Since Hailing moved south, the center of control of the Jin Dynasty gradually tilted southward, closer to its economic center. But based on political inertia, we still regard the Northeast as the fundamental place and do not allow any turmoil here.
Since ancient times, border management has involved nothing more than hard and soft tactics.
Either support it economically, first to ensure that everyone can keep warm, and every family has enough food, and then promote cultural recognition and integration, so that the people will naturally gravitate towards and identify with the imperial court; or they can suppress it militarily and rely on absolute force. Advantage, attack any sign of unrest as soon as it appears, and would rather kill like a river of blood than guard against any slight glitches.
The problem is that the Dajin court did neither of these things well.
Economically, after the large-scale migration of the Jurchen Meng'an to the south, the agriculture and animal husbandry in the Northeast interior fell into a long-term decline, and many Jurchen nobles left the Northeast, causing the once abnormally developed handicraft industry to rapidly collapse. As a result, many remaining ethnic groups or tribes only made a living by fishing and hunting. In the eyes of these tribes, I was fishing and hunting hundreds of years before the founding of Dajin, and I was still fishing and hunting after the founding of Dajin. In that case, why do you support me?
And in the military, let alone that. The internal migration of the Jurchens made it difficult for them to overwhelm many foreign tribes in terms of population. For this reason, local officials had to be extra vigilant and take precautions against various tribes. However, this kind of vigilance and prevention itself is the focus of conflicts.
Especially the Khitan people in the northeast had a particularly delicate relationship with the imperial court.
The Khitans were outsiders who were forced to move to the Northeast by the Jin Kingdom after the fall of the Liao Kingdom. In order to gain a foothold here, they had to rely on the imperial court, cooperate with the Jurchens, and be driven by the Jurchens. Therefore, the so-called Chi Army and Yi Army in the Northeast Recruiting Division and along the Jiehao Great Wall are all filled with Khitan people, and there are even many Khitan people who are the backbone officers of more than a thousand households.
However, with the Jin and Liao dynasty's hatred for the destruction of the country, the Jurchens' distrust of the Khitan people was deep-rooted.
Beginning in the third year of Da'an, Mongolia launched a large-scale attack on the Jin Dynasty and repeatedly sent partial troops to attack the northeast as a response. From Linhuang to Liaodong, there was chaos and the red land was thousands of miles away.
Under this situation, the military and political officials of the Jin Kingdom in the northeast were unable to resist the might of the Mongolian army. Instead, they used more stringent means to manage the subordinate ethnic groups in order to stabilize the situation and wait for the Mongolian army to retreat.
But this idea is completely wrong.
Regardless of the advance and retreat of the Mongolian army, burning, killing, and looting, the Khitans rebelled first. Its leader, Yelvliu Ge, was originally a member of the Jin Army. After fleeing, he recruited his followers and gathered more than 100,000 people in just a few months.
At this time, Chen Nayan, the Mongolian general, was ordered by Genghis Khan to lead more than a thousand cavalry from Boduhuan, Aruduhan and other tribes to conquer Liaodong, and he met Yelvliu Ge's tribe.
According to Chen Nayan, he asked Brother Yeluliu who he was and where he wanted to go. Brother Yeluliu replied: I, the Khitan army, am going to annex the great country. The road was blocked and the horse was tired, so he stayed here.
According to Chen Nayan, he and Yeluliu Ge climbed Jinshan Mountain, tortured the white horses and white oxen, climbed high and looked north, but lost the alliance.
This move made the Jin Kingdom very angry. Regardless of the previous defeats in northern Xinjiang and the loss of troops and territory, they forcibly launched an army to attack.
This expeditionary army gathered all the elites of the Jin Kingdom in Linhuang Prefecture in Shangjing and Dading Prefecture in Beijing. It was led by Marshal Youdu Superintendent and General Manager of the Xianping Road Soldiers and Horses Department Wanyan Chengyu. It was known as 600,000 men and preached that , Get one or two pieces of Yeluliu brother's bones, and get one or two taels of reward, and get one or two pieces of Yeluliu brother's flesh, and get one or two taels of silver, in order to attract tribes from all over the Northeast to fight together.
Unexpectedly, after Brother Yeluliu received the support of the Mongolian cavalry, he became even more powerful. During the battle of Dijinaoer, Brother Yeluliu's nephew Annu led the warriors to rampage through the enemy formation, and Wanyan Chengyu's army collapsed.
Within two years, Wanyan Chengyu was defeated by the Mongols and the Khitan respectively, each time losing 600,000 troops. In all dynasties, he was a defeated general who would be beheaded and punished.
As a result, because he promptly conveyed his sincerity to the new emperor while he was awaiting trial, the position of Marshal Youdujian was not changed, and he was transferred to the post of left-behind guard in Beijing... Even though the generals of the Jin Dynasty were lacking in talent, the imperial court was not willing to deal with them easily. It can be said that it is a spectacle that has never been seen in history.
After this battle, the Khitan people became more powerful. Brother Yeluliu was supported by everyone as the king of Liao and changed the Yuan Dynasty. After that, he attacked Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo several times and firmly occupied western Liaoning, cutting off the northeastern hinterland and the Jin Dynasty. direct contact.
