Han Shizu

Chapter 967 The situation of Liao

In the midsummer season, it was very hot, and the air seemed to be filled with a restless atmosphere. After the announcement, Li Chongju entered the hall to meet the ceremony. He did not care about enjoying the coolness in the hall, and solemnly said to Liu Chengyou: "Your Majesty, there is news from the north, Khitan The chaos is over!"

This remark immediately attracted Liu Chengyou's full attention. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Didn't you say earlier that the two sides are still entangled? How did you break the situation?"

Li Chongju said: "General Yelu Xiezhen of the Liao Dynasty led light cavalry for [-] miles, detoured for [-] li, and directly attacked the rear of the rebel army. Yelu Xiyin and others didn't notice, and they were defeated by the enemy, and the chaos was put down!"

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou smiled, although his tone was a bit regretful, but his mentality seemed very stable, he said: "I already knew that the rebel army would not be the opponent of the Khitan chief minister, but the Khitan chaos lasted for four months. That's enough."

With regard to this rebellion within the Liao Kingdom, generally speaking, Yelu Xiyin was only a representative figure of a major outbreak of Khitan's long-standing conflicts over the issue of succession to the throne.If there hadn't been this Han-Liao war, and if the outcome of the war hadn't deteriorated, it wouldn't have reached this level either.

At first, after the failure of launching a rebellion in Shangjing, Yelu Xiyin absconded, and together with a group of party members, quickly gathered a rebel army in Fuyu City, seventy miles to the west, and gained tens of thousands of people.After that, he launched an attack on Linhuang Mansion again, trying to seize the capital and control the center.Although the rebellion in the city was defeated before it was reported by the timid people, there were still some insiders.

However, Xiao Haili is responsible for the safety of Shangjing.In the face of change, they can actively respond, take decisive measures, extinguish the conspiracy, and keep Shangjing. Under such circumstances, Yelu Xiyin can't succeed.

Yelu Xiyin was blocked in the upper capital for seven days, and under Xiao Haili's strict and strong control, the strategy of coordinating inside and outside was declared bankrupt. As for the strong attack, there was no possibility of success.

It is not without capable people among the rebels. In this case, Yelu Xiyin listened to the suggestion and began to send envoys to contact the Khitan tribes, spread rumors, and incite the war-weary tribes to rebel against Liao Emperor Yelujing.

During the time when the Han and Liao forces fought fiercely, the nobles and tribesmen in Khitan did suffer great losses and accumulated grievances. Coupled with the news that was difficult to distinguish between true and false, Yelu Xiyin held the "Queen Shulu" ", and invited his father, Yelu Lihu, and so many princes and nobles to help him, he still confused many people and took refuge in Yelu Xiyin.The Xiren turmoil that occurred in the south of Linhuang Mansion was also the result of Yelu Xiyin's instigation.

When Yelujing led the army back, Yeluxiyin's strength in Shangjing's Linhuang Mansion continued to expand, and he almost completely controlled its surroundings, cut off its traffic, and wanted to make an emergency landing.However, Xiao Haili was ignorant of the current affairs, and always stood firm, pacified and controlled, relying on complete defense, sufficient food and grass, and the elite army left by Yelvjing, to firmly guard the capital of Liao.

In Xiao Haili's view, Yelu Xiyin was impetuous, ambitious and talented, and for his own selfishness, disregarded the general situation of the country, brazenly launching a rebellion, causing heavy losses to the subjects of the country, and even leading to the decline of the country. How could such a person succeed? How can he make it happen.Therefore, Xiao Haili devoted himself wholeheartedly to the fight against the rebels, which made Yelu Xiyin helpless.

Following the early return of Yelu Xiezhen, he entered the city, brought the Liao emperor's edict, and reported the situation ahead, which finally stabilized the hearts of most people in Shangjing.And with the assistance of Yelu Xiezhen, the defense is even stronger.

Yelu Xiyin's rebel army made a lot of noise, but it was a mob after all. The army assembled temporarily could not achieve strict military discipline, and it was difficult to achieve effective unity of command.If you can't make a key breakthrough, you are not far from defeat.

In fact, if the retreat plan of the Liao army fighting in the south can go smoothly, leading the division back will be enough to flatten it.However, Yang Ye's pursuit and Duanyunling's disastrous defeat made the Liao army's situation worse.

As for Yan Yun, although he is in a state of giving up, he still needs to leave a lot of troops in the southern affairs, not only for rest, but also to monitor the movements of the Han army, so that if he goes out of the frontier and goes north, he should be prepared.

Therefore, only an army of less than 50,000 people, mainly led by the Pishi Army, followed Yelujing to the north to suppress the rebellion.Moreover, under the continuous blows, the morale of the army fluctuated and the morale was low.

By the time the Xi clan was stationed, it was at the end of its battle.Fortunately, the emperor returned and the army arrived. The hesitant King Xi wisely chose to support the orthodox Emperor Liao and cooperate with him to suppress the increasingly unstable Xi people.

Considering the exhaustion of the army, Yelujing listened to Han Deshu's suggestion and temporarily rested in the Songshan area, and stabilized Xiren first.Because the capital was not lost, he bought him a lot of time. Although the domestic situation was bad, with his return, many rumors were self-defeating.

