That year, Wanyan Sagai died, and the Jin State stopped its attack on the Liao Kingdom and arranged Wanyan Sagai's funeral.
Wanyan Sagai was a powerful figure in the Jin Kingdom, equivalent to the prime minister of the Central Plains Dynasty, and held an important position below one person and above ten thousand people.
Because Wanyan Aguda's grandfather, Wanyan Wugunai, loved his second son, Wanyan Gailibo, he handed over the tribal governance to Wanyan Aguda's father, Wanyan Gailibo, instead of Wanyan Sagai's father, Wanyan Gailibo. Wanyan Qizhe, the eldest son of Yanwugunai.
Later, Wanyan Sagai and Wanyan Zonghan, the descendants of Wanyan Caizhe, held the position of Guolun Bojilie for a long time, while Wanyan Aguda and Wanyan Wuqimai, the descendants of Wanyan Cailibo, inherited the Jurchen tribe alliance Jiedao. and the later emperor of the Jin Dynasty.
Out of respect for Wanyan's lineage, when Wanyan Aguda was called Dubojilie, he and Wanyan Sagai divided the Jurchen tribes into rulers. The Jurchen tribes are bounded by the Shuishui River, and the north is ruled by Wanyan Aguda, while the area around Lailiushui is ruled by Wanyan Sagai.
For this reason, Wanyan Sagai played a very important role in the Jin Kingdom. Therefore, the Kingdom of Jin held a grand state funeral for Wanyan Sagai. After the state funeral, Wanyan Aguda indeed appointed Wanyan Nianhan as Guolibojilie, inheriting his father's position. Wanyan Nianhan thus entered the highest decision-making level of the Jin Kingdom.
Time flies to the end of October. After successively capturing and occupying some places around Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing of Daliao, the Kingdom of Jin has not made any movement and has no intention of attacking Shangjing of Liao.
In response to this situation, Wanyan Nianhan became anxious and went to see Wanyan Aguda, the emperor of Jin Dynasty, and asked Wanyan Aguda why he still delayed sending troops. Wanyan Nianhan once again asked Wanyan Agu to send troops and seize the time to attack the Khitan Linhuang Mansion in Beijing.
The reason why Wanyan Aguda did not send troops to attack Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom was because the generals of the Jin Kingdom became war-weary after handling Wanyan Sagai's funeral. They used the excuse that the weather was cold and not conducive to fighting. He delayed the attack on Liao and went to Linhuang Mansion in Beijing.
Wanyan Aguda feared that under such circumstances, if he could not capture Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom, it would seriously weaken the vigor of the Jin soldiers, which would be detrimental to future operations, so he prepared to postpone the attack on Linhuang Mansion in the Liao Kingdom of Shangjing until the spring of next year.
Wanyan Aguda told Wanyan Nianhan about this situation and plan.
After Wanyan Nianhan heard about the situation, he went to admonish Wanyan Agu and said: "Great Emperor, the two countries are fighting to win. How can they rest and give the other side a chance to reorganize their forces? If the cold weather is not good for the war, , this weather is not just for us Jurchens, the Khitans are also fighting in cold weather, and the Khitans are more afraid of war than us. Great Emperor, the more this situation happens, the more we must actively promote the war and attack Linhuang Mansion as soon as possible. "
After hearing Wanyan Nianhan's request to attack the Linhuang Mansion of the Khitan Liao Kingdom in Shangjing, Wanyan Aguda agreed in his heart, and then summoned Zhu Bojilie and the generals to a meeting to study and arrange the attack on the Liao Kingdom in Shangjing.
At the meeting, another minister proposed to postpone the attack on Liao and Shangjing, and Wanyan Aguda told the participants Wanyan Nianhan's opinion.
After hearing this, many ministers who participated in the meeting believed that Wanyan Nianhan strongly advocated a war and captured the Liao Kingdom in Beijing when the weather was cold and it was inconvenient to fight. This was not because the timing was good or necessary. In fact, it was because Wanyan Nianhan wanted to gain limelight. Personal reputation.
The ministers were chattering, all expressing their dissatisfaction with Wanyan Nianhan.
Wanyan Aguda was displeased with the ministers' discussion and said sternly: "Nianhan is already very vocal in the imperial court's national debate, so what else do you need to gain personal reputation? After all, you are still war-weary. The weather is cold. , but the cold weather is not just for us Jurchens, the Khitan people are also cold! As for whether it is inconvenient to fight, it all depends on whether you have the courage to fight, not when the weather is cold. To say that the cold weather is not convenient for fighting, it is more conducive to fighting We Jurchens, because we Jurchens are more courageous than the Khitans and are better suited to cold weather."
