Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Thinking of the responsibilities he bears, Wanyan Zongbi roared angrily, took advantage of General Han Chang blocking the pursuers, and galloped with his personal guards on horseback, before disappearing into the night.

By the time the Liao army and the cavalry of the Nianbage tribe wiped out the Han Chang tribe who blocked the way, the night was already dark, and Wanyan Zongbi's tribe had long been lost.

After fighting hard for half a day, it is extremely dangerous to ride a horse at night.At this moment, the most heroic cavalry can no longer pursue them in the dark, and the Liao army can only withdraw their troops reluctantly.

Of course, a small group of rangers were still scattered to scout the direction of the enemy's escape.

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Heishuiluo, hundreds of miles south of Wushan Mountain, is a large lake in the desert.

The Heishui River (also known as Ruoshui River) originating from the Qilian Mountains in the Hexi Corridor passes through the Hexi Corridor from south to north, and passes through the desert (the Badain Jaran Desert in later generations), forming an inland lake here.

Because of the irrigation and nourishment of river water and lake water, an oasis has been formed in this desert.

Wherever there is an oasis, there are settlements of nomads. There have been people grazing, fishing and hunting here since ancient times.

Because Heishuiluo lived in Yanze in ancient times, a small country in the Western Regions, Juyan State, was born here.

There is an ancient city by the Heishui River in the southwest of the Great Lake, named Heishui City.

When Xia Jingzong Li Yuanhao founded the country, he established the Yanjun Division of Heishui Town here, which was one of the twelve supervisory divisions in the early Western Xia Dynasty.

Heishui Town Yanjun Division is stationed in Heishui City. The garrison here is used to guard against the Khitans and Tatars in the north and the Uighurs in the west.

After Ximen Qing and Wanyan Zonghan jointly conquered the Xixia Kingdom, the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town was placed under the ownership of the Jin Kingdom.

Wanyan Zonghan sent Yelu Yujian to lead the troops westward to occupy this place.

Thousands of Xixia troops stationed at the Yanjun Division in Heishui Town learned that the country was doomed, and did not surrender to the Jin army.

Seeing that Yeluyu occupied Heishui City without any effort.

It was precisely because Yelu Yujian's army was stationed in Heishui City and possessed a favorable location that Wanyan Zonghan incorporated him into Wanyan Loushi's South Route Army in an attempt to send surprise troops to attack Yelu Dashi.

This time, Wanyan Loushi, a veteran Jurchen military god, fell into the sand in Wushan (later Hang'ai Mountain), and he was inseparable from Yelu Yujian.

Yeluyu saw that Yelu Yanxi, the emperor of Tianzuo, forced him to seek refuge in the Kingdom of Jin. Although he was once reused by Wanyan Aguda, he was always in an embarrassing situation.

Yeluyu saw that although he helped the Jin army recruit and rebel all the way, and persuaded many Liao Khitan nobles to give up resistance and invest in gold, he himself was a talented person of the Liao Khitan clan back then, and his personal feelings were still on the side of the Khitan people.

Therefore, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom Yelu Yanxi was captured by the Jin army. Although Yelu Yujian took a breath of anger, it also made Yelu Yujian replace Yelu Yanxi as the leader of the Khitan people in the Kingdom of Jin.However, the demise of Khitan in the Liao Kingdom also made Yelu Yujian feel a bit of pain and self-blame in his heart.

On the other hand, Jin Guo's guard against Yelu Yujian also made him uneasy.

When he first defected to the Kingdom of Jin, Yelu Yujian's family was under surveillance by the Jin Army in Xianzhou.

Later, when the Jin army attacked the Liao Kingdom, there were rumors that Yelu Yujian was about to rebel. The Emperor Wanyan Aguda of the Jin Kingdom personally summoned Yelu Yujian and gave him a warning.

Wanyan Aguda was a hero at that time, he told Yelu Yujian, someone rumored that you would rebel, I don't believe it.However, if the general wants to compete with our army, I will give you all your soldiers, horses and weapons immediately, and you and I will fight again on the battlefield to see if I can capture the general.However, I also have something to say first, this time the general is captured, and he will not be spared lightly.

Yeluyu saw that he was impressed by Wanyan Aguda's demeanor, but also fearful, how could he dare to admit that he had objections to Jin Guo.

Afterwards, in order to prove his innocence and loyalty to Wanyan Aguda, Yelu Yujian was active when the Jin army attacked the Liao Kingdom, and repeatedly made military exploits.

When the Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty, the emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai of the Kingdom of Jin also promoted and reused Yeluyu, and appointed him as Marshal Youdujian, and accompanied him to the expedition as Wanyan Zonghan's deputy.

