Chapter 38: Annexing Shixian

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This opportunity came a few months after the Wulinda tribe robbed Wanyan Shilu's coffin. Some border people from the Liao Kingdom moved south to avoid being oppressed by the imperial court and fled to the Wulinda tribe in Shixian. As usual, the Liao Dynasty sent envoys to the Jurchen Wulinda tribe to find the tribe leader Shi Xian to retrieve the border residents who had fled into the Jurchen Wulinda tribe.

Under normal circumstances, all the Jurchen tribes obeyed the orders of the Liao court. After all, it was the time when the Liao kingdom was most powerful. It was no joke to make the Liao court unhappy and immediately send troops to suppress the battle. Facing the overwhelming momentum of the Liao Kingdom, even the mighty Song Dynasty had to bow its head and give in. What does it really mean to have a girl? ! Which tribe would dare to offend the world-ruling Daliao by giving birth to a girl? !

This is the case under normal circumstances, but may not be the case under abnormal circumstances.

At that time, for some unknown reason, Shi Xian was very resolute in the face of the imperial envoys who came to demand the fleeing border residents and refused to return the border residents who had fled into Wulinda tribe.

Naturally, the envoy did not agree to this and insisted on recovering the fleeing border residents; Shi Xian did not agree and firmly refused to return the fleeing border residents, so the two sides reached a deadlock.

This situation was learned by Wanyan Wugunai. Wanyan Wugunai was overjoyed when he heard the news. He felt that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to conquer the Wulinda tribe with the help of the imperial court. Therefore, Wanyanwugunai decided to join the Liao court and help the Khitans attack the Wulinda tribe. Snow To wash away the shame of being robbed of his father's coffin by Shi Xian.

Unfortunately, the Wanyan tribe's strength alone was not enough to defeat Shi Xian by force, and they had to use a trick to let the Liao court deal with Shi Xian and Wulin's tribe for them.

The cunning Wanyan Wugun temporarily gave up using force and decided to outwit him.

When Shi Xian and the Liao court envoys were at loggerheads, Wanyan Wugunai secretly sent his nephew Wanyan Deha to the Wulinda tribe located in Haire River to meet with Shi Xian, the leader of the Wulinda tribe.

After Wanyan Deha saw Shi Xian, he told Shi Xian: "Dear leader, I am Wanyan Deha, the nephew of leader Wanyan. I was assigned by my uncle to come to see the leader specifically to tell him that the Khitans bully our women. The real thing is too much. We Jurchens must unite and fight against the Khitans; therefore, we, the Wanyan tribe, fully support the Ulin tribe against the Liao court. My uncle said that the Jurchens have Jurchen rules and are not under the jurisdiction of the Liao court. The Wanyan tribe will firmly support Wulinda in resisting the Liao Ting, and when necessary, the Wanyan tribe will send troops to help Wulinda resist the Liaoning people."

Shi Xian was overjoyed when he heard what was said. He warmly entertained Wanyan Deha without distinguishing the truth from the false. He apologized for hijacking Wanyan Shilu's coffin and asked Wanyan Deha for strategies on how to resist the Liao court.

Wanyan Deha said angrily: "There is no other way, just to block his Eagle Road and kill his Haidongqing."

The reckless Shi Xian didn't know what was going on, and he really thought that Wanyan Wugun was supporting him, so he became more and more enthusiastic, and really blocked the Liao court's Eagle Road, and the Haidongqing that was necessary for the court was also eliminated.

What is "Haitongqing"?

"Haitongqing" is a kind of falcon. It is small and strong and can fly very high. It is an important helper in hunting. It can attack swans and catch hares.

According to the records of later generations Li Shizhen in "Compendium of Materia Medica·Qinbu", "The most handsome one carved out of Liaodong is called Haidongqing."

"Haidongqing" is divided into autumn yellow, wave yellow, three-year dragon, jade claw, etc. Among them, the pure white jade claw is the most precious and is the favorite of the Liao court and nobles.

At that time, Yelu Longxu would release seaweed in the Duck River every spring to catch swans. The first swan caught would be used to celebrate the feast, which was called the "Goose Feast".

In order to obtain high-quality Haidongqing, the imperial court sent people to Haidong to capture Haidongqing from October to December every year.

Triton is not easy to catch, and catching it requires certain skills.

When capturing Haidongqing, first use three stones to build a "door"-shaped bracket on the sunny side of the hillside, symbolizing the Golden Tower Temple in the ninth heaven of the Eagle God; place a stone inside the door to represent the place where the Eagle God lives. Then they planted grass to make incense and offered wine as a sacrifice, and then started to set up nets to catch eagles.

The net used to catch eagles is three meters long and one meter high. A pigeon or dead chicken is tied to the net as bait. The eagle catcher hides in a "shack" disguised as a tree branch in the dense forest, waiting for the falcon Haidong. Qing's arrival.

In order to capture Haidongqing, eagle hunters sometimes have to squat for dozens of days. People in the Liao Dynasty call this "crouching eagle".

Hai Dongqing hovered in the sky and saw pigeons and dead chickens. He quickly flew down and ate the pigeons or dead chickens, but was eventually caught.

After the eagle catcher caught Hai Dongqing, he didn't waste a moment, worked hard, and sent it to the court in the shortest possible time.

After Hai Dongqing was sent to the court, he was handed over to someone who specialized in training eagles.

There is also a whole set of methods for training Hai Dongqing.

The falconers put the Triton on a special scaffold and kept it from sleeping for several days in order to wear off the wild nature of the Triton. This is called "stoking the eagle".