When Wanyan Aguda said this, the other ministers and generals became speechless.
Wanyan Agudao looked around at all the ministers and generals and ordered: "The attack on Khitan in Beijing is the established policy and cannot be delayed. Wanyan Xie is also ordered to be the commander of all the internal and external armies. Wanyan Pu's slaves, Wanyan Nianhan, Wanyan Yan Han was originally the deputy capital commander, and Wanyan Shengguo supervised the army. He commanded 50,000 troops and launched a campaign to attack the Khitan Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing within ten days."
Wanyan Shengguo is the eldest son of Wanyan Aguda.
Wanyan Xieye, Wanyan Pujianu, Wanyan Nianhan, and Wanyan Hanben stood up and came out of the queue and loudly replied: "I obey the order!"
Wanyan Shengguo also said: "Generals, hurry up and prepare to launch the attack on Shangjing within ten days."
Wanyan Xieye, Wanyan Pujianu, Wanyan Nianhan, Wanyan Hanben and others were ordered to leave the palace and prepare troops.
On the Liao side, the person guarding Linhuang Mansion in Beijing was the wise and brave minister Xiao Wuna.
Previously, Xiao Wuna's several initial wars with the Jin Kingdom ended in defeat and he was dismissed by Emperor Tianzha. Later, the Liao State successively appointed many generals as generals, and even the Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Tianzha led the army to conquer the country. However, he still failed in the battle of the Jin Kingdom. Therefore, Xiao Wuna was reused by Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Tianzha and was allowed to serve as his general. As the defense envoy of Shangjing, he was fully responsible for the defense of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, while Emperor Tianzha withdrew to Dading Mansion in Zhongjing with his ministers.
Xiao Wuna was re-employed by Yelu Yanxi and given full responsibility for the defense of Beijing. Naturally, he was particularly dedicated. The Liao soldiers believed in Xiao Wuna from the bottom of their hearts, so they defended the city with all their might.
On the tenth day after Wanyan Aguda held a court meeting, the Jurchen army launched an attack on Beijing on time.
Wanyan Xieye, Wanyan Pujianu, Wanyan Nianhan, and Wanyan Hanben commanded 50,000 Jurchen soldiers and horses, marched to the city of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Liao Dynasty, surrounded Linhuang Mansion, and attacked day and night.
Xiao Wuna commanded more than 20,000 Liao soldiers in the city to defend strongly.
Jurchen soldiers and horses set up ladders and climbed up the city wall. The Liao defenders stretched their bows and fired arrows, and the Jurchen soldiers were shot down the ladders. The Liao soldiers pulled the Jurchen siege ladders to the city wall and destroyed them.
Wan Yanxie, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Kingdom, also saw this and was furious. He ordered his soldiers to attack the city bravely. When the city was broken, Xiao Wuna was captured and his body was cut into pieces.
The Jin army rushed to attack the city for as long as a month, but they were still unable to capture Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Liao Dynasty.
As the deputy capital commander Wanyan Nianhan, he was the main initiator of the attack on Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, Liao Dynasty. Now seeing that Linhuang Mansion could not be captured in more than a month, he was very angry and went to the capital commander Wanyan Xieye in person. Please order me to personally lead the troops to attack the west gate of Linhuang Mansion.
Wanyan Xie also said: "Guolun Bojilie is responsible for national affairs. How can he go to the front line, charge into battle, and risk arrows in person? This is too dangerous, so let the soldiers attack. Now, we have besieged Linhuang Mansion for more than a month. , the Liao army is exhausted, as long as we besiege and attack firmly, Linhuang Mansion will definitely be defeated."
Wanyan Nianhan said: "What Dutong said is absolutely true. However, Linhuang Mansion is a Khitan capital, so how can Yelu Yanxi watch Linhuang Mansion be attacked? If he sends reinforcements, Linhuang Mansion will not be able to be captured. ! The top priority is to attack the city quickly and not give Xiao Wuna a chance to breathe. Please give me 5,000 troops and horses, Marshal, and I will definitely capture Linhuang Mansion."
Wanyan Xie also saw that Wanyan Nianhan was resolute, so he sent five thousand troops under Wanyan Nianhan's leadership to attack the west gate of Dading Mansion.
Wanyan Nianhan received the order and personally led five thousand Jurchen soldiers to attack the west gate of Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing day and night.
Xiao Wuna also knew that Wanyan Nianhan was the number one general in the Jurchen Kingdom, so he paid special attention to it and came to the west gate in person to lead his soldiers to guard it.
