After hearing this, Xu Guanzhong asked Lin Chong to go to Huining Mansion in person, and saw Lin Chong frowning, so he said: "Brother, the master of the army, how can you go deep into the dangerous place?"

Besides, this is too strong, if my brother is condescending, it will make this group of Jurchen barbarians look down on me Liangshanjun more and more!

If you must go, the younger brother is willing to go on behalf of the elder brother, and he will not disgrace the mission! ”

Lin Chong smiled, he also felt that he shouldn't go, otherwise the status of the cooperation between the two sides would be unequal.

You think, Wanyan Aguta is the boss of the Jurchens, and he is the boss of the Liangshan Army, but Wanyan Aguda asked him to go to Huining Mansion to see him in a commanding tone, if he would go.

What does that mean?

This means that the relationship and identity of both parties are determined at once.

That is to say, Jurchen is superior, and Liang Shanjun is subordinate; Or that the Jurchen is the master, and Liang Shanjun is a slave. Therefore, after Yan Agu fights, he can come and go as soon as he calls himself.

So of course Lin Chong won't go.

However, this made it easy for the Jurchens to think that they were afraid of them, so Lin Chong said his thoughts and said, "I am going to meet with that Jurchen on the coast of Yaozhou (Yingkou), and I must be as tough as possible and show strength." ”

Wen Huanzhang, Xu Guanzhong, and Zhu Wu nodded.

Judging from the information that Liang Shanjun has now, these Jurchens are afraid of power but not virtue, respect the strong, and despise the weak, so in the case of not touching the bottom line, the stronger the better.

Moreover, Liang Shanjun said that if he wants to cooperate with the Jurchens, he must also show his strength, otherwise he will be like a beggar who has nothing and knows nothing, and he will run to the richest man in Hebei and say that I want to cooperate with you, and I will only be driven out as a fool.

At this time, Wen Huanzhang said again: "The military master first led the troops to the Liao State this time, and then went to the Jurchens, is it too late?" ”

Lin Chong calculated, at this time, there were still thirty-four days before the departure time agreed with Chen Zongshan, and the sailor army who had just returned had to rest for two days;

Starting from Liangshanbo along the Beiqing River to Bohai Bay, and then to Jinzhou in Liaoguo, because the south wind blows smoothly and smoothly in summer, it is only five or six days; Pretending to be a Jurchen, it would take another five or six days to raid the Dading Mansion in Liaozhong.

This is about eleven days, and then I have to come back, this time I will go against the wind and water to go to the Beiqing River, but I can ride a horse to drive back, but it still takes eleven days.

In this way, the time for me to set off from Jinzhou to Yaozhou to meet with the Jurchens is also ten days, and the waterway between the two places is only more than half a day, if everything goes well, it is just enough.

Lin Chong said his thoughts, and Wen Huanzhang asked again: "In this case, how many people is the military master going to take?" ”

"It's still those people, I only have two boats, two hundred people ashore, and the other ships are on standby at sea. Well, let Brother Wu Song and Brother Jiao Ting accompany me ashore. ”

A few people nodded, knowing that the Jurchens worship warriors and like to fight in the corner, that is, sumo wrestling, and sending two people can just shake these Jurchen barbarians, so that they know that we Han people also have warriors.

At this time, Li Jun said again: "Brother, this time we also met Bo Jin (chief) A Shu of the former Jurchen Star Xianshui Shilie Department in Liao Kingdom.

It's just that Wanyan Jurchen often asks Liao for Ah Shu, although Liao refuses every time because of face, Ah Shu is really worried that one day the Liao State will hand him over.

So Brother Huyan and I went to him with the attitude of giving it a try, and the result was that we were easily agreed that we were willing to be like a family, and serve my brother as the master and be my brother's slave.

He's outside at the moment, do you want to call him in? ”

Everyone felt a little strange when they heard it, they took refuge in the Liangshan army and took refuge in the Liangshan army, how could they still talk about masters and slaves?

However, Lin Chong was not surprised at all, there were no slaves at this time in the Great Song Dynasty, even if it was a Zhuang Ke, it was only equivalent to a long work in later generations, and it was only a contractual relationship with the landlord's family, and the landlord would be imprisoned or even beheaded if he killed Zhuang Ke.