In the Battle of the Song Dynasty, Yelu Yujian also performed well.

During the offensive and defensive battle of Taiyuan, [-] Song soldiers rescued Taiyuan. Yeluyu led the counterattack in Fenbei, where he defeated the Song army, captured its commanders Hao Zhonglian, Zhang Guansuo and the commander Ma Zhong, and wiped out tens of thousands of Song soldiers. military.

It's a pity that Yelu Yujian, who performed well on the battlefield, was cheated by Zhao Huan and his ministers in the Song Dynasty.

After the end of the first war between Song and Jin Dynasties, Zhao Huan and his ministers unexpectedly attempted to incite Yelu Yujian to rebel, and asked Jin Guo's envoy Xiao Zhonggong to bring a wax pill secret letter to Yelu Yujian.

How did the stupid Zhao Huan and his ministers know that these Khitan nobles who surrendered to the Jin Kingdom even hated the Song Dynasty who betrayed their faith and led the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom.

Even when the Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty, there were reasons for these Khitan nobles to persuade them.

As a result, as soon as Xiao Zhonggong returned to the Kingdom of Jin, he handed the Wawan secret letter to Wanyan Zongwang.

This matter also became the fuse of Jin Guo's second conquest of Song Dynasty.

However, Yeluyu saw that "when a person sits at home, misfortune comes from heaven".Because of the influence of Wa Wan's secret letter, Jin Guo still took precautions against him after all.

Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Chapter 51

After helping the Kingdom of Jin destroy the Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, Yelu Yujian, who had made many military exploits, was neither transferred back to the capital Huining City to serve as an important post in the court, nor was he sent back to his ancestral home, Dading Mansion, as a guard.

The other important places such as Linhuang Mansion, Yanjing Mansion, Datong Mansion, Daming Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, and Hezhong Mansion were also divided up by the Jurchen generals, but Yelu Yujian was transferred from Datong Mansion to the remote Tiande Army in the northwest by Wanyan Zonghan. Fight against the Yelu Dashi Army.

It can be said that Jin Guo is completely using Yelu Yujian as a hunting dog capable of biting people.

At the same time, Xiao Zhonggong, who was also a former minister of the Liao Kingdom and reported the wax pill secret letter, gained the trust of the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Wu, who begged for money, enjoyed wealth and wealth in the capital, and had a prosperous official career.

In fact, it is not without reason that Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai and his ministers were wary of Yeluyujian, but trusted Xiao Zhonggong.

Regardless of whether Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi was fatuous or not, as a general of the Liao clan, Yeluyu saw that rebelling against Liao and investing in gold was always a dishonorable traitorous act.

But Xiao Zhonggong is just the opposite.After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi fled to Jiashan, and most of the Khitan nobles abandoned Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, Xiao Zhonggong still remained loyal to Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi who had been rebellious.

In the end, when Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi was captured alive by Wanyan Loushi, Xiao Zhonggong still served by Yelu Yanxi's side.

This is the lonely and loyal man of the Minister's Day!

Now Xiao Zhonggong and Yelu Yujian have become the courtiers of Jin Kingdom.Isn't it obvious which of these two has the higher moral integrity and who will be more loyal?

Being left out politically, Yeluyu gradually grew doubts and fears in his heart.

Yelu Yujian believes that the Jin Kingdom placed itself on the western frontier just to allow itself to lead the Khitan army and the Yelu Dashi army in Ketun City to kill each other.

However, once Yelu Dashi was really wiped out by the Jin army, Yelu Yujian was also afraid that he would end up like a dead dog.

Therefore, when Yelu Yujian was stationed in the Tiande army, he did not pay attention to dealing with the remnant Liao forces in the northwest.

Seeing that Yelu Dashi and Yelu Yu knew each other, they would send troops eastward from time to time to engage in small frictions, but they used this rare gap to secretly accumulate strength.

When the Xixia Kingdom fell, Li Heda fled to the vicinity of the Tiande Army with his remnants and was captured by Yelu Yujian.

Li Heda spoke impassionedly to Yelu Yujian, accusing Yelu Yujian of betraying the Khitans.

Yeluyu saw that Li Heda and Li Heda were old acquaintances, facing Li Heda's questioning, he also blushed and was speechless for a while.

Later, Li Heda analyzed the pros and cons for Yelu Yujian, pointing out that he is in an embarrassing situation now and may not be able to truly win the trust of the Jurchens in the future.

In the end, Li Heda persuaded Yelu Yujian to join hands with Yelu Dashi to restore the Liao Dynasty, revitalize Khitan, and achieve some imperial feats.