Chapter 314 The No. 1 Hero in the World

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After hearing Wanyan Zongwang's retelling of Chai Jin's words, many Jin people were furious, shouting to execute Chai Jin and Yan Qing and send troops to attack Yanjing!

Only a few wise Jin people such as Wanyan Aguda and Wanyan Xieye did not speak, but fell into deep thought...

Seeing Wanyan Aguda not speaking, those Jin people who were louder than each other slowly shut their mouths and stopped shouting, waiting for the world's first hero to make a decision.

After a long while, Wanyan Aguda confirmed with Wanyan Zongwang: "Did Ke Yin really say that?"

Wanyan Zongwang nodded: "Yes, he demanded the nine states behind the mountain and all the passes, claiming that only if these places were given to his family, his family would ally with our Great Jin and join forces to destroy Liao, otherwise he would ally with Ashi (Yelü Yanxi's nickname) and be the enemy of our Great Jin. He also kept shouting that his family had a million troops and tens of thousands of generals, while my family only had 300,000 or 200,000 soldiers and horses, and I had to keep some The troops and horses used to suppress the rebellion at home are several times stronger than ours, so we will definitely not be able to defeat them. "

After hearing this, Wanyan Zonghan said murderously: "It is unknown whether his family has a million troops and tens of thousands of generals. Even if he really has these, what can he do? He must be ignorant and has never heard that our Jurchens are invincible if they are less than 10,000 or more than 10,000!"

This is not the self-praise of the Jurchens, but comes from the words of Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji: "The Jurchens are not less than 10,000, but more than 10,000 cannot be controlled."

At that time, the Jurchens were still in a development stage, their own national unification had not yet been completed, and their own divided tribes were numerous. However, when Yelu Abaoji attacked Goryeo, tens of thousands of Jurchens who were not registered in the Liao Kingdom dared to send troops to help Goryeo, and finally repelled several attacks from the Liao Kingdom. Yelu Abaoji was inspired.

Later, Wanyan Aguda led more than 3,000 Jurchens of the Wanyan tribe to rebel against the Liao Empire and established the Jin Kingdom.

After the founding of the country, warriors from various Jurchen tribes gathered at Lailiushui, with a total of only 2,500 people. Wanyan Aguda led these 2,000 people to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, swear an oath, and win the first battle.

Soon, in Chuhedian, the Liao Kingdom assembled 100,000 troops to destroy the Jurchen coalition. At that time, the ratio of the two armies was 1:27, and the Jurchens had only more than 3,700 people in total.

But Wanyan Aguda did not retreat in the face of a strong enemy, but decided to launch an unexpected attack before the enemy had fully assembled. He pretended to be inspired by the gods and boosted morale. After hearing his words, the morale of the Jurchens suddenly increased. More than 3,000 Jurchens rode the wind and snow and rushed straight to Chuhedian. At dawn the next day, they rushed to the north bank of the Yazi River near Chuhedian and attacked the Liao army that was destroying the ice. The Liao army did not expect the Jurchens to come so quickly, and they were caught off guard and defeated one after another.

Wanyan Aguda fought to support the war and obtained a large amount of supplies.

Since then, the Jurchens have risen.

Upon learning the news of the fall of Huanglongfu, Yelu Yanxi personally led an army of 700,000, almost all of his country's troops, attempting to destroy the new Jin regime in one fell swoop.

At that time, Wanyan Aguda had only 20,000 troops, and the ratio of the two armies was 1:35.

This was the most incredible confrontation in the history of human warfare.

After the two armies fought, the Jurchens rushed forward and cut a bloody path. The Liao army was like a tide, ebb and flow. Just as the two armies were fighting fiercely, political disputes arose within the Liao Kingdom. A group of Liao dignitaries wanted to establish another regime without hiding Yelu Yanxi's stupidity. After Yelu Yanxi learned about this, he gave up the golden opportunity to destroy the Jurchens and returned to save himself. Wanyan Aguda seized the godsend opportunity, chased and attacked fiercely, and finally caught up with the Liao army at Hubudagang, fought hand-to-hand with the Liao army, and outflanked from left and right, and the Liao army was defeated.

