Mongolian gold harvest
On the 23rd, Wang Ju'an was appointed as the prefect of Longxing Mansion, the capital of Jiangnan West Road. On March 11, Cao Yanyue was appointed as the governor of Tanzhou, the capital of Jinghu South Road. Just for one thing: supervise the arrest of the Koukou! On April 6, Li Yuanli asked to surrender, but was rejected because of the arrogant tone of the petition. Li Yuanli then attacked Nanxiongzhou on the Guangnan East Road to the south and defeated the official army.
In April, Xu and Pi Erzhou played: the Yellow River is clear for more than 500 miles. Wanyan Yongji regarded this as a huge political achievement in his governance. Sue Zong Temple, Sheji, Zhao Zhongwai. And there is a person named Yang Jue who wrote, "The nature of the river is turbid, and now it is anti-clear, and the water has lost its nature." The sky is still moving. Make those who move still, and those who are still move, it is a disaster. And the "Biography" says, "The Yellow River is clear, the saint lives", if the saint lives, I am afraid that it will not be today. He also said, "The Yellow River is clear, and the princes are the Son of Heaven" are just guarding against fear to eliminate catastrophes, and they are boasting about the Quartet, which is untold by the ministers."
On May 8, Kou Xiping, a thief on Huainan East Road, and Song Ningzong issued an edict: to appease the ruined states and counties. On the 18th, the imperial court ordered: the coastal states supervised the arrest of the pirates.
In June, Li Yuanli invaded Jiangnan West Road. Xu Jun, the deputy capital of Chizhou, Liu Yuanding, the deputy capital of Jiangzhou, and Cao Yanyue, the governor of Tanzhou, were defeated one after another, and the thieves became more and more powerful. Jiangnan West Road pacification envoy Li Jue, Cao Yun envoy Wang Buzhi thought that the army should be increased and fought again, but Li Fan, the head of the transport department, opposed it and proposed to recruit An. And volunteered to go to Wan'an County, Jizhou. While strengthening the garrison, he sent a man of tongue to surrender, so there were quite a few people who rose up in the side.
On August 10, Wanyan Yongji established his eldest son, Wanyan Congke, as the crown prince.
This month, in order to avenge Wanyan Yongji's hatred for not saving himself last year, Xia Xiangzong Li An'an completely gave up the history of recognizing the Jin State as the suzerainty for more than 80 years and never fighting troops. Send troops to attack Jiazhou on the northeast road of the Jinguo River! Although he was repelled by the defender Qingshan Nu. But it has opened a 14-year history of continuous fighting between the two countries...
In September, Nahata Maizhu, the northern defender of the Jin Kingdom, reported to King Wei that the Mongols were about to invade the border. But Wanyan Yongji disagreed: "How dare he!" And there is no provocation, how can he be offended" Maizhu said, "Now the Mongolian domestic departments are attached, and the Western Xia have also sacrificed their daughters to sue for peace, but they still keep making arrows and shields. It's not me, why am I?" was imprisoned by Wanyan Yongji for the crime of trespassing on the margins.
Jebe was ordered by Genghis Khan to attack Wusha Fort, an important frontier fortress on the Xijing Road of the Jin Kingdom. The news reached the central capital of Daxingfu. People are afraid, and rumors are spreading. On the 21st, Wanyan Yongji ordered martial law in the capital! Then came the news: Jebe withdrew, and Mongolia did not send troops on a large scale, so the strictness was lifted, but the edict was still issued: prohibiting the people from discussing side affairs.
In November, the Mongols attacked the Xingzhong Mansion on Beijing Road in the Jin Kingdom, and they were defeated because the monks had already been prepared to move the monks. attacked the Anguo army again, and Jia Yi was prepared in advance. The Mongol troops withdrew again. But the war between Kim and Mongolia has begun!
