Abaoji's general Yelu Huge,

Jerexia (?) —998), a famous general of the Liao Dynasty. The word Xunning, Khitan nationality. Military strategist, clan, official to Yu Yue of the Liao State, the king of the Song Dynasty. The grandson of Yelu Shilu, the king of Sui, and the son of Yelu Wansi of the Southern Courtyard. In the first year of Qianheng (979), the Song army besieged Nanjing (that is, Youzhou), and invited the army to come to the rescue, and selected the army of the Five Courtyards to ride 30,000 nights out of the mountain, and rushed to the aid of the middle road, and the King of the Southern Courtyard Yelu Xian led the Sixth Academy Army to attack together, defeated the Song army in the Gaoliang River, and relieved the siege of Nanjing. In the same year, Han Kuangsi, who was the commander of the capital, attacked Song Mancheng, saw through the Song general's attempt to surrender, and persuaded Kuang Hei to wait for the battle, but Kuang Hei did not listen, and was attacked and defeated.

Yelu Xiuge attacked with the whole army, repelled the Song army, and awarded the king of the Northern Courtyard for merit. In the second year of Qianheng (980), he attacked the Song Dynasty from Liaojingzong, led the forward army to surround Waqiao Pass, killed the Song garrison Zhang Shi, and defeated the reinforcements in Nanyi Shuinan, and also awarded Yu Yue. In the first year of unification (983), he was appointed to stay in Nanjing, in charge of military affairs in the south, persuading farmers and mulberries, repairing military equipment, and governing the border. In the fourth year of Tonghe (986), the Song army attacked Liao in three ways, and Cao Bin's army of 100,000 on the east road approached Nanjing.

Before the reinforcements arrived, Yelu Hugo avoided the enemy's sharpness, adopted the bluff of the elite during the day, sent light cavalry to attack and harass at night, and used the tactics of ambushing the troops to cut off their food routes, exhausting the Song army and forcing them to retreat for food. When Cao Bin's army attacked again, with the reinforcement of Xiao Xuan, the Empress Dowager of Chengtian, he defeated the Song army in the Battle of Qigou Pass and crowned the king of Song with merit. At the end of the same year, he joined forces with the Queen Mother and annihilated tens of thousands of Song troops in the Battle of Junziguan.

In the seventh year of unification (989), he fought with the Song general Yin Jilun in the Xu River in the north of the city, and was wounded and defeated. In his later years, he advocated a truce from the army and the people, and kept peace with the Song Dynasty. He died of illness in the sixteenth year of Tonghe (998).

When Jeruxiu was young, he had a public assistant. During the reign of Liao Muzong, Wugu and Murowei betrayed the Liao State, and Yelu Huge followed Xiao Wei, the prime minister of Beifu, to negotiate with Wugu and Murowei, and the rebels returned. In 968 A.D. (the last year of the Liao Muzong calendar), he was promoted to Tiyin.

In 979 A.D. (the first year of Jingzong Qianheng), the Song army conquered Liao in the north, and Nanjing (now Beijing) was besieged. Jingzong ordered Yelu Hugo to lead the army of the Five Courtyards to rescue Nanjing and resist the Song army. So Brother Hugh led the army to the Gaoliang River and met the Song army led by Song Taizong. Yelu Hugo and Yelu Xian's troops attacked the Song army in two ways, the Song army was defeated, many casualties were numerous, and the Liao army pursued the enemy for more than 30 miles by victory, beheading more than 10,000 Song soldiers. Jerushuge also suffered three wounds. The next morning, Zhao Guangyi of Song Taizong fled south, and Yelu Xiuge was unable to ride a horse due to his injuries, so he led the sergeant to chase to Zhuozhou (now Zhuoxian County, Hebei) in a light car, but could not catch up and returned.

The victory of the Gaoliang River, Liaojingzong rewarded meritorious deeds, and Yelu Xiuge was known to Liaojingzong for his military exploits, and since then he has been in charge of the military power of Liao.

In the winter of this year, Jingzong ordered Han Kuangsi and Yelu Shafa Song to avenge the last Song soldiers besieging Yan. Yelu Hugo led his headquarters to fight with Han Kuangsi and the Song soldiers in Mancheng. The battle will resume on the second day, and the Song people will surrender. Han Kuangsi believed it. Brother Hugh said: "His army is numerous and neat, and has a sharp spirit, and will not surrender to this, this is a trick to tempt me, and I should be treated strictly." Han Kuangsi didn't listen. So Brother Hugh led the troops to climb the heights and looked, and after a while, the Song soldiers arrived, the sound of military drums shook the heavens and the earth, and the soldiers all galloped over. Han Kuangsi didn't know what to do in a hurry, and the Liao soldiers also abandoned and fled. Brother Hugh hurriedly assembled his troops to attack, and the Song soldiers retreated slightly. When Emperor Jing heard about it, he ordered Yelu Hugo to lead the southern garrison and be the king of the northern courtyard.

