhonggong was the head of the "children's class". Later, he never left Emperor Tianzuo's side and served as the guardian of the Taibao. It is also in charge of the military to deal with emergencies that may arise at any time. As a relative, Emperor Tianzuo was most at ease with Xiao Zhonggong.

On this day, just after crossing the desert, a pool of clear water appeared in front of me, and this was Hori Dip. Emperor Tianzuo finally put his mind at ease and approached the lake, intending to take a break. At this moment, perhaps it was really a ghost, and the golden soldiers suddenly came. When the Liao people saw it, they fled in a hurry. This is like the saying goes, "the boat leaks and meets the head wind", and Xiao Zhonggong's mother's horse is tired and difficult to gallop. In a hurry, there were no other horses to change.

In desperation, Xiao Zhonggong's mother said to their brothers: "Your brothers are deeply favored by the country, and you should do your best for the country, and don't think of me." When Emperor Tianzuo saw this, he also felt sad in his heart, so he left Xiao Zhonggong's brother Xiao Zhongxuan to protect his mother. Emperor Tianzuo's mount was also extremely tired, and under the cover of Xiao Zhonggong, he fled on foot. When he was panicking, he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Your Majesty, please change to my horse."

When Emperor Tianzuo looked back, it was his close minister Zhang Rengui. In an instant, Zhang Rengui had already come to him, jumped off the horse, helped Emperor Tianzuo to get on the horse, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty take care!" He slapped the horse on the buttocks, and the horse galloped away like the wind. Zhang Rengui bowed a few more times in the direction of Emperor Tianzuo, turned around and fought with the Jin soldiers on foot, and died in the chaos.

Emperor Tianzuo escaped another catastrophe by luck, panicked like a lost dog, and galloped westward. In addition to Xiao Zhonggong, there are only one or twenty people around. It was winter, and I was on my way when I was fleeing when I suddenly snowed heavily and was unusually cold. The clothes he had brought with him were gone. There was nothing to keep out the cold, so Xiao Zhonggong offered a mink hat to Emperor Tianzuo. There was no food on the way, and Xiao Zhonggong could only offer fried noodles and dates to satisfy his hunger. When Emperor Tianzuo was sleepy, Xiao Zhonggong lurked in the ice and snow, and Emperor Tianzuo sat on him and pretended to sleep. The rest of the people had nothing to eat, so they had to feed themselves on snow and ice.

In this predicament of wind and snow, hunger and cold, they survived six days and six nights of torment, but still did not fall on the line of death, and finally reached Tiande. That's when they had something to eat. After resting for a few days, his strength gradually recovered. After Tiande, night fell, Xiao Zhonggong told Emperor Tianzuo that he planned to spend the night in a common people's house. When Emperor Tianzuo heard this, he was panicked, and he was afraid that something would happen. Xiao Zhonggong told him: "Your Majesty, please be relieved, I have already sent someone to inquire, and the master of the family is very willing to receive us." After Emperor Tianzuo heard this, he relieved his heart.

While they were talking, the master arrived, knelt on the ground, and wept profusely. Emperor Tianzuo was also sad when he saw this scene. Then he went to his house and lived for a few days. Emperor Tianzuo thanked the owner for his loyalty and gave him the post of moderation. Of course, this can only be considered an empty position.

On this day, the party king Xiao Hulu sent someone to greet him, and Emperor Tianzuo said goodbye to the owner of the house and went to the party. Ren Xiaohulu recruited envoys for the southwest, was in charge of the military, and gave his son and the generals of the department a poor reward.

Emperor Tianzuo of Liao stayed in the party for more than a month, which was already the first month of the third year of Tianhui. He saw that although Xiao Hulu, the party leader, treated him sincerely, he was even willing to give way to him. However, after all, the party is located in a remote area, and the country's small strength is weak, so if the Jin soldiers hear the wind, it will be difficult to parry.