That war also led to the demise of the Liao Kingdom.

Therefore, "If the Jurchens are less than 10,000, they are invincible", in this era, it may be true.

Today, the Jin Kingdom has 200,000 to 300,000 troops. In the eyes of Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang and other Jin people, they can already dominate the world.

It is precisely because of this that no Jin people think Wanyan Zonghan is arrogant.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the Jin army is indeed the best in the world.

This is mainly related to the survival characteristics of the Jurchen nation.

The Jurchens have lived between the white mountains and black waters for generations. They are a fishing and hunting nation. Therefore, when a boy is born, he must become a hunter in order to survive.

Hunting requires a very high quality of a person.

The environment that hunters face every day is an extremely cruel nature. When hunting, you have to lie on ice and snow, fight the severe cold and heat, and track the prey for a long time. Sometimes, you can't eat or drink, so you have to endure hardships since childhood, and you have no problem eating raw meat. If you encounter prey, you can shoot it with arrows if it is far away, and you can fight it in close combat if it is close.

In the old forests of Northeast China, there are wolves, wild boars, bears, Siberian tigers, and at the very least, a deer. Do you think deer are easy to deal with? Their horns are like daggers. If you poke them, you may die.

This is the case without encountering monsters.

Between the white mountains and black waters, monsters are everywhere.

Therefore, the Jurchens have to deal with these wild beasts and even monsters every day. It's either you eat me or I eat you. They lick blood on the edge of the knife every day and dance on the line of life and death.

Such people, who kill wild beasts and monsters every day, let him go to the battlefield to kill living people. Do you think he will be vague? Will he need psychological construction? Will he need training?

Then equip such people with armor.

A complete melee hunter with floor armor.

Shoot with arrows at a distance and chop with knives at close range. The most important thing is that they are also born on horseback and move very fast.

To make an inappropriate analogy, the Jurchens are iron-blooded warriors per capita.

But the farming people are different. Many people have never slaughtered a chicken in their entire lives.

When such people go to the battlefield, they are lucky to understand the orders. All they can do is to line up, shoulder to shoulder, and then stab forward with long spears, or stand behind high walls and dangerous passes and shoot with the help of fortifications.

Ten thousand Jurchens who can kill tigers without blinking an eye encounter farming people on the front battlefield. Farming people, let alone hundreds of thousands or even millions, are just a mob to them.

In terms of military tactics, it is not the quantity of soldiers that is valuable, but the quality of soldiers.

Let's put it this way.

Since the Jurchens came out from the northeast, under the leadership of Wanyan Aguda, they have defeated the Liao army repeatedly, established the Jin Dynasty, and annexed the Liao Dynasty.

In history, not to mention that the Liao and Song Dynasties were not opponents of the Jin Dynasty, even the Mongolia in its heyday could only defeat the Jin Dynasty in its late stage. Tolui almost died in battle at Sanfeng Mountain.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty rose. The same recipe, the same taste, the lifestyle of the Qing Dynasty was exactly the same as that of the Jurchens back then. Well, let's do it again.

According to historical records, during the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, the scale of the army was very small every time it went out to fight. The largest one was the Battle of Ulanbutong during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. The Qing Dynasty only dispatched 70,000 troops. In other wars, the scale was basically maintained at around 30,000. Some battles had less than 10,000 people, but he dared to rush thousands of miles, he dared to charge, and even dared to attack the city.

The confidence of the Jurchens was not given to them by anyone, but they fought for it bit by bit.

Therefore, when Wanyan Zonghan said this, the warlike Jurchens, including many Liao people who followed the Jurchens to fight north and south, immediately cried out.

It was also a coincidence.