Li Yuanli attacked the Ganzhou and Nan'an armies on the Jiangnan West Road. The officers and armies of Jiangsu, Hubei, Jing, and Chi prefectures have suffered defeats one after another. Wang Ju'an, the prefect of Longxing, wrote a letter to Xu Jun, the deputy governor of Chizhou, and tried his best. So Xu Jun concentrated his forces and defeated Li Yuanli at Huangshan, forcing the thief army to flee south to Shaozhou on the Guangnan East Road. Wang Ju'an then marched to Luling in Jizhou, and said to Xu Jun, "I want the two tigers to fight, and I will become the merit of Bian Zhuang", and the two tigers refer to the Liuzhou Batu Cave Kou Luo Shichuan and the Chenzhou Batu Cave Kou Li Yuanli. The bait used was Luo Shichuan's cronies and Li Caiquan, the leader of the thieves in the wooden bridge. Wang Ju'an said to Li Yuanli, "If you can capture Caiquan, you will forgive the sin" Li Yuanli really tied Li Caiquan in front of Wang Ju'an, and Wang Ju'an then rewarded Li Yuanli and caressed Li Caiquan. This triggered a contradiction between Luo Shichuan and Li Yuanli. On December 12, Luo Shichuan tied Li Yuanli to surrender. Li Yuanli was subsequently killed.
27th. Li Zhouman of Chengdu Road also asked the imperial court to surrender.
On January 1, the 4th year of Jiading (1211), the Mahuman rebellion on Tongchuan Fu Road. Attack the town first. I heard that there are a lot of Lidian Zhai in Jiading Mansion on Chengdu Fu Road, and there are few Zhaiding, so I attacked Lidian Zhai to the north. Zhizhai Duan Song sent more than 70 villagers out of the village to meet the enemy, either dead or fleeing. The stockade was surrounded by barbarian troops. On the 5th, the barbarian army attacked the city with a ladder, and Duan Song was captured and died unyieldingly. To appease Xu Yi sent troops to rescue. The barbarians have burned and plundered.
On the 21st, Song Ningzong issued an edict: Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road were ravaged by thieves and counties, and the supervisors and ministers assessed the reality of the county order. The first is whether it can be played.
This month, Kublai was ordered by Genghis Khan to attack the Western Regions, and another Western Liao vassal state, Hararu, surrendered to the Mongols.
In February, Genghis Khan officially ordered: Cut gold! The goal is the capital city of Jinguo!
The capital of the Jin Kingdom is no longer the Shangjing Huining Mansion of the year, but the Zhongdu Daxing Mansion (now Beijing City) attacked it from the grassland, and it had to pass through Wushabao, Yehuling, Huihebao and other places, and also broke through the Juyong Pass of the Great Wall of China to reach the Zhongdu City! This road is full of dangers and passes that occupy an important place in Chinese history, every place is full of past events, and every name is soaked in countless years of blood. Such as the wild fox ridge in Xuandezhou, Xijing Road. This ridge is high and steep, and it is the dividing line between farming people and nomadic people from a geographical point of view; Militarily, it is a military post road leading to the Mongolian Plateau. It's like a watershed between Mongolia and gold...
As the strongest force in East Asia at this time, the tentacles of Jin have already stretched out this line, and Genghis Khan still has a lot to do if he wants to get close to Yehuling. How to break through the long wall that the Jin Kingdom built in the northern Xinjiang for hundreds of miles... At the same time, Genghis Khan also sent a man named Chahan to secretly go to Yehuling to investigate the truth. Chahan came back and reported: Pima's feet are light, and he is not afraid.
The Khitan people moved to pinch their children, and the Jin State had summoned them several times to serve as senators, stay and other officials, but they all resigned. At this time, when he heard that Genghis Khan's army was coming, he said "revenge for the country, at this time", he led more than 100 people to meet Genghis Khan and offered ten strategies for cutting gold. Genghis Khan was overjoyed and asked "where are you from" and replied "Bazhou" is very good! Then you are the Marshal of Bazhou!
The Mongol army began in February, crossed the desert from the Krulun Palace to Wangubu in March, and in April, the Mongolian army had crossed the border trenches in the east and conquered Dashuiluo and Fengli counties. This series of actions finally woke up Jin Guo!
