Suddenly, three years have passed.
In these short three years, everything from the country to the world has changed, which is dizzying.
The Jurchen tribe of Wanyan tribe, which originated from Baishan Heishui, rose rapidly under the leadership of the patriarch Wanyan Aguda. With astonishing efficiency, they unified all Jurchen tribes through soft or hard means, and then swore an oath at Lai Liushui and officially launched the anti-Liao banner. .
Although Aguda has become the co-leader of various Jurchen tribes, he still only receives limited support from each tribe and has only a mere 2,500 troops. However, with these 2,500 troops, he defeated the Liao army of more than 10,000 troops and captured Ningjiang Prefecture, an important town on the Liao border.
In this battle, the Jurchen clan, from Aguda himself to his generals and even ordinary soldiers, all showed extraordinary bravery. Even an ordinary soldier has the courage of a hundred people. The higher the status of the generals at all levels, the stronger their bravery. , the highest level Aguda and his brothers and nephews can even use their inhuman strength to kill innate masters like chickens and dogs.
Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Liao Dynasty was shocked and angry when he heard the news. He ordered a hundred thousand troops to be mobilized. With the power of Mount Tai to crush the eggs, they rushed straight to the peak of the army and pointed to Hedian. The Jurchen army increased to more than 3,700 troops.
It's a pity that the Taishan Mountain of 100,000 Liao troops is made of paper, but the egg of the Jurchen army, which is less than 4,000, is made of iron.
Even in the face of a Liao army that was nearly 30 times more powerful, Aguda remained undaunted. He defeated a hundred thousand Liao army in one battle, captured Chuhedian, and marched to Huining Mansion in Beijing. He formally established the country and proclaimed himself emperor, with the founding title of " Jin", Jianyuan "received the country".
Nowadays, Aguda has gradually taken control of various Jurchen tribes, with tens of thousands of troops under his command.
A saying began to spread among the Liao army: "If the Jurchen soldiers are less than 10,000, they will be invincible if there are 10,000." From Emperor Yelu Yanxi of the Liao Dynasty onwards, the Jurchens were no longer regarded as a delicate disease, but as a serious concern.
In addition to the Liao Kingdom, other countries such as Xixia and Tubo also paid great attention to the ascendant Jin Kingdom and began to regard it as an important factor that needed to be taken into consideration when handling foreign affairs.
In the Song Dynasty, due to Hulu's influence, Zhao Ji had been paying attention to the development of the situation early in the morning, and even sent many groups of Imperial City Division experts to Liaodong to inquire about the news.
He personally listened to these meticulous masters' detailed reports on the Jurchen tribe's unconventional rise and extraordinary personal courage. It was mutually confirmed with Hu Lu's original statement. He felt that it was perfectly consistent without any flaws. At that time, he had no doubts anymore, and immediately Start implementing the plan that has been secretly prepared after listening to Hulu's suggestion.
Although Zhao Ji indulges in pleasure, he is quite manipulative and always holds power tightly in his own hands. Nowadays, most of the people in power under him are sycophants, and what they are best at is figuring out what their superiors want and doing what they want. This is considered a hit-and-miss, and it makes it easier for Zhao Ji to implement his will as quickly as possible.
While the general trend of the world was changing one after another, the world of the Song Dynasty was also in great turmoil.
The Mingjiao, which was originally a secret society in the south and used the government's excessive taxation to expand its strength, for some reason began to shrink its edge and went underground.
Led by Zhu Meng of the "Jiangnan Yingfeng Bureau", a group of corrupt officials from top to bottom have long wanted to knock the people of Jiangnan to their bones and suck their marrow.
Due to the existence of the Ming Cult, the largest political force in the south of the Yangtze River, they originally had some scruples. They were afraid that if they pushed these untouchables too hard, the Demon Cult demons would take advantage of them and start a rebellion. When the court came to investigate, they would have to do it. Take some responsibility.