The Liao State and the Western Xia were semi-feudal and semi-slave countries, for example, they often fought grass valleys or captured the living army to rob the people of the Song Dynasty, calling it Shengkou, in fact, they were taken back to be slaves, and killing them was no different from killing a sheep.

At this time, the Jurchen tribes, and even the early days of the Dajin Kingdom, which later unified the north, had always been a slave society.

For example, in the later Braided Dynasty, didn't those Manchu officials call themselves slaves? It can be seen how deep-rooted the thinking of these barbaric and backward regime slaves is.

So it's not surprising that Ah Shu has such thinking.

"Let him in."

After a while, Ah Shu was brought in, and Lin Chong took a look, only to see that this person was in his fifties, already quite old, with many wrinkles on his face.

His head was bare, with only hair on his temples and the back of his head, combed into two small braids hanging down behind him, and a large gold earring on his ears, which was a symbol of his status.

As soon as this Ah Shu saw Lin Chong, he immediately knelt down, and he actually spoke Chinese: "The slave Ah Shu has seen the master." ”

"Get up, we Han people don't like this, since you come to join my Liangshan army, you will consider yourself a subordinate in the future, don't be too restrained, I will rely on you more in the future."

Lin Chong smiled, and when he got up, he asked, "Ah Shu, I heard that you used to be a Bo Jin of the Jurchen Shilie Division, but how did you escape into the Liao State later, why did the Wanyan Jurchen repeatedly ask the Liao State for you?" Can you elaborate on these things? ”

Seeing that he didn't dare to slack off, Ah Shu hurriedly learned the etiquette of the Han people and bowed to Wen Huanzhang and the others who were sitting next to Lin Chong, and then told the whole story.

This talk was more than two moments, and Rao is A Shu said it as simply as possible, but Lin Chong and a few others couldn't help but admire and be vigilant when they heard it.

Sure enough, the rise of the Jurchens of Wanyan is not without reason, this generation after generation is simply too powerful, it is simply unparalleled in resourcefulness and cunning like a fox.

It turned out that long before Wanyan Agu beat his grandfather Wanyan Wugunai, there was no difference between the Jurchens of the Hushui Wanyan tribe and the Jurchens of other tribes, and at most they were the larger and stronger of the dozens of Jurchen tribes.

But since Wanyan Ugunai became the leader, everything has changed dramatically.

Wanyan Wugunai first conquered the five tribes of the surrounding Baishan, Ye Cheng, Tongmen, Ye Lazy, and Tugu Theory, and his strength suddenly became the strongest.

At that time, many border people in the areas under the jurisdiction of Liao officials fled to the Jurchen tribes, and the Liao wanted to lead troops into the Jurchen territory to pursue them.

Wanyan Wugunai was the first to fear that the Liao army would go deep into the hinterland of the Jurchens, and find out all the situation of the tribe's mountains and rivers, and would plot to enter the army in the future;

Second, I am afraid that if the soldiers are too much, the Liao soldiers will easily destroy the Jurchen tribes, because the Liao army never brings food and salary to fight, and the war basically depends.

So Wanyan Wugunai ran to the Liao officials and said: We are deep in the mountains and old forests, and the terrain is too poor for the soldiers to enter; And those border people who fled will also get the news and run away in the morning.

So it's better to leave these things to our Wanyan Department.

Liao Guo was really moved by him, and his good impression of Wanyan was greatly increased.

After that, Wanyan Wugunai used the power of the Liao State to get rid of the biggest opponent among the Jurchen tribes, Shi Xian of the Lazy Water Wulin Division.

At that time, Shi Xian also had a conflict with the Liao State because of the border people who fled into the birth of a girl, so Wanyan Gu Nai lit fires at both ends - on the one hand, he expressed his willingness to resist the Liao people with Shi Xian, and at the same time instigated him to block Haidongqing's Eagle Road; But on the other hand, he secretly colluded with the Liao people and expressed his willingness to help the Liao people attack Shi Xian.

So Shi Xian was really tough on the Liao State, and cut off the Haidong Ying Road, and then the Liao Emperor was furious, Wanyan Wugunai betrayed the alliance, and finally Shi Xian was exiled, and the Wulinda Department was annexed by the Wanyan Department.