Wanyan Yongji released Nahata Maizhu from prison, and ordered the Northwest Road to summon Niu Hulu Hada to sue for peace with Genghis Khan, but after being refused, he began to deploy troops. In Fuzhou Jianxing Province, which was headed by Pingzhang Governor Tong Ji Sizhong and Governor Wan Yan Chengyu in Fuzhou Jianxing Province on Xijing Road, he led an army of 450,000 to block the Mongol army in Huan, Chang, and Fuzhou. Xijing stayed in the middle of the Privy Council and was promoted to the Privy Council, as a backup... Unprecedented mobilization of military power!
After arriving on the northern frontier with a main force of 450,000 troops, the first thing he did was to inspect the huge wall known as the Great Wall of the Plains... This wall stretches from Tanyu in the west to Huliemo in the east, almost 600 miles long. Very magnificent project. It should be regarded as one of the few precious traces left by the Jurchens in the long river of history. However, as a combat barrier, its weaknesses are still very obvious! It is just a simple wall, with a fortress in some sections in the middle, but no female wall and auxiliary wall. Once the battle takes place, its defenses will be very single and fragile!
The prince of the Kingdom of Jin, the Minister of Pyongjang, was indeed very charismatic, and he wanted to perfect this huge fortification in the shortest possible time. To this end, he mobilized nearly 750,000 people, day and night... Drywall!
He did it. By the time the Mongols arrived, the wall had become a double... In this way, the Jurchens felt safe. I didn't expect it to be an unprecedented joke! Thinking of it thousands of years later, people can't help but shake their heads and sigh: what about 600 miles long? Could it be that the Mongol soldiers were water, and when they came, they would hit the first inch of the brick surface of this wall in parallel and evenly? No matter how long the wall is, it is just a parallel line, and if you break through one point, the whole line will be broken. The so-called defense immediately vanished! This is a simple truth, but the Jurchens have been strengthening it for decades, relying on it more and more at critical junctures. What does this mean? It can only be explained: the sky is going to die, not the crime of war!
Wanyan Yongji once summoned Zhao Bingwen, the assassin of Dingzhou, to discuss the strategy of preparing for the border. Zhao Bingwen said: "Our army gathered in Xuande. The city is small, the camp is outside, the summer rain, the equipment is loose, the people are sick, and the enemy is arriving in late autumn. will be disadvantaged. If an army of Linhuang can be sent to smash its weakness, the siege of Shanxi can be solved. The so-called surprise of the art of war, and those who attack it must be saved, "I don't need to use it forever."
On June 7, the Southern Song Dynasty sent Yu Rong as an envoy to the Jin Kingdom. Congratulations on the birthday of Lord Jin. But at this time, Jin Guo is doing his best to guard against the Mongol army, how can he have the time and interest to do anything with the Southern Song Dynasty? So Yu Rong walked to Zhuozhou, more than 50 kilometers southwest of the central capital, and came back.
In July, the Western Xia emperor was replaced again. Li An'an, who obtained the throne of Xia Xiangzong by pleasing the old woman, was overthrown by his nephew Li Zunwei, and Li Zunwei established himself as Xia Shenzong.
It was a standard palace coup. The reason for the coup d'état is as far as I can guess. It is likely that Xia Shenzong doesn't look down on his uncle's upside down, and for the interests of the country, so he takes risks?
From the point of view of seniority. He could have thought so. Xia Shenzong Li Zun, the son of Li Yanzong of the clan. The bloodline is very far, and the reason why he can be valued is entirely because he is the first in the Tianqing Ten Years Court Trial, that is, the champion of that year! Let's be honest: this is a rare genius in history! In the entire history of China, there is only one emperor like him! So the whole world was looking forward to the appearance of this champion emperor...
In August, 42-year-old Li An'an died violently, and the cause of death is unknown.
Also in August, Qu Chulu was ready to steal the country, so he said to King Mokomo of Khorezm, thousands of miles to the west: Now, the guys, divide the Western Liao equally!
The late emperor of the Western Liao, Yelu Zhilugu, like his predecessor, the emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty, Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, was still interested in hunting when the Western Liao Kingdom was on the verge of extinction, and this time he went out to hunt again.
