The Tuyuhun tribe could not bear to be disturbed. Bai Chengfu then discussed with his deputy general Bai Kejiu, planning to find an opportunity to leave the Later Jin Dynasty and defect to the Khitan.
This is very ironic. Tuyuhun betrayed the Khitan and attached himself to the Central Plains because he wanted to avoid the oppression of the Khitans. Now, in just a few years, the Tuyuhun people would rather return to the Khitan and be oppressed than stay in the Central Plains to bask in the great favor of the emperor. This shows how much Liu Zhiyuan bullied others.
In April of the third year of Kaiyun (946), Bai Kejiu led his tribe across the border and defected to Khitan on the pretext of going to the north to herd horses. One month earlier than Sun Fangjian.
The Tuyuhun tribe who rebelled and returned received great attention from Yelu Deguang, who immediately appointed Bai Kejiu as Yunzhou Observer and deputy provincial cadre to set an example for Bai Chengfu and allow him to boldly leave the Jin Dynasty and enter the Liao Dynasty. Bai Kejiu, under the orders of the Khitan, sent people to lobby Bai Chengfu, urging him not to hesitate any longer and come to the northern grasslands to enjoy the glory and wealth.
At the suggestion of his confidant and general Guo Wei, Liu Zhiyuan went to the court to make excuses for Bai Kejiu's defection. He said that these Tuyuhun people were capricious and would definitely be a disaster if they stayed on the border. It was better to move them to the interior.
The imperial court was convinced, so it transferred Bai Chengfu's troops (1,900 people) away from Taiyuan and placed them under the jurisdiction of Heyang.
After Tuyuhun's troops were transferred, Liu Zhiyuan held a Hongmen Banquet and invited his old friend Bai Chengfu and other Tuyuhun tribe leaders to live in Taiyuan City. Bai Chengfu, the polished commander who lost his army, was naturally extremely grateful. He lamented that there were relatives everywhere in the motherland and thanked Liu Zhiyuan for taking him in.
However, Liu Zhiyuan went to the imperial court and falsely accused Bai Chengfu and others of attempting to rebel. Then he sent troops to surround their villa and went on a killing spree, killing everyone regardless of age or sex, leaving no one behind. Bai Chengfu and other five leaders were massacred, and more than 400 people were killed in total. And all their property fell into Liu Zhiyuan's hands.
Shi Chonggui also issued a special edict to commend Liu Zhiyuan and thank him for successfully quelling the rebellion for the empire.
Since then, the Tuyuhun tribe has plummeted and disappeared in the long river of history (Tuyuhun then faded and disappeared).
Although Bai Chengfu, the leader of the Tuyuhun tribe, was destroyed by Liu Zhiyuan, Bai Kejiu, the second leader of the Tuyuhun tribe, successfully led his tribe into the embrace of the Khitan.
Historical records record that after Bai Kejiu left, "the princes all had different ambitions."
When you find a cockroach, it means that the dark place is full of cockroaches. Bai Kejiu's defection tore away the pretense of the ethnic policy of the Later Jin regime. The rulers of the Later Jin no longer had the ambition of the "Heavenly Khan" of the Tang Dynasty. The ethnic minorities were alienated. Even if they stayed in the Central Plains, they were half-hearted with the central court.
Although the Bai Kejiu tribe cannot give the Khitan much military support, as a political resource, its value is immeasurable.
At the very least, he provided the Khitans with a reason to go south. The Khitans could hold high the great banner of civil rights and seek explanations from the later Jin Dynasty.
4. Zhao Yanshou
Zhao Yanshou was the nightmare of the later Jin regime, and would never leave him, always accompanying him.
There was a deep hatred between Zhao Yanshou and the later Jin regime, hatred of the country and family, hatred of missing out on the country and the country, and hatred of indirectly killing his father. To destroy the Later Jin Dynasty and replace it was Zhao Yanshou's lifelong pursuit.
Now, Yelv Deguang made a golden promise, promising that once the Later Jin Dynasty is destroyed, he will be the master of the Central Plains. This gave Zhao Yanshou new impetus in his great cause of overthrowing the Later Jin Dynasty.