After that, the Jurchen tribes were divided into two camps, pro-Liao and anti-Liao, and Wanyan Wugunai also completely fell to the Liao State, carefully currying favor with the Liao State, and gradually eliminated the anti-Liao tribes with the help of the power of the Liao State, and the Wanyan tribe became the agent of the Liao State in giving birth to the Jurchens.

Soon, the Pu Nie Department of the Five Kingdoms made Ba Yimen rebel against Liao, and Wanyan Wugunai once again used a despicable and shameless trick - using his wife and children as hostages to form a brother and ally with Ba Yimen, and then sent troops to sneak attack, and successfully captured Ba Yimen and dedicated it to Emperor Liao.

This is not counting, according to the rules, all the wealth, population, livestock, etc. of the tribes defeated by the Jurchens are the spoils of the victors, and the Liao State should also be deserved.

But Wanyan Wugunai didn't do this, but dedicated all the spoils to the Liao State, which made the Liao Emperor very happy, and felt that Wanyan Wugunai was really loyal.

So he was appointed as the envoy of the direct tribe of the daughter.

At this time, Wanyan can ascend to the sky in one step and become the official leader of the Jurchen tribes, and Wanyan Wugunai went around to solicit other Jurchen tribes, all of which were licensed by the emperor of Liao.

What's even more powerful is that after saying that, Yan Wugunai became the festival envoy of the Liao State, and was also respected as the Taishi, Wanyan Jurchen should be naturalized and become a mature Jurchen, and Wanyan Wugunai must also abide by various laws, rules and regulations of the Liao State.

But Wu Gu Nai didn't know what means to use, so he refused these, and he didn't make the Liao State unhappy, and soon conquered the tribes.

This is actually the same as Lin Chong's request to Zhao Ji - you canonize me as the envoy of Jiedu, but the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are not allowed to enter the two prefectures of Jiyun, and the Liangshan army has the right to enforce the law independently, and it is the same as listening to the tune or not listening to the announcement.

But Lin Chong was forced by force, and he helped to fight the western thief to "deceive" before coaxing Zhao Ji to agree; And Wanyan Wugunai moved the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji with one mouth, which shows that his true facts in this regard are too much higher than Lin Chong.

What makes Lin Chong and the others feel even more remarkable is that although this Wanyan Wugunai has done so many despicable and shameless things, it is said that the Jurchen tribes should be punished for everyone, and everyone should spurn and despise him, right?

But no!

Because Wanyan Wugunai is also a very charismatic person, according to Ah Shu, this guy is forgiving, especially tolerant, joy and anger are invisible, and push wealth and people, share food and clothes, and have no regrets, it can be said that everyone who comes into contact with him will like him.

This is the history of the Wanyan Nuzhen's fortune, the Wanyan Department began to rise from the Wugunai period, and then from Wugunai, the leaders of each generation of Wanyan are the most powerful among the people, and they are very cunning.

For example, Ah Shupit was miserable and finished Yan Yingge.

Wanyan Yingge is the fifth son of Wanyan Ugunai and the third leader of the Wanyan tribe after Ugunai.

It turned out that Wugunai had a total of nine sons, and the original wife had five sons, in order, the impeacher, the impeachment of the bowl, the impeachment of Sun, the Po Lashu, and Yingge.

When Wu Gu Nai died, he probably felt that the eldest impeacher was too honest and not cunning and despicable enough, so he passed the position of chief to the second impeachment; After the death of the impeachment of Libo, he crossed the third impeachment of Sun and passed on the throne to Po Lashu; Po Ra Shu passed on the old five Ying Song again.

In the end, before Wan Yan Yingge died, he passed the seat to the eldest son of the second brother Wan Yan impeachment bowl, Wan Yan Wu Yashu; Wu Yashu then passed it on to his second brother Wanyan Aguta.

It turned out that after Wanyan Yingge succeeded him, Ah Shu opposed Yingge's dictatorship and tried to annex the Fushi Lie Ministry, so he rebelled against the rule of Wanyan Ministry, together with Mao Jianlu Bojin of the same department.