Qu Zhulu was overjoyed when he heard the news that his father-in-law had gone out of the city to hunt. Immediately set up an elite cavalry of 8,000 people and went straight to the hunting ground of the Western Liao Emperor... Yelu Zhilugu ended the last hunt of his life halfway, and it was also the last hunt of the Khitan royal family! From 1125 onwards, the Western Liao died in 86 years after the founding of the state (Qu Zhulu became the Emperor of the Western Liao, which remained nominally for another 7 years, and was finally destroyed by Genghis Khan. However, historians believe that the Western Liao surnamed Yelu died in this year) The Western Liao era of Yelu Dashi has passed. Next, Yelu Chucai and Yelu Liuge will create the third legend belonging to the Khitans... The Khitan has a great place in world history. It is said that Columbus sailed in search of the Great Khitan Kingdom in his mind. Another piece of evidence: China in English is a transliteration of two words: one is Qin and the other is Khitan!
Qu Zhulu did not kill Yelu Zhilugu, but offered this father-in-law as the emperor to stabilize the country he had stolen. At the same time, he also borrowed his wife, the daughter of Jeruzhilugu, to help him stabilize. And although this Khitan princess helped Qu Qu Lu stabilize the political situation, on the other hand, she also directly killed Qu Qu Lu!
Because the Khitan people believe in Buddhism. This princess was so devout that she could not allow the existence of other religions! Qu Delu believed in Nestorian Christianity. The princess said, "Unless you convert, I would rather die than marry a heretic," and he can betray his master and of course the gods! Without saying a word, Qu Qu Lu immediately converted to Buddhism. At the same time, for the joy of Princess Bo, he ordered: Make Buddhism the state religion! The people of the Western Liao Kingdom were only allowed to believe in Nestorianism or Buddhism! Fight Islam across the country!
The Western Liao Empire originally used freedom of religion to gather the hearts of all ethnic groups. As soon as Qu Qu Lu did this, Muhammad's disciples and grandchildren naturally resisted! After that, he was tortured and killed in batches! Fearing power, everyone changed their religion against their will. In the past few years, Qu Zhulu has made this land full of chickens and dogs, people and animals restless, and everyone hates him from the bottom of their hearts...
In addition, after the successful usurpation of the throne, Qu Chulu immediately tore up the contract with the king of Khorezm, Mokomat, and also set up a strong enemy for himself in the West...
In August, the battle of Wushabao-Yehuling-Huihebao began! Genghis Khan ordered Jebe, one of the four dogs, to be the commander and Yelu Aha to be the vanguard, and rush to Usha Castle! With the combat effectiveness of the first generation of the Mongolian army, the focus was to break through the Wusha Castle, and the result was, of course, that the Wusha Castle fell in an instant, and the Mongolian soldiers were not weakened, pointing to the Wuyue Battalion, the next stronghold of the Jin Army. The heavily assembled Wuyue Battalion simply failed to exert the strength that the 450,000 figure should have, and Jebel easily crossed the Great Wall of Pingland, which employed more than one million people before and after the Jin Kingdom, and left behind this 600-mile-long boundary trench...
At the same time, Guo Baoyu, the prince of Fenyang County, who was stationed in Dingzhou, surrendered to Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan led a large army to directly attack the Datong Mansion in Xijing, the Kingdom of Jin! The frontier position of Datong Mansion, Bai Dengcheng, fell instantly, and Xijing stayed behind in Fushi Liezhong after resisting for 7 days, and led more than 100 horsemen to abandon the city and flee. Genghis Khan led 3,000 elite soldiers to pursue and defeated the Shilie Liezhong. At the same time, Xijing Datong Mansion fell into the hands of the Mongols!
When the news reached Zhongdu, Jin Guoju was shocked! The bloody strength of the Mongols has long been heard, but it will take many years before they dare to show their inferiority to the Jurchens who have long lived on the throne of East Asia? Who knew that at the beginning of the war, the defense line of the northern frontier was torn apart! (To be continued......)