At this time, a spy came back to report to Wanyan Zongwang: "There is news from Yanjing that Jiang Yan threatened to start a war against our Great Jin. If the Liao people want to seek revenge on our Jurchens who beat them from the north to the south, from the east to the west, dug up their ancestral graves, and robbed their women, they should stay in Yanjing and follow Jiang Yan..."

After listening to the spy's report, Wanyan Zongwang immediately told Wanyan Aguda and others about Jiang Hongfei's conspiracy.

After listening to Wanyan Xieye, he said leisurely: "Jiang Yan wants to use our Great Jin to establish his prestige and completely control the Liao people in his area."

After listening to Wanyan Xieye's analysis, the anger of the Jin people could no longer be suppressed. They all asked Wanyan Aguda for orders to attack Yanjing!

To be honest, Wanyan Aguda didn't actually want the nine states of Yundi.

First, the Jin Dynasty was founded not long ago, and the Jurchen population was not large (there were only tens of thousands of Jurchens, and even if the old Jurchens were included, it might not exceed one million. Excluding the old, weak, women and children, it would be good to have 100,000 or 200,000 Jurchens who could fight). They swallowed up the core area of ​​the Liao Empire like a snake swallowing an elephant, and it took time to digest it slowly, so it was not advisable to make too many enemies.

Secondly, Yundi was a little far away from the homeland of the Jin Dynasty, making it difficult for the Jin Dynasty to govern it.

Thirdly, the Liao people in Yundi did not welcome the rule of the Jin Dynasty, no, they had been resisting the governance of the Jin Dynasty.

Of course, this last point was also caused by the Jin people themselves.

The strategy formulated by Wanyan Aguda was not to take the nine states of Yundi, and he even promised to give Yundi to the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Aguda once said to Zhao Liangsi in person: "I don't want the land of Xijing, but it is said that Ashi fled there. After I capture Ashi, Xijing will also be given to you Song Dynasty."

Based on Wanyan Aguda's attitude, the Jin people knew that Yundi would not belong to them.

A large number of Jin people, led by Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang, were unwilling to hand over the Yundi they had conquered with great difficulty to the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Xiyin and other high-ranking officials of the Jin Kingdom in Yundi hid in the tent and discussed quietly, and finally decided to plunder the state capitals of Yundi such as Xijing City first.

The Jin people were very professional in robbing.

Before robbing, they first divided the scope of the robbery and strictly ordered that the Jurchens would act first, followed by the Khitans and Xi people, and then the Bohai, Haner and other ethnic groups.

It should be noted that during the robbery, only the Jurchens liked to create killings, and the Khitans, Xi, Bohai, Haner and other ethnic groups basically only took a little money.

Not only that, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang also wanted to move all the rich families in Yundi to the Jin Kingdom.

The Jin Kingdom was located outside the Great Wall, which was a remote and poor place, and the journey was difficult and long. Where would the rich families in Yundi be willing to go?

But it was useless. The Jin people had swept away all the officials, households, technology, concubines, prostitutes, Huangguan, Gautama, gold and silk, children, etc. in Yundi, and their goal was to take every inch of gold and land.

This undoubtedly caused the people of Yundi to complain, and then triggered the people of Yundi to rebel continuously. In the rebellion that broke out in Xijing not long ago, the rebels even killed Wanyan Zonghan's younger brother.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Jin people and the people of Yundi have formed a life-and-death feud.

Wanyan Aguda was very clear about this, which made Wanyan Aguda not want Yundi any more.

In addition, what others don't know is that Wanyan Aguda has been feeling very uncomfortable recently, and he even vaguely feels that his end is not far away.

In short, if Jiang Hongfei just wants the Nine Provinces of Yundi, as long as Jiang Hongfei is willing to provide annual tribute to the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguda will agree.

However, Jiang Hongfei and his ministers not only did not want to pay annual tribute, but also wanted to use the Jin Kingdom to establish their power in order to integrate the Liao people in Yan.

Wanyan Aguda couldn't bear it anymore.

In other words, Wanyan Aguda also had the idea of ​​​​fighting Jiang Hongfei.

