It is undeniable that the result of the third Tieli Battle had a huge and negative impact, both on the King of Qin Liu Xu and on the imperial court.
This was the first time Liu Xu took the initiative to take action on a large scale after arriving in Liaodong. He organized so many troops, but his defeat was extremely simple. Military failure brings political passivity.
Even though the casualties were all local indigenous barbarians, the King's Division did not suffer much actual damage. As for the loss of combat materials provided by Liaodong, it was nothing, but the loss in face was difficult to measure.
For those tribes that were originally in awe and gradually moved closer to the imperial court, it seemed that the imperial court's undefeated golden status in the Northeast had been broken, and the Shiwei people had proved their qualifications to be the overlord of the Northeast. This will inevitably make people suspicious and cynical. After all, the tribes in the Northeast are really not very close to the Han Dynasty.
Even Wanyanbu, who had always presented himself as a loyal lackey of the imperial court, was full of resentment after the tragic failure of going north to Tieli Mansion.
In terms of misery, nothing is more miserable than Wanyan's tribe. In three battles in two years, more than half of the tribe's soldiers were killed or injured, and most of them were the best of the tribe. Even Wanyan Bahai lost two of his sons in the battle. It is so tragic that it really breaks the hearts of those who hear it.
In such a situation, even if it was to save the face of being trampled to the ground, the Han Dynasty court should take some substantive measures. In addition, the Shiwei people were the first target of the imperial court in conquering the Northeast.
Therefore, in the winter of the twelfth year of Kaibao, Liu Xu formally submitted a request to the imperial court to attack Shiwei. This memorial was approved by Emperor Liu himself: approved.
The person in charge of the expedition was naturally Ma Renyu. The Privy Council issued an order to set up the Northeast Front Camp in Huanglong Mansion. Ma Renyu served as the capital commander and mobilized 30,000 Han troops from various parts of Liaodong, including the rotating garrison and cavalry.
Throughout the winter of the twelfth year of Kaibao, the Liaodong generals headed by Ma Renyu began to prepare for the war and formulate a battle plan for the attack on the Shiwei people. By the spring of the 13th year of Kaibao, even the details of the mobilization of grain, grass and baggage reserves, the route of troops, the attack targets and other details had been planned.
In military affairs, King Liu Xu of Qin only played a supporting role, providing support in logistics planning and scheduling. He did not interfere in military decision-making and tactical execution. This was not only to understand his own military disadvantages, but also to win the favor of Ma Renyu and other generals. .
After all, he was the eldest son of Emperor Liu and the King of Qin of the Han Dynasty. If something really happened, it would undoubtedly cause a lot of trouble and distress to the generals of Liaodong.
But Liu Xu was not idle either. The victory or defeat of a war did not just depend on fighting on the battlefield. He gave up on things he was not good at, but never relaxed on things he was capable of.
Led by Liu Xu, he launched a long negotiation with the Shiwei people. He showed his willingness to negotiate peace even if he refused, and conveyed to the Shiwei people that the imperial court had concerns about Shiwei's military power.
After the winter of the twelfth year of Kaibao, Liu Xu expressed that he very much recognized the friendship between the Han Dynasty and Shi Wei, and he also highly recognized the peace conditions they proposed based on "dividing rivers and governing them".
However, he does not have the power to make decisions, and the peace talks have been reported to Tokyo, but the specific results still need to wait. He also suggested that the Shiwei envoy go to Tokyo and he would send someone to coordinate.
Regarding Liu Xu's suggestion, the Shiwei people may really feel that it makes sense, or maybe they are a little proud after the third Tieli battle. Therefore, King Wei of Shi prepared a generous gift and sent the envoy south to Tokyo. To this end, Liu Xu also sent people to guide and protect the envoy. He was full of sincerity and his hospitality was considerate.
The Shiwei man was obviously deceived into the ditch by Liu Xu.
While making excuses with the people in Shiwei, the secret preparations for the war in Liaodong were carried out intensively without any relaxation.
On the other hand, Liu Xu organized a servant army of more than 5,000 people for Ma Renyu, all selected from the defeated soldiers in the Battle of Tieli, and they were trained secretly in Tongzhou.
This matter was not easy to do, because the tribes that were summoned had already been hesitant about the imperial court after being severely damaged by the Shiwei people, and in order to dispel their doubts, Liu Xu also spent a lot of money.
To the tribes that participated in the war, they were compensated with money, grain, salt, iron and supplies. Nothing could be more touching and comforting than naked benefits. In addition, His Highness the King of Qin's kind eyes and gentle words really warmed people's hearts, almost. The kind that can melt the bitter cold of winter.