In 979 A.D. (the second year of Qianheng), from Liaojingzong to attack the Song Dynasty, led the forward army to besiege Waqiaoguan (now Xiongxian County), killed the Song garrison general Zhang Shi, and then defeated the Southern Song Dynasty reinforcements in the south of Yi Shuinan, and the class division returned to the dynasty and awarded Yu Yue.

In 983 A.D. (the first year of unification), he was appointed to stay in Nanjing, in charge of military affairs in the south, persuading farmers and mulberries, repairing military equipment, and governing the border.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have always been a problem for the two emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty, Taizu and Taizong, who always wanted to recapture them from the Khitans by force. In January 986, Song Taizong once again decided to send troops to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. This time, the Song army launched an attack in three ways, and the commanders of the three route armies were all famous generals at that time, the commander of the East Route Army was Cao Bin, the commander of the Middle Route Army was Tian Chongjin, and the commanders of the West Route Army were Pan Mei and Yang Ye.

Song Taizong's strategic intention was to launch three roads at the same time, with Cao Bin's troops stationed in Xiongzhou and Bazhou, carrying out feints, holding heavy and slow, claiming to take Youzhou, attracting the main force of the Khitan army on the east road, so that it had no time to look west, ensuring that the middle and west roads captured the states behind the mountains, and finally converged with the three-way army to capture Youzhou.

The Song army set out one after another, and due to strict secrecy measures, the Liao side did not receive the news until March 6 of the same year. In view of the urgency of the Song army's three-way army pressing the border, Xiao Xuan, the shrewd and good at using troops, adopted various countermeasures to break through, and decided to concentrate superior forces to deal with the Song Eastern Route Army with the greatest threat, and then transfer troops to deal with the weaker Song Army of the Central and Western Second Route after annihilating it. As a result, the Empress Dowager Xiao Xuan of Chengtian ordered Yelu Hugo to lead the army to take the lead against Cao Bin's department of the Song army on the East Road; sent the general Yelu Xianzhen to lead the army to reinforce the states to deal with the Song army Tian Chongjin Department on the middle road and the Song army Pan Mei Department on the west road; Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong then personally led tens of thousands of elite horsemen to the south to meet the battle.

At the beginning of March, the Song army began to attack, and the Song army on the East Road defeated the Liao army in succession, capturing many cities such as Qigou Pass (now Laishuidong, Hebei) and other cities. Before the reinforcements arrived, Yelu Xiuge, the defender of Nanjing (i.e., Youzhou) of the Liao State, knew that he was outnumbered and avoided competing with the Song army. Only more than 10 days after Cao Bin's Song army occupied Zhuozhou, they retreated to Baigou (northeast of present-day Rongcheng, Hebei) because of lack of food and grass. The middle route army Tian Chongjin defeated the Liao army at Feihukou, captured the Liao general Dapeng Wing, and captured a number of cities. The U.S. army of Xilupan also defeated the Liao army and also captured a number of cities.

At this time, Song Taizong believed that the retreat of the Song army under Cao Bin was a major mistake, and strictly ordered Cao Bin to lead the army to march along the Baigou River, raise troops and livestock, and wait for the opportunity to advance north. The generals under Cao Bin heard that the Chinese and Western Route Armies had won many battles in Kezhou County, so they were eager to seek merit and advocated going to war. Cao Bin listened to the advice of the generals, and after replenishing food, he led the army north to cross the Baigou River and confront the army of Yelu Huge. The Song army formed a phalanx, marched on both sides of the trench, and marched to Zhuozhou. Yelu Hugo used a force to block the Song army on the east road, so that the Song army marched and fought, and the movement was slow, and the 100-mile road actually took 20 days. Due to the lack of water on the way, Cao Bin's Song army was exhausted.