One day, he said to Xiao Zhonggong: "Although this place is good, it is by no means a place to stay for a long time. It is adjacent to Western Xia, but I don't know what the attitude of Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, was? If he was willing, he could have taken refuge in Western Xia. ”

Xiao Zhonggong said: "Your Majesty has the intention of going to Western Xia, wait until the minister goes to inquire clearly." In the past 100 years, although the Western Xia Kingdom has been a vassal state of the Liao State, the exchanges between the two countries are also extremely close. However, things have changed now, and now they are no longer the same. The Liao State also lost its past glory, almost all of its territory was conquered by the Jin State, and His Majesty was only a nominal emperor, and he had no place to stand. As the saying goes, human affection is like paper, but I don't know if the king of Western Xia will still think about his past interactions, right? After hearing this, Emperor Tianzuo was speechless.

A few days later, Xiao Zhonggong came to see Emperor Tianzuo, and judging from the depressed look on his face, Emperor Tianzuo had a premonition that something was wrong. Sure enough, Xiao Zhonggong said to him: "Your Majesty, it's really unsatisfactory, but Xixia can't go." ”

Emperor Tianzuo silently looked at Xiao Zhonggong with distracted eyes, as if he didn't hear what he was saying. Xiao Zhonggong didn't notice the subtle change in Emperor Tianzuo's expression, and continued: "Your Majesty, when people come to the end of the road, they will deeply feel the true meaning of the phrase 'human affection is like water'. A few months ago, Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, had already exchanged oaths with the Jin Kingdom. Now, the Western Xia Kingdom has become a feudal country of the Jin Kingdom. Li Qianshun, the king of Western Xia, had already made it clear to Wu Qimai, Taizong of Jin, that if he learned of His Majesty's news, he would definitely inform Yu Jin. If His Majesty arrives in the Western Xia Kingdom, he will definitely send His Majesty to the Jin Kingdom. Therefore, the road of the Western Xia Kingdom is impossible to go. When Emperor Tianzuo heard this, he just let out a long sigh.

After a few days and nights of hard thinking, Emperor Tianzuo said to Xiao Zhonggong again: "Since the Western Xia Kingdom has gone to the Song Kingdom, what should we do if we defect to the Song Kingdom?" ”

Xiao Zhonggong said: "Since Your Majesty has this idea, you should make a decision immediately. Although the Xijing region has nominally become the land of the Jin State, in fact there are still many places in the hands of the Liao people, and they are not completely controlled by the Jin people. In this way, we are given an opportunity. If you can reach the place between Shanyin and Yingzhou, you will be close to the border of the Song Dynasty. If he hesitates, if the Jin State controls the entire situation in the Datongfu area of Xijing, then it will be a bubble if he wants to go south to the Song Dynasty, and it will be out of reach. ”

Emperor Tianzuo listened and nodded in agreement. At that moment, he invited Xiao Hulu, the king of the party, to say something to him like this, and expressed his gratitude to him for risking his life to take him in. Xiao Hulu can be regarded as a chivalrous and enthusiastic person, and immediately said that he would personally lead the troops to escort him.

Now that the matter was decided, they did not want to linger any longer. After another two days, he left the party in a very complicated state of mind and embarked on the road to the south.

It was the first month of the third year of the Tianhui meeting, it was still the middle of winter, it was still icy and snowy, and the cold wind was biting, but this time it was very different from when it came. Xiao Hulu did his best to prepare enough food and warm clothes. So, I didn't feel stuck along the way. Fortunately, they were not blocked by the Jin soldiers along the way, and they learned from passers-by that the northwest and southwest roads of the Jin State were all sent by the general Lou Mu Han to lead troops between Wuzhou and Shuozhou, and his obvious intention was to cut off the passage of the Liao people who wanted to descend south to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the further south they went, the more cautious they became. In the territory of San'in, they turned east from the middle road and entered the realm of Yingzhou.

At this time, they heard another unexpected news, just like a thunderbolt from the sky, which shook their whole hearts. Zhang Jue surrendered to the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty's Yanjing guards were forced by the great pressure of the Jin State to hang Zhang Jue to death and return his head to the Jin State. After learning about this, their attitude became hesitant.