Wanyan Yingge personally confronted Ah Shu, and sent Sakai to lead troops to attack Dunthorn City and break off Ah Shu's alliance. Without the help of Duen En, Ah Shu was immediately isolated and helpless, so he ran to Liao with his younger brother to ask for help, leaving Mao Jianlu Bojin to stick to Ah Shu City.

After the Liao officials came, in front of the Liao officials, Wan Yan Yingge agreed to evacuate Ashu City, and personally led the army to leave, and the Liao officials left satisfied, but Wan Yan Yingge cunningly secretly left the eldest brother impeacher to besiege A Shu City.

As a result, the impeachers surrounded him for two years, and Mao Jianlu could not hold on, so he had to surrender to the impeachers, and Wanyan occupied Ashu City.

At this time, Ah Shu had no choice but to ask for help from the Liao State again, so on this day, two Jurchen chieftains who were annexed by the Wanyan Department and fled to the Liao State like A Shu, and a Liao envoy came to Ah Shu City and ordered the Wan Yan Department to withdraw from A Shu City.

Wanyan Yingge got the news early in the morning, and the messenger of the eldest brother's impeachment asked someone to change into Ah Shu's clothes and flags, pretending to be Ah Shu's general, and scolded: "We attack each other ourselves, what is your business?" I don't know what bullshit you are! ”

and sent troops to rush out and stab the horses of the two Jurchen chieftains, so frightened that the Liao envoys fled in the wilderness.

As a result, the defenders of Ah Shu lost hope and had to surrender, and Ah Shu's younger brother Di Gubao, who was following the Liao envoy, was also chased and killed by the soldiers and horses of the Wanyan Division.

And Ah Shu didn't walk in front of him because he had a lot of eyes and picked up his life, so he had to flee back to Liao again to cry to Liao, but the officials of Liao didn't want to take care of this matter, and in the end, it was over.

Because the nobles of the Liao State had to go to the territory of Shengnuzhen every year to hunt Haidong eagles, and hunt swans with Haidongqing in the Yazi River (Songhua River), there was an eagle road.

Wanyan Yingge inherited the policy of his father Wu Gu Nai, and on the one hand, he continued to conquer the Jurchen tribes, and on the other hand, he ordered the Jurchen tribes to make trouble and block the Haidong Qingying Road in the Liao State.

The Liao State had a headache about this, so he had to order Wanyan to send troops to pacify it, so Wanyan Yingge pretended to take the army to quell the chaos, and then gave an order to pacify the Eagle Road without spending a single soldier, returned triumphantly, and reported to the Liao State for reward.

Then Wanyan Yingge will reward all the rewards to those tribes who rise up to make trouble, so as to win people's hearts and stabilize their rule.

At the same time, he played with the Liao people in the palm of his hand, and then asked the Liao State to ask for weapons, armor, and food for the opportunity to help the Liao State quell the rebellion, and constantly accumulate strength.

It wasn't until the end of the Yan Agu period that he felt that the strength was enough, and he sent people to the hinterland of the Liao State to inquire about the information, and learned that the Liao State had been decayed, so he resolutely raised troops against the Liao, and it was really devastating, and it took less than four years to lay down the entire Tokyo Road of the Liao State, and also captured Shangjing.

And Ah Shu, the chief of the Jurchen Shilie tribe in his previous life, not only wanted to regain his tribe and had no hope, but also had to face the excuse that Wanyan Aguta kept sending people to Liao to ask for Ah Shu, and he couldn't live in panic.

Before, Ah Shu was ready to flee to Goryeo, but there was a big golden country between Liao and Goryeo, how could Ah Shu get by, and when he had nothing to do, he happened to run into the caravan of the Liangshan army, so he took the initiative to take refuge in the Liangshan army.

Lin Chong listened carefully to Ah Shu's speech, and asked some questions in the middle, and when he finished speaking, Lin Chong and the others also sighed.

If it was the previous story of Duan Jingzhu and others, it showed the bravery of this group of Jurchens and the perverted combat effectiveness; Na Shu's narration shows the cunning and insidiousness of this group of Jurchens.

This is the Liangshan Army, and the enemies of the Great Song Dynasty!