Han Shizu

Chapter 1559
The Northeast issue, to sum it up, is still an ethnic issue, and it is the large and small tribes distributed among the white mountains, black waters, forests and plateaus.To put it simply, as long as those large and small tribal forces are conquered, the vast Northeast will become king.

From the perspective of short-term goals, there is only one target that the imperial court has to deal with, Shi Wei.Among the many tribes in the Northeast, the Shiwei people are second to none in terms of the vastness of their territory and the strength of their troops. Of course, what is more important is that from the beginning to the end, the Shiwei people have never expressed their intention of submitting to the court, and they have not even offered tribute , not against it, against whom?
Therefore, after Qin Wang Liuxu went north with his mission, the focus of his work was how to disintegrate and conquer the rebellious Shiwei people.

Liu Xu even listed a plan and timetable for the Northeast Expedition to the imperial court. The Shiwei people are undoubtedly ranked first, while the Jurchen, Yueliji, Penulli and other tribes in other regions are placed behind. From the perspective of civil and military forces in the Northeast, other scattered and independent tribal forces are much easier to deal with than the organized and powerful Shiwei people.

Under such a tone, the life of Shiwei people will soon be difficult.Previously, the imperial court was dissatisfied with the disobedience of the Shiwei people, but they did not take any substantive measures. Even supporting Wanyan Jurchen was just idle and did not care too much.

However, when the huge empire standing in the east showed its fangs again, even if the Shiwei people were barren in the distance and relied on poor mountains and rivers, it was still difficult to escape the blow.

Qin Wang Liuxu arrived in Liaoyang on the 11th year of Kaibao Mid-Autumn Festival, and quickly devoted himself to work. He came with a mission, and he did have the idea of ​​making contributions.

However, Liu Xu didn't rush for quick success, hoping to achieve it overnight.In the remaining months of Kaibao's 11 years, he spent all his time investigating and understanding the geographical environment, tribal forces, and garrison conditions in the Northeast.

On this basis, the tribal chiefs who nominally surrendered to the Han were recruited to promote the "kingdom" of the court.It will take 12 years after entering Kaibao to really start planning to attack the Northeast.

Even so, Liu Xu still did not rashly suggest that the Han army end in person, and took the initiative to attack.Wanyan Nuzhen's chess piece has once again become the object of use.

From the 11th year to the 13th year of Kaibao, in less than three years, three conflicts broke out between Shiwei people and Wanyan Jurchen.Needless to say, the first time, Wanyan Bahai went northward with the strength of his tribe, pulled out his teeth, and successfully captured the Tieli area from the Shiwei people.

The second time was in the spring of Kaibao 12 years. Unwilling to suffer, the Shiwei people once again gathered nearly [-] troops to attack Tieli City. This time, the Shiwei people were fully prepared. Wanyan Nuzhen had a hard time resisting. After more than a month of fighting, the Shiwei people retreated.

This time, although the Shiwei people failed to advance eastward, they dealt a huge blow to Wanyan Nuzhen. Not to mention the heavy casualties of the soldiers during the fierce battle, the Tieli area that Wanyan Bahai worked so hard to capture was a disaster. Clean, almost a piece of white ground.

Those Tieli people recruited by Wanyan Bahai were also looted by the Shiwei people, and all moved westward, leaving Wanyan's tribe an empty territory.

No population, no livestock, just land and rivers are worthless, and after the second battle, there is only a lonely Tieli City left in the Tieli area of ​​the Wanyan tribe, and there are less than six Thousands of people.

At this level, Wanyan Jurchen's hearts were already in turmoil. With heavy losses, many people woke up from the excitement of occupying the Tieli area.

Including the old chief Wanyan Bahai, his heart began to be filled with regret. The reason is that he underestimated the difficulty of the Shiwei people and overestimated his own strength.

On the chessboard in the entire Northeast, Wanyan Nuzhen is only a chess piece at most. With her strength, she has inherent defects to complete the transformation from a chess piece to a chess player.

At the same time, Wanyan Nuzhen also became dissatisfied with the Han court, because they went north with the support of the court, but the court's support was too careless.

Of course, Wanyan Bahai, a shrewd old chief, could not see the idea of ​​the imperial court using them. He was just willing to take a gamble for the development and growth of the tribe, but the result was very disappointing.

If it is a territory, it is indeed more than doubled in size, but its strength has also been weakened by more than doubled.From the beginning of the Han-Liao War, Wanyan Jurchen participated in it, intending to find opportunities for the tribe to grow in the chaos, and to share the fruits of the collapse of Khitan's rule of the Northeast.

In this process, he has indeed grown a lot. He erected the banner of his Wanyan tribe and annexed many tribes. There are still no small gains.

Among them, the most correct choice is to take refuge in the Han court at the earliest time, and use the name and power of the court to develop the tribe.However, judging from the development of Wanyan Nuzhen in the following years, it only proves one fact. Cooperating with a big man is seeking skin from a tiger. In the case of secretly thinking, the result is even more disappointing.

The Huanglong Mansion promised at the beginning was taken by the Han army unceremoniously. They were given a Tieli Mansion instead, and they had to occupy it by themselves.

After two battles with the Shiwei people, Wanyan's department was severely injured, and his roots were already injured.Therefore, after the second battle, the remorse in Wanyan Bahai's heart might not be cleared away even by the water of the Poor Duck River.