However, it is not easy for Brother Yeluliu to maintain such a situation.
The Khitans are not an ignorant barbaric people. They once established a great country with their own unique system, culture and history. Even if the country is destroyed, there are still high-ranking people in the ethnic group, and their strength is passed down from generation to generation.
Brother Yeluliu certainly has his outstanding talents. However, he was promoted as the leader by many Khitan rebels because he was the first to start the rebellion and had the greatest influence, not because he was the strongest.
The cronies he called upon included only a few people including his wife Yao Lishi, his eldest son Yelu Xuezhen, and his younger brother Yelusi. There are more than 100,000 Khitan people, but those who really only obey the King of Liao are only more than 10,000.
Under him, the King of Liao, there were Po Sha, Seng Jia Nu, Yelu De, Li Jia Nu and others who served as prime ministers, marshals, and ministers; All of these people are powerful Khitan people. In the final analysis, Yelvliu Ge was an elected leader, not a natural leader.
But at this time, he was sitting at the bottom, and his posture of respectfully toasting to Mu Huali did not have the spirit of a hero. The overly deliberate look of submission was more like those on the grassland who rarely saw Genghis Khan, so they were afraid of not being able to show their loyalty. The face of Qianhu.
Mu Huali raised his glass and drank it in one gulp, thinking in his heart: "According to what Chen Nayan once said, Brother Yeluliu is in his prime, handsome and high-spirited. Even if he is a hero in the Mongolian army, I think he is a handsome man. But when I saw him today, his face was covered with frost and his temples were already white... It can be seen that this king of Liao is really not that easy to be!"
That's fine, though.
It is precisely because Yelvliu Ge has extraordinary control over the Khitan tribes that he must rely on the Great Mongolia. And what Great Mongolia needs in the Northeast is exactly such a loyal but lack of strength spokesperson.
Thinking in his mind, Mu Huali's face only looked dizzy and drunk. He touched his beard dripping with wine with one hand, and held the wine glass in the air with his other hand.
Before the maidservant at the back could react, Brother Yeluliu had already stood up, took the wine flask from the maidservant's hand, and filled it for Muhuali.
Mu Huali laughed loudly, swung his wine glass and said to Brother Yeluliu: "Brother Liu, I have drank. It is your turn, you drink too!"
Even if Muhuali is the left-wing commander of the Great Mongolia, a confidant praised by Genghis Khan as "like a chariot with a shaft and a body with arms", and a Mongolian army commander who was ordered by Genghis Khan to take charge of the situation in the Northeast, It would be too rude to call the King of Liao by his real name!
While saying impolite words, Mu Huali shook the wine glass too much, spilling a lot of wine and making a large area of Brother Yelvliu's head, face and chest robe wet.
Several Khitan warriors in the hall immediately showed unhappy expressions.
Brother Yeluliu didn't seem to care at all. He didn't even raise his hand to wipe his face. He first took the wine bottle and refilled it for Mu Huali, and then poured himself a glass of wine slowly: "My drinking capacity is Not good, but General Mu Huali wants me to drink, no matter what, I will drink as much as I can."
After saying that, he drank up his neck and turned to the other people in the hall with a laugh: "Everyone, you drink too! The noble man is here today, everyone should enjoy it to the fullest!"
At that time, everyone was drinking wine, eating meat, and watching singing and dancing. Some Mongolians saw the beauty of the maid serving the wine, so they immediately arrested her and openly had fun at the table; some Mongolians drank to their heart's content and got up to sing and dance. Immediately, some high-ranking officials from the Khitan people came down to the hall to accompany him. Several people applauded each other and circled around, causing bursts of applause from the surrounding people.
The banquet lasted until three o'clock, and the Mongolian guests were still in high spirits.
Mu Huali noticed that Brother Yeluliu would leave the table every half an hour, probably to vomit and sober up. Even so, he was obviously in a state of mental distress, his upper and lower eyelids were almost touching each other, and he frequently raised his glass in toasts.
Mu Huali put down the wine glass and said softly: "King of Liao?"
Amid the noisy singing and dancing, Brother Yeluliu cheered up instantly: "General Muhuali, please tell me something."
"Since I'm here, I'm going to fight, a big fight!"
Brother Yeluliu didn't hesitate: "I immediately mobilized all the soldiers and generals of the clan and let General Muhuali drive him."
"Is it okay to have 50,000 people?"
The Khitans are no longer the overlords of the Northern Kingdom that they once were. The total number of Khitan people gathered in Guangning by Brother Yelvliu, including men, women, old and young, was no more than 150,000. Mu Huali asked for 50,000 people as soon as he opened his mouth. He simply wanted to drain all the Khitan men.
But Brother Yeluliu still didn't hesitate: "Okay! I'll do it tomorrow!"
Mu Huali looked at Brother Yeluliu and said with a smile: "The King of Liao is indeed loyal to Genghis Khan."
Brother Yeluliu patted his chest vigorously, and when he was about to speak, Mu Huali said: "Don't worry, King Liao, you will win this battle, and no one will die."