In the previous two battles, Zhao Yanshou was undoubtedly the general who contributed the most, and he was well-deserved as the "vanguard in destroying the Jin". Especially after the second battle, all the generals who participated in the battle were punished with hundreds of military sticks. Only Zhao Yanshou was spared from the punishment because he was the only one who had meritorious service in Yelu Deguang's mouth.
Looking at the entire "Jin-Liao War", especially the upcoming third battle, Zhao Yanshou undoubtedly ranks first. We're about to get a glimpse of this guy.
Lucky second year (945):
In December, the Khitan captured the Later Jin spies in Yunzhou;
Lucky three years (946):
In March, Tuyuhun sent people to bring in a population of 1,000 households;
On April 1, Bai Kejiu, the second-largest figure in the Tuyuhun tribe, defected to the Khitan;
In May, Sun Fangjian and his "Langshan Heroes" surrendered to Khitan.
So in June, Yelu Deguang visited the tomb of the late emperor Yelu Abaoji to "consecrate" the following military operations;
In July, Yelu Deguang issued an order for nationwide mobilization to gather national troops;
In August, Yelu Deguang led his own expedition and led all the athletes of the Liao Kingdom to the south for the third time with great momentum, and the third battle began.
Different from the previous two times, the Later Jin Dynasty had already prepared for the war, and Yelu Deguang was unable to implement a "blitz war". Let us shift to the perspective of the later Jin Dynasty and look back on more than half a year:
In the first month of the third year of Kaiyun (946), after the Yongqing army stayed in Beizhou, Liang Hanzhang reported to the court that "the Tibetan bandits gathered together and planned to invade the bandits", and then Dingzhou reported that "the Khitan bandits invaded".
The alarm kept ringing, and Shi Chonggui certainly would not remain indifferent.
In the first month of the year, Shi Chonggui ordered Li Shouzhen to lead troops to inspect the northern border;
In February, Huangfu Yu of Huazhou was ordered to lead his troops to escort grain and grass to border towns such as Yizhou and Dingzhou;
In March, the prince Shi Yanxu was appointed as the governor of Chanzhou, and the prince was placed on the front line to receive experience in war, accumulate connections, qualifications, and reputation, and prepare for inheriting the throne in the future;
In June, Dingzhou reported that "the Tibetan bandits were suppressing the territory"; the edict appointed Li Shouzhen as the commander (deployed in the northern camp), Huangfu Yu as the deputy commander, Zhang Yanze as the commander-in-chief of the cavalry, and Li Yin (then the military commander of the Dingzhou Yiwu Army) as the infantry. Commander in chief.
Shi Chonggui seemed confident about the upcoming war. While Hebei and even the whole country were nervously responding to it, Shi Chonggui still lived a happy life:
In February, he ordered his officials to go boating and drink with him. When he got high, he ran to Du Chongwei's house and had a drink with his aunt.
In May, he "practiced shooting on a cruise ship" and then got drunk again. "The emperor was so drunk that he returned home at night."
Although the Khitans were unable to implement a "blitzkrieg", they still gained a huge advantage at the beginning because the later Jin Dynasty was more empty than before.
The first is the ongoing natural disasters.
In the past six months, the Later Jin Dynasty encountered continuous natural disasters, and the disasters were serious, especially in Hebei, Shandong, and Jiangsu today. Thousands of people were starved to death. Du envoy An Shenqi) was defeated, and they also colluded with the Huainan forces. Huainan sent troops northward to seize the eastern territory of the Later Jin Dynasty;
Especially in July, the Yellow River burst near Yangliucheng, with a "water width of forty miles." Just two months later, it burst again in Linhuang County under Chanzhou.
Secondly, there was disagreement among the generals and generals within the Later Jin Dynasty.
In the first month of the first month, after Beizhou Liang Hanzhang reported an urgent military situation, the imperial court originally sent General Fu Yanqing to garrison north. However, the people around him were envious, jealous, and resentful of him and did not want him to be successful in the following battles, so they united to exclude him. , assigned him thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled, and asked him to station at Jingzhoukou. When fighting in the north, he transferred the fierce generals to the south.