Of course, while Songshan was resting, Yelvjing did not let the rebels go, and it was impossible to sit back and watch them rampant.In response to the actions of the rebels, Yelujing also sent envoys to launch a political offensive against the Khitan tribes. The return of the righteous lord was much better than that of Yelv Xiyin. Soon, a large number of officials and tribes came forward Expressing sincerity, criticizing the rebels, and many ambiguous people quickly changed their positions.In this way, the momentum of the rebels plummeted.

At the same time, Yelujing sent Yelusha, Han Kuangmei and other generals to lead a small army to attack northward and cooperate with Xiao Haili to defend the city.Faced with political and military pressures, the rebels also began to waver, somewhat at a loss.In the end, he went to the capital with his troops and did nothing.

Until April 20,000th, Emperor Liao, who got a full rest, led his army northward and marched towards Linhuang Mansion.Under such circumstances, Yelu Xiyin's choice turned out to be to withdraw his troops.He led the army and fled all the way north, panicked, and finally fled to the Mantou Mountain area between the Hunhe River and the Talu River. He was not included in the list of unforgiveness, so he had to go all the way to the dark.

Returning to Beijing, facing the almost collapsed domestic situation, Yelujing had to focus on rebuilding order, maintaining the government and supporting the people.As for Yelu Xiyin, he was handed over to Yelu Sha and Yelu Xiezhen to lead the army to deal with it.

Speaking of Yelusha, this is a Liao general with military talent, but he is unlucky, downright unlucky.In the process of fighting the Han army, he tried his best, but he was involved in several major losses.Especially in the battle of Duanyunling, [-] troops were lost.

Considering many factors and the practical difficulties he faced, Yelujing did not impose excessive punishment on Yelusha, and was demoted from his rank, but he still gave him the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Only then did he cooperate with Yelu Xiezhen to destroy Yelu Xiyin and put down the rebellion.

"After this turmoil, the situation in the Liao Kingdom may be worse. Speaking of which, I have to thank Yelu Xiyin. If there is an opportunity, I should show my merits." After listening to Li Chongju's report, Liu Chengyou said with a smile: " By the way, what happened to Yelu Xiyin, did he ever escape?"

Li Chongju replied: "Yelu Xiyin was captured alive and taken to Linhuang Mansion. The Lord of Liao summoned the royal family, ministers, leaders of various nobles, soldiers and civilians, and sent Yelu Xiyin and his sons 118 clansmen, nobles, Generals and leaders are executed in public!"

"It seems that Yelujing was really angered this time. It is the first time since he succeeded to the throne that such a large-scale and ruthless purge!" Liu Chengyou commented as a bystander: "After this chaos, The prestige of the Liao Lord will be further weakened, but such a cleansing will also be beneficial to the strengthening and consolidation of his power. I just don’t know, is it a blessing or a curse?”

Regarding the evaluation of the emperor, Li Chongju did not dare to speak indiscriminately, but only said what he should say and what he could say: "Your Majesty, during the reign of Lord Liao, the clan and nobles repeatedly conspired to usurp the throne, but they were all swiftly attacked by him." Ping. For those rebellious officials, there are few killings, and most of them are imprisoned and exiled. This killing is indeed the first time!"

In the original history, Yelu Xiyin also conspired for rebellion, and more than once, until the time of Jingzong Yeluxian, he was killed for rebellion.For Yelu Xiyin, maybe it was for appeasement, or maybe for some other reason, Yelujing never used killing to solve it in the official history.However, this time, Yelvjing's methods became harsh and fierce as he set off such a large rebellion and caused almost irreparable trauma to the Khitan Dynasty.

In fact, the biggest problem Yelvjing faced in ruling the Liao Kingdom all along came from the interior of the royal family, the four inner tribes, and the ruling core of the Liao Kingdom.And with Yelu Xiyin's talent, without the support of others, how could it have caused such a great momentum and such serious consequences.

After such a turmoil and cleansing, at least the opposition forces from within the royal family were weakened by a devastating blow. If they want to rebel in the future, they should think more about the consequences.

From this point of view, for Yelvjing, this rebellion had the effect of distinguishing friends from enemies and stabilizing the throne, but the cost was a bit high.Moreover, it is also on the basis of ensuring the stability of the entire Liao tribe.

Today's Liao Kingdom is beset by internal and external difficulties, wars and rebellions, and its vitality has been seriously injured, and its population has been lost one out of ten. The huge area it controls, except Tokyo Road and the northwestern tribes suffered less losses, other places have suffered more. In particular, the ruling core around Beijing suffered the most.

The country is in chaos, and peace needs to be restored urgently; the south has lost its troops and lost ground, and although the big Han has withdrawn, they are still eyeing them; the tribes in Mobei are also unstable.
Liu Chengyou thought about how to solve this situation for Yelvjing, and came to a conclusion with only one word: Difficult!He thought of the situation that the Han Dynasty faced at the beginning of the founding of the country. Of course, the national conditions are different, and there should be differences, but no matter what, the current life of the Liao Kingdom is very difficult.

(End of this chapter)