Now they have completely let go of their courage and hands. Under the pretext of collecting strange flowers, rocks, rare treasures and treasures for the family of Zhao Guan, who loves to have fun, they use their hands and hands to plunder and plunder without restraint. As a result, countless people in Jiangnan have lost their homes and died, and have made mourning everywhere. , and there were complaints.
Officials in the south are like this, and officials in the north are unwilling to follow suit. It happened that Zhao Guan's family wanted to rectify the Forbidden Army, so they followed Gao Qiu's plan and turned the green forest tycoons from all over the north into whetstones, and repeatedly sent the Forbidden Army to conquer various places.
It’s just that the imperial army of the Song Dynasty was completely rotten from general to soldier. After arriving at the place under the banner of “suppressing thieves and bringing peace to the people,” the thieves did not kill any of them. They first used the pretext of raising food and wages to harm the local people. The disaster was very serious. , is far better than what the thieves did, and it is in line with the old saying that "bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates".
What's more, some of the Forbidden Army soldiers were as afraid of the enemy as tigers and did not dare to fight with the thieves. They simply killed good people and took credit for their crimes, and gathered a bunch of heads to settle the matter.
Seeing that they could no longer survive, the people simply turned their hearts to thieves. Although they had insulted the innocence of their ancestors, it was still better than being slaughtered by others.
By "suppressing thieves" like this, more and more thieves will naturally be suppressed, gradually becoming like a prairie fire.
Among the powerful people from all walks of life who have sprung up and thrived, the one with the most prestige is Shuibo Liangshan.
Today, Liangshan's chief leader "Leopard Head" Lin Chong and deputy leader "Flower Monk" Lu Zhishen have both broken through the innate realm and become great masters. The military strategist "Shenji Military Advisor" Zhu Wu is resourceful and proficient in strategies. Among the dozens of leaders under his command, he is an innate master. There were no less than ten people, and there were more than 30,000 strong soldiers organized into the land and water armies.
What's even more rare is that although these heroes on Liangshan Mountain are known as thieves and bandits, they have never engaged in robbing homes, killing people, or stealing goods, nor have they harmed the people in surrounding villages, towns, prefectures, and counties. They only rely on their strong force to sell private salt and seek huge profits. The mountains and rivers benefit from farming and fishing, and you are self-sufficient. If there are other needs, real money and silver will be used to purchase them from the surrounding people.
In this way, the people not only do not suffer from it, but benefit from it. Later, some people who had been bullied and persecuted by corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry tried to complain to Liangshan about their grievances. The leader of Lin Dazhai actually sent people down the mountain to help them redress their grievances. In this way, people's opinions will naturally be clear. In the hearts of the people, the identities of officials and thieves have long been reversed.
In this year, General Yelu Yanxi went on a personal expedition and sent 700,000 soldiers from the whole country to conquer the Kingdom of Jin.
And because the top brass of the Jin Kingdom have shown their strength to easily crush the innate masters, this time Yelu Yanxi not only recruited several great masters from the Liao Kingdom to accompany him on the expedition, but also invited the master of the Blackwater Palace, the holy land of the Liao Kingdom, to come out and put his He clearly wanted to use his absolute strength to completely crush the small country that had caused him great distress.
After hearing the news, Wanyan Aguda did not show any panic or fear, and actually led 20,000 elite troops to attack him.
It is estimated that the two sides will meet head-on at a place called "Gubu Dagang".
The Zhao Guan family on the Song Dynasty finally took action. He recalled his trusted eunuch Tong Guan who was leading troops in the northwest to fight against Xixia, and ordered him to personally order a thousand elite forbidden troops to escort a batch of sophisticated weapons to the Liao Kingdom. Helping the brotherly country that has been better for generations to quell the chaos, in fact, looking for opportunities to personally test the strength of the Jin soldiers.
In addition, Zhao Ji also asked Hu Yuan, the master of "Tai Shang Dao", to lead several famous masters of the Song Dynasty to accompany the army and let them test the courage of the Jin Kingdom's senior officials.