However, the more this was the case, the more Wanyan Bahai didn't dare to betray the court, he didn't even dare to complain, and he actively suppressed discordant voices against the court.

After all, the Heshiwei people have already become mortal enemies. If they offend the Han court again, not to mention the huge and powerful and desperate empire, only the Liaodong Han army garrison, no northeastern tribal force can compete.

However, Wanyan Bahai couldn't help expressing his attitude to the court, and went south to Liaoyang in person to meet Qin Wang Liu Xu, to report grievances and difficulties to him, and to ask for aid, weapons, food, tools, and various other things. kinds of supplies.

At the same time, it directly shows that the Wanyan tribe is alone in Tieli City, and has the idea of ​​abandoning the city and returning to the Wanyan tribe.For this, Liu Xu naturally expressed his sympathy in gentle words, and in order to appease him, he still gave a lot of discounted assistance, which stabilized the Wanyan department whose mentality was about to explode.

The three battles between Shiwei and Wanyan Jurchen took place in the autumn of the 12th year of Kaibao. After half a year, Shiwei regrouped his troops again. This time, it was not just the Shiwei tribes such as Tulubu and Niranagu in the south. Even Prince Shiwei's Mansion, located in the upper reaches of the river, sent troops south to help in the battle.

The coalition forces of the Shiwei Tribe once again broke through 30,000 people, most of them were strong and powerful. Compared with the first time, they were even more powerful, and they almost came out in full force, determined to kill all the Jurchens entrenched in the Tieli area.

This time, in the face of the menacing Shi Wei people, Wanyan Bahai was completely defeated. In such a situation, even if he wanted to hold on, he couldn't hold on anymore.

While deploying and preparing for the war, he also made plans to retreat to preserve his strength. At the same time, he sent someone to report the news to the Han army. The meaning was obvious. He quit. Let the court find a way
For such a situation, although Liu Xu was annoyed at Wanyanbu's disobedience and even threatened the court, he also knew in his heart that Wanyanbu's nail couldn't be nailed in the face of the Shiwei people who were going all out to go south.

Therefore, after discussing with Ma Renyu, it was also decided that the big man can no longer just sit back and watch success or failure.Therefore, Liu Xu sent someone to inform Wanyan Bahai, and gave him a stern instruction, telling him to stick to it, and said that the imperial court would send reinforcements.

This time Liu Xu wasn't just talking in perfunctory terms, he was really preparing reinforcements for Wanyan's troops, but there was still a bottom line, he didn't directly use the Liaodong garrison.Instead, he personally came forward to recruit fighters from the surrounding tribes.

After nearly a year of liaison and appeasement, the names of King Qin and the imperial court are still useful. Within half a month, they recruited tens of thousands of soldiers from various tribes and carried out simple arming. Led by Hou Renju, they crossed the Yazi River to the north to support Wanyan Nuzhen, and solved their urgent problems first, lest Wanyan Bahaizhen give up and flee south.

At the same time, Liu Xu began to mobilize combat supplies in Huanglong Mansion, and continued to recruit troops, preparing to continue to invest in the battle with the Shiwei people.This time, it can be regarded as the first time that the imperial court has been deeply involved in the war with the Shiwei people.

And the three battles between Shi Wei and Jurchen in name were actually carried out under the control of the court, but they still used those cheap and cheap tribal troops.

The two sides added up to a war involving close to 60,000 people. This is already a huge scale in the Northeast after the Han and Liao wars.The war didn't last too long, and the coalition of soldiers formed by the big Han didn't have the will and foundation to fight for a long time.

The battle also revolved around Tieli City, and the winner was determined in one battle. The real confrontation ended in less than two hours, and the Shiwei people won.

Under the impact of the Shiwei people, the coalition army formed by the big man was very fragile, collapsed completely, and suffered heavy casualties.As the chief general of the coalition army, Hou Renju would inevitably be injured. If it weren't for the protection of the five hundred Han cavalry accompanying him, he might have been trapped in the battle.

Of course, it was Wanyan Nuzhen who suffered the most. Following the defeat of the army, she fled back to the south bank of the Yazi River in embarrassment. That is to say, Wanyan Bahai had made sufficient preparations for the retreat.

But even so, only more than 2000 of the tens of thousands of people who traveled to the north back then returned to the south with their lives saved, basically lost all their underwear.

After the third battle of Tieli, the Shiwei people finally succeeded in reoccupying the Tieli area and achieved the basic goal of ruling the Han army across the river.

In fact, the Shiwei people are not without brains. Facing the powerful big man, they don't really have the mind to fight to the end. Judging from the direction of expansion and combat process, the Shiwei people have never crossed the south of the river. Touched the bottom line of the big man.

As for the attack on Wanyan Nuzhen, the dog leg entrusted by the court, he also has the idea of ​​promoting peace by fighting.After the end of the third battle of Tieli, King Shi Wei sent envoys to the south to contact Qin Wang Liuxu, hoping to reach a reconciliation with the Han court, and made a promise that he would not go south to expand, and in the future, he would cooperate with the Han Dynasty The imperial court ruled by rowing the duck river.

As for the proposal of the Shiwei people, the court can only describe it as whimsical. In fact, after the end of the third Tieli battle, it is not far from the Han army sending troops to the north.

(End of this chapter)