Xiao Zhonggong asked: "Your Majesty, if we surrender to the Song Dynasty in the south, if the Jin people ask the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers for us, then what should we do?" ”

After hearing this, Emperor Tianzuo sighed and said, "Then it's hard to say. The Song people were so cowardly. In order to vote for the gold people, they can do anything. ”

Xiao Zhong was silent when he heard this, and after a long time, he said again: "Your Majesty, if our final fate will be like that of Zhang Jue, then maybe we should not go to the Song Kingdom, but it is better to go directly to the Jin people, maybe the result will be better." ”

Emperor Tianzuo said in a very depressed and somewhat sad voice: "Let me think again, let me think again!" ”

This group of people is now facing the desperate situation of having a family and a country that is difficult to run, and they are terrified to the extreme. If Emperor Tianzuo used to be above the Nine Heavens, then now he is already below the Nine Heavens. In the beginning, he was once a symbol of supreme power, and he once ruled the fate of millions of people. Now, he, the emperor, has become a worthless empty shelf, and it is difficult to control even his own destiny.

Xiao Zhonggong asked, "Your Majesty, where should we go now?" ”

Emperor Tianzuo said: "Go to Shuozhou, go to Shuozhou!" ”

Xiao Zhonggong asked again: "Your Majesty, the Jin soldiers of the Lou Chamber's department are active between Wuzhou and Shuozhou, if we meet him, isn't it very dangerous?" ”

Emperor Tianzuo said, "Oh, Lou Mur? …… Yes, I must be talking about Lou Room, if I really run into him, maybe it's not a bad thing, I want to see him! ”

Xiao Zhonggong listened and was silent. He secretly thought in his heart, "What is His Majesty the Emperor thinking at this moment? Perhaps, he really wants to invest gold, right? Alas, whatever he is, if His Majesty the Emperor wants to end the world, he will have to follow him to the end! ”

So, they turned south from Yingzhou and entered the realm of Shuozhou. There is a mountain in Shuozhou called Adun Mountain. The mountain is not too high, nor is it too steep. There is a deep valley in the mountains, called Yukan Valley. There are two valley mouths in the east and west of the valley, which divides the Adun Mountain into two halves.

Shortly after the heavy snow stopped, Mount Adun seemed to be draped in a white cloak. The north wind was blowing, bringing a biting chill. More than half a foot of snow was left on the road, and people and horses would leave a series of obvious footprints when they stepped on it.

When Emperor Tianzuo and his entourage entered the valley from the west entrance of the Yujing Valley, the footprints left on the road brought them trouble. It was on the basis of these footprints that Kim Shogun Lou Mur discovered them. At that time, Lou only knew that a group of suspicious people had entered the Shuozhou realm, but he didn't know that among them was the Tianzuo Emperor who he had been tracking and searching.

At the foot of Adun Mountain, Jin Bing fought a fierce battle with the party soldiers led by Xiao Hulu, where can Xiao Hulu be the opponent of Jin Bing? He was an extremely shrewd man, and when he saw that he could not resist the enemy, he led his troops to escape. Lou Room learned about this group of people and their extraordinary origin from the mouths of the captives, and couldn't help but be happy to descend from the sky, and immediately deployed heavy troops, tightly sealed the east and west valleys of Yujing Valley, and sent Haili and Shude to see Emperor Tianzuo of Liao State and persuade him to surrender.

Soon after, Hairi and Shude flew out of the valley. From their happy faces, Lou Room had already guessed everything. Sure enough, Haili said to Lou Mur: "Emperor Tianzuo is really poor and extremely poor. He had promised to take refuge in Yujin and wanted to meet the general east of Mount Adun. Lou Mu listened, patted Haili on the shoulder with his hand, and said loudly: "Good boy, we have done a great job for Jin Guoguo." "It turns out that Haili is a member of the Lou family, who is magnificent, brave and good at fighting, and good at using the man. Follow Lou Room and make more achievements.

Lou Room went around to the mouth of the East Valley, and Emperor Tianzuo had just walked out of the valley. When Lou Mu saw this, he knelt on the ground and said, "Please forgive Your Majesty for offending Tianwei with his armor!" When Emperor Tianzuo heard this, he hid his face and wept, unable to speak.