Next, through the "punching", "rope running" and other links, Haidongqing can listen to people's orders and go wherever he is told.

In order to control the body fat, the falcon trainer asked Hai Dongqing to swallow a ball of twine wrapped with lean meat slices. Hai Dongqing could not digest it, so he spit it out. This is called "stretching the waist".

After several times of "stretching", Haidongqing was already hungry, but its muscles became stronger, so that it could go into battle lightly and fly into the sky.

After this training, Hai Dongqing was trained. Yelu Longxu and his followers carried Hai Dongqing up to a high place and started hunting.

Yelu Longxu and his entourage hid in the dark and watched the "war men".

"Warriormen" are servants who specialize in chasing away prey.

"Warriors" knocked on trees in the forest and shouted, causing foxes, mountain rabbits, and various birds to come out in fright.

Here, Yelu Longxu and the accompanying ministers let Hai Dongqing go and caught foxes, mountain rabbits and various birds.

That Hai Dongqing has been trained to be an accomplice of the court and nobles. He wears a small bell on his tail, flutters his wings and pounces on his prey like an arrow.

Hai Dongqing has very high fighting skills.

When the mountain rabbit saw Haitongqing flying towards him, he got wise and fell down, waiting for Haitongqing to catch him. Then he suddenly kicked Haitongqing with his four hooves. This skill is called "rabbit kicking the eagle".

When Hai Dongqing was in a hurry, he would also let the rabbit kick for a while.

Later, people were inspired by this and used this trick in fighting. It was often effective. People gave this trick the name "Rabbit Kicks the Eagle".

When catching pheasants, the pheasants will spread their wings and fight like they are fighting with the same kind. As a result, the chicken feathers will be bitten by Haidongqing.

Hai Dongqing, who was over three years old, could fight with the fox. After a fierce battle, the fox was no match for Hai Dongqing. He was blinded by Hai Dongqing and was finally defeated by Hai Dongqing.

Because this kind of eagle is mainly produced in the Haidong area, it is called "Haidong Qing".

Seduced by Wanyan Wugunai, Shi Xian of the Wulin tribe was reckless and blocked the Liao court's Eagle Road, which immediately touched the nerves of the Liao court and the nobles. Yelulong was furious when he heard the news. He immediately sent envoys and ordered Shi Xian to go to Beijing within three days and explain clearly to his face what was blocking the imperial court.

The emperor of the Liao Kingdom was angry. This was no joke. After all, the Liao Kingdom had absolute political authority and military deterrence over the Jurchen tribe at that time. No matter how arrogant the Jurchen tribe was, they would not dare to touch a stone with an egg alone.

In response to this situation, Shi Xian panicked and hurriedly sent someone to seek Wanyan Wugunai's opinion and asked the Wanyan tribe for help.

Wanyan Wugunai said to the people sent by Shi Xian: "It's nothing serious. Just ask your leader not to leave easily and just send his eldest son to Beijing to deal with it. We will immediately send people to your tribe to help you resist the Liao Dynasty." Man, I will keep your Wulinda tribe safe and sound."

The people sent by Shi Xian got Wanyan Wugunai's promise and hurried back to the Wulin tribe and reported Wanyan Wugunai's words to Shi Xian.

Shi Xian felt a little more at ease after hearing the report.

However, the Ying Road was blocked, which was a huge problem for the Liao court. It urgently needed to be cleared without delay.

Yelu Longxu continued to pay attention to the matter of opening the Ying Road. Seeing that Shi Xian had not been ordered to enter the capital for a long time, he became even more angry. He sent envoys one after another to urge Shi Xian to enter the capital, explain clearly the blocking of the Ying Road to the imperial court, and open the Ying Road in time. .

Under Yelu Longxu's fury, Shi Xian had no other choice but to obediently send his eldest son Po Zhugan to the Liao Dynasty to explain what happened to the Liao court.

At the same time, Wanyan Wugunai also quietly entered Beijing to meet with Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao Dynasty.

Prior to this, Yelu Longxu already knew Wanyan Wugunai after being recommended by several groups of envoys, and had a good impression of him. Yelu Longxu was overjoyed to learn that Wanyan Wugunai had come to meet him, so he immediately received Wanyan Wugunai.

When Yelulongxu met with Wanyanwugunai, Wanyanwugunai took the opportunity to sow discord and said to Yelulongxu: "Your Excellency, the leader of the Wulinda tribe, Shi Xian, has always despised the imperial court and has evil intentions. If Shi Xian is not given a show of strength this time, I don’t know what he will be able to do in the future! In my opinion, we might as well order Shi Xian himself to go to Beijing in person and meet the emperor to tell him why he blocked the Eagle Road. Explain the situation clearly. Of course, Shi Xian will bite people when things are urgent; for example, he has always been dissatisfied because of my closeness to the court, and he might bite me."

Yelulong continued: "You are absolutely right. If you don't show Shi how powerful I am, he won't know how powerful I am! Of course, the court knows about you, and I will appoint you as the governor of the Shengnuzhen tribe. It’s up to you to control the tribes that give birth to girls.”

Wanyan Wugunai stood up and left his seat, knelt on the ground, and thanked Yelu Longxu for his holy grace.

Under Wanyan Wugunai's instigation, Yelu Longxu ordered Shi Xian to go to Beijing in person to explain what happened. Shi Xian had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the capital to meet Yelu Longxu. Yelulong continued to scold Shi Xian and exiled him to a remote area.

Since then, Shi Xian disappeared in Sheng Jurchen, and his Wulinda tribe was annexed by Wanyan Wugunai.

Wanyan Wugu succeeded in killing someone with a borrowed knife.