Even the Wanyan Department's overwhelming resentment dissipated a lot with the support of spirits, ironware, cloth, and salt tea. Facing the call from the imperial court, Wanyan Bahai, who was bedridden, gritted his teeth and sent out 700 Wanyan soldiers, led by his son Wanyan Suike, to participate in joint training and obey the dispatch.
Just when the Shiwei people's envoy arrived in Tokyo, confidently, calmly and full of expectations, they were preparing for peace talks with the Han Dynasty, but they suffered a serious setback.
It took nearly a month to meet Prime Minister Zhao Pu. He was probably angry at the previous snub. When meeting Zhao Pu, Shiwei's envoy was very rude and asked Emperor Liu to negotiate terms in a briefing tone. Only by marrying the princess to King Wei can you stop fighting.
Facing Yelang's arrogant and ignorant envoy of Shiwei, Zhao Pu just said indifferently: "The imperial court has decided to send troops to Shiwei, and the crusade army is about to cross north!"
After saying this, he asked people to take the astonished Shiwei envoy out of Guangzheng Hall and back to the hotel.
The envoy of Shi Wei is also an interesting person. When he realized that he had been tricked and came to the conclusion that the Han Empire had no intention of living in peace with Shi Wei, he did not panic.
The mission has not been returned, and even after knowing the huge crisis facing Shi Wei, he is not anxious at all. Instead of going north to return to Shiwei, he bought a house in Tokyo with his entourage, lived there peacefully, and visited Tokyo openly to feel the prosperity of the Han capital that only existed in rumors in the past.
Such a performance aroused the curiosity of some people, and according to the Shiwei envoy, he needed to wait for the results of the Northeast War. If there was anything to talk about then, he would not have to travel back and forth.
The Han army crossed the river and headed north in the spring and February of the 13th year of Kaibao. The Shiwei people were not completely unresponsive to the Han army's actions. However, compared with fighting against the Jurchens and other indigenous tribes, they were in direct confrontation with the Han army. , are completely two concepts.
Including the 5,000 tribal troops with servants, the Han army totaled nearly 40,000 people. They were mighty and powerful and crossed the Duck River northward. Ma Renyu's target was not the Tieli area, which had been the center of the war between Shiwei and Jurchen for the past two years, but directly to the Niranagu Tribe and Turubu Shiwei who were active in the western basin of the Duck River to attack their home bases. .
Facing the powerful Han army, the people of Shiwei were completely unable to resist. They were defeated in the first battle and the second battle. Without the third battle, the two major Shiwei tribes were wiped out under the attack of the Han army.
The goal of the Han army was to defeat all the organized and large-scale resistance of the Shiwei army, and the task of clearing the Shiwei tribe was handed over to the servant army. Ruthlessness, cruelty and killing, savagery and ferocity are vividly reflected in these indigenous servants, especially Wanyan Jurchen, who is the most active.
After attacking the ancient tribe of Nirana and Turübu Shiwei, Ma Renyu continued to lead the army and went north along the river, aiming directly at the palace of Shiwei in the upper reaches.
Faced with the fierce incoming Han army, King Wei of Shiwei panicked and made the stupidest choice. He gathered all the tribes' strongest men and headed south to fight the Han army. He wanted to win the battle at the same time just like in the battle of Tieli. The Han army decisive battle.
When he learned about King Shiwei's movements, Ma Renyu was overjoyed. His intuition was exactly what he wanted. If the people of Shiwei chose to escape or guerrilla, it would be really not easy to destroy them.
Even, in order to give the Shiwei people more time to mobilize their troops, Ma Renyu deliberately slowed down the speed of the northward advance. The two sides fought about a hundred miles south of Prince Shiwei's palace and east of the Na River, just like the third battle of Tieli, except that the result was reversed, and it was Shiwei's army that quickly collapsed.
There was no way to fight. In terms of weapons and equipment, the quality of the soldiers, the military appearance and discipline, and the command before the battle, there was a gulf-like gap between the two sides, but the Shiwei people still dared to confront each other head-on. All unfavorable factors have befallen the people of Shiwei, and they have made the most wrong choice. The result can be imagined.
Before and after, in just two months, the Shiwei people, who had been so powerful in the Northeast in the past few years and defeated the Jurchen and other tribes, were easily defeated by the Han army. King Shiwei died on the battlefield and was found by Hou Renju. His head was cut off and presented to Ma Renyu. King Shiwei's city was also occupied by the Han army, and the territory of the Han Dynasty expanded thousands of miles northward from Huanglong Mansion.