After arriving in Zhuozhou, Cao Bin learned that Empress Dowager Xiao and Liao Shengzong had led a large army to 50 miles east of Zhuozhou, and there was a tendency to join Yelu Huge's army to attack the Song army on the east road. Therefore, Cao Bin ordered Lu Bin to retreat south with the people in the city first, and personally led the main force to break the rear. After discovering that the Song army was retreating, Yelu Hugo quickly seized the fighter and immediately led the elite cavalry to launch a pursuit.

At that time, it rained heavily, the defeated Song army trekked hard in the mud, morale was low, "no resumption of the army", the generals could not control it, in early May, Yelu Huge's cavalry caught up with the fleeing Song army in Qigou Pass, this tired division collapsed in an instant, Cao Bin led the rout army to cross the Juma River overnight, in the panic people and horses trampled on each other, casualties were very numerous, Liu Baoxun, the governor of Youzhou, Kaifeng soldier Cao Liu Lishe father and son, the palace Cheng Kongyi and others drowned in the river, the remnants of the Song army fled to the south bank of Yishui, and were caught up by the cavalry of Yelu Huge, Tens of thousands of people died before and after.

Song Taizong was shocked when he learned the news of the disastrous defeat of the Song army on the East Road, and urgently ordered the Middle Route Army to retreat to Dingzhou, and the West Route Army to retreat to Tundaizhou. Subsequently, the Liao army quickly launched an attack on the Song army on the middle and west routes. As a result, the Song army on the middle road retreated without a fight, leaving only the Song army on the west route led by Pan Mei and Yang Ye to hang behind the enemy alone, and the situation was critical. Wang You, the military supervisor of the Song West Road, ordered Yang Ye to lead his troops to attack under the condition of the huge disparity in troops. Yang Ye originally did not agree to go deep alone, but Wang You, the military supervisor, ridiculed Yang Ye and said: "Junsu is invincible, and now he sees the enemy teasing and not fighting, do you have other ambitions?" Yang Ye was forced to lead his troops into battle, and as a result, the whole army was annihilated. Yang Ye himself was seriously wounded and captured by the Liao army, and died on a hunger strike for 3 days. At this point, the army of the Song Sanlu was defeated, and the prefectures and counties taken were lost.

After the Song army suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Qigou Pass, the Northern Song regime completely lost its strategic offensive capability and was forced to switch to strategic defense. Yelu Hugo was crowned king of the Song Dynasty for his merits. At the end of the same year, he joined forces with the Queen Mother and annihilated tens of thousands of Song troops in the Battle of Junziguan.

In the winter of 988 A.D. (the sixth year of unification), Yelu Xiuge led the Liao army to invade the south, conquered Zhuozhou, and trapped the mouth of the Great Wall. Li Jilong led his troops north to reinforce and lost to Yelu Huge, and the Song army retreated to Beiping Village. Yelu Xiuge led 80,000 elite horsemen to continue south, trapped the city, and went south to Qizhou. Li Jilong went to battle again, and after encountering the enemy on the road, he won a lot, and finally surrendered to the Tang River according to the order of Song Taizong. Jerecius led an elite iron cavalry straight to the Tang River. On the one hand, Li Jilong recruited the Zhenzhou capital to deploy Guo Shouwen reinforcements, and on the other hand, he set up 2,000 ambushes on the north bank to prepare for a sneak attack from behind.

Jeruxiugo soon discovered the Song ambush, and he first attacked the Song ambush. Seeing that the situation had changed, Li Jilong immediately ordered Jing Si to go to the rescue, Jing Si entered the encirclement and rescued the ambush soldiers, quickly retreated to the river, divided the army into three formations, and resisted with his back. Liao general Yelu Huge personally led the main cavalry force to the beacon tower to fight, and then attacked with all his might. The brave general Jing Si resisted stubbornly, and after several rounds of fighting, Jing Si's army could not resist the enemy and retreated to the south bank to join Li Jilong's main force. Seeing the situation, the Liao army quickly crossed the river bridge.

Li Jilong ordered Tian Min to lead hundreds of his Jingsai cavalry to the front of the battle, and Tian Min lived up to expectations and led the cavalry to "destroy the front and enter first". Li Jilong, Jing Si, Guo Shouwen took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, the Liao army was defeated, the corpses were everywhere, the Song army pursued until the city, beheaded 15,000 horses and won 10,000 horses, and Yelu Xiuge tasted defeat for the first time.