Xiao Wuna asked the Liao soldiers to pile up rolling logs and rocks on the top of the city. When Wanyan Nianhan led his troops to attack halfway up the city wall, he ordered the soldiers to push down the rolling logs and rocks, causing the Jin soldiers to cry and howl, causing many casualties. heavy. Then another burst of arrows shot down from the city wall. One of the arrows hit Wanyan Nianhan's arm, causing Wanyan Nianhan to grit his teeth in pain.
Wanyan Nianhan was defeated and fled back.
Wanyan Nianhan suffered this loss and was thinking hard in the tent, thinking about how to break through the west gate of Linhuang Mansion? For this reason, Wanyan Nianhan thought about it all night, and finally came up with a trick, which is not to attack during the day, but to attack at night; moreover, it is not a real attack at night, but a bluff, just beating the drum and shouting. To consume the Liao army's rolling wood, stones, arrows and the energy of the defenders.
On the second day, the Jin soldiers and horses did not attack the city.
Xiao Wuna summoned the generals to study countermeasures and wanted to send people to break out and go to Dading Mansion in Zhongjing to ask Yelu Yanxi for help and ask Yelu Yanxi to send troops and horses to Linhuang Mansion in Beijing to help. However, the Jurchen soldiers and horses surrounded the city tightly. The generals sent by Xiao Wuna were either killed or intercepted and sent back to the city, unable to escape.
When night came, suddenly, war drums thundered, killing sounds spread everywhere, and the Jurchen soldiers began to attack the city.
Xiao Wuna urgently ordered the soldiers to guard the city.
It was dark and windy, and the soldiers on the city could not see the situation below the city. They could only hear the urgent sound of attacking the city. They didn't care about the situation. They just pushed down the rolling logs and thunder stones, nocked arrows on their bows, and just shot randomly. .
The rolling logs and stones that rolled down from the city wall all hit the open space below the city, without injuring the Jin soldiers. In order to cooperate with the acting, Jin Bing pretended to scream below. The rolling logs and stones on the city wall became more joyful, and the arrows were shot more ferociously.
This was the case for several days in a row. When Xiao Wuna felt that something was wrong, all the rolling wood and thunder stones on the city were consumed.
On the second day, Wanyan Nianhan personally led more than 5,000 Jin soldiers to step up the attack on the city.
Wanyan Nianhan ordered some soldiers to shoot the defenders on the city with bows and arrows, and ordered another group of soldiers to build ladders to attack the city.
The rolling wood and stones on the city wall had been used up. When the defending soldiers were waiting to shoot arrows at the Jurchen soldiers attacking the city, they were shot again by the Jurchen soldiers below the city.
Under the city wall, Jurchen soldiers set up ladders and climbed up to the city wall.
Wanyan Nianhan took the lead and took the lead in the fierce attack.
The Jin soldiers had high morale and took the lead in breaking through the west gate of Shangjing.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Wuna hurriedly fled from the east gate.
The Liao Kingdom went to Beijing and was captured by the Jin Kingdom.
What was Yelu Yanxi doing in such a big military operation? Why didn't troops and horses be sent to support the defense of Linhuang Mansion in Beijing?
It turned out that Yelu Yanxi appointed Xiao Wuna as the defense envoy to Linhuang Mansion in Beijing. After taking full responsibility for the defense of Linhuang Mansion, he went hunting with a group of followers to Datong Mansion in Xijing. Datong Mansion in Xijing is located in Shanxi Province, more than 2,000 miles away from Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing.
Firstly, Yelu Yanxi completely trusted Xiao Wuna and felt that Xiao Wuna could defend Linhuang Mansion; secondly, before leaving, Yelu Yanxi had arranged for the Privy Council Office to send troops to Linhuang Mansion if Xiao Wuna asked for help. Huangfu.
This Yelu Yanxi is really big-hearted. He did not expect that the Jurchens would attack Linhuang Mansion with all their strength when the weather turned cold, nor did he consider that after Linhuang Mansion was besieged, Xiao Wuna would not be able to send anyone to the court to ask for help. Therefore, until Linhuang Mansion was captured by the Jin Kingdom, Yelu Yanxi did not pay attention to the war in Linhuang Mansion, nor did he send any soldiers to aid Linhuang Mansion.
As a result, Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom was defeated by the Jin Kingdom.
Shangjing was captured by the Jin Kingdom, and Yelu Yanxi, no matter how ambitious he was, could not wait for it, so he hurried from Datong Prefecture in Xijing to Dading Prefecture in Zhongjing, and did not stop when passing Youzhou Prefecture in Nanjing, busy Mobilize troops to deal with the military attack of the Kingdom of Jin.
At this point, the Jurchens and Khitans were evenly matched and entered into a state of attacking each other.