But Wanyan Aguda never fights an uncertain battle.

Therefore, Wanyan Aguda thought for a while, then called Wu Xie and Dadi Wu, and asked them to go back to see Jiang Hongfei with Yan Qing and their credentials.

Soon, Jiang Hongfei received Wanyan Aguda's credentials.

The content of the credentials is as follows:

The Emperor of the Jin Dynasty wrote a letter to the Duke of Qi:

You came to seize Yanjing without saying anything. What's the point? You need to know that since the day when the Jin Dynasty launched its army, the Liao and Liao troops went to Beijing, Tokyo, Zhongjing, and Xijing, leaving only Yanjing and the Song Dynasty to attack...

The language of this letter of credence is quite polite and formal, making it difficult for people to be polite. It only introduces the current misunderstandings and situations between the two parties.

But then, Wu Xie and Dadi Wu took out the "Sea Alliance" signed by Song and Jin, and said: "Yenjing is left to the Song Dynasty by my family. The Song Dynasty promised to give my family 500,000 years old coins." , my family will not fight Yanjing, which we have beaten to the last breath. Now Yanjing is owned by the Duke of the State, and the Duke of the State should pay this yearly coin on behalf of the Song Dynasty. Only in this way can your two families live in peace. "

Wu Xie and Dadi Wu also gave their reasons for the Jin Kingdom: "We, the Jin Dynasty, killed and injured 100,000 warriors to destroy the Liao Dynasty. Of the eight roads in the Liao Kingdom, only two roads were left in Yanjing and Pingzhou. If it were not How could Empress Dowager Xiao be so vulnerable? Therefore, the financial revenue of Yandi should belong to me, Dajin. However, since the Duke of Yan wants to govern Yandi, I, Dajin, cannot calculate the financial revenue of Yandi. It is better to give it to my family. Come up with an amount of coins and settle it once and for all.”

Wu Xie and Dadi Wu also said: "The Song Dynasty also promised to hand over all the non-Han people in Yan to me, Dai Jin. In addition, you and I should separate the boundaries to avoid unnecessary military conflicts in the future."

On the issue of demarcating national borders, Wu Xie and Dadi Wu specifically pointed out that the Jin Kingdom only chartered Jiang Hongfei to Yanjing, Zhuo, Yi, Tan, Shun, Jing, and Ji as counties and to the Han people under their jurisdiction. The rest of the territory of the original Liao Kingdom And the people, regardless of Han, should all belong to their Jin Kingdom.

During this process, Wu Xie and Dadi Wu specifically pointed out that the three states of Heping, Luan, and Ying in the nine states behind the mountain were not within the scope of the concession granted to Jiang Hongfei by the Kingdom of Jin.

Wu Xie and Da Di Wu even pointed out carefully that Fujiakou must also belong to their Da Jin Kingdom.

Fujiakou is 390 miles east of Yanjing. There are two major salt fields, Xincang and Yongji, which were the main sea salt production areas of the original Liao Kingdom.

Historically, when the Song and Jin Dynasties were negotiating and drawing up maps, the Zhao and Song dynasties included all these places within their territory. However, when Yao Pingzhong was sent by the Xuanfu Division to actually explore and demarcate the boundaries, he fell into Gao Qingyi's plan and mistakenly placed this place in the Within the Kingdom of Jin.

This is a very serious mistake.

Later, here in Fujiakou, the Zhao and Song Dynasties failed to compete with the Jin Kingdom.

As a result, the price of salt in Yandi skyrocketed, which further made the people of Yandi unable to eat salt. In the end, the people of Yandi all hated the Zhao and Song Dynasty's governance of Yandi.

Now the Jin man also used this trick on Jiang Hongfei.

In short, Wanyan Aguda used Wu Xie and Dadiwu's mouth to frantically test Jiang Hongfei's bottom line, and even forced Jiang Hongfei to take the initiative to start a war with the Kingdom of Jin...

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