In 989 A.D. (the seventh year of the unification of peace), Yelu Hugo led another 30,000 iron cavalry to invade the south, aiming to cut off the supply of the Weilu army. There was a fierce debate within the Song dynasty, and it was suggested that the Weilu army should be abandoned. Li Jilong objected, he summoned the elite 10,000 people in Zhen, Ding, and Gaoyang Pass, and resolutely set off to transport grain, and was pursued by Yelu Xiuge after crossing the Xu River on the way back. Li Jilong sent his general Yin Jilun to sneak into the back of the Liao army. In the early hours of the morning, Yin Jilun took advantage of Yelu Huge's unpreparedness and suddenly attacked the Liao army from behind. Yin Jilun entered the Liao army headquarters, Yelu Xiuge was eating at this time, saw this situation and threw away his chopsticks, was cut by a short soldier on the arm, was very seriously injured, and retreated in embarrassment.

But after all, the Liao army had a large number of people, and soon organized a counterattack, but Yin Jilun gradually could not support it, and retreated in defeat after defeat. At this moment, Li Jilong and the generals Wang Gao and Fan Tingzhao led the troops to the reinforcements. The defeat of the Liao army, according to the "History of the Song Dynasty", "killed one of its generals." The leather room, the Khitan phase is also ...... The Song army pursued for dozens of miles, and the Liao army was ambushed by the Song army Kong Shouzheng in the Cao River, and there were many casualties.

In the same year, the Song Dynasty sent Liu Tingrang and others to take advantage of the rising summer tide to attack Yizhou. The Liao Shou General of Yizhou was quite afraid. Yelu Hugo led the elite to fight north of the Shahe River, killing and wounding tens of thousands of Song soldiers, and the weight of the baggage was incalculable, all of which were dedicated to the imperial court. Empress Dowager Xiao rewarded Brother Hugh for his merits, and ordered that he would be exempted from worship and not need to be named. From then on, the Song soldiers did not dare to send troops to invade the north again.

In 998 A.D. (the sixteenth year of the reign of Tonghe), Jeruhuko died.

Ye Luzhao: "The famous general of the ancients, Anbian made meritorious contributions, and was not in the public in Germany, so Xie Xuan broke Fu Jian with 8,000 million, and Brother Hugh defeated Cao Bin with 100,000 with five teams. ”

Get rid of "History of Liao": "Song took the sharp edge of Taiyuan, surrounded Yan with his division, and then sent Cao Bin, Yang Ye and others to cut down. It's two battles, and Liao is also in a precarious situation! Hugh Ge fought hard in Gaoliang, the enemy soldiers rushed, and then fought at Qigou Pass, and recovered his hometown. Song Zi is no longer deep, the society is solid and the border is peaceful, although he is worthy of the ancient famous generals. ”

Wang Shizhen's "Wang Yizhou Chonglun": "Uncle Yang's so-called benevolent people are also, but I read the history of Liao, thinking that Yelu Huge's filling of Yan is better than Uncle Ziyuan." The uncle filled Xiangyang, and forgot to take Wu without tasting a day. That's why he is reluctant to be benevolent. Lao Tzu's so-called will take what you want, and you must fix it. Brother Hugh is also fierce, greedy and easy to kill, benevolent to kill, and virtuous to fight, but Brother Hugh alone has hundreds of thousands of people. The power of Xi Sudden Victory. to press Song. And Song Zhizhu will not have a person who can horn the material. Gu Du said that the territory is protected and the people are protected. Make it all down. And not lightly for the sake of plundering and whining benevolence. Li Daosheng said: Mr. Hugh Ge's benevolence is ashamed of China's murderous people. ”

Chu Ren won the "Jian Gu Collection": "Liao Shi Yelu Xiu Brother worshiped Yu Yue and defeated the Song division several times. The Song people did not dare to go north. When the Song people wanted to stop crying. The more terrible it is, the more it goes. Children are silent. These people. Calling by name can be terrifying, and the child is sick. Graphics can heal ghosts. When it is in front of the enemy, the decisive battle. Invincible. It's just over for thought. ”

Cai Dongfan's "Romance of the Song Dynasty": "Brother Yelu Hugh, a good Khitan general, has not tasted a bad step. Daizhou was earned by Zhang Qixian, Xu He saw the defeat of Yin Jilun, he was Brother Hugh's true invincible, and he was mistakenly in the border defense generals, most of them were like He Lingtu, thinking about merit without merit, boasting of talent instead of talent, and dying at present, before he realized it, he was slaughtered by Brother Hugh. ”

Zhang Shuangxi's "Chinese Military Encyclopedia: Military History Volume": "Brother Hugh is resourceful, good at anticipating the enemy, and has outstanding military achievements.